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Chapter 313 Finale!

The moment Hashiba Hideyoshi saw Tsuda Nobutora, he knew that he was doomed, but he still wanted to struggle.

"Why did Jibu-don come to Seoul?"

Nobutora looked down at Hashiba Hideyoshi and sneered, "Monkey, why are you pretending in front of me? According to the order of the general, you and Shibata must return to the country. I will take full charge of the affairs of Korea."

Upon hearing this, Shibata Katsuie lost all his energy and spirit, while Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Terumasa looked confused.

Oda Nobunaga, who was standing behind Nobutora, immediately waved his hand and said, "Come on, ask them to get off and immediately send them to Busan and take a ship back to their country."

Hosuka Koroku knew that Hashiba Hideyoshi would die if he went back, so he stood up and shouted, "Wait!"

But Maeda Keiji, who followed Nobutora in, immediately kicked Hosuga Koroku over and said, "Take them all down!"

Hideyoshi Hashiba and his entourage were escorted by Nobutora's personal guards to Busan, and then all the way back to Azuchi.

When Nobutora took over the mess in Korea, he immediately issued an order to rectify military discipline. Tsuda Shu served as the supervisory team, patrolling various departments. Anyone who violated military discipline was beheaded.

Another group of ronin rebelled, but were defeated by the Tsuda clan in just two hours.

The rest of the people no longer dared to act rashly.

At the same time, Xinhu sent envoys to Pyongyang to negotiate with Li Chengliang.

The Ming army supervisor immediately reported the matter to the court.

The envoy Honda Masanobu went with the military inspector.

After arriving in Beijing, Honda Masanobu immediately took out a large amount of money to make friends with Ming officials.

However, Emperor Wanli did not want to end the war. He wanted to send troops to attack the Japanese mainland.

However, everyone in the cabinet, led by Zhang Siwei, advised Emperor Wanli to stop the war.

For these civil officials, helping Korea restore its country was already the limit. If they were to launch another expedition to Japan, the military generals would have to make meritorious contributions and their power would increase greatly, which would threaten the interests of the civil officials.

For them, they would avoid fighting if they could. As long as they don't fight, the generals are like worms and can be manipulated at will.

If there is a war, those soldiers will become arrogant and domineering.

Let’s not talk about the internal problems of the Ming Dynasty, but just talk about the letter submitted by Honda Masanobu.

From the very beginning, Kokusho put the blame on Hashiba Hideyoshi and four others.

"My predecessor, Lord Nobunaga, was the king of Japan appointed by Your Majesty. Unfortunately, he was murdered by a traitor last year. The Lord Nobutada was so grief-stricken that he was almost unable to manage the affairs of the state.

Although Hashiba and the other four were the regents appointed by the late Lord, they failed to live up to the late Lord's high hopes and made such an unwise move. When His Highness learned of this, he immediately issued an order to arrest the four and let them die to atone for their crimes..."

Nobutora made a direct statement, taking the responsibility off Oda Nobutada and putting all the blame on Hashiba Hideyoshi and the other four.

This is understandable. The Ming Dynasty did not know that Oda Nobunaga was dead. Now everyone sees that, oh, your king was killed. The new king has no one in charge, and it was all the fault of the ministers of state. It is indeed not the new king's fault.

Moreover, it is reasonable to bring out the culprit to apologize.

In addition to explaining the reasons, the letter then began to talk about the compensation that Japan should pay to Ming Dynasty and Korea.

First of all, all captured Korean royal family members would be released, all occupied territories would be abandoned, and all Japanese troops would be withdrawn back to the country.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty was given 500,000 taels of silver in compensation, and Korea was given 100,000 taels of silver in compensation.

When Emperor Wanli saw that everyone was against further fighting and agreed to peace talks, he had no choice but to agree, but he could not let it go easily.

Therefore, when it came to compensation, Emperor Wanli insisted on asking for one million taels of silver, of which 500,000 would go to the Ministry of Revenue and 500,000 would go to him personally.

Xinhu also agreed with all of this.

The Japanese army conquered the entire territory of Korea this time, and looted more than a million taels of silver. So it would be fine to pay some compensation.

After all, if the Ming Dynasty sent troops to the Japanese mainland, even if he led the shogunate army to fight to the death and ended in a draw, what would that matter?
At that time, the Hojo family led the Kamakura shogunate in a bloody battle with the Yuan Dynasty in Kyushu. Although they defeated the Yuan Dynasty, the domestic economy collapsed, and eventually the Kamakura shogunate was destroyed, and the Hojo family was destroyed.

Thaksinhu could not accept such an outcome at all.

Therefore, he tried his best to promote peace talks with the Ming Dynasty.

He persuaded General Oda Nobutada to bring his 10,000 troops to Korea, captured Hashiba Hideyoshi and four others, and negotiated peace with the Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, the peace talks were all in his plan, and the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty continued to restrict the emperor and military generals as before.

He kept a low profile and gave Emperor Wanli a way out, and Emperor Wanli took the opportunity to step down.

Li Chengliang felt a little regretful. If he confronted the Japanese invaders, the Li family's position in Liaodong would be unbreakable.

Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty and Japan negotiated and things returned to their previous state, and the Korean King Yi Sun was able to return to Seoul.

Nobutora evacuated more than 100,000 Japanese troops from Busan and returned to Japan.

The war between the three kingdoms came to an end.

