Chapter 423
Chapter 423
Chapter 423
The distance between Okayama and Kyoto is not far, and the Xiujia team has already arrived in Kyoto in only 8 days. This is the result of Xiujia deliberately slowing down.
By the time I arrived in Kyoto, it was already September 12th, the [-]th year of Tianzheng.
Before Xiujia came to Kyoto, he had sent someone to notify Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto.
For a foreign country like this to descend, it is a very face-saving matter for him.
Hideyoshi originally arrived in Kyoto in the afternoon of the same day, and Hideyoshi even planned to meet the Ryukyu envoy overnight. In the end, Hideyoshi persuaded his elder brother on the grounds that Yu etiquette was not compatible, but Hideyoshi was summoned to Jule Hall overnight. Meet Hideyoshi inside.
It was still the same Sakichi who led Xiu's family into the palace, but now Sancheng was no longer the one who summoned Hideyoshi to meet Hideyoshi in Juledi.
It was still Sakichi who led Hideyoshi's family into the palace, but today's Mitsunari is no longer the attendant who followed Hideyoshi's ass all the year round, and now Ishida Mitsunari is the lord of the 4-stone daimyo of Omi Shuiguchi Castle.
Taking advantage of this opportunity to lead the way, Xiujia and Ishida Mitsunari chatted about the mountains.
"I heard that a few days ago, Shaofu Zhibu took in a capable minister. I heard that you used half of your knowledge and practice to recruit him."
Ishida Mitsunari is a very strange person. According to the records of the Wenzhi School, he is a person who is enthusiastic about this and treats his colleagues very kindly, but in the perception of other people, he always carries on with an indifferent face.
Hideka is not very familiar with him, but Hideka and Mitsunari are not in conflict. As the first feudal lord under Hideyoshi's command, Ishida Mitsunari dare not confront him coldly.
Ishida Mitsunari replied: "Ah, yes, his name is Shima Kiyoko, the original retainer of the Tsutsui family, after leaving the Tsutsui family, I recruited him in."
Shimazukon is very famous in history because of Ishida Mitsunari, especially the allusion that the monarch and his ministers share the salary is regarded as a good story.
However, when Shima Sakon became an official, Ishida Mitsunari has different opinions.
It is widely circulated in later generations that in January of the 14th year of Tianzheng (1586), he was recruited by Ishida Mitsunari as a retainer with half of his own knowledge and practice. 1 years), a collection of anecdotes, similar to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in China.
Because a lot of literary and beautifying descriptions were added, it was easier to be accepted by the people, and the stories in it were widely circulated in the following hundreds of years.
However, according to the textual research of the famous Japanese historian Hana Mae Sheng Ming, it is true that Shima Sakon has been in a semi-reclusive state in Tsutsui’s house since 1586 because of Tsutsui’s unfair judgment on water sources, but he was actually in the 16th year of Tensho. (1588) In February, he asked Tsutsui to resign.
Although Japan's Warring States period did have some rituals and music collapsed, there were many customary rules between the samurai and their lords. It is absolutely impossible to transfer to another family.
According to the "Akita Fan Family Documents", on May 18, 1590, in the 5th year of Tensho, Ishida Mitsunari wrote to Satake Yoshinobu's vassal Dong Yoshihisa, reminding Satake Yoshinobu to prepare well when meeting with Hideyoshi. Prepare mentally, and the messenger who sees him off is Zuo Jin.
From this point of view, Shima Sakon should be Ishida Mitsunari who became an official between 1588 and 1590. Hideka has been waiting for this time. He has heard of Shima Sakon's reputation and has been coveting him for a long time.
It’s just that in the past, Shimazakon was the vassal of the Tsutsui family, and the Tsutsui family, as an ally of the Hide family, openly asked him for a retainer who was marginalized by the head of the family, Sueji Tsutsui. Xiujia has been waiting until now.
Just according to his memory, there are records in "Tamonin Diary" and "Samurai Chronicle" that Shima Sakino successively went to Shigao Clan and Toyotomi Hidenaga.
