Prime Minister Bizen

Coming out of the Tokugawa family's mansion, Hideka was still thinking about what Tokugawa Ieyasu said to him just now.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's initiative to show his favor is undoubtedly crucial to Hideka's future planning, but whether Tokugawa Ieyasu is really credible is still a question mark.

The reason why the Xiu family reciprocated to him is actually very simple, one more friend is always better than one more enemy.

The area where Juledi is located is within three main roads from the Imperial Palace, which is equivalent to the third ring road in the urban planning of later generations, and horse riding is prohibited within this area.

And the residence of the Xiu family and the residence of the Tokugawa family also belong to this range. Even with the status of the Xiu family, they need to walk with people when they come and go.

So when the Hide family was about to bring their attendants back, Hide family's attendant Shigeko Hojo took the initiative to report to Hideo, "My lord, Koriyama is here."

As he said that, he looked towards the far corner with his eyes, Xiujia followed his eyes and saw the man at a glance.

At this moment, he is hiding in the corner, trying to hide his figure, but he sticks his head out halfway, which looks really funny.

The Xiu family led everyone up to him, looked at him with a smile and asked, "Why are you hiding here? If you want to see me, just report to my residence."

Toyotomi Xiuzhen looked like a child who did something wrong in front of the Xiu family, she lowered her head and actively followed behind him, until she heard the Xiu family's inquiry, she then asked the Xiu family, "I heard people say Brother, you went to the Tokugawa family's mansion early this morning, haven't you and Tokugawa always been at odds? Why did you suddenly take the initiative to visit today?"

Hearing the question Feng Chenxiuzhen asked him, Xiujia stopped in his tracks and looked left and right, then deliberately raised his voice and shouted to the left and right, "No one else, just chatting about tea."

"Talk about tea?" Not only Xiuzhen, but also some people hiding in the shadows showed puzzled expressions.

However, Xiujia continued to raise his voice and said, "Your Highness Tokugawa doesn't like to drink boiled tea anymore when he comes in. He heard that I am quite proficient in Ming tea, so ask me for advice and buy some Ming tea from me!"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi's face was darkened by this answer, and she said quite speechlessly, "Although, brother, you don't need to say it so loudly when you explain to me, my ears are almost deaf."

After finishing speaking, he patted his ears helplessly, trying to break the cavity.

Seeing him like this, Xiujia smiled and continued to say in an octave-high tone, "What? You also want to ask me for advice and sell tea? But I've given it to Tokugawaden right now!
In this way, you come back to the mansion with me, I still have some top quality tea in my mansion, you will never regret it. "

After finishing speaking, he took Xiuzhen's hand and walked towards his mansion with a very friendly expression.

After the two sat down, the Xiu family signaled the left and right attendants to go out, and the attendants naturally understood what the Xiu family meant, and they would help the Xiu family clean up the guys hiding in the dark.

After a while, a voice came from outside saying, "My lord, the outside is already clear. I'll wait 10 meters away."

It was only at this moment that Xiujia added a cup of tea for Toyotomi Hideyoshi and said, "I didn't take the initiative to contact Tokugawa Ieyasu, he came to test me first."

Then he relayed to Toyotomi Xiuzhen the meaning of the two people's exchange in the Tokugawa Mansion in the morning.

After hearing that Tokugawa Ieyasu contacted Hideo on his own initiative and revealed his intention to form an alliance, Toyotomi Hideyoshi showed a strange tranquility, frowning and not seeing her express his opinion for a long time.

After a long time, he asked Xiujia, "Why does Your Highness Tokugawa want to unite with you, brother?"

Regarding this question, Hideo also asked Tokugawa Ieyasu in the morning, and Hideka asked even more precisely, directly asking Tokugawa Ieyasu Hideyoshi what he saw when he summoned him?
But Tokugawa Ieyasu replied, "Everything is business as usual."

Since Tokugawa Ieyasu was unwilling to give an answer, when Xiuzhen asked herself this question, she could only shrug her shoulders helplessly and said, "Everyone can see that Toyotomi's family is not connected. That's not surprising."

"But I don't think the Tokugawa family can be trusted! Elder brother, you should keep your eyes open and see clearly."

Xiujia glanced at Toyotomi Hideyoshi, after all, he is Tokugawa Ieyasu's own son, and hearing the words that the Tokugawa family is not trustworthy from his mouth was really unexpected.

"Brother may not know that the Tokugawa family has always regarded you as an enemy. When we returned to Luozhong from the northeast, Tokugawa Danayan asked me to tell me what he meant by wanting me to guard you with me." .

