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Chapter 279 Flat Japanese (31) Hollow Giant Wood

The news of Toyotomi Hidetsu's death was brought to Osaka by Masanori Fukushima. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi learned about it, he was furious and shouted angrily: "Does he know how much I put into cultivating him? How much effort I put into saving him this time!

He actually trampled on my good intentions so casually!

Ning Ning, you have also seen that I have tried my best for him, but he repays me in this way! Am I not good enough for him? Even Guan Bai asked him to do it, and I tried my best to help him cause such a big disaster.

He eliminated me, 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 anger me - even if he is dead!"

Hokusei's persuasion was fruitless, and Hideyoshi refused to listen to any of her persuasion. He angrily ordered Ishida Mitsunari: "Convict me of treason. Yes, it is treason! I told the outside world that I discovered the evidence of Hidetsu's treason, so I took advantage of it."

His conspiracy was discovered during the preparation period!

Xiuji's head... will be exposed to the sun in Sanjo River. His family members and retainers are suspected of being involved. I will execute them all! I want them all to pay the price for this!"

Ishida Mitsunari was frightened by Hideyoshi's madness and felt uneasy, but after all, he had been with Hideyoshi for a long time, so he quickly calmed down and asked: "If it is concluded that it is rebellion, but now there is no conclusive evidence..."

This problem is very realistic. Hideji has never thought about rebellion at all, so where is the evidence? Hideyoshi calmed down for a while, and then wanted to use Hideji's request for the daimyo to sign a joint decree swearing loyalty as evidence of premeditated rebellion.

Ishida Mitsunari, whose head was as big as a bucket, said with a helpless smile: "Although the serial verdict was Hideji's request for the loyalty of the daimyo, it was actually an act of loyalty to His Highness Taikaku, and it was also authorized by His Highness Taikō. Now it is used as a conspiracy.

There seems to be something wrong with the evidence.”

Hideyoshi said angrily: "Then what else can be done! What other evidence can there be! Just treat it as evidence! Do you have to let the world think that I forced him to death? The face of my Toyotomi family has been lost this time

It’s not enough!”

When he said this, the nature of the matter changed. Ishida Mitsunari felt frightened and did not dare to question the use of this as "evidence". At the same time, he quickly changed the subject and asked: "Hidetsu has many wives and concubines, all of whom are from high officials and daimyo.

If all the Onmyoji and others are executed, it will probably cause unrest in the hearts of the people. I dare to ask His Highness Taige... can you forgive me?"

Hideyoshi was still furious and shouted: "Ishida, if you don't dare to go, then don't go, I will go myself!" Ishida Mitsunari shivered from being yelled at, and now he really didn't dare to say any more, so he knelt down obediently.

Take orders.

In fact, what Ishida Mitsunari said just now is not an exaggeration. Hidetsu's wives and concubines are indeed from famous families. Hidetsu's father-in-laws who were implicated in this are almost all famous figures in Japan. Among them are the right minister Kikuttei Haruyuki, Yamashina Yansuke, and others.

Lian Ge Shi Rima Shoba, Onmyoji Abe Kushu and others all prayed for their daughters but failed, and instead were ordered to be exiled.

Hidetsugi’s close retainers include Maeno Nagayasu, the lord of Ideseshi Castle, Hattada Hattada, the lord of Matsuzaka Castle, and Shigekwan Watase, the lord of Oba Castle (Note: Historically, he was the lord of Yokosuka Castle, but at this time, Yokosuka was in the hands of the Kanto Fleet of the Maritime Trade Alliance, and the port was under construction.

During construction, this person was renamed), Ogaki Castle Lord Ito Mikage and other minor daimyo were ordered to have their caesareans performed.

However, the backbone of the young samurai group under his command, the "Wakae Eight People", were valued by Ishida Mitsunari. With his repeated mediation - of course mainly because of their low status - they were finally able to avoid death and serve as officials for the Ishida family.

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In addition, Asano Nagamasa, the head of the Five Families, also had a close relationship with Hidetsu, so Asano Yukinaga, the legitimate son of the Asano family, was exiled to Noto. Other prominent lords who had close contacts with him, such as the Date family, the Kuroda family, the Mogami family, and the Kobayakawa family, also

They all received severe warnings, especially Hidetsu's younger brother Hideaki Kobayakawa, who even had his 100,000 koku territory in Tanba and Kameyama confiscated.

Some of Hidetsu's family elders, such as Yamauchi Kazutoyo, Tanaka Yoshimasa, Tokunaga Shoumasa and others, were originally the auxiliary political team provided by Hideyoshi. At this time, they naturally chose to add insult to injury and surrendered to his old employer Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

, and thus received a commendation from Hideyoshi.

On the second day of August in the fourth year of Bunroku, all thirty-nine members of Hidetsu's wife, concubines, and heirs were beheaded in Sanjo River. As a result, Sanjo River "screamed loudly throughout the sky" that day. Afterwards, Hideyoshi ordered Juleti to be burned in an attempt to erase the relationship between Hideji and Hideji.

