Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 594
After the Xiu family explained the matter of Sanuma Castle, they wanted to get up and leave.However, Zhengcheng, the flower house, stopped him behind Xiujia, and Xiujia knew that Zhengcheng must have something to say to him.

Seeing Hideo getting up, Hanabou Masanari, Kobori Masakazu and Iki Too who were present hurriedly got up and saluted.

Seeing the lame movements of Kobori Masakazu and Iki Too, Hideie understood the pain of galloping from Kyoto to Sanuma on the 13th. At this moment, the inner thighs of the two may have already been worn out.

"Uncle help me take good care of the two of you, and find a doctor to see the two of you. I still have some things to take care of here." After finishing speaking, he signaled Huafang Zhengcheng to leave with him.

In fact, the Xiu family had already felt that if it was just to send someone to notify such trivial matters as dispatching the boat, there was no need for Changchuan Zhenqin to let Hanfang Zhengcheng come in person.

Huafang Zhengcheng is now a family elder no matter what, he must come with an important task that Changchuan's Zhenqin wants to tell.

When the two returned to the house where the Xiu family lived, Hanabou Zhengcheng reported to the Xiu family, "My lord, are you sure you won't go through Kawagoe when you go south this time?"

"The time is urgent. It should only stop in Miura Kamakura for one night. Let's talk about Kawagoe and so on after the Luozhong matter is dealt with."

The news of Xiuchang's serious illness made the Xiu family no longer have the time to care about the things in the collar, even though the Xiu family knew that it had been half a year, and Chang Chuanzhen must have a lot of things to complain about to the Xiu family.

By the way, not long after the Xiu family left, the renovation of Yanfu City officially started, and the Xiu family and their family members moved to Heyue City for a temporary stay.

According to the original plan, the main castle of Iwatsu Castle and the Sannomaru, Ninomaru, Honmaru and other buildings will take about 2 years to complete, and then the Hideka will move from Kawagoe Castle back to Iwatsu.

"You help me bring a message to Mei Zuoshou. During the time I'm not here, he handles the affairs of the territory very much in my favor. If there is something in the territory, you elders can discuss and decide on your own. If you really can't make a decision, send a letter to Luoyang."

This is actually what Hideka said to Nasafune Sadakin and others when they left Iwafujo Castle for Ou Yu, but the final destination was Ou Yu, but this time it was changed to Luoyang.

"Yes, there is indeed one matter that needs to be decided by Your Highness." Huafang Zhengcheng said to Xiu's family, "Your Highness, do you remember that there is a monk named Tianhai in the north courtyard of Wuliangshou Temple outside Heyue City?"

"Tianhai?" Xiujia said in surprise when he heard the name, "Is he here looking for something?"

"It's like this. Master Tianhai wants to rebuild the north courtyard of Wuliangshou Temple and separate it from the sect of Wuliangshou Temple. Please ask His Highness for help."

"How much does it cost to rebuild the mountain gate and the temple?"

"About 3 guan, and other money for rebuilding the golden body, he will raise money from the public."

Thirty thousand Guan said it was too much, and it was too little. The Xiu family was very curious why Changchuan Zhenqin came to let him decide for this trivial matter, so he asked Huafang Zhengcheng: "It is because we have problems with funds. Now, can't you get [-] guan?"

"Well, you know that our annual expenditure is based on the expenditure at the end of last year. Suddenly, we can't afford 3 guan. It's just that this monk said he was a friend of His Highness, so he came to beg for 3 guan. , indeed some."

"Give it to him." The Xiu family heard that there were many cash flow problems in the family, so they didn't take it to heart. "You definitely didn't come here for such a trivial matter."

"My lord, Mrs. Anan gave birth to a boy for His Highness a few days ago, and Mrs. Yucheng and Mrs. Okazaki are going to give birth soon. The doctor said that it will be in June. Don't you really want to go back and take a look?"

Mrs. Yucheng is Ma Sichun. After marrying her daughter to the Xiu family, after some operations by Kamei Tomoki, her father was sealed as the governor of Yucheng in southern Ryukyu, so her daughter is also called Mrs. Yucheng.

As for Mrs. Okazaki, she is naturally called Fujihime. He is Tsutsui Joji's younger sister. Because Tsutsui's family was enshrined in Mikawa Okazaki, she was called Mrs. Okazaki. She had already had a daughter with the Hide family before.

The two of them were on standby in Okayama during the Odawara conquest of the Xiu family. When the Xiu family returned from Odawara and announced the official start of the work of transfer, they came to Luoyang with their families and were treated by the Xiu family.

Counting from around September, October, and November, the due dates of both of them are indeed in June.

