Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 228

When he was in Tangzhucheng, it was this Doi Qingliang who sent his retainers to the Xiu family to send information about Chang Zong's family, Yuan Qing. lord.

Hideka quickly made a judgment from the limited information, completed the long-distance march from Iyo to Awa in a very short time, and finally defeated the main force of the Nakamune clan under the Nakanishi Castle.

From this point of view, Hideya is a general with wisdom and determination to make judgments, and Doi Kiyoshi has already become interested in Hideya.

Later, like others, the Xiu family did not go through the process with great success, but discovered the problems in the accounts of the Changzong family. From this, it can be seen that the Xiu family has a basic understanding of the opponent and has self-sustaining power.

The other family doesn't know the real situation of Changzong's family, and Doi Qingliang has a clean family.If the Hide family really approved the 10 koku certificate of knowledge and practice handed over by Chang Zonggabu Yuan personally at the last moment, Doi Kiyoshi would think that the Hide family is easily confused by interests at the critical moment, and perhaps it will be as in history. So secluded.

Coincidentally, the Hide family handled the problems that Changzong's relatives asked him very well, and their way of handling things was approved by Doi Qingliang.

Especially in the end, in the name of comforting the people of Tosa, he actually carried out the actual act of seizing the land. He was able to prepare materials in advance, and found out the basic situation of Tosa in the shortest time. people.

After thinking about it again and again, Doi Qingliang, who has been investigating for so long, thinks that it is difficult to have such thighs in the entire Western Kingdom, so he decisively decided to take the last opportunity to meet the Xiu family.

The Xiu family knew something about Doi Qingliang, knowing that he was a rare general at the end of the Warring States Period, but at this moment the Xiu family's retainer group had basically formed, and there was no situation in which they cared about one person in particular, so they did not show any special feelings. focus on.

On the contrary, Doi Qingliang took the initiative to come to him, which made him a little flattered, and at the same time showed curiosity, what is the reason for this person to come to him?
After several rounds of cordial and friendly greetings, Doi Kiyoyoshi finally got straight to the point, and asked Hideka, "The Wuwei Palace was entrusted by the Dai Nayan with the responsibility of resettling the people of the four countries. May I ask one or two questions about the Local tyrant, how does His Highness plan to arrange it."

The "local tyrant" at this time is not a derogatory term, but a strong and powerful native.

Doi Kiyoshi’s question is actually very strange, because he was originally a retainer of Saienji Kohiro in name. Surrender is regarded as a retainer of Changzong's family.

Hashiba's family and Nagamune's family are rivals. Logically speaking, how to resettle the enemy's retainers and powerful families after the defeat is nothing more than two options: relocation and change. No matter which one is above him, a new lord will be arranged. It is impossible for them to directly participate in the situation independently.

In fact, Hideka misunderstood the meaning of Doi Qingliang here. Doi Kiyoyoshi wanted to offer an olive branch to Hideka from the very beginning and wanted to work under Hideka.However, as the head of the legion, Hideka was thinking about enfeoffment of the major names, so he mistakenly thought that Doi Kiyoshi had come to ask if he had the possibility of becoming independent.

Hideka pondered for a moment, and asked Doi Kiyoshi, "Shikibu Shaosuke, Iyo Uwa County, is quite famous in Nanyiyo. I don't know how your lord has the relationship between Nanyu and the various families under his original jurisdiction?"

What Hideka is thinking at the moment is that if Doi Qingliang can take advantage of his status as the leader of Uwa County in the past, then it is not impossible to separate him and give him a small name of 3 shi.

Although doing so will put Hideka under great pressure, compared to handing over Minami Yiyo to Saiyuanji Kohiro, who knows nothing but the fence team, it is more reassuring to give it to someone like Doi Kiyoshi .

Coincidentally, Doi Qingliang also misunderstood the meaning of the Xiu family, thinking that the Xiu family was asking if he could attract more Naniyo nobles to join him, and after thinking about it, he replied to the Xiu family, "Land is the foundation of the noble family. I have a good relationship with each family, but it may be difficult to get them to abandon their homeland, but Imamjo, Watanabe, and the two families are familiar to me. It shouldn’t be a problem. There is hope."

The Xiu family was confused by his answer, why is it difficult to leave their homeland, and why only two or three families can win over, isn't your Tuju family the talker of Uhe County?The more tasteful the Hideka, the more he felt something was wrong. Finally, he couldn't help but ask Doi Kiyoyoshi, "What exactly is Shikibu Shaosuke asking? Isn't it a matter of resettlement by the wealthy families of the four countries?"