All traces of existence.

Hideyoshi's crazy behavior naturally caused deep chills in the hearts of many daimyo. A few days later, Kuroda Josui came to visit Hideyoshi. At this time, Hideyoshi was crying alone over the Hidetsu incident.

When he saw Kuroda Rushui coming, he immediately pointed at him and said: "How much I want to train Sun Qilang to be an outstanding man, but why did he commit suicide without explaining anything to me? Why on earth is this? You, still

There is Matashiro, as well as the Toyotomi family retainers, all of them said nothing and looked on with cold eyes, why are you!"

Kuroda Rushui bowed slightly and replied: "The misunderstanding between His Highness Taige and His Highness Guan Bai is not irresolvable, but you two are too noble, and what ordinary people can say cannot be said to you two. It is because of the lack of candor.

This weakens trust, and every move by either party will arouse the suspicion of the other party, further worsening the situation.

As for the retainers, they did not dare to say anything because of Taige's family affairs. Please do not punish His Highness Taige again. As long as His Highness Taige can remember him, I pray in my heart that His Highness Guan Bai will know and be grateful. Now.

The ending is actually a relief for His Highness Guan Bai, so please take care of yourself, Your Highness Taige."

"Free? He is free, what about me? What about me!" Hideyoshi then burst into tears and even fainted. Kuroda Rusui did not expect this to happen, and was so frightened that he hurriedly called for help.

When Hideyoshi woke up, his body was weak, and he seemed to be much older, but his anger seemed to be much lighter. He rarely held Kuroda Rusui's hand and said: "I never wanted to force Sunshichiro to death, you must

Believe me! Yes, yes, Guan Bai's position will be taken up in the future, but I don't want to abandon Sun Qilang either.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! I am already old, I am 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, which the Ming Dynasty wants to conquer! Who wants to conquer it?

Whoever blocks this road deserves to die and must die!"

At the end of the sentence, Hideyoshi's dim and turbid eyes revealed the familiar madness of Kuroda Rusui, but while he was speaking so crazily, he kept coughing.

Heitian Rushui sighed in his heart, but he just heard the words and advised: "Your Highness, you are too sad, please rest assured and nurse yourself back to health."

However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi regained his energy, forced himself to sit up, and stared at Kuroda intently, saying: "Rushui, you follow me in the north and south. Without you, I can't take over this world. I know,

You must be angry with me when you become a monk...but I don't have many wishes left, are you still unwilling to serve me for the last time?"

Seeing that Hideyoshi's expression was declining, Black Sky Rushui observed carefully and guessed that Hideyoshi's life was running out. With a thought in his heart, he said to Hideyoshi: "Please rest assured, His Highness Taige, Ruishui is always willing to dedicate all of himself to His Highness Taige."

Strength. I am willing to go to Korea again when His Highness Taikaku is in need, and win North Korea and the Ming Dynasty for His Highness Taikō. I only hope that His Highness Taikō can be in good health, treat others kindly, and accumulate virtue and blessings for the Toyotomi family."

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was overjoyed when he saw him voluntarily agreeing to conquer Korea. He praised him very much until he couldn't support his energy anymore and fell asleep.

After the matter was over, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was in Kyoto, quickly received the news and summoned Honda Masanobu for discussion.

Honda Masanobu commented: "With Hidetsugi's death, the Toyotomi clan has become a hollow tree. If Taiko dies within a few years, the world will change."

Tokugawa Ieyasu narrowed his eyes and asked: "How can you see it?"

"My lord knows it in his heart, but he must tell it through the mouth of his subordinates?" Honda Masanobu smiled and said: "Taiko had no children in his early years, so he had to adopt his sister's son as his eldest son, named Hideji, and raised him as his heir.

For many years, Taige and his wife treated Xietsugu as if they were their own children and trained him carefully, which is obvious to all the world.

So by the time Taikaku unified the world, Hidetsugi's "prince prince" system was already very complete: Maeno Nagayasu was the assistant, Yamauchi Kazutoyo and other four elders were important ministers, and young samurai such as the "Wakae Eight Nobles" were the backbone military commanders.

In the imperial court, his father-in-law Ju Ting Qingji also served as an aid.

This entire team can fully guarantee that even if Taikaku dies suddenly, Hidetsu can inherit the Toyotomi clan's great cause without any obstacles. At the same time, because other great names in the world have already pledged allegiance to Hidetsu under Taikō's instructions, even if Taikaku passes away, everyone will

They can only continue to be loyal to the Toyotomi clan - after all, they have neither the strength nor the name to oppose them.

However, Hematsu's early death and Shimaru's birth changed the originally stable situation. Taiko's love for Shimaru was simply shocking. Not only did it become clear that Shimaru would succeed Guan Bai in the future, he even wanted to skip Hideji.

, directly handing the world into Shiwan's hands.

