Chapter 281 The Return of the Japanese (Twenty-five) The Death of Hideyoshi (Part 2)
Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi fell ill again, he managed to persist until the eighteenth day of the month, and brought his young son Hideyoshi to visit the Emperor. Of course, this move was persuaded by his close ministers, and the purpose was to prove to the world that His Highness Taikaku was not in good health.
There was nothing serious, but for Hideyoshi, it was actually equivalent to asking for leave from the Lord.
"We must cross the sea no matter what!" No matter how much he preached it among his close ministers, Beizheng knew that this was the real reason why his husband was in a dilemma.
Hideyoshi, who was tired of fighting, was now publicized as if he had completely changed into an old man who doted on his children. Of course, this was just made up by his cronies. The real person who doted on Hideyori to the extreme was Yodo.
Madam, although Hideyoshi did not not love her, in comparison, she was far inferior to Mrs. Yodo.
However, the above words are probably not the deepest problem. Investigating the root cause, it is more appropriate to say that Hideyoshi's cronies made Mrs. Yodo dote on her and insisted on asking Hideyoshi to bring Hideyori into the palace for a visit.
They knew that Hideyoshi had made up his mind to cross the sea and go to Korea, so they tried to elevate Hideyori's status and decorate him with a false official position. Therefore, when he was promoted to the throne on the 18th, Hideyoshi, who was only six years old, was promoted to
In order to receive words from the authority of the two.
For his close associates headed by Ishida Mitsunari, Ieyasu and Toshiie, whom Hideyoshi relied on to govern the country, were just like the generals such as Kato and Kuroda who he relied on to lead the army on the battlefield.
He is a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of these close ministers.
Moreover, if Hideyori's official position and the status of the heirs of the Toyotomi family are not consolidated, then the status and power of their five brothers will inevitably collapse in the future.
Mrs. Hokuseisho who came to take care of her saw the exposed conspiracy of his cronies, so she felt breathless. Hideyoshi rested after returning from the palace, and even walked in the courtyard without the approval of the doctor.
He only expressed his hope clearly to his wife: "The throne ship should be sailing to the border soon. This time I have to cross the sea no matter what!"
However, this matter could not be kept secret forever, and it might be stopped by the emperor, so Hideyoshi made it clear that the living funeral was over, and he must resolutely cross the sea!
Hokkaido no longer objects to this. Nobunaga has fallen at Honnoji Temple, Imagawa, Saito, Matsunaga... no, even the thirteenth generation general of the Ashikaga family has died in the battle one after another. The most outstanding among these people
Hideyoshi is no exception, and his end seems to be approaching soon.
In fact, in the first half of her life, Mrs. Beizhengsuo could not remember how many times she felt that her husband was going to die in battle. It was because she had been mentally prepared so many times that she repeatedly told herself that she could not be flustered this time, because she
She is no longer the wife of Kinoshita Tokichiro in the past.
Empress Jin Yeten, Hideyoshi's illness seemed to have gradually improved. On March 24, after Uesugi Kagekatsu was transferred to Aizu, Hideyoshi called his close followers to his bedside to listen to their reports.
Before that, there was the Kamao clan in Aizu. But now that the Kamao clan has died, and his son Hideyuki is still young, it is inevitable that he will be controlled by the monster with whom he has bad relations - Masamune Intatsu.
Based on this consideration, Uesugi Kagekatsu was transferred from Echigo to Aizu just to maintain a balanced situation. Toyotomi Hideyoshi secretly thought that this could be regarded as a move I left before leaving.
This matter has been discussed with Tokugawa Ieyasu, and he also asked Ieyasu to promise to marry one of his daughters to Hideyuki Kamao, who had moved to Utsunomiya.
After March 24th, 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 damaged by the North Korean Navy General Yi Sun-shin, which made Hideyoshi so angry that he cursed the Japanese Navy.
Incompetent people.
Then he received the news that the Ming Dynasty's Japanese navy had blockaded Busan, and the Japanese navy stationed in Busan did not dare to leave the port because of insufficient strength. Toyotomi Hideyoshi originally wanted to curse, but he thought that the Japanese navy was taken to Korea by Gao Pragmatic
Yes, the Japanese naval fleet in Pusan was probably not enough, so I refrained from scolding them.
