Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 154 Who is the most suitable wife
Historically, the wife of the Hideo family was Hao Ji, originally the fourth daughter of the Maeda Toshi family, who was adopted to the childless Hideyoshi shortly after birth, so she was raised in the boudoir by Hideyoshi and Ning Ning since she was a child, and she was very doted on.

In history, Haoji married 15-year-old Xiujia in Osaka when she was 17 years old. After marriage, they had 2 sons and 1 daughter. Xiujia loved Haoji very much, and never married any concubine in her life.

After the Battle of Sekigahara, the Hide family was defeated and surrendered to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and was exiled to Hachijo Island. Gohime returned to her natal family. With her efforts, the Maeda family was allowed by the Tokugawa shogunate to send Ukido Matsuyama rice every two years. 70 stones and 20 taels of gold were used as daily expenses, and this allowance continued until Ukita was pardoned in the Akechi period at the end of the Tokugawa period.

Judging from the experience of the two, Hao Ji is indeed a virtuous wife who values ​​feelings. When her husband’s family is lonely, she can still think of her husband and run for him, which is better than many couples in the Warring States Period. Too much.

However, there are two problems now, which is also the reason why the Xiu family has some resistance to Hao Ji.

First, Hao Ji is indeed a good wife because of the excellent education of Hideyoshi and Ning Ning, but this does not mean that the Maeda family is a trustworthy ally.

As the Maeda family, who also received the favor of the Toyotomi family, has an in-law relationship with the Hide family, and is one of the top five big brothers, facing the Hide family's request for help and the invitation to stand in line, Toshicho actually abandoned his trustworthy ally. Early on, he sent his mother, Asong, to Edo as a hostage.

Don't say that the Tokugawa family was righteous in the name of the war situation, and the Maeda family's standing in line was justifiable. You are a retainer of the Toyotomi family. How can a retainer send his mother to another family as a hostage?The Maeda family actually made a decision early on.

If the Maeda family had joined the Western Army in history, then the ending of Sekihara might have been different, and the fate of the Toyotomi family might have been redeemed.

Second, due to the intervention of the Hide family, the hero of Hokuriku is no longer the short-lived Niwa Chohide, but Hashiba Hidecho.

Historically, after Niwa Changhide's death, the Maeda family was suddenly promoted from a physique of 30 to a territory of 80 shi out of the need to appease Oda's former officials and guard Hokuriku.

Now that Hashiba Hidecho is guarding Hokuriku, it is unknown when Maeda Toshiie has a chance to become the existence that ruled Hokuriku in history. As a rural daimyo with hundreds of thousands of stones, the Maeda family who cannot become a big boss is not enough to make Hideka as dependent.

Therefore, Maeda Haoji can only be used as a backup, not as the main target of marriage.

For the Xiu family, there is actually another way to break the situation. Anyway, they have already married so many big sisters, so it doesn't make any difference to marry another Chacha who is 3 years older than herself.

The advantage of marrying Chacha is that Hesong and Shiwan will be killed by the plot, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi who was born without them can only choose Husong to succeed the family governor in the end, so the Xiu family is a well-deserved first vassal.

Maybe even because of Hu Song's problem, he will be seen later and replace him as the regent of the world.

From this point of view, this seems to be Xiujia's optimal solution, but there are three fatal problems with this choice.

First, Hideyoshi married Chacha in history after the defeat of Komaki Nagakute in 1585, in order to stabilize the forces of all parties in the territory, and at the same time to pave the way for his own smooth annexation of the Oda family. According to the timeline, Hideyoshi should have already It has a relationship with Chacha.

The purpose of Hideyoshi's marriage to Chacha is very clear. As a rare female relative of Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi hopes to obtain the legal inheritance of the Oda family through this marriage.

In history, Hideyoshi also married Chacha according to the etiquette of the royal family, and asked all his adopted sons to call Chacha "mother" instead of "Ning Ning" as "mother". Speaking of which, Chacha's status is comparable to that of Ningning.

Hideyoshi is capable of flexing and stretching, even if the hat on the top of the head is not discussed, it is a question of Hideyoshi's willingness to sell this trump card to the Hideka. At the same time, even if he can marry Chacha, will Hideyoshi marry Ah Chu and A Jiang?The legal effect of the three sisters is basically the same.

But Xiujia's act of marrying Chacha will make Hideyoshi see his ambition and be more wary of himself.

At this time, the Asai three sisters had no legal power in name, and there were not enough samurai representatives to support them. The former Oda ministers were either eliminated by Hideyoshi (Shibata, etc.), or became swayed by Hideyoshi’s sugar-coated shells. Indefinite (Niwa, Maeda).

