Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 138
Hideyoshi obtained the letter of crusade against Oda Nobuo, and was about to return to Sakamoto from Azuchi to reorganize the army, but on the same day, the ninja army brought back news from Mikawa.

It turns out that even though Ieyasu Tokugawa was very reluctant after obtaining Nobuo Oda's attack on Hashiba's house, that's not what you and my retainers said two days ago!
But at this moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu also knew that the arrow was on the string and had to go, so he could only curse Oda Nobuo in his heart, the second idiot, and then he organized the army in Hamamatsu.

Since the main force of Tokugawa is still in Shinano, they can only gather some Enjiang soldiers and Sanhe soldiers nearby, and a total of 8000 people will go to Cheongju first.

Hideyoshi, who had followed Ieyasu's news for a long time, learned of the news on the night of March 3, and was very angry.

Even though he already knew that he and Tokugawa would have a battle, recalling how he flattered Tokugawa Ieyasu before, what he got now was only the betrayal of the Tokugawa family, and Hideyoshi was furious from the heart.

From the perspective of mentality, Hashiba Hideyoshi may also have a trace of mental illness. He is not easy to be self-satisfied. At this moment, he believes that he will give Tokugawa Ieyasu an official promotion in exchange for the gratitude of the Tokugawa family.

Many years later in history, when the Gamo family was punished for civil strife among the retainers, Hideyoshi recalled the merits of the clan, and gave Gamo Hideyuki a 18 koku safety block in Shimono Utsunomiya. Severe punishment will inevitably bring the gratitude of the Gamo family, but the result is wishful thinking.

Consistent with the situation of the Gamo family is Hideaki Kobayakawa after the defeat of the Zheng Dynasty. Under the adjustment of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he received a salary of 37 shi from Chikuzen. Hideyoshi naively thought that Hideaki would appreciate his kindness.Who would have thought that Xiuqiu, who was Taige's nephew, would personally send Fengchen's house on the road with a stab in the back.

Just like today, Hideyoshi thought he had been betrayed by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and was sulking in Sakamoto Castle. There was no one in the inner hall to calm Hideyoshi.

"Brother, why is this so?" Xiuchang asked in surprise when he entered the inner hall and saw a messy room.

"That fellow Tokugawa Ieyasu dared to help Nobuo and attack me!" Hideyoshi said angrily like a child.

Seeing Xiuchang who was still acting childish, he shook his head helplessly, his elder brother is good at everything, except greedy for money, lustful, and fond of childish accidents.For Hideyoshi, Hidecho had already had his own way of appeasing him.

Hidecho went to Hideyoshi's side and followed Hideyoshi and said, "That's right, my brother helped Tokugawa get a councilor's position, that Tokugawa guy is so ungrateful. In this case, we once again ask the court to deprive him of his official position." How about it?"

"Deprive him of his official position?" Hideyoshi's eyes lighted up at Hideonaga's suggestion, and the cloud of anger just now dissipated. Instead, he said excitedly, "That's right! We can also ask the emperor to designate Tokugawa as an enemy. I'm afraid he will cry and kneel at my feet and beg me, hahaha."

As soon as he said it, Hideyoshi sent someone to go to Luo overnight to inform the Wu family to play Juting Jiqing, asking him to enter the palace early tomorrow morning to invite the emperor, and he himself briefly entered the palace to meet the saint.

Before Nobunaga, the position of councilor was only a doctor-level official position under the fourth rank. Later, Nobunaga raised the rank of councilor from three, and the councilor had the qualification to directly enter the palace. Since then, the councilor has been crowned In the name of the prime minister.

That is to say, Hideyoshi is qualified to directly enter the palace to face the saint tomorrow morning, but he hopes to show his respect by conveying it to the emperor by Ju Tingji, and once again become self-satisfied.

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At noon the next day, Hideyoshi arrived in Kyoto from Sakamoto. Kikutei Jiqing had conveyed Hideyoshi's intentions to the Emperor early on, and brought Hideyoshi to the palace to meet the emperor as soon as Hideyoshi arrived in Kyoto.

Hideyoshi kept his attitude very low in front of the emperor. He thought that he would get the emperor's kindness in exchange for his respect, and agreed to his request. words.

In fact, Hideyoshi didn't listen carefully to what the emperor said, thinking that the emperor approved his request in a formal manner, and he also thanked the emperor for his gratitude and left.

