Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 179 The Globe

There is actually a reason why Hashiba Hideyoshi was in such a hurry. After the army had just undergone a long mobilization, he did not let the people rest, but still mobilized them in three ways to deal with the enemies in three areas.

Aside from Hokuriku's Sasama Naruma, who just solved it incidentally, when Hashiba Hideyoshi returned to Kyoto, the southern part of Hanoi and Izumi had been ravaged by Kii Kingdom's Hatakeyama Sadamasa and the Neraiji Party.

If it weren't for Kishiwada castle lord Nakamura Kazushi's desperate resistance, I am afraid that Kii's war disaster would have burned to Osaka. This is the first time that Hideyoshi feels dangerous for his center.

The place of Kii originally belonged to Hanoi and Kii to protect the territory of the Hatakeyama family. The fuse of the Onin Rebellion experienced by the shogunate was the inheritance issue between the uncles and nephews of the Hatakeyama family.

It can be said that the succession issue of the Hatakeyama family triggered the succession issue of the shogunate, which eventually led to the demise of the Muromachi shogunate.

The last guardian of Hanoi and Kii, Hatakeyama Takamasa, was hostile to the Miyoshi family. After surrendering to the Oda family, he was pursued by his vassal Yusa Nobuyoshi to Kii. In order to obtain asylum, he handed over the official position guarded by Kii to his elder brother Hatakeyama Sada politics.

From then on, Hatakeyama Sadamasa was also elected to the front of the stage by the Kii people, and became their leader in resisting the invasion of the Oda family and the Hashiba family.

But don't look at this Hatakeyama Sadamasa is a guardian in name, in fact he only owns parts of Arita County and Hidaka County, and the essence of Kii's seaweed, Naga and other counties have always been in the hands of Zaga Izumomune.

The Kii area is the gathering place of Japanese religions. In the Daxi Valley of the Katsuragi Mountains, there is the Daiba Daiden Court of the Shingon sect, which is the birthplace of the Shingi sect.

In old Japan, where Buddhism had a special status, it was a sacred and inviolable holy land. There were many temples in the mountains, and monks had a lot of weapons, and they never obeyed discipline.

Since Nobunaga's crusade against Ishiyama Honganji Temple, the people of Kii country have used various means to support the struggle of Ishiyama Honganji Temple. After the opening of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, they still accepted Xianru's son Jiaoru to Kii and continued to fight with the Oda family. struggle.

As far as the monks are concerned, they have long since departed from the teachings of Buddhism’s original intention of leading people to do good, eat fast and chant the Buddha’s name without participating in the past events of the world, and seize every opportunity to expand the scope of the Buddhist kingdom on earth.

The people are brainwashed and immersed in the beautiful illusion of the afterlife, and their life is not even as good as being a tenant under the command of the original lord. These nominal Buddhist countries are actually living hells that cannibalize people without spitting out their bones.

For Hatakeyama Sadamasa, the Lord Kii inherited from his younger brother Hatakeyama Takamasa is not a limit he can meet. As a famous Minamoto family, Hatakeyama Sadamasa, his education since he was a child is to restore the old family power of the Hatakeyama family. This is also the reason why he chose to cooperate with Yixiangzong.

Doesn't he know that this is seeking skin from a tiger?But he doesn't have enough strength to achieve his goal alone!

For him, religion has the final say in this Jiyi country anyway, and his so-called master is just a display, so I would rather borrow their power to become a vase for the two countries, and I still have some face when I say it. I fell into a daze.

The two sides made peace in a row, and chose to form an alliance with Tokugawa Ieyasu. When the Hashiba family was fighting with Tokugawa Ieyasu, they attacked Hashiba Hideyoshi's weakness from behind. Judging from the current situation, the progress is indeed good. Both Izumi and southern Hanoi warrior.

Hideyoshi's headache at this moment is not only Kii, but also the Nagamune clan of Shikoku.

In history, Yuanqin took advantage of the confrontation between Tokugawa and Hashiba, and chose to attack Xiyuan Temple in Nishiiyo from Tosa first. This attack was very clean and neat, and it took only two months to take down Xiyuan Most of the territory including Sijia's main city, Helai City.

As a result, the Xiyuanji family could only hide in Uwa County on the border and continue to resist, while Yuanqin Wuguan, a dying bug, raced against time to attack the Kono family affiliated to the Mori family, vowing to win the battle before Hashiba and the Zhitoku allied forces were victorious. Assess most of the territory of Shikoku.

By the end of 1584, the territory of the Shikoku had been basically occupied by the Nagamune family, so at the beginning of 1585, Yuanqin ordered the Nagamune Tai family to personally teach Awa to organize the water army, and at the same time contacted Kii's roots to prepare to join forces Attack on Osaka.

