Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 396 Xiuzhen and Kyoko's Wedding

Hideka handed over Naoe Kanatsuki alone today, not to talk about a bunch of fake Daiku and Wei Guangzheng's chicken soup, but to break a certain impression in his mind.

Naoe Kanetsugu is a talent, and his ability to develop the 120 million koku Uesugi family in an orderly manner is enough to witness his ability.

You must know that Uesugi Jingkatsu trusts Naoe Kanetsugu very much, and he delegates almost all the power of the Uesugi family to him, making the Uesugi family close to the two-headed political model.

And Naoe Kanesuke is also a detached existence within the Uesugi family. The retainers of the Uesugi family call Uesugi Kagekatsu "Oya-shaped shape", "Dianyang" or "Shangyang" and the meaning of the lord, while Naoe Kanesuke uses "" The honorific title of "Danna" and the meaning of "Master".

In the period when Aizu was enfeoffed, Naoe Kanetsugu, who owned 30 shi of the Yonezawa clan, was also licensed to use the title "Dianyang" as an accompanying minister.

In other words, in the Uesugi family during this period, Naoe Kanetsugu was actually in charge of practical affairs, not Uesugi Kekatsu.

Many people are saying that Tokugawa Ieyasu was an evil existence in the battle of Sekigahara, and his actions were unjust, but in fact, the process was reversed from the conclusion.

Let's go back to the political background at that time. Due to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's insane operations in the last period, the world's famous names only had fear but no kindness for Guan Bai.

In particular, Hideyoshi, as the abdicated Taiko, said that he would kill the new Guan Bai, which directly caused the world's famous people to be full of fear of Hideyoshi's unruly behavior.

You must know that Toyotomi Hideji is Hideyoshi's nephew, or the adopted son he expressly adopted by the world, and he is the legal heir of Guan Bai.

Even if I have a son in the end, I should invite him down properly, and then give me generous knowledge and financial compensation.

More importantly, in order to consolidate Toyotomi Hideji's rule, Hideyoshi invited daughters and younger sisters of many famous people from all over the world to marry him into Hideji's concubine.

Coupled with Hideyoshi's arbitrary changes and transfers of the daimyo's family, as well as the unfair rewards and punishments in the war of conquering the dynasty, this resulted in nothing but hatred for the Toyotomi family in the hearts of the daimyos.

Under such circumstances, Ishida Mitsunari was in a daze, not thinking about how to regain the hearts of the world's famous masters after Hideyoshi's death, but thinking about getting rid of the world's strongest great master, Tokugawa Ieyasu.

As the most important force to kill the Tokugawa family, it is the Uesugi family.

As the elder of the Uesugi family and the helmsman of Uesugi's ship, Naoe Kanetsugu directly tied the Uesugi family to the chariot just because of the exaggeration of righteous thoughts and his personal relationship with Ishida Mitsunari.

The first step is to check the fields in Uesugi's territory, count the military service certificates, and manufacture weapons and equipment, as if they are about to fight.

You must know that after Hideyoshi pacified the world, the sword hunting order was implemented to confiscate civilian weapons, causing the armed forces of various countries based on farmers and soldiers to lose a lot of equipment to a certain extent.

In this case, if the Uesugi family wanted to fight Tokugawa, they had to remake their weapons and weapons in the collar.

After all, the world has been at peace for a long time, and the Uesugi family’s war preparations have made the surrounding big names feel uneasy. The big names in the Tohoku and Kanto countries jointly wrote to Osaka, requesting to investigate the situation of the Uesugi family.

You might say that this was deliberately done by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the Tohoku daimyo signed the letter under his influence.

But if the Uesugi family didn't take the first step to create tension, how could it be possible for other daimyos to use it as an excuse?

Besides, among the daimyos who jointly signed the letter at that time, in addition to Gamo, Date and other daimyos of the Eastern Army, Satake Yoshinobu of the Western Army was also included.

If it wasn't for the actions of the Uesugi family that really affected the people around them, how could even the later allies sign the letter?

And Tokugawa Ieyasu really gave the Uesugi family a lot of face, just let him go to Osaka to explain the reason. Facing such a top boss, the final result is likely to be raised high and put down gently, just as a warning.

After all, judging from later documents and historical textual research, Tokugawa Ieyasu's Northern Expedition to Uesugi and the battle of Sekigahara was obviously fought hastily. Since he did not make preparations in advance, he had to rely heavily on the names of the Toyotomi family.

If Tokugawa Ieyasu had been prepared, this is a drama directed by him, and the performance of the Tokugawa family on the battlefield and the entrustment after the war would not be so passive.

So what was the response of the Uesugi family to this situation?

The eloquent "Naoe State" with thousands of words hit Tokugawa Ieyasu directly in the face.

