Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2152 Chief Baikui ([-]) Loyalty
After Honda Masanobu left, Ishida Mitsunari suddenly became suspicious that the so-called Shimadzu guests might not exist at all.Sado came here, probably because Dai Ieyasu came to find out his true intentions, and if he was a little sloppy just now, he might have become a prisoner by now.

Sancheng hastily wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, thinking to himself that if he met Ieyasu with such a face and expression, Ieyasu would be able to see through his mind at a glance and make him fall into a serious passivity.

As if to verify Ishida Mitsunari's guess, after a long time, Honda Masanobu still hasn't returned.Sancheng couldn't help but become more worried, thinking that Ieyasu might be plotting repeatedly with his counselors on how to deal with him.Thinking of this, a dizzying sense of humiliation swept over Sancheng's body.

In fact, Mitsunari Ishida was over-concerned about at least one thing, that is, the "Shimadzu guests" do exist, and he really just ended his meeting with Tokugawa Ieyasu.However, since this guest has other tasks, the two sides need to exchange opinions on more items than expected, so the delay will be more time.

Since Shimadzu Tadahiro came to Tokugawa Ieyasu after listening to Narita Kai's suggestion, he would naturally also bring some things that Kaiji wanted to know about Ieyasu, and Ieyasu would not only have to reply to the letter in person, but also had to communicate with Shimadzu about it. Zhongheng communicated for a while.

Shimadzu Tadahiro just forwarded Kai Ji's letter to Ieyasu, but he didn't understand the content.He intended to guess from Ieyasu's expression, but unfortunately he underestimated the chubby old fox in front of him.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's face was calm from beginning to end, Gujing was calm, but he read it in great detail - the whole letter was not long, only two pages in total, but he read it over and over again three times, and he seemed to read it word by word carefully.If it weren't for the extremely special status of Kai Fei Ji and Ieyasu's age, Shimadzu Tadahito even wondered whether Ieyasu had received a love letter from his sweetheart.

However, when Ieyasu finally put down the letter paper, Shimadzu Tadahiro finally noticed a little emotional fluctuation that Ieyasu could not completely hide: he carefully suppressed it, and sighed softly.

Although the sigh was extremely light, Shimadzu Tadahiro was convinced as soon as he heard it that it came from the heart, because it contained an indescribable heaviness and helplessness.

However, this made Shimadzu Zhongheng quite puzzled: since the Zuo Fu has joined forces with Mr. Gaoge, and even the Shimadzu family is ordered to help him, isn't it a certainty that he will become a new "man of the world"?At such a time, why would he feel heavy and helpless?
However, Ieyasu didn't give him a chance to ask questions, he just kept silent for a while, and then asked: "After the matter of beheading Ijuin Zhongdong is over, what should you and I do? I wonder if Misakiden has ever given an explanation?"

Shimadzu Tadahiro collected his thoughts, shook his head and said: "That's not true. However, Misakiden said that after meeting Zuo Fu in the future, all follow-up matters can be ordered by Zuo Fu. If Zuo Fu has any arrangements, please ask for instructions."

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded and said, "I don't have anything important here, but since you killed Ijuin Tadato, you should return to Satsuma earlier to prepare for the rebellion."

Shimadzu Zhongheng was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said: "The Zuo Mansion said this, is it to judge that the Yijiyuan family is going to commit a rebellion?" It seems that Zhongheng does not quite believe that this will happen.

"It's not just my judgment. In fact, Misakiden also judges like this, and..." Tokugawa Ieyasu raised his eyebrows lightly, and his tone seemed a little envious: "Misakiden has already arranged four giant ships. I’m here to send you back to Satsuma as soon as possible, and secondly, I’m here to help your Shimadzu family.”

"Four giant ships?" Shimadzu Tadahiro asked.

In Japan, the armed transport ships above Jinghua are collectively referred to as giant ships, so Ieyasu doesn't know if there are any warships among the four ships that are only used for combat, but it doesn't matter, they are all extremely powerful anyway.

