Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 288 Don't bully the poor
"My lord (His Royal Highness)!"

Encouraged by Hideo, Hashiba Hideyasu's roar to the sky really surprised everyone present. His servant Oguri Shigekuni and his surname Honda Sen Chiyo hurried away to check whether their lord was in a good mood.

When they passed through the crowd and came to Xiukang, they saw that Xiukang looked rosy and energetic, not as depressed as before.

Xiuyasu excitedly said to them, "Dailiu (Oguri Shigekuni), Senchiyo, I have found a friend! I have found my goal!"

Although Oguri Shigekuni was born in the Tokugawa family tree, he had already become Hideyasu's retainer, so he was genuinely happy about Hideyasu's transformation.

Honda Senchiyo's identity is still under Tokugawa Ieyasu's command, but he is still young and doesn't understand many political metaphors. He still regards Xiuyasu as a playmate of the same age, so he smiled back at his joy.

The team continued to move forward. After Hideyasu Hashiba's joy calmed down a little, he asked Hideka a second question, "But, Hachiro, although I have an ideal now, I am only 1 shi away from being valued by others." The goal is still so far away."

"You have to let His Highness Guan Bai see your value, Yi Yisong," Xiujia replied.

After the two became friends, Xiujia and Xiukang used common names to express their closeness.

Xiukang frowned, and asked, "Are I worth it? I don't seem to be worth much, and I've been thrown away at random since I was born."

Xiujia heard from Xiukang's answer that he hadn't really stepped out of himself yet, so he planned to help him again.

Xiujia encouraged Xiukang, "Yi Yisong, you still haven't gotten out of your own reincarnation, and you still look at problems from your own perspective. Try to jump out and look at yourself with other people's eyes. Let me ask you, whose son are you?" "

Hideyasu blinked his eyes in bewilderment, and after thinking for a while, he replied, "I am the son of Tokugawa Senator, the adopted son of Toyotomi Kanbai. To others, I am a noble heir of the upper family."

Xiujia asked again, "So, Yi Yisong, what is the most important thing for the Wu family?"

"The most important thing for the Wu family?" Xiukang thought for a while, and replied firmly, "It's the inheritance. Hachiro, what do you mean?"

Seeing that Xiukang had come to his senses, Xiujia immediately made a gesture of silence to keep him from speaking.

In fact, Hideka's meaning is already very clear. If he still sticks to Hashiba Hideyoshi's identity, then he may only have 1 koku for a long time.

But if he makes good use of this status and asks Hideyoshi to drop his rank, then there will be a relatively wider stage waiting for him.

It's just that this kind of thing involves the succession of the Wu family, which is supposed to be a secret from all parties.Hideyoshi took the initiative to mention that it's okay, if the conversation between the two of them spreads today, then the two of them will definitely be feared by other samurai, which will affect their political and diplomatic relations.

Xiukang obviously understood the reason, so he lowered his voice and asked Xiujia softly, "So, Hachiro, do you have any recommendations for places to go?"

Xiujia looked at the sky, and it was close to noon, so Xiujia said to the Niwa family samurai who took the lead in front, "Time is running out, can you find a place nearby to rest, just in time for lunch?"

The Niwa samurai at the front of the team communicated for a while and sent someone to turn around and report back, "Funabashi Castle is not far ahead, and the soft-shelled turtles in the Shirakawa River below the castle are excellent. Why don't you rest in Funabashi Castle, Your Highness, so that I can wait for a while, the landlord. Friendship."

The soft-shelled turtle is basically not on the dining table of Xiguo, but the Xiu family in the previous life really liked to eat it. Now that he heard that there is a soft-shelled turtle in Echu that can be eaten, the Xiu family immediately said happily, "Okay, then let's rest at the bridge. Bar."

For about 20 minutes, I came to the city of Zhouqiao. Zhouqiao is a flat city built on the side of the Baihe River.

Although the boat bridge city is small, it is repaired in an extremely orderly manner, and it also has two circles of city walls, earthen boroughs, and oar lamp defense facilities.

Xiujia and others arrived at the boat bridge city and saw that a 10-meter-wide zigzag earth bore was dug out in the small boat bridge city, and inverted spiked wooden stakes were inserted inside it for defense.

The function of the Zigzag Dobori is to divide the soldiers who fall into the Dobori so that they cannot form an effective organization in the Dobori.

The plates of each earth wall were not dismantled for fixing, and the earth walls were connected to each other by placing the towers dug by the enemies who fell into the soil.There are also drainage holes under it to facilitate the drainage of accumulated water when it rains.

