Prime Minister Bizen

Unlike Xiujia who was explaining things to Xiuzhen here, Xiuci who broke up the meeting looked much more solemn.

As soon as he returned to his mansion, he sat alone in the room and sulked. After a while, he summoned a trusted attendant and asked him to recruit Tianhai.

After a while, the attendant came back and said, "Master Tianhai wants to recite the mantra of the past life for the Great God of Fengguo for 49 days, and he really couldn't get away, so he refused His Highness's summoning."

Xiuci has just been teased by Xiujia, and he is very angry. How can you care whether Tianhai is going to recite the mantra for Hideyoshi or not.

"Since you Tianhai don't want to come, I'll go find you myself."

Hideji, who just did what he said, went to the city again in the name of seeing someone later, and found Amami at the place where Hideyoshi's imperial coffin was parked in the Omoto Maru. Amami had no choice but to find an excuse to come out temporarily to meet with him.

"His Majesty Gifu knows that what you did today is extremely disrespectful. This is your father's funeral. If it gets out, it will hurt your reputation."

As soon as he met Tianhai, he criticized Hideyoshi.He was not only criticizing Xiuci's rudeness, but he was also saying that he just stepped out like this and broke the rules. If there were so many monks in the temple who were caught making trouble, his rank as a monk would be ruined.

"It's really urgent, I have to see the master." Xiuci apologized to Tianhai, and then told him what happened in the hall.

"I have used the Beizheng to suppress him according to what the master said. He really gave in at the time, but he jumped out again after only a few days."

Tianhai was not very happy to hear that the Xiu family and Xiuci had a conflict of opinion in the palace. Everything happened as he expected, but he didn't show it.

"It seems His Highness Fengchun still hasn't conceded defeat." Tian Hai comforted Xiuci a little and said, "Then only by letting him know His Highness's ability can he feel at ease to become His Highness's helper."

When Xiu Ci heard Tian Hai's words, she couldn't help being curious, what kind of plan could make Xiu's family subdued, "What is the master's plan?"

"Now there is an opportunity. The Korean War has been going on for five years. With Guan Bai's death, it is time to end. Your Highness might as well entrust this task to His Highness Fengchun.

This is a thankless job. We who lost on the battlefield will not get any benefits from the Ming Dynasty.At that time, it is entirely possible to ask His Royal Highness Fengchun to be punished on the grounds that the terms of the peace agreement have ruined the teacher and humiliated the country. "

Hearing Tianhai's suggestion, Xiuci patted his thigh angrily, "I thought about going with the master, but today I couldn't stick to my original intention, and finally I asked that kid Iwashiro Koriyama Hideyoshi to take the task."

After Xiuci finished speaking, he told Tianhai the second half of today's meeting.

Unexpectedly, Tianhai, who heard the story, was not worried about being overjoyed, and said to Xiuci, "It's better this way. His Highness Koriyama and His Highness Toyoharu have a very good relationship, and His Highness Toyoharu will definitely not let His Highness Koriyama get frustrated.

At that time, as long as the negotiation fails, you can completely blame the failure of the negotiation on His Royal Highness Fengchun's meddling, which affected the final result.At that time, Fengchun will really be unreasonable. "

"what should I do?"

"Didn't you say that Mr. Kato was appointed as the deputy envoy? You have a very good relationship with Mr. Kato. Why don't you write a letter to let him contact the Ming country first, and inform him of our plan to withdraw all troops.

In this way, our bottom line in the eyes of the other side is lowered, which can make the negotiation more difficult for His Highness Koriyama.If the negotiation can still be successful under such circumstances, then we all have to look up to Koriyama and Toyoharu. "

For Tianhai, the failure of the battle against Ming was a huge blow to the prestige of the Toyotomi family. He would rather let Kato empty out the inside story on the Japanese side to the opposite side than let the Toyotomi family retreat completely.

If the prestige of the Toyotomi family is not affected, how can he practice the second step of dividing the Toyotomi family?
Toyotomi Hideji felt that Tianhai's suggestion was very good, but in his opinion, there was no bargaining chip to negotiate this time, and it didn't matter whether he told the other party or not.

It was also his operation that made Xiuzhen really fall into a predicament in the process of negotiating peace with Ming.

At the end of Tianhai's suggestion for Xiuci, he told Xiuci again, "There are two reasons why His Highness Fengchun is not far from submitting to His Highness.

One is that he has just followed the wishes of all the daimyos to complete the peace negotiation with all parties, gained a good prestige, and has attracted a lot of daimyos around him.

The second is that because of the previous credits, he was granted the title and became the number one big name with 300 million stones, and the gap between him and His Highness widened again.

What His Highness needs to do now is to take advantage of the unity of the thick-tailed faction to suppress those who are close to him, draw those who are not determined into his own power, and expand his own power.

