Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 744 Influence (Part [-])
"Nani mono~" As soon as Xiujia's point of view was thrown out, even Xiuci couldn't accept it.

He wanted to dispose of the Okayama Domain, and his plan was to transfer the Okayama Domain to Hokuriku or the Northeast. Anyway, there were still some hiding places in Osaki and Kasai that could be resettled, and let their brothers take care of their brothers.

The advantage of doing this is that you can remove the nails for your ally Maori family Shangluo.It can be said that compared with the plan of the Okayama feudal change and the patriarch's detention of Osaka, it is indeed much lighter.

The crime he condemned to the Okayama Fan was: being dishonest in Osaka City. 【不谁】 means imprudence, which is equivalent to picking quarrels and provoking trouble, which is a crime with a wide upper and lower limit.

He thinks that he has met the bayonet with your Xiujia bayonet, and he still cares about the friendship of the same surname to give you a lighter sentence. Don't you be grateful to yourself?
Who would have thought that Xiu's family was even more shameless than him, and directly stated that the members of the Okayama clan were sick, which had nothing to do with the Okayama clan.

Furious, Toyotomi Hideji stood up from his seat, walked directly to the opposite Hideka, grabbed the confessions and read them one by one.

Since it was Satomi Yoshiyasu's job, the ass was naturally wiped seamlessly.Whether it is the victim's side, the perpetrator's side or the bystander's side, the confessions and descriptions can basically match.

But Xiuji didn't believe what was written in these confessions. He took a look at the confessions and handed them back to Xiu's family, and then shouted to the door, "Go and bring Yokohama Daizo, Uta Shimono and others! And those who were arrested Bring up all the captured warriors!"

But as soon as his words fell, Satomi Yoshiyasu, who was kneeling behind the Xiu family, said, "Report to the Gifu Palace, the two elders of the Okayama clan, I deeply regret what happened today, and I deeply feel sorry for my lord." Sorry, I just committed suicide outside and apologized.

As for the captured Okayama feudal samurai you mentioned, they unfortunately passed away after writing their statements because they were seriously injured. "

Hearing Satomi Yoshiyasu's reply, Toyotomi Hideji glared at him fiercely with veins on his face.

As the third bystander, Ito Chomi can only prove that the Okayama domain did fight with the Toyoharu domain, but it is not clear how the battle took place.

The reason for the battle is only clear to the two feudal clans themselves, but the people on the side of the Okayama feudal clan have kept their mouths shut, and the samurai on the Fengchun family's side will naturally not betray their lord, and his way to seek answers has been blocked.

He is anxious and angry now, he can't help pointing at Xiujia and trembling, but for a long time he only popped out the words "You are so ruthless~".

Facing the accusations, the Xiu family did not change face, and said to the crowd, "The elders of the Okayama feudal clan and the rest of the feudal clan can prove that they are baffled by the attack on the Fengchun feudal mansion, which is enough to prove that this matter has nothing to do with the Okayama feudal clan.

The confessions of the Fengchun feudal lord and the captured Okayama feudal lord can prove that what happened in the Fengchun feudal mansion happened suddenly.

It is said that someone suffered from hypocrisy and hacked and killed at will in the hall, but it caused a misunderstanding by the Fengchun domain, and eventually led to the injury and death of many people on both sides.

Regarding this situation, the two elders of the Okayama domain deeply regretted it, and voluntarily took responsibility for it and performed seppuku under the castle.Now that two family elders have taken the initiative to take responsibility, I think this is a good end to this matter.

Besides, Hidehisa also has a subjective problem with the Okayama Clan itself. Most of the family affairs are decided by the old referee, and this matter cannot be involved in the Okayama Clan.I think it's better to let the Okayama clan conduct self-examination and reduce such Okayama clansmen. "

In fact, when the Xiu family officially announced the nature of the Okayama feudal incident, many people showed expressions of disbelief, but due to the authority of the Xiu family, no one dared to contradict him.

Only Chacha, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, laughed three times after listening to it and said, "Insanity. His Highness Fengchun is really funny. He came up with such an excuse. Could it be that more than 40 people have become crazy together?" Bar?"

