Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 124 Ishida Mitsunari's Request

Xiujia did not expect that his wisdom of more than ten years would be ruined in one fell swoop.

At this moment, if I want to go back to Xiangchuan Jingjing and say that I want to return the goods, it is an absolute diplomatic incident and an absolute shame to the Xiangchuan family.

At this critical moment when the transfer of title has not yet been completed, and Yuxijia has not yet controlled the new collar, to anger a well-known wealthy family in Sanuki may even trigger a crisis that affects the entire Sanuki.

There is no way, I promised to marry the girl who came in, and I have to accept it with tears in my eyes.

Early the next morning, the Hide family took Hatakemoto and the hostages of various powerful families, and set off from Marugame to Okayama by boat.

As usual, Hanabang took the vassals who stayed behind to meet Hideo in Okayama, and whispered to Hideo when they met Yu Hideo, "Master Ishida has arrived, and he is waiting at Ninomaru guest shogunate."

When the Hide family was building Okayama, they built guesthouses at Nijimaru for samurai visiting from foreign domains temporarily.

It can be heard from Hanaba Masayuki's words that Ishida Mitsunari may have been in Okayama for a long time. As usual, Hanaba Masayuki can directly answer the Hideyoshi family's pursuit of ordinary trivial matters.

San Cheng and Hanafo Masako will come directly to Sanuki to make up their own minds if they encounter a major event.So what exactly is it that temporarily settles in Okayama to wait for Xiu's return to make a decision like now?
Hideka expressed to Hanafang Masayuki that the situation had been understood, and asked him to take Ishida Mitsunari to the side hall of the Imperial Palace to wait, and after he tidied up a little, he came to meet.

When I returned to the Honmaru Imperial Palace, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old female envoy ran in and shouted, "Your Highness has ascended the city, Your Highness has ascended the city." On both sides, a group of women has already knelt down.

"Congratulations to Your Highness for pacifying Sanuki, and wish your Highness a long and prosperous martial arts."

The Xiu family agreed, and asked the little mother Tongfangyuan to take all the female relatives back to the inner courtyard, where the envoys of Yuchai's family will be received here, and he will go to the inner hall to visit Tongfangyuan later.

The Xiu family also saw Xiaobaicai and Anan waving excitedly to the Xiu family. Sure enough, as long as the man is not around, women are always good girlfriends.

Xiujia was embarrassed to reply to their enthusiasm. Firstly, there were hundreds of young warriors behind him at this moment. Later, Xiujia came back with a sister in Sanuki. Unexpectedly, before Xiujia was an adult, There are already 3 wives in my inner palace, and I feel so guilty for Qing Ji who came to his house first, and I don't know how to face it.

The Xiu family tidied up the inner hall a bit, and after leaving their clothes, they changed into a plain uniform and went to the side hall of the front hall to meet Ishida Mitsunari who had been waiting for a long time.

Ishida Mitsunari is also one of Hideyoshi's adoptive sons. In Japan, adoptive sons are closer to the concept of "adopted sons". Although they are not as adopted as Hideyoshi's adopted sons, they are quite important under Hashiba Hideyoshi.

At this time, Genyi Maeda had not yet joined the Hashiba family in name. Hideyoshi’s chief internal affairs officer at this time was Asano Nagamasa, followed by Masuda Nagamori. As a result, in the late Hideyoshi period, Ishida Mitsunari came from behind and became Hideyoshi’s most trusted leader.

Although he is quite trusted by Hideyoshi, Sancheng's popularity among Hashiba's retainers is not good.

One is that when I was a child, I liked literature and worked hard to study, which was incompatible with most of my peers such as Masanori Fukushima.

Second, this person has always adhered to the bottom line in his heart, and will not turn a blind eye to the twists and turns and unspoken rules among other daimyos. For Hideyoshi, he is a good follower with outstanding abilities, but for other daimyos, This person is a guy who doesn't know how to turn his head.

The Xiu family knows that if you go to give gifts to get close to this kind of person, it won't have any effect. When they catch you, they will still report you fairly, but this kind of person must not be offended, otherwise there will be trivial things at that time. could become a big deal.

Therefore, Xiujia was very enthusiastic when meeting Ishida Mitsunari. He just entered the side hall and before he sat down, he said, "Master Ishida has worked hard from afar. Why didn't you come to Sanuki to directly discuss matters that Haruka Ryo can't decide on?"

Ishida Mitsunari saluted Hideka without saying a word, "The foreign minister Ishida Mitsunari has met Major General Hashiba."

The Miao character that Sancheng called Xiujia at the moment was the official name of the Xiu family, "Major General Hideka Zuokonoe", and it was the Hideo family who voluntarily reported the change to the court after being given the Miao character by Hideyoshi.

Therefore, in all formal and official occasions, there is no longer the name Ukita Hideka. Everyone calls Hideka Major General Hashiba, but in private they still call Hideka Ukita Hideka.

Ishida Mitsunari directly used the official title to address Hideo at this moment. I don't know if it was out of respect or for some other reason, anyway, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became serious.

When Xiujia heard Sancheng call him that, he no longer sat casually, but straightened his posture, and the folding fan in his hand was also handed over to Zhuang Zhiqing.

"Master Ishida, please read the order from your father." Hideka thought that Mitsunari Ishida came with his orders so formally, so he replied in Mandarin.