At the same time, use various opportunities to weaken the power of His Highness Fengchun's wings first, and remember that you must not directly attack His Highness Fengchun until the last moment.

His Royal Highness Fengchun now has 300 million shi, which is comparable to the Zong family. This is his advantage and also his disadvantage.

Guan Bai had just passed away before, and the daimyos were trapped in the quagmire of court war for a long time, looking forward to the arrival of peace.This is also the reason why Feng Chun was able to respond to His Highness's call for peace before.

But as time goes by, His Highness Guan Bai's influence will become less and less, and His Highness Xiuli's prestige is not enough to reassure the hearts of the world's daimyos, and the restless hearts of daimyos will become more and more turbulent.

At that time, the 300 million stones in the hands of His Highness Fengchun will be the most obtrusive existence in the eyes of the daimyo.Everyone wants to be the regent of the world, and everyone wants to have one person dominate the family.

The Tokugawa and Uesugi feudal clans closest to His Highness Toyoharu, it would be a lie to say that they have no ambitions, these are opportunities that His Highness can use to win over. "

Xiuci felt that what Tianhai said was very reasonable, and wanted to discuss specific plans with him, but Tianhai refused on the grounds that he had to go back because he had been out for too long.

Hideji, who turned back to his mansion, immediately wrote a letter and asked his attendants to hand it over to Kiyomasa Kato in a fast boat. Of course, the name was to let him contact the Ming country first, and he promised to repay him after the peace was negotiated.

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With the end of Hideyoshi's funeral, the Japanese daimyo and people returned to their original lives.

Since Hideyoshi established the system of the five chief executives and the five ministers, the role of the five chief ministers is like the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, deciding on the internal government affairs of the Toyotomi family through deliberations, but the specific implementation is handed over to the five ministers.

The five big brothers don't hold meetings every day, so Xiujia took the initiative to build a good relationship with the daimyo in his spare time.

With the end of Hideyoshi's funeral, the daimyo gradually dispersed.Hideaki's funeral is an internal matter of Toyotomi's family, and it does not require all the famous people in the world to gather to mourn for it.

And the most eager to go back is the Xiguo daimyo, which is dominated by the Kyushu daimyo. Many of them have been changed or transferred, and they are rushing back to deal with the affairs of the territory.

And now that Governor Xiaonishi is rioting in Kyushu, it is the best opportunity to alleviate the punishment of the daimyo who suffered the crimes before, so they all look forward to going back earlier to take the operation of President Xiaonishi to recover their losses.

Therefore, although the generals of the Chinese army Hideaki Kobayakawa and Hachisuka Jiazheng and others did not act, these Kyushu daimyos took the first step.

At this time, the Hide family suddenly received two invitations from Tachibana Muneshige and Shimadzu Yoshihiro.

Since Hideyoshi's mourning period is not yet over, the daimyo are not allowed to drink alcohol, so the Hideo family can only entertain with simple tea and light meals in the mansion.

It's just that there is a special existence in Tachibana Muneshige's team, and that is the only Naoshima Naoshima who has not been affected but has benefited in the Western Kingdom Army.

He was originally the elder of the Longzhaosi family. Although his height was only about 4.8 shi, he was forcibly separated from the Longzhaosi family by the Xiu family.As the actual commander of the Longzaosi family, when the Longzaosi family reduced the seal of 15 million stones, they received more than 2 stones.

The most important thing is that he was ordered to directly join the Toyotomi family as an independent daimyo, which caused a complete break between him and the Ryuzoji family.

And Naoshima Naoshige's reputation in the Ryuzoji family is extremely bad now, and it is said that he deliberately uses the power of the master's family to profit for himself.He colluded with the Xiu family, the main family was punished but he was rewarded and so on.

In fact, Naoshima Naoshige wanted to come to Hideka for a long time, but Hideka had never had the opportunity or deliberately avoided seeing him. Until today, taking the opportunity of Tachibana Muneshige to finally meet Hideka, he needed to ask Hideka carefully. is why.

In fact, Naoshima Naoshige himself knows very well that from the moment there are crazy rumors outside that it is the Hide family who must make the Ryuzoji family independent, he has been branded as the "Toyoharu school".

So the first moment I saw Xiujia, I didn't have the slightest courtesy and went straight to the topic and asked Xiujia, "What does Your Highness value in my Nabeshima family?"

Hideka didn't shy away either, and said bluntly: "I value you, Kaga Shou!"

