Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 352 Japanese forces reshuffle (3)

So on the next day, Emperor Shaoren also formally issued an order to ratify the terms of the treaty negotiated by China and Japan. Then Katsushima Katsushima and Arima Tadara represented Japan and signed the treaty. Therefore, the Sino-Japan peace treaty officially came into effect. Later generations called this peace treaty [China-Japan Friendship and Peace Treaty], also known as the Kyoto Treaty].

After the content of the treaty was announced, it was surprising that it did not cause much reaction in Japan. Only three small vassal daimyos wrote to the emperor to express their opposition. Most of the rest remained silent, and of course they could not make much trouble.

In fact, most of the daimyos, including a considerable number of the daimyos, were very dissatisfied with the content of the treaty, because of the cedes of Kyushu Island. However, the two messages were circulating in private. If anyone opposed such a treaty, then in the next re-enclosure, there would be serious punishment, at the least, the fiefdom was reduced, and at the worst, the vassal was completely reduced.

Therefore, no one dared to speak out in this way. After all, the current situation is that the Chinese army is too strong, and even if it is opposed, it is useless. Kyushu Island will be ceded after all. Since this is the case, it would be better to just ignore it. Anyway, the emperor has officially issued an order and it is not a treaty signed by himself. Why do you have to take this lead? It is too unpaid to end up being a vassal of the vassal.

The cedescending of Kyushu Island was a plan formulated before the Chinese army sent troops. On the one hand, it was equivalent to directly deploying troops at the gate of Japan, which could effectively control several important seaways in Japan. On the other hand, it could effectively protect the newly established Toyotomi Shogunate. After all, the foundation of the Toyotomi Shogunate in Japan is still very solid in Japan, and without external support, it is difficult to maintain it in Japan. This is also an important reason why Toyotomi Kaoru supports the cedescending of Kyushu Island.

In addition, Shang Yi only asked Japan to ced Jiuzhou Island, but did not ask Japan for compensation. First, in the battle of Japan, the Chinese army also plundered a large amount of property, which could basically cover the cost of this war. After all, the Chinese army did not dispatch much troops this time; second, after China and Japan reopened trade exchanges, China could obtain a large amount of profit from Japan every year, and both officials and the people could make profits. If Japan was given compensation, the only profits would be the official, and there would be no profits for the people. What are the benefits? Moreover, Japan cannot pay much money. On the contrary, it will weaken its financial resources and affect Japan's purchasing power. It is important to do things in a long and do not do a single transaction. Third, China has ceded Honshu Island now, which is enough. If Japan is asked for compensation, it will inevitably further arouse dissatisfaction in Japan. After all, ceding Honshu Island does not have much conflict of interests with Zhongdaming, but the compensation will definitely be spread to every Daming, which will arouse public anger.

After the Sino-Japanese Treaty was signed, the next step was to re-election and division of the Daming of Japan's vassals.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu gained the rule of Japan, through statistical liquidation, the entire land of Japan was divided into about 30 million stones. At first, more than 200 daimyos were enfeoffed. However, during the fifty-year rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate, all or part of the territory of the Daimyos was deprived of true or false charges. At the same time, more than 150 new daimyos were added, so that the total number of daimyos in Japan was maintained between 250 and 280, including 24 daimyos in the relatives; about 150 daimyos in the genealogy; about 100 daimyos in the outer daimyos.

In order to ensure the absolute strength and dominance of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, the directly-governed territory belonging to the Shogunate was 6.8 million stones, accounting for 20% of the total land in the country, which was more than ten times more than the 620,000 stones of the Sendai Sect. Among them, about 4.2 million stones were direct income from the Tokugawa shogunate, and 2.6 million stones were distributed to the various flags of the shogunate. During the rule of Tokugawa Hideyoshi, the territory directly belonged to Tokugawa Hideyoshi was only 2.3 million stones. Therefore, this is also a place that many people were dissatisfied with the Tokugawa shogunate, because the more land the shogunate possessed, the less land other daimyos could obtain.

The entire feudal plan was formulated by Shang Yi, Toyotomi Kaoru and Toyotomi Yuzhong, and Shang Yi did not intend to change Japan's feudal federal system, because it was of course the most beneficial to China to let Japan fall into this state of division rather than a centralized country.

Now that the Tokugawa Shogunate has disappeared, the Tokugawa Shogunate was officially established. The first thing to do is to consider the direct territory of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Although it is likely that the position of the Great General of the Conquest of the Yi will be vacant for a long time, the territory and system of the Tokughini Shogunate must be determined first.

Shang Yi and everyone discussed and determined that the capital of the Toyotomi Shogunate would still be located in Osaka, and the direct territory included two places centered on Osaka and Edo, totaling about three million stones. Although it was less than that of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it was less than half compared with the Toyotomi Shogunate.

On the one hand, because now, Kyushu Island has been ceased to China, the land in Japan has been cut off by almost three million stones. Therefore, it still possesses so much land like the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the remaining land is not enough to be divided.

