Chapter 233

The Master of the Xiu Family, He Shengcheng, Chapter 3

Chapter 233

Akashi Jingqin's character determines that he is unwilling to participate in politics. This is also the reason why he can become an evergreen tree in the Urakami family and the Uki family. In the end, he died naturally at the age of 70, which is regarded as the birthday of ancient Japan. .

But Akashi Jingqin, who is older, also has weaknesses, that is, he no longer has the decisiveness of his youth, and begins to become indecisive, and is easily fettered by kinship.

As the only son of the Zhi family, Hideka must have paid close attention to him, and now Hideka has outspokenly expressed his fear of Hidean Togawa, which has also moved the heart of this 65-year-old old man.

Is the Xiu family really afraid of Togawa Hidean?Could it be that the Xiu family really can't control this old man?

The reason why Xiujia did this was because of the damn king's game called "Balance".

After the Ukita Tadaka family and Hanabang Masako retired, only Naoko Toshikatsu Oka and Osafune Tsunao who followed the crowd remained in the entire Ukita family's elders.

Of course the Xiu family could monitor Togawa Hidean in person, but this would intensify the conflict between the monarch and his ministers, and the Xiu family did not have so much experience focusing on internal fighting.

Knowing Ming Shijing's character of Xianyun Yehe, Xiujia still forced him to express his opinion through performances, which was completely helpless.

Xiujia can trust Ukita Kanjia, but has reservations about whether he can stick to his position under Togawa Hidean's flickering.

Then, when the prestige of the new senators promoted by the Xiu family is not enough to be selected as the elders, the Xiu family must select an existence from among the veterans who can compete with Hidean Togawa, or in other words, can decentralize power.

It's a pity that in today's Yuxi family, no one except Akashi Jingqin can bear such a heavy burden.So regardless of the final result of this meeting, whether Akashi Jingqin agrees to join the elders of the family, the Xiu family will definitely push him to go on stage to fight Togawa Hidean.Now it's just the best outcome.

After the troops of Asano Nagamasa and Miyoshi Hideho left one step ahead, some troops will be stationed in Awa.Because this is the territory that Hideyoshi has promised to them before, there is a high possibility that Hideyoshi will agree.Firstly, he can take over the new leader early, and also help Xiujia to share the pressure of defense.

The Hideo family's Ukita team is tentatively scheduled for the afternoon, and will escort Changzong's relatives, father and son to Luo together.

The army set off from Okatoyo Castle, and the marching speed was not very fast. It was already 7 days after crossing Yugizaki and entering the territory of Sanuki.

The people in the town came here to congratulate the New Year, and secondly, because after the Xiu family pacified the four countries, the people of the four countries would no longer suffer from military disasters.

But the Xiu family was not happy for too long, Xinmian Zongguan came to visit the Xiu family and presented a problem to the Xiu family.

It turned out that as the Shikoku Legion began to withdraw from the Shikoku, the Hoki congregation, led by Shinmen Zongguan, had already been gathered in Takamatsu Town to listen to Hideo's family.

The Hide family was also very confused. He had sent Hoki three generals to Hideyoshi a few months ago, why there is no confirmation letter from Osaka at this time.

If Takayama Ukinsan was punished by changing and reducing the seal, which marked the dust of the matter, then the Xiu family would naturally send these soldiers back to the Boqi Kingdom to wait for the new lord to resettle them.

But now the disposal of the three generals has not been delivered, and the 4000 people on Sanuki's side have become a time bomb.The number of people in this army cannot be supervised by Sanuki alone, and the Xiu family will not move or move.

Just when Hideyoshi was distressed, the attendant outside the door sent a message, "Master Kimura has something to come to see you."

The so-called Lord Kimura is naturally Joji Kimura, who had been ordered by Hideka earlier to escort Takayama Ukon and three others to Osaka to meet Hashiba Hideyoshi in person.As a result, the result of the treatment has not yet been confirmed, and Xiujia just stayed with him to ask the reason.

Unexpectedly, Kimura Joji came here just for this. The first sentence he said when he saw Hideka shocked Hideka. Takayama Ukon and the others will take over from the underlings, saying that they will be handed over to him for disposal."

Whether Ishida Mitsunari has this right or not? Hideyoshi didn't tell him before, but Hideyoshi was sure that Ishida Mitsunari was sent by Hideo must be a bad person.The deeper reason is that Xiujia believes that Ishida Mitsunari will not falsely pass on Hideyoshi's order.

Therefore, when Hideka was asked about the authenticity of this matter by Kimura Joji, Hideka Ming did not directly deny it, but said ambiguously that he already knew about it, and he would communicate with Ishida Mitsunari.

That night, Xiu's family hosted a banquet in Honmaru, Hesheng City, and met Sancheng, and asked him, "I heard that not long ago, Master Kimura was on the way to escort the prisoner to Osaka, but was stopped by Master Ishida and took over the three adults who committed the crime. Is it true?"

