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Celebration 11 (1606) April 9 -
The day after I, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, returned to Osaka Castle from my visit to Edo, I quickly assembled several connoisseurs during the appraisal. It was to receive a report of the assignment I had previously instructed, but it was never all good color.
First, about the repair of the Temple Buddha's Cabinet, but this one was not particularly problematic.
That should also be true, in addition to the fact that the luxury merchants, who are well connected to Tsuda Zongfan and Yasuda Daoton and who have excelled in town building talent, have influence over Horiuchi's temple, which is also the Kumano partition that kept Takano Mountain under control, there is no reason why things will not go smoothly.
Only a month has passed since I gave the instructions, but it is likely that many temples will have a purpose to develop in the course of this year.
On this matter, then I told Zongfan,
- All the temples in our territory in Kazumi Hanoi will go to Osaka Castle, so as to make their way.
Instructions were given in addition to
Regardless of the large quantities of nitric acid and artillery parts made at the temple to be transported to the long-distance fort south of Osaka Castle, it goes without saying that the apparent reason was "for the worshippers".
If the production capacity of the temple as a "weapons factory" and the roads for carrying it can be secured at this stage, a considerable amount of weapons and ammunition should be able to be equipped up to the Osaka formation.
Waquan Hanoi, a country that is more on the way between Sakami and Kyo, has a lot of people going on and on, as well as a lot of carrying supplies.
Even Tokugawa Jiayang, a boulder, will have difficulty identifying these transactions.
It doesn't seem like an exaggeration to say that we no longer have a point of view on this matter.
On the other hand, less good progress was made in responding to Lord Shinanagawa Nakajima and Chung-hye Matsuhei.
It was Yurakusai Oda who got forgiveness from Soujia Tokugawa... or Jiayang Tokugawa of Fushimi.
The reply from that household health
- Leave it to Zhonghui's own will. However, as a child, if he is to respond, he will take part in Honta Genuine so that there is no crude relationship with the Toyotomi family.
It was.
At first glance, I feel like there's nothing wrong with the reply, but I'm still concerned about "Genuine Honta joins as a prospect".
In his case, there seems to be an unspeakable "danger" lurking beyond "this behavior will be monitored".
By analogy, it's a "sharp blade" kind of danger.
I haven't met him in person these days, so I don't know exactly, but his reputation in Edo wasn't good anyway.
And the majority of them,
- If I touch it, I get hurt. Besides, they're extra bad because bad wisdom works.
That's what it is.
It should also be noted that it is difficult to assume that the former minister of the long-serving senior citizen would extend to the crime in his own opinion, even with regard to an earlier incident at Okubo Mansion. From that point of view, I suspect that Hondo is involved.
So I asked Yukimura Maida to give him instructions yesterday to explore the relationship between the wind demon and the main house.
If you hit it badly, you wouldn't have had the feeling that the poisoned blade would happen to be someone in the Toyotomi family.
When I heard Yurasai's report, I saw Yukimura.
- Beware of Hondo's genuine movements.
I guess Yukimura felt the same thing again with that thought in her eyes.
He looked at me and nodded small.
And Chung-hye Matsuhei at the heart, but this one was letting Oda Lao Dogsai hit it.
It is Chang 'an Okubo, his aiming elder, who has replied on behalf of the child Zhonghui.
The reply was simple, and that was not good for me.
- Dear Zhonghui, if you are busy all year preparing for the wedding of the Dada family, I refuse to invite you every time
I had some anticipation that this would happen, but when I can say no so clearly, it feels good.
It should be noted that although he is named "Okubo", he was originally one of the ministers of the Takeda family. After the demise of the Takeda family, Tadashi Okubo found his talent and allowed him to name "Okubo".
In other words, there is no direct kinship with Tadashi Okubo, who, while naming the Okubo surname, has won trust from the Shogun in his own way, without staying in Edo or Fushimi.
That is, where loyalty and I have deepened our friendship, there is no reason for Chang 'an to have to deepen his relationship with me.
Perhaps he decided "no" after considering "if he had created a relationship with the Toyotomi, whether or not it would be beneficial for him".
Indeed, from his point of view, daring to come into contact with the Toyotomi, who are forced to treat even the Tokugawa family as if they were swollen, risks even causing them to lose their legs.
For that matter, there will be too little to gain. I dare say, it would be a huge asset to sleep in this Osaka Castle, but there is no guarantee that we will get it.
Given that, it is impossible at this point to overturn his opinion, which remains the opinion of Chung-hye Matsuhei, a young man.
"Lord Hideyoshi... there's nothing more to this case than giving up"
And if Oda Old Dogsai unfortunately advanced to me, Oda Yurakusai said in the same tone as usual.
Nobunaga is not that close to Osaka Castle, so we can't help it.
