Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 201

The Xiu family displayed the three "five-three paulownia pattern" flags in front of everyone, and Yuxi family's retainers showed a sense of sincere pride, and soon some warriors took the lead in cheering.

"Hey~hey~hoo!" The cheers of the samurai class aroused the emotions of ordinary ashigaru.

The Xiu family stretched out their hands, suppressed the hustle and bustle for a moment, called Qiu Shangjiu's family and Gao Shan's clan to the high platform, handed the other two long stream flags into their hands, and encouraged them, "Your commander Always prepared, it is the head of the banner of the family, and now it is awarded the "Shen Banner" to be brave and fight to be the first so as not to humiliate the family."

"Your Highness, please rest assured, when has Qinglong Bei (Suzaku Bei) disappointed His Highness?" The two said in unison.

"I have selected the elite of the formation to form a flag guard squadron, and they will join the formation with me on the left and right. If anyone retreats to the 'Wu San Tong pattern' flag, the latter will be regarded as deserters in disorder and will be punished." Gao Shan's clan said quite Speak hard.

The Xiu family naturally knew that if the morale of the well-trained off-duty standing staff collapsed and deserters began to appear, the battle would really come to an end, and what the Gaoshan Clan had done was nothing but useless efforts. But he was still a little moved and said to him, "You, you can always come up with some new tricks for me."

"After this battle, Yijusuke will probably become a daimyo. At that time, you will leave Qinglongbei. You have to choose your successor during this period."

This is also the rule set by the Xiu family before, the standing reserve captain must be a big banner with more than 1000 stones in Zhixing, and once he becomes a master of Wanshi, he cannot be in charge of the standing team under the Xiu family.

Its territory will also be independent from the territory directly under the Hide family and become a vassal daimyo with autonomy. In the future, like other daimyos, they will fight for the Hide family on the basis of their military service status
And the current knowledge of the Akikami Hisa family is 1 koku in Harima Sayo Kamiyue Castle, which is already at the threshold of a daimyo, but as the earliest vassal of the Hide family, the Hide family trusts him a lot, and let him continue to lead until there is no suitable candidate. Qinglong prepares.

However, after this battle, Qiu Shang Jiujia Zhixing, the captain of Qinglongbei, will inevitably be further appointed. It would be inappropriate for the Xiu family to let him continue to lead Qinglongbei, which runs counter to the original intention of the Xiu family to "rule the country according to law".

The Qiushang Jiu family seemed to have expected it long ago, and nodded silently to express that they kept it in their hearts, and the Hide family's explanation of the Takayama Clan was more crucial: "You were promoted by me, and you know my thoughts best. The Battle of Sanuki Be sure to shine brightly and set an example for other retainers."

The Takayama Clan now knows that he owns 6600 stones of Fukudo Castle at the junction of Bizen and Mizusa. As a retainer who was trained by the Hide family, in just 4 years, he has changed from the second son of a wealthy family who has no land to an independent clan. Even among the nobles who are higher than Zongjia Zhixing, his success has always been an example for the other second sons in the collar.

There are many second sons and legitimate sons of samurai families in the entourage and banner groups under the jurisdiction of the Xiu family, and the archway of the Gaoshan Clan is a special example set up by the Xiu family, so that these young warriors will continue to be the Xiu family die.

The two of them took the formation flag from Xiujia's hand, and slowly walked down from the earthen platform to return to their own formation. Xiujia wanted to go directly to the next link, but the Gaoshan clan arranged flowers for Xiujia again. live.

I saw him holding up the "Five Three Tong Wen" banner belonging to Suzaku Bei, and shouted loudly, "Suzaku Bei!"

The captain under it took the lead, and the 1500 Suzaku soldiers shouted in unison, "Hey~hey~hou!"

With his lead, Qiu Shangjiu's family was not to be outdone and said "Qinglong Bei!"

"Hey~ hey~ roar!"

Two standing soldiers with high morale exaggerate the soldiers of the whole army. One word is most suitable to describe them-"morale is available", which makes Xiujia's subsequent emotional exaggeration unnecessary, and Xiujia simply pulls out his waist The "long boat new method long light" pointed to the side of the sea and shouted "Blow the conch! Go out!"

Following the order of Xiujia, the Hideka headquarters headed by Qinglong Bei began to go to the port to board the ship one by one, and the time for Xiujia as the general to board the ship was in the afternoon.

The Xiu family used this time to explain some things to the retainers who stayed behind, especially Togawa Hidean, who was about to become the elder of the writing family.

In fact, the Xiu family's attitude towards Togawa Hidean is contradictory. Is Togawa Hidean a capable minister?

This is unquestionable, especially at a time when Ukita Tadashi and Hanabou Masayuki are retiring one after another, and the younger generation has not yet grown up, only Togawa Hideyasu has enough ability and prestige to take on this important task in the entire Ukita family.

