Chapter 8 The fourth story Beizhengsuo-2

Soon, Tsurumong died, and Hideyoshi issued a foreign expedition order in extreme lament. The collateral daimyo, Gamo Clan Township, was extremely dissatisfied with this large-scale foreign expedition that he couldn't imagine the necessity of, and he once cursed in private: "This monkey boy is not dying, he is looking for death, maybe he is crazy!" It has not been a few years since most of the daimyo got the fief, and the people are not familiar with the lord; moreover, the people's power has not yet fully recovered from the trauma of the war and the land survey and survey. What about collecting the huge amount of foreign military expenditure?

"This is a bad idea from the executioners!" Even Ning Ning heard such rumors, saying that Ishida Mitsunari and other eunuchs advised Hideyoshi, an aging dictator, to use foreign expeditions to appease the dissatisfaction of the people.Ning Ning thought to herself, it must not be like this.However, she is now far away from the political arena of the Toyotomi family, so that she doesn't even have the materials to judge whether the rumor is true or false.Today, Sancheng, Changsheng, and Zhengjia, who speak Omi dialect, take Hideyoshi as their own.It is this group of people who are in charge of the housekeeping, personnel affairs and the power to govern the world of the Toyotomi family.Judging from the women's unique eyesight of the maids around Ningning, the current situation can be summed up in this sentence: "Dian Ji is really majestic now!"

That's exactly what happened.Right now, the affairs of the Toyotomi family are all monopolized by the Omi people.Those daimyos from Owari who have always been taken care of by Ning Ning now have little say in the central government.The center of power of the Toyotomi family is no longer Beizhengsuo, it is gradually shifting to Yodohime. These are the topics that people in the court like to talk about.The news that reaches Ningning's ears every day is all related to this matter.The princes, soldiers, and even their concubines and maids who were alienated by the Jinjiang faction all ran to Ningning to express their indignation and injustice.For them, apart from relying on Ningning, there is no other backing.

"Dianji is not bad." No matter how many gossips and rumors slandering this favorite concubine spread into Ning Ning's ears, she has a very clear view on this matter.Yodohime, except for her outstanding beauty, no matter how you look at it, she is a woman with mediocre qualifications, just an ordinary woman.Maybe there is a bit of desire to pursue power, but she does not have the ability to take the initiative to build a political force.If it's bad, the group of old maids from the old Asai's house around her are bad.It was these guys who took advantage of the opportunity of Yodohime as Tsurumatsu's "mother" to actively collude with the bureaucratic group of the Toyotomi family headed by Ishida San, in an attempt to compete with the wife of the wife, Beizheng; Ishida Mitsunari and others also attempted to maintain a core position in Toyotomi's family after Hideyoshi's death by supporting Yodohime.It can almost be said with certainty that this external force is pushing Yodohime onto the political stage.Ning Ning thinks so.In Ning Ning's view, it is these outsiders who are bad.

Ning Ning doesn't like them from the bottom of her heart. Ning Ning thought to himself: "These people have been thinking about what will happen after His Highness's death all day long!" What she didn't want to imagine was that once Hideyoshi died, Tsurumatsu and Yodohime would ascend to the head of the Toyotomi family, using Ishida Mitsunari and other daimyos from the Omi family as cronies.Needless to say, the Beizheng Institute will be relegated to the second line, and those founding heroes who rely on her as their backing will also have to fall down along with it.From Ningning's point of view, it's okay to retreat to the second line, but for those daimyos from Owari, this prospect is nothing less than a nightmare.But, after all, the stakes were high, and everyone was just thinking about it in their stomachs, and no one said anything about the dire prospect.

In April of the first year of Wenlu (1592), the expeditionary army landed in North Korea.Commander Xiaonishi of the First Route Army, Kato Kiyomasa, Commander of the Second Route Army, and Mark Cheng of the Second Route Army rushed northward along the Korean peninsula. At the beginning of the march, it can be said that they won consecutive battles. However, as the Ming army became a frontal enemy, the momentum of the offensive stagnated, and the troops were isolated everywhere, and sometimes even had to fight desperately.What's more, the president and Qingzheng are at odds. Not only do they not ask each other for help, but they quarrel with each other and refuse to give in to each other.The enemy also knew this, so they took the opportunity to enter and counterattack.At the same time, the two armies of the friendly side often have conflicts in combat.

