Prime Minister Bizen

Today's evaluation made the Xiu family very uncomfortable. Although most of the positions were taken by the allies of the Xiu family, Toyotomi Hideji, who was labeled as a "criminal minister" before, actually sang directly with the Xiu family. The rebellion, coupled with the attitudes of Beizhengsuo and Asano Nagamasa made Hideka feel palpitations.

At the beginning, Xiujia chose to have a good talk with them, you take a step back and I take a step back, you take this position and I want that position.

But in the end, the Xiu family became angry and insisted on the position of the ten people.

After the entire assessment was over, Hideka no longer had the same happy face as yesterday, Hideka left the Osaka Castle Honmaru with a straight face, leaving aside the others.

From the Honmaru Lower Castle of Osaka Castle, in the mansion of the Toyoharu family, they saw Fujido Takatora who was in charge of sending the Kwantung Army back to Osaka before, and the Hide family directly told him what they had experienced in Tangma today.

Talking about the excitement, Hideka lowered his voice, his body was trembling, and he thought about Fujido Takatora and questioned, "Why is he Gifu Sunchichi? If it weren't for me, he would have been blocked by Chacha to death in Takaoka long ago!"

And Beizhengsuo, we are all her sons, and I rescued her from Yongquan Temple, why did she treat me like this! "

Fujido Gaohu understood why the Xiu family was so angry, he said to the Xiu family, "His Highness should have given me an order directly to lead troops to Luobo and fight out of the world.

At that time, the eastern and western armies suffered heavy losses. As long as I arrived in Kyoto with the main force of the Kanto, the world would be settled.Why do you have to look at other people's eyes like you are now? "

"In fact, I already expected that they would resist me. After all, the Qingchang Rebellion was so big, why should I just reap the benefits?
I just didn't expect them to be so impatient, and they had already connected with each other and targeted me within a month. "

"Your Highness shouldn't have asked me to disband the army in the first place. Now if there is a large army in hand, there is no chance for them to be presumptuous." Fujido Takatora was also extremely dissatisfied with their behavior, but he was more complaining about Hideka.

"If you want me to say that His Highness is too merciful to them, others will not talk about it. Why does Nagon in Gifu sit in the same position as His Highness?"

"That's what the Beizheng Office meant. On that day, the Beizheng Office directly named me and Sun Qi." Hideka explained to Fujido Gaohu, "How could I sit in that situation alone? Wouldn't that be the target of public criticism?
As for letting you disband the army in advance, there are even more arguments. What is the use of tens of thousands of Kwantung troops gathering in Kyoto?What reason do I have to eliminate the forces in Osaka and Gifu?If you use strong words, the big names in the world will regard me as an enemy, what is the reputation of my Xiu family?
Instead of tens of thousands of troops idling in Kyoto, it is better to leave a small number of elites and disperse the rest, which saves a lot of military expenses. "

"Then what should we do now, Your Highness?" Fujido Takahu asked Hideka about the next strategy.

But now the Xiu family had just recovered from their anger, and hadn't thought about what to do next, when they were about to answer him, the attendants outside informed him, "My lord, the Beizheng Office is hosting a banquet at Omoto Maru, and His Highness is invited. "

After hearing this news, Xiujia turned his head in disbelief and asked the visitor, "Why would the Beizheng Institute invite me to a banquet at this time?"

"It is said that it is a family banquet, and only family members are invited to participate." The attendant replied.

Fujido Takahu asked first when he heard about it: "Did you ask and have those people been invited?"

The attendant replied: "This subordinate didn't ask. But someone said, 'I heard that Sado Shou entered the city, and the Beizheng Office invited Sado Shou to have a banquet with him.'"

Sado Mamoru is the official position of Fujido Takatora, and it is understandable that the Beizheng Office wants to hold a family banquet for Hideka to go to Hideka, but it is indeed beyond the two's expectations to let Hideka's retainers go with Hideka.

Xiujia put his head straight and looked at Fujido Gaohu. Gaohu and Xiujia's eyes taught, "What does the Beizheng Office mean? You beat us up in the morning, and now give us a sweet date?"

"Whether it's a sweet date or not, you have to eat it to find out."

"Then I'll go find two better gifts for the lord?"

"It's getting late, so you can just pick two numbered ribbons for gifts or something. It's easy to misunderstand people if they make special preparations at this time."

The Xiu family hurriedly changed their clothes and went to the city again. Since the location of Xiujia's mansion and the location of Xiuci and others were not next to each other, and they went to the city from the Tamamakou, the two did not meet on the road.

Of course, it is also possible that Xiuci did not go to the city today, and at this moment, he is already waiting for Xiu's family at the banquet place held by the Beizheng Office.

When Xiu's family arrived at the banquet venue, it turned out that all those present were those pro-vassal daimyos that Beizheng believed.Many daimyo including Kinoshita Isada, Toyotomi Hideji, Toyotomi Hidekatsu, Toyotomi Hideho, Toyotomi Hidetada, Asano Nagamasa, Asano Yutaka, and Kobayakawa Hideaki.

