"Good thing..." Tokugawa Idiot laughed angry, "They want me to retreat from the position of general and punish the important officials of the shogunate... How could we agree to these humiliating conditions?"

"The Han gangs are advancing all the way, with great force and smooth war. They are naturally full of confidence, and it is normal for them to put forward very harsh conditions." Doi Tatsukaku was still very calm, "But sir, since they have put forward such conditions,

It means they do not want to live with the shogunate, and can accept that the Tokugawa family will continue and even maintain a part of their foundation..."

When Tokugawa Ie-Kiang heard Takitaki's explanation, Tokugawa Ie-Ki suddenly realized.

"Since they don't want to fight us to the end, it means that as long as we bargain, they will always slow down their positions and eventually reach a compromise with us." Tatsuka Doi continued to explain, "The key is that we can start talking.

, This is a good thing. Of course, if they want to reduce the asking price, they must rely on the shogunate army to perform on the battlefield, forcing the Han gang to find out that they cannot manipulate us at will. If there is no achievements on the battlefield, then negotiations will also be

There is no way to talk about it.”

"In other words, do you still insist on a peace talk with the Han gang?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked back.

"Yes, sir... I think it's better to negotiate with the Han gang as soon as possible so that the situation in the world can stabilize the situation in the world." Doi Tatsukashi was simply and nodded immediately, "Sir, please see, the situation is too bad now

, except for Kinki, the Western Kingdom has collapsed, and the shogunate's orders cannot be implemented..."

When he heard such a harsh comment that the Western Kingdom had collapsed, Tokugawa Iemitsu's face suddenly became ugly, but he still said nothing and let the other party continue. "In other places outside the Western Kingdom,

Daming from all over the country has also received news, and even received edicts from the court calling on them to raise an army... They are also ready to move. According to the news reported from various places, whether it is the Ida family in Sendai or the Maeda family in Kaga, they have already

We began to recruit soldiers from the vassal states and close the territory, with ulterior motives."

When he said that, Tokugawa Iemitsu frowned more and more. "These traitors and rats are still only concerned about themselves when they are in the moment, but they have no loyalty and righteousness! Sooner or later, they will be wiped out one by one, so

Only in the world can we be stable!”

Although many of the Daming and Tokugawa families have grievances, this does not prevent Tokugawa Ie-Ki from considering himself as the head of the martial family. Therefore, the resentment of being betrayed becomes even more intense.

"My lord is right. If it weren't for the shogunate's back, why would we face such a difficult situation? Now the Han gangs are fierce. After all, these vassal lords are selfish and even recognize the thief as their fathers as tigers...

We were too tolerant of them before." Doi Takita sighed, obviously a little regretful.

"As the saying goes, we must first settle the country when fighting foreign countries. We must first clear them out before we can arouse the strength of the whole world to confront the Han bandits. Otherwise... if we continue to fight, the situation will become increasingly unfavorable to us. After all,

The more power the shogunate consumes, the more powerful the surrounding powerful vassals will become, until the strong vassals will stand up and leave the shogunate with no way out.”

Because many daimyos have already risen up and surrendered to the Han Dynasty because they are dissatisfied with the oppression and bullying of the shogunate, not only are the daimyos in Japan, but also the shogunate has now discussed "Is it unreasonable to be so harsh to the various vassals before?"

The two main decision makers of the tough policies of each vassal, Tokugawa Iemitsu and Doi Takisuke could not admit that the previous Daming policy was wrong. Instead, they could only say that they were too tolerant of each vassal, so that they actually returned.

Have the strength to rebel against yourself.

Compared with the Han gangs, these vassal lords were even more hateful and terrifying.

"So, from your perspective, if we want to negotiate with the Han gang, what conditions can we give?" Tokugawa Iekimoto asked with a heart of heart.

"It depends on whether the war is going well. If everything goes well and we directly defeat the Han bandits, of course we don't have to give them anything... But if the war is not good and we can only force a stalemate, then we...

He can only accept some harsh conditions." Doi Takita lowered his voice, fearing that others would hear it, "For example, punish some culprits, compensate some money, or... or... cut off Kyushu Island,

Acknowledge the occupation of the great man there."