"That's right, there are four giant ships, and there will be a fully loaded Marine Corps." Ieyasu raised his brows and said seriously, "Although Misakiden didn't make it clear, judging from the deployment, she probably thinks that The scale of the Yijiin family’s rebellion will not be too small, I suggest you not to be careless, but to take it seriously.”

Shimadzu Tadahō actually didn't take it seriously, he still didn't feel that the Ijuin family dared to rebel.However, he knew very well that the status of the Shimadzu family in the mind of that "Daming Guanbai" was just so-so, so he didn't dare to question "Misakiden" who was a high-level concubine in front of Ieyasu at this moment. Neng smiled wryly: "Hayi, Zhongheng knows."

At this point in the text, it is time to introduce some things that have happened since the Shimadzu family withdrew from North Korea.

On November 21, the third year of Keicho, Japan, Shimadzu Yoshihiro packed up the remnants of the soldiers and took a boat from Geoje Island to Busanpo.Originally, the generals of the Japanese army made an appointment to gather at Pusanpo and set sail to return home on an auspicious day.

However, when Yoshihiro Shimadzu arrived at Pusanpo, the generals had long been scrambling to sneak back to the country, and some people set fire everywhere before leaving, leaving only a deserted city and scorched earth.Even Yoshihiro Shimadzu risked his life to save Yukiko Konishi and others, without even saying hello, they sailed across the sea and returned home early on their own.Yoshihiro Shimadzu stood on the shore of Busanpo, facing the sea breeze, watching the tide, and could not help lamenting the cruelty of the world.

On November 24, Yoshihiro Shimadzu led the Shimadzu family's army to return home from Pusanpo. They still followed the route they had come, passing through Tsushima and Iki, and landed at Hakata Port on December [-].Then he went to Nagoya Castle and met with Hidemoto Mori, Nagamasa Asano, Mitsunari Ishida and others who supervised the withdrawal of troops here.

Before returning, Shimadzu Yoshihiro was always worried that Ishida Mitsunari would blame him for not returning home on time.However, Ishida Mitsunari did not say a word about this, but informed Shimadzu Yoshihiro of the domestic situation after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, and praised Shimadzu Yoshihiro: "The withdrawal of troops from North Korea was the last order of the Taiko. I am one hundred thousand The fact that the army was able to return to the battle without incident is all thanks to the first battle of Yihongdian."

The "achievements of the First World War" mentioned by Mitsunari Ishida have already been mentioned above, so I won't repeat them here.From Japan's point of view, if it weren't for Yoshihiro Shimadzu's brave performance that day, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to withstand the pressure of the Ming army, and it would be difficult to say whether they could safely withdraw to Japan.

Shimadzu Yoshihiro is very modest, he credits Shimadzu Tadahiro and Shimadzu Tadaga: "This is all due to the hard work of the generals such as Tadahiro and Tadaga, and it is not the result of me alone."

Ishida Mitsunari also privately informed Shimadzu Yoshihiro: "Your Honor (referring to Shimadzu Yoshihisa) has recently formed a personal relationship with Zuo Fu, and the relationship is very close. This violates the public law of the world."

Shimadzu Yoshihisa has always been optimistic about Tokugawa Ieyasu but disliked Ishida Mitsunari. In the struggle between the two factions, he undoubtedly leaned towards Tokugawa Ieyasu.This matter is extremely sensitive. Although Shimadzu Yoshihiro has always been valued by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he is more inclined to Ishida Mitsunari in his mind, but he has just returned to China and the situation is not clear, so he can only nod silently, not saying much.

Shimadzu Yoshihiro lived in Nagoya Castle for half a month, mainly to count the number of people and supplies, and arrange the affairs of the heads and lords of the family to return to the territory.

