Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 354
After Tachibana Muneshige and Harada Tosou finished their personnel affairs, the waiter beside him whispered in his ear to remind him of the next thing.

Immediately Hideyoshi looked at Takakage Kobayakawa and asked, "It's not easy to solve the Akizuki family in Chikuzen. Originally, Xiaozhu also spent a lot of effort. In the battle of Chikuzen, Hachiro's side is thanks to your help."

Takakage Kobayakawa leaned slightly and replied, "This is what I should do. Now that Dr. Xiuyue has surrendered, I am waiting outside the hall. Did you send him to ask questions?"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi thought for a moment and replied, "Wait for now, I haven't figured out what to do with him yet."

Hideyoshi is not a tactic to delay the attack. Although he has received the main information about Kyushu at Chixia Pass, he has not seen Qiuyue Planting Fruit with his own eyes.

More importantly, I heard that Qiuyue Zhongshi prepared a gift for herself. I haven't seen any gifts, so how can I see Qiuyue Zhongshi's sincerity?If you can't see his sincerity, then how to deal with it is even more impossible to talk about.

The main reason is that Hideyoshi was too happy just now. Hideyoshi already hinted that he should take a rest for one night and meet with Qiuyue Zhongshi and others in private before discussing with the court. However, the arrogant Hideyoshi refused.

Of course, such things as gift-giving cannot be done in public, there is no way for Hideyoshi to press this matter for the time being.

After putting aside the matter of Akizuki's planting for the time being, Hideyoshi turned to Mori Terumoto and said, "Oh, Mori Kingo is here too. I heard that you have fought against the Shimadzu family. How do you feel? I don't have the confidence to win." opposite?"

Mori Terumoto had indeed faced Tadaga Shimadzu head-to-head, and he even gave him a slap in the face. He deeply felt that the Shimadzu family on the opposite side was not a good team, but now Hideyoshi is asking yourself in front of so many people, how could you say that? "Do not"?
Of course, you can't talk big with Hideyoshi. After all, if the Shimadzu family is really so easy to fight, the front line will not last for several months and cannot be deposited.

And Mori Terumoto's answer was very philosophical, "The Shimadzu family is worthy of being the most powerful in Kyushu, and they still have some strength, but they are just a powerful country. As long as we go all out, I have the confidence to defeat the enemy.

Now that His Highness Guan Bai is here in person, there is nothing to worry about next time. Next time we fight Shimadzu, His Highness Guan Bai will appreciate the bravery of Maori warriors. "

This is very interesting. He put a high hat on Hideyoshi while suppressing the Shimadzu family. "The last time I couldn't defeat the enemy was because Hideyoshi was no longer. Now that Hideyoshi is in the Shimadzu family, it is not easy to catch."

After hearing this, Hideyoshi also felt that the morale of the army was solid, and following Mori Terumoto's words, he encouraged everyone, "I have come here this time by His Majesty's destiny to fight against the traitor Shimadzu.

From Shinano to Kyushu, all the world's famous names gathered here, and the total mobilized force exceeded 40, while the Shimadzu family on the opposite side had only 2 to [-].

Since Mori Jingo alone is enough to wipe out Shimadzu, and we will contribute together, and the troops will be divided into two groups to attack together. No matter how you look at it, the advantage is on our side, and we will win this battle! "

The emotionally charged daimyos in the hall, regardless of their grades, followed Hideyoshi and shouted: "This battle must be won!"

In Hideyoshi’s words, calling himself 40 people and evaluating the opposite Shimadzu family’s 3 to [-] people must be an exaggeration. The purpose is nothing more than to strengthen oneself and weaken the enemy. After all, once the number exceeds a certain quality level, it is very difficult to rely on people to count .

Before the battle, most of the daimyos here didn't know the real situation of the battle and the intelligence of the enemy on the other side. Now when Hideyoshi reported the number of 40 people on his side, he didn't care whether the number was true or not, and it really bluffed many people. .

Hideyoshi saw that his goal of boosting morale had been achieved, and then asked Kanbei Kuroda to explain the overall military strategy for this battle.

Even though Hideyoshi gathered half of the daimyos in this battle, not many people knew about the military deployment of this battle before. Even Hideyoshi himself only knew the distribution of the daimyos in the army.

Kuroda Kanbei general Hideyoshi confessed to everyone the regiment organization that Hideyoshi had agreed upon a long time ago (see Chapter 10 for Fanzhen), and everyone suddenly discovered that the major names are now arranged in Chikuzen, Buzen and Bungo, just like the division of legions above.

Smart people have realized that this military formation arrangement has already been agreed upon, and Toyotomi Hidetomi was based on this arrangement a few days ago on the issue of where the various troops are stationed.

It's just that the last time, Xiuchang's purpose was to solve the problem of sanitation and chaos under Xiaocang Castle, and by the way, let the various teams be divided into the leading countries of the legions they belonged to in advance.

