Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1927 Return to Japan ([-]) Hideyoshi's Death (Part [-])
Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi was ill again, but only waited until the eighteenth of that month, he tried his best to persevere, and brought his youngest son Hideyori to visit the emperor.Of course, this move was persuaded by the courtiers, the purpose was to prove to the world that His Royal Highness Taige was in good health, but for Hideyoshi, it was actually tantamount to asking the Lord for leave.

"Cross the sea no matter what!" No matter how it was preached among the courtiers, Beizheng knew that this was the true cause of her husband's dilemma.

Hideyoshi, who was already tired of fighting, had been advertised as if he had completely changed himself, becoming a doting old man.Of course, this is just a fabrication by cronies. The one who really dotes on Hideyori extremely is Mrs. Yodo. Although Hideyoshi is not disliked, but in comparison, he is far inferior to Mrs. Yodo.

However, the above statement may not be the deepest problem. It is more appropriate to say that Mrs. Yodo doted on Hideyoshi's cronies and insisted on asking Hideyoshi to bring Hideyori to the palace.

Knowing that Hideyoshi's determination to cross the sea to the court had been made, they tried to exalt Hideyoshi's identity and decorate him with a false official position.Therefore, Hideyori, who was only six years old when he was promoted to the imperial court on the [-]th, was promoted to Nayan from the second place.

For the cronies headed by Ishida Sansei, Ieyasu and Toshiie, whom Hideyoshi relied on in governing the country, are the same as the generals such as Kato and Kuroda who he relied on to lead the army on the battlefield. It is the thorn in the side and the thorn in the flesh of their close ministers.

Moreover, if Hideyori's official position and the status of the Toyotomi family's heirs are not consolidated, then the status and power of their five ministers will also collapse in the future.

The wife of the Beizheng Office who came to take care of her saw the blatant conspiracy of her cronies, so she felt as if she couldn't breathe.Hideyoshi rested after returning from the palace, and even took a walk in the courtyard without the doctor's permission.

He only clearly stated his hope to his wife: "The imperial ship should be sailing to Sakai soon, this time I will cross the sea no matter what!"

However, it is impossible to keep this matter secret forever, and it may be stopped by the emperor, so Hideyoshi made it clear that the funeral of the living is over, and he must resolutely cross the sea!
The Beijing Institute of Political Affairs no longer objected to this.Nobunaga has fallen at the Honnoji Temple, Imagawa, Saito, Matsunaga... No, even the No. 13 generals of the Ashikaga family have all died in battle one after another.Hideyoshi, the most outstanding among these people, is no exception, and his time limit seems to be coming soon.

In fact, in the first half of her life, Mrs. Beizhengsuo couldn't remember how many times she felt that her husband was going to die in battle.It was because of so many psychological preparations that she told herself repeatedly that she should not be flustered this time, because she was no longer the wife of the old Kinoshita Tokichiro.

Jin Yetian Empress, Hideyoshi's illness seems to have gradually improved. On March 24 after Uesugi Kagekatsu was transferred to Aizu, Hideyoshi called his cronies to the bedside and listened to their reports.

Before that, there was Gamo in Aizu.But now that Gamo's family is dead, and his son Hideyuki is still young, it is inevitable that he will be controlled by a monster with a bad relationship-Date Masamune.

Based on this consideration, the transfer of Uesugi Kagekatsu from Echigo to Aizu is just to seek a balanced situation.Toyotomi Hideyoshi secretly calculated that this could be regarded as a first move I left before parting.

This matter has been discussed with Tokugawa Ieyasu, and he also made Ieyasu promise to marry one of his daughters to Gamo Hideyuki who has moved to Utsunomiya.

After March 24, as soon as April entered, bad news continued to come from the front.First, he received the news that the Japanese navy had been severely injured by North Korean navy general Yi Sun-shin, which made Hideyoshi so angry that he cursed the navy as incompetent.

Then I received news that the Ming Army's Pingwa Fleet blocked Busan, and the Japanese navy stationed in Busan did not dare to leave the port because of insufficient strength.Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to scold at first, but he thought that the Pingwa fleet was taken to North Korea by Gao Yushi, and the lack of Japanese navy ships in Busan might not be a lie, so he held back his scolding.

Only one day later, when there was another clear news, he learned that "the navy of the Ming Dynasty covered the sky and covered the sun, thousands of sails covered the sea, the big tube was like a forest, and the sound shook hundreds of miles."

