Looking at Hidebo's surprised expression, Hideyoshi smiled: "When I learned about this back then, Xiaozhu also had this expression, but he only stayed for a moment, and he regained his composure. You've heard of the 'Great Return of China', right? ”

"That's a miracle you've created, Bichu Takamatsu and Settsu Amazaki are four hundred miles apart, but you only took six days to arrive, and not only that, but you can also defeat the wise rebels who were waiting for work with a tired army in the next 'Yamazaki Battle', and avenge Nobunaga's official proclamation after twenty days, such a record is not only a subordinate, but even most of the women and children in the market know about it." Hideho expressed his admiration and admiration for Hideyoshi's feat without any subtlety.

But Hideyoshi did not show any excitement or satisfaction because of his praise, but frowned and said: "That's just to deceive the world, what 'tired division', long before the incident, I distributed 800 pieces of gold and 770 pieces of silver to the samurai who led the army, and also distributed 85,000 stone of military rations to the ashigaru under his command, and even the lowest miscellaneous servants can receive more than five times the usual share, with these rewards, are they worried that they don't work hard?" ”

"Before the incident? So you deliberately let Rì plot to kill Nobunaga Gong and want to reap the benefits yourself?! Xiubao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"It's not intentional," Hideyoshi continued with a few coughs, "To be precise, it's acting according to the agreement, and there is no intentional or unintentional behavior. ”

"Agreed?"

"That's right, that's the content of the agreement between the four parties, and since it's an agreement, I will abide by it." Hideyoshi said lightly.

Xiubao had a hint of foreboding: "You said that it was a four-party agreement, is there still ..."

Hideyoshi sighed, looking a little tired: "I guess you have already guessed, that's right, it is the current Edo Inner Mansion and the two highnesses of An Yunzhong Nayan." ”

"What?!" Hideho almost stood up in surprise and stared at Hideyoshi in disbelief: "You mean. The three of you conspired to kill Nobunaga?! ”

Perhaps this reaction was expected to be the case for Hidebo. Hideyoshi wasn't too surprised. He nodded and said, "That's right, in May of that year (referring to 1582), at the invitation of Nobunaga, the inner government came to from Mikawa to play. On the way, we passed through Sakamoto Castle, where Rì Xiangshou was located, and it was there that we concluded a secret agreement with the former Prime Minister Konoe Maehisa. Once the matter was fulfilled, Rì Xiangshou would be appointed as the commander of the Shogun, and the Uchifu, I, and Naka-Nayan would all be given the title of Tokaido, Chugoku (mainly Harima and Settsu), and the Western Kingdom, respectively. ”

"Even Konoe has been involved for a long time, is it possible that the imperial court is also..."Hideho didn't dare to think further, this net was so big, it was more than he could bear, if it wasn't for Hideyoshi himself, he would never believe that Oda Nobunaga would die at the hands of his most loyal subordinates and righteous brothers, and even the emperor and minister, who had been staying out of the matter, would also be involved. The so-called hot and cold world is nothing more than that.

"That's right, if there is no support from the imperial court. How dare we attack Nobunaga? Hideyoshi bowed slightly, "Actually, you can imagine that Rì Xiangshou had just killed Nobunaga, and the imperial court gave him the title of general of Zhengyi, and the process was so fast, it was not something that a twitching and red tape-paying minister could do." ”

"But why do you want to rebel against your lord, and what reason does the inner government have to betray your brother-in-law?" Hideho's heart was filled with layers of doubts, all of which did not need Hideyoshi's answer.

"The reason why the imperial court came forward to make a deal was because Nobunaga did not take the emperor seriously, first resigned as the right minister, and then forced the imperial court to change the yuan, from Motogui to Tensho, and threatened the emperor to abdicate, and all these kinds of imperial court endured, but in May of that year, the most worrying thing for the emperor and the imperial court happened, that is, the so-called 'three-post appointment incident'."

"'Three-post promotion'?" Xiubao asked rhetorically.