"What Mr. Dian said is true, maybe this is exactly the situation?" Xiujia responded directly without retreating at all.

Xiujia's mouth was so hard that even Chacha felt unreasonable, she directly asked the boss below, "Just ask everyone here, who would believe your words!"

"I believe it!" To everyone's surprise, the first one to say that he believed in Hideo's character was not Toyotomi Hidetada but Asano Nagamasa, the No. [-] powerful figure of the Nobi faction.

As I said before, he is definitely a daimyo who supports the Toyotomi faction. The reason why he joined the Nobuo Run is because of the Beizhengsuo, but he must be the daimyo who least wants the Toyotomi family to be chaotic.

So when faced with issues that could cause the Toyotomi family to decline or even split, he was the first to stand up and oppose.

Asano Nagamasa's team obviously didn't know about Xiuji, and Xiuji obviously cast a puzzled look at him.

But then Toyotomi Hidetada, Tsutsui Joji, Horio Yoshiharu, Ikeda Teruma, Hachisuka Iemagi, and Kobayakawa Hideaki expressed their opinions one after another.

Originally Hori Hideji, Hosokawa Tadake, Kato Kiyomasa, and Nakamura Kazushi were still doubtful, and Kyoko was still thinking about how to refute it again. As the head of the five masters, Tokugawa Ieyasu followed closely behind the Toyoharu school daimyo Expressed his position, "I believe in His Highness Fengchun's reputation. I'm afraid this matter was really an accident."

Following Tokugawa Ieyasu's final decision, the swinging neutrals looked at the number of people on both sides, and one after another stood on Hideya's side.

The old fritter Mori Terumoto naturally wanted to see the existence of the Okayama feudal change, but seeing that the general trend was unstoppable, and there was an ally on his side who "rebelled", he decisively changed his position and said, "Before I didn't understand things After passing, it turned out that this is the case. It seems that His Highness Okayama is really innocent, and it is better to handle this matter carefully."

Seeing that the Mori family had changed the direction of the wind, Toyotomi Hideji no longer persisted, and nodded silently there.

Even Hideji didn't dare to have an opinion, what else could Jing Gaoji dance?He could only ignore the winks Chacha kept throwing at him, expressing his agreement with Xiujia's characterization of the matter.

So far, the 18 bigwigs at the meeting today have unanimously defined the Osaka Rebellion as a riot caused by the illness of a small number of individual samurai.

This is actually the reason why the Xiu family sent Uesugi Jingsheng away on purpose.Because this guy is a thorny head, his head is not very bright, and he knows everything about people and things.

If Uesugi Jingsheng was here, he might take the lead in charging against Xiujia and Xiujiu.

The daimyos are the ones who follow the wind and the wind. Once there is a leader in this kind of thing, Xiujia, he will be completely unable to step down. Other daimyos may also become ambiguous when they see the profit.

And with the departure of this thorn, the bosses in the entire evaluation room are afraid of being under the authority of the Xiu family, even Jing Gaoji, Toyotomi Xiuji and others who have complaints about the Xiu family can only fart. I dare not acquiesce in this result alone.

Now that the characterization has been confirmed, the next step is to confirm the treatment of Okayama Fan.

Now that the Xiu family has made a strong determination just now, it is natural to refer to the opinion of the Xiu family first regarding the handling of the Okayama domain.

But when everyone looked at the Xiu family, the Xiu family asked strangely, "Since the matter has nothing to do with the Okayama Palace, how can we deal with the Okayama Fanyi? As for the subordinates, the old family should be strictly controlled."

"This matter is absolutely impossible!" After the Hide family's voice fell, Hideji objected, "Although Okayama-den and I come from the same family, after all, it is very important to use the sword in Osaka Castle. If you don't punish it, it may damage the Toyotomi family. prestige.

In my opinion, it is not too bad to transfer the seal from Bizen to Kaga Daishoji City for 20 shi, and reduce the seal by half as a punishment. "

Toyotomi Hideji's purpose is very clear, he can cooperate with your Hide family to gently let go of the Okayama Fan, but you also have to give me some face, the Okayama Fan must be dealt with elsewhere, Bizen's nail must be given I get out of the way so that I can have a good union with the Maori family.

