Chapter 281 Return of the Japanese Empire (Thirty-four) 'The child's biological father'
On this day, after Ieyasu, who had almost become the "regent", coldly dismissed the guests, as soon as he returned to the room, Hidetada's wife Ae and her toddler Chiki came.
Because she has been married several times and has given birth to many children, Mrs. Yodo's younger sister Ajiang looks much older than her elder sister.
"You guys are here. Okay, come here and let grandpa hold you." Ieyasu said to the young side room, Agui, and ordered: "Bring the child over here."
"Yes. Come, Miss Chiki." Agui picked up Chiki and was about to hand it over to Ieyasu when Chiki suddenly seemed to be burned by fire, dancing and crying.
"What's wrong, you don't like Grandpa?"
"Your Highness looks bad today, Miss, I'm afraid..."
"Oh...cough, they just said some annoying things to me. Okay, leave it to her mother." Ieyasu took his hand away from Qianji in embarrassment. Compared with several side rooms, his daughter-in-law Ajiang looked more like
He was even older, which made Ieyasu feel a little emotional.
"Aqian, what's wrong with you? Aren't you crying to come to grandpa?" Ajiangyu picked up Qianji and coaxed her: "Aqian, don't cry, don't cry, just smile, and ask grandpa to hug you.
Be good." Her mother's words were still effective, at least Qianji gradually stopped crying.
This woman is really good at coaxing children... Just as Ieyasu was thinking about it, Emoji came to him with frankincense all over his body. "Okay, Chiki stopped crying and smiled. Come on, please give me a hug from grandpa."
Sure enough, when Ieyasu stretched out his hand again, Chiki really stopped crying. Ieyasu smiled bitterly and said: "Oh, good boy, good boy. Emoji, do you have anything to do with your father today?"
"Father, can my wife take Aqian back to Edo?" Ajiang and Luoluo asked generously.
Ieyasu just said "meet", neither agreeing nor objecting. Why did Oe take Chiki to Edo? Ieyasu didn't understand her intention for a while.
At present, Hidetada must return to Edo, not only just in case, lest the father and son are both in Kinki, but also there is another important thing that Hidetada must do, which is to ensure that the Tokugawa family and the sea trade alliance -
—To be precise, keep in close contact with Jinghua.
Ae has both a compatriot sister and the son of her ex-husband here. Mrs. Yodo often sends toys and snacks to Chiki in the name of Hideyori. Therefore, even if Hidetada wants to take her to Edo, she should make an excuse.
It seems reasonable to stay.
"You really want to go to Edo?"
"Yes. Without my wife by my side, His Majesty the Lieutenant General will definitely have a lot of inconvenience."
"Hmm." Ieyasu responded. He knew very well that Ajie and Hidetada were indeed taking good care of Hidetada, and some women were even talking behind his back: "Young madam, it seems you don't want other women to get close to His Majesty the Lieutenant General."
"That goes without saying! The lieutenant general doesn't allow a side room, so she can enjoy her exclusive favor."
"Yes, I'm afraid that someone will take it away and not return it."
Regarding these heated discussions, Ieyasu has mixed emotions. Of course it is understandable for a wife to love her husband deeply, but a woman's jealousy and desire for exclusivity can sometimes put men in a dilemma. Ieyasu himself is an example - when he was young, Ieyasu was deeply affected by
Mrs. Tsukiyama suffers from jealousy.
"Did you agree, father?" A Jiang and Chiji, who looked at Ieyasu's arms with an uneasy expression on their faces, asked: "His Royal Highness the Lieutenant General said that as long as you agree, he has no objection, so my wife proposed to go." Let’s take a look at Edo.”
"But when Xiuzhong went back this time, the situation was very different from before."
"Will there be riots?"
"The riots are not serious. In the past few years, we often said that there were riots in Kanto. It was just to reassure His Majesty Taikaku. As for now..." Ieyasu handed Chiki back to Ajie and said at the same time: "If the world knows Taikaku, Your Highness has just gone to Hexi, and the Lieutenant General has even brought his family papers back to the territory. Do you know how big an impact this will have?"
