Prime Minister Bizen

Xiujia had already gotten the answer from Chacha's panicked eyes, and Xiujia was really right.

This Chacha is really outrageous. After Hideyoshi broke up his good deeds, he saw Ohno Nagaharu didn't dare to take action and killed his husband himself.

It's no wonder that she wanted to block the news of Hideyoshi's death and strictly control Kyoto afterwards. This was to prepare for her own forgery of Hideyoshi's edict and the control center.

The two people who wrote edicts for Hideyoshi all year round were Ono Nagaharu and Katagiri Shigen. Ohno Nagaharu was in a panic and was a party involved, so it was natural for him to help her with the forgery.

At this moment, Xiujia only had one thought in his mind: "This woman is so scary~"

However, the cause and consequences of Hideyoshi's death are known, and Hideyoshi has no evidence.The maid was just a maid at the time. It is not credible for a maid to point out Chacha to steal someone and kill Hideyoshi.

Even if Chacha did steal someone now, it would not be enough to prove the fact that Chacha stole someone back then, let alone evidence to criticize the legitimacy of Xiuli's identity.

Hideie already had the answer in his mind, but he did not continue to involve Chacha here. However, shortly after leaving Yashiki, Asano Nagamasa came over anxiously.

"Zuofu, something big happened!" His voice came over before anyone arrived.

When the person came closer, Xiujia had already discovered that he was holding a stack of paper that looked like a confession in his hand.

"Oh? Is there a breakthrough so soon? The counselor is really fast."

At this time, Xiujia didn't realize how serious the matter was. He was still immersed in the stage of dragging Chacha into trouble and possibly questioning Xiuli's legal identity.It feels like the world is about to be in my hands.

Unexpectedly, Asano Nagamasa approached Hideie, handed the confession in his hand to Hideie, and said: "Zuofu, the matter is serious."

Hideie noticed an abnormality in Asano Nagamasa's demeanor, and after carefully reading through a round of confessions, he suddenly felt a pain in his head, because one of the confessions described Chacha's current child as Toyotomi Hidekatsu.

"What is this? The love between nephew and aunt? Come out of Haijiao Community!" Xiujia couldn't complain in her heart.

Hideie clenched the confession tightly and asked Asano Nagamasa with a solemn expression, "Isn't this something that someone just made up for a reward?"

"I have repeatedly confirmed this matter. Although others have no evidence, they also have evidence that proves that the relationship between the servants of Kitazhuang and Yodo Palace is extraordinary. It is said that when the situation was not tense before, the servants stayed in Onai every day."

If Xiujia was still complacent about having caught Chacha's handle before and planned to deal a small blow, now he only feels a pain in his head.

If the previous events have damaged the reputation and authority of the Toyotomi family, they are still within the control of the Hide family. As long as they are guided, it can be an opportunity for the Hide family to turn around.

Now what happened between Chacha and Hidekatsu was like pulling off the Toyotomi family's underwear and stepping on the ground several times.

"This matter must not be leaked." After a long silence, Hideie said to Asano Nagamasa with murderous intent in his eyes.

Asano Nagamasa naturally understood what Hideie meant, and he nodded to express his understanding.

But when he stood up to leave, Xiujia suddenly stopped him, "Keep him alive first, and then deal with it after everything has settled."

Asano Nagamasa took the order and left. He wanted to find a secret place to control the people first, while the Hide family needed to find Chacha and Hidekatsu again. There were some things that they had to take to the tomb.

"Yodian, let me make a deal with you." As soon as he walked into the room where Chacha was detained, Xiujia closed the hinge door behind him and said, "Madam, you don't want to see Xiuli being raped by his brothers. Bully it”

It's absolutely impossible to serve tea. This crazy woman even dares to kill Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi doesn't want to cause trouble.The most important thing is that Chacha is now nearly 40 years old, how can he still be as attractive as before?Only an old man like Hideyoshi can be such a mature woman.

The deal that Hideya wants to make with Chacha is to let her personally admit that the child was the result of her cheating, but she must not reveal that the child's father is Toyotomi Hidekatsu, in order to leave the Toyotomi family with the last dignity.

As a condition, the Hide family promised that Hidetoshi Chacha would still be the nominal governor of the Toyotomi family, and would retain Settsu's core territory of nearly 40 koku, and could still stay in Osaka.

Although there is some evidence proving that Chacha was an adulterer in the palace, this evidence is too strong to be shown to others.Moreover, even if it is brought out, some people in future generations will think that the evidence was "intentionally" created by the Xiu family to slander Chacha.

Xiujia will be the "holy king" who creates a dynasty in the future. After maintaining his image for so long, he must not hold back at this time.

Therefore, the best way to make this matter a solid case is for Chacha to admit the crime himself.

Chacha actually had no choice. She knew that she and the child would probably not be saved. She would be lucky if she could save Xiuli, the child.

She absolutely believes in Xiujia's promise, because Xiujia has always presented himself as a "gentleman" who keeps his promises, but Chacha hopes to get more out of such an "honest person".

