Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 753 Takeda Family Letter and Takeda Nobukiyoshi

Although Xiujia and Tokugawa Hidetada belong to the same generation, there is a big gap between the two in terms of speaking power.

Regardless of the size of the two sides, Tokugawa Hidetada is just the heir of the Tokugawa family and does not have the ruling power of the Tokugawa family.And the governor of the Toyoharu family of the Xiu family is a super boss who holds the power of the Toyoharu family. Even the elder Maeda Toshiie and Tokugawa Ieyasu have to be polite to the Xiu family.

Hideya ignored Tokugawa Hidetada's request that the Tokugawa family preside over Takeda Manchiyomaru's uniform ceremony, and it was really rude to take people away forcibly.

After the Xiu family made their statement, the Tokugawa family seemed to be facing a big enemy. Honda Tadakatsu, who had already drank a lot of alcohol, even kicked the drunken hand and wanted to come back to the Xiu family.

Seeing Yoshika and Kira Mori, the attendants who were always guarding Xiu's family, stood up and stood in front of Tadakatsu Honda to stop him.

Don't look at the description of Honda Tadakatsu by later generations as a man who is extremely strong and powerful like Lu Bu, but according to archaeology, this person is just a little old man of about 143cm.

Kira Mori's height in history was as high as 1.8 meters, and he was called the Tosa Giant. The Satomi family, where the Satomi Yoshie lived, was not short, with a full height of 1.67 meters.

These two stood in front of Honda Zhongsheng, making this "Japanese Zhang Fei" unable to make any further progress.Kira Moriki even pushed Honda Tadakatsu to the ground with a push, which aroused the dissatisfaction of more Tokugawa samurai around him.

Facing the tense situation in the banquet, Tokugawa Hidetada still chose to retreat.He said, "The honored guest is seated, how decent is this!"

Xiujia also took the opportunity to express his opinion, "Major General You Jinwei should take care of the retainers on behalf of the inner government." There was an unquestionable majesty in his tone.

Tokugawa Hidetada is a good family supervisor, but he is indeed no match for the Hideka at his current age. Facing the "rude" request of the Hideka, he can only try to delay it.

But Hideka didn't give him a chance, and the next day he personally visited and said that he was about to go on the road, and hoped that he could take Manchiyomaru with him.

Tokugawa Hidetada had no choice but to think of a way to delay. Hideka was unwilling to stay longer in Tokugawa's territory and led the team to continue eastward. Both sides seemed to have deliberately forgotten this matter.

But not long after, news came from Suruga, "Youfu left the team with more than a hundred followers and went to Kai!"

One day later, there was another news from Kai, "Youfu went to the Takeda family with his entourage, saying that he was going to hold the Yuanfu ceremony for the heirs of the Takeda family!"

The distance from Hamamatsu to Kai is comparable to the distance from Hamamatsu to Osaka. Tokugawa Hidetada heard that Hideka was going to hold a ceremony for the son of Takeda Hidenobu, and he couldn’t sit still anymore. He hurriedly sent Takeda Manchiyomaru back to Katsunuma Castle. , and let the old Oupira nobumasa ask Hideka again about the arrangements for Manchiyomaru's uniform.

The matter of inheriting the samurai family is very serious. His central idea is the distinction between heirs and concubines and orderly travel. Katsuchiyo is the eldest son of Takeda Hidenobu, and he already has the legal basis to inherit the Takeda family.

It's just because under the intermediary of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the approval of Hideya and Tokugawa Ieyasu, it was confirmed that Manchiyomaru of the Tokugawa family was the heir of Takeda Hidenobu.

Takeda Manchiyomaru was completely adopted as an adopted son, and became the heir due to external pressure.

With such an identity, the legal rationale for the right of inheritance is very weak, and it is all suppressed by the forces behind him.

Needless to say, when Hideyoshi was alive, now that Hideyoshi has fallen, the legitimacy of his rule over the Takeda family needs to be recognized by Hideyoshi and Tokugawa.