"This is exactly what my daughter-in-law wants to say." Ajiangyu seemed to have been waiting for Ieyasu's words, and said: "If people know that the lieutenant general has returned to the territory with his wife and children... this news can actually calm people's hearts. "
This sounds a bit strange, but Ieyasu knows what she means. In fact, it is the same reason why he sent Hidetada back to Edo: if the Tokugawa father and son were both in Kinki, some people might be bold and do something regardless of the consequences. Things are coming.
If something unexpected happened, it's not like Ieyasu doesn't have other sons, so the Edo side would definitely have to raise troops to "go to Luo". However, some people in Kinki felt that without their father and son, the Tokugawa family would really raise troops. It's not a big deal, so there is no doubt that the next step will be chaos in the world.
On the contrary, Hidetada took his wife and children back to Edo, and Ieyasu was the only one in Kinki, so people with ulterior motives would be afraid to take too extreme actions. Because as long as Hidetada returned to Edo, what if Ieyasu was actually assassinated? ?
The Tokugawa family is still a whole, a powerful force with an actual height of 2.5 million stones, and assassination is very unpopular. When the time comes for the Tokugawa family to send troops to Luo, it is almost impossible for other famous names to jump in. Come out to oppose or stop it - other famous names are also afraid of encountering this kind of thing.
Ieyasu then smiled and said, "Don't you want to take even a step away from the Lieutenant General?"
"Father……"
"Forget it this time, during Taikaku's funeral..." Ieyasu winked, shook his head slightly, and then continued: "...the Lieutenant General must also come back. It will only take about half a year, so you have to be patient and patient."
Hearing what Ieyasu said, Ah Jiang lowered his head in dissatisfaction.
It seems that there is something hidden... Ieyasu smiled again: "Can't you let go of the Lieutenant General for a moment?" He made a rare joke.
"Father!" Ah Jiang and Yu suddenly blushed.
Once she became shy, she looked young for her actual age, but she still defended herself by saying, "Tell your father the truth, my daughter-in-law actually has something hidden."
"I guess so, then please tell me."
Ieyasu has long recognized that Oe is a high-spirited woman like his sister Mrs. Yodo. However, Mrs. Yodo is deeply loved by Hideyoshi and is Hideyoshi's biological mother. She has always had her own way and is used to doing whatever she wants. However, Oe and Yodo have Having been married several times, I act more cautiously.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Father, is the Lieutenant General returning to Edo this time to guard against Uesugi from Aizu..."
Ieyasu's expression changed, and he quickly raised his hand to stop her, and looked around cautiously. Shintaro Torii, who was standing behind him, immediately walked to the yard to look out. Apart from them, only Chiki and Agui were left in the room.
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Ieyasu then solemnly asked: "Is this what the Lieutenant General told you?"
"No, it was my sister's close confidant, the Food Court Bureau, who said it."
"What did she say to you?"
"She said that Ishida Harubu has sent a secret envoy to Uesugi in Aizu, asking Uesugi to enter the capital quickly - she asked me to be more careful."
"oh?"
"According to the Food Bureau, once Your Highness Uesugi enters the capital, this mansion may be attacked, so I have been asked to be extremely careful."
"Attack?" Although Ieyasu pretended to be relaxed, he could not hide the anxiety in his eyes.
"Yes. However, the attacker is neither Uesugi nor Ishida, but someone else. Moreover, no matter what misfortune happens then, it will not be the fault of His Highness Uesugi, nor the responsibility of His Highness Jibu. The Food Bureau is worried that someone
With ulterior motives, I told my daughter-in-law about this matter. Even my sister didn’t know about it, but the Food Court Bureau quietly warned her when she sent Qianji some snacks.”
"So you think it's dangerous to stay here and want to go back to Edo?"
"Father..." A Jiangyu was surprisingly anxious, his face changed: "Although my wife is humble, she is also the wife of a lieutenant general. How can she only think of herself when in danger? But if someone really harbors evil intentions and does this
If something happens, the Tokugawa family will have to guard against it.
However, the daughter-in-law herself is not important, so the daughter-in-law wanted to take Aqian with her instead of staying in the mansion. This might attract the attention of the bad guys, so she concluded that the Tokugawa family was already wary of this, so they gave up the idea. Because of this idea
, my wife is just..."
