Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 175 In terms of credit, which one is better, me or the public?

In the future, the conflict between the Hashiba family's martial arts school and the Bunchen school will inevitably intensify, and for the Hide family, the conflict between him and Ishida Mitsunari will also be irreconcilable.

But for Xiujia, it is impossible for a daimyo with a million stone height to fight against a 20 daimyo in person, and Xiujia really needs an agent to directly confront Ishida Mitsunari.

Choosing to subdue Fukushima Masamori at this time can not only expand his allies, but also allow this punch to oppose Ishida Mitsunari for himself, while he can hide behind the scenes under the guise of reconciliation and contact more daimyos.

But Hideyoshi will never follow Fukushima Masanori's words on this occasion, who can guarantee that there will be no Hideyoshi spies at this banquet.

What's more important is that Masanori Fukushima's temper will be bad sooner or later, and he still needs to be beaten once or twice before he can use it for himself.

So Xiujia sorted out his thoughts, and first said to Kazutoyo Yamauchi, "Master Imataemon is also a famous name of 2 koku now. It's really gratifying. I heard that you have determined to revitalize your family's name since you were a child, and now you can count on it." This wish has been preliminarily fulfilled.”

"The knowledge and practice you have gained in the past 20 years under the Oda family tent is only 600 shi. Now you have followed your father for 6 years and you are already a 2 shi name. It is enough to reflect the ability of the adults. The world is comparable to the adults. There are only a handful of people.”

Hideka's meaning is very clear, and he used Kazutoyo Yamauchi to warn everyone that Hashiba Hideyoshi is already a very generous monarch in the world, and even Oda Nobunaga can't give you the knowledge and knowledge that you have been rewarded during this period.

"Where, His Highness praised you, the minister's ability is not outstanding, and he will get 2 stones of knowledge and practice, which is on par with Lord Ishida."

I don't know whether Kazutoyo Yamauchi didn't understand what Hideka meant, or if he deliberately didn't accept the move, so he simply named Ishida Mitsunari here to attract firepower.

Xiujia was not discouraged when he failed in the first attempt. He looked at the crowd with a smile on his face, pretending not to know, and asked, "Master Ishida is a reward for you?"

Fukushima was intoxicated, and replied first, "It's not because the mouth can speak, and the rhetoric makes the lord happy."

Hideka ignored him, and looked at Kato Kiyomasa, Hideka knew that he was a relatively honest person but possessed a certain amount of brains in Chiyue Banner's gun.

Sensing Hideka's gaze, Kato Kiyomasa corrected his voice and said, "It is said that it is because of the merit of the previous land inspection and the merit of the logistics support transfer. The total reward of the two merits is 2 shi at Omi Shuikou."

"I heard that Lord Yamauchi may seal the territory of 1 shi because of his achievements in this battle. Is this true?" Hideka asked Yamauchi Kazutoyo.

"There is indeed such a thing, as stated in the military loyalty certificate."

"Why did Master Yamauchi get the knowledge of 1 shi?" Xiujia asked curiously.

Speaking of "relying on the capture of Iwakura" here, Kazutoyo Yamauchi no longer pretended to be reserved, and said quite proudly.

"Ah, it really is a descendant of a famous family." The Xiu family said excitedly, "I heard that your ancestor was cut off because of the flag, and he broke a cypress leaf and stuck it behind his back as a flag. After a fight, there were only three leaves left. The three-leaf cypress is the family crest, is there such a thing?"

"Ah? Ah! It's true." Although I don't understand why the Hide family would talk about the origin of their own family crest, but after all, this is something to make him look good, so Kazutoyo Yamauchi also very cooperatively admitted .

"Skui, it's not a loss to be a descendant of a famous family." Xiujia said with emotion, and then said to him pretending to be suspicious, "What do you think of my strategy for the Sanhe surprise attack in this decisive battle?"

"Of course it was a winning blow. If there was no Mikawa surprise attack by His Highness, Nobi would have to face off for a long time. What's more, taking His Highness and His Highness Hashiba Kiimori to cooperate and occupy the entire Mikawa. How can a small town like mine compare to it."

"But compared to the nearly 30 shi in Sanhe, I only got 8 shi, and I'm still in the enclave of Owari." Hideka spread her hands and said innocently.

"That's right, Your Highness also thinks that this reward and punishment is unfair." Hearing this, Masanori Fukushima said excitedly as if he had found a backbone.

Unexpectedly, Hideka shook his head, and said to Masanori Fukushima, "On the contrary, I think Father's reward is very reasonable."

"I flattened the territory of more than 20 stones in the Three Rivers and Half Kingdom. It is already a great gift for my father to give me 1/3 of his knowledge and deeds. I have not decided on any injustice. Such a high reward."

Hideka's answer was very formal, almost completely opposite to Fukushima Masamori's point of view, which ran counter to their original intention of inviting Hideka to participate in the banquet this time.

