Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Guanbai East Tour

Toyotomi Hideyoshi listened happily to Kuroda Takataka's report, and beside him was Mrs. Yodo who had been summoned.Her cheeks are rosy and extremely delicate.The person holding the lamp at the side is the Xiangting Bureau who serves Mrs. Dian. "Oh, that's what Ujimasa really said?" Hideyoshi was calm and unsurprised when he heard the last words of Ujihui and Ujimasa when they committed seppuku in the lower part of Odawara Castle. On the fifth day of July in the eighteenth year of Tensho, Hojo Ujimasa, Hojo Ujiki, Matsuda Kenhide, Daidoji Masashige and others agreed to Hideyoshi's conditions and decided to open the Odawara Castle Gate and surrender.On the sixth day, Tokugawa Ieyasu led his troops into the city.On the seventh day, the generals entered Ieyasu's camp, and Ieyasu personally inspected Odawara Castle on the tenth day.

When Ieyasu was inspecting, some of the clan members directly under the clan who survived had already defected to Yuri Takigawa.Shizheng and Shihui in the city moved to the residence of Anqi, a doctor, and committed seppuku on the 11th.At the time of seppuku, Shizheng had no regrets, and roared loudly: "Hideyoshi Hashiba will follow in my footsteps sooner or later. Life is but a dream. There are good dreams and bad dreams. In the end, everyone will die." Kuroda Takataka reported the details to Hideyoshi maliciously, but Hideyoshi didn't care. "It's just the cry of a loser! He's a man without good dreams, isn't he, ma'am?" He laughed it off and continued happily talking about his upcoming trip to Kamakura, praying for luck at Hachiman Shrine, and going to Oshu.However, his heart was not as happy as it appeared on the surface.

Back then, when Hideyoshi learned that Shibata Katsuie set himself on fire, or Oda Nobutaka committed suicide, he never felt this way.Life is like a dream, elusive, who can control the future?Shizheng's suicide made him have a strange association that he had never had before - a young warrior with gorgeous makeup, sitting on the tatami, staring at the dagger stuck in his abdomen.This young warrior sometimes looks like Nobutaka who died with hatred for Hideyoshi in Utsumi Noma Midou, and sometimes becomes the grown-up Tsurumatsumaru. "Could it be that like me, there will be an ending like Uji's administration?" Hideyoshi was quite confident, but he was deeply uneasy about Aiko.To hide his uneasiness, Hideyoshi always acted happier than usual.

Kuroda Takataka seemed to see his thoughts. "My lord," Xiao Gao said, "The matter of Odawara has come to an end, but how will your lord deal with that Honda who spoke rudely in front of you as a leftist?" Hideyoshi looked at Xiao Gao in surprise, could this person want to talk too much?But he knew that once the matter was brought up, it would not be settled easily, so he feigned surprise and said, "Hondo is Zaemon, what happened to him?" Xiao Gao smiled, and hurriedly restrained his face and said: "He is an important minister of Tokugawa, and he once wanted to burn Mrs. Tai!"

"Oh! I almost forgot about that!" "Oh? That's because your lord has a broad mind. But no one can forget this from the world's great names to infantry." "Oh?" "There is only one person in the whole world who dares to disregard your authority. Not only does he want to intimidate and set fire to the government office, but he also insults you and Tokugawa-sama in Junfu City without respect. He is really a stone in a latrine!" "Guan Bingwei, do you think he really wants to set fire to the government office, or does he want to tease me?"

"Do you need to ask? This is obvious to all." "In the future, Jiakang may reuse this person." "His bravery and salary are above all others. When attacking Xiatian, he also commanded the army at sea and made great achievements." "You mean I should praise him?" "This...Although my lord has this intention, if you do this, I'm afraid there will be rumors that Lord Guan Bai can't do anything to him." Hideyoshi gave Xiao Gao a displeased look: Could it be that this guy really wants to tease me?But Xiao Gao is right, Hideyoshi wants to show his generosity, but if he specifically praises Zuo Zuo, it will definitely have a bad influence. "Oh? I almost forgot about this matter. Since you brought it up, you must have some ideas, why don't you tell me and listen."

"Haha," Xiao Gao said with a smile, "My lord, you are really shrewd, but if you don't handle it yourself, Master Tokugawa may not be able to do anything about it." "What can I do?" "Yes. The newly awarded Kanto is very vast, and Zuohara is Okazaki Joyo, so he must have a considerable salary to convince him." "It makes sense." "In this way, Zuo Zuo must often go to Osaka Castle." "What's wrong with that?" "In front of the big names, he might do something rude again. Haha, he is a person who doesn't know the seriousness. Although this kind of person is rare, it is quite worrying." Although Xiao Gao was smiling, his eyes were He looked at Hideyoshi maliciously.

