Chapter 15 Eighth Story Hachijo Prince-1

Toyotomi suddenly appeared.This regime, which is more extravagant, extravagant, magnificent, and majestic than any regime born on the ground before, unexpectedly took place in just over ten days (that is, from the death of Nobunaga Oda on June 2, Ten Years Ten Years to the thirteenth day of the same month). In the almost unbelievably short time between the defeat and death of Mitsuhide Hiri Akechi, suddenly descended into the world.Before any preparations could be made, the family had to rush to the throne of nobility. As a result, various disadvantages have arisen.Toyotomi's direct relatives, in-laws and adopted children, due to sudden changes in life circumstances, no matter whether they are dull or smart, can no longer settle down and live a stable life as before. They are all like ants on a hot pot. It was so restless, and some were even crushed to pieces because of it.

However, there is one exception. Only he has maintained a calm and composed attitude, only he has been gentle and elegant from beginning to end, and in this new era and new environment, he has a calm demeanor and is able to handle tasks with ease. This is a young man called Prince Shanggua. To be precise, his name is Prince Hachijo Gong Zhiren, the younger brother of the Emperor.As a matter of course, this born aristocrat, on the issue of blood, is as noble as the other adopted sons of the Toyotomi family. Not only that, this person is also a man of profound knowledge, even in terms of political insight, He also has superhuman qualifications.

By the way, in a place called Katsura no Sato in the southern outskirts of Kyoto, there is an endless melon field. People living in the capital have many enjoyable things in spring, summer, autumn and winter, all year round.In March in Yangchun, go for an outing in Arashiyama; in early spring when the trees are full of fresh greenery, go to Qingshui to watch the raindrops sparkling under the sun.Go to Kaohsiung in autumn to see red leaves.Even in the height of summer, there is fun.This is to go south along the sunny Danba official road, to the hometown of osmanthus to watch the fat and big melons growing in that area.Tasting cool and delicious melons in the scorching melon field is probably the fun of melon appreciation trip.

The one who loves the elegance of this midsummer is the above-mentioned prince.For this reason, he got the nickname of "Prince of Melon Appreciation". Zhiren was born in the first month of the fifth year of Tianzheng (1577), and his childhood name was Gusomaru.At the time of his birth, Oda Nobunaga had already built Azuchi Castle, and while fighting against the Mori family in China and the Honganji Temple in Osaka, he was concerned about the municipal construction of the capital and devoted himself to rectifying the order in the city.Nobunaga respected the court very much, and often worried about improving the lives of the court and ministers.He gave them territories and built new mansions for them one after another.The sound of ramming hammers is often heard around the imperial palace, and the prince grew up watching the busy work of the craftsmen.In the future, the reason why the prince showed a strong interest in architecture is probably related to the environment around him when he was a child.

His father is Prince Chengren, and his mother's name is Haruko Kanshuji. According to the customs of the nobility, Prince Hachijo was born and grew up in his mother's natal family, Kenshuji's family. He has a brother. That is the future Emperor Goyosei, who will be named Zhou Ren when he becomes an adult, and is six years older than Prince Hachijo. Prince Hachijo's childhood life was plain, with nothing to remember. In the summer when he was six years old, Oda Nobunaga died in the capital.This is probably the biggest event that happened in the prince's childhood.In the early morning of June 2nd in the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), he once had the opportunity to cross the wall of Quanxiu Temple's house and look at the skyrocketing fire that dyed the sky above Benneng Temple from a distance.Looking at the fire, he was trembling with fear, but he dared not cry out.The prince has a pair of slender eyes that seem to be cut out with a knife, which is a feature of his appearance.Now he watched the fire for a long time with fixed eyes.Soon, he asked the wet nurse, "Is Hinata Shouhui here?"

