Prime Minister Bizen

Time soon came to the end of the third year of Wenlu.

In order to welcome the arrival of the daimyo envoy, the streets of Osaka Castle Town have been washed with clean water, and then paved with yellow sand, which looks very grand.

No matter how long Hideyoshi stayed in Kyoto after becoming Guanbai, Osaka Castle will always be the home of the Toyotomi clan.

The envoys of the Ming Dynasty were Yang Fangheng as the chief envoy and Shen Weijing as the deputy envoy. The North Korean side appointed Huang Shen as the chief envoy of correspondence and Park Changhong as the deputy envoy.

Although there are only a few envoys whose names are listed above, there are actually hundreds of people in the team.They boarded 6 ships from Kyushu directly to the port of Osaka Castle Town, and unloaded a mountain of cargo from the ships.

Naturally, the envoys who came to read the imperial decree would not bring so many followers, and a large number of them were maritime merchants from the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang.

Since the start of the Wanli Korean War, the trade between Tomorrow has been cut off, and Japan's most in-demand goods, brown sugar, samurai swords and other materials, have almost lost their source.

You have to know that in ancient society, sugar and salt were absolute economic crops, even the inferior brown sugar extracted from beets could be sold at a high price.

In fact, Xiujia has already promoted the planting of sugarcane in Ryukyu. After the scale is formed, it can extract sucrose on a large scale. After refining, it will be an excellent rock sugar. How can its value be compared with brown sugar?
In fact, in the past, the brown sugar trade in Ezo was directly conducted by the Seto family in Okayama Town and Ming merchants. However, shortly after the Xiu family transferred the Kanto, the Korean War broke out.

Now that the peace talks were over and they went to Okayama Town, they found that things were different, and they could not find the Masami of the Seto family. They had no choice but to come to Osaka-Sakai, the largest port in Japan, for help.

But it's a pity that the sedan chair was closed, and Xiu's family couldn't see the princess's face clearly just through the window.

Xiujia was making fun of Xiuci at this moment, but Xiuzhen couldn't laugh at all.

Since Hideyoshi's death, Hideo can clearly feel that he is being pushed out of the center of Japanese politics by Hideyoshi.

Xiujia followed behind Nawu, and even squeezed into a good position, where he could closely observe the envoy disembarking and the sailors carrying the cargo.

"Has the knowledge and deeds owed to you by Guan Bai's family ever decreased? Has the corresponding etiquette of your consultation ever been reduced?

In fact, everyone knows that even if Xiuci came back on time, he would still go to the side rooms.

Seeing Xiu's family rushing back slowly, Xiuzhen eagerly stepped forward and grabbed Xiu's hand and said, "My good brother, His Highness Guan Bai is meeting with Ming envoys in Osaka City, and even went to Gamo's Township, but you and I If you didn't go, why are you in a hurry?"

Hideyoshi was already impatient with the Ming envoy's arrival, and after hearing that the Ming envoy had come ashore, he personally met several people, including the North Korean envoy.

"Ah, it's a peace negotiation. I mean, the two of us are very likely to be ordered by my lord father to serve as generals who guard the two North Korean princes and return to the court. Then we are ordered to go to Jianzhou to help Daming attack Jurchen."

[It is Hideyoshi himself who is inciting public opinion and preparing for the change of the Gifu Domain. 】

Xiujia looked behind him and found that the Ming Dynasty official in scarlet robe who had cursed in Wu dialect was also among them, followed by a sedan chair.

Xiujia half-jokingly replied: "Ju Ji is a hot commodity, I have to lock this beauty for my good brother as soon as possible."

In the past six months, people in Kyoto have been exaggerating the absurd things done by the lord of the Gifu domain, Hidehisa, which is very unusual.

"The Mogami family, you can go there again in a while." The Xiu family picked up the teacup and took a sip and said.

After chatting with Nawu in Osaka, the business show family returned to Osaka Castle. When they were about to enter the city, they heard the voice of a samurai behind him maintaining order and repelling pedestrians.

What the Hide family said spread slightly among daimyo wives. According to Kikuhime, it was Toyotomi Hideji's wife Wakagozen who revealed in the previous tea party with his wife that he and Hideji hadn't done anything for a long time.

But what made Xiujia even more curious was that the reason why Shen Weijing came to Osaka just now was because of this princess, how dare he call the princess "bitch" in Wu dialect in front of so many wise people.

Who else knows how to fight better than His Highness Toyotomi Hideka, who is "unparalleled in the world"?Hideyoshi has enough reasons to send Xiujia to North Korea, and even Xiuzhen can be sent away together.

When the Hide family returned to Ninomaru's mansion in Osaka, Toyotomi Hidetada had already been waiting here for a long time.

Hearing that the Princess of the Ming Dynasty was in the sedan chair behind, Xiujia opened her mouth in surprise, and moved her body to the side of the road.Because he wanted to see the true face of the princess of the Ming Dynasty.

"Of course not." Xiujia blew on the hot tea in his hand, and said again with a shallow mouthful, "After the Aozhou official position, the highest family is the largest foreign domain in the Northeast. It is good for you and me to win him over."

