Prime Minister Bizen

Xiujia's strong attitude at the scene put a lot of pressure on everyone present.

In recent years, Hideyoshi has been responding to Hideyoshi's oppression with a relatively weak attitude. Many big names, including Hideka's former allies Ikeda Teruma, Nagamunebu Nobuki, and others no longer take it seriously.

But at this moment, when they looked at Xiu's family here, they realized that the man in front of them was very different from the one who bowed his head and ears in front of Guan Bai before.

Terumoto Mori, Motocho Yoshikawa, Nobuchi Nagamune and others looked at Hideo from casualness to panic. They suddenly saw the appearance of the boy who had ravaged them in Hideo.

Although Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't look at Hideo, the thoughts in his eyes couldn't be stopped.

Nearly 10 years of groveling made the daimyos forget the title of "Unparalleled World" confirmed by Hideyoshi himself; when he was young, he inherited the name of his father, Ukita, who shocked the Western Kingdom; Hojo; and finally established His Royal Highness Toyoharu Dai Nayan who unified the Toyoharu family!
Horio Yoshiharu slowed down for a while before he calmed down and presided over: "Then, let's start the peace negotiation. The two parties should have had an idea on the general framework of the peace negotiation conditions before, so it's better to say it frankly now. In order to show respect, Let’s start with Osaka.”

As soon as Horio Yoshiharu's voice fell, Ishida Mitsunari said, "Our conditions are very clear. His Highness Shuri is the head of the Toyotomi family, and Sekibai's status is unquestionable. The current situation is all caused by His Highness Gifu's willful actions. .

We are willing to give the daimyo of this rebellion a chance to be lenient."

Before Ishida Mitsunari finished speaking, Masanori Fukushima, who was sitting across from him, said to him, "Jibu, who knows what kind of movement you have made in private.

Why did His Highness Guan Bai and Shancheng Palace keep the accident secret?Why didn't the document who sent us an inquiry respond!If everything is really normal and reasonable, why are there so many unusual operations! "

Ishida Mitsunari turned his head to one side, and responded quite disdainfully: "I don't want to answer the question of Hashiba (Fukushima)'s attendant, please clarify your identity first. You are a retainer of the Toyotomi family, why should you ask your master?" Arrangements at home!"

In fact, he didn't know why the capital kept the funeral secret. He only received the news later and returned from North Korea in a hurry.

After returning, Chacha gave the answer that before Hideyoshi's sudden death, she ordered her to delay Hideyoshi's death by keeping the funeral secret, so as to give time for their respective political arrangements.

This answer sounds reasonable, but judging from Chacha's various operations at the end, it doesn't look like an operation that a political master like Hideyoshi would play.

But Ishida Mitsunari was just a courtier, he served Hideyoshi before, and after Hideyoshi originally wanted to serve Hideaki, but now that both of them are dead, serving Shimaru is also what he should have meant, so he didn't continue to ask.

Masanori Fukushima has always had a violent temper, and he has always been very unhappy to see Ishida Mitsunari. Now that Ishida Mitsunari has pissed him off, he will naturally return.If it weren't for the negotiating field now, and there are boss-level missions here, he would go up with his fists.

Seeing that the situation was tense, Hideka knocked on the tatami mats to signal the surroundings to be quiet, and then said, "I was also puzzled by what the Kyoto side did at the beginning, but what Ishida Osamu said was right. After all, this was arranged by the lord's family. Don't use a persuasive tone to ask, I hope Yuchai (Fukushima) attendant will keep this in mind."

Masanori Fukushima is a master who bullies the weak and fears the strong. He will lose his temper with Ishida Mitsunari. When have you ever seen him lose his temper with Hideyoshi?
He didn't dare to lose his temper with Hideyoshi in the past, but now he doesn't dare to lose his temper with Hideyoshi. When he saw Hideyoshi criticize him, he responded humbly: "Yes".

The same is true of accusing him, without the slightest arrogance that he was about to swing Ishida Mitsunari's fist just now!

"Ishida Osamu said that this matter is a matter of the lord's family, and the people below should not ask. But under the Toyotomi system, the five big bosses are in power. You don't need to tell the attendant Hashiba, but you must tell the people around me.

The matter of Guan Bai is both a family matter and a state matter. I think the famous people in the world are also very concerned about what His Highness Guan Bai explained before his death, and how His Highness Guan Bai passed away.

Of course, if you feel that some things are not suitable for you to say here, you can also choose to explain to the five big brothers after the peace talks. "

Ishida Mitsunari was not with Hideyoshi before his death, so he didn't know anything about Hideyoshi's confession.He turned to look at Maeda Genyi and Katagiri Kamoto beside him for help.

But Maeda Genyi obviously didn't want to answer this question by looking up at the sky, and Katagiri Kamoto shook his head at him, meaning he didn't know either.