She asked Xiujia to guarantee the child's life and make a relatively good arrangement for him. Only then was she willing to cooperate with Xiujia to conceal the crime and plead guilty.

"I will send him to the home of a Thousand Stone Samurai, so he is an orphan on the battlefield. I will conceal his identity and origin, and he will disappear from history."

Chacha accepted Xiujia's plan, but also asked to see Xiuli again.

For such a woman, he didn't want to cause trouble. Who knew what he would whisper to Xiuli.

However, Hideya agreed to Chacha's request, but the condition was that she admitted that she had participated in the conspiracy of Hidekatsu, Ishida, Maeda and other daimyo to manipulate the government and frame Zhongliang.

When I came back from Chacha, my servant came to report that Maeda Toshiie, who had been cultivating in Osaka Castle for a long time, came to see me and was waiting in the palace.

"Senior Maeda? Isn't he too old and frail to remember things and have retired to recuperate?"

Hideie is a little strange about Maeda Toshiie's arrival. After all, the intelligence originally said that Maeda Toshiie had stopped doing things due to old age and cognitive impairment and was recuperating in Osaka. How could he suddenly come to visit him?

"It was brought here by Iwaki Iwashiro Mori," the attendant replied.

Only then did Hideie understand that the feeling was that Toshitaka Iwaki planned to move out the giant Buddha of Maeda Toshiie and negotiate terms with Hideie so that he could forgive the sins of Maeda Toshinaga and the Maeda family.

But when Hideie returned to the palace and met Maeda Toshiie's eyes, he found that the old man was very old, but there was no sign of Alzheimer's disease.

After seeing Maeda Toshiie's very solemn and standard salute and congratulations on his military fortune, Hideie already understood that the emotional old man was just pretending to be stupid.

"The Councilor is in good health. It seems that he has cultivated himself very well in Osaka in the past two years." "Thanks to His Highness, I can still contribute to the Toyotomi family." Maeda Toshiie has lost all his teeth, but he speaks with a strong voice. But he is very full, and he obviously lives longer and healthier than in history.

On the other hand, Tokugawa Ieyasu has a skinny appearance. It seems that the position of the Osaka Five is really difficult to fill.Historically, Maeda Toshiie did not live for a few years, but now Tokugawa Ieyasu is aging very quickly.

"No more gossip, no need for compliments or explanations. I can probably guess what the counselor means."

Having just experienced the bloody story between Chacha and Hidekatsu, Hideie was not in the mood to go around in circles with the old fox Maeda Toshiie. He directly said without getting into the topic, "Iwashiro Mamoru did contribute a lot this time to Luo, but that is the credit of the Iwaki family." What does it have to do with your Maeda family? I only remember that Maeda Chikuzen was leading a vigorous fight with our Eastern Army with his troops."

Since Hideie had already said hello in advance and was not prepared to accept the Maeda family's explanations and excuses, and had decided to separate the Maeda family and Iwaki Toshitaka, Maeda Toshiie could only change his strategy.

"It's because my discipline is lax." He first admitted his mistake to Xiujia, and then cried to Xiujia about his difficulty, "I, the Maeda family, set things right after Jiyue and followed Taige to calm the world. I am an old bone. Sold to Toyotomi.

Including my Maeda clan's territory, the Toyotomi clan can take it back at any time if they want. I will never be greedy.It's just Zuofu. This matter needs to be explained clearly before it can be determined, right? "

"Oh? Tell me, are there any facts that have not been clearly identified?"

"I, Zaemon, was the minister who was entrusted by Taige at the time. I shouldered the responsibility of entrusting him to sort out the affairs of the court. Naturally, I had to consider the young master. When His Highness Gifu led the troops to Luo, what was wrong with me as King Qin, one of the five great men?

When His Highness said that I was involved in the case and asked me to transfer the seal and change the title, and deprived me of the writing rights of the five big brothers, did I ever say a word of complaint?

Later, before I, the Maeda clan, transferred to feudalism, wasn't it true that my Toyotomi clan guarded Kyushu with great care?Later, I received an order signed by the Tokugawa Imperial Household, namely Osaka, to attack the Mori clan and go to King Rakuchin again. I dare to ask what did the Maeda family do wrong?
Now that the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy, I don't want to dwell too much on it. I just ask the Zuofu government to give my Maeda clan a way to survive for the sake of my loyalty to the Maeda clan. "

Maeda Toshiie's words are clear and logical, and there is no sign of Alzheimer's disease.

The fact is, as Maeda Toshiie said, from the perspective of the Maeda family, every step he takes is in line with the process.

It's okay for the Toyotomi family to find an excuse to deal with me once, but you can't do the same thing twice to me, this time to the point where you don't even have a chance to survive.

As for Maeda's last words about leaving home, on the surface he was begging Hideie to give the Maeda family a way to live, but in fact he was telling Hideie that he was showing Hideie a clear path.

Because there are definitely not a few daimyo of the same nature as the Maeda family in this incident, and many of them will definitely be unconvinced if your Hide family wants to deal with them!