After Kuroda Kanbei finished his introduction, Hideyoshi took the initiative to speak again: "Originally, the Kitakyushu Legion's agreed strategy was to use Xiaokura as a base, to attack Chikuzen in two directions, and to communicate with Master Tachibana at the same time.

Now that Hachiro and Mori Kingo have pushed the front line to Chikuzen, and Kobayakawa Kingo has persuaded Akizuki to surrender, then the military discussion on Kitakyushu will be temporarily postponed until I arrive at Iwaya Castle to check the Shimadzu army. "

"However, the Southern Kyushu Army can still be deployed according to the original agreed military strategy." At this point, Hideyoshi paused, and he looked at Hidecho and asked, "Are your troops already on standby in Iyo?"

Hearing Hideyoshi's question, Hidecho turned around and replied, "The 2 members of the Hokuriku Army, including Morimsa Sakuma and Nagashige Niwa, are all on standby at Uwajima, Iyokuni."

Hideyoshi nodded in satisfaction when he heard Hidecho's answer, and continued to say to him, "In this case, you will set off for Uwa Island tomorrow and bring the troops over. Before that, the Southern Kyushu Corps is temporarily commanded by Hachiro, who is in charge of the island. Tsu Yoshihiro's battle."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Xiujia and asked, "Is there any problem, Hachiro?"

Xiujia listened to the conversation between the two brothers with a dazed look on his face. Even the general Hideyoshi has arrived, why is the army leader Hideyoshi still in Iyo? The most important thing is that Hideyoshi deliberately arranged for them to be on standby in Iyo.

Hideyoshi originally made up his mind that the Battle of Kyushu would be a game of fishing, but now Hideyoshi handed over the Southern Kyushu Army to me, what is his idea?
But Hideo could not refute Hideyoshi on this occasion, so he bowed his head and responded to the matter.

After hearing Hideka's confirmed answer, Hideyoshi said to Hideonaga, "You can explain it to Hachiro later."

"Yes, my brother knows."

This military meeting was originally Hideyoshi's whim, and the main purpose was to boost morale. Now that the purpose has been achieved, he said to everyone, "Tianxia is in sight, you still need to work hard to kill the enemy, but I will report to everyone who has made meritorious deeds." The Emperor, don't hesitate to reward."

Hideyoshi said that he was going to report to the emperor to establish the reward, but everyone here didn't know that he was the one who decided the final reward, and the emperor was just going through the motions, so they all responded, "Thank you, His Highness Guanbai, for the reward."

This time the shouts were even louder than just now. To put it bluntly, none of the famous names in the Warring States period in Japan was a master of the door. Thousands of words that can be mixed up to this point are not as inspiring as knowing and doing money.

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Hideyoshi immediately ordered people to disperse, but five people including Hidecho, Hideie, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Kuroda Kanbei and Tachibana Munemo remained behind.

Judging from this situation, most of the people left behind by Hideyoshi were participants in the previous Chikuzen battle, and it is very likely that they are preparing to hold a small meeting to understand the situation.

This also echoes Hideyoshi's habit, he is used to putting all matters in his own small court to solve, the so-called big court meeting is just a formality.

After everyone dispersed, Hideyoshi asked everyone to sit closer to him, and then asked Hideyoshi and others about the situation in Chikuzen Kingdom.

Hideka naturally told Hideyoshi "[-]", and Tachibana Soshige had already made a confession with Hideyoshi, and he reported it to Hideyoshi almost exactly.

After hearing the story of the Battle of Chikuzen, Hideyoshi tacitly agreed to the two's handling of Munakata Harada, especially the question about Harada Tosou.

He first said to the Hide family, "Since the Munakata family is a shrine family, let them be placed in the original area, and the Aso family will turn to the light, and deal with it accordingly."

Then he said to Tachibana Zongshige: "As for your younger brother's arrangement, I haven't made up my mind yet. At this time, I will temporarily assign him to you, including Munakata and Aso, and all of them will be included in your team. "

According to Hideyoshi, it was planned to arrange the three of them as Tachibana Zongshige's power.

Even so, Tachibana Muneshige is very happy. After all, there are many such examples in the past. Over time, these skills have become subordinates, and Zhixing has also been included in the general Zhixing who supports the daimyo.The most intuitive example is Miyabe Jijun, Hachisuka Masakura and Hideyoshi.

After the two finished explaining, it was Kobayakawa Takakage's turn, and by the way, he revisited the story of Qiuyue Zhongzheng's surrender.

After Hideyoshi heard about it, he asked everyone's opinions, "What do you think should be done about the Qiuyue family?"

Hideyoshi was still undecided, and few people present dared to speak. In the end, Hideyoshi clicked on Tachibana Zongshige first and asked, "Songshige, you are from Chikuzen, and you are familiar with Akizuki Tanomi. Please tell me your opinion first."

