Just as Nakamura Ichi-shi sighed at the mountain, his original backer, Tokugawa Uchi minister Ieyasu, stood in the Tensori Pavilion in Edo Castle and looked towards the west.

"Look, cross Arakawa, cross Musashino, pass Miura Peninsula, pass Sagami Hirano, then cross Hakone, Fujiji Mountain, Oi River, cross Hamame Lake, and cross Yoshida Castle. You can return to Okazaki in less than a day." Ieyasu can't remember how many times this was this time I talked about this route with Honta Masatoshi, and he still enjoyed it. At the age of fifty-three, he left Sanhe, who had lived for nearly fifty years, and came to Kanto, where he was unfamiliar with his place. Even the heroes of the world cannot forget their longing for their hometown. Only in front of close ministers like the close relatives and Masatoshi, can he release his inner emotions a little, but this release is fleeting and will never let outsiders see what they think in their hearts. This is Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Like most of the important officials around Ieyasu, Honda Masato was born in Shinzo, so he naturally empathized with Ieyasu's situation. Not only could he memorize what Ieyasu said, but he could still feel the faint pain in his heart whenever he mentioned it.

Masashino knew that it was not the time to get into the scene, because there were more important things to be resolved. He interrupted Ieyasu's thoughts and reminded: "Lord, it's not the time to be sad. When Nakadashima was defeated, I suggested that my family come to mediate, but you refused to approve it. Later, the Toyotomi power was completely destroyed, and the Omori family came to make an emergency, but you still ignored it. When the Toyotomi Daisuke said that he would pacify Nishisuka and buy Yushi Yoshia.

When you worship the Asama Grand Club to show your authority, you still turned a blind eye; just the day before yesterday, when the Ichi-Nakamura was ready to fight to the death, you still refused to express your attitude, which eventually caused the Nakamura family to lose trust in the family and defected to Toyotomi Hideo. At this point, the power you worked hard to maintain in Junyuan San has been uprooted by Hideopo, and decades of foundation have been destroyed. My subordinates dared to ask my lord, I wonder what his lord was thinking, could he be really afraid of that playboy?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu knew that Honda Masato was very depressed these days. Not only him, but even the four kings under his command could not understand his actions. Honda Tadakasuke even believed that Ieyasu could never get rid of the shadow of the Nagakiguan incident, which led to his increasingly conservative thinking.

In view of this situation, Ieyasu had no choice but to summon Honta Masato and wanted to convey his ideas to other retainers through his position.

Ieyasu took out two ivory Chinese chess pieces from his arms and placed them on his left and right hands. He spread his hands towards Zhengxin and said with a smile: "Some time ago, a businessman from Ming Dynasty came to pay a visit and presented a pair of ivory Ming Dynasty chess as a meeting gift to me. After studying with him for a few days, he unknowingly liked this kind of Ming Dynasty game."

Honda Masato was dissatisfied with it after hearing this: "Chess has been coming from Middle-earth for a long time, but the lord is busy with government affairs and has no time to take care of it. In fact, this is still somewhat similar to the chess in his country. If you want to learn, just look for me, why bother to seek outsiders?"

Ieyasu did not answer him directly, but continued, "Look, I hold the 'shu' and 'smart' in my hands one by one and one by one. According to your opinion, which is more important?"

Honda Shin-sin is also a wise man, and immediately understood what Ieyasu meant: "Lord, are you trying to tell me the principle of 'abandoning the soldiers and protecting the commander'?"

Ieyasu nodded, looking at the chess piece in his hand, and continued: "The relationship between the coach and the chess piece is just like the king and the keel in the chess piece, and the truth contained in it is the same. The pawns are all for the coach. To put it cruelly, they must always be prepared to die for the coach. Of course, if you want to win the final victory, it is absolutely impossible to have no soldiers. But you must remember that there are five soldiers, and even if they all die, there are still some chess pieces such as princes, chariots and horses that can be replaced, but there is only one coach. In order to protect the coach, no matter how many soldiers die, they will be willing to die, let alone one that cannot be saved?"

