Tokugawa Ieyasu: the Overlord's House
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He was born in the closed and backward Sanhe area. He was separated from his biological mother when he was three years old and was taken as a hostage in another country when he was six years old. The bitter and miserable life of a hostage has tempered his incomparable tenacity and alert and steady personality. When he became an adult, he succeeded him as the city lord, but there were many wealthy families in his territory and powerful enemies outside his territory. In order to survive in troubled times, he did not hesitate to act as cannon fodder for Imagawa Yoshimoto, and then led the Mikawa samurai to follow Oda Nobunaga in various expeditions. He had just won his own living space, but he had to kill his wife and son in order to win Nobunaga's trust. After Nobunaga dreamed of destroying Honnōji Temple, Hideyoshi took control of the situation first. On the one hand, he bowed to the knees of generations of noble samurai and bowed at the feet of Hideyoshi, who was born in a humble family; on the other hand, he devoted himself to expanding his sphere of influence in local areas. When the opportunity came, he struck decisively and completely destroyed potential enemies. His greatest characteristic is summed up as "patience". Perhaps in order to be able to compete with many geniuses, this ordinary person with neither extraordinary creativity nor outstanding talent can only use "patience" to temper and improve himself. But patience is to go a further distance. He, uncreative, devoted himself to imitating the strengths of others, combining Takeda's art of war, Nobunaga's decisiveness, and Hideyoshi's strategies. He conquered Nobunaga and Hideyoshi with his integrity and loyalty, but when Hideyoshi died, he suddenly became a cunning leader. It can be seen that his integrity and loyalty are by no means sincere, but just a way of doing things to cover up his sharp edge. Ryotaro Shiba uses smooth and sharp writing to describe the tortuous life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of a dynasty, from hostage to king, allowing readers to deeply understand Tokugawa Ieyasu's brilliance, forbearance and cunning as a strategist.
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