Hideyoshi glanced at him disapprovingly.He knew that Xiao Gao was not really asking how to deal with Zuo Zuo, but just watched with cold eyes to see how he would punish him.Hideyoshi's heart is like a mirror, he will not let Xiao Gao succeed, so he said seriously: "To be honest, I originally planned to hand Mikawa over to Zuo Zuo, of course it was just a plan." "My lord should give up this idea and let him cut seppuku!" "Either reward a country, or cut him to death. The idea of ​​​​an officer and guard is really rare in the world. If it were you, how would you deal with it? Ever since Takenaka Hanbei passed away, you have always claimed to be a wise man in the world. I want to see and see Your wisdom."

"Compared to grown-ups, I am like fireflies to the sun." "No, no, if you are luckier than me, of course you can win the world. Just say it." "Hahaha," Xiao Gao said with a smile, "then, I will say it, but my intelligence is not as good as that of an adult." "Guanbingwei, that's all right, you go to convey my meaning to Ieyasu tomorrow." "Yes. How do you say it?" "You should understand what I do, and tell him what you know! Well, it's settled." "This..." Xiao Gao yelled, scratching his head in confusion.He originally planned to tease Hideyoshi, but at this moment he was sent to the army instead.In this way, he has to handle the matter of being Zaemon in every possible way.Of course, he didn't have no plans at all, but it was inconvenient to say.

"Hey!" Hideyoshi proudly asked Mrs. Yodo to pour wine, and changed the subject, "Is the trip to Kamakura already arranged?" "Yes. Everything has been taken care of according to your lord's instructions." Officer Bingwei replied. "Then send Madam to the west in about 15 days, and I should start too." "Everything is ready." "No, there's still one thing unfinished." "what?" "Ieyasu learned about the details of Lai Chaogong's establishment of the shogunate in Kamakura from "My Wife Kan."