You must know that Tokugawa Ieyasu was in charge of the writing of the five big bosses at that time, and the inquiry letter he sent to the Uesugi family was pressed by the Toyotomi family, and he and the other three big shots pressed the flowers.

According to the rules set by Hideyoshi, as long as there are 5 of the 4 big bosses, it means that it has the same effect as yourself.

In other words, in the name of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu sent a very formal letter to Aizu, telling Uesugi Kagekatsu, "You don't have anything to do. You should go to Osaka to clarify it, and it will make everyone so nervous."

Naoe Kanetsugu's actions are actually slapping Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the face, tantamount to declaring war on the Toyotomi family!

This is why during the Northern Expedition to Uesugi, Toyotomi's family genealogy daimyo participated enthusiastically, because in their eyes, the Uesugi family is the rebel!
Don’t make excuses for Uesugi’s failure to go to Luo. At that time, Tokugawa Ieyasu was not strong enough to control Osaka and Kyoto. At that time, Osaka and Kyoto were equivalent to the neutral positions of all parties, and the safety of all parties could be guaranteed. .

In other words, it was because of Naoe Kanetsugu's "work" that caused the Battle of Sekigahara. If he didn't jump like that, maybe the Toyotomi family could continue for a few more years.

Later, after Ishida Mitsunari raised his troops, it was revealed that Tokugawa Ieyasu was the chief culprit in the chaos of Toyotomi's regime, which had an impact on Tokugawa Ieyasu's ruling prestige.

In this case, he can only turn around and fight Ishida Mitsunari first, in order to maintain his reputation as a teacher.

Faced with these situations, our Naoe Kanetsugu did not choose to attack Tokugawa Ieyasu to buy time for Ishida Mitsunari, but retreated back and hit the surrounding Otawara, Mogami, and Date.

Naoe Kanetsugu's choice cannot be said to be wrong, after all, no one expected that this war involving the world's famous names would end so soon.

However, according to the textual research on Suda Nagasuke, the son of Suda Manqing, it is found that there was another reason Naoe Kanetsugu withdrew his troops at that time because he asked to follow the rules of making a famous teacher.

In other words, the reason why he initially attacked Mogami and Date was that the border between them and the Uesugi family was not clear, which caused disputes, so he launched a crusade (probably an excuse).

However, Tokugawa Ieyasu sent troops to attack him in the name of the Toyotomi family. He could only defend passively. After Tokugawa Ieyasu retreated, he did not pursue the Tokugawa family in name. Da launched an attack.

I have never seen such a hard-headedness, so that when I saw this paper from Tohoku University in Japan, I thought it was edited.

If it’s just about political struggles, there is no such thing as a neutral faction, let alone you being the first one to take the lead. If Tokugawa wins afterwards, he will say that you only fought a local war because of the border issue, and will you have a lighter punishment? ?

Do not be silly.

The cause of the Battle of Sekigahara led by Naoe Kanezuri was due to righteousness, and in the end it was also because of righteousness that he gave up the opportunity to pursue Tokugawa Ieyasu, which indirectly led to the defeat of the Western Army.

The general who follows righteousness and love, the heir to Kenshin Uesugi's philosophy, what a great and romantic character he says, but at the most critical moment, because of the so-called righteousness in his heart, he can only become a shit-stirring existence.

By saying this now, Hideka is preparing for the possible "Battle of Sekigahara" in the future, changing his thinking, either not being so stupid to cause disputes; Kawasaki Ieyasu.

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September 15, 1587th year of Tianzheng (9)

There was a scene of peace and happiness inside and outside Jule, Hideyoshi was also thinking about Xiuzhen and Kyoko's wedding.

Since Xiuzhen herself does not have a residence in Kyoto, Hideyoshi specially persuaded Ashikaga Yoshiaki of Nijo Castle to temporarily live in the Fukuliang Temple in the east of the castle, and let Nijo Castle be used as Xiuzhen’s husband’s home, and Kyoko’s home was naturally Hideyoshi It is located in Juledi.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki first came because of Hideyoshi’s power, and secondly, Kanbai came to ask for it in person, and the two blood relatives who got married were all famous in the world. If he refused, he might offend three powerful people in the world at once. By.

The Muromachi shogunate, which already had only a reputation, had no room for rejection at all, but what Ashikaga Yoshiaki did not expect was that Hideyoshi was "Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, and there was no repayment."

The loss of Erjo meant that the Muromachi shogunate completely lost the capital that could command the world. His so-called shogun did not even have a place to build a curtain.

But Hideyoshi treated him well. Later, Hideyoshi gave Ashikaga Yoshiaki the Makishima Castle of the Yamashiro Kingdom as his residence, and at the same time gave the surrounding 1 shi of knowledge.