Hashiba Hideyoshi, Shibata Katsuie, Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Terumasa were escorted to Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and executed.

Nobutora blamed all the crimes on these four people. Their fiefdoms were reduced, their descendants were demoted to commoners, and Hashiba Nagahide and others were also implicated and either killed or demoted. There were only three seats left out of the seven seats in the Council, and Nobutora only promoted his younger brother Nobunaga to the Council, and his eldest brother-in-law Mori Katsukiyo to the Council.

As for the remaining three seats in the Council, they were left to Shogun Oda Nobutada to choose.

This is Nobutora's statement that the Tsuda family has no intention of monopolizing power.

Oda Nobutada also understood Nobutora's hint, and he promoted his younger brother, as well as Tsuda Nagatobu and Inaba Itetsu.

Afterwards, Oda Nobutada appointed Nobutora to preside over domestic political reforms and govern the country.

Nobutora then extended the reforms he had previously carried out in Settsu to the entire country. He strengthened the management and cultivation of agriculture and developed commerce and maritime trade.

Rectify education in various regions, promote Confucianism, and establish the imperial examination system.

Improve the legal system, crack down on evil gangs and ronin in various places, and maintain stability at the grassroots level.

In just five years, all parts of Japan were completely stabilized and no one wanted to return to the chaotic times.

Xinhu had been in this chief position for five or six years. When the country was stable, he simply submitted his resignation and went home to recuperate.

It is now 1587 and he is fifty-three years old. It has been thirty-four years since he was eighteen years old. He has been in the military for half his life and it is time for him to enjoy his life.

Nobutora gave up the position of chief, which was eventually succeeded by Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobunaga naturally followed the rules and continued to govern according to the plan previously set by Nobutora.

Four years passed like this, and Oda Nobutada fell ill. On his deathbed, he appointed Nobutora as the go-mi to assist his son, Nobutora's grandson Sanposhi, in succeeding to the throne as the second shogun of the shogunate.

Xinhu, who had been in seclusion for four years, had to come out to stabilize the situation and allow the third master to successfully inherit the position of general and be named Xinyuan.

A year later, Oda Nobunaga resigned from the position of chief and was succeeded by Oda Nobumitsu.

Five years later, Mori Kanari succeeded to the position of chief and assisted the shogun together with Nobutora.

Another four years passed, Xinhu was old and frail, and various minor illnesses accumulated from years of fighting occurred, and he also lay on his sickbed.

In 1598, just a few days after the New Year, Xinhu looked radiant. He knew that this was his last burst of vitality, so he immediately called Changxin.

"Taro, I'm leaving soon. You have to protect the Tsuda family. Don't fight for temporary glory. You have to ensure that the Tsuda family will last for generations.

Remember, old things must be discarded. The Tsuda family should not blindly follow the old rules, but must keep up with the trend of the times. You must remember this and pass it on to future generations."

After saying this, Nobutora fell down. A moment later, Oda Nobumoto came hurriedly.

"Grandpa!"

Xinhu forced himself to open his eyes and could only watch. He could no longer speak.

In these final moments, he could only listen to the people around him crying, and finally, everything returned to silence.

"Father!"

Tsuda Naganobu cried loudly and was in great pain.

On the island, Onitsuka Masaaki and the other man immediately drew their swords and intended to commit suicide, but were stopped by Maeda Keiji and Fujido Takatora.

"The master has already issued an order not to allow people to die in the same sacrifice. The master has just passed away. Are you going to disobey his order?"

The two of them then put away their wakizashi.

On the 1598th day of the first lunar month in , Tsuda Safu Nobutora, the most famous general of the Warring States Period and a pillar of the shogunate, died of illness in Tsuda's residence in Azuchi Castle.

General Xinyuan ordered a grand funeral for him, and the court posthumously awarded him the rank of rank 1st to recognize his merits.

Xinhu was not cremated. He was buried together with Asha in a large tomb.

Tsuda Naganobu was grieving over the passing of his parents. In order to ensure that his parents would not be disturbed a hundred years later, he selected loyal and elite retainers to form a tomb-guarding team to protect the tomb.

Two of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tsuda, Sakon Shima and Masaaki Oniwa, were the left and right commanders.

The responsibility of guarding the tomb has been passed down from generation to generation by these families for more than four hundred years, until the present day.

“Welcome to Azuchi. The tomb you see today is the only best-preserved tomb in Japan, except for the emperor.

The owner of the tomb was the first general under the hero Oda Nobunaga during the Warring States Period in Japan. He was also the father-in-law of Oda Nobutada, the first shogun of the Azuchi shogunate, and Tsuda Nobutora, who was known as the pillar of the shogunate.

He was buried in the same tomb with his wife Lady Settsu, which is enough to show the deep love between Nobutora and Lady Settsu.

According to rumors from the Tsuda family, Lady Settsu resolutely married into the Tsuda family when Lord Nobutora was in the most difficult time. This shows that Lady Settsu also had deep feelings for Lord Nobutora..."

The foreign tourists listened and exclaimed: "Wow, I didn't expect that there was such a story between this famous general of the Warring States Period and his wife."

"This Lady Settsu is still a love-brained person."

"I wish I had a wife like this."

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As time goes by, people sigh that the events of the past are gone, and only the statues of Xinhu and Axia leaning against each other with smiles on their faces in front of the tomb tell the legend of more than 400 years ago. (End)
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