Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 199

No matter what the history of the "Wu San Tong Wen" is, it is now a banner of honor granted by the imperial court to the samurai family. After all, the "Wu Qi Tong Wen" in this matter is a flag given to those who control the world, and it is exclusive to the shogun banner.

And the "Wu San Tong Wen" is the highest honor a samurai can get, even though this flag was bestowed by Hideyoshi.

Xiujia was very happy when he heard that he was bestowed with the "Wu San Tong Wen", and even stood up excitedly, and came to the banner to examine it carefully.

In fact, it can also be seen from the picture and text of the paulownia pattern that this is a gift. If the "five three paulownia pattern" directly bestowed by the emperor has a standard pattern style, it is the most common five-san paulownia pattern style from the Internet in later generations. .

As for the paulownia pattern in front of me, the paulownia leaves below present a rounded oval shape, unlike the "five-san paulownia pattern" itself, which has a clearly visible five-petal paulownia leaf edge pattern.

Hideyoshi's texture design is very familiar to him personally. It is well known that Hideyoshi's horse seal is a thousand-layer gourd, and the design of this five-san paulownia pattern is like a round gourd.

In addition to the tung leaves, the tung flowers on it have also been changed. The roots of the tung flowers have been hollowed out to make people look more like morning glory rather than tung flowers. It looks like a gourd, but there are 353 small gourds growing from one vine. .

Although this is the flag of the little Japan next door, the Hide family still feels a kind of heartfelt joy when they are given the "five-three paulownia pattern". It's an honor, a recognition of your ability.

Therefore, although this is the "Wusan Tongwen" bestowed on one side, Hideka still feels very satisfied. In the era when there was no Japanese title, the samurai's acquisition of the "Wusantongwen" means becoming a "superior person". The country daimyo was born, and he was a "regular army" recognized by the imperial court.

It was also for this reason that after scrutinizing it for a while, the Xiu family ordered Zhuang Zhiqing, who was waiting on the sidelines, to take the "Wu San Tong pattern" flag and go down to the city to find the best cloth merchants to print and dye the flag.

This is also the first step after the Hide family obtains this flag. After all, it is true that this flag was bestowed by the Emperor (referred to by Hideyoshi), but it was only given to you personally by the Emperor, and only one flag was given.

If the Xiu family wanted to become a real "regular army", they had to print and dye at least two flags, one representing the Xiu family's family, that is, Yu Xiduo, and the other representing their own troops.

These two flags, together with the silk banner bestowed by the emperor before, went out with the Xiu family to the four countries, which means that this is the army under the emperor's rule, it is the locust army!Wherever he goes, anyone who dares to resist is a traitor, and the generals in charge of the army have the right to make temporary changes.

In addition, since the flag was not directly bestowed by the emperor, but was bestowed by Hashiba Hideyoshi, the Hideka family has no right to change their own style based on the "five three paulownia pattern".

Xiujia himself didn't like the painting style of this flag, but there was no other way, unless Xiujia received the "Wu San Tong Wen" directly from the emperor, Xiujia could only go to the battlefield with this fat flag.

Following Zhuang Zhiqing's departure, the news that Xiu's family was bestowed with the "Wu San Tong Wen" also spread like wildfire.

No wonder Zhuang Zhiqing has a big mouth, after all, this represents the highest glory of the "Wu San Tong Wen", many martial arts have only heard of it but never seen it, Zhuang Zhiqing even pulled the flag to flutter in the wind in a very ostentatious manner, allowing people to watch it along the way.

The citizens of the city below congratulated the Xiu family in the city one after another, and the daimyos and their own retainers who stayed in Okayama also waited for the city, wanting to congratulate the Xiu family face to face.

The first one to come was Hideyasu Togawa, who has gradually taken over the internal affairs of the family, and now works in Okayama Castle Honmaru, so he was also the first to hear the news.

After Togawa Hidean first saluted and congratulated Hideya, Hideka, as an intermediary, introduced Ishida Mitsunari to Togawa Hidean for acquaintance.

Ishida Mitsunari was ordered to assist Hideka in managing logistics, and Togawa Hidean was his immediate leader.

In addition, Ishida Sancheng was outside the house when Hideyoshi and Hideyoshi were talking about the main family in Sakamoto Castle. Perhaps he heard the news of his order and knew that this person would be the old writer of the Bizen Hashiba family in the future, so he was very fond of him. Be polite.

And Togawa Hidean didn't know whether it was out of the public interest or selfishness of making friends with Hideyoshi's close ministers, and his attitude towards Ishida Mitsunari was also a little unnatural
"So you are Lord Ishida. Even in the Western Kingdom, I have heard of your reputation. You are upright, diligent, and do things yourself. I heard that your lord personally counted the supplies under the city yesterday and handed them over to the Saw Department. After the Saw Department came back What an admiration for the adults' performance."