Hideyoshi felt something was wrong until he was about to leave the Imperial Palace, and asked Kikutei Jiqing, who led them out beside him, "Nakana Yan, what the Emperor said just now is permission, am I right?"

It’s no wonder Hideyoshi didn’t hear clearly. The Japanese emperor advertised himself as a descendant of Amaterasu. In order to ensure his mystery, he not only met his officials behind the curtain of the magazine, but also used the crane sound that he had practiced since childhood, and Hideyoshi who was born as a farmer. How can you understand.

But at this moment, Kikuting Jiqing, who was being questioned, was embarrassed. Facing Hideyoshi's questioning, for fear that Hideyoshi would violently offend Kikuting Jiqing, he faltered and couldn't speak for a long time.

Hideyoshi, who saw that Juting Jiqing's expression was wrong, also understood that the emperor did not agree to Hideyoshi's request, which aroused Hideyoshi's displeasure.

Hideyoshi had been at odds with the emperor before, and the idea of ​​abdicating him had already been born in his heart. How could Hideyoshi tolerate the emperor's rejection of Hideyoshi's "legitimate request" here.

Seeing Hideyoshi who was on the verge of losing control, Hideyoshi quickly comforted him, "Brother, don't be anxious. Since the emperor does not allow His Highness Tokugawa to be dealt with, it is only his consideration. We only need to ask the emperor for a higher official position. Now that you have a reason to suppress Tokugawa, don’t you think so, Zhong Nayan.”

Seeing the angry Hideyoshi, Juting Jiqing wished she could find a crack in the ground and sneak in to disappear as far away as possible. Who would have thought that she would be called by name.

Facing Hashiba Hideyoshi's murderous gaze, his eyeballs rolled quickly in his eye sockets, he thought about his next words, and if he made a wrong sentence, he would be the one who died instead of the emperor.

"His Royal Highness Yu Chai is already a high-ranking official from the third rank. He is already the Minister of the Palace. If he wants to be promoted again, he will be the third rank. However, His Highness is neither Guanshe nor Tsinghua University. It may not be easy to be promoted again."

"Hmph, how much donation do you want, just ask, as long as it makes me taller than Tokugawa Ieyasu, I am willing to spend any amount of money."

"Your Highness, this is not a matter of money or not, it is the court's rule."

Juting Jiqing's explanation was very humble, and he didn't even dare to name you. Hideyoshi was from a bad background. Giving you this official position would hinder the court's view. Juting Jiqing believed that if he told the truth, he would be buried in the grave immediately.

Hideyoshi would not listen to his nonsense, and said arrogantly "5000 kan"

5000 kan is a huge sum of money in Japan at this time. In history, Uesugi Kenshin spent only 300 kan to enter Luo Qiude and play Zheng Shaobi, and Mori Terumoto later obtained the official position of Zhongnayan with only 2500 kan. Now that Hideyoshi opened his mouth with 5000 kan, how could it not be that Juting Jiqing was surprised.

In fact, Hideyoshi himself is considered to have a relatively good relationship with Luozhong. Their gifts and donations are not small.

The reason why Juting Jiqing is still unwilling to give up the job of samurai music after being promoted to Zhong Na Yan is that this job can directly contact Hideyoshi and earn the most money.

Facing Hideyoshi's sudden high donation of 5000 guan, Juting Jiqing was overjoyed, but he knew that Hideyoshi's three officials were already a special case, and he was really unwilling to go any further. I can't earn it anymore.

Ju Ting Ji Qing demanded, "Your Highness Yu Chai, it's not a question of how much money you donate."

What, you ask Oda Nobunaga why he can be an official to the right mansion?If you also set fire to Mt. Hiei and lead troops directly into the Imperial Palace, you are likely to abolish the Emperor's posture as the Emperor, and the Emperor will coax you with the position of the right minister.

Juting Jiqing's answer was obviously not what Hideyoshi wanted. Although Juting Jiqing repeatedly emphasized that it was not a matter of money, in his opinion, it was because the money was not in place, and immediately raised the price to 8000 guan.

"8000 guan?" Hearing Hideyoshi's offer, Juting Jiqing was so surprised that his saliva almost flowed down. He immediately led Hideyoshi to his mansion, and when Hideyoshi sat down, Juting Jiqing stepped forward and said carefully, "Yes One way is to let His Highness be promoted, and His Highness is willing to worship the Gongqing family as an adopted son? If His Highness inherits the surname of the Tsinghua family, he can naturally worship the Da Nayan."

