Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 311

The death of the Togawa Hide family dealt a great blow to the Hide family. Before that, the Hide family's attitude towards this uncle was relatively indifferent.After all, in history, Togawa Hidean did have some influence on the ruling power of the Ukita Hide family, and the Hide family was more defensive than understanding of him.

But looking at the letter in his hand, the Xiu family could no longer hold back his tear glands, he only felt the care and tolerance of an elder relative.

In fact, the Xiu family really thought badly. If, as in history, the Xiu family did not have absolute ruling authority over the family, Xiu'an might threaten his ruling power just like in history.

But now the Xiu family has absolute prestige within Ukido, and Togawa Hidean himself is also submissive to the Xiu family, so naturally there will be no ambiguity.This is also the reason why Xiu'an silently accepted when the Xiu family transferred the Togawa family several times.

God has given the Xiu family a chance to start over, but the Xiu family still did something that he regrets, it's a pity that people cannot be resurrected after death.

The Hide family ordered that Togawa Hidean be buried with the highest etiquette, and he was buried in the Ukita Bodhi Temple Zhenko Temple, so that he would always be with the Ukita Nao family.The pair of monarchs and ministers finally got together again under the Nine Springs.

"Your Highness, Your Highness?" Qing Shuixin also softly called Xiu's name in Xiu's ear.

"Huh?" Shimizu Shinya's call brought Hideo back from his daze to reality.

Qing Shuixin also said, "Your Highness, all the important ministers are waiting in the Daguang Room, just waiting for His Highness to come in person."

It was only then that Xiujia recalled that today was already 3 days later, and he had agreed with the ministers to hold a meeting.

In the past few days, due to the influence of Togawa Hidean's seppuku, the Xiu family has been living in a daze. This is a state that the Xiu family has never experienced since time travel. In Tongfangyuan's words, "It seems that the owner of the museum has lost his soul." Same."

In order to "recall the soul" of the Hide family and to save Togawa Hidean, Tongfangin invited Bizen monks to Okayama to hold a method meeting, but it seemed to have no effect.

Hideka took a deep breath, got up and walked towards Ohiroma, the Sanskrit sound from Ninomaru was still in his ears, and the whole Okayama Castle was eerily silent.

Even at the door of Daguangjian, the house is not as noisy as before. Everyone knows how deeply the death of the old man of the pen has hit the owner of the city.

"The owner of the hall is here~" With the roll call of the new attendant Senkumamaru, all the warriors in the Ohiro room, regardless of their knowledge and skill, lowered their high heads and saluted the boy who was walking towards the imperial steps.

The new attendant Katsuchiyo Nobutada Anayama took the lead, holding up the golden umbrella and the red curtain horse seal that symbolized the authority of the Uki family, and led the way.

Xiujia was wearing the black official uniforms of the four courtiers, holding a white jade screen and followed closely behind.

Hideka's attendant, Nagayoshi Maru, who was born in the Sanuki Kagawa family, held the saber "Osafune Shinfa Nagko" that symbolized Hideka's authority, and was half a body behind Hideka, just following behind Hideka.

Even though he was only in the 8th or 9th grade, and his face was full of childishness, Choyoshimaru tried his best to put on a serious face, not wanting to embarrass Hideka.

The new attendant Genjiro Sanada, Nobushige, was the fourth attendant to enter Ohiroma, holding a white fan with a five-san paulownia pattern bestowed by the emperor in his hand.Although this was the first time he participated in such a serious occasion, his good martial arts cultivation made him not lose the slightest bit of face of the Xiu family.

And our old acquaintance, Shimizu Shinya, has already been promoted to attendant, walking at the end of the team.

The former attendant Zhuang Zhiqing was transferred to Qinglong Bei as the standing team leader. Because he also has the status of the 1.6 stone daimyo in Beizhong, he came back from Iyo to participate in this evaluation.

Zhuang Zhiqing slightly raised his forehead and looked at his former companions. It turned out that the immature Beizhong boy who was bullied by other servants has now grown into a qualified warrior. There is a mustache on the corner of his mouth, which looks bigger than his own. The lord is even more majestic.

