Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi fell ill again, he managed to persevere until the eighteenth day of the month and visited the emperor with his youngest son Hideyori Shin. Of course, this move was persuaded by close ministers, and the purpose was to prove to the world that His Highness Taikaku was not seriously ill, but for Hideyoshi, it was actually equivalent to asking for leave from the Lord.
"We must cross the sea no matter what!" No matter how much he preached it among his close ministers, Beizheng knew that this was the real reason why his husband was in a dilemma.
Hideyoshi, who was tired of fighting, was now publicized as if he had completely changed, becoming an old man who doted on his children. Of course, this was just made up by his cronies. The one who really doted on Hideyori to the extreme was Mrs. Yodo. Although Hideyoshi was not unloving, she was actually far inferior to Mrs. Yodo in comparison.
However, the above words may not be the deepest problem. Looking at the root cause, it is more appropriate to say that Hideyoshi's cronies made Mrs. Yodo dote on her and insisted on asking Hideyoshi to bring Hideyori into the palace for a visit.
They knew that Hideyoshi was determined to cross the sea and go to Korea, so they tried to elevate Hideyori's identity and decorate him with a false official position. Therefore, on the 18th day of the Jin Dynasty, Hideyori, who was only six years old, was promoted to accept the throne from the second position.
For his close associates, headed by Ishida Mitsunari, Ieyasu and Toshiie, who Hideyoshi relied on to govern the country, were just like the generals such as Kato and Kuroda who he relied on to lead the army on the battlefield. They are a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of these close ministers.
Moreover, if Hideyori's official position and the status of the Toyotomi family heirs are not consolidated, then the status and power of their five brothers will inevitably collapse in the future.
Mrs. Bei Zhengsuo, who came to take care of her, saw the exposed conspiracy of her cronies and felt as if she could not breathe. Hideyoshi rested after returning from the palace, and even took a walk in the hospital without the approval of the doctor.
He only expressed his hope clearly to his wife: "The throne ship should be sailing to the border soon. This time I have to cross the sea no matter what!"
However, this matter could not be kept secret forever, and it might be stopped by the emperor, so Hideyoshi made it clear that the living funeral was over, and he must resolutely cross the sea!
The Beijing Political Office no longer objects to this. Nobunaga has fallen at Honnoji Temple, Imakawa, Saito, Matsunaga... no, even the thirteenth generation general of the Ashikaga family have died in battle one after another. Hideyoshi, the most outstanding among them, is no exception, and his end seems to be approaching soon.
In fact, in the first half of her life, Mrs. Beizhengsuo could not remember how many times she felt that her husband was going to die in battle. It was because she had been mentally prepared so many times that she repeatedly told herself that she could not be flustered this time because she was no longer the wife of Kinoshita Tokichiro.
Empress Jin Yeten, Hideyoshi's illness seemed to have gradually improved. On March 24 after Uesugi Kagekatsu was transferred to Aizu, Hideyoshi called his close followers to his bedside to listen to their reports.
Before that, there was the Kamao clan in Aizu. But now that the Kamao clan is dead, and his son Hideyuki is still young, he will inevitably be controlled by the monster with whom he has bad relations - Masamune Yonda.
Based on this consideration, Uesugi Kagekatsu was transferred from Echigo to Aizu, just to maintain a balanced situation. Toyotomi Hideyoshi secretly thought, this can be regarded as a move I left before leaving.
This matter has been discussed with Tokugawa Ieyasu, and he also asked Ieyasu to promise to marry one of his daughters to Hideyuki Kamao, who had moved to Utsunomiya.
After March 24, as soon as April entered, bad news continued to come from the front. First, he received the news that the Japanese navy had been severely damaged by the North Korean naval general Yi Sun-shin, which made Hideyoshi so angry that he cursed the navy as incompetent.
Then I received news that the Ming army's Japanese fleet had blocked Busan, and the Japanese navy stationed in Busan did not dare to leave the port because of lack of strength. Toyotomi Hideyoshi originally wanted to curse, but he thought that the Taira-Japanese fleet was taken to Korea by Gao Pangshi, and the shortage of Japanese navy ships in Busan was probably not an empty lie, so he refrained from scolding.
Only one day later, another clear message came, and he learned that "the navy of the Ming Dynasty covered the sky and the sun, thousands of sails covered the sea, big tubes were like forests, and the sound shook hundreds of miles."