In this era, due to the wings of the Xiu family, Chang Zonggabu Yuanqin suffered heavy losses when he attacked Sanuki, but with his strong blood recovery ability and his own command ability, coupled with Iyo's useless samurai as a foil, Taking advantage of the opportunity of the battle of Komaki Nagakute, the relatives of Changzong's family finally launched an attack on Yiyu.

In just 4 months, Iyo Kingdom has basically fallen, and only a few cities centered on Tangyao City barely survived the fall with the support of the Maori family.

As Kono Matsunao, he wanted to surrender a long time ago, but unfortunately, he is not in charge of Yuyao Castle now, and the Maori reinforcements he invited have become the masters of the castle, which helped Hashiba Hideyoshi to delay the attacking pace of Nagamune’s department to a certain extent. .

However, Takakage Kobayakawa suffered from stomach problems, especially after Yoshikawa Motoharu retired, and the burden of the Mori family was all on him, which made his body weaker and weaker. In addition, his reinforcements only had more than 8000 people from the headquarters.

Facing Changzong Gabu Yuanqian, who has the same ability and military strength better than himself, he seemed a little powerless. For him, the decision to go to the four countries was a decision made under the pressure of his family. He really had no reason to let his sons die in the four countries. Made a wedding dress for Hashiba's family, so he also sent a letter for help to Sakamoto every three days.

In history, Hideyoshi faced the problem of Shikoku and Kii. On March 13, the 1585th year of Tensho ([-]), Hashiba Hidecho was the general, and Ukita Hideka, Hachisuka Masakatsu and others took the first step to attack Shikoku. Sanuki and Awa log in, and at the same time let Kobayakawa Takakage attack Nagamune from Iyo.

At the same time, on March 3, Hideyoshi himself led an army of 21 to attack Kii.

Although he took a certain initiative in the Awa battlefield, in the face of the absolute superiority of the troops, the Changzong Gabu family Yuanqin, who was facing enemies on all sides, finally chose to surrender.

As the head of Shikoku, Sogabu, surrendered at the speed of light, the Army of the Four Kingdoms landed in Kii from the sea here, and surrounded Kii on both sides. Hideyoshi Hashiba also officially handed over the position of general to Hidecho Hashiba, and he was fully responsible for Kii's strategy.

With the merits of Shikoku and Kii, Hashiba Hidecho finally laid the foundation of Yamato Million Stones for himself.

It's just that in this time and space, Changzong and our family probably don't have this opportunity, and have a situation that is enough to threaten Osaka.

But even though the situation is not the same, Nagamune's family's invasion of Shikoku and Kii's departure from Kii and Hashiba Hideyoshi's sense of oppression are consistent, which is why he chose to solve Kii and Shikoku at the same time. .

When Hideka was in Owari, he could feel Hideyoshi's concern for Osaka's safety, which is why he compiled the squad list of the Four Kingdoms Corps so quickly and reported it to Hideyoshi, and after receiving his reply, he was anxious to speak out early s reason.

His time was very urgent, and he planned to go to the city again later, bid Hideyoshi back and return to Okayama to organize the army.

After getting the answer from Xiuchang, Xiujia wanted to resign, but found a globe beside Xiuchang.

For a science youth like Xiujia, the globe was Xiujia's favorite toy when he was a child. Every young person begins to understand the world from this small ball.

Maybe because he noticed the gaze of the Xiu family, Xiu Zhang specially asked the Xiu family to check this thing by himself, "I'm surprised. I was also surprised when I saw this thing for the first time. It was presented to my brother by Nanman businessman Jin 'Earth Apple', I don't know why it took that name."

After that, he led Xiujia to check the globe by himself, and did not point out the location of Japan to Xiujia, "Look, this is where Japan is located."

Xiujia, who has seen the precise globes of later generations, of course would not be surprised by this rough globe, and Xiujia's silent response, in Xiuchang's view, just became a manifestation of being shocked and speechless.

"I didn't expect that our country of Japan is so small, and there are still so many vast places in this world that we haven't explored." Hidecho pointed to Japan and said with emotion.

"The Nanman businessman also said that the world is round. You said this view is not ridiculous. If the world is round, then we will not fall when we stand on the ground? Hahahaha"

"The businessman also said that this was officially done after someone sailed in a boat, but their church didn't approve it. If you ask me, Qiezhidan is right about this. How can you let an ignorant guy fool you with a few words? .”

"My brother didn't believe the nonsense of the Nanman businessman, so he gave me this 'Earth Apple'. If you want me to tell you, although this thing is novel, but as far as I am concerned, it is a deceptive thing. gone."

Hashiba Hidecho was talking eloquently at the side, while Hideka was carefully observing the product of the old era because he saw the globe again after more than ten years of absence.

This beautiful globe is different from what later generations have seen. The simplest thing is that Australia, the southernmost point of the earth, has not yet been discovered. Many island countries in the Pacific Ocean are also uneven, and the proportions and shapes of the continents on the globe are not close.

