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6 Years of Celebration (1601) March -
There are four wonderful seasons in Japan. Even in the world of warring nations, that doesn't change.
In the previous year, even though a war had broken out involving the whole of Japan and the people and the samurai had all disrupted their lives, the spring visit had equally lightened the hearts of the people and turned their faces into soft ones.
And something special for the samurai in those calm days of spring...
It was about loving cherry blossoms.
Such a season has arrived this year.
It was a change of kingdom, and all the great famous men still busy with politics, military, and castle building, but even then, when the cherry blossoms planted in the mansion were full, they stopped their busy working hands, and often stopped looking at its beauty, and talked to the friendly, and drank and sang under the cherry trees.
Just when the Tachibana family was hosting a big banquet to see flowers in the Yanagawa River, there were famous people around Kyushu who were hosting flowers on different scales.
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"No, no, no... I don't know what more to say about the feast, but I think I can have a color... is it different!?
True Shimazu is the one who looks red and complains.
He is the son of Yoshihiro Shimazu, known as the ghost of war, and the next Shimazu family owner.
Satsuma flowers bloom fast.
One day, just in March, the Shimazu family held a floral view at Uchi Castle, home to their current masters Yoshihiro Shimazu and Zhongheng.
But all that gathered beneath the peachy cherry trees were the miserable body of the Samoan falcons.
They are naked with liquor in them, and they are squeamish and noisy. At the center of it, Yoshihiro Shimazu, a muscular skeleton who didn't think he was fit past fifty, shouted up and drank like he was getting sober.
"Who likes it and has to see guys naked! Are you the one who's gone?
Even one of the most gorgeous stomachs... "
Suddenly there was a fine woman's voice from directly next to her face to Zhongheng, who drinks while being plunged like that.
"You… I have straw"
"Wow!! A turtle! Don't surprise me!!
So unexpectedly, Zhongheng glanced at the woman and protested.
The woman, whom Tortoise and Zhongheng said, was the daughter of Yoshiku Shimazu, who, if taken by Zhongheng, was a cousin and wife.
Its face, its eyes are very thin, it doesn't even know if it's open, its mouth is small.
The jaw is thin, with a slender nose and long, dark hair...
With the exception of the hair, Shimazu Yoshiku Shimazu, the former Shimazu family lord, had two faces.
Zhongheng was not good at Yoshiku, his uncle, and equally bad at tortoise life like a living copy of his face.
"Your Lord does not fall into the category of gorgeous woman!
And, Zhongheng let go of her in a tough word.
"This is unfortunate... I have to report it to your father..."
"Wait a minute! How does that happen!?
Turtle Shou's report to his father… that's natural, but it means a report to Yoshiku. But from time to time, 'accidents' are happening around that long standing perimeter, and people are dying...
He hastily questioned her in an attempt to make it stop.
"My lord will not see my womb as my stomach, because of all my womb immorality... then I must wasp upon my father."
"No, no, no! Wait a minute! Sure, that could be the Lord's fault, no, the Lord's bad.
But sometimes I bother to report it to my uncle!
"Exactly... Turtle Shou"
"Right, right!... Hmm?
"It's all already in my ear directly, so I don't need a report."
"... whoa... no way..."
Zhongheng, looking back at his fearful back, there was... Turtle Shou, no, Yoshiku was laughing quietly.
And when you look at Zhongheng's blued face,
"Be careful, though Hanami, because drinking too much alcohol can cause 'accidents'. Zhongheng..."
And I advised him with a demonic smile...
"Gyee-yee!!
Zhongheng escapes at first sight.
It was Yoshihiro, my father, who found me aiming for him like that.
"Hey! You! Well done! I'm going to show you something interesting. So come here!
And when he wrapped his thick arm around Zhongheng's neck, he pulled Zhongheng in the middle of a feast full of men.
And...
I was waiting there...
It was a large group of 'spiders' stuck in boxes...
"Wow! What, what, what!? This!?
And Zhongheng, who had long been a big bad bug, asked Yoshihiro to bite him.
"Ha ha!! We're going to play" Dumb Match "! It's a serious battle to make your chosen spiders sumo each other!!
"Oh, well, you won't have to do that with a flower look!! Hiya! Come here!!
"What? You're not funny, Zhongheng."
"It's this way that's not funny!! Collect so many spiders, what would you do if you escaped!?
"Ha ha!! At that time, you can give it to your spider! I hope a few more escaped already! haha!!
... At this time, Zhongheng was determined.
Trying to get the castle up somewhere else quickly...
This year, Zhongheng will build Kagoshima Castle and move there, but it is nominally "to protect the invasion from Tokugawa".
And while Yoshihiro will be hiding in a place called Kajiki in a little while, the theory that the insect sumo called "Kajiki Kumaki Match", which also remains a historical fact in the region, was spread by Yoshihiro Shimazu, is rumored to be similar to the historical fact.
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Changing places, even in Fushimi in Kyoto, a lively flower view was held by Tokugawa Jiayang. In fact, by this time, the administration and the arrangements for each great name had once shown a sense of calm, and Jiayang had moved from the western circle of Osaka Castle to Fushimi Castle.
Although the relocation has not yet been officially announced, all residences and ministers have already been relocated, and this time the Hanami was not held in Osaka, but in Fumimi.
The rebuilding of Fushimi Castle is still to come, but all this day he decided to stop his hand and labor the ministers of the Spectrum from noon.
- Ahhh, good!
- Come on!
The feast was exhilarating in a samurai-like uncomfortable noise of singing and dancing, in spite of Kyou.
Of course, one hundred knows that they and the nobles of Kyo love flowers quietly, which is the origin of flower sightings.
They were nevertheless good at honestly expressing the emotions that human beings should have when they were happy and when they were happy.
