"My lord, I have guests from afar. "Tokugawa Ieyasu returned home after a full day of meaningless meetings, and was about to rest for a while, but he got the news that he only needed to change his clothes and welcome the guests into the room to sit down, and when the guests came in, he was slightly stunned, and it turned out to be a wise man, but Tokugawa Ieyasu was extremely forbearing, and he did a great job of hiding his surprise, "The guests from the country have come from afar to work hard."www.biquge.info ”

"I've seen Tokugawa Uchifu-sama." The visitor called Tokugawa Ieyasu according to the custom of the Wa Kingdom, and then pointed out his identity, "I am the envoy of the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty, Lord Chen Xuan, and this time I came to meet the Lord of the Tokugawa Inner Prefecture to discuss important matters." ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu's mind was turning, and he had guessed a little about this person's intentions and hurriedly retreated, leaving only the two of them in the house, Tokugawa Ieyasu first told a big story about his disapproval of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's dispatch of troops to Korea, and then repeatedly showed that their Tokugawa family was definitely not involved in the invasion of Korea.

It is also true that Tokugawa Ieyasu's army did not land in Korea, and Joseon was originally a gift prepared by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to reward his courtiers, so how could Tokugawa Ieyasu be involved? While Konishi Yukinaga and others were fighting for their lives and deaths in Korea, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Maeda Toshiie, Uesugi Keikatsu, Gamo Clan, and Date Masamune remained in Hizen Nagoya as a reserve, even when the war was at its most intense.

This also allowed Tokugawa Ieyasu to avoid the attack of the Ming army, to preserve his power, and become the most powerful daimyo outside the Toyotomi family, he originally wanted to take Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Maeda Toshiya after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Maeda Toshiie, and ascend to the throne of the world, but he did not expect the arrival of the Ming army to disrupt this plan; It's just that now that an envoy from the Ming Dynasty has come to visit him, maybe this matter is not all bad for the Tokugawa family?

"I understand what Lord Tokugawa Uchifu means, and my family also knows that Lord Tokugawa Uchifu is not involved in this matter, so I sent him to visit, otherwise Lord Tokugawa Uchifu probably won't be able to see me." The envoy only lightly said a few words of encouragement to this, and suddenly changed the conversation and asked, "I wonder what Lord Tokugawa Inner Mansion thinks of my Da Ming's request?" ”

"Uh... This..."Tokugawa Ieyasu was a little hesitant, according to his idea, Toyotomi Hideyori sent to the Ming Dynasty for their Tokugawa family, but he couldn't expose his true intentions, these days he can only let his subordinates and Ishida Mitsunari grind slowly, because Toyotomi Hideyori is now not only his nominal boss, but also his grandson-in-law, so it seems that he should not hand him over to Mingguo.

"My lord thinks that since this happened, then the Toyotomi family is no longer suitable to be in charge of the Wa Kingdom, and it seems that it is time for the Wa Kingdom to change its ruler." The envoy said slowly, his eyes constantly wandering over Tokugawa Ieyasu, as if to imply that Tokugawa Ieyasu was the best candidate to succeed Toyotomi Hideyori to rule the Japanese kingdom.

"Even though Lord Taige has all kinds of faults, but before he died, he entrusted Xiulai to his subordinates, how could he let others take his place?" Tokugawa Ieyasu hid the excitement in his heart, and pretended not to understand and said, this envoy has said so much and has not given anything practical, and he wants to exchange benefits just by lip service, so there is such a cheap thing.

"Hehe, Lord Tokugawa Uchifu treats the Toyotomi family with loyalty, but the Toyotomi family is still jealous of the Lord of Tokugawa Uchifu, not long ago I heard that Maeda Toshinaga, Asano Nagamasa and others planned to assassinate Lord Tokugawa Uchifu, and recently I heard that Uesugi Keikatsu is recruiting ronins in the local area, I don't know what kind of thoughts I have." The envoy scoffed at Tokugawa Ieyasu's words, and after Maeda Toshinaga's assassination plot was exposed, Tokugawa Ieyasu led a large army into Osaka, still acting like a loyal minister, and the reason why he said this was just to reap some benefits.

Tokugawa Ieyasu could still remain calm when he heard Maeda Toshinaga's matter, but when the envoy said that Uesugi Keikatsu was expanding the army, Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help it, Uesugi Katsu's territory was next to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and it was self-evident who he wanted to deal with when he reorganized his troops and horses, and what was even more strange was that he had not received the news, but the Ming envoy had already learned that Uesugi Katsu was so close to hiding it! Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but get worried.

The envoy knew that people from a city like Tokugawa Ieyasu would not easily change their decision after one or two conversations, so he did not dwell on it, but took his leave so that Tokugawa Ieyasu could inquire about the news in time, and it was not too late to visit him after the matter was verified.

Later, Tokugawa Ieyasu hurriedly sent his subordinates to inquire about the latest developments in Uesugi Keikatsu, and as a result, Tozawa Masamori, the lord of the Matsuoka Domain of Hitachi Province, reported to Tokugawa Ieyasu that there was indeed a vision in Uesugi Keikatsu's territory recently; In addition, Hideharu Hori, the daimyo of Echigo Province, sent secret agents to report to Tokugawa Ieyasu that "Keikatsu has betrayed me".

Then Tokugawa Ieyasu asked Uesugi Keikatsu to come to Osaka to explain that Uesugi Kakekatsu was very displeased, thinking that he had nothing to do with Tokugawa Ieyasu by building a castle in his own territory and gathering soldiers? instructed the important minister Naoe to continue to write a letter in reply - this is the famous "Naoe"; "Naoe" is not so much a pleadings as a challenge, in which not only refutes Tokugawa Ieyasu's accusations point by point, but also uses a lot of sarcasm, as if deliberately trying to provoke Ieyasu.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was furious when he got "Naoe Form", and he was usually very tolerant and said, "I have read countless petitions in the sixty-third year of my life, and this is the most rude and presumptuous petition among them!" How can this kid be too much for me to tolerate such a thing? ”

As a result, the situation of the Wa Kingdom changed dramatically again, and Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered the daimyo from all over the world to go to Aizu to defeat Nakanoken Uesugi Keikatsu, who was one of the five elders at that time; Ishida Mitsunari conspired with Yoshitsugu Otani, Masuda Nagamori, and Ankokuji Keikyo in Sawa Yamajo to attack Tokugawa Ieyasu after learning that Tokugawa Ieyasu had raised troops, and at the same time began to attack Fushimi Castle, where Tokugawa had left.

For a time, smoke rose again in the land of the Wa Kingdom, and the major myocrats divided into two groups, gathering under the command of Ishida Mitsunari and Tokugawa Ieyasu respectively to prepare for a fight.

It's just that unlike the original Battle of Sekigahara, the Shimazu family did not participate in this battle, Konishi Yukinaga also died long ago off the coast of Busan, and Kobayakawa Hideaki only sent a small number of soldiers and horses because he was worried about Li You's attack, and in comparison, the Western Army led by Ishida Mitsunari was much weaker than the original history.