The position of Japan in the upper right corner of the map obviously did not leave enough space in the initial stage of the construction of the spherical map, which made the topographical drawing of Japan very cramped, and the paint used is relatively new, which is a bit like a temporary offering as a tribute Newly painted.

This is also impossible. It has only been half a century since Magellan's voyage around the world, and only a century has passed since the first globe was manufactured. It is not easy to produce a globe of this level.

Seeing that Xiujia was fascinated by watching, Xiuchang didn't bother him anymore, and let him watch carefully, after all, he was like this when he first saw it.

When Xiujia was seated again, I wanted to discuss with Xiuchang whether the earth is round or not using the dialectics learned later, but I held back before I could say anything. Xiujia shook his head and smiled inwardly, "Why should I?" Arguing with Xiuchang about this."

And Xiuchang thought that the Xiu family liked this thing, so he said, "It seems that you like this thing very much? Brother gave this thing to me. I don't believe that the earth is round. Since you like it, then take it back to Gang Go up the mountain."

When Xiujia heard this, she suddenly raised her head, "Is it really possible?"

Although I feel that this globe is rough, it is the only thing that can understand the world at present, and in this era, globes are extremely rare, and they are not mainland products of later generations.

The Xiu family also hopes to use this globe to convey the correct worldview to their retainers in a concrete way. Even if this generation cannot spread it, the younger generation has a strong ability to accept it, and it will be easier to teach it with this globe.

"Take it, it's a gift from my uncle for so many years." Xiu Zhang obviously didn't care about the globe, so he waved his hand and asked the Xiu family to take him away.

Unknowingly, the days are already in full swing, and someone outside asked Hashiba Hideha if he wanted to pass on meals, and the Hideka also bid farewell.

It's just that when Xiujia came in the morning, he only brought a few minors, but now when he leaves, he has to bring a huge globe, which makes it difficult for him to move around.

You must know that in the past, there was no plastic as a material. This globe is made of solid wood. From the quadrant frame to the sphere, it is all solid wood. It is not light, so Xiujia had to order someone to temporarily find 8 porters in the town. Hold up this globe and take it away.

Hideka also took advantage of this time to go to the Honmaru Palace in Sakamoto Castle to bid farewell to Hideyoshi.

Hideyoshi's report was quickly responded to. Hideyoshi was having fun with Husong. I have to say that Fuzhifang's execution is still very strong. When Xiujia returned to Kyoto from Sanhe, he heard that Ning Ning wanted to adopt Husong. The news that I take care of my knees.

Perhaps it was stimulated by Husong's "mother", when Hideyoshi arrived at Hideo's house, Hideyoshi was hugging Husong and kept teaching him to call himself "Dad", which shows Hideyoshi's love for Husong.

Seeing the Xiu family's arrival, Ai Wuji Wu also showed love for the Xiu family, without any fear of the Xiu family before.

"Oh oh~ Hachiro is here, come and see your younger brother Husong, he will call me 'Daddy'" After finishing speaking, guide Husong, "Come on, who am I, call me a father what."

That performance almost made the Xiu family think that his younger brother was not out of his mind, but just a "slow talker", and a glimmer of hope was ignited in his heart.

But seeing Husong, who was obviously 2 years old, still gnawed on his little finger, the fire of hope was gradually extinguished.

After teasing for a long time, seeing that Husong ignored him, he was made to cry by himself instead, which attracted Ningning's scolding, Hideyoshi could only reluctantly hand over Husong to Ningning's care.

After putting Husong down, Hideyoshi said to Husong, "You have heard about Husong, right?"

"Yes, I have heard a little bit about it." What Hideyoshi said, it should be that Husong was named under Ning Ning's name. This has little impact on the Xiu family. To Yu Gong, he is a member of Yuchai. Personally speaking, he just lost the relationship with Husong's nominal brother.

In fact, in this incident, the one who was most injured was the Xiu family's mother, Fa Xiandian.But even if she can overcome herself for Xiujia and Husong, what else can Xiujia say.

"What's your attitude?" Hideyoshi asked.

"If the lord mother agrees, the minister has no objection. After all, Husong is the son of the lord father, and playing under the lap of the lord mother will also help his growth." Xiujia said without humility, without a hint of humility in his tone. emotion.

Hearing Xiujia's statement, Hideyoshi let go of the last grievance in his heart, patted Xiujia on the shoulder and said, "Well said, he is indeed my good son."

Then he finally remembered the business and asked the Xiu family, "You are looking for me today if you want to ask me to play."

Hideya saluted Hideyoshi again and said

"I came here today to bid farewell to my lord father for the affairs of the Four Kingdoms. My son is going to return to Okayama tomorrow to mobilize before the war. The second is to ask my lord father for some support."

(End of this chapter)