In history, whether it was during the period when Hanabou Masayuki was in power or when he was in charge of the internal power alone, even Toyotomi Hideyoshi was praised for his outstanding professional ability.

It can even be said that, based on the character of the Ukita Hideo family player in history, he only cared about his own money, regardless of the life and death of the leaders, and what's more, he recruited all the live dogs from the leader to feed his falcons, and there was no rebellion in the leader. The group looked at Togawa Hidean's face.

However, compared with Hanabang Masayuki, Togawa Hidean lacked the most important thing for a minister, not loyalty, but peace of mind.

He is loyal to the Yuki family, otherwise he has been in charge of the Jibei Three Kingdoms side for many years, and he can casually expose one of the bad things in the Yuki family's territory to Hideyoshi in exchange for his own future?
All Togawa Hidean is just a restless heart, always thinking of hooking up with another better ship, of course, before jumping off the ship, it was relatively smooth for his own captain.

Ask yourself, this kind of character is so common in the world from now on, and you are very decent in your original position without any mistakes. They just want to pursue a better life and rights, so why are they not allowed to change jobs?

However, the Hide family whose identities have changed now, as the ruling class, just have some reservations about this person. Togawa Hidean is available, but not exhaustive.

"After I leave, the affairs of Kibi and the Three Kingdoms will all be handled by the Beizhong Guard. Don't disappoint me." Hideka held Togawa Hidean's guard and said, "The logistics of my 5-strong army also depends on the Beizhong. Keep it."

"This is what I should have done. Don't worry, Your Highness." Togawa Hideyasu was a little confused by the Hide family's operation, and for a while did not understand the meaning of the Hide family.

In fact, Hideya's meaning was somewhat cryptic. After all, Ishida Sansei was on the sidelines, so he couldn't tell Togawa Hidean that you should pay attention to me and the attitude of outsiders.

However, he specifically put the matter of the Kibi Three Kingdoms before the conquest of the 5 Four Kingdoms, just to remind Togawa Hidean to remember that he is a retainer of the Uki family, and Uki family must be the first to finish the matter.

For the first time, he said the words "Don't disappoint me", which means that I am worried about you. It is extremely abnormal to say this sentence in front of the boss who is about to succeed me. The elder is the most trusted person of the head of the family.

What Xiujia said was to tell Togawa Hidean that you are not a writer, don't jump on this side, it's best to rein in the precipice in time, otherwise I will be disappointed in you.

In the feudal era, once the head of the family is disappointed with you, the consequences will be the same as those of the big and small wealthy families, who will be gradually annexed by various tricks.

Hideka thought that what he said was very clear, and he didn't know how much Togawa Hidean understood, so he stopped talking to him, turned around and walked towards the port with his team of attendants.

What Xiujia didn't notice was that just after Xiujia left, Ishida Mitsunari took the initiative to go up and chat with Togawa Hidean, "His Royal Highness Zuowei Mendu's army is really in good shape. The army is rigorous and morale is strong. What do you say Isn't that right, Your Highness Beichu?"

"That's natural. It's hard to find such an elite army in the entire Western Kingdom," Hidean Togawa replied proudly.

In fact, he was still thinking about the meaning of Hideka's conversation with him before he left, and his answer to Ishida Mitsunari's question was rather perfunctory.

"If you want me to say that Bei Zhongshou is the real capable minister, he was able to prepare so many 'five-san-pattern-pattern' flags for the Zuowei Mendu in such a short period of time, and even equip the flags."

Togawa Hideyasu, who was thinking about the meaning of the words when Hideka left, didn't understand what Ishida Mitsunari meant for a moment, and asked strangely, "What did Ishida-sama just say? I don't quite understand."

Ishida Mitsunari came here to test things out. Seeing Togawa Hidean's performance, he understood in his heart that he really didn't know how to make so many flags in a short period of time. After a few more words of testing, he was gone. After getting interested, he said goodbye to Togawa Hidean and went to catch up with Hideo and board the ship.

Ishida Mitsunari brought dozens of Hashiba Hashimoto to Okayama Town, but it was a step too late to board Hideka's flagship, a newly built Ataka ship. Of course, he and two attendants boarded the ship, and the other Hashiba Hashimoto were arranged to another ship.

Hideka didn't know that Ishida Mitsunari had just gone to Togawa Hidean to spy on information, and he joked, "Master Ishida came on time, we're about to sail."

Ishida Mitsunari was a little embarrassed, apologized to Xiujia politely, and then walked to his own area to rest.