"There is no order, it's my own request." Ishida Mitsunari said here, saluting Hideka.

After listening to [-]% of the replies, Xiujia said in her heart: "Stay back~ there is no order from the monkey, so why are you so formal?"took me by surprise'

But on the surface, he still maintained a kind voice and said, "Ishida-sama, but it's okay to say."

"I came here this time for two things. One is to borrow manpower from Major General Yu Chai, and the other is to ask His Highness for Baihui."

The Xiu family was a little confused. Do you need to meet with yourself and report this kind of trivial matter?Is Hanfang Zhengxing not sure about it?But he still opened his mouth and asked tentatively, "But did you encounter any problems in building the city of Osaka?"

"The building of Osaka is very smooth. The castle tower of Honmaru has already started to be built. It's just that the councilor is going to build a fairy cave palace for the emperor. The project is very large. Both sides need to start construction, and there is a shortage of manpower."

Hideka heard that this was the case. Historically, on November 12, Tensho Year 11, Hashiba Hideyoshi entered the palace and met with the Emperor Shochincho, implying that the Emperor should ensure the smooth succession of the throne and give up the throne to the Crown Prince Makoto. As a result, Unable to do so.

In a fit of rage, Hideyoshi directly ordered people to build the Sento Imperial Palace on the side of the Kyoto Imperial Palace for Emperor Masahimachi, which means the palace where the Supreme Emperor lives. It is as if you should take care of your funeral before you die. Hideyoshi's attitude has been very clear.

However, in order to ensure the peace on the surface, Hideyoshi still ordered people to carefully study and design the Xiandong Imperial Palace, and it must be built magnificently. Historically, this matter was entrusted to the Ministry of Civil Affairs Gen Maeda to be responsible.

At the moment, Osaka Castle is still under construction, and a new project is about to start, which makes the people in Kinai a bit insufficient. In order to ensure that the emperor retreats as soon as possible, Hideyoshi dispatches migrant workers from the construction site in Osaka.

This directly led to the shortage of manpower in Osaka City, and the deadline given by Hideyoshi was very tight, so Ishida Mitsunari could only borrow people from outside.

In history, in order to build Osaka, Hideyoshi divided the entire project into various tenders. These tenders were distributed to each daimyo separately, and all the surrounding daimyos were required to send civic workers at the standard of 3 people per [-] shi. The food must be prepared by the name.

This standard seems to be a little less than combat recruitment, but for many daimyos, the mining and transportation of stone and timber itself takes up part of the civilian labor, so building Osaka is actually more tiring than recruiting farmers and soldiers to participate in the war.

It is worth noting that Tajima Kingdom, which has a long history, is exempt from taxation. It can be seen that another purpose of Hideyoshi's construction of Osaka is to consume the power of Pudai and foreign daimyos. power.

In this life, the Xiu family was bestowed with the name Hashiba Miao early on, and they were members of Tie Tie's clan, so they were also excluded from the list requested by the project. The mobilized people's power is nearly 3 people less than one million shi in history.

However, Hashiba Hideyoshi's deadlines for the disciples have not been reduced, and he often keeps watch in Osaka, which undoubtedly puts great pressure on these disciples.

Now with the construction of the Xiandong Imperial Palace, manpower has been allocated again, making the practitioners in the Osaka project feel like they are sitting on pins and needles, and it seems that the project cannot be completed no matter what.

After thinking about it, either increase the ratio of the daimyo's genealogy, or the only way is to borrow someone from outside.

But at this time, Pudai and Waigang daimyo are overwhelmed by the construction of Osaka. If the demand for people's strength is raised again, causing a rebellion, these priests will have to bear even heavier responsibilities.

The two relatives, Echizen North Zhisho Hashiba Hidecho and Bizen Okayama Hashiba's family, although they are probably willing to help regardless of Hideyoshi's order or not, Hashiba Hidecho is the old superior of the followers, and It is Hideyoshi's only real brother, and the persimmon is too hard.

After thinking about it, only the Xiu family can make a decision, so Ishida Mitsunari was sent to have a meeting with the Xiu family.

After hearing this, Xiujia suddenly realized that this was the case. After all, this was not a direct order from Hideyoshi, but a friendly request, and Xiujia had every reason to refuse.

This is also the reason why [-]% did not come to Sanuki. It is too impolite to chase after people where they are fighting.

And judging from the fact that the flower house was just hanging out and he didn't agree, it seems that the manpower he asked for might not be low. With Yuxi's family already mobilized because of the war, it was really impossible to mobilize so much people's power to provide Sancheng, so he was left hanging. After waiting for Xiujia to come back, he will commit suicide.

Xiujia understood the ins and outs of the matter, and said to Sancheng, "Then how many people are needed in Osaka? Has our bidding section been assigned to us?"

When Ishida Mitsunari heard Hideka's words, he felt something was going on, and said with a little guilt, "Please borrow 2 people's power, and Osaka should temporarily assign the temporarily seconded tenders to Ukido's construction, and there are no new tenders. .”

When Xiujia heard that 2% reported the number of people, a mouthful of hot tea almost spewed out of her mouth in surprise, how much? [-] people?Aren't you treating my Yuxi family as your son?

(End of this chapter)