Chapter 326 Golden King's Disquiet

At this time, Osaka Castle had not yet been completed, but the nine-story castle tower had been completed, and Hideyoshi lived in the city. As this huge golden city gradually took shape in the blue sky, Hideyoshi began to worry and feel uneasy about two things.First, Oda Nobuo began to be jealous of Hideyoshi's success; second, the power of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was originally the lord of Jun, Yuan, and Sansan, had unexpectedly expanded from Kai to Shinano. Hideyoshi has always been wary of Nobunaga's third son, Nobutaka, and has always believed that this person should not be left alive. He planned to kill Shibata Katsuie after he was killed, but the matter went smoothly.

He drove Nobutaka out of Gifu City and forced him to commit seppuku in Noma's Omido on May 2 last year.Hideyoshi asked Nobunaga's second son, Nobuo, to attack Nobuo, and to get rid of Nobuo with false hands through his brothers' discord.For this reason, Hideyoshi granted Nobuo the Three Kingdoms of Iga, Ise, and Owari, and let him live in Nagashima City in Owari.Hideyoshi thought that Nobuo must be very satisfied and very grateful to himself. But Nobuo did not surrender to Hideyoshi so easily. He thought: "I should be Hideyoshi's lord, because I am the second son of Oda Nobunaga, the lord of Azuchi, and the guardian of the three mages, but Hideyoshi will not appoint me." Being the lord, but ruling the world as a lord himself, is not inferior. How could the dead father Nobunaga's 20 years of painstaking efforts win the world for Hideyoshi? An arrogant person builds the front!"

Ever since he knew the grand scale of Osaka Castle, this dissatisfaction has been condensed in his heart. Therefore, when he visited Azuchi Castle last fall, he ignored Hideyoshi's invitation to "go to Beijing for business consultation" and returned to the city without saying a word. long island.According to Hideyoshi's temper, Nobuo is an arrogant person who doesn't know what is good or bad, he was furious: "Nobuo, this guy is too capricious." Hideyoshi is completely another kind of worry about the existence of Tokugawa Ieyasu. After killing Shibata Katsuya, Hideyoshi thought to himself that there was no one in Japan with enough strength to oppose him.Hideyoshi didn't pay much attention to the Nagasogabe of Shikoku.China's Maori is no longer Hideyoshi's opponent. For Kyushu's Shimadzu, he plans to use Kuroda, Kato, Konishi, Hosokawa and other forces to seal off its surroundings.

Hideyoshi originally believed that the Eastern Front was equally stable.Ieyasu asked for help when Hideyoshi was attacking Mitsuhide Akechi, and even sent troops to Tsushima in Owari. In addition, Uesugi also had sufficient connections with Hideyoshi.The only thing that has yet to be disposed of is Hojo in Odawara.As for Ida in Oshu, it's not a problem at all. However, during the year and a half when Hideyoshi defeated Akechi, subdued the Oda family, crusaded against Shibata, subdued Takikawa Kazuyoshi, and built Osaka Castle, Ieyasu's power unexpectedly and rapidly developed eastward.

Hideyoshi did not ignore Ieyasu. On May 21st last year, Ieyasu sent Hoki Ishikawa to Osaka to present a gift: a very expensive teapot called "Hatsuka".Hideyoshi also sent Zuo Mayun to give back a famous "Fudo National Bank" sword as a gift on August 6th.At that time, the envoy Tsuda Sama Yun came back and reported that Ieyasu lived in Hamamatsu Castle comfortably.But he was dead wrong. Ieyasu quickly entered Koshu, and after annexing Koshu, he entered Shinshu and expanded his territory to such an extent.If that's all, Hideyoshi just laughed it off and boasted, "Ieyasu is really capable".However, Ieyasu and the Hojo clan of Odawara concluded a peace treaty last October and implemented a union.This peace agreement is not trivial. Ieyasu married his daughter to Shizheng's son, and the two became in-laws. This is actually an offensive and defensive alliance.This offensive and defensive alliance is a big obstacle that cannot be ignored for Hideyoshi, who is about to unify Japan.

The alliance of the Tokugawa and Hojo clans formed a Datong alliance from Mikawa to Enjiang, Suruga, Kai, Shinano and Kanbashu.In this way, Echigo's Uesugi and Lu Yu's Date alone cannot defeat Ieyasu.More importantly, since such an alliance has been formed on the Eastern Front, Ieyasu's eyes will naturally turn to the West.Ieyasu's neighbor to the west is Oda Nobuo, who is neither clever nor obedient to Hideyoshi. What will happen?Of course, Ieyasu wanted to win him over to consolidate his Eastern Front.With the addition of Owari, Ise, and Iga, there will inevitably be a powerful force that cannot be compared with the former Nobutaka and Shibata Alliance to compete with Hideyoshi.