Anan also conceived roughly at that time, but it should have been earlier. She conceived around September and had a son left on May 9. The news was sent to Dalifu City at the end of May.

Although Xiujia was very happy at the time, because the front line was at a critical juncture, he just wrote a letter to thank Anan for his contribution, and brought the child's name "Xianchiyo", which means Sendai.

At that time, the Xiu family said in the letter that they would complete the assessment and go back as soon as possible. After all, there were still 4 women in the family who were pregnant, and the due dates were all between June and August. The Xiu family hoped to catch up with the time when the children were born.

Yes, in addition to the above three, Shi Ji and Jia Fei Ji are both pregnant. The two of them received the letter of good news around February in Xiujia, and the expected delivery date is July and August.

Shiji is fine, she has always been a weak girl, but Jia Feiji couldn't bear the loneliness, she actually rode a horse when she was 4 months old, which shocked the retainers inside and outside the city, even his father I was speechless.

Originally, the Seen Sex Academy, which had a good way of managing the inner court, had no choice but to meet Jia Fei Ji, a wild child, so he wrote a letter to Xiujia asking Xiujia to reply and restrain Jia Fei Ji.

But Xiujia is very open-minded. The 4-month-old fetus is already sitting upright, and more exercise by the mother is good for the fetus.In the mother's womb, she will be able to ride and shoot. In the future, the child will be born as a great warrior.

Although I am ashamed of the wives, the Xiu family doesn't care about these at all right now, nothing is more important than Xiuchang's affairs.

Looking at the guy who was hesitating in his speech, Xiujia even felt that he was counting words.

In the end, the Xiu family couldn't bear it anymore, and said to him: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't procrastinate like this."

It was only at this moment that Huafang Zhengcheng said to the Xiu family, "My lord, it is rumored that His Highness Ashikaga has a samurai who can control the world in his stomach."

When the Xiu family heard Huafang Zhengcheng's words, they almost thought they heard it wrong, and asked him suspiciously, "Where did you hear these words?"

Huafang Zhengcheng pretended to be mysterious and leaned next to the Xiu family and said softly: "Your Highness, there have been some rumors in the market recently, which seem to have something to do with the lord. Mei Zuoshou specially sent me a letter to send to the lord."

"What kind of rumor?" Xiujia asked curiously after receiving the letter from him.

Huafang Zhengcheng replied, "I don't know, I just know that this matter seems to be very important, I heard it is a nursery rhyme.

It was a problem discovered by Takano Kansuke's ninja army. He felt that the situation was urgent, so he comrades Misaku, and sent someone to arrest the talking child.

Now that things are getting bigger and bigger, there are all kinds of things to say, and the ministers are not enough to believe it.It's just that after all, they captured their children, and the leaders under Heyue City made a lot of trouble.

There were even rumors that Misaku Shou was a goblin and needed virgin boys and girls to be used as medicine to practice. "

The Ninja Army is still called the "Department of Investigating All Things in the World" and the "Department of Internal Affairs Control". Although they have been restructured, they are relatively confidential. What you don't know is excusable.

Xiujia lamented the seriousness of the matter, did not reply to Hana Fang Zhengcheng, unfolded the letter from Nasakami Nasafune, and started reviewing it after unfolding it.

I saw that in addition to clearly writing the ins and outs of the future on it, he also copied the poem from Huafang Zhengcheng's mouth intact on it. Zuo; for thirty years in length and breadth, Ashikaga is also called Gu.”

With Xiujia's political acumen, when he heard this nursery rhyme, he quickly discovered the problem.

The gourd in the opening sentence is likely to be interpreted as a gourd, and it is well known that Hideyoshi's horse seal is a thousand ladle horse seal.

Here he said that the gourd is ripe, combined with the previous sentence of the bright moon falling into the mundane world, it is very likely that he is talking about the decline of the Toyotomi family after the death of Toyotomi Hideaga.

This sentence is simply outrageous for the Toyotomi regime that is now in full swing.

Leaving aside the description of the weather in the second sentence after that, the words of Uta in charge of Guozuo in the latter part obviously mean something. It is well known that the Xiu family was originally the Ukita clan, who claimed to be Uta Genji.

And he happened to have a wife who is Ashikaga Jihime. He had previously agreed with Hideyoshi that the child of his birth would inherit the Ashikaga Miao character and inherit Sagami's 8 stone collars in a separate manner.

Combining the previous three sentences, it's no wonder that Hanfang Zhengcheng hesitated to say it. It was so appalling that even Xiujia felt a cold sweat break out from behind.

"Have you caught all the children?" The line next to the first sentence that Xiujia said after closing the letter was beyond Hanfang Zhengcheng's expectations, and he also had a premonition that the things behind it were not simple.

