Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Tokugawa Ieyasu and his entourage soon arrived at the Imperial Palace. Please search () to see the most complete! Although the fastest update said that the road was to hear Fujido Takatora say that this time to Numata Castle, Hideho and Tokugawa Ieyasu met alone, and no one else was allowed to participate, but considering Ieyasu's safety, Honda Tadakatsu and others still insisted on asking to accompany him.

But Tokugawa Ieyasu stopped him: "If it weren't for the right government to send people to protect us, we would have died on the road, if we really want to put the old man to death, why wait until now?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the Tokugawa retainers had no choice but to obediently obey and rest in the side hall under the guidance of Fujido Takatora.

There was no approach, no personal samurai, Tokugawa Ieyasu slowly walked into the main hall, Hideho sat at the head of the main hall, and after the two of them gave a simple salute, he motioned for Ieyasu to sit down next to the table where the food and drinks had already been arranged.

"Your Highness the Inner House, Osaka Farewell, it's been nearly three months now." Hideho was the first to break the seemingly awkward atmosphere in the house.

"Youfu's words are wrong, ten days ago, didn't you and I still 'communicate' under Wakamatsu Castle?" Tokugawa Ieyasu pretended to be relaxed, intending to use this gesture to disturb Hideho's judgment of himself.

Although he had long expected that Tokugawa Ieyasu would not directly confess his guilt and beg for mercy as soon as he entered the door, his statement still surprised Hideho a little.

"At this moment and that time, I guess the mood of you and me at this moment is completely different from whether it is ten days ago or three months ago." Hideho motioned to Tokugawa Ieyasu to take a sip of tea first, and used this time to organize his language, so as to suppress his seemingly humble and arrogant posture, but in fact he was fierce and inward-looking.

"Does the Inner Mansion know why I am here alone to meet you, instead of gathering all the daimyos?" Hideho asked.

Tokugawa Ieyasu replied unhurriedly: "Although the old man is a defeated general, he is still one of the five elders, His Royal Highness must want to humiliate the old man for the previous conflict, and then hand us over to those daimyo to deal with, on the one hand, the Tokugawa clan will be completely trampled on the soles of his feet, and on the other hand, he can also establish the authority of you and the Yamato Toyotomi clan." ”

"Neifu, although it is a little disrespectful, but to be honest, you also think too highly of yourself." Hideho sneered, and asked a little ridiculously, "Do you still need me to step on the Tokugawa clan now?" As you saw along the way, who else would show half a bit of awe for the Tokugawa clan? ”

I didn't expect that the words just now would make Hidebo change his forbearance and restraint just now, and directly ridicule, Tokugawa Ieyasu was very surprised: "Talking with the Fujido Minbu before, the old man still had hopes for His Royal Highness, but now it seems that this is all the old man's wishful thinking." His Royal Highness is so arrogant at a young age, even if he wins this battle, the road ahead will not be smooth. ”

"If it weren't for the inner government's words to hurt people first, how could he have made such a gaffe reaction?!" Regarding Tokugawa Ieyasu's accusations, Hideho did not have the slightest fear.

"Hurtful words? How could the old man ever have one? Hearing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu turned from anger to confusion and asked in confusion.

"Your Highness said that I wanted to take this opportunity to humiliate the Tokugawa clan and use the Tokugawa clan as a stepping stone to establish the authority of my family, isn't this an insult to my subordinates?" Xiubao replied angrily.

"Isn't it, otherwise what is the purpose of His Highness calling the old man alone?" Seeing Hidebo's reaction, Tokugawa Ieyasu's attitude softened.

"Don't say anything else, if you really want to humiliate Your Highness, I won't send someone to protect you on the way."

"Then this meeting with the old man is to ......"

"I want to talk to His Highness first, so as not to be taken advantage of by other daimyo when the time comes."

