Before everyone put down their soup bowls, Sancheng carefully sorted out the entire plan in his mind.
He believed that doing so would kill two birds with one stone: on the one hand, he could show his generosity to the daimyo - Ieyasu was not that great; on the other hand, he would gain Ieyasu's appreciation, and soon he would be able to change his attitude step by step through pretense. To gain his trust, even his conviction.
Before Hideyori grows up, he can first use various means to confront Ieyasu, and then wait for an opportunity to regain the power that Hideyoshi entrusted to Ieyasu. As for the time it took, there was nothing to worry about. After all, judging from Ieyasu's age, it should be no more than ten years.
Once the power is returned to Hideyori in the future... As Mitsunari was thinking of this, Masuda Nagamori had already put down his son and said with suspicion: "Your Highness Jibu, according to your opinion, the Toyotomi clan may not grow long."
"Not long?" Sancheng didn't understand what Chang Sheng meant.
"I'm afraid we're running out of time." Masuda Nagamori repeated what he just said. He glanced at Asano and Maeda again, as if he wanted to gain their support, and then continued: "I'm not talking nonsense. Under the current situation, if the world and the Toyotomi clan must be merged into one, I am afraid it will lead to the situation of Genpei's hegemony. For the world, each family, and individuals, the risk is extremely high. so big."
"It makes sense." Maeda Genki seemed to understand what Nagamori meant, and expressed his position: "Yes, yes, back then... when the world was lost, the Taira clan also fell - is that what you meant? ?”
"Exactly." Masuda Nagamori nodded heavily, looked at Mitsunari and said: "If the world and the Toyotomi clan are divided into two, even if the power changes, the survival of the Toyotomi clan will not be affected; if they are combined, If the Toyotomi clan loses power, it will be defeated.
Your Highness, this point is very important. No matter how you plan, you must consider this point carefully. This is my humble opinion. What do you think? "
Mitsunari was startled at first, then angrily raised his white fan, his face became gloomy, and he said sullenly: "Your Majesty Masuda, in your capacity, you actually said such words, don't you feel blushing?"
"The words of the governing department are wrong. The young master is still young and ignorant. As a leader, you and I should consider it carefully and make complete preparations. Your and my plans and decisions may not necessarily be perfect, but they are a little bit perfect. The bottom line: No major mistakes can be made under any circumstances.”
"If you think this way, you are playing into the enemy's hands!"
"Are you going too far, Mr. Zhibu Shaofu?"
"What a fool!" Mitsunari sneered, "Eemon, if, as you say, the world and the Toyotomi clan have nothing to do with each other, then the next world has actually been decided...don't you understand this?"
"You mean, the world will be surrendered to Tokugawa Ieyasu?"
"Do I even need to say that? Komaki Jiuchate couldn't make him surrender in one battle, and finally he was subdued by Taiko's skills. This made him claim to be the best in the world.
In addition, this time Taige had entrusted all government affairs to him during his lifetime... He could use Taige's words to resist doubts. Once he succeeds, do you know what the consequences will be? "
Masuda Nagamori couldn't help but be speechless, paused, and his tone inevitably lost strength: "Then how can you stop Tokugawa?"
"Think about it, the young master is still young, so the government affairs are left to the left minister Ieyasu, but this is just a temporary measure. Once the young master becomes an adult, he should respectfully return his authority, isn't it?"
Mitsunari was furious, and his tone sounded like he was scolding his subordinates: "If you separated Tenka and the Toyotomi clan from the beginning, then Ieyasu would have the illusion that he controlled Tenka by relying on his strength, instead of the fact - I am It is said that Taige temporarily handed over the authority to him for the custody of the young master! In this way, he thinks that strength is everything, how can he not take the opportunity to destroy the Toyotomi clan? "
"But..." As soon as Chang Sheng opened his mouth, Sancheng stopped him sternly: "You seem to have a long-term vision, but in fact you are just a fantasy! The current situation is actually extremely critical, and we will never be allowed to act according to the circumstances. No matter what, we will To find a way for the Toyotomi clan to survive without any worries, the world and the Toyotomi clan must be regarded as one!
Our purpose is simple, that is, when the young master becomes an adult, Tokugawa Ieyasu must respectfully return his authority. If we don't make this determination at this moment, how will we be able to control the world for our young master in the future? You must not fall into the enemy's tricks! "
Masuda Nagamori was interrupted repeatedly by him and simply shut up angrily. In his opinion, he and Sancheng could not get together no matter what.
According to Nagamori's opinion, Ieyasu's strength is indeed very strong, and his ability is also very terrifying, but once he accepts him and becomes a colleague, colleague or even friend with him, he will become incredibly docile.
Mitsunari mentioned the Battle of Komaki Nagakute, but compared with Ieyasu at that time, Ieyasu after entering Osaka Castle was completely different...
