Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter Ten
Huiming saw the tall person coming, Jin Zhi walked over, sitting on the outside, Huiming stood up habitually, holding the knife on his waist to guard against the coming person. "Don't be nervous. I just want to ask you about Chikuzenden's personality. Let me introduce myself. My name is Todo Takatora, and I'm a ronin." He laughed as if harmless to humans and animals.

'rattan!Church!high!Tiger! ' This name was in Hachiro's mind. Don't look at Fujido Takatora's 8 lords in his life. It seems that there is no loyalty at all. Compared with him, Lu Bu is considered a loyal minister!But you have to know that his first three protagonists didn't value him very much. In Tsuda Nobusumi, Asai's former minister Aguan Sadasei, and Isano Yuanmasho, Fujido Takatora under the door has been working hard, but unfortunately not only has not been able to stand out, but he has always been able to stand out. Unable to be rewarded for his great achievements, frustrated Gao Hu finally gave up the status he had earned through hard work and became a ronin.

The records after becoming a ronin are somewhat confusing, but generally speaking, until Hashiba Hidecho recruited him with a territory of 3000 stones, he finally started his own counterattack, whether it was the battle against Yamana, Maori, and Kidake, or Kyushu's crusade against Shimadzu Everyone can see the heroic figure of Todo Takatora fighting, and finally served as Hashiba Hidetoshi's elder and hindsight with the knowledge of 2 koku.During this period of time, Todo Takatora is enough to see that he is full of loyalty to the Ming Lord he thinks.

After Hidetoshi drowned, Todo Takatora, who became a monk because of being disheartened, was forced by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to return to the vulgar one month after he entered the mountain. At the age of 40, I was in my forties.

It's just that Todo Takatora's behavior was full of shame and speculation afterwards.Before Hideyoshi died of illness, Gao Hu actively contacted Ieyasu. After Hideyoshi's death, his outstanding fortification talent and diplomatic skills made Gao Hu become Ieyasu's most trusted foreign daimyo. In 1599, Ishida Mitsunari planned to attack Tokugawa Ieyasu who was visiting Maeda Toshie. Gao Hu immediately reported the news to Ieyasu and took Ieyasu to his home for protection.

So after Hideyoshi's death, Fujido Takatora quickly stated that he stood on Tokugawa Ieyasu's side. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he was subordinate to the Eastern Army and was responsible for the rebellion against Kuchiki Motozuna, Akaza Naoho and others. On the battlefield, Fujido Takatora After Masanori Fukushima, he joined forces with Kyokochi to confront Otani Yoshitsugu and Ogawa Yutada of the Western Army.After the war, Tokugawa Ieyasu added 32 koku to Takatora's territory. In addition to his younger brother Zhenggao's total fiefdom, the Todo family took a total of [-] koku from the Ise Kunitsu domain.

Judging from Fujido Takatora's life, he is extremely loyal to the master he recognizes. If the master does not get his approval, he is not a talent who can be easily won over by profit.And Hachiro was jealous of the commander's fortification ability and battle ability, and eagerly hoped to be able to earn it under his command. "It's okay, Master Fujido, if you want to listen, just sit down together, Senior Brother Huiming, don't stop me."

Huiming put away his saber-rattling posture but gave up a seat, but still chose to sit outside Hachiro to protect Hachiro.Fujido Takatora now looked at each other and smiled.

"Just now, everyone said that Lord Chikuzen had an unprecedented defeat in Shangyue City? Can you tell me more about it?"

"To be honest, we don't know the specific situation of the battle between the two armies. We also speculated on seeing the retreating Hashiba soldiers and the pursued Maori and Ukita soldiers on the road. However, it is said that Hashiba-sama relied on the 2w army and more than 6 people from the Maori family After more than ten days of confrontation, after receiving the news of the betrayal of the Bessho family, Leng divided half of the team to attack Bessho. The 1w army and the Mori Ukita 6w people have been facing each other for a long time, which is enough to see Chikuzen's ability. "Hachiro said

"Then how do you know that Chikuzen-sama only escaped with his body? I mean, even if he retreats, Chikuzen-sama should have samurai guards by his side."

