Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 174 The Banquet of Hashiba Hideji
For Hideyoshi at this time, Yoko who conquered Kii did not need him to go out in person at all. Now that he has taken the position of general, he will eventually hand over Hideji Hashiba as the general according to the original arrangement.

The matter of the Oda family finally came to an end after nearly 10 days of fermentation. After consulting the Oda Sanshi, Hideyoshi took some daimyos to Kyoto to accept the promotion of meritorious service and official positions.

Relying on the power of defeating Oda Nobuo and Tokugawa Ieyasu this time, coupled with the coercion and lure of the Gongqing family, Hideyoshi removed the word "quan" in front of his official position and became a substantive Zhongnayan.

Of course, Hideyoshi's purpose is more than that. He has already begun to contact Ashikaga Yoshiaki in Kyoto, hoping to be adopted by him as an adopted son and to succeed General Zhengyi.

In the history of Japan, General Zhengyi was originally a temporary senior officer position established by the Yamato court to fight against the Ainu people. He should have retired immediately after the armistice.

"Yi" actually refers to the Einu (Ainu) who once lived in Honshu and Hokkaido. Since Yoritomo eliminated the Iseheira clan and the Oshu Fujiwara clan who controlled the government, he served as the general who conquered the barbarians. The establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate was able to command the princes and soldiers from all over the country for a while, so it has always retained the title of general, and all future shoguns will use the official position of "general who conquers barbarians".

However, General Zhengyi is a foreign official, not a public official.After the Daiho Law Ordinance, Japan implemented the Taisho official system, and the permanent supreme head was the left and right ministers.

This is also the reason why Tokugawa Iemitsu was a general who conquered barbarians, and the emperor still bestowed on him two left ministers.

According to the old system, the Muromachi shogunate's awarding system for the generals who conquered barbarians is generally in the order of promotion from the left horse head → the left guard lieutenant general → the right guard general → the barbarian generals.

At this moment, Hideyoshi chose to stagnate in the position of the third, the purpose is to prepare for the right guard general at the same level in the future.

And the Xiu family was promoted from the five lower left guard major generals to the fourth lower left guard guard general Tang Ming Zuo Wuwei, so the Xiu family can also be called Hashiba Wuwei Xiu family;
Hashiba Hidecho was promoted from the four Shangzuojing doctors Tang named Kyoto Governor, but this Tang name is not convenient, most people still directly call Hidecho as Zuojing doctor.

Miyoshi Hideji was adopted by Hideyoshi a few days ago, and together with his younger brothers, he gave Hashiba the surname. In this official ceremony, Hashiba Hideji was awarded the official position of five servants and Kii Shou for the first time in the palace.

The Hashiba family is an emerging daimyo family in the Warring States Period, and the brothers Hideyoshi and Hidecho who founded the Hashiba foundation have all died.

Compared with other families, the number of the Hashiba family's one sect is a bit rare. Up to now, only 5 people including Hidecho and Hidea have formed a sect.

Hashiba Hideji was very happy that he was awarded the official position of Hashiba Miao and attendant, and that night he invited all the big and small daimyos in Beijing to participate in the banquet at his mansion.

First of all, Hideka’s grade was really young, even the celebration party organized by Hideyoshi took part in the first part and left early, and Hideya didn’t have a good impression of Hashiba Hideji, so he wanted to refuse to go.

Unexpectedly, Kato Kiyomasa personally went to Hideka's mansion in Kyoto to invite Hideka to attend the meeting. Hideka has already moved closer to the Budo school at this moment, so under the invitation of Kato Kiyomasa, he could only go to Hashiba Hideji's mansion to participate in the banquet.

Hideyoshi Hashiba's ability is 10 koku in Settsu Arioka Castle, which was specially set up by Hideyoshi in Settsu. As his only blood-related relative, Hideyoshi can be said to value his nephew very much.

Even though he lost his chain during the decisive battle with Nobi, he was still sent to Matsuba to gild Hideji when Hideka Mikawa made a surprise attack later.

