Chapter 543

Information in the Idle Chapter

Chapter 543 Information in Gossip
Not long after, Hachiro, who was still rambunctious just now, fell asleep in the nurse's arms, and was taken down under Xiuchang's signal.

Only after Hachiro left, the uncle and nephew could truly meet each other honestly.

Xiujia first opened his mouth to express his apology to Juji and Xiuchang, and the reason was naturally the matter of taking Ashikaga Jiji in Iwafu Castle.

To Hideo's surprise, the two showed a surprising understanding about Hideo's marriage to Ashikaga Jihime.

Kikuhime said, "I am a member of the Toyotomi family (it seems like I was before I got married?), so I should put the interests of the Toyotomi family first."

Hidecho said, "I know that when you transferred to Kanto, you must win over the local tycoons in Kanto. There is no better way to win over the local tycoons than marrying the widowed daughter of the Ashikaga family. As long as you die as Xiaoju, I won't." Have other ideas."

From the point of view of the two, Xiaoju must have been brainwashed by Xiuchang's explanation, and knew the need for the Xiu family to marry Ashikaga Hime.

They are also very clear that marrying in as a concubine in the capacity of the Ashikaga family will not only fail to achieve the corresponding political effect, but even seem to have the opposite effect, so they have no words for the arrangement of the Xiu family.

From this point of view, although Ju Ji was not born very high, she was really educated by traditional Wu family girls.

As the Xiu family traveled all the way, they felt a lot of guilt towards Ju Ji and Xiu Chang, so they came all the way slowly.In the end, they really met, but both of them expressed their understanding to the Xiu family, and there was no fuss as expected.

This gave the Xiu family another feeling of being punched in cotton, and felt guilty for the separation of the two, and immediately expressed that they would treat Ju Ji well in the future and would not betray her in this life.

Ju Ji was moved by the Xiu family's oath, and held Xiu's hand firmly, but Xiu Chang who was sitting opposite did not express anything in particular, but said, "If you can stay with each other well from now on, I will be fine even if I die." Sorry."

When talking about her own physical problems, Xiuchang was very open-minded.He immediately said, "I know my body. It's already exhausted. If it weren't for Hachiro's company, maybe I would be an old man this year."

No matter how Xiujia and Ju Ji comforted her, Xiuchang always said so resolutely.In fact, Xiujia knew very well that what Xiuchang said was the truth, no matter what the external environment was or how his body was maintained, for Xiuchang, his body had reached an irreparable situation.

And what Xiujia and Ju Ji are persuading now is just to seek a little comfort from the bottom of their hearts.

"It just so happens that you are also back, and I intend to formally propose to my brother that Husong be the successor to the Gifu family."

Husong was born in 1582 during the battle between Hideyoshi and Maori Takamatsu, and he is 9 years old this year.Tsurumatsu was born in 1586, a child born during Hideyoshi's Battle of Kyushu, and is now 5 years old.

However, Tsurumatsu, who is only 3 years old, has already shown extraordinary intelligence, and Hideyoshi is in a happy mood when he calls his father one after another.

However, our Husong is a person with language difficulties. 9-year-old Hideka and 9-year-old Hashiba Hidekatsu (Nobunaga’s son) have already started their first battle, but 9-year-old Husong can’t even speak well. Suo, even the corners of his mouth still have to leave halazi when he is talking.

From this point of view, it is likely that the late birth caused the child's brain to lack oxygen in the mother's stomach.

As the child grows, the body's stem cells will repair the brain to a certain extent. In addition, although the treatment of Mingyi has improved, it enables him to speak simple words and have a certain degree of cognition, but he can still see difference from ordinary people.

For Toyotomi Hideyoshi, his life was so perfect, and he absolutely didn't want to see his children and heirs look like this.

Therefore, as early as last year, he had the idea of ​​letting Hesong replace Husong as his heir. Now that Hesong is 3 years old, it can be regarded as the first three years when a child is most likely to die young. This idea is particularly strong.

And Toyotomi Hidecho naturally knew his brother's thoughts, so he proposed to him last year to accept Humatsu as his heir. At that time, Hideyoshi was noncommittal about Hidecho's proposal.

The Xiu family can understand that it is because of the blood relationship between the Xiu family and Husong. The Xiu family is already famous in Jibei million stone. For He Song who was caught in the middle, this heir might not be safe.

Now that the Xiu family has been transferred to Kanto, when Xiu Chang made this request to Hideyoshi again, Hideyoshi let go a lot.

For Hideyoshi, no matter how bad Hu Song is, he is still his son, and he has to make a good arrangement for him anyway.

Inheriting Toyotomi's family in Gifu is not only to inherit Hidecho's mantle, but also saves himself from giving Husong an additional share of the family business.