Only one day later, another clear message came, and he learned that "the navy of the Ming Dynasty covered the sky and the sun, thousands of sails covered the sea, the big tubes were like forests, and the sound shook hundreds of miles."
When this information was sent to Fushimi Castle, Hideyoshi asked Ishida Mitsunari and Asano Nagamasa, who had come to report, to step back, then he grabbed the pillow tightly and stared at the ceiling for a long time with a cup of tea.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't know how to face the phrase "thousands of sails covering the sea". In his opinion, even if the number of Ming warships was doubled, it would still be 500 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?
Mrs. Beizhengsuo, who was waiting for him to rest, was also horrified by the words "thousands of sails over the sea", and then became worried about her husband, fearing that this hallucination would block him in front of him together with the evil ghost sent by fate.
Mrs. Beizhengsuo 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 with regret: "My current physical condition may not allow me to take a boat."
But as soon as it got light, he turned to the North Government Office and asked: "Is this Busan?" Then he said: "You look like a woman of noble status, maybe from the king's family?"
Mrs. Beizhengsuo was dumbfounded, holding her breath and staring at her husband's vagina while measuring her pulse.
"What are you talking about? I am Ning Ning!" So Hideyoshi immediately nodded his head honestly as if he had forgotten what he had just said, as if he wanted to show that he knew who the other party was.
However, after dusk, he became more and more abnormal. Lying in bed, he suddenly issued an order: "Destroy the Mingship in one fell swoop! I will stand on the side of the ship and watch!"
Obviously, this is a symptom of encephalomalacia (note: in Japanese terms, it probably means Alzheimer's disease).
In this way, Mrs. Beizhengsuo could not hide it from Wu Fengxing and his cronies. On May 16th, Wu Fengxing announced that "Taiko was seriously ill".
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! During the eleven days from the fifth day of May to the sixteenth day of May, Hideyoshi may have made a mental hasty trip to North Korea.
On May 18, the ministers withdrew the "no retreat" order Hideyoshi sent to the Ukita Hide family, and at the same time ordered him to find an opportunity to return home immediately.
After Hideya, Hideaki Kobayakawa, Hiroyoshi Yoshikawa and others also received orders to return home to "renovate". However, Hideke Ukita was not in Busan at that time and could not go back at all, while Hideaki Kobayakawa, Hiroyoshi Yoshikawa and others were in Busan.
Relying on Kuroda Asui's surprise attack on Sichuan, he led a small number of elites to sneak back to the homeland after diverting the Japanese fleet.
To put it simply, only those important generals who had extra ships and were in Busan at the time were able to use "Hideyoshi was seriously ill" as an excuse to come back, while the others were actually left in North Korea and could only resign themselves to their fate.
Needless to say, these things were beyond the reach of Hideyoshi at this time.
In fact, at this time, the overt and secret fighting in Fushimi City began again. Hideyoshi's symptoms were as if he was obsessed with something, and he went back and forth between the battlefield and Fushimi. And even when he was in Fushimi, he was actually seriously worried about himself.
What will happen when you fall on the battlefield?
One day when his condition improved, he said that he would marry Ieyasu's granddaughter Chihime to be Hideyori's wife no matter what. According to people familiar with the matter, this happened between May 15th and June 20th.
"Call the Edo Zufu! It's too late to tell the followers, you are the only one who is listening carefully!" Hideyoshi said to the Hokizhengsho with an unprecedented serious expression.
But in the next sentence, his mind jumped to another side and said: "It was wrong to use these prostitutes as maids at that time. Now the customs in the city have been completely disrupted. Even children have started to play the game of writing love letters. In this kind of situation
Under the circumstances, Hideyori cannot be cultivated into an outstanding talent... It’s really difficult!”
Although Hideyoshi's tone was the same as before, Hokusei's office had already determined what Hideyoshi wanted to say to his guardian, Toshiie Maeda, through Ieyasu.
The North Political Office secretly thought: Does he want the Toshi family to take Hideyori over to raise him? But, wouldn't there be a problem in doing so?
