Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 291 Toyama Castle Sets Shinano

Hideyoshi's reward has been announced, but Uesugi Jingsheng who is opposite seems to always be slow, and he has been reluctant to give a response.

Hideyoshi looked at Ishida Mitsunari in a strange way, which clearly meant "Is there something wrong with him?"

Ishida Mitsunari got up and went to Hideyoshi's side and whispered, "Major General Uesugi's life is also like this without joy or sorrow, which is unpredictable."

Hideyoshi had no choice but to ask Shangsugi Jingsheng himself, "What's the matter? Do you think my reward is too low?"

It was only then that Uesugi Jingsheng realized that today he was not in his own Kasuga Mountain Castle, but in Toyama Castle within the Etsuchu Territory.

He immediately responded, "No, how dare I." But he still didn't express his gratitude to Hideyoshi.

After several rounds of conversations with Uesugi Jingsheng, Hideyoshi has actually lost interest in the man in front of him at this moment, and only feels that talking with this person is full of taste.

Although Hideyoshi was a little displeased by Uesugi Jingsheng's loss of etiquette, he still didn't blame him too much on these red tapes.

Now that the killing stick and the sweet dates have been eaten by Uesugi Jingsheng, Hideyoshi immediately brought up the next topic, "There is a prerequisite for receiving the above rewards, that is, the Uesugi family can no longer provide support to the Sanada family."

Hideka didn't know what Hideyasu and Hideyoshi talked about last night, but Hideka guessed that maybe Hideyoshi finally decided to hand over the Sanada family to the Tokugawa family.

Hideyoshi had just opened his mouth on this topic, and Uesugi Kekatsu and Naoe Kantsuke hadn’t refuted yet, the old man behind Uesugi Kekatsu spoke first and said, “Your Majesty Kanbai said that the Shinano Rebellion was all caused by the Tokugawa family’s perverse actions in Shinano. Because of this, the Sanada family had no choice but to fight back, without the support of the Uesugi family, the Sanada family might not be able to survive."

The conversation between Hideyoshi and Uesugi Kagekatsu was a conversation at the boss level, not to mention Naoe Kanetsugu and Ishida Mitsunari, even Hideo and Hideyasu who were sitting on the side did not intervene.

But now a stranger interrupted the topic, or refuted Hideyoshi's order, and everyone turned their attention to that man.

"Who are you?" Hideyoshi said sullenly.

"This is the Lord Ueda, and Sanada Anbo is keeping the present. I heard that His Highness Kanbaku came from Osaka in person, so he came from Shinano to meet with us to meet His Highness Kanbaku." Hearing Hideyoshi's question, Naoe Kanesuke explained from the side road.

Hearing that the person who came was Masashi Sanada, Hideyoshi directly uncovered Masao Sanada's scar and said, "So you are Mamoru Sanada? I have heard about your experience of repeatedly jumping back and forth between daimyos, even in Osaka. "

From 1582 to this year, the Sanada family has continuously bounced back and forth between the Takeda, Oda, Uesugi, Tokugawa, and Uesugi families. Compared with Sanada Masako, Lu Bu is not considered a slave of the three surnames. , no wonder Hideyoshi looked down on him so much.

In history, the Sanada family never responded to Hideyoshi's repeated requests, but they did not reply at all, which made their senses like Hideyoshi very bad.

Later, after Tokugawa Ieyasu officially surrendered to Hideyoshi in 1586, in order to express his kindness to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Sanada family wanted to ask Hideyoshi for asylum, but he was ruthlessly rejected.

In the end, perhaps out of the idea of ​​restricting Tokugawa Ieyasu, Hideyoshi allowed the Sanada family to exist as an independent daimyo directly under it, but it was still allocated by the Tokugawa family.

In this life, Hideyoshi's strength is much stronger than in history, and he even defeated Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Nooo, which made Sanada Masayuki let go of his determination to follow Uesugi Jing to win Shangluo in the first place.

When Hideka heard that Masayuki Sanada came to Toyama to express his surrender to Hideyoshi, he thought that Hideyoshi would accept the Sanada family as he had imagined.

Who would have thought that Hideyoshi would reply coldly to Sanada Masaoyuki's surrender, "No."

Hideyoshi's refusal was beyond everyone's expectations, and everyone looked at Hideyoshi again, waiting for his explanation.

Hideyoshi said unhurriedly, "Shinano was originally a neighboring country that I entrusted to the Tokugawa Senate. Today, there is a wealthy Sanada conspiracy, and I will accept his direct participation. Tomorrow, the Shinbata family under His Royal Highness Uesugi will also surrender to me. I am Don't you want to accept him as my retainer?

I won't take care of the past, but since I inherited Guan Bai this year, I have already issued an order of peace in the world. At this time, the Sanada family doesn't want to repay Jun's kindness, and they even set off a rebellion because of some trivial matters. I don't have soldiers to attack You are already pardoning you, it is absolutely impossible for me to accept you as my retainers. "

After finishing speaking, Hideyoshi said to the samurai guarding outside the door, "Come here, take An Fangshou and his party under strict guard, and hand them over to the Tokugawa Councilor after the Tokugawa Councilor arrives."

