Chapter 39 Swallow hot iron raw

Right now, in order to fight against Hideyoshi, Ieyasu raised his troops from Okazaki to Kiyosu, and is doing his best to organize the army. On the morning of the twelfth. "There is an urgent matter, please summon the adults!" Tadashi Sakai, who was stationed in Kuwana, drove all night in person, and suddenly came galloping at full speed. "What? Chuji?" Front-line commanders will leave the position for no reason, and the matter is not simple.Moreover, Tadashi is a 60-year-old veteran, and Yoshiro Shigetada and Yoshichiro Tadatoshi are also in the clan. Why did the old man come here all night in person?

"Transmit immediately!" Even though it was before breakfast, Ieyasu immediately left his seat and waited for Chuji. "Something strange happened!" "Chuji...what's the matter?" "Yesterday, there were rumors that Nobuo-sama and Hideyoshi had a meeting in Yadagawara, west of Kuwana, and a peace agreement was reached before contacting the main family!" "...in Yatagawara?" "yes." On Ieyasu's face, Zaemon Yuchuji saw a pained, emotionally numb expression of suppressed silence, while his own lips were trembling.Chuji couldn't restrain himself, he just wanted to yell at Nobuo for being such an idiot!I'm afraid it's the same with what Ieyasu is forcibly suppressing in his heart at this time. Should he be angry or laugh at him? Suddenly, he probably doesn't know how to accept the shock in his heart, so he has to suppress it.

"..." Ieyasu's eyes were blank, and his expression was only helpless. The silence lasted for a long time. "..." During this period, Ieyasu blinked his eyes two or three times, pinched the big earlobe with his left hand, and kept rubbing his face sideways. Confused, powerless.A look of feeling troubled from the bottom of my heart.His round back swayed slightly to the left and right, and his left hand left the earlobe and fell back to his knee with a "snap". "Chuji." "yes……" "Is this true?" "Naturally, I dare not report such a major matter at will. But for the sake of caution, the subsequent investigation should follow up quickly and report the whole story in detail."

"So...His Royal Highness Sanjie never gave any notice to your camp?" "Yesterday, His Royal Highness Sanjie left Long Island and went to Yatagawara via Kuwana. He only went to inspect the defense and deploy the formation. When he returned to the city soon, he did not disclose any information." "So..." At this point, Ieyasu nodded for the first time, and muttered to himself, "It's only natural." Reports one after another finally confirmed the rumors that Nobuo facilitated a unilateral peace.On that day, there was still no news from Nobuo. The fact that Nobuo concluded a unilateral peace quickly spread among the Tokugawa family. The passionate young samurai headed by Ii Hebu, Sakakibara Yasunari, Okubo Tadsuke, the same surname Tadine, Honda Tami Hachiro, Dohei Hachiro Tadakatsu were all shocked. Even the generals such as Torii Tadamasa, Toda Juroemon, Naito Shingoro, Matsudaira Koji, the same clan Yoichiro Hiroka, the same clan Son Rokuro Yasunaga, Ando Hikojuro, Sakai Yoshiro, and Abu Masada were unbelievable. They confirmed each other, "Is this really the case?" "It seems to be the case!" There was commotion everywhere.Finally, countless soldiers gathered at the samurai gathering place, condemning Nobuo's unscrupulous behavior, and thinking of the position of the Tokugawa family who was deceived into trouble, and how to face the world, everyone was filled with tears and grief.

The indignant Heihachiro Tadakatsu even said: "If this is true, even Mr. Nobuo can't let it go!" Even Naomasa Ii, Bingbu raised his eyes, and enthusiastically echoed: "First of all, we must welcome Mr. Nobuo from Nagashima and correct his mistakes. After that, we must have a showdown with Hashiba Chikumae!" "Anyway, it's ridiculous!" "Besides, who did the Tokugawa family raise their troops for in the first place!" "It was he who came to cry at the beginning, without the help of Lord Ieyasu, the family of the late Nobunaga would surely perish because of Hideyoshi's ambitions, and my Tokugawa family would rise because of righteousness-who would have guessed the name of this flag of righteousness The Lord turned against the enemy so easily, it is so stupid that there is nothing to say."