"I have been asking Your Highness about this." Doi Qingliang was also confused by the Xiu family's question. Could it be that his own answer made him dissatisfied, and he immediately explained, "Your Highness does not have to focus on Uwa County if you want to expand the retainer group." , With all due respect, I also have contacts in other places in Tosa and Iyo, so I can find some good ministers and generals for Your Highness."

When Xiujia heard it, it turned out that he didn't mean that. From the very beginning, he came to ask Tujujia about the possibility of joining Yuxi's family. Xiujia couldn't help being amused by his redundant thoughts.

But there are also some questions that need to be clarified. "Is Shaosuke Shikibu really willing to leave Uwa? As far as I know, Omori Castle is the residence of the Doi family for generations."

In old Japan, before people's wisdom was enlightened, land was the greatest wealth. If you want people to abandon their original land and follow you in a new place, it is necessary to ask for more conditions.

After all, it takes courage and assurance to abandon a familiar place where droughts and floods are guaranteed, and go to an unknown place. Hashiba Hideyoshi’s many adjustments to the famous territories are to use the opportunity of meritorious service to transfer the seal while sealing it. Ask for more supplements.

比如上杉景胜从越后45万+信浓8万+越中5万+出羽庄内地方10万石+佐渡金山收入合约90万转封会津若松地方+佐渡金山120万。等于是把上杉家从自己的基本盘挪到了别的地方，削弱了上杉家数代人在越后的影响力。

The Xiu family did not expect that one day a local tycoon would take the initiative to ask the Xiu family about the possibility of transferring the seal, and the Xiu family naturally wanted to ask the reason.

Doi Qingliang was already prepared for this problem. After tidying up his clothes a little, he began to hold up the show family. , The Tuju family doesn't have the strength and ideas to occupy one side, so naturally they have to find a master family that can be entrusted to, but I have searched all over the Western Kingdom, and only His Highness can be entrusted to."

Doi Kiyoyoshi knows very well that Japan has repeatedly claimed the loyalty of samurai since ancient times, but its background is the system of imperial grace.

Here he declares that Changzong's family can no longer protect himself. He is telling the Xiu family that I have not received the grace of Changzong's family. On a deeper level, he is telling the Xiu family that he and the Changzong family are Not all the way, you can rest assured to use me.

In fact, Hideya, who is familiar with history, knows this, but the meaning of it from Doi Kiyoshi's mouth is different.After all, no matter how Yu En gave you, the moment you criticize the former master's family, you are on the single-plank bridge. Once the other party does not accept you, your reputation will be completely ruined.

Doi Qingliang is gambling, and the Hideka family is as he investigated, and it is tolerant to the retainers of other families. After all, the Hideka family is someone who can help even the enemy Sakuma Yoyomasa, and some of the Hideka family's new entrants will be released first. Before that, they were all warriors from other countries.

Doi Qingliang made the right bet, and the Xiu family really didn't think too much about it; on the contrary, he felt Doi Qingliang's sincerity.But Xiujia didn't give an answer right away, but asked Shimizu Nobu who was beside him to find out the current strength of Uwa County.

Soon Shimizu also brought back the data, Hideka checked with Doi Kiyoshi and said, "Shikibu Shaosuke, do you own parts of Uwa County and Kita County? Zhixing is about 5000 shi. The two Zhixing of Imajo and Watanabe respectively It's 2000 and 4000 stones, I wonder if I'm right?"

When Doi Qingliang heard Hideka report his knowledge and practice to him, he knew that it was done.Joyful in his heart, he corrected the Xiu family's data and said, "Your Highness, this data was provided by the Xiyuan Temple family. Now our family directly receives 7000 shi, Jincheng 2500 shi, Watanabe 5000 shi, and Doi 2000 shi. The total of the four families is 1 6 shi."

Hideka was somewhat suspicious of this data, and he quickly expressed his problem to Doi Kiyoshi, "Shikibu Shaosuke fought against Uwa County for a long time, and was an enemy of Miyauchi Shaosuke. After surrendering Miyauchi Shaosuke, Miyauchi Shaosuke Didn't the assistant reduce the seal on your Nan Yuhe's power?"

"I'm ashamed to say that I finally lost to Iyo Kosuke of Miyauchi Shaosuke, and had to lead the nobles of Uwa Prefecture to surrender to him. Miyauchi Shaosuke offered me the condition that my ability would not change, saying that it was quite unfair to me. Appreciate it, but we did reduce and change the seals of several other companies."