Hideka's attitude is very polite. After all, Ishida Mitsunari will become Hideyoshi's most loyal lackey in the next 15 years. Hideka also trusts him very much. .

There was nothing to hide about this matter, and Kimura Joji didn't need to deceive Hideka on this matter, so Ishida Mitsunari replied very calmly, "There is indeed a matter."

Hideka's question was confirmed by Ishida Mitsunari, pretending to be suddenly enlightened, but actually thinking about how to deal with her next step. "Master Kimura should have told you, what did these three people commit?"

"This is exactly what I'm going to tell His Highness. I think there are some grievances in it that need to be appealed." Ishida Matsunari did not shy away from it, and told the Xiu family straightforwardly that you had problems in investigating the case and collecting evidence, which led to unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

Ishida Mitsunari's statement made Xiujia frowned. Xiujia was very sure that in the case of witnesses and evidences, there was absolutely no factual unjust, false and wrongful conviction in this case, so I was a little displeased with Ishida Mitsunari's answer .

If the Xiu family really made a mistake in judging the case, then the Xiu family has no right to deprive them of their military power and imprison them at the same time.The righteousness that the Xiu family lost from the very beginning had a serious impact on the reputation of the Xiu family.

Therefore, no matter how patient the Xiu family can be, at this moment, they can no longer give Ishida Misari a little face, and refute in person, "Ishida-sama has listened to the victim's personal statement, whether he has personally gone to Minpu City to investigate traces, this is a routine Can the siege of the city cause any results?"

"I can understand that Master Ishida is concerned about the Four Kingdoms Legion, but Master Ishida directly stopped the team that Master Kimura was escorting to Osaka, and forcibly detained him. Is it too much?"

Ishida Mitsunari heard the bad tone in Xiujia's tone, smiled slightly and apologized to Xiujia, "I'm sorry, but I didn't think carefully, but at that time I heard someone calling for help, so I went forward to check one or two. It occurred to me that Mr. Kimura was actually escorting the three adults. I think this matter is too involved, and it is better to inquire carefully before dealing with it."

This reason is somewhat far-fetched, but it is indeed within its purview.The reason why Kimura Dingji went directly to Dingpu Port to load the ship on vacation was because he was afraid of being seen by Mitsunari Ishida.

It's not that the Xiu family has something bad on their minds, but that the Xiu family is afraid that the matter of Ishida Mitsunari will force you to do something, which will cause trouble in the end and delay the overall situation of the Four Kingdoms crusade.

Now it seems that Ishida Mitsunari is more considerate of the overall situation. On the way to escort the army rations to the front line, he ran into Kimura Joji. After temporarily detaining him, he did not report it immediately in order not to affect the Hide family's decision. Instead, he waited until everything stabilized. Then report to Xiujia.

Even so, this kind of behavior still gave the Xiu family a sudden attack, making the Xiu family a little at a loss.So Xiujia snorted coldly, and asked a little unconvinced, "Then, did Lord Ishida find any 'unjust, false and wrongly decided cases'?"

Hideka puts "unjust, false and wrongly decided" very seriously, and is swearing his sovereignty to Ishida Mitsunari.It is precisely because Hideo is confident that this matter has been handled fairly and justly, and the final disposal right has been handed over to Hideyoshi. There is absolutely no problem with him, so he feels uncomfortable after being questioned by Ishida Mitsunari.

Unexpectedly, Ishida Mitsunari nodded, and said intriguingly, "As far as I know, there really are."

"Wuweidian's judgment on this case is indeed quite accurate. It is indeed the act of some people who killed the good and pretended to be a disaster for the common people. I don't deny this, and this is not allowed by the lord."

"But as far as I know, the two brothers, General Sakin and Captain Zaemon, were absolutely not involved in this matter." Ishida Mitsunari directly threw out the answer of his investigation to Hideka and said, "Your Highness may not know that General Sakin is cowardly. However, the Boqi people are mainly friends with Gao Shan, so they resolutely stopped talking about this matter after Master Gao Shan ordered them to shut up, and joined the two on the same front."

"Your Highness, you are next to Boqi, and His Highness is involved in the current layout of Boqi. Your Highness should understand that the Hoki Kingdom has a total of 13 stones, and Gao Shandian and Yamada-sama account for most of it. It is understandable that General Nanjo is concerned. According to After I inquired, I verified that Nantiaodian was absolutely not involved in the matter of killing good men and pretending to be meritorious."

Ishida Mitsunari spoke with certainty, and repeatedly assured Xiujia that Nanjo Motosuke was not involved in this matter.Leaving aside the fact of whether he participated or not, Hideka became curious as to why Ishida Matsunari was so concerned about Hoki, a small daimyo with less than 5 koku.

"Is this true?"

Hideya's tone was full of distrust and provocation, but Ishida Mitsunari still replied solemnly:
"It's true. After the matter was investigated, I exchanged opinions with Mr. Kimura, but neither I nor Mr. Kimura can make a decision, so we temporarily suppressed this matter, and we will make a decision after His Highness returns."