However, he was required to announce that he would give up the title of general. Of course, because he was a former general, he was allowed to keep the general's treatment as before.

Hideyoshi really gave him preferential treatment. The original Ashikaga Yoshiakira had two castles, but he had no knowledge at all, and he couldn't even afford the salary of his own bodyguard. He had to be sponsored by Hideyoshi and Mori Terumoto, and his life was even more miserable. of.

Now Hideyoshi exchanged his real knowledge and behavior for Nijo Castle, which symbolized the authority of the shogunate. For Yoshiaki Ashikaga, who has been up and down for half his life, he himself is acceptable.

Until later, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded North Korea, Ashikaga Yoshiaki led an army of 200 people to Hizen Nagoya and participated in the battle.In his later years, he became a member of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Yuka together with Shiba Yoshigin and Yamana Toyokuni.

The distance between the two cities is very close, only 3/5 blocks apart. In order to make Kyoko's wedding a grand occasion, Ning Ning specially let the wedding team go out from Jule Dixi Maru, go around the city and then go to Erjo City.

The power behind this wedding is so huge. On the surface, Hideyoshi married his adopted daughter to the daimyo of 11 stones. In fact, it was a political meeting of Hideyoshi, Hideie, and Tokugawa.

Although Hideyoshi Ogasawara and Tokugawa Ieyasu are not the same, at least it looks like this in the eyes of outsiders.

As Kyoko's father on the bright side of the wedding, and the bride's family, Hideyoshi generously offered Yamato 8000 stone cosmetics as dowry, as well as gifts such as gold, silver, and lacquerware.

As Xingzi's "mother" Ning Ning and aunt Chacha also took out their most beloved jewelry for Xingzi.

As Kyoko's older brother, Xiujia gave him a screen with the scenery of Okayama, which was produced within one month.

In the words of the Xiu family, "My sister is married to Dongguo, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for her to return to Okayama in this life. This screen can relieve her pain of lovesickness."

In addition to self, there are some gifts such as jewelry, gold and silver, and military equipment.

The Xiu family wanted to give the girl a valuable dowry, such as cosmetics and the like.

But Kyoko's father has become Toyotomi Hideyoshi legally, and our Hideyoshi participated in the wedding as a third-party concierge.

As far as the presents from Xiujia are concerned, they are already supermodels, and there is no reason to give such things as cosmetics.

Compared with the Hide family, the gift from Ieyasu Tokugawa, the actual relative of the other party, was very "ordinary".

This ordinary is actually ordinary, he actually sent out the same gift list as other daimyos, all of which were gold and silver gifts, including a samurai sword to Hideyoshi Ogasawara.

His gift is a standard third-party concierge gift, there is nothing to criticize legally, but everyone knows in their hearts that you are the man's real father!

From this level of relationship, the gifts from Tokugawa Ieyasu can be described as shabby, and it is even more incomparable with Hideka, and even Hidecho gave more than him.

This was his own son's wedding, no matter what hurdles could not be overcome between father and son, he should not show such face on this occasion, as if Xiuzhen had nothing to do with Jiakang at all.

Some daimyos with keen political sense, such as Takataka Kuroda and Toshiie Maeda, have been keenly aware of the estrangement between their father and son, and even some daimyo retainers who attended the meeting smelled something unusual.

Tokugawa Ieyasu doing this on this occasion is tantamount to announcing to all the famous names in the world that he has severed ties with Ogasawara Hidetada.

Later, Hidetoshi came forward to persuade Tokugawa Ieyasu in private. In the end, Ieyasu used the prepared Koshu gold 1 kan as a gift, and it would be shipped directly to Shinano Matsumoto as an excuse to end up.

It’s just that everyone knows that this excuse is very lame, just like the gold and silver gifts that Hideyoshi gave were not piled up directly, but written and sung on the gift list. If you Tokugawa Ieyasu had prepared it long ago, how could you not have appeared in the On the gift list?

The good brother and his sister's wedding Hideo naturally stayed by his side all the time. When she heard Tokugawa Ieyasu's gift in the morning, Hideyoshi's expression was quite natural, and Ieyasu's actions didn't seem to exceed his expectations.

But Ieyasu's move in the afternoon made him unable to calm down, and the move to make up 1 guan state gold after the incident was more like a humiliation to him.

Xiujia gently patted Xiuzhen on the shoulder, and encouraged him, "Today is your great day, all the warriors in the world are watching, let them see the heroic and magnanimous attitude of our Toyotomi warriors.

Your father and uncle have high hopes for you, you must give him a good impression.Today's humiliation, there will be opportunities for him to repay in the future. "

After finishing speaking, Hideo looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu's line of defense, a little confused, narrowed his eyes, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, why did this Ieyasu act so impatiently, it didn't match his "forbearance" personality at all what.

(End of this chapter)