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Rushui Kuroda, Kiyosei Kato, Souyoshi Ishida, Quandeng Akashi, Shinshin Horiuchi, Yoshiji Otani, Hiroshi Gui...
It was certain that by meeting these seven people, I, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, had an extraordinary increase in my ability to fight to survive and prosper the Toyotomi family, and hence to enrich all the people of the Sun Book.
And now that that the battle of Sekigahara is over and the arrangement has been made for the Toyotomi family, it can also be said that the battle of sunset Toyotomi will be crushed, the formation of Osaka...
In historical fact, it is obvious to me, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, that preparation for a major showdown with Tokugawa, which will happen in fourteen years, is the most important thing.
What to do to prepare for this showdown...
If you can't get out of Honmaru in Osaka Castle, there's no change in the situation where you won't be able to meet the Daimyo freely.
But what is decidedly different from what it was during the Battle of Sekigahara is that the time left is still more than a decade away, and that the warlords who were good during the Warring States will be on their side to move.
I'm thinking of taking advantage of this situation and hitting the fabric stone to cut the Osaka formation somehow.
So how do we hit the fabric stones for the Osaka formation...
The answer varies according to the "two goals," he thought.
i.e. the first goal… this is not a priority so far, but it is
"Avoiding Osaka Formation"
That's what it is.
Even during the battle of Sekigahara, he ran to evade the battle and ended up with a brilliant failure of things, but he is also looking to evade them in the line of Osaka without sexual punishment.
But now that I feel that what I actually just read in the book, called "war," is more cruel and tragic than I imagined.
"I've never fought a war before."
The pacifist idea that could be taken for granted was creeping into me with a sense of reality.
In other words, if you say the ideal, "win without fighting" was the real thing.
At the same time, however, there is a strong sense of crisis that the "reign of Tokugawa" is imminent, which can no longer be said to be inevitable, and that even with hands still hanging, "win without fighting" can be aside, but rather "lose without fighting".
Not so long ago, a historical hero named Jiayang Tokugawa, who actually met me, had a hint that I was not the right person to deal with.
When you do, there's only one option you can take.
"Fight and you'll have a big hand like this"
and avoid the showdown by making your opponent think, and let the Toyotomi stand by negotiation.
So how can you make them feel that way...
As an answer, he wondered whether it would be more powerful than it is today in three respects: "military" and "political" and "economic".
Therefore, in order to strengthen the "military", Rushui Kuroda also proposed to increase the number of names to be included in the Toyotomi family. To this end, he began to plan to bring in Tachibana and Shimazu, arguably the best in the strength of soldiers, by sending Qingzheng and Guangzhou to Kyushu.
And, as initially explored, I was able to guard Yanagawa Castle dead while making the Toyotomi feel beneficial, so at the moment I can say it is a one-off success.
Of course Jia Kang won't keep his mouth shut and pull his hand from Kyushu, so he thinks he needs to be prepared for his next action, but under the assistance of the Toyotomi family, he expected Tachibana and Shimazu to be completely on Toyotomi's side if they survived that second invasion of Yanagawa Castle.
And if Tachibana and Shimazu became allies, Toyotomi would have left a great deal of influence in Kyushu, and if he took in China, Yukii Asano, Uesugi of Tohoku, and Satake, where the Fukushima Regularity is at his foot, and Daimyo, who is likely to be allies all over the country, he was optimistic that the "military" would be quite powerful.
Turning further to "politics," anyway, I am thinking of laying down good governance and enriching the lives of the people. But unfortunately, I lack the knowledge to enrich the lives of my people.
I should have studied a little more about the lives and tools of peasants and fishermen from the Edo period onwards… not exactly standing in regret.
So I built a school, and after incorporating unprecedented Western technology and knowledge, I wondered if something groundbreaking would ever emerge in this era.
And by building a temple house that cultivates talented people, I thought that if people from that temple house could be active throughout the country, it would also increase the fame of the Toyotomi family.
We decided to leave it all to Soyo Ishida and all Akashi Deng.
Finally, as for the "economy" … whether or not this would succeed could also be said to be some kind of bet.
Because the Toyotomi already have enormous assets and I don't think they are inferior to the Tokugawa family in economic terms. Therefore, in order to further widen the difference, we decided to ask for it outside Japan.
In other words, it was a strengthening of economic power through trade.
Of course, since this time, Tokugawa has been in the ears, and Toyotomi's trade with Japan abroad will be limited.
But...
If you were based overseas...
That's how he blurred and conceived.
Of course, we can't scatter overseas, so we think we have to proceed with caution, but if we hit something big, we would have inflated our delusions on our own, like Venice and Genova once did, that we would be pressured from abroad by economic forces to Tokugawa...
As a stepping stone, advances in shipbuilding techniques and sailing techniques were absolutely necessary, and it was intended to proceed by means of research at the university and the development of fishing vessels led by Mr Horiuchi and Yoshiji Otani.
Thus, efforts to circumvent the showdown with Tokugawa, thanks to the strengthening of the Toyotomi family, progressed gradually, through the actions of the Seven.
And another goal… it's simple and articulate,
"Win the Osaka Formation"
It is.
On this point, we can no longer just go about things with beauty.
Because at a time when the showdown cannot be avoided in the first place, Tokugawa side is trampled on as having a chance.
To break the odds, it's not a good time.
And since the backdrop of Osaka's formation, which I know, is skewed by the knowledge of the novel, and I don't know if it's true, I thought of striking the fabric stone by overlapping what I saw and heard with what I knew, while removing stereotypes and preconceptions.
So first, we decided to work on strengthening the defense of Osaka Castle.