Why in history were Osaka able to gather so many samurai warriors during the two wars, including some outstanding ones?Isn't it because the Tokugawa family's handling made the Western Army unconvinced?
So now it seems that Maeda Toshiie's visit to Hideya today is more like telling Hideya, "You give me a way to go to the Maeda family, and I will help you deal with the thorns in the house."

Political exchange is always so refined and self-interested.

They are obviously all on the same boat. Even today, Maeda Toshiie came to Hideie. There may be many big names in the Western Army pushing behind it. They want Hideie to be dealt with lightly or even dismissed.

But during this conversation, the new leader they elected, Maeda Toshiie, sold them again.

(Strange, why do you say "again"?)
Hideie thought for a while, and after repeatedly confirming his meaning and attitude to Toshiie Maeda, Hideie said, "Iwashiro Mamoru's contribution is indeed not small. My original intention after the war was to give him a trip of 20 koku.

Since the councilor came to me today and I did treat the Maeda clan unfairly during the riots in Keicho, I will give an additional 5 koku to Iwashiro Mamoru.

As for how to divide the 25 koku in the end, it is up to Iwashiro Mamoru to decide whether he should restore the Maeda Miao character himself or give it to a son to inherit. "

The opening was opened by Xiujia.

In fact, Iwaki Toshitaka's contribution is 20 koku, so giving him 15 koku and adding 3 koku is already very respectable.Not to mention that the current plan is 25 dan, which is equivalent to doubling the trip to the Iwaki family.

The extra 10 koku is the space reserved for the Maeda family in the Hide family's psychological expectation.

The reason why it is said that it is a reserved space rather than an increase in Tomoyuki is because the Hide family will not intervene in the reward matters of the Maeda family Tomoyo.

There are two problems here.

One is that the identity of the Maeda family's traitors remains unchanged, and the Hide family cannot openly give them preferential treatment and security. In other words, the Maeda family cannot escape the official changes.

But Iwaki Toshitaka can. He can restore the Maeda Miao character if he wants, or adopt a son to restore the Maeda Miao character, and give him knowledge and practice.

The second is that the issue of distribution of knowledge and actions after the restoration of the Maeda family is a thankless task. The Hide family gave the Iwaki family 25 dan. The samurai of the Iwaki family will not feel that they are only worthy of 15 dan. They will only feel that they are worthy of only [-] dan. This is the approval of the Zuofu Hide family to my Iwaki family.

At this time, if you say that you gave 10 koku from the Iwaki family to the Maeda family, it is equivalent to taking food from the bowls of those samurai. They really know how to kill people.

At the same time, on the Maeda family's side, they will only feel that the 10 koku they left in the end is not enough, and the cutting above was too severe, and they will also make trouble.

Therefore, the dirty work is naturally left to Maeda Toshiie and Iwaki Toshitaka. Hideie's words have blocked the way for the other sons to inherit the Maeda family, which is equivalent to letting Iwaki Toshitaka's two sons inherit respectively. Maeda and the Iwaki family.

And now there is a new question. Iwaki Toshitaka has given birth to 4 daughters so far. Where can I find a son?

So Maeda Toshiie asked Hideie for instructions: "I have two sons who are both under 10 years old. They did not participate in the riots and are relatively clean. Can I adopt them to Sonshiro (Iwaki Toshitaka) and inherit the family business?"

"This is your own family matter. You can just report it after you discuss it yourself."

Hideya said he would never touch him without touching his hands. Don't forget that Iwaki Toshitaka is his son-in-law and adopted son. Although Iwaki Chitaka is dead, the local power of the Iwaki family is still very strong.

The reason why Toshitaka was allowed to marry a girl from the Iwaki family in the first place was because the Tohoku daimyo valued blood. Now that you have adopted someone from outside, have you taken care of the feelings of the Iwaki family?
It doesn't matter if you say that your Maeda family is a powerful or famous family. Now you are just a bereaved dog. Why did you adopt me into the Iwaki clan?

It’s not like there are no people in my Iwaki branch family. Adopting a man from the Iwaki branch family can be regarded as a descendant of the Iwaki bloodline. What does it mean if you adopted a man from Maeda Niomi?
It is conceivable that the conflict between the retainers of the Iwaki family and the retainers of the Maeda family will become very bad after experiencing the two events of reward sharing and adoption.

If there are conflicts, disputes will easily arise. When there are disputes, the shogunate will have an excuse to intervene and make changes. Needless to say the next routine.

The Hide family did not participate in the affairs of the Iwaki family and the Maeda family, but in the end it was Iwaki Toshitaka who strongly suppressed it, and it was determined that Toshitaka and Tosada would worship their elder brother Toshitaka (Maeda Toshimasa) as their father and inherit the Maeda and Iwaki families respectively. fact.

The older Toshitaka inherited the Maeda clan as Maeda Toshitaka and inherited the 7 stone collar. The younger Tosada inherited the Iwaki clan as Iwaki Tosada and will inherit the Iwaki family's 18 stone collar in the future.

Even though they all already have names in the Yuan server, the older Li Xiao is actually only 11 years old, and the younger Li Zhen is only 7 years old.