Maeda Toshiya held Hideho's hand tightly and asked tremblingly, "What does Your Highness think of the dog's conduct?" ”

"Major General Echichu?" Hideho lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said with a reluctant smile: "Major General values love and righteousness, and has a chivalrous style, and he will inherit the Maeda family business in the future, and will never insult your reputation."

"Chivalrous wind? Hahaha" Maeda Toshiya couldn't help laughing: "My son, I don't understand, others say that he is righteous to curry favor with him, but these words came out of the mouth of His Royal Highness Youfu, and I don't know what to do."

Xiubao scratched his head embarrassedly when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "After all, you are the father of the major general, if I say that he is not, it will inevitably make you think that Xiubao is suspected of provoking."

Maeda Toshiya shook his head nonchalantly: "You are not that kind of person, what I want to hear is just the truth, I don't hide it, since the old man is seriously ill and bedridden, Fushimi and Echigo's affairs are all handed over to the head of the company, before that, I told him that as one of the five elders, he must not damage the interests of the Toyotomi family because of his relationship with other daimyos, especially to remember the oath signed at the beginning, and must not form a party camp, secretly communicating with the song, this old man has repeated many times, but he... Hey, it's all behind."

Hideho had long known about Maeda Toshinaga's close relationship with Ishida Mitsunari, but he pretended to be surprised and asked rhetorically, "Could it be that the lieutenant general has secretly formed an alliance with other daimyos?" ”

"Not really," replied Maeda Toshiie, "but there is already such a tendency, and that kid has been running to Osaka lately, saying that he is going to play, but in fact he was invited by Ishida Jibu to discuss something."

"Osamu Ishida? I've heard that it's said that Gojo has been getting close to some powerful daimyo recently, but I didn't expect it to be the case, and I didn't expect the Maeda family to be one of them" Hideho lamented in frustration: "When Taiko was alive, it was forbidden for daimyo to form a party, and it was really inappropriate for the government to do this, and the major general shouldn't have a deep relationship with him."

Maeda Toshiie nodded, looking quite agreeable with Hideho's opinion: "It's really infuriating that Ishida Jibu is a favored minister of the Taiko in vain, and he dares to take the lead in breaking his oath, and the old man heard earlier that the reason why Jibu is eager to pull the donkey force Daimyo is a very important reason is to form a force, a force that can force you to resign from the position of hindsight."

"What? Forcing me to resign? That's too much! Xiubao couldn't help but roared: "They don't count as forming a party, and they want to dismiss me, the queen of Taige's order, you really don't take me seriously, but Your Highness, since you know that the lieutenant general is also involved, why do you still have to tell me, he is your son-in-law."

Maeda Toshiya's face is also full of sorrow at the moment: "This is what the old man wants to ask His Highness to promise, your current status and strength are by no means mediocre people can have, to tell the truth, your brother is the former Sekihaku when he was alive, although he has more than 1.4 million Zhixing in Omi and Owari countries, but he is not worthy of the old man's admiration, in the eyes of the Li family, he is just a marionette in the hands of Taige, once Taige is tired of playing, there is only a dead end; And you, relying on your own intelligence and the assistance of capable people, successfully got rid of the control of the Taige, and persevered until now, becoming the strongest force in the world except for the inner government

You asked me why I told you about the Jibu yīn scheme, because the old man knew that even if I didn't say it, with your ability, I would find out about it in the near future, and at that time, Toshicho, as one of the participants, would definitely be assigned to your enemy line, and the future of the Maeda family would be in jeopardy."

Hearing this, Xiubi felt both jī and suspicious, feeling that the Li family could have such a high evaluation of himself, and doubting that he still couldn't figure out the difference between the Li family leaking secrets or not: "You're right, I'm already on the verge of being on the side, once I find out which daimyo are on his side, I will definitely not have illusions about them, and what's more, I will take them as a potential threat and wait for an opportunity to suppress them, but it doesn't matter if you say it or not, right?" ”

Maeda Toshiya smiled indifferently: "You can find out whether Ai said it or not, there is no difference from this point of view, but saying it before you know it and saying it after you know it, it is quite important for Li Chang to make an inappropriate analogy, the former is like turning himself in, and the latter is a fufa, do you think it can be the same?" ”

"Haha, I understand" Hideho couldn't help but give a thumbs up and exclaimed: "In the end, it was the big Nayan Ai who thought about the back path of the Maeda family in just a few words, and it was Ai who took the initiative to tell me before I knew it, even if I would go against Zai afterwards, I would take into account your feelings and the reminder of this matter at this moment to give the Maeda family a way to live; If I knew that I would fight the lieutenant general in the future, I would be annoyed and angry and kill them all, of course, this is just from the perspective of my victory, and you should have planned more than that, right? ”

"The right house is the right house, the old man is not wrong" Maeda Toshiya smiled heartily: "That's right, as long as the old man says it now, the Maeda family, oh no, at least the life of the head of the company is thin, and on the side of Ishida Jibu, he will never believe me, the father of the head of the company, will take the initiative to tell you the news, that is to say, once they can defeat you by luck in the future, then the head of the country can still claim to be a hero of the martyrdom, and the Maeda family can also be more prosperous Therefore, from now on, whether it is you or the government to gain power, The Maeda family will not suffer accidents because of the fall of the other party, and this is the last bit of effort that the old man has done for the sake of the company."

Xiu Yu carefully looked at the terminally ill old man in front of him, recalled his endless words, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart: The Maeda Toshiya family is indeed the pillar of the Toyotomi family, if it weren't for his own short life, he wouldn't have made this decision to protect the Maeda family, right? If he could live for ten more years, the world would be peaceful, but now... Hey, he only has the energy to protect himself, and it seems that he is the only one to go down the next road

"But Your Highness," Hideho seemed to remember something, "You seem to have missed someone, right?" ”

Maeda Toshiya was still smiling, squinting his eyes and asking, "You want to talk about His Royal Highness the Inner House, right?" ”

"Exactly" Xiubao nodded: "It's not just me and the government who have the ability to control the world, it's more likely that Edo Uchifu Ai didn't you hint just now, is he the most powerful force in the [Japan]?" ”

Maeda Toshiya bowed slightly: "Of course, the old man did not ignore His Royal Highness Tokugawa, but there is one thing you don't mind."

"Your Highness, please"

"The old man had already visited the inner house earlier"

"With your body..."Hideho was a little displeased: "Now that you are sick like this, why don't you summon him to your house?" ”

"You should understand" Maeda Toshiko took a breath and said word by word, "No matter who wins or loses between you and the Jibu, it will be the Tokugawa family in the future, so it is also very necessary for the old man to visit in person."

"And how did you explain it to him?"

Maeda Toshiya ignored Hideho's already ugly face, and said slowly: "The old man has only one request for him, that is, after seizing the world in the future, he must take care of Richo for me and ensure the safety of the Maeda family" (to be continued!) (Go read read .) cm