Compared with the unshielded Dobori, this kind of Dobori has greater lethality and psychological pressure on the soldiers of the attacking side.

The earth wall above the zig-zag earth borough seems to be a convenient passage for the attackers, but in fact it will be taken care of by the defenders, and the attackers often fall into the trap in order to avoid the arrow feathers.

Compared with Pinzibori, Zigzagbori has a weaker division effect, but it can facilitate the defenders to harvest enemies who fall into Dobori in time.

Unlike Pinzi Hori, it was a trap that trapped people. The attacking and defending sides could not rescue the soldiers in Hori. People who fell into Hori often had to wait until the siege was over before being rescued from Hori.

The attacking party wins and is rescued with a broken leg, while the defending party wins is picked up and chopped off as a military merit.If the siege time is delayed longer, Horiuchi soldiers can't take care of it, and I'm afraid they can only starve to death.

After entering the city, Xiujia discovered that although the earthen walls of Funabashi City were also piled up with the soil excavated in Dobori, there was a height difference of 1.5 meters from the buildings in the city, forming an architectural pattern similar to that of Chinese urban construction.

Pingcheng in this situation is basically rebuilt from the original village, and the buildings in the original village cannot be pushed back to rebuild, so they can only be built up on the periphery.

It can make people abandon rebuilding the city, and choose to build on the original city wall, which is enough to reflect the importance of the location of Zhouqiao City and the wealth of the lord who was originally entrusted here.

However, due to the reconstruction of the village, such a city, Erzhiwan, has serious drainage problems. It has not rained for many days, and the ground under the horses is still a little wet and soft.

Xiujia looked around the entire city, and muttered softly, "This kind of city wall structure actually gives the attackers excellent conditions for water attack, but who would spend more than a few months in a small town with less than 500 people?" What about flooding and besieging the city?"

The samurai of the Niwa family had already sent people down to the city to buy Wang Ba, and the Hide family was asked to rest at the slightly higher Honmaru.

As soon as Xiujia sat down, Xiukang hurriedly arranged the tasks of his Fufu Shigekuni Oguri and Honda Sen Chiyo, and went to Xiujia alone, "Please teach me, brother."

The Xiu family found a stone pier and sat down, but Qing Shuixin also handed it to Liang Baikai, who took a sip and replied, "Actually, there are many choices for you, but not many.

The so-called many are because your status is high enough, and there are many famous people who can arrange it, especially now that the Kyushu conquest is imminent, you can ask your father to go to Kyushu to make meritorious service.

With meritorious deeds in hand, it is not difficult to arrange for wealthy families in Kyushu such as Shao Er, Chikushi, Akizuki, and Ito.But it is precisely because of your identity that your father may take care of it when making arrangements. "

Xiukang was a little confused by the riddles of the Xiu family, and asked eagerly, "What does this mean? Why is it easy for a while, and then you take care of it?"

Hideka continued to explain, "After all, you are the son of Tokugawa Councilor, not the son of any small daimyo. My father will definitely want to maximize your interests."

"Maximize" Xiujia murmured in surprise.

"Yes, so I think the possibility of arranging you on the Tokaido or Zhongshan Road is the greatest. In this way, your status as the parent and child of Tokugawa will make it easier for you to use Tokugawa as the Austrian aid nearby, and the worthy successor family will not dare to have it." Any rash action."

Don't think that if the upper family arranges an heir for you, the lower family will accept it willingly. Every time there is such a retainer as the successor, there will inevitably be a bloodbath.

Leaving aside, even Ozhang Jiaming, one of the three Tokugawa imperial families, has accepted how many generations of sons from the general's family, and which generation gave birth to a son?Which generation really died of natural causes?

Even the main family within the same clan can play tricks on you when they send their sons to the branch family. In the end, the main family will almost have no sons, let alone other families.

In history, Asano Nagamasa wanted to make his son Changsheng into the Utsunomiya family. Didn't the Utsunomiya family's disagreements cause commotion and lead to Utsunomiya's change?

Arrange Xiukang in Dongguo, which is also close to Tokugawa and Toyotomi's house. If you add that Xiukang's main wife is the younger sister of the Xiu family, and the three big bosses in Japan are behind the backing, I think the local lords will also Considered.

However, such an arrangement would have certain hidden dangers, the most practical problem being that it would be affected by the nearby Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Xiuyasu's grade is still too young, he must bring his own team to succeed, Hideyoshi can't give him too much bonus, then in the end, most of Xiuyasu's retainers must come from the Tokugawa series.

