Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 749
The reality was just as Xiujia expected, the matter of Ezo was deliberately spread by Xiujia, and everyone in Osaka knew about it in just two days.

Hideji also made a special trip to Kyoto to ask Master Tenkai's opinion. The whole process seemed secret, but with the help of Nagatoshi Yamanaka, the ninja soldiers of the Toyoharu family had gradually infiltrated into the intelligence system of the original Toyotomi clan. Inside, Xiuci's current little actions can't escape the surveillance of Xiu's family.

Of course Xiuci knew that this was an opportunity, a chance to send Xiu's family out.

Therefore, after returning to Osaka from Kyoto for the first time, Hideji directly grabbed Hideo’s little braid and said, “Everyone knows that His Highness Kanbai once granted His Highness Toyoharu the Ezo Zhu Seal, and thus began the relationship between Japan and shrimp.” Pioneer of barbarian trade.

It has been more than a hundred years since Ezo and I have no contact with each other. You, Xiujia, are mainly responsible for the accident that Ezo went south again today! "

Facing the responsibilities, Hideka also said without any compromise, "During the time of Wu Zun, the Kanto region was also dominated by the Ezo, and Echigo, Etsuchu and other countries even talked about barbarian words and deeds barbarian things.

But since Emperor Mitsuhito, the Northern Expedition to the Ezo has become a state affair, and Hokuriku, Kanto, and Northeast China have been subdued by the king.Before Kamakura, the story of General Yoritomo Minamoto was ordered by the Fujiwara Clan to attack Ou.

It has only been 200 years since Ezo was driven to the North Island, and in these 200 years, there have been times when Ezo went south, but this time the movement was a little bigger.Is it difficult for 200 people to accumulate strength and go south to invade our land with a full blow?

Besides, since Ezo was expelled to the North Island by our ancestors in the past, he may be expelled by us again today. I wonder why His Highness Gifu wants to be far-fetched? "

"It's nice to say, this time the invasion force of the Ezo family is so great, maybe it is the Xiu family who has been trading for many years to strengthen the Ezo tribe?" On the head of Xiujia.

Seeing that the two sides were at war, they had a good relationship with the Xiu family, and it was Asano Nagamasa from the Xiuji faction who came forward to make peace and said: "The specific situation in the Northeast will be sent in a detailed report in the next two days. What is going on with Ezo?" You'll know when you see it.

What I am waiting to do today is to discuss how to assess the Ezo invasion of the south, this is the most important thing. "

"There is nothing to discuss about this matter. Just order the daimyos in the Northeast to organize their own military forces to assess the Ezo Rebellion." It was Terumoto Mori who spoke, and he has nothing to do with how the Northeast is in chaos.

"However, I heard that it happened that the Nanbu clan's Qihu, Hachinohe and other families participated in the riots. The Nanbu family themselves and the Ou tutelary fortress are also responsible for this matter. It is okay to send troops, but you must also call Nanbu Xinzhi to defend yourself."

This time, only Xiujia and Xiuci took part in the small evaluation with the five big brothers and five Fengxing.Except for Xiuzhen who was ordered to send Ming envoys to Kyushu, the ten people returned to their territories after attending Xiuli's succession ceremony.

Once every 2 months, Xiuzhen happened to be still in Osaka, and together with Hideaki Kobayakawa, Hachisuka House Economics, and Kyogoko who were near Osaka, there were 4 out of 11 people attending the meeting, and the total number of people in charge of decision-making today is [-]. . (Five executions do not count)
And the one who spoke was Jing Gaoji, who didn't know what kind of trouble he was having, why he had the same tone as Xiuci, and was so keen to find the person in charge.

Hearing that everyone decided to use force to deal with the Ezo issue, Xiuzhen took the initiative to ask Ying to say: "Let me be responsible for the pacification of Ou Yu. Since I have been ordered to guard Ou Yu, I naturally have a duty to do so."

It was a certainty that Xiuzhen would go back, but this was not the purpose of Xiujia and Xiuci.So Hideji stated directly, "Ezo went south to invade our country, and he was ordered to receive the Ezo seal. Wouldn't His Highness Toyoharu, who is in charge of Ezo affairs, go?"

"How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? It is enough for me to lead the army of the Northeast lords to deal with some Ezo bandits. Why do you need the right government?" Xiuzhen refuted Xiuci.

"That's wrong~" Xiuci retorted, "Your Highness Fengchun, regarding the seal form given by His Highness Bai, the matter about Ezo should naturally be left to His Highness Fengchun to solve.

Now that something happened to Ezo in the Northeast, is it possible to pat the ass like this and get out of the accident?

OK!If His Highness Toyoharu is not willing to take charge of this matter, it is not impossible to hand it over to His Highness Koriyama, but His Highness Fengchun must hand over Ezo's Zhuyin certificate and hand it over to someone capable to manage it in the future. "

Everyone present knew that it was absolutely impossible for the Xiu family to hand over the Zhu Yin certificate, so the Xiu family had only one choice left, which was to lead the troops into battle.It's just that they didn't know that this was echoing Xiujia's thoughts.

