Chapter 151 Affidavit
"Your Highness, Hideo has a low qualifications, how can he take on this important task?" Hideopo kneeled beside Hideoyoshi's bed and refused nervously.
"Who can you give it to if you don't give it to?" Hideyoshi asked back, "You can't give it to outsiders, right?"
"As long as you are loyal, why not be a foreigner?" Shuibo replied.
"Then tell me, who is more suitable?" Hideyoshi asked back.
"Kaga Danayan, Edo Uchi Prefecture and Ishida Oshima are all good candidates." Hideo replied without hesitation.
"Ishida Oshima?" Hideyoshi looked at Mizunaga who was standing at the door, and saw him staring at Hideo in surprise. He probably didn't expect Hideo to say this.
"If I remember correctly, you and Sansheng have some holidays, right?" Hideyoshi frowned slightly, but she was filled with joy.
"Is this necessary connection? The ability and experience of the management department are far above me. If he assists Xiulai, his highness should be more at ease." Xiubao said so naturally, which made Sancheng behind him feel guilty.
"But he is an outsider after all, how can the Toyotomi family be left to outsiders to manage?" Hideyoshi asked seriously.
"So what? During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Xuande and Baidi City were entrusted with the orphans, and did not hand over the Shu Han Dynasty to Zhuge Liang together? Kong Ming tried his best to sleep day and night, and did not usurp the throne until he died. Loyal ministers are loyal ministers, and even if they are in power, they will never have any disobedience." The righteous words of Shuibao really made Sancheng and Hideyoshi excited.
"It is true that Zhuge Liang is loyal, but Cao Cao, Sima Yi and others are not a small number. Therefore, I hope you can assist Xiulai like Duke Zhou Zhao assisted King Cheng of Zhou. As for the governor and the inner court, I will make arrangements freely." After saying that, Hideyoshi winked at Sansei. After a while, a set of four treasures of the study was placed in front of Xiubao.
Hideyoshi pointed to the document on the table and said seriously: "Although you are my nephew and Xiulai's cousin, you still have to leave some of the pretexts. These are several affidavits that were drawn up earlier, including the five elders, the fifth ones, the third middle school elders and many great names. You have already pressed the blood marks when you come back late, hurry up and make up for it."
Hidebo took away the paperweight and picked up the top affidavit and read silently: "Advise humbly and assist the heirs, do not make private parties, do not forget justice, do not change, do not leak, do not get married without complaining, do not hand over tribunals. If there is any violation, the laws of nature will not be tolerated, and both people and gods will abandon it." The content of the affidavit is mainly about this. A considerable part of the following pages are signed and blood seals of various names. The first thing that caught your eye was Tokugawa Ieyasu's name: "Hashiba Musashi's Minister Ieyasu", which really made Hidebo laugh.
After reading a letter, Hideopo browsed the remaining several affidavits, and there were as many as eight. Poor Hideyoshi was smart for a lifetime and confused for a while, and the heroes of his life would believe in things like affidavits. But in this chaotic world, is straw paper more meaningful than affidavits?
"Why, are you hesitating?" Seeing that Shuibao refused to sign, Hideyoshi's expression turned a little ugly.
"I am not hesitating, I just feel something is wrong." Xiubao put down his affidavit and bowed to answer.
"What's wrong? Tell me?" Hideyoshi said curiously.
"Do you believe your Highness, 'Man and God abandon each other'?" Hideopo asked back.
"I don't believe the words of gods and ghosts, but isn't the affidavits written like this?"
"Since you don't believe it, what's the point of such an affidavit?"
"This..." After being asked by Shuibao, Hideyoshi was really at a loss: "Then tell me, how should I change it?"
Xiu Bao pondered for a moment and drafted a new affidavit. The main content was no different from the first few, but the last sentence was modified.
"If there is any violation, you will be a traitor and the world's great names will be attacked." Hideyoshi nodded slowly and realized: "Well, although it is a bit unkind, it is more practical. Just write it like this, and I will summon all the great names to make a new oath tomorrow morning."
"No need." Hideoba wrote eight big words "Nephew Hashiba's Minister Hideoba" on the paper, and poked his five fingers with a silver needle, pressed his palm on the affidavit, and then handed it to Hideoyoshi for a check.
"Just pierce your thumb, why do you have to? Besides, can you just swear with you all tomorrow?" Hideyoshi looked at Hideopo with heartache, his eyes as kind and compassionate as a father staring at the child.
Sanzheng was also frightened by this scene and hurriedly brought ointment to stop the bleeding for Xiubao.
