Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 368 The Righteousness of Brotherhood

Since the Battle of Kyushu, Yoshihisa Shimadzu's ending has been doomed. As a famous Sengoku daimyo, there are many people who have been asked to cut their stomachs because they refused to surrender. It is a good treatment to be allowed to live in seclusion like in history. .

This time the resistance of the Shimadzu family was much fiercer than in history, especially on the Bungo Hyuga front where Hidecho was, and there were three or four consecutive wars, and the daimyos who participated in the war suffered a lot of losses.

Take Xiujia as an example. Since Fujido Takatora led the first wave of 3000 people to Kyushu, the longest span of troops has reached 1 year and 3 months. The morale of the soldiers is extremely low, which is why last night's support for Zhongxiu The reason why China did not send Bai Hubei as the vanguard.

Although Yuxi sent 41 troops during the entire Kyushu Crusade, more than 000 were killed and thousands were injured.

Proportionally speaking, the sacrifices of Uki’s family are still within the controllable range. Daimyos like Asano, Otomo, and Kobayakawa generally suffered more than 1/10 of their war losses.

In other words, Yoshihisa Shimadzu is basically going to die this time, and Hidecho may have a kind heart, allowing him to chat with his younger brother before he died.

Since Iehisa Shimadzu gave up Takaoka Castle, he was transferred from the position of the lord of the city, and was placed in a samurai house in Ninomaru.

As the castellan who had just surrendered, the outside of the house where he lived was guarded by Toyotomi Hidecho's Banners. Now that Shimadzu Yoshihisa was sent in, it was nothing more than a few more people, which actually saved manpower and material resources.

As soon as the two brothers met, Shimadzu Iehisa fell on his knees in front of his elder brother Yoshihisa, and kept apologizing to him, "I'm sorry brother, I failed your trust and failed my father's cultivation."

"Pa" Shimadzu Yoshihisa helped his younger brother Iehisa up, looked at his expression carefully, and slapped him hard on the face, "This slap is for the dead samurai of the Shimadzu family."

Shimadzu Iehisa covered his face in pain, glanced at his brother in surprise, and then sat in front of Yoshihisa in shame, waiting for him to continue to punish him.

"Pa" Shimadzu Yoshihisa slapped Shimadzu Jiajiu on the face again, "This is you who slapped you on behalf of your father. You have failed your father's teachings and forgotten the teaching that the four brothers should work together."

"At the beginning, Matarokuro opposed and resisted Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but you and Matashiro insisted on resisting with arms, and I also stood by your side in order to maintain harmony in the family.

But as you who were determined to defend against the enemy with force back then, you actually surrendered to the Toyotomi family first, do you think you are worthy of me?Are you sorry Matarokuro? "

Shimadzu Yoshihisa said that he became more and more emotional here, and even the Toyotomi family samurai who were guarding outside were frightened by the movement inside.

Shimadzu Yoshihisa raised his hand again at this point, making a gesture to hit Shimadzu Iehisa in the face.

The Shimadzu family had already been ashamed by Shimadzu Yoshihisa's scolding, tears could not stop streaming down, and they closed their eyes in pain, waiting for Yoshihisa's next slap.

But Jiajiu waited for a long time, and Yijiu didn't even slap him. He struggled to open his eyes, only to see that his elder brother was already crying.

Yoshihisa kept his younger brother excitedly, leaned into his ear and persuaded, "Actually, you made the right choice, but it's just that you will suffer later, how are you going to face Matashiro, Yurokuro, and father?" , my brother!"

"Brother~, brother is really wrong!"

Under the watchful eyes of the watchers, the two brothers hugged and cried together like this. Yoshihisa was already ready to die, and he felt sorry for his younger brother, and his life in the future might be extremely difficult.

After all, as a capitulator, he cannot be valued within the Toyotomi family, and as a traitor, he will not be accepted into the Shimadzu family.

But now the life and death of the Shimadzu family is uncertain, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is not clear about the disposal of the Shimadzu family, and it is unknown whether the Shimadzu family can continue.

If Hideyoshi refuses the Shimadzu family to become a daimyo in the end, then his younger brother Iehisa will become the most important existence to carry the honor and inheritance of the Shimadzu family.

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After two months of high-intensity combat, Hidenaga's Southern Kyushu Corps finally set off again, heading for Satsuma under the guidance of the Shimadzu family guide.

Finally, on the afternoon of May 5th, they arrived at the Shimadzu family’s main city—the outer periphery of the inner city.

Many people think that the inner city is actually Kagoshima Castle, and Kagoshima Castle was built on the basis of the inner city. In fact, the inner city is located about 500 meters northeast of Kagoshima Castle, which is closer to the port than Kagoshima Castle.

