"You choose a reliable man from among your retainers, and go to Toyotomi Hideyori and the five elders to deliver a letter, and tell them what this official means, and let them compensate me for the losses of the Ming Dynasty and Korea, otherwise this official will lead his troops to Osaka to ask for it in person. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "Now that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has died, the successor to his position is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's third son Toyotomi Hideyoshi, because Toyotomi Hideyoshi is only five years old this year, and he can't exercise the rights in his hands at all, so Toyotomi Hideyoshi Hideyoshi paved the way for Hideyoshi's future, and formulated the five elders and the five commissioners, so that they can assist Hideyori.

Among them, the five elders are the five most powerful daimyo in the current Wa Kingdom, they are: Tokugawa Ieyasu, Kanto 2.56 million stones, from the two internal ministers; Maeda Toshika, Kaga 1.04 million stone, is three powerful people; Ukita Hideya, 570,000 stone in front of Bizen, from the three powers; Maori Huiyuan, Anyi 1.21 million stones, from the three rights; Kobayakawa Takakei, 330,000 stone in front of the building, from the three powers.

However, Kobayakawa Takakei among these five people died last year, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi appointed Echigo 900,000 stone lords, from the three powers, the nephew and adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin, the "dragon of Echigo", to replace Kobayakawa Takakei as one of the five elders, and this year let Uesugi Keiko move Aizu 1.2 million koku, the strength of the five elders is even better than before.

And the Maeda Toshiie, who is second only to Tokugawa Ieyasu in strength among the five elders, is now old and decrepit, and I am afraid it will not be long, but his eldest son Maeda Toshinaga can basically inherit his position.

The sum of these five old stones alone has reached 6.58 million stones, and the total stone height of the entire Great Ming Dynasty is only 18.5 million stones, and the total strength of these five people is more than one-third, plus the strength of the Toyotomi family themselves, as long as the five elders do not make any trouble, it is enough to maintain the rule of the Toyotomi family.

The members of the Five Commissioners were Ishida Mitsunari, Asano Nagamasa, Maeda Genyō, Nagashu Masaka, and Masuda Nagamori, who had sworn allegiance twice, especially Ishida Mitsunari, the head of the Five Missions, who was particularly loyal to the Toyotomi family; The five elders make decisions about government affairs, and the five carry out orders, and this kind of political system seems to be quite stable at first glance.

It is the inherent habit of the Japanese people to obey the strong, so Zong Yizhi did not dare to delay, and immediately found a capable man from among the retainers and sent him to Osaka Castle, the ruling place of the Toyotomi family, to send Li You's request to Toyotomi Hideyori and the five elders and the five commissioners, and they decided how to reply to Li You.

After this matter was dealt with, Li You did not immediately let Zong Yizhi leave, but asked him about the current situation of the Wa Kingdom, even though Li You had learned about this history many times in his previous life through games, anime, and novels in the eleventh district, but there were still some discrepancies between those and reality, let's listen to what Zong Yizhi, a personal participant, said that he was making decisions.

Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi has inherited the status of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but because Toyotomi Hideyoshi is still young, and the daimyo loyal to the Toyotomi family suffered heavy losses in the previous war of invasion of Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ruling foundation is not so solid.

Because Tokugawa Ieyasu, the strongest of the daimyos, was approved by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to stay at Nagoya Castle for garrison work in the name of crusading against the remnants of Hojo, and did not directly participate in the two battles, the war had less influence on him, so his influence gradually increased; This may be the result of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's reluctance to Tokugawa Ieyasu to divide Korea, but now Tokugawa Ieyasu and the daimyo in the Kanto region have escaped the attack of the Ming army and preserved their complete strength, and only Maeda Toshiie, who is also one of the five elders, can balance Ieyasu's strength.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi also anticipated the threat of Tokugawa Ieyasu before his death, so he set a family affair for Toyotomi Hideyori and Tokugawa Ieyasu's granddaughter Tokugawa Chihime, hoping to maintain the relationship between the two families, but what Tokugawa Ieyasu did in later generations obviously went against Toyotomi Hideyoshi's expectations, and this family affair did not make Tokugawa Ieyasu let go of his ambitions.

Among the five elders today, the Ukita Hideya family is too young, the Mori Terugen can be mediocre, and the fiefdom of Uesugi Keikatsu is too remote, only the Maeda Toshiya can compete with Ieyasu in terms of qualifications, ability and strength, but unfortunately the Maeda Toshiya at this time has not much time to live, if Li You is not mistaken, he will die of serious illness in a few months, I hope that the letter sent by Soyichi this time can aggravate the condition of the Maeda Toshika, so that he can get a better chance.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi's courtiers led by these five people were divided into two factions: the civilian faction led by Ishida Mitsunari and Konishi Yukinaga, and the martial arts faction led by Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Kuroda Nagamasa, Fujido Takatora, Kato Yoshiaki, Asano Yukinaga, and Hosokawa Tadashi were quarreled over the long-term contradictions and quarrels that had accumulated over many events such as following Toyotomi Hideyoshi to unify the world, changing the heir, and invading Korea.

Especially after the birth of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Toyotomi Hideyoshi in order to pass on the power to his heirs, and dissatisfied with the previously set heir, his adopted son, Sekihaku, and the left minister Toyotomi Hideji, Ishida Mitsunari was ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to go to Jurakutei to meet Toyotomi Hideji three years ago, to find out the truth of the matter, and collect materials on Toyotomi Hideji's rebellion everywhere, as a result, Hideji committed suicide by seppuku, and more than 20 of his wives and concubines were also killed.

Ishida Mitsunari thus got the territory of 194,000 stone in Jiangbei and was named the lord of Sawa Mountain Castle, but he was hated by Asano Nagamasa and other daimyos, although they are now one of the five commissioners, but Asano Nagamasa never thought of revenge Ishida Mitsunari.

Similar to what he knew before, although the Wa Kingdom seems to be relatively stable on the surface, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's side, which was heavy at any time in the invasion of Korea, has gradually become unable to restrain Tokugawa Ieyasu's ambitions, and only needs a suitable opportunity to divide the Wa Kingdom into two factions to fight, as in history.

Well, you can use this opportunity to find some way to speed up this process, so that the contradictions between the five elders, the five commissioners, and the daimyo will break out in advance, so that it is good to take advantage of the fire, otherwise, it will be too difficult to rely on your own subordinates to capture the Wa Kingdom with more than 30,000 people.

After figuring out the current situation of the Wa Kingdom, Li You waved his hand to let Zong Yizhi retreat, leaving only a few generals in the Daming Naval Division by his side, the generals originally thought that he would chase him to Tsushima Island, but looking at Li You's current meaning, there is a great plan to attack the main island of the Wa Kingdom, the generals are not only a little anxious, but the deputy general Chen Silkworm hurriedly said, "My lord, the Wa Kingdom is a country that is not conquered by Taizu himself, and we will attack rashly if we are weak, I am afraid that Your Majesty will ...... there."