Otomo Yoshijin died a disgraceful death, not a glorious death on the battlefield, but a painful death on the hospital bed, which made Zhengheng really feel that he had nothing to say. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info When Masahiro knew about Otomo Yoshizhen's death, it was already September 16th, and Otomo Yoshijin had been dead for three days, and he had infiltrated the inner city like a sieve, and only concealed his own retainers, but it was Masahiro who knew the true situation of Otomo Yoshizhen, what a sad thing.

Human beings have conflicts due to desires, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, and even if they are clear, it is meaningless. Either side is responsible and deserves sympathy. There is no direct conflict and hatred between Masahiro and Otomo Yoshizhen, the fight between the two sides is just selfishness, both of them are driven by their own selfish desires and greed, but in the eyes of Masahiro, Otomo Yoshizhen has become an obstacle to his unification of the world, and he naturally has to move away for the sake of righteousness.

Now that Otomo Yoshizhen has died early, and he has not really come face to face with Zhengheng, Wang to Wang, he died in pain, which really makes Zhengheng feel embarrassed. According to common sense, it is natural to kill them all and cut down the grass and eradicate the roots.

However, Masahiro obviously has no desire for this, he knows that Otomo Yoshizhen is dead, and Toji Michiyuki has lost the courage left of the Otomo family, and the Otomo family has withdrawn from the hegemony.

At this point, the strength of the Otomo family is simply not able to compete with the political balance.

People who are greedy for life and afraid of death and surrender on their knees are easy to deal with. But those true samurai who are not greedy for life and fear death, and who follow the samurai spirit as a virtue, are different, and the Otomo family still has some loyal retainers.

After patrolling for a few laps, Zheng Heng looked up at the sky and said, "Kankanwei, Mrs. Naido seems to have decided to surrender. "Even the death of Otomo Yoshijin is clear, and the secret conversation between Nata's father and daughter has some clues.

Kuroda Kanbei responded: "Yes, judging from her actions, she doesn't want the Otomo retainers in the outer city to know the bad news that Otomo Yoshijin is dead, but secretly communicates with her father." In the next thought, she is now in a trance, as long as she agrees to her request, the inner city of Funei will be self-defeating. ”

Zhengheng didn't say much, paused a little, and said, "Do you say to stay or not?" ”

Kuroda Kanwei is an extremely smart person, so he naturally knows who the person in Masahiro's mouth is, the only son of Otomo Yoshijin.

There are pros and cons to staying or not, if you keep it, it will naturally become the banner of those loyal to the Otomo family, and if you don't keep it, you will cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but I am afraid that it will be a long-term thing to completely conquer the remnants of the Otomo family.

Kuroda Kanbei pondered for a moment and said, "Lord, I think it's better to stay!" In fact, everyone understands in their hearts that the failure of the Otomo family is just around the corner, but no one has said anything, as long as they are given a step, they will automatically go down. Even if you keep it, you can monitor it all the time. ”

Zhengheng was silent for a moment, and then said: "I have no personal enmity with Yizhengong, all of them are out of righteousness, people in the world are looking forward to a stable life, and dominating the world is the greatest righteousness, so it is not possible to harm my family." When Yizhen Gong died of illness, his children were young and ignorant, and they were at the age of learning, so they could entrust them to learn literature and songs from the public family, and when they grew up, they would have one more literate person in the world. ”

Kuroda Kanwei's heart sank, and he responded: "Yes, my lord, the minister can go to the inner city of Funai." ”

Zhengheng shook his head and said: "I will hand over this matter to them, but you were also present the day before yesterday when Omura Junzhong came to visit, and you know that the matter of Chechitan is very important, and now the leader of Chechitan, Father Torres, has sent Priest Andre to come, you meet with him first to see their intentions." ”

After a pause, Zheng Heng said again: "The appearance of the Nanban people is very different from ours, it is said that they came from distant countries, and these people have arrived in the east in a steady stream, and there are many charts and maps, if you can find out from their mouths the situation outside the Wa Kingdom, it is a valuable treasure. To expand overseas, you need sturdy ships, clear charts, and elites who have the courage to open up. Now, big ships, artillery, charts, and elites all need to be cultivated, and this is a protracted project, and you will be responsible for it in the future. ”

There were rumors in the army, and the most decent rumor was that the purpose of Zhengheng's personal expedition to Kyushu was not just a small Otomo family, but to look at the Eastern Continent, and Zhengheng knew the role of Kuroda Kanbei in it. However, Zhengheng also knew that Kuroda Kanbei played a role in this at most, and the young retainers expected to be able to expand their territory and seize greater military achievements, and once the war in the Japanese country stopped, they would obviously not stop and seize Korea, and the expedition to the mainland with Korea as a bridgehead would naturally be put on the agenda.

Especially now that the mainland is full of wolves and disasters, the careerists of the Japanese kingdom will form huge waves as long as they stir up a little, and whoever dares to stop them will be washed away. What's more, the Date family is a young family, the family governor is thirty years old, and his retainers are all the most energetic people in their thirties.

If you vent on the mainland, you will eventually be harmonized by the god of harmony, then the only feasible way is to go south, go against the path of the southern barbarians, and carry out "Asia belongs to Asians, and Asia does Asia" to the end.

Kuroda Kanbei listened to Masahiro's order, and his eyes lit up.

In fact, for him, the most important thing is to be loyal to the Date family, and in his opinion, once the Wa Kingdom is unified, if the resentment accumulated over the past hundred years is not vented, the Date family, which has just unified the Wa Kingdom, will fall apart again. Knowing that this is a double-edged sword, it can not only expand the territory to vent its grievances, but also hurt itself, once it gets out of control, the consequences are unimaginable. As long as the desired goal is achieved and a large area of land is seized, the Date family and the political balance who lead all this will have great prestige, and whoever wants to overthrow their rule will be the enemy of the vested interests who have expanded the territory, so that the Date family will be able to rule the Wa kingdom in name only, and will be able to continue for hundreds of years. However, if it fails, it will be wasted, and both the Date family and Zhengheng will be paid for by this catastrophe, and the original unified situation will fall apart, returning to the Warring States period, and Zhengheng and his family and children may even be killed by careerists.

This is a question of "degree", and this "degree" is too difficult to grasp.

The god of harmony is like a sword of Damocles hanging over his head, and the only way to turn is to spread his thoughts through the mouth of Kuroda Kanbei. Although Zhengheng's idea is good, there are people in the Ming Kingdom who remember him.