Hideyoshi paused for a moment, then continued, "Harutoyo Haruko, who was in charge of the samurai family at that time, went to Nijo Castle at the behest of the Emperor and Konoe Maehisa and told Nobunaga that the imperial court wanted him to take up one of the three positions of Shogun, Taisei Minister, and Sekihaku, but the result surprised everyone. ”

"Nobunaga doesn't want to be either, do you?" Although Hideho had never met Oda Nobunaga, he could roughly guess his xìng character from the descriptions of him in later generations, that is, he would never be bound by the imperial court and official positions like ordinary daimyos.

Hideyoshi nodded: "That's right, he decisively rejected the kindness of the temple and ordered Konoe Maehisa, who was the mastermind behind the scenes, to resign as the minister of Taisei, and it was from then on that the imperial court thought that Nobunaga had a heart of disobedience, and replaced the emperor, so he tried his best to shuttle between various forces, hoping to get rid of Nobunaga with the help of other daimyos, the first of which was Rì Xiangmori. ”

"Rì Xiangmori was once a close minister of the former shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and he was fully loyal to the imperial court and the shogunate, and he has always held a grudge against Nobunaga Gong for overthrowing the shogunate and posting Ashikaga Yoshiaki, so it is reasonable to take the lead in responding." Hideho chimed in based on his prior knowledge.

"That's just one aspect," Hideyoshi coughed again, this time with a possible blood stain oozing from the corner of his mouth, and Hideho hurriedly picked up a handkerchief to wipe it. "The most important thing is that I am worried that I will follow in the footsteps of Lin Xiuzhen and Sakuma Nobumori, these two are old ministers of the Oda family, but they were chased and released because of their ineffective combat in the later period and their lack of military exploits, so the mirror is in front of him, how can he let Rì Xiangshou, who is also an old minister, rest assured, but what really made him make up his mind was the unfair treatment he received when he entertained the inner house."

"Although a secret agreement was signed, Rì Xiangshou was still reluctant to start thinking of Nobunaga's kindness, but what everyone didn't expect was that just because of the negligence of a meal, Nobunaga actually deprived Rì Xiangshou of all the fiefs in Tamba and Omi (a total of 340,000 stones), and also gave him the three kingdoms of Izumo, Hakugi, and Iwami that were still in the hands of the Mori clan, which completely angered Rì Xiangmori, and less than half a month after that, the change of Honnoji occurred, and I have to say that Nobunaga took the blame for himself."

"The minister understands," Hideho put away his handkerchief, bowed down and asked, "What about the Maori family, he is the enemy of his own family, why would you cooperate with them?" ”

"If it weren't for the cooperation of the Maori family, how could I trick Nobunaga into going to Kyoto, and if Nobunaga didn't go to Kyoto, how could he have a chance to do it?" Hideyoshi smiled bitterly: "The reason why the Maori family did this is just to protect their one-third of an acre, how can they not worry when they see that powerful daimyo such as Takeda, Asakura, and Rokkaku have been wiped out by Nobunaga Gong one by one?" In fact, long before I attacked Bichu, the late Prime Minister Chikuzen (Kobayakawa Takakei) secretly negotiated peace with me on behalf of the Mori family, but the time was not ripe at that time, so I did not agree to their request until the imperial court came forward and said that I had persuaded Rì to defend it, and it was only then that I began to secretly cooperate with the Mori family to plot to get rid of Nobunaga. ”

"What about His Highness the Inner Palace?" Hideho asked, "The Mori family is for self-preservation, but what is the Tokugawa family for, is it the late Matsudaira Nobuyasu and Tsukiyamaden?" ”

Hearing Hideho say this, Hideyoshi couldn't help laughing: "Will the inner government turn against Nobunaga for the sake of his son and wife, you also underestimate him." (To be continued.)

ps: This section of the Honnoji Temple is more against the sky, but it is not imaginary, you can check it on the Internet, and there is still some basis for the apocryphal of the bear cub.