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On the sixth day of the eighth month, it was a good day for Hideho to ask the Yomyo-family to do a fortune-telling, and on this day, the Yamato Toyotomi family, including the retainers, moved their families to Gotoyama Castle on the site of Azuchi Castle on the shores of Lake Biwa, and from this day on, Hideho left Koriyama Castle, which had been the residence of the city since the Hidecho era, and made the magnificent castle on Mt. Goto, one of the best in, the new center of power.

Although the main functions would be replaced by Mt. Goto, in view of the complex environment around the castle (to the west of Mt. Goto-Nagayoshiguan was the fiefdom of Kyokedaji, to the south and east was the fiefdom of Masuda Nagamori, and less than a day's further north was Ishida-Nari's Sawa Castle, which was in fact an enclave and completely unconnected to Yamato's skills), Hideho decided to let some of his retainers stay in Koriyama, and that Aoki Kazuki was under the unified management of the "Koriyama Stay".

As soon as Fuke arrived at Mt. Goto, many daimyo came to congratulate him, such as Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Ikeda Teruma and other Owari daimyos, not to mention the Owari faction, and even the centrists such as Date Masamune and Otomo Yoshinori also sent people to congratulate, but what Hideho didn't expect was that the five elders and the five commissioners actually came to congratulate together, which also made the guests at the scene in an uproar.

"The ten most powerful people in the world are here, and this kind of treatment can only be enjoyed by the right government." Mogami Yoshimitsu deliberately said in Date Masamune's ear, as Hideho's father-in-law (Komahime's father), seeing his son-in-law so powerful, in addition to envy, he is more fortunate and satisfied.

"I don't think so," Date Masamune choked Yoshimitsu with a sentence: "This ten has the meaning of the cabinet, but it is just to establish the prestige of the right house, and in terms of ability, he may not even have one-tenth of His Royal Highness in the inner house." ”

"A tenth? Don't underestimate people, there will be times when you will suffer in the future. Yoshimitsu snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and went to greet the other daimyo.

"Suffer? Hmph, I, Date Masamune, didn't know what it was to suffer when I was born, old fox, don't take the wrong boat, no one will save you if it sinks when the time comes. Looking at Yoshimitsu's complacent appearance, Masamune was angry, although he was his uncle, but this "Yuzhou Fox" did not pit his one-eyed dragon nephew, and the two families were just face and heart, and they were just playing on the spot.

In addition to these well-known daimyos, a number of lesser-known daimyo also came to Mt. Gotoyama and lost no time in paying homage to Hideho, including Yoshihiro Oysaki, who dealt with Ezo, and Yoshitomo Tsushima, who relied on Korean trade.

Oyster Seihiro's intention was very clear, first, to offer Hideho bear skins, deer antlers and other things in exchange for trust, and second, he hoped that he would say a few kind words for himself in front of Hideyoshi, so as to obtain the "black seal" () that could monopolize the right to trade with the Ezo people.

For this little favor, Hideho didn't care, but considering that Oyozaki Keihiro was the only daimyo sitting in Hokkaido, Hideho still decided to be perfunctory and let Gao Hu accept the gift on his behalf, as for the "black seal" that the Oysaki family dreamed of, he didn't make a guarantee, just said "Do your best, everything is up to the cabinet".

As the lord of the Tsushima family, in order to further expand his rights and interests in the trade with North Korea, Zong Yizhi was willing to act as a pioneer in the Battle of Lu, leading his family of 5,000 people to the north, and only stopped killing Pyongyang, you must know that his knowledge and deeds were only 10,000 stone at that time, and Konishi Yukinaga, who had 200,000 stone high in the north of the horse, sent only 7,000 troops. As a result of these achievements and efforts, the Hideyoshi clan monopolized trade with North Korea (i.e., the "Korean trade exclusivity").

However, due to the outbreak of the Battle of Keichō, Hideyoshi's promise came to naught, and the trade between Japan and North Korea was cut off again as soon as the ban was lifted, and from then on, the national strength of the Tsushima clan collapsed.