Regardless of Hideyoshi's stern rejection of the Sanada family's surrender at this moment, only Hideyoshi knows that after Hideyoshi left the Sanada family to rebel against Tokugawa, he actually handed him an olive branch and sent him a letter hoping to surrender.I just don't know what happened to make Hideyoshi's attitude change 180° today.

Hearing that Hideyoshi was about to be dragged down, the young man beside Masayuki Sanada hurriedly explained.

"Your Highness. In His Highness's eyes, is a small daimyo an existence that can be discarded at will? As a small power, isn't it the way to survive in the cracks? How many of His Highness's retainers are consistent and follow His Highness from the beginning to the end?" Where did Ashgaru start to make a fortune?
Besides, it was His Highness who asked me to wait for Luo Canqin and I to leave the territory and come here. Isn't His Highness treating me like this to chill the hearts of the people in the world? "

The young samurai's argument aroused Hideyoshi's interest, and he said to him, "Who are you?"

The young samurai replied proudly, "I am Sanada Genjiro, the second son of Sanada Yasuo, and the retainer of Major General Uesugi Zuokon."

"Genjiro?" Hideyoshi was not annoyed when he pointed at his nose and scolded him. After saying his name once, he waved his hand and asked the two to be taken down.

For Hideyoshi, a small daimyo like the Sanada family should be dedicated to the main interests.He thought that Tokugawa Ieyasu had already tamed the tiger by him, so he should give it some sweetness, and it would be bad to push him too hard.

Seeing that the two Sanada Anboshou who came with him were taken down, Uesugi Jingsheng eagerly wanted to explain what "Your Highness."

Naoe Kanetsugu who was behind him spoke first and said, "His Highness Kanbai wants to deal with Sanada Yasuo, of course there is no problem, but Sanada Genjiro is a retainer of my Uesugi family, shouldn't he be treated differently?"

Hideyoshi thought for a while and gestured to Ishida Mitsunari beside him, then Mitsunari got up and left.

After Sancheng left, only Hideyoshi, Hideyasu, Uesugi Kagekatsu and Naoe Kanetsugu were left in the hall to accompany Hideyoshi.

Hideyoshi didn't wait for Ishida Mitsunari to return, and continued directly, "In addition, I know that you are supporting Ogasawara Sadaune as the governor of the Ogasawara family in Shinano, and contending with Ogasawara Sadake of the Tokugawa family. Please stop this matter. Go back. Then hand over the samurai and retainers of the Ogasawara family to me."

In fact, before Uesugi Kagekatsu and Naoe Kanesuke came to meet Hideyoshi, he had already prepared the psychological construction for Hideyoshi to prevent him from supporting Ogasawara Sadae and Sanada Masayuki.

But that doesn't mean they expected Hideyoshi to ask for Masayuki Sanada and Sadae Ogasawara.

Especially the jewels that were locked up by Sanada Masaoyuki are in front, and now Hideyoshi asks them for Ogasawara Sadaune, they are likely to arouse the association, thinking that Hideyoshi will plan to deal with Ogasawara Sadaune just like Sanada Masaoyuki.

The point is that Hideyoshi just asked for Sanada Masayuki to be handled by Tokugawa Ieyasu, which obviously has already been pulled, and now he is going to pull it again. Is this really looking down on the Uesugi family?

For Uesugi Kagekatsu and Naoe Kanetsugu, Sanada Masayuki is their ally, abandoning it is already a hindrance to their reputation, but it is also within the acceptable range.

Sadako Ogasawara defected to him, and he was the Ogasawara family governor whom he supported, and even his own retainer. Does it mean that he can abandon it if he abandons it?The hearts of the Uesugi family are very upset.

So Uesugi Jingsheng, who has always been peaceful and peaceful, rejected Hideyoshi's request for the first time, "His Highness Kanbai, please forgive me for refusing."

Hideyoshi seemed to have expected Uesugi Jingsheng's attitude, smiled and waved his hand and said, "You misunderstood me, Jingsheng."

Hideyoshi pointed to Hashiba Hideyasu beside him and said, "This is my adopted son Hideyasu. I heard that you have already met him. I plan to make him the successor of the Ogasawara family. I very much hope that the samurai of the Ogasawara family who are scattered around can come back to assist him. Manage Shinano."

Hearing Hideyoshi's arrangement, Uesugi Kekatsu, Naoe Kanetsugu, and Hideka all cast their eyes on Hideyasu. Hideka's eyes were full of approval and encouragement. Naoe Kentsugu was a little puzzled, but Uesugi Kekatsu's eyes were as deep as ever. Can't see what he's saying.

Hideyoshi continued to explain: "I plan to reward him with a total of 10.5 stones from Shinano Naike County, Sengke County, Azumi County, and Higashi Chikuma County as a fief. , including Ogasawara Sadakei of the Tokugawa family, will be handed over to Hideyasu as retainers."