The stubborn Ieyasu once left Taige helpless, but since he got rid of his prejudice against Ieyasu, Nagamori felt that he was as docile and honest as a sheep.
This reminded Nagamori of the "Seishu Alliance" between Lord Nobunaga and Ieyasu, which was a model of friendship in the world and the best footnote to Ieyasu's personal integrity. Whenever Nagamori thought about the Qingzhou Alliance, it was hard to think that Ieyasu would be a villain.
In Japan's Warring States Period, when strength was paramount, so-called friendship, blood ties, and alliances became the means of expansion for the Sengoku daimyo. There were many various alliances in Japan at that time, such as the famous "Three Kingdoms Alliance" formed by Takeda, Hojo, and Imagawa, and the "Noubi Alliance" between Oda Nobuhide and Saito Dozo. wait.
However, during the Warring States Period, in fact, most of these alliance agreements were like waste paper. Allies who exchanged gifts to congratulate you in the morning might break into your home with a knife at night and declare that they had occupied your city.
However, there is a very special exception among the alliances among the daimyo of the Warring States Period in Japan, and that is the "Kyoshu Alliance" concluded between Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, also known as the "Osan Alliance" (Owari, Mikawa) Alliance)", "Zhide Alliance".
After Oda Nobunaga concluded an alliance with Tokugawa Ieyasu, he never broke the alliance with Tokugawa Ieyasu throughout his life. In the process of Oda Nobunaga unifying the world, Tokugawa Ieyasu continued to silently guard the Oda family territory. the east side of.
During this period, the most noteworthy thing was probably the "Nobuko Incident". According to the old story, Oda Nobunaga was jealous of the talents of Ieyasu's eldest son, Tokugawa Nobuyasu, and asked Tokugawa Ieyasu to execute his legitimate son on the pretext that Tokugawa Nobuyas had internal connections with the Takeda family.
However, according to later Japanese excavations of historical materials at the time, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Tokugawa Nobuyasu, the father and son, actually had a long-standing grudge. Oda Nobunaga not only did not interfere in this matter, but was actually a "notified" guy - -Because Tokugawa Nobuyasu is Oda Nobunaga's son-in-law, if Ieyasu disposes of Tokugawa Nobuyasu at will, it means breaking the Seishu Alliance.
For example, Takeda Yoshinobu, the legitimate son of Takeda Shingen who was imprisoned, was the son-in-law of Imagawa Yoshimoto. After Takeda Yoshinobu lost power, the Takeda family broke their alliance with the Imagawa family.
It is precisely for this reason that Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was worried about arousing Nobunaga's suspicion, sent his retainer Sakai Chuji to Azuchi Castle to explain to Oda Nobunaga why Tokugawa Nobiyasu was imprisoned. Oda Nobunaga was also more generous and immediately stated that this was a private matter of the Tokugawa family and could be handled by Tokugawa Ieyasu himself.
In other words, Nobuyasu's death was actually entirely the work of Tokugawa Ieyasu himself, and after the establishment of the Edo shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu changed his Miao character from "Tokugawa" back to his family name in order to belittle the status of his legitimate son. Lower "pine flat".
I'm going too far, but let's get back to it. How much did Ieyasu attach great importance to Nobunaga's promise? Is it worthy of a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold? The ancients said, "A person's deeds do not matter his heart." That is to say, don't look at what a person says, but look at what he does.
How did Ieyasu do it? Even when Hideyoshi defeated Mitsuhide Akechi in his "Great Return to China" and quickly defeated Katsuie Shibata, the biggest challenger within the Oda clan, Ieyasu did not admit that he could inherit Nobunaga's legacy and insisted on assisting Nobunaga's son Oda. Nobuo and Hideyoshi confronted each other - and because of this, the Battle of Komaki Nagakute broke out.
All of these are integrity and loyalty in the eyes of the world, and he has become a model of loyalty praised by later generations of Japanese.
As for "Ieyasu who came to Osaka" in Nagamori's mind, this is indeed what Masuda Nagamori still remembers.
Ieyasu first came to Osaka Castle twelve years after the fourteenth year of Tensho (1586). This period was truly eventful. Needless to say, the Korean War is still going on today, with Rikyu committing hara-kiri, Sekihaku Hidetsu committing suicide, negotiating peace with the Ming Dynasty, and punishing Mitsunari and Konishi Yukinaga after the peace talks broke down...
No matter what happens, Ieyasu handles it well. Every time, Ieyasu would try his best to save as many lives as possible. There were already many people saved by him. To put it bluntly, if Ieyasu hadn't saved them, many of them would have been ordered to commit seppuku.
Even when the peace talks broke down, even Mitsunari was favored by Ieyasu. It is precisely because Ieyasu is such a truly virtuous and respectable person in Nagamori's mind that Nagamori believes that he should abandon hostility and express goodwill to him.
