Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 737 Counterattack

Toyotomi Hideji was the first to launch an attack, demanding that the Hide family hand over the seal of the Ming Dynasty on the grounds that the Xiu family had already mastered the investigation and cooperation of the Ryukyu and Ezo.

Maybe it was because of the loss of Xiujia and Ieyasu Tokugawa's cooperation on the ownership of Jeju Island before, and he also wanted to provoke the relationship between the two at this time.

He immediately stated that he didn't need the investigation and cooperation with Ming Dynasty. Since His Highness Toyoharu just said that foreign diplomacy can only be done by the Toyotomi family, then the investigation and cooperation with Ming should also be in charge of the Toyotomi family.

Xiuzhen from the Xiu family's camp was the first to refute, saying that this was a reconciliation explicitly bestowed on the Xiu family by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and each reconciliation required the Xiu family's documents and monogram certificates, even if they handed them over, they would not be able to go ashore.
But Xiuci said without shame that the document only needs to be issued by the Xiu family.

As an ally of the Xiu family, Tokugawa Ieyasu promptly opened his mouth to cooperate with Xiuzhen at this time, saying: we should act in accordance with the contents of the Yihe edict, and besides, the Zong family has no reason to compete with its own daimyo for benefits.

Toyotomi Hideji was not happy when he heard this, and said that he wanted to level the scales. Since the future diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty were fully decided by the clan, the Kanhe should belong to the clan.

At this time, Toyotomi Hideji no longer wants to take Kanhe into his own. As long as it can make the Xiu family feel uncomfortable, so what if the Kanhe trade is handed over to Chacha?
As a political ally, if Chacha made a decisive statement on behalf of the Omi faction at this time, then this matter would come to an end.

But Chacha sat on the imperial steps but did not express her opinion for a long time, allowing the leaders of the three camps below the stage to exchange opinions with each other.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Tokugawa Ieyasu kept signaling Chacha to enter with his eyes.But Chacha turned a blind eye to Tokugawa Ieyasu's gesture at this time.

Uesugi Jingsheng opened his mouth and wanted to leave this matter to everyone to vote for a decision, just like the previous Kyushu and North Korea battles, the award evaluation, and the ownership of Jeju Island.

But Choji Ohno, who just spoke out in time, also chose to be silent at this moment, and has not come out to host the voting for a long time.

At this time, Jing Gao of the Omi faction didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong for the first time. At the moment when the other big shots didn't dare to leave the field, he took the initiative to intervene in the main battlefield and said, "In this case, the Osaka side will host the trade war against Ming Dynasty." , the main body of the Fengchun family is responsible, how about the final fifty-fifty split?"

As Jing Gaoji's voice fell, the originally noisy evaluation room fell into silence, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but glance at Jing Gaoji.

What's wrong is that Tsutsui Sadaji and others look at Kyoko Takaji like a fool, Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes reveal a trace of helplessness looking at his teammate Pig, while Hideji's side has a childish expression.

Let’s translate the meaning of Jing Gaoji’s words: “I, Osaka, authorize you to trade with Xiujia to Mingming. You pay for the goods, you are responsible for the ship and crew, and you have to hand over half of the final profit to Osaka. "

"Counselor Jingji's words are very good." Chacha didn't speak when she should have spoken the most, and expressed her opinion when she should have spoken the least.

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone's eyes turned to Chacha on the imperial steps, and even Tokugawa Ieyasu showed an expression of disbelief.

Hideo doesn't blame Tokugawa Ieyasu at all in his heart, he has really tried his best.And such a weird political operation right now is really in line with Chacha's consistent political operation habits.

Hideoyu, who was sitting on the imperial steps, closed his eyes helplessly for Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is hard to know how tiring it is to have such a political ally.

If you want to talk about the idea of ​​Ming Kanhe trade, is Xiuci the only one who is greedy?All the daimyos present here want to obtain a concession for the trade with the Ming Dynasty.

However, I don't know what kind of shit luck the Xiu family has had, that Ming Guo can directly indicate in the contract that it will give the Xiu family a license for survey and cooperation.

It's fine if the Xiu family's territory is in Kyushu or the Western Kingdom, and they directly and forcefully reject such a request. Anyway, with the Xiu family's 300 million shi, can they really use force to snatch it?
But the key is that Xiu's skills are in Kanto!And just needing to manage the three routes of Ezo, North Korea, and Ryukyu exhausted all the long-distance ships of the Xiu family. How could the Xiu family have spare energy to mix in the exploration and cooperation trade with Ming Dynasty?

Originally, it was fine if Chacha didn't speak, but the Xiu family persisted until after the show was over, and they were using confrontation and trade to win over their allies.

But now that Chacha has spoken, the nature of this matter has changed, and it has become that Feng Chen's family wants to take back half of the trade with Ming Kanhe. If the Xiu family refuses again, it will not be a confrontation between several big bosses, but Resist the orders of the master.

So after much deliberation, Xiujia decided to take the initiative to give everyone a step down, but this step can't really let the Toyotomi family eat everything without doing anything.

"Everyone is right. Kanhe, who monopolizes Ezo and Ryukyu in our family, is indeed exhausted, and there is really no extra energy to take care of Ming Kanhe.

