Chapter 20 Ninth story Yodohime and her son-4

Ieyasu has also been paying attention to Yodohime's mood.If she gets awkward and hugs Hideyori to order the princes of the former Toyotomi family system again, then the world will be in chaos soon, and the power of the world that Ieyasu has finally grasped will have to be like sand in the palm of his hand. , have scattered. For example, Masanori Fukushima, Kiyomasa Kato and others who contributed to Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara obtained a large territory of about 500,000 koku from Ieyasu, but they never gave up that they are Hideyori's With such a dual attitude, the retainers often went to Osaka to pay homage to Jay Hideo and pay his respects to him.If Ieyasu treats Hideyori too harshly, it is hard to predict how they will behave in the future.

For this reason, although Ieyasu was in Edo, he still commanded the world as the chief elder of the Toyotomi family.Two years after the end of the Sekigahara Battle, on February 14th in the seventh year of Keicho (1602), Ieyasu came to Osaka again.A month later, he paid homage to Hideyori on March 13th. Ieyasu said in his speech: "In the past, I have not greeted you for a long time, but now I am here to congratulate you on the New Year." The season has already arrived in the middle of March, and it is a bit weird to say that it is to congratulate the New Year.However, this was finally a courtesy of a servant, which stabilized the emotions of Kato Kiyomasa and other daimyos of the old Toyotomi family system.In the second year, on February 8th of the eighth year of Keicho, Ieyasu hurriedly came to Osaka to deliver a New Year's message to Hideyori, and then returned to Edo.However, this eight-year visit to Keicho was the last, and Ieyasu has never visited since then.This is because the powerful prestige of the Toyotomi family who once ruled Japan has gradually been forgotten by people all over the world.Naturally, Osaka Castle became depressed, and Edo took its place and became a prosperous place.It turned out that the major names belonging to the Toyotomi family all built mansions in Edo, let their wives and children live in Edo, and voluntarily gave them to Ieyasu as hostages.Even Kato Kiyomasa, or more precisely, Kato Kiyomasa took the lead, obtained a homestead in the Miyake area in Edo, and spent money like land to build a splendid mansion here, allowing his wife and children to live in it.This was probably done to publicly show Ieyasu and the world that he would never rebel against the Edo regime.Other princes of the Toyotomi system also followed this upright example and built mansions in Edo.

Ieyasu thought to himself: "Now there is no need to go to Osaka to pay New Year's greetings." Since then, he stopped his trip to Osaka. Hideyori has lost her strength. However, only the official position kept rising.This is a matter of course.The current territory of the Toyotomi family is only at the level of one daimyo.However, unlike other daimyos, the Toyotomi family belonged to the imperial family, as evidenced by the fact that Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi, his father, and Hideji, his foster brother, were both promoted to the post of Guanbai.In this regard, there is no difference between the Toyotomi family and the Konoe family, Yingshi family, Kujo family, Nijo family, and Ichi family of the Gosho family (a family that can serve as regent and Guan Bai).Although Hideyori was still a young man, he was promoted to the position of Cong Erdai Nayan in the sixth year of Qingcho, and became the minister of the interior in the eighth year of Qingcho.It must be rare for a ten-year-old boy to serve as an internal minister in the history of the past and present.

From officials to internal ministers, it can be said that he is the commander-in-chief of all officials in the court.For this reason, the Imperial Court of Kyoto treated Osaka with the proper courtesy according to regulations.Every New Year, princes, ministers and other princes and nobles came to Osaka in groups from Kyoto to pay homage to Hideyori in the imperial palace in Osaka City, and to congratulate this nobleman of Toyotomi II respectfully and respectfully.In this regard, it is no different from when Hideyoshi was alive. However, only Ieyasu no longer came to congratulate him.A more important reason than the one mentioned above is that Ieyasu invited the court this year and won the title of General Who Conquers Barbarians.As the precedents such as Kiso Yoshinaka and Minamoto Yoritomo have shown in the past, only those who were born in Genji can be named generals who conquered barbarians by the emperor.Takashi Ashikaga was granted the title because he was Genji.The same is true for Akechi Mitsuhide, who claimed to be Toki Genji (Genji was originally a royal family, and his descendants were scattered all over the place, here refers to Genji living in Toki), so he was granted the title.When Hideyoshi was a general under the Oda family, he did not disclose his family background.Since he claimed to be a member of the Ping family for a period of time later, he could not be the general of Yi, so he had to ask the court to create a courtier's surname for him - Fengchen, thus becoming the royal family, and using Guan Bai is qualified to rule the world.Ieyasu did not claim to be Genji at first, but later when he was an ally of Oda Nobunaga, he asked the imperial court for permission to be called Genji publicly.Thanks to such an experience, he was appointed as the general's family by imperial edict.The biggest advantage of the general who conquers barbarians is that he can open a shogunate.

