Vol 2 Chapter 2921: Toyotomi Hideyoshi joins forces with Wang Mang and is about to take power

Chapter 2921 Toyotomi Hideyoshi joins forces with Wang Mang, the Yongzheng Emperor who is about to take power

Chapter 2917: Toyotomi Hideyoshi joins forces with Wang Mang, the Yongzheng Emperor who is about to take power

Under the pressure of Jin and Qing, Wang Mang was forced to personally conquer Yingzhou in order to reassure Jin and Qing, thus indirectly achieving the purpose of self-protection.

Aguda and Huang Taiji, who were both ready to shake hands and make peace, and jointly send troops to the three Koreas, were shocked when they learned about Hou Wang Mang's cunning maneuver in attacking Yingzhou.

 I want to hit you. If you don’t fight me, but instead hit someone else, isn’t it so outrageous?

 But let’s not talk about it. Although Wang Mang’s operation is awkward, it is indeed effective.

Jin Qing did not have any basis for joining forces, but this time they joined forces to deal with him just because they felt threatened. Wang Mang scheduled half of his army to conquer Yingzhou, so the threat naturally ceased to exist, and no fishermen in North Korea would benefit. Qualifications.

As for whether Wang Mang will call back the army again? That's obviously impossible.

Yingzhou is now a big mudflat. Qin, Wei, Song, Ming, Wu, and many local forces in Yingzhou are fighting with each other. How can they come and leave at will? Even if Wang Mang wants to leave, other forces must agree.

It is precisely because of this that Aguda and Huang Taiji, who were both relieved, did not continue to embarrass Wang Mang.

As for why Jin Qing didn't just be more decisive and continue to join forces to completely destroy Wang Mang, the reason is also very simple.

When the threat of Wang Mang no longer exists, Jin Qing, who has no basis for trust, if they forcibly join forces, they will only start a war midway due to distrust. Instead of starting a war in a foreign country, it is better to start a war in their own country.

In this way, the two countries of Jin and Qing, which had just shaken hands and made peace, immediately engaged in internal fighting again after dealing with the threat of Wang Mang, and this time the scale was far greater than before, as if there was no winner or loser. The gesture of giving up.

But this has nothing to do with Wang Mang. He led his army to the land of Yingzhou.

Every Chinese man must have had the idea of ​​conquering Japan, and Wang Mang was no exception. However, before he could take action, the country had already been semi-conquered by Ying Hao.

Ying Hao used the hatred of Japanese invaders to invade the east, united the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu to form a four-nation coalition to invade Japan. Wang Mang couldn't help but marvel at this move. Obviously he also knew that it would be easy to defeat Yingzhou with national consciousness, but he wanted to It is difficult to digest it completely, and uprisings will continue in the future.

Ying Hao took the initiative to recruit the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu to join him. It not only allowed the Three Kingdoms to help Qin share risks, but also attracted hatred and facilitated the complete assimilation of the Japanese in the future. It could be said that it served multiple purposes with one stone.

As for the fact that Ying Hao was merciful towards the Japanese and did not kill all the Japanese and then immigrate directly to completely occupy Yingzhou, but chose to assimilate subtly, Wang Mang can actually understand it. After all, it is a good reputation for Ying Hao. More important than anything else, and killing too much will undoubtedly leave a bad name.

Looking at Kyushu Island in the distance, Wang Mang asked Takenaka Shigeharu beside him: "Mr. Takenaka, what is the situation in Yingzhou now?"

 Takenaka Shigeharu, also known as Takenaka Hanbei, and Kuroda Takataka (Kuroda Kanbei Takataka), are called the genius strategists of the "Toyotomi Ryōbei".

Kuroda Takataka, who is known as the "Number One Military Advisor in the World" in Japan, had already died in Lu Bu's Fang Tian, ​​along with the "Twenty-Four Kuroda Cavalry" and the "Eight Kuroda Tigers" in the battle against Japan. Under the painted halberd.

Although the equally famous Takenaka Shigeharu escaped, after the fall of Japan, he could only follow Toyotomi Hideyoshi and temporarily surrender to the princes of the Central Plains in an attempt to restore the country.