"Zeng Luli, come to my tea room with Zong Yi and Xiu Chang." At this time, Hideyoshi had already built a golden tea room in the Yamazato Marugai Castle, which was under construction. Otomo Zonglin of Bungo visited this golden tea room and wrote: "The three-fold mat is big, the ceiling, walls, etc. are all gold, and even the frame of the sliding door is made of gold, and the top is pasted with red gauze." It seems that by now, the chief of staff of the Sakai merchants, Sorori Shinzaemon, must have become ruthless: "Well, it is also made anyway, so let's just build something unparalleled in the world."

As a result, the teapots and other tea ceremony utensils were all made of gold, and only the mats in the whole room were made of gold, which is really astonishing. After calling Hidecho, Sorori Shinzaemon, and Zong Yi to the tea room, Hideyoshi smacked his lips and said, "What kind of golden tea room? It's ridiculous! You can only get half of Japan if you build such a thing. Be the laughing stock of the world." The man who ordered the building of the teahouse did not blush when he spoke, but looked a little rueful when he lifted the lid of the teapot. "What's your order for summoning us?" Shinzaemon pouted and asked.

"Please drink tea, drink my respected tea." Hideyoshi said, first put the tea bowl in front of Zongyi. "Listen, what is going to be said now is a major military matter, and the three of them must not spread it to outsiders." "Understood." Zong Yi sat upright, took a sip of tea, and said, "This tea is not good." "What, you said that the golden tea is not fragrant?" "Yes, there is no silence, no rustic taste, only a little pride and arrogance." "Really? Then you should teach this arrogant guy a lesson." "It is the owner of the tea room who is proud and arrogant."

"Hahaha, Zong Yi, don't be petty. The sun rises every day, not because of arrogance. I am the sun, the only sun in the sky." Zongyi was about to say something, but Shinzaemon waved his hand, stopped him, and said, "There is no conclusion to this debate. I would like to ask Taiyang, what exactly do you want to do?" "Okay, I want to eat the three kingdoms of Owari, Ise, and Iga as soon as possible." "Your Highness is saying that he wants to eat Nobuo?" "If I don't eat it, I will give it up to Ieyasu, so there will be two suns in the sky, so I won't do it."

"Well, that's right. Besides building the city, His Highness is going to start a war again. You want us to prepare urgently, don't you?" "Exactly." Hideyoshi replied seriously.He put the tea bowl in front of Xiuchang again.Xiuchang silently raised the bowl to his forehead, and then drank the tea. "But, Zeng Luli, the 'emergency' this time doesn't have to be as urgent as when we hit the firewood fields." "Thank you, Your Highness, if you don't thank you, you will be angry again." "Yes. I'll go to Azuchi right away. Nobuo from Long Island City is going to lead his important ministers to pay New Year's greetings to His Royal Highness the Three Masters. I have a few words to tell Nobuo. Even if there is a war, it will be after that." "His Royal Highness only said 'after that', we have no way of knowing exactly when?" "Oh, it's in March, yes, before the Peach Blossom Festival on March 3rd, you should be fully prepared." "So there are still three months left, so it seems like there is going to be a big battle?" "Yes, first recover Owari, Ise, and Iga, then Gu will capture Mikawa, Tone, and Suruga ahead." "Ah?! So, are you going to fight His Highness Tokugawa?" Suddenly, Xiuchang shouted: "Willing to fight Tokugawa is a big battle that will determine the ups and downs of our family!" "It's nothing special!" Hideyoshi nodded indifferently, "There is no such thing as an important war. I just said that one sun in the sky is enough. First punish Nobuo, and then take advantage of the situation to capture Mikawa. The purpose is these two. " "Then, what will happen after the capture of Mikawa?" Shinzaemon asked. "In that case, Ieyasu has only two choices: either dissolve the covenant with the Hojo clan and surrender to us, or lead his troops to flee to the area east of Sagami. In any case, the west of Sagami must be taken back to me before the May Festival. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles.” Shinzaemon quietly glanced at Zongyi.Zongyi frowned and kept staring at Hideyoshi.Xiuchang sighed "shh". "What a sigh!" Hideyoshi scolded, and then laughed. "Haha..., the three of you want to tell me that Ieyasu is not someone who is waiting for you. Don't worry, Hideyoshi is the son of the sun! Do you think you can pacify the world if you don't play with that kid Ieyasu? No, I'm not saying this Listening to your opinions, the trick is already in my mind! I just gave you a letter, asking you to prepare according to this secret. Do you understand?" "Yes! Understood!" "Okay, okay, that's good. Then, I'll go to Antu City to pay New Year's greetings." The three looked at each other and lowered their heads. As for military matters, Hideyoshi will never back down once he speaks out.Moreover, he can impress the opponent with his overwhelming talent on any occasion, and the three firmly believe in Hideyoshi's genius.

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