By opening the shogunate, Ieyasu legitimized the illegal regime established in Edo that had continued since the Sekigahara campaign.In this way, he can openly command the princes of all parties and order the people of the world.No matter from which aspect, he doesn't have to worry about the Toyotomi family.At this time, three years had passed since the Sekihara victory. The news of Ieyasu's appointment as General Conquering Yi soon spread to Osaka.This surprised Yoshihime and her maids. "Do the servants of the Toyotomi family want to open a shogunate?" They can't understand.Then I also thought that since the shogunate was to be established, it probably did not intend to return the power to the Toyotomi family.

This time Yodohime called Katagiri Katagiri again, as if he was Ieyasu, and asked him angrily: "You lied to us, didn't you?" Qi Yuan didn't answer immediately.However, after thinking about it for a while, he talked about what he was hoping for wishfully, as if it was what Ieyasu thought in his heart. "Hey, it's nothing. The general's position is only his generation. He plans to hand it over to His Highness Xiu Lai later." During this period, Fukushima Masanori, who was going back to his territory Hiroshima from Edo, came to Osaka on the way, paid homage to Hideyori and his mother, and said something similar to this.

Masayoshi Fukushima said to them: "Just be patient for a while." According to him, Ieyasu was born in the 11th year of Tianwen (1542), and he was born in the tiger zodiac, so he was already old.As for the Minister of Internal Affairs, he is growing like a seedling. The longer the Minister of Internal Affairs grows, the closer Ieyasu is to death.Once Ieyasu dies, we and other lords in the world will no longer have to take into account the friendship of the Tokugawa family.If Ieyasu is lost, then once the two sides fight, the Tokugawa family will not be as strong as it is now.So now bear with all your might.One must not act hastily and act rashly, but should wholeheartedly obey the orders of Edo.When the time is right in the future, even if the Tokugawa family does not want to return the power, we will use the swords and guns in our hands to let the Tokugawa family return the power to you.

Masayoshi Fukushima said with certainty: "Please rest assured, I will definitely do that." After hearing these overly straightforward words, even this Dianji felt relieved and worried about Zheng Ze himself. Yodohime said, "If the words of Zaemon Taifu Hou Ye just now spread to Edo, what will happen to you?" It is extremely rare for this woman to actually worry about others this time.Just such an ordinary sentence has moved Zhengzheng so much that he couldn't help crying. Zheng Zheng said in a deep voice: "Thank you!" But he immediately raised his head and said loudly: "What's so great about spreading it to Edo! Originally, for Master Edo, I am his benefactor. During the original war, because I hated Sancheng so much, I joined Lord Edo’s side. Because of my participation, a large number of princes also joined Lord Edo’s side.”

That's exactly what happened.Zhengzhengyuan is related to the previous master Hideyoshi.For this reason, among the daimyos of the Toyotomi family, they and Kato Kiyomasa were the founding heroes of the Toyotomi regime. Qinfan, one's own relatives serve as the direct line daimyo; the third is Waiyang, collateral daimyo).During the Battle of Sekigahara, because even Masamune helped Ieyasu, other princes also participated in the battle against Osaka with peace of mind.At that time, Fukushima was of extraordinary value to Ieyasu who wanted to pursue his own political strategy.Zheng Zheng clearly understands his own value.Moreover, on the Sekigahara battlefield, Zhengzheng served as the vanguard of Ieyasu's troops and participated in the cruelest battle. It was because of his extraordinary bravery and indomitable courage that he defeated the Western Army.All in all, Zhengze has contributed more to Ieyasu than anyone else.In addition, before the Battle of Sekihara, Masayoshi once told Kuroda Nagamasa who persuaded him to join Ieyasu in Shimono Koyama: "I can join Master Edo, but this is all out of hatred for Ishida Matsunari. I hope From Master Edo, I got a word of assurance: After winning this battle, Hideyori's status will not be damaged in the slightest."

Afterwards, Zhengzheng obtained a guarantee from Ieyasu through Kuroda Nagamasa, which was roughly the same: "It will not be like that." When those words spread to Kanto, Ieyasu would not blame him. After listening to Zheng Zheng's explanation, Dian Ji felt more at ease. However, Ieyasu in Edo was simply not something a warrior like Masamune could handle.It didn't take long for this to become clear. Ieyasu simply resigned from his post as the general who conquered the barbarians.This was in April of the tenth year of Qingcho (1605), two years after Ieyasu became a general.Unexpectedly, on the day of his resignation, he invited the imperial court to give up the position of General Zhengyi to his direct son Xiuzhong, allowing him to inherit the political power.

I am afraid there is nothing more depressing the people of the Osaka government office, and more indignant Yodohime and her maids than this news.Because by giving the post of general to Hidetada, Ieyasu showed the world that he had no intention of giving up power to Hidetaka. At this time, Xiu Lai was thirteen years old and had already been an official right minister.If you want to be promoted after this, you can only be regarded as Guanbai.If you become Guan Bai, then you have to follow the precedent set by your father, on the one hand, command the courtiers, preside over the government, and on the other hand, lead more than 200 princes, in charge of the world's politics.In that case, it is inevitable that there will be a conflict with the general who is considered to be the pillar of the samurai since the Kamakura and Muromachi eras.