Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 608

Looking at Hanabou Masako was born in the 4th year of Taiyong (1524), and he is 66 years old this year. Although he is not as old as Ota Sukmasa's 70 years old, he was already considered old in the Warring States period of Japan.

Xiujia stood at the gate of Fengchun Fan's mansion, looking at the distant figure, but the corners of his eyes were already filled with tears.If it wasn't for the fact that Fengchun's family was so weak right now, how could it be possible for Xiu's family to let Hanfang be in charge of the expedition.

At his age, whether he can withstand North Korea's soil and water is a problem. What's more, within 2 months of landing in North Korea, Xiu's family arranged numerous tasks for him according to time. Xiu's family was really afraid that his body would not be able to bear it.

Hanabang is fortunate to be an old man who followed the Nao family. He is a descendant of the Ueno family of the Ashikaga family and has such a high family status.

In addition, he started his own business with the Yuki family as early as 30 years ago, and he has extremely high prestige within the Yuki family. With him leading the army, no one in the family dare not be unconvinced, no matter whether it is a generation or a new member.

Under various trade-offs, it is helpless for the Xiu family to let such a veteran who is over sixty years old lead the army.

For the safety of Hanaba Masayuki, Hideka handed over his doctor, samurai Ogase Hidemasa, to Hanaba Masayuki, and asked him to prepare enough medicines in advance to ensure the safety of Hanaba Masayuki.

The Xiu family couldn't imagine what would happen to this 1w3 army if the frontline flower house was down, and they always hoped that the new retainers could grow up as soon as possible.

Saying goodbye to Hanabou Masayuki and others, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and others who had stayed in Kyoto also left one after another, and the ruling power of the entire Kyoto was handed over to Toyotomi Hidecho.

However, Toyotomi Hideaga is not in good health, so in fact, small matters are discussed and decided by the Hide family and Gamo clan together, while major matters are quickly passed to Hideyoshi by using the flying feet on the road for him to decide.

Taking advantage of this short period of time, Hideka went to Osaka and met Kane Ukita who came from Takamatsu Castle in Sanuki.

According to the previous plan, 5100 people from Ukita Kane's headquarters were incorporated into the Sixth Army led by Fukushima Masanori, with a total strength of 16200 people, responsible for sweeping Gyeonggi-do.

The land around Wanggyong, Gyeonggi-do is also very fertile. If the Xiu family wants to do business directly with the daimyo in Incheon, Seoul, the best way is to find a trustworthy friend to go with them, and the Ukita Kan family is undoubtedly the best relative of the Xiu family. s Choice.

But to Xiujia's surprise, Quanjia politely declined his request, which was obviously influenced by the military orders issued by Hideyoshi.

Last time, Sakuma Shengzheng was timid about Hideka's request, but now even his cousin Quanjia doesn't seem to be interested.

It wasn't until this moment that the Xiu family suddenly felt that their elder brother was already an independent daimyo, and there was only family friendship left with him.

Hideka could only express respect for their decision, but also said that Hideyoshi would not pursue their decision, he just wanted to give them a good opportunity to do business.

What surprised Hideo in the end was that the two daimyos he had listed as allies finally declined his request, but Kato Kiyomasa and Konishi Yukio, who had nothing to do with him, hardly thought about it. This should be done.

But this may have nothing to do with whether you are an ally or not. This is different from how people think.Governor Konishi and Kato Kiyomasa didn't care about Hideyoshi's military orders, let alone the lives of the Koreans.

For them, dead people have no value. Now that someone pays for living people, they can simply make a deal. Anyway, in their view, North Koreans are no different from livestock.

When the time came to November, Ikeda Terumasa and Mikawa Yoshida Mori Tadomasa, who forwarded letters to Shinano, finally arrived belatedly. Together with them came the Ou Yu daimyos headed by Ogasawara Hidesada.

Satake Yoshinobu and Date Masamune, who have sent many troops in history, were allowed by Hideyoshi to retreat for half a year to Nagoya to stand by because of Ou's reassignment and transfer.

Speaking of which, if the two of them are not convinced by Hideyoshi's handling, it is indeed the best time for them to join forces and make trouble now, taking advantage of the opportunity of the famous people from all over the world to gather in Kyushu, guarding Hideo's family in Kanto and no longer in Kanto.

But it is a pity that Satake Yoshinobu lost his father Satake Yoshishige's decision and dared not have any dissatisfaction with Hideyoshi, who was in full swing, and Date Masamune had already been flattened by two reductions in title.

To say that the brothers Ikeda Teruma and Mori Tadomasa were originally from Nobunaga's surnames, and later they both became Hideyoshi's adopted sons, and the wives they married were both the daughters of Nakagawa Kiyohide. The two can be described as brother-in-law .

In fact, no matter in this life or in history, the relationship between the two people has always been very good.

Coincidentally, one of the two guards the west gate of Tokugawa's house, and the other guards the north of Tokugawa's house. Both are watchdogs that Hideyoshi placed around Tokugawa's house to lock Tokugawa Ieyasu.

