Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 278

"Uncle intends to transfer the title?" Hearing Toyotomi Hideaga's statement, Hideka asked in surprise, "Why have you never mentioned this before?"

"I didn't have much time when I was entrusted with the title of Echizen, and I basically stayed in the country where there is no Kyoto. In name, I was guarding Hokuriku, but in fact it was of no use at all.

I used to be in good health, but last year's war against Sasa Naruma made me realize the reality. I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in Hokuriku any longer. "

Speaking of this, Toyotomi Hideonaga's expression showed endless regret. After all, for him, his brother Hideyoshi is everything to him, and he has lived under his shadow since childhood.

After Hideyoshi became a samurai, the future was clearly precarious, but it was Hideyoshi who abandoned his stable job as a merchant apprentice and became his first retainer, and also Hideyoshi's only ashigaru.

The two brothers support each other, Hideyoshi has always regarded Hideyoshi as a reliable support, and will teach him to complete every time he encounters something, and Hideyoshi will do everything to dedicate himself to his brother no matter how difficult it is.

Is Xiulong's body only available in recent years?Obviously not.

It is even very possible that the root cause of the disease has fallen before he was transferred to Echizen, but when his elder brother needed someone to guard the new territory of Hokuriku for him, he stood up without hesitation and accepted the hot potato left by Shibata Katsuya .

With Toyotomi Hidecho's habits, if it wasn't for his health, he would never complain to Hideyoshi and ask for a change of place.

The Xiu family felt a little sorry for the man in front of him who looked like a little sun. Even though someone had always claimed that he was the son of the sun, he had never brought warmth to others. On the contrary, the thin man in front of him was even more heart-warming.

"What about Guan Baidian?"

"Ah~ Brother, maybe what I said was too sudden, and I couldn't bear it. I didn't give me an answer immediately. In fact, I didn't tell him the real reason why I wanted to transfer the seal. I just told him It made him want to leave Hokuriku." Toyotomi Hideaga said helplessly.

"Why didn't you explain the reason directly?" Xiujia asked in confusion.

"What's the use of explaining it clearly? I've already found famous doctors and so on. Will my brother cure my illness if I go to see him? Now that my brother is at an important juncture of peace in the world, it's better for him to worry less .”

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is such a man who always keeps the worst for himself and contributes the best to others. If there is only Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Toyotomi family, he will never succeed. Fortunately, God gave him this A younger brother, but pitifully took his life away early.

"Then, does uncle have a fief that he has thought of?"

"I wanted to go to Kyushu, but my elder brother refused to let me say anything. He said, 'If I'm not healthy, I'll stay in Kinki', but I didn't elaborate on where."

The dialogue between Xiujia and Xiuchang is very plain, just like family members chatting about family affairs, but the hidden information contained in it is huge, especially Xiuchang's opening sentence "I wanted to go to Kyushu".

When Xiujia heard Xiuchang's answer, he asked excitedly as if he had grasped the G-spot, "Uncle is planning to go to Kyushu? Does this mean that His Highness Guan Bai has decided to launch a crusade against Kyushu?"

As soon as the words came out, the Xiu family felt that something was inappropriate, and hurriedly changed their words and said, "I mean, my uncle is not in good health. It is really good to stay in Kinki to cultivate. There is really no need to worry about new collars after being transferred to Kyushu. necessary."

But the Xiu family's worries were superfluous. Xiu Zhang was not angry at all because the Xiu family's focus was shifted away. Instead, he said calmly, "Otomo Zonglin has personally come from Okatoyo Castle to Osaka. Brother, why do you disagree?" reason.

It has now been confirmed that the army will be mobilized in the spring of next year.This is also the reason why the elder brother dared to run Echigo before the heavy snow blocked the road in such a hurry, so there must be no chaos in the back! "

"Then is the formation arranged?" Xiujia continued to ask.

The Xiu family couldn't help but care about it. Before Xiu Ji pacified the world, there were fewer and fewer battles to fight. Of course, the Xiu family wanted to seize the opportunity to expand their advantages.

"Actually, my brother will tell you about this in a few days, but if you ask me today, it's okay to tell you in advance. The main target of the Kyushu War is the Shimadzu family. My brother plans to take command of the general in person. I will do it." As the general of the formation, you will join the battle as my deputy."

When Hideka heard the marching arrangement relayed by Toyotomi Hidecho, a hint of ominous premonition arose in his heart, and he blurted out, "Who will be the vanguard general? Could it be the Wakayama Temple?"

Hearing Xiujia's rhetorical question, Xiuchang was a little surprised, "How do you know that elder brother will let Sun Qi take command of the vanguard general?"

