On the twenty-second day of the lunar month, there are still eight days before the New Year, but the news that Hideho is going to enter Osaka to congratulate the New Year has already spread, and even the vendors in the market know that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Hideho will bring his son-in-law Takeomaru's daughter-in-law, Toyotomi Makima's eldest daughter, Toyotomi Taotao, and four wives to Osaka to congratulate Toyotomi Hideyori and Mrs. Yodo, of course, such a detailed list of personnel, if it is not Hidebo's intention, how can it be spread to the world?

At this time, in the Maeda Toshinagashiki of Osaka Castle Town, the debate on whether to assassinate Hideho continued, and the main members who attended the secret meeting this time were in addition to the Maeda brothers and Osamu Ohno and other jī factions, and many lords around Osaka also sent people to attend the meeting Due to the disagreement with Ishida Mitsunari last time, Maeda Toshicho did not invite the five commissioners to attend this time, but considering the importance of the matter, Maeda Toshimasa still had a good way to say it, and persuaded Maeda Toshinaga to invite Ikoma and Nakamura Kazushi to participate in the meeting. At the last moment, Ishida Mitsunari could not resist the persuasion of Toshimasa, and sent Masuda Nagamori and Nagazuki Masato to represent him at the meeting

Because Horio Yoshiharu, one of the three elders, had become Hideho's retainer, so before Toyotomi Hideyoshi died of illness, he adopted Ishida Mitsunari's suggestion and added Furuta Oribe, one of the "Rikyu Seven Sages", to Mitsunari's surprise, this Furuta Oribe did not seem to have feelings for Mitsunari, but felt that the appointment of the middle elder made him unable to study the tea ceremony with peace of mind, and then complained to Mitsunari again and again

It is because of such a complaint that Furuta Shigeran has been living in the port for a long time on the grounds of ill health, and has never entered Fushimi or Osaka to deal with government affairs. However, for Hidebo, this matter does not seem to have much impact, Furuta Shigeran was originally a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, and after Honnoji followed Toyotomi Hideyoshi to this day, he is generally a member of the Toyotomi faction, as Hideyoshi's "Imperial Prince" He inherited Sen no Rikyu's exquisite tea art, and was loved and admired by the world for his reputation as "the tea head of the world".

However, for this advantage, how could Furuta Shigeran, as a party not be aware of it, it was precisely because he felt his important influence among the daimyo that he decided to resign from his official position and return to the port to live in seclusion, after all, Sen no Rikyu's previous experience is there, and the tea man only needs to concentrate on the study of the tea ceremony, and it is better to have less political deceit

What he didn't expect was that he had just retired for less than three months, and he was recruited into Osaka again, this time the appointment of the elder, it can be said that he was involved in a larger whirlpool, even if he was unhappy in every way, but in the face of Hideyoshi's cold eyes, he could only nod and agree

However, this kind of person who dismisses the wisdom of the table has always been lucky, not long after accepting the appointment, about ten days later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi died in Osaka Castle, and then Furuta Shigeran took advantage of Ishida Mitsunari and Hidebing to sneak out of Osaka, and returned to the tea house in the Kaigang to live a life like a wild crane

After that, no matter how Ishida Mitsunari questioned, Furuta Shigeran was noncommittal, neither expressing his attitude nor resigning from the position of middle elder, which made Gojo quite indignant, and even prepared to demote this old man to a commoner by the way after the removal of Hideho

After receiving this news, Furuta Shigeran said that he was not sick, and he stayed in the port honestly, and handed over all the affairs on the territory to the eldest son, that is, from then on, Nakamura Kazushi and Ikoma kinmasa took charge of the affairs of the middle elders, and became the most important link between the five commissioners and the five elders

Maeda Toshinaga's secret meeting, the scale is much smaller than Ishida Mitsunari's, not only did the four elders not send people to attend, but the powerful daimyo from all over the country are not willing to mix with this troubled water, but this did not shake Maeda Toshinaga's determination in the slightest, he believes that as long as the daimyo near Osaka can be united, kill Hideho in an instant, even if the Yamato Toyotomi family attacks afterwards, they can carry Hideyori out, plus the raw rice has been cooked and matured, and then reconciled by the five commissioners, I believe that the heavy ministers of Hidebian will not dare to continue to make trouble, as long as this plan is one, The Yamato Toyotomi clan will be leaderless, and they will no longer be able to set off any bō waves, and at that time, the world will be stable, and he Maeda Toshinaga will enter Fushimi as a martyr of the martyrdom, replacing Hideho in charge of the world, and the Tian family will be at ease from then on

For Maeda Toshinaga's idea, Masuda Nagamori and Nagashu Masaka looked at each other, speechless, so straightforward, so concise, only these young people can think of it, but this plan is easy to say, but it is not so simple to really implement, not to mention whether the assassination can be successful, even if it can be successful, he can be sure that Mrs. Yodo is willing to let Hideyori out for the Maeda family to use?

In the face of the doubts of the two commissioners, Maeda Toshicho was xiōng Youchengzhu: "I heard that Mrs. Yodo has an ambiguous relationship with Youfu a long time ago, if she refuses to hand over the young master, it just proves this matter, and at that time, hum, don't blame you for being unkind!" With that, Maeda Toshicho made a gesture of swinging his sword, and looked back at the two commissioners coldly

"Where did you hear that?!" Masuda Nagamori sighed and stammered: "That's the biological mother of the young master, the lady of the Taige, and such a rumor that damages the reputation of the major general must not be believed."

"Nonsense? Hmph, there is evidence in the next "Maeda Toshicho didn't give an inch, and insisted on explaining the matter in front of Toyotomi's retainers" This matter is not a fictitious thing, it is not a secret, but it is Mrs. Yodo's close ministers to the next through lù"

"Ministers? Can you make that clear? "Nagashu Masaya can't believe it

Maeda Toshicho looked around, hesitated for a moment, and finally said boldly: "Everyone gathers here for the sake of the Toyotomi family's Antai, it is a family, and it is inconvenient for Toshicho to hide it, and it is not necessary to hide it, and it is the young master's mother who informs him of this matter."

"The Great Treasury Bureau? Isn't that the young master's rǔ mother? Masuda Nagamori finally began to waver, and since it came from the mouth of this fù person, it was somewhat true

"You're right" Maeda Toshinaga was very satisfied with Masuda Nagamori's reaction, and said solemnly: "She is a person who is not supported by Mrs. Yodo, since this matter has come out of his mouth, you should believe it."

"If that's the case, then it's really chilling for Taiko" Aoki Kazushige, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but sigh, as one of the only two daimyo in Settsu, his knowledge and deeds are only 10,000 stones, but he is responsible for garrisoning Asada Castle, which is closest to Osaka, here It needs to be explained that this Aoki clan is the Mino Aoki clan, and it is not much related to the Aoki clan of the Hideho family

Although it sounds like the evidence is conclusive, Yamazaki Iemori, another daimyo of Settsu, who guards Mita Castle, is a little skeptical: "Just by relying on the words of the fù people, it is really a bit hasty to correct the young master's biological mother" As a lord of 23,000 stones, when the time comes, he can gather 500 troops to enter Osaka Qinwang, for Osaka, which strictly prohibits soldiers, this is a large force Of course, the most important thing is that it only takes an hour for his residence to reach Osaka, which is an advantage that other daimyo do not have (to be continued!). (Go read read .) cm