"Even if this happened, General Supervisor Zuo Jin joined forces with the other two to lie about his loyalty to the army, shouldn't he be punished?" The Xiu family treated Ishida Mitsunari in a tone of voice because of this matter. It also became very stiff.

Hideka's tone at this moment has actually expressed his attitude towards this matter, that is, he does not object to Ishida Mitsunari's argument, and does not approve of his idea of ​​extracting Nanjo Motosuke.

From coming in to now, Ishida Mitsunari's attitude is very humble, and he always keeps a low-ranking smile on Hideka.

Even though he was pissed off by the Xiu family, he still replied with a smile, "Your Highness is very right. I also think that there are some problems in the Nanjo family, but the crime is not enough to die. Before this matter is sent to the Lord's case, His Highness should know This moment is at a critical moment, and the four-nation army's incident will not only hurt your face, but also his face."

"You and I both know the character of the lord. At that time, the wrath of thunder will inevitably come down. I'm afraid that there will be suspicion and punishment for small mistakes. All three of them and the family behind them will not be able to escape the punishment of harakiri. Is it wrong to say?"

"Besides, Da Nayan is at a critical moment, and the Four Kingdoms Legion led by His Highness suddenly poured cold water on him. Even if Da Nayan doesn't say anything at the moment, it will always affect His Highness."

"After all, the matter happened within the Four Kingdoms Legion. It is better for us to deal with it internally and then let the Lord judge. There is no need to escort the person directly to Osaka. The matter will really be made public by then."

Ishida Mitsunari's persuasion seems to be for the Hide family's sake, but anyway, I always feel that the legal rationality of it needs to be verified, and more importantly, Ishida Mitsunari's attitude towards this matter is uncertain.

So Xiujia asked Ishida Mitsunari, "In your opinion, how should Mr. Nanjo deal with it?"

"Left and right are just being coerced by others, and the reduction of seal and transfer of seal is already a severe punishment."

"Reduction and transfer?" Hideka was surprised by Ishida Mitsunari's answer, and continued to ask, "How can I have the right to do the above to the Nanjo family? The Nanjo family is a retainer of the Oda family, and I am equal. The disposal is also handled by Da Nayan."

"That's right, that's what I mean. His Highness temporarily detains the three of them in He Shengcheng, and then writes to Da Nayan for the referee. Sending them to Osaka is too conspicuous."

Xiujia didn't immediately agree with Ishida Mitsunari's suggestion. Sending people to Osaka is indeed a bit conspicuous, but what does this have to do with Xiujia? They did the bad thing, so should Xiujia cover it up for them?

More importantly, the Xiu family suppressed this matter, seemingly for the sake of Hideyoshi and their own face, but so many people know the truth of the matter, in case the political struggle comes to life and death, the memorial he sent will instead become He got his own reminder.

But what Ishida Mitsunari said is not unreasonable. At this time, there is really no need to touch Hideyoshi's bad luck. It seems that the blame can only be borne by himself.Of course, being carried alone is a bit heavy, so I still have to find a few backs.

Thinking of this, the Xiu family looked at Ishida Mitsunari who was sitting opposite and asked, "You ask him where should my Nanjo family be transferred?"

Ishida Matsunari quickly gave his answer, "If your Highness wants to belong to Bozhou, you can place it in Shikoku, right? Yuzhou and Tuzhou are vast, and you can find remote places to resettle them. Give 2/3 shi That's it."

"Hey, hey, Mr. Ishida's words are different. Military rewards and punishments have their own opinions. How can I transfer people privately by public announcement for the sake of which state I want to belong to?" Before Ishida Mitsunari finished speaking, Xiu's family hurriedly Let it stop.

Although compared to the enclave, Hoki who is next to his Bichu and Mizusa is indeed a good territory, but the Hideka is not willing to make himself a show because of this matter.

Ishida Mitsunari seemed to have realized his slip of the tongue, and said affirmatively to the Hide family, "Your Highness's words are very true, but I have not expressed them well. The three daimyos are all guilty of mistakes, and the transfer of their titles is what they deserve. As for The ownership of Bozhou is naturally determined by Da Nayan."

So far, the Hide family has received a relatively satisfactory answer from Ishida Mitsunari, "Then the matter is settled like this. After the rewards of our four countries are finalized, we can find a place to house the Nanjo family. As for the Nanjo family, there will be Master Lao Ishida." Go ahead and tell it all."

"Due righteousness" Ishida Mitsunari readily agreed.

"There is one more thing. I can't be the only one who has the opinion on this old note. It was you, Lord Ishida, who suppressed the person. You, Lord Ishida, found out the injustice. There must also be your stamp on it."

Ishida Mitsunari pondered for a moment, and did not answer right away, but continued, "Let's put this aside for now, I still have something to discuss with Your Highness."

"What else?" Xiujia asked in surprise.
"The unjust case of General Zuo Jin has been clarified, but the matter of Mr. Gao Shan has not been clearly explained."

(End of this chapter)