"If it really doesn't work, I can give Iyo Bankoku 20 koku, and Sanuki can make up for the lack." Toyotomi Hideji continued to express, the core idea is only one, you Hidehisa, let me get out of Sanyo Avenue.

"His Highness Gifu didn't hear what I said clearly. I mean, this matter has nothing to do with the Okayama clan. Even if it is necessary to punish, it is the responsibility of the elders below. However, two elders have apologized for this now. What about the Okayama clan? Naturally, it should come to an end."

"His Majesty Gifu's words are unfair." Hearing the answer given by Hideo, Mori Terumoto, who was sitting opposite, said with a hint of sarcasm, "This vassal of the Okayama family used a knife in Osaka Castle. , His Highness has already covered it up for him, if it is really so easy to take it without any treatment, it would be too...too."

"Too what? Did Jinwu want to say that I was too reckless?" Seeing Terumoto Mori's last words were a bit difficult to say, Xiujia took the initiative to fill in the word for him.

"Everything I did today was done in accordance with the law. If Mori Jinwu has any dissatisfaction, you can show the evidence!" Xiujia said, and moved forward to ask Mori Huiyuan to produce evidence, but Mao Huiyuan again Where is the evidence to prove that Xiujia lied?

Although everyone knew that what the Xiu family said today were all excuses, they dared not speak out against the Xiu family's arrogance.

The Xiu family naturally knew that the reason why they were able to force the opponent to keep silent today was due to their own power and oppression, but if they were forced too hastily, it might be counterproductive.

Of course, the Xiu family also knew that it might be counterproductive to suppress them all with their own power. The Xiu family had to set up a banner to block everyone's mouths.

Hideka looked at Chacha and the Beizheng Office on the imperial steps and bowed and said, "Xiujiu is not only my younger brother, but also the younger brother of His Highness Gifu, and a close and important official of my Toyotomi family."

(Xiujiu is nominally the son of Hideonaga, cousin of Hideji and Hideka, but he is Hideyoshi's biological son, Hideka's half-brother, and Hideri's half-brother.)
"Speaking of a thousand words and ten thousand, Xiujiu is the biological son of Junfu, the eldest brother of the current lord whose blood is thicker than water. Is there anyone in this world who is closer than His Royal Highness Okayama?
As your father's successor, His Royal Highness Xiuli should inherit your father's ambition and great cause, and with our assistance, we will build a peaceful and prosperous world.We also believe that the lord will definitely leave a strong mark in the history books in the future.

But now is the first anniversary of the father's sacrifice, and it is also the time when the lord succeeds to the throne. At this time, no matter what the reason is, once His Highness Xiujiu is reduced or changed, the lord will bear the infamy in the end!
Under the gossip and gossip of people outside and later generations, they may think that the incident that happened today was deliberately arranged by someone with a heart to eliminate the threat of Okayama Temple.

In this way, no matter how wise the lord is praised in the future history, the fact that he attacked his blood brother on the day he ascended the throne will definitely become a stain that the lord will never erase in his life.

I am terrified, not because I want to shield His Royal Highness Gangshan, what I have done today is for the honor of my lord!
Even if it is necessary to punish the Okayama family, it can only be done quietly, and it must not be placed on official documents.Your Highnesses please rest assured to entrust this matter to your subordinates, and I will rectify the Okayama Fans to ensure that no such incident will happen in the future. "

If all the excuses of the Xiu family were sophistry before, now that the Xiu family has moved Hideyoshi and Xiuli out, it can be regarded as completely blocking Yoyo's mouth.

Even Chacha, who wanted to weaken the feudal clan, hesitated, and the Beizhengsuo did not want Xiujiu to be weakened, and Xiujiu's weakening represented the weakening of the power of the Novo school daimyo, so he was naturally the first to nod in approval.

With the nod of the Beizheng Office, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been silent for the whole meeting, finally said, "Since His Highness Toyoharu has found out that His Highness Okayama is not involved in this matter, it is indeed inappropriate to punish the Okayama Fan.

