Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 173 Monkey's plan against the old minister Niwa retreats Sasaki

As Maeda Genichi, who has already worn a pair of pants with Hashiba Hideyoshi, and is in charge of the writing of the Oda family, of course he would not say this in a vague way. At this moment, he brought Sasa Narumasa out to talk about the matter, which is naturally under Hideyoshi's favor. instruct.

Hashiba Hideyoshi really cooperated with the acting and said, "That's right, didn't Okuru Mori participate in the evaluation?"

Who would have thought that at this time, Hori Hidemasa suddenly chimed in and said, "Your Highness, have you forgotten? Sasa Olumori of Etchu did not obey the order to lead the army out this time against the Oda attendants."

"Ah~ Is there such a thing? I thought that this time all the big names of the Oda family joined the battle to have such a strong army." Hideyoshi said with an expression of disbelief.

At this time, perhaps he received a signal from Hideyoshi. As the daimyo of Ogaki Castle's 11 stones, Inaba Kazutetsu said from the side, "Quanzhong Nayan was ordered to crusade against the rebels, and Sasa Olumori actually disobeyed orders. Now Oda The attendants have already surrendered, and they still stick to the city, and if they don't come to Omi to attend the meeting, does he still have His Royal Highness Oda Sanshi in his eyes?"

Seeing everyone's combined punches coming down in such a coordinated manner, Xiujia obviously contacted him in advance, and the purpose was to suddenly attack Sasao Chengzheng of Yuezhong.

Just when Hideka was thinking about whether to get involved, Hideyoshi said, "Neizosuke is an important minister of the Oda family, maybe it was really delayed by something? Or should I ask before making a decision, can't Let the old minister feel cold, what do you think, Echizen Mamoru-sama (Nagahide Niwa)?"

"Ah! Well, that's right." Hideyoshi obviously didn't communicate with Niwa Chohide in advance about Sasa Narumasa's attack, which caused Niwa Chohide to be confused now, not knowing what Hideyoshi's purpose was.

"Then I'll leave it to Mamoru to investigate the matter of Etsuchu, no problem." Hideyoshi continued to test Niwa Naghide.

At this point in the assessment, the situation has completely exceeded the original arrangement.At first glance, it seems that the middle-level samurai class launched an attack on Sasa Naruma, and Hashiba Hideyoshi is still defending one or two.

However, it must be known that those who are currently speaking out against Narumasa Sasao are all former ministers of the Oda family. They are from the same background as Narumasa Sasas.

It was obvious that Niwa Chohide had discovered the problem, but he was still immersed in the attack on Sasama Narumasa, and took over the cauldron in a daze.

Sure enough, on the second day after taking over the cauldron, Maeda Toshiie from Noto sent his important minister Ishino Shimitsu to bring news that Sasama Naruma had gathered troops in Vietnam, claiming that the situation in Hokuriku was extremely tense.

At the same time, Kanamori Nagahisa, the lord of the Etchu Shokoji Castle, also brought evidence of Naruma Sasasa's intentions. He said that Narumasa Sasasa had gathered more than 1 troops in Toyama Castle, and his intentions were unknown.

You must know that Hideyoshi asked Sasa Naruma to gather 4400 people before, and he refused to be incorporated into Hashiba Hidecho's army because of physical reasons. Now that the war is over, Sasa Naruma actually started to gather troops.

From the map, the east, west, and northwest of Viet Nam are all allied forces. Only Hida in the south is an area that is not controlled by the Oda family. However, as the lord of the country, Sasa Naruma, without the order of the lord, attacked other countries privately. This is absolutely true. It is not allowed, in other words, Sasao Naruma has no reason to gather troops at all.

If Maeda Genichi, Hori Hidemasa and others are just appetizers, then at this time, Maeda Toshiie, who is a good brother of Sasasa Narumasa, has begun to accuse him of plotting wrongdoing, it is really a wall that has been pushed down by everyone.