"Oh." Ieyasu nodded heavily. Regardless of whether the rumors were true or not, we already had some clues about the truth. While Mitsunari was away, he secretly summoned Uesugi Kagekatsu to the capital and made him responsible for the defense of the capital. This withdrawal could prevent Ieyasu from plotting evil things.
, Jin can send someone to assassinate him.
If Hidetada returned to Edo but still could not stop the other party from doing this, it means that they believed that Hidetada's ability and prestige were limited, and the only important person in the Tokugawa family was Ieyasu himself.
In addition, no matter whether this matter succeeds or fails, Jing Sheng and Sancheng can pretend not to know anything about it, so even if the matter fails, it can still be settled...
Ieyasu pretended to be puzzled and thought about it, and said thoughtfully: "There is such a rumor?"
"Father, can my wife go with me?"
Aeyo urged again, staring directly at Ieyasu. She had a firm look on her face, just like a competitive woman, just like Mrs. Yodo. Hidetada must have been impressed by this momentum and found it difficult to refuse, so he had to agree, and once Ieyasu agreed,
, and will take her away.
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Ieyasu shook his head slightly and said, "I didn't say that your worries are credible."
"So, you still won't let your wife go with the lieutenant general?"
"No." Ieyasu said with a smile, "If you just want to take care of the lieutenant general because you don't want to leave him, I can agree to it."
"Ah..." A Jiangyu was obviously very surprised.
"As a wife, it is human nature not to want to leave your husband. As an elder, I have to agree. But if you have other ideas, it would be hard for me to agree."
Jiang Yu was startled, and even her breathing became rapid. Obviously Ieyasu's answer was completely opposite to what she expected. She originally thought that if she proposed to go together just because she was attached to her husband, Ieyasu would definitely reprimand him, but once Ieyasu saw her, he would still
If you have more profound considerations, you will readily agree.
Ieyasu seemed to see Jiang Yu's confusion and said: "Ah Jiang Yu, as a woman, it is okay to occasionally talk to her husband about her own opinions, but she must not force her husband to submit. Whether to adopt a woman's opinion or not is up to her.
It’s up to the man to decide. As a good wife, it’s enough to remind her husband kindly.”
"Yes." Ajiang and Weiwei lowered their eyes.
"If you force your husband to do everything, a man will unknowingly become a useless person who seeks women's opinions on everything. And once this happens, a woman will no longer be a good wife. A woman's strength will weaken a man, you must pay attention. Haha
...If this is the case, you will also be rejected by your husband and have a miserable life."
"Yes, father." Ajiangyu leaned forward and put his hands on the ground: "Has father seen through that nothing will happen to Fushimi and Jingcheng?"
"No, the current situation is very complicated, and some people are indeed very careless in doing things, so I can't even tell whether something will happen." Ieyasu shook his head, but immediately continued: "However, even if something happens, it doesn't matter.
.No matter what kind of commotion occurs, I will calm it down. This is what a man should do.
Although women are often keenly aware of men's omissions, they often fail to see the overall situation. You don't have to worry, if there is real turmoil in the world now, it is actually an opportunity for the Lieutenant General and I to show our skills. Therefore, a wise man will never act rashly.
When I stand still, I am a loyal and honest Zuofu, but once someone deliberately provokes a disturbance, I will become the most ferocious tiger in the world. No matter who it is, as long as they understand the truth, they will never let me show my teeth. Therefore,
Just don’t worry.”
Ieyasu spoke calmly, smiled, and said: "You are smarter than many men. You want the lieutenant general to return to Edo with his wife and children, so that the world will think that there may be a riot in Kinki. There must be something against me, Tokugawa Ieyasu."
conspiracy... However, this kind of thinking is just a trick of the wither."
Ajiang bit her lip and looked downcast. She wanted to let the public recognize her talent and consolidate her position. As Ieyasu said, if someone dared to cause turmoil now, it would be tantamount to giving Ieyasu and his son a chance.
Ajiang Yuya understood this very well, but she never expected that the idea she had thought up after careful consideration would be ridiculed by Ieyasu as a trick, which she found hard to accept.
"Although Lieutenant General Ah Jiang is gentle by nature, his thinking is by no means superficial, otherwise I would not train him with all my heart. After all, although Xiukang once adopted Taige, he is not unable to return to his family now. You must understand this, and take good care of it.
Be a good wife."