Qing Shuixin also looked into the eyes of his old captain, the corners of his mouth slightly raised to respond with a smile, and then he nodded with a frown. Only then did he realize that this was a very solemn meeting, and Zhuang Zhiqing hurriedly reset his forehead. Press.

Xiujia walked up to the imperial steps, turned to face the officials, Shimizu Nobuo also followed quickly, and began to arrange the hem of Xiujia's large and funny court clothes.

Chikumamaru, who came in first, pulled out a chair from the side, and waited behind Xiujia. When Xiujia sat down, he pushed the backrest behind Xiujia, so that Xiujia could rely on it calmly.

After doing all this, Chikumamaru walked lightly to the door outside the hall along the passageway left vacant on the right side of the hall, and sat down to wait.

He is the herald on duty today, and he needs to convey the orders of the Xiu family to the outside of the hall accurately and quickly, so that the warriors outside the hall can find the retainers that the Xiu family needs to summon as soon as possible.

At this time, Shimizu Shinya turned to Xiujia again, and straightened her front.

Taking advantage of this time, Anayama Nobutada and Sanada Nobushige walked to the two corners of the imperial steps, put the horse seal imperial fans in their hands and sat cross-legged on the ground.

And our Changyoshimaru sat down not far from the right behind Hideya, with the dagger in his hand leaning on his young body.

After everything was ready, Shimizu Xin also nodded to Xiujia, went to sit behind Xiujia on the left side, and shouted loudly to the audience, "Get up~"

"Hee hee soso~" (sound of clothes rubbing against each other)
The Xiu family glanced at the retainers sitting under the stage, and slowly said, "Recently, many things have happened in the family. A respected elder has left us forever. Although he is my retainer, he is also my teacher. I His contribution to the family will always be remembered.”

Although everyone knew that Togawa Hidean's death would definitely be mentioned in this assessment, no one expected that Hideya would start talking about it from the very beginning, and everyone fell silent for a while.

In fact, Hidean Togawa's ability is very outstanding, and he behaves very harmoniously in the world. He has a good relationship with Yuki's family.This is also the reason why Huafang Zhengxing strongly recommended him to Xiujia when he was retiring.

"In the past two days, I have heard many rumors in Okayama, all criticizing the cause of Togawa-sama's death. I want to say that these are all nonsense. Don't let these rumors affect the relationship between the main family and the Toyotomi family."

In fact, on the second day after Togawa Hidean's seppuku, there were rumors in Okayama Castle that people sent by Osaka discovered that the Uki family had concealed their fields. Togawa Hidean was discovered because of "deception". Choose seppuku.

Many of the people who are working here are from the old Warring States period. There are many things that the rich family hid in the fields and never reported it. It is the retainers who unite to deceive the lord" as an excuse to shirk the responsibility of the lord.

So when everyone heard this, a picture popped up in their brains. It must be someone from Osaka who discovered the Yuxi family's fake accounts and criticized the Xiu family.

As the elder of the writing family, Hidean Togawa stepped forward, resisted everything in accordance with the previous rules, and "cleared the grievances" for the Hide family.

After hearing the story, everyone naturally wouldn't be angry with the Xiu family. After all, this kind of thing happened to every family, and they would only blame Togawa Hidean's death on the person who persecuted the Uki family.

So, our poor Maeda Genichi became the culprit in everyone's imagination.

In fact, this is exactly the case. Maeda Genichi, who had just received the accounts sent by the Ukido family and had not reviewed them carefully, was surrounded by angry Ukido samurai. rescued from the crowd.

Just last night, after Maeda Genyi pleaded guilty to the Xiu family, he no longer took care of the construction of Okayama Castle, and ran back to Osaka in full swing.He was afraid that as long as he stayed in Okayama, the angry crowd would tear him apart.

Xiujia naturally knew that such words were a bit weak and unable to erase everyone's suspicion. Xiujia did this to show an attitude, but fortunately, Hideyoshi had a reason to justify in the enquiry.

