My life skills in Daming Liver - Chapter 633

c623 Religious chaos

“I beg you! The Lord of Nagasaki is willing to surrender!”

A samurai excitedly rushed to Kinoshita Tokichiro and reported.

But now Kinoshita Tokichiro has been named Toyotomi Hideyoshi by Oda Nobunaga.

Granting surnames is a commonly used reward method in the Japanese country. This is where the culture of the Japanese country is very different from that of the Central Plains.

In the Central Plains, changing one’s surname was considered an insult, but in the Japanese country, being given a prominent surname was considered an honor.

When Oda Nobunaga was crusading against daimyo in various places, some families that had lost their inheritance would have their surnames given to their subordinates, which was equivalent to giving them the status of nobles.

This is also a very contradictory part of Japanese culture.

On the one hand, they attach great importance to lineage and status, as well as family inheritance.

On the one hand, the subordinates often suppressed the superiors, and military generals were in power for a long time.

This time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi led the Kyushu expeditionary army and came all the way directly to Nagasaki in order to open up the maritime trade channel of Kyushu and obtain a port for direct trade with the southeast.

The daimyo of Kyushu all maintained an attitude of watching and avoiding Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s army.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi also had a tacit understanding. He was very satisfied with the avoidance of the Kyushu daimyo. He led the army to bypass the core areas controlled by the daimyo, and also used money to exchange grain, grass and supplies with them.

This is also the special ecology of Japan that is very different from that of the Central Plains.

Except for a few of the famous names of these local separatists who have ambitions to dominate the world, most of them are just making up for the numbers.

Especially these big names in Kyushu, they were originally on the fringes of the Japanese state, relatively backward, and constrained each other internally, so there was basically no possibility of competing for hegemony.

Therefore, in the troubled times, in addition to competing for each other’s territory, in the rest of the time, once the most powerful force is competed in the entire Warring States Arena, these small forces will quickly surrender and complete the unification.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi also knew very well about the intricate forces in Kyushu. He knew the traditions of the Japanese country, so he only asked them to surrender on the surface, get out of the way, stop managing finances, and march directly to Nagasaki.

At this time, in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Daimyo Omura Juntada was pacing back and forth anxiously.

His trusted samurai brought back the news, and other daimyo in Kyushu rejected his request for help, which was considered to have completely sold out Omura Junchu.

When things got to this point, Omura Junchu could only place his hope on the Portuguese.

The Portuguese’s attitude towards Nagasaki is also very entangled.

The Portuguese were also divided into two factions.

First of all, there was the merchant group headed by Anthony, the great Portuguese shipowner in the Far East, that is, the commercial and political leader of the Portuguese in the Far East. Their attitude towards Nagasaki was relatively weak.

What Anthony was concerned about was not the Japanese country, but the southeast.

This time Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent troops, in addition to religious slogans, he also proposed the so-called “Orientalism.”

Orientalism means that the East is the East of the East. Toyotomi Hideyoshi refused Westerners to get involved in Eastern affairs, while the Portuguese built churches in Nagasaki, managed the chamber of commerce, and even lured a daimyo to convert. This was all disrupting the order of the East.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s letter indeed made Portuguese businessmen in the Far East a little worried.

After Su Ze forcefully expelled the Portuguese stronghold in Macau, the southeastern fleet raided Manila and expelled the Spanish, who were more powerful than the Portuguese. All this made the Portuguese authorities who occupied Malacca very panic.

Although Southeast has expressed respect for the existing order in Nanyang, the Portuguese are still very afraid.

Because the Malacca Kingdom they occupied was once one of the tributary states of the Ming Dynasty.

These descendants of the Malacca Kingdom are now also active in Nanyang, singing about the old tributary relationship, demanding continued tribute to the southeast and expelling these Westerners.

And the slogan they shouted was also Orientalism.

Nagasaki is very important to the Portuguese, but it is definitely not as important as Malacca.

The main collection point for the Portuguese spice trade is Malacca. If Malacca is lost, Portugal will lose the spice trade routes that are the backbone of the country.

In contrast, it doesn’t matter if these interests in Nagasaki are lost.

This is the idea of ​​businessmen and politicians, but there is another force that affects Portuguese policy, and that is the Jesuits.

It can even be said that the success of Nagasaki was not the contribution of Portuguese merchants, but the achievement of the Jesuits.

For their part, the Jesuits suffered a series of defeats in the East.

The missionary work in various places was not going well, and the missionary work in the Central Plains Empire suffered a huge failure. All the churches in Macau were demolished.

And now the greatest achievement in the entire East is Nagasaki.

Nagasaki was the greatest achievement of the Jesuits. The daimyo of Nagasaki converted to Christianity, and a large number of churches were built throughout Nagasaki. Many people also followed the nobles and samurai to believe in religion.

Let Jesus spit out Nagasaki, how could those fanatical priests agree.

The Jesuits themselves also have huge energy in Portugal, and the operation of the Far East colonies also requires these missionaries to a large extent.

Things just got awkward.

As a result, the Portuguese refused to directly send troops to participate in the war in Nagasaki, but they were willing to lend Omura Sumitada a large sum of money to purchase Folangji’s artillery and muskets.

Omura Juntada was naturally overjoyed. With these artillery pieces, he would be confident to defend Nagasaki.

And Toyotomi Hideyoshi also saw that Nagasaki’s city defense was strong. He was actually leading a lone army. Once the obedient Kyushu daimyo were defeated, they would attack in groups. Therefore, Nagasaki must be captured quickly without a tug-of-war. .

So Toyotomi Hideyoshi simply built a fortress outside Nagasaki, preparing to find flaws before attacking the city.

However, what both sides did not expect was that in this confrontation, it was not the armies of both sides that affected the confrontation.

In Nagasaki City, with the arrival of the Jesuits, Jingwei was clearly divided into two forces.

One group is the converted parishioners. Because Omura Juntada took the lead in converting, these parishioners enjoy special treatment. For example, if they commit a crime, they must be handed over to the diocese for trial before being tried by the daimyo. Once the parishioners and non-church residents If there is a conflict, the judgment of the diocese will definitely be biased towards the parishioners.

In addition, there is taxation. Omura Junchu will levy an additional tax on non-religious members. In business disputes, religious members will also have an advantage.

Among the converts themselves, there are also many speculators who are just for these preferential treatment, and some are just flatterers of Omura Juntada.

This group of people even oppressed the non-religious people in Nagasaki City, and the conflict between the two sides became more and more intense.

With the arrival of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the conflict reached an irreconcilable point.