Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 168 Hideyoshi's Helplessness and the Conjecture of Reassignment After the War (Big Chapter)

The timeline went back to July 7th, in the assessment room of Qingzhou City, after listening to Xiujia's story about the process of the Sanhe surprise attack, everyone was very surprised.

Especially when I heard that Hideka was almost surrounded by Tokugawa Ieyasu in Kukaku Castle, Tokugawa Ieyasu's expression was extremely ugly. Hideka knew that he must be blaming himself for worrying too much at this moment, so that he ruined his beloved general.

When they heard that Naomasa Ii died in battle, many people expressed the same thoughts as Hideka, and couldn't help but admire the loyalty and bravery of this samurai.

After listening to Hideo's narration, Hideyoshi also nodded to Hideo, expressing his recognition of his military exploits.

Immediately Hideyoshi said, "So, you have captured all of Mikawa, except Kamo and Shitara?"

Hideka turned his body slightly and said, "Not only that, Miyoshi Hideji-sama has captured the cities of Jiujin, Zhibatian, and Utsuyama in Tone, and he is about to attack Hamamatsu Castle."

Hideyoshi laughed out loud when he heard this, and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu, "How about it, my nephew is not bad, I almost broke your lair."

Tokugawa Ieyasu could only apologize with a smile on the sidelines, "Yes, yes, the old minister was almost finished."

Hideo was very impressed by Tokugawa Ieyasu's performance, but he still wanted to test him out, so he said, "My nephew has taken the land of Hamana Kosai, if he spits it out, it won't be able to show his strength." Wude yet? Don’t you think so, my lord councilor.”

Tokugawa Ieyasu still didn't understand what he meant, so he immediately said, "Why don't we make a slight modification to the armistice agreement, the two sides use Hosie as the boundary, and Hosoe and Hosio submit the Nayan statement to the Central Committee together?"

For Hideyoshi, the contract has been signed, the request for the land is false, and the attitude of testing Tokugawa Ieyasu is true. Seeing his attitude is sincere and sincere, not only gave up the land south of Ona Castle that was not controlled by the Hashiba family, but also simply Everything west of Hosokawa was given to Hideyoshi.

Of course, Ieyasu still occupies the most important city on the east bank of the Hosokawa, Michinichi Castle.

Hideyoshi saw that his attitude was good, so he acquiesced to this method of handling.

So under the witness of many big names, the two parties formally signed a contract in Qingzhou City, and the previously secret treaty was finally made public. The content of the agreement is as follows:

1. The Tokugawa family surrendered to the Hashiba family and served Hashiba Hideyoshi as Hashiba Hideyoshi's retainers;
2. The Tokugawa family will fight with Hashiba Hideyoshi's purpose and never betray;
3. Tokugawa ceded 29 koku of Sanhe Quanling and Enjiang Binmei County, and 4 shi of Fuchi County to Hashiba's family in the west, and the two sides stopped their troops to discuss peace;
4. Tokugawa Ieyasu sent his second son Yugimaru (Yuki Hideyasu) as Hashiba Hideyoshi's adopted son to Osaka to be raised by Hashiba Hideyoshi;
5. Tokugawa Ieyasu wants to send his third son Nagamatsumaru (Tokugawa Hidetada) to Osaka as Hashiba Hideyoshi's surname, and he will be raised by Hashiba's family.

6. Hashiba Hideyoshi recognized the ruling rights of the Tokugawa family in Shinano, Kai, Suruga, and the rest of Toe, and allowed him to crusade against non-officials;
7. Hashiba Hideyoshi married his younger sister Asahi Hime to Tokugawa Ieyasu as the main wife, and the two families will always be good friends;
8. Tokugawa Ieyasu vowed never to betray Hashiba Hideyoshi.

The whole agreement has improved a lot compared to the one in history. In history, Hideyoshi only took Hideyasu as a hostage, and at the same time sent his mother and younger sister as hostages.

In addition, not only promised Ieyasu's right to rule over Shinano, but also did not reduce him by an inch of land.

At this time, Hideyoshi not only took Hideyasu as an adopted son, but also Hidetaka as a hostage, and even reduced the land of Tokugawa Ieyasu Mikawa Ikuni 1 and a half counties totaling 33 shi.It can be said that Tokugawa Ieyasu was hurt.

Hideyoshi was obviously very satisfied with this arrangement, and said with a smile on his face, "With Master Tokugawa's help, the peace of the world is just around the corner."