In order to rectify the above situation and supervise the two troops, Hideyoshi set up a military supervisory organization and dispatched a military supervisor representing him to the battlefield.Naotaka Fukuhara, Kazukichi Ota and other minor daimyos served as the military supervisor.They are all bureaucrats of the Omi clan.And the person who can be said to be the chief leader of this warlord organization is Ishida Mitsunari.Sancheng is not permanently stationed in North Korea. He often returns to his home country after a week of battlefield inspections.In the country, he stayed by Hideyoshi's side, summarized and sorted out the reports sent from the battlefield, and reported them to Hideyoshi.Since the members of the warlord's office are all members of the Ishida faction, the report from the battlefield is strict with Konishiyuki and strict with Kato Kiyoshi.Sometimes, he even behaved honestly like a rascal.

For example, there is a report that when the Foreign Expeditionary Army and Ming were about to enter into peace negotiations, Qing signed the official document to the Ming representative as "Toyotomi Kiyomasa".And he had never been given the surname Toyotomi by Hideyoshi.The report also said that Kato Kiyomasa once said something to the representatives of the Ming Dynasty: "The gentlemen of the Ming Dynasty seem to regard Konishi Yukina and others as Japanese samurai. You must know that they are businessmen from the Sakai area. They don't know what it means to bend a bow and shoot an arrow. It's only natural for them to be cowardly and afraid of death."

At the end of the report, Qingzheng's remarks and actions caused chaos in the troops in North Korea and became the reason why the enemy army underestimated our army.Hideyoshi received this report from the military inspector at Fushimi Castle, which had just been completed.After reading it, Hideyoshi was furious, and said angrily: "This is exactly possible in Qing Dynasty. Call him back quickly." So, he immediately sent an emergency envoy across the sea to North Korea to convey this order to Qingzheng. Kiyomasa left his legion on the front line, and he himself led a light army composed of fifty warriors and three hundred soldiers. He took a boat from Busan, passed through the Seto Inland Sea, took the sea route straight to Osaka, and boarded the Fushimi Castle.

Hideyoshi refused to meet him.He once wanted to visit the Beizheng Office in private, but now that he has provoked Hideyoshi so much, under such circumstances, this is impossible.Kiyomasa took all the dust and dust of the journey with him, before the horse got off the saddle, and the people did not rest, he immediately visited Masuda Nagamori's mansion, wanting to find out about the situation in the court.Masuda is one of the Five Obligations. Qingzheng was very excited, and before Changsheng could explain anything, he raised his head and roared angrily: "I'm afraid it's a slander and a trap set by Mr. Zhibu. Alas, I'm sure it is."

