Chapter 838: The Final Test
"Humph! It seems that the Shimazu family and the Ito family are planning to join forces to fight against the main family? After reading the letter, Zhengliang immediately said to himself.
The Shimazu family brazenly tore up the southern Kyushu peace agreement signed by the Luo family, which had already made Masarashi quite angry. Now that the Shimazu family and the Ito family have joined forces again, it is very obvious that they are trying to fight against the Luo family, and in this case, the political conscience has made up its mind to solve the Shimazu family.
It's just that at this time, most of the forces of the Luo family are almost concentrated in the strategy of the four countries, and it is true that it is impossible to take the Shimazu family in one fell swoop, but it is also impossible to make the Shimazu family develop like this because of this, so the Shimazu family must be temporarily stopped. So, after thinking about it for a while, Masara finally asked someone to call Yoshihiro Shimazu, who was with him this time.
After Shimazu Yoshihiro arrived and finished saluting, Masarashi immediately stared at Shimazu Yoshihiro and said, "Come to think of it, you've been with me for a long time, right?" ”
"Yes, my lord, it's been eleven years." Shimazu Yoshihiro was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied. At this time, Shimazu Yoshihiro really couldn't understand why the lord Masara suddenly asked him this strange question, could it be that the lord was finally ready to send him to various teams to exercise? While thinking about it, Shimazu Yoshihiro couldn't help but think. You must know that Honda Masanobu, Nabeshima Naoshige, Kawada Yoshiro and others who followed Masarashi with him at the same time have already been sent to the following teams by the lord Masahiro, and have already established a lot of merits. Shimazu Yoshihiro is naturally very envious of this, but he has never been able to understand why the lord has not sent him down, and it seems that today has finally waited for the opportunity.
"Eleven years? It's been a long time! I want to be at the beginning. When you first arrived at home, you were only a seven- or eight-year-old. Now he is a strong samurai. After hearing this, Zhengliang said. He also said happily.
"Thanks to the lord's cultivation all the time!" Yoshihiro Shimazu immediately said gratefully.
"Really? So, Matashiro, can you tell me that I can trust you? Masara's originally smiling face became serious at this time, and he stared at Shimazu Yoshihiro with sharp eyes and asked.
Shimazu Yoshihiro was taken aback by the sudden change in Masaliang's expression, so he immediately knelt on the ground and said solemnly: "Please be enlightened, your subordinates are willing to bow to the lord and die!" ”
"Well, in that case. So let's take a look at this epistle first. Immediately, Masara motioned to the little surname Narimatsu Nobukatsu beside him and sent the letter sent by the Shocai Intelligence Pavilion about the Shimazu family's attack to Shimazu Yoshihiro.
Yoshihiro Shimazu took the letter suspiciously, and then slowly opened it and read it at the signal of Masayo. As the contents of the letters continued to pour into his brain, Shimazu Yoshihiro couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat all over his body. At this time, he finally knew why the Lord Gongzheng Liang would summon him at this time.
"How? What are your thoughts on this? Seeing that Yoshihiro Shimazu had almost finished reading the letter, Masaro asked casually.
"It's up to the Lord to decide." Yoshihiro Shimazu said immediately. Some trembling voices showed the shock and nervousness in his heart at this time.
"Tell me what you think!" Masarashi did not intend to let Shimazu Yoshihiro go, and continued to exert pressure on the counterattack.
"Lord...... My lord, my subordinates don't know how to answer at this time, but they really don't know what to do. "Facing Zhengliang's questioning. Shimazu Yoshihiro had no choice but to bite the bullet and say.
"In that case, if I send you back to the Shimazu family. What do you think of persuading your father to stop his actions towards KitaSatsuma? ”
"Lord...... The lord ......" Shimazu Yoshihiro, who was originally hesitating in his heart, heard Masayo say this, and immediately froze in place. Obviously, he was a little unbelievable about this arrangement.
"If I send you back, can I trust you?" Looking at Shimazu Yoshihiro's puzzled eyes, Masara nodded and said again.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty will definitely do your best to persuade your father, if you fail this time, Your Majesty will apologize." Looking at the encouraging and affirmative eyes of the lord, Shimazu Yoshihiro suddenly felt a hot current surging all over his body, and immediately knelt on the ground and promised loudly.
"Okay, I hope you don't disappoint me, otherwise, you will know the consequences." Masara said. This time, he is also gambling, both gambling on Shimazu Yoshihiro's personality and betting on whether the Shimazu family will suspend the attack on the North Satsuma region because of this. Masarashi did not want the Shimazu family to stop because of this, but he asked the Shimazu family to suspend the attack because of this, so that Masarashi could withdraw from the Shikoku campaign to deal with the Shimazu family as soon as possible.
"Please rest assured!" In the face of Masayo's warning, Shimazu Yoshihiro also solemnly promised. Shimazu Yoshihiro knew that this warning of the Lord Masahiro contained two meanings, one was to warn Shimazu Yoshihiro himself, and the other was to warn the Shimazu family, hoping that neither of them would do anything that would disappoint him again.
If he betrayed the Luo family, then the first person to suffer would be his wife who had just become pregnant, who was living in the castle town of Xuefu. His wife is the younger sister of Luo Zhengxiu, who is an important minister in the Luo family. As the group of people who have followed the Lord Zhengliang from the beginning, they are basically members of the Luo family. And Luo Zhengxiu is also the person who holds an important position in the family in this Luo family. In order to speed up his integration into the retainers of the Luo family, Shimazu Yoshihiro also married the younger sister of Luo Masahide as his wife under the introduction of the lord Masahiro, and the two couples were also quite affectionate after marriage, and his wife was just pregnant not long ago.
As a small surname that follows the lord Masahiro, Shimazu Yoshihiro is well aware of Masahiro's temper. If he betrayed the Luo family, even if his wife was from the Luo family, she would be executed. The only fate for him and his family was to be executed. It's not that he looks down on his family's strength, but he really knows too well the strength of the Luo family at this time. Once the Luo family is completely angered and causes the Luo family to concentrate their forces on the Shimazu family, then the Shimazu family will only be destroyed. So this time, after he went back, he was determined to persuade his father Shimazu Takahisa to stop no matter what, and plead guilty to the lord Gongzhengliang.
As for Shimazu Yoshihiro's thoughts, Masahiro naturally doesn't know what to do, but after so many years of deliberately cultivating and guiding Shimazu Yoshihiro, and sending people to spy on him, Masahiro feels that he can take this opportunity to test Shimazu Yoshihiro again. If the test is successful, Zhengliang will get a trustworthy general in the future, and if the test fails, the Luo family will face a big war while losing a talent.
Afterwards, Masarashi asked Shimazu Yoshihiro to go down and prepare immediately, and on the same day he set off for southern Kyushu by boat. After sending Shimazu Yoshihiro away, Masarashi had to ponder again. (To be continued......)