"What do you plan to do after you take down the Namiya? The Ming army hasn't left yet, right? Aren't you worried that the Ming army will attack the Namiya? Or are you already on your guard? Are you going to start a war with the Ming army or make peace? "
Hideyoshi seemed to be concerned about the Ming army.
"I'm going to make peace." Tokugawa Ieyasu said slowly, "With our current strength, we have just lost more than a hundred thousand elites. If we want to continue the war with the Ming Kingdom, we have reached the limit of resources and finances. If we can't end the war as soon as possible, Nippon will be in a dangerous situation. The current situation in Nippon is no longer enough for us to continue the war."
"It's good to make peace, but I'm afraid that the Ming Kingdom will make a lot of unreasonable demands."
Hideyoshi looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu and asked, "Do you have a bottom line?"
"Actually, before I started the war tonight, I had already made peace with the Ming Kingdom. The Ming Kingdom will not interfere with our war, nor will they interfere with what happens after. It's time for this war to end."
Hearing Tokugawa Ieyasu's words, Hideyoshi was stunned.
"The Ming Kingdom didn't make any unreasonable demands? Impossible! "
Tokugawa Ieyasu quickly said, "No, they made some unreasonable demands, but most of them were rejected by us. The person in charge of the negotiations was Mr. Wei. Under his efforts, some of the unreasonable demands of the Ming Kingdom were rejected. The only thing left was some silver as compensation. The Ming Kingdom just wants money, they don't care about anything else."
A trace of disappointment flashed in Hideyoshi's eyes. In the end, he shook his head and sighed, "I thought the Ming Kingdom would make even more unreasonable demands. I was still thinking about how to stop you from getting rid of Hideji and the others so quickly. Now, it seems that the Ming Kingdom has been bribed by you. Hideji and the others have no other choice but to prepare for a decisive battle with you. However, Hideji and the Li family don't have enough troops …"
The corner of Tokugawa Ieyasu's mouth moved slightly: "Toge, you don't have to worry about these things anymore, and you can't do it anyway. The future Japan belongs to my Tokugawa clan, to my Tokugawa shogunate. I can do what you can't do."
"Shogunate …" Hideyoshi smiled bitterly. His voice sounded like it came from a leaking pipe. It was dry and hoarse.
"Forget it, forget it. The thing I hate the most in my life is to be born a lowly person. But Ieyasu, the thing I'm most proud of is that I, a lowly person, am able to wield the highest power in Country R. Ieyasu, I'm the only one in the past two thousand years! Isn't that something to be proud of? So what if you are descendants of nobles? Aren't you still going to be my subordinate? "
In all these years, you are the only one who can do this. In Japan, your existence is too special. If you were born in the Ming Kingdom, perhaps you could have greater development. The founding emperor of the Ming Kingdom, Zhu Yuanzhang, was born in a similar family as you. In fact, his family background was even lower than yours. Moreover, the people of the Ming Kingdom do not look down on the so-called heroes of the wilderness. They are the type of people that the people of the Ming Kingdom respect the most. "
"According to what you're saying, I was born in the wrong place? I should have been born in the Ming Kingdom, not Japan? "
Hideyoshi suddenly had such a strange idea in his mind.
"Perhaps, no one can say for sure about fate."
Wasn't Tokugawa Ieyasu a subordinate of fate? How could he escape the control of fate?
Hideyoshi looked up at the ceiling, perhaps looking at something else. After a long time, he lowered his head weakly and sighed deeply.
"Now that things have come to this, Ieyasu, do it. In the entire Country R, only you are qualified to take my life."
Tokugawa Ieyasu looked deeply at Hideyoshi. After a long time, he slowly stood up and pulled out his sword.
"Taiko, if it weren't for this war, I wouldn't have defeated you so easily. But now that things have come to this, please don't resent me."
Tokugawa Ieyasu held his sword with both hands, and the blade trembled slightly.
"I won't resent anyone. If I want to hate someone, I will only hate myself."
Hideyoshi slowly closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself standing in a very familiar yet somewhat strange place. Snowflakes were floating in the sky, and a gust of cold wind blew. He suddenly felt very cold, so he couldn't help but shrink his body.
"Monkey, you're here …"
This call caused Toyotomi Hideyoshi's eyes to immediately widen. The source of the voice came from behind him. He turned his head, and the person who had been sealed in his memory for ten years appeared in front of him again. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's face was filled with shock, and he blurted out, "My lord."
"I didn't expect this to be ten years. I thought I would have to wait a little longer!"
Oda Nobunaga sat in front of him with a familiar and confident smile on his face.
"Master, you … Why are you here?"
Oda Nobunaga stood up and said with a smile, "I was waiting for you. I knew that no matter how long I waited, I would definitely see you here. I was right."
"Master … Waiting for me?"
Hideyoshi was dumbfounded.
"Yes, waiting for you. Waiting for you to carry my straw sandals!"
Oda Nobunaga pointed at the soles of Hideyoshi's feet. Hideyoshi subconsciously looked down and saw a pair of familiar straw sandals.
In an instant, countless memories surged into Hideyoshi's mind.
"I didn't expect that after waiting for ten years, you would come. I thought I would have to wait for twenty or thirty years. To be honest, you've disappointed me. You, the one who inherited my ambition, actually failed in just ten years."
A sense of guilt rose in Hideyoshi's heart for no reason.
"Master … You know all about it?"
"I know everything. I know everything. You could have made me wait longer, and I was looking forward to it. But … Forget it. What's the point of saying all this now?"
Oda Nobunaga smiled bitterly. "You don't want to continue waiting for Tokugawa Ieyasu here, do you?"
Hideyoshi's face turned red, and he hurriedly shook his head. "No, I don't want to."
"Hahahahaha!" Oda Nobunaga threw his head back and laughed. After a while, he said, "Then let's go!"
"Go …? Go where? "
Hideyoshi asked hurriedly.
Oda Nobunaga shook his clothes and looked behind him.
"Of course, to where we should go."
Hideyoshi didn't ask any more questions. His heart was calm.
"Let's go!" Oda Nobunaga strode forward. After a few steps, he stopped, turned around, and pointed at Hideyoshi's feet.
"By the way, monkey, carry my straw sandals for me."
After saying that, Oda Nobunaga turned around and strode away. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was stunned for a moment before he felt relieved. He laughed at himself and squatted down to pick up the straw sandals. After running a few steps, he stopped and looked at the straw sandals thoughtfully. Then, he opened his clothes and put the straw sandals in his bosom.
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