He said, just look at the members of the Overseer Legion, and it will be clear.Naotaka Fukuhara is a relative of Misunari, and Ota Kazukichi, Kumagai Naomori, Kakimi Nagao and others are all his party members who were promoted by Misunari's single-handed sponsorship.They are bound to support their comrade, President Xiaoxi, and want to frame me.That being the case, there is only one way, first take off the head of Master Jibu, and then I will die myself. Changsheng raised his hands and tried his best to persuade him to appease his anger, saying: "Master Zhibu is very powerful today, and there is no other person in the court who can compare with him. But you talk so casually, what should we do? You should fight with him He gets back together, otherwise, something big will happen. You calm down first. I am willing to help you mediate, you'd better go see Mr. Jibu tomorrow." Hearing these words, Qingzheng was furious and shouted : "Gongya Hachiman Bodhisattva, the emperor bears witness, and I swear with sincerity: I will never reconcile with him in this life. We led our troops into North Korea and won consecutive victories. We captured the Eight Paths and fought dozens of times until the Ming army threw away their helmets and armor , fled in embarrassment. We endured severe cold and scorching heat, and sometimes we even ran out of food. And this kid, Mr. Jibu, was not satisfied with staying comfortably in the court, but he relied on the favor of the Lord to wait for me to be bathed in blood on the battlefield. The hard-fighting soldiers are put to death and hurry up. How can we reconcile with such a wolf-hearted guy? No, absolutely not." In this way, even Changsheng, who originally wanted to mediate for him, had to back down. hands. It was the first month of the first year of Qingchang (1596).In this way, without any investigation or interrogation, Kiyomasa was sentenced to confinement and confinement in his own mansion in Fushimi.Since then, the news has been cut off like a stone sinking into the sea. About a year and a half ago, Hideyori came into the world from Yodohime's womb.For this reason, the influence of Kanbai Hideji, the heir of Toyotomi's family, is declining day by day. Hideji feels that his future is very bleak, and he continues to behave indiscriminately.At this time, it has entered the darkest period of the establishment of the Toyotomi regime.Hideyoshi has lost the vigor and vigor of the past, and has aged like a different person.All he was thinking about in his mind was about Hideyori's future, and he instructed Sancheng and the others to research methods; and what Sancheng and the others were thinking about was how to make the world of Toyotomi's family safe for Hideyori to inherit. For this reason, he made suggestions to Hideyoshi in every possible way.Not long after that, Xiuji was killed.And when Kiyomasa returned home, Hidetoshi was still alive. In fact, Sancheng knew from the report of the military supervisor that there was a terrible rumor related to Qingzheng on the Korean front.Legend has it that Daming was afraid of the upright Wuyong and wanted to soften him.In May of the second year of Wenlu (1593), when Qingzheng was stationed in Xishengpo, Ulsan, the Ming Dynasty asked General Liu Ting and Qingzheng to exchange letters. At that time, Liu Ting's envoy once said to Qingzheng: "Hideyoshi has begun to rule more than sixty prefectures in Japan. He is really a hero among men. However, the length of life is unpredictable. After Hideyoshi's death, Japan will be in chaos. In other words, even if Hideyoshi can live a long life, and he doesn't like you, let alone your meritorious service." It is said that General Liu Ting also sent someone to Qingzheng with a personal letter.The letter reads: There is a strong man under his feet, but it is a pity that he is only a magistrate.If you can take the opportunity to help me, I will report to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and guarantee to make you a high official.Isn't it beautiful! At the same time, through the mouth of his emissary, Liu Ting asked Qing Zheng to secretly cooperate with the Ming army to fight back against Hideyoshi.However, Qingzheng asked the monks around him to draft an article, which he strictly rejected.In the reply, there is also this sentence: As I said in my letter, I have been slandered by villains.However, I am a loyal minister of Taihe, and definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. In short, a summary report on the dialogue between Liu Ting and Qingzheng has already been sent to Sancheng.However, even Sancheng didn't dare to tell Hideyoshi about this matter, but kept it a secret.However, San Cheng approached the matter from another point of view.He thought that if Qingzheng was allowed to go to North Korea to make great contributions, it would be detrimental to Hideyori, the successor of the Toyotomi regime.There are many such examples in history. The generals who conquered abroad established martial arts and mastered powerful forces on the battlefield. Their military power would in turn endanger the security of the central government.Not to mention the example of An Lushan's rebellion against Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, there is Hideyoshi who is close.Hideyoshi was originally the commander of the Oda family, and he went to conquer Sanyo and Sanin.When he heard the news of Nobunaga's sudden death on the front line of the battle, he turned around and defeated his enemy Mitsuhide, and then overwhelmed the survivors of the Oda family with his force, thus establishing the Toyotomi regime.Although it is hard