[270] The Gross Profit of Wisdom

As Song Youliang expected, when the Fallen Shogunate Army received the news of the Edo Rebellion, they risked bypassing Odawara and going straight to Edo. However, due to the delay in Odawara, by the time the shogunate army arrived in Edo, the shogunate army had already quelled the rebellion, and a group of key personnel such as Imasa Yuki and Nagamune Ibu Mori Cheng retreated by sea under the cover of Nishiki Guard and fled to China.

As a result, the shogunate army waited for work and defeated the fallen shogunate army commanded by Ukita Hideya in one fell swoop. As a result, the fallen shogunate army retreated to Kyoto.

Kyoto, was the national capital of Japan at that time, the center of Buddhism, the holy place of Shintoism, the cradle of culture and art, located in the central and western part of Honshu Island, located in the north of the Kyoto Basin, only 5 kilometers away from Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, surrounded by the Tamba Mountains, the Hira Mountains and the Kibune Mountains on the east, west and north, and the urban area opens up to Osaka Bay in the south with the Kyoto Basin in the shape of a giant pocket, located in a low flat basin, surrounded by mountains on three sides. The Camo River, the River Kwai and other rivers flow through the urban area and meet the Shinanli River. In 794 A.D. (Enryaku 13), the then Emperor Kanmu moved the imperial capital from Nara to Changfeng in order to cut off the evil trend of Buddhism involved in politics, and at the same time sent people to build the current Kyoto City, and then moved the national capital to Kyoto, which was called Heiankyo at that time, and the capital system was completely modeled on the system of Chang'an City in China, and Emperor Huanmu imitated the legal system of the Tang Dynasty in China, rectified Japan's politics, and established a new Buddhist sect at the same time, so that politics and religion were separated. For more than 1,000 years before the formation of the Kamakura shogunate, Kyoto was the political, economic, and cultural center of Japan, and in the time of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Oda Nobunaga, the imperial power was not high, but the great generals of the two dynasties protected Kyoto's system.

The houses in the entire Kyoto city area are built along the slopes of the basin, and the streets rise and fall, and the Koya River and the Kamo River converge in the urban area to form the Kamogawa River and flow south into the Katsura River. In the center of the north of the castle is the palace where the imperial family is located, and outside the palace is the imperial castle used for government offices, and outside the imperial castle is the capital city where ordinary officials and commoners live. The whole city covers an area of about 20 square kilometers, is rectangular, the streets are vertical and horizontal, symmetrically intersecting, and the shape is like a chessboard, so the Japanese always like to call Kyoto "Luoyang" and "Los Angeles".

To the southwest of the Imperial Palace is Nijo Castle, which was established by the Shogun more than ten years ago, or the Shogun's Palace. In the twelfth year of Eiroku (1569), Oda Nobunaga began to build Nijo Castle on the residence of Ashikaga Yoshiaki. In the first year of Tensho (1573), Nobunaga burned down the castle after exile Yoshiaki, and then built a separate Nijo Imperial Palace elsewhere and dedicated it to Prince Johito. In the tenth year of Tensho (1582), the Honnoji Incident broke out. Nobunaga's eldest son, Nobutada, set himself on fire at the Nijo Imperial Palace. After the Battle of Sekigahara, Ieyasu, who had acquired the world, rebuilt it when he met Toyotomi Hideyori in Kyoto. The two castles were heavily walled and heavily guarded. Although the shogun generally did not live in Kyoto, the palace he owned in Kyoto was about the size of the Imperial Palace, which was well defended. A tall wall of about 500 meters from east to west and 400 meters from north to south was built, and trenches were dug. The corridor in Nijo Castle called the "Oriole Floor" was a warning mechanism set up by the shogunate rulers to protect themselves by making a sound like a yellow warbler chirping when people walked on it. The Honmaru Goden and the Ninomaru Goden are the main buildings of Nijo Castle. The architecture of Ninomaru is very distinctive, and the walls and partitions of the hall are beautifully painted with famous paintings by the Hunter School painters. The annual plum blossom and chrysanthemum season is a good time to visit.