This means that when encircling the inner city, the besieging ground troops can only encircle from three sides on land, because the space on the side facing the sea is very small, and the port town is only a few dozen steps ahead.

In this matter, the inner city has been opened, and Shimadzu Yoshihiro has already negotiated the terms of the peace talks with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the contents of which are as follows:
1. As the head of the family, Yoshihisa Shimadzu must be responsible for disobeying the emperor and wantonly attacking his friends and neighbors (translated, it means committing suicide by harakiri.)
2. Shimadzu Yoshihisa's daughter Kameju, Shimadzu Yoshihiro's sons Wanshou Maru (Shimadzu Kubo), Mikimaru (Shimadzu Tadahiro), and Shimadzu Suzuki's daughter Hanaya returned to Osaka as hostages Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

3. As a cousin by blood, Togo Shigetora (Shimadzu Tadasada, born in 1574, actually the youngest in the grade) who has already inherited the Togo family and has already taken Yuanfu earlier, went as a retainer with the lord's heir Osaka participation.

4. The newly elected governor of the Shimadzu family (Yoshihiro Shimadzu) needs to take all the important officials of the family to Kyoto in person to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor and ask His Majesty the Emperor for forgiveness.

5、在天皇必须对岛津家谅解的前提下，岛津家可以获得萨摩国内除出水郡、伊佐两郡外的11郡23.2万石以及大隅国内的始洛、菱苅、丧原三郡5.6万石，合计知行28.8万石领。

(This article is actually a process. After all, Hideyoshi was ordered by the emperor to hunt for thieves. The arrangement of the Shimadzu family should go through the mouth of the emperor. Hideyoshi cannot overstep, but in fact, the arrangement of the Shimadzu family is basically determined in this way. up.)
In fact, the arrangement of this knowledge and practice is similar to that of the Quanling Zhixing in Satsuma at this time (28.57 shi in the country of Satsuma).

The reason why Hideyoshi wants to separate the two counties from Satsuma is naturally to better monitor the Shimadzu family. After all, in this way, the Shimadzu family is next to a famous family, so it is very convenient to monitor him.

And Hideyoshi, the daimyo in this area, has long been interested in someone, so go to Takakage Kobayakawa.

Splitting the Kobayakawa family to Tosa was originally a temporary operation. After all, Tosa is still very close to Mori's skills. Now that the Shimadzu family has been brought down, Hideyoshi needs a capable and trustworthy daimyo to move over to guard it. Takakage Kobayakawa was the most suitable choice.

Another advantage of moving Takakage Kobayakawa to the past is that it can distance the relationship with the Maori family. After two generations, Mori and the Kobayakawa family basically have no relationship and become a relatively independent daimyo.

According to the field records at the moment, Higo Ikkoku received only 38.89 shi, deducting the 2.2 shi promised to Sagara's family, plus the 5.6 shi collar dug from the two counties in Satsuma, which adds up to about 42 The stone can be used to place Takakage Kobayakawa.

But what Hideyoshi didn’t know was that Higo’s knowledge and behavior were seriously concealed, and the real stone height was as high as 52 shi. In the Qingcho period, even after the decline of the people’s livelihood in Kyushu after the Korean conquest, the stone height here was still as high as 57 shi. .

In other words, if all goes well, when these two lands are transferred to Hideaki Kobayakawa, they will be almost 63 shi.

But this is just a dream after all. After all, Kobayakawa Takakage in history only had 37 koku when he was feuded by the former Ichigoku, Buzen, and Chikugo parts. The total Zhixing was as high as 50 shi, which made Hideyoshi terrified.

The reason why later Hideyoshi deprived Kobayakawa Hideaki of his skills was actually the same as the reason Hakata Gamo Hideyuki and Niwa Nagashige. In his opinion, the merits of these two families were not worthy of so much knowledge.

It was fine when Lao Tzu was still alive, but now that Lao Tzu has passed away, and the abilities of the two sons are not outstanding, they are not at ease assigned to such an important position, so they have been reduced.

It's just that Hideyoshi didn't expect that a small businessman like him who was "scrupulous and careful" actually dug the tomb of Toyotomi's family with his own hands.

As for the Osumi Territory of the Shimadzu family, after deducting the three counties handed over to the Shimadzu family, the remaining territory is about 11.5 koku.

In his view, the left and right are guarded by two wise generals, and the boss of the Shimadzu family has already cut his seppuku, the Shimadzu family will definitely not cause new disturbances.

It's just that he didn't expect that the person who caused another storm more than ten years later was actually the "watchdog" he once trusted the most.

In addition, in Chikuzen and Chikugo, which are two important positions on the thoroughfare of Kyushu, Hideyoshi still has to arrange for someone he can trust to transfer the title.

Chikuzen Ikuni Hideyoshi already had an idea. He planned to split it into three, and the Munakata family in the middle would take over 4 koku of Munakata County. This was promised in advance.