"His Highness Gifu and the daimyo of the Western Army participated in the turmoil. It is impossible for the daimyo of the Western Army to be sanctioned and reduced. As the elder of the Ryuzoji family and the actual commander of the army, when the Ryuzoji family is reduced, what can you do?" Alone?
Not to mention the dissatisfaction with you in the Longzaosi family, will they miss this opportunity to attack you?
Longzaosi's family is just an old dead tree, but His Highness is in the prime of life. Why put yourself in trouble because of a dead tree?
Your Highness and I knew each other during the Tianzheng Kyushu crusade, there are certain things that someone has to take that step.Since His Highness cherishes reputation, let the Toyotomi family be the bad guys. "

The order to dispose of the Ryuzoji family and let Naoshima Naomi directly participate was issued in the name of the Toyotomi family, which is why the Hide family said that the villain was done by the Toyotomi family.

"Before His Highness did this, why didn't you communicate with me!" After hearing Hideo's explanation, Naoshima Naomo said to Hideo angrily, "His Highness did such a thing, but it hurt me so much! My colleagues all regard me as an enemy, and our retainers also regard me as an ambitious person, and they all think that this is what I mean by Zhimo."

Hideka was stunned by Naoshima's anger, but fortunately, Tachibana Muneshige on the side coordinated and comforted Naoshima, and Hideka also took the opportunity to apologize to him.

In any case, Hideka did not discuss with Naoshima Naoshima before doing this operation. Maybe he really wanted to save him, but this operation was too simple and rude. The good reputation is all ruined.

It would be a lie to say that Naoshima Naoshima himself didn't want to be defeated, but he was born in the near side of Ryuzoji Takanobu, and the Ryuzoji family had a great favor for him.

Moreover, he himself is a person who values ​​reputation and morality extremely, otherwise it would not be the same as in history, a small Saga domain has two sets of teams inside.

The reason why Naoshima Naoshige is so famous in history is naturally one thing because of his achievements in North Korea, and more because of his friendship with the Ryuzoji family.

No matter how to restrict, weaken, and overcome the current Longzuo Temple politicians.According to the official statement, it is good to treat the entire family of Longzuo Temple.

But now after the Xiu family's operation, it will definitely be described as a treacherous villain in the official writing.

After all, why does the Toyotomi family have such good intentions to help you leave the family directly for no reason?Tell me, do you believe it yourself?
An apology is an apology, but as Hideka said before when they divided the Nabeshima family's plan, what he wants is Naoshima's isolated and helpless status quo. Only in this way will he urgently want to find a backer.

After all, the current Ryuzoji family hates Naoshima Naoshima to death, and they all think Naoshima Naoshima is a traitor.And the size of Ryuzoji's family is twice that of Nabeshima's, so he must seek a backer to ensure his safety.

Coincidentally, it was the Xiu family who helped him join directly at the beginning, and he could only seek help from the Xiu family after being labeled as the "Fengchun School".

Just imagine if he went to join Hideji or Tokugawa Ieyasu, what would others think of him?

【His Highness Toyoharu took such a big risk to help you become independent, but you turned around and abandoned your benefactor. You Naoshima Naoshige are really a villain! 】

Naoshima Naoshima, who was about to lose his temper, could only accept this reality, and let Tachibana Munemo directly as a witness, seeking support from Hideka, "Since this is the case, I have no other choice. Please take care of me from now on." .”

Unlike Date and Satake, Nabeshima Naoshige has no other choice. Hideo can trust him more, and put him in the same core member column as Hideyoshi and Tsutsui.

Even Tachibana Zongshige, who brought him in beside him, couldn't compare to this point.

Tachibana Muneshige came to find Hideka this time, so it was naturally impossible to just serve as a recommendation for Naoshima Naoshige.

As a Kyushu daimyo, he used to work under both Xiuci and Xiujia at the same time, and fully realized the gap between the two big bosses.

He had a good opportunity with the Xiu family before, so he naturally wanted to take the initiative to get closer to the Xiu family.It's just that he didn't have the courage of Naoshima Naoshima, and he almost surrendered directly to the Xiu family.

But on the Xiu family's side, it's not enough just to get closer to the Xiu family, the Xiu family has to let them gather around the Xiu family.

Hideka happened to take a look at Naoshima Naoshima aside, and remembered that his son Katsushige Nabeshima was once the object of marriage that Hideka planned to marry.At that time, she was the candidate of Hideka's younger sister Hazel, but she married Tadataka Hosokawa after being rejected by Naoshima Naoshige.

So Hideka said to Naoshima Naoshige, "I didn't expect Kaga Mamoru to return to my side after going around for a long time. It's better to get married with me than to leave so troublesome."

Naoshima Naoshige was also very ashamed and said, "One moment and another moment. At the beginning, I was only a petite vassal, so I have no qualifications to climb up to Your Highness."

"Then I don't know if the current Kaga Mamoru wants to climb higher than me again?"

"my pleasure."