Even though he was still a child, he was already hostile to the name Mitsuhide.It seems to be a matter of course.For the court, Oda Nobunaga, who died in the soaring fire just now, was the last few centuries (since Minamoto Yoritomo opened the shogunate in Kamakura in 1192, the transfer of power from the emperor to the hands of the soldiers. The Kamakura shogunate lasted about 150 years, and the Muromachi shogunate lasted about 180 years, and there were decades of troubled times between the two shogunates, so I said "in recent centuries") for the first time The savior who appeared, he donated land to the court and ministers, built new mansions for them, and restored the ancient etiquette, etc. He brought them happiness one after another that they had never dreamed of. He is simply a fairy-like figure .And now Akechi Mitsuhide was attacking him.And as a retainer, he tried to murder the Lord.In the young man's heart, this Guangxiu was as cruel as a demon king.I'm afraid it's not just the boy, but everyone in the court—the Son of Heaven, and even other people below the Son of Heaven, who are in this raging fire, have the same idea as the boy.To the young prince, however, this moment was more terror than loathing.Since Nobunaga is a friend who helps the court, it will naturally make people think: "Hinata Mamoru (referring to Mitsuhide) will definitely come to the imperial palace."

Looking at the fire soaring into the sky, the young prince turned his head to look at the nurse, and asked her about it more than once. The nurse's name is Dazangqing, and she is famous among the court ladies for being good at waka.She hugged the prince from behind and replied, "No, no, probably..." According to the wet nurse, probably not.She half said to herself, whispering to herself: Even if there is an army coming, it must be to protect the emperor.She would very much like to believe it was true.It was said that although Akechi Mitsuhide was a warrior, he was educated at the level of a minister.If this legend is true, then, would people who love the classics and respect the authority from ancient times to the present regard the court as an enemy?

"Alas!" said the nurse, holding the Prince even tighter in her arms. "Please be calm. As long as you stay calm and don't panic, since ancient times, there has never been a case of warriors harming the court. Just feel free to play. No matter what happens, play calmly, steadily, and leisurely. This is the way in the court. The way of being human." But in fact, the prince was just quietly looking up at the sky at the moment.The nurse herself was a little alarmed.She wanted to use this conclusion based on her own personal experience to embolden herself and calm down her flustered mood.But there is nothing wrong with the lesson she said.History provides evidence of its correctness.As long as the court—the emperor and his courtiers keep a quiet and indifferent attitude towards the situation, and behave prudently and cautiously in their words and deeds, then all the contenders for power throughout the ages have not got involved in the court.Rather, they have to take great pains to find ways to win over and promote the court in order to pull the court to their side.This is what the wet nurse wanted to teach the prince.She continued: "When the warriors in power compete with each other for power, the court must not interact with one of them. Instead, it must maintain a spectatorial attitude and not help any of them. When two tigers fight, the outcome is determined. , the victor survived, and before coming to worship, he must not act rashly."

However, the prince did not understand the words.He remained silent, and continued to stare at the night sky before dawn with his eyes wide open.He was too young to understand the philosophy of life as told by his nurse.What's more, relying on this preaching, he couldn't eliminate his hatred and terror towards Guangxiu at the moment. Things were unexpected. Counting from this day to the eleventh day, when Mitsuhide fought Hashiba Hideyoshi decisively on the plain along the Yodo River at the foot of Tensho Mountain in the Yamazaki region, he was defeated by Hideyoshi's troops who went north.The whole army was defeated.On the way to escape, Guangxiu died in Xiaoliqi.In just one day, the wheel of history changed direction.