In addition to the above-mentioned people, there were also a few Toyotomi genealogy daimyos such as Fukushima Masanori, Hachisuka Isei, and Hori Hideji who attended the meeting. Governance educated.

The difference from the assessment in the morning is that there is only one place above the imperial steps, and that is the main seat, which is naturally occupied by the master Bei Zheng.

Hideo was led to the seat on the right under the imperial steps, which was the second seat under the Beizhengsuo, and the person sitting opposite Hideo was Toyotomi Hideji.

The Hide family's vassal, Todo Takatorza, was on the seat behind the Hide family, and his subordinate was Hachisuka Ieken.

Seeing the Xiu family seated, Toyotomi Hideji took a sip of wine and said to the Xiu family: "Hachiro left in such a hurry, we couldn't catch up with you, let me inform you about the banquet held by my mother at Omoto Maru today." Son."

"There are some urgent matters at home, so I left in a hurry." The Xiu family replied calmly.

"Is that so? I thought today's assessment didn't meet His Highness Fengchun's wishes, which made you angry, Your Highness."

It was still Hideji Toyotomi who spoke, but this time he spoke with an extremely ironic emphasis, which made Hideka who heard him frown very unhappy.

Fortunately, Xiujia still noticed his demeanor, he calmed down a little and said, "Why should I be annoyed, since it is an assessment, it is natural for all the ministers to discuss and come up with the best solution.

My proposal not being accepted proves that I haven't thought enough.Besides, apart from Hidekatsu's proposal being rejected, didn't the proposals of Counselor Hosokawa, Attendant Tsutsui, and Kingo Kobayakawa pass smoothly?

After all, most of my bills have been passed, so why should I be annoyed? "

"Your Majesty Gifu, your performance today is quite brilliant. It's really like not seeing each other every day. I almost don't remember what you looked like when we were in Kyoto for peace talks half a month ago."

"you!."

Xiujia mentioned the deepest pain in Xiuci's heart. He bowed his knees and begged for mercy in front of Xiujia who was younger than himself. In the end, he even had to cut 20 stones from Ise in exchange for peace. How could the proud Xiuci easily accept.

It's just that before his rebuttal started, the voice of "Beizhengsuo entered the palace" came from outside.

Surrounded by a group of maids and envoys, Beizheng Suo Ningning walked in slowly wearing a gorgeous dress embroidered with gold thread, revealing this kind of graceful and luxurious temperament.

If you don't know the background of Beizhengsuo Ningning, if you only see her at this moment, you will never get in touch with the little girl from the Ashgaru family who was in the Owari muddy field decades ago.

In the respectful salute of all the people, the Beizheng Office sat on the main seat above the imperial steps, looked at the "relatives" below with a smile and said, "I heard your voices from a long distance away, it is rare for us today. It’s really lively with everyone gathered here.”

As soon as her words fell, Toyotomi Hideji took the initiative to flatter her, and other famous names also praised the hostess one sentence after another, even the Xiu family could not be exempt.

"Okay, okay, today is a family banquet, why do you make this side formal." After enjoying a burst of compliments, the Beizheng Institute smiled and waved for everyone to stop, and set the theme for the banquet "Everyone is As a family, there was no enmity in the past. Even if there may be some misunderstandings, give me a little noodle today and let me untie it here, don't take it outside."

After Bei Zheng finished speaking, he looked at Xiu's family and said, "Balang knows that today's banquet is just for you."

"For me?" The Xiu family never expected that the Beizheng Institute would give him such an answer, and said with some surprise, "What does the mother mean by these words, as a child, I don't quite understand."

"You are the elder brother, so many brothers in the family need you to take care of them. Even if you gain power once, you can't be too arrogant. After all, we are a family, and we should help if we don't help."

What the Beizheng Institute said meant something, but the Xiu family at the moment still didn't understand it very well.I just heard the Beizheng office continue to say, "Like your younger brother Tatsunosuke (Kobayakawa Hideaki) who has been following your ass since childhood, he was stripped of his knowledge only after being provoked by treacherous ministers.

When Hideyoshi wanted to deal with him, didn't I stand up for him without hesitation?Why did I come to you? A simple matter made this complicated. Now that I have been wronged, why can't I recover my skills? "

Hearing this, Xiujia understood the meaning of Beizheng Office.

She felt unhappy because Xiuqiu had only recovered 1/3 of her original knowledge and behavior, so she took advantage of it today.

"I heard that the governor of the Aki Maori family used to educate his three sons about the three arrows, and this is how the Maori family is now prosperous. I taught you all when you were young. How did you get to the critical point? At that time, have you forgotten the principle of family supremacy?"

The Xiu family, who was in charge of Beizheng, was not annoyed. He turned his head and glanced at Xiuqiu's reaction, and found that he seemed a little at a loss when he was named, so he realized that Beizheng hadn't gotten along with Xiuqiu before.

"Also, it is true that the Toyotomi family was able to restore peace because of you, but your attitude has to be changed. You have to know that this Toyotomi family is not your Fengharu family. If you are so strong, it will cause trouble. Displeasure of others.

In this Osaka city, no matter how strong a person is, he is not Guan Bai himself. Without the help of relatives and allies, this drama cannot continue.

