Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 679
After calming down, Xiujia and Xiuzhen quickly made their own arrangements. First of all, before Xiuji was punished, Xiuzhen was asked to return to the county area in advance to mobilize and prepare for resistance and assistance.

The Xiu family asked him to take two letters back and hand them over to Fujido Takahu in Fengchun City, asking him to buy arrows, grain and iron cannon bullets in large quantities from now on, and to prohibit the sale of gunpowder and matchlocks.

When necessary, he can directly support Kohachiro as the general of Kanto, and he can act as the commander of the formation to cooperate with Xiuzhen in the battle.

The reason Xiujia didn't go back was because he wanted to use this period of time to control the 5 people who came out of North Korea. If necessary, he could take a boat from Hamgyong Road to Wuhe directly under the banner of taking them home, and then The surprise attack on the empty Kyoto from Wuzuru played a decisive role.

In addition, Hideka sent someone to send a letter to Kamei Tomoki and Yuwa Hisago who were far away in Ezo, asking them to start mobilizing the troops of Ezo, and bring back no less than 1 An army of 2 people and a local tribal servant army of [-].

Yes, all these preparations were hasty, but which rebellion in history was fully prepared?
Compared to Hideyoshi who was completely unprepared, Hideyoshi has been preparing secretly since at least a few years ago. There are many reserves of military equipment and military rations in the past few years. , as long as you follow the plan, you will definitely be able to catch Hideyoshi by surprise.

However, both Xiujia and Xiuzhen did not expect that, after Ishida Mitsunari returned to Kyoto for more than 2 months, they did not receive any news from the Japanese side.

The more there is no news, the more worried Hideyoshi is, afraid that Hideyoshi is secretly preparing for a sudden blow to himself.

Just when the Xiu family was thinking about whether to rule the Kanto side ahead of time, they suddenly received a surprising piece of news, which was actually brought over by Tsusaki Sanzhicheng himself.

"My lord, urgent report from the capital, His Highness Guan Bai died of a stroke!" The Sanzhi Cheng fell down in front of Xiu's family as soon as he saw it, and reported to him in panic.

The Hide family who heard the news sat up abruptly, and asked Tsushaki Sanzhicheng, "When did the news come out? Is His Royal Highness Hideaki in charge of Kyoto now?"

Sudden death from a stroke in this era does not necessarily mean death in the true sense, and it may also express the state of a person in a coma after a stroke with only one breath left.

Of course, Hideka did not ask Tsusaki Sannojo about Hideyoshi's life and death. After all, these are not important compared to the stroke. Even if Hideyoshi does not die this time, it is basically impossible to manage the world.

At this time, I couldn't help but think of the system of five big bosses and five ministers that Toyotomi Hideyoshi had just arranged not long ago. This system can completely enable Toyotomi's family to maintain daily government affairs when Hideyoshi is disabled.

Not to mention that Hideaki is already 13 years old now. In Hideyoshi's view, the legitimacy of his rule is beyond doubt, and Hideaki can definitely take over the world as long as he is educated for a few years.

But what Hideka didn't expect was that Tsusue Sanzhicheng's next words surprised him very much, "This is the strange point, His Highness Toyotomi Nagon seems to be in charge of politics, and the whole Kyoto looks like an enemy Looking like that, the eunuchs have sealed off the entire capital, no one can enter or not."

Under normal circumstances, when the king is seriously ill, the heir will come out to supervise the state affairs. Even though the five big bosses are already considering these matters on their behalf, Xiu Zhao should at least come out as a mascot to stabilize people's hearts.

It's really unbelievable that such a person can't come out like this, "Xiu Zhao didn't come out to govern? When did this happen?"

"About 20 days ago," Tsusue Sannojo responded, "There is one more thing. When I was boarding a boat at Maizuru Port, I accidentally saw Lord Toyotomi returning from North Korea."

The Toyotomi Counselor that Tsusage Sanzhicheng said refers to Toyotomi Hidekatsu who is in charge of the defense line of Gyeongsang-do. After Kobayakawa Hideaki was recalled, he was already the only senior commander in Gyeongsang-do.

It doesn't look like a common thing for him to be recalled suddenly. It almost means that Hideyoshi completely abandoned the defense line of Gyeongsang Province, and it was done without notifying Hamgyong Province and Gangwon Province.

"What exactly does Hideyoshi want to do?" Hideyoshi's heart was full of doubts, "No, the current decision should be made by those big bosses, and it has nothing to do with Hideyoshi's decision."

Although Xiujia didn't know what happened, the weirdness revealed by the source still made Xiujia plan to make preparations in advance.

On the one hand, the Xiu family ordered Tsuzhi Sanzhicheng to further investigate the situation in Kyoto, and on the other hand, they sent people to see off the big names in North Korea at the moment, and asked them to send people to Anbian for a meeting as soon as possible.