It turns out that he has taken the initiative to join forces with you now, which seems a little weird anyway.If Tokugawa and Toyoharu's family join forces, how will the world be dealt with after the Toyotomi family's world is conquered?Is it possible to come out of Junyuan Sanwei like the Cheongju League back then? "

When Hideka and Hideyoshi returned to Kyoto after disposing of the Tohoku, they stayed overnight in the Suruga Castle of the Tokugawa family. Back then, Ieyasu Tokugawa warmly entertained the two Hideka.

But after leaving Suruga Castle, the Hide family felt that Xiuzhen's attitude was ambiguous for a while, but the specific reason was unknown, after all, it was Suruga Castle, the hometown of the Tokugawa family, and it was inconvenient for the Hide family to investigate the secrets. .

Today, this secret was finally revealed by Xiuzhen herself. It turned out that Tokugawa Ieyasu played an emotional card on Xiuzhen after hearing that Xiuzhen was transferred to Iwayo, and wanted to unite with the North and South to suppress the Xiu family.

"Tokugawa Dana said that this person is full of selfish desires, and he abandoned me like a shoe, and later he took the initiative to welcome me, saying that I was young and did not know government affairs, and wanted to arrange for me some family members to manage the territory for me.

That's all for the land of Shinano, and this person who went to Koriyama later had such an idea. Besides, it seems that I am just a tool that can be used.If he treats his parents and children like this, will you treat him sincerely?

Besides, as a younger brother, I really want to say that if you need Feng Tianjing to send troops to Luo in the future, you must pass through the territory of Donghai Dechuan.With Tokugawa Danayan's disposition, are you really relieved to entrust your back to him? "

Hideka didn't expect that the retainers who joined forces with Tokugawa Ieyasu hadn't expressed their opinions yet, and Toyotomi Xiuzhen, who was Tokugawa Ieyasu's parent and son, expressed the most resistance.

Xiujia looked at his younger brother with surprised eyes, but quickly turned his eyes back and said to him, "I know what you said, but even if it's a tactic to delay the attack, one more friend is better than one more enemy, isn't it?" ?
As long as the Tokugawa family does not fight against me in the early stage, we can rely on the Toyoharu-Koriyama-Tokugawa alliance to coerce more daimyos to join in. When the power is strong enough, even if he Tokugawa Ieyasu wants to reverse It is time to weigh the balance of power between the two sides. "

After listening to Xiujia's explanation, Xiuzhen nodded to show her understanding, but then he asked Xiujia curiously about the conditions offered by the Tokugawa family.

He had grown his mouth when he heard the request for 40 shi from Mikawa and Kai, and he was obviously very surprised by the bargaining chip offered by Hideka, not to mention that Hideka still had the Shinano Hankoku 30. Wan Shi's sealed.

"Brother, do you really want to add 40 shi to the Tokugawa family? At that time, the Tokugawa family will be a big name with 120 million shi! The key is in such a crucial position on the Tokaido!"

"If it can be exchanged for the sincere alliance of the Tokugawa family, such a bargaining chip is not expensive, is it?"

"Isn't it expensive?" Toyotomi Xiuzhen said in surprise, "This is a direct seal of 5% of its territory! Brother, why did you agree to such a condition from the Tokugawa family?"

Hideyoshi was mentally prepared for his surprise, such a conferment is rare in Japanese history, that is, only Toyotomi Hideyoshi had such an operation on Hideji and Hideya.

Of course, Toyotomi Xiuzhen also expressed her worries to the Xiu family: "If everyone asks for such a conferment from you, brother, I am afraid that Japan's territories are not enough to confer rewards, right?"

"It depends on who contributes more and who contributes less. If there is a real contribution, why not give such a reward?" Xiujia explained to Xiuzhen with a smile
"Have you ever heard a saying called 'The greater the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish'?" Xiujia said, looking in the direction of Juledi outside and continued, "The wind and rain are coming, and this Lake Piwa will not be quiet either."

Just as Xiujia sighed, the wind and rain are coming soon.

Not long after the meeting between Xiujia and Xiuzhen, Hideyoshi asked all the daimyos in Kyoto to join the Juledi discussion.

Many of the big names present had not seen Hideyoshi for a long time, but they had heard a lot of gossip around them. Now that they heard Hideyoshi summoned, they finally saw the real face of this world, and they were somewhat curious.

However, what even Hideyoshi didn't expect was that Hideyoshi actually covered his head with a turban this time, and even Hideaki sat at the bottom of his right hand instead of sitting directly next to Hideyoshi as in the past.

