It is said that the Japanese only serve the strong. Why did Toyotomi Hideyoshi dare to attack Daming?

As we all know, Japan has been active in the world all the time, and the big brother behind it, the United States, is even more arrogant. The Japanese advocate the spirit of Bushido, and in layman's terms, whoever has a hard fist will be convinced. This seems to be their tradition from a long time ago. In ancient China, during the Tang Dynasty, they were visited by envoys, because at that time our national strength was strong and powerful, but now they worship foreign things and flatter foreign countries, and their temper is clear. However, in the Ming Dynasty, a Japanese general, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, appeared and attacked the Ming Dynasty, which is puzzling. What made him do this? Let's analyze it.

First, the forbidden sea policy of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming dynasty once implemented the policy of banning the sea. The implementation of this policy has led to mutual ignorance of each other's strength. Japan knew nothing about the Ming dynasty, and the Ming dynasty knew nothing about Japan. Therefore, Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't know the gap between his own strength and that of the Ming Dynasty, which was one of the reasons why Toyotomi Hideyoshi went to war with the Ming Dynasty. This can also be attributed to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ignorance. Under the circumstances at that time, he didn't think that the Ming Dynasty was a strong one, but that he could confront it.

Second, blind confidence.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a very powerful general in Japan at that time, and he was the best general in Japan. He also attacked North Korea at that time, playing well, which led him to think that the countries there were not particularly strong. However, he never imagined that the gap between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty was so great. His confidence was completely accumulated by fighting Japan and Korea, so he thought he could completely attack the Ming Dynasty. Before him, something happened in the Ming dynasty, that is, some Japanese vagrants made waves in the Ming dynasty, which also made him feel that his strength was completely enough to lay a piece of land. ?

Third, the need to expand territory.

At that time, Japan had just completed reunification, and there were contradictions in the fiefs of the generals. Because Japan is very small, there is no way for everyone to get their own land, which stimulates their ambition to expand abroad, so they strategically point to the Ming Dynasty, which is very close to them. The ideal is full and the reality is skinny. In later battles, he tasted defeat.