Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1817 Hiiragi ([-]) Hollow Giant Tree
The news of Toyotomi Hideji's death was brought to Osaka by Fukushima Masanori. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi learned of it, he was furious and yelled furiously: "Does he know how much I have put in to train him! How much I have spent to save him this time! He actually trampled on my kindness at will like this!

Ning Ning, you have also seen that I have done my best for him, but he repays me in this way!Am I not good enough to him, even let him do Guan Bai, and try my best to eliminate such a big disaster, but he failed me so much!It's all his fault, it's all his fault!I must let Sun Qilang know how terrible it is to provoke me - even if he is dead! "

Hideyoshi refused to listen to any of her persuasion, and angrily ordered Ishida Mitsunari: "Convict him of treason, yes, it is treason! I said to the outside world that I discovered the evidence of Hideji's rebellion, so I took advantage of it. During the preparation period, he saw through his plot!
Hideji's head... Let me put it in the sun on Sanjo River. His family members and retainers are suspected of participating in it, and I will execute them all!I want them all to pay for this! "

Ishida Mitsunari was startled by Hideyoshi's madness and his mood was uneasy, but after all, he had been with Hideyoshi for a long time, so he quickly settled down and asked, "If the conclusion is treason, but now there is no conclusive evidence..."

This question is very real, Xiuci never thought about treason at all, where is there any evidence?Hideyoshi calmed down a bit, and then wanted to use Hideji's request to the daimyos to sign a pledge of loyalty as evidence of premeditated rebellion.

Ishida Mitsunari's head was as big as a bucket, and he had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "Although the written judgment was Xiuji's request for the loyalty of the daimyos, it was actually an act of loyalty to His Highness Taiko. It was also ordered by His Highness Taiko, and now it is used as a conspiracy The evidence... seems inappropriate."

Hideyoshi furiously said: "Then what else can I do! What evidence can I have! Just take it as evidence! Do you have to let the world think that I forced him to death! My Toyotomi family has lost face this time. It's not enough!"

When he said this, the nature of the matter was different. Ishida Mitsunari felt terrified and dared not question the use of this as "evidence". If all the onmyojis and others are executed, it may cause turmoil in the hearts of the people. I dare to ask His Highness the Taige...can you forgive me?"

Hideyoshi was still furious, and shouted sharply: "Ishida, if you don't dare to go, then don't go, I will go in person!" Ishida Mitsunari trembled from being yelled at, and now he really didn't dare to say more, and bowed obediently Take orders.

In fact, what Ishida Mitsunari just said was not an exaggeration, Hideji's wives and concubines were indeed from famous families.The father-in-laws of Hideji who were implicated because of this were almost all well-known figures in Japan, including the Minister of State and Right, Kikutei Haruki, Yamashina Yanjing, singer Satomura Shoba, and onmyoji Abe Hisashi, etc. He failed to beg for his daughter, but was ordered to exile instead.

Hideji’s confidantes, such as Izushi Castle Lord Maeno Nagayasu, Matsuzaka Castle Lord Hattada Kazutada, and Oba Castle Lord Watase Shigeru (Note: In the original history, he was the Lord of Yokosuka, but at this time Yokosuka was in the hands of the Kanto Fleet of the Maritime Trade Alliance, and the port was in the middle of the sea. Under construction, so this person was renamed), Ogaki castle lord Ito Shengjing and other minor daimyo were ordered to have caesarean section.

However, the backbone of the young samurai group "Wakae Eight People" under his command was valued by Ishida Mitsunari, and under his repeated mediation - of course mainly because of their low status - they were finally spared from death and served in the Ishida family .

In addition, Asano Nagamasa, the head of the Five Orders, also had a close relationship with Hideji, so Asano Yukunaga, the son of the Asano family, was exiled to Noto. They were all severely warned, especially Hideji's younger brother Kobayakawa Hideaki, who was even confiscated of his [-] koku territories in Tanba and Kameyama.

Some of Hideyoshi’s family elders, such as Yamauchi Kazutoyo, Tanaka Yoshimasa, Tokunaga Jushang, etc., were originally Hideyoshi’s auxiliary government team for Hideyoshi. At this time, they naturally chose to add insult to injury without hesitation, and turned to their old boss Toyotomi Hideyoshi. , which was awarded by Hideyoshi.

On the second day of August in the fourth year of Wenlu, Xiuci's wives, concubines, and descendants, all 39 members of his family, were all beheaded in Santiaohe for public display.As a result, Santiaohe's shrill screams resounded through the sky that day.Afterwards, Hideyoshi ordered the Jule Building to be burned down, trying to erase all traces of Hidetoshi's existence.

Hideyoshi's crazy behavior naturally caused a deep chill in the hearts of many famous people.A few days later, Kuroda Rushui came to visit Hideyoshi. At this time, Hideyoshi was crying alone because of the Hideji incident.