"Cut Kyushu?" As soon as I heard this suggestion, Tokugawa Iemitsu suddenly opened his eyes wide, and then he could hardly control his emotions. "I... how could I cut off Japanese land for the Han gangsters? That's not...

…Isn’t that going to be the sinner of the Tokugawa family?!”

"At present, Kyushu Island has fallen into the hands of the Han gang. If you want to say the sinner, sir, we are now sinners of the Tokugawa family." But Doi Takitaki told the facts without fear, "But

Sir, we didn't have much territory on Kyushu Island, and even if we discard it, it would not be too much of a loss to us. Of course, Nagasaki's loss is indeed very painful, but since it has been lost, we have to face it.

It's true."

Doi Takisuke was so unconcealed and did not understand the feelings of the Lord. Of course, it sounded extremely uncomfortable in the heart of Tokugawa Iemitsu, who had always been irritable, but he also knew that he could only listen to some unpleasant words now, so he still endured it.

.

"If Nagasaki is lost, it will be more than a little pain for us? Besides... Now our shogunate finances are so embarrassing. If we still have to pay compensation, how can we give it? This matter...is not like saying it

That's so easy."

"If we can let the Han Kowloon know that we are not enemies that can be easily taken, then the Han Kowloon will naturally reduce the asking price and not insist on going his own way. And... the gold and silver mines in the Western country have been lost anyway, so we can just do it as a bargaining chip.

Giving it directly to the Han gang." Doi Tatsukaku's attitude was still very stable, giving Tokugawa Iemitsu great confidence. "These mines must be the flesh of those powerful vassals. If we compromise with the Han gang, we will give them to

Han gangs, Han gangs will definitely lose peace with these powerful vassals, and they will be alienated by us at that time. In addition, strong vassals cannot use this to strengthen their own power, and it will also facilitate us to wipe out them in the future."

"Transfer the gold and silver mines of the Western Kingdom to the Han gang..." Tokugawa Iemitsu pondered slightly.

"Sir, this is just a temporary measure, just to delay the time for the shogunate and let the Han gang retreat!" Seeing that Tokugawa Iemitsu was already "the great Han Dynasty must not be able to maintain the expedition of such a large army for a long time, as long as they get something satisfactory

We will withdraw, and we will take advantage of the time when they withdraw, and we will cut off all the powerful vassals... At that time, Japan will be united and obey your orders, and then we will abolish the agreement with the Han bandits.

Even if they want to go to us again, we will definitely be able to withstand it."

Although his words seemed passionate, they just mean to give Tokugawa Iemitsu a nice sound. After all, with Tokugawa Iemitsu's character, if you want to make such a big concession, you must endure humiliation and wait for the opportunity as a reason. However,

It is not easy to attack the previous traitors, but how easy is it to integrate various powerful vassals? Can we really go to war with the Han bandits again? The answers to these questions are clear in our minds.

After Doi Takisaki made his suggestion, Tokugawa Iemitsuke fell into deep thought again. Although he was extremely reluctant to admit this reality, after careful consideration, he still felt that Doi Takisaki's advice to him was the most feasible

The most effective.

Now I can only endure humiliation.

"Then you can start negotiating with the Han Kou according to these conditions. They will definitely not agree at the beginning, but they should also let them know our bottom line." After a while, he sighed, "This humiliation must be so humiliating.

Those thieves need to repay with their blood.”

Doi Tatsukaku lowered his head and received the general's order.

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and someone rushed towards the place, and Tokugawa Iemitsu's face suddenly became even more ugly. This is the place where the general and the important officials discussed secretly, and there was nothing urgent.

At that time, no one dared to come and disturb the general.

And at this turmoil, the major news that can be sent must not be very good news.

Sure enough, when the person who was close to the news came to this room, he did not dare to show his anger. He knelt on the ground and said the news he had just received in a trembling tone.

"Report to General, according to the report that Takasaki Castle just came... Danayan... Danayan, I have already fled Takasaki Castle a few days ago... a few days ago... a few days ago... and fled Takasaki Castle in the chaos and disappeared!"

This sudden bad news made Tokugawa Iehiro suddenly turn red. He waited for his eyes to look at the person who was kneeling on the ground, as if he was a ferocious beast about to choose someone to eat. And his hands were also

The blue veins burst and then trembled and touched his waist.

