"Could it be...... Are you trying to win over Kyung-so? Jing Zheng looked at me incredulously, "The Yura family currently controls more than ten countries, and has Yoshikawa and Tokugawa as allies, it is the second largest name in the world after the main family, and such a huge family business is very likely to fall into his hands...... So, unless the family is in the middle of the road, it is impossible for him to turn his back on the Yuliang family, right? ”

"You're right, if I want to win over Jingxiu now, it's really impossible to do it," I smiled slightly, "so I won't do it immediately, I just need to express the kindness of my family to him and strengthen his reputation to a certain point, and His Highness Chikuzen Mamoru will naturally alienate him."

"Do you show goodwill and strengthen your reputation?" Jingxiu thought for a while and looked up, "Please also ask my father for detailed advice." ”

I didn't answer directly, but asked him instead, "Do you think that His Royal Highness Chikuzen Mamoru wants Jingxiu to get closer to his family?" ”

"I definitely don't want to," Jing Zheng replied immediately, "I made a marriage contract with Senjuhime before to gain the support of my family; However, after the elimination of the Hatakeyama family's rebellion, His Royal Highness Chikuzen Mamoru never mentioned this matter again, obviously wanting to keep Jingxiu and the family at a distance. ”

"So, will His Highness Chikuzen Shou let Jingxiu inherit the family business?" I asked again.

"Of course," Keimasa replied quickly, "Neither Chikuzen Mamoru nor His Royal Highness Hidecho has any heirs, and the family business can only be inherited by an adopted son. Now Jingxiu has established great merit and fame, and has also won the support of most of the important ministers in the family, so she is naturally the best candidate to inherit the family business. ”

"Not necessarily," I smiled and shook my head, "haven't you heard?" His Royal Highness Mamoru Chikuzen has decided to hand over the Settsu Province ceded by the Ikeda family to his adopted son, Hideji. ”

"I've heard of it," Keisei nodded, "but it's a natural thing, Hideji is the son-in-law of the Ikeda family, and inheriting the Settsu country ceded by the Ikeda family takes into account the feelings of the Ikeda family, and it is also conducive to allowing him to quickly stabilize the kingdom."

However, Jingxiu was born and died, and after making so many contributions, he also won the North Omi; How can Xiu Ci be able to serve as the deputy general of the number of powerful people, and then take advantage of the situation to lead a country? I reminded him, "Which of your brothers did you get this kind of treatment in the first place?" ”

"It was my brother who ...... during the first expedition to Kii" Jing Zheng took a breath of cool air, obviously understanding. But then he had a new question: "Why is this?" is also an adopted son, how could he make such an unwise move by giving up Jingxiu, who has already established prestige and gaining the support of his family, and setting up another Xiuji who is a talented Yuanfu, in order to build the wisdom of His Highness to defend the front? …… If you don't handle it carefully, it will probably cause chaos in your home."

"This is the limitation of His Royal Highness Chikuzen Mamoru," I took another sip of herbal tea, "His Royal Highness Chikuzen Mamoru is a peasant after all, he can serve the public diligently, and he can enthusiastically win over other big names or wealthy families, but he can't understand the samurai's concept of family names and family business, and he will only instinctively value his own bloodline...... In terms of blood relationship, Jingxiu is an aunt and nephew, and there is no direct blood relationship with him, but

Xiuji is an aunt and nephew, and he is from the same origin, so he prefers that Xiuji will inherit the family business. ”

“…… In your eyes, there will naturally be no mistakes," Jing Zheng said, but there was still a look of doubt on his face, "However, how do you see it?" ”

"Hasn't Hideji's younger brother Tatsuchiyo become the adopted heir of His Royal Highness Hidecho? (Hidecho is still unmarried, and it is a very strange thing in history that he married Masamuro five years later at the age of forty-five.) Since the younger brother has become the heir of His Royal Highness Hidecho, isn't it obvious that he himself will inherit the family business of His Highness Chikuzen Mamoru? I laughed, "As for the understanding of the samurai family name...... You must know how the Miao word 'Yuliang' came from, right? The Miao characters of the samurai family have always been taken from the collar of the family, in addition to Chikuzen Mamoru , which samurai took his Miao characters as a child's play? ”

"It's true." Jing Zheng nodded.

Indeed, in the entire Warring States Period, there was only one samurai who used other people's Miao characters like worshipping the leader, and Hideyoshi was the only one, which can be described as unprecedented. As for the fact that he fabricated reasons to kill Guan Bai Xiuji for the sake of his young son Xiulai, burying the biggest hidden danger of the destruction of the Toyotomi family, this is a well-known thing. With his way of thinking, it is absolutely impossible to understand why Shimazu Yunhisa, the head of the Shimazu family in Xiangzhou, would rather give up his sister-in-law Shimazu Tadashi and set up the adopted son Shimazu Tadashi (Shimazu Takahisa) (Shimazu Takahisa) who was born in the Isaku Shimazu family as his heir, and also merged the two families into one, thus laying the foundation for the unification of the Shimazu family.