When this information was sent to Fushimi Castle, Hideyoshi asked Ishida Mitsunari and Asano Nagamasa, who had come to report, to step back. He clutched the pillow tightly and stared at the ceiling for a long time with a cup of tea.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't know how to face the phrase "thousands of sails covering the sea". In his opinion, even if the number of warships in the Ming Dynasty was reduced by half, it would still be 500 ships... Think about those giant ships sold to him by the Sea Trade Alliance , what would it be like to have five hundred ships lined up on the sea?
Mrs. Bei Zhengsuo, who was waiting for him to rest, was also horrified by the words "thousands of sails over the sea", and then became worried about her husband. She was afraid that this hallucination would block him in front of him together with the evil ghost sent by fate.
Mrs. Beizhengsuo gently stroked her husband's cold hand, silent, silent.
On the fifth day of May, something strange appeared in Hideyoshi's words and deeds. Just the night before, he said to himself regretfully: "With my current physical condition, I may not be able to take a boat."
But as soon as it got light, he turned to the North Government Office and asked: "Is this Busan?" Then he said: "You look like a woman of noble status, maybe from the king's family, right?"
Mrs. Bei Zhengsuo was stunned, holding her breath, and staring at her husband's vagina while measuring her pulse.
"What are you talking about? I'm Ning Ning!" So Hideyoshi immediately nodded his head honestly as if he had forgotten what he had just said, as if he wanted to show that he knew who the other party was.
However, after dusk, he became more and more abnormal. Lying in bed, he suddenly issued an order: "Destroy the Mingship in one fell swoop! I will stand on the side of the ship and watch!"
Obviously, this is a symptom of encephalomalacia (note: in Japanese terms, it probably means Alzheimer's disease).
In this way, Mrs. Beizhengsuo could no longer hide it from Wu Fengxing and his cronies. On May 16, Wu Fengxing announced that "Taige was seriously ill".
During the eleven days from May 5th to May 16th, Hideyoshi may have made a mental hasty trip to North Korea.
On May 18, the ministers withdrew the "no retreat" order sent by Hideyoshi to the Ukita Hide family, and at the same time ordered him to find an opportunity to return home immediately.
After Hideie, Hideaki Kobayakawa, Hiroyoshi Yoshikawa and others also received orders to return home for "repair". However, the Ukita Hide family was not in Busan at that time and could not go back at all. However, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Yoshikawa Hideaki and others who were in Busan relied on Kuroda Jishui's plan to surprise Sichuan. After diverting the Taira-Japanese fleet, they led a small number of elites to sneak away. Returned to homeland.
To put it simply, only those important generals who had extra ships and were in Busan at the time were able to use "Hideyoshi was seriously ill" as an excuse to come back, while the others were actually left in North Korea and could only resign themselves to their fate.
Needless to say, these things were beyond the reach of Hideyoshi at this time.
In fact, the overt and secret fighting in Fushimi City started again at this time. Hideyoshi's symptoms were as if he was possessed by something, going back and forth between the battlefield and Fushimi. And even when Fushimi was there, he was actually seriously worried about what would happen when he fell on the battlefield.
One day when his condition improved, he said that no matter what, he would marry Ieyasu's granddaughter Chiki to be Hideyori's wife. According to informed sources, this happened between May 15th and June 20th.
"Call the Edo Zufu! It's too late to tell the followers, you are the only one standing by and listen carefully!" Hideyoshi said to Hokizhengsho with an unprecedented serious expression.
But in the next sentence, his mind jumped to another side and said: "It was wrong to use these prostitutes as maids at that time. Now the customs in the city have been completely disrupted. Even children have started to play the game of writing love letters. In this kind of situation Under the circumstances, Hideyori cannot be cultivated into an outstanding talent... It’s really difficult to handle!”
Although Hideyoshi's tone was the same as before, Hokusei's office had already determined what Hideyoshi wanted to say to his guardian, Toshiie Maeda, through Ieyasu.
The Northern Political Bureau secretly thought: Does he want the Toshi family to take Hideyori over to raise him? However, wouldn't there be a problem in doing so?
