Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 777

Tokugawa Ieyasu was ill, no matter whether it was a real illness or a fake illness, in short, he applied to Chacha for resignation from the status of the five big bosses, and wanted to return to Hamamatsu to retire.

This may be the inspiration he got from Toshiya Maeda, otherwise why would this old thing be fine before he left and pretend to have amnesia after he came back?
Seeing that Tokugawa Ieyasu took the initiative to delegate power, Chacha was very happy. She immediately appointed Xiusheng as the head of the five big bosses in the name of Xiuli.

But she is not going to let Tokugawa Ieyasu go. You Tokugawa Ieyasu can leave, but your son Tokugawa Hidetada must be recruited to Osaka to serve as the top five.

Tokugawa Hidetada had the same experience as Maeda Toshinaga, the son of Maeda Toshiie. What is interesting is that Maeda Toshinaga accepted the appointment, but declined Shangluo on the grounds that he was facing the Maori family.

Tokugawa Hidetada was more interesting. He directly stated that the Tokugawa Army was disbanded and many matters in the territory could not be spared, and requested to postpone it until Qingchang 8 (1603) before going to Luoyang after the New Year celebration.

This timing is very subtle, obviously looking at the attitude of Kanto Toyoharu's family.If the Hide family hadn't strongly resisted the changes in Japan, it wouldn't be impossible for him, Tokugawa Hidetada, to be the top five in Shangluo.

Tokugawa Ieyasu would be happy to cooperate with other daimyos to strangle Mori before getting rid of Hideo, and to sit on the throne of the supreme being in the world by himself.

But when you look at this matter from the perspective of a third party, you will find that both Tokugawa Ieyasu and Maeda Toshiie resigned due to illness, and Tokugawa Hidetada and Maeda Toshinaga delayed for various reasons. There seems to be some connection.

At the same time, Toyotomi Hidekatsu accepted Chacha's appointment very calmly, and personally led the bannermen to go north to crusade against the Sakuma family in Kaga.

As for his younger brother Xiubao, Xiusheng still decided to keep him.Chacha is also willing to sell him a face, Xiubao is divided into reforms, and Xiusheng is allowed to stay in the army to serve.

But Xiubao was on the verge of collapse because of the time when Xiuci was killed. After Tanba's territory was confiscated, he had to temporarily live in his father's territory in Shancheng to cultivate.

As for Masanori Fukushima, he was finally saved by Tokugawa Ieyasu, on the condition of changing the whole collar and exile Tokugawa collar.

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In Japan during the 7th year of Qingchang, the power games of the upper class played frequently.As one of the former Game of Thrones players, Xiujia will naturally not be idle.

In fact, as early as the autumn and winter of Keicho 6, he received news from Japan that Hideji was going to attack the Uesugi clan.He is keenly aware that the world may be in chaos.

But because of the winter, the entire Ezo was covered with snow, and the traffic in various regions was cut off. He couldn't even send people to contact the daimyos and military forces in other regions.

He could only wait anxiously until early spring, and he immediately sent people to Kanto to synchronize the progress. At the same time, he sent people to contact the daimyos and military forces in various places, asking them to gradually retreat and gather in Hakodate.

In order to ensure the safety of the retreat, he sent Osafune Tsunao to be in charge of contacting the Ezo tribes to ensure the integrity of the Ezo tribes of the two countries on board, Tokachi, and to ensure that they would not be invaded again. friendly.

Even after signing a contract with Ezo, Xiujia still feels uneasy about Ezo, which will inevitably leave some people as a defensive force.

As the snow melted in spring, all the big names finally gathered in Hakodate Castle one after another. Hideka chose to contact the daimyos one-on-one for the sake of confidentiality.

Unexpectedly, it was not Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a close comrade-in-arms of the Hide family, who was first received by the Hide family, but Honjo Shigecho, a retainer of the Uesugi family.

He was originally a vassal of the Uesugi family. Because he was involved in Shonai and Senbei Ichikui of Dabaoji Township, although there was no clear evidence, he was still deprived of his ability by Hideyoshi. It was not until Hideyoshi died that Uesugi Jingsheng restored the knowledge of 1 shi .