Xiu's family has been waiting for him to become a senior official, so it is convenient and economical to directly ask Xiuchang for the vicinity of the island.
It's just that he didn't expect to wait and wait, and the news that Ishida Mitsunari used his half salary to recruit Shimazakon came, which surprised him very much.Only then did I remember that the Gamo clan township that was originally located in Ise in history has been moved to Kyushu, and the wings of the butterfly have been fanned.
Seeing Ishida Mitsunari showing off in front of his eyes now, the lemon in Xiujia's heart became sour, as if the fat in his mouth had been snatched away. "You are really courageous. You actually use half of your knowledge to recruit a ronin."
Perhaps Sancheng has heard this sentence mentioned more than once by others, and there are many people who are more straightforward than what the Xiu family said, and Sancheng is unwilling to explain more to the Xiu family, and just replied politely, "Thank you for your compliment."
While the two were talking, Xiu's family had already been taken out of the teahouse in Juledi.
"Excuse me, General Toyotomi has brought you here." As Sancheng spoke, he opened the room, and Xiujia's eyes were stimulated by the light reflected from it.
After getting used to it a little bit, the Xiu family realized that Hideyoshi is another golden tea room!
Why do you want to say again, because Hideyoshi built such a teahouse in Osaka Castle, and now I didn't expect to see another one in Juledi.
You said that this golden and vulgar thing can actually collide with the tea ceremony, and Hideyoshi can be regarded as No. 1 for both tastes and tastes.
"This is the golden tea room."
The Xiu family was completely speechless when they saw this golden tea room. During the daytime, it was fine. The sun shone in from outside, which could even out the difference in light between the inside and the outside.
It was night now, it was pitch black outside, and the candles lit inside made the whole teahouse look like a lantern under the reflection of gold.
Hideyoshi squinted his eyes and sat inside, only to find that there was another person in the small tea room, Hideyoshi's imperial tea master Sen Rikyu.
Don’t underestimate this Sen no Rikyu, thinking that this guy is a tea maker. In fact, in Japanese society at that time, the tea ceremony was a gathering of upper-level exchanges.
As a well-known tea master in Japan, Sen Rikyu has a deep connection with the imperial court and Kinki daimyo. At the beginning, Oda Nobunaga was very fond of him.
During the Battle of Yamazaki, Sen no Rikyu helped Hideyoshi contact Ikeda Hengxing, Oda Nobutaka, Niwa Nagahide and others, and Sen no Rikyu could be seen in every important node of Hideyoshi's later growth.
If it is said that Hanbei Takenaka took on the task of Hideyoshi’s military and political military division before, after Hanbei’s death, Kanbei Kuroda was responsible for advising Hideyoshi in the military, and Sen Rikyu was responsible for providing political help for Hideyoshi. .
Hideyoshi trusts Sen no Rikyu very much, every time he wants to have a small meeting, Xiang Xiujia, Hidecho, Hachisuka Masakatsu and others may be absent due to various reasons, but Sen no Rikyu will definitely participate in every meeting.
It's just different from other daimyos, Sen Rikyu never speaks in these meetings, he just silently makes tea on the sidelines, and doesn't offer advice to Hideyoshi until everyone has left.
As the saying goes, people who play politics are short-lived.Maybe it was because Sen Rikyu participated in all the political meetings, and he knew too many secrets, that Hideyoshi ordered him to be seppuku on trumped-up charges.
Look at the time when Sen Rikyu died, it was April 1591. Not long after the Battle of Odawara ended, all the daimyos from Kyushu to the Northeast had surrendered. .
For Hideyoshi, Sen Rikyu is no longer helping him further in politics, but knows a lot of his secrets, so he silences him.
It's too early for me to say that Hideyoshi killed Sen Rikyu. You can comment on the political operations before and after Hideyoshi killed Sen Rikyu with a world of difference.