"I think I caught it. After all, there are all kinds of songs and songs sung over there, but no one can give accurate information. Presumably it hasn't been leaked." Hanfang Zhengcheng replied.

The Xiu family felt very responsible for this matter, ignored Zhengcheng the flower house, turned around and went to the hut, wrote a reply letter in person, sealed it with wax oil, and handed it over to Zheng Cheng, the flower house, and asked him to hand it over to Changchuan Zhenqin in person.

In the letter, he affirmed the decisiveness of Takano Kansuke and Osafune Sada, and stated that the matter must not be made public.Provide comfort to the child's family as much as possible.

It is impossible to send the child back, so I told the family that a boy is a good piece of material, and that the Banners who were selected into the show family were trained from an early age. discipline.

Parents can meet once a year and hand over their kids' wages to them or something.

Hideka praised Takano Kansuke's flexibility in the letter, knowing that the matter was of great importance, he directly asked Osafune Sadain to deal with it. If he sent a letter to Hideka for a decision according to the procedure, the matter would definitely be over.

In the letter, he confirmed what Takano Kansuke had said in front of Osafune Sadain to prove his identity, and of course let Osafune Sadain know that Hideka held an intelligence organization in the custody of the collar.

He asked Takano Kansuke to dig deeper into the matter. He didn't believe that the children would read this nursery rhyme for no reason, and there must be someone behind it.

At the same time, he referred to the way entertainment stars of later generations dealt with public relations crises, and asked them to spread smoke bombs widely, compose a few more nursery rhymes and spread them out, so that people can't tell the truth from the fake. In short, this matter must be kept secret.

At the same time, in order to make two-handed preparations, let Changchuan Zhenqin find a few mothers who are about the same as Shiji's expected delivery date. When Shiji really gives birth to a son, he will send him to Tianhai, the north courtyard of Wuliangshou Temple, for foster care. A Princess Ji reported Toyotomi's family tree instead of a male.

Of course, you can also say that the nursery rhyme refers to the Ashikaga Yoshiaki family. He has a son named Yoshihiro who was born in the same year as the Hide family.But how do you explain the previous [Uta]?

Since ancient times, rulers have had a strange superstition about nursery rhymes, believing that it is impossible for innocent children to compose rhyming nursery rhymes, which must be a sign from heaven.

How many innocent people lost their lives because of a nursery rhyme.

This matter cannot be tolerated by the Xiu family. The guy who compiled this nursery rhyme has a bad conscience and directly described the Xiu family as a thief.

Especially when Hideyoshi's health is so critical right now, Hideyoshi must be very sensitive. The person who made up this nursery rhyme wants Hideo to die.

After much deliberation, Xiu Jiasi couldn't figure out who in the world had such a big hatred for him, and now he could only take one step at a time.

In fact, just as Xiujia thought, this incident was done by outsiders. Even though the children in the Kanto region were captured, this nursery rhyme spread to Kyoto for some reason and became known to Hideyoshi.

Fortunately, the Xiu family had already prepared to keep a hand, and replaced the boy with a baby girl, which made the nursery rhyme self-defeating. In addition, at that time, Hideyoshi tried his best to guarantee the Hide family, and with Hideyoshi's suspicious character, the Hide family might really want to prepare for it. rebelled.

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Far away in the middle of the land is the siege of Totanizaki Castle.

Toyotomi Hideji and Ogasawara Hidetada were also shocked when they received the news, and they returned to Lifu City from the besieged Totanizaki Castle almost without stopping.

In fact, during this period, Gamo's township had not yet taken over the command of the front line, and Toyotomi Hideji, Ogasawara Hidetada, and Hideka were all on their way to the south. The entire command system of Ou had faults.

If the rebels seize this opportunity and fight desperately, there may be good results, but it is a pity that they do not know this information.

After 2 days of galloping to Lifu, both of them asked Xiujia about Xiuchang's situation.

However, the Hide family didn't know as much about Hideunaga's condition as they did, so naturally they couldn't answer them. Seeing that the two had already arrived in Matsushima Minato, the Hide family didn't continue to stay in Oyuta, so they called Osafune Sadakin that day. The clippers prepared for Xiujia headed south.

What Osakane prepared for the Hide family was not a Japanese ship, but a two-masted schooner imitating the Nanban style. This kind of sailing ship does not carry many people. In addition to the 20 crew members, it can only carry about 20 people. , but the advantage is that it is extremely fast, and it is often used as a ship for Hideka to communicate with Ryukyu and Ezo.

In order to pack as many people as possible, the Xiu family can only negotiate with other people, and each person will have 2 to 3 attendants on board, and only a small amount of weapons, horses, equipment, etc. will be handed over to other attendants, and they will go south by land to get Everyone agreed.

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