But if this is true, then the Xiu family can really enjoy themselves for a while.

Coincidentally, the Xiu family happened to be discussing business with the boss of Nawu, and when they heard that Ming Chuan was coming, they also went to Anbian to join in the fun.

As the official receiving on the Japanese side, Toyotomi Hideji led Gamo's village to welcome Konishi Governor, Shen Weijing and others on the shore. The whole scene was so harmonious and lively, as if the three parties had never fought a war in the past two years.

Hearing Xiu's answer, Xiuzhen asked in surprise, "What? My family doesn't care about us at all, aren't you just licking your face to find yourself uncomfortable?"

It turned out that Hideyoshi followed Xiujiu Yuanfu, but Hideyoshi did not choose a wife for Xiujiu for a long time. As the elder brother, Xiuzhen took the initiative to start looking for a wife for Xiujiu.

However, with the lessons learned from testing Hideo and Hideyoshi before, Hideyoshi wanted to change the Gifu family and could only send them away, and wait until the two came back to create an established fact, so that even if the two complained, there was no way to change the result.

Xiujia didn't understand the reason, but Xiujia saw it like a mirror.

But now is not a good time. After all, the Gifu family and Toyoharu family were isolated by Hideyoshi, so that the foreign clan could not understand Hideyoshi's attitude.

"Be careful what you say. This is Osaka. Don't forget about the past of Hachisuka's family." Xiujia heard Xiuzhen slander Hideyoshi in Osaka. Even though this is the residence of Xiujia, there is no guarantee that there will be no spies.

After all, the Gifu Domain was once the leader of Hidechoden, and the Fengchun Domain was the leader of Hideyoshi's dearest and best son, Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi suddenly changed his attitude towards the two after the Korean War. It would be very difficult to conduct political manipulation rashly Potentially increased political risk.

Xiujia curiously asked the warriors in Huangmuyi who were leading the way: who is behind.

The samurai replied, "It's Mr. Shen, the deputy envoy of the Ming Dynasty and His Royal Highness the Princess of the Ming Dynasty."

There are 3 gun ports on the side of each Fuchuan ship, but it seems that the artillery has been retracted at this moment, and its fierce light has not been exposed.

In fact, there were only a few companies he was looking for, and most of them were big names from the Eastern Kingdom.It happened that Yoshimitsu Mogami's favorite Komahime and Hidehisa were about the same age, so he intended to win over the Gifu family and the Mogami family.

After eliminating all impossibilities, the final answer, no matter how incredible, is the answer that comes closest to being right.

Hideya doesn't want Hideku to be changed. After all, Hideku sits in Noo, and after Hideyoshi dies, he can attack Hideka on both sides. Then Tokugawa Ieyasu will see how you die!
Hideyoshi can see this, but Hideyoshi cannot fail to see it, so Hideyoshi's determination to change the Gifu Domain is very strong.

It is a pity that Xiujia, Xiuzhen and Xiujiu were not invited by Hideyoshi to attend, so only Hideyoshi could play such an obvious political target.

In order to load Mingshang's goods, these six Fuchuan ships are all large ships with more than 6 materials, and the Japanese Ataka ship is like a little brother beside him.

It's just that they don't know that the brown sugar sold by Osaka-Sakai is only a small part.Since the outbreak of the Wanli Korean War, the main task of Seto Jiazheng's seagoing ships was to transport supplies and then transport them back to the population. There were no extra warehouses to load goods such as brown sugar that were not connected with Ming merchants.

But he quickly sorted out his expression, smiled and said that there was something to be dealt with on board, and then went to Osaka after the deal was over, and then stood in place and sent Toyotomi Hideji and others away.

Of course, he attributed all this to the fact that Xiu Ci worked hard for His Highness Guan Bai, leaving early and returning late all day long.

After the trouble, the man seemed to be still angry, and turned back to the cabin with a few entourages.

"Enter the court again?" Hearing this answer, Xiuzhen finally sat down, and asked cautiously from the front of Xiu's family, "Isn't it a peace negotiation?"

They didn't dare to sternly demand to give way to the Xiu family who was protected by more than a dozen attendants and warriors, but they also sent people to ask the Xiu family whether they could go as soon as possible or temporarily step aside.

The Xiu family also wanted to leave, after all, there was nothing to see here.The reason why he stopped was because he heard his native dialect in a foreign land, so he couldn't help but stop and stare.

When Toyotomi Hideagashi and the others gradually left, the scarlet-robed official just now cursed at the young man in Wu dialect, "Ze Te Nian Bi e ~ move to snuggle to Shanen, to be a bitch to fuck. "

"Isn't this a good thing?" The Xiu family handed over their swords to the attendants, and under the service of the attendants, they took off the regular clothes that had just been handed out, and changed into another one before saying.