Surprisingly, when Asano Nagamasa was sent to find Ieyasu and brought Ieyasu to Hideyoshi's bedside, His Highness Taikaku, who still actually controlled Japan, spoke in an incomprehensible tone: "Hidetada has a daughter, right?"
? Just marry your granddaughter to Hideyori as your wife! No, this is God's will, so you have a granddaughter. Here today, I hope you will agree to the marriage of their cousins no matter what."
This incident had no warning for Ieyasu. Even though he had always been cunning and cunning, he was inevitably at a loss for a moment and secretly glanced at the expression on the face of the Northern Government Office.
Ieyasu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Taiko, why did you suddenly remember this matter?"
"If this matter is not settled, I will not rest in peace." Hideyoshi said softly, half jokingly: "After my death, even if someone wants to seize Toyotomi's world, it was you who deliberately moved me to Mukojima Residence.
.”
"Your Highness Taige, you are serious. The world's status has been determined. Who dares to do such a thing?"
"I've been thinking about it for a long time. This is a way that you can't destroy me. So, this is a clever move... Your descendants and my descendants have become one, so you won't destroy your descendants yourself, right?
Come on, hold my hand tightly and put my mind at ease!"
At this point, Hokusei suddenly felt that Hideyoshi was finally freed from his 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 Hideyori his grandson-in-law, he will intervene
Toshiya's method of raising Hideyori.
Toshiie is an honest person, and it would be bad if he trained Hideyori to be a dull person, but Ieyasu is different, he is both strong and cunning, and even Mrs. Yodo can't stop him no matter what he wants to do.
Therefore, once this matter is arranged, I can safely go to North Korea where Qingzheng, the governor, and Nagamasa are waiting for me, and then close my eyes."
Beizhengsuo was so shocked by his last words that he was speechless. His wishful thinking has not been given up at all. No matter when it comes, he wants to die on the battlefield as a loyal warrior...
On June 27, Hokusei came to the palace to meet Hideyoshi in order to recover, and asked him to hold a royal kagura in the Onmyoden Hall. At this time, she could no longer stand that her husband still had the delusion of going to the palace.
The Imperial Kagura was held on the first day of July, and after that, Mrs. Hokuseisho went to Sanhoin where the "living funeral" was held on the seventh day of July, presented five pieces of gold, and prayed.
In addition, Yonda Masamune, who was in Fushimi, heard about this from somewhere, and also presented 10 liang of gold to Sanhoin and wished Hideyoshi good health. However, these "good intentions" were either a final "struggle" or nothing more.
It was just a pretense, and Hideyoshi's weakness was unsurprisingly getting worse.
Rumor has it that Hideyoshi at that time would say pleadingly whenever he opened his mouth: "You must not have second thoughts about Hideyori!"
However, for Beizhengsuo, this is unexplainable sadness.
"My husband is not like that!"
Beizheng said in his heart: His heart keeps flying to the battlefield. If he does not die on the battlefield, he will feel that his life has no face, and even his sleep talk is shocking.
It's a pity that this is meaningless, because once the point of no return is reached, Wu Fengxing and the five elders will only consider the funeral very rationally.
Unfortunately, the so-called funeral is nothing more than bringing Hideyori out, which is the easiest thing to accept by the world. Starting from July 15th, the mysterious work of collecting affidavits from the sad and depressed princes began.
. And Hideyoshi no longer had the strength to express his will.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On July 15th, at Toshiie Maeda’s Fushimi Castle residence, Toshiie and Ieyasu came forward to summon the princes here and asked them to hand over the affidavit.
Toshiya and Ieyasu.
However, just by doing this, Gobo was still uneasy. So, on the first day of August, he summoned them all to Hideyoshi's bedside and asked Hideyoshi to personally entrust Hideyori and the matter of ending the war to them.
On the sixth day of August, Ieyasu, Toshiie, Mori Terumoto, Ukita Hideie and other elders were called to the bedside. Of course, Uesugi Kagekatsu was unable to come because he was in the country.
At this time, Hideyoshi just looked at everyone with tears in his eyes, but could not say any heroic or gentle words of comfort. Therefore, Maeda Genki and Asano Nagamasa conveyed Hideyoshi's dictation and asked them to hand over the affidavit.
