Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 247

And as the general general of the Kii War originally selected by Hideyoshi-Hashiba Hideji.

Although his performance was unsatisfactory, in the end it was necessary for Xiuchang and Xiujia to help him end the chaos, but his performance at the beginning was still very good.

秀吉最终将他从摄津高摫10万石，转封纪伊和歌山20万石。铃木重兼保有边田2万石，堀内氏善被封在新宫2.3万石。剩下的1万石作为熊野水军封锁纪伊水道的奖励。

Later, after inspections, the Kii area totaled 39 koku for Chiyo, Hashiba Hideji received 28 koku for Wakayama, Suzuki Shigekan received 2.3 koku for Heda, and Horiuchi received 5 koku for Shingu.

The reason for this is that the terrain of Murou County, where the new palace is located, is divided into sections by the Kii Mountains, and every plain cannot be well utilized.

In the past, people only knew that the Shingu area could be farmed, but they did not know that new farmland had been opened up in the Ida and Sano areas along the Totsu River and in the coastal area. Zhixing doubled directly.

Masakatsu Hachisuka, the main lieutenant general, was rewarded by Hideyoshi with 15 koku from Owari Nafurino, and 5 koku from Himeji Castle by Kanbei Kuroda, the military advisor.

Himeji Castle was originally the main castle of the Kuroda family. After Hideyoshi settled in Harima, the castle was borrowed, and now Hideyoshi has returned to the original owner, of course after being sealed.

It is worth mentioning that all the above rewards were given by the daimyos to Osaka to receive Hideyoshi's rewards, not by the three masters of Oda in Hachiman Mountain Castle.

Judging from the above behaviors, the original daimyo under the command of the Oda family have gradually been subtly turned into vassals by Hideyoshi.

Not long after, a news spread from the head of Osaka Castle to the whole world:
"Hashibaguan Baifengchen's courtier Hideyoshi, acting as the regent of the emperor, ordered the governor of the Oda family of Hachiman Mountain Castle to move to Owari Kaito and Haixi 11 shi from the three priests, and take Qingzhou City as the base to occupy the city. The day the decree was known. Set out and reseal within three days."

Qingzhou City is in the upper right corner of Haidong County, only half a day away from Naguye City.If you look at the reassignment of Oda Sanshi and Hachisuka Masakatsu together, the political implications are a bit intriguing.

In history, the three masters of Oda were given the Zhixing of 13 stones in Gifu City, and they were changed after they joined the Western Army after Sekihara.

In history, when the three mages were transferred to Gifu City, Oda Nobuo still retained Owari Dahanoku, but in this life, Oda Nobuo's ability was weakened to 15 shi in Matsusaka, and the vacated place can be used to house Oda San mage.

At the same time, Hideyoshi hid his hand and arranged for his old friend Hachisuka Masakatsu who had followed him for many years to supervise nearby. Obviously he had reservations about the Oda family.

And in Nagashima Castle, an important city connecting Ise and Owari, Hideyoshi said Gamo's township was transferred over, and he owned the part of Owari Haixi and the territory of 20 shi in the north of Ise.

Although he is the son-in-law of Oda Nobunaga, Gamo Clan Township has already surrendered to Doha Shiba Hideyoshi's camp at this moment. Not only did he not become the link between Oda Sanshi and Oda Nobuo, he even reported Oda Nobuo later. Rebellion.

Through the replacement of the above circle of territories, Hideyoshi completely controlled the territories of Settsu, Yamashiro, Hanoi, Izumi, and Yamato with a total of 5 million koku, and controlled most of Iga, Omi, Tamba, Mino , Owari part of the territory of nearly 130 million shi.

Although from the statistics, it seems that Hideyoshi's knowledge and practice have not increased much after he played a circle, and he is still spinning in place, but don't forget that when calculating Hideyoshi's knowledge and practice at the beginning of the Nooo Battle, the daimyo such as Lian Hoki and Inaba belonged to the territory. It's all counted.

Now, in the core territory controlled by Hideyoshi, there is no daimyo with more than 5 koku, and through the replacement of the territory, all the essence of Japan near Osaka will be included in the bag.

If you count Asano Nagamasa, Hachisuka Masakatsu and others who were sealed in Awa, Iyo, Owari and other places, their strength has increased even more.

If you count the daimyos who had already completely surrendered, such as Etchu Maeda Toshiie, Nagashima Gamo, and Okazaki Tsutsui Joji, who were not counted in the original, Hideyoshi from the 66 countries in the world has already won more than half of the battle, and the trend of swallowing the world is already unstoppable.