"Everyone will take a good rest in Qingzhou City today. I have ordered people to prepare a celebration banquet. Everyone will not be drunk today and will return to Kyoto in 3 days. Tokugawa Councilor, is this arrangement okay?" Hideyoshi continued to test asked sexually.

"Yes, I will also return to Kyoto with His Royal Highness to meet the Emperor." I don't know if Tokugawa Ieyasu was really convinced. Since the meeting started, he has always acted like a good boy.

Due to the young age, the Xiu family only participated in the celebration banquet at night for the initial period of time, so they left the venue to go back to have a rest.

At noon on the second day, perhaps seeing the concerns of the Hide family, the good old Hidecho Hashiba came to visit the house where the Hide family lived.

"Balang, why did you still look sad after winning the battle. Let me tell you, you have made great achievements this time, and my brother has decided to reward you well." Xiu Chang was very happy to announce the good news to Xiu's family as soon as they met.

After Xiujia replied politely, she still curled her lips, as if she was not interested in the news.

"What's the matter with you? Is there something on your mind? You're about to get a reward soon, why do you still have this expression!" Hashiba Hideaga has a very close relationship with the Xiu family, and at this moment, seeing the appearance of the Xiu family, he came to the Xiu family. Supporting Xiujia's little head with his elbows, he said, "Hey, hey, give me a smile."

"Yeah, it hurts, Mino Shou let go." Xiujia said in pain.

"What, you used to call me Uncle Xiuchang, why did you call me Minongshou today?" Xiuchang said a little strangely, "What are you thinking, tell me, maybe I can answer your confusion .”

Xiujia looked up and met Xiuchang's eyes.Indeed, as Hidecho said, in this Qingzhou city, besides Hideyoshi, he is the only one who understands what happened on Owari's side, which led to Tokugawa Ieyasu's surrender.

So Hideka asked, "I logged into Mikawa in mid-June, and passed all the way. The Tokugawa Council was finally blocked in the two counties of Owari. Seeing that it was about to be destroyed, why did my lord accept the Tokugawa Council's request to surrender?"

"In my opinion, Hashiba's army has 7 people in Owari, and I have 2 people in Mikawa, while the Tokugawa army has only more than 2 people, and the rear road is cut off. Morale is not good. We can take this opportunity to attack and destroy Tokugawa Ieyasu appraised Junyuan San and Koshin's land, and re-realized Nobunaga's achievements."

"What makes me even more unacceptable is that the main force of the Tokugawa was restrained by me and retreated from the front line of Owari. My father has an army of 7 but is frequently controlled by a few small cities such as the imperial equipment factory. What is the reason for this?"

The more Xiujia talked, the more angry he became, so that his emotions gradually became agitated later, and he shed tears of disappointment.

Hashiba Hidetoshi was beside the Xiu family, comforting the Xiu family non-stop, until the Xiu family calmed down, and then said, "My brother and I know what you said. In the original plan, my brother really planned to join forces with you." The one who wiped out Ieyasu Tokugawa."

"Then why..." Xiujia wanted to interrupt, but was interrupted by Xiuchang, "Listen to me."

"After we received the news that Tokugawa Ieyasu had withdrawn from Nafuro Castle, my brother ordered people to capture Nafurano, and sent people to pursue Tokugawa Ieyasu. The initial offensive was very fast, and we took down Sumori and other castles in just two taels. At this time, brother ordered people to suspend the offensive."

"Why is that?" Hideka asked puzzled, "Tokugawa Ieyasu has only one breath left."

"Yes, Tokugawa Ieyasu is about to fall, and there is only one breath left. My brother and I both know that if this opportunity is lost, the next opportunity to teach him a lesson may be difficult to come by, but this is a choice we have to accept."

"Hachiro, my brother and I have seen your excellent tactical talent, and your commanding ability on the battlefield is beyond doubt, but you have to jump out of the small places of Owari and Mikawa, and look at the whole battle situation from a wider place."

"The whole battle situation?" Xiujia was a little confused by Xiuchang's words.

"Do you know what's going on in the Western Kingdom now? After Otomo Zonglin handed over the family governor to his son, he was at odds with his son Otomo Yoshitomo, which led to the Otomo clan's territories Higo, Chikugo Kingdom, and Chikuzen Kingdom being gradually lost to Hizen Kingdom's Ryuzoji clan and The strategy of the Shimadzu Clan of Satsuma."

"The Changzong family of the Shikoku has basically assessed the Iyo country during the time you left the West Country. At the beginning, Iyo, Tosa, and Awa have the power of nearly a million stones. The Xiyuanji family has been defeated, and the Kono family is only left. Tangyao City and other cities."

