Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 272 Finalization of the New Okayama Castle Plan
In the original planning of Okayama Castle, Xiuzai did include the area of ​​Okayama within the scope of the city wall, but he gave up this idea after the on-site survey, which is why the current Okayama Castle with the earthen wall structure is so large Just stick to the reason of being above the mountain.

In order for the tombs of these ancestors to enjoy the worship of the past dynasties, around Okayama, there are King Kong Temple, Renjian Temple, Caoyuan Temple, Ende Temple, Shuyan Shrine, ** Temple, Zenguang Temple, Xinmu Shrine, Sandong Shrine and many other shrines and temples.

During the initial construction period of Okayama Castle, the structure of Okayama Honmaru was built on the site of the original Sandong Shrine, and the ** Temple and Zenko Temple at the foot of the mountain were all included in the temples close to the city wall. They dare not break ground on Buddha's head.

"Is Maeda Minbu not very clear about the environment in Okayama? Is it inappropriate to set up the lord's residence on Okayama?" Togawa Hideyasu saw that Maeda Genichi did not immediately reply to Hideo's question, so he took the initiative to ask again , It can be regarded as giving Maeda Gen a step down.

Unexpectedly, Maeda Xuan didn't want to take this step, so he stuck his neck and said, "As a general policy, I made a plan for building the city before I finished surveying the site. I think it's Fei Houshou insulting me."

As soon as you said this, Togawa Hidean immediately offended Togawa Hidean, and Togawa Hidean pointed out unceremoniously, "Since I have surveyed the terrain, I don't know that there are many tombs of ancestors on the Okayama Mountain. How can I make a plan?" The decision to build the castle on Okayama.”

"Is there anything strange about the tombs? It has been ten thousand years in the world, and there are tens of thousands of dead ancestors. There are tombs everywhere in the world. Even when Daban was being built, foreign tombs were dug out. , just move out.

Although I can't be regarded as an eminent monk, I have some Buddhist origins, and I can chant even Purdue scriptures for them. "

What Genichi Maeda said is true. The Shishan area where Osaka Castle is located, and the outskirts of the Sad Palace in the past. The construction of tombs in ancient Japan was not so particular. Most of them should be buried in a gathering area outside the city.

The high platform where the Shishan Yufang is located happens to be a good place with mountains and rivers. Master Lianru chose to build Honganji Temple here at first because of its good location and many believers around it, which has a certain public foundation.

Therefore, Shishan Yufang was originally popular because of tomb-sweeping. After it became famous, more and more people wanted to bury themselves around the temple to receive incense after death. These tombs and Shishan Yufang originally had a complementary relationship.

It’s just that during this time, the head mountain of the Jodo Shinzong (Ichigozong) is still in Yamashina, so it is also called “Yamashina Honganji Temple”.It wasn't until the 10th generation sect master passed the certificate and saw that the incense here in Shishan is so good and has an excellent geographical location, so he moved the head office to Shishan.

The expansion of Shishan Yufang will inevitably relocate the original peripheral tombs. The operation of the Buddhas is very simple and rude. They dug them all in a swarm, buried them in the northeast corner of Hongan Temple and built pagodas around them. It is called enjoying Buddhist incense. chanting.

However, this area was extensively destroyed during the Battle of Ishiyama in history. When Hideyoshi built Osaka Castle, this area was intensively excavated because it belonged to Mizubori. As for where the bones went, there is no history. recorded.

All of the above are from historical legends and have not been confirmed. There are rumors that the second generation of Toyotomi's family died because Toyotomi Hideyoshi retaliated by wantonly excavating and discarding the bones of the ancestors who were originally buried here.

Hideka had indeed heard about this story in the past, but Osaka Tsukusei did not participate in it, so he did not comment on it. Now that he has heard Maeda Gen's indifferent attitude, he is sure that the legend is true.

Xiujia couldn't help but sneered and said, "It seems that the Ministry of Civil Affairs is very experienced."

"Your Highness, you don't need to mock me with this." Maeda Genyi ignored Hideo's irony and continued, "The main design of Osaka was formulated by His Highness Kanbai and Kanjie Kuroda, and I was just implementing it." That’s all.”