The prince learned the news of Guangxiu's defeat and death, and heard the name of the winner. "Oh, so this person's name is Hideyoshi!" The prince wanted to remember the victor's name.It was he who crushed the power of evil.Since Hideyoshi is the name of the victor, then, in the feeling of the teenager, it is natural that the word "Hideyoshi" has the meaning of superior intelligence and justice. Times started to move in a new direction. After Hideyoshi defeated Mitsuhide, he did not leave the battlefield immediately. On the one hand, he set up his base camp in the treasure temple in Yamazaki, strategizing, thinking about the grand plan of unifying the world, and on the other hand, he sent people to the capital to restore order.It was not until October of the same year that he visited the palace for the first time and was appointed as a major general of the five left guards.Later, in this capacity, he presided over the funeral for Oda Nobunaga at Daitokuji Temple.However, in order to compete in the Central Plains with his competitor, the chief family member of the Oda family, Shibata Katsuya, and others, he still did not enter the capital at this time.The capital is not the key.For someone like Hideyoshi who has not yet firmly grasped the power in his hands at this moment, the capital is not a suitable place to live.From then on, the resourceful Hideyoshi fought all over the world.He kept moving his troops, and in April of the 11th year of Tensho in the second year, he first defeated Katsuya Shibata's army at Mt.In the following month, Hideyoshi appeared in the capital and went to the palace to worship.At this time, he was supplemented as a councilor from the next four.But Hideyoshi's world is uncertain.In the next few years, the daimyos of the original Oda family still separated from each other; Tokugawa Ieyasu maintained an independent posture in the East China Sea; Kanto, Ou, Shikoku, Kyushu, etc. were still outside the rule of the Hideyoshi regime. .

Hideyoshi continued to run around, conquering the north and the south.During this turmoil, he never stopped the construction of Daban Castle.At the end of the eleventh year of Tianzheng, the Honmaru of Osaka Castle was finally completed.The news also spread to the capital.It is said that this is a huge castle that is not even in China and India.Hideyoshi created an area called "Sangosui Corridor" next to this Honmaru, and he used this place as a place for holding tea ceremonies. The name "Shanxiangshuilang" spread in the capital. I heard that the Mountain Village Water Corridor is really well-deserved of its reputation. It is an outline of the Osaka City, and a large-scale natural scenery has been built. Here, there are undulating rockeries, gurgling streams, exotic flowers in four seasons, and pine waves bursting day and night.In this place with luxuriant vegetation and pleasant scenery, there is a tea room, where Hideyoshi sips quiet tea alone. People in the court were all talking about it: "It seems that he is an extraordinary and refined man." Even Prince Zhiren heard such rumors.However, he didn't know how to understand the tea ceremony.On the one hand, he did not understand it because he was too young, and on the other hand, such a new but elusive aesthetic concept as the tea ceremony had not yet been introduced into the society of the court that maintained the ancient tradition.Oda Nobunaga of the previous generation loved the tea ceremony, but he did not move the tea ceremony into the court.The courtiers believed that tasting tea was nothing more than the actions of wealthy businessmen, monks or a few warriors who liked to pursue novelties in the capital, Sakai (Osaka) and Hakata. "But that being said, this tea ceremony is a noble and interesting thing." At the invitation of Hideyoshi, the ministers who had been to Osaka brought a lot of news about the mountains and water corridors to the Quanxiu Temple family after returning to Beijing.According to them, the rumored tea room is very small, with only two mats. "In a tea room with only two tables..." The prince tried to imagine the situation.In a castle so majestic and majestic that even China and India did not have, Hideyoshi built a tea room with only two seats. He stood in it, hunched over, sipping tea like an old country man.The prince imagined this picture with curiosity and goodwill. The young prince couldn't help asking in his heart: "Why did he do such a thing?" He wanted to understand why. "This is the so-called quietness advocated by the tea ceremony." Tango's daimyo Hosokawa Yusai answered the question in the boy's mind