When this information was delivered to Fushimi Castle, Hideyoshi asked Ishida Mitsunari and Asano Nagamasa who had come to report to step back, and then he clutched the pillow tightly and stared at the ceiling for a cup of tea.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't know how to deal with the word "a thousand sails overwhelmed the sea". In his opinion, even if the number of warships in the Ming Dynasty was doubled, it would still be [-] ships... Think about the giant ships sold to him by the Sea Trade Alliance , What would it be like to have five hundred ships lined up on the sea?
The wife of Beizhengsuo, who waited on him to rest, was also terrified by the word "thousand sails overwhelmed the sea", and then became worried about her husband, fearing that this hallucination would stand in front of him together with the evil spirit sent by fate.

Mrs. Beizheng Office gently stroked her husband's cold hand, silent, silent.

On the fifth day of May, something abnormal appeared in Hideyoshi's words and deeds.Just the night before, he said to himself regretfully: "My current physical condition may not allow me to take the boat."

But as soon as it was daylight, he turned to the Beizheng Office and asked, "Is this Busan?" Then he said, "You look like a noble woman, probably from the king's family?"

The wife of the Beizheng Office was dumbfounded, holding her breath, and while measuring her pulse, she stared into her husband's pupils.

"What are you talking about, I'm Ning Ning!" So Hideyoshi immediately nodded honestly as if he had forgotten what he said just now, as if to show that he knew who the other party was.

However, after dusk, he became even more abnormal, lying on the bed and suddenly issued an order: "Destroy the bright ship in one fell swoop! I will stand on the side of the Taige and watch!"

Obviously, this is a symptom of softening of the brain (Note: In Japanese terms, it probably means Alzheimer's disease).

In this way, the wife of the Beizheng Office could not hide it from Wu Fengxing and his cronies.On May [-], Wu Fengxing announced that "Taige is seriously ill".

During the eleven days from the fifth day of May to the sixteenth of May, Hideyoshi may have made a hasty trip to North Korea mentally.

On May [-]th, the courtiers withdrew Hideyoshi's "no retreat" order sent to Ukita's family, and at the same time ordered him to find an opportunity to return home immediately.

After Hideya, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Yoshikawa Hiroie and others also received orders to return to China for "repair".However, Ukita Hideo’s family was not in Busan at that time, so they couldn’t go back at all, while Kobayakawa Hideaki, Yoshikawa Hiroka and others in Busan used Kuroda Rusui’s surprise attack on Sacheon to lead a small number of elites to sneak away after diverting the Hirawa fleet. Back home.

To put it simply, only those generals who had extra ships and were in Busan at the time were able to come back on the grounds that "Hideyoshi was seriously ill", while the others were actually left in North Korea and could only resign themselves to their fate.

Needless to say, all of the above things were unknown to Hideyoshi at this time.

In fact, the infighting in Fushimi City started again at this time.Hideyoshi's symptoms seemed to be fascinated by something, and he went back and forth between the battlefield and Fushimi.And even in Fushimi, he was seriously worried about what would happen when he fell on the battlefield.

One day when his condition improved, he said that no matter what, he would marry Ieyasu's granddaughter Chihime to be Hideyori's wife.According to people familiar with the matter, this happened between May [-]th and June [-]th.

"Call the Edo Zuofu! It's too late to tell the envoys, so you are the only one listening carefully!" Hideyoshi said to the Beizheng Office with an unprecedented serious expression.

But in the next sentence, his thinking jumped to the other side, saying: "It was wrong to use these prostitutes as maids at the time. Now the morals in the city have been completely disrupted, and even children are playing love letters. In this kind of Under the environment, Hideyori cannot be cultivated to become an outstanding talent...it's really difficult!"

Although Hideyoshi's tone was the same as before, the Beizheng Office had already judged what Hideyoshi wanted to say to his guardian Maeda Toshiie through Ieyasu.

The Beizheng Office secretly thought: Does he want the Li family to take Xiu Lai there to raise him?But wouldn't it be a problem to do so?

Surprisingly, when Asano Nagamasa was sent to find Ieyasu and brought Ieyasu to Hideyoshi's bedside, the Taiko Highness, who still actually controls Japan, said in an involuntary tone: "Hidetaka has a daughter, right?" Just marry your granddaughter to Xiu Lai as a daughter-in-law! No, this is God’s will, so you have a granddaughter. Here today, I hope you will agree to their cousin’s marriage no matter what.”