But it is precisely because Xiukang is too young that it is very likely that Ieyasu will empty Xiukang, making him lose his dominance over the neighboring country.

Therefore, these are two eternally contradictory issues. The Xiu family has already aroused Xiukang's desire to fight, so naturally it is impossible to push it down again and let him wait for a few more years.This will make the enthusiasm that has just been ignited disappear.

But if we insist on making arrangements now, Xiukang's influence will become an inevitable result.But even if we wait, as Xiu Yasu gradually exerts his strength in Kyushu and Xiaotianyuan, Ieyasu will discover his role, and the influence on Xiu Yasu is almost inescapable.

"The Tokaido countries, Owari, and Ise are basically the territory or genealogy of His Highness Kanbai. The only one who wants to arrange for you is the Inaba family with 8 koku in Ogaki Castle."

Inaba Hoin is Inaba Tongliang. After he became a monk, he was named Yitie. After Hideyoshi appointed Kanbai, he appointed him the position of the three Hoin.Although he is a monk official, he is also the person with the highest promotion position among foreign officials.

Hideyoshi did this mainly as a reward for his performance of standing firmly on his side in the battle between Jianyue and Nooo.

However, Inaba Sadomichi accepted the abdication of his father Inaba Tongliang as early as the 7th year of Tensho (1579), inherited the position of family governor, and became the lord of Mino Kunisone Castle.

After Jianyue, Inaba Sadamichi chose to retire because of his confrontation with the old master's son Nobutaka, and gave way to his son Inaba Noritsu as the governor of the family.

And Tonori Inaba also has a son. In other words, there is now a governor, two emperors, and an heir in the Inaba family.

Inaba Tonori in history was in the Battle of Kyushu. Because he offended Hideyoshi, he was ordered to close his doors and think about his mistakes.

Needless to say about the land of Mikawa, Tsutsui Sadaji and Nakagawa Kiyohide have divided up all of Mikawa's territory, and they are both friendly people with the Hideka, even if Hideyoshi had this idea, Hideka would be a hindrance, so how could he give Hideyasu any advice? Woolen cloth.

As for the last Toe and Suruga, Tokugawa Ieyasu's leading countries, bringing Hideyasu under the command of Dao Ieyasu, isn't this sending sheep into the tiger's mouth.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the only place where Xiu Kang could be arranged was Zhongshan Road.

"It's best to be able to join the Takeda family. The Takeda family is originally a famous family, and being in Kai can just cut off the old turtle's territory." Xiujia thought so in his heart.

But Xiujia also understands that this is unrealistic. The old turtle has already been beaten a bit by Hideyoshi. The purpose of Hideyoshi's visit is to appease the two families. He will definitely not stimulate the old turtle too much, so this plan can only be passed.

"The most suitable one is the family of Koji, sister of Hida country." Hideka said to Hideyasu, "Even though Hida only has 3 shi to know and practice, but there are timber and gold mines as products, and there are many people in the territory. Comprehensive knowledge and practice Not less than 13 shi.

In addition, Kong, a mountain miner, has military strength and has always been an excellent source of conscription. Owning Hida will definitely make a career, but it is a pity that this place has been granted to Maeda-sama by his father. "

"Why do I keep asking you to say this, and there is still no place for me in the entire Dongguo?" Xiukang became more and more confused as he listened.

"Actually not, the land of Beixin can be your shelter temporarily." Xiujia explained, "Don't you forget what I'm talking about when I come to Yuezhong now?"

"It is said that it is to mediate the battle between Uesugi and Tokugawa in Beixin." Xiukang replied.

"That's right, Beixin was originally in chaos, and it's a good time to take advantage of the fire." Xiujia explained confidently, "Now that Tokugawa and Uesugi have a Ogasawara family governor to fight with each other, for His Highness Guan Bai, it doesn't matter. Standing on one side will hate the other.

For His Highness Guan Bai, if there is no choice in the end, naturally he can only choose from among them, but what if there is a better choice? "

Xiukang: "A better choice?"

Xiu pointed at Xiu Kang with her finger and said, "It's you."

"I?"

Hideka explained, "You are the son of Senator Tokugawa, and Ogasawara Sadauki who was supported by Senator Tokugawa is after all an outsider, so he will definitely want to strengthen his relationship with the former guardian of Shinano.

Just think about it, what could be more reassuring than having your own son as the successor to the Ogasawara clan? "

(End of this chapter)