After Akashi Zento came back, he did mention this close minister from Kyoto, but he didn't speak very well of him, but now he was praised by Togawa Hidean, which made the Hideka beside him very embarrassed.

Although the sentences were similar, Togawa Hidean's tone was different from those of yesterday's daimyo, and Ishida Mitsunari felt a little embarrassed when he heard it, and quickly said, "Where is it, please bear with me during this time. "

The two chatted so lively that they could almost use hit-spot to show their speculation, so that after retainers and daimyo came to congratulate the Xiu family, the two were still chatting aside.

When the Xiu family met with the big names from other countries, they could clearly feel the change in their personal attitude towards the Xiu family. This change was very subtle, but it was very interesting.

Although everyone flattered the Xiu family for a while before, it was more out of fear of the entire family of Yu Xiduo.

You must know that the Uki family is a daimyo with 70 koku spanning both sides of the Seto Inland Sea. Even in the heyday of the Mori and Niko families, it was nothing more than that.

In addition, as the most important mainstay of the Hashiba family's military system, Ukido has contracted almost all of Hashiba Hideyoshi's important wars, large and small, and has created considerable achievements every time.

However, don't forget that Xiujia is only 13 years old at this time. Although many big names have expressed their admiration for Xiujia's performance, more people regard this kind of word-of-mouth spread as superficial talk.

After all, no one would want to believe that a 13-year-old baby has achieved more on the battlefield than himself who has fought for so many years.

What they understand about the strength of the Yuxi family is that they think that the internal retainers of the Yuxi family are harmonious, and that the family elders work together to help the Yuxi family become stronger.

As for the achievements on the battlefield, most people think that the Xiguo soldiers were strong first, and Yuxi's retainers were able to command and command well. It's just that the final reputation was given to this young child.

How would they know that in addition to the fact that the Yuxi family in history had more people, they fought so hard, and the strength of the Yuxi family's army was seriously hindered by the large number of powerful families in the collar.

Most of the wars before the Xiu family came of age were fought with the help of Oka Toshimori and Togawa Hidean. Even so, their performance on the battlefield was a little better than that of the farmers and soldiers of the rural wealthy family. The role of the formation is much more than rushing to kill the enemy.

However, after experiencing the uprising in the Uki family and chasing and releasing a large number of wealthy family names, the strength of the Uki family directly led by the Xiu family has made a qualitative leap, becoming the real "God of War" on the Guanyuan battlefield.

The representative of this is "the number one scumbag in the Warring States Period" Tadake Hosokawa, despite his flattering attitude in front of Xiujia yesterday, in his heart he looks down on Xiujia the most.

Tadake Hosokawa, who is 10 years older than the Hide family, has just succeeded his father Hosokawa Fujitaka as the governor of the family. Today's Hosokawa family is only Tango Ichigoku and Omi, and the income is only 10 koku.

As a former housekeeper, he still maintains a sense of self-confidence in such a mixed state. In Hosokawa Tadake's eyes, Hideka is just a lucky country boy.

Born in a daimyo family of 30 koku, he hugged Hashiba Hideyoshi's thigh and now he has become the number one daimyo in the West Country. As for Hideyoshi's own ability?What ability can a 13-year-old child have? I am 23 years old and have not made any achievements yet.

That is to say, due to the politician cultivation of the Hosokawa family for many generations, Hosokawa Tadake has developed the ability to do one thing in front of the face and another in the back.

Now he suddenly heard that Xiu's family or the "Wu San Tong Wen" would not surprise him.

You must know that the ancestors of the Hosokawa family also obtained the "Wusan Tong pattern", but that was the Jingzhao Hosokawa family, and the Izumi Hosokawa family as a branch family did not have the qualifications to use the "Wusan Tong pattern".

When he came to Okayama Honmaru in a hurry to inquire about the situation, and heard that this was the "Wusan Tongwen" bestowed by Hideyoshi, he became more determined. This child was just lucky.

Even different from others, the Xiu family might bestow "Wu San Tong Wen" which made him feel a little jealous in his heart.

"Why didn't I even get the five-san paulownia pattern for my tall family, but let a country bumpkin get it first, did he really get the favor of Dainagon?" Tadake Hosokawa thought.

Unlike the daimyos who were entertaining the congratulations, and the Xiu family who shared the joy, Zhuang Zhiqing, who was under the city, had a difficult problem. He searched all over Okayama, but couldn't find a cloth merchant who could make the printing and dyeing in time. banner.

It turns out that the printing and dyeing technology in ancient times was not as developed as it is in modern times. It is said that clothes need to go through more than ten times of dyeing, printing and rinsing in order to be colored.