Seeing Kuroda approaching like water, he immediately pointed at him and said, "How much I wanted to train Sun Qilang to be an outstanding man, but why did he do seppuku without explaining to me? Why? You, still There are Matashiro, and the retainers of the Toyotomi family, everyone is silent and watching with cold eyes, why are you all!"

Kuroda Rushui bowed slightly, and replied: "The misunderstanding between His Highness Taige and His Highness Guan Bai is not irresolvable, but your identities are too noble, and what ordinary people can say can't be said to you two. It is because of the lack of honesty As a result, trust is weakened, and every move of any party will arouse the suspicion of the other party, which will further aggravate the situation.

As for the retainers, they did not dare to speak too much because of Taige's family affairs. Please do not punish him again, His Highness Taige.As long as His Highness Taige can miss something and pray in his heart, His Highness Guan Bai will know and be grateful.The current ending is actually a kind of relief for His Highness Guan Bai, please take care of His Highness Taige. "

"Relief? He is liberated, what about me? What about me!" Hideyoshi cried so much that he fainted.Kuroda Rushui didn't expect this to happen, and was so shocked that he hurriedly called for help.

When Hideyoshi woke up, his veins were weak, and he seemed to have aged a lot, but his anger seemed to be much lighter, and he took Kuroda Rushui's hand in a rare way: "I never wanted to force Sun Qilang to death, you must Believe me! Yes, yes, Guan Bai’s position will be lost in the future, but I don’t want to abandon Sun Qilang either.

I'm already old, I'm afraid I don't have many years to live, I don't want to die, I want to watch Shi grow up... I still have North Korea and Ming to conquer!Whoever blocks this way deserves to die, must die! "

At the end, Hideyoshi's dark and muddy eyes showed the familiar madness of Kuroda Rushui again, but he was talking like this madly, but at the same time he kept coughing.

Heitian Rushui sighed deeply, but he only heard words of persuasion: "His Royal Highness, you are too sad, please take care of yourself."

However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi regained his spirits, forced himself to sit up, stared at Kuroda steadfastly, and said, "Ru Shui, you followed me to fight in the north and south. Without you, I would not be able to win this world. I know, You must be angry with me when you become a monk... But I don’t have many wishes left, so you still don’t want to serve me one last time?”

Heitian Rushui saw Hideyoshi's expression gradually weakening, under careful observation, he guessed that Hideyoshi's life expectancy was numbered, and he said to Hideyoshi, "Please rest assured, His Majesty Taige, Rushui is always willing to dedicate all of himself to His Majesty the Taige. Strength. I would like to go to Korea again when His Highness Taige needs it, and win North Korea and Ming for His Highness Taige. I only hope that His Highness Taige can be healthy, treat others kindly, and accumulate virtue and prolong blessings for the Fengchen family."

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was overjoyed when he saw that he took the initiative to agree to conquer North Korea, and praised him a lot, until he couldn't hold on anymore, and fell asleep.

After the matter here, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was in Kyoto, soon got the news, and brought Honda Masanobu to discuss.

Honda Masanobu commented: "With Hideji's death, the Toyotomi family has become a hollow tree. If Taige passes away within a few years, the world will change."

Tokugawa Ieyasu narrowed his eyes and asked, "How can you see that?"

"My lord knows it well, but you must tell me through the mouth of your servants?" Honda Zhengxin said with a smile: "The Taige had no children in his early years, so he had to adopt his sister's son as the eldest son, named Xiuji, and raised him as his heir. For Xiuci, Taiko and his wife treated him as if they were their own for many years and carefully cultivated him. This is obvious to all the world.

So when the Taiko unified the world, Xiuci's "prince prince" system was very complete: Maeno Nagayasu was the assistant, Yamauchi Kazutoyo and other four elders were important ministers, and young warriors such as "Wakae Eight People" were the backbone generals. In the imperial court, his father-in-law, Ju Ting Qing Ji, also served as Austrian aid.

This entire team can fully guarantee that even if Taiko passes away suddenly, Hideji can inherit the great cause of the Toyotomi family without any obstacles.At the same time, the other big names in the world have already pledged their allegiance to Hideji under Taiko's instructions. Even if Taiko passed away, everyone can only continue to be loyal to the Toyotomi clan-after all, they have neither the strength nor the name to oppose.

However, Hesong's early death and Shiwan's birth changed the originally stable situation. Taiko's love for Shiwan was simply dumbfounding. Not only did he make it clear that Shiwan would succeed Guan Bai in the future, he even wanted to skip the show. , directly handing over the world to Shiwan.

In fact, recall that when Shimaru was born, Taiko proposed that Shimaru marry Xiuci's daughter in the future in order to make Xiuci feel at ease, but Taiko couldn't control his selfishness more and more, and gradually pushed Xiuci to a desperate situation ——First ran away, then "rebelled", and finally the whole family was killed.