In the evaluation of military merit after the war, the meritorious service of the Nishimikawa Raiders who originally belonged to the Akikami Hisashi family was also placed on the name of Hashiba Hideji, and for a while he was praised as the second generation of the Hashiba family second only to the Hide family. Mars.

When Xiu's family arrived at Xiuci's mansion, he realized that he was the last one to arrive. Xiuci changed his arrogance in Songban Castle and greeted Xiu's family outside the residence in person.

"Hachiro, you're here, I can't hold this banquet without you." Miyoshi Hideji said with a smile.

"Brother, you are mistaken. This is a banquet to celebrate your promotion, and you are the master!" Xiujia said politely.

"Hahaha, please come in, please come in." Miyoshi Hideji enthusiastically invited Hideo into the room, and arranged for him to be the first seat.

Hideyo roughly gathered the entire table, including Kato Kiyomasa and Fukushima Masanori, and 5 people from Chiyake Qibengun came. Asano Nagamasa, Hideyoshi's brother-in-law, also attended the meeting and sat opposite Hideyoshi.

In addition, there are Yoshiharu Horio, Isuka Hachisuka, Shigetoshi Takenaka, Kazutoyo Yamauchi and others, people from Noo in Izumi.

At this moment, the Budo school and the Wenchen school of later generations have not yet been fully formed. The main contradiction lies in the contradiction between the retainers of the Nobi school who followed Hideyoshi and the new retainers who suddenly expanded after Hideyoshi Omi made a fortune. Even Kuroda Nagamasa at this time At this moment, they are all familiar with Ishida Mitsunari, as a member of the new vassal faction.

Miyoshi Hideji may not be very good at things, but he must have put in a lot of hard work in eating, drinking and having fun. The maids arranged for the daimyo at this banquet all have beautiful faces, and under the daimyo's hands Underneath, there is no shyness at all.

Against the backdrop of the unique timbre of the seventeen-stringed violin, the entire living room soon became obscene.

The Xiu family was too young, and was full of curiosity about the relationship between men and women, but he would never fall under the watchful eyes of others, not only declined the maid that Xiuci arranged for him, but also replaced the rice wine with hot water.

During the entire banquet, most of them were related to Asano Nagamasa and Horio Yoshiharu. After all, these two people were one of the three elders of Hideyoshi who were in charge of Hideyoshi's internal affairs, especially the upcoming prefectural affairs. If you can establish a good relationship with them , In the future, the inspection ground in Kansai will also make more conveniences with myself.

Hideyoshi's sequestration was not achieved overnight. After the Cheongju Conference, he started to seize the territory of his skills, and gradually expanded to Tajima, Hoki and other countries.

There are no powerful daimyos in these neighboring countries, most of them are small daimyos with 2 to 3 koku, and they dare not disobey Hideyoshi's order in the slightest, so the district inspection order was implemented relatively quickly.

However, Hideyoshi was very cautious about the handling of the Uki family. Because of the need to rely on the Uki family, until now no one was sent to Okayama to preside over the inspection.

But Hideka knew that this would happen sooner or later. Perhaps after the assessment by Shikoku, Hideyoshi would send Fushin to Okayama to inspect the territory.

No matter who the inspector Hideyoshi dispatches is, they can't escape the check of Asano Nagamasa, Hideyoshi's current chief executive, including who will be sent by the final minister. Hideyoshi will refer to Nagamasa's opinion. s reason.

Asano Nagamasa currently owns 3 koku of Otsu in Omi, and if there are no accidents, he will be appointed as the head of the Kyoto office in the near future, and he will be in charge of the affairs of Kyoto.

But you have to know how quick it is to be a civil servant. Asano Nagamasa in history was also awarded 8 koku to Wakasa Obama after participating in the Kyushu War, and because of his meritorious service in the Korean War, he was transferred to Kai 21. stone.

If there is an opportunity for Asano Nagamasa to acquire martial arts, I believe he will never miss this opportunity and choose to fight on the road of pursuit.