It can even be said that if Sen Rikyu hadn't died, if Hideyoshi had humbly asked for advice, Hideyoshi might be able to reduce the title of the world's daimyo in a peaceful and orderly manner like the old turtle.
By weakening the strength of the outsiders and strengthening the centralization of the Toyotomi family, this may make Hideyori an easier situation to face.
"My lord father, my lord father-in-law." Xiujia sat in the house, saluted slightly to the two people in the house, but turned a blind eye to Qian Rixiu.
The reason is very simple, Sen Rikyu does have a high status within Toyotomi, but he himself is equivalent to Hideyoshi's private minister, and Hideyoshi has close contacts with him not far away.
Hideyoshi saw Xiu's family coming in, and quickly asked him to sit down, asked Sen Rikyu to bring a bowl of tea to Xiu's family and said, "The things on the Ryukyu side have settled down."
After the Xiu family saluted him, he replied, "Yes, the Ryukyu king has descended, and sent his trusted retainer, the head of the country, and members of the clan to the capital to personally plead guilty to you, my lord father."
Hearing Hideo's answer, Hideyoshi asked curiously: "What is the official position of the head of the country?"
"It's probably equivalent to the position of guardian of a country," Xiujia replied. "It's just that this guardian of a country is a powerful faction in Ryukyu, which is equivalent to a status similar to that of a shogunate leader."
Hideyoshi's complexion changed slightly when he heard that he was only the guardian of a country, probably because he felt that the Ryukyu king had seen him clearly, but when he heard that he was "equivalent to a ruler", his complexion changed slightly for the better.
"The King of Ryukyu is willing to lead all the people of Ryukyu to surrender under the command of his father, and he will call His Highness Guan Bai his father from now on;
At the same time, he is willing to open the port to allow Japanese businessmen to go to Ryukyu for trade; marry the royal princess Gu Shan to His Royal Highness as a concubine;
Offer 3 orbs, 10 pieces of coral, 150 brocades from the Ming Dynasty, 500 taels of gold, 2000 taels of silver, and 1 copper coins;
From then on, 80 brocades, 5 pieces of coral, 100 taels of gold, 500 taels of silver, and 5000 copper coins will be provided to His Highness Guan Bai every year. "
Hideyoshi was very interested in Ryukyu's surrender, but after hearing the gift from the Ryukyu Kingdom, he seemed less interested.
He complained to Xiu's family, "Is there no more? Is the Ryukyu king offering such a little thing? How can I say that he is also the lord of a country, with such a little strength?"
Hideka smiled and comforted, "Ryukyu is a small country. It is an archipelago country located above the South China Sea. There are 3 big islands and [-] to [-] small islands. (For Japan, the south of Kyushu is called the South China Sea)
The country is small and poor, and the knowledge and practice of Ryukyu on the main island is only about 6 to 7 shi.He just took advantage of the convenience of transportation to Ming, Luzon, and Japan to develop trade. To be able to send these gifts is already the power of the whole country.
Father, don't look at the fact that Ryukyu doesn't give many gifts. This is much more than what is given to the daimyo emperor every year, which is enough to show that the Ryukyu king has a lot of trust in you. "
Hideyoshi's complexion improved a little when he heard Xiujia's explanation, and Xiujia continued, "Besides, the emperor and his ministers are commensurate. This is the treatment that Ryukyu treats Ming. It shows that in the eyes of Ryukyu, you are already the same as Daming." .
However, Ryukyu only addressed Ming as monarch and minister, not father and son, and they chose a Ryukyu royal family to marry into Japan, which was a treatment that Ming had never enjoyed!From this point of view, the Ryukyu father and son should respect you, father. "
Historical research in later generations found that after Hideyoshi controlled Kyushu, he had already coveted the Ming country across the sea, and everyone wanted to use Ming affairs as a standard against himself. Hideyoshi's complexion improved a lot.
Xiujia leaned forward while the iron was hot, and said lightly in front of Hideyoshi, "I quietly helped my father take a look at the princess sent by Ryukyu. She is a real beauty. I believe my father will be satisfied."