Now the Xiu family is going to host the Yuanfu ceremony for Katsuchiyo, and it is clear that they want to endorse Katsuchiyo, so isn't it embarrassing for you, Manchiyomaru?

There is one more problem for Manchiyomaru.From a legal point of view, the black hat mother determines the backer behind the son, but when to let the child take over and who to be the black hat kisser is his father Hidenobu Takeda's right.

When Hideyoshi was alive before, Toyoharu Tokugawa would not have any objections and go through a process to make Tokugawa a black hat.

Now that Hideyoshi is dead, if the Hide family really backs him and keeps dragging Manchiyomaru to Fugenfu, but on the other hand to cultivate power for Katsuchiyo who is ahead of the Yuanfu, then the control of the Tokugawa family in the Takeda family is bound to arise fall back.

And this is why Tokugawa Hidetada was so eager to send Manchiyomaru back to the Takeda family, and wanted to use this pass to let the Hide family hold the Yuanfu ceremony for him.

The Xiu family had already given Tokugawa Hidetada a chance before, and he knew very well that this matter would inevitably become a thorn between him and the Tokugawa family.

Perhaps in order to establish the authority of the Tokugawa clan in Kai, or perhaps to help Manchiyomaru establish prestige in the Takeda family, Okupira Nobumasa actually asked Takeda Hidenobu to call his retainers to hold a direct dialogue at Katsunuma Castle.

This is actually a very rude request, you are just a foreign minister, what right do you have to order the arrangements of the Takeda family?

Besides, you are just a servant, what qualifications do you have to let the Takeda family come and go to welcome you?

However, his request really excited the retainers of the Takeda family who were originally pro-Tokugawa faction, and they all expressed their position to the lord that they should welcome the arrival of the "young master" Manchiyomaru and the old friend Okuheira with big gifts.

On the contrary, Xiujia wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to kill the prestige of the Tokugawa family, so he agreed to his request.

As a result, right from the beginning of the meeting, Hideka did not give Okheira any face, and said directly, "I have held a genfu ceremony for Taro, and now his name is Takeda Kenobu. As for Manchiyomaru's genfu, the Takeda family should decide on their own." , my Fengchun family will never interfere in this matter."

However, in fact Takeda Hidenobu had already worn a pair of trousers with Hideo, so he had already discussed with Hideo about Manchiyomarumoto's suit, and Hideka would come forward to find Kiyohide Nakagawa who had already lived in seclusion as his black hat relative.

The Takeda clan, Tokugawa clan and Nakagawa clan all came from the Seiwa Genji family, and the ancestors of the three families were originally one family.Hideka doesn't want Manchiyomaru's black hat to be too strong, which will affect the succession order of the second generation within him.

After the Xiu family dug and dug and dug in the vast and famous Kanto family, they suddenly found that the allies around them, the Zhong Chuan family, were the most suitable target.

When confronting the Tokugawa clan before, Xiujia originally wanted to arrange for Yuki or Utsunomiya to be his black hat relatives.The power of these two families is weaker, but fortunately they are from famous families.

Now that the alliance between Hideo and Tokugawa Ieyasu is still there, I have to take Tokugawa Ieyasu's face into consideration.

When Nobumasaki Okheira heard that Takeda Hidenobu's eldest son, Katsuchiyo, had already entered Yuanfu, and had obtained the common name of Taro, which was exclusive to the heirs of the Takeda family, and even the common character "family" bestowed by the Hideo family, he immediately felt unacceptable.

"Youfu! Back then, in front of Guan Bai, you confirmed with my lord that His Highness Manchiyomaru will inherit Takeda from the family!"

The Hide family wanted to play down Manchiyomaru's status as the heir within the Takeda family at the moment, so it was naturally impossible to respond to the words "I still support Manchiyomaru's succession as the governor of the Takeda family".