"yes." "Shizheng sent this book to Ieyasu, but I heard that you gave it to him too. Why did you give him this book? Could it be that you want Ieyasu to become Lai Chaogong?" Hideyoshi's words were soft, but the meaning in his words was like a sharp sword, Xiao Gao's face became pale for a moment Change. He knows that Hideyoshi seems to be very kind to Ieyasu, but he is on guard in his heart.On the surface, although Ieyasu was appreciated by Hideyoshi, he was in trouble everywhere. "This..." Xiao Gao put on a smile and said, "I did this for the sake of my lord... I gave "My Wife Mirror" to Tokugawa for my own purpose." "Oh, you for me? I don't know, tell me." "That's right. Although Lord Tokugawa cannot compare with the lord, he is still unique among all the great names." "That's right. The Neifu and the others can't compare with him at all." "He asked me, who does your lord plan to arrange to be stationed in Aizu after he moves to the eight states?" "Oh?" Hideyoshi looked puzzled, raised his glass to Xiao Gao, and asked, "I don't understand what you mean, haven't I already arranged Gamo?" "That's right, so I tell him that the adults are not wary of Uesugi and Tokugawa, but hope that they can work together to suppress Date who is about to move, so I invite him to read "My Wife Kan" to understand Kanto and control the north with Gamo. " "Hahaha. Officer Bingwei, I admire him very much. He is worthy of being a military adviser. No, he should be called a great counselor." "Don't dare. I'm doing this to help you calm down the world." "Guan Bingwei, don't be too complacent. Now that Date is mentioned, who do you think can't be taken lightly in today's world?" Xiao Gao didn't understand why Hideyoshi asked this question, he thought carefully, looked at the candlestick, and said: "This...it should be Tokugawa!" "Secondly?" "Date Masamune. He is a so-called good man, full of energy and never restless. There are always one or two such people in the world." "So there's one more?" "The other one is Shimadzu in Kyushu." "I do not think so." "Do you think it's Chinese Maori or Todo?" "no no!" "..." "This person is you." "Adults really know how to joke!" "There are always some restless people in this world, aren't there, Officers and Guards?" Mrs. Dian, who had been silent all this time, suddenly laughed, "Haha, the winner has been decided! My lord, you have won!" On this day, Odawara must have been miserable. Although there were two important ministers who had not been dealt with, Shizheng and Shihui had already committed seppuku.But not a few people can solve everything, and more people should follow them to cut seppuku. If they don’t die, they will definitely struggle and suffer because of morality.However, there was laughter here.Hideyoshi, Mrs. Dian, Xiao Gao, servants and all the guards were all happy. Hideyoshi laughed out loud after hearing Mrs. Yodo's words, "Guanbingwei, I was just joking, I understand what you mean." "My lord, this is a big joke! When Changzheng was a child, I followed him and controlled the fate of their father and son." "Haha. Okay, okay. I know you did this for me, and it was really hard work." "It's best if your lord knows... But, I was really a false alarm just now." Hideyoshi looked at Xiao Taka's bald head when he was imprisoned in the heavy castle of Araki Village, and thought it was ridiculous.Nobunaga sometimes called Hideyoshi a "bald mouse", however Hideyoshi thought it would be more appropriate to call Takataka a banded mouse. "Guan Bingwei, I still want to use your intelligence." "As long as it's not a joke." "It's about the son." "Master Tsurumatsumaru?" "That's right. Now I'll hand him over to the Beizheng Office in Osaka." "Oh." "He called the Beizheng Institute a big mother." "Big Mom? What a cute name!" "However, after Mrs. Dian said to go back, she wanted him back. Do you think this child would not want to leave the Beizheng Office?" "Does the lord want to bring the young master back to Diancheng?" "I have this idea and want to ask you." Xiao Gao was very helpless, and he didn't want to talk about it.But if this is not the case, Jing loses the opportunity to express himself.In fact, it's not that he has no countermeasures. As soon as this strategy came out, Hideyoshi looked at him with admiration. "Leave it to me, my lord." Xiao Gao patted his chest and said, "Your lord can keep silent. After returning to Diancheng, I will let you come back." But Xiao Gao didn't have a good plan, but if he didn't, he might not be able to end it. Mrs. Dian smiled sweetly at Xiao Gao. Hideyoshi also left Odawara on July 16 after Madam Yodo left, heading east.After Mrs. Yodo left One Night Castle, she stayed in Numazu on the 15th.Hideyoshi ordered the Mori clan to prepare 30 heads of livestock to carry things with Kobayakawa Takakage and Yoshikawa Hiroka, and arranged for 600 porters with ten guards and entourages.A group of people is enough to make the spectators along the road admire, but compared with Hideyoshi's team, it is nothing. From July of the 18th year of Tensho to August of the next year, Changsheng Sekibaek Hideyoshi was the happiest time in his life, but it was also a turning point in his fate, because his beloved Tsurumatsu Maru died of illness in August of the 19th year of Tensho .Good and bad luck in life is always unpredictable. Of course, the present Hideyoshi had no foresight of Aiko's death a year later.He thinks he has settled down the world, has a young concubine, and has heirs to inherit the mantle, he is the luckiest person.Now, he will leave Odawara and go to Kamakura, how could he not be proud of himself? The road to Kamakura has already been cleared, ready to welcome the king.Wherever Hideyoshi went, the big names competed to please him, and no one in the world dared to have two hearts. Hideyoshi intends to move Ieyasu to Edo, and Gamo's village to be stationed in Aizu. At the same time, Rikuzen's Osaki Yoshitaka, Kasai Harunobu, Iwaki Ishikawa Akimitsu, Shirakawa Yuki Yoshinori and others who did not obey the order were exiled one by one. .Riding on the horse, Hideyoshi thought about giving the southern seven prefectures to Nambu Nobutao, letting Satake Yoshishige and Yoshinobu move to Kiki, Date Masamune moved to Yonezawa, in order to balance each other's forces so that they would not dare to act rashly. Along the way, on the right is the vast sea, and on the left are rolling mountains, which seem to be born for Hideyoshi.The people who greeted him along the way, the sky, the earth, the breeze, flowers and plants... even the sun seemed to be cheering for