"Brother has no choice but to ask the Mori family to send troops first to assist the Kono family to stabilize the situation in the four countries, and hold back the pace of Nagamune's family."

"These are just ailments. You know that on Kii's side, Gamo Cainu is losing, and the Kii have already invaded Izumi to threaten Sakai Port and Osaka. This is the most terrible thing."

"Cai Nv is defeated? Didn't he plan to use 1 troops to eat up the Gen Lai crowd?" Xiujia had heard about Gamo's plan before, and even he thought the plan was perfect and feasible. Sex, he didn't expect Gamo's hometown to be defeated.

"The iron cannons of Genlaizhong are really sharp. It is said that when the first day of the battle was in full swing, Yu was wounded by a long-range sniper. Inaba and Hoki suffered heavy losses, the lord of Tetsujo Castle Yamada Shigenao died in battle, and Tanaka Yoshimasa also died in battle. The situation in Kinki may collapse at any time!"

"If you fight against the Tokugawa army at this time, even if Tokugawa Ieyasu is eliminated, how long will it take for the family to occupy the three five countries of Shinano, Kai, and Suenen? Will Uesugi in the north and Hojo in the east take the opportunity to seize the territory?"

"Aside from other things, Uesugi has been coveting Kita Shinano for a long time, Hojo is adjacent to Kai and Suruga, let alone at the end, the main family has put in the most effort, even the confidant's land has been invaded, and only Nan Shinano has been taken. Mikawa is far away. Part of Jiang’s territory was used as a wedding dress for others.”

"The most important thing is that these territories are far away from the core territory of the family. It takes time to transfer and unify the confinement. The initial mobilization is not good, but the Hojo family in the east is close to here. Once the two borders, the family will face the pressure of the Hojo family. It’s really in danger of fighting on both sides.”

"Brother also decided after careful consideration. After properly beating the Tokugawa Councilor and ensuring that his overall strength has not been reduced too much, let the Marquis Tokugawa go back. This is a strategic goal."

"After all, there is an alliance between the Tokugawa Council and Hojo. It has initially integrated Junyuan and Konobu. It can become a barrier in the east of the main family. It is the most suitable choice at the moment. This is why the offensive in the direction of Owari has slowed down. The reason. .”

"Hey~ This is also my brother's helpless move. If the west is more stable, how can my brother miss such a good opportunity, and he will definitely annex Tokugawa and break his wrist with Hojo." Speaking of this, even Hashiba Hideaga He couldn't help but sighed, it seemed that he was unwilling to make this decision.

Listening to Hashiba Hidecho's political commentary, Hideka already understood Hashiba Hideyoshi's choice in his heart. This choice is the best choice for both the Hashiba family and the Tokugawa family. What else can Hideya say?

I can only say one thing, Tokugawa Ieyasu is really lucky.

Now that this has become an established fact, Xiujia can only choose to accept the result. After thinking for a long time, Xiujia finally asks, "What do I need to do when I return to the West Country this time?"

Seeing that the Xiu family's heart disease has been resolved, Hashiba Hideaga also smiled kindly, "That's why I came to see you in person today."

"My brother and I have discussed it. Although the Tokugawa Council has surrendered, the other allies of Oda Nobuo have not yet surrendered. They are the nationals of Kii, Narumasa Sasaka of Etchu, and Nagamune of Shikoku. "

"Brother, what you mean is that the rewards for one family will be suppressed for the time being, and each will lead an army to fight against the enemies in one area. The rewards will be awarded after the above-mentioned families are all defeated."

"My arrangement is to lead the Hokuriku people to attack Sasa Naruma. Your arrangement is the old opponent, the Changzong family of Shikoku. Therefore, the forces of both of us must return to their original strength first, and regroup after repairing. My army returned to Beizhizhuang 5 days ago, and your army should also return to Okayama today."

"The army is going back, the two of us don't want to go back, we have to go to Kyoto with my brother to meet the emperor before making a decision."

"Then which branch of Ji Yizhong is in charge?" Xiujia asked curiously.

"Brother originally meant to hand it over to you to be in charge together, and then join forces with Changzong and our troops after defeating Ji Yi. Isn't it because Sun Qi performed brilliantly in this battle and captured several cities in Yuanjiang, brother It means to let him be in command."

"Let Miyoshiden be in command? With all due respect, Xisanhe and Enjiang's elites are all in the Tokugawa army, and the people left behind are only three or two kittens. I'm afraid it's not enough to attack Ji Yi with the ability of Sanhaodian."

