The first two reasons, in fact, can be summed up in one sentence, that is, the Shimazu family was controlled in the Shikoku area, and the local environment and the surrounding shape were used to limit the Shimazu family to the Shikoku area, so that the Luo family could control the Shimazu family.

The last important reason for Masarashi's determination to transfer the Shimazu family to the Iyu Province was precisely what Yoshida Shigemasa had previously pointed out, and the Shimazu family had been operating in the southern Kyushu region for several generations and had established an intertwined relationship with local powers.

In Zhengliang's plan, the Kyushu region is the foundation of the Luo family's outward development, how can such a family be tolerated in the foundation of the Luo family? And in history, the Shimazu family was like a stone in the toilet for a while, smelly and hard, and like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang for a while, but it was in history that the family survived.

Why did Masarashi say so much about the Shimazu family? As we all know, in history, both Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was in full swing, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who later took advantage of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death to ascend to the throne, were afraid of the Shimazu family's intertwined relationship in the southern Kyushu region and adopted a policy of appeasement towards the Shimazu family, allowing the Shimazu family to remain in the southern Kyushu area.

So what is the result? Take Toyotomi Hideyoshi as an example, he appeased the Shimazu family on the one hand, but on the other hand, he used poisoning (after Shimazu Hideyoshi met with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he died suddenly and mysteriously, although many historical brick family beasts pointed out in later generations that Toyotomi Hideyoshi poisoned Shimazu Hideyoshi at this time, which was actually unfavorable to the Toyotomi family, so the poisoning cannot be believed, but in any case, Shimazu Hidehisa did die after meeting with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and it was not good for the Toyotomi family in the short term, but in the long run. But it must not be bad). Even the rebellion launched by Shimazu was probably caused by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's deliberate negligence. But the Shimazu family was able to survive in Minami-Kyushu in the end.

In a word. The Shimazu family gave Masato the feeling that it was very tough when necessary (for example, when the general trend of the world was achieved, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army went out to Kyushu, the Shimazu family, which was not even unified in Kyushu, had the courage to fight against Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who almost unified the world, even if it was defeated and surrendered in the future, there was also a move to incite a rebellion when Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea), but when necessary. It is also willing to submit to softness (to Toyotomi Hideyoshi Ichitokugawa Ieyasu) and live like a small strong. In this way, with such a family, how dare Masara let it continue to stay in the Minami Kyushu region?

It's just that since the Shimazu family is so jealous, why not just destroy the Shimazu family? After all, at this time, the Luo family finally besieged the almost ordinary elite of the Shimazu family in the valley at the junction of Hyuga and Bungo countries, as long as this part of the Shimazu family elite is destroyed, then it will be better to invest heavy troops in the territory of the Shimazu family in southern Kyushu, and directly and completely solve the Shimazu family.

But can the Shimazu family really be solved so easily? This is obviously not possible.

Even if Masara took advantage of this opportunity to besiege nearly half of the elite of the Shimazu family, including the governor of the Shimazu family, Takahisa Shimazu, the third son of Takahisa Shimazu among the Four Tigers of the Shimazu family, and Shimazu Suihisa, directly besieged them to death. But at this time, the territory of the Shimazu family also contained the elite of the Tsu family on the peninsula, mainly Shimazu Takahisa's son, Shimazu Yoshihisa. After learning that Shimazu Takahisa and others were dead, or before they got the safety news of Shimazu Takahisa and others, even if the Shimazu family entered a situation of frequent destruction under the attack of the Luo family, they would still resist to the death.

Even when the Shimazu family is destroyed, they will not hesitate to destroy Miè's own foundation, promising heavy profits to the Ming pirates who are in the coastal waters of southern Kyushu, so that the Ming pirates led by Wang Zhi will join this war. And after Wang Zhi tore up the agreement with the Luo family before, and secretly allowed his subordinates to pretend that the soldiers of the Shimazu family joined the Shimazu family to support the Saeki family's army, his behavior was indeed a bit abnormal, and he himself suddenly disappeared, not only did not meet the messenger of the Shimazu family for help, but also did not meet the messenger of the Luo family to protest.

Originally, Wang Zhi's actions at this time made Zhengliang feel a little uneasy, and if the Shimazu family suddenly promised heavy profits, it would really be difficult to estimate Wang Zhi's choice. After all, the reason why these Ming pirates pretended to be pirates off the coast of the Ming Kingdom was just for profit, even if Wang Zhi was not tempted in the end considering the power of the Luo family, but Wang Zhi's subordinates would definitely refuse. Although Wang Zhi is the leader, even Wang Zhi may be overthrown by his subordinates if the leader's decision greatly violates the interests of his subordinates.

