Wanli 1592

Chapter 241 They Are All Prepared
Xiao Ruxun also expressed satisfaction with Tokugawa Ieyasu's obedient and obedient attitude, praised Tokugawa Ieyasu's loyal behavior, praised Tokugawa Ieyasu's loyalty, and said that Tokugawa Ieyasu is the most loyal dog leg of our Ming Dynasty. Obediently obey orders, otherwise, you will all die miserably!
At the last parting, Xiao Ruxun noticed that Tokugawa Ieyasu's complexion seemed not very good.

snort!The old fox, like a fox pretending to be a tiger, has to pay a price, right?

With the help of the military power of the Ming army, the most fertile part of the divided territory was forcibly taken away. I am still a million-dollar daimyo, and I have nothing to lose. In the past, the property, family members and retainers in the territory would be politely treated by the Toyotomi family. After sending them here, his status was preserved, but the other batch of daimyos were different. Some of them got more territories, and some of the new territories they got were not as much as before.

Under the coercion of Xiao Ruxun, they dare not say anything, but they will transfer this anger to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Tokugawa Ieyasu will be isolated as a result, and these daimyos will also become centrifugal forces under his command.

In this way, if he wants to ensure his status and not be taken advantage of by the Toyotomi clan, he must obtain the support of the Ming army and become a loyal supporter of the Ming army. Once he loses the support of the Ming army, the 20-odd Not many big names are willing to stand on his side, and it is very likely that they will be the first to rebel when wars start in the future.

And he also noticed that Xiao Ruxun didn't have any good intentions. The four countries sealed to him had more than 130 million stones in name, but these areas were the areas that suffered the most losses in the previous Korean War, and the most males were transferred. , manpower and material resources were consumed the most. Except for a few areas, most areas were in dire straits and were in dire straits, which were not enough for him to strengthen his army and prepare for war.

He still has a debt of 400 million taels of silver. Although his private property is sufficient to advance a considerable part of it, it is private property, the foundation of his fortune and one of the foundations for securing his status. It cannot be used indiscriminately. If it is handed over to Daming, his The foundation will be shaken. He needs a lot of money to maintain his status and maintain his majesty. This money is his confidence as the lord.

Of course, he is not worried that there will be wars in recent years. He has suffered heavy losses, and the Toyotomi clan is not much better. , there are only a few people left, and the remaining small daimyo may become the biggest beneficiaries of this war for Japan, and they will get some vacant territories.

This war launched by Toyotomi Hideyoshi has come to an end, but everyone knows that this war has not really ended, the distribution of benefits is uneven, the defeat of foreign wars and the signing of unequal treaties, the interests of the demands are not satisfied, The blood feud has not been quelled, and there are too many fuses for the war. If the Ming army did not forcefully suppress it, this war would not stop.

The same is true for Toyotomi. Toyotomi Hideyoshi died. Toyotomi Hideyoshi reluctantly came to power to stabilize the situation. He replaced the previous functions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s retainers with his own retainers, and barely maintained the situation. Quietly waiting for the result, whether to help Toyotomi or Tokugawa, but now the situation has changed, both Toyotomi and Tokugawa were beaten down by the Ming army, and the two parties shook hands and made peace under the mediation of the Ming army, and divided Japan up.

Some people were dissatisfied with the unreasonable demands of the Ming army, and demanded to gather the strength of the whole country of Japan and the Ming army to fight to the death to regain the dignity of the country, but such voices were too weak, and most people cared more about the new situation. How much benefit can I get, and whether I can become the ultimate winner.

For this reason, they kept running up and down, matching strings and building bridges, and fighting for a better land for themselves. No one had the heart to think about fighting the Ming army to regain Iwami Yinshan.

Anyway, even if it was taken back, Ishijian Yinshan's silver would not fall into their pockets.

The current new situation is that the Toyotomi family has controlled two-thirds of the Japanese land, and the Tokugawa family has occupied one-third. In the name of the emperor's confession, it was sent to Kyoto to the emperor. Everything else will be handled by the Tokugawa family. Next, the Japanese emperor finally decided to seal Tokugawa Ieyasu as the general who conquered the west and stationed in the west.

General Zhengyi is the representative of the shogunate. Being named General Zhengyi is tantamount to having the qualification to open the government and become the co-lord of the martial arts and princes in the world. Kawasaki got it.

Under the operation of Maeda Toshiie and Toyotomi's interference, the Japanese emperor had no choice but to appoint Tokugawa Ieyasu as the general who conquered the west and could not open the government. However, Maeda Toshiie still felt that it was inappropriate. Under his strong request, the word "big" Being taken away, Tokugawa Ieyasu could only become General Zhengxi.

This nondescript general title made Tokugawa Ieyasu very dissatisfied, but due to the actual situation, he didn't have the face to ask for a higher position. He could only pocket what he got, and then use Xiao Ruxun's mighty power to transfer 400 million silver taels The compensation task was divided among more than 20 daimyos. In order to alleviate the conflicts to the greatest extent, he took the most responsibility. For this, he even paid a considerable price.

At the same time, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, in order to further consolidate the regime, and prevent internal incidents in the Toyotomi clan, Maeda Toshiie strongly requested the emperor to formally grant Toyotomi Hideji the position of general of the barbarians, allowing him to open the mansion and bring the co-lords of the world together. The position has been secured, and this request was strongly opposed by the emperor's puppet court - Toyotomi Hideyoshi wants us and refuses to give it, let alone you, the second-generation regime of Toyotomi who has already lost its strength?How could someone of humble origins get such a position?
However, considering the kindness of the Toyotomi family to the emperor's court, and the threat of Maeda Toshiie secretly killing several of the loudest ministers, the emperor himself decided to hand over the title of General Zhengdong to Toyotomi Hideji, and Toyotomi Hideji still served concurrently. Guan Bai, to ensure equality in status, even a line above.

Since then, there have been two generals in Japan, one conquering the east and the other conquering the west, and no one knows who will become the final conquering general and finally open the palace.

So everyone is more sure that the final war will definitely come, but no one knows when this war will start again. The only thing everyone knows is that when the next war ends, Japan will usher in real peace. And now, it's just a temporary truce.

So they are all making preparations.

(End of this chapter)