with these words.Yusai, before becoming the daimyo of the Toyotomi family, was originally the daimyo of the Oda family, and used to be under the command of Akechi Mitsuhide.Counting forward, he was once a close aide of General Ashikaga.In the turbulent years of the three dynasties, he survived skillfully, and because of his profound cultural knowledge and learning, he has always been valued by the rulers of each dynasty.Maybe it can be said that this is being good at dealing with the world.You Zhai used to have a special relationship with Akechi Mitsuhide, his son Zhongxing's wife is also Mitsuhide's daughter, for this reason, he and Mitsuhide have a very deep friendship.However, he predicted Mitsuhide's decline, so he refused to join Mitsuhide's rebellion with Mitsuhide. Instead, he joined Hideyoshi's army who would soon go north along the Sanyo Road.He may have had a special kind of inspiration in seeing the future. Youzhai also has high trust among princes and nobles.After all, he was from a famous family in the earlier Muromachi shogunate era. He not only has the Confucian demeanor of the samurai nobles in the capital, but also has the profound cultural accomplishment of the princes and nobles.And his cultural accomplishment is also extraordinary.He is not only good at Liange, but also proficient in tea ceremony, and even the way of cooking has reached the realm of celebrity master.However, what made You Zhai so famous in the capital was probably his knowledge and talent about poetry.He once learned from Santiao Xishitiao, and was awarded the secret of "Gujinji", which can be called the highest authority in poetry.Even the ministers and officials, known for their profound cultural accomplishments, had to learn from You Zhai, who was a warrior, the poetry that could be regarded as a symbol of the royal family's culture.And it is this You Zhai who often visits the home of the advisor and is teaching Prince Zhiren and his elder brother poetry. You Zhai said: "The tea ceremony should not be taken for granted!" He advised the prince to learn and master this popular aesthetic concept.But the prince was still a boy, and he found poetry more interesting than the tea ceremony. At this time, the prince asked: "What kind of state of mind is the so-called quietness?" He wanted to know why Hideyoshi liked places like Shanxiangshuilang? You Zhai replied: "The spirit of Xianji can be understood through poetry." He straightened up slightly, put a paper fan on his knees, and then sang a poem: Let the people who are looking forward to the blooming of flowers Look at the spring grass among the remaining snow in the mountain village. This is a poem by Ietaka Fujiwara (poet of the Kamakura period in Japan).According to You Zhai, the scenery chanted in this poem is the spirit of Xianji. "In other words," You Zhai continued, "a thousand gold horses are tied to a shabby hut, and this scene embodies the serenity, which is the spirit of the tea ceremony." The prince said: "The so-called thousand gold horses, do you mean the city of Daban?" This young man is extremely intelligent.After listening to the teacher's words just now, he seems to have vaguely understood what Hideyoshi yearned for in his heart, why he deliberately arranged a piece of natural scenery in a corner of the magnificent Osaka Castle, and built a two-storey building in it. The sake of the mat-sized tea room. In the first month of the fourteenth year of Tianzheng (1586), the prince turned ten years old.On the fourteenth day of this month, Hideyoshi went to the palace to pay homage to the emperor in order to celebrate the New Year.At this time, Hideyoshi had been promoted to Guanbai, and his status was so prominent that he even established another surname like Toyotomi.However, Ieyasu Tokugawa of Tokaido has not surrendered to him, and Kyushu is still outside his sphere of influence.Hideyoshi is busy with daily government affairs and military affairs every day.I saw that after he came to the court, he immediately withdrew from the court and left Beijing in a hurry. However, unexpectedly, on the third day after that, Hideyoshi appeared in the capital again, and saw him trotting into the imperial palace in a hurry. "His Highness Guan Bai seems to be planning something." Since the day before, there has been a lot of discussion about this matter in the court.On the day Hideyoshi entered the palace, the prince suddenly received a notice asking him to go to the palace once, even though he was still a child at the time and had not held a coming-of-age ceremony.So he entered the palace with another