It's no wonder that when Hideo was accompanying Hideonaga to be in charge of the Kii Raiders, the Mori family accepted Hideyoshi's conditions, and allowed Kobayakawa Takakage to be independent on the condition that his skills and actions would not change. present.

On the grounds of the destruction of Okatoyo Castle, Kobayakawa Takakage got Hideyoshi's permission to build the main castle in another place in Tosa. If there is no accident, it will be Kochi Castle in later generations.

Tianzheng 13th June 6th is the summer of the year.After accompanying Hideyoshi in Osaka to complete the aftermath, Hideka finally got permission to return to Okayama.

When Hideo came to Osaka from Okayama to report, he didn’t bring many retainers except for the guards. Today, there are many retainers Hideyoshi sent to help Hideyoshi build the Okayama Castle, and Nagamune who Hideyoshi brought over. Ministry of believers and their retainers.

The night before Hideya's departure, Hideyoshi made a surprise visit and gave Hideya a mission to visit Niwa Nagahide who was already ill in bed in his own name to see how he was doing.

In fact, there is no need for Hideyoshi to order, even for the purpose of condolences, Hideka originally planned to pay a special visit to Niwa Nagahide, who was once equal to him and one of the former Oda Six Big Brothers, when he passed by Murotsu .

But now that Hideyoshi has assigned this task to himself, the purpose of Hideo's visit to Niwa's house is no longer pure.

However, not long after Hideyoshi left Osaka, a messenger sent news from Omi Otsu that Hideyoshi's adopted son, Oda Hidekatsu, who was returned to the Oda family by Hideyoshi, died of a sudden illness!

The transfer of the three masters of Oda, and the sudden death of Oda Hidekatsu, the two things happened so coincidentally that the lingering haze wandered in the sky of Kinki.

Because Niwa Chohide was seriously ill, it was his son Niwa Nagashige who met Hide's family.He didn't want to wait for Hide's family to see his sick father, but Niwa Changhide heard about Hide's arrival and sent someone to the front hall to greet Hide's family.

When the Hide family was led by Niwa Nagashige, they came to the residence of Niwa Nagahide behind the Murozu Palace.

Looking at the skinny man with sunken eye sockets and dark skin lying on the sickbed in front of him.It was hard for Hideo to believe that it was the rosy Niwa Nagahide when he met Hideyoshi in Osaka Castle three months ago.

Noticing Hideya's arrival, Niwa Nagahide turned his head to look at Hideya, stretched out a hand from under the quilt, and said very weakly, "It's the left guard general."

Hideka sat next to Niwa Changhide, held the skinny arm and said, "Why does Xiu look like this now, wasn't he in good health a few days ago?"

"Father didn't have a good appetite before. He complained about abdominal pain, and sometimes the food he ate would be regurgitated. But he can still eat some half-liquid food such as ochazuke.

But a few days ago, after my father fainted in a hurry, he couldn't even eat tea and rice, so we had to feed him some rice soup, so his body became weaker day by day. "Nagashige Niwa introduced beside Xiujia, wiping his tears with his sleeve while talking.

"Why did the repair doctor faint in a hurry?" Xiujia asked Niwa Nagashige urgently.

"Not yet because"

"Gorozaemon!" Just when Niwa Nagashige was about to explain, Niwa Nagahide used all his strength to stop him.

Niwa Changhide, who moved his whole body by pulling a hair, made the abdominal pain more obvious because of the force on his abdomen, cold sweat flowed down his face because of the pain, and his lips turned purple because of the pain.

Seeing Niwa Nagahide's appearance, Hideka said anxiously, "Doctor repairer, lie down quickly, we can talk slowly if there is anything."

Hideie, who is familiar with history, saw Niwa Chohide's inhuman appearance, and knew that he was troubled by gallstones.

But Hideka could only watch Niwa Changxiu in pain, but there was nothing he could do, because he didn't understand medicine.

Even if you know a little bit, it is very dangerous to perform an abdominal resection without modern sanitary conditions, not to mention how taboo Japanese people are about seppuku.

When Niwa Chohide's expression softened a bit, he looked at Hideka and asked, "Has Lieutenant General Ukita ever done anything that he regretted?"

Facing Niwa Nagahide's question, Hideka was stunned. I have only passed 13 years in my life. How can you feel that I have already finished my life in your mouth.

Perhaps feeling that he was asking some questions, Niwa Chohide changed the phrase and said, "I mean, will Ukitachu regret it afterwards?"

Hearing that Niwa Chohide seemed to have changed his question, but didn't seem to change his tone, Hideka thought for a moment and said to Niwa Chohide, "What's the point even if there is? You can't go back in time, you can't go back and correct this mistake , Isn’t it better to focus on the future and make up for mistakes?”