"There was no discussion with the lord beforehand." "There's not even a little news after the incident. Could it be that you want to wipe your mouth?" "No, no matter how desolate the morality of Spring and Autumn, we can't just let it go!" "No matter what you do, you will lose all hope." "My lord will lose face if things go on like this, and we will become the laughing stock of the world. I am even more sorry for the death of Komu, Nagakade's friends and the undead of his subordinates!" "That's right, their sacrifice was in vain!"

"It doesn't make sense to make the death of the dead meaningless, and the living have to endure such remorse. What is your lord's plan for this matter?" "My lord's room has been particularly quiet this morning. I only summoned Mr. Zaemon Otsuji from Kuwana, Mr. Osuga Yasuko and other veterans... It seems that they are also discussing repeatedly today." "How about sending someone to inform the veterans of everyone's opinions? It may make adults angry if you directly raise it." "That's right, who should I let go?" Abe, Naito, Matsuhira and the others looked around the four seats and said, "Isn't it better for Master Ii? Master Heihachiro will also go together."

"Okay, let me tell you." Just when Honda Heihachiro and Ii Bingbu were about to go out as representatives, their subordinates came here to report: "The two envoys of Mr. Nagashima Nobuo have just been sent to the large academy in the city." "What, the Long Island envoy is here?" This once again made everyone's resentment skyrocket. "What face is there!" "Too shameless!" There was a lot of scolding. But since it has been communicated to the University, presumably the lord Jiayasu is meeting the envoy, and he should also express his will by the way.So everyone comforted each other and decided to wait for the result.

The messengers sent by Nobuo were his uncle Oda Koshinobu and Ikoma Haemon.Regardless of what Nobuo thinks, the two of them seemed to feel ashamed when they came to the Tokugawa's house as emissaries, and they waited in the seats of the university in embarrassment. After a while, Ieyasu appeared in his everyday clothes with only his surname relaxed and indifferent. As soon as he sat on the mattress, he immediately said: "I heard that Xinxiong suddenly changed his mind and negotiated peace with Chikuzen?" "yes……" The second envoy didn't raise his face, and replied flatly like that: "The sudden agreement with Mr. Hashiba this time must be nothing but a surprise to the head. In fact, His Royal Highness Nobuo has thought about it carefully. situation……"

"Understood. In fact, there is no need to explain these things." "The whole story is written in this letter in detail, and I hope you will read it." "Well, I'll take a closer look at it later." "My lord has always been only worried about you getting angry, my lord." "Where is it, Your Highness doesn't need to think too much. Originally, this battle was not out of Ieyasu's selfish intentions, and the two of you must be clear about the reason for it?" "It's very clear below." "Therefore, no matter yesterday or today, I, Jiakang, only hope that everything will be fine for Mr. Xin Xiong, and nothing has changed. Your Highness need not worry at all."

