"Zai Xia is not only the aftersight of the young master Xiu Lai, but also his cousin, and he is the closest person to him in his generation, how do you think Zai Xia will treat him?" Xiubao's tone was easy-going, but his attitude was unusually resolute: "As an aftersight, the first thing to do next is to teach him the way to be a king, so that you can rest assured that the world will be handed over to him." But the attendant doesn't seem to care about the virtue of the young master, and all he thinks about is whose hands the authority in this world falls into, but it seems that it is not your turn to dictate this matter. ”

"I'm also a retainer of the Toyotomi clan, why can't I say it? His Highness said to him left and right, wouldn't he dare to face the problems below? Fukushima Masanori is confident, and he is still full of confidence in his identity as a cheap mountain seven guns.

"This whole world is all the ministers of the Toyotomi clan, regardless of dignity or inferiority, regardless of severity, but before the Taige funeral, he appointed the young lord to see later, and appointed the five elders and the five commissioners to deal with the military and political affairs, which is also the reason why you can hold great power and command thousands of troops and horses, and in my impression, it seems that you have not been given such power, right?"

Hideho did not directly confront the problem of Fukushima Masanori, but skillfully transformed the contradictions concentrated on himself into the established system of Hideyoshi and the Elder's Joint Council, so that Fukushima Masanori's doubts about himself turned into questions about the arrangements made by Hideyoshi during his lifetime and even the current top-level system, which undoubtedly stood on the opposite side of the Elder and the Sho.

In addition, Hideho once again reaffirmed the view that "all the people in the world are the ministers of the Toyotomi clan, regardless of dignity and inferiority", which played a very important role in enhancing the cohesion and authority of the Toyotomi clan after the war. Especially for those daimyo with less than 100,000 koku and courtiers with a great name, it can greatly boost morale and centripetal force. However, Fukushima Masanori is the opposite, from the very beginning he regarded himself as a "Toyotomi Clan's important minister", and subconsciously made himself superior, which was unacceptable to most of the daimyo present. Even Daimyo of the Owari faction such as Yoshiaki Kato was afraid that Fukushima Masanori's words would turn the Owari faction into the focus of contradictions, and then harm the pond fish, so he did not approve of him continuing.

In the face of Hideho's rhetorical question, Fukushima Masanori was a little at a loss, and he could only repeat his question again and again: "No matter who gave this power, you only need to answer whether the young master of Hideyori will return the power to him as agreed when he becomes an adult?" ”

"Fukushima squire, Your Highness has already left you with enough affection, don't get an inch!" Fujido Takatora, who had endured for a long time and had not spoken, finally stood up, as the first important minister under Hideho, although it was only two short sentences, it was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and his momentum was already above Fukushima Masanori.

"Minbu, don't look at you sitting as the chief on the left, after all, you are only a retainer of the right mansion, and it is not your turn to teach me a lesson." Fukushima Masanori is already in a state of inversion at the moment, and he can only continue to be strong for the sake of face.

"The Fujido Minbu has 170,000 stone Zhixing in, Mino and other places, among which the northern city of Mino is still given by Taige himself, why is he not qualified to talk to you?" Hearing Fukushima Masanori's disrespectful remarks, Mori Hidemoto immediately expressed his dissatisfaction.

was choked by Mori Hidemoto like this, and Fukushima Masanori blushed even more, but just as he was about to continue arguing with Mori and Fujido, Hideho's words surprised him inexplicably.

"Squire, today should have been a happy day, but I didn't expect it to be so unpleasant. Well, since you want to know, I would like to take this opportunity to tell all of you. Speaking of this, Hideho paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and said clearly word by word in the midst of all the attention: "I swear to heaven that Hideyori will always be the lord of the Toyotomi clan, and this point has never been shaken or doubted at any time in Xia, please rest assured." Squire, are you satisfied with this? ”

Xiubao's words were like thunder on the ground, and everyone in the hall exploded into a very different look. Some of the daimyo were surprised and gently relieved; Some daimyo frowned slightly, with a slight frustration and disappointment between their brows; There are also some daimyo who have an indifferent expression, drinking and eating by themselves, and sit back and see which scene this drama will go on.

In the atmosphere of slaughter, Fukushima Masanori once felt a dilemma: it stands to reason that Hideho had promised in front of everyone that he would respect Hideyori's status in the future, which was an answer to his own question and gave himself a step, but it was precisely because of Hidebo's straightforward answer that his aggressiveness just now seemed to be very unreasonable, not only did he not reap the prestige of the defenders of the Toyotomi clan, but offended most of the daimyo here, which really outweighed the loss. Just sit back in place, really unwilling, can you continue to confront Xiubao? Apparently he had lost his reason, so he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Squire, when you stand up this time, you actually understand what you are thinking." At this moment, Xiubao actually stood up, walked slowly to Fukushima Masanori's side, took the initiative to hand out the wine glass, and said with a pleasant face: "Although the words are not good, and they have aroused the anger of the public, but I know in my heart that you are all for the sake of the Taige Foundation and for the sake of Xiulai." I won't blame you, and your Highnesses won't blame you. ”

After that, Hideho glanced around the hall, and all the daimyo nodded in understanding, and Mori Katsunobu took the initiative to show goodwill to Fukushima Masanori: "It's a rough man under you, and after the right house said this, I knew that the wrong attendant was wrong, please forgive me." ”

"That's it, I was too impulsive just now, so I'm not here to accompany you." No matter how unenlightened Fukushima Masanori is, he also knows that this is Xiubao looking for himself to go under the steps, in this case, there is really no need to consume it, so he simply got off the donkey and quickly ended this embarrassing scene.

As Fukushima Masanori sat back in his place, the banquet continued, and the tense atmosphere just now became relaxed again, with the lights dim, the staggered planning, singing and dancing, and the gathering was very happy, and there was a happy and peaceful scene inside and outside the hall.

Before I knew it, it was late at night, the weather was slightly cool, and most of the daimyo outside the hall had already gone back to their respective houses to rest, and most of the daimyo in the hall were lying down on the spot directly wearing thin quilts because of alcoholism, and only Hideho and his retainers, as well as Tokugawa Ieyasu and others left the main hall.

In the inner hall, everyone from the Yamato Toyotomi clan sat in a circle, and the bright lights reflected the faces of Hideho and a group of retainers, and their expressions were very serious.

"My lord, what should I do next, if the Fukushima attendants don't handle this matter well, it will be difficult for the family to convince the public in the future." Shima Kiyohei is still haunted by what happened earlier.

"It's not the time yet." Xiubao pondered for a long time, and dropped a sentence fiercely: "But you should also remember that this account will be slowly settled in the future." ”