"Oh? Tell me in detail."
When the old perverted monkey heard that he was a beauty, he frowned, thinking that he was born as a humble commoner, and when he was a child, he didn't even dare to think that he could find a woman from a warrior family like Ning Ning as his wife, let alone have a dream now. Chacha, a substitute for a middle-aged lover, and a concubine behind the high door of Tsinghua's family in Kyoto.
However, Monkey has never ridden a foreign horse until now, and when he heard Xiu's description of Mr. Gushan's foreign trade, he immediately became envious, wishing he could bring Mrs. Gushan to Falun Gong on the spot that night.
Hideyoshi smiled wretchedly when he listened to Xiujia's introduction, and Xiujia was on the sidelines echoing, seeing how wretched the father and son were when they talked about women, they didn't think it was an adoptive father-son relationship at all, and people would believe that they were biological.
Of course, the Xiu family's description is sure, so far, they will never say such a thing as the mole on the right buttock of Mr. Gu Shan.
"Brother, this is a serious matter." Xiu Zhang next to him couldn't bear to listen to these obscenities, so he interrupted the conversation between the two of them.
Hideyoshi, who was interrupted by his younger brother, sat upright again, and said to Xiujia with a serious face, "It seems that the Ryukyu King is somewhat sincere, and it is not a bad idea to accept his surrender.
You just said that he is a country of archipelagos, small and poor, so what is the strength of this Ryukyu? "
Hideyo knew that the next question was very important, and he had to answer it well, so that Hideyoshi felt that although the Ryukyu Kingdom was small, it was not weak.
If it is determined by the battle of Kamei Izumo as in reality, the Ryukyu royal family will be captured in one go. With Hideyoshi's greed, it is very likely that Ryukyu will be wiped out, and the Ryukyu royal family will be abolished and replaced with other daimyos.
If Ryukyu is said to be too strong, Hideyoshi is likely to be absolutely a threat to Ryukyu, and once again entangles tens of thousands of troops to go south, then Hideyoshi's lies will be self-defeating.
Therefore, Hideo said to Hideyoshi, "Ryukyu is a small country, and the land is scattered on various islands. The largest island has a population of tens of thousands, and the number of people in the whole country is about 15 shi.
Benefiting from the geographical location and the convenience of trade, the annual income is fairly objective. With the strength of its trade, it has amassed 5000 soldiers, of which more than 2000 are full-time professional soldiers employed by the royal family.
Ryukyu's domestic castles are built on Tito Mountain, which is similar to Hirayama Castle in the country, except that the whole city is built with stones, and iron guns and rockets cannot be broken.
When Kamei Tomoki attacked Ryukyu at the beginning, he also took advantage of the suddenness of the attack to capture a city, occupied it and dealt with the Ryukyu royal family.
I gave him 4000 soldiers. According to what he said, the Ryukyu soldiers were not weak, and they fought with my Jibei soldiers in five or five numbers.In the end, it was the Ryukyu king who did not want to see his country become a battlefield and lose trade, so he chose to make concessions. "
"There are 55 soldiers with Qiji." Hideyoshi savored this sentence carefully, "and also has the advantages of Shicheng and a strong military strategist. So it is difficult to say that Ryukyu does not have 2 soldiers?"
Xiujia nodded and replied: "I'm afraid that's the case, and Ryukyu is too far away from the main island, and it's difficult to transport food by sea. The expedition is really time-consuming and labor-intensive."
At the same time, the Xiu family sold miserably at the right time, "This expedition to Ryukyu had 4000 soldiers at the time of departure, and the number of soldiers had just reached 2000 when they returned. The loss of the family was not small, so they chose to accept the surrender of Ryukyu.