And with Munakata as the boundary, the seven counties of Yuanhe, Ante, Suibo, Kama, Yesu, Kamiza, and Xiaza in the east were rewarded with a total of 7 shi to Gamo's township, and he was vacated from Omi, and the original territory was used as Zhixing collar.

In the west, the territories of Kasuya, Mikasa, Sara, Yito, Shima, and most of Naka totaling about 6 koku will be sealed to Hachisuka Housekeeper.

In fact, this territory was granted to Masakatsu Hachisuka in order to reward him for his achievements in following Hideyoshi, but now Masakatsu Hachisuka has retired to become Hideyoshi's staff, so in name this land is owned by his son Hachisuka is the head of housekeeping.

As for the Shida County in Chikuzen and the northern part of Naka County, Hideyoshi took over Hideyoshi because of the possession of Hakata, an important port in Kyushu.

The reason for transferring Hachisuka’s housekeeping is naturally to make room for Toyotomi Hidecho. After all, Hideyoshi promised Hidecho would move him to a slightly warmer place, and Mino and Owari were originally the brothers’ hometown. Facing the Pacific Ocean, the climate is more pleasant, so this place will also be used to house Hidecho Toyotomi.

The above are all Hideyoshi's preliminary arrangements, the official reward arrangement has not yet come out, it's just because I met Hideonaga and Hideyoshi, I communicated with them in advance and asked for their opinions.

As for the arrangement of the two Tachibana Soshige brothers that the Hide family is most concerned about at the moment, Hideyoshi is having a headache at the moment about how to arrange the arrangement in Chikugo. The Hideka simply suggested that the two Tachibana brothers be placed here.

So Hideyoshi swiped his pen and handed over Chikugo's territory of Mihara (3), Mii (1.8), and the eastern part of Mizuma County (2), totaling 6.8 shi, to his younger brother Harada Tozeng, who originally belonged to Kumeliu Castle.

三潴郡西部（5.1）、下妻郡（1.7）、山门郡（4.8）、三池（3）三郡封给了哥哥立花宗茂，知行合计14.6万石，本据柳川城，兄弟俩合计知行是21.4万石。

As for the remaining four counties of Ikuyo, Takeno, Yamamoto, and Kamizuma in the Chikugo Kingdom, which total nearly 6 koku, Hideyoshi has no one to resettle.

And Tachibana Soshige was sealed to Yanagawa, which meant that Naoshima Naoshige had to move his nest for this, but how to arrange Ryuzoji and Nabeshima's family in the future was something Hideyoshi needed to think about.

In fact, Hideyoshi originally wanted to ask Hideonaga and Hideka for their opinions, but they didn't expect to talk about it for a long time, and it seemed that they were about to lose time, so they stopped there.

In the early morning of the next day, the weather outside the inner city was sunny and sunny, and most of the daimyos in the whole world gathered in a shogunate with a square meter of [-] square meters, sitting in their seats according to their status.

Just to the east of the shogunate, there is a small high platform built of rammed earth. This is where Hideyoshi ordered people to build the imperial steps. Hidecho was placed on the imperial steps by Hideyoshi just like Kokura Castle back then.

And Hideyoshi ingeniously built a height difference of 10cm in the center of the imperial steps, and placed a beautifully decorated chair on it. There is no doubt that this is Hideyoshi's special seat.

Because Hidecho went up to the Imperial Steps, Hideyoshi was arranged to be the first on Hideyoshi's left hand. Hideyoshi's arrangement has a deep meaning.

Perhaps it is because he wants to claim his unique position through such a special position arrangement, and at the same time declares that Hideunaga is the first under him, and does not belong to the same class as other daimyos.

Even though our Xiu family is the third member of Toyotomi's family, we are still helplessly classified as ordinary daimyo, and we are not entitled to a class for ourselves.

The reason why everyone is sitting here today is to watch the seppuku ceremony of Shimadzu Yoshihisa, the former overlord of Kyushu, and Hideyoshi arranged for Shimadzu Iehisa to be the supervisor and Shimadzu Yoshihiro to be the supervisor of Yoshihisa. official.

At this time, Hideyoshi has not yet arrived, and the four brothers including Sui Jiu are surrounded in the middle, waiting for his brother's final instruction.

"Don't blame Matachiro, the choice he made was not wrong. At that time, no one knew what the end of our Shimadzu family would be. He also hoped that the Shimadzu family could continue.

I believe that if the situation is unfavorable in the end and His Highness Guan Bai is unwilling to accept us, Masachiro will also make good arrangements for you two brothers. "

Maybe it was because they were afraid that after their own death, Yoshihiro and Suijiu brothers would blame Jiajiu, and before his death, Yijiu was still advising his brothers to be harmonious.

(End of this chapter)