Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 318 The Political Confrontation in Lower Aso City

Just as the Hide family divorced the father-son relationship between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ogasawara Hidetada, the Hide family also divorced the relationship between Tokugawa Ieyasu and his retainers.

Let me ask a young and powerful person in power, how many people can tolerate their sons hooking up with their subordinates?
The most difficult thing for the ancient kings to deal with was not the external problem, but the conflict between the heir and his own rights, not to mention that Xiuzhen was not considered his heir in the eyes of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

The Xiu family did put Xiuzhen together, if it was in the past life, the Xiu family might feel very guilty.But this is the troubled times of the Warring States Period, the era of cannibalism, the era of political struggle, the Xiu family has no mercy, even if they use tricks to separate the father and son, they will not feel the slightest shame.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's blood pressure soared due to the information provided by Hideo, but after all, he was an old statesman in the Warring States Period. It only took him longer to recover than before, and Ieyasu put his professional fake on his face again. laugh.

"Ahh~ Your Highness Guanbai really cares about my ministers. This is the best news I've heard in a while." Tokugawa Ieyasu said to Xiujia in his eccentric tone, "With His Highness Guanbai Hojo's attention should be temporarily suppressed. I really can't help but want to go back to Suruga and see the results of Yugi Maru!"

From Ieyasu's words, Xiujia could hear that he was very angry at his child who had never cared about him, suddenly jumped on him, and waved at his leader and retainers.

Ieyasu already wished he could go back right now and tear the wild monkey that jumped on his head off the throne, but Xiujia still continued to feed him, "I think so, how can any father not be happy to see his child grow up?" Yes, you say yes, Zhong Na Yan Dian."

Tokugawa Ieyasu glared at Hideo, and looked at the harmless smile on Hideo's face, wishing to tear his mouth open.

"However, Your Highness Tokugawa will have to wait for some time. Before returning to Suruga, do you want to go to Osaka first? His Highness Kanbai is very concerned about His Highness." Hideka ignored Ieyasu's eyes and smiled. asked.

"Osaka?" Ieyasu was taken aback when he heard that, but after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed the case. Now he was Hideyoshi's retainer, and he would definitely go to Osaka to report to Hideyoshi after such a big incident. "I'm going once. I just left the city just to go to Osaka and greet His Highness Guan Bai face to face."

"I believe you are a ghost" Xiujia couldn't help complaining in his heart.

"If Zhong Nayan wants to return to Osaka, he should wait for a while. Now because of the disaster in Meinong, the people in the village have been displaced, and some people have even started the work of robbing houses. It may not be safe for the dozens of His Highness to go back. It is not as good as me. How about walking together?"

Hideka wanted to continue to delay Tokugawa Ieyasu, so he used the information gap to deceive Ieyasu into being by his side, in name to protect Ieyasu's safety, but in fact he was imprisoned by his side.

But Ieyasu is also very clear about the intentions of the Xiu family. If he agrees, he might not be able to leave, so he said, "Isn't the Zuozhong general responsible for dealing with the disaster victims in Meinong? Is there any chance to go to Osaka with me?" ? If His Highness is really worried about me, how about lending me some troops?"

"Nakanayan misunderstood. Now the water level of the barrier lake in Hida River has begun to drop. It will be safe in a dozen days at most. At that time, I will be able to return after clearing the accumulated silt and branches. As for the disasters in the downstream For the situation, the followers of His Highness Guanbai are responsible."

Seeing that Tokugawa Ieyasu was not fooled, Xiujia gave a deadline and promised to go back with Ieyasu after this time.

In order to ensure Ieyasu's consent, the Xiu family put pressure on him and said, "Your Highness is one of the most important names in the world. I got it back through my hands, but I didn't send it back to Osaka. If this matter spreads, everyone will think that I am rich." Mrs. Chen is not good at hospitality."

Hideka and Tokugawa Ieyasu are both prominent figures, and now Hideka has directly pierced the window paper, no matter how much Ieyasu is unhappy with Hideka, this face must be given.

"In that case, I'll spend a few more days at His Royal Highness Yu Chai's side."

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Xiujia originally thought that today's conversation was a move for him to win, and after half a month, he would use the accumulated water to discharge the flood and delay it with the excuse of downstream flooding, and it would take a month to go back and forth.

Who would have thought that on the seventh day, Oda Xinbao, the lord of Kamo Castle, would come with Hideyoshi's letter. "Lieutenant General Yu Chai, His Highness Guan Bai ordered me to go to Aso to welcome back Tokugawa Zhongnagon."

Hideo took the letter and unfolded it, and found that Hideyoshi scolded himself in the letter, the words were quite severe, and asked him to hand Tokugawa Ieyasu the Oda envelope and take it back to Osaka.

Afterwards, Hideyoshi even accused himself of not being good at handling disaster relief affairs, expanding the simple earthquake disaster into a flood, and this year's Mino's harvest will be affected in various ways.