prince, his elder brother, in the attire of a child. "Maybe I can see Hideyoshi" - such anticipation made him excited.The Prince has yet to appreciate Hideyoshi, the creator of this new era. On this day, Hideyoshi showed a strange ambition. He moved a portable portable tea room made entirely of gold into the inner garden of the imperial palace. After assembling it in the hall of the small palace, he let the current emperor (Emperor Masakimachi) watch it and prepared to present it to the emperor. The prince accompanied the emperor into the small imperial palace just to enjoy the golden tea room.On the floor of the small imperial palace stood the intriguing little building, which radiated a golden light.The pillars, thresholds, and door frames of the teahouse are all covered with a thick layer of gold leaf, and the walls and roof of the teahouse are also all gold.Even the window frame of the small square paper window for lighting and the guard plate at the lower part of the window are all made of gold.Only the three mats are not gold, but orangutan fur.Moreover, the four sides of the fur mat were inlaid with golden thread brocade with small light green patterns.This tea room alone is already very dazzling. What's more, all the tea sets are all gold.Shelves for tea sets, square basins, tea boxes, tea stoves, pots, ladles, bowls for washing tea sets, jugs, tea ladles, and even charcoal baskets are all made of gold.Who on earth has seen so much gold in this land of Japan since the beginning of the world! "what happened!" Faced with such extravagance, the prince was stunned.He couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart.How beautiful is this!At least, this is not the kind of beauty chanted in "Kojin Wakashu".At least it wasn't the traditional beauty that people at court appreciated.However, it naturally touched people's heartstrings, made people excited and excited.What kind of force is this?Is this the power of gold?Does gold have an aesthetic effect beyond the traditional? Not only Prince Zhiren, but everyone present had a fascinated expression, with their lips parted slightly in surprise.Even the emperor is no exception.Hideyoshi's goal has been achieved. "Where is Hideyoshi?" The prince thought to himself, and he looked up.There was no need to bother looking for it, only Hideyoshi was kneeling on the side of this mobile tea room made of gold, just next to his hands, like a frog.Surprisingly, even the part of his brocade robe up to the sleeves seemed to be reflected in pale gold.Gold has no shadow.Hideyoshi knelt in a shadowless luster amidst admirable splendor.His wonderful kneeling posture made people feel that he seemed to be the incarnation of that gold. However, his appearance was a little funny.Look at the shape of that face, as if it is ready to joke with someone at any time.Maybe this person moved this golden tea room into the clean holy city of the Imperial Palace just to amuse others.The prince once heard a rumor in the world that Hideyoshi has been a joker since he was young. "Maybe he was just planning to make a joke with someone?" After all, the prince is still young, facing this strange scene, he spread the wings of his imagination and guessed at will.The impact and doubts that the prince received this time have not disappeared from his memory until many years later.Maybe it was just to comfort the lonely life of the people in the palace that the big living treasure Hideyoshi turned into a golden frog and jumped out to make such a joke with people. After many years, the prince thought: Otherwise, his nerves will not be normal.Everything in the palace must be indifferent.This kind of indifference is the traditional beauty of people in the court.Whether it is the etiquette, banquets, or furniture furnishings of the Imperial Palace, they all embody the principle of simplicity and clarity.However, in the long royal tradition, there have been occasional rebels against this traditional beauty.For example, the Empress Shirakawa is like this.The Pope loved popular slang ballads, a kind of folk songs full of secular atmosphere. He himself often sang them, and he also edited an anthology of lyrics "Liang Chen Secret Copy". Gilded engraving.So deep was his love that he even had a thousand and one such gold-plated Buddha statues built.However, even the Empress Shirakawa did not bring his interest into the imperial palace.He did not interfere with the austere style promoted by Shintoism.He placed one thousand and one golden Buddha statues in other collection courtyards, separating them from the palace.However, Hideyoshi moved the