"I will pass it on to the lord. How gratifying the lord will be to hear what the lord thinks." "I have already prepared meals in the other room. Now that the fighting has ceased, it is really gratifying. You two can enjoy it slowly before going back." Ieyasu said and entered the inner room. The Long Island envoy left hastily not long after enjoying the meal and wine in the other room. When the incident reached the ears of the bloody warriors in the warrior gathering place, they were all indignant at the absurdity of the incident. Someone sighed in anger, "What's going on!" Some people also comforted after thinking: "Perhaps the lord has other considerations. No matter what, how can the lord easily agree that Nobuo-sama and Hideyoshi have an affair?" During this period, Ii Bingbu and Honda Heihachiro went to convey everyone's opinions to the veterans. "You pen." Ieyasu called out. Ever since I met Nobuo's envoy at the university and returned to my room, no one has entered here, and it has been silent. Someone rushed to Yubi's room immediately. "Is it Liao'an? Bring me a pen and paper." Ieyasu changed the armrest.Youbi brought a pen and inkstone, and waited for him to say what he wanted to write for him. "I plan to send congratulatory letters to Kitabata Nobuo and Hashiba Chikuzen-sama, and write as I said." "Of order." Liaoan wet the nib of his pen, and suddenly looked up at Ieyasu's face. He said he would send a letter of congratulations to Nobuo and Hideyoshi.Now he is turning his face away, closing his eyes and thinking about the copy.But before tempering his words, he looked more like he was reorganizing his mind like swallowing hot iron. After a while, he began to dictate the written copy lightly. Although Ieyasu became the proton of the Imagawa family when he was seven years old, he has been studying with the monk Xuesai in the cold room of Linji Temple, and has been receiving higher education that Hideyoshi can't match.Therefore, the duty of Hideyoshi's Yubi is to return Hideyoshi's casual words to common sense and write them into written language, while Ieyasu's Yubi only needs to write down the words he dictated. After finishing the two letters, he told Xiao Xing, "Go and call Boqi." Yubi put the two written letters in front of Ieyasu and exited the room, and a servant with a candlestick came in, lighted two lamps quietly, and left. I don't know when it was dark.Looking at the lights, Ieyasu always felt that the day was really short. "There are so many thoughts in my heart, but the other side is so empty." Ieyasu thought to himself. Far from the shadow of the lamp, there was a sound of gently pulling the partition door open.Ishikawa Hoki Shoushu was changing back to his daily clothes as early as his master, kneeling and kowtowing there. Most of the soldiers in the family have not been disarmed. Even so, after seeing Ieyasu in his daily clothes this morning, Shuzheng immediately changed into his usual small sleeves, linen top, and skirt pants. Shu Zheng was dressed like this.Although it was too late to put on the armor again, it was too early to take it off.This behavior immediately aroused the displeasure of others, looking at him with blatant eyes that not only wanted to see clearly his surface, but also seemed to see through his deepest thoughts. I don't know why, as long as it is what Boqi Shoushuzheng does, even though they belong to the same clan, everyone can't directly accept it.If you show the front side, you want to probe its back, and if you show your hole cards, you always treat it as a person with a double bottom, and generally want to poke another layer. This is really unexpected. Recently, the wrinkles on his face have increased significantly, and his complexion is not radiant. He hasn't smiled for a long time. "Hey, is the number right? That's too far away, come closer, come closer." The only thing that has not changed is the Lord.When Shuzheng came to Ieyasu, he felt relieved. "Boqi." "exist." "Tomorrow morning, you will set off as an envoy of the Tokugawa family." "Where are you going to go?" "Master Hashiba and Mr. Nobuo Kuwana from the Shengu camp." "As ordered." "Here is the letter of congratulations, please convey it on your behalf." "Congratulations on the peace?" "That's right." "My lord understands what I mean. But not only does your lord not show any dissatisfaction, but he also shows it with such a lenient attitude that even His Highness Nobuo will definitely feel ashamed." "No, the number is right. If His Highness Sansuke (Nobuo) is ashamed, people will still think that Ieyasu is stingy, and the declaration of war because of righteousness will become ridiculous. Ieyasu's position can be placed in the second place. Regardless Whether it is a false harmony or anything, there is no reason to be injustice in the face of peace, my