"Can't be protected? What do you mean by lord?" Honda Masato asked in surprise.

Ieyasu looked up at the distance and said helplessly: "Everyone said that my Jiaoka was cruel. For the sake of his family business, who can kill his wife, but who is not the case? The highness of Fushimi forced Ayuki and his wife to separate, forced her to me, and even sent her to Jun Mansion as a hostage. Isn't this cruel? No one can stop him from doing what he wanted to do. Going to North Korea and killing Hideji. Didn't that fulfill his wish? Isn't it a big deal to transfer me to Kanto? But what can I do? He and I bothered, and what should I do to cut off my wings in Tokaido, so even if he took out a huge chip of more than 2 million stones, he could not tolerate sand in his eyes. In this case, do you think he would easily let the wealthy families in Tokaido?"

Honda Masato seemed to understand something: "What do you mean is that Toyotomi Hideo did this entirely out of Taiga's will?"

"You can't say that," Ieyasu stroked his beard. "This time, Taigao appointed Hideo as Aizu accountability envoy, which is quite difficult for a young man who is only eighteen years old. He should not give him the matter of sweeping Shizumi. I believe that if Kagajutsu had not been intentionally neglected and Yamauchi Ichitoshi took the opportunity to inform him, he would not have been in a hurry to wade into this muddy water."

Just as the lord said, he was confused, and asked, "If the lord said, Xiu Bao made a good decision and had nothing to do with Taige, then we can come forward to mediate, why give up this piece too early?"

Ieyasu's face showed a signature and cute smile, looking at Zhengxin kindly: "You only know one thing but not the other. There is only one reason why Taige is not in a hurry to move this hot potato, that is, it is that it cannot find an excuse. These wealthy families have lived in the local area for hundreds of years, and they have not made any mistakes and cannot make any moves. In this case, he can only place his own subordinates at most. As for eliminating these wealthy families, he can only wait for the opportunity."

"You mean Hideo created an opportunity for him?" Honda Masashi Shin asked.

Ieyasu did not express his opinion, but said helplessly: "At first, Tadashi's arrogance and rudeness was only his own problem. He would not implicate other wealthy families, but those wealthy families in the East Ton River were so brave that they dared to draw their swords at Hideopo, which just made him seize the handle and take the opportunity to join forces with the Yamanuchi family to eliminate dissidents. Here it was just the business of Higashima. Who knew that Nakada's current affairs were too sensitive and saw that the Kojima family was destroyed, so he thought Hideopo wanted him to be unfavorable, so he secretly contacted the Omori family and incited Ikki.

This is a way to seek death, no wonder others; his letter became an excuse for Hideo to attack Omoriji Nakanaga. Omoriji Nakanaga was forced to rise up and resist. With his strength, how could he compete with Hideopo? It is inevitable that he would be defeated and die. But he did not do good things before his death, and even coerced the Nakamura Ichinomiya to start a fight. The day when the Mitsunomiya Castle was destroyed also fell into Hideopo's hands and became his tools for him to surrender to the Nakamura family. At this point, Ikki, a native of the Three Kingdoms of Junyuan, ended with Hideopo's victory. What do you think after hearing so much?"

Hearing this, Honda Masato felt a little funny: "According to what you said, the fault of this matter is not Hideopo, but of these wealthy families themselves?"

"That's true," Ieyasu nodded, "Over the years, they have been using their power in the local area to do good deeds, and they have disobeyed me. They will not ignore the acting officials sent by Taige. Therefore, when Xiubao comes, they will naturally not look down on him, which will eventually lead to a disaster. Such a chess piece will eventually be eaten by Taige. It would be better to be a favor and let Xiubao make great contributions. This will also benefit him in the future without any harm. Zhengxin, now you should know what to do, right?"
Chapter completed!