Chapter 15 postscript
The Warring States period in Japanese history refers to the period from the war to the unification of the country by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, that is, about a century after 1467.During this period, the warlords fought in chaos, the wars continued, and the people were in dire straits. It was a chaotic period before reunification.
During this period, the emperor was in vain. Generals, daimyo, etc. competed for power and merged with each other. The victims of the war were not only the common people, but also the samurai themselves.
Samurai were a special class in Japan's feudal period. Although they were pawns driven by the ruler, their social status was higher than that of farmers and businessmen; Chance.Therefore, most samurai have developed the habit of fighting for their career.Although Bushido pays attention to the so-called integrity, there are many people who change masters and do things, or even change masters several times.At the end of the day, samurai are just tools.
This book is written by the author with the more typical historical background of the Warring States Period.The protagonists in the book, Hayato, Bingta, Aranosuke, Chisato... are all fictional.But historical events, dates, people are real.
The story of this book begins in March 1582.It ended in late summer and early autumn of the same year, a total of three months.However, in these short three months, a series of major events that shocked the whole of Japan took place. It was clearly manifested through the change of masters of Sakabe Hayato until his death in the war.
The general of Kai, Takeda Shingen, fought all his life and continued to expand his territory. In 1573, he died of illness in a decisive battle with Oda Nobunaga.Takeda Katsuyori is the third son of Shingen. After inheriting Shingen, he extorted violently from the people, and the people were full of grievances; The Sichuan army was defeated and committed suicide in the fields of Tianmu Mountain.
Oda Nobunaga was a famous general who rivaled Takeda Shingen, and he was also the winner. He took the emperor to make the princes, and took the position of the right minister. At dawn on June 2, 1582, he was attacked by his original Akechi Mitsuhide and killed himself at the Honnoji Temple in Kyoto. The famous change of Honnoji Temple.
Mitsuhide Akechi was originally Hinata Mamoru under Oda Nobunaga, and he was ambitious. After Nobunaga destroyed Takeda Katsuyori, he rebelled against the lord and launched the Honnoji Incident within three months; It was broken by Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the war, and died at the hands of local natives that night.
This series of revolving-door battles turned many samurai into bones, and many beauties lamented their fate.Sakebe Hayato was attracted by the illusory fame and worked hard.He lost his love and lost his young life, which is the epitome of young warriors at that time.The author implicitly and profoundly accuses the unjust war through the destruction of Hayato and the sorrow of thousands of miles.
Kobe Iori is also a fictional character, the author doesn't pay much attention to him, but he is the spark of the whole book.
After all the suffering, the people, including the lower warriors, began to wake up. They finally abandoned their masters and fought for their own survival.Kobe Iori represents exactly their hope.Bingta represents a low-level samurai who has been driven by the master for half a life and finally awakened to the people. Unlike Hayato, he is upright, loyal, and does not bow to fame and wealth, so he finally decides to defect to Kobe Iori.
With historical stories as the background and Hayato, Bingta, Iori, Qianli and other characters as the latitude and longitude, the author wrote an unbreakable truth: the upper-level careerists have worked hard, but what they get is nothing but disillusionment, and the hope of the country lies in people.
This time, the translation of this book has received the support of the author, who sent recent photos, and I would like to express my deep gratitude.
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