"Are you focusing on the future?" Niwa Nagahide followed Pinhide's answer, and continued to ask, "I heard that Oda Shiro died of a sudden illness a few days ago. Does Your Highness know about this?"

"You mean Hashiba Hidekatsu-sama?" Hideka asked doubtfully.

"Exactly."

"It is true. It is said that his retainers in Otsu came to Osaka to report the funeral. At that time, I had just left Osaka Castle."

"Does your Highness believe the truth of this matter?"

"His Highness Niwa, it's not surprising that people can't be resurrected after death, so how could it be fake." Hideka replied, somewhat puzzled by Niwa Naghide's meaning.

"But doesn't Your Highness think that the two things are too coincidental?" Although he was extremely weak, Niwa Chohide still stared at Hideo closely, as if he wanted to get an answer from himself.

Xiujia tidied the quilt on the sickbed for her, and said slowly
"I know that His Highness Niwa has ambitions in his heart. Now that His Highness Guan Bai's reign has become an irreversible situation, if you want to do something to the heirs of the Oda family, why give His Highness the Three Masters the knowledge and safety of Qingzhou 11.5 shi?"

"Your Highness Oda Hidekatsu, you have been Guan Bai's adopted son no matter what. Why would Guan Bai want to kill him? In my opinion, he is a repair doctor. You are too worried."

Niwa Chohide closed his eyes in pain, shook his head in pain and said, "You don't know that person, even I was deceived by that person!"

"Time is fate, instead of living with pain, Your Highness Niwa, why not look at your sons and grandchildren and enjoy the rare old age."

The subtext of Xiu's family is: You should stop blaming others now, you might as well think about your children and grandchildren.

No matter how bastard the monkey is, he will take good care of your offspring based on your years of friendship and the face you helped him in the past.

Of course, the premise is that you can pull the bottom down and put the inside down.Your sick body is the best bargaining chip now, and monkeys can be regarded as emotional animals. If you exaggerate a little, you will be so moved by you, and you won’t be able to attack your son after you die.

Perhaps it was Niwa Nagahide who listened to the suggestion of the Hide family, and asked his son to bring a Taidao to the Hide family, and introduced, "Lieutenant General Ukita, this is the Taidao rosary ball given to me by the Zenden, but unfortunately I don't have any." How to fight on the battlefield with it, I will give it to you today, I hope you can help Dan Yu's family in times of crisis."

Hideka received the red lacquered sword with a red lacquer on its handle, and refused slightly to Niwa Nagohide, "Master Niwa should understand that my words are mild, and I'm not even as big as your face. Your Highness Niwa might as well ask your son to hand him over to you." His Royal Highness Guan Bai really came down."

Niwa Chohide shook his head and said, "Admiral Zuo Zhong misunderstood, my knife is not a gift for seeking peace, so it is too wronged. I hope that Nianzhumaru can witness the friendship between our two families. A knife can also be used in a better hand."

Now that Niwa Changhide has reached this point, the Hide family can only take it, handing the rosary balls in his hand to Shimizu Shinya who is behind him, and then said, "As long as I can help, I will definitely help, please fix this point. Rest assured."

Looking at the weak man in front of him, the Xiu family still couldn't bear to remind him, "His Highness Xiu really doesn't want to think about it. Is he going to Osaka to see Guan Bai for the last time?"

What I got was Niwa Nagahide's silence on the sick bed, and Niwa Nagashige who was beside Hideya looked at Hideya with an unfriendly expression, "Father is not feeling well, how can he go to Osaka to seek medical treatment.

Even if there is a famous doctor in Osaka, it should be invited to come to Murotsu to see a doctor for his father. How can there be any reason in the world for Daimyo Harima 40 koku to come to him on his own initiative?What is the meaning of His Highness blindly reminding his father of this matter? "

"Gorozaemon!" Niwa Chohide stopped his son's aggressive tone, and issued an order to evict the Hide family, "I already know His Highness's kindness, but please allow me to think about it."

Looking at Nagashige Niwa with a bad look on the side, Hideo rolled his eyes. With such a second generation in the Niwa family, it's no wonder that outsiders would provoke civil strife.With this political level, even Hideyoshi is not as good as him, no wonder Hideyoshi is playing with him.

Xiujia was kind enough to remind him that in his eyes, who Chengxiang became a blasphemy that harmed him.Seeing such a pig teammate beside him, Hideka felt a little regretful that he had just agreed to Niwa Nagahide's promise.

(End of this chapter)