Yurakusai is taking a light sigh and sending a colorless gaze to me.
It's
- Even though Toyotomi no longer calls for the great names of other countries, few people respond to them... Lord Hideyoshi has no idea what the situation is...
That's all I'm saying.
In the first place, he must be trying to be sincere about "why I invite Zhonghui to Osaka Castle," something he probably only thinks of as "one of Toyotomi's main ways of doing things".
Of course, there is no way that I can tell Yurasai, who has a connection with Tokugawa Jiayang, the sincerity of "the breakdown from inside Tokugawa and the building of a relationship with Dada political sect". This is a place where if you put it together, you don't have to look at it weirdly.
"Uhm... too bad... I thought I could meet Lord Zhonghui again at the corner..."
"Ka! Lord Hideyoshi! I'm sorry to hear that! If anything, let this Yurakusai play with Lord Hideyoshi!
"Mummy! You're too weak to fight in Yurakusai!
"Ka! You don't have to try that!
Even if it looks like this, it won't be as fast as it once was honored with "Ozhang's Sun Horse" and the speed of this leg!
"In Yurakusai, let's talk about escape on the battlefield..."
"Here! Brother, please don't say anything unnecessary!
When Old Dog Sai puts a bitter laugh on the way in, Yurakusai is somewhat amused to say it back.
From this appearance, it can be seen that Yurakusai and Old Dog Sai are in a position sandwiched between the Tokugawa family and the Toyotomi family, and that they wish things would go as far as possible to avoid a wave.
Even they would hate to tell Tokugawa Jiayang about the Toyotomi family. Still, until the Oda family sees the day again, they can't sneak up on the humiliation and betray Jiayang's expectations.
And in order for them to spend time with a serene look like the one they are now floating in front of, anyway, it was more obvious than seeing the fire that I, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, thought the quickest way to avoid making a scene poorly.
But...
They don't know.
Even if Hideyoshi Toyotomi were merely a puppet of the Oda clan, that the end of the days they could spend with a serene face would come in just a few years...
Of course I'm not going to tell them that at all.
Sometimes, because if it were known, it would not be what kind of rampage we would have, but more than anything else, because their smiles now must be lost forever from that moment.
I want to protect their smiles too.
For that reason, I had to make them look more or less fake, but it seemed that something was fooling them, and I always felt pain in my heart.
Well, after hearing the report on my assignment while I was away, I walked into my room. Yesterday, after returning to the castle, I was trapped in a "yummy room," and the moment I returned to this private room, I fell asleep on that big bed. For this reason, I can feel nostalgic about the view of the room that now spreads in front of me.
But I wasn't going to rest here. When he immediately invited Yukimura Maida in, he decided to continue discussing his response to Chung-hye Matsuhei.
But before that, Happy Village sandwiched my mouth.
"Dear Hideyoshi. We've just returned to Osaka Castle, so why don't you relax today or so?"
"Huh? You care about me? Then it's useless. Boy, this street is full of pimples!
I move my body in front of Happy Village. Sometimes I didn't schedule too many impossible dates, and I'm less tired than I thought.
Rather, it's strange because when you think of what needs to be done, vitality boils down from nature and the inside of your body.
But Yukimura's eyes staring at me like that showed something lonely.
"What's the matter with you? Suddenly..."
"No, it's just that Hideyoshi here doesn't feel like he's in a rush to live somewhere, so I thought there might be a future ahead of him..."
Unusual for him to calmly settle down at any time, I answered with a tight expression to the poorly toothed narrative.
"Yukimura will know I can't tell you more about the future I know."
"Yes, I know that."
"What? Let me get this straight!? Don't you have something to say?
When I pleaded as if I had cut the paralysis, Yukimura also answered with a tight expression.
"If… the future of the Toyotomi is not a good one…
Why don't you make some time to spend with the Temple? "
The wish hit me hard in the chest.
From the mouth of this Yukimura, there is absolutely nothing to joke about, that the temple grabs my weakness and begs me to force me.
However, from the time he welcomed me yesterday, the temple of Yodo had the same expression as before I left Osaka Castle, and I couldn't even feel the dust in her before Yukimura came up with this far to do me a favor.
What conversation would have taken place between them in the end?
I was worried about it, and I remembered the noise.
"Suddenly you say what's going on...? Are we all working hard to brighten the future of the Toyotomi family? I'm one of them. That's all."
"Master Hideyoshi... there's something I need to reveal from that."
Yukimura, who proclaimed so, once again looked at me. I'll give up my broken posture so I can respond to it, too.
And...
Happy Village told one fact while slowly trying to hide it.
That was what I feared most about this Osaka Castle...
"The starch has already been noticed. That Hideyoshi's contents have been replaced since that day..."