to see that Qingzheng has such great ambition and political ability, however, his exploits on the battlefield need to be curbed from now on.It can be said that it was precisely for this that he was charged with crimes and withdrawn from the front line. However, Ning Ning didn't know the truth of this matter in such detail, and she didn't need to know it.Although Ning Ning didn't know much about the situation, she had already deeply understood the essence of the matter.From Ning Ning's point of view, Sancheng and the others probably want to cut off Ning Ning's wings by incriminating the generals of the Owari clan with Ning Ning as their backing, thereby strengthening the power of Yodohime's mother and son. Ning Ning had long thought in her heart: "It must be so." However, there is nothing that can be done to rescue Qingzheng, and the days go by day by day.Qing Zheng spent half a year in confinement at home.In the leap July of this year, something happened.On the night of the 12th of the same month, a major earthquake occurred, with the epicenter near Fushimi and Toba.It was an unprecedentedly strong earthquake.The sky shone brightly, the earth cracked, and in an instant, houses in Fushimi, Toba, and villages along the Yodo River collapsed. Under Fushimi Castle, as many as 2,000 men and women were crushed to death.Even the daimyo's mansion is no exception.In the Qingzheng mansion under confinement, the big academy collapsed and the stables caught fire.However, even in such adversity, in order to protect Hideyoshi's safety, he was determined to go to Fushimi Castle, and ordered his servants to prepare.He himself wrapped a belt around his waist, put on a battle coat with the seven characters "Nanmomiaofa Lianhuajing" written in cinnabar on the white silk, tied a persimmon-colored kerchief on his forehead, and held an eighth A foot-long stick.That stick was used to pry down collapsed houses.At the same time, he ordered his 30 warriors and 200 infantry, all holding long sticks, to stumble and step on the ground where the aftershocks were still continuing, and boarded Fushimi Castle.I saw that the main gate of Fushimi Castle had been destroyed by the earthquake, and the watchtower of Matsunomaru had also collapsed, and corpses were lying everywhere. Qingzheng had to find Hideyoshi first. "Everyone come with me, go to the main hall first!" Qingzheng ran up the stone steps while giving orders loudly.He quickly climbed to the top of the stone steps, only to see that all the buildings and houses around the main hall had also collapsed, and he could only hear the earth moaning continuously.Qingzheng thought secretly: "Could it be that Hideyoshi was also crushed to death?" He ordered his men to lift the lantern higher, searched around for a while by the light, but found no trace of Hideyoshi.In order to guard against omissions, they entered the harem, walked through a patio, stepped over a moon gate, and entered the back garden.Only then did I realize that on the grass beside the rockery in the garden, there was a large group of maids sitting around. There were about twenty people, surrounded by screens. .On the pine tree by the edge of the grass, there is a big lantern hanging.Qingzheng found that Xiuzhong was squatting within the circle illuminated by the lantern fire.Perhaps it was because he was afraid that an assassin would take advantage of this unexpected event, but he was dressed as a woman with bright and eye-catching women's clothes on his body.For Kiyomasa, who was familiar with Hideyoshi in the past, he felt like a different person.Beizhengsuo, Matsunomaruhime and Takazo were also present. Qingzheng knelt down nearby and said loudly to Lord Xiaozang: "I am Kato, the master planner. I am worried that the Lord and all the ladies will be crushed below, so I bring this stick with me, and I want to use it to pry open the ruins and rescue everyone. That's why I dared to go up to the city despite being imprisoned." As soon as the clear voice fell, Ning Ning shouted: "Toranosuke!" Ning Ning probably thought that if he seized this opportunity to praise him in front of Hideyoshi, it would be equivalent to affirming Qingzheng's actions this time, so Hideyoshi would have to admit it. "You came at the right time, you came so fast!" Ning Ning continued, "You are always so courageous, diligent, faithful and reliable." Ning Ning's speech was louder than Qing Zheng's.Qingzheng bowed to the ground.The ground was still shaking from the aftershocks.Then, Kiyoshi raised his head.According to the rules, he had to turn his eyes towards Master Xiao Zang and make a gesture of speaking to Master Xiao Zang. "Lord Xiaozang, please listen!" Qingzheng loudly told about the wrongs he suffered in North Korea.He said: "I even conquered the eight ways of North Korea. I first entered the capital of North Korea, captured a pair of prince brothers alive, and then fought in Jiandao Province. , I also tried every means and worked hard with all my strength, but the reward I got was only slander, the Lord blindly listened to the words of Mr. Jibu, and didn't even think about it." Ning Ning repeatedly nodded in agreement.As soon as Kiyomasa finished speaking, she said: "Probably caused by the fatigue on the battlefield, Toranosuke's face looks much thinner than before!" She said this to arouse Hideyoshi's sympathy for Kiyomasa.Then Ning Ning said to Hideyoshi: "How about letting Kiyomasa be the guard of the middle gate? The other generals have not come yet." Hearing what Ning Ning said, Hideyoshi nodded slightly.In this way, it can be seen that Hideyoshi has lifted the confinement of Kiyomasa. Afterwards, Ning