Facing this kind of behavior of Sasasa Narumasa, Niwa Nagahide asked Hideyoshi and the three masters for instructions, and decided that the eldest son, Nagashige, would go to Toyama Castle with the order of the Oda three masters, so that Sasasa Narumasa could go to Luozi. debate.

But who knows that before the mission left Omi, Tokugawa Ieyasu asked to see the master of the Oda family, the three masters, and escorted Sasa Narumasa's uncle Sasa Masamoto, claiming that he had persuaded Tokugawa Ieyasu to plot wrongdoings, intending to ally himself in rebellion.

It took only 5 days to finish the whole set of punches, the hammer hammered at Narumasa Sasa became heavier and heavier, and the strength of the daimyo who spoke out became stronger and stronger. retreated.

It's just that this whole set of movements reveals a bit of weirdness. Just imagine, is Naruma Sasaki out of his mind?When the Oda-Tokugawa coalition forces were in full swing, did they choose to jump out and give away their heads after the two were suppressed?

In history, Sasao Naruma hesitated after Oda Nobuo raised his troops, and decided to go to Hamamatsu to join Tokugawa Ieyasu just before Oda Nobuo was about to perish. Naturally, he couldn't eat well.

Due to the pressure from Xiguo, Hideyoshi chose to lift him up and put him down gently. It was not until Kyushu assessed that he was exiled in the name of causing Higo Ichikui.

And in this time and space, Hideyoshi defeated Oda Nobuo and Tokugawa Ieyasu by virtue of an absolute advantage, and his power in the Oda family was the same for a while, so when he wanted to move Sasaka, no matter whether he really rebelled or not , in the eyes of the Oda family (Hashiba Hideyoshi), he really rebelled.

From the perspective of the whole incident, there are indeed traces of Hashiba Hideyoshi's contact planning, and the timeline of all the events is very coincidental, one after another, and there is no time for Niwa Nagahide to deal with it.

In addition, according to the original arrangement, after meeting the three mages in Hachiman Mountain Castle, everyone should go to Kyoto to wait for the emperor's summons, but now everyone is left in Hachiman Mountain Castle, it seems that the magazine is waiting to deal with Sasa Naruma .

With Tokugawa Ieyasu's assist, Niwa Changhide finally couldn't hold on any longer and announced the convening of a meeting of important ministers.

At the meeting, the backbone of the Oda family, headed by Mori Tadomasa, Sakuma Shigekatsu, and Inaba Kattsu, condemned Sasaka Naruma as always. Although they did not expect the stone height to exceed 20 shi, their combined strength was also great. Not to be underestimated.

At this moment, Niwa Nagahide has beaded beads of sweat on his forehead. He is over half a hundred years old, and he can't restrain himself in the face of such a scene. He has no choice but to ask Hideyoshi for help. The husband of the Tian family's pen has lost his confidence.

Hideyo glanced at Hideyoshi next to him, and found an imperceptible smile on his face. Perhaps this was the result he wanted to see. Hideyoshi saw that the atmosphere was almost over, and only two coughs made the noisy evaluation room calm down.

"You are all important ministers who are worried about the Oda family. I can understand your feelings, but the matter of Olu Mamoru has been handed over to Echizen Mamoru with full authority. Should we listen to Echizen Mamoru's opinion?"

Good guy, the ball came back again.

Just kidding, Hideyoshi engaged in such a big battle just to hurt your prestige, Niwa Chohide, how could he personally go to the field to catch the throwing knife for you.

Niwa Chohide wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Inuzi has already set off for Etchu, why don't you send someone to summon him and let him investigate for a while, and wait for the matter to be clear before making a judgment?"

For Niwa Chohide at this time, he has already fallen into a deadlock. If he chooses not to speak for Sasama Naruma, then the final centripetal force of the old officials in the Oda family will inevitably be lost. How can we protect our group of samurai around the Oda family?
Once the group of the last old officials of the Oda family split away, Hashiba Hideyoshi went down to Keshang and there was no longer any resistance.