However, since it is obvious that Tokugawa will be able to see "hostility" when carrying out obvious works such as remodeling Osaka Castle, we decided to start with strengthening the perimeter of Osaka Castle.
i.e. "strengthening of weaknesses".
I remember reading in the novel, "Osaka Castle is weak in the south". I asked him about it extensively and extensively before he left for Kyushu, and they were still the same.
"South"
I answered.
Hmm... is this what the novel says...
and feel like some cloud has cleared up.
So I decided to build a "castle" on the south side of Osaka Castle. But this must also be overtly intimidated by Tokugawa's construction of a castle.
So I decided to play a part in Tosa's territorial legs, which are flowing massively to Osaka Castle these days.
In other words, instead of giving them a field on the south side of Osaka Castle, they decided to keep their weapons. And gather it in one place and build a moat that strictly guards that fort called "Armory"...
In fact, this idea was a proposal that came out of him when he brought the consultation to Souyong through Misty Hidden Talent Zone.
That was once Sansei Ishida.
I admire it unexpectedly. It was such a great idea that I inadvertently gave the letter of reply with a competition tow that I was going to give to a thousand princesses, but that is a secret to her.
And now...
Soo-yong came to report that he had received ink from Jia Kang.
"Well done!! That's Soyo!
And I accidentally exploded that joy as I jumped at him.
"I have the pleasure and the honor to offer you my compliments."
Without even moving on to my cliché like that, Soo-yong thanked me peacefully.
"When Lord Ching returns from Kyushu soon, I was wondering if you could ask me to make a territory..."
Soyo advises me to do the following as soon as possible.
"Oh... you are!
It is precisely the Lord who is nothing but brilliant!
"Such words… thank you. Happy!
And, Zongying was blushing and his voice was loud.
A short distance from such Zongyong, he laid his back behind him and looked at the old man with a glittering look on his face.
"By the way, is your lord Genji Osaki?
"Anyway, my name is Kunimoto Osaki. Keep an eye out..."
"Oh! Was it!
No, it's like I left it outside a mosquito net, and I'm sorry!
Come on! Stop by here!
And when I asked him to sit next to Zong Ying, Xuanton graciously approached the invitation.
I stare at him, and he looks at me without looking away.
This is my ritual to make sure I have something.
As a matter of fact, around this time, I was aware of the existence of one strange ability that slept in my… so-called Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
To be more precise, when I first met Tokugawa Jiayang, I woke up with this ability to sleep, so to speak.
It's...
When you look into a person's eyes, you can feel the size of that person's 'vessel' …
That's what it is.
When I looked into Jia Kang's eyes, I felt so compressed that I developed a glare that I thought it was due to this ability.
There's something about this that comes to my heart when I think that long before I became a brilliant man, "Hideyoshi Toyotomi of the Past" may be the ability I acquired because I've seen so many people and been uttered so many false words by so many people.
I guess I've been looking them in the eye the whole time trying desperately to find the "true" among the people hardened by the "lie"...
I guess I've been waiting for someone to treat him as one person...
Many, many...
I guess each time he has stared into the other's eyes with a dolly look...
Still not stuffed,
Loneliness and vanity...
Hideyoshi suffered while desperately trying to escape these two, which is why I acquired the power to spot the real thing...
I wonder if that power woke me up after I became a brilliant one… or if it was something I already had with me, I don't know that.
But whenever this ability is demonstrated, it can also be seen as a sign that Hideyoshi has felt lonely since he was young, when he felt tightened in his chest.
And now, with that ability, I was peeking into the 'vessel' of a man named Xuanto Osaki.
"Again..."
And I couldn't help but sigh.
Soo-yong looked strange and asked me how I was doing.
"Master Hideyoshi? How did it go?
"Hmm... actually... no, let's keep it"
And I can see what I'm about to say.
"Vessel" I felt from this man named Xuanto Osaki...
It was something that felt heavy, like it had crept through numerous training grounds. And it includes guilt for losing so many human beings because of me.
What's more, the feeling of redemption for letting you lose something big at your own risk…
And to my knowledge, illuminating the heritage of a historical figure named Gentoku Osaki, it emerges who he is...
With that in my mouth, I stopped.
Because his eyes didn't seem to want it.
If even one person were exposed, he would have to disappear from the tabular stage of history again.
But maybe he doesn't seem to want it because he has a hopeful and fulfilling day for the position he is now being placed in and the work he has been charged with.
That's how I interpreted it. I asked Genji for one thing.
"Could you please come here once now in the early summer of next year?
There's something I'd like you to do for me. "
Xuanzhen bowed his head with a gleaming look on his face to the wish.
"Yes, I did. We'll be here once in the early summer next year."
"Hmm, it's good to be in June. By then, I'll have something for you.
At that time, I hope you will be able to come alone. "
"Yes, I understand. We look forward to seeing you again in June."
"Hmm! Glad to see you! Temple of Genji!"
"It's an honor to see your face."
And Xuanton, who bowed his head, immediately afterwards Soyoshi and I left the room and went back to Kyo.
I was dropping off that back from the top floor of the Heavenly Guard until I couldn't see them spanning the horses.
"You're still more like riding a horse than Zong Yong...
That's a worthy male. "
Yes... the identity of Genzo Osaki...
It's
Shiro Takeda, please...
I was convinced that he was the son of Shingen Takeda, dubbed "Kofi's Tiger," and the last owner of the Takeda family, the man.
And there are two things I'd like to ask you for because I'm "Seiyu Takeda".
That's a fabric stone to beat in the Osaka formation.
And there was no clapping, which could be said to be one or eight battles.