Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 325 The Rebellion of the Xiu Family
"Huh?" Xiujia suddenly raised his head and looked at Hideyoshi.He couldn't believe his ears that Hideyoshi would say something that would make him harakiri.

Even Hideyoshi on the side looked at Hideyoshi in shock, "Brother, what are you talking about?"

Hideyoshi ignored Xiuchang, and continued to look at Xiujia with serious eyes and said, "Let all the samurai who started the rebellion and surrounded the monk's residence be ordered to cut seppuku, and I will send someone back with you to imprison."

"Father!" Hideyoshi yelled fiercely, interrupted Hideyoshi's order, and finally bowed deeply to him, and continued: "Please think deeply, Father, the people who surrounded the residence hall of the Great Monk at that time None of them carried weapons, so how could it be defined by the word Bingluan?

What's more, the situation was a bit chaotic at that time. Many people just stood and observed the situation. There were not many people who really participated in the denunciation of Maeda-sama. Hai'er did not agree to expand the scope of involvement, which might cause a larger-scale riot. "

This is the first time Hideo has contradicted Hideyoshi since he entered Dotoyotomi's house, and Hideyoshi, who regards Hideo as a taboo, is extremely annoyed by Hideo's attitude. He feels that now that the child has grown up, he may be out of his control.

But the Xiu family couldn't help arguing, after all, the retainers didn't behave too far.It was indeed as Xiujia said, although they surrounded the residence of the great monk and governor, they were only condemning, and even the warriors did not carry knives.

Looking back at the changes in the whole situation, at best it was just the remonstrance of the samurai class, and Hideyoshi defined them as military rebellion, which has a completely different meaning.

If the definition of military chaos is true, then not only will they be punished, but the Xiu family, who is the head of the family, will also bear the blame. This is a fatal stain on the Xiu family.

Moreover, they did this because of their loyalty to Yu Xi's family. If the Xiu family ordered them to cut seppuku, it would undoubtedly damage the image of Xiu's family in the minds of Yu Xi's retainers, and would be detrimental to the cohesion of the retainers.

Although the larger-scale riots mentioned by Xiujia are unlikely to happen, no matter what the above reasons are, they are not acceptable to Xiujia, which is why Xiujia chose to push back directly this time.

"Lieutenant General Hideo Hashiba Zuo Konoe!" After hearing Hideyoshi's argument, Hideyoshi called Hideie's full name for the first time. It's as if your closest friend suddenly stopped calling you by your nickname, It's like calling you by your full name, which made Xiujia tremble.

"Yes, the baby is here." Xiujia lowered her body even lower.

"You are still the head of the Seven Kingdoms, such as Bizen and Bichu, can you take care of your subordinates? To say such things, if you can't manage well."

Speaking of this, Hideyoshi paused for a moment and didn't pick up the words just now. Instead, he said to Hideonaga, "On your way to Kyushu this time, go to Okayama. If he doesn't do it, you can control him for Hachiro." Retainer."

Xiuchang looked at his elder brother with some embarrassment and said, "After all, he is Hachiro's retainer. Isn't it outrageous for me to intervene in this matter? And I believe Hachiro will handle it well, right Hachiro?"

After Hideonaga finished speaking, he turned his eyes to Hideo, and by the way Hideyoshi also looked at Hideo waiting for Hideo's final decision.

At this moment, Xiujia seemed to feel that the time around him slowed down. After a fierce ideological struggle, Xiujia's eyes gradually became firm, and he suddenly raised his head to look at Hideyoshi and bowed his head solemnly.

"Father, please let the boy report that because of Maeda-sama's incident, the family's old Togawa Higomori-sama has cut through his belly, and the family has already paid the price for this matter.

Father, regarding this matter, it is true that the boy did not handle it properly, but are all the complaints made by the monk to you the truth?If what he said was true, how could he use the term military chaos to define this matter?

If my father wants to hold us accountable even though Higomori has already apologized, then what kind of punishment should Maeda-sama be punished for lying about the facts and deceiving you? "

Hearing this, Hidecho "Hachiro" persuaded again, "Maeda-sama is surrounded by people in the residence hall. It is understandable that Maeda-sama was a little afraid and made mistakes in his observations. I think he did not deceive himself subjectively. Besides, how do you know that brother won't deal with him?"

At this moment, the atmosphere inside the Osaka castle castle was already very tense. Hideo looked directly at Hideyoshi, and could even see the muscles on his face trembling with excitement.

Affected by the two people in the hall, Hideyoshi's attendants, whether they were inside or outside the house, were too chilled to make any noise, even Ishida Mitsucheng looked at Hideyoshi with a monster-looking look.

