Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 245 The Award from Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The fact that Hideyoshi was named by Guanbai and the Emperor has already been heard about for a long time, but listening to Hideyoshi's description in front of Hideyoshi today is quite interesting.

First of all, as Oda's vassal, Hashiba Hideyoshi did not publicly declare that he was independent from the Oda family, but he sat on the head of the Imperial Stage majesticly.

As a daimyo, bowing down to the imperial steps is not a salute to your superior lord, but a salute to Hideyoshi, who represents the authority of the emperor.

Even the three Oda masters who are the head of the family must salute Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi stood above the legal principles and subtly completed the subjugation of the Oda family.

The most important thing is that Hideyoshi deliberately ranked Oda Sanshi behind Niwa Chohide in terms of ranking, embarrassing this big man who has been loyal to the Oda family all his life.

As Hideyoshi sat upright, Hashiba Hidecho, who was also sitting on the imperial steps, began to read the document.

"Hashiba Toyotomi's courtier Hideyoshi, acting on behalf of the emperor to rule the world · Regent Kanbai, the decree is as follows:

Hashiba Senator Hidecho, the famous owner of Echizen Kita Village with 68 stones, is superb in civil and military affairs, and well-versed in internal affairs.A total of 16 koku and 84 koku were added to Kaga Hebei County, Noto Haku, and most of Kashima, and the original data was moved to Kaga Kanazawa.Give the surname Fengchen Chaocheng, and write for his relatives. "

Hidecho said that here he folded the papers that recorded the awards of each family, turned around and saluted Hideyoshi, "Chen Yuchai is attending Toyotomi's courtier Hidecho, thank you His Highness Guanbai."

Hideyoshi put on a serious face of business affairs and responded, "Be loyal to your duties and do your best to serve the public."

"romper"

After Hashiba Hideaga finished his response, he continued to turn around and face the daimyos and continued to recite

"Hashiba Toyotomi's courtier Hideyoshi, acting on behalf of the emperor to rule the world and regent Kanbai, the decree is as follows:

Hashiba Zuojinwei Lieutenant General Hideka, the famous owner of 65 stones in Bizen Okayama, wise and useful for daily use, outstanding in military strategy, Zhide's joint war, and four kingdoms' rebellion are all top of the list.

Authorized and granted the titles of Yumo, Xinju, Zhoufu, and Sangcun in Iyo Kingdom.The five counties of Ochi, Kume and Fuxue, totaled about 17 shi; the three counties of Inaba, Takahasa, Kido, and Yagami 6 shi; Hoki received 13.2 Neng shi and Sanuki 11.8 shi.

In addition, 5.5 shi of Harima Sayo and Ako were recovered, and a total of 48.5 shi was sealed. In summary, the total amount of knowledge and practice was 102.9 million shi, and the original data in Okayama remained unchanged. "

Xiujia leaned slightly towards Hideyoshi, bowed his head and saluted and said, "Lieutenant General Yuan Xiujia, Minister Yuchai, thank you His Highness Guanbai for the reward."

As early as the Ukita Nao family generation, the Nao family claimed to be the descendant of the Sasaki clan of the famous Genji family.Since then, regardless of whether the outside world recognizes his Genji identity, he has always claimed to be Genji in Ukido's official documents.

However, this is not recognized by the court officials. When the Hide family was in the tent of the Oda family at the beginning, the Miyake surname was still used on the documents of Bizen's official position appointed by the court.

In fact, even if the Uki family recognizes their own Fujiwara clan as Genji, it is more reliable than recognizing themselves as Genji. After all, the officially recognized celebrities are: the Sanjo Fujiwara clan entered the Ukita Miyake Taka family as a son-in-law and married the Ukita Taka family’s daughter .

His son changed his name to Yuxi Tajiu's family, which is the great-grandfather of Ukita Nao's family.No matter how you say it, the Santiao family is a member of the Tsinghua family, and it is also a very high-standard family name in terms of blood relationship.

But the Nao family didn't want it. He insisted on using Ukita and Uta Genji's two names with similar pronunciations to make up Uta Genji's Sasaki Ryu's family name, but it was just a joke.

However, as the power of the Xiu family expanded, the official actually directly used Genji's surname in the appointment letter of Zuowei Mendu. This was also the final result of the imperial court's official acquiescence of Ukita pretending to be Genji.

