Toyotomi Hideyoshi's rise during the Warring States Period in Japan was not only because the chaotic situation in Japan at that time gave him an opportunity, but also because he was really capable. Toyotomi Hideyoshi should be said to occupy the top three positions in Japanese history. He is very strategic. He can change from an out-and-out farmer to a unified Japanese, and he still has two brushes. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's unification with Japan, it inspired him to achieve more ambitious goals: crossing the sea, occupying the Korean peninsula, invading Daming and annexing the Asian continent.
This grandson has a big dream and a well-planned strategy. He has no intention of landing directly in Shandong, Fujian and other places, but he is still very self-aware. He nibbled at the Ming Dynasty step by step, starting from Korea, a subsidiary country of the Ming Dynasty, and invading the Liaodong area of Daming from Korea as a stronghold (the Jurchen tribe in Liaodong had not yet formed a climate at that time), and then invading the Ming Dynasty from north to south. This strategy is actually quite sinister. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the first Japanese politician to propose an all-round invasion of the Central Plains, and his invasion strategy continued the strategic policy of Japanese militarism during World War II.
Does Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who is so clever, really think that he can destroy the Ming Dynasty and annex Asia?
Think too much, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is not that stupid. He couldn't have started swallowing elephants with snakes after listening to several descriptions of Japanese pirates harassing Daming's coastal areas. In fact, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has his own abacus. It can be said that the nominal purpose of his war against Daming was actually to transfer the pressure and contradictions in Japan.
Why can Toyotomi Hideyoshi unify Japan in a short time? There are two magic weapons: 1, coax; 2. Fight. Playing is easier said than done. As long as the strength is stronger than others, Toyotomi Hideyoshi must be a military priority. He is a peerless military genius with that talent. Come on, this is complicated. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was able to completely take over Nobuyuki Ikeda's old team, which cost a lot of money and made many promises, especially some powerful names, such as Tokugawa Ieyasu. He had to coax them. How to coax? That is to draw cakes for Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, give them greater rewards and give them more territory.
Don't forget one thing, Japan is very small. In the late Warring States period, although the place names were basically removed, it was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's men who emerged many generals with outstanding military exploits. They worked hard with Toyotomi Hideyoshi the monkey. Why? Isn't it just to get a piece of land and make yourself famous? Land is limited, but more and more people are blocked. What can we do? We can only take the road of external expansion.
Even if Toyotomi Hideyoshi wants to expand abroad, he can't really want to attack Daming. He just proposed to attack Daming, draw a bigger and more attractive pie for many influential groups, and even draw cakes for his successors and his nephew: if Daming is captured, he will be named Daming's Guan Bai. That grandson actually believed it. He worked very hard in the war to attack the Korean Peninsula. In fact, for Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Korea, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, was occupied at most, so we can divide the hills and mountains there.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ultimate goal is to get Daming's reward by attacking North Korea, so that he can become the king of Japan and be on an equal footing with the Japanese emperor. There is a simple reason. Japan is a country that attaches great importance to bloodline and family. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was born at the bottom, that is, a pariah. He has neither noble blood nor distinguished family background. He is eager to be recognized, but in Japanese society, he is called a monkey behind his back. How can he be recognized? What if he was blocked by the Ming emperor? Then his position will be quite high, and he expects to improve his position in Japanese society through the recognition of Emperor Daming.