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Celebrating 7 Years (1602) March 22 -
The day after each great name greeted Hideyoshi Toyotomi for the New Year's Eve, Jiayang Tokugawa did not enter Fushimi Castle, but was at the Mansion of Two Articles.
Already around this time, Nijo Castle, once built by Hideyoshi Tai, has no trace anymore. Instead, Tokugawa Jiayang made the mansion where he would sleep when carrying out his affairs at Fushimi Castle.
And I have decided to spend that day in that mansion, without any government, relaxing in that one room. Next to that Jiayang is the Bureau of Tea. Jia Kang looked sinister as she rinsed her special medicine with tea.
In the meantime, Genuine Honta came to Jiayang to report on her New Year's greeting at Osaka Castle. When Jia Kang invited him into the room in two replies, he decided to ask about the matter quickly.
"Do... what did it look like? What about Osaka Castle?
"Yes, compared to last year, there were few merchants in and out, and I didn't find it lively."
"In that tone, it doesn't look like the Lord saw it himself."
"Yes… the Toyotomi are no longer but a great name in heaven, where His Highness will reign.
I don't know if I need to go out of my way to see what's going on. "
And Jiayang watched with a still sinister face the purity of answering with a cool face as if nothing had happened.
"Lord... until recently, I thought you said something about" Lord Hideyoshi's movements are obnoxious "and monitoring them yourself?
"Yeah... I still think it's obnoxious.
But you can no longer threaten Hideyoshi, no matter how oblivious he is.
And the surveillance is still ongoing. "
Jia Kang asked purely, surprised by the "surveillance still going on" part.
"Hmmm... so what was that Lord Hideyoshi like?"
"Apparently... they held a 'feast'..."
"A feast...? Are you nine years old?
"You can't drink alcohol or anything, so let's use that as an excuse."
The eyes of purity and family well-being shine. Tea's bureau stared silently at those two, smiling.
"Who attended the feast?
"Dear Hidekang Nojo..."
"Hey, what?!? Hidekang..."
Jia Kang's face blued slightly. Purity sighed at the way it looked.
"Ha... so when my lord asked me, 'Who deserves to succeed me next?' my father and I recommended to the next general that Hidekang be good.
That's what happened because I listened to the prophecy of Tadashi Okubo and was made Hideyoshi.
Even after this, if you don't get used to that one, it's going to get more and more dangerous... "
"Hmm! Now that I'm facing my father, there's no way it's going to connect.
They give it to me more than any of my brothers.
If you give me anything more, I'll feel better!
The Bureau of Tea spoke kindly to Jiayang like that.
My lord is mistaken.
"What?
and Jiayang, with a bitter face, turned his gaze to the bureau of Acha beside him. Taking that gaze gently, she continued calmly.
"Parent-child bonds that have been twisted once, where we have given things and land, do not return so easily…
However, the bond between parents and children is still firmly bound by something that cannot be separated. "
"So what are you trying to say?
"So hasten to conclude… if you are going to be a heavenly man, you need to be more obscene."
"Oh... that's enough! Okay, go on."
Having decided that the sermon was going to be extra long if he pressed any further, Jiayang shook one hand flickering like he had given up.
"Anyway, I was wondering if it was important for Hidekang to face you so that your heart would understand, rather than fish with things...
If you show kindness from the heart, you will return kindness to yourself. "
"Dear dear... can I..."
"My lord! It doesn't matter if you can or not! Do it!
And, toward the seemingly unconfidential Jiayang, the Bureau of Tea encouraged him by squeezing Jiayang's hand firmly as he snorted.
"Ugh... that's enough, get your hands off me!
And is it because that gripping hand was hot besides things… Jiayang changed the subject so that when he dyed his face in bright red, he waved his hand away and hid his embarrassment.
"By the way, pure. Who else was on that feast?
Purity broke his finger and answered as he looked up to heaven.
"Rushui Kuroda, Kiyoshi Kato, Normal Fukushima, Yukio Asano.
And Soyo Ishida... "
"Is that all? If that's the case, you can leave it alone. Even if they raise their voice now, it won't be as loud as it sounds in heaven."
Purity continued at that time when such housekeeping relieved him of his shoulder strength.
"No, in addition to them, a traveller-style man from Kyushu went in to deliver things. But he never came out of the feast..."
"Lord... who do you think that person was?
Jiayang's eyes glow. Purity answered in the same tone, without distracting from its gaze.
"I thought you were Maida Yasuo..."
"Really... Yasuo Maida..."
Jiayang took a deep sigh and closed his eyes.
"Again, this is what happens..."
My chest hurts from such thoughts.
Whether avoided, avoided, or avoided, Jiayang felt the inevitable future looming in front of him.
And behind those dark eyelids, what came to mind was what Toyotomi Hideyoshi looked like as an infant who was called "picking up".
Every time I see it, it gets bigger. That look...
Whoa, whoa!
That innocent smile directed at me that way won't let his heart eagle away.
Then, instead of that smile came the figure of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who brought death closer.
- Pick it up... ask for excellence...