After Toyotomi Hidekatsu returned to Japan and Xiuzhen secretly returned to the country, Xiujia was already the most prestigious general in the entire Korean battlefield. Before Hideyoshi made a clear decision on Xiujia, Xiujia had the right to assist other legions of.

Of course, it is impossible for the Tohoku daimyo stationed in Gyeongsang-do to come in person under normal circumstances, but it is still possible to send one or two retainers over to hear what the Xiu family means.

Especially for Hideaki Kobayakawa, who was in charge of the Gyeongsangdo Legion. After the general on his side was recalled, he has not seen a new commander from above. For the time being, the major names under the command of Xiusheng are now with Xiusheng's departure. They have also become confused, and the Xiu family's willingness to stand up at this time is undoubtedly a way to correct their minds.

On the eighth day after Tsusaki Sanzhicheng left, Xiujia was anxiously waiting for the news from Kyoto, but heard that the servants outside came to report to the Ryukyu envoy to give gifts.

Xiujia wondered why the Ryukyu envoys didn't send gifts directly to Fengchun if they wanted to send them, but they had to send them to the North Korean front themselves, but they still summoned them.

I saw someone coming in with two brocade boxes. When Xiu was at the level of the family, he would not open the boxes himself in order to prevent being assassinated.

After an attendant opened it for him, seeing the bewildered expression of the attendant, Hideka curiously asked Satomi Yoshiya, "What's in the box?"

Satomi Yoshiyasu brought the box to Xiujia, and found that it contained a Taigetong flag and an ordinary Wuqitong pattern flag.

Hideyoshi was a little puzzled when he saw this gift. Taige Tong was the banner that Hideyoshi had shown to all the big names before, and wanted to use it after he became the Minister of the Taizheng after he abdicated to Hideaki.

However, because Hideaki is still holding the position of Dai Nayan, and he is still close to Guan Bai, Hideyoshi has been leading Guan Bai and has not abdicated. The so-called Taige Tongwen has only been displayed in a small range.

Since it was designed by Hideyoshi and intended to be used by himself, it is naturally impossible to bestow it on the Ryukyu Domain, and it is also impossible for the Ryukyu Domain to hand it over to Hideo on its behalf. Then the implication of this Taiko tree is worth pondering.

"Two-faced paulownia pattern, what does this mean?" Kagawa Jing, who had replaced his father Xiangchuan Zhijing as a general, looked at the paulownia pattern in the hands of the attendant, completely confused and asked.

The envoy replied, "My princess entrusted someone to bring it out of Kyoto and let me forward it to His Highness, saying that His Highness will understand the meaning of these two flags after seeing these two flags."

"Your princess?"

The envoy replied: "His Royal Highness, Lord Gushan of the Ryukyu Kingdom, is also the concubine of His Royal Highness Guan Bai, called Gu Shanyuan. My princess also sent someone to ask His Highness, does His Highness remember the promise back then?"

The good guy is actually a pawn that Xiujia left beside Hideyoshi more than ten years ago. She has been lurking beside Hideyoshi for many years, and Xiujia has never awakened her.

After so many years, the Xiu family almost forgot that such a person existed, let alone the past between the two of them.

Now after such a reminder to Xiujia, he remembered that there was such a person. Unexpectedly, if this chess piece does not play, it will become a blockbuster, and it will bring out the information from Kyoto at such a critical time.

Hearing the envoy's reply, everyone in the shogunate looked at Xiujia, and Xiujia stared at the two flags and the brocade box repeatedly for a long time.

Combining the current situation, Xiujia suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He suddenly felt that the two flags did not represent Hideyoshi, but two people?

After Hideyoshi retired, the head of Toyotomi's family was undoubtedly Hideaki's, so the five-seven paulownia pattern might represent Hideaki. Hideaki and Hideyoshi were put in a box. Does it mean that the two have been trapped in a box? Is it Kyoto?

But who has the guts?

The Xiu family was thinking about it, but one of the attendants below accidentally dropped the brocade box on the ground. This was a very rude act, so he hurriedly picked up the box and apologized to the Xiu family.

But it was his actions that made Xiujia collude with all logic.

What if this box is not a besieged city, but a coffin?

After all, if it's just a siege, why put the two flags in two boxes?

But if Xiu's previous guess is correct, combined with the current coffin-like box, does it mean that both Hideyoshi and Hideaki have accidents and are now dead?
Thinking of the Hideyoshi's arrival here, the daimyos would not dare to have the slightest disagreement when Hideyoshi was there. After Hideyoshi passed away, Hideaki and the five big brothers still existed, and the Toyotomi family might still be able to live in peace for a long time.

But once something happened to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his chosen successor Hideaki, Shimaru, who was born in 1594, is only 3 years old now!At his age, I'm afraid he can't even be a mascot!

Thinking of this situation, Hideka hurriedly said to Satomi Yoshika, "Go back to Toyoharu right away to get Sado Mamoru and Koriyamaden ready, but don't act ahead of time, and wait for the latest news I bring back.

