Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 630 The Imjin Japanese Invasion (19) The Weird Tranquility Before the War
In any case, the defeat of Zu Chengxun in North Korea is a fact. No matter how Yang Shaoxun or the governor of Liaodong find compensation for him, it is impossible for him to cover up the fact that Pyongyang was defeated.

As the only general who has ever fought against the Japanese army, even though he was defeated in the Battle of Pyongyang and lost 1/5 of his troops, the court did not convict him. Instead, he was asked to write a letter stating the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. of the State Council.

Perhaps in order to further reduce the problem of his own defeat, Zu Chengxun slightly exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army in his speech, and described the Battle of Pyongyang as an ambush by 2 Japanese troops against him.

In the end, the two sides fought from dawn to noon, and at the cost of 700 people, no less than 5000 Japanese troops were beheaded.

It seems that the battle loss ratio between the two sides will reach 1:7 tomorrow, but Shi Xing's focus is not on this battle loss ratio, but that it took half a day in Kinki to kill 700 elite Ming troops, reaching The battle loss ratio of 1/5 was reduced, which was unprecedented in Mongolia and Jurchen in the past.

What surprised him even more was that the battle spirit of the Japanese TV series, which had more than 1/4 of the battle damage, still rushed forward to fight, really aroused his awe.

Therefore, when Zu Chengxun's message was sent to the Ministry of War, Shi Xing reported to Wanli in the palace non-stop. After he came out, he mobilized his troops again to increase troops in Denglai, Tianjin, and Lushun to prevent the Japanese army from crossing Japan to attack Ming Dynasty.

As the rebellion in Ningxia has not subsided yet, he asked Wanli to send troops to the court and was once again retained by Wanli.

Seeing that after the defeat of Zu Chengxun, Wanli became more cautious in using troops towards the DPRK, and was reluctant to send troops across the Yalu River. falsehood.

At this time, a man named Shen Weijing was introduced to him by his concubine's father, and Shi Xing immediately asked him to pretend to be the commander of the third guerrilla battalion and enter the court in the name of investigating the enemy's situation.

The first thing Shen Weijing did when he entered the court was to brag about Haikou where the 70 troops of the Ming Dynasty were about to enter the court in front of the king of Joseon Li Zan and Wen Wu: "My lord, the state affairs are great and sincere, so the 70 soldiers and horses have been dispatched. Fa, it will come soon."

The king of Joseon was overjoyed when he heard that, so he asked him what the heavenly soldiers were going to do. Shen Weijing tried to delay it by pretending that the Liaodong soldiers were forging weapons.

Even North Korea knew that the Liaodong soldiers were the elite of the Ming Dynasty, and their weapons and armor were relatively sound.Besides, where is the reason for rushing to make weapons before going out?

After repeated probing by North Korean officials, Shen Weijing's answer was inconsistent, so that after sending him down, Li Yan bluntly told his subordinates that he thought Shen Weijing's words were unreliable, and he still had to urge Shangguo to send troops.

Shen Weijing also knew that he was timid, so he continued to go south to meet with Chief Xiaonishi after taking a rest in Yizhou. This was also the first meeting between President Xiaoxi and Shen Weijing, a pair of crouching dragons and phoenixes.

The two sides agreed to meet at Mount Ganbuku on the north side of Pyongyang. The Japanese side wanted to give each other a blow, so Governor Konishi took Soyoshi Tomo, Yanagawa Choshin, Jingzhe Xuansu, etc., and led more than a thousand Japanese troops to line up at Ganbushan .

Since Shen Weijing was not a real official of the Ming Dynasty, he only had a few entourages around him, so he only brought 2 to 3 people with him when he went to Ganfu Mountain this time.

Seeing the army marching down at the foot of the mountain, Shen Weijing and his followers were so frightened that their legs went limp, but at this moment they had been spotted by the Japanese army, and it was too late to retreat.

Shen Weijing has a good quality as an actor, after sorting out his emotions a little bit, he went up the mountain with his entourage to pay a visit to President Xiaonishi.

When President Xiaoxi saw that the envoy came with only three or two people, he ordered people to surround him and wanted to give him a blow.

Shen Weijing's two attendants collapsed to the ground in fright, but Shen Weijing had already built up his mind just now. Facing the dense swords and halberds around him, he still stood firm and fearless and said, "Could the Japanese side use such small tricks? Let's say You won't do anything to me today, even if you really take me down today, tomorrow I will have a million soldiers from the Ming Dynasty going south to avenge you and others."

President Xiaoxi and Zong Yizhi saw that Shen Weijing's attitude was not fake, and he only brought two people to the meeting, which showed the confidence in his heart.

