Chapter 376 Transactions
"This is simply ridiculous!" Tokugawa Ieyasu laughed at the sky, "Ministry, you have also taken great pains to convince me. But life and death are fate, success and failure are in heaven. Things have come to this point. I just want to reach harmony with the Right Mansion as soon as possible. Please don't think of using this family as a tool to eliminate dissidents."
Although Tokugawa Ieyasu was not concerned at all on the surface, he was still a little worried. Indeed, in Numata City, many daimyos had more or less contact with the Tokugawa clan before the war. Now that Tokugawa Ieyasu has been defeated, these guys are worried that their deeds will be exposed. It is very likely that as Fujido Takato said, they sent ninjas to assassinate Ieyasu and the important officials around them in the middle.
However, before there is no conclusive evidence, Tokugawa Ieyasu was unwilling to believe Takato Fujido's words easily. After all, we will meet with Hideopo in the next step. In order to prevent Ieyasu from betraying themselves, those daimyos are likely to stand up for the Tokugawa family. It is precisely because of this that Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to remain silent and gain more support for the Tokugawa family.
However, Takato Fujido was obviously prepared. He clapped casually. He then lifted a curtain close to the outside of the hall. Takato Fujido pointed to the corpses lying on the straw mat outside the door, and said to the Tokugawa retainers with a calm expression: "Uncle Mansion and all the sirens, please look at these guys. After reading it, you will know that it was not an exaggeration just now."
Tokugawa Ieyasu sat still, but asked Tadao Honda and Masaku Honda to check. The two looked at the front of the corpse for a long time, and carefully examined the objects on the corpse, and couldn't help but frowned.
Perhaps because he had the answer, Honda Masato quickly walked behind Tokugawa Ieyasu and knelt down, muttering a few words against his ear.
"Are you sure?" Tokugawa Ieyasu's face turned cloudy and his tone was not as easy-going as before.
Honda Masamun nodded solemnly: "That's right, both Daisuke Zhongyi and I think that these guys are indeed ninjas under the command of the two high men. I have met the one in Osaka a few times before, so I will definitely not be wrong."
"Damn it!" Tokugawa Ieyasu gritted his teeth and said angrily: "I dare to bully me. It seems that my family doesn't need to show mercy."
Although he said this, Tokugawa Ieyasu still thought for a long time, and it was not until Honta Masamune reminded him that he had recovered. He looked at Takato Takato of Fujido and bowed, "It seems that I have judged a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Please forgive me."
"The inner court is so serious. You just thought about the Tokugawa family. The foreign minister can understand it." Fujido Takahara smiled and said, "But please don't misunderstand. The reason why I asked you to see these corpses is mainly to remind you. It is not to provoke your relationship with other daimyos. This is also the original intention of the foreign minister to come this time."
"I don't want to know anything from what you mean?" Tokugawa Ieyasu was a little surprised.
Takato Fujido nodded slightly and confirmed: "That's right, the Right Mansion had already reminded me before coming. This time I came here just to ensure your safety. As for other matters, as long as you don't want to, the foreign minister will not force me."
"I will repay you with such sincere treatment..." Tokugawa Ieyasu thought that the time was not right, but he thought it was very strange.
"How did Youfu expect that I would come to Numata Castle this morning?"
"It's not only the Tokugawa family that has its own intelligence network in this world." Takato Fujido smiled and said, "Compared with Koga and Iga's ninjas, Yamato Toyotomi's ninjas are not inferior. The inner court can slowly understand this in the future."
Hearing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu took a deep breath: "Is the series of movements of our family within the control of the inner palace?" he said to himself.
"It's getting late. If you have enough rest, then we'll get up and rush forward." Fujido Takato smiled at Tokugawa Ieyasu.
"Let's go," Tokugawa Ieyasu thought for a while, but he spoke in the end: "I once invited the Ministry of Democratic Affairs to serve in the Tokugawa family with 200,000 shi of knowledge and practice, but you said that you hope to stay by the right mansion and assist him in achieving hegemony. When the world surrenders to Toyotomi again, let alone 200,000 shi, even if you only leave 10,000 shi for you, there will be no complaints. I still can't figure out why you are so confident in the right mansion?"
"Maybe it's intuition." Takato Fujido smiled happily, "It's hard for you to imagine that a three-class servant like me would choose a lord based on intuition? In fact, I don't know why. Although I have experienced great storms, as long as I am by the side of the Right Mansion, I feel very at ease and at ease. This is not only my feeling, but also the experience of many old ministers in the family. I always feel that after the incident in Totsugawa, the Right Mansion seems to have become a different person, more mature and steady, and the atmosphere at home has become much more harmonious. Some of the retainers who were going to go out of his family have also stayed. It turns out that their choice is right."
"Is that just that?" Tokugawa Ieyasu was a little puzzled: "In terms of ability, the Right Mansion is not outstanding; in terms of strength, he was suppressed and surrendered to the bottom of the five elders. What you said just now made me feel that there is nothing to explain the success of the Right Mansion except being generous and humble."
"It is well known that the Right Mansion treats people easily and easily. Even those who have low status can be approachable, which is something that many daimyos cannot do." Fujido Takato said, "But this is not the main reason. Foreign ministers think that the most powerful thing in the Right Mansion is to use people to identify people."
"Sometimes I feel it's very strange. The Right Mansion has a unique vision. It can really be doubted without using people. It's extremely thorough in the analysis of the situation. It seems that I know everything about things early in the morning..." Speaking of this, Takato Fujido was also suspicious. Until now, he didn't understand where Hideo's overall view and strategy that was inconsistent with his age and qualifications came from.
Tokugawa Ieyasu also had a deep understanding of Takato Fujido's feelings: "Whether it is the Ikki who first pacified Junyuan San, or quelled the Ukita riot, or even later divided his troops to attack the Kanto Yashu, it is necessary to accurately analyze and grasp the current situation, which is definitely not something that ordinary people can do. Although I don't know how the Right Prefecture made these decisions, I admire him from the bottom of my heart. Okay, I won't say much about anything else. I'll ask the Minzu to lead the way. Let's go to Numata Castle now."
Meanwhile, in Numata Castle, Hideomo Masato and Maki Kan talked in the tea room.
"This time it's thanks to An Yishou." Xiubao said in a casual tone while tasting tea.
"Your Highness, don't say that, this is what foreign ministers should do." Mabi's family is the general of the Satake Army who went to Aizu this time, but due to Satake Yoshihiro's constraints, the performance of the Satake Army in the Battle of Hirahara can only be described as unsatisfactory.
Chapter completed!