Jiakang is as happy as all the people in the world, and you must express this joy at that time." It seems that Ieyasu believes that only Hoki Shou is the one who knows his own heart and can complete the mission, so he deliberately explained it carefully. But in terms of numbers, there is another kind of pain in my heart that must be endured.Speaking of which, the Tokugawa retainers' misunderstanding of themselves began when they were close to Hideyoshi. Last year when Hideyoshi won the battle at Yanagose, Ishikawa Suzumasa was selected as Ieyasu's messenger to congratulate Hideyoshi, and he went to Osaka with Hatsuka's tea utensil.At that time, Hideyoshi was very happy. In order to display the first flower tea utensil, he held a tea party in a tea room in the unfinished Osaka New City, and summoned the princes to exaggerately claim that it was a congratulatory gift from Lord Tokugawa.He was also very pleased with the envoy Shuzheng, and kept on staying until the original time of stay was postponed. When he returned, he also sent a large number of gifts to the master's family, including Shuzheng himself, so many gifts were lined up in a row. After that, whenever there was any negotiation with the Tokugawa family, Hideyoshi would definitely ask for news about Shuzheng, and even the princes who had deep friendship with the Tokugawa family often chatted about Shuzheng. Hashiba-sama seems to like Hokimori very much.I don't know when it started, this preconceived notion took root deeply in the mind of Samurai Mikawa. When Komaki played against each other, before and after Niwa Changhide's mediation and good offices, as soon as something happened, everyone would immediately investigate the trend of their own side.People often talk about the fortitude of warriors, but in fact, the suspicion and narrow-mindedness of warriors are also very troublesome.Fortunately, Ieyasu has never been confused by these things, and this is the only thing Shuzheng can rely on. "Hey, it seems to be very noisy over there." Ieyasu looked away from Shuzheng's face and looked in another direction. It was a human voice coming from the hall a few rooms away from here.It seems that those generals who couldn't let go of the peace talks saw that they were being summoned before the lord, so they talked more, complained and complained to each other. At this time, represented by Ii Bingbu, Honda Heihachiro and others, Torii, Okubo, Matsudaira, Sakakibara and others are surrounding the old minister Sakai Tadashi to question. "My lord, didn't you lead the vanguard to garrison at Kuwana castle? Didn't you know that Nobuoki and Hideyoshi successfully met in Yatagawara, and even Hideyoshi's secret envoy to Kuwana didn't know, how can this be done! Wait until the two reach a private peace before panicking What's the use of coming quickly?" The other party was Hideyoshi, so he naturally wouldn't leak the secret beforehand, and besides that, Chuji also had good reasons to justify.However, in the face of this group of angry youths, it is best to endure and accept their indignation and scolding, so Tadaji has shown the tolerance of a veteran from just now, and just blindly apologized to everyone. But the purpose of Ii Bingbu and Honda Heihachiro is not to bully this sixty-year-old man, but to convey their opinions to the ears of the lord.I hope that I can categorically deny this private peace negotiation and inform the world that the Tokugawa family is not aware of Nobuo's unilateral peace negotiation this time. "Boss, I hope you will convey it on your behalf." "Hey, it's not safe to force it so rashly." "We haven't taken off our battle armor yet, just like being on the battlefield, which is not the same as the usual etiquette." "Afterwards, the adults should also call everyone to discuss this matter in detail." "It's too late to wait until the lord says it's too late. I'm so anxious because I hope to be there before that. If the lord refuses to convey it, it's really helpless. I have no choice but to see it directly through the valet." "My lord is currently negotiating with Master Shuzheng, so don't rush to disturb him." "What, the number is positive?" At this time, the fact that Ishikawa Shu was staying alone with the lord had already made their uneasiness and displeasure even higher. Originally, from the time when Komaki played against each other, there were rumors of a little peace, and when talking about harmony, their preconceived views always believed that there must be something positive behind the matter.When Niwa Chohide made the mediation, Shuzheng was also responsible for negotiating, and this time Nobuo's unilateral negotiation and they also doubted from the bottom of their hearts whether Suzumasa was secretly instigating it. When this voice of suspicion became louder and louder, even Ieyasu, who was