"I am also surprised and sad when Higo Shou passed away, but the family can't just let it sink down, and every item in the family must be up and running again.

Therefore, I decided to appoint Osafuna Misaku as the new head of the family to take charge of the affairs of the head of the family. Oka Dansho, Ukita Dazai, and Akashi Iyo will assist the government. The vacancy in the family elders association will not be filled for the time being. "

In fact, after Hidean Togawa, the person with the most seniority and the most deserving promotion to be a writer should be Masaru Oka.

But this person is a bit similar to Zhang Fei in the Three Kingdoms period. He is really good at fighting, but he still lacks the ability to conduct himself in the world and govern the country.

The most important thing is that he has a fiery personality, and the Xiu family is very afraid that when he attends some activities on behalf of the Xiu family, he will directly fight with other famous people.

Although the Ukita-chan family has the seat of the family elder, the reason why he was awarded is because he is the cousin of the Xiu family, the closest living relative of the Xiu family, and the son of the Ukita-chu family.

Yu Xita interprets the family as an old man who doesn't care about things at home, and its image meaning is far greater than its actual meaning.

If he insisted on saying that his family elder was of any use, it might be that when the Xiu family was away, he would play the role of Guo Dai and replace the Xiu family to govern the elders' joint meeting.

After all, the Quan family is only 7 or 8 years older than the Xiu family. In ancient times, this kind of grade was still the grade of the master Shao Guoyi. In the Boqi family, he needed the help of his old Jiang Yuan Jingzong to deal with it. How could he have the ability to deal with the Yuxi family across the border? What about the huge family business of the seven countries in the Seto Inland Sea?
After all, this child still has too little experience, and needs to use Boqi as a school to learn the way of governing the country.When will he bring Boqi under great rule, will he be able to enter the eyes of the Dexiu family and give him a chance to be the real power figure of Yuxi family.

Speaking of this, it is very interesting to have a family-elder joint meeting of Yuxi's family. The five members of the family originally performed their duties.

The name of the writer in name is actually more like the modern prime minister position, in charge of administration and governance.And Oka Toshikatsu is in charge of the military, Osafune Sada is in charge of armaments and people's power, and Akashi Kei is in charge of farmland and commerce.

As for our Ukita's family, it doesn't matter if it is famous, and it doesn't care about anything, but when the Xiu family is no longer there, and the elders need to discuss and decide, they replay the temporary position of the chairman of the parliament.

Since Oka Toshikatsu and Ukita's commentators have more or less shortcomings, the Xiu family can only promote the good old man Nasafune Sadakin to become the new writing boss of Ukita.

As we have already introduced Nasakami, he is the existence with the lowest sense of existence among the three elders of Yuxi's family (there are two versions of the three elders, a total of four).

This person is very moderate in his behavior, and he pursues the principle of dealing with things that have nothing to do with himself. Even if someone asks him to express his opinion, he is still a show of kindness.

It is also because of his role as a peacemaker, Osafune Sadachi can be said to be the third good old man in Ukido after Ukita Tadaka and Togawa Hidean.

Such a person is actually not suitable for leading a country to develop and move forward, but for the panic-stricken Yuxi family, it is precisely someone like him who is needed to come forward to stabilize people's hearts.

Moreover, Osafune Sadakin is not the kind of peacemaker who can only speak loudly. Whether it is in history or now, he is in charge of the military affairs of the Uki family, and handles all affairs in an orderly manner. He can be regarded as a relatively capable existence in internal affairs. .

In fact, for the Xiu family, he still has another choice, Akashi Jingqin. The Xiu family originally wanted to appoint Akashi Jingqin, who appraised Iyo's meritorious service, as the elder of the writing family. Reason for dislike.

However, Xiujia plans to appoint his son Akashi Quanto as the second ezo magistrate. After the beginning of spring, he and the Seto family are going to Ezo to replace the injured Xuanzhu.