What's even more coincidental is that in history, Tadomasa Mori was granted the title of Shinano Kawanakajima, Teruma Ikeda was given the title of Mikawa Yoshida, and in this life the two are reversed.

However, the Xiu family didn't like the two of them very much, and used them more to win over the two, because the Xiu family believed that the two were not people who valued friendship.

The reason is that historically the wives of the two passed away in the 2nd and 3rd years of Bunroku (1593/1594). Not long after that, Ikeda Teruma asked for Tokugawa Ieyasu's widowed daughter Tokuhime, and Mori Tadamasa married Hidecho's adopted daughter, Aiwa, who later became Tomoseiin.

Hideka doesn’t think the history of the two wives is a coincidence, because not long ago in the 20th year of Tensho (1592), Nakagawa Hidemasa, who was entrusted with Harima Miki’s 13 koku, was killed by Korean volunteers because of a falcon, and the Nakagawa family secretary did not mourn Changed by Hideyoshi.

In other words, when the two wives passed away, the Nakagawa family had changed from a middle-class daimyo of 13 shi to an ordinary samurai family without a collar. political value.

What a coincidence!

What's even more ridiculous is that, shortly after the two continued their strings, under the persuasion of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Maeda Toshiie, Nakagawa Hidemasa's younger brother Nakagawa Hidejo was allowed to block the 3 people of the Bungoka Domain in February of the 1594rd year of Bunroku (2). Stone, Zhixing cut it in half.

The historical operations of Mori Tadamasa and Ikeda Teruma made Hideka very incomprehensible, and even kept guard against them. Although Hideka has been pulling in the relationship between the two, Hideka's mentality is limited to the external Winning over, Xiujia doesn't think they are existences that can talk to each other.

If the Xiu family's guess is correct, and Zhongchuan Qingxiu's two daughters really died abnormally under the control of these two brothers-in-law, then the hearts of these two people are really extremely self-interested and ruthless people, who have betrayed each other in history. Yi]'s actions are justifiable.

After all, even the wife who gave birth to his son said that he would kill him if he said he would kill him. How could he care about the so-called Taige's kindness?
In this life, with the help of the Hide family, Nakagawa Kiyohide successfully survived the Battle of Mount Kidake, and the Nakagawa family became the 27 koku daimyo of Aizu, an existence that the two of them could not match.

Judging from the Xiu family's observations over the past few years, and Ju Ji's feedback from the two wives, the attitude of the two is obviously much better than the historical records, which aggravates the Xiu family's respect for the two of them. view.

Therefore, when Tadomasa Mori and Teruma Ikeda accompanied Hidetada Ogasawara to Kyoto with a smile on his face, Hideka did not directly inform the [three allies] of his strategic ideas, and after a warm reception on the surface, Then he privately explained his arrangements to Ogasawara Xiuzhen.

The Xiu family treated Xiuzhen very well, not only gave him the opportunity to plunder and make a fortune in Gangwon Province, but also said that they would give him 500 good horses as a gift.

During the Warring States period, good horses were strategic materials, and 500 good horses were worth 10 guan. This is a number that Ogasawara Hidetada could not make up in [-] years of raising horses in Ou.

As for the source of the horses, of course Xiu's family moved here from Jeju Island.

How do you say that?We are not producers of war horses, we are just porters of nature?
The reason why Xiujia gave Xiuzhen this gift was not only because Xiujia felt that Xiuzhen's pure personality was the most trustworthy partner, but more importantly, it was a special gift from Xiujia to Xiuzhen.

Yes, with Xiuzhen coming to Kyoto, he and the Toyotomi family have important matters to announce.

That is, he will be re-adopted by Toyotomi Hidecho as an adopted son, and he will be named under the name of the Gifu family, using the Miao character [Toyotomi courtier] justifiably!
No matter in history or in this life, Xiuzhen was actually bestowed by Hideyoshi with the surname Hachai Miao and the surnames of Toyotomi's courtiers. Usually, it can only be called "Ogasawara (Yuki)".

This way of giving a surname is similar to recognizing your identity as a distant clan that has been separated. Although it is conducive to the expansion of the clan in legal terms, it does not particularly strengthen the bond of friendship. It is more of an honor.

Only when Xiuji and Xiujia are directly regarded as adopted sons, entered in the genealogy, and allowed to directly display the surname of Toyotomi's courtiers, can they be the real Toyotomi family.

And the gift that Xiuzhen will encounter now belongs to this kind. In this way, he can be regarded as included in the Toyotomi family, but he is hung under the Gifu family tree, and he can be regarded as the cousin of Xiujia and Xiuji.

In history, only Hideyoshi has the habit of adopting adopted sons and giving them to Toyotomi's courtiers. Hidecho did not have such a habit. He just adopted Hideho as his adopted son before his death.

But in this life, he changed his mind, and actually applied to Hideyoshi before Hideyoshi's departure, and proposed to adopt a daimyo who was a suitable age and was friendly with Toyotomi's family.

According to him, he came up with the idea because he had heard rumors that he and Husong were two "handicapped people" and that the entire Gifu family was such a "handicapped person".