But naturally, you shouldn't say too decisive words, making it ugly for both sides.

So the answer given by the Xiu family was "Why did I say that I would get involved in the succession of the Takeda family? I just passed through Kai, and Kai stayed there and knew me, so I attended the ceremony for his son. It's just a ceremony.

I'm indeed Kashin's hatless relative, but I just bestowed the common character, as for the common name, it's all up to Kaishu to decide! "

Hideka blamed Takeda Hidenobu, and Okping Nobuchang would naturally not be as polite to Takeda Hidenobu as he was to Hideka.

He confronted Takeda Hidenobu with a straight face and asked, "Have you forgotten the kindness that Toyotomi Kanbai and the Tokugawa Uchifu have done to you? "Taro" is a common name that can only be given to the family governor of the Takeda family. How can you Teach others?"

Takeda Hidenobu put on an innocent face and said, "I never said that Taro would be the next governor!"

"But, the common name 'Taro'"

"The Takeda family has never made a document stating that 'Taro' is the only common name for the governor of the Takeda family? Have you forgotten that the common names of my great-great-grandfather Takeda Nobuwa and his father are both 'Goro'!

Even if His Royal Highness Xinhu named his son, it was a general name according to the order of birth!Taro is my eldest son. Is there any problem with taking the common name 'Taro'? "

Nobumasa Okuhei doesn't know much about the secrets of the Takeda family. He only knows that Takeda Shingen and Takeda Nobukatsu are both common names for Taro, and the outside world has been saying that "Taro" is the general name for the Takeda family governor. .

Now Takeda Hidenobu has cited two special cases, and explained it with the ordering rules of Takeda's naming, which really blocked the mouth of Nobumasa Okping.

He could only ask with pursed lips out of face: "Then, what kind of nickname does Kai Shou plan to give my Highness?"

It was Takeda Hidenobu who he questioned, but it was Hideya who interrupted his questioning first.

"Your Highness?" Xiujia repeated his words, and asked in disbelief, "When did Misaku Okuhira become a retainer of the Takeda family?"

Then he changed the subject and scolded in a stern tone, "If it's really a retainer, how can a retainer question the emperor's truth like this!"

"I" Opin Xinchang didn't dare to get angry with Xiu's family, and was so stunned by Xiu's family that he couldn't react, so he could only keep explaining, "I didn't mean that, Your Highness."

But before he finished explaining, the Xiu family continued to suppress him imposingly: "Even if you are not a retainer of the Takeda Clan, you are just a servant of the Tokugawa Clan.

And sitting across from you is the imperial seal Kai Mamoru, who owns Kai and Sagami 10 shi Junkuni Daimyo His Highness Takeda, how can you be so presumptuous!Didn't the Tokugawa House teach you retainers how to treat daimyos! "

After all, he didn't give Okping Nobuchang a chance to beg for mercy and explain, and directly used the items in the Toyotomi Law to ask the attendants beside him to see Yijia to admonish him.

The Hide family really did face to the Tokugawa family, they just asked their retainers to admonish them, if they strictly follow the law, the highest would be seppuku.

Accompanied by the Satomi Yoshi family repeating the law over and over again, as one of the elders of the Tokugawa family, Nobumasa Okheira could only sit on his knees and reply over and over again like a child who made a mistake, "Kai, I know I was wrong. .”

This is oppression from the top down.Invisibly, Hideka's behavior was a sigh of relief for Takeda Hidenobu, injected a boost to the faction directly under Hidenobu, and severely suppressed the arrogance of the Tokugawa faction.

Although Xiujia did not implement the punishment in accordance with the legal standards, it was only a light brushstroke and it was just admonishment.But when such an attitude is shown, it is obvious to tell the retainers of the Takeda family that his Toyotomi family is going to stand for Takeda Hidenobu and Takeda Ienobu and his son.