With a smile that kept capturing people's hearts at all times, the person who sat under the heavens showed them, the expression of the end… it's the face of pity begging for pity. The face was putting its strength into the hand that eagled Jiayang's heart.
"... hall... hall..."
I can hear the bureau of Tea in the distance. Still, it should be noted that Jiayang was distracted by those who would not let him go, and was gripped by the future ahead.
It was then...
- Psst!!
And when the dry noise came through the room, a sharp pain ran on Jia Kang's left cheek.
When Jia Kang returned to me, he accidentally suppressed his left cheek and glanced at the person who had inflicted the pain.
There was a bureau of tea swinging out of his right hand, gazing stronger than Jiayang, staring at him.
"Lord..."
And, as pushed by its gaze, Jiayang is unable to put out words. The bureau of Tea to Jia Kang spoke to Jia Kang in a low voice from the bottom of his belly.
"My lord, hold on! My lord no longer has Yoshien Imagawa, who first gave me territory. There is no Nobunaga Oda who protects his lord's back. There is no Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who has acknowledged the help of his lord and appeased his great possession.
As before, no one can decide everything about the Lord anymore!
My lord, you must not be caught anymore!
Didn't you tell Master Wawa and Masayoshi Honda that your lord is no longer a big name in the countryside of Migawa or Edo, when you move on!
Don't get lost or be caught anymore!
In historical fact, after his death, Tokugawa Jiayang will become a god and be worshipped by Nikko Toshomiya. But he's still human at this time. I get lost in everything, I hurt my heart in the crowd, and I suffer to bear it… somewhere in my heart, I have moved forward step by step, desperately wanting to escape. All that time he was about to be frustrated came from the backwardness with which the responsibility of 'the heavenly man' was heavy and with which there was someone who had to be hurt.
However, Atcha's bureau does not allow such family health, running away, or even stopping. That's nothing more than because she... No, all the people around Tokugawa Jiayang had one thought in their chests.
- There is no other person who can build the world of Tahei under Heaven than Master Tokugawa...
She thought it was her duty to lead him and sometimes push him hard on the back, as Jiayang's wife and as a good comprehender who knew him better than anyone else.
That was the tension.
Of course, Jiayang is not someone who doesn't understand the matter.
He, deeply bowing his head to the Bureau of Tea, purely ordered.
"… to the mansion of these two Articles, to create a heavenly guard, to be the castle of the two Articles. That popularity… let people and money be sent to Kiyoshi Kato, Yukio Asano, and the Fukushima Regularity. We started spreading it quickly, so in the month of May, we told them to gather people and come to Fushimi.
Then, we will arrange for the northern government to enter the Takataiji Temple and mourn His Highness Tai, and for the temple people to ask for it when it is needed. Therefore, tell Souyoshi Ishida that he will concentrate on running the school and forbid him to step out of Kyoto without the permission of Katsushi Itakura, the director of Kyoto.
The surveillance of Kodoyama is to be carried out by Tokugawa's people, so that the Maida Yasukami will be closely monitored. If Asano refuses, Asano will punish him for treason. Tell his brother Nagasheng.
Furthermore... the reputation will be opened in Edo Castle early next month.
We will arrange for each major name to be encouraged to participate in the reputation, regardless of its name. "
long instructions, but the purity
"Ha! My pleasure."
And when he replied, he immediately left the place.
Once again, Jiayang and Tea Bureau will be alone in the room.
There were no words out there. Occasionally, the sound of Acha's station lighting the tea comes into my ear, but it was still generally silent.
But that's fine.
And by the time the sun was about to go down, the Atcha bureau only said one word.
"Everything is fine as your lord wishes."
Jiayang caught a glimpse of the Tea Bureau, but he had nothing to say. Tea's bureau quietly left the room behind when she turned the same smile toward Jia Hang.
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Celebration 7 Years (1602) April 10 -
The evaluation took place in Edo Castle.
It was gathered of great names from all over the country, and of course there were famous generations, but many of them, starting with the ministers of the Tokugawa Spectrum, had their faces in Edo Castle themselves.
By this time, most of them had a mansion in Edo, and even Daimyo, who could not participate because of the distance, were invited to participate in the ministry attached to Edo Mansion.
Though Somo Tachibana never offered a name, Yoshihiro Shimazu's name was Arimoto Yamada, with a dense destiny from Yoshiku Shimazu.
Against a face that was sloppily aligned, Jiayang gave a serious look at them sometime, and when he looked at them, he exhaled one hush.
It is still April, but this day is cheerful, reminiscent of the early summer, and a large number of people in the room make it even hotter and humid.
Jia Kang began one proclamation with a burning hot word, sweating down his forehead, but never worried about it.
"First of all... I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for having responded to my sudden call while I was busy, this Tokugawanai government.
Thanks. "
And, bowing his head slightly, Jiayang continued.
"I have one thing to say to everyone today.
As we all know, His Highness Tai Chi has passed away, and it will be four years this year.
But even in these four years, the Lord will feel that the heavens are still unstable, and that the Tahei world has never visited.
