"Does the lord plan to help his subordinates restore their family name?" Harukatsu held Hideho's hand even harder, his lips trembled slightly, and tears couldn't stop flowing out.

Hideho nodded and replied, "It's certain to restore your original status, but it's not as simple as 'restoring your family name'. ”

"Let me be the head of the Takeda family, and I can restore the name of the Takeda family, everything is logical, is there any problem here?"

"Now, with my strength, I can definitely allow you to resume using the Takeda Miao character, but this does not mean that you will inherit the position of the Takeda family governor." Hideho reminded.

"What do you mean by that?" Harukatsu's excitement subsided, and he asked cautiously, "Your Majesty is the second son of Katsuyori, and after my brother's death, I should inherit the position of head of the Takeda family, isn't this very reasonable?" ”

"Takeda Nobuyoshi, did you take him into account?" Hideho reminded softly, "As far as I know, he is currently the recognized governor of the Takeda family. ”

At the mention of this person, Harukatsu suddenly let go of Hideho's hand and cursed regardless of etiquette: "This yellow-haired boy is also worthy of being the governor of the Takeda family?" His mother is just the adopted daughter of Anayama Nobuyuki, and Anayama Nobuyan is just the brother-in-law of his late father, how can he sit firmly in the position of the governor of the Takeda family with this kind of in-law relationship? ”

"This is a bit far-fetched, but you forgot one thing, he is still the son of the Edo Inner House, with this relationship, even if it is untenable, no one dares to point fingers, you have been in the Tokugawa family for seven years, you must have seen this very clearly." Through Harukatsu's reaction, Hideho can be sure that he understands his situation and that Ieyasu is Nobuyoshi's backstage, and it is precisely because of this that he tries to convince Hideho that he can be on his side and compete with Nobuyoshi.

Sure enough, Qingsheng was like a deflated ball, suddenly deflated, sat on the ground and sighed: "You are right, it is because of the support of the inner government that Nobuyoshi can become the governor of the Takeda family and inherit the bloodline of Silla Saburo, but this doesn't make sense, the bloodline of the lineage still exists, but the side branch inherits the clan, which is unreasonable at all." ”

"You're wrong," Xiubao shook his head: "In today's world, strength is the truth, and because of this, Taiko can force Yuki Qing Dynasty to drive away the adopted son who has been raised for more than ten years, and establish Xiuyasu as his son-in-law, so that the inner government can join the Takeda clan and abandon you." Even the original Shingenko, didn't he let Katsuyori inherit the Suwa family, instead of Ryuomaru as the eldest son? I can't blame others for this, but I can only blame myself for my lack of strength and let others slaughter him. ”

"Your Majesty understands," Qingsheng lowered his head and replied in disappointment: "It's all because of his own incompetence, which has caused the orthodox bloodline of the Takeda family to be cut off, and the minister is the sinner of the Takeda family." ”

The so-called "carrot and stick", after hitting Qingsheng with a blow, he naturally wants to give him some sweetness, only in this way can he remember his kindness, thinking of this, Xiubao smiled and comforted: "Although it has come to this, no matter how much you want, it will be useless, instead of giving up on yourself, it is better to serve me well, and one day, my strength will exceed that of the Inner House, and at that time, it will be the time for you to recapture the Takeda family governor." ”

"From now on, the ministers should do their best to assist the lord, and go to the soup to fight the fire!" Qingsheng bowed down violently and kowtowed heavily to Xiubao to show his loyalty. It can be seen that the bait thrown by Xiubao is still very tempting.

Although he knew that Harukatsu's worship was largely out of consideration for the restoration of his family's name, Hideho was still very satisfied, at least for a long time after that, Harukatsu would be a fierce general under his command, which would greatly improve the combat effectiveness of his family.

Before leaving, Xiubao warned him to keep a low profile from now on, and he must not be caught by the Honka, so it is inconvenient to hand over the task of envoy to Mingying this time.