According to Kamei Tomoki, the Ryukyu royal family always had a well-equipped weapon, with a dagger and a round shield in hand, and a strong bow at the waist, and it was invincible to non-samurai in the country. "
(End of this chapter)
The distance between Okayama and Kyoto is not far, and the Xiujia team has already arrived in Kyoto in only 8 days. This is the result of Xiujia deliberately slowing down.
By the time I arrived in Kyoto, it was already September 12th, the [-]th year of Tianzheng.
Before Xiujia came to Kyoto, he had sent someone to notify Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto.
For a foreign country like this to descend, it is a very face-saving matter for him.
Hideyoshi originally arrived in Kyoto in the afternoon of the same day, and Hideyoshi even planned to meet the Ryukyu envoy overnight. In the end, Hideyoshi persuaded his elder brother on the grounds that Yu etiquette was not compatible, but Hideyoshi was summoned to Jule Hall overnight. Meet Hideyoshi inside.
It was still the same Sakichi who led Xiu's family into the palace, but now Sancheng was no longer the one who summoned Hideyoshi to meet Hideyoshi in Juledi.
It was still Sakichi who led Hideyoshi's family into the palace, but today's Mitsunari is no longer the attendant who followed Hideyoshi's ass all the year round, and now Ishida Mitsunari is the lord of the 4-stone daimyo of Omi Shuiguchi Castle.
Taking advantage of this opportunity to lead the way, Xiujia and Ishida Mitsunari chatted about the mountains.
"I heard that a few days ago, Shaofu Zhibu took in a capable minister. I heard that you used half of your knowledge and practice to recruit him."
Ishida Mitsunari is a very strange person. According to the records of the Wenzhi School, he is a person who is enthusiastic about this and treats his colleagues very kindly, but in the perception of other people, he always carries on with an indifferent face.
Hideka is not very familiar with him, but Hideka and Mitsunari are not in conflict. As the first feudal lord under Hideyoshi's command, Ishida Mitsunari dare not confront him coldly.
Ishida Mitsunari replied: "Ah, yes, his name is Shima Kiyoko, the original retainer of the Tsutsui family, after leaving the Tsutsui family, I recruited him in."
Shimazukon is very famous in history because of Ishida Mitsunari, especially the allusion that the monarch and his ministers share the salary is regarded as a good story.
However, when Shima Sakon became an official, Ishida Mitsunari has different opinions.
It is widely circulated in later generations that in January of the 14th year of Tianzheng (1586), he was recruited by Ishida Mitsunari as a retainer with half of his own knowledge and practice. 1 years), a collection of anecdotes, similar to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in China.
Because a lot of literary and beautifying descriptions were added, it was easier to be accepted by the people, and the stories in it were widely circulated in the following hundreds of years.
However, according to the textual research of the famous Japanese historian Hana Mae Sheng Ming, it is true that Shima Sakon has been in a semi-reclusive state in Tsutsui’s house since 1586 because of Tsutsui’s unfair judgment on water sources, but he was actually in the 16th year of Tensho. (1588) In February, he asked Tsutsui to resign.
Although Japan's Warring States period did have some rituals and music collapsed, there were many customary rules between the samurai and their lords. It is absolutely impossible to transfer to another family.
According to the "Akita Fan Family Documents", on May 18, 1590, in the 5th year of Tensho, Ishida Mitsunari wrote to Satake Yoshinobu's vassal Dong Yoshihisa, reminding Satake Yoshinobu to prepare well when meeting with Hideyoshi. Prepare mentally, and the messenger who sees him off is Zuo Jin.
From this point of view, Shima Sakon should be Ishida Mitsunari who became an official between 1588 and 1590. Hideka has been waiting for this time. He has heard of Shima Sakon's reputation and has been coveting him for a long time.
It’s just that in the past, Shimazakon was the vassal of the Tsutsui family, and the Tsutsui family, as an ally of the Hide family, openly asked him for a retainer who was marginalized by the head of the family, Sueji Tsutsui. Xiujia has been waiting until now.
Just according to his memory, there are records in "Tamonin Diary" and "Samurai Chronicle" that Shima Sakino successively went to Shigao Clan and Toyotomi Hidenaga.
