Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 249 The Whole Toiyo Instantly Became a Mess
"This is what I should do, and I dare not take credit for it." Hidean Togawa said modestly to the Hide family.

At this point, Xiujia also entered the topic, first glanced at Ukita Kanjia and asked, "Is the matter of the four countries handed over?"

Hearing that he was named by Xiujia, Anjia leaned his body slightly and said, "Asanoden and Miyoshiden were earlier in the country, and they were the first to complete the handover with me, Jinwuden was next, and Fukushima and Kato were the last to arrive at Iyo In my handover, all the handover was completed on May 5.

Before the handover, I had already found the rich families, collected the land account books and military service certificates in advance, and these have been handed over to several adults, and they all expressed their gratitude to His Highness. "

"Did you find any problems in this?" Xiujia continued to ask, "For example, you didn't find any unstable factors. What is the attitude of the aboriginal wealthy family towards the newly appointed daimyo?"

"Needless to say the land of Tosa, it was originally the former leader of our family in Changzong. In the battle of Zhongxi City, Tosa's elite was completely lost. The confidence of Tosa's powerful family was defeated.

During my escrow period, I was also obedient, and reported Zhixing's accounts and military service certificate according to the facts, which was similar to His Highness's previous estimate. Tosa has 23.8 shi of Zhixing, and 1 military service personnel. "

"The land of Awa was originally Miyoshi's old territory, and the original resolute resistance elements in the territory have long been mopped up by His Highness Asano, so His Highness Miyoshi Hideho and His Highness Asano Nagamasa are relatively well accepted.

That is to say, in the two counties in the south of Awa, the indigenous forces are relatively strong. After all, this is the territory of Asano Temple, and our army has not had too much contact. The relevant data are estimated.Abo received 19.68 shi in all, and about 8700 people were registered in the military service account. "

"Iyo's stability is somewhat problematic, especially the Kaneko family and the Kono family may be a bit uneasy."

The Ukita commentators immediately reported the data of Tosa and Awa, but there was nothing special about it.These two neighboring countries have already been handed over to the daimyo of other countries, and Hideka only needs to have a basic understanding of them.

It was the last report about Iyo that aroused Hideka's interest.

"The Jinzi family?" Xiujia asked curiously.

"Your Highness, do you still remember the Kaneko Yuanzhai who followed closely behind Changzong Gabu's relatives during the Battle of Sanuki?" Ukita explained, "The Kaneko family is exactly this person's family, and it belongs to us now. Lead the tycoons of Xinju County."

Xiujia recalled it for a while, and it seemed to be true.During the Battle of Sanuki 2 years ago, Kaneko Motozhai was ordered to follow Nobuki closely and help the main force of the Nagamune clan to break through the siege. The heroic image of this man on the battlefield is still remembered in Hideka's mind. .

Especially in the end, he accompanied Chang Zong's followers and relatives to raid the Xiu family's Ruyi Mountain headquarters, and almost took the Xiu family above the headquarters, which was also the biggest shame of the Xiu family for so many years.

In history, Kaneko Motoya led 600 Dongyiyo people to face Kobayakawa Takakage's 3 army, and fought from the end of June to July [-]th.

Kaneko Yuanzhai's performance seriously slowed down the Mori family's offensive pace, and it was the last few resistance forces in Iyo's country.Its performance must even be more tenacious than the Tosa nobles.

In this life, due to Yuan Qin's plan, he wanted to gather as many troops as possible to fight against the encirclement.Dongyiyo has almost become an undefended area, and his brother Kaneko Yuanchun also chose to surrender in Kaesong after a little resistance.

On the frontal battlefield, the 600 Lang Party brought by Kaneko Yuanzhai was relatively completely preserved because it belonged to Gu Zhongcheng's Awa Ranger organization, and the strength of the Kaneko family did not suffer much loss.

In the Xiu family's understanding, the situation of the four countries has been settled. If there are still unstable factors, it must be that the new lord's policy has touched their fundamental interests.