Xiuchang acted as a firefighter between the two of them, trying to cool down their emotions.

In fact, Xiuchang is also very strange. Yesterday, in order to prevent the two of them from quarreling, Xiuchang deliberately made excuses to delay the meeting, and vaccinated the two of them in advance. For this reason, he would rather the bad guy do it himself, and ease the tension between the two. relation.

But who would have thought that today, the two would still quarrel.

The most unbelievable thing for Xiuchang is that Hideyoshi, who was submissive to Hideyoshi in the past, also showed strong resistance today, and actually directly refused to face his order, and even refuted it.

Xiuchang took a closer look at the Xiu family. He couldn't figure out what made the child change, but he also knew that if the problems between the two of them were not resolved, there would inevitably be disputes within the Toyotomi family. Both of them took a step back.

He persuaded the Xiu family first, "Hachiro, do you think you have grown up? What tone are you talking to the father who raised you? Will your elder brother make a decision that is not good for you? Hurry up and apologize to your elder brother!"

Then Xiuchang persuaded Hideyoshi, "Brother Hachiro knows about it, and he has never had any bad intentions. Don't you believe what he said? I think Maeda-sama was frightened and exaggerated what he said. There is absolutely no military chaos, please be careful, brother."

After Xiuchang finished stating his point of view, the hall fell into a strange silence for a moment. Hideyoshi looked at Xiujia and gave him the right to choose again, "What do you think, Hachiro?"

The Xiu family had already made a very firm decision just now, and would not take a step back on this matter, so they were no longer afraid of Hideyoshi's eyes, and looked directly at him and said, "If my lord father must punish my retainers, please send me Let Maeda Genichi be executed together, otherwise the warriors of the Seven Kingdoms will be convinced."

Xiujia's words can be said to be a proper threat. It is equivalent to telling Hideyoshi that you can deal with me if you want, and Maeda Genichi will order seppuku together, otherwise I will not be able to suppress the samurai under my command.

The Seven Kingdoms of Kibi is a broad concept. In fact, only the four kingdoms of Bizen, Bichu, Bingo, and Misaku really belong to the ancient Kibi Kingdom.

And because the Xiu family's base city is in Okayama, his sphere of influence includes the third of the Jibei Shikoku, so people often use the Jibei Seven Kingdoms to refer to the neighboring countries that the Xiu family received.

Hideyoshi and Hideaga never imagined that the child who was submissive in the past would actually act tough today.

Hideyoshi's performance today has already taken Hideo very much by surprise. He deliberately wanted to change the relationship between the two parties. Hideyoshi had already sent out a signal, but Hideyoshi still showed resistance.

The most terrible thing is that Hideo actually uttered threatening words directly in front of Hideyoshi.

But Xiujia left a mouthful on the topic, since you will define things, I will also define them.

If you really want to deal with my vassals like this, then the warriors of the Seven Kingdoms of Jibei may really have a war as you said. Of course, my son must be on your side.

The three people present here are all old politicians, how can they not understand what the Xiu family said? After the words of the Xiu family came out, the hall fell into silence again.

Xiujia knew in his heart that from this moment on, the relationship between him and Xiuji could not be turned back.

It would be a lie to say that the Xiu family is not afraid, after all this is their territory, but the Xiu family is betting that Hideyoshi will not dare to do anything to the Xiu family at this time.

After all, the Kyushu Conquest is already on the way, and the main force in the early stage has already gone to 5/6 people. If there is another chaos in the Jibei Seven Kingdoms at this moment, it will inevitably cause a big commotion within Toyotomi.

At that time, Shimadzu, Mori, Tokugawa, and Hojo will all be involved. Even if Hideyoshi finally quells the riot here, his strength will inevitably be damaged, and his dream of dominance will also fall.

Hideo didn't know what motivated him to change his policy towards Hideyoshi's government.

In the past, Hideo was timid towards Hideyoshi. One reason is that he was really Hideyoshi's little fan in the previous life, and Hideo had a preference for Hideyoshi's senses.

Second, Hideyoshi does have an advantage over Hideyoshi in terms of power, and thirdly, he followed Hideyoshi in the past, and the most important thing is that the timeline can be fully controlled by Hideyoshi. These are the reasons why Hideyoshi chose to forbear.

During the last trip to Hokuriku, Hideo saw how Hideyoshi ravaged Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Ieyasu's reaction to Hideyoshi was submissive.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's performance undoubtedly had a great influence on Hideo, making Hideo subtly express fear of Hideyoshi's PUA.