You have always been very obedient before. Compared with me, I don’t need to tell you the truth of this. You can understand it. Did you eat well from the previous lesson? "

The attitude of the Beizheng Institute became more and more serious. As a junior, Xiujia couldn't easily interrupt her speech.

But what Xiujia heard from the Beizheng Office was that she wanted Xiujia to stand in her camp, "collaborate" with Xiuci and others, and jointly drive Chacha and Shiwan out of power.

Sure enough, as expected by Xiu's family, Xiuci's sudden attack on Xiuzhen this morning and Asano Nagamasa's support are not independent, there may be the influence of Beizheng behind it.

In fact, for the Beizheng Institute, it doesn't matter whether Xiuzhen is promoted or Xiusheng is promoted.It is even easier to promote Xiuzhen's strength than Xiusheng, and there is no need to give Xiusheng Zhixing an additional title.

In addition, Xiuzhen's ability must be superior to Xiusheng, and promoting Xiuzhen seems to be more in the interest of the thick tail faction.

But "If your Xiu family is disobedient, our Beizheng Office will have a way to deal with you", this is the lesson that Beizheng Office Ning Ning wants to teach Xiujia today.

As she just said, in this place of Osaka, it is not enough for one person to fight alone. You are not Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and you do not have the capital to command the world.

Doesn't the meaning of these words mean that Xiu's family should go to her to form a group, and the Noongwei faction will overthrow the Omi faction first?

What the Beizheng Office said was almost in vernacular, and everyone present were not fools, so they could naturally hear the meaning of her words.

Xiujia turned to look at Xiuzhen's line of defense, and saw that her face was obviously not very good-looking. Maybe it was because she didn't expect to be held back by her own people at the critical moment of becoming a big boss today. The key is that she was admitted in front of her face. .

Seeing the Hide family's reluctance to make a statement, the Beizheng Office pointed the finger at Fujido Takatora again: "Sado Mamoru, you are also the son-in-law of the Toyotomi family, Hachiro's retainer and brother-in-law, and how old is Hachiro?" , this world's truth must be better than Hachiro's.

Needless to say, our family's Hachiro is capable of military strategy and government affairs, but he is still a bit arrogant in dealing with people in the world, and you should help out more when necessary. "

Facing the yin and yang advice from the Beizheng Institute, Fujido Takatora replied with neither humility nor humility, "As a subject, I only have the right to give advice to the lord. The lord has always had his own opinions, and he has repeatedly proved his ideas to be correct afterwards."

Hearing Fujido Takatora's evasion, Asano Nagamasa also helped his sister and said: "Even if a smart person is right a hundred times, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes. If he is wrong outside, he will be wrong, but It’s a big mistake to make a mistake here in Osaka Castle.”

Fujido Gaohu still wanted to help the Xiu family explain, but the Xiu family had already figured it out. Today's banquet is not a sweet date to appease the Xiu family, it is clearly a Hongmen banquet!
The Beizheng Institute is telling the Xiu family in a grand manner, if you want to jump out and form your own faction, you can go out, and I have a lot of talents in the thick tail faction, and you are not bad.

But if you really go out, you will be the same enemy as the Omi faction in the eyes of my Noongwei faction from now on.Political confrontation does not involve blood but decides life and death. At that time, don't blame us for not thinking about our love back then.

"Hide your strength and bide your time" is the basic strategy set by the Xiu family. Before their own power is not enough to suppress all the big names in the world, the Xiu family cannot expose themselves too much.

I have endured at home under Hideyoshi for so many years, are you still afraid of "taking care of the overall situation" under the Noongwei faction?

Besides, I pretended to be a grandson when I was under Hideyoshi, but even if I was "taking care of the overall situation" in the Noowei faction, I still had the right to speak, and I was still the core leader of the Nootail faction, but I just took a step back, not Completely confessed.

After thinking about it for a while, the Xiu family had already made a decision, and they simply threw out a nomination certificate and said to the Beizheng Office, "I heard that the traitor Xiaoxi fled to Feihou, and he is suspected of rebelling.

I think this is an opportunity for Jin Wu to lead the Kyushu daimyo to judge the Konishi Rebellion.It just happens that I can use this meritorious service to let the world see my son Toyotomi's ability.

As for the post-war rewards, as long as Jin Wu fights well, I and Gifu will take care of it for me. "

Xiujia's answer can be described as a high-scoring answer. He did not directly admit his mistakes to the Beizheng Institute, but his attitude and meaning expressed this everywhere: "I was wrong, I must take the overall situation into consideration, and I must take the family and faction as the starting point."

Just imagine that the Kyushu daimyo has just been punished to reduce Zhixing, and is taking the opportunity to make meritorious service in front of Osaka. How could he release water during the crusade against Konishi?

Kobayakawa Takakage's trip this time is purely for gold plating to pick up military exploits. With Hideo and Hideji, plus Asano Nagamasa, Toyotomi Hidekatsu, and Toyotomi Hidetada as guarantees in the court, his seal is a certainty up.

By taking advantage of Hideaki Kobayakawa's incident, the Xiu family made a concession with the "Nongwei faction" of the Beizheng Institute, and used this to ease the relationship.