several rooms away, heard it.Then a little surname ran quickly down the hallway to deliver Ieyasu's words. "Your Excellency summons you!" He added after speaking his surname, "Your Excellency ordered you all to go to your living room." Everyone was shocked and looked at the others, feeling a burst of panic. But Heihachiro and the Ministry of War and other stubborn people couldn't get what they wanted. They urged Sakai Chuji and the others to get up first and said, "My lord has summoned you. Let's go see your lord together!" Ieyasu's living room was occupied by a group of armored warriors, and the partition was also removed, and they were connected side by side to the next room. "Are you all here?" Everyone's eyes were focused on Ieyasu's face, and Ieyasu seemed to be observing everyone, but kept silent for a while.Sitting next to him was Ishikawa Shumasa, followed by Sakai Chuji, and the rest of the staff below could be said to represent almost all the middle-class members of the Tokugawa family. "Everyone, listen to me." Ieyasu began to speak, then suddenly looked at Mo Xi and said, "Mo Xi is a little far away, my voice is relatively low, please concentrate here, gather around me and listen to me. " Everyone squeezed their seats together, and the people at the bottom all moved closer to Ieyasu. "Actually...it's nothing else. Yesterday, Nobuo-sama suddenly concluded a peace agreement with Yuchai Fang. He planned to announce the matter at home tomorrow. He didn't want to spread it to everyone's ears so quickly and make everyone so worried. Forgive me, I am definitely not You must deliberately hide the truth from everyone.” Everyone lowered their heads. Ieyasu said "forgive me" and "please forgive me" several times in his speech. "It was Ieyasu's fault that he accepted the request of Nobuo-sama and led everyone to raise troops; it was also Ieyasu's fault that many good ministers died in the battle between Komaki and Nagakute; Hideyoshi teamed up to make everyone's loyalty and courage come to naught, and it is not the fault of others, it is all due to Ieyasu's incompetence and negligence...Facing the loyalty of everyone, as the lord, Ieyasu really does not know how to make amends .” Saying this, he put his hands on the ground and apologized again: "I hope you will forgive me..." "Everyone is very regretful and angry. Although Ieyasu is ignorant, this feeling is the same. However, the matter has come to this point, even if you blame His Highness Sansuke, you will only make my status ridiculous. Therefore, there is nothing we can do for Hashiba-sama except to admire his ingenuity and congratulate the arrival of peace together. Stop cursing the peace of conspiracy, false peace and so on." Unconsciously, everyone lowered their heads, and no one looked at Ieyasu's face. There was the sound of crying tears.The man's regret and crying, his trembling shoulders undulate like waves. "It happened helplessly... For now, please be patient, relax your mind, and just wait for him to come." Ii Bingbu and Honda Heihachiro haven't said a word since they sat here, they both took out tissue papers, turned their faces sideways and just kept wiping their faces. "The war has stopped, and it is worth celebrating. Be happy, and return to Okazaki tomorrow. Everyone, go home as soon as possible to see your wife." Ieyasu also said so while blowing his nose with his pocket paper. On the thirteenth day of the next day, most of the Tokugawa army below Ieyasu withdrew from Kiyosu Castle and retreated to Sanshu Okazaki. In the early morning of the same day, Ishikawa Shuzheng went to Kuwana together with Sakai Chuji as a congratulatory envoy for the conclusion of the peace talks.After meeting with Nobuo, he went to visit Hideyoshi who was in Shengsheng, conveyed Ieyasu's intention of "communicating the same joy and congratulations", and returned after presenting a letter of congratulations. After Shuzheng left, Hideyoshi said to the left and right: "Look, it is indeed Ieyasu. If it were someone else, this tragic incident would definitely not be swallowed so easily like drinking hot tea." Because he made him swallow the hot iron, Hideyoshi understood the other person's feelings very well.He subconsciously wondered if he could do the same if he was Ieyasu. The past few days have passed like this, and the one who has been worry-free during this period is Nobuo.Since the meeting with Yata Kawahara, he has completely become Hideyoshi's cage. No matter what he does, he will think about "What does Chikuzen think? If you don't ask Chikuzen first, it's not good, you should consult Chikuzen first", just like this. As if relying on Ieyasu, now one is Hideyoshi, and the other is Hideyoshi, blindly only worrying about his every frown and smile.The implementation of the terms of the peace talks went smoothly as