Chapter 774: Tokugawa Ieyasu's Death

"Well, this is the head of the Ukita Hideya and Chozong Ibu Somori! Naben will be slain with his own hands! Li You, who was covered in blood, returned to the Tokugawa army and directly dropped the two heads, and the heads of these two daimyo immediately caused an exclamation on the scene, what a martial art it is to be able to kill two enemy daimyo with his own hands in such a fierce battle!

Of course, Li You dropped these two heads just to let them see, Ukita Xiujia and Changzong and my department Sheng Qin are both generals who participated in the Korean War, and they are registered in the military department and Jinyi Wei of the Ming Dynasty, and he still has to take them back to ask for merit to the Wanli Emperor, where will it be left for the Tokugawa army to show off their martial arts; Not only that, but according to the previous agreement, even the heads of Kobayakawa Hideaki and others, who were killed by other Tokugawa generals, will be handed over to Li You to bring back to Daming in the future. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Your Excellency General Chen, please enter the account." The bustle at the door attracted the attention of the tent, and soon Tokugawa Ieyasu's retainer, one of the "Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings", Sakakihara Yasumasa came out of the tent, came to Li You and said respectfully, now among the "Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings" Sakai Tadaji has died more than three years ago, Honda Tadashi died in the hands of Ishida Mitsunari personal guard, Ii Naomasa was unconscious with an iron cannon in his body, and he was the only one who stayed by Tokugawa Ieyasu's side.

"Huh?" Li You pretended not to know and showed anger, he was the chief general of the Heavenly Empire, and it stands to reason that Tokugawa Ieyasu should come out to greet him in person, so there is a reason to sit firmly in the tent and let Li You go in by himself?

Sakakihara Yasumasa immediately understood that he was negligent, and hurriedly walked two steps to Li You and whispered, "Please also ask the general to atone for his sins, Tokugawa Hall is seriously injured and can no longer walk, so I have to come down to please; At this time, the stakes are very high, and we will hide it from the army, and ask the general of the kingdom not to make a noise and talk about it in the account. ”

Li You suddenly changed his face, and followed Sakakihara Yasumasa into the big tent with a concerned face, where could outsiders see that he was the murderer who seriously injured Tokugawa Ieyasu; When I came to the tent, I saw Sakakihara Yasumasa and other Tokugawa family's cronies and retainers, as well as Matsudaira Tadayoshi and other people kneeling around a large bed with sad faces, and several doctors were busy around Tokugawa Ieyasu with grim faces.

"Please forgive General Chen, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up to pay respects." Tokugawa Ieyasu saw Li You come in and struggled to get up, but he couldn't sit down after trying many times, and the retainers and people around him began to sobble sadly again.

"Tokugawa-sama, what's wrong? Is this how you protect your lord? Li You hurriedly stepped forward, asking and shouting at the retainers who were kneeling on the ground, but his heart was happy, it seemed that Tokugawa Ieyasu was really badly injured, and he probably couldn't survive this experience, and now he can still talk is just a return to the light.

Li You's scolding made those retainers who were already guilty even more unbearable, and some of them were irritable and even pulled out their ribs and planned to apologize on the spot, but fortunately, Sakakihara Yasumasa was still clear, and immediately stopped them, "Yaga! Now that the lord is still sick, aren't you afraid of disturbing the lord! ”

"Who would have thought that Nobunaga would die in Honnoji Temple back then?" Tokugawa Ieyasu reluctantly raised his hand to interrupt them, he also realized that his life had come to an end, and after defeating the Western Army, he saw that the Tokugawa family was about to dominate the world, but unfortunately he probably couldn't see it.

After everyone quieted down, Tokugawa Ieyasu began to arrange the funeral, he asked people to move a chair and put it next to the bed, invited Li You to take a seat, and then said, "The old man is probably going to see Nobunaga and Hideyoshi-sama, and I want to arrange the aftermath before the old man dies, and I also ask General Chen to be a witness for him." ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu wasn't sure if he could support until the moment when Tokugawa Hidetada arrived, and he didn't expect his death, and he didn't dare to guarantee that the retainers and the people in the tent would accept Tokugawa Hidetada's inheritance of his position, so he dragged Li You by the way, Li You's special status has nothing to do with anyone in the account, and he thinks he can add more protection to Tokugawa Hidetada.

Li You agreed without hesitation, taking this opportunity he will have a greater say in the affairs of the Tokugawa family, so why not? Seeing Li You's promise, Tokugawa Ieyasu relieved himself a little, and he continued, "The conditions that were promised to General Chen at the beginning will be completed by Xiaoer Xiuzhong, and after Xiuzhong succeeds to the throne, he will continue to pursue the rebellion of those Western armies, and dedicate their heads to General Chen, and Xiuzhong will also raise compensation for it." ”

"Please rest assured, Lord Chuan, the Toyotomi family has offended my Ming clan for no reason, and it is no longer suitable to be in charge of the Wa Kingdom, and this official supports Tokugawa Hidetada to replace Toyotomi Hideyori to become the general of the Wa Kingdom." If Tokugawa Ieyasu sits in this position now, Li You may still be worried, but Tokugawa Hidetada, who is not yet full-fledged, does not have to worry at all, and doing so will anger Ishida Mitsunari and continue to maintain the division of the Wa Kingdom, so why should he not do it.

"Thank you, General Chen!" After receiving Li You's assurance, Tokugawa Ieyasu breathed a sigh of relief, and after determining the status of Tokugawa Hidetada's heir, he began to reward the rest of the retainers and a group of people, "Sakakihara Yasumasa, this battle is really successful, I will make you the lord of the Mito Domain." ”

"My lord! Mito is 30 miles away from Edo, and Tatebayashi is only more than 10 miles away from Edo, so if Edo is in danger, I can rush to help Hidetadaden in one day if I am in Tatebayashi! However, Sakakihara Yasumasa refused the 200,000 koku bounty from the Mito Domain, and instead demanded the relatively weaker Tatebayashi Domain.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was so moved by this that he increased the fiefdom of the Tatebayashi domain to 110,000 koku, canonized Sakakihara Yasumasa as the lord of the Tatebayashi domain, and promised, "As long as the Tokugawa family is still there, the Ru family will not perish!" ”

Subsequently, the others were rewarded, and the second man, Yuki Hideyasu, rose sharply from 101,000 to 680,000 in Echizen Fuchu, the fourth man, Matsudaira Tadayoshi, increased from Musashi Shinobu 100,000 koku to Owari Kiyosu 520,000, the fifth man, Takeda Nobuyoshi, increased from 40,000 koku to Hitachi Mito 150,000, and the sixth man, Matsudaira Tadaki, increased from Musashi Fukatani 10,000 koku to Shimosakura 50,000 koku; Terumasa Ikeda moved from 150,000 koku to Harima Himeji with 520,000 koku, and Kiyomasa Kato's territory in Hizen Kumamoto increased from 250,000 koku to 540,000 koku......

Uesugi Keikatsu was reduced from 1.2 million koku to 300,000 koku in Yonezawa, and Satake Yoshinobu of Ishida Mitsunari was reduced from 540,000 koku to 180,000 koku in Kubota in Tohoku......

“...... Fifty years of life is like a dream compared to the people who live in the heavens; How can there be an immortal truth when a lifetime is enjoyed......" When everything was arranged, Tokugawa Ieyasu also came to the end of his life, he slowly closed his eyes while chanting an ancient ballad, and then a heaven-shattering cry sounded in the tent.