At noon on the 15th day of November in the fourth year of Bunroku, Hideho first arranged for Takaden to live at Koriyama Castle, and he himself took the head of Hideji to Fushimi Castle to meet Hideyoshi. The process of the meeting was surprisingly simple, Hideyoshi did not ask Hidebo to take out Hideji's head for him to see, after all, he knew that Hidebo would not dare to deceive him, and as compensation, Hideyoshi gave Hideho the fief of 570,000 koku of Ise as he said before, and Tomita Nobutaka, who originally had Anongtsu, and Furuta Shigekatsu, who had Matsuzaka, were transferred to Awa in Shikoku; In addition, Hideyoshi also asked the imperial court to promote Hideho's rank to the third rank, and at this point, after Hideyoshi, Ieyasu, and the Rike family, Hideho became the fourth highest-ranking daimyo in the official position. Hideho took the opportunity to ask Hideyoshi to allow Asai Yori to inherit the family business of the Asai family, officially changed his name to Asai Hidemasa, and obtained the commission of 50,000 stone from Asahi Yamajo Castle in Asahi County, Kita-Omi River; He also implored Hideyoshi to allow him to hold a tea party in Kitano Matsubara in Kyoto to celebrate his promotion to the third place, and hoped that Hideyoshi would be able to attend.

"Oh, is it Kitano? It's been eight years since I think about it, and the scene of that year is vivid, and it's very nostalgic, okay, you can prepare yourself, and let me know when the time comes. Hideyoshi nodded.

The "scene of that year" that Hideyoshi refers to refers to the unprecedented scale of the tea party held in Kitano in the 14th year of Tensho, which is historically known as the "Kitano Great Tea Party", and in that year Hideyoshi issued a proclamation that the 10-day tea party would be held from October 1. As long as you love the tea ceremony, whether it is a samurai, a merchant or a farmer, you only need to bring a tea kettle, a water bottle, and a drink. It is said that Hideyoshi allowed the attendees to have no tea, and it was okay to substitute rice flour paste, so there was no need to worry about not having a tea room, and only two or three tatami mats were spread out in the pine forest. In addition to Japanese, Chinese who love the tea ceremony can also attend. Anyone who comes to Hideyoshi's tea ceremony can drink the tea that Hideyoshi ordered himself. As soon as this proclamation came out, the respondents gathered, and on the day of the tea party, the tea banquets were one after another, reaching as many as 800. Hideyoshi even put on a golden tea room that he once flaunted in front of the emperor and Ming envoys—a tea room built entirely of gold. This tea party is a rare big scene in the history of the tea ceremony, and it is also the highest peak of Hideyoshi's cooperation with Sen no Rikyu, no wonder Hideyoshi heard that he would touch the scene when he heard that the tea party was going to be held in Kitano, after all, Sen no Rikyu had passed away, and Hideyoshi himself was no longer young, how could he not let him sigh at the change of the world, and the sadness of people leaving the tea cool.

Hideho attached great importance to this tea party, and he was going to invite Furuta Shigeran, Oda Yurakusai, and Hosokawa Tadashiko to be the three tea leaders of the tea party, all of whom were once one of the "Rikyu Seven Sages", and according to Hideho's invitation letter, he hoped to take this opportunity to restore the calm and natural tea style that had been lonely since Rikyu. The three of them felt quite reasonable when they heard Hideho's explanation, so they readily agreed. Hideho Nagashu Masake and Horio Yoshiharu and others checked the relevant literature, and they must have once again shown the magnificent momentum of the Kitano tea party in front of the world, and he had more important things to do.

The tea party was scheduled for November 20, and before that, Hideho sent invitations to all the world's great names and invited many ministers of the imperial court to attend, and the number of attendees was expected to be no less than the one eight years earlier.

On November 17, the third day of Hideho's return from Koyasan, he took Takaden Ishin and Fujido Takatora to Sato's residence in Hachimanjo Castle Town. This is a samurai house that is too dilapidated to be called a house, and the wrinkled old man who opened the door for Hideho is Sato Awaji Moriyasu Nobuyasu, and when Nobuyasu saw the brightly dressed Hideho and others, he knew that a nobleman had come, and hurriedly knelt on the ground. Hideho kindly helped him up, took out Hideji's last letter and showed it to him, and Nobuyasu knew that the young man in front of him was Hideji's brother, the famous Toyotomi Hideho, and immediately lowered his head and was at a loss.

Hideho held Nobuyasu's hand, signaled him not to be nervous, and told him in a sincere tone: "Don't be nervous, Mamoru Awaji doesn't have to be nervous, the purpose of my visit this time is to take Matsuchiyo to my house to take care of me." "Nobuyasu just learned that Hideji was dead, and he was already in tears, and now Hideho proposed to take Matsuchiyo away, so he couldn't help but be a little suspicious, afraid that this was Hideyoshi's trick to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but now the paper can't hold the fire, and what can he do with such a humble retainer as himself. With doubts in his heart, Nobuyasu led Hideho and the others to the house.

On the way to the inner courtyard, Hideho learned that since Hideji was exiled to Koyasan, many retainers, including Kimura Shigeji (i.e., Kimura Tsunekisuke), have been dismissed from their positions and become ronin, and even some of them have been arrested as "retainers".

Nobuyasu repeatedly emphasized to Hideho that no matter how hard he lived, the hard work he put into Matsuchiyo didn't have to be less than the children of the rich family, after all, this was a dignified son, and the old man couldn't help crying when he said it.

Under Nobuyasu's guidance, we came to a small room at the end of the corridor, and Nobuyasu knocked on the door, and after a while, a boy about seven or eight years old cautiously opened the door. Looking at his big watery eyes and fair skin, it was hard to imagine that he would be a boy, but I couldn't help but associate him with the "Himewakako" in Tosa. Seeing Matsuchiyo looking at Hideho blankly, Nobuyasu felt very rude, and quickly ordered him to kneel down to meet Lord Da Nayan.

Hideho helped Matsuchiyo up, patted the dust off his body, and asked him kindly, "Do you know who I am?" Matsuchiyo stared at those big eyes and whispered: "I heard my father-in-law say that there is a young man who became a great man at the age of seventeen, so it must be you, His Highness Toyotomi?" Not only Xiubao, but even Chongchuan and Gao Hu, who were standing beside him, were also surprised, I didn't expect Matsuchiyo to be so smart, not only subtly praised Xiubao, but also showed a high level of Chinese literacy.

Hideho nodded, showing a look of pity, stroked Matsuchiyo's head and continued: "You're right, I'm Toyotomi Hideho, but there's another identity you didn't mention, I'm your uncle." ”

(In the era of the Japanese Ritsuryo system, in the name of China's Nayan, Da Nayan, Zhong Nayan, and Shao Nayan were set up as subordinate officials of the Taizheng Officials.) The big and middle Nayan are the deputy officials, and the young ones are the judges. Da Nayan Han name Ya is called the servant; In Nayan, the Han name is Ya, and it is called the Yellow Gate Shilang; Shao Nayan Han name Ya to the matter. ）