Ieyasu immediately set out from Kyoto in the evening, picked up his three children with his wives and concubines while passing through Sunfu, and then hurried to Edo Castle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, no matter how quickly he was, by the time he arrived at Edo Castle, it was already the tenth day after the Great Riot.

When Ieyasu returned to Edo, he was greeted by a hellish scene.

The castle towns in the west and south of Edo Castle are almost in ruins. The streets were littered with pitch-black fragments of fallen charred houses, as well as countless corpses.

Although the fire has now stopped, it is said to be a giant fire that burned for several days and nights before being extinguished.

Most of the large granaries in the castle town were almost destroyed by the fire. Most of the city's food was reduced to a black fragment of ruins in the streets, with only the husk declaring that they had once been the most important food crop.

As for the people of the castle town, there is nowhere to hide in the midst of this catastrophe. Most of the people living in the western and southern parts of Edo Castle died in the turmoil. The people who managed to survive this hell fled to the west and north, where they had not yet suffered the catastrophe, but they were subjected to many malicious robberies and all kinds of destructive looting and burning.

As a result, even the northern and eastern parts of Edo Castle, which were relatively unharmed, fell into a slightly chaotic scene.

It is said that those who are making trouble here are the remnants of the crowd. Because of their resentment for being suppressed, they rebelled day and night in the castle town to take revenge on the shogunate.

Although the Tokugawa family also sent someone to deal with it, it was difficult to do anything without the help of the Iga Kinkai Association. By the way, these troublemakers were originally the remnants of the Iga Harmony Society, and the crowd was originally the Iga Harmony Society.

Although before Ieyasu's arrival, Xiuzhong sent people to deal with it, but only a small part of the remnants were hunted and killed, and there was not much improvement.

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……

Ieyasu, with a black face, returned to Edo Castle.

Looking at this devastated scene, he really couldn't laugh.

After settling the children and his wife and concubines, Ieyasu strode into the assessment room located in Honmaru.

General Xiuzhong and all the important ministers had already waited here, looking at him uneasily.

Especially Xiuzhong. When he learned that his father Ieyasu had rushed back, he already had a little bad premonition. When Ieyasu had just returned to Edo Castle, and when he went out of the city to greet his father, Ieyasu, did not say a word to him.

Ieyasu did not appear to be in a hurry, but immediately spoke after arriving in the assessment room.

"Xiuzhong."

"Yes, yes, the child is here."

The first person Ieyasu said was his son Hidetada. Xiuzhong responded in a panic.

"You...... Do you know what you've done? ”

Ieyasu narrowed his eyes and looked directly at Hidetada, unleashing pressure on him like a heavy mountain.

"The child knows. After receiving a report of a mob in the castle town, the child immediately sent someone to deal with the suppression......"

“…… Darn!!! ”

Ieyasu didn't wait for Xiuzhong to finish speaking, and scolded him.

"Do you know what you've done?!! Without even thinking about it, he sent troops to suppress it?!!! Are you trying to make my Tokugawa family lose this world!! ”

"But! Father! A mob that would have been a rebellion! The child thinks that these people who are trying to subvert the business of my Tokugawa family should not hesitate to send troops to suppress it......"

Xiuzhong is still arguing with reason, but the embarrassment on his face has undoubtedly appeared.

"Have you done your research before you act?!!!

When Ieyasu heard this, he was furious.

He walked up to Xiuzhong, picked up a file in his hand, and threw it directly into Xiuzhong's face. The retainers were shocked, but they didn't dare to speak out to stop Ieyasu.

"Look at !! clearly"

Xiuzhong touched the bruises on his face, but he didn't dare to make a sound. He picked up the dossier and opened it.

Looking at it, Xiuzhong's face slowly became embarrassed.

"You...... You're so immature!! It's a shame that you're still a general!! ”

Ieyasu, who was so angry that he almost choked, waved his fan and pointed it at Hidetada's nose.

"This is the result of sending someone to investigate as soon as I returned to Edo! I can get it in one day, so why don't you investigate what happened?!!! ”

Ieyasu was furious, took the file from Xiuzhong's hand, opened it and pointed to the lines of text, facing the retainers.

"The so-called large-scale riots and riots started by the Iga Kojokai, who was in charge of managing the security of Edo Castle!! Their original intention was to explain to you, as a general, the tyranny of the chief, Hattori Masasa!! ”

After listening to Ieyasu's words, Xiuzhong and the retainers bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.

"If you had investigated the circumstances of the matter beforehand, would there have been so many things to follow?!! Just because of your immature behavior, take a good look at what has become of Edo Castle now!! If you listen carefully to what they have to say, will there still be the chaos we have now?!! Is this what you should do as a ruler?!!! ”

"But!!"

In the face of his father Ieyasu's severe accusations and scolding, Xiuzhong raised his head a little embarrassed, as if he wanted to refute something.

"Didn't my father tell me when he was in Sekigahara? Don't delay more important things for something! The child just wants not to repeat the mistake of Sekihara, so the child wants to solve this matter quickly......"

"When are you going to remember Sekigahara's affairs?!!!"

Ieyasu interrupted Hidetada's argument and stared at his son with great disappointment.

"Now you are a ruler! Not a general of the Sekigahara time!! How can things be handled the same?!! ”

Xiuzhong looked at his father's disappointed eyes blankly, not knowing what to say.

"Moreover, you dare to let your loyal neighbor who has just lost his son go to suppress it...... Do you know how serious the consequences will be?!! ”

Ieyasu, who was furious continuously, felt powerless, and his attendants hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Hearing Ieyasu's words, the retainer Okubo Tadashi who was huddled in the corner looked depressed and his eyes were blank. It is said that since the loss of his son, he has changed his usual spirit and become like this.

“…… Sagami Mamoru, I think that because you lost your son, it is understandable that you made this move, and only confiscated your territory and kept your official position and position in the shogunate. ”

Ieyasu made this decision right away. This is already considered an act of kindness.

After hearing this decision, the loyal neighbor didn't react, just nodded slightly, and the whole person seemed to be as godless as if he was ossified.

"Also, Honda Masamune!!"

"Yes, yes!"

Hearing Ieyasu call his name, Masajun hurriedly responded.

"Why didn't you stop them?! You haven't done a good job in this position of inspector!! ”

"I'm so sorry, Lord Omyosho! The villain has already exited to stop it, but unfortunately Okubo Sagami Mamoru threatened his subordinates and said that he would send troops no matter what. ”

At this time, Masamu did not forget to insert a knife in the Okubo family.

"Humph! Never mind. ”

Ieyasu also ignored Masamune's slander of his loyal neighbors.

He took one last look at his son Xiuzhong, who was staring blankly at the ground, and said:

"Xiuzhong, you need to calm down. In the future, I will handle the government affairs in your place for the time being. ”

After saying that, Ieyasu turned around and left without hesitation.

When Xiuzhong heard this, he collapsed to the ground in despair, unable to get up for a long time.