And Hideyoshi, the main force of martial arts under Hideyoshi's tent, has always had the title of "General Ever Victorious" at home. If you don't see Hashiba Hideji, he went to Mikawa to pick up trash and was awarded the official position of attendant. long post.

You must know that even Ishida Mitsunari under Hideyoshi's account has been awarded the territory of 2 shi in Omi Shuikou City because of his meritorious service in managing the military rations.

And he, the minister of the dragon and Ningning's elder brother, actually only owns 2 stones from Dajin. How could he not be balanced in his heart, which also gave him the idea of ​​wanting to go to the battlefield to be gilded.

When Asano Nagamasa informed the Hide family of this idea, the Hide family said with some embarrassment, "Otsu is located in Minami Omi, so it should be assigned to His Royal Highness, Attendant Hashiba. Master Asano openly asked to serve under my account at the celebration banquet of Attendant Hashiba. , it’s somewhat out of date, my father probably won’t agree to this kind of military deployment.”

Unexpectedly, Hideji Hashiba, who was sitting in the main seat, said, "Uncle has already discussed with me before, and there is no problem on my side. As for the father's side, I think the eldest lady will accept it."

When Xiujia heard it, he had already opened up the line between heaven and earth, so he, the chief general, nodded his head.

Everyone talked about this, and there was no reason for the Hide family to refuse, so he said to Asano Nagamasa, "In this case, Asano-sama will lead 500 people to join the army and take charge of the logistics of the army."

"Thank you so much," Asano Nagamasa raised his glass and toasted Hideka.

Just when Xiu's family was about to return the gift, Masanori Fukushima, who was sitting under Xiu's house, suddenly went into a drunken madness, threw a wine bottle full of rice wine on the ground, and pulled the maid's collar and said, " Ishida-sama, Ishida-sama, you take a bite of Ishida-sama, do you like that guy Sakichi so much?"

After finishing speaking, he pulled her clothes and gave her a slap in the face, "Get out~"

Masanori Fukushima's sudden anger caused a wave of turmoil in the originally peaceful table. An old waitress appeared at the right time, came to Masanori Fukushima's side to apologize, and changed a maid for him.

Since Fukushima Masamori's actions were relatively late, Hideya didn't understand what happened, and only saw Kato Kiyomasa and others comforting him by his side.

The good atmosphere of the meeting was violently interrupted, and more importantly, it was the maid prepared by Hideji who was beaten, which represented that Hideji, the host, did not entertain well, which made Hashiba Hideji's face quite ugly.

I just heard Fukushima throw away Kato Kiyomasa's arm and say, "Well, that guy who sells his ass hole, Sakichi, can get 2 shi of knowledge by moving his mouth, and I wait for the bloody battlefield, but I can only get [-] shi." Shi Zuoyou's entitlement, Master, can you bear it?"

The full name of the accountant is the chief accountant, which is an official position from the top five, and it is the official position that Kato Kiyoshi was applied for by Hideyoshi after the Battle of Mt.At the same time, Fukushima Masamori's official position was from the six Shimozaemon captains.

Don't talk about why Kato Kiyomasa's official position is higher than that of Fukushima Masamori. The conferring of Japanese official positions is extremely full of metaphysics. Previously, the official position of Hideo, who was a pro-vassal, was the five major generals of the left guard, and Naomasa Ii, who was an enemy general. Hideyoshi has been awarded the official position of repair doctor from the four lower ones.

Perhaps Hideyoshi awarded Kato Kiyomasa a higher official position at this time, because he gave Ishiko less than Fukushima Masamori's compensation.

The unfair reward Fukushima said at this time is precisely because Ishida Mitsunari was awarded 2 koku of Omi Mizuguchi Castle at the internal reward meeting of Yubuto Hideyoshi at this time because of his contribution to guaranteeing logistics.

You must know that Masanori Fukushima was only awarded the title of 1 koku by Owari Taiji, and the total stone height was only 8000 koku higher than Ishida Sancheng.