You must know that he was originally the bannerman of the Yangbei Congregation, and his initial Zhixing was about 3 to 4 shi, but when the Uesugi family was sealed, he only got an Andu of 1 shi.

The Hide family is not sure about his attitude now. It is reasonable to say that Uesugi Jingsheng is kind to him. When Hideyoshi ordered him to change, Uesugi supported him unanimously, and restored his name as soon as Hideyoshi died. identity of.

However, people are ambitious. It can be seen that he is a restless person from the fact that he adjusted Shonai and Xianbei counties without notifying Uesugi Jingsheng.

As long as he really has such an idea, Xiujia intends to use his ambition to shock people's hearts at the critical moment.

Just imagine, when Hideya and Tokugawa Ieyasu went to war, and suddenly saw the legion holding the Uesugi drawmons attacking him, what would the Tokugawa family think? The army of 3000 people is not many, but it is enough to play a confusing role.

Just for the cedar flag, the Xiu family was willing to offer 5 shi for Andu.

"55 shi?" Fanzhang Benzhuang couldn't believe his ears when he heard the reward.

And Xiujia confirmed to him again, "Choose one of the two counties of Echigo Katsuha or Uonuma, or you will be given the same amount of territory in the northern part of Shinano, with no less than 5 shi."

This knowledge may not be much, after all, the Xinfatian area controlled by Honjo Shigetsu was close to this knowledge a long time ago.But it has been more than ten years since Honjo Shigeru has been away from this knowledgeable quilt, and even he has forgotten that he used to be a big local tyrant.

Now when Xiujia made a promise to him, Honzhuang Fanchang would naturally show an expression of longing and disbelief.

Of course, he is also a smart man.The Xiu family was willing to give him five times the reward of what he now knows and does, so naturally the request is quite big.After careful consideration, he still decided to ask the Xiu family: "Then, what is the price? His Highness You Fu?"

"The price? I hope you can bring the Uesugi family's military force back to the island with me, and help me stabilize the world and eliminate the disobedient ministers." The Xiu family did not forget to bring a sentence, "Don't worry, I won't let you Go deal with the Uesugi family."

Benzhuang Fanchang misunderstood Xiujia's meaning for the first time, and he reconfirmed to Xiujia in disbelief: "Is it just that?"

Fortunately, the Xiu family is very cautious about this kind of thing, so they can only make it clear: "I'm repeating. I want you to return to the army with me in the name of the Uesugi family, and help me stabilize the world!"

"This..." Honjo Shigenaga finally understood what Hideka meant, and after hesitating for a moment, he still made up his mind to promise Hideka, "This time, most of them will be in the village, and they are not strong enough for Uesugi's family. This matter is on my shoulders."

After Honzhuang Fanchang left, the second person he recruited was Toyotomi Xiuzhen.Seeing Fanchang of the village full of will to go out, Xiuzhen is still confused at the moment. After all, the mountains have been covered by heavy snow for the past few months, and the news of the island has not reached his ears.

"But I'm thirsty, quickly quench my thirst with a cup of hot tea." Xiuzhen has a close relationship with the Xiu family, and she looks like this when there are no outsiders.

But when Xiujia added a cup of hot tea for him, before Xiuzhen could drink it, Xiujia told him about the changes that happened on Honshu Island.

"Yeah~ hot hot!" Xiuzhen didn't catch the news at once, and asked Xiujia after a while, "Brother, you mean, that guy from Gifu attacked Uesugi's family?"

"That's right, this is the news before last winter. I don't know what happened to the latest news now."

After thinking for a while, Xiuzhen said, "Uesugi. It shouldn't be easy to solve. After all, he is one of the five big men, with a size of nearly a million stones."

"Back then, the Hojo family was also a million stones in size, and they were besieged by His Highness Guan Bai for less than a year, didn't they also surrender?"

"Hiss~" Xiuzhen couldn't help but gasped when she heard Dao Xiu's answer, "Uesugi shouldn't be so inferior, the main reason is that I don't believe Gifu has this ability."

