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Celebrating 11 years (1606) March 29th -

In a room in Nishinomaru in Edo Castle, I, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and General Tokugawa Hideyoshi of Time, were reunited for the first time in years.

A man named Hideyoshi Tokugawa would have been polished out as his eldest son, Chiyo Takeshi, was born and conducted his affairs as a general.

Compared to his father, Jiayang Tokugawa, who had nowhere to float than when we met face to face before, it still seemed to me that his penetration and weight as a general seeped out.

He has spoken to me in a bright voice after seeing such Hideyoshi and then lowering his head gently.

"Oh! Lord Hideyoshi! Was it a breath disaster!?

Come on! Your Lord's seat is here! Come next to me!

"Yes! On my father-in-law (of which)! Now, excuse me!

I sat next to Hideyoshi in the seat next to Hideyoshi's left with an attitude of disdain.

I guess this room is not just the kind of format used for ratings, etc., but the kind that Hideyoshi spends time in with his family.

So it doesn't seem like there's anything like a place to sit, especially thinking up and down, and I just lost a little bit of shoulder strength.

Now there is another woman present in that room besides Hideyoshi. That's a different person from Princess Jiang who came to see how I was earlier.

Is he in his thirties the same age as Princess Kofi?

However, against Princess Kofi, who hides even her young age, this woman has a year-to-year piercing, rounded whole, however "hey-ah" and so on.

But...

I looked into the person's eyes, and that's when I accidentally shivered.

- What the... dos black eyes like these chunks of ambition...

I've seen all sorts of cloudy eyes before, but I've never seen black that reflected pure ambition more than this woman.

But the color is not as shady as it felt when Honta was pure, nor does it accompany the glow of wearing mud to protect his lord as he felt in Kuroda Rushui.

What is it... these oppressive eyes...

You noticed me looking wide open at the woman, Hideyoshi also looked at the woman again and laughed.

"Ha! Right! This is the first time Lord Hideyoshi has done this. Blessings face to face."

"Blessings...?

Repeating that name, the first time I heard it, a woman called Blessed began to introduce herself in such a gentle tone that it was unthinkable from her eyes.

"Yes. My name is Blessed. About two years ago, we had a look at Kyo's high bills, and now we are serving as the eldest son, Chiyo Takeshi's nanny."

"The nanny of Lord Takechiyo..."

"Yes, sir, to the left."

When it comes to the third generation of generals, the nanny of Takechiyo, who will be the Tokugawa family light, I can only think of one...

This blessing...

- Later Haruhi Station!

She refers to the person who, when Tokugawa Jiakuo became a general, boasted a great deal of power in the Shogun as the parent of his upbringing.

But she wasn't supposed to have blood ties to the Tokugawa family.

That she sits flat on this spot...

- You mean you've been deeply involved with the Tokugawa family since this time...

When I felt something cold on my back, one anxiety had crossed my mind.

- Knock...! Maybe this stepped on the back hand...

and…

Because by face-to-face with this Tokugawa Hideyoshi, I was meant to see if he recognized that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also part of the family.

By doing so, he sought to consolidate his reputation for making Hideyoshi fulfill his will from the late Hideyoshi Taipei, "Hideyoshi has grown up, Hideyoshi will do under heaven."

Yes, while I secretly prepared for Osaka's formation for the "bureaucratic meeting" at the university, I was planning to consolidate my position as the head of the Toyotomi family with my "reputation" at Osaka Castle, and my own move was to "enter the Tokugawa family".

That, for one thing,

- Once Toyotomi let go, I'll get it back!

Needless to say, it was for that reason.

Ultimately, the biggest goal was to get the ink "The next generation of generals will rely on Toyotomi Hideyoshi".

But...

Blessed is the occasion... i.e. there is Tokugawa Jiayuang's nanny...

Of course I'm not sure what she's thinking herself, and it's hard to imagine that she'll have any impact on my life in the future.

But the very fact that I'm still here was a miscalculation for me.

Because the very meaning of her being here was important.

What does that mean...

- The Tokugawa family weighs heavily on the future of Takechiyo

At first glance, it's pretty obvious.

But in the present case it was obvious that it was very different.

-Is it possible that Tokugawa's family has already decided on the future...

The "gear of history", with the passage of time, is pushing into a moment and a Toyotomi tragedy.

Of course, Hideyoshi Tokugawa, who is innocently happy to be reunited, won't notice anything like that.

But knowing the history ahead of me, it was something that made me realize that I had to be prepared for a future where I couldn't get out, just as I had already laid my back on a bottomless swamp.

Without ever guessing how stunned I was, Hideyoshi Tokugawa began to talk about it with pleasure.

"As a matter of fact, not long ago, my father in Kyoto reported his thoughts on my succession, along with the fact that Lord Hideyoshi will come to Edo."

"Are you referring to the succession of Lord Hideyoshi..."

"Ha! Yes, it is! It's been two years since I was entrusted to the general. I'm still here, and my father is fast! Ha ha!