In this case, I suggest referring to His Highness Toyoharu's suggestion, and use this matter to admonish the members of the Okayama Domain. What do you think? "

With the approval of the two big bosses and the two wives, the people who were already somewhat embarrassed by the "righteousness" of "trapping the family's master in injustice" by the Xiu family simply accepted the result of this treatment, Okayama The defense of the feudal clan ended with Xiujia's victory.

The evaluation started very late in the first place, it was stopped in the middle of the dinner, and it lasted until late at night before the big bosses left one after another.

Xiujia signaled Xiuzhen and Kobayakawa Hideaki to take Xiujiu to their mansion for the night, while the others returned to their mansions, and Xiujia wanted to find Uesugi Jingsheng and Otani Yoshitsugu to clean up.

All the big names were happily eating dinner and watching the fireworks, but they were suddenly driven home by the big man Xiu's family. As a result, they were all guarded by Toyotomi Banner and the Seven-handed Group along the way. The appearance of the archenemy.

Some small daimyos did not have mansions in Osaka Castle, and their mansions were built under Osaka Castle. Since Hideka did not allow Osaka to open the city, they were temporarily placed in the Banner House in the west of Sannomaru. These daimyo Hidekas need to be appeased .

In fact, the big names are most concerned about what happened tonight, and the Xiu family has never thought about hiding it. Now that the nature has been confirmed, the Xiu family has no control over whether it is someone else's mouth or not.

To be more generous, the Xiu family directly told these daimyos that a small number of samurai suddenly drew their swords and faced each other in Osaka Castle.Osaka has already punished these warriors.

At least they can accept this explanation, and they are more curious about the punishment of the samurai belonging to the daimyo. After getting the answer that does not involve the daimyo from the show family, they are all relieved and sigh the protagonist Toyotomi Shuri Nintoku.

It's just that they probably don't know that the "small number" of the Xiu family is "42 people", and they don't know that so many heavyweight names are involved in this matter.

The most difficult thing to deal with is actually Uesugi Jingsheng, Otani Yoshitsugu is a daimyo with high emotional intelligence, Hideo gave a clear answer to Hideo, "This should be like this. When I arrived, I saw someone waving Hacking with knives looks like hysteria."

And Uesugi Jingsheng is a bull-tempered person, he has been staring at the Xiu family's "42 people are hysterical", saying that he does not believe such an answer, he wants to investigate the matter himself.

In the end, the Xiu family had no choice but to move out. After the two wives and the 18-vote unanimous categorization and reply of the joint meeting of the five big brothers, the arrogant Uesugi Jingsheng finally understood the political influence of this matter, and finally gave in to the Xiu family. Respect everyone's decisions.

The mouths of the upper-class people can be blocked, but the mouths of the lower-class warriors and commoners cannot be controlled.

Such a big event happened in Osaka City, there were leaks everywhere, and it spread throughout the entire Osaka City in just 2 days.

In order to maintain the authority of the Toyotomi family, Otani Yoshitsugu, who was in charge of the Osaka sentence, had to lead teams to arrest people these days.

The Xiu family didn't want to punish them too harshly, forcing them to write down the confession that "what I said was all hearsay and lies, which slandered the good reputation of the Okayama family. And then I will let you deal with it." After reading it in public, the person was released.

This is actually for the sake of Xiuli's "benevolence". According to Xiujia's intention, we have to learn the attitude of Xiuji when he was alive, and arrest all those who dare to gossip.

However, the Xiu family did not make sense in dealing with Xiu Jiu. If they wantonly dealt with the retainers on the Osaka side, I am afraid that it will really arouse public outrage.

So the Xiu family took a step back and asked them to write a letter of guarantee and recite it publicly. This will not only damage the credibility of these "rumor spreaders", but also wash away the "lie" of their "rumour-mongering" Toyotomi family.

If they don't repent later, then the Xiu family will be famous for dealing with them.

As for how to deal with it?

Fujido Takatora should be well prepared, and what is lacking in the conquest of Ezo is people.

Not only the people from Osaka, but also the Bizen people of the Okayama Domain will also take this opportunity to purge them. It would be too wasteful to kill and exile those people. All of them must be from the Bizen people, so take this opportunity to throw them all to the ice lump in the northeast.

(End of this chapter)