They originally thought that Hideyoshi's point of view was similar to theirs, and if they could win over a powerful dame like Hideyoshi to endorse them, they would be much more likely to appeal to Hideyoshi, and no matter how bad it was, they could let him see the opinions of his retainers.

谁知秀家与他们完全不感冒，甚至还说到“我平定了三河20余万石的领地获得了8万石的赏赐，福岛大人可是讨平了尾张8万石的领地获得了这1万8000石的知行啊？”

Xiujia said this, turned to look at Hashiba Hideji in the chief seat, and continued, "As far as I know, Brother Sun Qi appraised the Xisanhe and Yuanjiang parts, and occupied no less than 8 shi, but Yishi Zhixing didn't increase the title, sir. In terms of credit, which one is greater than Brother Sun Qi?"

Hideka's words made Fukushima Masamori feel stuck in his throat. He had been clamoring that he only got 1 koku for fighting the enemy before, and Ishida Mitsunari just got 8000 kok for knowing what he was just doing in the shogunate.

Now compared with Yuchai Hideji and Yuchai Hideji, I was speechless immediately. The Hideka made a plan, and it was useless to attack the city. That's why he won the seal of 8 shi, and Yuchai Hideji also captured the territory of 8 shi. Compared with the rewards from the official position, what is he?

Hideka ignored Masanori Fukushima, who was stunned, and turned to Asano Nagamasa and asked, "You are in charge of some logistics matters. What do you think of Ishida-sama's management of logistics?"

"Although it is a little immature, the overall management is not bad, and there is no shortage of military rations and armaments." Asano Nagamasa replied.

"So you agree with Ishida-sama's contribution in this battle? What do Yamauchi-sama think?"

Hideka originally wanted to take advantage of this topic to continue asking questions, but Kazutoyo Yamauchi said with a smile, "I always think that my lord has clear rewards and punishments, and there is no injustice."

After hearing this, Xiujia finally understood what he meant. It turned out that he had already understood the twists and turns, but in his heart he thought that Ishida Mitsunari was not worthy of such a tall Ishigo, but he would not speak up about Hideyoshi's decision.

On the other hand, Masayoshi Fukushima was a little unhappy, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Xiujia directly, "You are right, my lord father is a rare hero in the world, and there must be clear rewards and punishments. Unfair."

"Master Fukushima, think about it, maybe out of the 2 koku that my father rewarded Ishida-sama, 1 koku was rewarded to his logistics master, and the other thousands of koku were rewarded for his land inspection work?"

(Ishida Mitsunari should have received 1000~3000 shi Zhixing before this reward, because when he flooded Takamatsu, he was credited with 600 shi for building a dam.)
"On the way back from Cheongju, you are the Bantou who accompanied and protected my father. You should be clear that the statistics of military achievements are in charge of the army, and the rewards are determined by Uncle Xiuchang and my father. What do you think of them? Will it be wrong?"

Masanori Fukushima respected Hashiba Hideyoshi and his brothers very much. Faced with Hideyoshi's question, he shook his hand and said, "I never said that the problem is between the Lord and Dr. Sakyo."

Seeing his anxious look, Hideka comforted him like a child, "Of course I know that Master Fukushima is not such a person. Let me go back to the question I asked Master Yamauchi at the beginning."

"Yamauchi-sama has not received only a few seals under the Oda family's tent for decades. After switching to his father, he received a seal of more than a thousand stones in a short period of time, and his progress has been slow for the next 6 years.

Now, how much of the 1 koku seal was really due to Master Yamauchi's work in capturing Iwakura?I'm afraid it's more about my father trying to make up for the hard work my lord has put in for Yu Chai for many years. "

"In contrast, Fukushima-sama was the first to obtain 400 stones of knowledge by virtue of Harima's work, and won thousands of knowledge rewards through the battle of Jianyake, which is enough to see how much your father values ​​you."

"Now that you have received 1 gems, how much of it is due to the work of Nooo? Did you have any achievements such as capturing Iwakura Castle in the Battle of Nooo?"

When asked about this by Hideka, Masayoshi Fukushima said with some embarrassment, "Of course there is no such thing. I have always been in the group directly under the flag, and I didn't even participate in the Mikawa Raid."

Masayoshi Fukushima said this, and looked at Takeno Yasuya and Yasuji Wakisaka who participated in the Mikawa surprise attack.

The results of these two people in this battle were better than theirs, but after the battle they only got 1 shi. When I was clamoring that Ishida was unworthy, did they have such thoughts in their hearts?

Xiujia saw that the time was ripe, and now that he had been beaten with a big stick, it was time to coax this big boy with two sweet dates, so Xiujia said, "Master Fukushima, if you feel that you are ashamed of your father for receiving this seal, Your Excellency, then you must do your best to serve the public, fight the enemy bravely on the battlefield, and expand the territory for the Yuchai family!"

"Now my four-nation legion is being compiled. Is Master Fukushima interested in mobilizing my subordinates to serve?"

Hideka's idea is very clear. After appropriately suppressing Fukushima's arrogance, use the aggressive method to motivate him to obtain military exploits, and tie him to his chariot through the Battle of the Four Kingdoms and the Battle of Kyushu to establish a certain bond with himself. Relationship.

