After sending away Shibata Katsuya, Yu Qiuping suddenly felt that something was wrong with Hashiba Hideyoshi beside him. He hesitated for a long time, and several times suddenly brought up topics that were unrelated, and he didn't know what he wanted to express. After struggling for a long time, Yushiba Hideyoshi suddenly stopped Yu Qiuping at the door of the private room and pulled him to the staircase in the distance.

"Fujiyoshiro, what are you doing sneaking around?" Yu Qiuping looked at the strange expression on his monkey face and couldn't help but laugh.

"That's... Alas... Momiji. Yushiba Hideyoshi struggled for a long time, and finally didn't vomit or be unhappy, "You said that this princess Ashi is the precious sister of the lord, the lord doesn't necessarily mean that she will be widowed for the rest of her life, and she will be lonely for the rest of her life, she is only 27 this year." Yushiba Hideyoshi said in a low voice, while looking up from time to time to observe the changes in Yu Qiuping's expression, "You said that this Ashi Gong is really going to remarry, who will the main guild choose?" You don't necessarily have to marry the princess to that old thing of the Shibata Katsu family, right? I must find someone younger. But like Ah Dog and Hengxing, they are not very stable, and their status is not worthy of the princess..."

"What do you mean?" Yu Qiuping frowned and interrupted in a low voice, "Do you want to say that the Lord Guild will marry Princess Ashi to you?" ”

"Well... That is, to think about it. Being told through by Yu Qiuping, Yushiba Hideyoshi lowered his head and rubbed his hands a little embarrassed, and his steps became a little scattered.

"Don't you have Ning Ning? If Princess Ashi marries, she will definitely not be able to be a concubine, can you still reduce Ning Ning to a concubine? ”

"What is that yellow-faced woman, let alone making her a concubine. If I can marry a princess, I won't even blink an eye if I divorce her! Hideyoshi Hashiba suddenly became excited for some reason and replied loudly.

"What did you say?" Yu Qiuping was taken aback by Yuchai Hideyoshi's deviant remarks, "Ning Ning gave birth to children for you, and I have followed you to live a hard life for so many years, do you want to abandon your bad wife as soon as you have achieved something?" ”

"What is this! I told you only when you were a brother, don't talk nonsense! It seemed that the wine was surging, and Yushiba Hideyoshi's monkey face suddenly turned red, and his voice became sharp, waving his hand and saying sharply, "Don't say it's married!" Even if I have the privilege of tasting Princess Aichi's fragrance..."Hashiba Hideyoshi said this, and he became more and more excited, and Yu Qiuping could even clearly see a certain part of his body quietly swelling and pushing up his pants.

"When I think that my lowly body can be pressed against Princess Ashi's snow-white body... Tsk tsk..."Hashiba Hideyoshi's eyes were a little red, and his hands were sitting with strange movements, "Even if it's dead, it's worth it!" After tasting the taste of Princess Ashi, it is not in vain to walk in this world! ”

Yu Qiuping looked at Hideyoshi Yushiba, who was already a little crazy, with vigilant eyes, trying to suppress the emotions in his heart - he didn't expect his obsession with Princess Aichi to be so deep.

He suddenly realized that Hideyoshi Hashiba's obsession with Aichi may not only be due to his covetousness and temperament, but also due to his own inferiority complex rooted in his heart. Sengoku is a hierarchical society, and the differences between identities are as deep as a moat, and no matter what earth-shattering things you do, it is difficult to cross. Even if the three-man and four-rank families are in decline, they are still nobles; Even if the samurai were living on the streets, they still had the power to kill civilians with swords, and merchants and civilians did not even dare to say "no" in front of them. As a result, there was a deep-seated sense of superiority among the samurai, who looked down on all lowly grass folk – especially those who were successful and enviable.

And Hideyoshi Hashiba is one of the best.

He came from a humble background and relied on his own efforts all the way to where he is today. It was the arrogance and jealousy of the samurai that made them always speak ill of Hideyoshi Hashiba and look down on this low-born man. Even a down-and-out samurai who no longer has the ability will ridicule Hideyoshi Hashiba's background and his past of "straw shoes" behind his back, as if this can win back a trace of satisfaction and self-esteem for himself.

However, their actions greatly stimulated Hideyoshi Hashiba. In this era of strict status hierarchy, humble background has become an eternal pain in Hashiba Hideyoshi's heart, and it is also his most sensitive place. You call him corrupt, cowardly, opportunistic, and he can laugh back at you. But if you only mention his origin, it will make him jump to his feet with excitement - because he has been ridiculed like this since he was a child, and it has left a shadow in his heart.

In the history of Yu Qiuping's previous life, even if he has become a high-ranking person in the world, Hashiba Hideyoshi's inner inferiority complex is still not satisfied. He seemed to be able to see in the eyes of every passing samurai their ridicule of his origins, as if he could make up for every nobleman of the family to mention his origin contemptuously behind his back. He kept moving forward and climbing, and he continued to absorb honors, just to gain the recognition of others and cover up his deep-rooted inferiority complex due to his humble background. He asked for a noble official position from the imperial court, asked the emperor to resign his surname, made up his noble origin, and built a golden tea room with a vassal style, all for this purpose.