"This is also the reason why my brother is worried. He is going to lend him Xiaoliu and Guanbingwei as sent horses to help him attack Kii. At the same time, he will gather an army of 5 people to swallow Kii country."

"I forgot to tell you. At the dinner party yesterday, my brother tried the Tokugawa council again, and asked him to second the army of 6000 people including Ishikawa Shumasa and Honda Tadakatsu. My brother is going to hand over the Tokugawa army to Sun The seven commanders will fill the strength of the Jiyi army."

When Xiuchang said this, he couldn't help laughing, as if he was still recalling Tokugawa Ieyasu's embarrassment yesterday, "It seems that His Highness Tokugawa really surrendered."

But Hideka was not optimistic about this. He said, "Ishikawa Hokimori and Honda Chubu Daisuke are all Mikawa people. How can we reduce the number of people who belonged to our own family after the war?" Tokugawa's strength?"

"Uh..." Hide-chan Hashiba was dumbfounded by Hideo's question, "It's over, I drank too much last night, and I didn't find out Tokugawa Ieyasu's tricks for a while, but at this moment my brother has agreed, what should I do?"

But after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, he said, "Actually, it doesn't matter. The strength of the Sanhe people in this battle is not big, but the strength of the Yuanjiang people is quite large. Although the Sanhe territory belongs to the family in name, most of the warriors on it are The old Tokugawa, at this moment is just sent to Kii to spend a wave, and it is also convenient for the family to control Sanhe."

Xiujia listened to Xiuchang's words, and according to the old rules of the Warring States Period, among the 6000 troops, there were more than 500 local warriors, more than 1000 armored men, 150 iron cannons, and 300 horsemen.

Mikawa is the hometown of Tokugawa Ieyasu. After many years of fighting, he has a high fighting quality and captured a lot. The Armored Party must have more than 1500 people. Iron cannons are Nobunaga’s strategic weapons. The Tokugawa family also has many configurations. The iron cannons they hold The ratio should be more than 300 sticks.

According to Hashiba Hidecho, at least the above 2300 people (500+1500+300) can be consumed in order to stabilize Sanhe Xinling, as if these 2300 people are not human lives, but just a series of numbers.

Looking at this kind old man, Xiujia felt such a strangeness for the first time, so it turned out that he also had cruel times.

"So after this battle, the disposal of Ise, Mino, Owari, Mikawa and other places has been decided?" Hideka continued to ask.

"Actually, Brother Fengshang after the war already had a rough idea, but these things haven't been finalized yet, so don't tell them." Hashiba Hideaga said mysteriously.

"Let me tell you about our arrangement first. After the war, you will be given the territory of Shikoku as a seal, and I will be given the land of Kaga and Noto. The Maeda family will transfer the seal to Etsuchu."

"So? Father's lord's opinion is that Sanhao Palace should be granted to Ji Yi?" Xiujia said by analogy.

"I do have this idea. Anyway, Kii is a big country adjacent to Osaka, and it needs a disciple to be stationed." Hashiba Hidecho said affirmatively.

"Uncle said, now, why haven't you been talking about peripheral affairs? After this battle, how will the four new nations arrange it?"

Speaking of this, Xiuchang showed a troubled expression, leaned into Xiujia's ear and whispered, "Brother is planning to transfer His Highness the Three Masters to Gifu, 10 shi"

"What? The Hall of Three Masters?" Xiujia said in surprise.

"Keep your voice down~" Xiu Zhang hurriedly covered Xiu's mouth and said, "I knew I shouldn't tell you in advance, this matter is very confidential."

Xiujia broke away from Xiuchang's hand covering his mouth and said, "Is this true? Is Father really going to take the bait?"

"I know it's not good"

“Really good”

"That's why I was struggling whether to tell you or not, huh! Huh? What are you talking about, Hachiro?"

"My lord father can finally become a man of the world in an upright manner." Xiujia said happily.

"Ah! I thought your grade would not be able to accept it."

"How could it be? I would also be sincerely happy for my father. But isn't Gifu the territory of the Ikeda family?"

"Ah, this is also the reason for the headache. My brother is going to transfer Terumasa Ikeda to Ise Matsuban and give him a territory of about 13 koku."

"What? Wasn't the Ikeda family a daimyo of 60 shi before?" Xiujia said in surprise.

In fact, the transfer of Ikeda's title, and the previous Hideyoshi's transfer of the title of the three masters, have happened in history, and the Hideo family has long been prepared. In history, Hideyoshi took advantage of Ikeda's death, and the Ikeda family of 30 shi only let Ikeda Hui Zheng inherited 13 shi, and the territory is in Tagua City.

