Hearing that Terumasa Ikeda and Tokugawa Ieyasu were at a standoff, Xiubi was surprised and delighted: "If this is the case, the family will be able to stand in Kanto."

"You're right" Fujido Takatora was also a burst of excitement "I thought that it would be difficult for the two families of Gamo Utsunomiya to be blocked by Ueno, so they decided to send the Aoki brothers to lead the army to garrison Otawara to consolidate the position and stabilize the people's hearts, now it seems that this is completely unnecessary, Ueno Shinano Kai Kai Jun Yuan Mio Zhang, the daimyo under the command of the family is now connected, what else is there? ”

"Gao Hu is a little too hasty" Hideho calmly analyzed: "You only see the growth of your family's power, but you don't notice that the government and the inner government are also accumulating strength, although the family has a certain advantage in the Nakasendo Tokaido, but what about the Hokuriku Province above our heads?" Think a little further ahead, and what about Shikoku Kyushu in the Ou West Sea in the northeast? The Maeda family is undoubtedly the first strong clan in Hokuriku, but he doesn't have a good impression of his family, especially Maeda Toshinaga, the sister-in-law of the Great Nayan, who has long been instigated by the Ministry of Governance and has long been dissatisfied with his family.

"In addition, Hokuriku's Horiki Hideji ranked second with 450,000 Zhixing, he was actually a henchman of the Tokugawa family, and when he was sealed to Echigo, the inner government didn't bother to pay the so-called peach for the plum, no matter how sophisticated Horihide is, he will not rashly turn his back on Edo, in the same way, the Murakami Mizoguchi family in Yangbei will also think that they will follow suit and be loyal to the Tokugawa family"

"Further north, there is Mutsu Dewa, the 'Dewa no Kitsune' is my father-in-law, and his strength has increased greatly because of the acquisition of the Shonai region, I believe in the judgment of Mogami Yoshimitsu, he will never betray the family at this moment, after all, if you want to compete with Date Masamune and Uesugi Keikatsu, without the support of the family is simply a fool's dream"

"As for the Date clan and the Uesugi clan, no matter how capable I am, I'm beyond the reach of the whip Ah Date Masamune is a fox, Jiān is sinister and cunning, even his own uncle (Mogami Yoshimitsu) sighs to himself, in the current situation of the world, I want him to follow the family with all his heart, it's simply whimsical, instead of trying his best to pull the mule and plant the grass, it's better to put more effort into the little daimyo around him"

"Uesugi Keikatsu replaced His Royal Highness Kobayakawa to succeed to the position of the five elders, although the prestige of Kenshin Gong has long since passed away, but Nakatsu still regards himself as the queen of the famous family, ignoring the solicitation of his own family, except for official business, he hardly contacts with his own family, on the contrary, Naoe Kanesu, the first minister of the Uesugi family, tried his best to broker Nakano and Ishida Jibu to establish an alliance, the so-called 'Etsu Alliance' (Omi and Aizu) has some eyebrows"

"The eastern country is still so complicated, and the western country is even more powerless, you know, the 'Western Handhe' was established less than half a year before the dissolution, this is not my original intention, but the general trend Today's "China" country, four countries and Kyushu, how many are really willing to follow the name of their family? Except for Toyotomi Yoshiaki Kato Kiyomasa Kato and Wasuka Houseris, most of the other daimyo are local families that have lasted for hundreds of years, and they were forced to surrender because of Taiko's strength, and now Taiko's funeral is a great opportunity for them to regain their independence, so how can they be willing to surrender to their own family? Relatively speaking, the relatively weak Omi faction is the right choice for their tendency, because of the weakness, so even if Ishida Jibu is the leader of the alliance, it is just a loose alliance, and the Jibu does not have the ability to interfere enough with each member, once the seizure of power is successful, these Western daimyo can not only claim to be heroes, but will not be squeezed to a large extent, and may eventually form a political system like the late Muromachi period, which has proved to be only weakened by the Toyotomi family, and the rise of local power is not a long-term solution, Once the balance is slightly out of balance, another 'Onin Rebellion' will break out, and the world will fall into war again.

"What do you mean, I understand" Fujido Takatora looked at Hideho with some surprise, and said with emotion: "What you want is the absolute superiority of the Toyotomi family over other daimyos, not the nominal leadership position, this is not an easy task, the samurai family has ruled the world for more than 400 years, and in retrospect, only the Minamoto Yoritomo of the Hei family's Heiqing Mori Gen family has roughly achieved this goal, and even Ashikaga Yoshiman, who ended the dispute between the north and the south and was almost posthumously crowned emperor, has never achieved such an achievement."

Hideho didn't answer Fujido Gao Hu directly, but smiled and asked rhetorically, "Gao Hu, which country do you think is the most powerful country today?" ”

"Of course, it's the Ming Kingdom across the sea" Fujitang Gaohu didn't know why, but he still blurted out, "I think that the soldiers of the Taige poured the whole country into the Ming Dynasty failed to defeat the 60,000 troops of the Liaodong Capital Division of the Ming Dynasty, which shows that the gap between the Japanese and the Ming Dynasty is by no means ordinary, to put it mildly, it can be described as 'the world of difference'"

"You're telling the truth, but why is there such a discrepancy?" Xiubo continued to ask

"The Central Plains is vast and rich, rich in products, and our country is a lonely archipelago, poor in products, in this regard, it is also incomparable" Fujitang Gaohu analysis "There is culture, the Central Plains Dynasty has been a hundred schools of thought since ancient times, and various doctrines and talents emerge in endlessly, in contrast, the early years of the day were isolated from the world, there was no glorious culture, only through the Tang Dynasty envoys to obtain the essence of the Central Plains culture, which made the country's civilization develop greatly, although his subordinates did not want to admit it, but if there was no support of the Central Plains Dynasty, It's probably just a wild place until now."

"What you said is very right," Xiubao bowed his head slightly and expressed his appreciation, "but this is not the most important resource that can be plundered, culture can be introduced and integrated, only 'unification' is an indispensable element You have read a lot of books, you should know, but where is the powerful Central Plains Dynasty, which is not the unification of the world?" The Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties all ended the chaotic times, unified and integrated the world's talents and resources, and then created a more brilliant era, think about the so-called five dynasties and ten kingdoms of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, although they regard themselves as orthodox, but the strength can not be compared with the unified dynasty, one of the reasons is that they have to spend a lot of energy and resources to resist the disturbance and invasion of other local forces, thus losing the opportunity and ability to develop and grow, this also applies to our [Japan] Ben, the world respects Nanmu is becoming' The reason is that he supported Emperor Go-Daigo to unify the whole country and establish a strong "Nichimoto", and Ashikaga Sonji, although he established the Muromachi shogunate, but it caused the division of the country and laid the groundwork for the troubled times later. ”

"If you really don't understand, just think about Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, although he is the grandson of the Honji, but the great achievements of ending the Northern and Southern Dynasties to weaken the powerful daimyo make him highly respected by the world, and the emperor's willingness to posthumously crown him as the Emperor is enough to reflect one or two, therefore, if you want to maintain the authority of the Toyotomi clan, you must unify, if you want to restore peace in the world, you must unify, if you want to establish a strong "Japan" capital, you must be unified, without unification, everything is impossible to talk about, which is why you know that this is a difficult thing, The reason why I still want to do my best is Gao Hu, as well as all the ministers here, this is Xiubao's greatest wish in this life, although it seems a little far away now, but as long as you have your support, I believe that in the near future, it can also be like the Ming Dynasty, to build a unified and prosperous country! (To be continued!) (Go read read .) cm