Xiu's family has been waiting for him to become a senior official, so it is convenient and economical to directly ask Xiuchang for the vicinity of the island.
It's just that he didn't expect to wait and wait, and the news that Ishida Mitsunari used his half salary to recruit Shimazakon came, which surprised him very much.Only then did I remember that the Gamo clan township that was originally located in Ise in history has been moved to Kyushu, and the wings of the butterfly have been fanned.
Seeing Ishida Mitsunari showing off in front of his eyes now, the lemon in Xiujia's heart became sour, as if the fat in his mouth had been snatched away. "You are really courageous. You actually use half of your knowledge to recruit a ronin."
Perhaps Sancheng has heard this sentence mentioned more than once by others, and there are many people who are more straightforward than what the Xiu family said, and Sancheng is unwilling to explain more to the Xiu family, and just replied politely, "Thank you for your compliment."
While the two were talking, Xiu's family had already been taken out of the teahouse in Juledi.
"Excuse me, General Toyotomi has brought you here." As Sancheng spoke, he opened the room, and Xiujia's eyes were stimulated by the light reflected from it.
After getting used to it a little bit, the Xiu family realized that Hideyoshi is another golden tea room!
Why do you want to say again, because Hideyoshi built such a teahouse in Osaka Castle, and now I didn't expect to see another one in Juledi.
You said that this golden and vulgar thing can actually collide with the tea ceremony, and Hideyoshi can be regarded as No. 1 for both tastes and tastes.
"This is the golden tea room."
The Xiu family was completely speechless when they saw this golden tea room. During the daytime, it was fine. The sun shone in from outside, which could even out the difference in light between the inside and the outside.
It was night now, it was pitch black outside, and the candles lit inside made the whole teahouse look like a lantern under the reflection of gold.
Hideyoshi squinted his eyes and sat inside, only to find that there was another person in the small tea room, Hideyoshi's imperial tea master Sen Rikyu.
Don’t underestimate this Sen no Rikyu, thinking that this guy is a tea maker. In fact, in Japanese society at that time, the tea ceremony was a gathering of upper-level exchanges.
As a well-known tea master in Japan, Sen Rikyu has a deep connection with the imperial court and Kinki daimyo. At the beginning, Oda Nobunaga was very fond of him.
During the Battle of Yamazaki, Sen no Rikyu helped Hideyoshi contact Ikeda Hengxing, Oda Nobutaka, Niwa Nagahide and others, and Sen no Rikyu could be seen in every important node of Hideyoshi's later growth.
If it is said that Hanbei Takenaka took on the task of Hideyoshi’s military and political military division before, after Hanbei’s death, Kanbei Kuroda was responsible for advising Hideyoshi in the military, and Sen Rikyu was responsible for providing political help for Hideyoshi. .
Hideyoshi trusts Sen no Rikyu very much, every time he wants to have a small meeting, Xiang Xiujia, Hidecho, Hachisuka Masakatsu and others may be absent due to various reasons, but Sen no Rikyu will definitely participate in every meeting.
It's just different from other daimyos, Sen Rikyu never speaks in these meetings, he just silently makes tea on the sidelines, and doesn't offer advice to Hideyoshi until everyone has left.
As the saying goes, people who play politics are short-lived.Maybe it was because Sen Rikyu participated in all the political meetings, and he knew too many secrets, that Hideyoshi ordered him to be seppuku on trumped-up charges.
Look at the time when Sen Rikyu died, it was April 1591. Not long after the Battle of Odawara ended, all the daimyos from Kyushu to the Northeast had surrendered. .
For Hideyoshi, Sen Rikyu is no longer helping him further in politics, but knows a lot of his secrets, so he silences him.
It's too early for me to say that Hideyoshi killed Sen Rikyu. You can comment on the political operations before and after Hideyoshi killed Sen Rikyu with a world of difference.