For this group of rural daimyos, thousands of words are not enough to give him the title of knowledge and deeds. Instead of coaxing him with empty words, the Xiu family should get a practical seal of knowledge and deeds from their own side.

By then, Masanori Fukushima, who has enjoyed the sweetness, is naturally willing to keep pace with himself, and it is no longer something that Tokugawa Ieyasu can deceive with a few words.

This proposal from the Xiu family is indeed very tempting. Everyone in the Yuchai family knows that there is meat to eat with the Xiu family. Before the Xiu family did not take the initiative to speak up, everyone was too embarrassed to mention it. Now that the lord of the Xiu family has extended an olive branch, why not? heartbeat.

Bessho Fukushima is in order, and even Yasuji Wakisaka, Kiyomasa Kato, Takenori Katoya, Kazutoyo Yamauchi and others have all requested to be transferred to Hideka's tent.

Everyone's actions made Hashiba Hideji, as the master, look very unsightly. You must know that except for Yamauchi Kazutoyo and Kato Kiyomasa, the rest of the people are daimyos who were originally assigned to him. And go, now he wants to poach so many Qiyue Qiben guns, this is slapping him in the face.

The Xiu family also noticed this problem, and joked to Hashiba Hideji, "Brother Sun Qi has a lot of powerful generals in his account, is there still a shortage of these warriors?"

After the Battle of Nobi, Hirano Nagayasu received 5000 koku from Yamato Shishijo, plus the previous salary, a total of 8000 koto Zhixing. This is the least one of the seven guns of Jianyue, and he has not become a daimyo so far.

In addition to him, Kato Yoshiaki only got 8000 koku from Yamashiro and Tanba at this moment, ranking second to last. He didn't get 1 koku until after the Kyushu Conquest in history, and he became the 5000 Iyo country by virtue of North Korea. Shi Daming.

In addition, Zaowu Wuze obtained a territory of 7000 shi in Banzhou, which barely reached the standard of 1 shi.

Yasuji Wakisaka, after the war, may have sealed off 1 koku of Settsu Nose County, plus the previous 3000 koku territory of Yamashiro State, for a total of 1 koku daimyo.

Hashiba Hideji's banquet this time is mainly for daimyos from Noo, and people he thinks they can win over if they are congenial. Therefore, Nagayasu Hirano and Yoshiaki Kato, who are not well-versed in daimyo's threshold, were not invited.

Hideji Hashiba said rather displeasedly, "Among the seven guns of Jianyue, Kato Yoshiaki and Zaiya Takeshi were originally entrusted to the Western Kingdom, and they belonged to your Four Kingdoms Legion. Now you want to poach me Fukushima Masanori and Kato Kiyomasa , Wakisaka Yasuji, these three people? I don’t agree to that.”

"Brother is too self-effacing, the fierce generals of the Western Kingdom are withered, and I have not yet figured out how to explain to my father the candidates for the vanguard of the Four Kingdoms Legion.

But the elder brother's Kii Legion is different. His Highness Nakagawa Sehei was the backbone to rely on before, and then His Highness Tsutsui relied on him as the backing. He was assigned Hachisuka-sama, Kuroda-sama, Gamo-sama and others. It can be described as a gathering of civil servants and military generals.

Thinking about judging whether the little Kii country is easy to grasp, maybe in the end I will need my brother to cross the sea from Kii to Shikoku to help me. "

"It's better than this. I have a famous long boat sword called 'Chunlei' in my hand. I will give it to my brother as a gift. Will my brother sell me?"

Hashiba Hideji has a really strange personality, sometimes he can't listen to the big righteousness with him, but if you give him a little favor, he will let you go.

Of course, more reasons are indeed as Hideka said, Hashiba Hideji said that the Kii Army regiment was strong and strong, and Hideyoshi not only assigned him Hachisuka Masakatsu and Kuroda Kanbei Yiwen and Wu, but also sent Nakagawa Kiyohide, Gamojigo, Tsutsui Junqing and other daimyo were transferred to his command.

More importantly, Hideyoshi handed over 3000 members of his banner team and 2000 members of the musketeer team to him for deployment, which were specially prepared for the musketeer team of Genlai Temple.

It can even be said that, as long as he sits in Kishiwada Castle, Kinokuni can easily assess it.

Coupled with the fact that he was appointed as the head of the army, he would immediately become the proper lord of Kii, and Zhixing, who had hundreds of thousands of stones, actually didn't pay attention to the small names of Masanori Fukushima at all.

For Hashiba Hideji at this moment, he already has the illusion that Kii is in my hands, and the reason to win over Chiyake's seven guns is more for his own fame.

Now accepting the famous knife from the Xiu family, taking advantage of the situation and giving it to the Xiu family, it can actually fulfill the reputation of my brothers and sisters, why not do it?

So after thinking for a while, Hashiba Hideji agreed to exchange suggestions with Hideka.

(End of this chapter)