Although he has always been very wise, he is very unintelligent in his insistence on the bloodline of his heirs, and he has done worse than many local small wealthy families. Of course, perhaps he thought that his own will and the blood oath of everyone were enough to maintain stability behind him, but the facts proved that he was indeed dizzy in this matter, seriously undermining the stability and reputation of the Toyotomi family. When he later stood in line, Hideji's remnants, such as Nakamura Kazushi and Yamauchi Kazutoyo, all turned away from Hideyori, and even Kobayakawa Hideaki's departure was inseparable from Hideji's death.

Taking a step back, even if my judgment was wrong, Hideyoshi did not intend to cross Keihide and take Hideji as his heir, but Keihide was born in the Kira family, which was definitely a thorn in Hideyoshi's heart. As long as I show my appreciation and affection for Jingxiu, and deliberately emphasize Jingxiu's origin in front of people in an appropriate way, then this spike will grow bigger and bigger until it makes it difficult for Hideyoshi to calm his nerves.

"Why am I working so hard? Why is it so desperately competing with the Kira family? With Jingxiu as the heir, then in the end, all this is not given to the people of the Kira family? ”

- At some point, he must have thought so

At that time, the decisive battle between the two families may break out. With Hideyoshi's character of employing people forward rather than backward, at this time he no longer needs to maintain his relationship with the Kira family through Jingxiu, and he is likely to snub Jingxiu, and he will also wonder if he has any signs of switching to the Kira family, just as he later snubbed and was wary of his right-hand man Takataka Kuroda......

"Father

, your trick is really clever" was woken up by me, and Jing Zheng also figured out the mystery. Obviously, this way of using others is very much in line with his approach; And it can be imagined that this kid has the potential to be a ghost.

"It's not fair to Kyung-so, though. But for the sake of the great cause of my family, let's grieve him for a while," I sighed, half explaining and half admonishing and said to him, "To quickly defeat the Yuliang family, in addition to the strength of the family and the competition from the outside, it will be more effective to work directly within the Yuliang family." After all, cities are the easiest to attack from within, and you have to keep that in mind. ”

Zheng solemnly bowed down. When he raised his head, he asked me with concern: "So how is my father going to arrange for Jingxiu?" ”

"When the dust settles, I'll make it up to him." I replied casually.

"How do you want to compensate Jingxiu?" Jing Zheng asked.

"According to the precedent of Xuanzhi, I will adopt him as my adopted son, and then marry Senju Hime, and set it as the Renzhi family of my own family," I said, saying the plan that I had already drawn up.

……，……

The next day, the lead ship of the second generation of the Poseidon class was released from the dock by me before it had time to install naval guns. After a hasty sea trial, I ordered a large number of ayara, silk, gold, silver, and curiosities to be brought in from Kira Castle and Hasuiketsuya, and decorated the ship with great beauty. Fortunately, the survey fleet that departed last year had only recently arrived at Imabari Port, and these supplies were very abundant, and even Li Fangliang, who was the deputy envoy, rushed over to arrange this matter for me.

As a businessman, he didn't feel anything wrong with my extravagant behavior. Perhaps he also felt that with my current status and wealth, I should have had this pomp and circumstance a long time ago. However, he disagreed with the naming of the ship.

The ship was named "Yong'an" by me.

At that time, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which was written nearly two hundred years ago, had already become popular, and it was also widely circulated in Japan.

"His Royal Highness is good at sinology, with the red festival gold Yue as the guard of honor (horse seal), built Quanzhou City to take charge of the exploration trade (in the early Ming Dynasty, there was a city in Quanzhou, presided over the exploration trade), and named the ship after the Han land, which is the move of Jingmu Han style, very good...... However, should you think about the name of the ship? Li Fangliang solemnly persuaded, "With the current situation in Japan, it can be compared to the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty; His Royal Highness has a noble personality and a benevolent name, just like the Han Dynasty. For His Royal Highness, the name Yong'an is a big bad luck."

"Your analogy is also very unlucky," I said with a smile.

Li Fangliang also smiled. He has always been very detached, and he is one of the few people who can laugh and laugh with me. However, although I didn't care and just laughed, he still insisted on persuading me: "How about changing it to 'Chang'an'?" The meaning is similar. ”

"Chang'an is the imperial capital of the Han and Tang dynasties, how can I be a foreigner who can trespass?" I shook my head, "Even Kyoto, where the emperor lives, only dares to compare itself to Luoyang." ”

"But

It's ......" Li Fangliang wanted to say something, but I waved my hand and stopped him with a sentence.

