Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 776

Many people don't understand why Toyotomi Hidekatsu doesn't even let his nephew go. In fact, you have to look at this matter from Hidekatsu's perspective.

Xiusheng and Xiuci did not have much foundation for friendship in their childhood, but Xiuci has been guarding him as the head of the family since he was in Yuanfu. are bound within a lineage.

The father of the two, Miyoshi Yoshifusa, was a real farmer. He was called a daimyo because of his brother-in-law Hideyoshi. He himself did not receive a good samurai education.

This made Xiusheng himself, in the next ten years of his life, he was led and educated by Xiuci.It's like the head teacher who brought him up, students will inevitably be afraid of him.

Now that Xiu Sheng has abandoned Xiu Ci, although he thinks that he was forced by Xiu Ci and he is on the side of justice, it is impossible to say that he has no guilt in his heart.

He didn't even want to see Xiuci for the last time, he was afraid, he was afraid that Xiuci would ask why in person.

It is under the effect of this kind of psychology that he is even more unwilling to face Xiuci's sons.He was afraid that these nephews would come to cause trouble for him when he became an adult, so he executed them together under Chacha's bewitching.

This was a very bad decision, because the person who was executed was a relative of Toyotomi's family, a senior member of the imperial court, and he still had a position of hindsight on his head.

And it was his younger brother, another Toyotomi pro-vassal, who executed him.This is a great blow to the authority of the Toyotomi family, almost equivalent to telling the world that the power struggle within the Toyotomi family has reached the point of killing relatives.

The good news is that Xiuci's wife and daughter were saved. Of course, this good news is compared with the ending of Xiuci's family in history.

Xiusheng and Chacha didn't spare their lives out of good intentions, but because there were too many people to be beheaded, they had to be executed in two batches.

After Xiuci and the male were executed, Tokugawa Ieyasu finally rushed to Kyoto and stopped Toyotomi Hidekatsu who was about to attack the female family members.

The most unacceptable thing is that Hideho, one of the three brothers, returned to Osaka with Tokugawa Ieyasu. His military power has been handed over to the samurai of the Toyotomi family and transferred to Tanba through Tango to disband. Now there are only 12 servants around him. .

When he saw the bloody headless corpse lying on the side of the six rivers, among these people, there was a headless corpse in white clothes that stood out the most, and a high platform was specially built to kill him.

That must be his elder brother Toyotomi Hideji.

Looking at another elder brother Xiu Sheng who was sitting indifferently behind the high platform, Xiu Bao collapsed.At only 23 years old, he really couldn't understand why, what caused the two elder brothers to confront each other, and what caused his second brother to cut off the elder brother's head himself.

Collapsed with Hideho, and Miyoshi Yoshifusa and Hishuni in Osaka Castle.They went to Xiuci the first time Xiuci lost power, hoping that he would intercede to save Xiuci's life.

It's a pity that they didn't know that among the five big brothers, the one who most hoped for Xiuci's life was actually his own younger brother.

Xiubao is different from Xiuci, he has followed Xiusheng's ass since he was a child, and Xiusheng still has some pity for him.Naturally, he didn't want his younger brother to see his cruel side. He blamed all of this on Tokugawa Ieyasu, thinking that he brought Hideho here.

Tokugawa Ieyasu has no time to accompany Xiusheng to play family ethics games at the moment, he is about to be blown up by the outrageous manipulation of his pig teammates.

What made him even more unacceptable was that, faced with such outrageous demands, why didn't Maeda Toshiie stop them? Was he too confused?
It really made Tokugawa Ieyasu guess that although the 64-year-old Maeda Toshiie is still in good health, he has already suffered from dementia, which is also known as Alzheimer's disease in later generations.

Tokugawa Ieyasu deliberately left him in Osaka to watch Chacha, but he was no longer able to deal with government affairs, and even his memory was fading.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu saw him, he blurted out, "Left Lieutenant General! Did the monkey beat you?"

Lieutenant General Zuo Konoe was Tokugawa Ieyasu's official position before he surrendered to Hideyoshi in the Nooo battle. It is obvious that Maeda Toshiie has lost his memory for nearly 15 years. At this moment, his understanding of the world is still at the time of the Nooo battle.

