Prime Minister Bizen

After Hideie welcomed Ning Ning and received the "order to intimidate Osaka to rescue the lord" from Ning Ning, he officially had permission to attack Osaka as a minister.

庆长5年（1605年）1月14日，秀家带着秀贞、浅野长政、即将胜任关白的一条内基等人从八幡山城出发，先一步前往京都。15日落宿在京都东泉寺内。

Early the next morning, the Xiu family dressed neatly and entered the palace to meet the saint under the guidance of the ministers.

The public ministers and the imperial family were obviously very solemn about Hideya's arrival. Before Hideya's appearance, Kanshiro Kujo Kantaka and the left minister Nijo Haruyoshi had been removed from their official ranks and exiled to Shikoku Island.

When meeting the emperor, the emperor first announced in his unique crane tone that Ichiuchi had been reinstated to his post as left minister (minister of the left) and appointed to be promoted to guanbai, and then he announced the appointment of Hideie as the minister of the left.

The left minister and the right minister are actually of the same rank and there is no difference between them. However, in Japan, the left is respected, which is why it is said that the left minister is Xu Sheng.

These were all agreed upon long ago. The Hideyoshi family calmly accepted the emperor's promotion and formally petitioned the emperor to request that Hideyoshi be posthumously promoted to the rank of Taizheng Minister.

When they came out of the imperial palace, Hideyoshi was in a particularly comfortable mood. Sitting on the ox cart, he could not help but rub his hand at the imperial edict that posthumously conferred Hideyoshi the title of Taizheng Minister.

With this holy decree in hand and the edict given by Ning Ning, he has an absolute moral advantage. In addition, the attack on Osaka is in the name of rescuing the lord Xiuri and punishing Ishida Mitsunari. No one can It’s wrong to criticize Xiujia.

Maybe it's because people are lucky and good luck really comes one after another. Shortly after leaving Kyoto, the Hide family received a retainer with a samurai who came forward and informed them that he was a samurai from the Date family after the moon.

Hideie took the letter from the man. It turned out that after learning the result of Sekigahara, Uesugi Kagekatsu planned to surrender to Hideie.

Shangshan Jingsheng didn't know whether he could be forgiven by Xiujia, so he specifically asked Xiujia about the possible final result.

Hideie immediately wrote a handwritten letter on the bullock cart, saying in the letter, "Naoe Kanetsugu must be escorted to Kyoto for questioning. If Uesugi Danagon can come before Osaka falls, he can still retain the promise of 10 stone territory." .

Hideie originally planned to hand the letter directly to the Date family samurai, but Hideie still felt it was not serious enough. He summoned Oka Toshi, who had been relieved of his military duties, and asked him to go to Kasugayama Castle in person on his behalf.

After Okakari left, Hideie continued to land. That night, he stayed at Shoryuji Castle. Someone reported that Terumoto Mori had arrived in Luo with more than a hundred Hatamoto samurai, and he hoped to come to interview Hideie in person about post-war settlement matters.

Hideie asked him to continue to Luo, and he would meet him at the old site of Iimori Castle.

Iimori Castle was the former headquarters of the Miyoshi clan, but it had been abandoned for a long time since the Oda clan.In this siege of Osaka Castle, the main attack direction was on the south side, but the Hide family set up the formation here. The purpose was to give all the reputation and military achievements of the frontline commander to his son Hui family, so as to establish his country's prestige in the future. lay the foundation.

But as a father, how can we not worry?

Only then did the Hide family lead more than [-] people to hold the battle at the old site of Iimori Castle.

In order to welcome the arrival of the Hide family, the ruins of Iimori Castle have been simply repaired. Wooden fences have been installed along the slopes, mountain gates and oar platforms have been built. The palace on the top of the mountain has also been renovated. It has the appearance of a mountain castle in the early and middle Warring States Period. Looks good.

But on the way Hideya drove to Iimori Castle, he saw the western sky glowing with a demonic red light. At the same time, the crotch that had been following him for several years was constantly restless, showing his uneasy state.

"Quack quack~ quack quack~" The frogs on the field ridge began to jump rhythmically to the north, and the voles also ran out of the fields and walked northward in a swarm.

You know, it's winter now, and frogs and voles shouldn't be so active.

All these abnormalities made Xiujia feel uneasy.

"Something is wrong, the sky is too strange." Hideie looked at the sky and murmured, and then ordered his retainers to call the Toyotomi Teruie.

Not long after the order was issued, the cows, horses, and dogs in the team became restless and restless. Although the samurai and ashigaru tried desperately to control them, they were already in a state of panic.

Toyotomi Teruie and others knew that Hideie was coming, so they greeted Hideie at the foot of Iimori Castle early. After hearing that Hideie asked them to pass, they immediately brought Todo Takatora and others over.

