It was also the first time for the envoy to see Hideho so angry, so he did not dare to delay, and immediately set off to return to Otawara after approving his sins, but at this time, the envoys of Tokugawa Hidetada and the three families also arrived in Osaka

In order to confirm Binyi, Tokugawa Hidetada did not go straight to Nishinomaru to question Hidebo, but led the envoy to the Tokugawa family Yashiki in Sogaku, wanting to ask Tokugawa Ieyasu to come forward and question

Although the knowledge and deeds of the three families add up to only 40,000 stones, but they are the last nail of the Tokugawa family in Shimono, and now the three families are in trouble, how can Ieyasu sit idly by, after asking the messenger in detail, the old fox came to such a conclusion: "Obviously, this matter has been planned by the mountain brothers for a long time, but whether it is due to the instructions of the right government, it is not possible to conclude prematurely, but since you are here, the old man must not let you return empty-handed, and must seek justice for the three of you."

Although Tokugawa Ieyasu swore an oath, but in his heart he did not intend to take the lead by himself, and after arranging for the three envoys to rest first, he called Honda and his son to Ohiroma to discuss how to take the opportunity to challenge Hidebo

"This time the Da Yu family was destroyed, it was indeed unexpected by the minister, it seems that the right house is really ready to do it" Honda Masanobu frowned, and said quite nervously

Tokugawa Ieyasu bowed slightly: "This time not only the Otaku clan, but also the three families of Oseki Sano Narita were also tragically violated, which can't help but remind me of the Junyuan Trinity three years ago, when there were dozens of wealthy families that were purged, and the foundation of the family in Tokaido was destroyed in one fell swoop, and I didn't dare to do it because I was afraid of Taiko; It's different now, Hidetomi and Mrs. Yodo orphans and widows, Toyotomi's family is stormy and rainy, I have two million stone Zhixing, I should have entered the world, I didn't expect Toyotomi Hidebian to be a hairy boy, just like back then, everything is against me, and now it's not only the hindsight of Hideyori, but also the Maeda Toshiya family, if you don't act, I'm afraid you really have to be controlled by others."

Honda Masajun listened silently on the side, and saw that the lord and father were worried about this matter, so he said tentatively: "If the family also sends troops to Shimono to defeat Otawara, and then find a reason to prevaricate in the past, so that the right house has a bitterness and can't speak, what does the lord think?" ”

"Shinhachiro is still too impulsive" Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled at Honda Masanobu: "Even if you can't say what you are suffering from, so what, the family is okay with him now, there is no need to deliberately fight him"

"Then let him occupy Shimono?" Honda Masanobu gritted his teeth

Tokugawa Ieyasu's face was gloomy, and he said lightly: "Now that the family has sent troops to support, there shouldn't be any big problems, but this matter must not be left alone, and you must let the right house spit out something, but as I said just now, the family is really not suitable to come forward to confront him, but Ishida Jibu, you can make good use of it"

"Osamu Ishida?" Honda Masashi scratched his head, "Let him stand up for his family, I'm afraid it's a bit ......"

"You think it's impossible?" Honda Masanobu asked rhetorically, "But I think this is a good idea, after the Osaka Rebellion, the status of the Ishida Jibu group of civil servants has also declined, especially the right house moved into Nishinomaru, this is obviously to monitor them, oppressed and excluded by this, there must be resentment in their hearts, it's not that they don't want to resist, it's just that they lack an excuse, the family can just provide him with an excellent excuse, as for whether they can bring down Hidebo, it's up to them"

Hearing Honda Masanobu say this, Tokugawa Ieyasu waved his hand: "It's not enough to be overthrown, it's okay to be majestic, how can more than two million big names be taken down because of this trivial matter, the reason why I want to give the opportunity to the ministry is that the most important thing is to let him know my mind, at least I won't point the finger at my family again, only in this way, my family can concentrate on planning the next policy."