"Got a loophole? What does Your Highness mean? ”

"Today's Tokugawa clan, once pushed in front of everyone, must be pushed by the wall. In order to preserve some interests for the Tokugawa clan as much as possible, this meeting was arranged in the next place, so that we could talk openly and honestly with His Highness about their thoughts and bottom lines, so that there would be no mistakes when meeting with other daimyos. ”

"So, is Your Highness intending to protect my Tokugawa clan this time?" The two of you said a word, and Tokugawa Ieyasu gradually became respectful.

Xiubao smiled slightly: "If I told you directly that it was for the Hotokugawa clan, you probably wouldn't believe it." ”

"The old man doesn't think His Highness would be so kind." Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled knowingly: "After all, it took so much effort and cost to defeat the family, how could it protect the family in turn?" ”

"That's right, so, I want to make a deal with the inner government." Xiubao took a sip of tea and said slowly.

"Deal?" Tokugawa Ieyasu seemed to understand in an instant: "Could it be that the road from the Ministry of Civil Affairs hinted at the next thing, right?" I thought that the Ministry of Civil Affairs was simply coming to protect my family, but now it seems that the old man is stupid. ”

"It has nothing to do with Gao Hu, this matter can only be discussed by you and me." Hideho waved his hand and motioned for Ieyasu not to think too much.

"In that case, the old man would like to hear about it." Tokugawa Ieyasu replied with a serious face.

"How does the Uchifu feel about what happened on the way to Numata this morning?" Hideho has not yet fully grasped Ieyasu's thoughts, so he used this matter to test it, which can be regarded as throwing stones to find out the way.

"Did the ninjas under His Highness's command report in advance? The old man really admires your intelligence. Tokugawa Ieyasu bowed slightly, looking a little lost: "The old man really didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, but this is normal in troubled times, the king is defeated, the winner is the king and the hegemon, the loser is wiped out, those guys just want to protect their own interests, it's understandable." ”

"The inner house is really open-minded." Hideho knew that Tokugawa Ieyasu would not be hooked so quickly, but he was not in a hurry, but continued to knock on the side and said: "Repaying grievances with virtue like this makes Zai Xia look down on those guys a little, and what they said before doesn't seem to be so credible." ”

"They? What does Your Highness mean? Tokugawa Ieyasu asked.

"I can't say much about this, but the inner government should understand it in his heart."

Tokugawa Ieyasu was silent.

"According to what they said, the contact with you before the war was a last resort, and the troops in their respective territories were also coerced by you, in short, this series of wars was caused by your alliance with Maori, Sugi and the main family to fight for power, and the Toyotomi clan for the world, and they have nothing to do with them."

"Bastard!" Tokugawa Ieyasu hung his head, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "It's a bunch of cowards for me to think about them like this, but they treat me like this!" ”

"To tell you the truth, although I intend to leave this matter to the joint meeting of Osaka to decide, but as the so-called public mouth is gold, if this is the case, I am afraid that no matter who presides over it, the result of the disposal will be very unfavorable to the Tokugawa clan, even if there are many letters exchanged between you......"

"Letters?!" Tokugawa Ieyasu suddenly became alarmed.

"That's right, some of them were destroyed when you retreated from Aizu, and the other part was collected by your own ninjas. But after all, the effect is limited, and if there is no strong human evidence, or no more powerful physical evidence, I am afraid that the Tokugawa clan will not only change so easily. ”

"Do you want the old man's life?!" Tokugawa Ieyasu sat down in a precarious position.

"For the Tokugawa clan, before conquering Edo, it may only be the end of the Hojo clan, and after conquering Edo, I'm afraid it will be the end of the Asai clan. Your Highness, you don't have much chips on the table, think about it, if these daimyo jointly demand that the Tokugawa clan be severely punished, do you think the Tokugawa clan can have a good result? ”

"Do you really want to kill me?" Tokugawa Ieyasu still couldn't believe it, he always thought that Edo Castle would not be broken for a day, and he still had the bargaining capital, at least it would not be a problem to preserve the name of the Tokugawa family. But now that he heard Hideho say this, his heart also became afraid.

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