In fact, it is not that Hideyoshi has never caught someone who chews his tongue among the people, but what the people say is indeed the truth, even if he is caught, it can't cover up the thoughts in the hearts of the people.

According to Xiuchang, his more important idea is to find a reliable elder brother for Husong after a hundred years.

Xiujia was very puzzled when he heard this reason, isn't his backer not enough?
Is Fengchun 200 million stones the number one name in the world a decoration?

Besides, as long as Hideyoshi is around, who in this world would dare to bully his own son, the heir of the Toyotomi family in Gifu?
But Xiuchang didn't think so, he might think further, he thought of the situation after Hideyoshi's death, and the situation that Husong would be targeted by Hesong.

I have to say that when it comes to treating the next generation, whether it is Humatsu, Hideka or Hideji, Hidecho acts more like a father than Hideyoshi. It is no wonder that the descendants of the Toyotomi family respect him so much.

Finally, under the suggestion of Xiujia, Ogasawara Hideyoshi, who was still on the way in Kanto, was spotted by Xiuchang, and after reporting to Hideyoshi for approval, she confirmed that she would be adopted by Xiuchang as an adopted son.

If it wasn't for Hideyoshi rushing to Nagoya in Kyushu, and it would take at least ten days before Hideyoshi came from Kanto, Hideyoshi would definitely wait for Hideyoshi to arrive in Kyoto, watch Hideyoshi's ceremony with his own eyes before bringing his own The "new nephew" went south happily together.

But even without Hideyoshi present, the ceremony for Toyotomi Hidecho to adopt Hideyoshi this time is still a rare occurrence in recent years.

Although there are no powerful daimyos such as Maeda, Tokugawa, and Uesugi as witnesses, there are Toyotomi Hideke, Hashiba Hidetoshi, Gamo Ujigo, Ikeda Teruma, Mori Tadamasa, Iwaki Ritaka, Akita Miki, Karatsu Nobu, Hori Hideharu, etc. Accompanied by hundreds of thousands of famous names.

In addition, Toyotomi's family including Hideyoshi and Hideyoshi, who were deliberately left behind by Hideyoshi, took the young Tsurumatsu and Ning Ning to watch the ceremony in the next room.

It can even be said that most of the famous people from the east of Never Breakthrough attended this special ceremony.

Hidecho's son-in-law, Toramatsu, is seated on the right, below are the various daimyos led by the Hide family and Gamo clan, in the middle is Ogasawara Hidetada who is kneeling and waiting for arrangements, and outside are many retainers of the Gifu family and the Ogasawara family .

Finally, under the anticipation of everyone, Xiuchang, supported by his attendants, completed the ceremony with difficulty.

Because he thought the name Xiuzhen was very good, and [zhen] meant loyalty to faith and principles, Xiuchang did not change his name, but wrote down the words Xiuzhen, a courtier of Feng Chen, on a piece of paper with difficulty. give up.

Don't look at how Xiuchang writes Xiuzhen's name crookedly now, in fact Xiuchang's calligraphy in the past was very beautiful, but now it's just that his hands and feet are uncoordinated after a stroke, even so, he still insists on writing for Xiuzhen personally Title].

Later, with the help of the Xiu family, Xiuchang replaced the black hat on Xiuzhen's head. So far, Xiuzhen's name has been changed to Toyotomi Xiuzhen, and she has become the adopted son of the Gifu family's Xiuchang, enjoying all the rights and interests with the Gifu family. political gain.

I don't know if you still remember that Xiuzhen was also Xiuji's adopted son.

However, he was sent here as a hostage by Tokugawa Ieyasu at that time, and his experience in the Toyotomi family was not very good. The Toyotomi family clearly did not treat him as a family member, but just a political pawn, and only the Hide family was No, give him care.

Later, he played the most critical role as a political pawn, that is, heir to the Ogasawara family to control this powerful Shinano.

Originally, his usefulness was over, but Hideyoshi still pulled him forward, and now he has become the goalkeeper of Oyu, guarding the existence of the South Gate, and even Hideyoshi trusts him very much.

With the improvement of his political status, he has become particularly important in the entire Japanese daimyo system, but what he lacks may still come from his father's approval.

This is also the reason why his mood changed so much after talking with Tokugawa Ieyasu in detail when he went south with Xiujia last time.

It's just that Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't use him?

Only after going through the trough can Xiuzhen truly understand who treats him best in this world.

And now this man gave him the feeling of home again (the previous time was to marry his sister), and this time he brought the entire Toyotomi family to give him the feeling of home.

Xiuzhen always respected Xiuchang very much, but he never thought that his own father would not recognize him, and in the end it turned out that the Toyotomi family, who was his hostage, accepted him again.

And this time, he is actually the adopted son of the Gifu family, the largest branch of Toyotomi!Toyotomi Hidecho's adopted son!

This made Xiuzhen, who was short of love since she was a child, unable to hold back her tears any longer. Before the ceremony was over, she threw herself into Xiuchang's arms and kept calling "Father".

And Xiuzhen's actions also made Xiuchang feel the long-lost family affection.

(End of this chapter)