Surprisingly, when Asano Nagamasa was sent to find Ieyasu and brought Ieyasu to Hideyoshi's bedside, His Highness Taikaku, who still actually controlled Japan, spoke in an incomprehensible tone: "Hidetada has a daughter, right?" ? Just marry your granddaughter to Hideyori as your wife! No, this is God’s will, so you have a granddaughter. Here today, I hope you will agree to the marriage of their cousins no matter what. "
This incident had no warning for Ieyasu. Even though he had always been cunning and cunning, he was inevitably at a loss for a moment and secretly glanced at the expression on the face of the North Government Office.
Ieyasu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Taiko, why did you suddenly remember this matter?"
"If this matter is not settled, I will not rest in peace." Hideyoshi said softly, half jokingly: "After my death, even if someone wants to seize Toyotomi's world, it was you who deliberately moved me to Mukojima Residence. .”
"Your Highness Taige, you are serious. The status of the world has been determined. Who dares to do such a thing?"
"I've been thinking about it for a long time. This is a way that you can't destroy me. So, this is a clever move... Your descendants and my descendants have become one, so you won't destroy your own descendants by yourself, right? Come on, give me a tight squeeze and put my mind at ease!"
At this point, Beizhengsuo suddenly felt that Hideyoshi was finally freed from his wishful thinking of crossing the sea.
However, that is not the case.
When Ieyasu shook Hideyoshi's hand with a confused expression and left, Hideyoshi looked at the direction where Ieyasu's back disappeared and said: "You can rest assured now! Once Ieyasu decides to make Hideyori his grandson-in-law, he will intervene Toshiya's method of raising Hideyori.
Toshiya is an honest person, and it would be bad if he trained Hideyori to be a dull person, but Ieyasu is different. He is both powerful and cunning. Even Mrs. Yodo can't stop him no matter what he wants to do.
Therefore, once this matter is arranged, I can safely go to North Korea where Kiyomasa, the governor, and Nagamasa are waiting for me, and then close my eyes. "
The Beizheng Institute was so stunned by his last words that he was speechless. He has never given up on his wishful thinking at all. No matter when it comes, he wants to die on the battlefield as a loyal warrior...
On June 27, Hokusei came to the palace to support Hideyoshi in order to recover, and asked him to hold imperial music in the Onmei Palace. At this time, she couldn't bear to see her husband still having the dream of going to North Korea.
The Mikagura was held on the first day of July, and after that, Mrs. Hokuseisho went to Sanhoin where the "living funeral" was held on the seventh day of July, presented five pieces of gold, and prayed.
In addition, Yonda Masamune, who was in Fushimi, heard about this incident from somewhere, and also presented 10 liang of gold to Sanhoin to wish Hideyoshi good health. However, these "good intentions" were either a final "struggle", or they were just posturing, and Hideyoshi's decline unsurprisingly became increasingly serious.
Rumor has it that Hideyoshi at that time would say pleadingly whenever he opened his mouth: "You must not have second thoughts about Hideyori!"
However, for Beizhengsuo, this is unexplainable sadness.
"My husband is not like that!"
Beizheng said in his heart: His heart keeps flying to the battlefield. If he does not die on the battlefield, he will feel that his life has no face, and even his sleep talk is shocking.
It's a pity that this is meaningless, because once the point of no return is reached, Wu Fengxing and the five elders will only consider the funeral very rationally.
Unfortunately, the so-called funeral is nothing more than bringing Hideyori out, which is the easiest thing to accept by the world. Beginning on July 15th, the miraculous work of collecting oaths from the sad and distressed princes began. Hideyoshi, on the other hand, no longer had the strength to express his will.
On July 15th, at the residence of Maeda Toshiie Fushimi Castle, Toshiie and Ieyasu came forward to summon the princes here and asked them to hand over the oaths to Toshiie and Ieyasu.
However, just doing this made Wu Fengxing still uneasy. So, on the first day of August, they were all summoned to Hideyoshi's bedside and asked Hideyoshi to personally entrust Hideyori and the matter of ending the war to them.
On the sixth day of August, Ieyasu, Toshiie, Mori Terumoto, Ukita Hideie and other elders were called to the bedside. Of course, Uesugi Kagekatsu was unable to come because he was in the country.
At this time, Hideyoshi just looked at everyone with tears in his eyes, but could not say any heroic or gentle words of comfort. Therefore, Maeda Gen'i and Asano Nagamasa conveyed Hideyoshi's dictation on their behalf and asked them to hand over the affidavit.