To Hideyoshi's surprise, Hideyoshi rewarded Hashiba Hideyasu even more. On the basis of Hideyoshi's previous prediction of the three counties, he gave Higashichikuma a reward of 2 shi.

But after thinking about it for a while, I can understand what Hideyoshi means. After all, the Ogasawara family's main city, Zhishen Castle, is in Higashi Chikuma. Since being driven away by the Takeda family, the Ogasawara family has been committed to restoring the territory of Zhishen Castle.

Now that Hideyoshi handed over Zhishen's Dongzhumo to Hideyasu, it was essentially to strengthen the cohesion between him and Ogasawara's old ministers in the territory.

Anyway, for Hideyoshi, left and right are just Ieyasu's territory, so it should be right for Ieyasu to distribute it to his son.

Hearing that Hideyoshi asked for Ogasawara Sadazuke not because he was forced to sideline, but because he was planning to support a Ogasawara family governor himself, and would treat him kindly, Uesugi Jingsheng didn't say much more.

Instead, Naoe Kanetsugu who was behind him asked, "Mikawa Shourui, successor to the Ogasawara family, under whose name are you worshiping?"

Naoe Kanetsugu's question is the real point.

After all, it is well known that the Uesugi family and the Tokugawa family each support a governor of the Ogasawara family. If Xiuyasu is worshiped under the Ogasawara Shokaki sect, it means that Hideyasu is inherited from the Shokaki sect. up.

If Hideyasu is allowed to worship under Zhen Zhong's sect, then even if Hideyasu inherits from the Uesugi family Ogasawara and restores the country under Hideyoshi's intermediary, it will still have face.

In fact, the most important point is that Ogasawara Sadakei has a son, Ogasawara Hidemasa, the father of Ogasawara Tadama, the 15-stone feudal lord of Ogasawara Ogasawara.

If Xiu Yasu was allowed to worship under Ogasawara Sadaukei, Ogasawara Sadaukei did not dare to refuse anything.

But in daily affairs, no one knows whether Hidemasa Ogasawara will hold back. The key is that Hideyasu, who is the governor of the family and younger brother of Hidemasa, cannot handle it yet. After all, this is the inheritance right of others.

But it's different when he succeeds Ogasawara Sadazue. The family can't have a son, and it's too late for him to be happy that he can get His Highness Guan Bai's adopted son to inherit the family business.

The most important thing is that after joining Ogasawara Sadazuka's sect, Ogasawara Sadamyo is Hideyasu's retainer, and he must be counted as a group.

Sure enough, after Hideyoshi asked Uesugi Kagekatsu and Naoe Kanesuke about the situation of Ogasawara's family, he asked Hideyasu for his opinion, and finally decided that Hideyasu would join Ogasawara Sadae's family.

After all the dust settled, Naoe Kanetsugu simply sent Hideyasu his best wishes and said, "Congratulations to Your Highness for joining the Ogasawara Clan. Shinano is protected by His Highness, and the people can finally be in good health."

Naoe Kanetsugu's statement is also to show Hideyoshi that the Uesugi family will never exert influence on Shinano in the future, and the pattern of Shinano is set.

Hearing this, Hideo actually understood the reason why Hideyoshi didn't accept the Sanada family just now.

In fact, just as in history, Hideyoshi still chose to accept the surrender of the Sanada family after the Sanada family rejected Shangluo many times and was ordered by Hideyoshi to be handed over to Tokugawa Ieyasu for disposal.

Hideyoshi needed someone to act as a buffer between Tokugawa and the Uesugi family.

Historically, it was the Tokugawa ministers Ogasawara Sadauki, Ishikawa Suzumasa and Sanada Masayuki who took on this responsibility.The final fief of the three is roughly equivalent to the current territory of Hashiba Hideyasu + Sanada Masayuki.

At that time, Hideyoshi had no other choice. In Shinano, he wanted to put his name in the cracks.But if you give too much, you won't be able to believe it, and if you give too little, you may be skipped by the Tokugawa family.

There is no way but to use Ogasawara Sadaki and Ishikawa Susho, who defected from Tokugawa, and Sanada Masayuki, who has a grudge against Tokugawa.

But now that Hideyasu took the initiative to ask for a job, Hideyoshi has a suitable substitute, an excellent candidate who is trustworthy and will not cause Tokugawa Ieyasu's transitional reaction.

Then Sanada Masayuki naturally has no need for existence, it is better to use it as a gift to Tokugawa Ieyasu to express his goodwill with him.

After all, I just dug out 10 stones from his bowl, so it's really not good to over-irritate the Tokugawa family.The Sanada family can be used to feed Tokugawa Ieyasu like sweet dates, so that he can settle down.

　A mistake is corrected here. Naoe Kanesuke was promoted to Yamashiro in the 15th year of Tensho and in 1588. The previous content has been revised
　　
　
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