"If it was Katagiri Kamoto here, maybe he would laugh at himself shamelessly." Hideka looked at the direction where Ishida Mitsunari was walking alone and thought to himself, "The retainers under Hashiba Hideyoshi are really all wonderful people. "

Standing on the side of the ship, looking at Ishida Mitsunari who was leaning on the railing of the ship to vomit because he was on a sea ship for the first time, Hideka asked meaningfully, "Master Ishida seldom takes a sea ship. I will give you a piece of advice. If your body really adapts No, try not to drink or eat before boarding the boat."

Just as Ishida Mitsunari was about to answer, the restraint in his stomach made him vomit into the sea again. Seeing his embarrassment, Xiujia ordered someone to bring a water bag to rinse his mouth, and personally rubbed his back to let him breathe smoothly .

When Ishida Mitsunari couldn't vomit, he sat down on the deck to rest, and finally answered Hideka's question, "Thank you Hashiba-sama for your suggestion."

At this time, the sun in the sky had already slanted to the west, Hideka could already see the situation of Takamatsu Port clearly, leaning on the railing, Hideka asked Ishida Mitsunari, "Is it the first time for Master Ishida to come to Shikoku?"

Ishida Mitsunari leaned against the ship's side in his most comfortable position, and said weakly, "It is indeed the first time."

"Then you must take a good look at the scenery of Shikoku this time. There is no more interesting place in Japan than Shikoku." Hideka said with a smile on his lips. "In Shikoku, Sanuki, which is almost flat land, is difficult to cultivate due to lack of water. However, Tosa and Iyo, which are almost surrounded by mountains, have become rare fertile fields because of the many canyons, which is quite different from the main island of Japan.”

The Xiu family is actually digging a hole for the Changzong family at this moment, intentionally or unintentionally. You must know that when the Tosa Changzong was inspecting the grounds, the Tosa Changzong reported 8 shi, which was not as high as Hida's stone. During this period, knowledge and practice increased to 20 shi.

Is it because the internal affairs of Changzong's family are outstanding?Of course not, have you ever seen a daimyo with 8 shi able to pull out an army of 1?That's why Changzong's family feels that there are too many false reports.

Changzong's explanation for this is: Tosa has many mountains, and it is difficult for the people to cultivate, and the people's livelihood is withered after years of fighting.

In fact, let's change our thinking. If Changzong's family hadn't reported 8 stones to Zhixing, Hashiba Hideyoshi might not let Changzong's family go alone and let him dominate a country.

And as the general Hidecho Hashiba who punished the four countries in history, how could he, who is a veteran of internal affairs, not see the tricks in it, what he thinks is that less is worse than more.

It is indeed true that there are many mountains in Tosa, and the Hashiba army is also responsible for the conquest of Kyushu. If it is really time-consuming and labor-intensive to fall into the deep mountains of Tosa, it is better to acquiesce in the cleverness of Nagamune's family and let them contribute to Kyushu for themselves.

But the Xiu family in this world has a grudge against the Nagamune family, and their original horse seals and formation flags are exhibited at the Nagamune Shrine. How can the Hide family give Tosa Manzi a little face?
For the Xiu family at this time, the affairs of Kyushu are my business, Otomo's family loves death, and Changzong's family must die.

And Xiujia believes that even if in the end, because of some factors, we really want to hold up the Changzong family and put them down gently, we still have to let them peel off their skins. They are all dispatched according to knowledge and practice, how can we let your Changzong and our family take advantage of it.

This time Ishida Mitsunari must go to Shikoku with the army. Is it really just responsible for helping the Hide family manage logistics or secretly serving as an army supervisor?

Could it be that Hideyoshi photographed Shikoku to be responsible for the pursuit of land acquisition?You must know that the engravings of Mikawa, Mino, Owari, and Ise are in full swing. As the new Shikoku, will Hideyoshi miss the opportunity of the handover period?

The topic has already been brought up here, even if Hideyoshi really forgot to collect land in Shikoku, Hideyoshi will take the initiative to make a proposal, and report the knowledge and behavior in his own territory truthfully.

For Xiujia, there is no loss. The number of knowledge and actions of Xiujia at this time has actually reached Hideyoshi's warning line. Xiuchang has reminded Xiujia more than once that he will come to transfer the title at any time in the future.

Now that the transfer has become a settlement, he simply handed over his family property honestly, so that Hideyoshi will be afraid of himself, and when he transfers the transfer in the future, he can choose a good place to settle down conditionally.

But Changzongwobu is different, they want to stay in Tosa earnestly, transferring the title of Changzongwobu is tantamount to digging their roots, the Hide family may be transferred to leave, but they want to earnestly serve Hideyoshi. Those who will provide soldiers in the following wars!

Thinking of the Xiu family here, and imagining the hard work of the Changzong family in the future, I couldn't help laughing, and Ishida Mitsunari, who was sitting at the foot of the Xiu family, also secretly recorded the situation described by the Xiu family in his memory. heart.

(End of this chapter)