Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 18 How can there be such a man in the world?
Digression: Due to the lack of information on the Internet, I have ordered a Japanese almanac compiled by a group of Chinese and foreign scholars.Some of them have even been out of print and are no longer printed. The first one to arrive was "General History of Japan" compiled by Professor Feng Wei of Fudan University. I haven't finished reading the book yet.I only read the relevant part of Chapter 7, the Warring States Period of Japan, and found two mistakes after a cursory reading.

The first part is in the second paragraph on page 280, which tells that the title of Oda Nobunaga was promoted by Ashikaga Yoshiaki.But in history, after Nobunaga went to Luo, he was declared as the right minister by the court after he rejected the shogunate service of the deputy general and the leader.The author actually confuses the official position of the imperial court with the service of the shogunate here.

The second is in the third paragraph on page 286, which is included in Beizhong in Okayama.Not to mention the short 3 pages, the timeline is actively chaotic, especially when writing about the relationship between Oda and Takeda, and the relationship between Oda and Maori.One moment it was 50, the next moment it was 1580.After reading the whole article, I feel that Professor Feng does not have a deep understanding of the history of the Warring States Period in Japan, and he did not deliberately search for information that he did not understand when writing the book.The timeline logic of the entire chapter is extremely confusing.It is not recommended that you read it as a book to understand the Japanese Warring States Period.

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Hanbei Takenaka's death can be said to be a heavy blow to the nascent Hashiba Group. If you compare Ryobei ​​with the counselors of the Three Kingdoms, Hanbei is like Zhuge Liang. Wei is just like Jia Xu, who has no bottom line in his work and only cares about income.

At this time, Kuroda Kanbei was being imprisoned in Arioka Castle by Araki Cunshige.This fully reflects the character of Kanbei Kuroda.Baidu Encyclopedia said that Kanbei Kuroda persuaded Araki Murashige to surrender out of his loyalty to Kodera's political position.

But there is a discrepancy with history here, even if there are contradictions with him.From the front and rear sections of the encyclopedia, it can be seen that Kuroda Kanbei was actually working under Hashiba at this time, so why does this paragraph describe that he went to Arioka out of loyalty to the Kodera family?
From my point of view, Kanbei Kuroda is indeed a wise general, with a particularly good understanding of the situation, and an excellent strategist. From his strategy of stirring up Kyushu during Sekihara, we can see his keen political sense. Unfortunately, Encountered a cheating product.

But his understanding of himself is not enough. For example, when he first joined Hideyoshi's tent, he had received a certificate from Hideyoshi, which said that he wanted to call Guanbingwei brothers and brothers, and the officers and soldiers showed off everywhere happily.

In the end, he showed up in front of Takenaka Hanbei, and Banbing directly burned the testimonials, and told the officers and soldiers, "You and Yu Chaigong, there are only monarchs and ministers, and no brothers." Otherwise, the officers and soldiers must die the same way as Xu You.

From this it can be seen that the person does not know enough about himself, and it can also prove that the Kuroda family is no longer the retainer of the small temple, not to mention the loyalty of service, Baidu Encyclopedia misleads the children.

So I tend to go to Arioka because he begged for an errand from Hideyoshi. He originally thought that he could convince Araki Murashige with his sharp tongue so that he could make a lasting contribution. But in his opinion, the benefits and risks is completely out of proportion.Then the ship capsized, what are you to take care of my 30 daimyo? In the eyes of Arakimura, you Kuroda Kanbei is not even a bedbug. Poor Kanbei thinks he can stir up the world seesaw.

As for the encyclopedia, it is because Murashige believes: "Killing a bird that has no resistance will lose the hearts of the people.".This sentence is even more nonsense, Kanbei is a retainer of Harima Hashiba, and you Araki Murashige is the lord of Settsu, killing foreigners will affect the hearts of the people.What I feel even more is that Araki Village doesn't want to pay attention to such small fish and shrimps at all.Cutting up this vegetable would make you feel like sharpening your knife, so you might as well lock it up to fend for yourself.

This is also in line with the plot in history that Kuroda officers and soldiers were not given water and food, and he survived by virtue of his willpower.If Araki Murashige really wanted to kill him and cut him off with a single knife, why bother to lock him up without food or water?If it is said that "killing the defenseless birds will lose popular support." This sentence is even less likely to starve the officers and soldiers.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

At this time, after the Hashiba family lost two counselors one after another, Hidecho had no choice but to take up the banner of resolution and give Hideyoshi advice on many major issues.Due to the fall of Miki Castle, Ako and Sayo are in the hands of Ukita who have become allies.Hideyoshi decided to take Hachiro to Azuchi to meet with Nobunaga and report the real situation of Harima Raiders.