heavily colored gold buildings into the bland imperial palace. "Please serve the emperor with tea." This is Hideyoshi's explanation when presenting the tea room, and it is also Hideyoshi's intention.He himself has a hobby of tasting tea, but he doesn't want to monopolize it by himself, but wants it to become popular in the court.Hideyoshi's intentions are good.The problem is the tea room made of gold.The so-called tea ceremony, the so-called quietness, is this really the case? Until many years later, the prince was still thinking about this question.But after all, he is an admirer of Hideyoshi, so his evaluation of Hideyoshi does not exceed the barrier of his feelings for Hideyoshi. "He's a man with an open mind and a big vision." The prince understood Hideyoshi in this way.The construction of the mountain and village water corridor in Osaka Castle is probably to pursue a little tranquility in luxury and luxury, which is the spirit of the tea ceremony.Hideyoshi showed this spirit vividly.It was this Hideyoshi who, in the Imperial Palace, deliberately directed a performance that was contrary to the interest of the mountains and villages and water corridors in Osaka Castle.Although the indifferent aspirations of the Imperial Palace are different from those of Xianji, they have some similarities.In such a quiet environment as the Imperial Palace, a tea room made of gold was placed instead, probably for the purpose of adding a little brilliance to the indifferent.Perhaps Hideyoshi directed this drama in a half-joking mood, that is, with his funny face.He told people that there is a special interest in contrast.This is how the prince understood it.If the prince's explanation is somewhat far-fetched, it must be because of his deep affection and respect for Hideyoshi. Don't mention gossip, let's get back to business.But it was said that at this time, in this small palace, the prince and Hideyoshi met, and the two were close at hand.What caught the prince's eyes was a small face.This face was slightly tense, like a clenched fist.Perhaps it was caused by long-time battles, exposure to the wind and the sun, his complexion is a little dark, his eyes are big, his chin is very sharp, giving people the impression that he looks a bit like a polished steel knife.When the prince stared at Hideyoshi for a long time, Hideyoshi raised his head slightly to stare at the prince, and suddenly grinned. When Hideyoshi smiled, his face completely changed.There are many wrinkles on the face.Especially at the corners of the eyes, the lines stretched straight down like circles.It was a kind face, like that of an old peasant.Yes, it was this face.Before the prince saw him, he had already pictured it in his mind.The prince liked him now.He felt that a general who punished Guangxiu and represented justice should naturally have such a face. Taking this day as a turning point, a new fate awaits the Prince. In the evening of that day, the right minister came to the house of Quanxiu Temple where the Prince was staying in a hurry in the sunny season of Imidechuan (Ju Ting).Although Qing Ji is not the highest celebrity in the royal family, Mr. Fujiwara, but because she has a deep friendship with Hideyoshi, she is currently playing a very important role in the political connection between Hideyoshi and the royal family in the capacity of a private consultant. big effect.In the Quanxiu Temple House, the contemporary Patriarch Harutoyo received the guests.This Qingfeng is the prince's uncle. Qing Ji said: "This visit is for the sake of Prince Liu Zhigong." Six Palaces is a general term for princes. Qing Ji went on to say: "Your Highness Guan Bai, I sincerely hope to take the Prince as the adopted son of the Toyotomi family." In this regard, Quanxiu Temple Qingfeng had to remain silent. "Isn't the prince from the royal family? How can he be the adopted son of a subject. What's more, he should be the adopted son of a humble person like Hideyoshi!" Qingfeng was thinking secretly.He remained silent.By the way, Quanxiusi Qingfeng is the younger brother of the prince's biological mother Xinshangdongmen Qingzi, and also serves as the prince's tutor.The so-called Taifu, although he is a subject of the prince, is acting as his father on behalf of his father. Imadegawa Qingji said again: "Furthermore, the matter of adopting a son has been unofficially accepted by the emperor. It's just the emperor's imperial decree that we must listen to the intention of the persuading temple family." "..." Qingfeng thought.Hideyoshi, he thought, had no offspring, as everyone knows.He had also heard about