Ning spoke in front of Hideyoshi again, explaining for Kiyomasa, and finally made Hideyoshi say: "Then forgive Toranosuke." upright.This may be Ningning's last mediation work for the people he protects. Counting from this year, to the early autumn of the third year, Hideyoshi died in Fushimi Castle.According to the will left by Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the chief of the five elders, acted as an agent of government affairs and issued an order to withdraw the generals in North Korea to Japan.Qingzheng landed in Bodo, and when he returned to the capital, he announced his revenge.He threatened to cut off Shao Jibu's head. Fukushima Masanori, Kuroda Nagamasa, Asano Yukinaga, Ikeda Terumasa and other princes of the Owari clan shouted excitedly: "I am one too!" They elected Qingzheng as their leader.What is different from Qingzheng is that they not only have hatred for Ishida Mitsunari, but also may have a political impulse: they want to use the opportunity of Hideyoshi's death to wipe out Ishida Mitsunari and his ruling party, and let the Toyotomi family restore their authority to the right path they had considered.At least it can be said that Kuroda Nagamasa, Ikeda Teruma, Asano Yukinaga, etc. are not the kind of people who hate politics. The situation is tense.This is not a needless commotion.At times it seemed even to develop into a hand-to-hand street fight.Ishida Mitsunari and Konishi Xingchang did not dare to take this lightly. They set up deer villages around the mansion; at the four corners of the wall, they set up watchtowers and set up guards.Ieyasu took advantage of the situation. From the moment Ieyasu got Hideyoshi's obituary, he began to secretly think about how to usurp power from Hideyoshi.Since then all his thoughts have been concentrated on this point, while his actions have been carefully and tactfully acted.Ieyasu carefully observed the internal strife in the Toyotomi family, and privately determined a course of action: take all possible measures to carry out gentle work on the various princes of the Owari Clan, and manipulate these people so that the Ishida Party will be eliminated in the future, and the Ishida Party will be eliminated. Yodohime and Hideyori were thrown from the throne of power.Apart from doing so, it seems that there is no other way to gain the world. "The inner government supports them behind the scenes." For this, Ishida Sancheng severely criticized both in the court and in front of his own party.However, Ieyasu didn't care.What he considered was that first of all, he had to establish a relationship with them through marriage. However, Hideyoshi has a will.He was afraid that others would form a private party after his death, so he left a law prohibiting private marriages, stipulating that marriages between relatives and friends of all famous names can only be decided after obtaining the approval of the superior.Ieyasu tried to ignore the will.However, if only he ignored the law and married other famous people from among Ieyasu's relatives and friends, and did not want to break this law, then it would not help. Thinking of this, Ieyasu decided to discuss this matter with the Beizheng Office.As long as the Beizheng Office nodded and agreed, those daimyos who were under her protection or who had been close to her in the past would marry Ieyasu without any worries. In the final analysis, Ieyasu had to win over Beizhengsuo's heart and pull her to his side.Otherwise, it would be very difficult to instigate rebellion against the Toyotomi family.Hideyoshi's tablet is enshrined in the temple of Amida Peak in Kyoto. Ieyasu went up the mountain many times in the name of going to offer incense, and visited Ningning who was in mourning in the temple.At the same time, gifts were given and messengers were sent.For Ning Ning, who was in a lonely mood, this was a great comfort. For this reason, in the court hall of Fushimi Castle, there is even a speculative rumor with an erotic color: "The relationship with the inner government is a bit unusual!" Needless to say, Ning Ning did not have such feelings.However, after Hideyoshi's death, she felt that Ieyasu was more reliable than others. He was not only powerful, but also kind.In order to gain Ning Ning's trust, Ieyasu was very careful about his every move, word and deed when in contact with Ning Ning.Later, Ning Ning even thought: "There is no one other than Edo Neifu who can entrust the future of the Toyotomi family and His Highness Hideyori. Since you have to rely on the Neifu, you have to trust him, and you should even entrust it to him It is." Ning Ning believes: "Ieyasu will not treat the Toyotomi family badly. If Sancheng and his gang support Yodohime's mother and son and monopolize the power of the Toyotomi family according to the current situation, it will be very dangerous." The above judgments are the product of Ning Ning's rationality.And her feelings support these conclusions.Ningning could not bear emotionally to give all the power of the Toyotomi family to the Ishida Misunichi faction, Yodohime and her group of old maids whom they supported.This is not jealousy, because it was Ningning who helped Hideyoshi create the Toyotomi family business, not Sancheng and the others.What's more, if Sancheng's faction wins, Qingzheng, who have been protected by Ningning, will have to perish. Ning Ning even made the worst plan.Power may pass to Ieyasu.But she thought that if Ieyasu was in power, then he would probably give Hideyoshi a name of five or six hundred thousand koku and let him own a city near Settsu or Yamato, so that the Toyotomi family could