Of course, Niwa Chohide can choose to help Sasa Naruma, just like now, he wants to delay the matter for a while before making a decision.

But don’t forget, the ones who pointed out that Narumasa Sasaki had two minds before included Noto’s 22 Maeda Toshiie, Etchu’s 8 Kanemori Naga, and the core figures of the two former Oda ministers. In addition, Gohori Hidemasa and others .

The most heavyweight is Tokugawa Ieyasu who owns Koshin Shunen Shikoku's million stones!
These heavyweight daimyos claimed that Naruto Sasaki was conspiring against the government, and even Tokugawa Ieyasu handed over the people and letters they had had an affair with. You still don't believe it, aren't you slapping these daimyos in the face?

They took the credit guarantee that Zuo Naruzheng rebelled, but you didn't accept it, and said that you would investigate again. If the facts are found to be wrong, where will the face of these big names be put?
Coming over, hearing Niwa Nagahide's suggestion, Tokugawa Ieyasu's Tadakatsu Honda took the lead and scolded, "Does Echizen Mamoru want me to wait until I'm innocent by harakiri before I believe the fact that Olu Mamoru rebelled?"

With his leadership, Maeda family's important minister Ishino Shimitsu directly untied his clothes and declared, "The master is humiliating to death, the master is humiliating to death!" It was clear that he wanted to prove himself in front of the three mages of Hachiman Mountain Castle.

Everyone's emotions were aroused by these two people, and the crowd was excited for a while. At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu asked Nohime on the imperial steps for instructions, "I had a fight in my grade, and I feel a little unwell. Please leave the stage for a while to rest." moment."

Good guy, this is just getting up and leaving the table!

Xiujia sat in the center of the vortex in the evaluation, watching mostly old dramas without saying a word, "So this is called politics?" Xiujia cried out in his heart.

As a bystander, Hideya could not help being ecstatic at the moment. There were very few descriptions of Hideyoshi Hashiba in his previous life. It seemed that the annexation of the Oda family was completed just right. Only now can he understand how thrilling this process is when he is on the scene. Stimulate.

Xiujia turned his head and looked down at Hashiba Hidenaga behind him. Xiuchang frowned at Xiujia, then nodded again, implying the authenticity of Xiujia's speculation, and at the same time warned Xiujia not to get involved with his words at this time.

There is no need for Hidecho to warn, the Hide family will not choose to meddle in other people's affairs and become the target of public criticism. This situation is obviously made by the Hideyoshi brothers. On the surface, it is against Sasa Naruto, but in fact the sword is aimed at Niwa Nagahide.

Just when the Hide family was obsessed with eating melons, Hideyoshi's former adopted son Oda Hidekatsu ran up from behind, the rib in his hand was not pulled out, and hit Niwa Nagahide on the head with a scabbard as a stick, and shouted Said, "Echizen Shou and Olu Shou are united, but it will ruin my Oda family's business!"

This blow was not light, for a moment Niwa Chohide covered his face and fell to the ground, blood was left on his forehead.

Everyone was startled by the sudden blow, even Ishino Shiman, who was about to cut seppuku, stopped and looked at the movements of his hands.

Hideka noticed the expressions on Hideyoshi and Hidecho's faces. This was obviously not a step they had arranged before, but Oda Hidekatsu himself.There was still a hint of surprise on Hidelong's face, while Hideyoshi had already fallen into a black face.

Although this hit caused some physical damage to Niwa Chohide, it rescued him from this life-and-death situation. Niwa Chohide, who was bleeding from the head, was arranged to be treated in a side hall under the care of Nohime.

Not long after, the doctor brought a diagnosis that Niwa Chohide needed to rest, and Niwa Chohide also took advantage of the opportunity to hand over the position of the elder of the writing family, hoping that Hashiba Hideyoshi would handle the government affairs of the Oda family.