The remnants of Japan, headed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, are actually more hopeful than the major anti-Qin forces in the Central Plains that the Wei, Song, Ming, and Ming Dynasties will go to war with Great Qin, because only the Central Plains forces have internal strife, and they have hope of restoring their country. Otherwise, the five Central Plains countries will overwhelm them. Under this, no matter how they resist, there will be no hope.

The Central Plains War broke out, but Yingzhou started the war first. It was Toyotomi Hideyoshi who was behind the instigation and united with a group of local forces who were dissatisfied with the Qin Dynasty, as well as the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties. They wanted to defeat all the Qin forces in Yingzhou and the various Qin alliances in one fell swoop. Army, all expelled from Yingzhou mainland.

Hideyoshi Toyotomi was well prepared for this rebellion and used a series of means to force the Wu garrison to join the anti-Qin alliance.

But when the war actually started, Toyotomi Hideyoshi discovered that the biggest threat to him was not the Qin army. After all, the Qin army led by Wang Jian had its own Allied Forces from the Central Plains to deal with it. Instead, it was the Qin Allied Forces that had defected to Great Qin that posed a greater threat. .

This greatly exceeded Toyotomi Hideyoshi's expectations. After all, he thought that after the Qin army stationed in Japan was entangled by the allied forces of Wei, Song, Ming and Wu, the various Qin allies in Yingzhou would revolt one after another, but he did not expect Uesugi Kenshin In order to prove their loyalty, traitors such as Tachibana Michyuki and others dared to kill their own people even more ruthlessly than the Han people.

Wang Mang could guess that an uprising would break out in Yingzhou, how could Ying Hao not guess it? Therefore, he not only adopted a variety of parallel strategies such as differentiation, disintegration, and infiltration to govern Yingzhou, but also deeply **** its internal interests.

It is precisely because of this that there were two political marriages in which Ying Hao married Oda Shi and Tsukuyomi.

The famous names of Yingzhou such as the Shangshan family and the Tachibana family may have been forced to surrender to the Qin Dynasty, but now they are deeply tied to the interests of the Qin Dynasty and have long become the basis for the Qin Dynasty to rule Yingzhou.

Now that Toyotomi Hideyoshi wants to overthrow the rule of Qin, he is overthrowing their rule. How can they not resist fiercely?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi's main goal in this rebellion was to quickly deal with the Qin Xiejun, and then integrate the power of the entire Yingzhou to completely drive out the Qin Army. However, he did not expect that the Qin Xiejun's resistance would be so fierce, even if he fought Not many Qin Xiejun responded to the slogan of restoring the country, which completely disrupted his follow-up plans.

Under the attack of Uesugi Kenshin, Tachibana Michyuki, Susano'o and others, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was not only able to defeat the Qin Alliance Army, but also suffered heavy losses himself.

If this trend continues, let alone completely expel the Qin army, it is very likely that after the Qin Xie army has eliminated him, he will then unite with the Qin army to completely expel the allied forces of the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming and Wu, thereby completely occupying Yingzhou. Faced with this situation, Toyotomi Hideyoshi could no longer solve the Qin Xiejun by himself, so he urgently wanted to introduce external forces to deal with Uesugi Kenshin and Susanoo. Wang Mang, who unified the three Koreas, was his only choice, so he sent Takenaka Shigeharu to lobby Wang Mang.

Wang Mang has never cared about Yingzhou. Before, he only wanted to persuade Jin Qing to make peace and deal with Da Qin together. Therefore, when faced with Takenaka Shigeharu's persuasion, he had always had a perfunctory attitude. However, he did not expect that Jin Qing was prepared to deal with him first. This threat, and then the outcome, forced him to rely on conquering Japan to make Jin Qing let down his guard.

Although Wang Mang was a Japanese who was forced to conquer, since he had already come, he naturally could not come in vain. In addition, Yingzhou did not know about being coerced by Jin Qing, so it was more convenient for Wang Mang and Toyotomi. Hideyoshi negotiates terms.

Since he wanted to drag Wang Mang into the quagmire of Yingzhou, Toyotomi Hideyoshi would naturally have to pay a certain price, and the condition he gave was to cede half of Kyushu Island after the war.

In this regard, although Wang Mang knew that it was Toyotomi Hideyoshi who was trying to draw a cake for him, he not only accepted it, but also made a bold offer to ask for the entire Kyushu Island.