(Note: Ieyasu’s eldest son, Nobuyasu, had already committed suicide. Hideyasu was the second son, but he was adopted as a hostage to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Later, he adopted and inherited the Yuuki family’s hundred thousand stones and changed his name to Yuuki Hideyasu, while Tokugawa Hidetada was
Ieyasu's third son. With Ieyasu's current strength and status, even if he regrets letting Hideyasu return to his family, the Yuki family will not be able to object, but the impact will not be very good.)
"Yes." Although he said yes, A Jiangyu did not immediately step back, "My wife completely understands, and my wife will stay here."
"That's very good. Haha... I have to tell the Lieutenant General when I have time. He must not bring a woman to Edo."
"Father."
"Um?"
"After listening to my father's words, my daughter-in-law feels relieved. Even if the house is attacked, it will be fine. However, my daughter-in-law still has something to ask my father for advice."
"What do you think."
"Daughter-in-law, I heard that my father intends to adopt an adopted son?"
Ieyasu's expression immediately became solemn, and he frowned and asked, "Where did you hear about it?"
Ajiang did not answer, but asked: "If this son... is indeed something that even his father cannot refuse, then what will the Lieutenant General do in the future?"
Ieyasu sighed softly and said: "There are still many uncertain conditions that have not yet been negotiated, and this is one of the important reasons why Hidetada must return to Edo now."
"I wonder what conditions still cannot be negotiated?" Ajiang and Yiyi asked.
"It's exactly the things you are worried about." Ieyasu narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "The power behind that child is as huge as a mountain and as deep as the sea. Not to mention my Tokugawa sect, even if the whole of Japan is put together, it can only
It can make him somewhat fearful, but fear is not fear..."
Ajiangyu didn't seem to believe it, and asked: "Can't the whole of Japan let that person... let the forces behind that child be afraid?"
"No." Ieyasu sighed deeply and asked, "You should know something about the general situation of the Wenlu Battle, right?"
"My wife has heard something about it."
"Then you should know that the army sent by Taige to North Korea at that time was more than three times that of the Ming army, and all the generals of each army were famous generals. However, they were defeated by the Ming army."
Ajianghe's expression became more solemn, and he frowned and said, "Is it really that we are retreating steadily?" Obviously, the news she heard was embellished, at least it did not reach the point of "retreating steadily."
However, Tokugawa Ieyasu said with a wry smile: "To say that we are retreating steadily is to put gold on our own face. The truth is, if it hadn't been for His Highness Gonaka Nagon's counterattack that time, our army would have been defeated thousands of miles away."
Quan Zhongnayan refers to Kobayakawa Takakage. Ieyasu said that if Kobayakawa Takakage had not seized the opportunity and tried to encircle and annihilate the Ming army forward where Li Rusong himself was with a huge advantage of about 11 times, although the result failed,
But at least they inflicted heavy losses on Li Rusong's direct lineage, and they refused to launch any more sudden attacks. Otherwise, the Japanese army would have been completely routed.
A Jiangyu seemed a little doubtful, at least he didn't express his position immediately.
Ieyasu added: "Also, did you know that the situation in this attack on the imperial court was even worse than the Battle of Wenlu?"
"Oh, it is said that Taige has been clamoring for a personal expedition several times. Is this true?" Ah Jiangyu asked in confusion.
"Of course it's true. The Korean frontline was fought against the Korean army at the beginning, so it was overwhelming. But as soon as it encountered the Ming army later, the battle situation became extremely ugly."
Ieyasu sighed again: "Especially after the child's biological father appeared in North Korea, our army was controlled by others almost everywhere. We were passively beaten everywhere, and every counterattack was ineffective. You may not know that even if you are as smart as Kanbei
(Kuroda Asui), as brave as Kato Kiyomasa, even after that person arrived in North Korea, they all failed one after another."
"But Japan is a country of God, and it has always been protected by divine winds, isn't it?" Ajiangyu asked.
"It's just that the Mongols are not good at naval warfare. How can you take such a statement seriously? Even now, I dare not say that it is completely proven how powerful the Maritime Trade Alliance's maritime strength is, but one thing is clear to me: with the Kanto
A fleet as powerful as this is just the tip of the iceberg for the Sea Trade Alliance."