For Ieyasu, there was no sign of this matter at all. Even though he has always been cunning and cunning, he was inevitably at a loss for a while, and secretly glanced at the expression on the face of the Beizheng Office.

The Beizheng Office blinked at him as if begging him, and Ieyasu heaved a sigh of relief and asked, "Taige, why did you suddenly think of this?"

"If this matter is not settled, I will not die." Hideyoshi said softly half-jokingly: "After I die, even if someone wants to take over Toyotomi's world, it will be you who deliberately moved me to Mukoshima mansion." .”

"His Royal Highness, you are too serious. Who dares to do such a thing?"

"I've been thinking about it for a long time. This is a method that you can't destroy me. Well, this move is considered a brilliant move... Your descendants have become one with my descendants, so you won't destroy your own descendants, right? Come on, hold my hand tightly and let me relax!"

At this point, the Beizheng Institute suddenly felt that Hideyoshi was finally freed from the wishful thinking of crossing the sea.

However, this is not the case.

When Ieyasu shook Hideyoshi's hand with a confused expression and left, Hideyoshi looked at the direction where Ieyasu's back disappeared and said, "You can rest assured now! Once Ieyasu decides to make Hideyoshi his grandson-in-law, he will intervene." Toshika's way of raising Hideyori.

Toshika is an honest person, it would be bad if Hideyori was trained to be a stupid person, but Ieyasu is different, he is both capable and cunning, even Mrs. Yodo can't stop him from doing what he wants.

Therefore, once this matter is properly arranged, I can go to North Korea where Qingzheng, Governor, and Nagamasa are waiting for me with peace of mind, and then close my eyes. "

The Beizheng Institute was stunned by his last words and was speechless.His wishful thinking has never been abandoned at all, no matter what time it is, he wants to fight to the death on the battlefield as a loyal warrior...

On June 27th, for Hideyoshi's recovery, the Beizheng Institute entered the palace and asked to hold the Imperial Kagura in Wenming Hall.At this time, she couldn't bear to see her husband still have delusions about going to court.

Yu Kagura was held on the first day of July, and after that, on the seventh day of July, Mrs. Beizhengsuo went to Sanbaoyuan, where the "living funeral" was held, and presented five gold pieces and prayed.

In addition, Date Masamune, who lives in Fushimi, heard about this incident from nowhere, and also donated gold twelve taels to Sanboin Temple, wishing Hideyoshi a good recovery.However, these "good intentions" are either the last "struggle", or they are nothing more than posturing, and Hideyoshi's weakness is unsurprisingly getting worse.

It was rumored that Hideyoshi at that time, as soon as he opened his mouth, he said pleadingly: "You must not have second thoughts about Hideyoshi!"

However, for Beijing Institute of Political Science, this is unexplainable sadness.

"My husband is not like that!"

Bei Zheng said in his heart: His heart is constantly flying to the battlefield. If he doesn't die in the battle, he will feel that he has no face in his life, and even his dreams are shocking and weeping ghosts and gods.

It's a pity that this is meaningless, because once it is time to die, Wu Fengxing and the five elders will only think about the future very rationally.

It's a pity that the so-called funeral is nothing more than bringing Hideyori out, which is the easiest to be accepted by the world.From the fifteenth of July the wonderful work of gathering the affidavits from the sad and distressed princes began.And Hideyoshi no longer has the strength to express his will.

On July [-]th, in the mansion of Maeda Toshiie's Fushimi Castle, Yutoshiie and Ieyasu came forward, summoned the princes here, and asked them to hand over the affidavit to Toshiie and Ieyasu.

However, just by doing this, Wu Fengxing was still worried.So, on the first day of August, they were all summoned to Hideyoshi's bedside, and Hideyoshi was asked to entrust them with Hideyoshi and the end of the war.

On the sixth day of August, Ieyasu, Toshiie, Mori Terumoto, Ukita Hideka and other elders were called to the bed. Of course, Uesugi Kagekatsu could not come because he was in the neighboring country.

At this time, Hideyoshi just looked at everyone with tears in his eyes, but couldn't say any bold words or warm words of comfort.Therefore, Maeda Genichi and Asano Nagamasa conveyed Hideyoshi's dictation on their behalf and asked them to hand over the affidavit.