Seeing Maeda Toshie's attitude, Tokugawa Ieyasu knew that no matter how he tried to defend himself, the blame for the riots in Yawatayama Castle must be blamed on him.

Two Hokuriku daimyos died all of a sudden, and one Kyushu daimyo was injured. In order to save the Toyotomi family's face, Hideji Hori had to bear the hat of chaos.

But are these big names so willing to bear this hat?
Asano Nagamasa fled to Otsu, Ono Nagaharu took Hosokawa Tadakashi to chase all the way, and asked the Otsu feudal lord Iichi Ichieki for a human trafficker.Yiyijiaji people are all dumbfounded, and they don't even know why he asked Asano Nagamasa.

This matter was handled by Nobuya Shimizu, who is the elder of the family, and he didn't even have time to report to his lord, Ichikaji, so Ono Changzhi brought someone to Xingshi to question him.

Faced with Nagaharu Ono's questioning, Ichika Kina's expression that it was true successfully deceived Nagaharu Ono. He understood that Nagamasa Asano might not have gone back the way he said with Tadake Hosokawa, at least not. Seek help from the Otsu clan.

However, when someone wants to blame you, you don't need the facts at all, as long as the blame is related to you, you have to take it with you.

Ohno Choji insisted that Otsu Ichijo's family was related to the escape of the rebellious minister Asano Nagamasa, and asked the owner of the family to go to Osaka to defend himself.

Ijo Ikeki is 15 years old this year. Although he is still a high school teenager in later generations, he is already an adult samurai in the present.

And he was not stupid, he soon understood that it was Ono Changji who wanted to detain him in Osaka and threatened his father with his own life.

Ichiji Jiaji directly used Ono Nagaji's slander of the public minister as a reason, and said that he would go to Kyoto to sue the emperor in person.

At the same time, he refused to go to Osaka to defend himself on the grounds that Nagaji Ono did not have documents and evidence from the Toyotomi family to prove that he was related to the matter of Nagamasa Asano.

He thinks this is an insult to himself, how can he say that he is the real son of the Xiu family, and his adoptive father is in the family of three high-ranking ministers, how can you, Changzhi Ono, be able to handle it arbitrarily?

Ohno Changji didn't get a satisfactory answer from Yiyijiaji, and left Otsu City angrily. He said that he would complain to Chacha about Yiyijia's rudeness (I don't know who was rude).

On the other side, Tokugawa Ieyasu finally met the woman he wanted to strangle - Chacha.

The first time she saw Tokugawa Ieyasu, instead of regretting what she had done, Chacha began to show off her achievements to Tokugawa Ieyasu and how she turned Hideo against Hideo.

Of course, it is impossible for her to tell Tokugawa her story of sacrificing her life for righteousness, and tell Tokugawa Ieyasu that Chacha in the story is an excellent diplomat who successfully awakened the lost lamb.

Tokugawa Ieyasu might really believe this story, after all Hidekatsu is indeed a second idiot.

But Chacha actually continued to ask Tokugawa Ieyasu for Fukushima Masanori and Toyotomi Hideho from Tokugawa Ieyasu, and it was impossible for Tokugawa Ieyasu to accept it.

"Ma'am, now that the war in the world has just calmed down, the priority should be to calm people's hearts. After all, Fukushima's attendants have contributed to the Toyotomi family, and this time they are not the mastermind. I think it should be dealt with lightly.

As for the pursuit of Lieutenant General Danba (Toyotomi Hideho), it is even more inappropriate, and he did not show any overstepping. The minister stayed with him in this incident and can testify for him. "

"The inner government wants to forgive Fukushima Masanori? Have you asked Uesugi Councilor's opinion? You should know that Fukushima Masanori deserves credit for the destruction of Uozu Castle! As for Lieutenant General Tanba, he is a relative of Zuofu after all, isn't he?"

"When it comes to relatives, Beizhizhuang's counselor is also a relative of Zuofu, and Sanhao Fayin (Sanhao Jifang) is the father of the three of them. Does Madam even have to implicate them?"