The most important thing is that according to the Japanese succession law, when Hu Song came out to succeed the Gifu family, his succession order was placed at the back, even after the adopted son of the Hide family.

In other words, unless the sons and adopted sons of Hideyoshi's family die, there will be something about Husong.Even if someone with a heart wants to use his identity to make something wrong in the future, they will lack legal excuses
For Xiuchang, he has no ability to give birth to a son, and the two he has given birth to so far are both daughters. This huge foundation really needs someone to inherit it.

Hu Song is the child closest to him by blood, and even his elder brother's son, so he is the most suitable candidate.

Regardless of whether he is stupid or stupid, all he needs is a tool man who can pass on the family line. An honest and responsible heir is a good choice for the main family.

For the Xiu family, it seems that the fact that Hu Song succeeded the Toyotomi family in Gifu has nothing to do with the Xiu family. Of course, the premise is that the Xiu family is not a person with "ulterior motives" as mentioned above.

If there must be a relationship, it is from Husong's point of view.

If Husong does not inherit the Gifu family, it would be a preferential treatment to get 30 shi as the lord of a country as Husong. After all, Hideyoshi at this moment is "absolutely" lacking a family.

There are Hidecho and Hideka with a million stones, Hideji with more than 30 stones, Hidekatsu and Asano Nagamasa with more than 5 stones in the middle and small collars, and Hashiba Hidequan (Kobayakawa Hideaki) who exceeds [-] stones.

If you count Yuzi, there are Ogasawara (Toyotomi) Xiuzhen and Ikeda (Toyotomi) Teruma, both of whom are owners of more than 20 shi.

In other words, the number of Hideyoshi's closest disciples is about 300 million shi, which is similar to that of his direct jurisdiction (Hideyoshi's direct control is about 400 million)
At this time, even if Husong goes out independently and becomes a daimyo, 20~30 shi is enough, and there is no need to seal another daimyo out.

However, it is different after entering the Gifu Toyotomi family. The Gifu Toyotomi family is not one of the most important branches of the Toyotomi family. Still can only live in the second seat.

If Husong can inherit Gifu Million Stones, no matter in terms of status or knowledge, it will definitely be considered high for him.

When talking about Husong's issue, Xiujia and Xiuchang fell into silence for a while. After all, this issue is relatively sensitive, and Xiujia didn't dare to express his opinion.

It so happened that at this time someone outside reported that "Matsuzaka's attendant Toyotomi requested to meet His Highness Dai Nayan and Your Highness General."

Hearing Xiuzhen's approach, Xiuchang and Xiujia looked at each other keenly, and put aside the topic of Husong for the time being.

Xiuzhen brought Xingzi, Komatsumaru, and Xingmatsumaru together, and the purpose was pure, to visit Xiuchang. He thought that the elders of the family, he originally planned to go to the private room Xiu's house first, and then visit Xiuchang, but he heard that Xiu's family When I went to Xiuchang's house, I simply brought it with me, and the visit ended.

Among Xiuzhen's two children, Komatsumaru was the eldest son of Xiuzhen and the maid who taught him about men and women. Now they are all little dolls who will walk.

However, Hideyoshi has already called the roll call, and after Komatsumaru started enlightenment, he went to Juledi to read with Tsurumatsu. The eldest son of the Hide family, Tatsuchiyo, also had this arrangement at first, but Hideyoshi did not mention it again after Tatsuchiyo died.

After Xiuzhen and Xingzi arrived, Ju Ji took Xingzi aside to exchange parenting experiences, leaving only the three of them, uncle and nephew, to discuss state affairs.

As soon as the two left, Xiuzhen said, "I went to Juledi to visit His Highness Guan Bai first in the morning. He was quite satisfied with my Yu Aoshi, and planned to appoint me as Lieutenant General of the Left Guard and Councilor."

Attendants and counselors do not have fixed official ranks. Attendants are generally awarded from the fifth to the fourth, and the counselors are awarded from the fourth to the fourth.

Both of these are additional official positions, which is equivalent to Xiuzhen's current position as a servant under the fifth rank, Shinano Shou + a servant under the fifth rank, because the rank of the attendant is higher, so he is called the attendant of Matsuzaka.

Lieutenant General Zuo Jinwei is from the rank of the top four, so the counselor who is added is likely to be the bottom of the top four or the top of the top four.

Moreover, the rank of Lieutenant General of Zuo Jinwei is different from that of the Governor of the Left and Right Guards and the Governor of the Left and Right Gate Guards. In the court establishment, only 2 people are the deputy of General Zuo Jinwei, the real imperial officials.

