Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 103 Hideyoshi's Ambition
When Xiujia came out of Hideyoshi's shogunate, he saw Sakuma Shengzheng and his two younger brothers Shengzheng and Anzheng waiting for Xiujia, and Xiujia immediately took them to his shogunate.

However, Shengzheng took his younger brothers and knelt down directly to the Xiu family and said, "Servant Hall, I know that I will not escape the fate of Liujo Heyuan's death due to my guilt. There are already a lot of stones, and His Highness went to ask Major General Yu Chai to give me 1 stones in Dasheng Temple City, how can I pay off my life with you."

When Xiujia heard that there was such a good thing, Sakuma actually misunderstood that he begged the monkey to get him the safety of the Dasheng Temple City. This misunderstanding must be solved, otherwise I will be misunderstood if the monkey knows The crime of secretly concatenating daimyo.

"Don't underestimate yourself, Xuanfan. Both General Habayashi and I have seen your ability. Just now, Habayashi left me just to tell me about your arrangement. It was indeed General Habayashi who decided it himself. Mino guards the tent wholeheartedly, and helps General Habayashi guard Hokuriku."

"So, have I been handed over to Mino Mamoru as Yori?" Sakuma Morimsa asked.

"Minomori, as the younger brother of General Habayashi, was ordered to guard the Hokuriku Road. Your territory is in the middle of Minomori, so you are naturally under his control."

"Now Hokuriku has made a little assessment. Echigo Uesugi is about to move, and Etsuchu and Noto are mostly surrenders. People are not in harmony. Mino Mamoru is also good at internal affairs. I have discussed military affairs with Mino Mamoru. He will rely on him a lot. yours."

Yoyomasa Sakuma was stunned. A few days ago, he was still a rebellious general, but now he is Hidecho Hashiba's strength, and the general he needs to rely on. The reality changes too fast, and I can't bear it!
But Shengzheng Sakuma was even more affirmative, especially because of the operation of the Xiu family, and he was very grateful to the Xiu family, and said that if you need help in the future, just ask.

Xiujia looked at Sheng Zheng who explained more and more misunderstood, so he simply stopped explaining more. Presumably, with the change of time, Sakuma should figure it out by himself, right?
Hashiba Hideyoshi's team did not suffer serious losses during the Hokuriku conquest, so after dealing with the Hokuriku affairs, they led the team to Mino, preparing to teach them a lesson about violating the agreement of the Cheongju Conference and privately "imprisoning" the three mages Oda Nobutaka.

That's right, Hideyoshi's definition of Oda Nobutaka is "to imprison the emperor with his ministers", which is a crime of disrespect. This is to punish Oda Nobutaka to death.

The sons of Oda Nobunaga are typical examples of great ambition and lack of talent. Compared with Oda Nobunaga who still has a little understanding of himself, Oda Nobunaga is a typical example of being so ambitious and yet so incompetent.

As Nobunaga's third son following Ise, he doesn't have the support of his mother's family like Nobuo. If you learn from your own elder brother (the youngest in etiquette) Oda Nobumasa is as low-key, maybe you will support the Kobe family The head of the name lived to the end of the curtain.

As a result, you have to think that you are the real son, and come to snatch the power of the Oda family, and you don't even look at how your current 54 stones came from.Have you fully grasped how much of the territory is the fiefdom of the wealthy Meinong clan, and how much is directly under your own control?

With your small arms and legs, you still want to fight Hashiba Hideyoshi?

As a result, before Hideyoshi's army moved out of Omi, news of Oda Nobutaka's death was received.

It turned out that after the news of Hideyoshi Hokuriku's victory against Shibata Katsuya reached Noo, Oda Nobutaka became anxious.

The silly brother Oda Nobuo thought he had an opportunity and wanted to annex Mino, so he persuaded Oda Nobutaka to surrender with 15 shi from the three counties of Dongozhangzhita County, Aichi County, and Kasugai County, and promised him that he would guarantee him life safety.

result!The silly brother Oda Nobutaka really believed the silly brother's lies, surrendered to Oda Nobuo Kaesong, and went down the Kiso River by himself to the inland sea of ​​Tachi County, but he didn't see the boat coming ashore for a long time.