"Anyway, this ship is not for me." I said to him.

"Not for His Highness?" Li Fangliang looked surprised, "Such a magnificent and gorgeous ship, who else can use it except His Highness?" ”

"You'll know then." I smiled mysteriously and ordered my attendants to go and ask Natsu and Tokuki to board the boat.

Soon, the Yongan and the three survey trading ships of Imabari, Toying, Toming, and Tomon (Janet went to Hakata in Kyushu), as well as the two detachments of Dinghai and Fuba from Kyushu, converged and sailed to Quanzhou Town (formerly Sakai Town). Six oversized ships of more than 3,000 koku and hundreds of escort warships occupied more than half of Quanzhou Port, and also shook most of the city, and the entire town of Quanzhou was boiling, and the townspeople rushed to the beach to see this beautiful scene, and the people who saw it were all amazed. Those big merchants who feel that they have a lot of face have handed over their famous posts, hoping to get a rumor and board the gorgeous Yong'an.

Even the chief of the Konishi Yukichu army in Settsu rushed over when he heard the news and inquired about the truth of his family in the name of visiting me.

I received President Konishi very warmly, and specially called Yoshijing, Iwamatsu Jingding, and Iwamatsu Jingjing to meet him, and said to them with a smile: "I'm afraid there will be many opportunities to deal with each other in the future, I hope you can get along happily." ”

Yukicho Konishi's eyes immediately widened: "What, is His Royal Highness Yoshikei and the navy army under Lord Iwamatsu going to return to the Seto Inland Sea?" ”

"Yes," I said with a big grin, "the situation in Kyushu has stabilized, and there is no need to leave three naval armies in charge." Yoshikei's territory is Awaji Island, and the Iwamatsu family's territory is Shodoshima and Utatsu, and the stations are also here, so naturally I want to return."

"Is Kyushu Yoshiki stable? That's really gratifying," Governor Konishi barely smiled, "As far as I know, Taichang Gong has been pampered in recent years and handed over government affairs to His Royal Highness Yulin...... Now that there is such a big commotion, is there anything important? ”

"Konishi-sama, please pay attention to your words," Honda reprimanded, "How can you interfere with the behavior of Taichang Gong"

"It's presumptuous," Konishi quickly apologized.

"The governor is not an outsider, so it doesn't hurt to talk about it," I waved my hand and told Konishi very frankly, "The first thing is about the name of the trade of the survey...... When the Ming Dynasty was first paid tribute, due to the insistence of the Taizheng Gong, the canonization was not officially accepted, and the seal of the regent's office was used. At the end of the year before last, Taizheng Gong returned to heaven, and Daming also got the news, and when the trade mission set off at the end of last year, he once again mentioned the matter of the name of the survey. Therefore, Yu decided to ask His Majesty the Emperor to accept the official canonization of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"I see," Konishi Yuki's face changed slightly, "Listening to Tai Changgong's meaning, there should be other things?" ”

"Yes, the second thing is to meet Jingxiu, after all, he is his own nephew and future son-in-law" I smiled, showing a look of great satisfaction, "I heard that he was in the battle of Zhiyue

Thanks to his hard work, His Highness Chikuzen was able to defeat Shibata? …… This is really a young famous general comparable to my son Zhou Jing and his biological father Xiujing, and it really deserves to be the bloodline of my Genji lineage Kira family."

"This ......," Konishi Yukicho's face immediately became extremely embarrassed. Keixiu was indeed a part of the Battle of Shidake, but to say that it was thanks to him that he defeated Shibata was too much praise, and if Hideyoshi himself heard this, he would definitely be very unhappy. As for Jingxiu's origin, with his repeated brilliance in recent years and the rapid expansion of the Yuliang family, it is said that it is slowly becoming a topic that is forbidden to talk about in the Yuliang family, and even Jingxiu himself does not want to hear it.

However, after all, he was a businessman, so he quickly adjusted, and bowed calmly, "Since Taichang Gong has a life, I will go back and tell the head of the family and the young master Jingxiu, and ask the head of the family to make arrangements for the young master to come and meet the Taichang Gong." ”

"It's not a bother. Before leaving Tosa, I had already ordered Keimasa to inform His Highness Chikuzen Mamoru and invite Keihide to come and see him," I smiled and shook my head, "Although it is now a critical time to support the Takeda family, Keihide still has some time before he can make the trip, and Presumably His Highness Chikuzen Mamoru will not refuse to let him come to see me...... After all, this matter involves the marriage contract of the two families, and it is difficult for me to move around now. ”。.。

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