"Beizhizhuang's participation in the precipice and reining in the horse has contributed to the imperial court, so it is natural to be exonerated. Not only is he innocent, but he should also be rewarded. I have decided to give him the reward of leading the country with a thick tail, and he has achieved the name of a million stones.

As for Sanhao Fayin not being implicated in this matter, and the father of the counselor, naturally he will not be implicated.But Lieutenant General Danba is different, he is a real supporter of Hidetsu.

He and Masanori Fukushima were the most active in the attack on Uesugi this time. If it is not triggered, it will be difficult to convince the public. "

"Ma'am!" Tokugawa Ieyasu was about to persuade again, "Two daimyos have already died in the Hachimanyama Castle Rebellion. If they are still implicated, the world's daimyos may be hard to suppress!"

"I'm going to talk to the inner government about this." Hearing Tokugawa Ieyasu talking about the Hachimanyama Castle Rebellion, Chacha changed the subject and continued, "Asano Nagamasa encouraged Jun En and followed the rebellious leader Toyotomi Hideji to cause a military disaster. Afterwards If he still resisted the law and caused riots, I think he should be reformed and arrested. Considering that he is the elder brother of the Beizhen Institute, what do you think about ordering him to be seppuku to save the lives of his family?"

When Tokugawa Ieyasu heard about Chacha's arrangement, it was really hard to understand what Chacha was thinking.Xiuci's sudden death due to an accident will inevitably make the world's famous people at a loss, and the current situation should be based on appeasement.

And it doesn't mean that everything will be fine if Xiuji is settled, but don't forget that there is still a super daimyo who threatens Xiuli's ruling power in Kanto.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's patience has gradually lost, so he simply stopped pretending and said directly to Chacha: "There must be a misunderstanding about Asano's counseling, please don't make any claims on this matter, Madam, and leave it to me to make things better room."

Tokugawa Ieyasu's sudden change of attitude made the smile on Chacha's face gradually shrink.

After Xiuci was dealt with, she became very confident. She thought that after being suppressed for 5 years, she would finally turn around. She didn't expect that her ally Tokugawa Ieyasu would dare to speak to herself in such a tone.

But after all, it was Ieyasu Tokugawa who was speaking, the smile on Chacha’s face was just delayed for a moment, and he put on a smile again and said to Ieyasu Tokugawa: “Since the inner government wants to handle this situation with full power, let the matter be handed over to the inner government.” Let the government handle it."

Ieyasu Tokugawa saw that Chacha had regressed, and he continued to demand more rights from Chacha, saying, "Not only the Asano counselor's matter, but also the other daimyos involved in this situation, please leave them to me for disposal."

However, Chacha refused to budge and said, "That's impossible! My consent must be given to deal with Hideho and Masanori Fukushima. Moreover, Sakuma's family must also be dealt with. Sakuma is to blame for the chaos in Yawatayama Castle.

I heard that they had a close relationship with Fengchun's family, so let him go to Kanto to find his benefactor.

There is also Izuha's Mogami, the reason why the rebellious minister Toyotomi Hideji dared to launch an army against Uesugi this time, wasn't it because he restrained him in the northern part of Uesugi?He also has to be dealt with. "

Seeing that Chacha refused to budge, Tokugawa Ieyasu could only say: "I understand what madam means, but please leave this matter to me, madam. In the end, I will definitely leave it to you, madam."

Tokugawa Ieyasu's attitude is exactly what Chacha expected to see.She couldn't wait to see all the big names involved in the case bow down in front of her, begging for forgiveness.

At the same time, other daimyos bowed down to his lustful power one after another, calling him long live.

Chacha kept saying that she would hand over the matter to Tokugawa Ieyasu, but in fact she sent a messenger to carry out her own ideas.

Sakuma, Niwa, Asano, and Mogami received reprimands from Chacha in the name of Xiuli, asking them to go to Luo to plead guilty to Xiuli in person, and Osaka is willing to give them forgiveness based on their past achievements.