It is a matter of the life and death of a 15 koku daimyo, where a small character like Muneshige Tachibana can decide.

Tachibana Zongshige originally thought that such a thing would not be on his head, but Hideyoshi chose his general now, so he could only bite the bullet and replied, "The Qiuyue family was the first family to abandon the Otomo family, and it was also because of the wild nature of Qiuyue's family. , which led to such a chaotic situation in Kyushu."

Hearing Tachibana Muneshige's eloquent talk, Xiujia couldn't help feeling anxious, he answered the wrong question, big brother!
If there was no rebellion by Qiuyue Zhongshi, if Kyushu hadn't become a mess, where would Hideyoshi be?Why did Hideyoshi ask Heaven to send troops?
Looking at Hideyoshi's gradually indifferent face, Hideya still couldn't bear to remind Tachibana Munemo with a dry cough.

But at this moment, most of the evaluation room where people go is empty, and Hideka’s dry cough can’t be hidden at all. Not only Tachibana Soshige was suddenly interrupted, but Hideyoshi also came back to his senses and asked Hideka, “Hachiro, are you in good health?” Comfortable?"

"Ah? That's right." The Xiu family who was forced to go to Liangshan could only be forced to admit, "My child has always felt a little tired these past two days. Maybe it's because I didn't sleep well and felt the cold."

"You're still young, you still need to take good care of yourself." After Hideyoshi responded to Hideka, he directly threw the question to him, "Why don't you tell me your opinion on this matter."

Judging from this attitude, it is obvious that Hideyoshi really listens to Tachibana Muneshige's answer every time, and ignores it as he goes in and out of his left ear.

And Tachibana Muneshige, who was halfway through the speech, also realized that he had said something wrong, and tidied up his clothes somewhat awkwardly.

Hearing Hideyoshi asking for his opinion, Hideka thought for a while and responded, "In my opinion, Hida Mamoru's disposal of the Harada family can be used as a benchmark for disposing of the Akizuki family, but it is also different.

As Hida Mamoru said, the chief responsibility for the Kyushu Rebellion lies with the repair doctor. After receiving His Majesty's imperial order from his father, he still refused to follow orders with a fluke mentality, and even tried to use force against the heavenly soldiers.

When I was confronting Shimadzu Tadacho in Iwaya Castle, His Royal Highness Kingo sent someone to inquire with me, and Akizuki still tried to retain the three and a half counties of Chikuzen and part of the territory of Chikugo.

From this it can be seen that this person is not Xinyue submitting to his father, but he is more powerful than others.

Therefore, in my opinion, the handling of Qiuyue Zhongshi should be more severe than that of the Harada family. While asking for the master Qiuyue Zhongshiqiri, it is also necessary to change the Qiuyue family. As for how to deal with it, it all depends on the father. cut. "

From the conversation between Xiujia and Tachibana Zongshige, it can be seen that although Xiujia also talked about Akizuki's messing up Kyushu, his focus was on resisting Hideyoshi's orders, which made Hideyoshi very useful. .

At the same time, Hideka intentionally or unintentionally brought up the topic of Tachibana Somo's handling of the Harada family, in order to restore Tachibana Somo's image in Hideyoshi's mind.

As long as Hideyoshi recalled Tachibana Muneshige's generous speech just now, the unhappiness he felt towards him just now would disappear, and he would redefine him as a young warrior he could trust.

After hearing Hideka's answer, Hideyoshi looked at Tachibana Muneshige again, and then threw the question to Kobayakawa Takakage and Toyotomi Hidecho.

They may have their own plans in mind, but after listening to Xiujia's answer, they thought about it for a while and found that the difference was not too big, and they didn't want to refute Xiujia for some small issues, so they both responded with "wait for Guan Bai to deal with it." "

Seeing that everyone stopped expressing their opinions (indeed, he did not ask Kanbei Kuroda), Hideyoshi then asked outsiders to summon Akizuki Zhongshi.

Qiuyue Zhongshi was the same as when Xiu's family saw him. He came to pick up Hideyoshi in white clothes. Obviously, he had arranged his appearance in advance to see Hideyoshi, otherwise so many people's clothes would have been dirty long ago.

But in Xiujia's opinion, it's better to wear dirty clothes and play tricks, saying that it can have a miraculous effect.

"The guilty minister, Qiuyue Zhongshi, has seen His Highness Guan Bai." As soon as Qiuyue Zhongshi came in, he knocked his head to the ground and said humbly to Hideyoshi.

"Lift up."

Hideyoshi carefully looked at Qiuyue Zhongshi's clothes, and said with a smile, "The repair doctor is so calm, he can see me so calmly in such a dangerous situation, and even went to wash it and change his clothes. Aren't you afraid that I will execute you?"

(End of this chapter)