"We won't go up to Iimori Castle. Let's find a camp house to stay at the foot of the mountain. Wait until tomorrow to go directly to the siege position to inspect."

The Hui family has always carried out the Xiu family's orders meticulously, but just when he was about to leave, there was a sudden tremor.

"Don't panic! It's just an ordinary earthquake!" Xiujia immediately got off his horse and hurriedly came to the field beside the field to take shelter. "Control the horses and don't let them run wild!"

Although Hideie's order was issued promptly and the Japanese had long been accustomed to earthquakes, some people were still injured by horses.

This earthquake was particularly violent. Houses and villages as far as the eye could see collapsed in the earthquake, and even Osaka Castle in the distance seemed to be crumbling.

This earthquake also lasted for a long time. Finally, the earthquake came to an end temporarily, but the Xiu family's army was already in a state of collapse.

It wasn't until this moment that Xiujia realized that his son seemed to be still in the front room.

"Hachiro! Hachiro!" Hideya's father's instinct was aroused and he started running towards the front house, but fell because he got stuck in the mud.

Hideie shook off the samurai who stepped forward to help him, and gave them the order to go to the front to find his son.This was his heir. Once something happened to the Hui family, the Xiu family couldn't imagine what the other sons would do.

Fortunately, not long after, the Hui family was brought over without any danger. At this moment, he was also a little disgraced. The first thing he said when he saw the Xiu family was, "I'm sorry, father. I'm afraid we can't live in the front house."

Xiujia and Huijia stayed on the road that night. There were constant aftershocks that night, which proved that the earthquake that happened today was definitely not small.

Hideie's vague memory seems to indicate that a huge earthquake occurred in Japan in the year when Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun. The center of the earthquake was in the Pacific Ocean south of Kii. There are also records that the earthquake set off a tsunami as high as a house. .

The impact of the tsunami was huge, from Hyuga and Osumi in Kyushu to Tosa, Awa, Awaji, Settsu, Izumi, Kii, Ise, Mikawa, Ene and Izu.He suddenly thought of this and planned to send someone to notify the soldiers besieging Osaka to withdraw temporarily. However, the envoy who went to convey the order brought waves to Settsu and Waquan half an hour later. There were many waves in Sakai Town and Osaka Town. Spreading news.

Fortunately, the previous earthquake disturbed many people, and the temporary residences originally built collapsed. They were seizing the time to clean up the ruins and reset the siege houses, so no one went to bed so early.

When the tsunami came, we immediately called the police. Except for the Osaka town near the sea, which was severely damaged, the damage in other formations was not bad.

The most important news is that "the wall of Sannomaru on the south side of Osaka Castle has collapsed, and the collapsed earth directly blocked the Mizuhori. His Highness the Ashikaga family who is responsible for guarding that side has already led troops into the city. Lord Takeda Hidenobu and Lord Nakagawa Hidemasa Immediately afterwards, other His Highnesses wanted to ask His Highness what He meant!"

When Xiujia heard the news, he was completely sleepless. He immediately rushed out of the tent and shouted to the left and right, "Prepare the horses, prepare the horses, I want to go to Osaka overnight!"

But on the way to Osaka, another samurai, slovenly and covered in mud, came to report, "My lord, something bad has happened! Many navy ships blocking the Kizugawa River have been washed ashore, and the whereabouts of my ship's owner is unknown!"

Xiujia didn't even look at him. The ship could be rebuilt after it was destroyed, but now his son was trapped in the enemy's camp!
Hideie rode on his horse and hurried slowly. When he arrived at the Osaka side, he could already hear the shouts of killing coming from the city.Even though it was already late at night, the city was bustling with activity. Standing outside the city, Hideie could clearly see that the entire Osaka Castle was shrouded in lights.

By the time the Xiu family arrived at the south of the city, the sky had already turned white, but there were constant aftershocks that night. The Xiu family was particularly worried about their troublemaking child.

Fortunately, when the Hide family came to the south of the city, the shouts of killing in the city had gradually subsided. The Hide family thought that the Ashikaga family and others had failed to attack the city, but they heard cheers from inside the city to outside the city.

"The city was taken?"

Hideie couldn't believe the news, but fortunately, soon the Ashikaga family heard the news about Hideie's arrival and rushed over to inform Hideie of the latest situation.

"Father, we have entered Sannomaru. An envoy was sent from Osaka Castle to request surrender. I didn't expect that father would come by such a coincidence."

The Ashikaga family was very excited. After all, in his opinion, Osaka City's intention to surrender at Kaicheng was all his own fault.If he hadn't quickly led his headquarters, the Takeda family and others into the city, it would have been too late by the time they fixed the loopholes.

But Xiujia responded with a loud slap in the face.