Although Harukatsu was a little unwilling, he still agreed, after all, with Honda Tada's ability, he would definitely be able to persuade most of the daimyo to oppose him, rather than being bored with himself, it was better to retreat in the face of difficulties, which could be regarded as giving Hideho a face.

The next morning, everyone came to the palace again, still to discuss peace matters. Since Harukatsu said that he was not sick, Tadashi and Tadatomo did not feel embarrassed, and led the generals of the Tokugawa family to participate in the discussion, as they did yesterday.

Seeing that everyone was not affected by yesterday's unpleasantness, Xiuyuan was also relieved, he already had a suitable candidate in mind for who to send to negotiate peace, so he took the lead in speaking after everyone arrived: "Master Huiqiong of Anguo Temple of this family is well versed in the way of peace, and if he goes out, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." ”

Hearing the name of Huiqiong of Anguo Temple, a considerable number of the daimyo present nodded in agreement. Indeed, Hui Qiong, who was born in the Takeda clan of Anyu, was the most famous diplomatic monk in the late Warring States period, he first used his diplomatic skills to reach a rapprochement with the Otomo family, and then saw that Hideyoshi had to rush back to Kinai during the change of Honnoji Temple, and negotiated peace with Hideyoshi on favorable terms for the Mori family, and finally only exchanged for the peace of the Mori family at a very small price such as Shimizu Soji seppuku, and he also received a reward of 60,000 stone from Iyo, and participated in many decisions of the center as a close minister of Hideyoshi, and since then he has changed. He became the most beautiful monk in the Azuchi-Momoyama period.

But at this moment, Okubo Tadashi stood up and raised an objection to Hidemoto: "The foreign minister does not doubt the ability of Master Huiqiong, but after all, Nakatsuyan is the young master of the Tokugawa family, so this matter should be left to our Tokugawa family to solve by ourselves." ”

"You can't say that," the bald-headed monk sitting next to Hidemoto bowed down and retorted, "Nakayana is the young master of the Tokugawa family, and the poor monk doesn't deny it, but because of this, I can't leave this matter to you to deal with." ”

"Old monk, what do you mean by this, is it only Huiqiong that you can take on this important responsibility?" Honda Tadachao was sullen and stared at the first diplomatic monk of the Warring States with a complaining face.

After listening to Hui Qiong's words, the loyal neighbor thought about it for a while, and there was indeed some truth: "Is the master afraid that we will act rashly because of Zhong Nayan's special identity, so that the Ming army will take the opportunity to seize the weakness?" ”

"Exactly," Hui Qiong nodded, "Similarly, the peace envoys should try not to be selected from the Western Route Army. ”

"Why is this, aren't you sure, master?" Xiuyuan was a little confused.

"I can mediate a feud like Maori and Otomo, how can I be afraid of those Ming troops." Hui Qiong glanced at Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "It's just that among the envoys sent to Pingtaek by the Ming army this time, there is an old friend of His Royal Highness, and with him, even if the poor monk can bring Zhong Nayan back, he can't guarantee that he will be unharmed." ”

"Old friends?" Xiuyuan asked.

"Does Your Highness know Yang Yuan?" Hui Qiong said slowly.

"Yang Yuan of Nanyuan City?!" Xiuyuan exclaimed: "This time he will negotiate peace on behalf of the Ming army?" ”

Hui Qiong nodded: "It is the Yang Yuan who was beaten by you and fled, although this time it is not the main envoy, but if we send someone forward, with his hatred for the Western Route Army, I am afraid that all his anger will be poured out on Zhong Nayan, and at that time, even if the peace negotiation is successful, I am afraid the result will not be satisfactory." ”

"I see." Xiubao and his loyal neighbors couldn't help but sigh in unison: "I really deserve to be the most important diplomatic monk in Taige, I really can't think about it so much." Then according to your wishes, the envoy of the Ming camp this time..."

"That's right," Hui Qiong looked at Xiubao, who was sitting next to him drinking tea, and sighed lightly: "The best candidate must be under the command of the servant." ”