On the eighth day of August, at the bedside of Hideyoshi who was almost unconscious, the five elders of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Hidetada, Maeda Toshiie, Maeda Toshinaga, and Ukita Hideyoshi turned to Ishida, Asano, Masuda, Nagatsu, Maeda (Xuan Yi) Wu Fengxing handed over the affidavit.

As the private minister of Toyotomi's family, Gobujo asked for an affidavit from the five elders in the world... This is of course extremely abnormal.

However—"This is an order from His Royal Highness Taige!"

When Hideyoshi couldn't open his mouth to speak, it was not unreasonable to say that it was an order from him when he was still able to speak.However, this is clearly an inappropriate use of the patient.

She has been silently staring at how the living people make arbitrary decisions according to their personal needs. It is the wife of Kinoshita Fujikichiro's era-the wife of Beizhengsuo.Therefore, her grief is unimaginable.

In short, the Beizheng Office couldn't bear to see Mrs. Dian's disordered morals after she moved to Osaka Castle.In the original history, she specially called Ieyasu from Fushimi to Osaka, and she happily let Nishimaru out. I am afraid that it was because of the selfishness of all the trusted ministers and even the Taiko women before his death. You have seen through the shamelessness of those around you at the end of your life.

So, two days later, on the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, the four elders including Ieyasu, Lijia, and Huiyuan gathered together and agreed with each other: "The country's politics and laws will not be changed during Taige's illness."

On August [-]th, since it was extremely abnormal to submit the affidavit to Wu Fengxing before, Wu Fengxing had to hand over the affidavit this time, and this ended the reversed matter.

After entering August, Hideyoshi became a living corpse with only a weak pulse.Moreover, from time to time the whole body appears stiff, maybe he is galloping on the battlefield in southern Korea in a dream?

The Beijing Institute of Political Science understands this.Therefore, when she was alone, she had to say something to Hideyoshi.

"Life is so strange!"

Of course, no matter what she said at this time, Hideyoshi could no longer answer.And just because he couldn't answer, the eyes of Beizheng Institute were filled with tears.

"Humans have desires. If they don't have desires, they are not human beings. People who are not human are still alive and cannot die. What will happen during this period?... Is it a god or a Buddha? Or is it going back and forth between them? ? Even so, His Highness still has a dream that cannot disappear... Therefore, Ningning is very sad."

"..." Hideyoshi's answer was only vaguely breathing.

"No, life may be precious. Then, let's look at the current world... There is nothing else to say. As long as you think about it this way, you will feel lonely as if the world is about to disappear."

Hideyoshi shuddered or trembled from time to time, but after all, he could no longer utter a word or a word.

August eighteenth, dawn.The "man of the world" in Japan, Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi, finally swallowed his last breath in his life.The only one who stayed by his side and watched him die was actually only one person from the Beizheng Office.

After Mrs. Beizhengsuo cried sadly, Dianyi and Wu Bongxing gathered at Hideyoshi's bedside in a panic -- "from a Taizheng Minister Toyotomi Hideyoshi's pillow", and he has been extremely busy since then.

"Right now, the news of Taiko's death cannot be announced!" Ishida Mitsunari said firmly: "We are so panic-stricken, it is inevitable that there are things we can't think about. That's it, but until the announcement, mourning still has to be served."

These discussions, or in other words, decisions, the Beizheng Institute listened to them as if they were other people's affairs, without saying a word, let alone expressing opposition.

Since Wu Fengxing must find time to discuss the future carefully again, so before that, people must feel that Hideyoshi is still alive.

Therefore, Wu Fengxing decided to let the fishermen in the city go to the Yodo River to catch carp, "I wish your highness Taiko a recovery!"

At the same time, it was announced that, as a congratulation, the big carp caught in the Yodo River would be presented to the minister.In this matter, the Nagatsusu Masakaya carried out the fishing order, and Asano Nagamasa delivered the carp to the Tokugawa and Maeda families.

When Beizheng was listening to this strange discussion, he felt that Hideyoshi's hands were getting cold gradually.However, she didn't want to let go of his hand, and even had a thought: My husband still belongs to me alone... She couldn't get rid of this indescribable feeling.

So, she suddenly thought of a waka composed by Hideyoshi.Hideyoshi once said that "When in the future" can be used as his deadly poem: I disappeared like a dewdrop, and the years of the waves (a metaphor for Osaka) also became a dream.
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