To this question from the Hide family, Doi Qingliang was a little embarrassed when he replied, after all, from this point of view, the Changzong family still treated him quite preferentially.But he just said that Changzong's family didn't show any kindness to him. Isn't that a slap in the face?
Doi Qingliang was afraid that the Hide family would not understand what it meant, so he explained to the Hide family, "Your Highness, you know, this is exactly the trick of Miyauchi Shaosuke. , take out 1/3 of the ability, that is, 4000 shi, and distribute it to the families, so the current direct-controlled territory of the main family only has 7000 shi."

After listening to Doi Qingliang's explanation, the Xiu family quickly understood the reason, and secretly cursed in their hearts that the Changzong Ibu Yuanqin is not a thing, and is worthy of playing the trick of "killing three scholars with one peach"?

However, this incident also made the Xiu family look at Doi Qingliang with admiration. It seems that this person is indeed as he said, he does not value the land very much. What is more important is that he can maintain a clear mind when he is too busy to take care of himself, and handle it properly. There is a neighbor relationship, I have to say that it is really awesome.

Don't think Chang Zongwo Yuanqian's kindness, maybe he needed to stabilize Nam Yiyo at that time.But if he waits for the assessment of the four countries, his treachery will inevitably provoke the dissatisfaction of the nobles of Uwa County with the Tuju family, create bilateral conflicts, and finally deal with them.

After the whole interview, Hideya was quite satisfied with Doi Kiyoshi, so he offered him his own salary conditions, "Our family now has more than 70 koku of Zhixing in Bizen, Bichu, Misaku, and Sanuki Shikoku, but one of them is Bizen. The country is basically my ability, and many famous retainers are entrusted outside, do you understand this matter?"

"I didn't know about it, but it's not a big deal. Since I am willing to join the door of Wuwei Palace, Zhixing will naturally obey the arrangement of Wuwei Palace."

"Since you have joined my sect, there are some things that I need to explain to you. Now, the border countries of Bichu, Mizusa, and Sanuki are all saturated. If you enter my sect, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make arrangements for a while. But you also No need to worry, the rewards for the Battle of Tokugawa-Oda and the Battle of the Four Kingdoms have not yet been lowered, and I will arrange territory for you as soon as the rewards are lowered."

What the Xiu family said was the truth, but this situation was something that Doi Kiyoshi had never understood before. Now that the new daimyo had no territory, how could he explain to his retainers, how to explain to the Imajo and Watanabe families, and how could he coax them to join him? What about changing doors?

The mood in the shogunate was a bit awkward, but fortunately, the Hide family really wanted to bring Doi Kiyoshi under their command, so they said to him, "The family made great achievements in the Nooo battle and was granted a position of 8 koku, but this matter still remains to be resolved." I will go to the four countries without final decision. According to my prediction, after this battle, I will not be able to seal less than 10 shi, and there is enough territory to settle you. You can rest assured, Shaosuke Shikibu."

The Xiu family is the absolute main force in the Battle of the Four Kingdoms, and the 10 stone seal of knowledge and practice is a conservative estimate of the Xiu family. Generally speaking, the size of the Xiu family cannot be accommodated by a single country.

Hideka didn't give Doi Kiyoshi much time to think about the information and continued, "You said that the knowledge and practice of the four of you is about 16 shi, so I decided to formally hand them over to you for management, not in the form of sending horses, but in a real way. All the retainers, I will give you another 500 shi, and if you can attract other powerful families, I am willing to give you the title of Zhixing."

What Hideka said before was all about the background and empty talk, but now it is really getting into reality. When it comes to what Qingliang Doi cares about, it is the issue of knowledge, action and safety.

To be honest, sealing a newly joined family is tantamount to a generous condition. After all, you haven't created value for me, and you haven't made any contribution to me.The seal I am giving you at this moment is to break the original reward system, and it can be regarded as the main family acting behind the back of other families.

Xiujia is willing to offer such a condition, which is enough to show the sincerity of Xiujia. This sincerity does not lie in the amount of knowledge and practice. To be honest, 1500 shi is really not much, but it shows that it attaches great importance to the Tuju family, which makes Doju Qingliang feel relieved.

Not to mention that the Xiu family promised to make themselves official vassals of the Imajo, Watanabe, and Doi families, which is an endorsement for themselves.If it's just that the strength gap between the four is actually not that big.

The Tuju family married them, and the relationship between the four families was more similar to the relationship between the Mao family and its subordinates. It was a state that surpassed allies and was not full of affiliation.Doju Kiyoyoshi can transfer troops from the other three families during the war, and the four families cooperate in a unified manner, but this does not mean that the Doi family has the authority to guide and manage the other three families.

But now it’s different. The Hide family officially admits that Doi Kiyoyoshi conghuas them, and superficial knowledge and behavior jumps directly from 7000 koku to 18 koku to become a daimyo.

(End of this chapter)