When Xiujia heard Xiuchang's question, he resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and replied, "It's just a random guess, after all, the power of Wakayama Temple is also famous in our family."

In response to Xiujia's answer, Xiuchang nodded and said, "That's exactly the case, my brother intends to let Sun Qi lead the four-nation army to land in Fenghou first, so as to establish a solid base in Kyushu before the main army arrives."

"His Royal Highness Guan Bai is attached to the Wakayama Palace as the Four Kingdoms Legion. Does this mean that the family will also send troops, and mobilize in two batches?"

Hideka's territories are located in the West Country and the northern part of Shikoku this week. According to Hideyoshi's request, Hideka's territory in the Shikoku area will inevitably be included in Hashiba Hideji's formation. After all, Hideka's fiefdom is occupied 1/4 of Shikoku's entire territory.

"The specific requirements for the military service certificate have not yet been issued, but I guess my brother will let him lead more than [-] troops to fight, and the main force will still be led by the two of us."

Perhaps seeing Hideka's worried appearance, Hidecho smiled and comforted, "Don't worry, brother plans to gather 20 troops from Kansai, Shikoku, Kinki, Tokaido, Hokuriku, and Konobu to attack the Shimadzu family. In addition, with you and us here, this battle will undoubtedly be won."

Hidecho thought that Hideie was worried about the power of the Shimadzu family, but in fact Hideie was worried about the soldiers of the Shikoku who were assigned to Hashiba Hideji.

The Xiu family has invested in several daimyos in Shikoku Island, and it seems that they are raising Shikoku Island as their back garden. Now the Xiu family is really afraid that Hashiba Hideji's head will get hot, and the several daimyos delivered.

No matter how many soldiers died, the Hide family would not be distressed. What the Hide family was afraid of was that, as in history, how many daimyo/heirs died in battle due to Xianshi Hidehisa's misconduct in command.

Judging from the current paper data, Hashiba Hideji's strength is not as good as Sengoku Hidehisa, he is still Hideyoshi's nephew, can Asano Nagamasa and Kobayakawa Takakage really manage him?

Compared with these, Hideka would not be so sad even if he sent more than a thousand troops organized by his own family, Iyo and Sanuki.

But the Xiu family, who heard Xiuchang's comfort, could only smile innocently and said: "This is the first time my child has commanded so many troops, and I am a little nervous. By the way, that's why uncle said he wanted to be transferred to Kyushu." Is it? It turns out that uncle already knew that Kyushu was going to fight."

"It was only a few days ago when I saw Otomo Zonglin and Tachibana Tonghu that I knew that my brother planned to attack Kyushu, and that's why I asked my brother to transfer the title."

Toyotomi Hideaga chatted here, picked up the kettle and put some hot water in his cup and saucer, took a sip slowly, and said emotionally, "It's getting colder and colder this day, hot water is really a good thing, Without it, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive the winter."

"Tachibana Tonghu?" Xiujia was somewhat familiar with this name, but couldn't remember where he had seen this name before, and whispered in his mouth.

Hearing Xiu's murmur, Xiuchang took a sip of hot tea and said, "He is the son of Takahashi Shaoyun of the Chikuzen Kingdom, and he was adopted by a young warrior known as the 'Kyushu Army God' Toji Kanren. Quite handsome.

You know about Toji Kamlian, right?There used to be a guy named Tachibana Doxue, that guy, I heard that he died of illness in Chikuzen a few days ago, Tachibana Takatora just inherited the family business, and he felt that Osaka came for help with his lord. "

Of course Hideka knows who Huci Jianlian is, and Hideka doesn't even need to emphatically mention the name "Tachibana Daoxue" which is more widely spread in later generations, but now that Hideaga has explained it, Hideka recalls Tachibana Who is the tiger.

Like his cheap father, his dharma name Zongmao after he became a monk was more widely spread after Zhang Guanli Dai, that is, the new generation of "Kyushu Army God" Tachibana Zongmao.

"I have heard a little bit, I heard that at the age of 15, he deserved a big victory on the battlefield, breaking the coalition forces of Longzao Temple and Qiuyue." Xiujia replied.

"That's right, Kyushu is really an outstanding man, a young man born from a hero. Now he and Major General Otomo went to Osaka to meet his brother, but he presented a different gift to his brother." Speaking of this, Toyotomi Hideo couldn't help laughing said.

"Gift?" Xiujia was once again aroused by Xiuchang's answer, and asked curiously.

"Do you know why Otomo Habayashi brought him here?" Toyotomi Hidecho didn't rush to explain, but instead asked Hideka.

Xiujia: "Could it be possible to show His Royal Highness Guan Bai the heroic appearance of his family's warriors, and show that the Otomo family has the strength to become an ally of our family in Kyushu?"