This is already the highest award. Kato Kiyomasa and Yamauchi Kazutoyo followed closely behind and awarded the territory of 1 koku. Because Yamauchi Kazutoyo inherited the old collar of his father Yamauchi Shengfeng, and this time the additional title, The total territory has just reached 5000 shi.

However, the total stone height of Kato Kiyomasa and others is about 1 shi to 8000 shi.

In general, Hideyoshi's reward is extremely generous. If you put it in the Takeda family, you have not survived for more than ten years and made great achievements. It is impossible to give you Wanshi's knowledge and practice (refer to Kansuke Yamamoto ).

The problem is that Hideyoshi has given Ishida Mitsunari too much territory, at least in the eyes of the Budo school, the starting point is the reward attitude of the daimyo of 2 koku.

With Mitsunari Ishida as a reference, how can Masanori Fukushima and others be satisfied?Not to mention Fukushima Masamori was dissatisfied, Kazutoyo Yamauchi was full of anger.

You must know that Kazutoyo Yamauchi, who was born in 1545, was a samurai who served Hideyoshi at the same time as Asano Nagamasa, Horio Yoshiharu, and Nakamura Kazushi.

He became the party member of Kinoshita Hideyoshi (now Hashiba Hideyoshi) in 1568.In 1573, because of his military exploits in the Battle of Anegawa, he was entrusted with 400 shi in the Omi Kingdom (the same period as Asano Nagamasa, Horio Yoshiharu, and Nakamura Kazushi were only 100 shi).

Four years later, the 2000 shi of Harima was entrusted to him. As of now, counting the 1500 shi he inherited from his father, he is already a middle-class wealthy family with 3500 shi.

Unexpectedly, his official career has stagnated. From 1578 to 1584, he only received 6 stone seals. Even in the Battle of Jianyue, he only received 1500 stone participation awards because he injured his feet while climbing the mountain.

Not only is Fukushima Masanori and others' 5000 shi and 3000 shi enshrined more abruptly, but it is also not as good as his old brother Asano Nagamasa and others. You must know that Asano Nagamasa has already relied on the merits of Jianyue to seal Omi Guo Dajin 2 stone.

After all, he was a warrior of the previous generation!
It wasn't until after the Nobi war that Hideyoshi finally heard about this old minister, gave him a salary of 1 koku, and made up his knowledge and practice of 5000 koku, which was finally equal to Ishida Mitsunari.

Of course, Kazutoyo Yamauchi was also very upset, but Kazutoyo Yamauchi, who had been tempered by Hideyoshi for 6 years, was no longer as arrogant as before. Although his heart was full and his facial expressions were fully revealed, he did not speak to each other. Ishida Mitsunari abused.

After Fukushima Masamori started this, several samurai of his age were also indignant, but they did not dare to target Hideyoshi, but accused Ishida Mitsunari of confusing Hideyoshi and tampering with military achievements for personal gain.

Hideo finds it funny to hear these brainless people farting here. Do you think you can pick Hideyoshi clean by accusing Ishida Mitsunari of bewildering Hideyoshi?
Hideyoshi is now 47 years old, and he is about to become a man of the world, but he has a clear mind. When you scold Ishida Mitsunari for confusing Hideyoshi, aren't you saying that Hideyoshi is old and doesn't have a brain?

But when Hideka saw how easily people were confused and incited by words, he thought of the people who were fooled by Tokugawa Ieyasu in history, and there was a wave of turmoil in his heart.

Suddenly I remembered a famous saying of a great man: "Politics is to make many friends and few enemies."

Since the Hide family will have natural conflicts with Ishida Mitsunari's Omi faction because of the reserve position in the future, why not take advantage of this time to win over the Nooo faction, which is the core of the Budo faction in the future?
Since these people are so good at fooling around, rather than being fooled by the old tortoise in the end, it's better for me to win over to my subordinates first.

As for the previous conflict between myself and Fukushima Masanori, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. For those who have achieved great things, temporarily abandoning the previous suspicions is what should be done. attitude.

(End of this chapter)