Therefore, Xiujia was a little strange, and asked Quanjia, "Why is there an unstable situation in Jinzi's family?"

"Actually, it's not just Kaneko's family that's unstable, but the surrounding surnames such as Takahashi, Koko, and Kato all tend to be unstable," Ukita explained.

"Your Highness, do you still remember that you and I learned about the situation of the Eastern Iyo clan as much as possible, especially the situation of the Xinju County, and planned to make Eastern Iyo the place directly under the family?"

"It's true. Didn't I ask you to register the knowledge and behavior of the local wealthy families so that they can be transferred?" Xiujia asked curiously, "Why, those wealthy families resisted the transfer? How did they know this news?"

The transfer of the title that Yu Xita's family said was actually planned by the Xiu family long ago.

The reason is that there are extremely rich gold veins on Mount Cuibo in the south of Uma-gun, East Iyo. The lake on the mountain is even named Jinsha Lake because gold can be mined directly in it. Of course, the output of mining has been low so far.

Although the amount of gold mining in Cuibo Mountain is not much, but in Niiju County not far from the west side of Cuibo Mountain, there is the Besshi Copper Mine with the largest reserves in Japan in later generations, and its annual output of copper mines is tens of thousands of tons.

Even in old Japan, where there was no modern mining industry, the copper mines produced by Besshi Copper Mine accounted for 1/4 of the fiscal revenue of the Tokugawa shogunate. shake.

The Besshi Copper Mine was discovered in 1690, and it is still an undeveloped virgin land. In the 280 years since it was developed, a total of more than 70 tons of copper mines have been produced.

The closure of the Besshi Copper Mine in later generations did not mean that the copper mines were exhausted. On the contrary, according to exploration, the Besshi Copper Mine can still be used for Sumitomo Metal mining for about 100 years.The main reason for the closure of Besshi Copper Mine was for environmental protection, and there were cheaper copper mines available in the international market at that time, such as Chinese copper mines.

It can be said that Besshi Copper Mine is the most important part of Hideka's strategy. The reason why Hideka strives for the position of Commander of the Four Kingdoms and wants to occupy Higashi Iyo in the entrustment presided over after the war is to occupy Besshi Copper Mine mining rights.

"That's true." Ushita's interpreter replied affirmatively, "At first we took control of the new collar and everyone cooperated, but I don't know where they heard the news that our family would transfer them to another country, and there was a group under the instigation of Kaneko I want His Highness to personally explain one or two things."

"Che~" Ukita's answer caused a burst of ridicule in the hall, and the Okari family even said bluntly, "They don't even look at who they are, but let the four left-guard lieutenant generals, Daimyo Xiguo Wanshi personally Come to explain? Even if they really want to reseal them, there is no reason for them to refuse."

"It's not a refusal. They hope that they can restore the original number of knowledge and practice after transferring the title to the new leader," Yu Kita's interpreter continued to explain.

This involves the issue of the Xiu family's resettlement in Yiyu. When the Xiu family was in the Eastern Yiyu raid, according to the rules, all the families that directly opened the city were given skills preservation.

For those who have the intention to resist, their knowledge and action will be reduced by 1/3; for those who have the essence of resistance and then surrender, their knowledge and action will be reduced by half; for those who resist and surrender at the end, all their knowledge and action will be deprived.

However, the Xiu family also understood the twisted mind in it. The so-called resistance intention is not a matter of the Xiu family's words. Therefore, most of the final knowledge and deeds of the wealthy clan of Higashiiyo were recognized by the Xiu family by reducing it by 1/3.

Xiujia curled her lips when she heard this, but she didn't expect that Dong Yiyo might change due to her own reasons.

But who is Xiujia?It is naturally impossible for Xi Xinjin, a million stone daimyo, to admit that he was at fault for this matter.Besides not reducing their knowledge and deeds, what land will the Xiu family use to reward their own people?
"Should I talk to them again?" Ming Shijing, a new and good old man, asked Xiu's family for instructions.