The team marched to Arioka Castle and found that the Oda Army was making the final siege under the command of Nobushige Sakuma. Hideyoshi randomly visited Nobushige Sakuma who was originally in charge of the Raiders of Honganji Temple and is now in charge of the Raiders of Araki Murashige.

It turned out that last night Araki Murashige was found sneaking away from the Maeda Genji defense area, and finally broke out of the siege and fled to Amagasaki City, where his son was stationed.

After getting the news, just after dawn, Sakuma Nobushige ordered the troops to abandon the siege and take a vigorous attack. They had already entered Honmaru in one morning, and the resistance in the city was extremely weak.

Soon after, the samurai who entered the city sent the news to General Sakuma Nobushige that the city had been cleared and Araki Murashige's wife and daughter had been captured.

Since the matter was so important, Nobushige Sakuma could not decide on his own, so he decided to go to Azuchi to visit Nobunaga with Hideyoshi.Just when the two were about to leave, Kuroda Kanbei was found by the Oda family samurai who had entered the city and was carried out.

Maybe it was because Kanbei needed the help of Kanbei too much after losing Hanbei Takenaka, Hideyoshi couldn't help crying again when he saw Kanbei being tortured by people who were neither human nor ghost.And arranged for his subordinates to send him to Himeji Castle for resettlement, looking for the best doctor to take care of him. After the episode, the team finally set off.

"Monkey, you haven't said yet, is it true that you accepted Ukita's peace talks privately?" Nobushige Sakuma asked while walking on the road.

"Well, because Ukita and Izumi Mori are ill this time, I have arranged for his son-in-law to accompany me to Luochen." Hideyoshi answered Sakuma Nobushige's question affirmatively.

"I didn't expect it to be true. I thought it was a rumor at first. You don't know about Mamoru Hinata, do you? You don't have any hostages to hand over to Ukita!" Nobushige Sakuma asked anxiously.

"I talked with Izumi Shou, and I'm sure of his determination to change his ways. After he finalized the contract with me, he directly cut off the route of the Mori family's grain transportation to Harima Settsu. If it wasn't for his cutting off grain, Miki and Yuri Gang will not be captured so easily."

"Although that's what I said, but there have been a lot of big things happening recently, which made my lord the most disgusted that his retainers had contact with daimyos from other countries behind his back. Do you know about that? It's about the Tokugawa family."

"The Tokugawa family? What's the matter with Major General Right Guard Kwon?" Hideyoshi asked a little confused.

"No way, you don't know?"

It turned out that out of the idea of ​​harmony between the two families, Oda Nobunaga married his second daughter Gotoku to Tokugawa Ieyasu's son Tokugawa Nobuyasu as his wife. No matter how the couple lived after marriage, Tokuhime might not be satisfied anyway. of.Tokugawa Ieyasu's main family, Tsukiyamaden, hated Nobunaga who killed his adoptive father Imagawa Yoshimoto. It is conceivable how dissatisfied she would be with Nobunaga's daughter and even made things difficult for her. Therefore, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Very nervous.

In 1579, when Tokuhime returned to Azuchi to visit her relatives, she wept and told Nobunaga how Mrs. Tsukuyama treated her harshly, and reported that Mrs. Tsukuyama had secret contacts with the Kai Takeda clan.

Nobunaga sent someone to investigate the matter, and the report he got was: Mrs. Tsukiyama had secretly informed the Takeda clan, and planned to force Ieyasu to abdicate, and let his heir Nobuyasu inherit the Tokugawa family.

No doubt, if the rumors were true and the rebellion did take place, Nobunaga's most staunch ally, the Tokugawa, would fall to Takeda's side, and there would be no peace on the Eastern Front.The letter who got the report grew very angry and wrote to Tokugawa Ieyasu, asking him to kill Mrs. Tsukiyama and Tokugawa Nobuyasu who dared to rebel and conspire.

Legend has it that Tokugawa Xinkang has a very good reputation.Many people in Tokugawa's family opposed the execution of Nobuyasu, and some retainers even advocated breaking the alliance with Nobunaga.

Xinkang's Fu Yiping Yan Qingji wanted to take responsibility and asked to give his head to Nobunaga.However, after Ieyasu judged the situation, he believed that these small means could not calm Nobunaga's anger, so he decided to execute Nobunaga.

On August 8, Tsukuyamaden was first escorted to Futamata Castle (guarded by Okubo Tadayo), and was killed by Okamoto Tokonaka and Nonaka Shigemasa by the Tokugawa family retainers on the shore of Lake Saraki.