Since the real things have not changed, and you don't need to do things, why can't you take time off to play chess and falcon hunting with me, and enjoy the joy of life that a daimyo can only have?
Don't you want to be like Xiuci, go to work for His Royal Highness Guan Bai without touching the ground every day, leave early and return late every day, so that you can't handle your own family affairs? "

On one side is the main wife of the 108 million stone daimyo Gifu family, and on the other is the concubine of the 80 stone Kita no Sho family. You, Mogami Yoshimitsu, have the nerve to use them together to draw an equal sign. Do you want Xiuzhen to listen to her uncle?

"It's already this time, brother still thinking about this?"

Xiujia just saw something interesting and was in a good mood, so she replied with a smile, "I don't invite you, why are you in a hurry."

The pride of the people in the Ming Dynasty was very high. The Zhu family represented by the princess and the prince represented the daimyo.

Although his official position and Kanto territory have not changed, Hideyoshi has indeed not asked himself for advice for a long time.

"Of course I know this well, so I will take the initiative to discuss it with Mogami Yoshimitsu, but he doesn't agree with me at all." Xiuzhen said angrily.

You must know that before, these two families were unattainable objects of marriage, how could they be reduced to the bottom where even their wives are willing to marry?
Mogami Yoshimitsu refused at first on the grounds that Komagee was young, and Zai Xiuzhen said that he could get engaged. When both parties were 15 and got married, Mogami Yoshimitsu said that Toyotomi Hideji also came to marry Komagee, and now the Gifu family also came here would bother him very much.

The brown sugar in Osaka and Sakai was brought back by traveling merchants after Ezo was transported to Kanto, and the price has more than doubled.This is the case around the sun, and it is still a sought-after item among the upper-level daimyos.

The people in Osaka flocked to Anbian just like the people in Edo saw the black ship 200 years later, wanting to observe such a huge ship.

In fact, the Hide family knew best in their hearts that Mogami Yoshimitsu was unwilling to marry his daughter to Hideji, and if he had to choose, it would definitely be the main wife of the Gifu family Hidehisa.

But looking at it another way, this may be a good thing. It shows that everything in Japan is going well and the people are happy. Hideyoshi has no idea of ​​wanting to go to war abroad. Not a good thing.

You must know that the Gifu Domain is the most important branch of Toyotomi's family, and Hidehisa is Hideyoshi's biological son. How could Hideyoshi let such stories of slandering his son spread in Kyoto?Do Hideyoshi's ninjas eat dry rice?

After a short exchange of greetings, Toyotomi Hideji signaled Akishisuki to go to Osaka by himself, where Hideyoshi was already preparing to meet everyone.

Also present were Toyotomi Hideji, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Uesugi Kekatsu, Maeda Toshiie, Mori Terumoto, Kobayakawa Takakage and Gamo Ujigo.

"Even the foreign vassals went, but among the four Toyotomi families, only two of us were not invited. Does this still count us as a family?"

"At this time, at that time." Xiujia replied calmly, "If you go again after a while, your attitude will be different. Also, be prepared, you and I may enter the court again."

Suddenly, Xiujia thought keenly, isn't it said in history that Shen Weijing wanted to marry Hideyoshi with a brothel girl as a princess of the Ming Dynasty?
Today's historical line has changed, and there is no successful plan in history. Is it really going to happen in this life?
The Xiu family didn't think about it carefully, and the person Shen Weijing scolded earlier might not be the noble princess, all of this might be the Xiu family's wild guess, and the Xiu family treated him as a fun after dinner.

Xiujia believes that after tonight, many people will have a deep memory of the huge Mingchuan. Coupled with the outstanding combat effectiveness shown in the previous naval battle, this time may not be an armed demonstration.

After hearing this, Xiuzhen wanted to get mad on the spot, but fortunately she held back in the end.

"why is that?"

And if they want to separate the two, after tomorrow's peace talks, the Japanese army is invited to invade the Jurchen, which is a very good opportunity.

Most people's gazes followed the movement of Toyotomi Hideji and the Ming envoy, while some continued to observe the Ming ship docked at sea from a distance.

Not to mention that Shen Weijing, as an official, shouldn't call the princess contemptuous, it's no problem for the people nearby to hack Shen Weijing to death with a knife after hearing the excitement.

Just when the envoy was about to leave with Toyotomi Hideji, a servant ran out from the cabin. He hurried to whisper a few words to an official in scarlet robes, and the official's expression changed instantly.

However, it may be that Hideyoshi's previous political pertinence was too strong, which made many daimyos avoid Toyoharu and the Gifu family.

If the two of them refuse even this time, then the face between Hideyoshi and the Gifu and Toyoharu families will be completely torn apart.

Now Hideyoshi has just experienced the "victory" of the Korean War, and his prestige is at its peak, coupled with the deliberate isolation of Gifu and Toyoharu, it is difficult for the two families to find political and military allies.

If they were to tear their skins apart with Hideyoshi at this time, even if the strength of the two families were combined, they would definitely not be Hideyoshi's opponent.

After thinking about all this, the Xiu family already had a plan in mind.

Since being dismissed is about to become a fait accompli, Xiujia would rather choose the latter in terms of passive expenses and active self-recommendation, at least he can use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate some conditions with Hideyoshi.