Xiuchang: "This may be a layer of meaning, but the most important thing is his origin."

Xiujia: "His background?"

This question only took a second in Xiujia's mind to produce an answer. Xiujia looked at Xiuchang and said, "You mean his biological father is Takahashi Shaoyun, and his adoptive father is Huji Jianren?"

Hearing Hideka's clarification of the purpose, Hideo nodded in satisfaction, "That's exactly what happened, my brother just tried a little bit, and Otomo's family agreed that Tachibana and Takahashi's retainers from Otomo's family are exclusively for elder's retainers. Forget Just to tell you, Dayou Zonglin has officially surrendered to his brother, and he will be his retainer just like you and me."

"In this way, we have a reason to intervene in Kyushu." Xiujia said excitedly.

Hideaga: "That's right! My brother has asked Asano Nagamasa and Tanaka Masakichi to bring a decree to demand a truce in Kyushu."

History is very confusing about the fuse of Hideyoshi's conquest of Kyushu. It is absolutely impossible to confuse it with just one sentence, "At the invitation of Otomo's family, he intervened in Kyushu and launched a crusade against the Shimadzu family."

Based on the above arguments alone, there is no basis for Hideyoshi to send troops to Kyushu, but there is no legal basis for occupying land and enfeoffing Kyushu, unless he issued a general crusade order against the Shimadzu family as an agent of the Emperor of the Imperial Court.

But as we all know, the Hojo family is the only one in history who has suffered such treatment from Hideyoshi.

So in fact, the legal basis for the monkey's disposal of Kyushu comes from Otomo's claim to the Kyushu territory, and the process of obtaining it is also extremely tortuous.

Unlike today's Dayou's family who hastily come over and hug their thighs, the historical Dayou's family still has some burdens.

Therefore, Hideyoshi initially used the identity of a third-party daimyo Kanbai to mediate the relationship between Shimadzu and Otomo, and proposed a peaceful division of Kyushu land.

At that time, Tokugawa Ieyasu had not yet surrendered to the east of Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi was actually in the Kyushu conquest and was very likely to face Tokugawa's second backstab. This is why he did not dare to force Shimadzu too hastily.

If Shimadzu accepts it as soon as it is good, it may be able to win a good territory for the future, but the Shimadzu family, who have been arrogant in Kyushu, refuses to accept Hideyoshi's request to divide the country.

Perhaps the inner OS of the Shimadzu family at that time was: "Who are you, you, you, call you Guan Bai, do you really think you are a man of the world? Did Tokugawa Nagato in the east win?"

But history is such a fool. One month after the Shimadzu family rejected Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu surrendered, and Hideyoshi finally freed his hand to teach the Shimadzu family a good lesson. We all know the history after that.

Nowadays, after the Otomo family surrendered to Hideyoshi in advance, the Toyotomi family became the de facto and nominal superior of the Otomo family, inherited his legal basis, and could intervene in Kyushu under the pretext of protecting the Otomo family's territory.

"If Kyushu can hand over smoothly, it will be a good result for the common people."

Hearing that Hideyoshi had already brought the "Order of Nothing to Do", Hideka thought that the current Toyotomi family is truly the number one name in the world, and Shimadzu Yoshihisa should be able to assess the situation and quickly join him this time.

Who Chengxiang Hideaga said with a smile, "It's not so simple. If Shimadzu can hand over peacefully, why should my brother start preparing for the Kyushu conquest in advance? The Shimadzu family will definitely not accept the conditions of the family."

"Why? Do you want the Shimadzu family to cede the three kingdoms of Fei, Feng, and Zhu?"

Historically, Hideyoshi's condition for dividing the country was to return Hichikugo to Otomo, Hizen to the Mori family, and Chikuzen to Hideyoshi.

From the perspective of later generations, this condition is relatively neutral, and it cannot be seen whether Hideyoshi has the possibility of subjectively angering Shimadzu, and still left the Shimadzu family with a knowledge and practice collar of about 70 shi.

However, the conditions for ceding the Three Kingdoms were still unacceptable to the Shimadzu family, which paved the way for the subsequent war.

Who would have thought that Hideyoshi's conditions in this life would be even harsher, Hidenaga slowly stretched out his palm, and said with fingers one by one, "Hizen, Higo, Chikuzen, Chikugo, and Hinata Bankuni are all required to hand in, just The Shimadzu family left a total of 50 koku in Satsuma Osumi Ryogoku and Hyuga Hankoku.”

The Xiu family's first reaction when they heard this condition was: "This is not for the "nothing to do" order, it is obviously forcing the Shimadzu family to fight!"

(End of this chapter)