It can even be said that if Sen Rikyu hadn't died, if Hideyoshi had humbly asked for advice, Hideyoshi might be able to reduce the title of the world's daimyo in a peaceful and orderly manner like the old turtle.
By weakening the strength of the outsiders and strengthening the centralization of the Toyotomi family, this may make Hideyori an easier situation to face.
"My lord father, my lord father-in-law." Xiujia sat in the house, saluted slightly to the two people in the house, but turned a blind eye to Qian Rixiu.
The reason is very simple, Sen Rikyu does have a high status within Toyotomi, but he himself is equivalent to Hideyoshi's private minister, and Hideyoshi has close contacts with him not far away.
Hideyoshi saw Xiu's family coming in, and quickly asked him to sit down, asked Sen Rikyu to bring a bowl of tea to Xiu's family and said, "The things on the Ryukyu side have settled down."
After the Xiu family saluted him, he replied, "Yes, the Ryukyu king has descended, and sent his trusted retainer, the head of the country, and members of the clan to the capital to personally plead guilty to you, my lord father."
Hearing Hideo's answer, Hideyoshi asked curiously: "What is the official position of the head of the country?"
"It's probably equivalent to the position of guardian of a country," Xiujia replied. "It's just that this guardian of a country is a powerful faction in Ryukyu, which is equivalent to a status similar to that of a shogunate leader."
Hideyoshi's complexion changed slightly when he heard that he was only the guardian of a country, probably because he felt that the Ryukyu king had seen him clearly, but when he heard that he was "equivalent to a ruler", his complexion changed slightly for the better.
"The King of Ryukyu is willing to lead all the people of Ryukyu to surrender under the command of his father, and he will call His Highness Guan Bai his father from now on;
At the same time, he is willing to open the port to allow Japanese businessmen to go to Ryukyu for trade; marry the royal princess Gu Shan to His Royal Highness as a concubine;
Offer 3 orbs, 10 pieces of coral, 150 brocades from the Ming Dynasty, 500 taels of gold, 2000 taels of silver, and 1 copper coins;
From then on, 80 brocades, 5 pieces of coral, 100 taels of gold, 500 taels of silver, and 5000 copper coins will be provided to His Highness Guan Bai every year. "
Hideyoshi was very interested in Ryukyu's surrender, but after hearing the gift from the Ryukyu Kingdom, he seemed less interested.
He complained to Xiu's family, "Is there no more? Is the Ryukyu king offering such a little thing? How can I say that he is also the lord of a country, with such a little strength?"
Hideka smiled and comforted, "Ryukyu is a small country. It is an archipelago country located above the South China Sea. There are 3 big islands and [-] to [-] small islands. (For Japan, the south of Kyushu is called the South China Sea)
The country is small and poor, and the knowledge and practice of Ryukyu on the main island is only about 6 to 7 shi.He just took advantage of the convenience of transportation to Ming, Luzon, and Japan to develop trade. To be able to send these gifts is already the power of the whole country.
Father, don't look at the fact that Ryukyu doesn't give many gifts. This is much more than what is given to the daimyo emperor every year, which is enough to show that the Ryukyu king has a lot of trust in you. "
Hideyoshi's complexion improved a little when he heard Xiujia's explanation, and Xiujia continued, "Besides, the emperor and his ministers are commensurate. This is the treatment that Ryukyu treats Ming. It shows that in the eyes of Ryukyu, you are already the same as Daming." .
However, Ryukyu only addressed Ming as monarch and minister, not father and son, and they chose a Ryukyu royal family to marry into Japan, which was a treatment that Ming had never enjoyed!From this point of view, the Ryukyu father and son should respect you, father. "
Historical research in later generations found that after Hideyoshi controlled Kyushu, he had already coveted the Ming country across the sea, and everyone wanted to use Ming affairs as a standard against himself. Hideyoshi's complexion improved a lot.
Xiujia leaned forward while the iron was hot, and said lightly in front of Hideyoshi, "I quietly helped my father take a look at the princess sent by Ryukyu. She is a real beauty. I believe my father will be satisfied."