After much hesitation, Toyotomi Hideyoshi finally agreed. After all, if Wang Mang did not participate in the war, he would not even be able to overcome the difficulties of the Qin Alliance Army, let alone the future. So now he can only seek skin from the tiger, and take one step at a time.

After learning that Toyotomi Hideyoshi agreed to cede the entire Kyushu Island, Wang Mang also sneered in his heart. He naturally knew that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was willing to cede the land now, but it did not mean that he would be willing after the war, but he did not care about it, because since he came I won't leave again.

If Great Qin cannot hold the land of Yingzhou, it will only be its own. If it cannot conquer it, it will still belong to Great Qin. In short, it will never return to the hands of the Japanese. Wang Mang sneered in his heart.

At the same time that Wang Mang was personally conquering Yingzhou, Yongzheng Emperor Yinzhen, who was far away in the Qing Dynasty, also received a message from Wang Mang.

Yinzhen was not implanted into Nurhachi's direct blood relatives, which also made his process of coming to power full of hardships.

In the political struggle between Aguda and Dorgon, Yinzhen relied on his excellent political vision and long-term insight and was valued by Dorgon. Only then did he show his prominence and ascend to a high position step by step.

 After that, Yinzhen even plotted to frame Aguda for regicide, and planned to use a coup to kill Aguda, but failed in the end and only forced him out of Shengjing.

Aguda, who failed in the political struggle, left the center of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The gap between the two sides has widened. Logically speaking, he should not be Dorgon's opponent. However, with his outstanding military talent, he abruptly closed the gap again. Come back.

It is precisely because Aguda is too strong that Dorgon is really no match for him. In addition, there are many people in the Qing Dynasty who are not convinced by him. Dorgon cannot integrate all the resources within the Qing Dynasty, so Da Qin will After releasing Huang Taiji, he wanted the brothers to join forces to fight Aguda in order to once again balance the two countries of Jin and Qing.

After Huang Taiji's return, he succeeded to the throne as the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but the main power was still in the hands of his younger brother Dorgon.

With the threat of Aguda ahead, Huang Taiji did not rush to seize power. Instead, he cooperated with Dorgon to continue to fight against Aguda, but in the process he also secretly poached his younger brother.

Hong Taiji was originally Nurhachi's designated successor, and he had succeeded to the throne as the third emperor, and he had great righteousness.

Therefore, when Huang Taiji personally went to poach people, no matter how tightly Dorgon guarded him, it was obviously impossible to prevent him. Many of his subordinates secretly defected to Huang Taiji, including his most trusted adviser Yin. Zhen.

Yinzhen was single-handedly promoted by Dorgon, but now that Huang Taiji has just returned, he has changed his family. In addition to being more optimistic about Huang Taiji, there is also the fact that under Dorgon, he no longer has much room for advancement, but It's different under Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji, who has just returned, does not have much power and is almost the same as a puppet emperor. If he can help Huang Taiji successfully seize power at this time, he is likely to stabilize the peak power of the Qing Dynasty.

Yinzhen obviously also knew that although he was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty in his previous life, he was not directly related to Nurhachi in this life, and it was unlikely that he would become the emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, it is better to retreat to the next best thing and seek the position of Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty. If one person is inferior to ten thousand people, he can also contribute to the Qing Dynasty and the Manchus.

This is the main reason why Yinzhen changed his family. Now he is Dorgon's military adviser on the surface, and Huang Taiji's mastermind secretly. He jumps between Dorgon and Huang Taiji. Such behavior is actually related to the three surnames. House slaves are no different.

 Just because he chose Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji held great righteousness, even if such behavior was shameless, not many people would accuse him of it.

As for Dorgon, he probably never imagined that the fortress of power he had worked so hard to maintain would have been disintegrated from within in less than a month after Huang Taiji's return.

In other words, Aguda poses a greater threat. Huang Taiji needs Dorgon to deal with Aguda. Otherwise, even if he is not killed, he will probably seize power and imprison him.

Yin Zhen was very surprised at first by Wang Mang's letter, but then he realized that the other party might have discovered his identity as a time traveler, so he wrote this letter to him.

In response to this, Yinzhen couldn't help but secretly thought that it was bad luck. After all, being targeted by a hero like Wang Mang would definitely not be a good thing.

 (End of this chapter)