Then, on September 9, Xinkang, who had been imprisoned in Futamata Castle since the incident, was ordered to perform seppuku.The fault was Hattori Masanari, but Masanari was unable to swing the sword at the master, and in the end it was the fault of Tian Fang Michizuna, who was in charge of the death check.Died at the age of 15.After his death, some retainers died with him.

This is also the reason why the famous terrier Oda Tokuhime has no virtue.Let's be honest, the mother-in-law may indeed make things difficult for the daughter-in-law, but if you want to say that Zhushandian and Xinkang rebelled, it is very unlikely.

You must know that the main retainer group of the Tokugawa family at this time is the Mikawa samurai, and there is no force brought by the Imagawa family under the command of the Tsukiyama family, and they have no strength to carry out the rebellion.

In addition, Oda Nobunaga was the one who killed your adoptive father, and Takeda Shingen was the one who killed your whole family.I'm afraid Zhushandian lost his wits and contacted a bigger enemy to stab his husband in the back.

So in my opinion, it’s more like Lao Tzu beat his younger brother to vent his anger for his daughter, but the result was too hard to get off the stage. Maybe Nobunaga has discovered the problem afterwards, and the steps you Tokugawa Ieyasu gave will pass after a while Well, who knew that this old tortoise would not let his own son off, so he chopped it up and sent it to Antu, what do you ask the big devil to do?Just keep going!
The strangeness of this incident was beyond everyone's imagination. Hideyoshi was speechless when he heard this story, but fortunately Hachiro was prepared and did not show anything.

When the team was resting in Banmoto Castle at night, Hideyoshi called Hachiro and his retainers over and talked about it.While everyone was still amazed by Nobunaga's power and Ieyasu's obedience, Hachiro opened his mouth in another way.

"Major General You Konoe Quan is really a terrible person. He is probably a more terrifying existence than You Fu." Hachiro's point of view is very novel. Everyone only saw Ieyasu's obedience, and did not see Ieyasu's horror at all. , So Hideyoshi asked Hachiro to focus on talking.

"May I ask you all, is there any man in the world who doesn't hold a grudge against the man who killed his wife and raised his son-in-law as his successor for many years?

Even kittens and puppies would show their fangs and sharp claws to those who bully them like this.

Tokugawa Ieyasu-sama, fought for the goal of Youfu's world-wide martial arts, without any complaints, and fought for Youfu with money and effort.In the end, His Royal Highness Youfu forced Lord Tokugawa to kill his wife and son-in-law because of some pretentious things, and handed over the head to Azuchi.

This kind of thing is simply a shame and humiliation for a man. If there are Takeda and Hojo who fell behind him because of this, Hachiro would not be surprised at all.But Mr. Tokugawa did it without any discount. It has to make people feel that the goal in his heart is probably even bigger than the life of his wife and son-in-law. "

"Maybe Tokugawa-sama's goal is to help the main hall unify the world?" Masanori Fukushima, who was sitting on the side, said, eliciting laughter from the surroundings, as if he was laughing at Hachiro's overthinking.

"Then let me tell you a story that happened in the Ming Dynasty." Seeing that everyone didn't care, Balang decided to tell everyone the story of Wang Mang usurping the Han Dynasty.Including his once humble performance like the Tokugawa family, and later said that Wang Mang tried Lu Kuan's case, and the eldest son Wang Yu was implicated in Lu Kuan's prison. .

The second son, Wang Huo, found out that the house slave was having an affair with his father's concubine, and in grief and indignation killed the house slave and concubine for Wang Mang. However, he reprimanded his own son and ordered his son Wang Huo to commit suicide to that concubine. The story of the slave paying for his life and winning the favor of the people by virtue of this act, finally usurped the story of the Han Dynasty under the election of everyone.

Everyone was silent for a long time after hearing Hachiro's story, and in the end, the carefree Fukushima Masamori broke his solemnity, "How can there be such a person in the world? For his own purpose, he can kill two of his own sons one after another? I don't believe it." , Absolutely don't believe it, Hachiro, you must be lying to me."

"Brother Shisong, if you don't believe me, you can go to North Korea or the Ming Dynasty when the world is at peace in the future, and then ask them if they are telling the truth." Chen Japanese chaos, can not help but dumbfounded.

Unlike Masanori Fukushima, who had not experienced the dangers of the world and decided that Hachiro was teasing him, Masakatsu Hachisuka exchanged glances with Hideyoshi Hashiba, with an unusually serious expression on his face.

After resting for one night, everyone continued on the road to Azuchi the next day. After a night of thinking, Hideyoshi decided to ask Sakuma Nobuo to repay him with a few words of kindness, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Akechi Mitsuhide. At the same time, he sent his horse to go to Azuchi and Oda first. Nobutada, Niwa Nagashige and the others breathe.

(End of this chapter)