The Xiu family raised his hand to stop his proposal, "What are you talking about? I didn't do anything wrong. Why should I compromise with them? Compromise today for a hundred stones, and tomorrow for a country. If all the powerful families come to negotiate terms with us, Yu Xiduo The family should just let them decide."

"Todo Takatora and Akikami Hisa's just happened to be reclaimed from Harima's territory, so they haven't been resettled yet. Let them bring Qinglongbei and Baihubei to Sanuki to stand by.

If the Higashi Iyo people headed by Kaneko Yuanzhai really dare to shake Yikui, let them lead the Sanuki people into Dong Yiyo to sweep them, and then they can organize two backup teams from the local area as supplements.

If it's really a tiger that doesn't show its power, do they think I, Yu Xijia, are weak and bully?Next topic, what happened to the Kono family? "

Hideka forcefully finalized Higashi Iyo's final result.

Anyway, Dongyiyo’s Besko Tongshan Xiujia is determined to win. In the future, Xiujia will build a cannon foundry and a mint here, and trade with North Korea with imitated Yongle Tongbao, so there must be no loss here.

Don’t think that private minting of copper coins is a good thing, especially after Hideyoshi took power, the first thing to do was to abolish all kinds of defective copper coins and gold sentences, strictly stipulate fair gold sentences and the gold content of copper coins, and strictly restrict private minting of coins by various companies.

If the Xiu family wanted to use Yiyu's copper mine to cast Yongle Tongbao, they had to keep it secret, so no other wealthy families could stay here, and the Xiu family could only directly lead it.

"The Kono family is also because of Andu. It seems that His Royal Highness Jin Wu promised to give them 3 shi Andu before."

"But now that the Kono family is included in Lord Fukushima's territory and become his servants, Lord Fukushima has a total of only 6 koku, how could he be willing to share half of it to settle the Kono family?"

"It is said that Master Fukushima directly refuted Master Kono Tsunao and insulted him with extremely humiliating words. Kono Tsurumo has returned to Kakinoyama Castle to prepare for the battle."

"Master Fukushima also sent a letter to the main family and the Kato family asking for assistance, but I temporarily blocked it on the grounds that His Highness has not returned to China."

Huo Huo, if you don't listen, you don't know. When you hear it, you are startled.

Hideka has reason to believe that the problems faced by Fukushima Masamori are definitely not isolated phenomena, and Kato Kiyomasa may also be facing the same problem at the moment.

And Xiujia felt that Kato Kiyomasa was definitely in a dilemma now.

If it makes it clear that it will reinforce Masanori Fukushima, it will definitely give a very bad signal to the powerful families in its new territory, telling them "I agree with Masanori Fukushima."

Then they will inevitably feel sad for the death of the rabbit and the fox, and maybe they will start a fight with the Kono family immediately.

If you don't reinforce Fukushima Masanori, then you will watch your territory rot together after Fukushima Masanori.He is a reinforcement, not a person, and he is not a person without reinforcements.

If you count the Eastern Iyo families that are about to move around in Xiu's territory, it can be said that the entire Iyo country has become a mess.

Is it too much for Kono Tongzhi to ask for 3 shi'an blocks?Compared with the Kono family with a maximum of 8 shizhixing before Changzong's Gabu family came over to attack, it is not much at all.

If it was Hideka, or the historical Takakage Kobayakawa, they would give a similar amount after haggling.

But Masayoshi Fukushima can't afford it. He only has 6 koku, and no matter how much it is, it is impossible for him to have a daimyo with more than [-] koku. On this point, there is a natural contradiction with the Kono family, so he and Kono The first battle at home is imperative.

Judging from the current situation, the evil consequences of Kobayakawa Takakei's chaotic promises have finally come back.

Hideka doesn't know how Takakage Kobayakawa solved the problem in history, but for the current Hideka, Fukushima, and Kato, since they have the strength to speak, Hideka will never choose to compromise, and should take action when necessary Just shoot.