"We met Chikuzen-sama who retreated on the road, and we were fortunate enough to escort him back to Muratsu City."

"Oh? Then can you tell me about Chikuzen?"

"The one who builds the front is the capable minister who governs the world, and the traitor in the troubled times."

"A capable minister who governs the world, and a traitor in troubled times?" Hearing Hachiro's evaluation of Hashiba Hideyoshi, all four people present were surprised.At this moment, Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms has not been introduced to Japan, so everyone is not clear about this historical evaluation of Cao Cao.That's right, Hachiro's evaluation of Hashiba Hideyoshi is Cao Cao of the Warring States Period of Japan!Of course it's not because of his love for his wife, although there are some reasons for this.

"What do you mean?" Master Xuanzhu was the first to ask.

"Hashiba Chikuzen was discovered by His Royal Highness Youfu and he was in the army. It is rumored that he was originally a poor farmer in Nakamura, Owari Aichi County, and his father was just an ordinary farmer and soldier." At this time, Hideyoshi had not advertised his family status. He often admits his birth so frankly that Hideie Shibata and Narumasa Sasaki joked about his birth without being moved, and even made up his own mouth (the road is narrow! Both).

"Relying on the experience he accumulated as a peddler before, Chikuzen Mori-sama is very brilliant in his pursuit. Although he is not born high, he is bold and generous, with a flexible mind. A good minister is for his own use, perhaps because of his bad background. He upholds the principle of meritocracy and selects talents regardless of his background. He should be a rare master in the Warring States period. He is extremely firm and can endure what ordinary people say. Can't bear it."

After finishing speaking, Hachiro told the three people the story that Shibata Moriya and Sasao Naruma once made fun of his background, "Even so, do you know the origin of Hashiba's surname? ), the character Chai comes from Shibata Xiu. It is rumored that he hopes to combine the advantages of both to become a samurai with both civil and military skills."

Hashiba Hideyoshi was highly admired by Hashiba in his previous life. No matter how everyone laughed at this person, if you were born in a rural village in the troubled times of the Warring States Period, would you be able to climb to Hideyoshi's position step by step?If someone is better than you, you should admit it!
"The moment when Chikuzen really came to prominence should be Sumata One Night City. From this incident, it can be seen that he is very good at seizing opportunities."

"I have also heard about the overnight castle of Sumata. It is the ability of this man who is a master builder who can build a city in one night. I heard that several veterans of the Oda Army failed to lead thousands of people. Are you serious? Can you build a city overnight?"

"Of course it's impossible. In fact, Chikuzen used a cover-up." "Back-up?" So Hachiro gave the three of them the well-documented Sumata One-Night Castle incident.
"In fact, although Oda Shigemi tried many times to build a city in Sumata, Saito repelled it, but he left Chikuzen with a very valuable wealth, that is, the earthen wall foundation. Chikuzen should go to Sumata alone to investigate after the predecessors failed. Guocai asked the Youfu for this job. From this incident, it can be seen that Chikuzen is very aware of his own abilities, and is also very good at using his own and other people's resources to maximize profits.

Then he found the Kisogawa people he knew when he was a businessman, and persuaded them to help him with money and samurai status. He cut wood directly upstream and hoarded it. Finally, he made a raft of wood and went down the river at night. In the Sumata area, rafts were used directly as wooden walls. After one night of repairs, the samurai bridge and turret tower were added, and the prototype of the city was formed. In fact, due to insufficient wood, his Sumata Castle had a gap on the side facing Owari. However, due to the fact that Inaba Kazutetsu came in a hurry and did not investigate carefully, coupled with the feeling of support from the Ufu government, it was successful. If the Saito army settled down and attacked slowly, I am afraid that Chikuzen would also fail. "

"Which one has more goods~" After listening to Hachiro's narration, the three of them had a little understanding.Hachiro then told about other incidents in Chikuzen, including the raid on Otani Castle, which made the three secretly amazed.

"Master Huixin, it looks like he's not young, but he seems to know His Highness Hashiba Chikuzen very well." Fujido Takatora asked doubtfully, rubbing his chin.