Hidepo waved his hand and signaled that Sansheng didn't need it. He looked at Hideyoshi and said solemnly: "Your Highness, you are wrong. This affidavit was written by my nephew to my uncle Hideyoshi. As for the letter tomorrow, it was written by my ministers to Taige and the young master."
"I understand." Hideyoshi lowered her head and said softly: "It's getting late. Let's stay in Fushimi tonight. Let's go back to Kotoyama Castle after seeing Hiderai tomorrow."
"As for the order, I will say goodbye first." Hideopo said to Hideyoshi and bowed to him and left the inner room respectfully, leaving Hideyoshi and Sansheng alone.
The inner room suddenly fell into a dead silence. After a long time, it was broken by Hideyoshi's sob.
"Saki," Hideyoshi raised her head and looked at Mitsunaga with tears in her eyes: "Do you still doubt the loyalty of the Right Mansion?"
Sanjue was shocked by Hideyoshi's reaction. Except for Tsurumaru (Hideyoshi and Chacha's first child) that year, he had never seen Hideyoshi feel so sad. "The heart and loyalty of the Right Mansion are inferior to that of himself."
"I'll be relieved if you can say that." Hideyoshi wiped away her tears and sighed, "With you and the assistant of Hideaki, I can go with peace of mind."
"Since that's the case, the secret decree you gave me last time..." Sancheng asked.
"It's up to you."
"I understand. Then this affidavit..."
"I'll put it away, and I'll bury it with me then."
“…Since, obey the order.”
The next morning, the Honmaru Gate, including the five great elders and five masters, gathered together, waiting for Hideyoshi's instruction.
Below the lobby, all the daimyos knelt down to the south and north, with Hideopo being the leader, five of them being the second, five of them following, and the third-middle-level old men and Toyotomi family tree worshipped behind them on behalf of their retainers, and the daimyos knelt down from the front to the back according to their knowledge and practice.
"Your Highness and the Young Master are here!" With the loud and loud announcement of the eunuch, Hideyoshi led Hideyoshi and walked to the center of the hall with the help of the maids on both sides. After looking around the Daming, she sat down steadily. Hideyoshi hid behind Hideyoshi timidly. The wet nurse tried to persuade her to sit down on the futon beside her.
"Sir, long time no see you." Hideyoshi fucked her crappy tail and smiled and greeted: "Torinosuke, the tiger meat you asked someone to send last time was very effective, and my body has improved a lot."
"If you can satisfy me, you will be content." Qingzheng bowed deeply and said, holding back his tears. Even a fool could see that the life of the Grand Highness in front of him was about to be long.
Hideyoshi nodded happily, then looked at Yukihiro Yuki beside Hidekatsu, and said carelessly: "Major General hasn't come to see me for a long time. Is Yuki busy?"
As Hideyoshi's adopted son, Hideyoshi enjoyed true fatherly love. Seeing Hideyoshi who was terminally ill, tears couldn't stop flowing down: "I'm a little busy when I go back to your highness, but I've arranged the matters at home before. I think I'll stay in Fumimi for a while now, I don't know if I agree."
"There is no reason to refuse," Hideyoshi smiled heartily, "You can stay and spend more time with me. It's not too late to leave after a few days."
"I am grateful." Xiu Kang's snot and tears flowed all of them, but they made Ieyasu, who was his biological father, feel resentful.
"Why are you crying? Are you unhappy to let you stay with me?" Hideyoshi wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said carelessly.
Xiukang shook his head vigorously, and tears splashed Xiuzhong's face. "You can't cry like this if your dad dies, right?" Xiuzhong wiped his face and cursed in his heart with contempt.
"That's good," Hideyoshi nodded, and then said loudly: "Thank you all the hard work for you, all the adults who have returned from North Korea."
"We are willing to serve the official duties for the Taige." Daming, headed by Xiubao, including Xiuyuan, Xiuzhong, and Xiujia (Xiuqiu's thoughts on his mistakes behind closed doors), thanked Han Daming in unison.
Looking at the young daimyos whom he had promoted in front of him, Hideyoshi nodded with relief. At this time, Hideyoshi couldn't sit still and was clamoring to find Hirohime. Hideyoshi had no choice but to get to the point.
"I have a hard time asking you to come today. I heard from the eunuch report yesterday that the affidavit I wrote a few times was soaked in water, and it was difficult to tell. Therefore, I hope you can write another letter." Hideyoshi scratched her head and pretended to be embarrassed.
After saying that, the eunuch took out the drafted new affidavit and placed it on the small table in front of Xiu Bao. Under Xiu Bao's leadership, Daming came forward to sign and seal it.
Chapter completed!