It can even be said that before going to the city today, the Xiu family had already made preparations. If Hideyoshi really wanted to punish himself, as long as it was not too serious, he would choose to accept it.

But Hideyoshi's request just now did step on Hideyoshi's bottom line.

If the Hide family really did this, the position of Patriarch Bizen Hashiba of the Hide family would be as if he was sitting on a stove. What would his retainers think of him? Would they still trust him as the head of the family?
If Xiujia really gave up and gave up on them, how could they play for Xiujia when Xiujia needed it?

Hideka really admires Tokugawa Ieyasu, who has mastered the practice of "Forbearance" with great proficiency.

In the past, Hideyoshi was indeed planning to follow Tokugawa Ieyasu's old path, wait for Hideyoshi to die, and then become a blockbuster.

But today's Xiujia knows that he can't achieve Ieyasu's level.He is what he is, and he cannot learn from other people's way of life.

Hideyoshi never thought that his usual temptation would make his "good son" look like a hedgehog with his hair blown up. Even Tokugawa Ieyasu, who used to be 140 million koku in the Eastern Kingdom, was tamed and docile by him. I don't believe that I can't discipline this "evil obstacle" of myself.

Hideyoshi gritted his teeth and confided: "Hachiro, I thought you were still young and didn't know the seriousness of this matter. I advise you to take back what you just said and don't be so young and arrogant."

As the adrenaline faded away, Xiujia's heart really began to soften.He admitted that the man in front of him did have a charm that made it difficult for him to get angry and resist.

But in the end rationality took over his brain, and he said to Hideyoshi bravely, "If you are not young and energetic, how can you be called a young person. It is because of youth and vitality that I have the courage to say what I just said."

It is precisely because Hideyoshi has regained his senses at this moment, he knows that he must state his position again, and never give Hideyoshi a chance to make progress.

But Xiujia also knew that such a stalemate would not lead to good results for both sides. He had to make a choice as soon as possible, and use a method to subtly resolve the current deadlock.

Hideka paused for a moment while speaking, and once again saluted Hideyoshi, "Father's kindness to Hachiro in nurturing, I will never forget it. My son did this for the sake of the Toyotomi family! My son is willing to make an oath here, yes In order to maintain the integrity and continuation of the Toyotomi family, the last drop of blood will be exhausted, and I will die!"

Having said that, the Xiu family stood up suddenly when everyone was not paying attention, pulled out the rib from the waist of the attendant behind him, and cut off his right little finger in front of everyone.

Xiujia's actions were so fast that no one could react.

"Hachiro!" The head of the show who was closest to Xiu's family thought that Xiu's family couldn't think about it, so he hurried forward to organize, but unfortunately it was still a step late.

Intense pain spread from the fingers to Xiujia's brain, and the paralysis of the nerves made Xiujia's complexion turn pale, and beads of sweat began to flow from his head.

Xiujia endured the pain and lifted his belt, and calmly wrote an oath with his severed finger stained with his own blood, promising that he would never betray the Toyotomi family.

Then wrapped the belt around the severed finger and held it up high, motioning for Hideyoshi to take it.

Xiu Chang rushed forward with a stride, wrapped the wound on Xiu's right hand with his own belt, and said in a crying voice, "Silly boy, silly boy, what are you not clear about! What are you doing, what are you doing?" How can you hold a samurai sword like this?"

Friends who have practiced swordsmanship or swordsmanship must know that although the little finger may seem to be in the way and has no effect at ordinary times, once you lose it in holding the knife, it is difficult to hold the knife firmly. Knock and fly easily.

It can be said that once the little finger is lost, the strength of a person holding a knife will drop by about 40%. In the Warring States Period, it was basically declared that this person lost the qualification of a samurai.

Hideyoshi also seemed to be frightened by Hideo's sudden action, and just now his body suddenly fell backwards.

It wasn't until after the Xiu family had written the affidavit and presented it that they slowly stood up, walked to the Xiu family step by step, and solemnly accepted the Xiu family's sworn oath.

Hideyoshi spread out the oath written in blood, because the relationship between the bloodstains is not clear, but the meaning on it is indeed clear.

At this moment, Hideyoshi is not as distrustful of the oaths of his daimyo as later generations, let alone a bloody oath.

The sudden action of the Xiu family really frightened him, so that when he saw the severed finger of the Xiu family, this man who was nearly fifty years old and came from the bottom to rule the world actually shed tears.

"This is Hachiro's severed finger." Hideyoshi murmured, perhaps also regretting his behavior just now.

(End of this chapter)