Ajiang was really moved this time. After all, her husband Xiuzhong had personally seen the strength of the Kanto Fleet. After coming back, he had no idea how many times he had expressed emotion. Every time he mentioned it, his tone was extremely strong.
worries. If the strength of the Kanto Fleet is just the tip of the iceberg, then the Sea Trade Alliance is really terrible.
"Then on land..."
"On land?" Ieyasu said with a wry smile: "The Ming army had at least 1.2 million troops. The number used in Korea was only about 50,000 during the Battle of Wenlu. This time there were more troops in the Battle of Keichang. He is the biological father of the child.
There are probably more than 100,000 people brought there now.
The more than 100,000 Ming army defeated the more than 200,000 elite soldiers of our army. In just two or three months, they have been trapped in a corner of Busan. Then think about what they would do if they took the ships of the Sea Trade Alliance.
How earth-shattering will it be to come to Japan?"
Ajiangyu said nervously: "My wife heard that most of the elites of the Western Kingdom and at least half of the direct descendants of Taige have invested in North Korea. It seems that there are not many elites in Japan now..."
"Except for my Tokugawa family, there are very few daimyo who have not sent troops to Korea. If the Ming army really comes to Japan, Japan's ability to gather another 100,000 troops may be the limit."
"How come there are so few?" Ah Jiangyu asked in surprise: "Just the three elders from Dongguo, Tokugawa, Maeda, and Uesugi, should be able to come up with this number, right?"
"That's not how you settle the account. After all, each family can't spare any troops and send them all out to fight the Ming army." Ieyasu explained: "Besides, as I said just now, the Ming army must have the upper hand at sea, so this means
It means that they can land from any place in Japan at any time and attack any daimyo they want to attack. In this case, who dares to send out all the main members of the family?"
"Then... will the Ming army really come?" A Jiangyu said uneasily: "I heard that... the biological father of the child is the public. Can the public decide important affairs of the court?"
"Akito is different from us..." Ieyasu thought for a while and seemed to find it troublesome to explain this question, so he decided to be brief and said: "You can roughly understand it this way, the child's biological father was born in the Gosei family, and now he has not only
He became a guanbai, but he also served as a shogun."
A Jiangyu's expression changed drastically, and he murmured: "That is to say, he can decide with one word whether he wants to go to Japan or not."
"That's about it." Of course Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't really think so, but he thought it was okay to say so. He really believed that if "the child's biological father" insisted, the Ming army would definitely go to Japan - the key is whether he
Consider it necessary.
Ah Jiangyu finally fell silent. If everything was true as the father-in-law said, no matter what "the child's biological father" wanted, no one in Japan could object.
After thinking for a while, Ah Jiang Yucai asked in confusion: "Then why didn't he have a strong reaction to Taige's dispatch of troops to Korea before?"
Ieyasu laughed,
He shook his head and said: "Will His Highness Kōkata (Shogun) be willing to send out troops to fight on his own, but in the end give all the territory he gains to His Majesty the Emperor?"
A Jiangyu was startled for a moment: "How is it possible? Of course not."
"You don't know the national conditions of the Tang people, and you can't understand the Lord's intentions, so it's understandable that you can't understand his actions." Ieyasu smiled kindly and said: "In short, as long as you know, we can do our best for Japan.
The best effort is to make him feel that Japan is still united even if Taige goes to the west, so that he may think that it is not cost-effective to use force against Japan.
In this way, we still have some room for bargaining, otherwise... we can only fight for the flesh and blood, and everything will be decided by him. Having said this, I may have gone too far. You can take Aqian down.
." After saying that, Ieyasu touched Chiki's head, narrowed his eyes and smiled.
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ps: I accidentally fell asleep while coding last night, and I slept until dawn. When I woke up, I thought that I had updated 2k chapters in advance, so I just updated this chapter to 6k, so I didn’t owe anything... It happened to be that Ieyasu was in Hideyoshi
I wrote about the reasons why I fought so hard to maintain Japan's unity after my death. This way I can turn my perspective back to the Korean battlefield.
In addition, the reason why I fell asleep last night was actually because I was calculating Japan’s feudal status data and the strength of the feudal lords, as well as their respective positions and demands in the Battle of Sekigahara. As for the reason, it was because I was fighting
The subsequent partition...oh, the enfeoffment plan.
