Chapter 31: The Road to the East

"Your Highness really doesn't have to be like this." Juting Qingji said that he was generally interrupted by Xiubao: "Forgive me for taking the liberty of Xia, His Royal Highness Qingji has just lost a daughter because of Qianguanbai, and I really can't bear to let His Highness's father and daughter be separated again, and I don't want outsiders to think that I am a lustful person like Qianguanbai, and please take back what you just said." ”

Xiubao is this time I really want to refuse.,I already have the main room and three side rooms.,Although this was nothing in those days.,But the three side rooms Xiubao didn't touch it.,One has a strong temperament.,One is his sister-in-law.,There's a contempt when you meet.,None of the three can reassure you.,Now if you marry a young lady from the princess's family.,I'm afraid it's better than the one from the Asano family.。

While thinking about Xiubao, he looked towards the sunny season, only to see him muttering with a lost face, presumably complaining that I couldn't let him get off the stage. Presumably Juting Ji Zhi felt that the atmosphere was too embarrassing, so he couldn't help but speak, only to see that he still said in the tone that was neither humble nor arrogant when he visited last time: "His Royal Highness is watching out for the gossip behind his back, right?" If that's the case, then my Juting family won't be guilty of it. "What is that?" Xiubao hurriedly reassured: "Your Highness is a famous family and nobleman, and it is too late to respect him, so how can he dislike it?" His Royal Highness's sister is a beautiful lady, familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are not a problem. ”

Ju Ting Ji said reluctantly: "If Your Highness says so, it is really a torture, you are the benefactor of my father and my Juting family, let my sister serve His Highness, she will not have complaints, and His Royal Highness is very intelligent and likes the tea ceremony, my sister is quite appreciative of this, so please don't mind your Highness's criminal body, let her serve Your Highness wholeheartedly." After speaking, Ji Zhi bowed deeply.

After some persuasion from His Royal Highness the Juting Huangmen, Xiubao really couldn't refuse, just like Ji Zhi said, refusing is disgusting their Juting family, Xiubao really didn't expect that this ancient Japanese would also go online with this set. Thinking of this, Xiubao had no choice but to accept it, but the marriage was estimated to be handled when he returned from Aizu. Hearing that Xiubao agreed, the father and son were both pleased, accepted it when they saw it, and left in a hurry after thanking them.

According to Hideho's idea, having more of this young lady of the Kikutei family is nothing more than eating with more chopsticks, if she has an opinion about herself, she can get closer to Sakurahime, and she just doesn't exist. Now the most important thing is how to achieve the goal without angering the Gamo family, I have been thinking about it for a long time and have no clue, no way, Xiubao came to Chongchuan to discuss together, after a candle night talk, finally, Xiubao eyebrows stretched, and Chongchuan looked at each other with satisfaction and smiled: "Listen to the words of the king, this plan can be done." ”

Two days later, after arranging everything at home, Hideho took Kiyoko Shima and Takatora Fujido and more than 100 followers to Aizu, which is deep in Oshu. Before the team departed, Komahime and Keiji Maeda found Hideho. Komahime's meaning is very clear.,It's been a long time since I've been back to Yamagata Castle to meet my father Yoshimitsu.,This time it's just on the way.,I hope to go with Hideho; Keiji Maeda, an old urchin, felt that he had stayed in Kyoto for too long and was a little tired, and wanted to follow Hideho to enjoy the northern style, and by the way, he would see his old friend Naoeyama Castle. The request of these two people was not too much, and Hideho also wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to the daimyo in the Tohoku region, so he readily agreed.

Since it was Hideho's first time going out, Hideyoshi specially greeted him in advance, and the daimyo along the way were very respectful when they heard that Hideho was coming, and everywhere they went, there were local commissioners or important ministers who came to pick them up, and the solemnity was comparable to Hideyoshi's original Oshu expedition.

Hidebo's route this time was to Edo Castle in Musashi via Tokaido, then head north through Utsunomiya in Shimono to Mutsu and eventually east to Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle. Such a travel arrangement was carefully discussed by Hidebo and Chongchuan, in order to explore the strength of the Daimyo of Tokaido by the way, and to visit His Royal Highness the Shimoe Inner Prefecture by the way, as for Utsunomiya, it is the place where the Gamo family was transferred to the feudal place in history, so it is necessary to explore it in advance.

Tokaido is one of the seven ancient Japanese provinces of Kinai, which stretches eastward from Kinai and is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean side of Honshu. It is equivalent to the Pacific coast between the current Mie Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture. From west to east, Iga (Isu), Ise (Seshu), Shima (Shishu), Owari (Oshu), Mikawa (Sanshu), Enoe (Enshu), Suruga (Sunshu), Izu (Doushu), Kai (Koshu), Sagami (Sagami), Musashi (Takeshu), Anbo (Fangshu), Kamisso (Soshu), Shimoso (Soshu), and Hitachi (Changshu).

As far as the current situation is concerned, Iga is the exclusive possession of the Tsutsui family, Ise has just been allocated to Hideho, and Shima has long been the head of the Nine Ghost Water Army;

After the relocation of Fukushima Shonori, Owari has been included in the hiding place of Taiko, except for Inuyama Castle, the pension material of Miyoshi Yoshibo;

The Ikeda family in Mikawa had long since been transferred to Ueno, and in addition to Tanaka Yoshimasa's Okazaki 57,000-goku and Mizuno Tadashige's Kariya 30,000-goku, they are now basically under the direct jurisdiction of Taiko;

Toe's words mentioned the sore spot of Horio Yoshiharu, who was originally the daimyo of Hamamatsu Castle 120,000 koku, but now all of them are in Hideyoshi's pocket, except for Yamauchi Kazutoyo's Kakegawa 60,000 koku, Arima Toyoshi's Yokosuka Castle 30,000 koku, and Matsushita no Tsunada's Kuno 16,000 koku;

Suruga Province is relatively simple, except for the 145,000 stone of Sunpu Castle, all of which are included in the Tibetan territory;

Kai Province was all the territory of Hidebo's father-in-law, Asano Nagamasa, and the total control of the whole country was 215,000 koku;

Izu, Sagami, Musashi, Shimoso and Kamisso were all domains of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the Satomi clan of Anbo also received Ieyasu's domination as Yoriki; Hitachi's 540,000 koku was swallowed by the Satake family.

In history, all of the above-mentioned daimyo except Satake Yoshinobu were "duty-bound" to side with Tokugawa Ieyasu, and this could not make Hideyoshi feel cold. Hideho couldn't help but feel worried, if the Tokugawa family went from Tokaido to Luo, with his own strength, how many people could be summoned to work for him? How many daimyo of Kanto will support themselves, if the Tokugawa family really controls Kanto, I'm afraid that their two fathers-in-law will also have to think about their own positions; The western country itself does not have much foundation, and to put it mildly, Hideho's influence in the western country may not be able to catch up with Ishida Mitsunari.

In this way, Hideho embarked on this trip to the east with a sad face and a full mind, and the first daimyo to face was the lord of Okazaki Castle, Tanaka Kubei Yoshimasa who betrayed his friends to seek glory.