In the end, Nobuo Oda dispatched Nakagawa Chengmasa, the old man, to force Nobutaka Oda to commit suicide on the boat. On May 5, Oda Nobutaka was forced to commit seppuku and commit suicide by sending him to Omidoji Temple in Noma, Owari Province (Noma Daibo, the place where Yoshitomo Minamoto was assassinated at the end of the Heian period).

At this point, the two stupid sons of the Oda family finally decided the winner, and the stupid brother Oda Nobuo was slightly better.

But, you messed up Hashiba Hideyoshi's overall plan!
Hashiba Hideyoshi was originally planning to attack Gifu and pacify Mino by force, with the purpose of completely taking Mino Ikuni into his pocket. For this reason, he also cited the big hat of Oda Nobutaka "prisoning the king with his ministers".

Now that you Oda Nobuo said that it will be settled, where do you want our Hideyoshi’s face to be placed?
Moreover, with the departure of Nobutaka Oda, the power of Mino's wealthy family has not been damaged in the slightest, and Hideyoshi has no excuse to deal with them. It can be said that Nobuo Oda completely messed up Hideyoshi Hashiba's plan.

No way, Hashiba Hideyoshi could only vent his anger on Kazumashi Takikawa in Long Island City, but Kazuyoshi Takikawa also chose to surrender after hearing the news of the deaths of Katsuya Shibata and Nobutaka Oda.

Even Takigawa Kazuyoshi went out in person, dressed in white, and apologized to Hideyoshi.

In the end, Hashiba Hideyoshi did not embarrass this old brother. Kazuyoshi Takikawa won 2 stones from Echizen Ono Castle. It can be said that Hideyoshi chose a good retirement place for this old friend. affairs of the world.

After the war, Oda Nobuo first asked Hideyoshi to ask for Mino Ichikuni, but Hideyoshi temporarily delayed it on the grounds that the war would be settled soon, and he would wait for the elders to discuss it and report to the three masters for approval before making arrangements.

Hashiba Hideyoshi put down the rebellion of Hokuriku Shibata Katsuie and Mino Oda Nobutaka one after another with lightning speed, and the momentum was unprecedented.

Even Oda Nobunaga's retainers Niwa Nagahide and Maeda Toshiie chose to serve Hashiba Hideyoshi, and accepted Hashiba Hideyoshi's obedience to him.

On the other hand, Hengxing Ikeda, a former ally, saw Hashiba Hideyoshi's power, and on May 5, after Hideyoshi returned to Kyoto, he personally visited Hideyoshi in Nijo Castle, Kyoto, and offered hostages to Hideyoshi to express his obedience.

With Ikeda Hengxing bowing his head, Hashiba Hideyoshi completely controlled the Oda family's right to speak, even if Oda Nobuo was dissatisfied with him, it could not affect his power in the slightest.

Because Oda Nobuo did not agree with Hideyoshi's treatment of Oda Nobutaka before, Hideyoshi directly used the excuse of Oda Nobuo's lying nature and forcing his brothers to death, etc., to take the three mages away from Nobuo, and Hideyoshi raised them himself.

At the same time, Hideyoshi also excluded Oda Nobuo from the meeting of Oda Family Ministers, which made Oda Nobuo very annoyed.

However, Hashiba Hideyoshi, who is confident and extremely inflated, is no longer satisfied with seeing himself as the heir of Oda Nobunaga. He has repeatedly announced in public that he will complete Oda Nobunaga's unfinished business in his own way.

For this reason, he personally wrote letters to the Mori family in the West Country, Shimadzu of Kyushu, Otomo, Tokugawa in the Tokaido, Hojo in the Kanto and other forces, blatantly declaring that he would take over Nobunaga's ambition and realize "the world's armies"!
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