"Ha ha... you're right"

I returned it with an innocent and innocent voice, but my chest palpitations grew faster and faster inside.

- It's still Jia Kang... they'll take the lead in doing anything...

Manage to keep the toothpick from appearing unexpectedly.

And Hideyoshi, who didn't do anything by his will, such as the expression on the other party's face, remained in a good mood.

"My father wants Takechiyo to inherit my general position."

There is a distortion in front of this word.

I painfully knew how immature I was to a giant opponent named Jiayang Tokugawa who was not here. In other words, at the time of my visit to Jiayang's mansion in Kyoto, he foresaw this and had already struck a pile against Hideyoshi to consolidate Tokugawa's heavens.

How handy, how impenetrable...

Still managing to remain calm may be the gift of working out with Princess Kofi or continuing to see Yukimura Maida's attitude that doesn't move anything.

But I couldn't help but stop the sweat overflowing from all over my body.

And the next word of Hideyoshi was that Jiayang, far away in the capital, had stuck the tip of a spear as sharp as ever to my throat.

"Father, the ministers of the Tokugawa family's spectrum are supporting me, the general, in my position.

If any but the men of Tokugawa be the next generals, the hearts of the heavenly ministers in the Tabernacle may be separated, and those who disturb the heavens may appear again.

At last, the next generation should take my son, Chiyo Takeshi, as general, and then make sure that he decides according to the situation under heaven, and so on.

But Father also thinks, "Let Hideyoshi decide on his own in the end."

"I see..."

"Ha! You don't have to look so hard! Lord Hideyoshi!

All you have to do is leave politics and the future to me and your father!

Or do you think I would treat my son, Lord Hideyoshi, as if he were my in-laws!?

"Yes... no... something like that...

However, the pattern between the Tokugawa and Toyotomi families is often discussed in Osaka Castle... "

"Mm-hmm. I know you're worried because it's happened before.

But like the previous Ishida Metallurgical Department and others, it is crucial that there is no one out there who tries to shake the heavens by using the relationship between the two houses.

Don't you think?

"That's true, sir"

"That's where I decided!

"What... what...?

"Because we don't know how things will fall in the future, those who think of things that are not good will appear.

After all, I've decided on the future ahead!

I peered into Hideyoshi's eyes, which I continued to talk about with exasperation, to the point where a hole was drilled.

There's not a bit of turbidity there.

I only think about pushing my ideals everywhere. I have beautiful colors.

I totally forgot until this time.

That this human being, Hideyoshi Tokugawa, is the one who keeps going even straight down the path he believed in.

And that Hideyoshi has the strength to never bend himself...

It was important before Hideyoshi decided on something.

But it was too late...

"I made up my mind! As your father wished, he decided to nominate Chiyo Takeshi for his next general position!

- That's still gonna happen...

There will only be waves no matter what I say, more than I let you proclaim this.

However, it was certain that this declaration was the beginning of striking a fat nail at the crack that had occurred between Toyotomi and Tokugawa.

What's more, it was easy to imagine that Hideyoshi's very process of making Takechiyo… or Tokugawa Jiaguang a general, was to strike that nail powerfully, producing the consequences of the crack becoming ever larger.

Even if, of course, Hideyoshi himself had no will to do so.

And Hideyoshi said something to show it.

"At last, will you support Lord Hideyoshi in the matter of Chiyo Takeshi with the blessings of being here?

And just as my brother Hidekang Noboru, who was adopted by another family, is in the West, I want you to help him and help Tahei the Emperor. "

- I put my brother, Hidekang Nobusaka, out to pick him up, and justified Tokugawa Jiakuo taking over the general position, so... what would you think if Mother Osaka Castle heard about this...

If the Toyotomi family, no, the starch, my mother, who has an unusual obsession with Hideyoshi Toyotomi's standing, asks about this, "Then it would be against the fate of the late His Highness Tai! Must go wild..."

In other words, it is no longer just a fantasy that the Tokugawa family and the Toyotomi family "work hand in hand" and so on, and there is no other way than to beat the other completely by force.

I understood that once again in this conversation today, and at this time I finally consolidated my resolve.

- We just have to beat the Osaka formation!

and…

And...

I decided to step forward.

That was the beginning of my battle with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

"But..."

Suddenly I had a dark face and Hideyoshi frowned worryingly and peered into my face.

"How'd it go? Lord Hideyoshi, look all of a sudden dark... if you still have something to worry about, don't hesitate to say it."

"Yes… then I hear that immediately before his death, my father, His Royal Highness Tai, entrusted the will to His Highness Jia Kang, saying, 'In the wake of Hideyoshi's adulthood, His Highness is in the hands of Hideyoshi'.

If Lord Takechiyoshi were to become his assistant in the General's position, let there come out those who make a scene that he disobeyed his fate. "

"Hmmm... indeed... those who are oblivious to the times and hard-headed seem particularly noisy..."

"Then there may also come forth those who deceive the name of Toyotomi and flip the flag against heaven."

