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Celebration 17 (1612) Early morning of May 11th -
Finally, this is the time.
That's something I, as far as Taiichi Kondo knows, don't see in future textbooks.
Perhaps it will be named "Jungfu Meeting" and only one line will be touched by the textbook.
Maybe there's only about a word in the textbook.
Still, this meeting is more obvious than seeing fire, the most important meeting I've ever had in my life than I am "Hideyoshi Toyotomi".
I keep swinging my wooden knife bare as usual on the deck of "Toyoku Maru," but I know very well that the sword line is disturbed because of my disturbed heart.
I haven't been able to sleep a single night last night due to tension and excitement, but maybe it's affecting me.
I took more time than usual to quell my heart in the refreshing air of the early morning.
And when I finished, I realized I was sweating more than usual.
At that moment, a thousand princesses' voices stuck in his brain.
- Yes! Hideyoshi! I'm wiping my hands!
Of course I know that's an illusion.
But I felt her right around the corner, naturally and facially.
"I'm almost there... wait for me"
When I snapped to tell myself yes, I grabbed the hand wipe that was hanging on my hips and wet my upper body sweat.
And......
"Yo! Let's go!!
And when I was in the mood, I decided to go back to my room to get dressed.
It should be noted that the meeting starts at noon, but I have to leave the ship soon to be late. Because 'Toyoku Maru' is too big to enter the harbor and docks off the coast a little further away, so we'll get on a boat from here and go for the harbor of Sunfu.
So when I get through the morning early, I get myself together.
Wear a pure white sleeve, a blue shirt, and finally weave a shoulder coat with the same color as the shirt.
The last time you get your hair done by your last name, it's all done.
"Okay, I'm coming!
And when he spoke brightly to Mr. Horiuchi, he left "Toyokuni Maru" as many were dropped off.
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Celebrating 17 years (1612) May 11th at noon -
I entered Sun Fu Castle.
Then, before Hideyoshi went in between the sights of Honmaru's palace, he changed into a dress called Long Vertical (Nagahita).
The hem is long enough to make it difficult to walk.
But I couldn't help complaining about it, so I proceeded slowly not to fall.
And I finally got there during the glance.
It's about to start...
My... last battle for the survival of the Toyotomi family...
I swallowed the sawdust and looked around, but there is no such thing as Masada Komura and Souyoshi Ishida that I am always used to seeing there.
But I didn't feel like their invisible big, gentle hands were gently supporting my back.
And when he gave a small nod to the maiden name, which lay his hands on the side, he said aloud unto them that were in it.
"Lord Hideyoshi, Minister Right of Toyotomi, you made it!!
- Shh!
Powerfully open and luxurious.
And in a large room like the Great Sea Plains, there was a figure of Hideyoshi Tokugawa sitting alone -
The higher seat is open, but I thanked Hideyoshi smaller when I lowered my back in a lower seat than he did.
"You've grown a lot."
That was Hideyoshi's first voice.
Such a sweet voice.
It was exactly what I felt a great 'love', like being called from father to son.
- My father-in-law (of which) nothing changes up there...
It's been six years since Hideyoshi and I went to Edo.
But his serene voice, and the audacious atmosphere he creates, hasn't changed at all.
Before I came here, the tension I had strained with 'It's a Battle' eased at once, naturally raising my head.
Then this time he lowered his head deeply.
"What!?
Nature and surprise voices leak out. He is a heavenly man and my stepfather.
He's been bowing his head to me like that, so let's just say I'm surprised.
And he said his apology in such a strong tone that he showed a straight temperament.
"This battle is all due to my immorality! You're right, please forgive me!
"Yes, no... this battle was started by my uncle and there is no reason why my father-in-law should bow his head"
Then he raised his head and stared with his straight eyes.
When I looked into those eyes, they noticed I was making a big mistake.
- It's a lie that hasn't changed at all. Isn't that a total 'different person'......!
It feels that intimidating and passing when I first met with Tokugawa Jiayang after the battle of Sekigahara.
No, I was rather overwhelmed by more power than that.
He sounded sharp with those eyes.
"That's not true, Lord Hideyoshi!
"No?"
"Oh, it's a total mistake. Father may indeed have created the trigger for the battle. But not only have I allowed my father to act, but we have also proceeded together to Osaka! That is because I had doubts about the Lord, saying," I have two hearts for Hideyoshi Toyotomi! "
Hideyoshi ran out of words without any evil, but for some reason he didn't feel bad at all.
Instead, it's a strange thing because it even springs up the joy of exposing my honest feelings.
As I rounded my eyes, he went on at all the same pace.
But through this battle, I realized...
"What... right?
Once he breathed loudly, Hideyoshi told him louder by putting more effort into his belly.
"Toyotomi Hideyoshi said he was indeed" the one who will succeed His Highness Tai "!
He who succeeds Tai Chi......
I wondered what the hell that meant, and he went on without giving it even during the inquiry.
"His Royal Highness Tai was once like the" Sun Wheel ". Until the ministers, the townspeople and the people who lived under His Highness, all the people fell in love with His Highness's character and smiled. That is something I cannot do with a strong temperament. But I was convinced that Hideyoshi had succeeded His Highness in the Sun Wheel."