This time, the Hide family did not receive the surname of Toyotomi’s courtiers like Hidecho, so when Hidecho reported his full name, he still used the surname Minamoto, which belonged to a family with the same Miao character and different surnames from Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

After getting Hideyoshi's permission, Hideo got up from his seat, came to Hideyoshi to take the letter, saluted Hideyoshi again, and returned to his seat.

Seal nearly 50 stones!Much more than doing most of the daimyo total stone high!

No, that's not accurate enough. This number of knowledge is dozens of times the total number of knowledge of most daimyos at present, but it was easily obtained by the Xiu family in one seal.

For most of the daimyos in the temple, this number was a lifetime goal, but at the age of no more than 14, Hideka had already achieved an achievement that many samurai could not achieve in their lifetime, which attracted a lot of attention.

Looking after the Xiu family, it is the Maeda Toshi family.Perhaps because of his respect for this old friend, Hideyoshi was very close to the words of praise in his letter, and used gifts such as self-restraint and self-discipline to praise him.

And he transferred 21 shi from Nengwai Nanao to 30 Toyama in Yuechu, and promised him the right to conquer Hida in advance.

This conferring showman had learned about it through Hideyoshi and Hideunaga three months ago, so he didn't show any special excitement, but the other daimyos didn't know about it.

Although there are only more than 3 stones in Hida Ichigoku, there are tens of thousands of stones.How did Shi Gao support so many people?Answer: Gold, silver, timber trade food.

The daimyos present here are not fools, so they can naturally calculate the actual profit of Maeda Toshiie.Although what was obtained was an incomplete Vietnam and China, the direct benefits it obtained were far more than that of Vietnam and China, and the actual sealing was more than 20 shi.

The Xiu family has consecutively sealed three daimyos with more than 15 shi, and also added a very strong effect to the appointment and dismissal ceremony of Guan Bai, which made all the daimyos who are working on it aroused interest and wanted to know what will happen next? There will be those famous people who have made great achievements.

Interestingly, Hideyoshi's next entrustment was not his own minister, but Takakage Kobayakawa.

"There is a famous master in the future, Takakage Kobayakawa, the chief assistant of the middle affairs, who is diligent and loyal, and serves the country. I have often heard that he is a wise man. Today, the emperor will be rewarded with 23 stones for his Tosa, and he will be given 4 stones for Uwa County in the south. Stones, Zhixing totaled 27 stones, and the original evidence was transferred to Fenggang Fengcheng."

After saying this, Xiuchang's voice stopped, and everyone's eyes turned to Kobayakawa Takakage who was sitting next to Xiu's family.Even Mori Terumoto, who was sitting opposite, looked at his uncle with extremely surprised eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me about my uncle's award in advance? Didn't it mean that even the Iyo Bankuni's 15 koku could not be negotiated? Why did you get the 27 koku award all of a sudden?"

A thought flashed in everyone's minds, "Did Xiguo Wushuang betray the Mori family and join the Hashiba family?"

Sensing everyone's fiery eyes, Takakage Kobayakawa was in a bit of an awkward situation, but after all, this was a reward from Hideyoshi in the name of Kanbai instead of the court, so Takakage Kobayakawa could only stand out and salute Hideyoshi, "Foreign Minister, thank His Highness Kanbai for the reward."

Everyone thought that this was just a drama following the same process as the previous two. Who would have thought that Hideyoshi was not in a hurry to let Kobayakawa Takakage go back, but instead took out a letter from his cuff and handed it to the attendant at the side, especially to Kobayakawa Takakage.

"His Royal Highness Kobayakawa's performance in Shikoku, Lieutenant General Zuo Konoe has already relayed it to me. On behalf of the Emperor, I would like to thank you for your help."

"Don't dare" Takakage Kobayakawa took the letter handed over by the attendant, and hurriedly thanked Hideyoshi before he could open it.

"In order to commend His Highness's bravery, His Majesty the Emperor specially decreed that Tosa Ichikuni and Iyo Ichigo be bestowed on you as your knowledge and deeds. I wonder if you are satisfied?"

"Thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king, and I only feel ashamed of receiving it." Kobayakawa Takakage said modestly.

"Kobayakawa Hall is too humble. In order to reflect the justice of Your Highness ruling Tosa, I specially issued the Emperor's decree and invited you to the official positions of Tosa Mamoru and Zuowei Gate Supervisor. Remember to go to Kyoto to thank you when you go back."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Takakage Kobayakawa thanked Hideyoshi habitually just now, when he suddenly discovered the hidden conspiracy.