"There is some truth to what Gifu Palace said, so let me go out in person."

As soon as the Xiu family's voice fell, Xiuzhen looked at the Xiu family in different ways, "Brother?"

Xiujia stretched out her hand to stop Xiuzhen, who wanted to persuade her, and said, "It's just that I don't think that the problem of Yezo can be cured. Since they can go south to invade us this time, we can also go north to attack them.

How do you say that? Kou can go, so can I! 'I am willing to raise 10 troops to sweep the north and settle the north! "

Everyone, including the opponent Xiuji, was overwhelmed by the momentum of Xiujia's words. Xiuji didn't expect that he just provoked the law casually, and Xiujia took the initiative to take over the task of going to Ezo.

"Your Highness Toyoharu, are you thinking about it?" Tokugawa Ieyasu naturally didn't want Hideka to leave.

When Hideka was there, Hideka and Tokugawa united, and they were able to overwhelm Hideji in the number of votes reviewed by the five big bosses. Once Hideka left his side, he would be overwhelmed by the opponent.

But Hideka made up his mind, and said to everyone, "Not only the daimyos of Ou, but also the daimyos of Kanto, Tōkaidō, and Hokuriku should also go to war together."

"Is the battle a bit bigger?" When he heard that even the daimyos of Tokaido and Hokuriku were going to send troops, Tokugawa Ieyasu objected even more. "Now that the young master is young, it's better not to go to war."

However, what Xiujia proposed was exactly what Xiuji expected. It was rare for him to stand with the interests of Xiujia, and he even said, "The Northern Expedition to Ezo is a major national event. Naturally, I, the Gifu Clan, will also contribute, even if I am no longer recruited." Among them, I, the Gifu Clan, would also like to mobilize 3000 soldiers to accompany the Northern Expedition of Youfu!"

Hideji's emphasis was so strong that it even directly blocked the retreat of the daimyo east of Gifu.

Maybe it was because he was afraid that the Hide family would not leave, or maybe it was because the North Korean war caused a lot of losses to the West Country. In order to let the East Country also suffer from bleeding, Terumoto Mori also said, "In this case, my Mori family also sent 2000 troops to show their support. .”

With Mori Terumoto's words, the scale of this war cannot be limited to the expulsion of the Ezo invasion from the Northeast.

Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to limit the scale of the war and let Hideo come back earlier, but there was no good way to see Hideo and Hideji fighting each other.

Looking at the few people who participated in the evaluation, they seemed to be very interested in the Northern Expedition, and he knew that the general trend was irreversible, so he could only sigh helplessly and said, "Since everyone has no opinion on the matter of sending troops, let's make a decision.

However, since His Highness Toyoharu is involved, and even all the daimyos east of Kinki are required to mobilize, the scale of this war is indeed a bit larger, and we still have to wait for the two wives to confirm it before making a decision. "

Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to procrastinate, but Hideji would not give him this chance.

Xiuci said directly, "Women and children don't understand the important matter of conquering the country. Since His Royal Highness has confirmed that he is in command, and he is well-known, how to fight this battle and how many people to mobilize is better to listen to His Highness You Fu's opinion."

Listening to Xiuci talking about "His Royal Highness Youfu", those who don't know think how close he is to the Xiu family, and those who don't know think that the one who called "Xiu family" directly just now is someone else.

In fact, the Xiu family had already prepared the plan to go to Ezo, but in order to show that he was "forced away" by Xiuci today, he couldn't directly show his plan.

Hideka said, "The chaos in the Northeast can actually be divided into two. The situation in the South is indeed in crisis. I think it is better to let His Highness Koriyama lead the troops to the north first, and mobilize the Northeast daimyo to go further south to support the south. , Akita and other families resisted.

As for the specific plan for the Northern Expedition, please give me a few days to plan, so I can take this opportunity to rule the ten people and enter Luo again for a vote, right? "

Now that the Xiu family has agreed to send troops, Xiu Ci is not afraid that the Xiu family will run away.He also knew that it would be difficult for the Xiu family to come up with the regulations now, so he agreed to the Xiu family's request.

For Tokugawa Ieyasu, as long as Hideka is in a hurry to go north to fight Ezo today, he has a chance to keep Hideo, so he acquiesced to Hideka's request.

This time, the military discussion on the Northern Expedition to Ezo was interrupted again 3 days after the military information was delivered.Fortunately, Xiuzhen received the Zhuyin certificate with the joint monogram of the five big brothers, confirming that she would return to the northeast to mobilize the Northeast daimyo to go north to support the Nanbu and Anton families.

But as the crowd left, the commotion inside did not stop there.

As soon as Xiu's family returned to their mansion, Xiuzhen came to visit.His purpose of coming here was very simple, he was very surprised why Xiujia intervened in Ezo's affairs.

In his cognition, since Ezo invaded the Northeast, it would be a matter of rushing back. Both he and the Xiu family should leave the main experience here. When will we be able to suppress Xiu Ci and others to ascend to the big position? .