With the current strength of the Luo family, if you face either side of the Shimazu family and Wang Zhi alone, although it is likely to lose a lot in the end, it will still win, but if these two families are united, it will be a bit difficult to say (after all, Wang Zhi has no fixed foundation, and if he can't win, he can escape at sea, play guerrilla warfare with the Luo family, attack the coast of the Luo family from time to time, and then match the counterattack of the Shimazu family on land...... Even if he wins in the end, it will be a miserable victory.

What would happen if that meant that? In order to destroy the Shimazu family, the Luo family will naturally be greatly delayed by the desperate resistance of the Shimazu family, and the pace of attacking southern Kyushu will naturally be consumed during the period, and it will also lead the Luo family to lose the opportunity to gain expansion opportunities in other parts of the Warring States.

Perhaps for ordinary daimyo, territory, materials, talents, etc. are all very important, but for Zhengliang, among the three, with the current situation of the Luo family, it is talent that is the most important. Consuming materials, with the current strength of the Luo family, it can be re-raised or re-produced, and the lost territory can also be regained in the future, but the lost talents are not so easy to obtain, especially those outstanding retainers and generals.

The lost general retainers and ordinary retainers can be replenished through the education and military training system of the Luo family, but the same cannot be true of those prominent retainers and generals, after all, they are in a special environment, and they have such potential, and they finally grow up. on this. It is absolutely impossible to cultivate political conscience.

Of course. If the Shimazu family still chooses to fight to the end with the Luo family in the end, then Masashi will naturally have to eliminate the Shimazu family, even if a lot of resources and manpower are lost in the process, and a lot of time is delayed.

After all, the Luo family needs to expand in the future, and a desperate resistance like the Shimazu family will naturally still be encountered, even if it is avoided today, it will still happen tomorrow when it fights another daimyo.

Merely. Just like the situation of the Luo family and the Shimazu family at this time, if it is possible to avoid the loss of a lot of manpower and material resources, obtain the territory of the Shimazu family in a short period of time, and avoid a fierce battle with the Shimazu family, Masarashi will naturally consider opening up the net and letting the Shimazu family have a way out, and this way of life is naturally to transfer the Shimazu family to the Yiyu country in the Shikoku region. This was originally a compromise choice for Masarashi in order to obtain greater benefits (according to Masara's original thoughts, but the Shimazu family needs to be completely resolved).

Of course, even if the Shimazu family really surrendered to the Luo family in the end, and the original intention was transferred. But the Luo family will inevitably pay a lot of price for this.

First of all, the Shimazu family needs to be willing to reseal. Then the inevitable concession to the Shimazu family is necessary, otherwise the Shimazu family, even if they fight to the death with the Luo family, will definitely not surrender to the Luo family and be willing to be transferred to the territory.

As for the specific concessions, Masarashi decided to let the retainers negotiate with the Shimazu family below, but the basic bottom line still needs to be determined.

And Masayo's bottom line is that the Shimazu family must leave the southern Kyushu region and transfer to the Iyu country region of Shikoku, the territory of the Shimazu family in southern Kyushu must be handed over to the Luo family, and the Shimazu family's navy must be annexed by the Luo family. In the future, the Shimazu family can only develop on land in Shikoku, but not a naval army, and the coast of their territory will be protected by the Luo family's naval army. This is also the way to limit the Shimazu family all along.

Of course, it would be even better if the retainers of the Shimazu family could win more benefits in the negotiations with the Shimazu family (such as recruiting some retainers of the Shimazu family, after all, the ability of many retainers under the command of the Shimazu family is indeed coveted by Masazu).

Second, even though the Shimazu family submitted to the Luo family and was eventually willing to leave the southern Kyushu region, the Shimazu family's influence in southern Kyushu was still not immediately eliminated. To this end, Masayo has prepared several measures to eliminate the influence of the Shimazu family in the local area.

The first is the relocation of local wealthy clans, various forces, and even ordinary people. This is already what the Luo family must do after occupying a new place, in order to break the local interest network that has been formed, so that the Luo family can strongly intervene in the local area and control the local area.

Of course, this kind of migration also requires skill. After fully taking over the territories directly under southern Kyushu such as Ito and Shimazu, he first pacified the forces in the area in advance, and secretly ordered the Intelligence Pavilion to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the local forces. intends to cooperate with the forces of the Luo family, then they will be able to stay. Those forces that do not cooperate or even have a sense of resistance will be blamed for different crimes by the Intelligence Pavilion in different regions one by one, and thus suffer the punishment of resealing. In order to prevent a regional force from uniting to resist, it will be framed and punished by sub-district and target.