During this period, Xinna Chumasou's men captured Fukano Shigemori, who had stolen a ship and escaped on Nankai Island, and four others in the castle town of Nagoya Castle.Shimadzu Yoshihiro had no time to take care of such trivial matters, so he ordered Shimadzu Tadahiro to deal with them.

Shimadzu Tadahiro's opponents were always harsh. After interrogating Fukano Shigecho, he said: "These four people stole the warship, fled before the battle, abandoned their comrades, and were disloyal and unrighteous. It is a shame to the Shimadzu family. The territory Zhilu will be confiscated, as a lesson for future generations."

On December 27, the Shimadzu family's army disbanded and returned to their territories.Shimadzu Yoshihiro, Shimadzu Tadahiro, and Shimadzu Toyohisa took their original offerings and did not return to Satsuma, but went to Kyoto to continue attending.They first met with Yoshihisa Shimadzu who attended the funeral of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, and then called on Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie and other elders.Ukita Hideke, who was once the general of the conquest, introduced the achievements of the Shimadzu family in Sacheon and Luyang, and everyone praised them.

Tokugawa Ieyasu said with emotion: "Thanks to the presence of the Yoshihiro Palace, more than [-] of my soldiers were saved from dying overseas. This is a great achievement that has never been seen in this dynasty."

Maeda Toshiie continued: "Not only in this dynasty, even in foreign countries, there is no one who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Yoshihiro Palace."

Mori Terumoto and Uesugi Kekatsu also praised Shimadzu Yoshihiro's achievements.Mori Terumoto also pulled Shimadzu Tadanaga's glove closer: "I have heard about Shimadzu's name for a long time, and today I saw his face for the first time, and it really lives up to its reputation!"

Various forces came to praise the Shimadzu family, not only because of the Shimadzu family's great achievements, but also because of the political situation at that time.After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa and Ishida fought endlessly, and they were all trying to win over the big names to their side.The Shimadzu family, with its strong strength and astonishing combat power, is naturally the target of both Tokugawa and Ishida's efforts to win over.

Ishida Mitsunari changed his previous critical attitude towards the Shimadzu family. Seeing that several elders praised the Shimadzu family, he struck while the iron was hot and helped the Shimadzu family arrange several major events:
First, arrange for Shimadzu Yoshihiro to enter the palace to have an audience with Emperor Goyosari.When Shimadzu Yoshihiro entered the palace, the emperor naturally appreciated him a lot, and just for this reason, he asked for official positions for several leading figures of the Shimadzu family.

On the first day of the first month of the fourth year of Qingchang, Yoshihiro Shimadzu entered the palace to celebrate the New Year. He was promoted to the Senate with his military achievements in North Korea. The Tsu family worked as a repair doctor, but the official position was promoted to four juniors, equal to Shimadzu Yoshihiro; Toyohisa Shimadzu succeeded his father, Shimadzu Iehisa, as the Daisuke of Central Affairs, and five seniors.

Second, add territory to the Shimadzu family.The main purpose was to transfer the [-] koku territory of Terasawa Hirotaka and Zongyoshi Tomo in Satsuma Izumi County to the Shimadzu family.

It is said to be "transferring", but it is actually better to say "return".Because Satsuma Izumi County was originally the territory of the Sashu family of the Shimadzu family, because the head of the Sazhou family, Tadatoshi Shimadzu, died young, the territory was confiscated by the Toyotomi regime, and it was transferred to Terasawa Hirotaka and Muneyoshi Tomo.

Terasawa Hirodaka and Soyoshi Tomo are both small daimyos, let them take advantage of the Shimadzu family, they are all on pins and needles, anxious, for fear that the Shimadzu family will retaliate.Therefore, Terasawa Hirodaka had already discussed with Soyoshi Tomo, and if they had the opportunity, they would request that the territory be returned to the Shimadzu family, and not to hold this hot potato in their hands.