"Rebel! Rebel! This beast Rebel!" He suddenly pulled out the sword on his waist, then waved it heavily, and chopped it on a small table next to him. The sharp sword immediately regarded it as two

Half, a loud bang.

After hearing the news, Doi Tatsukaku's expression also changed subtly, but he was not as impulsive as Tokugawa Ikawa. Instead, he still knelt down and sat there, but his eyes were quite flashing, and he didn't know how to think about it.

What.

In the previous secret discussion, he suggested that Tokugawa Iemitsu, in order to unify the internal intentions of the shogun, simply kill his younger brother without any hesitation. Lord Tokugawa Tadaogata, and Tokugawa Iemitsu also adopted him.

The suggestion was to send an envoy to Takasaki Castle to settle the life of his younger brother whom he had always been disliked.

He did not expect that Lord Da Nayan was so alert and actually ran away early at this time. It can be seen that although he was in a claustrophobia, his news was not very closed. At least he knew the major events Japan is currently experiencing, and expected that if

If you don’t run, you will suffer something, so you will run away decisively.

He refused to commit suicide obediently according to the general's wishes. In Tokugawa Ikawa's opinion, this was a rebellious act of a traitor, but in Doi's opinion, this was human nature, and he was also a very capable person to face reality.

people.

"Sir, we should step up negotiations with the Han gangsters, and the shogunate should pay more attention to it. We must not cause chaos within the internal situation because of Lord Danayan's escape!" With complex thoughts, he lowered his head and suggested to Tokugawa Iemitsu.

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The chaos inside the shogunate and even the decisions of the general Tokugawa Ieki will of course also create ripples of fluctuations outside the shogunate, which will affect the entire Japan.

At this time, the Western Kingdom, which was already in the turmoil, could feel the cold wind blowing from Edo. In the shogunate ministers of the Western Kingdom, they were both under pressure from Edo and had to shrug in front of the soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

I was shaking, feeling anxious and uneasy, and I didn't know when this anxious torture would end.

Although it was approaching summer and the weather gradually began to get hot, this chill still made Kyoto Soshiji Ichikura Shigesen sigh heavily.

As the highest official set up by the shogunate in the Western Kingdom, the pressure he is now under is beyond the reach of everyone, and the responsibilities he needs to bear now are even less than that of no one can compare to.

Since the Han Dynasty began to attack Japan and landed on Kyushu Island, bad news was conveyed to Kyoto one by one. When the Han army landed on Honshu Island with the cooperation of the Maori family and began to march into Kyoto, as they marched all the way, that kind of

The pressure becomes more and more real.

The Han army had already advanced to the Beiqian Kingdom, and there was a smooth road ahead. They were about to come to the Kinki area and actually threatened Kyoto.

Although the Han bandits were terrible in the past, they were the others who had to face them, but now... it's my turn soon.

Can we... really stop the fierce Han bandits? He couldn't help asking this question.

Even in this majestic city he is in, he cannot bring him much confidence.

Although Himeji Castle is indeed a majestic city. Himeji Castle is located at the critical moment of the Western Kingdom towards Gyeonggi, and its geographical location is very important, so it has long developed into a big city and is highly valued.

During the chaotic Warring States Period, Himeji Castle changed hands many times and finally fell into the hands of the Kuroda family, the retainer of the Kodai clan, a branch of the Akamatsu family. After years of operation by the owners, it has become a fortress city.

In the late Warring States period, Oda Nobunaga began to rise and took the unification of Japan as his lifelong wish. After pacifying various surrounding forces, he began to turn his attention to a further place.

He ordered Hashiba Hideyoshi, who was still his commander at the time, to go to the Western Kingdom to conquer the Maori family, and began to attack the only way to the Western Kingdom. In this war, the Kodera clan was originally on the Maori side, but

Kuroda Takagaki, the retainer who controlled Himeji Castle, betrayed, surrendered to Oda's side, and gave the city to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Himeji Castle also became the rear base for Oda, and Hideyoshi's army to attack the Mori family.

After Oda Nobunaga's death, Hideyoshi began to rise. Of course, he did not ignore the important position of Himeji Castle, so he appointed his brother, Kinoshita family, as the Lord of Himeji Castle, to guard Himeji Castle for him.
To be continued...