On the other hand, Shang Yi did not want to make the Toyotomi shogunate too strong in Japan. Although the Toyotomi shogunate in the future will be inherited by his own Shinsun, Shang Yi also knew that no matter when there was only blood source and family affection was unreliable. Just look at the results of Maori and Sichuan. First, they each had their own interests, and as time went by, this blood source family affection would eventually become more and more distant. Therefore, the Toyotomi shogunate could not be too strong in Japan. Only in this way, the Toyotomi shogunate thought that if he maintained his dominance in Japan, he could only rely on China politically and could never get rid of his dependence on China. Of course, he could not make the Toyotomi shogunate too weak, otherwise he would not be able to control the situation and cover the field in Japan.

Toyotomi Kaoru had no objection to this point. After all, three million stones are already a lot. After all, Toyotomi clan gained the Japanese rule by relying on external forces. It not only requires the support of China, but also needs to win more people's hearts in Japan. Therefore, it is a way to significantly reduce its own land and give up all these lands to other daimyos. It is also a way to win people's hearts and stabilize the rule of the Toyotomi shogunate.

For other daimyos in Japan, the Toyotomi Shogunate did not make any distinctions such as daimyos and genealogical daimyos, because the successors of the Toyotomi family have not yet been created, so the daimyos from the daimyos came from. Moreover, there were only fifty or sixty people in Toyotomi. Even if they had all the daimyos, they were only about one-third of the Toyogawa Shogunate, and there was no meaning. Therefore, they simply did not do these things. Treating them equally can also reflect the new atmosphere of the Toyotomi Shogunate. In addition, this also allowed the Toyotomi Shogunate to rely on China to maintain its status in Japan.

In other daimyos, the vocation of the feudal rewards were naturally rewarded by several major vassals who had fallen into the curtain. The vassal vassal dynasty, Mori Hirotuni, remained unchanged, and its territory increased from 390,000 stones to 600,000 stones. Although it could not keep up with the grand occasion of 1.2 million stones, it also became the biggest daimyo in the Toyotomi shogunate. Katsushima Katsushima was changed from Saga to Kaga to Kaga, and its territory increased from 35 stones to 560,000 stones to carve 560,000 stones. Arima Tadara was changed from Kurume to Okaki to the Okaki, and its territory increased from 210,000 stones to 450,000 stones, which greatly expanded its own strength.

Toyotomi Yuzhong also received extremely generous rewards. Ono Dianju was the backbone of Toyotomi Shezhong. He was named Ozawa Daming with a territory of 580,000 stones, Naito Masatomotomi was named Hiroshima Daming with a territory of 530,000 stones; He even helped Emon as Fukuchiyama Daming with a territory of 500,000 stones; Ishida Yoshino was named Matsue Daming with a territory of 430,000 stones; Takasaka Genko was named Atsushima Daming with a territory of 380,000 stones, Mizuno Kyuro was named Hiroshima Daming with a territory of 320,000 stones, Yamamoto Ten Bingwei was named Toyotomi Daiming with a territory of 280,000 stones.

At the same time, the above ten people also served as the acting ministers of the Toyotomi Shogunate. When the heirs of the Toyotomi Shogunate were not yet born, they were responsible for presiding over the Toyotomi Shogunate, which still led to the government affairs of Japan. After the heirs of the Toyotomi Shogunate were in place, they also supported the government affairs of the country for a period of time. Therefore, for at least twenty years, the situation in Japan was controlled by these ten people.

Seven of these ten people were Toyotomi Yuzhong, while the other three were the main force of the fallen curtain and were also closest to China. Therefore, it is reassuring to hand over Japan's administrative affairs to them.

The other Toyotomi Shezhong also had rewards based on their respective contributions and qualifications. Most of the territory was between 100,000 and 200,000 stones. The years of hard work finally got rewarded at this time, and naturally everyone was happy.

Other daimyos who participated in the fall of the curtain have also received corresponding rewards, and each daimyo's fiefdom will be increased a little. However, these daimyos were small vassals in the past, so after the rewards, they were basically less than 100,000 shi. After all, although these daimyos have participated in the fall of the curtain, they only made a soy sauce. It is impossible to raise the position of daimyos of 400,000 shi at once. It can increase it, which is a good result.

There are also some people who have helped China or the Toyotomi clan before, including several merchants who have been helping Chinese merchants, who have also been rewarded. Although their fiefs are not high, they are usually around 10,000 to 20,000 shi, and some are even only a few thousand shi. As other daimyo clan vassals, a commoner can jump into the lord of a vassal immediately. It has soared into the sky in Japan. The Yagyu clan, the guide to the military strategy of Tokugawa, after two generations of efforts, it took a lot of effort to obtain a fief of 10,000 shi, and squeezed into the daimyo.

Because there are businessmen here, Japan in this era is like China, which discriminates against businessmen. This is also a sign to Japan that China does not care about its origins, and as long as it stands on China's side and has helped China, it will be rewarded.

{Piaotian Literature www.PiaoTian.com Thank you for your support, your support is our greatest motivation}
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next