Of course, Tokugawa Ieyasu was once a brave tiger general who frightened his enemies, but now he is not only the regent appointed by the late Taikaku, but his granddaughter Chiki is also engaged to his young master Hideyori. If you abandon your hostility and get close to them, not to mention the young master, when the descendants of the young master and Chiki come, Ieyasu's bloodline will also directly become the master of Toyotomi! Why should he commit more crimes?
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Instead of being extremely hostile towards Ieyasu, it is better to gradually get closer and let the two families become one. This is what Changsheng means. It's a pity that although Changsheng has always considered it this way, how can 30% accept it?
At this time, Mitsunari said again: "His Majesty Masuda seems to have great trust in Ieyasu." He squinted his eyes, as if he could see through Nagamori's heart, and sneered: "It seems that you really regard Ieyasu as a loyal and upright elder. It's a pity that this is just his disguise, he is not as simple as you think."
Masuda Nagamori remained indifferent and remained silent.
"I didn't mean to scare you. In fact, Ieyasu had calmly planned it from the beginning. He was fully aware of His Highness' old age, physical weakness, and lack of blood.
It was precisely in order to seize the world that he pretended to be so meek. And now, we need to give this old fox a chance to show his true nature - I don't believe that his true identity can't be revealed. "
Sancheng's threats were mixed with ridicule: "Our opponent is an old fox who has gone through many hardships and has great magical powers. We must not be charmed by him. The talisman to prevent being charmed by him is to treat the world and the Toyotomi clan as one." .
Once we discard this talisman, the world will immediately fall apart, and he will also have evil intentions. For the survival of the Toyotomi clan, we must resolutely oppose Ieyasu ruling the world on behalf of the Toyotomi clan. "
Speaking of this, Changsheng was speechless. If he continued to refute, he might be falsely accused by Mitsunari of having an affair with Ieyasu - Chang Sheng knew that Mitsunari was well versed in this.
At this time, Asano Nagamasa turned to Mitsunari and said: "I think what Dr. Youemon said is somewhat reasonable. For us to be so hostile to the Zuofu is tantamount to finding fault. After all, Taikaku decided everything during his lifetime. As ministers, we must All we have to do is follow Taige’s last words and try our best to avoid chaos.”
After Nagamasa finished speaking, Sancheng sneered: "Yes, Taige did have his last words. The young master is still young and has to temporarily hand over power to Ieyasu before he becomes an adult... But if we don't understand it this way, The matter remains undecided.”
"Is His Highness Jibu suspecting something?" Asano Nagamasa couldn't help but frown, his eyes were a little unfriendly.
"What if I think Taige's last words are just the gibberish of an old man who is fainting from illness? Moreover, in fact, someone with this skeptical attitude has already appeared. This person is not someone else, nor me, but It’s Mrs. Hokizashi! His Highness Asano has absolutely nothing to do with Hokshō, so you have to be careful about this matter.”
When Sancheng said this, Nagamasa had no choice but to shut up. Such strong words made Nagamasa feel that Mitsunari was doubting that he was the one who made Beizhengsuo think this way.
In order to break the stalemate that was about to explode, Maeda Genki interjected: "I see it's getting late, Master Kishiki is still waiting, so let's move on to the next step quickly."
Hearing Xuan Yi's advice, Sanchengcai started shouting and raising his kuaizi. The carp soup was now cold, and the four of them began to eat the carp with their own thoughts.
Not long after, Mitsunari smiled bitterly and said: "The key lies in whether the few of us are united. As long as we are united, why should Ieyasu and others have anything to fear?"
Only 30% of the people kept flapping people, causing them to fear; and 30% of them comforted the people in turn! It's ironic that Tokugawa Ieyasu had such a strong deterrent in his heart when he was in Shimonoge (Nagasu Masa's family was not in Fushimi, but in Osaka)!
"Okay, now our goal is clear. Therefore, after the secret burial of Taige today, we will call all the elders tomorrow to discuss the withdrawal of troops - everyone, the withdrawal of troops is the top priority now. "
"The secret burial of Taige without telling the elders is also Taige's last request. Everyone must pay attention to this matter and never let it slip." At this point, Sancheng felt that everyone was tied together by him. And his long-standing self-confidence made him feel that since he warned repeatedly, everyone would definitely be wary of Ieyasu.
"Okay, we've finished drinking the carp soup. The next thing we have to do is to tell the world clearly and openly about our loyalty to Taige."
After taking a big gulp of the carp soup, Mitsunari raised his right arm to show everyone, as if joking, and said: "Look, Mitsunari's thin arm is already filled with the power to never shrink back and protect the Toyotomi clan forever!"
The other three silently put the soup bowl aside without comment. They don't seem to think that such an arm can have the so-called "power to never shrink back and protect the Toyotomi clan forever."
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