First of all, it is not uncommon for Takakage Kobayakawa to be granted the title of Tosa Ikkuni and to obtain the official position of Tosa Shou.This is nothing more than a lower-ranking official under the National Guard, not a bit lower than his current official position, Zhongwu Daifu.

But the official position behind it is Zuowei Menzuo, which is a bit interesting. First of all, this is the previous official position of the Xiu family, but the official position of the Maori Patriarch Mori Terumoto is still Zuowei Menzuo at the moment, and he has become his subordinate. .

Mori Terumoto was originally Zuo Matou. A few days ago, Hideyoshi Xu was promoted to Kanbai. Naturally, he used his power to promote all the daimyos who came to Osaka to official positions.But now Takakage Kobayakawa, who is a retainer, is more and more above the Maori patriarch, the meaning of which is a bit intriguing.

Kobayakawa Takakage who turned around was about to ask Hideyoshi if there was any misunderstanding, but Hideyoshi interrupted him just as he opened his mouth

"Jin Wu, I know that you are very happy to be appointed as an official just now. I have received your loyalty. Let's step back and let today's ceremony finish. We will talk about the matter between you and me in private later."

It would be fine if Kobayakawa Takakage was an unrefined daimyo, maybe he would break the jar to prove his innocence, but Kobayakawa Takakage was just Kobayakawa Takakage, and as a Confucian general, he retreated with a sense of the overall situation.

But he didn't see Mori Terumoto who was sitting opposite him staring so hard that his eyeballs were about to pop out, he was short of breath and dressed roughly, his face was flushed red, obviously out of breath.

(It can't be said in this regard, if Kobayakawa Takakage has no self-cultivation, he can't even discover the way.)
After that, there were awards from Sakuma Shengmasa, Asano Nagamasa, and Fukushima Masanori.

With the huge sealings of the previous few people as an appetizer, although the sealings of these small daimyos are still extremely generous, they are no longer enough to cause commotion among the crowd.

On the whole, Hideyoshi's conferment on Guan Baihou was extremely generous, and the purpose was very clear, that is, to emigrate to establish a trust, tell the world's famous people, and follow me, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, to be able to eat meat.

However, there are several interesting points behind the political implications of these awards.

One of them is that Hideyoshi actually directly crossed the Oda family's old Niwa Chohide, and used the process of the lord to reward his retainers to the nominal Oda Retainers give rewards.

Moreover, these daimyos all obeyed Hideyoshi's etiquette as courtiers. It was obvious that they had actually switched from the Oda family to the emerging Toyotomi family.

The second point is that Hideyoshi used his status as the regent of the imperial court to reward Kobayakawa Takakage directly across Mori Terumoto, so that Kobayakawa Takakage could only continue.

If it was a private exchange, Takakage Kobayakawa might decline for a while, but today is the first meeting where Shinsekibaku formally meets with all the daimyos. Did you Takakage Kobayakawa refute Hideyoshi's face because you want Toyotomi Mori to go to war again?

Hideyoshi has already established a very deep impression in the hearts of all the daimyos through the discipline of Hidecho, Hideie, and Toshiya.

You see, even the Bizen Hashiba family and the Hokuriku family with a total of one million koku in the Western Kingdom are subdued under my feet. Why do you guys dare to resist my despotic power?
This is probably the reason why Mori Terumoto and Kobayakawa Takakage did not have an outburst in court.At the very least, the relationship on the scene should be done well. As for the doubts, you can go to Hideyoshi in private to ask and solve them.

With the development of the incident so far, the political storm contained in Hideyoshi Kanbaku's meeting today has become so big that some people can't turn the corner.

Who would have thought that the matter is not over yet, the next thing is the real tornado storm.

"When I was appointed as Guanbai, the emperor asked me how the people in Kinai were doing. I replied, 'The people are rich and live in peace and happiness.' The emperor asked me again whose credit it was. I said that it was the governance of Echizen." Hideyoshi repeated As he spoke, he turned his eyes to Niwa Nagahide who was sitting below.

Niwa Chohide obviously didn't think that he would be called by name, he was still immersed in the political storm just now and couldn't extricate himself, who would have thought that Hideyoshi would call his name directly.

Under the reminder of Maeda Toshiie beside him, Niwa Nagahide came to his senses and thanked Hideyoshi with a slight bow.