The Xiu family did not expect that the Ikeda family, which already owned 60 koku in this life, was still only allowed to inherit the territory of 13 koku.

"You and I know what happened to the Ikeda family's 60 yuan, and the Ikeda family also knows that the nominal 60 yuan is nothing more than giving him control over daimyos such as Kazutetsu Inaba and Morinaga."

"That's all for Ikeda Hengxing. Why did Teruma Ikeda command these daimyos? In addition, the heavy losses of the Mino Army in this battle are probably the reason why Ikeda Hengxing chased after him rashly on his own initiative, which led to the siege. Ikeda's family is in Mino His reputation is completely tainted."

"Brother did not pursue Ikeda Hengxing's crime of humiliating the country by bereaving his teacher, and justified his name as a hero, which has already opened the grace of heaven. The Ikeda family gave 13 stones as a due result."

"What about Sanhe? After all, this is a place bordering on the Tokugawa family. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to put a trustworthy daimyo here?" Hideka finally asked what he was most concerned about here.

"I have such an idea. My brother originally wanted to transfer Feng Mori's family to Yoshida Castle. After all, Mori head died at the hands of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and he had a mortal hatred with him. It's just that Senchiyo is only 13 years old now. Yuanfu, whether Tokugawa Ieyasu can be suppressed is debatable."

"Why don't you try to transfer Ikeda Teruma to Yoshida? He probably hates the Tokugawa family even more." Hideka asked.

"My brother's initial thought was indeed the case. He believed that Tokugawa Ieyasu would kill his father for Ikeda Teruma, and he would definitely watch over Tokugawa Ieyasu."

"But these all happened on the battlefield, and after the death of Hengxing Ikeda, the family reduced him to 13. How does the Ikeda family think about the handling of him by the family? So I persuaded my brother to investigate Ikeda Teruma's The attitude will make a decision, so my brother decided to transfer him to Isetsu City." Xiuchang replied.

"By the way, my brother's disposal of Oda's attendants is to transfer 15 shi to the Kiriyama Imperial Palace and the Songban area."

"Comparatively speaking, the transfer of the Ikeda family to Isetsu City also has enmity with the Oda servants, which just allows him to look at the Oda servants in the Kiriyama Imperial Palace. Even if they unite to rebel, they will not hook up with other families. of the army."

After hearing Hashiba Hidecho's analysis, even Hideka had to admit that Hideyoshi's knife was much more ruthless than in history, and it is really necessary to take into account the attitude of the Ikeda family and have a certain awareness of precautions against him.

"So the division of Sanhe hasn't been decided yet?" Xiujia asked.

"It's really nerve-wracking."

"I have an idea, uncle, why don't you refer to it." Xiujia asked tentatively.

"But it doesn't matter."

"For my father, since the capital will be Osaka in the future, it is natural to expand the neighboring territories into direct control, right? If this is the case, the wealthy families of Yamato must be transferred out."

"The Tsutsui family of Yamato Kingdom has 14 shi, and Nakagawa Kiyohide has 8 shi. It just so happens that both of them made contributions in the Battle of Mikawa. Why don't they transfer the title of Mikawa to Yamato, so that Yamato will become the direct jurisdiction of my father. Already, what will Uncle decide?"

"Of course, the transfer of these two families is not enough for the time being. His Highness Hideji Miyoshi's Kii strategy still needs the help of the neighboring Yamato people. You can wait for Kii's evaluation before transferring the two to Sanhe. What do you think?"

"That's a good suggestion. I'll go back and discuss it with my brother. Nakagawa Sehei has meritorious service in the Battle of Kidake, and with the merits of this battle and Kii's, a 12/3 award is just right.

Tsutsui’s family wants to transfer the seal of Sanhe from Yamato, and the 2 shi seal promised to him before the Cheongju meeting has not been fulfilled. When you come to Sanhe, it's almost closed.

The most important thing is that the two families are one of the daimyos who followed their elder brother, and they are absolutely loyal to his elder brother. Let them guard Sanhe and they will definitely not fall to the Tokugawa family. Hachiro, your suggestion is really good. I will go back and talk to him later. The elder brother discussed it. "

After confirming these major entrustments, Hashiba Hidecho did not explain other minor transfer matters to the Hide family, and Hidecho was not interested either. He knew that as Hideyoshi's chief steward, he would definitely handle the matter of transfer and rewards.

So after the two exchanged for a while, Hashiba Hidecho left with an excuse, and went back to report the latest ideas to Hideyoshi.

(End of this chapter)