Hideyoshi intended, and the division of the city, the delivery of protons, and the pledges were all complete. "Anyway, it's over first." At this point, Hideyoshi's heartstrings relaxed slightly.But thinking that the camp staying in Shengsheng would have to wait until after the New Year's Eve no matter what, so they sent a message to everyone staying in Osaka Castle to prepare for the winter. Needless to say, Hideyoshi's opponent was not Nobuo from the beginning, but Ieyasu.Before the confrontation with Ieyasu is resolved, the situation cannot be said to have settled down, and his goal must still be halfway. "How is your highness these days?" One day Hideyoshi went to visit Kuwana and asked this question after gossiping. "Oh, very healthy. I don't have any unhappy things now, and the fatigue from the battle has recovered, so I feel extremely relaxed." Nobuo smiled cheerfully.Hideyoshi kept nodding as if he was holding a child close to him on his lap. "Well, well, the momentary battle that His Highness never thought about must have caused you a lot of trouble. However, there are still some things to worry about." "Oh...what's the matter, Chikuzen?" "If Lord Tokugawa is left alone, maybe sometime he will come to disturb His Highness again." "Will it be... But he also sent Bo Qishou to wish the peace before." "He will never disobey His Highness's wishes angrily. This matter started when you were brought out of Your Highness." "indeed so." "For this reason, you have to ask your Highness yourself. It is obvious that Tokugawa-sama wants to make peace with me, Hideyoshi, but it would be embarrassing if he proposes it himself. Even so, there is no reason to confront me anymore... ...It's really difficult, please His Highness lend a helping hand to help." People from well-born families are mostly egoists, which comes from the fact that they always have the illusion that everyone around them exists for themselves.They never try to do their best for others.But let Hideyoshi say this, Nobuo also realized that Ieyasu should not be left alone, and this may also be detrimental to himself. So a few days later, Nobuo proposed to be the middleman between Hideyoshi and Ieyasu.This was originally what he was obliged to do, but he only started to do it after Hideyoshi hinted. "If you can accept the conditions here, you can forgive Lord Tokugawa's crimes." After the words were spoken by Nobuo, Hideyoshi took the position of the winner. And the condition is: Adopt Ieyasu's own son, Yu Yoshimaru, to Hideyoshi as an adopted son; hand over Ishikawa Sumasa's son Katsuchiyo, Honda Toji's son Senchiyo, and others as protons; except for the destruction of the fortress and the division of territory previously agreed with Nobuo, there is no right to Tokugawa The current situation of the party makes other requirements. "I still have regrets for Tokugawa-sama Hideyoshi, but for His Highness's sake, I will tolerate it first. Whether the other party accepts the conditions and delays for too long is quite a headache. Please also send an envoy to Okazaki as soon as possible." After being instructed in this way, Nobuo sent two important ministers to Okazaki on his behalf. Although the conditions are not harsh, for Ieyasu, it really requires a lot of tolerance to accept them. Yu Yiwan said he was an adopted son, but he was actually a hostage, and the world would see it that way.In addition, sending the son of an important veteran of the Tokugawa family to Osaka as a hostage is obviously a contract of defeat. The debate within the domain became ossified again.But Ieyasu was very calm, and it was the same when he was in Qingzhou. He looked like a person who didn't know how to get excited, and he blamed himself for all the crimes, and replied to the messenger: "The terms have been clarified, please make arrangements for the envoy to deal with it." After going back and forth several times, on November 21, Hideyoshi sent envoy Fukuda Chinobu and deputy Tsuda Nobukatsu to Okazaki as peace envoys.Yuri Takigawa, as Nobuo's agent, also came to witness the signing of the peace treaty. In this way, peace was established between Hideyoshi and Ieyasu, and Nobuo was relieved. "Okay, let's end this for a while." On December 12, Ieyasu's son, Yugimaru, was sent to Osaka from Hamamatsu Castle. Ishikawa's son, Katsuchiyo, and Honda's son, Senchiyo, also accompanied him.The Okazaki soldiers stood along the road watching Proton and his party, all crying. The battle of Komaki, which shocked the world for a while, ended.In short, it is over for the time being in terms of form.Nobuo came to Okazaki on the 14th day of the end of the year and stayed there until the 25th day approaching the end of the year.Ieyasu didn't say a word of displeasure, entertained this kind man who knew the way forward for ten days, and then went back.