"Iyo country can't be chaotic. When necessary, gather troops in advance. After asking Kanbai for instructions and getting invitations from Fukushima and Kato, you can send 2~3 backup teams to reinforce. Misaku Mamoru is responsible for this matter. "

It is important to mention here that regarding the rewards for Fukushima Masanori and Kato Kiyomasa, the monkey finally decided to give a total of 6.8 to Fukushima Masanori Noma, Kazezao, Heki, and Hot Springs after cutting off the sub-counties of Iyo. Stone, originally built the city according to soup.

As for Kato Kiyomasa Iyo's Iyo and Kita counties totaling 6 koku, the base city is Yokota Castle in Iyo County, adjacent to Fukushima Masanori.

According to the statistics of Zhixing, there are 38 shi in Iyo's country, and Uwa County in Nanyiyo has 10 shi, of which 4 shi was given to Takakage Kobayakawa, and the remaining 6 shi was used to house Katsutaka Toda. It is the daimyo of Seven Thousand Stones of Oshu Domain in Uwa-gun.

It's just that Katsutaka Toda is concurrently serving as Hideyoshi's banner writer, and he hasn't entered the country until now, so the Anan family doesn't know much about the situation in the Oshu domain.

"Ha Yi, please rest assured, Your Highness." Hearing that Xiu's family ordered his general, Gang Lisheng immediately stepped out and agreed.

"I think everyone should know that our family has received a lot of rewards after the war.

Apart from Sanuki, 16 koku were conferred on Dongyiyu Banguo, 13 koku were granted to Hoki, 6 koku were awarded to Inaba Bankoku, and 5.5 koku from Harima were confiscated, adding up to more than 30 koku.

This is all thanks to everyone's hard work. "

"The ministers dare not take the credit, it all depends on His Royal Highness's martial arts prosperity."

"I will announce the specific entrustment details of Xinling tomorrow. I will talk about two things today. One is that Master Guanbai sent Master Maeda Genichi to supervise the inspection work of the family. The second is about the expansion of Okayama Castle. Building works."

Hideka said that he looked at Kamei Tomoki and Akashi Zento, who were authorized to participate in today's small meeting. "Can I entrust these two tasks to the two of you? Zento Akashi is in charge of the land inspection, and Genichi Maeda's core task is the expansion of Okayama Castle, so the land inspection will definitely be your priority."

"Kamei Tomoki is in charge of the overall planning of Okayama Castle's construction. You need money, rations, and civil servants. You go and discuss it with Bichushou. I only have one request. Everything before Tian Xuan is subject to the request of the adults. Do you understand what I mean? "

Hideka's hidden meaning is to let Kamei Tomoki hold Maeda Genyuki tightly so that he can't devote himself to the work of seizing the ground.This also makes it easier for Xiujia to manipulate the data.

Concealment of reports has been the unspoken rule of the generals since ancient times. No one will report the data truthfully, but reporting too little data is a bit outrageous, so how to refine the data is a way.

Especially for Xiujia, he has already deeply realized that his size of a million stones is a threat to Osaka.Xiujia himself had a premonition that he would be transferred in the future.

However, Hideyoshi's act of letting the Hide family build Okayama Castle will not be fake. People can leave, but the castle cannot be moved.Therefore, when Hideyoshi will transfer the title to the Hideo family, and in what way, the Hideo family is at a loss.

Will it be the same as the treatment of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Uesugi Kekatsu in history, and give them more titles to appease people, or will they find an excuse to reduce their titles and move their nests like Niwa Chohide and Gamo Hideyuki?

Since Hideya was not sure about Hideyoshi's attitude, the most important thing was not to irritate Hideyoshi as much as possible during this period.Therefore, it is imperative to conceal the report, but this data modification requires some effort, which is why Hideka asked Kamei Tomoki to distract Maeda Genichi as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)