Now that Ishida Mitsunari offered to transfer the title, Terasawa Hirodaka and Soyoshi Tomo naturally agreed with both hands without any objection.In addition, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi was alive, the "Karuchiji" of 62 stones set up in Satsuma and Osumi were no longer preserved, and all were returned to the Shimadzu family.In this way, the stone height of the Shimadzu family's territory increased by [-] stones at once, reaching [-] stones.

Third, support Shimadzu Tadahei to formally succeed the family governor.In March of the third year of Bunroku, Toyotomi Hideyoshi personally married Shimadzu Tadahisa, and ordered her to marry Shimadzu Yoshihisa's daughter, Kameju, and became Shimadzu Yoshihisa's adopted son, thus establishing Shimadzu Tadahisa as Shimadzu's son. The status of heirs.

However, at that time, the North Korean army was booming, and it was not a good day for marriage. Ishida Mitsunari asked Shimadzu Tadahiro to cross the sea to North Korea first, and then hold a wedding with Kameju after he returned to China after making meritorious service. This would be more effective.Just as Ishida Mitsunari expected, this time Shimadzu Tadani returned to China, completely reborn, no longer the youthful boy of the past, but a decent samurai, a bit like the head of the family.

Therefore, on the fifteenth day of the first month of the fourth year of Keicho, Shimadzu Tadahiro and Kameju held a wedding ceremony under the single-handed arrangement of Ishida Mitsunari, officially becoming the heir of the Shimadzu clan.

On the second day of the wedding, Shimadzu Yoshihisa personally held the "Ceremony of Conferring Heavy Books and Treasures" for Shimadzu Tadahisa at his mansion under Fushimi Castle, and announced that Shimadzu Tadahisa would succeed him as the governor of the family.

Most of the important books and treasures of the Shimadzu family stayed in Osumi Fukuma Castle, the residence of Shimadzu Yoshihisa. At this time, Shimadzu Yoshihisa carried three pieces with him: one is the official family tree "Shimadzu's Orthodox System" compiled by the Shimadzu family. Picture", the second is the "Iroha Song" written by Shimadzu Tadayoshi himself, and the third is the famous tea utensil "Hirano shoulder brewing tea" rewarded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi-in fact, it is a kind of tea caddy.

In this "Ceremony of Emphasizing Books and Treasures", Shimadzu Yoshihisa handed over three family treasures to Shimadzu Zhongheng. According to the Shimadzu family's precedent, this proves the legitimacy of Shimadzu Zhongheng's succession as the governor of the family. .

Although Shimadzu Tadahisa succeeded as the family governor, it goes without saying that the real power in the family is still in the hands of Shimadzu Yoshihisa.Shimadzu Yoshihisa's prestige within the Shimadzu family is irreplaceable. As long as he is not dead, he is the political core that the family agrees with.Even Yoshihiro Shimadzu couldn't shake Yoshihisa Shimadzu's status, let alone the fledgling Shimadzu Tadahiro.

On the other hand, after Shimadzu Tadahisa succeeded to the throne, as Shimadzu's biological father, Shimadzu Yoshihiro's status became very delicate, and he was implicitly tied with Shimadzu Yoshihisa as the "overlord" of the Shimadzu family.If some things are not handled properly, it may cause Shimadzu Yoshihisa's misunderstanding and suspicion, and destroy the unity of the family.For this reason, Shimadzu Yoshihiro came up with a trick. He imitated Shimadzu Yoshihisa, shaved off his hair, and took the moniker "Weixin" to show that he was retiring to the second line and had no intention of fighting for power in the foreground.

However, although his dharma name is the same as in the original history, this time it has aroused some people's associations: the Daming Guanbaigao's practical name is "Nisin", and Shimadzu Yoshihiro's name is "Yixin". He is expressing his firm loyalty and obedience to high pragmatism.