It is understandable that Maeda Xuan didn't know, after all, he is a foreign minister.But Katagiri Kazumoto is the writing on the near side, he is the minister of Hideyoshi's courtiers, how could he not know about Hideyoshi's death?

Now Ishida Mitsunari realized that he hurried back to Kyoto, and he didn't understand many things. At that time, he didn't care about it, and now he also finds that this matter is a bit strange.

Seeing the performance of the three, Xiujia thought it was funny, and said in a teasing tone: "What? Don't the three adults know? Then they fought in Jingyou in such a daze, and then why didn't they know about the war? Then who Do you know? Lady Yodo in Osaka Castle?"

Hearing that the Hideo family didn't even know why they were fighting, Ishida Mitsunari directly retorted: "The ministers and others gathered the army in the name of the Toyotomi family, and the reason why they raised troops was because His Highness Gifu raised the rebellious flag in Kyushu. Raising troops to quell the rebellion for the family is the right thing to do!"

"Really? Your father suddenly died suddenly, and even Ichimasa (Kamoto Katagiri) didn't hear your father's last words. Who will arrange the crusade against His Highness Gifu?" Hideka heard Ishida Mitsunari's reply, and directly replied. "Under the Toyotomi regime, the five big bosses make decisions, the third middle-aged and elders arbitrate, the fifth follow what they know and do, and the ten people supervise."

"Ishida Zhibu kept saying that he was ordered to raise troops. Let me ask whose order you were given?" Hideka said, turning to look at the five big men beside him and said, "May I ask if you, my lords, participated in the meeting of raising troops, and Mortgage certificate on the paperwork?"

As he spoke, Xiujia took out a mobilization order and unfolded it in front of everyone. The pressed flower on it was the mobilization order for Yamashiro State signed by Maeda Genichi.

The reason why Xiujia used this matter to press Ishida Mitsunari was because he had already asked several big shots in advance.

Hideyoshi's death was strange and sudden. At that time, Tokugawa Ieyasu had just returned to Kai for summer vacation, and Uesugi Kagekatsu applied to Hideyoshi to return his skills due to territorial issues.

Asano Nagamasa had just been announced for his appointment, and none of them rushed over in Ibaraki. The only five big bosses in Kyoto were Mori Terumoto and Maeda Toshiie, but both of them denied that they had given the order to mobilize the army.

Ishida Mitsunari's order is naturally Chacha's order, but this is illegal in the Toyotomi regime!
But at that time, the matter was in a hurry, and Toyotomi Hideji came from Kyushu aggressively, and none of the five big bosses could be found. Ishida Mitsunari could only issue a mobilization order in the name of Chacha.

Ishida Mitsunari was left speechless by Hideo, so Hideo pointed at Maeda Genichi and said, "Since Ishida Jibu can't answer, please answer Maeda Seng who signed my mobilization order." Bar!"

How did Maeda Genichi answer?Did you tell Xiujia that these were signed by Wu Fengxing after we discussed and signed them ourselves?

Fortunately, Ishida Mitsunari once again spoke out to help him out, saying, "At that time, all the bosses were not in Luozhong for various reasons. His Highness Uesugi was allowed to return to the territory, His Highness Tokugawa was allowed to take a rest, and Maeda went to Yamato for health care due to illness, and His Highness Mori claimed to be sick. Not out in Osaka.

But at that time His Highness Gifu's troops were already approaching Kyoto, so we were ordered by Mrs. Yodo Shimaru, and the five of us followed the mobilization order issued by the joint signature.After this incident, we also reported to the big bosses, and Mori, Maeda, Tokugawa and His Highness Uesugi have all been recognized! "

"Is there such a thing? Your Highnesses?" Xiujia turned to the five elders beside him to ask for confirmation.

Mori Terumoto had the biggest reaction. He said, "I don't agree with this matter. In fact, I have always said that I should send someone to ask His Highness Gifu about the situation there to see if there is any misunderstanding."

Seeing Mori Terumoto's denial, Ishida Misun immediately retorted, "Your Highness Jinwu didn't say that at the beginning, and even I led Toyotomi Banner to fight Himeji because of your approval!"

Mo Lihui glared at Ishida Mitsunari angrily, and then explained to Hideo, "I don't know the situation of staying outside Osaka. It was Ishida Jibu who told me that the situation was urgent, so I allowed him to take the young man first." The banner of the Ministry is stationed in Himeji.

But I also said that I will recall the big brothers to discuss and make a decision. Even if you can't return, you must get their permission before you can formally mobilize. "

Ishida Mitsunari said again, "But you agreed to mobilize!"

This made Mori Terumoto anxious, and angrily said to Ishida Mitsunari, "What I said at the time was 'If the other bosses have no objections, then I have no objections!'"