For one thing, the fact that Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the son of His Highness Tai and the one who should be inherited from heaven, was still young and that the five elders and five servants who assisted him were not able to come together would be a factor.
And as it is, this precarious situation has to continue.
But! "
- Dang.
So Jia Kang fluttered his legs.
"Aren't people's lives so exhausted that they can't wait any longer!
The famous men who spend so much pain every time they fight are also in distress!
I am worried about this situation and must stabilize the heavens as soon as possible, as soon as I am so sure!
So I made up my mind!
- Dang!
Again, Jiayang flutters his legs.
And when I breathed, I said louder than ever, as if I could reach heaven.
"This heaven! I'm the one who should stabilize it!
His Royal Highness Tao at the time of death took my hand and entrusted Hideyoshi to me later.
With the thoughts of His Highness in my heart, until the day when Hideyoshi becomes a splendid heavenly figure, I think this helm under heaven will be done by this Tokugawanai Prefecture and by Hideyoshi Tokugawa, my son who sits beside me!
His Royal Highness Tai Chi's sister, my brother, so to speak.
Even if my brother takes over his will, no sardine will be punished more than heaven!
And Hideyoshi is my son, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi is engaged to the firstborn of Hideyoshi.
In other words, you are the son of Hideyoshi.
I give back to Hideyoshi Toyotomi Hideyoshi, son of Hideyoshi and a forgetful sight of His Highness Tai...
Until then, Tokugawa is going to keep the heavens, how about together!!?
After insisting that he was only Hideyoshi Toyotomi's rightful successor, his surroundings remained silent on the muscular way of returning that regime to Toyotomi in the future.
Others such as Hidekang Nobushima, Fukushima Normal, and Yukio Asano are on the spot, but even from them, there was no sound in the overwhelming atmosphere emitted by Jia Kang, and in the words that were so muscular.
Jia Kang continued to see how it was going.
"Sometimes it's hard to say on this occasion...
Some of you will think of the great grace you have received from His Highness Tai, and have feelings for me that are not good.
Still, I can't stop this leg!
Because there are those who desire the world of Tahei under heaven!
For the voice of the afflicted people will resonate to this point!
Housekeeping to cut words again. His face is dyed bright red, his eyes running bloody. I was staring at all the shapes so that they could eat in.
And Jia Kang got to the finish.
"Finally, early next year! I will work against the court of morning to entrust me to the great general of the conquest!
To the words, the boulder crouched the inside of the room.
But Jia Kang keeps saying things.
"And I open a shogun in this Edo!!
That was a statement of Tokugawa Jiakang's determination to take under the heavens and open Edo Shogun.
Whilst the intentions grew, Jiayang went on even further.
"And after I open the Shogun, I will cede my general position to this Hideyoshi within three years, and I will hide!
How dare you even declare an assault on the spot? People can't even speak out to surprise at this. But Jia Kang went on even further.
"Even more! Hideyoshi!
"Ha!"
"The Lord resigns from the position of General within twenty years and gives it to the Successor of the Lord! Good!!
"Ha! I did!!
What this exchange means...
It was in the future that Hideyoshi publicly declared that he would cede his general position to Hideyoshi Toyotomi, "Hideyoshi's successor" … or "son".
It was this rating, which is not in historical fact, but the significance of this rating was enormous.
Of course, Jia Kang herself was tempered to become a heavenly man, but more than that, it was clear that it was of great value to remove the still dull anti-Tokugawa sentiment from many of the people on the spot.
The room is wrapped in natural and gushing cheers.
In the meantime, Jiayang tightened his words.
"That's all of today's ratings!!
From now on, why don't we all unite and make a peaceful world with us!!
Greetings!!!
And when the words lifted up a great cheer, the great famous rose up, and renewed their determination, and gathered themselves together naturally around the household.
In the meantime, starting with Hidekang Noboru, some Otema nevertheless chewed his lips and left the scene early.
But its back, as if it were a 'loser', had uniformly emerged loneliness.
But at this time, everyone left on this scene is mistaken. And whoever is aware of it, he is not alone.
That could also be said to be a true aim, for which Jiayang opened his reputation on this day.
It's...
Hideyoshi is his successor, and he doesn't confine himself to Toyotomi Hideyoshi…
That is, if Hideyoshi admitted to being a "successor," it meant that he "doesn't mind anyone other than Toyotomi Hideyoshi".
That said, at this time, both Jiayang and Hideyoshi may have really been willing to cede their general positions to Hideyoshi.
Because Hideyoshi didn't have a boy yet.
(My oldest son died suddenly, to be exact)
But...
That feeling will change in just two years.
From the day Hideyoshi's long-awaited boy was born...
But that's a little later.
And the parents and children of Tokugawa Jiayang and Hideyoshi, who had no reason to know such a future, and the famous men who were standing up and cheering around them, were in the exciting depths, and it was carried over to the feast that began to flow as it was.
This is how Tokugawa Jiayang's reputation for declaring the shogunate open in Edo came down.