Prime Minister Bizen

Tokugawa Ieyasu directly placed two senior ministers and a family member in Sagami. The key is that no matter which one of these three people is a heavyweight player in the Tokugawa family, there is no room for Hideo not to take it seriously.

No matter what others think, in Xiujia's view, Tokugawa Ieyasu's arrangement is already very obvious for him to be on guard.

What upset Hideka the most was that these arrangements were made by Kanbara Komasa in front of so many big names.Tokugawa's attitude was so obvious that Hideka who was seated beside him was embarrassed.

However, Hideka will not be like Ogasawara Hidetada, who will show outside when she is provoked by Kanbara Komasa.Hideo and Tokugawa are not the only ones present here, Hidee must not leave an aggressive attitude to others.

In fact, when the bickering between Kanbara Komasa and Xiuzhen started, the surrounding daimyos had already paid attention to this side intentionally or unintentionally.

After all, one is Hidetoshi Toyotomi from Kanto, the world's number one daimyo, and the other is Tokugawa Ieyasu from East China Sea, a million stone daimyo from Kiyo.

The two of them happen to be next to each other. It can be said that the attitude of these two families will determine the future situation of the world.

Xiujia suppressed Xiuzhen, smiled and said to Kanbara Komasa: "His Highness Tokugawa is really not easy, the conferment of Zhixing this time is only 12 shi, and all of it was released in an instant.

Since you have received a great reward, everyone should be grateful for Zhong Nayan's kindness, and continue to serve Zhong Nayan with all your heart in the future. "

In fact, Tokugawa Ieyasu's rewards are not limited to this. It is just that Yin Dou's gold mine provides him with an annual income of no less than 3 guan. I deliberately ignored this part so I won't talk about it.

On the surface, Hideo's dialogue seems to be without any nutrition, but as a third party, Ieyasu Tokugawa praised Tokugawa Ieyasu's generosity.

But don't forget that the Xiu family is not the lord of these people, and has nothing to do with the Tokugawa family. In what capacity did he say the words that asked them to continue to be loyal?

As soon as Xiu's words fell, Tadashi Sakai, who was sitting by the side and didn't say much, was the first to discover the problem. He looked at Xiu's family and replied, "Naturally, you don't need to worry about this matter. The loyalty and bravery of the warriors of Mikawa are the result of our experience. guaranteed."

"Ah ~ 'Mikawa' warriors, in the Battle of Odawara, the Sanhe people under His Highness Nakagawa really gave me a deep impression." After speaking, he turned his head to look at Zhongchuan Qingxiu and asked, "Master Zhongchuan, how did you send your subordinates into battle?" Are the soldiers trained so capable?"

Hideka's focus on "Mikawa" is to remind Tadashi Sakai that Mikawa is no longer in their hands. The current Mikawa samurai is under the control of a Settsu person (Nakagawa Kiyoshi) and a Yamato person (Tsutsui Sadaji) under.

Most of the retainers of the Tokugawa family were from Mikawa. After the Nookai War, Tokugawa Ieyasu was forced to surrender to the Hide family after being attacked by the Hide family. As a condition, Mikawa was ceded.

Zhongchuan Qingxiu felt a little overwhelmed by the sudden name-calling by Xiu's family, and he didn't know how to drag himself into the spotlight.

For Nakagawa Kiyohide, he is indeed close to Hideo, but it doesn't mean that he has teamed up with Hideo at this moment, or even offended Tokugawa Ieyasu for Hideo.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to belittle himself and said, "I was born in Setjin. I thought that the warriors of Guanbai Palace were already the strongest soldiers in the world. It was not until I was transferred to Sanhe that I realized that the loyalty and bravery of the warriors of Sanhe are not inferior to them."

"It's all bullshit." Hearing Zhongchuan Qingxiu and Si Ni's reply, Xiujia cursed inwardly.

But it doesn't matter, through this incident, Xiu's family has tested Zhongchuan Qingxiu's attitude, after all, he is not as caring as Xiuzhen.

Since Zhongchuan Qingxiu was unwilling to help with the conversation, Xiujia could only continue to fight on his own. As expected, he mentioned the Battle of Sanhe back then, "I think back when I was galloping in Sanhe, there was a young general in red armor who left a deep impression on me.

Time is really a twist, how long has passed, and His Highness Tokugawa and I have turned from enemies to colleagues. "

The Chijia young general in the Xiujia topic naturally refers to Jing Yin Zhizheng, who is now Jing Yin Kangzhi's "cheap daddy".

Back then, the Akabe under the command of Naomasa Ito had indeed exploded with impressive combat effectiveness, and was one of the strongest military forces in the Tokugawa family, but even the Akabe team was crushed to death by the Hideka on the Owari Plain.