As the earliest shareholder of Fengchun Company, Xiuzhen has been with the Xiu family for some years. As a shareholder, she wants to go public to cash out.Now that the air outlet is so tight, how can a disease in a small place need the chairman Xiujia to end it in person? Your chairman is just in charge of the listing process.

Knowing this moment, Xiujia revealed his true thoughts to Xiuzhen, "I have to go to Ezo in person just for the great cause."

"Brother, I don't understand. Even if you want to expand your territory and establish your prestige, you can do it after the world is established. Why rush it for a while?"

"If I'm in the center, where's the stage for His Highness Gifu to dance swords?" Hideka said with a smile, "Why do you think I went to Ezo? You think I want Hokuriku, Tokaido, and Kanto daimyo to mobilize for the campaign." for what?
We will hold the military power outside, and Gifu and Hamamatsu (Tokugawa Ieyasu) will fight inside. At that time, the world will be in chaos. We will bring the meritorious service of stabilizing the northern border to Luoyang to stabilize the world again. There is a better script than this ? "

After hearing the Xiu family's plan, Xiuzhen finally showed an expression of enlightenment.But he also asked immediately, "Why do you think that after we leave, they will fight in Osaka?"

"This is not something you need to worry about. I will make arrangements before going out. You just need to follow me with peace of mind. You will be indispensable for the reward when the world is stable."

"When you go back to the Tohoku this time, I don't need to worry about Dewa's side. I will take the Tohoku daimyo to support the Nanfang family first. It is not so easy to enter the place of Deha Yatachi, and the delivery of Qingjin Weixin and Akita Miki and others is blocked. That's it.

It’s the beginning of winter now, and I think the reason why Ezo went south this time has something to do with the food shortage caused by the blizzard in Ezo.The snowy road in the Northeast is difficult to travel, and the follow-up support may not come until the beginning of spring next year.

As long as you strictly hold the front line until the arrival of reinforcements, it is a great achievement, but you don't want to take the initiative to attack when the university is flying. "

"Please don't worry, I remember all these things." Now that she knew about the Xiu family's plan, Xiuzhen would not go out of her way to write down the Xiu family's arrangements one by one.

"If possible, rule Akita Miki, and take advantage of the heavy snow to cut down some trees on the mountain and send them to the port to build ships. There are a lot of people in this Northern Expedition, and there are not enough ships~"

The military situation in the Northeast was urgent, and Xiuzhen almost set off for the north without stopping after listening to the instructions at Xiu's house.Shortly after Xiuzhen left, Tokugawa Ieyasu also visited.

"Is His Highness Toyoharu really going to personally conquer Ezo?" At this moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu was not in the mood to greet Hideo, and asked straightforwardly as soon as they met.

"Your Majesty Gifu has already said so, is there any reason for me not to go?" Hideka would not tell Tokugawa Ieyasu what he wanted to go, so he naturally threw the blame on Hideji.

"Hey" Tokugawa Ieyasu sighed helplessly and said, "Your Highness shouldn't have agreed so quickly. There is still room for change after the matter of Zhu Yin. Now if His Highness goes north in person, I am afraid that Osaka will be at the mercy of Gifu."

This was exactly the plan that Xiujia had just told Xiuzhen that he would have a backup in Osaka.Of course Hideka knew that after he left, Hideji was the dominant family in Osaka City, even Tokugawa Ieyasu and Chacha United were not his opponents, so Hideka had to maintain this balance and let dogs eat dogs.

The key is that the balance of strength is very knowledgeable.Tokugawa's power must be weaker than that of Xiuji, so that Xiuci can take the initiative to attack Tokugawa in the final panic.

What Xiujia was waiting for was Tokugawa Ieyasu who took the initiative to deliver it to his door. Now, although Tokugawa Ieyasu seemed to be pretending to be helpless, and seemed to put on an indifferent attitude, he was actually panicking inside.

But Tokugawa Ieyasu was not in a hurry to ask for help from the Hide family. At this time, he would be a failure, and I am afraid that he would completely become a vassal of the Toyoharu faction.

Why is Tokugawa Ieyasu willing to get close to Chacha?Naturally, it was because Chacha could give Tokugawa Ieyasu power that no one else could.

As long as Xiuji and Xiujia are suppressed, Tokugawa Ieyasu can take the emperor to order the princes and become the complete Tokugawa in history.

After all, he already has the name of the five big bosses in writing, but because of the wings of the butterfly, there are two dual political leaders with illegitimate names and splitting powers on his head.

"Yeah, with Gifu Temple's temperament, this is what I'm worried about."

Tokugawa Ieyasu was anxious inside, but pretended not to care on the surface.Hideya, on the other hand, has no disturbances in his heart, but his mouth cooperates with Tokugawa Ieyasu to show a state of inner anxiety.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was waiting for Hideo to play first, and directly stated his plan, and he was helping to polish the extravagance.But Xiujia waited for Tokugawa Ieyasu to speak first, and completely recognized his grandson.

Political games are going on even among allies.

(End of this chapter)