At the beginning of March of the twelfth year of Keicho (1607), Hidemitsu traveled to Kyoto as planned. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, before going to Beijing, he also knew something that surprised him very much. That's what his brother Hideyori will do in Beijing after him.

Because his brother Hideyori had never made such a request, and his mother's Lady Yodo rarely agreed to such requests, Hidemitsu was extremely surprised and a little surprised at the same time.

Originally, the reason for this incident seemed to be about the imminent resignation of Hideyori as the right minister. The reason why the Toyotomi family made such an arrangement for Hideyori to resign as the right minister was to make room for Kujo Tadashi to take office.

As for why this arrangement exists, there is also a reason. That is, the Toyotomi family hopes that the next Sekihaku will be appointed by the pro-Toyotomi Kujo Tadaei. Now Tadaei, who is only the general of the left guard, needs the official position of right minister before taking over from Sekihaku. Of course, there are traces of mutual compromise with the Tokugawa family.

The Tokugawa family did not want Hideyori to take up the post of Sekihaku, and the Toyotomi family did not want the Tokugawa family to further increase their influence in the imperial court. Then the consequence of the secret compromise between the two families is that Tadaei of the Kujo family will take over the position of the next Sekihaku.

In addition to this reason, Hidemitsu seems to have heard that Hideyori also wanted to go to Kyoto to visit Toyokuni Shrine.

This is the reason why Hideyori went to Beijing. But this can't be justified, after all, the resignation of the right minister can be done without the need to come forward in person, and it is not necessary for Xiu Yori to go to Beijing. There is no special need to visit Toyokuni Shrine in Kyoto.

So, what was it that made Hideyori consider going to Kyoto?

On this issue, Xiuguang doesn't seem to have a way to speculate. But what is certain is that Hideyori decided this matter out of his own volition, and he succeeded in convincing Mrs. Yodo.

No one will always be stuck in a small world, and no one will never be able to change. Hideyori's approach seems to prove this, and at the same time slightly alters the original history to some extent.

As long as there is this will to change something, then the Toyotomi family still has the possibility of surviving in the cracks and crises. Even if this is very unlikely, it is possible that the future will change with it.

Although Hidemitsu didn't know what happened when his brother Hideyori asked his mother to agree to Kamiraku's affairs, he must have had this small glow in his eyes when he had the idea of wanting to change.

The first time is not just to obey the will of others, but to step according to your own will. This is undoubtedly a cause for rejoicing.

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Xiuguang, who was lying on the floor in a not very serious posture, raised his hand and glanced at the small brocade bag that he held in his hand.

Hidemitsu is now in the Kujo family's mansion. Although this posture of lying down casually is not very etiquette, Xiuguang, who is used to showing his lazy appearance in front of the world, will no longer care about these things. And the people of the Kujo family have been bothered for several years because of Hidemitsu's visit, and they are almost used to the style of the fourth male highness of the Toyotomi family.

"What the hell is this......

Xiuguang looked at the small brocade bag embroidered with light cyan patterns in his hand, and subconsciously stretched out his fingers and groped along the outer bag for a while, but because of the thickness of the hand, he didn't find anything famous.

The owner of this brocade bag is a teenager that Xiuguang accidentally bumped into four years ago. A year ago, Hidemitsu reunited with this teenager by chance, and he also knew that the other party's name was Chinoyomaru.

Chinomaru seems to cherish this brocade bag and considers it a very important thing. So according to the original agreement, Hidemitsu took this brocade bag that had been silent in his cabinet for a long time before leaving, and prepared to return it to Chinoyo on tomorrow's reunion day.

Like all young people, even if some of them are young, Xiuguang is still curious. He wondered what was inside the brocade bag, which Chinoyo regarded as precious. But considering that he had promised the other party that he would not open it at will and peek at random, Xiuguang still cooled his curiosity.

Well...... It doesn't matter what's in there.

Thinking so, Hidemitsu rubbed his eyes, which were a little dry from staring at the brocade bag all the time, with his left hand, and then yawned widely.

Hidemitsu has been staying at the Kujo house for about a week or so now. During the week, all he had to do was visit Wanko's sister and newborn child, Matsuzuru, and rest in a room next to the cherry blossom tree garden in the Kujo family mansion. As for the overly formal meetings and conversations, almost all of them were handed over to the retainers arranged by Mrs. Yodo.

His elder brother Hideyori had also arrived in Kyoto the day before yesterday and was now resting at another mansion.

Hideyori's visit to Kamiraku this time was the first time since Keicho 3 (1598) that he returned to Kyoto. Although the pomp and circumstance of this trip was not large, and it was even relatively secretive, the news of his visit to Luo still spread all over the streets and alleys of Kyoto. Compared to his younger brother Hidemitsu, who has already been to Kyoto many times, the people of Kyoto are obviously more interested in the head of the family, Hideyori.

As for the impact of his behavior on Shangluo, Xiulai didn't seem to think about it, or didn't think about it so much. He didn't care what the people, the daimyos, or the Tokugawa family would think of it, he just did what he thought of now.

Regardless of the daimyo, although the Tokugawa family is very concerned about the affairs of Hideyori Kamiraku, but now the ninja organization that is cleaning up Edo Castle and cleaning up the chaos in the castle town does not seem to be keeping much effort on Hideyori.

But there is no doubt that Ieyasu will definitely send someone to keep an eye on Hideyori's actions. Itakura Iga Mamoru Katsushige, who served as the head of Kyoto, is said to have already sent people to keep an eye on the actions of the Toyotomi family's governor in Kyoto.

Anyway, it's really hard, brother.

After sighing, Xiuguang rolled around on the ground a few times, and turned his head towards the courtyard outside the sliding door.

The moment he lifted his heavy head from the cold floor, Xiuguang opened his mouth wide as if he had seen something impossible to see.

“…… Brother Brother Elder Brother ???? ”

Xiuguang got up from the ground with a thud and pointed his finger at the person in front of him who had just climbed over the other side of the wall.

That person turned out to be his brother Hideyori. Hidemitsu's mouth opened wide again after confirming.

…… It's unbelievable that the brother who abides by the etiquette and rules would do this.

Hidemitsu's surprise made Hideyori, who was wearing ordinary civilian clothes, also a little flustered. He patted the dirt on his sleeve and scratched his head a little embarrassedly.