At the end of the letter, Hideyoshi asked himself to return to Osaka to answer the call after dealing with Mino's affairs as soon as possible.

Xiujia closed the letter with a solemn expression, looked at the Oda envelope opposite him, and found a mocking smile on his face. "Everyone praises Lieutenant General Yu Chai, who is both civil and military. He is a hero in the world. Now it seems that he is still a little inexperienced in handling internal affairs."

Oda Xinbao twitched his lips, and continued, "Your Highness, you should have read His Highness Guan Bai's letter, right? His Highness Guan Bai asked you to take care of Mino's affairs, mainly in your territory."

Speaking of this, Oda Xinbao suddenly turned up the volume, and asked the Xiu family, "Admiral Zuozhong is retaliating for my lack of cooperation at the beginning? He actually flooded my farmland. Is His Highness responsible for the food of the people in the collar this year?" ?”

Hideka was not provoked by his questioning, but instead asked him, "Master Oda, have you read this letter?"

The Oda letter bag asked Hideo, who was very happy, and suddenly became dumbfounded, "How is that possible? This is a letter from His Royal Highness Guan Bai. When it was handed over to you, the sealing wax on it was still intact. You have also certified it. .”

"Then how do you know what's in the letter?" Xiujia asked curiously.

"Content?" Oda's envelope said with some embarrassment, "I don't know the content of His Highness's letter, but since His Highness Guan Bai asked me to welcome His Highness Zhong Nayan, he naturally gave me an order. My letter."

"Oh, so that's the case. The letter also deliberately mentioned that you want me to help you deal with the flooding of Kamo?" Xiujia asked playfully.

"Uh this"

Xiujia directly interrupted his clumsy performance, and promised him, "Okay, I understand. I originally planned to return to Osaka with Zhong Nayan after the Baichuan barrier lake is dealt with. Since His Royal Highness Guan Bai has other orders , Master Lao Oda sent it back. Katsuchiyo (Nobuta Anayama), take Oda-sama to His Highness Tokugawa, and bring His Highness Tokugawa’s documents and seals by the way.”

"Hi" Nobutada Anayama, who was squatting behind Hideka, got up, came to Oda Xinbao, and led him out.

After the outsider left, Hideya noticed that another attendant, Nobushige Sanada, was frowning and seemed confused, so he asked him, "What are you thinking about Genjiro?"

Sanada Nobushige, who was named by Hideo, came back to his senses and replied, "I was thinking about the fact that His Highness Tokugawa was accepted by our side. How did His Highness Kanbai know? Didn't His Highness order this matter to be strictly kept secret?"

Xiujia raised her eyebrows and replied, "I wrote a letter to inform Guan Bai. How can I not inform His Highness Guan Bai of such a big matter? Not only Guan Bai, but also Junfu."

"Ah~ Is that so?" Sanada Nobushige said in relief.

Hideka: "Actually, I care more about how that guy Oda knew about it."

Hearing Hideka's question, Sanada Nobushige asked incredulously: "Isn't it what he said, and His Highness Kanbai wrote to inform him? Isn't that what His Highness Kanbai wrote to His Highness?"

"After Guan Baidian received my letter, he once sent me a letter back to China, asking me to handle the matter with full authority. If His Highness Guan Bai changed his mind later, there is a high probability that he will send a close minister from Osaka to send a message. How could he hand over the matter to me? How about passing it on to a foreign minister?"

Hideka's explanation made Sanada Nobushige fall into deep thought again.

According to Xiujia's conjecture, the news that Tokugawa was detained by Xiujia in Xia Aso was most likely sent by Oda Xinbao, but what is the purpose of what he did?

Since it was kept secret, wouldn't he feel that this was a secret matter between Guan Bai and his own hall?
They've been players in the Warring States Period for decades, don't they know the reason not to get involved in things that have nothing to do with them?It is really unwise to do so.

After all, Nobushige Sanada is still in grades (although he is 5 years older than Hideka), and he doesn't know much about the world of adults, but Hideya sees this matter very clearly.

If it was in the past, he wouldn't have dared to get involved in this matter even if Oda Xinbao had the guts to do so, let alone be a microphone and directly blame the Xiu family.The arrogant attitude of Oda Xinbao seen today really made Hideka a little uncomfortable.

And the reason why Oda Xinbao had such a big change was naturally the signal from above.

In fact, since Hesong was born, Xiujiajiu has already noticed a strange atmosphere, and there seems to be a crack in the Toyotomi family.

It's just that Xiu's family didn't expect that, just over a month after his birth, the Omi faction was already ready to move, thinking of launching an attack on the original old force, the Noongwei faction.

Although Oda Xinbao and Oda Changyi are both from Owari, they are Chacha's uncles after all. In the past, Chacha was an unidentified concubine, and now she gave birth to a son for Hideyoshi, and he is the only second male. Hold this thigh tightly.