Having said that, Yoshihiro Shimadzu said that he was a monk. In fact, Yoshihiro Shimadzu had to deal with all kinds of affairs of the Shimadzu family, especially those that required the approval of the Toyotomi regime.One of the most important things is to allocate the "floating land" detected during the four-year Taige inspection of Wenlu.

Back then, it was Yoshihiro Shimadzu who promised to allocate these "floating grounds" according to his military achievements in North Korea that he managed to gather more than 7000 troops to cross the sea to North Korea. Now it is time to fulfill his promise.

The ins and outs of this matter are a bit long, so I won’t introduce much here. In short, because Ishida-san became a big spender to win over the Shimadzu family, he readily agreed to Shimadzu Yoshihiro’s request and issued the Shimadzu family a letter of seal signed by the Five Obligations. , the Tanegashima territory was returned to Tanegashima Hisashi, the Chiran territory of Tanegashima Hisashi remained unchanged, and Shimadzu Seihisa transferred it to Osumi Tarumi.

Perhaps it is also because Sancheng has used so many things to win over the Shimadzu family, so he feels that the Shimadzu family is his quasi-ally!

In the new year of the fourth year of Qingchang, the Shimadzu family had many happy events, immersed in a festive atmosphere.After the New Year, Shimadzu Yoshihisa and Shimadzu Toyohisa left Fushimi Castle on February [-]th and returned to Osumi and Hyuga territories respectively.Shimadzu Yoshihiro and Shimadzu Tadahiro continued to stay in Kyoto.

At this time, the situation in Kyoto was extremely complicated.Contradictions between the "Wenzhi faction" such as Ishida Mitsunari, Konishi Yukyochang, and Masuda Nagamori and the "martial arts faction" such as Kato Kiyomasa and Fukushima Masanori have intensified.

Tokugawa Ieyasu took advantage of the contradictions between the two factions to try his best to suppress Ishida Mitsunari, relying entirely on the mediation of Maeda Toshiya, barely maintaining the peaceful situation so that the conflict would not erupt immediately.But Maeda Toshiie was in poor health, and time was running out, and died of illness on March [-]rd in the fourth year of Qingchang.

Just when Maeda Toshie was seriously ill and was about to die, Shimadzu Tadani called his family's important ministers stationed in Beijing to hold a meeting at the Shimadzu's mansion, and Ijiin Zhongdong was also present at the meeting.Since everyone in the world knows the importance of Maeda Toshiie at this time, and now that he is seriously ill and dying, it is normal for the Shimadzu family to discuss countermeasures together.

Before the meeting, according to Shimadzu family practice, Shimadzu Tadahei entertained everyone to drink tea.Yijiyuan Zhongdong picked up the tea bowl and just took a sip when he realized that the tea soup was extremely bitter and even stinky, so he couldn't help but spit it out.

This act was extremely disrespectful. When Yijiin Zhongdong was embarrassed, he found a strange smile on the faces of Shimadzu Tadahiro and his entourage, and thought it was just a prank by Shimadzu Tadahiro.

Yijiin Zhongdong is a veteran of the Shimadzu family, with a noble status in the family, but facing the young master at this time, he is inconvenient to get angry, he only bows his body and salutes, and intends to get up and leave.However, it was too late, and soon, Shimadzu Tadatoshi suddenly jumped up from the table, and drew out the famous family sword "Takachiho Nagamitsu" that he wore with him, a flash of light flashed, and Ijiin Zhongdong fell into a pool of blood.

The incident happened suddenly, like a rabbit rising and falling, only in the blink of an eye.All the people present were dumbfounded by the scene in front of them. Shimadzu Tadahiro calmly took out a tissue, wiped off the blood on the knife, put the knife back into its sheath in a beautiful retracting style, and announced coldly: "Thank you, Ijuin! Kan (Yijiyuan Zhongdong's dharma name "Xing Kan" after he became a monk) is a traitor and has committed many crimes. He has been punished now. His family and followers will be pardoned, so don't be surprised."
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