"Oh? Tell me in detail."
When the old perverted monkey heard that he was a beauty, he frowned, thinking that he was born as a humble commoner, and when he was a child, he didn't even dare to think that he could find a woman from a warrior family like Ning Ning as his wife, let alone have a dream now. Chacha, a substitute for a middle-aged lover, and a concubine behind the high door of Tsinghua's family in Kyoto.
However, Monkey has never ridden a foreign horse until now, and when he heard Xiu's description of Mr. Gushan's foreign trade, he immediately became envious, wishing he could bring Mrs. Gushan to Falun Gong on the spot that night.
Hideyoshi smiled wretchedly when he listened to Xiujia's introduction, and Xiujia was on the sidelines echoing, seeing how wretched the father and son were when they talked about women, they didn't think it was an adoptive father-son relationship at all, and people would believe that they were biological.
Of course, the Xiu family's description is sure, so far, they will never say such a thing as the mole on the right buttock of Mr. Gu Shan.
"Brother, this is a serious matter." Xiu Zhang next to him couldn't bear to listen to these obscenities, so he interrupted the conversation between the two of them.
Hideyoshi, who was interrupted by his younger brother, sat upright again, and said to Xiujia with a serious face, "It seems that the Ryukyu King is somewhat sincere, and it is not a bad idea to accept his surrender.
You just said that he is a country of archipelagos, small and poor, so what is the strength of this Ryukyu? "
Hideyo knew that the next question was very important, and he had to answer it well, so that Hideyoshi felt that although the Ryukyu Kingdom was small, it was not weak.
If it is determined by the battle of Kamei Izumo as in reality, the Ryukyu royal family will be captured in one go. With Hideyoshi's greed, it is very likely that Ryukyu will be wiped out, and the Ryukyu royal family will be abolished and replaced with other daimyos.
If Ryukyu is said to be too strong, Hideyoshi is likely to be absolutely a threat to Ryukyu, and once again entangles tens of thousands of troops to go south, then Hideyoshi's lies will be self-defeating.
Therefore, Hideo said to Hideyoshi, "Ryukyu is a small country, and the land is scattered on various islands. The largest island has a population of tens of thousands, and the number of people in the whole country is about 15 shi.
Benefiting from the geographical location and the convenience of trade, the annual income is fairly objective. With the strength of its trade, it has amassed 5000 soldiers, of which more than 2000 are full-time professional soldiers employed by the royal family.
Ryukyu's domestic castles are built on Tito Mountain, which is similar to Hirayama Castle in the country, except that the whole city is built with stones, and iron guns and rockets cannot be broken.
When Kamei Tomoki attacked Ryukyu at the beginning, he also took advantage of the suddenness of the attack to capture a city, occupied it and dealt with the Ryukyu royal family.
I gave him 4000 soldiers. According to what he said, the Ryukyu soldiers were not weak, and they fought with my Jibei soldiers in five or five numbers.In the end, it was the Ryukyu king who did not want to see his country become a battlefield and lose trade, so he chose to make concessions. "
"There are 55 soldiers with Qiji." Hideyoshi savored this sentence carefully, "and also has the advantages of Shicheng and a strong military strategist. So it is difficult to say that Ryukyu does not have 2 soldiers?"
Xiujia nodded and replied: "I'm afraid that's the case, and Ryukyu is too far away from the main island, and it's difficult to transport food by sea. The expedition is really time-consuming and labor-intensive."
At the same time, the Xiu family sold miserably at the right time, "This expedition to Ryukyu had 4000 soldiers at the time of departure, and the number of soldiers had just reached 2000 when they returned. The loss of the family was not small, so they chose to accept the surrender of Ryukyu.
According to Kamei Tomoki, the Ryukyu royal family always had a well-equipped weapon, with a dagger and a round shield in hand, and a strong bow at the waist, and it was invincible to non-samurai in the country. "
(End of this chapter)