"I agree with you!" Xiujia affirmed Xiuzhen's point of view: "Now that the ice and snow in Hakodate have melted, I have sent a fleet to Kanto, waiting for the latest news. As soon as the news is confirmed, I will plan to Lead the troops back to the island!"

"The reason?" Xiuzhen asked curiously.

"Eizi has been pacified, and the rest of the territories are cold and worthless places, and it is not worth spending an army to conquest and decide the class teacher." Xiujia said here, the topic changed, "Then returned to Honshu Island, and found His Highness Gifu's reckless actions, The evil act of mutilating Zhongliang, decided to bring the army of the world to crusade against Gifu!"

"This is a good excuse! Everyone knows His Highness Uesugi is kind. Since he dares to accuse Gifu, he must have evidence! What does brother want me to do?"

"I want you to go back first, and return to Koriyama by boat in these two days, rectify the soldiers, and rebuild military stations along the way. I want to bring these tens of thousands of elites back to the island.

When I get to Koriyama, I will march again.The current preliminary plan is that after you enter Echi, you will help His Highness Uesugi defeat Gifu. "

Perhaps because they were afraid of Xiuzhen's concerns, the Xiu family did not forget to add: "Don't worry, after I go back, the Tokugawa family will definitely withdraw their troops from Echigo, and I will be in charge of Tokugawa at that time."

"Brother, who are you looking down on?" Xiuzhen said angrily after hearing this, "Since I decided to raise the army, I was already ready to meet Tokugawa in battle, so what is the difference between raising the army then and now? "

"Hahaha" Xiujia covered up his embarrassment with a smile. Although he had full trust in Xiuzhen, it's better not to make such a choice about relatives.

"What I promised you at the beginning will never be less. I have prepared 80 shi'andu for Junyuan Three Kingdoms and Three Kingdoms for you. Moreover, I will not put your brothers in the Tokugawa family under your command to dilute your knowledge and deeds."

When Xiuzhen heard that the reward from the Three Kingdoms was more than double her own knowledge and practice, the key was to seal it in real terms, and her eyes, which were not diluted by the Cypriots, immediately shone brightly: "Hmph, just watch, I won't let you Brother, you are disappointed!"

Toyotomi Xiuzhen said that Honjo was full of vigor when he left, and he was even more enthusiastic when he left. Even Hakodate was unwilling to stay longer, and directly handed over the tens of thousands of troops who stayed in Ezo this time. I gave it to the Xiu family, and I took a boat across the sea to the northeast that day with only a hundred or so banners.

After Xiuzhen, the third interviewee of the Xiu family was Yoshinobu Satake.He can be regarded as an honest person, and has a close relationship with Ishida Mitsunari.Before being joined by Odawara, the Satake family relied on Ishida Mitsunari's loyalty to Hideyoshi.

The Satake family owns the territory of Aizu 27 koku. Aizu is located at the junction of Kanto and Northeast, and Xiuzhenya Junshan Territory is on his side. If Satake Yoshinobu stabbed him in the back, the consequences would be very serious.

Hideka didn't explain all the situation with Yoshinobu Satake, but just told him that something happened in Honshu, and he needed to lead troops back to quell the chaos, and wanted to see the attitude of Satake's family.

Yoshinobu Satake's first reaction was to ask Hideka for the specific cause of the incident and who were both parties.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with him asking such a question, after all, only after understanding what happened can he make a decision.But putting this attitude on the Satake family made the Hide family take care of it.

"Does the Satake family want to find out the cause of the chaos before they are willing to put it down?"

"That's not what I mean. It's just that the Keicho Rebellion has been caused by His Highness Gifu's misunderstanding. If we fail to find out the reason and go to war now, the Satake family really can't afford to gamble."

"I don't know the exact situation. I only know that the Gifu family is leading troops to launch a crusade against the Uesugi family." Hideo said to Satake Yoshinobu, "Even if I promised the Satake family a chance to return to Hitachi after the war, the Satake family will still be able to return to Hitachi." Don't you want to follow me to settle the chaos?"