At the same time, when dealing with local forces, it is also necessary to divide the order, first to the local ordinary small wealthy families, mainly to transfer the seal; In the future, the more powerful forces will be moved, and the same will be mainly resealed; In the end, the local temples and shrines were attacked, and this kind of power was mainly annexed and destroyed.

And adopt a comparative strategy, and make every effort to manage the territory directly under the Luo family, when the life of the people in the direct territory area is better, those local people such as the general small wealthy clan and the temple will be envious, and then they will naturally support the new law of the Luo family and reduce the resistance to the implementation of the new law. In the same way, give better treatment to those who first cooperate with the Luo family's small wealthy clans, temples and shrines, as follows, when the surrounding forces get good treatment after cooperating with the implementation of the Luo family's law, it will naturally trigger other small wealthy clans, temples and shrines and other forces to follow suit.

In line with this contrasting strategy, Masarashi also prepared to issue a temporary decree in Minami-Kyushu that would specifically allow the local people to move freely around Minami-Kyushu. The implementation of the policy of allowing the movement of the people in the territory, as long as they apply for registration, can move freely, which can promote competition between the various parts of the territory, and as long as the life there will be better, the people will naturally take the initiative to apply to go there with the support of the law, so that the local pattern can be confused and the local power can be weakened.

As for the places where the people were lost, they were replaced by the displaced people who continued to pour into the Luo family's territory (the fields and houses that the people left were to be left behind), which also reflected the political achievements of the local forces and provided an excuse for the Luo family to punish these forces. It is believed that after learning that some forces have been punished by the Luo family for failing in the internal affairs of their own territory, such as being resealed, some local forces will focus more on taking care of the territory with the assistance of the Luo family's internal affairs cabinet, which will definitely separate the local interest groups.

Of course, in terms of the immigrants who infiltrated the local area of southern Kyushu, in addition to the other powerful refugees who continued to pour in mainly from outside the territory of the Luo family, Masara also planned to focus on relocating the Ming country refugees who were searched and rescued from the Ming country in the future to the southern Kyushu area. Due to cultural and linguistic reasons, these newly arrived Ming subjects naturally could not integrate with the local area in a short period of time, which also led these new immigrants to become the support of local forces, but instead became a breakthrough for the Luo family to accelerate their comprehensive infiltration into the local area.

As for the transfer of local forces and the inflow of new immigrants, the general policy that Zhengliang intends to adopt is to carry out it gradually (it is estimated that it will last at least two or three years), and relocate those who do not cooperate, leaving those who cooperate and loyal. Those who migrated will also get more land and better treatment, so as to avoid too many conflicts.

In addition to this strategy of resealing and relocating, Masayoshi is also preparing to establish a new branch of the Roche School in Satsuma. After all, in the past, the Luo family's territory was mainly concentrated in the central and northern parts of Kyushu and the western region, but now if the southern Kyushu region is captured, the area will suddenly expand to the south a lot, and the Luo school in Hizen Province is obviously unable to radiate the influence of the Luo family's culture, system, and law to the southern Kyushu region in time.

To this end, Masarashi planned to establish a branch of the Luo family in the Satsuma region, where talents from the southern and central regions of Kyushu would be gathered for training, and at the same time, the influence of the Luo family law began to spread in the local area through guò.

Of course, because the most fundamental interests such as land are involved, there will inevitably be resistance, and there will inevitably be conflicts, so this process is inevitably bloody.

But in fact, this policy had been implemented on a small scale in the Bungo country before, and there was a lot of resistance at that time, especially after the scope of the temple and shrine forces that affected the Bungo country, the Bunzen country and half of the Chikuzen country rioted, in this regard, the Luo family not only had experience in dealing with it, but also under the instructions of Masayo, the military cabinet, the internal affairs cabinet, the intelligence cabinet and other institutions will also be prepared.

In the final analysis, Masahiro's above-mentioned strategy is actually to destroy the southern Kyushu region, and then the Luo family will contribute to the reconstruction of the southern Kyushu region at their own expense.

Masara believes that as long as he persists, with the extension of time and the implementation of the Luo family's law (for example, the military forces that include the sword hunting order will be disbanded, and the local lords can only have the protection power under the law, and the resistance will be destroyed immediately), the southern Kyushu region will be connected with the central and northern regions of Kyushu, and in this way, Kyushu will become the base for the Luo family's future expansion and become the real foundation of the Luo family. (To be continued......)