"And His Highness misunderstood this matter."

"kindness?"

"Obviously His Royal Highness Guan Bai couldn't bear to have their bones exposed in the wilderness, so he spent money and effort to move them to the King Kong Temple in the northeast, and specially invited eminent monks to save their dead souls.

This is enough to reflect the benevolence and love of Toyotomi, and the people in Kinai are all grateful to hear about it.As for the building of the fort after the relocation of the remains, this area is already an unused wasteland. Is there any problem with excavating Mizubori? "

Listen, what is the answer with high EQ.Only those straight men from the Hideo family think that Hideyoshi moved the tomb where he was originally buried for the sake of building Osaka, and "the world" thinks that Toyotomi Kanbai has done a lot of good deeds and volunteered to pay for the remains.

"The area on Mount Cao is too small to serve as a main city building. What's more, the essence of Okayama lies in the connection of the three mountains. If the main city is only built on Mount Cao and the Kasai Mountain of Okayama is ignored, then the new city will seem to be Facing the enemy with a soft belly, it is easy to be captured, so it is better to build on the plain at the foot of the mountain."

"If Your Highness minds the strategy of building the city on Okayama, then I have other plans. I can use the original Stone Mountain Castle to build a new Okayama Castle on its basis."

The plan mentioned by Genichi Maeda is probably the architectural plan of Okayama Castle in history. Using the natural curve of Asahikawa to build a castle surrounded by Asahikawa on three sides and facing the enemy on one side.

After the Ikeda family was confiscated, the Okayama Ikeda family built on the basis of the Okayama Castle in Ukita. The most important building location was the "Korakuen" on the north bank of the Asahikawa corner, where the descendants of the Ikeda feudal clan and their family lived. the main place.

The construction of Korakuen makes Okayama Castle a rare city spanning both sides of the river in the history of Japan's construction. The owner of the museum works in the West City, and lives with his family members in the East City, which has a unique flavor.

Although there is no model, under the dictation of Maeda Genichi, another version of Okayama Castle gradually took shape in Hideka's mind. It is similar to the Okayama Castle that did not build Tomaru in history, and it is indeed a more appropriate plan.

At the same time, because it was built on a plain, the new Okayama Honmaru castle tower designed by Maeda Genichi also has enough area to build a watchtower-type five-story six-story tower tower.

Not to mention the Xiu family, even Togawa Hidean is very impressed with this design. The most important thing is that in their view, it is the general trend to change the mountain city into a flat city in the future, and they still want to build the city on the mountain like the Xiu family. They are all in the minority.

Leaving aside other temples at the foot of the mountain, the King Kong Temple on the mountainside of Okayama is an unavoidable problem. If King Kong Temple is allowed to be built on the mountainside of Okayama, it will inevitably become a breach in the city defense of Okayama.

This is also the reason why this area was included in the Nijimaru design in Maeda Genichi's original design—Kongoji Temple had to be requisitioned.

Then the second question is introduced. Leaving aside the construction cost of the mountain city, just the relocation of the King Kong Temple and the ancient tombs on the mountain is a considerable expense.

If you want the Buddhas to relocate, you must be prepared to be ripped off.

Not to mention the thousands of years old tombs on the mountain are the most important source of income for the Buddhas. Because of these ancient tombs, the surrounding people spend money to bury themselves in them.

Want to relocate your grave?Can.

But don't you have to spend a little money to sing the Pudu of the puja to soothe the disturbed souls?

Want to sing along like a monkey?You are too impious, no matter what, you have to sing once for each grave, only for graves, right?
Japanese Buddhists are so unreasonable, which is why no government dared to take over such a good geomantic land in later generations. They only dared to build some platforms in public areas for people to climb mountains and enjoy the scenery, and the overall planning into the protected area.

Do you think that the Japanese government is really caring for the environment by watching the treasure land in the city center be designated as a nature reserve?It's because they can't afford the cost of moving the grave.

Now, the same question is posed in front of the Xiu family. In order to build a perfect castle, should we spend a lot of money and material resources on preliminary work that has nothing to do with building the castle?