The opposite is the Xiu family. Although Husong was adopted under Ning Ning's command, the Xiu family has always been Husong's blood and close brothers. He was included in the Ningning faction by default.

Hideya knew very well that Tsurumatsu's birth alone would not make the Omi faction so active, and Hideyoshi's hints were probably behind it.

Hideyoshi has also acquiesced that the Xiu family belongs to the Ningning faction. In order to maintain the stability of the family's power, he deliberately supported a new faction with Hesong-Chacha as the core. This time it was a test by Toyotomi Hideyoshi .

Don't look at the suddenness of this incident, it is actually the result of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's patience for a long time. No one is willing to leave a giant on the side of his bed, and he can mobilize an army of over 5 to attack within a few days Let's go to Osaka.

It's just that in the past he had only one heir, and the Xiu family was the most beneficial backing for his heir, so he relied more on the Xiu family than he suspected.Now, the birth of He Song gave him another choice, which gave him the idea of ​​wanting to test the Xiu family.

Yes, this is just a test. It is still a question whether He Song has just been born, whether he can hear about childhood, how can he directly tear himself apart with the Xiu family?
Thinking about it this way, the letter a few days ago was another kind of temptation. If Hideyoshi was willing to risk the world's disgrace by killing Ieyasu and choosing to be a lone minister, Hideyoshi might feel relieved for the time being.

But the Xiu family knew very well that the lessons of history told him that lonely ministers would not have good results!
And after waiting for so long, and there was still no news from Xiu's side, he made this move to attack Xiu's family with an Oda envelope to lead the flooding of Kamo County.

Otherwise, as Hideyoshi's most direct vassal, Nagasu Masakae excavated the Nagara River to solve the barrier lake, dug a dam and flooded the downstream, but did not receive Hideyoshi's blame, but Hideyoshi, the million-stone daimyo first Who is to be accused?
But Hideyoshi is still Hideyoshi after all, the Hideyoshi who was born in the country bumpkin, and after all, he is still a game of chess. For matters such as political struggles, he has always been intriguing.

There has never been any advance warning, only warning.After Hideyoshi did what he did today, not only could it not serve as a warning to the Xiu family, but it made the Xiu family see his status more clearly, and he would only be more cautious in the future.

The Xiu family thought for a long time, and did not even realize that Nobutada Anayama had returned. He asked the Xiu family, "Your Highness, Zhong Nayan and his party are all ready. Do you want to give it away, Your Highness?"

"I really want to give it away, otherwise it will spread and someone will say that I have no way to treat guests." After saying that, the Hide family got up and went out, and went to Tokugawa Ieyasu and his party under the leadership of Anayama Nobutada.

By the time they left Aso Castle, Oda Xinbao and his party were chatting and laughing with Tokugawa Ieyasu, as if they were brothers they hadn't seen for many years.

Seeing this scene, Xiujia's heart skipped a beat, thinking, "Why are they so close? Could it be that Hideyoshi saw that the old tortoise has been tamed and submissive, and started to win him over to deal with me?
But in this case, what would Xiuzhen do?How can Ogasawara Hideyoshi, who has lost Hideyoshi's support, survive independently under the eyes of Ieyasu! "

Seeing Hideya's arrival, the two stopped the topic, Oda Xinbao put on a condescending expression, and Tokugawa Ieyasu put on his professional smirk, "Thank you for the hospitality of Lieutenant General Hashiba these few days, If it weren't for Yu Chai, my old life would have been lost in this mountain. But today is really unfortunate, and I have to go to Osaka to meet Guan Bai first, and I will be happy to praise His Highness Guan Bai at that time Kindness."

Ieyasu saw something wrong with this sentence on the surface, but in Xiujia's heart, it meant "Little fox Yuchai, you have tortured me quite badly these days, but luckily the monkey took me out, otherwise I would be a bastard." No matter how long you live, I'm afraid you will be trapped to death in this mountain by your little fox.

Don't worry, little fox, when I get to Daban City, old tortoise, I will definitely report all kinds of problems with you to the monkey, and let him teach you a lesson! "

Xiujia smiled awkwardly, since the matter has come to this point, it is useless to redeem, so let's make one last effort for Xiuzhen.

Now that he had made up his mind, Hideka said to Tokugawa Ieyasu, "Then I will thank Tokugawa Chuanyan here first, and Zhongnogen can go at ease. I will guard Mino, even if Mikawa can't suppress it." Staying at Hojo’s house, I can also quickly send troops to support.”

Oda Xinbao didn't know what it meant, frowned, and wanted to ask, but was interrupted by Tokugawa Ieyasu's exit, "Really? With Lieutenant General Hashiba here, who can worry about it?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Oda Xinbao to speak, he directly said to the entourage behind him: "Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)