Niwa Chohide has his own idol burden. At this moment, he is still a retainer of the Oda family, and he has been benevolent to the Oda family for generations.

Family elders who are on the same level as Hideyoshi in rank cannot directly bow to Hideyoshi like Maeda Toshiie and his like.

Niwa Chohide's actions naturally caught the eyes of those present, even Takakei Kobayakawa's ceremony was more grand than his.

But Hashiba Hideyoshi didn't seem to care at all and said, "The emperor immediately told me that a capable minister like His Highness Yuzu must be well rewarded. Therefore, I specially asked the Emperor to transfer the 36 koku from Omi Nagabin to Haramurotsu for 40 koku. .”

Don't think that Hideyoshi gave up Harima, the base camp, to Niwa Nagohide to take care of him. Hideyoshi's rule over Harima is like a divine soldier descending from heaven, and he used the powerful clan headed by the Kuroda family to implement the rule of banzhou.

Its dominance over Harima is actually not as high as that of Omi at the time, which is why Nobunaga never took back his ownership of Omi 20 ishishi. This is also the reason for its Omi collar.

But regardless of how Hideyoshi ruled Banzhou, his rule over Banzhou had already taken root over the years, and those who had not been transferred became his hardcore supporters.

Now Hideyoshi seems to have bestowed most of Banshu's nearly 40 koku to Niwa Nagahide, but whether Niwa Chohide can digest this territory is still a question mark.

A little inadvertence, triggering an attack, naturally does not match his label of being diligent and caring for the people. When the Dragon Slaying Saber is lowered, you will definitely be slashed at Zhixing.

Whether Hideyoshi's reason for doing this is to evade Niwa Nagahide in the same way that Tokugawa Ieyasu evaded the Tokaido daimyo in history is still unknown.

But Hideka knew that Hideyoshi wanted to isolate Niwa Nagahide from Oda Nobuo, Oda Hidenobu who was transferred to Mino as much as possible in history, and then gave him control of the Echizen territory.

Niwa Nagahide is considered to be the last backbone of the Oda family. Now that Teru Ikeda is being granted the title of Ise Tsujo, and Oda Nobuo is being granted the title of Ise Matsuzaka, it would indeed be dangerous for Niwa Nagahide to be placed in Omi.

But Harima is different. This is Hideyoshi's nominal hinterland. Hideyoshi gave this place to Niwa Chohide not only to express his importance to Niwa Chohide on the bright side, but also to put him between Hashiba Hideyoshi's family and himself. Easy to monitor.

Judging from the rewards, Hideyoshi also had reservations about his transfer to Harima, which can be seen from the fact that his base city is Murotsu instead of Hideyoshi's original base city Himeji.

In the final award for Niwa Naghide, Hideyoshi stripped Shito-gun, where Himeji Castle is located, and the bordering counties of Innan and Shinto, and Niwa Naghide's fief was divided into two by Hideyoshi.

The east and west sides of the territory are not connected to each other, and its main city, Sengmurotsu, faces the military power of the Hideo family directly. It may not be that there is no purpose for the two of them to supervise each other. Of course, Hideyoshi still trusts the Hideo family even more.

Of course, Niwa Chohide didn't know about the final arrangement of the territory at the moment, but he just heard that he had won the title of 4 koku, so he was very happy to express his gratitude to Hideyoshi with the gift of a foreign minister.

"It doesn't need to be repaired." Hideyoshi smiled and said to Niwa Chohide, letting him flatten.

"Repair?" Niwa Chohide asked with some doubts when he heard Hideyoshi addressing him.

"Ah! I don't know Xiu Xiu. I specially hired the position of Doctor Xiu for Your Highness. This is from the four Highnesses and Highnesses."

"Your Majesty?" Niwa Chohide asked in surprise.

"Well, Your Majesty."

"Ha Yi, thank you His Highness Toyotomi Kanbai." Niwa Chohide was very happy to give Hideyoshi a half salute when he heard that he had been promoted.

Seeing the extent of Niwa Chohide's bow, the smile on Hideyoshi's face was slightly restrained for a moment, which was caught by Hideyoshi.Xiujia sighed helplessly, then shook his head and closed his eyes, thinking to himself

"Niwa, Niwa, this is the last chance the monkey gave you. Why are you still so ignorant? Didn't you forget that the last person who was called a repairer has already become ancient?"

(End of this chapter)