On the eighth day of August, at the bedside of the barely conscious Hideyoshi, the five elders of the Hideyoshi family, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Hidetada, Maeda Toshiie, Maeda Toshinaga, and Ukita Hideyoshi, turned to Ishida, Asano, Masuda, Nagasuke,
Maeda (Xuan Yi) Wu Fengxing handed over the affidavit.
As a private minister of the Toyotomi family, Gosei asked for an oath from the top five elders in the world... This is of course extremely abnormal.
However - "This is the order of His Highness Taige!"
When Hideyoshi could not open his mouth to speak, it is not unreasonable to say that this was an order given while he was still able to speak. However, this was obviously inappropriate use of the patient.
The one who has been silently watching how those living people make arbitrary decisions based on personal needs is Mrs. Homasa Shosho, the poor wife of Kinoshita Tokichiro's era. Therefore, her sadness is unimaginable.
In short, the Hokizawa couldn't bear to witness Mrs. Yodo's disordered conduct after she moved to Osaka Castle. In the original history, she later specially called Ieyasu from Fushimi to Osaka, and she happily let Nishimaru out. I'm afraid it was also because she faced Taiko's death.
She must have seen through the selfishness of all her trusted ministers and even the women in the imperial palace at the end of her life, the shamelessness of those around her.
So, two days later, on the tenth day of August, the four elders including Ieyasu, Toshiie, and Terumoto gathered together and agreed with each other: "While Taiko is ill, the country's politics and laws will not be changed."
On August 11, since it was extremely abnormal to hand over the affidavit to Wu Fengxing before, this time Wu Fengxing was asked to hand over the affidavit, and this ended the reversed matter.
After entering August, Hideyoshi became a living corpse with only a weak pulse. Moreover, his whole body became stiff from time to time. Perhaps he was galloping on the battlefield in southern Korea in a dream?
Hokusei knew 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 not answer. And precisely because he could not answer, Hokusei's eyes were filled with tears.
"People all have desires. If they don't have desires, they are no longer human beings. People who are not human beings are still alive and cannot die. What will happen in the meantime? ... Are they gods or Buddhas? Or are they going back and forth between them?
?Despite this, His Highness still has a dream that cannot disappear... Therefore, Ning Ning is very sad."
"..." Hideyoshi's answer was only a faint breath.
"No, life may be precious. So, let's take a look at the world now... There is no other way than this. Just thinking about it like this will make you feel as lonely as the world is disappearing."
Hideyoshi shuddered or trembled from time to time, but in the end he could no longer utter a single word.
August 18, dawn. Japan's "man of the world", Taikaku Toyotomi Hideyoshi, finally breathed his last breath. In fact, the only one who had been standing by his side to watch him die was Hokusei Shoso.
After Mrs. Hokusei cried sadly, the classical doctor and Wu Fengxing hurriedly gathered at Hideyoshi's bedside - "from the pillow of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Minister of the Imperial Government". From that moment on, he seemed extremely busy.
"Right now, the news of Taiko's death cannot be announced!" Ishida Mitsunari said firmly: "We are so panicked that there will inevitably be things we cannot consider. That's it, but until it is announced, we still have to mourn."
The Beijing Institute of Political Science and Law listened to these discussions, or decisions, as if they were other people's affairs, without saying a word, let alone expressing any objection.
Since Goho must find time to discuss the future carefully again, before doing so, people must feel that Hideyoshi is still alive.
Therefore, Wu Fengxing decided to let the fishermen in the city go to Yodogawa to catch carp, "I wish His Highness Taige a recovery!"
At the same time, it was announced that as a congratulation, a large carp caught in the Yodogawa River would be presented to the ministers. For this matter, the Nagasuke Masa family carried out the fishing order, and Asano Nagamasa sent the carp to the Tokugawa family and the Maeda family.
While listening to this strange discussion, Bei Zhengzao felt that Hideyoshi's hand was gradually getting colder. However, she did not want to let go of his hand, and even had an idea: My husband is mine alone... She
It's hard to get rid of this indescribable feeling.
Then, she suddenly remembered a Japanese song written by Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi once said that "in the event of an emergency" can be used as his death poem: I disappeared like dewdrops, and the years of waves (metaphorical Osaka) also became
dream.
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