But even in the simplest way, there is no month without a banner.

In addition, due to the underdeveloped printing and dyeing technology in ancient times, there was no modern so-called simple art of color. In the past, no matter the rich businessman or ordinary people, there was an almost crazy pursuit of color. The white cloth in the hands of various cloth merchants was not prepared. Therefore, it is impossible to print and dye a large amount in a short period of time to make multiple flags or even flag objects.

This was also the reason why Zhuang Zhiqing was troubled, he had no choice but to come down excitedly, and returned to Gangshan with a solemn expression to report to Xiu's family.

Hashiba Hideyoshi specially bestowed Wusan Tongwen to Hideo for the purpose of increasing the "justice" of the Four Kingdoms Legion he led.

As mentioned earlier, in order to reflect the "regularity" and "justice" of this army, Xiujia must at least prepare three "five-three-pattern" flags, the first representing himself, and the second representing Ukita Home, the third side represents the army.

With these three flags, it means that you are a general appointed by the emperor to guard the sky. If you only fly one flag, the effect is not as good as the cloth merchants, at least the "justice" of the entire army will no longer exist.

At this moment, Xiujia even felt that Xiuji took the time to send him the "Wu San Tong Wen" with a hint of deliberately making things difficult.

There is no other way, the Hide family can only invite Hanabou Masayuki and Takeuchi Hisamori to discuss this issue together.

Takeuchi Hisamori, born in 1503, is 82 years old this year. After killing all his sons and 2 grandsons, even the family governor was passed on to his great-grandson. He is still alive and kicking , can be regarded as a figure at the level of living fossils in the Warring States Period.

A year ago, the Xiu family gradually grew up in grades, and their control over the territory became stronger and stronger. Firstly, it was time for the Xiu family to learn the art of swordsmanship and warfare, and secondly, because of the need to effectively control the powerful families in the territory, The Xiu family specially enlisted Takeuchi Hisamori, who had been living in seclusion at home, to come to Okayama to serve as his military guide.

Takeuchi Hisamori, who used to be the entourage of Hosokawa Takakuni, governor of the Binchu Hosokawa family, to visit the general of the country in the early years, and served as an official in the Akamatsu family, looked at it for a while and shook his head as if he didn't have any thoughts, but he still opened his mouth and said

"Since it is a brocade pattern bestowed by the emperor, the cloth used must be Yamato Nara's brocade. I have only heard about it before, but I have never seen it before. I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see it today."

"Who asked you to lament the past, but to find a way." Xiujia thought anxiously.

On the other hand, the flower house Masako seemed to be awakened, and asked, "I heard that the brocade bestowed by the emperor is made of very thick cloth, and it can be divided into multiple layers. Is it true or not?"

"There is indeed such a rumor, but now we can't split it up for verification," Takeuchi Hisamori was the first to deny it.

Just when the two fell into conflict and silence, Xiujia was successfully reminded by Hanabou Masayuki's words.

It is rumored that because the masters of the painting are strong and powerful, and the pen is penetrating the paper, so the famous Chinese framers have a craft, which can divide the paper of a famous painting into more than 3 paintings, and paste the original words on the paper. In this way, a famous painting is divided into three parts, all of which are famous paintings.

If the cloth is really as Hanabou Masayuki said, with multiple layers inside, Xiujia can say that after the cloth is separated, he can use the original cloth as a template to copy and draw a new flag, but some verification is still needed before that.

Hideka ordered Shimizu Nobuo to find the imperial edict that he had received from the four lower guards, and asked Takeuchi Hisamori to dig it open on the spot for inspection. Sure enough, there were 3 layers of cloth inside.

A long time ago, the Xiu family felt that the edict ordered by the fourth minister was a little different from the imperial edict ordered by the fifth minister. Presumably, it was because the fourth minister was already at the level of Qing, and he was a minister of the palace. There is a difference.

After being verified, Xiujia shared his thoughts and the two people's narration and got the approval of the two, so Xiujia gave an order:
"Master, I still need to trouble you to plan this flag in layers. Now there is no one in the family who has this kind of swordsmanship except you; Chun Gongliang will trouble you to invite the best painter in the collar to come to Gangshan to copy the paintings for me."

Now Yuxi's family is integrated from top to bottom, and the face of the main family is the face of the retainers. Now the news that the Xiu family has been awarded the "five-san paulownia pattern" has spread, and the two of them did not expect that when they went out to battle, they only raised a banner to attract attention. People laughed, so they all agreed.

Even the 82-year-old Takeuchi Hisamori sighed sincerely, "Forget it, let my old bones spread the residual heat for our family!"

(End of this chapter)