"The Gifu family and the Uesugi family met in battle? When did this news come?" Yoshinobu Satake digested the situation for a moment. In his understanding, the Uesugi family was a neutral family, and the Gifu family had a grudge against Ishida Mitsunari.

Since the Gifu family is attacking the Uesugi family, then Ishida [-]% is on Uesugi's side.

But there is a loophole in this logic. Why does the Gifu family dare to openly invade the Uesugi family? Can Hideji, who is an afterthought, be able to do whatever he wants?Does the Osaka side ignore its behavior of violating the order of innocence?

Satake Yoshinobu paid more attention to the situation of the military chaos and ignored Hideka's attitude of promising him to return to Hitachi. Hideka thought he had got the answer.The following talks will mostly be face-to-face.

"Ezo delivered before last winter."

"That is, half a year has passed, and it is not clear what is going on over there."

"It can be said that as soon as the freezing of the port was unsealed, I sent a fast ship to find out the situation. I believe news will come in a few days."

"Then, Your Highness, as soon as you have any definite news, please let me know as soon as possible."

"This is what it should be."

After sending Yoshinobu Satake away, the Hide family met Date Masamune non-stop.Originally, Hideka's definition of Date Masamune was that he should go with him with military force, but now after seeing the attitude of Satake's family, Hideka wanted to change the position of Date Masamune.

"Dare to ask Mutsu Mori, how do I treat you?"

"You House treats me very well."

When Masamune Date gave the answer, he felt very sincere, but Hideka was not sure whether this attitude was true or not.

"How does it compare to the Tokugawa family?"

"Your Highness is the Tokugawa family?" Date Masamune habitually wanted to give a superficial answer, but was stunned for a moment after hearing the name Tokugawa, "But what happened to the Tokugawa family?"

"I mean, if the Tokugawa family and the Gifu family conspire against each other, and I plan to lead troops to put down the chaos, what will Mutsu Shou prepare to do?"

"This" Date Masamune is not in excess, as he can give an answer directly to make Hideka happy.But he is waiting for bids from Xiujia.

"Of course, I am also well aware of Mutsu Mamoru's ambitions. There is no need to mention the restoration of ability. Mutsu's reward of 40 shi is what I promised to Mutsu Mamoru."

"40." Date Masamune repeated Hideka's words, but did not give an answer, as if he felt that the chips were not enough.

"I can promise Mutsu Mamoru more rewards, but I don't need Mutsu Mamoru to do anything extra, I just hope that Mutsu Mamoru can maintain the stability of Oshu after we leave.

As long as Anzhou is stable, wait until the world is redefined. A reward of 40 shi can be included in the bag. "

Hideka doesn't trust Date Masamune and Satake Yoshinobu. He has decided to let the two families stay in Mutsu and watch each other.In order to ensure that they can keep each other in check, the Xiu family must also introduce a daimyo Nannan Yinxin into the arena.

In this way, the three-party containment can ensure the stability of Mutsu's rear, but in this way, the reinforcements that can be mobilized will inevitably be greatly reduced.

So the Xiu family had to think of another way to give them a place to exert their energy.

"Tohoku daimyo Mogami De Hamori said that I allowed him to withdraw from Ezo because of his illness, but I didn't expect him to attack Uesugi's house together with Gifu Temple in the blink of an eye after he returned.

If Dateden can suppress Mogami together with Satake and Nanbuden, then the reward after the war will definitely not be less than 50 koku. "

Don't look at the fact that Mogami Yoshimitsu didn't promise Date Masamune in the game, but in real history, Date and Mogami's fights ended in Mogami's victory.

"Do you want to deal with Fu Yushou?"

"It only needs to be suppressed. When I re-stabilize the world, Mutsu Shou will still get the credit. How about it, this credit is not difficult, right?"

Hideka's request to Date Masamune was really simple. He didn't know whether Tokugawa Ieyasu had promised Date Masamune again.

But Hideka felt that Date Masamune would balance the benefits and risks and make the right decision: "If it's that simple, I'll have no objection."

(End of this chapter)