Although it may be an exaggeration to think that a million-strong army, there should be hundreds of thousands of Ming troops behind.

Not long ago, the 3000 Ming troops in the Battle of Pyongyang made them almost glow. If there were really hundreds of thousands of Ming troops waiting to enter the dynasty, then there was no need to fight this battle.

Tsushima Island, where Soyoshitomo is located, is very barren, and has always relied on trade between North Korea and Japan to make money.The same is true for President Xiaonishi. Their family is originally a businessman, and they value profit more than righteousness.

After the Battle of Pyongyang, the courage of the two of them was directly defeated. They didn't expect to be frightened by Shen Weijing today, but they were blocked speechless, and the situation fell into a disadvantage.

Naturally, Shen Weijing would not have thought that he was a blessing in disguise because of his obvious lack of manpower, so that the Japanese army did not dare to despise him.

After a round of probing, President Xiaoxi first asked Shen Weijing for a tribute.

The so-called "tribute" is a trade system of Ming Dynasty.Only vassal states that recognize Daming as their suzerain and have been conferred by Ming can come to China for trade in the name of "tributary".

At this moment, President Xiaonishi has already felt the fatigue of the Japanese army conquering the dynasty, and it is impossible to win after the Ming army enters the dynasty, so he has already retreated.

On the premise of knowing that there are more defeats than victories in this battle, if you can win the conditions for Hideyoshi to "pay tribute", it may be a great achievement.

This is the idea of ​​President Konishi, but it must be clear that this meeting was not conducted under the instruction of the Ming court or Hideyoshi, and even the general general Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not instruct President Konishi. Negotiate with the so-called 'Mingshi' in private here.

In the end, the two sides came and went, and the Japanese army withdrew from Pyongyang, took the Taedong River as the boundary, and surrendered to Daming as a condition, in exchange for the condition of obtaining "tribute" to Daming.

However, looking at this meeting from the perspective of a third party, it is obviously impossible for Hideyoshi, North Korea, and Ming Dynasty to agree to such a condition.

Shen Weijing is very clear that he came here to delay the pace of the Japanese going north, but he did not know that the Japanese army had already held a meeting some time ago. I gave up my plan to go north.

Therefore, when President Konishi agreed to his request to stay in Pyongyang for two months, he was very excited and thought it was the result of his own negotiations.

As a result, the three parties of Ming, North Korea, and Japan, with Pyongyang as the border, began a strange period of peace for two months.

It cannot be said that there is a complete period of peace. The Japanese side is taking advantage of these two months to intensify its raids on the four provinces of Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, Jeolla, and Gyeonggi.

At the same time, the Fengchun, Kato, and Ryuzoji families all recruited two warriors to serve as soldiers. After training, they used them to guard the local city, or prepared them for battle.

If one were to say which of the eight provinces of North Korea currently occupied by the Japanese is the most submissive and harmonious, it must be Hamgyong Province, followed by Gangwon Province.

Under the Xiu family's policy of treating the local people kindly, coupled with generous rewards for reporting and sharp-edged raids, Guo Wenfu and others who were originally famous in the history of pacifying Hamgyong Road were arrested one after another.

In order to maintain his own rule, and to downplay the influence of the Resurrection Movement in the minds of the people in Hamgyong-do, Hanabang Masako did not put them to death after publicizing them. Contradictions among ethnic groups.

At the same time, Kato Kiyomasa, who had just returned from Japan, wanted to continue northward to attack the Zhusheli and Neyin tribes, but was persuaded by Hanabou Masayuki.

The Xiu family had already made up their minds to win over the two departments to fight against Nurhachi. Naturally, it was impossible to take the initiative to attack them to intensify the conflict and make them fall to Nurhachi.

Therefore, when Kato Kiyomasa took the prince south to Japan, Hanabou Masayuki took the initiative to send someone to contact them, took the initiative to pay for part of the loss, and started a business with them.

What the Xiu family can sell to them is naturally excellent iron weapons and Japanese-style armor, and they buy ginseng, horses and slaves from them.

You must know that iron armor was a scarce commodity in the world at that time, regardless of how many small nail leaves are strung together on the crunch, it is also iron armor.

Even the most powerful Jianzhou Jurchen at that time could only make a few hundred pairs of iron armor and more than a hundred collared cotton armor.

Jianzhou Jurchen's equipment really improved because after the Battle of Saerhu, they captured a large number of armor from the Ming army, and then raised their armor rate.

After Bingzi forced North Korea to submit indiscriminately, he used North Korean craftsmen to have a stable source of armor manufacturing.