Xiujia just wanted to imply through this incident that the Tokugawa family was nothing special, but that they were defeated by their own subordinates.

Its purpose is not to show off, but to convey a signal to other daimyos, telling them how to choose a team between Tokugawa and Hideya.

Sakai Tadashi was also present at the Battle of Kukaku back then.Of course he knew how Jing Yin Naomasa died, and the situation at that time has been repeatedly recurring in his memories for so many years.

There are many stories about Ino Naomasa and Tokugawa Ieyasu in history. There are even unofficial stories that the reason why Ino Naomasa is favored is because he is Tokugawa Ieyasu's male favorite. This is also hinted in "The Female Castellan Naotora".

Let's just say that if Iyin Naomasa didn't have three axes, even if he won the favor of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Ieyasu would not give him 12 shi of knowledge, let alone hand over the country's most important weapon, the Red Army. bring.

But in any case, Sakai Chuji, who was not liked by Ieyasu because of Xinyasu's seppuku, was even less liked by Ieyasu after the Nooo battle.

Therefore, when Xiujia brought up this matter again, Tadashi Sakai, who was relatively indifferent to the rebuttal from Xiujia's side, suddenly widened his eyes and stared at Xiujia firmly.

Tadashi Sakai, who was already looking old because of his haggard mental and physical strength, looked even more like a demon when he stared at Hideo like this, and it was terrifying to swallow him alive.

Kanbara Yasomasa and Jingyin Naomasa who were on the side were both rivals and friends, and now they heard Hideka talking about Jingyin Naomasa and immediately expressed displeasure.

More importantly, the Chibei team was indeed destroyed in one battle by Jing Yin Naomasa, but now the reorganized Chibei team is in his hands!
Xiujia said here that Yin Zhizheng's red team is not good, and when he, the current captain of the team, heard it, there was a feeling of criticizing Huai.

Therefore, he looked at the Xiu family and said, "Master Zuowei is talking about the Mikawa warriors, but the Chibei team under Daisuke of the Ministry of War was mostly composed of Konobu warriors. Even if His Highness wins by luck, it cannot be regarded as the defeat of the Mikawa warriors.

What's more, Chibei has been rebuilt by me now, which has concentrated the essence of my own family, and its strength has long been unparalleled.It's a pity that I may not have the opportunity to compete with His Highness again in the future. "

When Hideka heard Kanbara Komasa's reply, he slightly turned his head to look in his direction, regretting not bringing Sanada Nobushige and Kobata Nobusada along.

"Forget it." Xiujia thought in his heart.

Now that the Xiu family has a certain advantage in terms of tongue, they also intend to be forgiving and forgiving. After all, it is meaningless to just fight for the advantage of words, and the Tokugawa family will not give in just because of a few words of the Xiu family.

The most important thing is that it is now in Odawara Castle, which is the territory of the Tokugawa family. Sakai Tadaji and others invited Hideka to eat as the master. If the fight continues like this, it will only make people think that Hideka is oppressing the Tokugawa family. retainer.

Therefore, the Xiu family excused that he was drunk and babbling nonsense, and asked their forgiveness, and then pulled Ogasawara Xiuzhen to leave the banquet early.

From the look in Xiuzhen's eyes, the Xiu family is unwilling. Although he is already an existence comparable to his father, an independent daimyo of the Toyotomi family, and an important pillar of the Northeast, if he is given another chance, maybe I prefer to choose the love from my father.

Xiujia patted his shoulder for fear of him and comforted him, "The more this is the case, the better you will live to make the Ogasawara family stronger and make His Highness Tokugawa realize how big a mistake he made back then."

Everyone rested at Odawara Castle for one night, and Hideka left early the next day to visit Tadashi Sakai.

Hideka here expresses his apologies for yesterday's nonsense. Tadashi Sakai had already been out of touch with world affairs because of Tokugawa Ieyasu's estrangement.The reason why he got angry yesterday was that Xiujia belittled the Samurai warriors he represented.

But Tadashi Sakai thought afterwards that he was just a task of being marginalized by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and now that his son was even transferred directly to the border, he had no right to worry about the Tokugawa family.

Now that the Xiu family took the initiative to apologize, it was beyond his expectation.

"Yesterday's night banquet, I was speaking freely. Please forgive me if I misunderstood my lord."

The performance of you coming and going at the night banquet yesterday was originally a diplomatic confrontation, and it was even just a superficial swaying of words, which did not shake the level of interests at all.

And with Xiu's current status, he actually took the initiative to come to apologize to him, and his key stance was so low, which really flattered him.