Akashi Jingqin can be said to be a samurai that the Xiu family has a little bit of money in their hands, who is capable of implementing the Xiu family's ideas, and at the same time has absolute loyalty to the Xiu family.

Last night, Xiujia had truthfully discussed the situation in Ezo and his own thoughts with Akashi, and allowed him to spread Chietchidan in Ezo.

The most important thing is that the Xiu family allowed him to stay in Ezo for the more than 2 Chechitan people led by Takayama Youkon in Hoki and the excluded Chechitan people from all over the country.

In order to cause sectarian conflicts within the Yuxi family like the one in history, the Xiu family finally made a choice between the Buddha group and Yesu.

In the final analysis, it was because Buddhism spread too widely and had too much influence within Yuxijia.In addition, Hideka knew that later generations of Hideyoshi would attack Qiezhidan, so they simply "exiled" them to Ezo to enrich the population in advance.

Then, under the premise that Akashi Quanto was confirmed as Eizo, it would be inappropriate to appoint his father, Akashi Kagein, as the head of the writing family. This is why the Hide family finally promoted Osafune Sadain.

After talking about such a major personnel change, the Xiu family's eyes began to scan back and forth on the faces of the officials.

A trace of surprise and puzzlement flashed across Gang Lisheng's face, and then he pouted like a child and started to sulk.

Akashi Jingqin obviously knew about his son's appointment as Eizo yesterday. Years of undercover work has already made him understand the cruelty of politics, and he seems to have expected the Xiu family's current decision.

On the contrary, Osafune Sadaomi and many people present showed surprised expressions.

In fact, they all believed that Akashi Jingqin, who had contributed to the pacification of Iyo, would be promoted to the head of the family's writing family.

Although he has a disgraceful past, after all, the Yuxi family has risen for so many years, and the Zhi family dynasty is in the past. Now that the Xiu family is in power, and Jing Qin has been in the cabinet for many years, his ability and qualifications must be mixed. Enough is enough, the difference is military merit.

Now that the military achievements have come, isn't it the best time for him to take the position?

(Few people know that he is a good friend of the Nao family and an undercover agent sent by the Nao family to the Urakami family. They always thought that he was the forced defector who surrendered at the end.)
But everyone guessed wrong, and no one knew the real reason.Moreover, in order to keep the affairs of Ezo secret, Akashi Quandeng no longer served as the head of the family's field farmer on the grounds that he was going home to focus on domestic affairs.

"Misaku Shou, why haven't you stepped forward to take orders?" Seeing that Nasaka Masaru was in a daze, Xiujia reminded her aloud.

"Ah hayi!" After hearing the Xiu family's reminder, Chang Chuan Zhenqin came back to her senses, got up and knelt down in front of the Xiu family again.

Nasaka held his hands high, looked down at the floor, and took the letter of appointment from the Xiu family. From this moment on, he will be in charge of the family affairs as the old Xiu family of Yuxi Duo's writing family.

　The last two chapters are my favorite chapters. This chapter fully describes the current situation of Yuxijia's political ecology and the helplessness of Xiujia.

　　In fact, Yuxijia is the epitome of many small countries today.

　　I also think that this kind of Yuxi family is the real Yuxi family. It is impossible for the retainers to be really harmonious and consistent. The retainer group itself is the epitome of a society.

　　However, under the control of the Xiu family, these people who "have their own ghosts" are moving towards the same goal.

　　But for Xiujia, life is not as smooth and smooth as in other novels.

　　There will always be various emergencies waiting for him to deal with.

　　When I was writing these two chapters, I tried my best to refer to the portraits of several important ministers of Ukido, so that they could make expressions and actions that fit their personalities as much as possible.

　　For Xiujia, he also has a lot of helplessness.It's not that whoever wants to be in the top position can be put in the top position.

　　It’s still the same sentence, “All politics is helplessness and compromise.”

　　Compromising to the end, several times how much he doesn't like this person, how much he doesn't meet the Xiu family's wishes, he can only push him up.

　　Finally, thank you for your support, I hope you like it.

　　
　
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