And the seriousness of penetrating the right muscles you believe in, wherever and at whatever time it is. This is the Mitsugawa Samurai.
Now in such a noisy corner, my usual subordinate drinks a little.
Needless to say, he is the parent and son of Tokugawa Jiayang and Hideyoshi, plus Honda Masayoshi and a genuine lid set.
But today, in addition to them, another pair of parents and children were on the spot.
"No, it's still helpful to have Lord Okubo help you with your work!
So it was Hideyoshi Tokugawa who raised his voice of admiration.
"Thank you for saying this! This Okubo Tadashi, you are smudging my heart!
"I am very happy that Father has kept it as a compliment, and even if it is, and I am loyal to Okubo!
and the parent and son finally bowed their heads toward Hideyoshi.
"Ha! Today is a place to see flowers, so you don't have to be so hard! Plus, loyalists are complimenting you!
Young but really great job!
"Ha! It's a terrible word, and you're in awe!
So desperately bowing his head against his parents and children, Hideyoshi seemed in a good mood, urging him to laugh and lift his head.
Parents and children raised their heads in a crisp movement with those words...
They are parents and children whose father is Tadashi Okubo and whose son is Tadashi Okubo, as introduced earlier.
My father's loyalty from the former is a direct minister of Tokugawa Jiayang and a man of martial arts and bravery who raised his name.
The castle of residence is Odawara Castle, the famous castle under the heavens, so the thickness of its trust can be questioned.
That was him, but these days he had produced his sperm under Hideyoshi Tokugawa. And the loyalty of his son is a young man of twenty years of weak crown.
But his wisdom and courage are rumored to be the best of the Tokugawa family, and when he helped Hideyoshi with his father, he described his head as a vertigo.
As a result, Loyalty became the most heavily used of Hideyoshi's neighbors, and Loyalty, while his youth, had obtained ink from Hideyoshi Hideyoshi himself.
And his parents and children were two melons, serious and upright, men like the symbols of the Three Rivers samurai dancing around him.
"Well, too hard is not enough for fun."
And, see how it goes, Jia Hang snorts. But it never seemed like he was in a mood, and when he just scrubbed one hand of booze, he even gave him a glimpse of a smile.
"But with the dedication of Lord Okubo, the development of Edo's city seems to be progressing a lot, more importantly."
And it was Masayuki Honta who smiled and praised Okubo's parents and children.
"Yes, you're right.
There is also the work of Lord Okubo and others, and he and we can concentrate on his masterpiece. "
And it was genuine of Honta to say it with a clear face.
He was an Okubo parent and son who was also condensed in those two words, but cut him out of his father's loyal neighbor.
"There are still more towns in Edo to come.
But securing drinking water, splitting the mansions of the great famous and the heart of commerce, plus the harbor, these four things are a priority. "
Jiayang's eyes narrow on the words, adding just a little sharpness.
"Well, how's that going?
My son's loyalty answered the question.
"Ha! Especially from securing drinking water, we make waterways to pull water from the spring waters of Benziten west of Edo"
"Oh! That water! Because that water is good."
And, Jia Kang slaps his hand with joy.
This pond with benziten will later be named Inoue Pond, and the waterway with its spring water as its source will be named Kanda Kamizu, but that is still a story to come.
"Next, south of the rough castle we buried it with sand and dirt to develop the city of merchants.
Besides, the distribution of gold and silver will be a vibrant part of the town in the future, so especially considering the distribution volume, Ginza will be prioritized and maintained, and the mansion and workshop of the Great Kuroshima, which is already to be stamped, will be ready. "
"Oh my... handy..."
It is true that I was so surprised. Loyalty, which gave thanks to such honesty, continued.
"We are planning to complete the Mansion Split for the Great Famous before the summer, so I was wondering if we could proceed with the construction of the Mansion during the year..."
Jiayang, who had heard the whole story,
"Hmm... I asked you to keep doing that."
And he said that without praise, but without scolding.
And he next turned to the pure one.
"By the way, where the mansion of the Great Famous People was built, it doesn't look like the master is standing up... how about that one?
What Jiayang called "that way" was the transfer and treatment of the great famous men. Coordination with each of the Great Names was the job of Naoto Iui and other deputy directors, but Genuinely was compiling a summary of it and a report on the checkpoint that we were making again after the Sekigahara match.
Always the purity of a clear face, just a little shadow.
Jiayang, who did not miss the slightest shadow, sensed that he was unwell at that point.
And purity spoke pale.
"The inspectors are doing well, and the great names that have been moved have generally begun to govern without any problems, except for some.
But if you're a setup...
Kyushu and Tohoku are not particularly interesting... "
"I see... Kyushu is directly involved, so the Lord doesn't have to feel responsible."
and Jiayang rarely encouraged purity. But the purity of the day seemed so disturbed that I dyed my face bright red.
"Kyushu has relieved Hirosaka Terazawa of his position as director and has entrusted him to Naoto Iui, so he has managed to see a settlement during the year."
"Hmm... and Northeast?
"I still can't get a piece of this one either." Dai Zhengzong is attacking Kamikaze Uesugi very hard... "
"Hmm... bad for Lord Uesugi, but a little more for the Dada lad, because I want him to wear 'dirt'.
You don't have to do this here either. "
"Ha... I did"
So he bowed his head pure, but was clearly seeping remorse.
Thus, Tokugawa's subordination, even at the Hanami Place, was all about work all the time.
They were also Mitsugawa samurai.
However, the direction of its seriousness was completely different from that of the surrounding samurai.
Now, this rise of Okubo's parents and children sparks the later Tokugawa administration is the same with historical facts.
But that spark, which was supposed to take about 'Boya', had the potential to turn into a 'big fire'...
That was a long story ahead of us.