Xiuzhen was able to be promoted from the bottom five to the position of Lieutenant General of the top left and right guards from the top four, directly skipping the promotion by five ranks, which is enough to show Hideyoshi's importance.

Xiuzhen said that the official rank seemed to be very exciting, and he said to Xiuchang, "I also found out that my uncle will be promoted, either the Minister of the Left or the Minister of the Interior. It seems that my brother will also be promoted to the position of Dainagon, and His Highness Tokugawa will also be promoted to the Dainagon. .”

"One more thing, who did you and I see in Juledi?" Xiuzhen sold a pass, but quickly revealed the mystery and said, "His Royal Highness Fengchen Sun Qi of Beizhizhuang, it is said that His Royal Highness Guan Bai intends to train He, recently he has been walking in the imperial court to deal with political affairs, and I heard that he will directly take up the post of the four upper-counselors to help His Highness Guan Bai handle political affairs."

Listening to Xiuzhen talking over there, Xiuchang said with a smile, "Sun Qi is still quite intelligent, coupled with his hard work and hard work, he might not be able to take over from my class in the future and help his brother well. When the time comes, the two of you brothers will go out, Sun Qi lives in my home, Fengchen, and I can rest in peace~"

I don't know if Xiuchang has a filter for Xiuci, or if I didn't understand the meaning of Xiuzhen's words. There are many praises for Xiuci in the words. After hearing Xiuchang's definition of Xiuci, Xiuzhen and Xiu's family looked at each other. I won't talk too much.

It wasn't until after the two left that Xiuzhen complained about Xiuci again to the Xiu family, thinking that he didn't have any military exploits, and it was a bit unwilling to be promoted to such a level.

Xiujia and Xiuzhen came out of Xiuchang's house together, but parted ways on the way.Xiuzhen had already visited Hideyoshi early in the morning, but Xiu's family hadn't entered Juledi to visit Hideyoshi since yesterday, so he needed to go there later.

After entering Hidei's house in Jule, I finally knew the reason why Hideyoshi stayed in Kyoto for so long and did not go to Osaka. It turned out that Tsurumatsu was sick, which made Hideyoshi afraid to leave Kyoto easily.

Hidecho has already passed the wind, saying that Hideyoshi and Hidecho have negotiated to adopt Husong to the Toyotomi family in Gifu, then Tsurumatsu will become the only heir of the Toyotomi family, so Hideyoshi is very concerned about Tsurumatsu's body of.

For Tsurumatsu's illness, Hideyoshi summoned the best famous doctors in Osaka and Kyoto to see him. After several days of treatment, his body has gradually recovered.

A few days ago when Tsuru Song was seriously ill, Hideyoshi didn't see anyone, and it was only today that his health improved a little, so Hideyoshi found time to see Xiuzhen and Xiu's family.

At this time when Tsurumong was ill, Hideyoshi was not in the mood to chat with Hideyoshi, and after a quick meeting with Hideyoshi, he signaled to Hideyoshi that he could resign, and said that he would go to Osaka after Tsurumong recovered. Hideyoshi and Xiuzhen will be notified to go south together.

So Xiujia and Xiuzhen stayed in Kyoto for 4~5 days, and did not go to Osaka together until Hideyoshi informed.

In Osaka Castle, Hideyoshi received the Kanto and Uoku daimyos. At this time, Tozawa Shengan and Hori Hidemasa had passed away due to illness. Just like in history, Tozawa Mitsumori, the younger brother of Hideyoshi Tozawa Shengan, inherited the position of family governor. Hori Hidemasa's son, Hori Hideji, succeeded the Hori family governor.

The territories of Anfang and Shangzong, which were originally transferred by Hidemasa Hori, are still transferred by Hideji Hori.

Hideyoshi's division of knowledge and behavior for the Kanto and Yu'ao regions had already been allocated in Utsunomiya, and now it's just a process.

However, there were still accidents. Masamune Date, who owned Rikuzen Karita, Shibata, Igu, Watari, Natori, Miyagi, Kurokawa, Shida 8 counties and a part of Uta county, handed in the Rikuzen 8 counties to Hideyoshi in advance.

This certificate of knowledge is based on the victory of the Date family against the Osaki family in the 16th year of Tensho (1588), and won the Kurokawa, Shida and Kami half counties within the territory of the Osaki family.

Later, Date negotiated peace with the Osaki family, and exchanged the Osaki family's subordination to the Date family on the condition that the Kami half county was returned.

The Date family did not have any good intentions in offering what Luqian received in advance, because in this certificate of knowledge and practice, the 8 counties + 1 part of the Date family received a total of 23 shi. This is clearly telling Hideyoshi, you That knife cut me too deep~.

(End of this chapter)