Toyotomi's family originally had one of the biggest problems, that is, there were too few members (relatives) and the family name was extremely insufficient.

Xiuci has military exploits and has been trained as an heir for many years. His existence as Guan Bai could have slightly offset some of the problems caused by this hidden danger.

But now that he is dead, his 'Prince Prince' team has also disappeared, which means that the power core of the next generation of the Toyotomi family has suddenly disappeared, and the entire Toyotomi family has become a hollow tree, which seems to be towering and towering, but is actually pushed away. Just fall..."

"It will fall if you push it?" Tokugawa Ieyasu interrupted: "It's not so dangerous, as long as Hideyoshi himself is still alive, I think this tree is still stable."

"The Taige is alive. This tree is indeed unlikely to fall, but it is not necessarily considered stable." Honda Zhengxin said solemnly: "Since the conquest of North Korea, the Taige has become more and more crazy. This time The truce was originally a good opportunity to allow Taiko or Toyotomi's forces to recover quickly without being exhausted.

Who knew that the Taige at this time could not tolerate anything that might damage his reputation. The canonization of the Ming Dynasty only mentioned the canonization itself, and did not consider any of the conditions proposed by the Taige.Therefore, the Taige could not accept it, and could only let the country regroup its troops to prepare for another battle.

But here comes the problem. The last time the Toyotomi family and the Xiguo daimyo who were loyal to the Taiko made their best efforts, they were still defeated one after another by the Li Rusong Liaodong Army of the Ming Army, which was much smaller than their own. President Xixing came up with the "canonization" that Japan didn't need at all this time, and the army of his troops also retreated to Busan.

They spent a lot of money and lost a lot of troops, but in the end they were surrounded in Busan, facing the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army and the Korean army at any time.Under such circumstances, if Taige could not meet the political conditions, he would have no choice but to continue the war, otherwise his prestige would be ruined.

But isn't it dangerous to continue the war?No, this is probably a greater danger.The Ming Dynasty had millions of armies. Because it had just conquered Mongolia, it had no choice but to send 5 people to North Korea.Now that so much time has passed, what should be restored by the Ming Dynasty should have already been restored, and what should have been prepared must have been prepared. This time the Taige is starting a war, and it may be more difficult to fight than the previous one.

The last time I faced the 15 Ming army, I couldn't fight anymore. What if the Ming army dispatched 20, [-], or even [-] people this time?What is His Royal Highness Taige going to do?
To sum up, according to Yichen, this war will probably exhaust the strength of the Toyotomi family and the Xiguo daimyo who are loyal to him.At that time, the strength of the Toyotomi family will be exhausted, how much will the prestige of Taige's unification of the world be left?
Considering the situation we have so far, Taiko's body has become more and more difficult to support. Once he himself passed away around that time, the Lord believes that the big tree of Toyotomi can still maintain the illusion of towering and towering what? "

His long speech actually entered Tokugawa Ieyasu's heart, and Ieyasu finally showed a slight smile and said: "Life is determined by God, and His Royal Highness Taige is an extraordinary person. Who dares to predict that his lifespan will be exhausted?" ?”

Honda Zhengshin shook his head and said: "Not to mention how Hideji's death hit him, nor to say that his body has been getting worse and worse in the past few years, but only to say that if there is another problem on the Korean battlefield, it is very likely to be completely defeated... ...He has such a good face now, if he loses his face when the time comes, I'm afraid it will make him sick."

Tokugawa Ieyasu pondered for a moment and asked, "In your opinion, what should I do at this time? Or...do nothing?"

Ben Duo said: "Naturally, we will not do anything on the surface. After all, whatever we do will attract the attention of the increasingly sensitive and suspicious Taige. However, there are indeed many things to do in private, not only to win over us as soon as possible but also carefully. At the same time, we must win the support of the Sea Trade Alliance.

Once the defeat of North Korea is confirmed, the decline and demise of the Toyotomi family will be irreversible, and the days can be counted.What could affect the world at that time, apart from the ebb and flow of various forces in Japan, the Maritime Trade Alliance, which was rich and powerful and could affect the major policies of the Ming Dynasty court, must be another detached and absolute force.

Perhaps to a large extent, whoever side this force is on can replace Toyotomi!My lord, no matter how much the price is, the Tokugawa family must get the support of the Sea Trade Alliance. "

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded, and said, "Time is running out. How is the matter you explained last time? Is Kaiji willing to believe my sincerity and return to Ming Kingdom earlier?"

Honda said rightly: "She doesn't seem to object, but she expresses that she will wait for the consent of her husband, Elder Gao Ge."

Tokugawa Ieyasu sighed: "I hope everything goes well."
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