And the Xiu family gave a large amount of armor at one time, which is undoubtedly a huge strength improvement for these two Jurchens.

Of course, Kato Kiyomasa would not be able to stay idle, and Masako Hanabou simply suggested that he go north via Cicheng to attack the Yalu River under the rule of Nurhachi.

At this time, Nurhachi had not reformed the Jianzhou Jurchen, the Eight Banners system had not been established, and the tribal leaders still had great autonomy.

Their relationship with Nurhachi is like the relationship between Japanese daimyo and vassals. They surrendered to Nurhachi, obeyed Nurhachi's orders, and provided them with military sources and taxes.

Correspondingly, Nurhachi guaranteed these tribal leaders the right to rule over the tribe and would not interfere with their governance of the territory.

Therefore, it can be said that although the Yalu River Department at this time was under the rule of Nurhachi, it was by no means where the elite of Jianzhou Jurchen lived.

More importantly, Nurhachi's annexation of the Yalu River was not on the table, and it was not recognized by the Liaodong and Ming courts.

Either he faced the Japanese attack alone, or he asked Daming for help in the name of the leader of the Yalu River Department.

It's just that if he chooses the latter, Wanli will know about his annexation and control of the Yalu River Department, and he will usher in the Ming army's offensive earlier than in history. At that time, Li Chengliang will not be able to keep him.

For the Xiu family, either sacrifice their soldiers to consume Nurhachi's combat power in advance, or expose Nurhachi's private annexation of Jianzhou Jurchen to the sky.

No matter which one, it can achieve the purpose of weakening Nurhachi Jianzhou Jurchen.Then the sacrifice on the Xiu family's side was worth it.

Now that we're talking about Xiujia, I have to mention another thing.

It turned out that after Kato Kiyomasa brought the two princes to Nagoya, Hideyoshi warmly entertained the two and asked them if his general, Kato Kiyomasa, treated them politely.

As a result, Huang He, a courtier, first sued Kato Kiyomasa for robbing his daughter, who is also Mr. Shunhe's wife, and gave her to a Japanese dignitary to flatter her.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was furious when he heard about it, and immediately called Kato Kiyomasa for questioning, and scolded him for not knowing etiquette and losing face as a "Japanese maharaja". (Hideyoshi's external name)

Then he asked Kato Kiyomasa where the two county ladies were sent, and Kato Kiyomasa replied: "It's His Highness Fengchun Dainagon. I heard that Fengchun Dainagon is a good wife and a good maidservant in Silla, so I will send them to you." People sent it over."

After hearing this answer, Hideyoshi was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed loudly, "This is me, this is me!~"

I don't know that the Xiu family likes wives, and what makes him happy about the fact that the Xiu family has robbed the wife of the "Youbang" prince.

Afterwards, he said uncharacteristically to the two North Korean princes, "I think Kiyomasa Kato's suggestion just now is good. To show the goodwill between the two countries, I decided to seek a noble daughter from a Japanese family for you. What do you think?"

People have to bow their heads under the eaves. You have put a knife up to your neck. I have no reason to refuse.

Therefore, even if he was reluctant in his heart, he could only nod his head in response to Hideyoshi's request, expressing his willingness to marry a noble girl from a Japanese family.

The heirs of Toyotomi's family were withered, and it was really difficult to find a woman of the right age, so he asked for help from the Gongqing's family in Kyoto.

It's a coincidence, maybe it's deliberately looking for something to do for the Xiu family, or it's to disgust the Xiu family on purpose so that he can wipe his own ass.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi wrote to Kyoto, specifically naming Hideyoshi to preside over the matter.He said that you have already robbed the family of two daughters-in-law, and you should visit the public minister to find two virtuous and beautiful daughters to adopt as adopted daughters to marry the two princes.

Xiujia noticed a small detail, that is, Xiuji wanted Xiujia to adopt Gongqing's daughter as an adopted daughter, and then marry the two princes.

You need to know that the two princes are only 4~5 years younger than the Xiu family, and they are called brothers. If they marry their adopted daughters, they can only be called Weng and son-in-law.

Hideya didn't understand Hideyoshi's brain circuit at first, but after thinking about it, he understood Hideyoshi's little Jiujiu.

[Family Ethics Question] Excuse me: The Xiu family is the father-in-law of the two princes. What are the names of the Xiu family and the King of Joseon?

[Family Ethics Question] Ask again: Hideyoshi is the adoptive father of the Hideyoshi family, what do you call Hideyoshi and the two princes?

[Family Ethics Question] Three questions: Knowing the above two conditions, what are the names of Hideyoshi and Joseon King Lee Chan?

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