"Ha! You're thinking too much! Lord Hideyoshi! Such things are not allowed by this general! Don't worry!"

Hideyoshi laughs at the way I was worried. I looked at Hideyoshi like that and sighed heavily.

And I said it with such a sad look that I was about to cry out now.

"We don't like the fact that many people get caught in tragedies with such a big battle as the battle of Sekigahara or the battle of Yanagawa already...

Neither Tokugawa nor Toyotomi are hostile to each other... I hope your father-in-law's idea of taking hands together and ruling the heavens... "

In that leaky word of mine, Hideyoshi slapped Pong and his hand in delight.

"Oh! Did you have that hand! Mmm! That's good!

"Duh... what's wrong? Father-in-law?

The second general to rule now under heaven, Hideyoshi Tokugawa, is one person and a father.

And more than anyone else, he's one samurai with a high ideal for peace.

Still to be said, I must be strongly tempted to defend the future of my lovely son and the boy who admires himself as his "stepfather".

In other words, that's the spot.

That's where I poked.

"Let's make it public by promising that Lord Hideyoshi said, 'Tokugawa and Toyotomi will hold hands with each other and rule under heaven'!

Hideyoshi then summarised the contents of the covenant as follows:

One, Tokugawa and Toyotomi are no longer in the same department, and their relationship will not break down for good.

One is that there must be no such thing as subjugating each other by force

One is that if anyone deceives the names of both houses and tries not to cause havoc under heaven, it is the same as pulling a bow on a general house, not being allowed to refuse

"Ha! That's it!!

With this content, even those who have harsh loyalties to the late Lord Tai Chi Hideyoshi will not march or anything!

What do you say!? Rest assured that Lord Hideyoshi will rule the heavens with Chiyo Takeshi. "

When I overheard this, my chest squealed.

If you try to be Hideyoshi Tokugawa, it is obvious that the aim is to keep Hideyoshi Toyotomi from putting out anyone who pulls a bow on his or her Tokugawa opponent, motivated by not nominating him or her as his successor.

At the same time, some Tokugawa ministers may have thought about not attacking and destroying the Toyotomi family by turning away the young Tokugawa family light.

You must think that by doing so, you can protect both your own son and your stepson in front of you.

But...

Hideyoshi completely overlooked the fact that it also meant that Tokugawa Jiayang was forbidden from attacking Osaka Castle if he returned the back.

Because I don't know, and I can't even imagine, about the future of controlling the Toyotomi family by force.

- Come on... now, if your own father breaks this promise, what will Hideyoshi do...

If they publish it in the name of the general, they will not be allowed to break it unless there is such a great name, and if they attack Osaka Castle without cause, how much morale will the great names who learned about this covenant serve in the Tokugawa army?

In other words, if this promise is made public, he should strangle himself in the near future when Tokugawa Jiayang declares his Toyotomi crusade.

Yes...

If the Osaka Formation is the inevitable future anymore, there is only one thing I should do now…

- Cutting the Tokugawa family down from the inside...!

To carry it out, he began to take a step forward now.

Of course, I'm not going to do anything despicable or absurd, such as "assassination," and above all, I hate those things the most myself.

I'm only going to make the most of my own "weapons" and slash them into the Tokugawa family.

That "weapon" of mine is what my father, Hideyoshi Tai, once nicknamed "The Man Under Heaven" left me...

In other words, the ability to make allies.

In other words, the aim is to influence the Tokugawa army formation in Osaka by drawing people from all over the Tokugawa family to my side, even if it doesn't get that far, and making the Toyotomi hesitant to point the blade at them.

And for that reason, I myself speak directly and deepen my friendship.

At first glance, it would seem like a very plain way to do it, but rather than using my minister poorly, I would be able to maximize my power without being suspicious.

In advance, I had decided who I would speak to directly on this visit to Edo… that is, who might take my side.

That's what...

Tadashi Okubo and loyal parents and children.

And it's Hideyoshi Tokugawa in front of you.

"Ha!! Father in law!! I would like to make every effort to meet my father-in-law's expectations!! Thanks!

When I had a full smile, I bowed my head deeply against Hideyoshi.

To that appearance, Hideyoshi, who became more and more in a good mood,

"Ha! Keep your head down like this! As a father, I just took care of my son's worries! Ha ha!

And, laughing heavily, I drank the drink in front of me all at once.

Now, one purpose has been achieved.

It is also possible that even if we continue to talk about this hand any further, we will be caught up in something.

I thought about it this way, and I decided to have another conversation.

"With that said, I have met the Princess Turtle of Castle Ghana..."

But...

It was then...

I'm here, I totally forgot about the other one.

"... before that, would you mind?

It was a blessing.

I was overlooking a lot at this time.

That she was "Look at Kyo's high bills" and chosen as Jiayuang's nanny...

That "Kyo" has Tokugawa Jiayang...

I mean, she...

that it is connected with Tokugawa Jiayang...