In his capacity, he didn't dare to accept the Xiu family's apology, so he could only put himself in a lower position than the Xiu family, and begged the Xiu family not to mind.

And there is a reason why the Xiu family came to Sakai Chuji today, he sat opposite Sakai Chuji and said slowly, "I am dissatisfied with Zuowei Gatekeeper, I came here today to ask for something."

"General Right, but it's okay to say."

After hearing this, Xiujia stood up and looked outside, and said slowly, "It's really a good city, but it's a pity that this city will be destroyed soon."

Hideka turned to Tadashi Sakai and said, "Odawara Castle is a famous city in the world, and it is an order from the city to destroy it, but I am always reluctant to destroy it no matter what.

My wife, Xiaoju, had been telling me that she wanted to see Odawara Castle before I left for Kanto. She wanted to see the difference between this world-famous never-falling city and Osaka.

It’s just that the construction of the abandoned city of Odawara Castle is about to start, so I want to draw the final appearance of Odawara Castle and show it to Xiaoju when the time comes.

And my other wife Ashikaga Ujihime also spent her childhood in Odawara Castle, begging me to keep a painting for her as a memory. "

Hideka said that here he sits again opposite Tadashi Sakai and continued, "I heard that my lord often studies ink treasures after retiring, why don't I leave two paintings for me this time, which are looking at Odawara Castle in summer from the countryside of Ishigaki Mountain, Let’s look west from Tokai Kaido to Odawara Castle at sunset.”

After Hideka finished speaking, he saluted Sakai Chuji very sincerely, hoping to get his promise.

Tadashi Sakai had nothing to do after he lived in seclusion, and he really started to learn arty work, but his paintings are only at the entry level, and now he is flattered to hear that Xiujia wants him to paint, but he still refuses, "I'm really sorry, my paintings are not allowed In the eyes of His Highness, Your Highness should find another master."

Hideka was frustrated by being rejected by Tadashi Sakai, and said, "Then I will find someone to paint in Odawara Castle myself, including but not limited to screens and picture scrolls. I also ask Zuowei Gatekeeper to help me."

The reason why Hideka had to leave paintings in Odawara Castle may be due to the city's collector addiction, but the reason he said for the sake of his two wives is completely fabricated.

The reason why he let Sakai Chuji paint here is actually to set Sakai Chuji up.

What kind of city is Odawara Castle?

Hojo's headquarters, a famous city in Kanto.

If Odawara Castle is not destroyed, it is very likely to become an important fulcrum of the Tokugawa family's Sagami defense line.

For such an important city, drawing the appearance of his city is to preserve the beautiful scenery in terms of literature and art, but in terms of military and military, it is to steal the city and distribute information.

Of course, Odawara Castle was a city that was about to be demolished. It was a bit far-fetched to say that it was going to steal information about a city that was about to be abandoned.

But don't forget the word "official", and Odawara Castle is about to be abandoned, not already abandoned.

Now the Sakai family is already a fringe retainer of the Tokugawa family, and Sakai Tadaji is even more hated by Tokugawa Ieyasu, wishing that it was he who died in Kukaku instead of Yin Naomasa.

If Tokugawa Ieyasu knew that Tadashi Sakai painted Odawara Castle for Hideka, what would you think of Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Tokugawa Ieyasu is only a relatively peaceful and humble person on the surface, but he is a person who must revenge in his bones.Think about how many genealogy retainers have been changed after the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.

His benevolence and righteousness are only useful to his blood relatives, and all his retainers are just his pawns.

Xiujia wants Sakai Chuji to paint Odawara Castle for himself, which is essentially giving Tokugawa Ieyasu eye drops to make him hate Sakai Chuji even more.

Of course, it would be great if Tokugawa Ieyasu took advantage of the problem to deal with the Sakai family.

Tadashi Sakai was one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's first second ministers. One of the most important ministers, Suzumasa Ishikawa, had left, and now he had to deal with another.
Hehe, think about it, what kind of bloody storm will be inside the Tokugawa family.

However, the above are all conjectures in Hideka's own mind. Now Tadashi Sakai has not accepted Hideka's fault, and Hideka who is unwilling to draw Odawara Castle for Hideka can't force him to jump into the pit.

But how should I put it, you, Tadashi Sakai, are temporary Odawara Joyo after all, so this painting can’t be counted as your painting, you put the artist in it, and you agreed to paint the painting, right?
Moreover, after Tadashi Sakai retired, he could learn these painting techniques in an arty manner. If there was a painter who came to Odawara Castle, would he not follow him?

No matter how you say it is a painting of Odawara Castle!
As long as you follow along, the space for political operations will be infinitely enlarged...