Wanli 1592

Chapter 1217 Maeda Toshinaga's Decision

In fact, this is also a debt owed by Toyotomi and Tokugawa together.

Facing the huge political and diplomatic pressure from Xiao Ruxun at that time, the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans negotiated and decided to compromise, but the emperor did not let go.

So Toyotomi Hideji and Tokugawa Ieyasu acted together to coerce and lure the emperor, or said that Qin only needs this condition, and as long as we agree, we can get the opportunity for peaceful development, hoping to regain the title of emperor in the future.

As a result, the voice was still in my ears, and the situation changed.

Qin sent troops.

The emperor gave up such honor and suffered such humiliation, but what did you do?
"The emperor was forced by you to give up his qualification to be called the emperor, but in the end you couldn't even protect the country? If Toyotomi is so incompetent, is Guan Bai's position still meaningful to you? Is it worthwhile to you?

As Guan Bai, who can't protect the capital and the emperor, does he still have the face to take on such a responsibility?Tell Toyotomi Hideji to come see the Emperor immediately! "

A long-time public minister reprimanded him like this.

Maeda Toshinaga was furious, but he couldn't lose his appearance in front of the emperor.

So I had to make amends and said: "It's not that Guan Bai didn't want to come, but Guan Bai is commanding troops to conquer the rebellious Tokugawa. Now that the rebellious Tokugawa has been defeated, Guan Bai is leading an army to help after learning the news of Qin's treachery. Please rest assured His Majesty the Emperor."

In order to appease this group of frightened and extremely difficult guys, Maeda Toshinaga could only lie. Anyway, they didn't know the specific news, and the external communication in Kyoto was controlled by him.

Emperor Hou Yangcheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and quickly asked: "Are you sure? Is the news true? Guan Bai really came to protect me?"

"Yes, His Majesty the Emperor, Guan Bai is leading an army to help, please stay calm and calm down, His Majesty the Emperor, Guan Bai will soon lead a powerful army to defeat the treacherous Qin army, and will definitely protect the Emperor."

Emperor Goyosei had no other choice but to comfort Maeda Toshinaga a few words, and then left. Maeda Toshinaga also left in a hurry, but on the way back he was stopped by a group of ministers, who asked him for troops to come Keep them safe.

It can even keep them from escaping early when necessary.

Yes, they don't really believe in Maeda Toshinaga's nonsense. Unlike the emperor who can only rely on Toyotomi, their minds are more active. If something happens, they will run the fastest. After all, they still remember that Xiao Ruxun was a Why did you take the Ming army to beat the two major forces of Toyotomi Tokugawa into calling you father.

Now that Xiao Ruxun has become the emperor of Qin, his attitude towards Japan is very tough. Before it was a diplomatic condemnation, but now it is an undeclared war.

what is the problem?

What is the purpose?
What do you want to do?
Some people have already begun to speculate badly.

In order to get rid of them, Maeda Toshinaga had no choice but to promise to send someone to protect them, and then quickly returned to his official office to learn about the refugees.

As a result, after this understanding, I realized that something was wrong. There were too many refugees, and they were blocked in the north of Kyoto and could not enter the city. The emotions of the refugees.

The mood of this group of refugees is very irritable, as if they are being chased by some ghosts and gods. At the beginning, they negotiated with the army, but now they have begun to forcibly break through the border. The situation is very urgent and very bad.

Maeda Toshinaga needed to make an immediate decision.

But he was unable to make a decision for a long time, so he could only hold a meeting of his retainers, and let the think tanks in the retainers help him discuss countermeasures.

As a result, the discussions came and went, but they came up with a countermeasure to immediately lead troops to protect the emperor and important personnel to leave Kyoto to escape, because the retainers agreed that such 5000 troops would never be able to deal with the Qin army, even if 5000 was just a title, but at the moment , A mere [-] people can't support Toyotomi Hideji's help.

Not to mention that the most important thing is that Toyotomi Hideji has not been contacted yet, and I don't know how many people came from the Qin army this time, whether it is only this army or more soldiers, everything is in question. It's a mystery, I don't know and don't know at all.

Judging from the current situation, once the Qin army chases to Kyoto and surrounds the city, everyone will die.

It is the safest and safest way to leave Kyoto with the emperor and important personnel.

As for how to leave, of course it is to leave quietly at night, only in this way will not arouse riots among the people in the city and those who don't know. As for later...

Never mind him, the most important thing is to save your own life.

This put Maeda Toshinaga into a more tangled situation. His weakness of indecision was exposed. Although the vassals urged him to make a decision, the vassals who led the troops kept urging him to make a decision, saying The refugees have become increasingly irritable and uncontrollable.

Some people have already begun to try to cross the defense line and enter Kyoto.

If it hadn't been dark now, the situation would have been out of control, but even if it was dark, there was no guarantee that no refugees would cross the line of defense at night and arrive at the city of Kyoto to wait for dawn.

At the moment of Haishi, Maeda Toshinaga made a decision, and immediately sent someone to let the emperor know that he was going to leave Kyoto, and secretly notified a group of senior ministers, telling them to pack up their belongings as soon as possible, so as not to disturb other people, everyone escaped overnight.

Emperor Hou Yangcheng was shocked when he heard the news, but he didn't have time to feel the anger of being deceived. The thought of fleeing for his life occupied all his mind, and he quickly ordered the palace people to pack up their belongings and prepare to escape.

The scale of the imperial palace is small, and Emperor Hou Yangcheng is not a rich emperor, and his finances are very tight, so there is nothing to clean up, but he is the first to clean up.

After tidying up, he quickly left the palace quietly with his family and cronies.

However, it seems that the secrecy work was not done very well. Some palace people who woke up at night and were about to be abandoned saw it.

Emperor Goyosari led the team to the assembly point prepared by Maeda Toshinaga. At this time, there were not many people. Maeda Toshinaga was very anxious and sent someone to inquire. The people who came said that the ministers were cleaning up. Said that there were a lot of things to take away, and the speed could not be fast, and asked him to wait.

"Life is more important than property? If you lose your money, you can get it again. If you lose your life, you will lose it all. Don't you understand?!"

Maeda Toshinaga's angry shout was meaningless, and soon those ministers told him with their actions what they thought was more important.

In fact, for most people, before they die, they always feel that money is more important than life, especially these ministers.

Maeda Toshinaga had no choice but to urge him personally. After an hour, he had gathered almost all the people. He really didn't care about the remaining two or three money-loving people. He immediately ordered the army to open the way and escort them out of the city.

As a result, when the convoy was about to reach the gate of the city, a sudden change occurred. Suddenly, a group of palace people came out from nowhere, kneeling in front of the convoy and begging Maeda Toshinaga to take them away together, otherwise they would kneel and die here Definitely don't stand up.

"We are also palace servants, and we also serve His Majesty the Emperor. Why did His Majesty abandon us?"

"His Majesty the Emperor! Don't abandon us!"

"His Majesty the Emperor! Take us with you!"

They yelled here, especially loud in the dark night, and their number was increasing, and soon more than 100 people gathered, which made Maeda Toshinaga very angry, but these people are the emperor's courtiers, how to deal with it is up to you It is up to him to decide.

"Ask His Majesty the Emperor how to deal with these court officials!"

He immediately sent people to ask, and then sent people to order those palace people not to speak loudly, otherwise they would be beheaded on the spot.

(End of this chapter)