him. When leaving Katase from Fujisawa, passing through Yoritomo, and Kogoshi where brothers were fighting each other, Hideyoshi felt that he was like a legendary god-man.He called over Ukita Hideo's family who was accompanying him, and said, "What's so great about Lai Chao!" These words came so suddenly that the Xiu family had no choice but to bow to the sky, "The weather was sunny and sunny along the way, probably because I knew the Lord was coming!" "Haha. Xiujia, what are you talking about! Of course I know this." "Oh." "I am the son of the sun, how can there be no reason for God not to favor me?" "Oh." "Forget it, I just think of Brother Lai Chao, and I feel a little bit aggrieved. Look at my brothers, no, not only my younger brother, but even my brother-in-law and sister-in-law, all of them are convinced by me." The so-called brother-in-law is Xiuci's father; sister-in-law, of course Ieyasu. Xiujia gave a salute, turned around and left in puzzlement. Hideyoshi was riding on the horse, looking at the sea and the mountains, screaming wildly from time to time, and he didn't know who he was calling for.Sometimes he shouted excitedly: "What is Taro Hachiman!" "What's so great about Kiyomori Taira?"When he realized that no one heard him, he said in a daze again: "Oh! That's all!" When a person falls into the abyss of misfortune, he often loses his soul.It seems that people will forget their form when they are most proud.When people are in misfortune, they always need other people's comfort; when they are proud, they don't need it. A group of people arrived at the Hachiman Palace, and after paying homage under the guidance of the lawsuit, they went around to the White Flag Society.Standing in front of the wooden statue of Lai Chao, who is regarded as a god, the group couldn't help feeling a sense of awe and coldness.Everyone listened to the palace secretary telling about Yoritomo's feats, but Hideyoshi went straight to the pedestal of the wooden statue, and said to a living person: "Raitomo!" Then he patted the wooden statue on the shoulder and leaned over. "Aren't you crazy, my lord?" Everyone held their breath.The lawsuit screamed, and the offering tray he was holding fell to the ground. "It's okay. We haven't seen each other for a long time, and we want to chat, don't you, Yoritomo?" Hideyoshi patted the wooden statue's shoulder again, "The only one who can win the world alone is you and me. Haha!" Of course the wooden statue would not answer.Hideyoshi's familiar laughter shook everyone's eardrums, and he said calmly: "You come from a royal family, and your ancestors are protected by Iyomori Yoshitaka and Hachimantaro Yoshika. And I am just a common man. I can't compare these Fuck you! But you and I are both people in the world, so we should be good friends. Haha!" Although the guards knew that Hideyoshi had started to be arrogant again, the people in the temple were trembling with fright. "Hahaha. There will be a period later, take care." After Hideyoshi finished speaking, he turned around and left without saluting.Although this move is not particularly arrogant, it is hardly normal, just like an extremely intoxicated sleepwalker. However, as soon as he entered Edo, Hideyoshi became sharp again and regained his former heroic and wise appearance.In Edo, he lived at the Hoonji Temple of the Nichiren School at Hirakawaguchi in Beiyuan. He said with a smile: "If Ieyasu goes with me, I will teach him how to build a castle." It was night, and Hideyoshi stayed in this temple.On the second day, July 20, Hojo Shinao and his party, who had been exiled to Koyasan, also set off westward from Odawara.In addition to the Ujibang, Ujibang, and Ujiki families, about 300 people, including Hita Naoken and Daidoji Naoshige, accompanied the family.Hideyoshi asked Kuroda Takataka to convey to Ieyasu that Wakashi was able to act cautiously in the temple on Koyasan, and he would be able to stay at the foot of the mountain by the end of November, which made the group grateful for Hideyoshi's generosity.The panic-stricken people also began to feel at ease. "As expected of Lord Guanbai, if he were a general like Lord Nobunaga, I really don't know what he would do." "How magnanimous! I heard that even the castellan who was exiled to Koyasan gave Shilu." "Yes! Otherwise, how will these three hundred people live? In short, as long as they are cautious, the Hojo family should be able to restore their daimyo status." "Anyway, you can rest assured. With Mr. Tokugawa around, we will never suffer." What makes people feel more stable is Jiakang.It is rumored that Ieyasu is finding his direct survivors one after another.Hideyoshi, who arrived in Edo, of course knew about it.But he Ren Jiakang let go to do it, and he entered Oshu himself.Perhaps doing so will make him more imposing. After looking at Edo Castle and the surrounding mountains and rivers, Hideyoshi headed for Utsunomiya. In Utsunomiya, he summoned Date Masamune and Mogami Yoshimitsu, who made him feel uneasy, and rearranged the various forces in the Tokaido.Satake Yoshishige and his son Yoshinobu also came together, and Hideyoshi gave them a seal, and at the same time declared that Yoshinori was in command of Hitachi on the grounds of Yoshine's old age.He announced in Utsunomiya to take back the territory of Osaki Yoshitaka, Kasai Harunobu, Shirakawa Yoshin, Ishikawa Akimitsu and others because they did not cooperate to attack Odawara, and they did not take Guan Bai seriously. On the ninth day of August, Hideyoshi entered Aizu Kurokawa Castle, which was already in place.So far, the goal of the Eastern Expedition can be regarded as fully achieved. Hideyoshi entered Kurokawa Castle, and immediately awarded the territories of Osaki Yoshitaka and Kasai Harunobu to Kimura Isemori Yoshikiyo and his son Harukihisa, who came together, and at the same time, granted Kamao Chusaburo Kamao Chusaburo the lands of Shizu, Iwase, and Azumi Clan township.In addition, Hideyoshi ordered Mogami Yoshimitsu and Date Masamune to send their wives to Kyoto as a hostage as soon as possible.On August 12, he left Aizu and set foot on his way home. Hideyoshi personally ordered Asano Nagamasa, Otani Yoshitsugu, Ishida Mitsunari, Kimura Shigetsu and others to re-measure the Ou land, and then returned to Beijing on horseback.His heart is far from here. After obtaining Tsurumatsu Maru, Hideyoshi more actively advocated the invasion of Daming from North Korea.With this dream in his heart, he was once again intoxicated in the dream of Chang Sheng Guan Bai, looking forward to the journey to the west...