it a long time ago. For this reason, Hideyoshi will adopt his nephew Hideji as his adopted son.In addition, I heard people say that Hidetoshi has a frivolous and sloppy personality, and Hideyoshi is undecided about this matter.Don't worry about it.Anyway, it was an internal matter of Toyotomi's family. When they heard these news in the past, they regarded them as matters that had nothing to do with them and didn't take them seriously. "Listen to me first," Haruki Imadegawa said again, "Hideyoshi Qing was ordered by the emperor this time to create the Toyotomi clan. In this way, in addition to the original four surnames of Yuan, Hira, Tachibana, and Tachibana, Toyotomi The Chen family is also the surname of the royal family. In the future, this family will surely become more and more prosperous and have a bright future. Since Hideyoshi has no biological son, it is natural to hope to have an adopted son of noble birth to inherit the family business. From this point of view, the six Prince Gong is the most suitable candidate. In the future, the power of the world may be handed over to Prince Liuzhigong of your family! What do you think?" Quan Xiusi Qingfeng hurriedly replied: "Let me think about it." In his view, it was something to think twice about.If you think about it, even though Liu Zhigong is still a child and has not been conferred the title of prince, he is a well-known royal family.And he is the third person who has the right to inherit the throne after his father, Prince Chengren, and elder brother Yizhi Gong (Zhou Ren). If there is any chance of the above two, then he will become the emperor.How could such a noble person worship the son of a farmer from Owari Nakamura who did not even have a surname but came from a lowly background as his father and become his adopted son.Since the beginning of the world, there has never been such an example.Keeping the purity of blood is as precious as life to nobles. Qingfeng said in a low voice: "From ancient times to the present, there has been no such rule!..." Imadegawa Haruki interrupted him, saying: "I understand. But this is the current situation. Things can no longer be done according to the old rules. There is an example in front of me. Not long ago, the new Toyotomi Surnames. There has never been such a thing as the establishment of a new surname by the emperor's order, since the creation of the four surnames Yuan, Ping, Teng, and Ju for a thousand years. Therefore, from now on, everything must be done according to the new rules. From now on Henggu, compared to the old rules and precedents, the present should be considered more. I think so, what do you think?" Having said this, Imadegawa Haruki leaned forward and asked, "Do you agree or not?" Quan Xiusi Qingfeng thought to himself: "This person is really difficult to deal with." Ever since Hideyoshi took charge of the capital, this Imadegawa Haruki has been doing his best for him.Qingfeng also knew that every time Hideyoshi was promoted to an official position, it was Qingji's mediation.Although this person is ugly, with a slender face like a stick, who knows that he is an extraordinary and resourceful person. From last year to this year, Hideyoshi couldn't do without Haruki Imadegawa for a while.Hideyoshi has a weakness, needless to say, that is his humble origins.At the beginning, Hideyoshi wanted to open the shogunate, but to open the shogunate, he had to be a general who conquered barbarians.However, if it weren't for Genji, he wouldn't have been appointed as the general who conquered barbarians.Minamoto Yoritomo, who opened the Kamakura Shogunate, was the suzerain of Genji, and Ashikaga Takaji, who opened the Muromachi Shogunate, was also from Genji.These are the old rules of the court, and the old rules are the most important laws for the court.However, Hideyoshi is not Genji. For this reason, Hideyoshi wanted to get a Genji surname, so he asked Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the former general living in Aki, to be his adopted son.However, Genji's patriarchalism, Akira, did not want his noble lineage to be polluted by humble people, and refused to agree.Hideyoshi didn't know what to do.It was this Ramen Raider who helped Hideyoshi to get out of the predicament at this time. Qingji said to Hideyoshi: "I think His Highness doesn't need to be a general, just be Guan Bai. Guan Bai is the highest position among ministers. If Guan Bai holds the power of the world, then there is no need to be a general who conquers barbarians." The shogun has opened the shogunate. It is enough to be Guanbai." But only Fujiwara can be