Both are thousand-year-old foxes, although Niwa Changhide made the best choice even though his reaction was a bit slow.

For Hashiba Hideyoshi, although Niwa Chohide's prestige was not completely damaged in the end, it did make him retreat, and this retreat announced the loss of the Oda family's last line of defense.

For Niwa Chohide, he made the final choice amidst difficulties, to preserve the last bit of prestige for himself, and at the same time chose to show weakness to Hideyoshi. Neither of them got the result they wanted most, but the final result was okay. accept.

After hearing that Niwa Changhide gave up his position as the elder of the writing family, under the recommendation of everyone, and with the consent of Nohime, Hideyoshi finally became the No.1 in the Oda family, both in power and in name.

Hideyoshi walked up the imperial steps on his own, stood in front of the three mages and asked everyone, "Sasa Chengzheng refuses orders and disrespects, and he mobilizes the military without authorization to plot wrongdoings. Is this something your lords have witnessed? Neither?" (This is presumption)

"Yes!" Everyone said in unison.

"Now that the situation in Nosoo is corrupt and the people are displaced, it is all due to my slowness in raising troops. Now that Etsuchu is rebellious, I will never let Kaga follow in Noso's footsteps. I can immediately raise troops to evaluate Sasa Naruma. Rebellion."

Good guy, Hideyoshi is here directly, defining Sasa Narumasa's behavior as a rebellion, without giving him a chance to argue at all.

Immediately, Hideyoshi turned to his younger brother Hashiba Hidecho and said, "Mino Mori, your skills are in the Hokuriku region. It is most suitable to unite the Northern Army Corps to conquer dissidents. I will give you the control of the Omi Corps and the Mino Corps. Gather 4 Thousands of troops will attack the traitor Zuo Zuo Chengzheng."

"Yes, I take the order." As a task that had been arranged long ago, Xiuchang already knew the result in advance, so he accepted the appointment without a doubt, and all the daimyos who were under his control at the moment also said in unison, "Minister, wait. I will do my best to help Meinong Shou put down the rebellion.”

It's just that they don't know whether they are talking about the "officials" to Master Oda or Hashiba Hideyoshi.

"Since Mino Mamoru is in charge of Hokuriku's army, I will be in charge of Kii's army, and it happens that my base is in Settsu, adjacent to Kii.

I plan to command Settsu, Izumi, Yamashiro, Hanoi, Yamato, Minami Omi, Ise, and Iga from Kishiwada Castle on September 9.The troops of Owari and Sanhe joined forces with 5 people to attack the Jiyi rebels. You should go back to gather the army and join me at Wada City on the shore within a time limit. "

"The crusade against the four countries is still in the hands of Major General Hashiba." Hideyoshi added.

The Xiu family also followed the crowd to salute Hideyoshi and said, "I will obey the orders, and I will definitely live up to the orders of the Oda Three Masters Hall."

Seeing that everyone had already taken orders, Hideyoshi turned to the three mages and Nohime and asked, "Does Your Highness think that the minister's arrangement is appropriate?"

"Quanzhong Nayan's arrangement is naturally foolproof." Nonghime has understood at this moment that the decline of the Oda family is a foregone conclusion. bottom line.

As far as Nohime is concerned, she no longer counts on the revival of the Oda family. Her goal now is to keep the blood of Oda Nobunaga's direct relative, the three mages.

At this moment, no one will fail to see the direction of the wind and remind them: the army has been assembled for more than half a year, and the fields in each territory need labor to cultivate and harvest. Since ancient times, there has never been an army that can gather troops for such a long time.

Everyone knows that Hideyoshi can't wait!
For Hideyoshi at this moment, the crusade against Oda Nobuo and Tokugawa Ieyasu has established his supreme power in the Oda family.

At this time, he needs three victories in three directions, as a stepping stone for his next challenge, to wave the flag for him to formally annex the Oda family!
(End of this chapter)