"What? Want to go to Nijo Castle? "Emperor Gomizuo Masahito was angry when he heard the name Nijo Castle, and three years ago, Tokugawa Iemitsu invited Emperor Gomizuo to visit Nijo Castle. Originally, it was customary in Japanese history to meet the monarch as a courtier, but Tokugawa Iemitsu, in order to show that his status and power were above the emperor, proposed that the emperor visit the shogun in Edo. Although it was later changed to the Emperor's visit to Nijo Castle, since Nijo Castle was the shogun's palace in Kyoto, Gomizuo's visit to Nijo Castle symbolized the Emperor's court's complete submission to the samurai regime.

"No~ I won't go!" Masahito refused

Fujiwara Yoshimasa was anxious, "Your Majesty, the shogunate army has approached Kyoto, and the minister has excluded the envoy to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty, we just need to wait for help, and when the reinforcements arrive, the day when Your Majesty will restore the authority of the emperor is just around the corner!" ”

Although Fujiwara Yoshimasa patted his chest and said that if the shogunate wanted to investigate it, he was willing to bear all the charges, but now he must protect the emperor, and without the emperor, he will lose everything. Therefore, after consulting with Ukita Hideya and others, it was decided to move the emperor and all members of the imperial family to Nijo Castle for protection. Although Masahito was reluctant to do so, he was finally escorted to Nijo Castle by Fujiwara Yoshimasa half-pushed and half-on-the-spot.

On May 1, the shogunate elder Sakai Tadakatsu led 100,000 shogunate troops to Kyoto Castle, which had already been besieged. Even Uesugi Tsunakatsu of the Yonezawa Domain sent a letter written to him by Shimazu Hisamitsu and Mori Shu to Edo, and personally led 5,000 troops to join the shogunate's crusade

As soon as Sakai Tadakatsu arrived, he immediately ordered the siege of the castle, and the ant-like shogunate army desperately attacked Kyoto Castle. Shimazu Hisamitsu, Mori Hideya, Ukita Hideie, and Matsuura Zhennobu fled Kyoto in a hurry, leaving Fujiwara Yoshimasa and the Emperor at Nijo Castle.

At around 4 p.m. that day, the shogunate army captured Kyoto Castle and quickly advanced towards the Imperial Palace and Nijo Castle. There was little resistance to the Imperial Palace, so the Shogunate army quickly attacked it, but they found that the Emperor's family was not in the Imperial Palace at all.

Soon, the news of the Emperor's presence at Nijo Castle from the captured captives really surprised Sakai Tadakatsu, and he began to find the matter tricky. He knew the strength of Nijo Castle's defenses, and even if he could attack it, the mechanism inside would be enough to make them suffer a lot, not to mention that the emperor was inside, and he couldn't let the emperor suffer the slightest damage no matter what. In desperation, Sakai Tadakatsu ordered his men not to use cannons, iron cannons, bows and arrows, but only to attack with swords and guns, so as not to injure the emperor by mistake. Although the emperor is just a rubber stamp, he can't afford to be injured himself.

Another round of attacks by the shogunate army began, and Fujiwara Yoshimasa's troops at Nijo Castle were a thousand muskets left to him by the Shimazu family and more than a thousand righteous men who volunteered to be the king. Although there were only about 2,000 of them, the shogunate did not dare to use them because of the cannons and muskets they had in the air, while the defenders had no scruples. The defending troops stubbornly resisted the attack of the shogunate army with bows and muskets, and the shogunate soldiers poured in waves, falling one by one in the rain of bullets, and the battle was extremely tragic

Let's say that Shimazu Hisamitsu, Mori Hideyashi, Matsuura Jinshin and Ukita Hide's family fled all the way to the territory of the Mori family, and the frightened Mori Hide's family began to regret it, why did he become obsessed with the idea of raising troops?