Mori Terumoto has completely left himself completely. It is really not a big deal if only a small part of Toyotomi's banner is mobilized. The five big bosses have such a right.

As for how to understand his last sentence, that is a matter for the benevolent to see the benevolent and the wise.

Afterwards, it was Tokugawa Ieyasu's turn to speak, and he said with a smile, "I did receive an inquiry letter from Osaka, but I, a half-recluse, don't know what's going on outside. When I figure it out, Your Highness You have descended from the heavens to call for the stability of the world!"

Hey guys, yet another nonstick pan.

Asano Nagamasa is a member of the Beizheng Institute, and his answer was simple and straightforward, "I made it clear that mobilization must be judged by the five big bosses before making a decision. I wonder if the Jibu has received it?"

Now it's all right, two of the five big bosses don't stick to each other, and one clearly refuses to mobilize. All eyes are on Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Jingsheng.

Uesugi Jingsheng is still an honest person, and he replied blankly, "I agree. The person who came to send the letter said that the matter is urgent and there is no time to evaluate it. If I want to bring my opinion back to Osaka, I will share the opinion of the five big brothers, so I asked him to bring back the opinion that 'if the situation is urgent, we can mobilize in advance'."

In fact, Maeda Toshiie should be the one who should answer the most, because their Maeda family's army is the only five big men who clearly mobilized and attacked Kaga.

But Maeda Toshiie deliberately delayed answering until the end, and after thinking for a long time, he gave an answer of "Oh~ I'm getting old, I can't remember these things clearly."

So far, the five bigwigs gave a clear answer in front of the daimyo: 1 vote in favor, 1 vote against, and 3 votes vague.Just like that, why did you Ishida Mitsunari order the mobilization?
Seeing that the situation seemed to favor him, Toyotomi Hideji's face was full of smiles.

But Mitsunari Ishida, who was sitting at the bottom, was dissatisfied, and responded directly to Xiujia, "His Highness Xiuli is Guan Bai's heir, isn't he enough to give orders?"

"Are you saying that the three-year-old Shaodian gave you the order to mobilize, so you bypassed the authority system of the five big bosses established by Guan Bai?" The speaker was Kazushi Nakamura, one of the three elders.

His questioning was actually very fatal, because Toyotomi's authority system was the last change of authority issued by Hideyoshi before his death, and the purpose was to assist the successor in handling government affairs when he was no longer there.

But Ishida Mitsunari's answer now is tantamount to hitting the faces of all the five big bosses, the three seniors, and the ten people, and offended the neutral Nakamura Kazushi who originally didn't want to speak.

The reason why the Toyotomi regime can suppress the world is due to the huge gap in force between itself and other foreign daimyos, as well as the relatively late political system and the prestige it brings.

The Hide family had previously appointed Konoe to succeed Kanbai in order to separate the Guanzhe system from the Toyotomi regime, so that the identity of the Toyotomi family would return from the Kanbaku who ruled the world to the level of an ordinary daimyo, although this daimyo is relatively The huge power is stronger.

This was the first step of the Xiu family to weaken Toyotomi, but they didn't expect the second step to come so quickly. Ishida Mitsunari directly sent an assist, directly trampling the entire Toyotomi regime.

From the time Ishida Mitsunari said these words, the balance of peace this time will no longer be tilted towards the Zong family.On the opposite side, Toyotomi Hideji had a melon-eating expression and even his mouth was cracked with laughter.

This was not what the Xiu family expected. Although he wanted to suppress the Zong family, he didn't want the Zong family to be suppressed too badly, so that Xiuci could escape the sanctions directly.

So he deliberately brought the topic to Hideji and said, "What is Your Highness Gifu laughing at? We are asking about the rationality of Ishida Jibu's mobilization of troops, but is it reasonable for you to mobilize troops from Kyushu?"

When Toyotomi Hideji was named by the Hide family, the smile on his face suddenly tightened.

The retainer behind him, Maeno Jingding, waited for his lord to respond, "I waited until I received the news of the sudden change in Kyoto. The Kyoto side deliberately did not announce the death of His Highness Guan Bai. They thought that there was something wrong in Kyoto, so they were eager to bring troops into Luo to protect the mountain city." Your Highness, I never expected to hear the news of His Highness Shancheng's death halfway through the journey."

Before he finished speaking, Xiujia interrupted him and scolded, "I'm asking Gifu Zhongnagon, what are you, is there a place for you to talk here?"

Then he followed his words and said to Toyotomi Hideji, "So, you didn't get the order to raise troops in Kyushu, did you? Then why did you still march to Kyoto after receiving the news of His Highness Yamashiro's death?"

Toyotomi Hideji's attitude towards the Hide family has always been of the same generation, and now the Hide family speaks unceremoniously to him, which makes him a little annoyed and retorts, "Dainagon questioned the two of us, and you will bring the troops back from North Korea. Is there a fate?"