Just a month ago, the signing of the "Zengping Peace Treaty" gave Zong Yizhi the hope of a second spring, but the idea of "Korean trade independence" made him decide to avoid Xiubao and negotiate with the Ming Dynasty alone, but the facts gave him a slap in the face, according to the "Zengping Secret Treaty" signed with Xiubao, Xing Yu instead of meeting the messenger of the Zong family, Yanagawa Tomoyong, but forcibly drove them back to Tsushima Island, such an arrogant state was never expected by Zong Yizhi.

"If you don't make any money, are the people of the Ming Kingdom crazy?" Zong Yizhi couldn't help but mutter: "Since it can't be done right, then we can only trade in secret." ”

"I don't think it will work." Yanagawa Tomoyong reminded, "I learned from the mouths of the Ming soldiers who bought it that all merchant ships entering the DPRK must carry a token called 'Blue Seal', without it, let alone trade, even if they wander around the sea off the coast of Korea, they will be intercepted and seized by the Ming naval division." ”

"What is the 'blue seal', do you know who issued it?" Zong Yizhi asked.

Yanagawa Tomoyong immediately lowered his head and whispered: "As far as the minister knows, it seems to be a trade letter issued by His Royal Highness the Right Mansion printed with the blue 'Wuqitong'..."

"Right House? How is this possible, could it be that he has reached some kind of tacit agreement with the Ming Kingdom to only allow his own ships to trade? Zong Yizhi was shocked, "If this is the case, then wouldn't our sect family have to sit back and wait to die?" "The land of Tsushima Island is barren, and it is only by relying on trade with Korea that it has survived to this day, and it is rumored that the heads of the clan have accepted the official positions given by the king of Joseon and become a wonderful flower in the relations between Japan and North Korea, which is enough to reflect the importance of Korea to the clan family, as Tsushima Yoshichi said, once the trade with the DPRK is lost, the economy of the clan will collapse, and at that time, let alone organize a strong army of 5,000 people, even the basic livelihood may be difficult to maintain.

Seeing that Zong Yizhi was so anxious, Yanagawa Tomoyong immediately suggested: "Anyway, this family has the 'exclusive permission for trade with North Korea' approved by the cabinet, as long as he explains it to the right government, he won't give it back, right?" ”

"Are you crazy, how much is the face value of 10,000 stone daimyo?" Zong Yizhi stood up and exclaimed, "Since Youfu has a private agreement with Mingguo, how can he allow us to profit from it?" Now that people are in full swing, if we use the pavilion to pressure him, wouldn't we be asking for hardship? Do you think that the cabinet will punish the right house that is about to become the aftermath of His Highness Shurai for the sake of us? ”

"The lord is wise, it is the minister who is anxious for quick success, what should you do in your opinion? You can't just watch your family decline. Yanagawa Tomoyong hurriedly bowed down and kowtowed to apologize.

Zong Yizhi paced back and forth in the room, and after a while before he muttered: "If the hard one doesn't work, you can only come to the soft one, and I can only persuade the right house with good words in this matter, and I implore him to give birth to my family." ”

So, Zong Yizhi personally led more than ten retainers, more than ten boxes of gifts (it was later found that it was basically "Northeast Treasure"), trekked through mountains and rivers to Yudong Mountain, and had to meet Shangxiu Bao no matter what.

At this time, the importance of Tsushima was far beyond that of Ezo, and the treatment received was naturally different, so Hideho specially received Munyu Yoshitomo among the "cranes" who entertained the daimyo of more than 100,000 koku.

After understanding the intention of the Zong family, Xiubao smiled and said kindly: "What kind of request should I have, this is no problem at all, not only that, I will also allow your merchant ships to go to Ningbo with my family's fleet to participate in the Ming trade, however, I also have a small request, I don't know if Tsushima Shou will agree." ”

"The right government, please speak, as long as the humble post can be done, it will never be resigned." Zong Yizhi nodded solemnly.

"Actually, it's very simple," Hideho said unconcernedly, playing with his folding fan, "It's just to lend me the four islands east of Asamo Bay, including Perari Island." ”

(However, Zong is the original surname of the Ma Zong family, and for the sake of rhyme and symmetry, it is used to refer to the Zong family.) ）。

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