When passing through Maizuru Port on the way back, I told Suga Masatoshi and Takebu Sanden (Tadataka Hosokawa) who were stationed there to prepare for the return of the army. "

After finishing speaking, he was directly driven outside, and he immediately returned to Japan by clipper.

Hideka felt that this news should not only be known by himself, but that he had to be properly fired. He planned to send someone by boat to inform Toyotomi Hideji who was far away in Nagoya, and see if there would be a leader like him. Back to action in Kyoto.

But what surprised Hideo was that Hidetoshi, who used to be slow in intelligence work, actually got the news in advance this time, as early as 3 days before Hideo got the information from Lord Taniyama, far away in Nagoya Xiuji got the story of what happened in Kyoto.

He directly sent people to notify the big names in North Korea, asking them to lead the army back to Japan.

In fact, the news was brought back by Xiu’s cousin, Ukita Kan’s family. Although I don’t know why Xiuci recalled the troops far away in North Korea, after Xiusheng returned, Xiuci, as Xiuzhao’s generation, had been determined to be the leader of North Korea. The general is gone, and the more than 6 people who are still in Gyeongsang-do have no reason not to obey his orders.

Although I don't know why Xiuci came so punctually this time, when I heard that Xiuci had already taken action, Xiujia suddenly felt abandoned by everyone.

Xiuci retreated from North Korea without notifying himself, so he planned to make himself stand up to the Ming army's offensive when he co-authored it?Why did the Xiu family find out at this moment that the old and young members of the Toyotomi family were so bad?

On the day when the Quan's family brought the news back to Xiuci, Tsushue Sanzhicheng finally rushed to Anbian again, and he brought back the most accurate information from Kyoto.

"My lord! His Highness Guan Bai and Shancheng Da Nayan confirmed that something happened!"

This is the opening remarks of Sanzhicheng Tsuge. He thought he had brought back a piece of top-secret information and was waiting to see Xiujia's surprised expression, but when he saw Xiujia's expression as I expected, he suddenly felt a sense of confusion. Feel.

"How did you die?" Xiujia didn't show the slightest surprise, but calmly asked about the cause of Hideyoshi and Hideaki's death.

Zhezhi Sanzhicheng sorted out his emotions for a while and replied, "I heard that it was about the disposal of His Highness Xiuqiu and the Beizheng Office. His Highness Guan Bai and Yamashiro Dana Yan had a disagreement. His Highness Guan Bai missed and seriously injured Yamashiro Dana Yan!

Afterwards, His Royal Highness Guan Bai sealed off the capital and ordered all the doctors in the capital to come to Juledi for treatment, but after many days, no doctor who entered Juledi came out, so there were rumors in the capital city.

Then I heard that the three big bosses of Zaikyo, Mori, Maeda, and Uesugi, were temporarily summoned in Juledi, and there was news that the big boss Tokugawa who had returned to Suruga was summoned to Beijing.

Later, it seemed that the little drug boy who took the medicine for His Royal Highness Guan Bai came out, saying that Ji Feng had been paralyzed in bed in Guan Bai's palace, but at that time, no one thought that both Guan Bai and Da Nayan had an accident.

But a few days ago, the blockade of Juledi was lifted, the doctors were released, and the news of the two adults' death spread.

Juledi released the news along the way, asking all the big names to go to Osaka to visit the new governor, that is, His Highness Shiwan. "

The Yamashiro Dai Nayan mentioned by Tsushichi Sanzhicheng refers to Hideaki, because there are already 4 Dai Nayan at present, and the daimyos naturally have to distinguish them.

Hideka is called Toyoharu Daiinagon, Hideji is called Gifu Daiinagon, and Tokugawa Ieyasu is called Tokugawa Daiinagon or Suruga Daiinagon. These are distinguished by the location of their residences.

But this kind of distinction is difficult for Xiuzhao, because Xiuzhao does not have his own city, whether it is Juledi or Osaka, he stays with Hideyoshi.

In the end, I don't know who started it, and it evoked the name of Yamashiro Dai Nayan, which is actually not a good name. It means that Xiu Zhao has never left the whole territory of the mountain city where the capital of the country is located.

"Juledi concealed the cause of death of the two highnesses inside, and only claimed that the two highnesses died of illness at the same time, but the doctors who came out after questioning said that they had not seen the doctor of Yamashiro Da Nayan.

Huang Muyi, who was acquainted with Jule Di Nei, was inquired by his subordinates before they knew the real cause of death.My lord, the opportunity is fleeting, so make a decision quickly! "

If there was any expectation about the death of Hideyoshi and Hideaki, Hideo let out a voice in surprise when he heard the cause of death. Why is this story so familiar? It seems that there is a man named Ivan IV on the other side of the sea. The Tsar and Joseon Yeongzu also made stories about killing their sons.

The Xiu family never imagined that the story of the Toyotomi family would take such a dramatic turn.

(End of this chapter)