To make money, even kneeling, he doesn't shiver.

As smart as Hideyoshi, he has actually guessed that the reason that prevented him from being promoted to an official position was his own birth, but now that he heard Kikutei Jiqing punctured this scar, instead of getting angry, Hideyoshi said excitedly, "Okay, Zhong Nayan, what happened?" It's not too late for you to give birth to me as an adopted child."

For Hideyoshi, in order to achieve his goal, he can sacrifice everything, even his dignity, not to mention that in Japan, where family name is so important, it is a kind of honor for him to inherit the public servant Gao Jiage.

But Hideyoshi's directness made Juting Jiqing feel difficult, he was just offering an opinion, he didn't really want to keep Hideyoshi as his adopted son.

Although under Hideyoshi's silver bullet offensive, Kikutei Jiqing and Hideyoshi have a very good relationship, but it does not mean that Kikutei Jiqing will put personal feelings above the family, and letting Hideyoshi join the Imaidegawa family may bring shame to his family.

So Ju Ting Ji Qing said, "I am not the only one who decides on the succession of my family from the Chuan family. If the matter is delayed for a long time, I'm afraid it will delay your Highness's battle. Why don't I ask the other ministers?"

In Hideyoshi's view, Juting Jiqing, who has a good relationship with him, is the best candidate for "father", but he really can't afford to wait, so he can only acquiesce in the idea of ​​Juting Jiqing going out to find other ministers.

Juting Jiqing got the order, and immediately sent a servant to each house to ask the Patriarch's opinion, while he was at home with Hideyoshi and waited for the reply. In his plan, 8000 guan was donated, and he himself took 2000 guan, and promised to adopt Hideyoshi. 2000 kan to other ministers, 1000 kan to silence, and 3000 kan to the emperor, the cake is divided so perfectly.

The ending was beyond Juting Jiqing's expectation, even under the temptation of Juting Jiqing's 2000 pens, none of them agreed.

The ministers all had the same idea as Ju Ting Ji Qing, after all, if I let a mud-legged person enter the family, wouldn't I be laughed out of my teeth by word of it?This money cannot be earned.

The news brought back by the boys made Hashiba Hideyoshi very angry. He did not expect that now, with 660 million shi in his hand and one foot on the threshold of the world, he would be discriminated against in his base camp, Kyoto.

Hideyoshi's face collapsed, not angry, but sad and ashamed, maybe until this moment, he really accepted his fate, thinking that even if he did a good job, there was still a gap between him and the upper class that could not be bridged.

Hideyoshi's expression fell into the eyes of Kikuutei Jiqing. This was the prelude to the boss's fury. He immediately comforted Hideyoshi, "Your Highness, don't be in a hurry. I still have a way to make Your Highness suppress His Highness Tokugawa."

"The position of counselor is to participate in the discussion of government affairs and assist Da Nayan in handling government affairs. Even if His Highness is not qualified to be the top three Da Nayan, his rank can remain the same, and he can take the responsibility of Da Nayan with the position of Quan Da Nayan, so to speak. It’s His Highness’s subordinate who came to Tokugawa to participate in the council! We just need to persuade Kugaden to give up the official position of Dainagon, and His Highness can directly act on behalf of Dainogen’s authority!”

"It's just that there are very few people in Gongqingcheng Wucuo who are deprived of their official positions. If you want to make Jiugaden abdicate, you can only help him to be promoted to a minister. It's just the cost of it."

As Juting Jiqing was talking, his eyes became gloomy, and Hideyoshi immediately understood what he meant, and immediately said, "Is it possible for 1 Kans to settle this matter?"

"More than enough"

In this way, under Kikutei Jiqing's operation, Kuga Toshishi was promoted to the second minister of the interior, and Hashiba Hideyoshi took the rank of the third minister as Quan Da Nayan to perform the duties of Dai Nayan.

As for the donation of 1 guan, Juting Jiqing lied to Hideyoshi, and the promotion of the minister does not require donations.So Juting Jiqing received 5000 guan from himself, and Jiu Wotong carried in from the second place for nothing, handed over 1500 guan to other officials, and handed over 3500 guan to the emperor.

Everyone is happy.

(End of this chapter)