And Toyotomi Hideji, who was punished behind closed doors before, also appeared in the banquet today. Obviously, Hideyoshi's decision today will definitely not be simple.

"I asked everyone to come here today, not for other things, just to announce a few things to everyone." Hideyoshi sat on the imperial steps, looked indifferently at the people below and said, "The first thing is to ask everyone to come again. Sign this new oath to promise that you will be as loyal to Xiu Zhao as I am from now on."

As Hideyoshi's words fell, the attendants of Toyotomi's family handed over several affidavits to the following daimyos.

With so many daimyo under Hideyoshi, one affidavit would definitely not be able to fit, so naturally they would be divided into different affidavits according to their ranks, and those of the Xiangxiu family would naturally be ranked first. at the forefront.

The order and personnel of the signatures here are almost related to the level of the daimyo's ruling power in the Toyotomi family under the Toyotomi family system in the future, so it is particularly eye-catching.

However, it was Mori Terumoto who took over the affidavit first, which caused question marks in everyone's minds.

After Mori Terumoto came Maeda Toshiie and Tokugawa Ieyasu. After the old turtle signed, Hideyoshi pointed to Hideyoshi and said, "Let Hachiro sign next."

If the previous order had been set long ago, the attendants would just have to sign one by one according to the order ordered before, and there was no need for Hideyoshi to say it alone.

Obviously, the order of Hideyoshi's signature in the original plan was not here, and Hideyoshi brought it up on a whim.

The Xiu family took the oath and glanced at it briefly. There was nothing special about it. It was nothing more than a statement that they wanted to be loyal to Xiu Zhao, and if they betrayed it, they would be struck with a thunderbolt.

The Xiu family signed the affidavit calmly, and there was no hesitation or inner turmoil in the Xiu family during the whole process.

After everyone signed the pledge, the affidavit was confiscated, and Hideyoshi glanced at it to make sure it was correct, and then continued, "Even if I die, I will take this affidavit down below, and I will see with my own eyes whether you have kept the oath." .

Next, you have to sign another copy and hand it over to Xiu Zhao and the others to keep it. If anyone dares to disobey in the future, he will be accused of being an enemy of the dynasty and punished by the whole world! "

To be honest, Hideyoshi is a young man of the new era who has been educated in materialism, so he will not believe in Hideyoshi's so-called theory of ghosts and gods.

Let’s not talk about how many dirty things you Hideyoshi have done, whether the ghosts and gods will let you go up to claim your life after you go down, judging from the operation of the Tokugawa family’s invasion of the Toyotomi family in history, your threats from Hideyoshi are probably ineffective.

So on the second affidavit, the Xiu family still signed his name without hesitation.

So far, it can be said that the whole evaluation is quite harmonious. It may be common for everyone to be familiar with Hideyoshi's request for the affidavit, and they did not show any special surprise at his consecutive request for two copies.

Everyone thought that after everyone signed the oath according to Hideyoshi's wishes, the atmosphere in Daihiroma would be slightly better.

However, Hideyoshi's expression suddenly changed after collecting these affidavits, and became more indifferent, with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Jinwu Koriyama!" Hideyoshi suddenly called out Xiuzhen's name, which shocked everyone present.

In the past, most of the evaluations that Xiuzhen participated in were for soy sauce. He never thought that one day he would be directly named by Xiuji.

"Yes, my subject is here." After Xiuzhen was called by Xiuji, she took a small step to the middle of the aisle, knelt down to bow to Xiuji, and waited for his arrangement.

Hideyoshi asked Xiuzhen in a stern tone: "It has been more than four months since you ordered the Northeast daimyos to mobilize troops to North Korea. How many troops have you organized now? What a shortfall!"

"Reporting to His Highness Guan Bai, last winter was terribly cold, and there was heavy snowfall throughout the Northeast. Communication between countries was interrupted, so the mobilization time was delayed. I have started since the heavy snow eased a little."

However, before Xiuzhen's defense was over, Hideyoshi rudely interrupted his self-defense, and reprimanded him, "There are still more than 3000 people in your regiment, right? Nanbu, Qingjin, Andong, Date Waiting for the daimyo to arrive at the formation on time to assemble, right?"

"Uh this"

Xiuzhen was left speechless by Hideyoshi, but Hideyoshi's lesson was not over yet. "Why haven't you mobilized the troops of the Northeast daimyo Gamo's family who have been recruited? Do you still dare to say that you are capable of commanding?"