If you want to gather the strength of the old Oda through the three of them, it is really better to marry them directly. It can even be said that as the old officials of Oda get old, the second-generation masters are called family governors. They have never bathed in the weaving field. The kindness of the Tian family, how effective is Chacha, the old Oda card?

Chacha in history was able to become powerful, relying more on the opportunity of his Omi origin, and won over the people of other countries under Hideyoshi. The original Oda old minister family was not very close to him.

Second, the Xiu family cannot guarantee that after marrying Chacha, Hideyoshi will not marry Ah Chu and A Jiang, and guarantee that the two of them will not give birth to a son and a half for Hideyoshi, even if there is only one son. It became a joke.

From this point of view, the whole city is betting on their lives with this plan, leaving their future to God to decide, this is unacceptable to the Xiu family.

On the basis of the above two points, there is another very important issue in this plan, and that is the issue of offspring.

Chacha herself is very arbitrary and overbearing, even after Hideyoshi married Chacha, she was very careful about other concubines or concubines.

Under the same education environment, his younger sister Ah Chu went to Edo to sue her younger sister Ah Jiang because of the fact that the concubine of the Jingji family had a son who was about to become the governor of the family.

And Tokugawa Hidetada was also under Ajiang's control, and he never married a concubine, which caused the branches of the Tokugawa clan to wither, and after only three generations, he had to inherit the position of general from the adoptive son of the branch family.

Judging from the third point above, the Asai three sisters are not a suitable mistress in any way. If the Xiu family chooses to marry them, the already withered heirs of the Yuxi family may soon wither.

And if the Xiu family chooses to marry a concubine and have children, both A Chu and A Jiang may go to Fushimi to sue themselves. With Hideyoshi's favor on Cha Cha, the Yu Xi family may suffer censure.

If Chacha herself was the main wife, she might use her old lover's relationship to go to Fushimi and Hideyoshi and cry in person. By then, not only would the top of her head be green, but she would also have to face Hideyoshi's anger.

Therefore, judging from the above three points, the seemingly perfect breakout of the Asai three sisters is actually a dead end to dig a hole for themselves, and this is a route that the Xiu family will never choose.

The Xiu family's goal is very clear. To choose a powerful daimyo who has a certain influence in the Toyotomi family as his father-in-law/brother-in-law, the scope of screening for this condition is actually not wide.

The Uesugi family will be a trustworthy ally. After transferring the seal of Kanto, with the help of the Uesugi family, the process of stabilizing the Kanto will be accelerated. At the same time, I am willing to hand over my flank to such an ally.

It's a pity that Uesugi Jingsheng has no sisters, and his marriage in history was also completed by adopting the daughter of his retainer for his father Uesugi Kenshin.

For the Xiu family, the adopted daughter of the Uesugi family is not as effective as the bond brought by the serum woman, so this plan can only be used as an alternative.

The second choice is the Mori family. The Mori family has enough women to marry the Hide family, but the Hide family can't trust the historical Mori Terumoto. With such a naive monarch, the Hide family has no idea about the Mori family. .

Even because of his own border with Maori, marriage with Maori cannot be a suitable option, and it is very likely to cause Hideyoshi's rebound in the end, so this choice is PASS.

After thinking about it, there are not many choices left for the Xiu family. For the Xiu family, there is one and only one choice, which is also the best solution at present, and that is to marry Hashiba Hidecho's eldest daughter, Ju Ji.

As the eldest daughter of the most important relative of the Toyotomi family, she married Toyotomi Hideho as her husband in history. As such an important relative, history has rarely described her, so you can know how low-key this girl is up.

But this is exactly what the Xiu family wanted. Having such a trouble-free mistress can just make the house peaceful and peaceful.

In history, Juji married Xiubao, and historical records only describe that Daxiubao was 3 years old, so it seems that Juji should have been born in 1575~1576, which happened to be the right grade for the Xiu family.

The Hide family married Ju Ji, which just happened to make it a solid bond between him and the Hashiba family, and made his identity as a sect more solid. After a hundred years of Hidecho, the Hide family can grandiosely inherit Hidecho's political legacy , became the pillar country daimyo of Toyotomi's family.

As for the inheritance of Yamato Toyotomi's family, isn't there still a younger sister?

Anyway, Maori Xiuyuan can't benefit him in history, so it's meaningless for this kind of brother-in-law to come. It's better to choose a powerful daimyo as his own help.

(End of this chapter)