Shimazu Hisamitsu complained: "It's all Fujiwara Yoshimasa's big fool, what about the Ming army and the Korean army bullying the people, and the lower-level feudal lords have complaints." When it's a matter of life and death, why do you care about this kind of insect song? ”

Matsuura Zhenxin said: "It's useless to say anything now, if you are defeated again, I'm afraid it's not as simple as reducing the seal, I'm afraid you will have to exterminate the clan!" ”

"What then? Do you want to go to Daming again to ask for help? Maori Xiu asked

Ukita Hideya thought for a while and said, "That's all I can do, I see that what the Akito wants is nothing more than to allow merchants to do business in Japan and set up shops, and after the matter is completed, we will set up a Tang merchant house for them in Hirado, Nagasaki, and Mihoki." ”

"But, if we go to ask for help now, will the other party be willing to send troops? Such a backsliding, isn't it~" Matsuura Zhenxin felt that the situation of the fallen army was very embarrassing now

"We can ask Zong Jun to come forward!" Ukita Hideya said

"Yes, he is very friendly with the Ming people, and he has not participated in the matter of asking the Ming army to withdraw, he should be able to talk!" Shimazu Hisamitsu was overjoyed, "I'll send someone to the horse!" ”

"Without further ado!" Maori Xiu urged

"Reporting to the Lord, there is a self-proclaimed son of Changzong and my department Sheng Cheng who asks to see him." A small surname broke into the big tent

Ukita Hideya's eyebrows raised, "The descendants of my family? ”

"Yes, he also brought a lot of Ashigaru and Ming troops here~!" The little surname replied

"Ming Army?" The Maori Show was like seeing the light of day in the night, "Where are they?" ”

"Just landed at U.S. Insurance!" The little surname replied

"Greet~~ Hurry up!" Maori Xiu hurried to change into formal clothes

But before Mori Shu set off, a large number of feudal lords from the Choshu Domain came to petition to stop Mori Hide from meeting the Ming army

It turned out that although Song Youliang's army withdrew from Japan's Honshu, it left 20,000 troops of Kong Youde and Liu Tichun in Tsushima Island, 20,000 people of Zheng Sen and Tian Jianxiu in Ryukyu, 20,000 men of Zhou Guoqing and Zhang Nai's troops in Busan, and Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao in the area of Hamgyo in northern Korea. Now the Japanese army is asking for help, so the army of deer immediately poured out and pounced on Japan.

The first to land in Japan were the 20,000 soldiers and horses of Kong Youdeok and Liu Tichun, and the 5,000 soldiers and horses of Pak Zhonghuan, the vanguard of the Korean army. The Choshu domain was a poor domain at this time, and the common people under the poor domain were even poorer. The Ming Dynasty coalition army, which really couldn't find any oil and water, could only bring all the nearby Japanese women back to the barracks to work in the army.

The wives and daughters of some lower-ranking feudal lords were also taken away by the Ming army, but they dared not speak out, so they had to petition the feudal lord. Mao Lixiu thought that it was not a solution, the Ming army would leave sooner or later, but the feudal lords stayed with him for a lifetime. How can you have the best of both worlds? At this time, the wisdom inheritance of Maori Yuan was finally reflected in Maori Xiu.

He found Shimazu Hisamitsu and Matsuura Zhenxin and said, "I think everyone has heard that as soon as the Ming army and the Koreans came ashore, they captured all the women near Mihokan. ”

Shimazu Hisamitsu and the others were silent, in fact, the Ming army that landed in Kyushu and Hirado and other places could not find out what they did

"We need both the help of the Ming army and the death of the feudal lords in the domain, so I get along with a way to get along with the best of both worlds!" Mao Lixiu said with a smile: "Set up a comfort station dedicated to serving the Ming army, recruit civilian women to volunteer as comfort women, and collect money from the Ming army and North Koreans after each service." ”

"The wives and daughters of the feudal lords~~" Ukita Hideya asked

"It's all said that it's voluntary, if the wives and daughters of the feudal lords go voluntarily, it's the feudal priests' own business, and we can't blame it anymore, right?" "Of course, we also have to issue an order in the domain that the ladies of the feudal lords and retainers are forbidden to go out at will, let alone near the comfort stations. ”

"Well, if the Ming army and the Koreans are allowed to act arbitrarily, then the blood of the Japanese will be greatly impure. It's worth sacrificing some people in exchange for the continuation and purity of the Great Japanese bloodline! Ukita Hideya nodded, admired and said to Mori Hide, "It's not a loss to be a descendant of Mori Motosa!" ”