"Ah~ I like to listen to stories told by traveling merchants, so I just heard a little bit." Hachiro suddenly realized that he had slipped his mouth. For a 6-year-old monk, how could he know a samurai better than these ronin? Still so detailed.

"It seems that Master Huixin should be a monk from the Daiji Temple in Kinai. If you don't let me know, you won't know such details. I'm afraid this is not something that Kojinji Temple in Bizen can understand." Fujido Takatora continued to ask, and the atmosphere on the table instantly Nervous, Hui Ming, who was beside Hui Xin, seemed ready to draw his sword and slash at this man at any moment.

"To be honest, I am Hachiro, the son of the Ukita Nao family in Bizen Ishiyama Castle. These two are my teachers. I just came back from Mt. It’s all because of my father, comparing the fact that the main family and the Hashiba family have been fighting in Harima for a long time, it’s not surprising that my father knows his opponent.” Hachiro didn’t tell the truth completely, he didn’t know what Todo Takatora was thinking, if we told him everything He ran out, will he call the fire brigade right away and they will capture and dedicate it to Hideyoshi in pursuit of a bright future.

"Is that so? Then Izumi Mamoru or Chikuzen Mamoru, which one is better?"

Hachiro was silent for a moment and said, "Excuse me, there is no comparison between the two. If you are talking about commanding troops, conquests and internal affairs, Chikuzen Shou is not one-tenth as good as my father. If you are talking about making good use of talents, my father is not as good as Chikuzen. One. Zhuqian is like Liu Bang in the early Han Dynasty, and my father is like Guo Ziyi in the Tang Dynasty. But in today's world, Zhuqian is now suppressed by the right government, but it is like a dragon entering a shallow stream, and its strength is less than eleven. If one day there is a chance to perform it alone, then The time is when the dragon enters the river and cannot be cured. It's just that the Youfu is still in his prime, and the Lieutenant General of the Left Guard is said to have a virtuous name, and there may be a day in Zhuqian."

Hachiro's words seemed to have aroused their approval, and they all nodded in agreement.Fujido Gaohu frowned and pondered over and over again, "Is Master Fujido looking for the master's family? If you don't dislike it, can I meet your story?" "Me?" Fujido Gaohu was a little surprised, but in the end he still told the story of his own frustration A sentence just adds to the laughter.

"Master Fujido, if you want to find the main family, there are only two suitable for you in today's world, and they are the famous masters in your mouth." "Oh? I would like to hear the details."

"One is my Yuki family, and the other is Chikuzen's guardian. It's just that if Mr. Todo goes to the Chikuzen's house, I don't know how long it will take for Chikuzen to find out? Appreciate? Reuse? Not to mention there is suppression from the Youfu. You If you come to my Yuxi family, I am willing to use a salary of 1000 shi to attract you." Not long after Hachiro was born, the Nao family gave Hachiro a salary of 1500 shi as a nourishment, and this time Hachiro directly took out 1000 shi to recruit Takato Fujido. Big deal. "You? How can Master Balang recruit me?" "My father gave me 1500 shi'an for nourishment, and I will take out 1000 shi'an to recruit you. This is the so-called, you and my monarch and ministers have the same salary."

Hachiro looked at Takatora Todo, who was moved by his master, and continued to add, "My Yuki family still has one place that is better than Chikuzen."

"Appreciate further details"

"I" "You?"

"The Yuxi family has an intelligent young master like me. The future is predictable, but Chikuzen is different. It is said that he is still childless in his forties. He has to adopt a son from his sister as an adopted son. The future is bleak. After Hachiro said this, he handed over the choice to Fujido Takahu, but it seemed that he was still unable to make up his mind. Seeing that the time for the boat ticket was approaching, Hachiro had to give up. I'm going, I hope Mr. Todo can find his favorite home as soon as possible, if Mr. Todo figured it out, you are welcome to come to Bizen Kojin Temple to find me or Master Xuanzhu, and I will leave." After saying that, he got up with Xuanzhu and Huiming leave.

Just ten steps away from the tavern, someone suddenly called out, "Master Keishin! Can you bring one more person with you on the ticket to Bizen?" Looking for his reputation, it was Takatora Todo.

(End of this chapter)