continue their family tree and make The incense of the memorial ceremony is continuous, just like Hideo protects Oda Hidenobu, the grandson of the Oda family, and confers him the name of Gifu Nagon.Ning Ning sometimes even felt that it would be better to transfer the power to Jiakang on this condition.Such a big determination was not a sudden whim for Ning Ning.There was a man named Quan Shun, who was both the lord of Jinjiangpu Guanyin Temple City and a monk, who told Ningning about this in private.At that time, Ning Ning listened to his words from beginning to end with a calm attitude.The reason why she can do this is not so much because of reason, but because of her hatred of those Ishida Misunichi who supported Yodohime in Osaka.The above-mentioned intricate thoughts from emotion and reason are intertwined, which makes Ningning believe in Ieyasu. Ning Ning replied to the envoy sent by Ieyasu: "I can also talk to Toranosuke about getting married." She did so immediately.Qingzheng was a widower at the time, just what he wanted.Ieyasu adopted the daughter of his staff member Mizuno Shigeta as an adopted daughter, and after hasty preparations, married her to Kiyomasa.At about the same time, Ieyasu married his second adopted daughter to Fukushima Masaoyuki, Fukushima Masanori's legitimate son; and another adopted son was betrothed to Hachisuka Toyo, the son of Hachisuka's housekeeper. "The new soil of the temple of Amitabha Peak has not yet been dry, but it is so brazen and blatantly breaking the laws and regulations left by the Lord!" Thirty percent of them used such words to condemn Ieyasu and Kiyosama.However, Qingzheng ignored it.No matter how domineering Sancheng relied on the power of Dianji's mother and son, from Qingzheng's point of view, they had the tacit approval of the Beizheng Office.In this respect, they are bold and bold, which somewhat alleviates the guilt of violating the will of the Lord.Moreover, when Qing Zheng paid a private visit, Ning Ning once told him quietly: "Everything depends on the inner government." As long as you follow Ning Ning's orders, you won't be disloyal to Toyotomi's family.This habit has become a yardstick for their spirit since their youth. In the second year after Hideyoshi's death, the so-called Battle of Sekigahara took place.When the dispute happened, Sancheng acted as the mastermind and raised the flag to attack Ieyasu in Osaka. Ning Ning left Osaka, moved to Kyoto, and lived in seclusion in Sanppongi, praying for Hideyoshi's blessings.During this period, Ning Ning once admonished his nephew, the lord of Liuwanshi, Wakasa Obama, Katsutoshi, "Don't go in the wrong direction, and follow the Edo Neifu." He is also one of Ningning's adopted sons. On the one hand, he expressed understanding for his joining the Western Army due to accidental reasons, but on the other hand, he ordered him in a firm tone: "In the future, you will be recruited from the Western Army. Support the inner government!" Kiyoshi Kato was carrying out activities to support the Eastern Army in Kyushu.On the Guanyuan battlefield, Fukushima Zhengzheng and other people who Ning Ning raised from childhood, as well as her relatives, all voted for the Eastern Army led by Ieyasu.And they all fought hard, and in the end, due to Xiuqiu's internal response, the outcome of the battle was decided.The battle of Sekigahara destroyed the forces of the Yodohime gang belonging to the Western Army. According to a certain point of view, it can even be said that the so-called Battle of Sekigahara was a war waged in the Sekigahara Basin by Hideyoshi's wives and concubines each mobilizing tens of thousands of troops.Ieyasu took the opportunity to win the world. From then on, it was the rest of Ningning's life.Ning Ning has never said a word about this situation and the changes in the current situation.She was only doing Buddhist work for Hideyoshi wholeheartedly, other than that, she didn't leave any impression on people.A few years after the end of the Sekigahara War, in the tenth year of Qingcho (1605), Ning Ning asked Xiao Zangzhu to ask Ieyasu, "I want a temple." Ieyasu respected Ning Ning's wishes very much, and he ordered his important ministers Sakai Tadashi and Doi Tossatsu to be responsible for building a magnificent temple at the foot of Higashiyama in Kyoto.This is Kodaiji Temple. Ning Ning not only enshrined Hideyoshi's tablet in this Gaotai Temple, but also settled here himself.Ieyasu attached great importance to this woman who brought the world to him, and gave her 13,000 stone fiefs in Hanoi as makeup fees, and gave her generous treatment.Ningning lives as a nun.In the sixth year of Yuanhe (1620), Osaka Castle fell, and Yodohime's mother and son died.After that, Ning Ning was still alive.She died at the age of seventy-six until the Edo shogunate entered the rule of the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, that is, on September 6, the sixth year of Kanei (1629). Confucian scholars in the Edo period once said something like this: "The talent of the Beizhengsuo led to the demise of the Toyotomi family." However, this statement is somewhat different from the facts.It was she and Hideyoshi who jointly cultivated the big tree of Toyotomi's house, and after Hideyoshi died, she personally swung the sword and cut down the big tree by the roots.It makes people feel that there is an almost heroic spirit of "rather destroying than giving to others". In her later years, she enjoyed the romance, and lived a leisurely and contented life under the admiration of the daimyos who had been influenced by her.There was no sign of remorse for her own actions.