And it is precisely because of the scars caused by the identity gap that he has a peculiar obsession with the aristocratic lady. After he became a man of the world, it was rumored that he repeatedly forced the young lady of the aristocratic family to submit. It seems that occupying and seizing the body of a noble woman can fill the inferiority complex in the heart. And he just came out of the Oda family to the present, and the most noble woman in the Oda family is Princess Ashi. Maybe he just mapped his desire to get rid of his inferiority complex onto Ah Shi, thus adding an extra layer of special meaning to the goal of getting Ah Shi, so he has such an obsession with Ah Shi. The filthy things of his mind were satisfied not only with his body, but also with his soul.

In the history of Yu Qiuping's previous life, it seems that not being able to get Ashi has become Toyotomi Hideyoshi's eternal regret - so he actually took possession of the eldest daughter of Ashi, who was several rounds younger than himself, just to satisfy his inner desires.

Disgusting.

"If you really want to treat me as a brother, take back what you just said." Yu Qiuping said coldly, "As long as I am for a day, no one can attack Changzheng's widow." Gambling with his life, he will not let Ah Shi be defiled by people with ill intentions. ”

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On the evening of December 30, the New Year's banquet was held in the castle tower of Kannonji Temple. And Niwa Nagahide, who has never shown up, finally came to the crowd to meet everyone. From his haggard face and bloodshot eyes, Yu Qiuping could tell that he must have been busy enough in the past few days. However, what can Niwa Nagahide be busy with these days? Obviously, there is nothing wrong with everyone.

"The lord wants to build a new city in Minami Omi, and he will move the city here." Niwa Nagahide was kept being asked by the juniors, and finally reluctantly revealed his tone, "Anyway, the lord is going to announce it soon, so it's okay to tell you first." The lord named me to be in charge of this matter, so I was asked to return from Wakasa Province first, and I was planning a series of preparations for the next few days. ”

"Sure enough." As soon as Niwa Nagahide's words fell, Hashiba Hideyoshi immediately burst out laughing, and proudly patted Ikeda Tsuneko and Maeda Toshiie on the shoulder, "I'll just say it!" Well, I'll win the bet! Get the money! ”

"I think you're just going to fix your Changbin City even pants, so poor as anything, staring at Bai Yinzi with black eyes!" Ikeda Hengxing spat disdainfully, "Let you monkey hit the luck, you really guessed it." ”

"Hasn't he been building cities all day for more than a year, his mind is full of building cities, and everyone is building cities." Maeda Toshiya also muttered in a low voice angrily, "Isn't it just a little money, just give it, admit defeat!" You can't do it! ”

"I didn't expect the lord to really build a city here, no wonder we who were born in the mother's clothes were transferred to this neighborhood before, in preparation for the relocation of the city." Naomasa suddenly clapped his hands with a sudden realization, "But also, our Oda family is no longer what it used to be, and the entire is under our control, and it is inconvenient to put this castle in Gifu Castle, so it is better to have this Minami Omi in all directions." ”

"There will be a ceremony for the lord to be enshrined later, and the court sent the palace secretary to seal the lord as the three great words."

Niwa Nagahide's news did not cause any sensation. Beginning with the imperial court asking Oda Nobunaga to choose a future era name, the relationship between Oda Nobunaga and the imperial court quickly became closer. Yu Qiuping privately speculated that this was the imperial court currying favor with Oda Nobunaga. After all, with the killing of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and the destruction of the Ashikaga shogunate by Oda Nobunaga, the original samurai order in the world completely collapsed. The emperor and the imperial court had to rely on the Oda family, now the most powerful daimyo in Japan, to build a new order, so they also obeyed him and constantly added him to the rank of knight. Since then, Oda Nobunaga's official position has been like a rocket, and he has been promoted all the way from the small Dan Masada to the current Dainayan.

"Momiji, as well as His Royal Highness Shibata, His Highness Sakuma, His Highness Akechi, Fujiyoshiro, and I, will also be given a good official position. I don't know exactly what it is. ”

Niwa Nagahide's next news made everyone stunned for a moment. Not because of anything else, but because there is a strange person mixed in with this list of canons - Hideyoshi Hashiba. The people on the list, except for Hashiba Hideyoshi, are basically important ministers. Yu Akihei is the general of the Miyoshi Family Legion, Shibata Katsuie is the general of the Hokjido Army, Sakuma Nobumori is the general of the Ishiyama Siege Army, and after Niwa Nagahide is transferred back from Wakasa Province to be in charge of the construction of Azuchi Castle, the general of the Mountain ** Army will naturally be taken over by Akechi Mitsuhide.

However, Hashiba Hideyoshi is only the lord of Nagahama City at the moment, and there is a huge gap between his territory, military strength, and status from the five people before. Oda Nobunaga promoted him directly from the second echelon to the first echelon in the Oda family, obviously with his consideration.