Speaking of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he is famous as a successful man who achieved the unification of the world that Nobunaga Oda could not do, even though he was a farmer.
History textbooks say that after Nobunaga collapsed at Honnoji, he took over the unification of the world. So how did Hideyoshi unify the world after the Honnoji Incident?
The death of Nobunaga Oda and the rise of Hideyoshi Toyotomi
1582 Nobunaga Oda Hideyoshi was confronting the Mouri army at Bitchu-Takamatsu when he collapsed, but immediately returned to Kyoto with peace. And Akechi Mitsuhide in the land of Yamazaki in the west of Kyoto. Fight and win.
Battle of Yamazaki On June 27, after the victory, a meeting was held between Nobunaga's successor and Shigeomi Oda to decide the distribution of the territory at Kiyosu Castle. This is Kiyosu Conference It is said that.
At this Kiyosu conference, Katsuie Shibata The confrontation with Shizugatake became decisive. Will develop into.
Katsuie Shibata at the Battle of Shizugatake Defeats and establishes his position as Nobunaga's successor.
However, there were forces that did not recognize Hideyoshi as a successor.
It is Nobunaga's son, Oda Nobukatsu And Ieyasu Tokugawa was. The two will join hands and form an Allied Force to fight Hideyoshi. This is 1584 Battle of Komaki and Nagakute is.
This battle worsens the relationship between Ieyasu Tokugawa and Hideyoshi, but during the battle, Nobukatsu Oda Has made peace with Hideyoshi without permission from Ieyasu, so Ieyasu's cause The result was a draw.
After that, Ieyasu will go to Hideyoshi as a servant for another two years.
Building a relationship with the imperial court and taking office as Kampaku
Nobukatsu Oda And Ieyasu In parallel with the battle for successor with Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi will actively build a relationship with the imperial court. Perhaps because of that, Hideyoshi was Jugoi 5th place, General Sakonoefu from the imperial court. Investiture to the position of. The imperial court also needed Hideyoshi, who could have a good relationship after the death of Nobunaga Oda and could rule the turbulent world.
That is evidence, Oda Nobukatsu Immediately after the peace with was officially established, the imperial court told Hideyoshi Junior Third Rank, Gondainagon . Investiture to. This provided the basis for the imperial court to officially recognize Nobunaga as his successor. This position was the same as the one given to Nobunaga Oda, who was defeated at Honnoji.
After that, Hideyoshi acquired a position that Nobunaga could not reach.
1585 , Hideyoshi himself announces that he will take the position of Kampaku while he enters into the battle over the position of Kampaku within the Sekiseki family and keeps it down. However, Hideyoshi, a farmer, was not of the lineage of a regent, so there was a strong opposition to his appointment as Kampaku. Therefore, Hideyoshi took in one after another with a bribe of adding to the regents.
With these efforts, Hideyoshi is first rank, Kampaku . Will be inaugurated.
Government by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The samurai government like the Kamakura-Muromachi Shogunate has been Shogun . Was set up.
There was a period of politics in which the Hojo clan was in power, but the head of the pre-established government was Shogun, the lord of the samurai family.
This Shogun General, like Seiwa Genji, draws the blood of the Emperor [ Aristocracy ] Was a necessary condition. However, Hideyoshi is not qualified as a shogun because he is a peasant.
Therefore, Hideyoshi Kampaku by strengthening the ties with the Emperor, not the Shogun, who is required to have a noble species. I chose to be.
Kampaku is the second greatest existence after the emperor.
Hideyoshi will expand his power in the name of Emperor Goyosei, the emperor of the time.
A typical example is [ Sou Safe Order ], We will issue a ceasefire order in the name of the emperor for the Kanto and Kyushu regions where the conflict continues. In other words, not following this created a composition of disobeying the emperor.
Attack on Odawara and unify the world
Hideyoshi gave Yoshihisa Shimazu and Sorin Otomo the authority of the imperial court. ], But Yoshihisa Shimazu, who is about to settle in Kyushu, refused, so he ordered to subdue Kyushu. 1587 200,000 large troops will be dispatched to Kyushu to overwhelm Shimadzu and surrender. This causes him to repatriate all over western Japan.
In December of the same year, we will issue a safe order to Mr. Hojo in the Kanto region and Mr. Date and Mogami in Ou.
But 1589 In addition, Hojo's vassal, Kuninori Inomata, has seized Ueno Nagurumi Castle, which is protected by Sanada Masayuki's vassal, Shigenori Suzuki. As 1590 An expedition to the Kanto region with a large army of 200,000, surrounding Odawara Castle, the home of the Hojo clan. In this battle, Mr. Hojo surrenders and Mr. Hojo Ujimasa and Mr. Hojo Ujiteru are seppuku. At this time, Mr. Date and Mogami of Ou will be relieved to a certain territory by participating in the attack on Odawara.
As a result, Hideyoshi's unification of the world is achieved it was done.
* Sou safe order ... An order issued by Hideyoshi to maintain peace and prohibit private fighting in a certain area.
Korean troop dispatch
First of all, the Korean troops are the role of Bunroku (1592) and the role of Keicho (1597) . It refers to the two battles with Korea. Actually, the purpose of this Korean troop dispatch is " Ming " in the depths of the Korean Peninsula. It was a troop dispatch with an eye on.
It is said that the beginning of the matter was born from Hideyoshi's misunderstanding.
1590 A Korean messenger arrived in Japan, and Hideyoshi considered that Korea had already belonged to Japan from the texts such as Korean national books. It was Tsushima Sou who was in charge of trade with Korea. Falsification of national books Is in the background.
Mr. Sou of Tsushima The clan's finances were established by trade.
For this reason, Japan and Korea have repeatedly tampered with the text so that they can trade without conflict.
Also, the Ming dynasty at that time was Haijin policy . Banned the general public's maritime trade and travel .. Hideyoshi seems to have tried to take military pressure against this Ming policy to seize part of the Ming territory (Ningbo coastal area) and lead the relay trade in East Asia.
With that intent, Hideyoshi said, " Ming It is said that he planned to invade.
The misunderstanding that Hideyoshi's Korea already belonged to Japan was a major failure of the Korean troop dispatch.
I was convinced that Korea would cooperate with Japan in the invasion of Ming.
However, in reality, because the ties between Korea and Ming were strong, Korea rebelled against Hideyoshi's will and eventually became a war. As a result, due to the fierce resistance of the Korean Army led by Yi Sun-sin, both the roles of Bunroku and Keicho failed, and the army returned with Hideyoshi's death.
Saigoku Daimyo is exhausted , who was tasked with great military service by this series of troop dispatches. However, the foundation of the Toyotomi administration will be jeopardized, such as the division of the vassals and the outbreak of civil war.
On the other hand, Ieyasu Tokugawa, who did not send troops to Korea due to the suspension of his departure to Kyushu, escaped the exhaustion of his troops . , It will be a factor to take the world later.