In the shocked eyes of the Ashikaga family and other daimyo, Hideie scolded, "The general has not yet given the order for a general attack. Who allowed you to launch an army privately?
Don’t forget that this is Osaka City, not a city for just cats and dogs. Who allowed you to fight with them so casually?Do you think the master's safety is still in danger?What if the lord suffers some damage because of your siege! "

In fact, in Hideie's view, it was not wrong for the Ashikaga family to seize the opportunity to seize the city. His mistake was to ruin Hideie's plan.

The Hide family originally planned to use Osaka Castle's achievements to gain credit for the Hui family, and at the same time, let the world's famous people have their dirty hands.

Who would have thought that an earthquake in history would come sooner or later, but it would come at this time, mixed with a tsunami, and wash away the unfinished Sannomaru part, and the person in charge here is his son, who likes it.

Now the main attack is on the Ashikaga family, Takeda Hidenobu, Sakuma Katsuyuki, Nakagawa Hidemasa, these daimyo who are deeply bound to the Hide family. However, the Hide family originally arranged to attack the Tokugawa family but did not move a single soldier.

Although none of the troops under the Toyoharu clan of the Hide family were moved, in the end, it may be difficult to leave a few good words in the history books.

"Also, who told you that it was Osaka Castle who requested the surrender!" Hideya's eyes were filled with anger. "It was the rebellious minister Ishida Harube who requested the surrender! Remember, it was Ishida Harube who requested the surrender!"

This is a big issue of right and wrong. As a minister, the Hide family cannot force Osaka to surrender even with the edict from Kodaiin Ningning.

The Ashikaga family bowed their heads humbly to a child who had made a mistake, and responded weakly, "Yes, the child realizes his mistake."

Scolding is scolding, since Osaka has sent an envoy, Xiujia must meet after all.

Unexpectedly, the person who came out to see Hideya was an old acquaintance of Hideya, a group of envoys headed by Horio Yoshiharu, with Nagasuke Masaie and Masuda Nagamori as deputy.

As soon as they met, Horio Yoshiharu, as the envoy, and Nagasuke Masaie, the deputy, bowed deeply to Hideie. Only Masuda Nagamori held his head a little, and the angle of the salute was not completely suppressed.

Horio Yoshiharu was very smart. In the opening remarks, he changed the subject from Osaka or Hidetoshi to Ishida Mitsunari, "I came here on behalf of Ishida Harubu to ask the Youfu whether there is a possibility of reconciliation."

"So that Senator Horio knows that my father has received the imperial edict from Kyoto a few days ago and is now the Minister of the Left. You should call him the Left Mansion."

The person talking to Horio Yoshiharu was Toyotomi Teruie, who arrived late. He took the initiative to talk at Hideie's signal.

Regardless of the fact that what he said at this moment was a very meaningless sentence, he was actually telling Horio Yoshiharu and others that he was Hideie's sole agent in this meeting.

"Ah~ Really? That's really congratulations to Zuofu." Horio Yoshiharu was not restrained and directly expressed congratulations to Hideie, but he obviously ignored Toyotomi Teruie and turned to Hideie and asked: " Ishida Jibu is willing to pray for forgiveness from the Zuofu on the condition that he commits seppuku. I wonder if the Zuofu will be merciful and let the people in the city live?"

Xiujia did not respond to him. Instead, Huijia asked, "Does the rebellious minister Sancheng want to die so easily? This is absolutely impossible. The only thing waiting for him is to be beheaded at the source of six rivers."

Masuda Nagamori was furious after hearing Hideie's reply. He said to Hideie, "Why is the Zuofu so pressing? You clearly know that the administration is dedicated to the public, and it is not his fault that this happened. You, Lien Tokugawa, The government can forgive me, so why are you not willing to give the government a chance? A treacherous official like you is rare in the world, how can you be worthy of Guan Bai's kindness in raising you?"

When Masuda Nagamori questioned him, those who didn't know better thought that Hideie was the bad guy and Ishida Mitsunari was the victim! (It seems to be true from a certain angle)
Xiujia raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but the accusations of "unbridled" started one after another.

It turns out that when people are in power, there are really a lot of licking dogs. Now the Xiu family has clearly taken the initiative. I am afraid that the general trend of the world will belong to the Xiu family in the future. How can the famous people listening here let the Xiu family be bullied? The Xiu family has just When they were splashed with dirty water, they jumped out one by one and pointed at Masuda Nagamori and cursed.

Masuda Nagamori looked at the many big names in the shogunate. They were all ministers of the Toyotomi family, and they should have stood with the Toyotomi family to attack the "bad guy" in front of them, but at this moment they were working together with him.

At this moment, his heart was extremely cold. He saw the end of the Toyotomi family. After losing these famous names, the future of the Toyotomi family was doomed.

I don’t know where he got the courage to dare to threaten Xiu Jia directly in front of so many people: "The Zuo Mansion wants to defeat Shang Hu? Will you kill the lord with a glass of poisonous wine?"