"Why the hell...?
"I know. The moat of the castle was filled, and the townspeople, even in the darkness of despair, were not about to step out of the city of Osaka!
No way......
Did Hideyoshi even pay attention to the situation of the other townspeople in the middle of that fierce battle...
But that didn't end him.
"I know. Be courageous of your loyalists, who have courageously confronted your opponents with an absolutely elusive army!
Without complaining, each and every one of my friends who believed in me to the end came to mind.
Then tears were streaming from my eyes at some point.
"I know. The figure of the people who were torn through the three circles and continued to encourage them in the castle without giving up, even on the verge of falling!
Sir Ozo in the temple, and Governor Ono......
How scared I was of not even getting away with it.
"Ugh......!
I finally leaked a whimper without suppressing my voice.
And Hideyoshi was the last to say it in the strongest tone ever.
"I know. Keep waiting forever for Lord Hideyoshi, a healthy young wife!!
Chihime...
The moment her smile came to mind dressed in yellow small sleeves......
"Uhhhhh!!
And I screamed and cried.
Hideyoshi... my father was watching everything.
And he admitted it.
No matter how far away you are or how alienated you've become, you've been keeping an eye on my son and the people around him.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Hideyoshi were indeed 'family' -
When he stopped by my side, he started gently stroking my back.
And it ended in a gentle tone.
"It is also all a sign that Lord Hideyoshi will inherit the 'Sun Wheel'. Such a man would have thought to disturb the heavens. I finally realized that. Please, forgive my stupid stepfather."
and…….
By the time I had finished hearing all his words, I had arrived at one answer.
Control your opponent by force and take away everything the winner loses......
That's the commonplace turmoil, and a man named Hideyoshi Tokugawa will never bend himself, the 'unreadable man of the air'.
That's why he watched with the right eyes, even if he was the opponent of the battle, without deciding 'enemy'.
Who can we call 'Heavenly Man', without saying 'Heavenly Man', who can appreciate equally both enemies and allies, and who can do much good?
Hideyoshi Tokugawa is the one who deserves to succeed Hideyoshi.
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"The Jungfu Meeting" to future generations...
So I, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, offered three letters.
They were all 'pledges', i.e. pledges indicating that the Toyotomi, Kato and Asano families would bow down to the Shogun.
This made it decisive for the Toyotomi family to be officially located under the Tokugawa family.
Hideyoshi Tokugawa, on the other hand, officially apologized to the Toyotomi family as a general.
This will be greatly honored in future generations as an example of revealing the prize imperative, even if it is a general.
And not only did he apologize, but as a sign that the Shogun trusted the Toyotomi, he gave the following shanty.
First is the revocation of Hideyoshi Toyotomi's Edo Dingfu. Now I can live in Osaka Castle again with my family.
Next, he increased the Toyotomi family's possession of 650,000 stones to 1.3 million stones.
This made it a greater occupation than the Kaga Maeda family of 1.2 million stones, making it the largest stone tall of all the great names.
Nevertheless, Sakami's reign and port were officially under the jurisdiction of the Toyotomi family.
Even more surprisingly, he was allowed to return the buried three circles and two round moats to their original.
And finally, it was also officially decided that the rating would be treated as' Spectrum Bill '.
They were such a privilege that the Edo family took the form of an internal and external indication that they were with the Toyotomi family.
And one more thing.
There was something we should not forget.
That is the treatment of the Tokugawa family.
But it no longer seemed like a minor problem.
Because I already knew.
That his eyes, which he saw when he became a 'prisoner' and visited 'Toyokuni Maru', showed my loving, 'on my gentle uncle'...
"Uncle, please continue to relax here at Sunfu Castle."
"Are you good...?
Hideyoshi looked at me a lot.
In his head, he must have been thinking of creating a hiding place for his father in a far away place.
But I don't like that.
If that happens, I won't be able to see you easily.
When I smiled a lot, I told him how honest I felt.
"My uncle and I have more stories to talk about!!
And...
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Thus the Century Meeting, the "Sun Fu Meeting," closed the curtain.
Copy what you decided to do today in your letter and place a flower deposit on each other.
Now we finally have all settled.
Looking out the window, the sky was stained with beautiful oranges.
After roughly three minutes (about six hours), I carefully bowed my head and left the room.
And......
- Da-da-da-da-da-da!!
I rushed to a spot at a glance.
Long stings are hard to run.
Sometimes I almost fell forward, but still, without suppressing my feelings of doing it, I moved forward like a disease.
We're going straight down the hall. We have a destination.
"Almost there! I'm almost there!"
Yep. I scream so many times, I even put my foot forward.
The different people rounded their eyes uniformly, but they didn't care at all.
That's how I finally got my purpose.
It was that moment when I took a slightly rougher breath and tried to open it.
- Pishan!
What a vibrant opening from the inside of the room.
And you jumped into my chest from there...
"Hideyoshi. Ahhh!
He was a thousand princesses in yellow sleeves.