Guan Bai.This is the practice of the ages.The royal family with other surnames, whether it is Yuanji, Pingshi or Tachibana, cannot be Guanbai.There is no such precedent either.And Hideyoshi, who came from a humble background (although Hideyoshi followed the example of his previous master Nobunaga, and had been privately saying that he was from the Taira family before that), he was even less qualified to be appointed as Guan Bai. Qingji suggested: "Don't worry, don't worry. The matter is very simple. Please be the adopted son of the Konoe family. In this way, you will be the Fujiwara family." In advance, he had already obtained the permission of Konoe Maejiu, the suzerain of the Fujiwara family, for this matter.Hearing what Qing Ji said, Hideyoshi was very happy, and that day, he became the adopted son of the Konoe family.On the same day, Hideyoshi invited the emperor through Qingji, requesting to appoint him as Guanbai under the name "Fujiwara Hideyoshi".For this matter, even the current emperor Zhengqin Dingdi was embarrassed.The emperor said that Hideyoshi was not from the Fujiwara family. This is an obvious fact, but it is not allowed to blatantly deceive the world and steal his name.However, due to Hideyoshi's powerful power, the emperor had no choice but to give up his original claim, and finally appointed him as Guanbai according to the request of the petition.From then on, after only three months, Hideyoshi dropped the Fujiwara surname and publicly used the new surname Toyotomi.This happened last year, on September 13th in the thirteenth year of Tianzheng (1585).The ladder that Hideyoshi climbed in order to ascend to the noble throne, in the palace, was not very easy. Quanxiusi Qingfeng is one of the ministers, so he has already heard about the whole story of these things.He thought it was someone else's business, so he didn't take it to heart.Unexpectedly, it is related to me now.What are the pros and cons? Quan Xiuji Qingfeng stared at Qingji, thinking in his heart: "I am afraid that Hideyoshi did not propose the idea of ​​recognizing Prince Rokunomiya as his adopted son, but this Imadegawa Haruki's idea." It was this Qingji who, thanks to his contribution to electing Hideyoshi as Guanbai, became a right minister last year. "You have to be mentally prepared to be a high official in the future!" Haruyuki Imadegawa revealed such a meaning in his tone.The strategist of Hideyoshi said that if the Prince of the Sixth Palace came to Toyotomi's house and became the person who will rule the world in the future, then you can be a high-ranking official in the court and get a good salary, then you can do whatever you want.This will surely make the family of Quanxiu Temple honor their ancestors and make their families brighter. After listening to these words, Qin Xiuji Qingfeng temporarily left his seat and entered the room to discuss with the prince's biological mother Qingzi. Haruko immediately said, "Why are you hesitating! Isn't this a dream come true for the Quanxiu family?" After hearing this, Qingfeng made up his mind.He rearranged his clothes, came to the academy again, and said in a clear tone: "Since the emperor has already approved it, I, as the prince's tutor, have no objections. Naturally, it is also a blessing for the prince, and it is worth celebrating." "However," Qingfeng asked a little worriedly, "Does His Highness Guan Bai know Prince Liuzhigong?" "Ha, you don't need to worry about this matter!" Qingji said and waved to Qingfeng, "They have already met today!" When she said this, Qing Ji's face showed a little complacency, and she grinned.It seems that this was also arranged by the military adviser long ago.Today, Hideyoshi moved a tea room made of gold into the small imperial palace. At that time, the emperor came to the small imperial palace. Among the people who followed him was a child who had not yet worn the crown, and that was the Prince of Six Palaces. "His Royal Highness Guan Bai saw the prince, and was very happy afterwards." Quan Xiusi Qingfeng nodded and said yes: "That would be even better." He thought to himself, of course Hideyoshi would be very satisfied.Liuzhigong has beautiful features and is unique in the palace.Coupled with his extraordinary aptitude, even a genius like Hosokawa Yusai once said that he is indeed a child prodigy.Compared with Sinology, the prince is more interested in Hexue (referring to knowledge about Japanese history, literature, Shinto, ancient etiquette, allusions, etc., also known as Guoxue). , has even reached a level that can be explained.晴丰心想，即便秀吉走遍天下，恐怕也无法找到象六之宫这样出身尊贵、资质聪慧的养子吧。