"Killing people with a knife is indeed an excellent strategy, and the lord's talent Shinhachiro is really beyond his reach," Honda Masasaka bowed to the ground in admiration

Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled disapprehantly: "After dinner, you will tell the matter to the Great Nayan (Tokugawa Hidetada) and the envoys of the three families, and let the envoys go to the office to find Ishida Jibu to redress their grievances, the process of the incident is said to be as hot as possible, in short, you must make the Jibu unbearable, otherwise he will not easily attack the right house"

Honda Masashi nodded with pure understanding, and couldn't wait to convey Tokugawa Ieyasu's order to the envoy of the three families of Shimono, and the three families did not dare to slack off, and before they had eaten dinner, they hurried to the headquarters located in Sannomaru, and as soon as they saw Ishida Mitsunari, they added fuel to the matter of Shimono

Ishida Mitsunari still said some good things for Hideho at first, thinking that this might be the arbitrariness of the mountain brothers, who did not inform Hideho in advance, and should find two parties to confront each other in order to find out the truth; However, with the performance of the envoys, he also began to show dissatisfaction in his heart, especially when he heard that "Yamashita Nosuke invaded the inherent territory of the three families, burned, killed and looted, and nearly half of the Nenggong was transported back to Otawara, and posted a notice ordering all the village chiefs who encroached on the village to swear allegiance to the right government", he was even more angry, thinking that Hideho had made the Hao clan loyal to him, and clearly did not take Hidelai in his eyes, "What is the difference between such an aftersight and the ministers?" Let the Hao clan be loyal to him, it is clear that he wants to replace the young master" Ishida Mitsunari scolded loudly in front of everyone, and then he spoke to appease the envoys of the three families: "Everyone, please rest assured, this matter is very important, and I will unite with the elders to do official business, if it is really ordered by the right government, it will also be a crime!" ”

"The safety of the family depends entirely on Ishida's administration," the envoys sobbed again and again, respectfully kowtowing to Ishida Mitsunari to thank him, and Ishida Mitsunari also nodded solemnly, saying that he must uphold justice for the three families, and after receiving Ishida's assurance, the envoys were overjoyed and hurriedly left the yashiki of the office to return to the Tokugawa family

After a while, a young man entered the office through the wrong door

"Well, where did those adults go?" Ishida asked with a frown

"As expected, they didn't go to the post house, but went to the Yashiki of the Tokugawa Inner Prefecture," the Kosa replied confidently

At this time, Ishida Mitsunari sighed and said with emotion: "Sure enough, they are the bureau set up for me by the inner government."

Masuda Nagamori and Chefmasa, who were on the side, immediately approached Ishida and asked with a puzzled expression, "My lord has long known that these envoys are from the inner house?" ”

"That's not true," Ishida Mitsunari shook his head: "I just suspected at first that the three of them were the wealthy clans of Shimono, and as far as I know, the forces of Shimono are subordinate to the Inner House in addition to forming an alliance with the Right House, since they sued the Right House, it must be the Inner House faction, if it is the Inner House faction, why don't you ask him to uphold justice, but instead ask for help from the Imperial Palace?" ”

"They're just a small wealthy family, so I guess the inner government doesn't want to get involved," Masuda Nagamori guessed

"That's why I sent someone to follow them" Ishida Mitsunari smirked and said: "If it's really as you say, they must have touched a nose of ash at the inner house first, and then they thought of me, and I have already given them a guarantee, so they shouldn't go to the inner house's house, but as a result, you also know, so I said that this must be a trap of the inner house."

"Trap?" The chef pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Could it be that you want to borrow your hand to deal with Youfu?" ”

"Hehe, you think it's impossible?" Ishida Mitsunari is full of confidence, "The last assessment you also participated, the right house is already full-fledged, and has won the support of the Maeda family, it is completely in the middle of the day, at this time, anyone who has a little brain will not provoke him, I say this not to be afraid of him, he really did not do anything to the young master, if there is anything wrong, it is nothing more than that he controlled the exploration trade, promulgated the "Zhixing Fenghui Letter" and annexed a lot of land, these two points I think are not a great crime, However, Osaka's evaluation of Kaminaifu's performance gave me some ideas."

"Doesn't the adult have a great prejudice against Youfu, why are you thinking about him everywhere now?" Masuda Nagamori was very dissatisfied, after all, he had suffered the loss of Hideho back then, and it was hard to forget such a shame

Ishida Mitsunari subconsciously raised his eyebrows and said as if laughing at himself: "It's Ai five years ago, I thought that Qianguanbai was a threat and tried my best to get rid of him; After the death of the former Guan Bai, I felt that the inner government was a threat, and wanted to use the right house to get rid of him; After Taiko's death, I found that Youfu had become a threat again, and I wanted to use the North Politics Office and the Inner Government to get rid of him...... It wasn't until a few days ago that I understood that no matter who I get rid of, there will always be new forces rising, rather than eliminating them one by one, it is better to choose the least threatening one to support, although this will reduce the prestige of the young master, but it is much better than being usurped by the ministers, and the right government should be the most suitable person at the moment."

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