There was nothing wrong with the Hori family in the first place, and they were not involved in these matters.But his patriarch died, so he must ask Osaka for an explanation.

Tokugawa Ieyasu intended to hand over Ono Nagaji, and exchanged Ono Nagaji's life for the obedience of the three kingdoms of Sakuma, Niwa, Hori, and Asano.

But the incident was reported to Ono Changzhi by the attendants in Osaka Castle, and Ono Changzhi went directly to Chacha and cried, begging Chacha to save his life.

I don't know what Chacha was thinking, but in the end, Tokugawa Ieyasu actually summoned and asked him to define all the daimyos involved in the incident in Hachimanyama Castle as rebellious.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was very annoyed, you just agreed to hand over this matter to me, and it will add fuel to the fire in a blink of an eye.

Tokugawa Ieyasu disagreed with Chacha's point of view. Chacha could only tell him that he had sent someone to question the above-mentioned companies, so as to tell Tokugawa Ieyasu that he had made this matter an established fact.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu heard the news, he really felt exhausted.

Why does such a pig teammate help her?
Wasn't it because he was bound too deeply, his daughter-in-law was Chacha's niece, and his granddaughter was Xiuli's first wife, so if he wanted to get out of touch at this time, someone had to write to him!
Moreover, there is now news from Bingo that Ishida Mitsunari is making rapid progress. He has joined forces with Kyushu daimyos to advance in three directions, and has compressed the Maori family territory in the four countries of Shufang, Nagato, Iwami, and Aki in the west of Honshu. Many cities in the territory of Yun and Fengqian were divided and surrounded, and it was only a matter of time before they fell.

Coupled with the fact that we haven't heard any news from Beixiu's family, it seems that everything is moving in a good direction.

Tokugawa Ieyasu is also a political gambler, and he is also greedy.Seeing that this road is about to go through, if you tell him to brake suddenly and switch to the Xiu family, he will also have to consider the cost of silence.

It was the news from Mitsunari Ishida that gave him the confidence to be tough on the Hokuriku daimyo.Besides, in his opinion, Niwa Nagashige, the former governor of the Niwa family, died in the battle in Uozu Castle, and his younger brother Niwa Nagasuke was held hostage in Osaka and has not yet succeeded the governor. It is very easy to dispose of the Niwa family.

Sakuma and the Hori family had just passed away as their governor, and Hideji Hori's son was only 6 years old, so there was no room for resistance.As for the combined volume of the Sakuma and Asano families not exceeding 60 shi, it was as easy as crushing an ant to the Toyotomi family.

He was worried that Hideji's head was not enough to stand up to him, so he happened to use the heads of Sakuma and Asano Nagamasa to establish his own prestige, and at the same time severely blow the arrogance of the Beizheng Office.

She directly ordered Tokugawa Ieyasu, "Counselor Kitanosho and Counselor Uesugi jointly encircle and suppress the rebellion of Kaga and Etchu. If the Notobori family also wants to follow the thief, let's strangle them together.

In order to reflect the previous achievements of the two Highnesses, this time we will reward the two of you for the position of Nayan, and there will be another reward after the rebellion is eliminated. "

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who came down from Osaka Castle, still didn't feel relieved. This woman directly killed the man of the lord's concubine's family without the review of the five big bosses and the Xiu family. It was his own younger brother who did it. What is the ecstasy soup?

In the Warring States Period, generals hid from relatives.A man who can even be cruel to his own brother, why didn't he have such courage in the past?
Not to mention that there is an order for Chacha to directly deal with the big names in the Northland, bypassing the five big bosses in private.

As the top five, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who has the right to govern the world in name, was labeled as a rebel by the Mori family and the Asano family, and had to retreat to his skills. The Uesugi family licked their wounds in Echigo, and Xiusheng was a second idiot Suddenly feel extremely powerless.

This is completely different from what he had imagined!
"Shouldn't I be the one who monopolizes the military and political power in Osaka?" Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but doubt.

Most importantly, judging from Chacha and Xiusheng's recent operations: he only thinks that Chacha is a broken boat, and now he feels terrified. He wants to get off the boat, but there is no way.

(End of this chapter)