In fact, if you think back, when Shimaru was born, in order to reassure Hideji, Taiko even proposed that Shimaru marry Hideji's daughter in the future. However, Taiko became increasingly unable to control his selfishness and pushed Hideji to the edge step by step.

——First he ran away, then he 'conspired', and finally his whole family was killed.

The Toyotomi family originally had one of the biggest problems, which was that there were too few clan members, and there were also extremely few daimyo. This was a hidden danger that had already existed in the Toyotomi clan and could not be changed.

Hidetsu had meritorious service in battle and had been cultivated as an heir for many years. His presence as Guan Bai could have offset some of the problems caused by this hidden danger.

But now that he is dead, his "Crown Prince" team has also dispersed. This means that the next generation core of power of the Toyotomi clan has suddenly disappeared, and the entire Toyotomi clan has become a giant hollow tree, which looks majestic and towering, but is actually pushed down.

Just pour..."

"Will it fall down with just one push?" Tokugawa Ieyasu interrupted: "It's not that dangerous, right? As long as Hideyoshi himself is still alive, I think this tree will still be stable."

"If Taiko is alive, this tree is indeed unlikely to fall, but it does not necessarily count as stable." Honda Masanobu said solemnly: "Since the conquest of North Korea, Taiko has become more and more crazy. This time

The armistice would have been a good opportunity to allow the Taikaku or Toyotomi forces to recover quickly without the damage being done.

Who knew that at this time, Taige could no longer tolerate anything that might damage his reputation. The canonization in the Ming Dynasty only mentioned the canonization itself, and did not consider any of the conditions proposed by Taige. This was a complete lack of face for Taige.

Therefore, Taige could not accept it and could only let the country regroup its troops to prepare for another war.

But here comes the problem. Last time, the Toyotomi family and the Daimyos of the Western Kingdom who were loyal to Taikou showed up with all their elites, but they were still defeated one after another by the Liaodong Army of the Ming Army Li Rusong, who had far fewer troops than themselves. They could only find their own way and let Xiao

Commander Nishigyou came up with the "canonization" that Japan did not need at all this time, and his army also retreated to Busan.

After spending a lot of money and losing a lot of troops, they were eventually surrounded in Busan, facing encirclement and suppression by the Ming and Korean troops at any time. Under this situation, if Taige could not meet the political conditions, it would have no choice but to continue the war.

Otherwise, his prestige will be ruined.

However, isn’t it dangerous to continue the war? No, this is probably a greater danger. The Ming Dynasty had millions of soldiers, but because it had just conquered Mongolia, it had no choice but to send only 50,000 people to Korea. Now time has passed

After such a long time, the Ming Dynasty should have recovered what should be restored, and what should be prepared must have been completed. This time Taige is launching a war, which may be more difficult to fight than the previous one.

The last time we faced 50,000 Ming troops, we were unable to defeat them. What if the Ming troops dispatched 100,000, 150,000 or even 200,000 troops this time? What should His Highness Taige do in response?

To sum up, I think this war will probably exhaust the strength of the Toyotomi clan and the Daimyos of the Western Kingdom who are loyal to him. By then, the strength of the Toyotomi clan will be exhausted. How much prestige will be left that Taikaku has established to unify the world?

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Considering the situation we know so far, Taikaku's body has become increasingly difficult to support. Once he himself passes away around the time that happens, the lord thinks Toyotomi

Can this big tree maintain its majestic appearance?"

His long speech actually got into Tokugawa Ieyasu's heart. Ieyasu finally showed a faint smile and said: "Life is determined by God. Your Highness Taikaku is an extraordinary person. Who dares to predict that his life span will be over?"

?”

Honda Masanobu shook his head and said: "Not to mention how Xiuji's death affected him, nor to say that his body has been getting worse and worse in the past few years. I just want to say that if there is another problem on the Korean battlefield, especially a complete defeat...

…He is so proud of himself now, but when he loses all his dignity, he will probably become ill.”

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

Honda Masanobu said: "On the surface, of course, we don't do anything. After all, whatever we do will attract the attention of the increasingly sensitive and suspicious Taiko. But privately, the lord does have a lot to do. Not only must he win over us as quickly as possible but carefully,

forces, and at the same time must win the support of the Maritime Trade Alliance.

Once the defeat of Korea is determined, the decline of the Toyotomi clan is irreversible and can only be counted on. What can affect the world at that time, in addition to the ebb and flow of various forces in Japan, is the wealth and power that can influence the Ming Dynasty.

The Sea Trade Alliance, which is the main policy of the imperial court, must be another transcendent and absolute force.

Perhaps to a large extent, whoever this force is on will be able to replace Toyotomi! My lord, no matter how high the cost, the Tokugawa family must get the support of the Maritime Trade Alliance."

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded and said: "Time is running out, how did you go about the things you told me last time? Is Kaiji willing to believe my sincerity and return to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible?"

Honda Masanobu said: "She doesn't seem to object, but she said she wants to wait for the consent of her husband, Mr. Gao Ge."

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

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