It is even possible that the cost of this part is higher than the fortification itself.

Maybe it was because of seeing the Xiu family, Maeda Genichi reported the money consumed by the two plans to the Xiu family after some exchanges, "Choose to build the city in Okayama, and move the tomb and temple and the main building in the early stage. The money is about 80 Guanwen.

This does not include the cost of materials and engineering costs related to the construction of stone walls and stone walls, as well as the cost of building buildings in the city. It is only the cost of building the main body of the city wall and the castle tower. If it needs to be completed in the end, the construction cost may not be large It will be less than one million texts. "

"If you choose to build the city on Shishan, the money and food consumed until the completion of the main structure is about 40 Guanwen, and the final completion will not exceed 50 Guanwen."

Maeda Genichi also took the opportunity to make up his mind and said, "If the city is built in Okayama, the completion period of the main building will be about 3 years, and it will take 5 to 8 years for all to be completed. If the city is built in Shishan, I can complete the Honmaru and the castle tower within 1 year. , the main structure shall not exceed 3 years, and the complete completion shall not exceed 4 years."

After hearing this, Xiujia's heart skipped a beat, the cost of the good guy was more than doubled.You must know that this is still based on the fact that the common people in Japan should be responsible for labor. The common people need to bring their own dry food to buy the city for the lord, which is equivalent to saving labor and food costs for a show family.

If the Xiu family were more conscientious and covered the food expenses, at least 10 to 20 yuan would be added to the construction period given by them.

120 million guanwen is equivalent to 240 million shi of grain, and the annual income of 480 million shi lords is equal to the income of Yuxi's family for 9 years of grain tax income without eating, drinking and spending without spending, which surprised the Xiu family.

"So the cost of building the beautiful city wall in fantasy is so high?" Xiujia thought in his mind.

In fact, at this moment, the Xiu family had faintly started to retreat.After all, Biezi Tongshan is still under development at the moment. Excluding the territories entrusted to retainers, all the annual income of the Yuxi family is converted into a system, which is only about 50 yuan.

However, the Yuxi family has standing equipment to support, adherents to support, and people to support with one mind, and daily military maintenance to spend. These odd and small expenditures account for the majority, plus the salaries of the retainers under the Xiu family's command. The expenditure of 50 guan is even slightly insufficient, which is why the Xiu family is eager to mine Beszi Copper Mine as soon as possible.

"Whether Yuxi's family really has the money to build this city is really an uncertain question mark." The Xiu family kept beating their drums in their hearts, and even felt that the 50 yuan to build a Pingcheng city was superfluous.

As far as Xiujia himself is concerned, he is not a person who cannot bear hardships, not to mention that the current Okayama Castle is not bad. Although it is still Tugaki Castle, compared with many daimyos, it is already simple and exquisite.

But Xiujia soon realized that Hideyoshi sent Maeda Genichi's purpose, although Hideyoshi didn't say it clearly, but the purpose was very clear, just like South Korea asked Qin State to build the Zhengguo Canal in history, it was to consume Xiujia's national power.

Xiujia's Okayama City had to be repaired, and it had to be overhauled and specially repaired, and there was no room for discounts.

Even if it is a million guan, it has to be spent, and the money can't be spent too quickly. You have to cry with Hideyoshi. No matter how long the construction period is, it's better to build it for more than ten years. After Hideyoshi dies, Hideka can also use Bizen's The location is convenient to master Osaka by yourself.

For Hideyoshi, the Uki family is too close, and there is currently no suitable place to resettle them. Therefore, only the Uki family, which has been weakened by the fortification, can give him peace of mind. The money from the Hideyoshi family is another kind of protection fee.

For the Xiu family, the current territory is unsealable, and he also has his own ideas to hide his clumsiness. Therefore, in the Battle of Kyushu, the Xiu family will not contribute much. Only in this way will Hideyoshi not be rewarded later. looked embarrassed.

So the Xiu family faced a problem for a long time. You didn’t work hard in the battle of Kyushu, and you didn’t repair the city. You saved up your money, and you still held the Biezi Tongshan in your hand. Do you think monkeys can sleep peacefully?What do you Ukita Hide family think?

