Prime Minister Bizen

Just as the two sides were tense, the curtain of the shogunate was pulled up, and a nervous-looking samurai came in from the outside.

He came to Sanjo Minoru's side and leaned over to whisper a few words. Sanjo Minoru's face changed obviously after hearing the news, and he stared at the samurai who came to pass the news in surprise.

After receiving reconfirmation from his eyes, he turned to Ichijo Ieki next to him and said, "Brother, there are some things outside that I need to deal with. I'll leave this to you."

There was obviously a division of labor between the Ichijo family and the Sanjo family. Seeing the Sanjo family about to leave, the Ichijo family also looked surprised, but he quickly straightened his expression and nodded and said: "Business matters, you go do it now." Bar".

Sanjou Minoru got up and left. He didn't even say hello to the two big guys in front of him because he left in such a hurry.

Sanjo Minoru followed the samurai out of the shogunate, and walked around and around to a secluded courtyard, where two lean men in ordinary civilian clothes were kneeling.

When the two saw Sanjo Minoru coming over, they lowered their heads in fear and said, "I have seen Sanjo Dainagon."

Sanjo Minoru's good mood was obviously shattered by the news just now, so he said to the two of them without a good expression, "Tell me, what's going on?"

One of them replied: "When we saw the fire in the imperial palace, we prepared to take action against Prince Hachijo and his family, and the matter went quite smoothly. According to your wishes, Prince Chihito died at the hands of the Seven Hands' insurgents."

"It was another group of people who were responsible for going to Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei to deal with Prince Ryoshuho that something went wrong." The man continued, "According to your wishes, we sent someone to apply for the deployment of Mount Hiei monk soldiers to Luo under the guise of His Majesty's orders.

About 100 people did come down the mountain, but only Prince France himself did not come down the mountain.And we met Master Yixin Chongchuan on the mountain.He has been with the prince all the time, and we really have no idea what to do. "

After his words fell, another person took over and said, "Moreover, Mount Hiei is now under martial law, so it is really difficult to attack again."

After hearing the reports of the two men, Sanjo Minoru's face changed from cloudy to gloomy. After holding it in for a long time, he said, "Trash, is this how Zhezhi Sannosei taught you? You can't even say that he is a master of assassination. He can even kill a monk." No less.”

One of them heard the Sanjo Minoru family's accusation and explained, "It's not because of our efforts. Enryaku Temple is the largest temple in the world. Although the temple was destroyed by the Oda Youfu, most of it has been restored since the Taikaku period."

Moreover, Taikaku allowed Enryaku Temple to maintain 300 monks, most of whom were monks and soldiers with both civil and military skills. Besides, the prince also had Master Yi Xin Chong Chuan with him, so we really didn’t know how to start. "

However, these were not what the Sanjo Minoru family wanted to hear. He said to the two of them, "I don't care what method you use. This matter must be resolved before my father and brother go to Luo. No one from the Beizong lineage is allowed to stay."

The two looked at each other, and the lean, monkey-like man replied, "In fact, it is not difficult to deal with Prince Liang Shufa. The easiest thing is to send death soldiers to assassinate him. But so many people in the royal family died in one day, It’s really hard to make it seamless.”

"That's for sure. If this matter is simple, do I need to ask my father for you?" Sanjo Minoru said angrily, "Find a way to do things more cleanly. Master Chongden will not be there all the time." Bar."

When the Sanjo family returned to the Ichijo shogunate, Ikeda Terumasa and Ikoma Toshimasa had put down their weapons and sat quietly on the seats prepared for them by the Ichijo family.

The fire at the Imperial Palace was not extinguished until midnight, and the town fire department entered the Imperial Palace and found a total of 136 bodies, large and small.In the Yuliangsuo, it was obvious that several people were protected by a group of people in the middle.

The remaining clothes and body had been burned beyond recognition, and they could only be distinguished from the limited gold, silver, and jade ornaments. Among them were Emperor Goyosei and Prince Masahito (later Emperor Gomizuo).

This news shocked Kyoto. The ministers and common people all covered their faces and sobbed, and some people began to abuse the Osaka court.The voice of abuse became more mainstream when the people heard that rebels attacked Hachijo Palace and killed Prince Tomohito Hachijo Palace.

Hidetoshi's reputation was not good to begin with, so at this moment no one noticed anything wrong with the news that he burned down the imperial palace, killed the emperor, defeated the ancestors, and harmed Prince Hachijomiya Tomohito.

Even if some people think these things are too coincidental, they will feel that the Imperial family is too miserable, and then they will resent Osaka Castle's Hidetoshi even more.

I heard that Hideyoshi himself was captured by the Ichijo and Sanjo families. The people of Kyoto have now surrounded the Ichijo family's residence. If it were not for the protection of the military, they would probably rush into the shogunate and kill Hideyoshi Sekiba directly to vent their anger.

This is the biggest resistance of the people at the bottom against the ruling class in recent years, and the reason is that Xiuli, whom they consider to be an evil person, killed the "eternal lineage" of gods they believed in in an extremely cruel way.