There are only two or three items of the law that are related, but Li Jianyi could only repeat these two or three items over and over again before Xiujia stopped, and Aubing Xinchang could only repeat them over and over again in front of him. "Admit your mistake."

Maybe there were hundreds of times, and the Xiu family didn't remember the exact number of times. The Xiu family finally stopped the admonition here.

Xiujia then warned Ao Ping Xinchang, "Mizusamura, I remember all the words you admitted just now, I hope you will take this as a warning, and you will know what is respect and order in the future.

Don’t think that you have any backing behind you so you can question a daimyo with such fear. Even if it’s a daimyo with more than 1 koku, it’s a daimyo directly under the Toyotomi family, and even if you have 3 koku, 5 Wan Shi is only a retainer of the Tokugawa clan.

Remember your identity! "

"Ha Yi, thank you His Royal Highness for your instruction." Aoping Xinchang has completely withered, and he can no longer see the momentum just now.

After Xiujia personally reprimanded him, he let him go. Nobumasa Okheira wanted to talk about Manchiyomaru again, and hoped that Xiujia and the Takeda family could give permission.

But Xiujia could only say coldly, "This is something that Kaishou cares about. If there is something I need help with, I will definitely help. Please pay attention to your identity."

Nobuchang Okping left in despair. He did not fulfill Tokugawa Hidetada's request. After returning, he was regarded as "waste", and his gradual marginalization was predictable.

What is wrong with him as a retainer of the Tokugawa clan?
It's a pity that the Xiu family needs to use him to intimidate Tokugawa's retainers in the Takeda clan, so they can only let him be that chicken.

According to Xiu's plan, Xiu's family basically didn't stop much along the way, but they only stayed at Xiu's house in Kai for 3 days longer, in order to wait for the chief executive, Kiyohide Nakagawa, to arrive.

The Hide family was very sure that when they heard the news that Katsuchiyo was about to take the Yuanfu, the Tokugawa family would not be able to sit still, and Manchiyomaru could only be sent back to Takeda.

As a result, a good show happened, and Xiujia seized the opportunity.

Choosing a day is worse than hitting the sun. Today, it happened that Kiyohide Nakagawa and Hideka were both in Katsunuma Castle, and Hideya even asked Takeda Hidenobu to invite Haruka Yuuki from Komoro to come, so they held a grand ceremony today in front of Nobumasa Okheira. Chiyomaru's Yuanfu ceremony.

Okohira Nobuchang is miserable, he doesn't think that Nakagawa Kiyohide is bad at being Manchiyomaru's black hat, but it must not be as good as the power and effect brought by his own master Tokugawa Ufu.

But he just gave the Xiu family admonishment, and the retainers of the Xiu family are still sitting beside him to monitor him, and if there is any slight movement, the coughing reminder will come from beside him.

Manchiyomaru is also very uncomfortable. Since he was 7 years old, he was indoctrinated that he would inherit the Takeda family name, and his biological father Tokugawa Ieyasu held the Yuanfu ceremony for him.

As a result, an unknown uncle came around and came to put a hat on himself.

Kiyohide Nakagawa bestowed his Qing self on Manchiyomaru, adding the character "Xin" unique to the Takeda family, and he will be called Takeda Hikota Nobukiyoshi from now on.

"Hikota" means "confirmed boss." Takeda Hidenobu meant that he wanted to use the generic name "Hikota" to show that he did not intend to shake the position of Takeda Nobukiyoshi's heir.

This is a good name. The Patriarch Takeda Nobutake, who leads the Takeda Clan proud of the world Kai, and the leader of the Ashikaga Clan Shangluo, is commonly known as "Hanroku."

He is the sixth son, but was forcibly dragged up by his father's self-confirmation.

But "Yan Tai" also means "it seems to be the boss.", or "may be the boss".

As for how Takeda Hidenobu, Hideya, and Tokugawa families understand this general term, it is a matter of opinion.

(End of this chapter)