On the eighth day of August, at the bedside of Hideyoshi, who was almost unconscious, the five elders Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Hidetada, Maeda Toshiie, Maeda Toshinaga, and Ukita Hideie turned to Ishida, Asano, Masuda, Nagasuke, Maeda (Xuan Yi) Wu Fengxing handed over the affidavit.
As a private minister of the Toyotomi family, Gosei asked for an oath from the top five elders in the world... This was of course extremely abnormal.
However - "This is an order from His Highness Taige!"
When Hideyoshi could not open his mouth to speak, it is not unreasonable to say that this was an order given while he was still able to speak. However, this is clearly an inappropriate use of patients.
The one who has been silently staring at how those living people make arbitrary decisions based on personal needs is the wife of the bad guy in Kinoshita Tokichiro's era - Mrs. Homasado. Therefore, her grief is unimaginable.
In short, the North Government Office could not bear to witness Mrs. Yodo's disordered conduct after she moved to Osaka Castle. In the original history, she later specially called Ieyasu from Fushimi to Osaka, and she happily let Nishimaru out. I am afraid it was also because she faced the selfishness of all the close ministers and even the women of Taiko before his death. You have seen through the shamelessness of the people around you at the end of your life.
So, two days later, on the tenth day of August, the four elders including Ieyasu, Toshiie, and Terumoto gathered together and agreed with each other: "While Taiko is ill, the country's politics and laws will not be changed."
On August 11, because it was extremely abnormal to hand over the affidavit to Wu Fengxing before, this time Wu Fengxing was asked to hand over the affidavit, and this ended the reversed matter.
After entering August, Hideyoshi became a living corpse with only a weak pulse. Moreover, his whole body would freeze from time to time. Perhaps he was galloping on the battlefield in southern Korea in a dream?
The Beijing Institute of Political Science and Law understands this. Therefore, when she was alone, she had to say something to Hideyoshi.
"Life is so strange!"
Of course, no matter what she said at this time, Hideyoshi could no longer answer. And precisely because he could not answer, Beizhengsuo's eyes were filled with tears.
"People all have desires. If they don't have desires, they are no longer human. People who are not human are still alive and cannot die. What will happen in the meantime? ... Is it a god or a Buddha? Or is it going back and forth between them? ?Despite this, His Highness still has a dream that cannot disappear... Therefore, Ning Ning is very sad."
"..." Hideyoshi's answer was only a faint breath.
"No, life may be precious. So, let's take a look at the world now... There is no other way than this. Just thinking about it like this will make you feel as lonely as the world is disappearing."
Hideyoshi shuddered or trembled from time to time, but in the end he could no longer say any more words or words.
August 18, dawn. Japan's "man of the world", Toyotomi Hideyoshi, finally breathed his last breath. In fact, the only one who stayed by his side and watched him die was Beizhengsuo.
After Mrs. Hokusei cried sadly, the doctor and Wu Fengxing hurriedly gathered at Hideyoshi's bedside - "from the pillow of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Taizheng Minister". From then on, they seemed extremely busy.
"Right now, the news of Taikaku's death cannot be announced!" Ishida Mitsunari said categorically: "If we are so panicked, there will inevitably be things we cannot consider. That's it, but until it is announced, we still have to mourn."
The Beijing Political Office listened to these discussions, or decisions, as if they were other people's affairs, without saying a word, let alone expressing any objection.
Since Wu Fengxing must find time to discuss the future carefully again, before that, people must feel that Hideyoshi is still alive.
Therefore, Wu Fengxing decided to let the fishermen in the city go to Yodogawa to catch carp, "I wish His Highness Taige a recovery!"
At the same time, it was announced that as a congratulation, a large carp caught in the Yodo River would be presented to the important ministers. In this matter, the Nagasuke Masa family carried out the fishing order, and Asano Nagamasa sent the carp to the Tokugawa family and the Maeda family.
While listening to this strange discussion, Bei Zhengzao felt that Hideyoshi's hand gradually became cold. However, she didn't want to let go of his hand, and she even had the thought: My husband still belongs to me alone... She couldn't get rid of this indescribable feeling.
Then, she suddenly remembered a Japanese song written by Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi once said that "In case of disaster in the future" can be used as his death poem: I disappeared like dewdrops, and the years of waves (a metaphor for Osaka) became a dream.
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