Therefore, no matter from the past, present or future, the Okayama Castle of Xiujia must be overhauled and specially repaired.

From this point of view, Genichi Maeda has already hinted at Hideyoshi. After all, why don’t you make a model of Heijo Castle with a simple structure and low cost?

Knowing that there is a huge economic and time cost difference between the two, Maeda Xuan still chooses to put the more difficult resentment in front of Xiujia, and his intention is already clear.

So after careful consideration, Xiujia said: "I think this model is very good, let's build Okayama Castle based on this city as a model."

"My lord." Seeing that Xiujia agreed to Plan [-], Togawa Hidean was surprised and wanted to stop it, but Xiujia held her back.

"From now on, Higo Mamoru will collect some winnings and give them to the King Kong Temple on Okayama, and tell them to rebuild the temple gate with the money, and ask them to move the temple to another place.

In addition, please ask them to move the ancient tombs on Okayama together. In this matter, priests and abbots from temples, shrines and shrines from all over Okayama should be invited to participate, and a grand water and land ceremony will be held to comfort the dead.I just don't know where else to place these tombs in Bizen. "

"There is no need to choose another burial. Since the King Kong Temple is going to be relocated, when the King Kong Temple is being built, a special area will be designated to build a pagoda, and the remains of these undead will be moved into the pagoda. It can be regarded as allowing them to enjoy Buddhist incense. "

As soon as Xiujia heard Maeda Xuanyi's suggestion, he knew that he had come prepared, and he really chose the right choice.So he continued to ask, "Where does the master think the King Kong Temple should be moved?"

"Naturally, it can't be moved too far. It is a good choice to move King Kong Temple to the south side of Lijing Mountain at the foot of the mountain. The north mountain faces the sea, and there are hundreds of rivers flowing by the side. The distance is moderate, so that the tomb will not be wet. It is the way for Tenglong to enter the sea. Potential."

Hideyoshi listened to Maeda Xuan's swear words, and ten thousand lovely horses galloped past in his heart. As for Maeda Gen, a second-rate monk who would look at Fengshui Xiujia, 10,000 people would not believe it. Hideyoshi must have found someone to figure it out in advance. Then tell him what to say, so that I can't refuse the decision to move the grave.

The Xiu family saw it through but didn't say anything, and directly finalized the matter, "Just do it like this, and leave this matter to Higo Shouyou. First, count how many unowned tombs there are on Gangshan, Caoshan, and Lijingshan, and then use this as a guideline." Based on the size of Kongoji Temple, a new Kongoji Temple was built at the foot of Mt. Kasai.

You are allowed to apply for a general application in the territory, and it will take up to one year. The construction work of the King Kong Temple must be completed. After all, the construction work of Okayama Castle needs to wait until the ancient tombs are moved. Can start building earlier. "

"In fact, the two can be carried out at the same time. The main structure of Caoshan Castle and Kasaiyama Castle can be started in advance, and the Okayama Maru and Nakamaru on Okayama can be delayed.

In addition, before the construction of Okayama Castle, it is still necessary to make preparations for Shishan Castle, so that His Highness can temporarily move to Shishan for daily living and office during the construction of Okayama Castle.

The maintenance of Shishan City will take at most three to two months. After His Royal Highness moves to Shishan, Caoshan and Lijing Mountain City can start to be built.

The main hall of King Kong Temple and the pagoda in the backyard can be completed in at most one year, which can be regarded as basically meeting the requirements for moving the tomb to hold the puja, and the progress on the Okayama can also be carried out by then. "

Hearing what Maeda Xuanyi said, the Xiu family was obviously planning to build a large-scale construction project, and they came here with the purpose of consuming the people's power of the Yuxi family as much as possible.

As far as your preparations are concerned, you still say that you didn't come here with a purpose?

Although the Xiu family couldn't help the pulse, they still thanked them very kindly, "It turns out that the Maeda Minbu has already planned it, so I feel at ease. If this is the case, I will leave this matter to the Minbu." The department and the fat queen."

(End of this chapter)