Some people even believed that the Ichijo family and the Sanjo Minori family who imprisoned Shuri were bad guys who protected and sheltered Shuri. They were just afraid of the samurai armed with spears, iron cannons and armors who did not dare to rush forward.

The people resisted with violence and non-cooperation, and surrounded the two streets surrounding the first and third armies with water. Some children would throw stones at the military forces to vent their anger.

The samurai of the Ichijo and Sanjo families were angry and helpless because their lord strictly restrained them and prohibited them from resisting.

Kagawa Keinori, who controls the town fire crowd outside, is also anxious. There are two young masters of the Hide family inside, so don't be hurt by the mob.

However, due to the emperor's victimization, the town fire, which is mainly composed of Kyoto people, also shows signs of instability. Although he has excellent control, it is very difficult for you to expect them to break up the crowd and attack their neighbors and friends.

This situation was not relieved until the Toyotomi Teru family arrived in a hurry three days later with Mino and Omi soldiers.

Toyotomi Teruie heard the news in Gifu Castle, and it took three days to mobilize troops and rush from Gifu to Kyoto very quickly.This also shows how seriously he takes this matter.

He was surprised that his two younger brothers came to Kyoto at the "right time" and captured Xiuli.

Although the emperor's imperial edict summoned the two men to escort them to Luo, the two of them unanimously mobilized a small number of 2000 people to Luo under the noses of Osaka and Fushimi. This is impossible no matter how you look at it.

Especially after Toyotomi Teruie noticed the hesitant look on the face of his younger brother Sanjou Minoru, he suddenly felt that something was fishy.

Toyotomi Teru threw the two orders on the floor and asked them, "Tell me, what's going on!"

"Don't even think about getting away with it. Even if you have this thing, why did you sneak in from Himeji and Obama quietly?"

"Forget it, Ohama. After all, it's close to Kyoto and you can probably keep it a secret by walking through the mountains and hills. You're in Himeji! You're either going through Tanba or Settsu, how could you not notice it?"

Ichijo Ieki pursed his lips and said, "I took the boat from Himeji in several batches, entered from the mouth of the Kizu River, and disembarked from Takatsuki."

"Brother!" Hearing that his brother was exposed, Sanjo Minoru called out to Ichijo Ikeki eagerly, trying to stop him from speaking.

Then he said with Toyotomi Teru's murderous eyes, "Brother, you actually know in your heart that these things cannot be solved by just the two of us."

"That's why I asked you to tell the truth!" In fact, Sanjo Minoru's words just now were nonsense. Toyotomi Teru'e had already noticed such a simple problem.

Even the Toyotomi Teru family himself had already had a guess in his mind, but since ancient times, ministers did not judge the king, and sons did not judge the father. Even if he had guesses about some things, he could not blurt them out.

However, even though Hui's tone was filled with anger, Sanjo Minori directly replied, "Brother, please leave this matter alone. My father specifically told me before that this matter must be kept secret from my brother."

"Me? Father! Keep it secret!" Toyotomi Teru couldn't believe this answer. He was the heir to the Hide family recognized by the world.The Xiu family has always cultivated themselves as their heirs. Over the years, more and more things have been decided by themselves. Why do they still have to keep things secret from themselves?

Unexpectedly, Sanjo Minoru solemnly said, "Brother, please don't get involved. Let the younger brothers do the dirty work. My father said that you must be beautiful, clean and pure in the future." It’s free of charge.”

Toyotomi Teruie was choked by Sanjo Minore's answer. He didn't know how to answer this sentence for a moment.

Because he heard from Sanjo Minoru's words that Hideie's plan was not just as simple as getting rid of Toyotomi Hidetoshi.

In fact, just the fact that Hidetoshi annihilated Prince Hidekouchi was enough to force Hidetoshi to step down, and the Toyotomi family was divided to replace the Sou family.

As smart as he is, how could he know that the current situation of Guan Bai and General standing side by side is just a temporary measure, and in the end when the two tigers fight, one of them will fall.

If it was just to get rid of Toyotomi Hidetoshi, there was no need to send his two younger brothers Sho into the capital to block Hidetoshi here and take away the stolen goods.

Unless the dirty work the brothers were talking about didn't mean killing Xiuli, then the person who killed Xiuli should be someone from another party.

Thinking of this, the Hui family couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and even took a few steps back with unsteady steps.

He thought that one day he would become the only "man of the world" in the world, but he never thought that he would directly replace the emperor.

He never thought that Xiuji would be brave enough to attack the emperor.

At this time, he couldn't help but think of what his uncle Toudo Takatora once said to him, "Don't ever say that the master doesn't love you. You brothers are the ones who are best protected."

Thinking of the Hui family here, he lowered his head aggrievedly and cursed, "Asshole."

This bastard sound was so soft that only he could hear it. Perhaps this was the only resistance he had to the man as a "good boy".