"I have the emperor's order in my hand. Ichimasa (Kamoto Katagiri) has read this order, His Highness Tokugawa has seen it, His Highness Maeda has seen it, and Uesugi-dono has also seen it. If His Highness Gifu doesn't believe it, you can return to me later. Kyoto, I will unfold Zhaoming for you to take a closer look!"

Toyotomi Hideji was left speechless by Hideo, Kuroda beside him rolled his eyes like water, and quickly said, "It is really unusual for His Highness Kanbai and Yamashiro Dai Nagon to die suddenly in a short period of time.

I have also sent letters to Luozhong, but they have not responded to me.We were worried that something would happen in Luozhong, and His Royal Highness Beizheng Neng would be controlled by a courtier, so we continued to lead troops to Luozhong!

Although we don't have the warrants of the five big bosses in our hands, all our actions are due to a fiery loyalty, so I invite all the big bosses here to learn from you. "

What Kuroda Rushui means is that we don't have any legal principles if you want to use it, but we did it because we were worried about Luozhong!We are loyal to do bad things, you have to be considerate of us!

Although the jurisprudence of the Sengoku period in Japan was very important, the loyalty of the samurai was valued even more.Isn't it because of his loyalty that the 47 ronin samurai incident of the Ako clan in the middle of the shogunate was talked about?
As soon as Kuroda Rushui finished speaking, he attracted the attention of many daimyos around him.Many daimyos will empathize with them, they are obviously loyal to serve their lord, but the lord doesn't understand the feeling, so they will naturally have some sympathy for them.

The first topic is almost declared over.Xiujia made a concluding speech on the matter and said, "I have always called on you to communicate, saying that there may be a misunderstanding. Facts have proved that this is indeed the case.

If the two of you had exchanged letters from the beginning, there wouldn't be so many innocent warriors and civilians who died for you!
Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, the tense situation between the two sides should be put down, and the armed forces should be reduced, so as to restore the stability of the world. "

After Xiujia finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Lu Wei, who was beside him, and asked, "I wonder what the six think about this matter?"

Peace is the unanimous goal of everyone. They all know that what Xiuci said is a lie, but no one is going to expose it.

Tokugawa Ieyasu stepped forward and said, "I think what Dana said makes sense. Since both parties are at fault, let's take a step back in this matter."

As soon as his words fell, Asano Nagamasa quit. He stood up and said, "Since you are at fault, you should be punished. Did those samurai who died in vain just die in vain?"

Mori Terumoto also expressed his opinion and said, "Yes, yes. I told Ishida Jibu at the beginning that I would like to wait for Shaobu Banner to station in Himeji, and then discuss it after the big bosses gather for evaluation. If I go early according to my arrangement , how could there be such a mess now."

Maeda Toshiie expressed his opinion, "Although Jibu is at fault, Ishida Jibu is also here for the rule of His Royal Highness Shuri. Although Gifu has misunderstood the situation in Luozhong, a loyalty is also worthy of praise."

"Maedanaka Nagon's words are wrong!" Before Maeda Toshiie's voice fell, Toyotomi Xiuzhen among the ten people retorted, "A loyalty is worthy of praise, but because of the riots in Kyoto, don't let it go Doesn't that mean that "Toyotomi's Laws" is as tender as a toilet! There must be an explanation for this matter!"

Everyone present could see that Maeda Toshiie wanted to get along with him.Since both sides are at fault, then each takes a step back and finds its own mother.

The reason why he has such an attitude is naturally because of his role in Osaka City.He said that he forgot to give a clear order to mobilize, but he asked his son to mobilize troops in his own territory. Do you believe this?

In the final analysis, if the mobilization is illegal on Osaka's side, the problem on Maeda's side is even bigger. As a retainer, mobilizing troops privately to invade other countries' territories is a crime of violating the "No Incident Order"!

That's why he wanted to play a sloppy eye on today's evaluation, and lightly expose the matter, so that no one on his side will pursue it.

In fact, in his capacity, the other bigwigs also had to sell some face.Everyone hopes that the world will be peaceful, and they don't want the Osaka clan to suffer too much loss.

The most important thing is that the other bigwigs didn't personally participate in this incident, and they didn't get real benefits in their hands, so they didn't care about the increase and decrease of other big names, and they were happy to realize the status quo.

But it's impossible for the Xiu family to agree. So many big names in the Xiu family are heroes who support peace. If they don't cut a part of knowledge and practice from those who made mistakes, how can they fill their stomachs?

Therefore, the Xiu family would never agree to the existence of Maeda Toshi's kindness. This is the real reason why Toyotomi Xiuzhen directly refuted him as a junior.

And the reason why Toyotomi Xiuzhen came forward was naturally because she saw the hint in Xiujia's eyes.And this is what the two brothers discussed in advance.