What I mean is to turn Ming’s exploration and cooperation into shares. My Fengchun family will buy 3% of the shares with the survey and cooperation Zhuyin, and the price of a Japanese franchise in Osaka will also be 2%. The remaining daimyos will pay for the shares. The money was used to buy and build ships and goods for merchants. "

Xiujia's proposal was quickly agreed by everyone, and even Uesugi Jingsheng, who was in Echigo, expressed his desire to participate.

But when it comes time to get the money, not any daimyo can come up with so much money, and a daimyo like Mao Li who has not experienced transfers and conquests for many years may even directly subscribe for 3% of the shares, which deviates from the The original intention of Xiujia to share profits.

In the end, after a fierce split of the spoils, Tokugawa and Mori subscribed for 1%, Uesugi, Asano, and Hideji subscribed for 1%, and the remaining [-]% ​​was shared by other daimyos.

Maori and Xiujia are solely responsible for the actual operation rights of this trade route.

The Xiu family didn't have extra money and ship transshipment to cooperate with Ming Kan, and besides, he already had some Ming merchants who could trade in Iyo and Bizen, so there was no need to go so far to Ningbo to trade.

Moreover, at the end of Ming Dynasty, the southeast coast was not peaceful at this time. Many famous big merchants invaded the southeast coast in the name of Japanese pirates, and retreated to the island when faced with the encirclement and suppression by the navy of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Zhilong, who helped daimyo regain Taiwan in later generations, was a large merchant in the East China Sea who specialized in the Daming-Japan route.These sea merchants are both merchants and pirates, and it is not easy to get along with each other.

Since the Xiu family gave up some of their profits to trade directly with them in Japan, they had to abide by the corresponding rules.What is the difference between expressing that you are going to end directly at this time and taking food from them?
So even if they don't say today that they want to take back this prospecting and cooperation trade, the Xiu family will not carry out prospecting and cooperation in recent years.

Don't have the ability to know? Only when the Hide family has unified Japan, with the strength of the whole of Japan, can dozens of sea-going ships go to sea together to ensure that they can enjoy exclusive inspection and cooperation.

Now that Xiujia has handed over the survey and cooperation, he can own 3% of the profit without actually making any investment. The actual operation is the Maori family who have nothing to do.

Although the Xiu family is also operating under a name, the Xiu family does not need to pay any money, and secondly, it does not need to pay anyone. It only needs to shoot a few officials so that the Maoli family can land in Ningbo under its own banner.All the risks here are passed on.

The fight against the Ming Dynasty is over, and the last key issue, whether to accept the canonization of Emperor Wanli, is still waiting for everyone to discuss.

Who would have thought that the ministers hadn't expressed their opinions on the matter of the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, Chacha first opened his mouth and said, "The conditions of the Ming Dynasty's peace agreement are clearly written. Only by accepting the canonization of the Ming Emperor can you enjoy the conferment of the Ming Dynasty. If Today we refuse to accept Emperor Ming's canonization, so will the investigation and cooperation of Ming Dynasty not be able to go on anytime soon?"

Good guy, Chacha is out of money's eyes.Not only him, but everyone who was eager to try and express that they could not accept the canonization of Emperor Ming, because of the previous investigation and cooperation, their respective interests were bound on this boat, and it was difficult to persuade Xiuli to refuse for a while.

On the contrary, Xiuci, who didn't get much profit, made a big deal of right and wrong and said, "We are citizens of the country of the sunrise, and we are all descendants of Amaterasu. In this world, there is an imperial court, and accepting the canonization should also be acceptance." This is the canonization of the Human Emperor, so why does the Ming Emperor canonize us?"

After his words fell, Uesugi Jingsheng, who had always held objections to him before, also expressed his position, "I am a minister of the court. If today I abandon the canonization of the court and serve Daming on the other side of the sea, what about the court in Kyoto?" Disposal? How will you deal with the ranks on your body?"

Don't tell me, originally Xiuci was just talking about the court, and deliberately put eye drops on Xiuli and Xiu's family.

But being reminded by Uesugi Jingsheng, he suddenly had his own little cleverness in his mind: "If, I mean if. If my Toyotomi family no longer serves the King of Kyoto as the master, then the Emperor in the hands of the Xiu family Has it become useless?
Taking a step back, he and I are both prime ministers, and Tokugawa and his like are officials who have never heard of it. Isn't it just me and the Xiu family who have the final say in this world?No more flies that get in your way. "

An idea is an idea, but Hideji dare not say it outright if he is so risky to the world.

It’s just that he said cryptically, “Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also accepted the canonization of Emperor Ming. Isn’t he a courtier? Uesugi Nagon’s words are exaggerated.”

Not to mention Hideka, even Asano Nagamasa and Mori Terumoto on his side looked at Hideji with an expression of disbelief.

"Brother, we are all ready to charge, why did you suddenly brake and turn around? Then what did you mean by your statement just now?"

Toyotomi Hideji had his own plan, so he made a 180° turn and supported Xiuli to accept the canonization.

Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't really work for your Toyotomi family, so he didn't care about the nominal moral affairs of your Toyotomi family.Besides, Tokugawa Ieyasu was very dissatisfied with Chacha's expression of different opinions several times just now, and he didn't want to express his position on this issue.

As for our Xiu family, it was the Xiu family who first wanted to be conferred by the Ming court, so naturally he would not object.

Not only will the Xiu family not object, but they even hope that you can be as direct as possible. It is best to directly deny the existence of the emperor, so that you have a legitimate reason to be superior.

It's not like it was 30 years ago. 30 years ago, there was no need for a reason to go up and down. I am stronger than your lord, and the surrounding daimyos are caught in various interest disputes, and there are opportunities to fish in troubled waters.

Now the world is unified, and everyone lives peacefully under the power system of the five big bosses.Everyone is very idle, hoping that someone will come out to make troubles, exercise their muscles and bones, and increase their knowledge and actions by taking advantage of the situation.

Of course, for these big names, it is best for the conflicts among the three Toyotomi families to get bigger and better. In the end, they attack each other and collapse.

Since none of the three bigwigs expressed any objection, and only Uesugi Jingsheng was alone, the proposal was quickly passed.When following the example of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's past, accepting the seal of the Japanese king from the Ming court, he also expressed his "nominal allegiance" to the Emperor of Kyoto.

After the meeting, Hideji didn't stay for a moment, and went directly from Osaka Castle to Kyoto.It was self-evident who he was going to visit.

Instead, Xiujia and Tokugawa Ieyasu joined forces, and Tokugawa Ieyasu apologized to Xiujia for his performance at today's meeting.He has repeatedly stated to the Xiu family that he is completely unaware of Chacha's backstabbing on the way.

Xiujia was noncommittal about this, and joked to Tokugawa Ieyasu on the occasion of parting, "Tokugawa Uchifu, it seems that the relatives in Osaka Castle are really difficult to do, do you want to talk to me about marriage?"

Unexpectedly, Tokugawa Ieyasu directly agreed without thinking. He directly expressed that he wanted to ask for a marriage for his sixth son Tatsuya instead of Hideka.

The Tatsuhiro of the Tokugawa family is the historical Matsudaira Tadaki, the lord of the Echigo Takada domain.He was born in the 20th year of Tianzheng (1592).

Although the Xiu family bears Toyotomi's surname on their names, unlike those two elders, the descendants below are extremely prosperous.Especially in the past few years of confinement in Kyoto, there is nothing else to do but to create people, and directly gave birth to several sons and daughters.

Now the Xiu family has 16 sons and 7 daughters, not counting adopted sons and daughters.Now there are still three babies brewing in the stomachs of Shi Ji, Ju Ji and Jia Fei Ji, and the children of the Xiu family will almost have too many to give away.

There are also Hideya daughters who are suitable for Tatsuchiyo's grade, namely Anan's daughter Koto born in 1593, Ito Yako's daughter Akizuki born in 1593, Kikuhime's daughter Xiaoju born in 1594, and Kazuka born in 1594. Mu Hujueluo's daughter Shanhu, and Achao born to the mother (Tianxinyuan) born in early 1595 among the Bian's mother and daughter in Yuanzhou.

Hideya was only the quickest to say something, but he never thought that Tokugawa Ieyasu would really take it seriously.Now if he said that he was unwilling to marry the Tokugawa family, it would be a loss to the Tokugawa family's face.

Perhaps seeing the hesitation of the Hide family, Tokugawa Ieyasu said, "Although Tatsuchiyo is a concubine, he is also a very beloved son. Now he is awarded 1 koku by Shinano Oshima Castle, which is considered a daimyo. Humiliated the identity of His Highness's daughter."

Tokugawa Ieyasu seemed to expect that the Hide family would not marry Xiaoju, a son born to him and Kikuhime, so he deliberately chose a son who knew that he had just passed ten thousand to marry.

Perhaps in order to raise the expectations of the Xiu family, he immediately said, "It is a blessing for my Tokugawa family to marry a good wife from the Toyoharu family.

If this matter can be negotiated on this basis, I will transfer my useless son to Iida City, and give him 5 shi to know what to do, and I will definitely not treat my daughter-in-law badly. "

They were willing to seal their son in situ, so there was no way for the Xiu family to retreat at this time.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I have a girl named Xiaoteng, and his mother is also the daughter of a samurai family, and now the mother clan is entrusted with the banner of 8000 stones. If you don't dislike it, you might as well get married."

Xiaoteng's mother is Anan, who was born in the Date family of Bitchu, and is now managing the territory for Asahi Chiyo in Iyo. Zhixing received 8000 shi (it was 7000 before, but this time it was sealed.)
This kind of Zhixing would be passable if he married a daimyo of 1 shi, but his mother's family status is indeed a bit lower, and she is actually an accompanying official of an accompanying official.
But Tokugawa Ieyasu will not be entangled in these small problems. If he can get married with the Toyoharu family, his goal will be achieved.

After going through this period of time, he can see clearly that Chacha is a shipwreck, even though he is now bound by a double marriage with Xiuli, but he still thinks of a way out for himself.

(End of this chapter)