After the completion of the Motofu ceremony of Kohera Jihide and Yamizoro Yoshinobu, the Motofu ceremony of Oba Katsubei, who was in the residence of the old man outside the castle, was also successfully completed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Katsubei accepted the "home" character of the Eboshi family and changed his name to Oba Fujikuro Ieyuki. After the Yuan service, he looked very solemn and serious, as if he felt the important responsibility he had assumed on himself from now on.

Speaking of the choice of the name, the word "Ji" in Xiuji's name was personally proposed by his father, the Xiu family, to Xiu Lai. It probably means "the person who inherits the Uki family".

The person who was originally scheduled by the Xiu family to inherit the Uki family was his and Haohime's daughter-in-law, and Xiu Gao, who was also the first child. But now because of her marriage contract with Hyogoro Hidemune, she can only hand over the responsibility of inheriting the Uki family to her son Kohei Jixiu, who is a concubine.

The three of them have completed the Yuanfu ceremony, and the time has entered the beginning of the twelfth year of Keicho (1607). Although Xiuguang and Xiuji, who are Xiulai's companions, and Lai Shin, are very relaxed, Xiu Lai at the beginning of each year is not easy at all.

At the beginning of the year, ministers from all walks of life came to Osaka Castle from Kyoto to congratulate Hideyori on the New Year. At such times, Xiu Lai had to dress up in elaborate and formal clothes every day to meet these ministers who came from afar one by one.

In addition to receiving these ministers, this year, as in previous years, a small number of Toyotomi daimyo secretly sent envoys to congratulate Hideyori. Kiyomasa Kato, Masanori Fukushima, and Yukinaga Asano were the three daimyos who sent the most frequent envoys, and they sent envoys to Osaka Castle almost every year at the beginning of the year.

Although it is logical that a retainer of the Toyotomi family should come to congratulate Hideyori, with the power of the Tokugawa family in full swing, there are not many people who can still send envoys to congratulate Kato Fukushima and others.

It is worth mentioning that Kiyomasa's second son, Kumanosuke Tadashi, died of smallpox at the beginning of the year at the age of nine. Although Tadashi is the son of the side room of Kiyomasa, he became the heir of the Kato family because of the early death of the male tiger vine. Qing Zheng still sent a special envoy to congratulate Xiu Lai in this sad atmosphere, which can be regarded as a kind of implicit manifestation of loyalty. After hearing about this, Xiulai also specially expressed his condolences to him.

Xiu Lai, who was busy receiving the ministers and envoys one by one, was unable to show it at this time due to the scene, but the fatigue accumulated for a long time made him a little overwhelmed when he was still too young.

However, the only thing to be thankful for is that on such occasions to receive important visitors, Chihime also follows Hideyori as the main chamber and meets with him the ministers and envoys. This is the only consolation for Xiulai in the long and arduous process.

I hope that Ah Qian can temporarily relieve the fatigue of his brother. Xiuguang prayed.

After Xiulai's busy new year, Xiuguang is also going to start preparing for going to Beijing. He was going to Kyoto as a messenger to congratulate the Kujo family. Because at the end of January of the twelfth year of Keicho (1607), Wanko, who married Kujo Tadaei, gave birth to a boy. This child is the first child of Zhongrong and Wanzi.

The child was named Matsuru by his father, Zhongrong, implying his expectation that the child would live a long and healthy life in the future. Not only Zhongrong, but also the old governor Kujo Kanetaka, who had already become a monk, was also overjoyed when he heard about it.

If Hidemitsu remembers correctly, this child named Matsutsuru will become the adopted son of the former Sekihaku Nijo Akimi, and the sixteenth generation head of the Nijo family of the future Seki family, Nijo Yasudo.

The fact that Tadaei and Wanko had a child was also of great significance to the Toyotomi family. This meant that the ties between the Toyotomi family and the imperial court would be even closer.

Moreover, Mrs. Yodo, who is the aunt of Wanzi, is also very concerned about the physical condition of this niece. This time, it was also Mrs. Yodo's idea to let Hidemitsu, who was the fourth male of the Toyotomi family, go to Beijing as a representative. Most of the congratulatory gifts she asked her envoys to bring with her were given to Wanzi.

So, because of the need to prepare congratulatory gifts, the people in Osaka Castle did not sit idle. The maids and their servants were preparing for this.

The birth of the Pine Crane is a great event. However, at the same time as his life was born, some people passed away quietly.

At the beginning of March, on the eve of Hidemitsu's arrival in Beijing, news came from Edo Castle that Tokugawa Ieyasu's son, Matsudaira Tadashichi, had died of abscesses at the age of 28 in Edo's yashiki earlier this year.

It is said that the abscess on Tadayoshi's body was left during the Battle of Sekigahara. The infection led to the current infection, which eventually killed the 28-year-old young man.

Tadaji is the half-brother of Hidetada, and is both trusted by his brother Hidetada, but also suspicious. Especially after Hidetada's loss of power, the choice of the Tokugawa family's heir seems to have become erratic again. Since Xiuyasu was almost involved, Zhongji's identity made him even more unable to get out of this heavy vortex.

The sudden death of Tadayoshi, who was a serious contender for the position of hidden governor, caused waves among the other brothers, especially the elder brother Hidetada and younger brother Tadahui.

So, now that the news of Chungyoshi's death, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing for Xiuzhong, who trusted him very much before he lost power? Xiuguang couldn't imagine Xiuzhong's expression of joy and sadness.

After Tadayoshi's death, the Tojo Matsudaira family, which he inherited, was cut off because he had no heirs. The 520,000 koku of land in Owari and Mino, which he was given during his lifetime, will also be inherited by his brother Gorouta. Ah, by the way, this Gorouta was already in the Motofu at the beginning of last year, and is now called Tokugawa Yoshiri.

In a sense, the death of Tadayoshi was beneficial to the Toyotomi family. The loss of such a young man with both strength and martial arts in the Tokugawa family is equivalent to one less threat to the Toyotomi family. Moreover, this incident may also be able to intensify the contradiction between the other party's internal inheritance issues, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

Originally, Goro Taiyoshiri had a position in the Tokugawa family that could threaten Hidetada. Now that after the death of his brother Tadayoshi, Ieyasu has also given all the territory that originally belonged to Tadashi to Gorouta, although outsiders will not think much about this matter, but how can Hidetada and Tadashi not speculate?

It's funny. For Hidemitsu, the best way to observe onlookers is to stay in Osaka Castle, far away from the Kanto region, and slowly admire their actions.