The Xiu family really loves the Hui family. In the Xiu family's political map for the future, the Hui family, as the legitimate son of the family, will inherit the great treasure.Such a person must be absolutely clean politically, which can be seen from the fact that he was relieved of his boss position at the beginning of the Show Family Plan.

However, as the second most famous person in the world, and also the middle-aged man of the Toyotomi family and the direct son of the Hide family, Hui came to Kyoto, and he was bound to deal with the Hide family's interpersonal relationships before Hide's arrival.

Among them, in addition to Toshimasa Ikoma who still cannot accept the death of the emperor, there is Teruie Ikeda who is a little helpless at this moment.

As Terumasa Ikeda, who had jumped back and forth 15 years ago, he suddenly felt lucky to be on the wrong team again.

Of course, what's more, this time there is no war to directly reflect one's loyalty like last time. What do I need to do to gain the trust of Xiujia?

In addition, there is also Yixin Chongchuan with a hint of anger.

Chongchuan knew Xiujia's plan. He knew that Xiujia had always had a dream of the First Emperor in his heart, but Xiujia never told him the specific implementation plan.

In the idea of ​​​​Yixin Chongchuan, it is nothing more than gathering the power of the daimyo after the opening and closing, and then centralizing power.

Without the political vision of later generations, he simply did not realize that the guanshe system and the shogunate system under centralized power were naturally improperly placed.

To put it bluntly, the Sekisho and the Shogunate were the emperor's ministers, but they were the "powerful ministers" who were so powerful that the emperor had to authorize them to rule the world.

If you want to achieve great unification and take over power from the daimyo below, why don't you, Guan Sheng and General, return the power to the "Emperor"?
Xiujia knew that Yixin Chongchuan had his own inner persistence, so he did not reveal the current plan to Chongchuan.

Takaden himself didn't know the specific plan. It was just a coincidence that he went to Enryakuji Temple at that time.He made his own guess after understanding the general outline of the matter afterwards.

When he heard the news that Hui Jia was coming, he immediately went to Hui Jia to question him.

Yes, the word "question" is undoubtedly used.After guessing Xiujia's plan, the old monk finally lost his temper.

But fortunately, he is the master of the Hui family after all. Even if the words are harsh enough, in the eyes of outsiders, it is just the teaching of the master to his disciples.

It was only after questioning that he believed that the "good baby" of the Hui family was so well protected, and that he really knew nothing about it beforehand.

And because of this, he couldn't help but sigh to Xiujia, "His Highness's ambitions have reached a level beyond my reach."

Xiujia wanted to return from Northeast China, but he still left for 15 days after receiving the news.These 15 days are enough for the Hui family to summon all the famous people from all over the world to come to Kyoto for a meeting.

What happened in Kyoto has penetrated the bottom line of everyone's outlook on life in this era, so much so that many famous people still didn't believe it when they heard about it.Even after many attempts at enlightenment, many famous people still seek enlightenment from gods and Buddhas to find inner peace.

In the past, the conference was held in Osaka, but this time the conference was held in Hideie's Fushimi Castle.

As the culprit of this matter, Toyotomi Hidetoshi has been escorted here.

Except for the Hide family, all daimyo sit according to the official rank system of laws and regulations, with civil servants on the right and military ministers on the left.Most of the expressions of the daimyo at this moment were sighs and excitement, because the melon tasted really delicious, and they had witnessed history.

There were more than a dozen ministers with angry expressions in the crowd. It was obvious that for a long time, the emperor and the ministers were pitiful people who had the same problem.

Although it was this group of Fujiwara clan ministers who first sidelined the emperor, they were then sidelined by their own manor samurai.But now the ministers need the "Emperor" brand to maintain their "glory, wealth and honor" and noble family status.

Now, the emperor's line is dead, and his younger brother Hachijo's line is also dead. The emperor's position is about to be cut off. They no longer have the banner of bluffing and cheating. The samurai family will definitely disrespect them even more in the future. What do you want them to do? Don’t you hate Xiuli?
Seeing that everyone was almost here, Hideie said to the left and right, "I'm afraid you all already know something about the changes in Kyoto. When I knew about it, I couldn't sleep for several days. Even today, I still can't sleep properly." rest."

"With all due respect, I still can't believe this is true until this moment, but the remains of His Majesty and Your Highnesses placed there cannot be faked."

"To this day, I still can't believe that there are actually such crazy people in the world, and the culprit of this matter is sitting in the palace."

After Hideie finished speaking, he pointed to a narrow aisle specially vacated in the middle where the "minister" was sitting. In the aisle were four samurai escorting him, the culprit of this matter, "Hidetoshi."

I don't know if the shadow of the iron cannons firing outside the Imperial Palace gate and the deaths of hundreds of Seven Hands warriors in front of his eyes has not dissipated yet. At this moment, Xiuli's eyes are still full of sluggishness and confusion.

Next, in front of everyone, Xiujia said a question that shocked everyone in the house: "My lord, why do you want to rebel?"