Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 373 Kyushu is easy to fix, but Kobayakawa is hard to seal
Xiujia originally thought that Hideyoshi and Xiuchang would not like the children born in the Xiu family's concubine very much. After all, Ju Ji, who came from the Toyotomi family's blood, had not yet started, and Xiujiajiu had already given birth to an heir.

But the two old people seemed to have a special love for Chen Chiyo, who was only 6 months old, and they teased with the child for a long time.

Chen Qiandai is not afraid of life, he has a sincere closeness to the two grandfathers, and always responds to their teasing with a smile.

The two accompanied Chen Chiyo until dinner time, and Hideyoshi handed Chen Chiyo to Hidecho beside him, and said to Hideka: "Hachiro, I like this child very much, and he is about the same age as Tsurumaru. It's time for people to play, and when Chen Chiyo is a little older, send him to Osaka."

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Xiujia originally smiled and played with the three of them, but when Hideyoshi brought up this topic, he was suddenly taken aback, and the smile on his face also tended to stiffen.

But soon Hideka figured it out, if Hideyoshi really wanted to take Chen Chiyo away as a hostage, he would never say that he would come here when Chen Chiyo was older.

Hideyoshi can say something like "I like Tatsuchiyo very much, let him go with me when I return to Osaka tomorrow."

From this point of view, Hideyoshi's request for Tatsuchiyo this time should not have any additional purpose, such as wanting to take him as a hostage.

Therefore, the Xiu family also agreed quite painfully, "I lived in the shogunate of my father when I was young. It is precisely because of my father's teachings that I have the current Hachiro, so that Chen Chiyo can go to my father and accept it like I did in the past." Education is really an honor for Chen Chiyo."

When Hideyoshi saw that Hideka agreed to this request, he was very happy and said, "Chen Chiyo is No. 1 in the third generation of our Toyotomi family. As a grandfather, how can he not express it? I decided to take out the 3000 stones of Omi Hachiman Mountain Castle, As the nourishment of Chen Chiyo, for Chen Chiyo's healthy growth."

Xiujia coaxed Chen Chiyo at the right time and said, "Look at Chen Chiyo, how attractive you are, you have already become a samurai at a young age."

Hidecho also chimed in, "Tatsuchiyo will definitely become a samurai like Hachiro."

Chen Chiyo, who played all afternoon, already felt drowsy, and actually squinted his eyes and fell asleep in Xiuchang's arms.

Xiuchang took the initiative to hand Chen Chiyo to his nanny to take him down, and Hideyoshi and Xiuchang finally got to the point of discussing current affairs.

Hideyoshi also promptly dismissed the attendants around him, and asked people to close the door of the room, leaving only three people in the room to discuss, "Kyushu and Xiaozhu have basically settled down on the matter of rewarding Kyushu, Hachiro, come and see, Do you have any other suggestions?"

After finishing speaking, he took out a piece of Kyushu region from his pocket and spread it among the three of them.

Toyotomi Hidecho took the initiative to say from the side, "We have only temporarily grasped Chikuzen and Fengzen for the actual knowledge and practice of Kyushu, and there is a big difference between the knowledge and practice of the two countries and the records of the imperial court.

For example, the listed table height of the Buzen country is only 14 shi, but according to our two-month inspection, the stone height of the Buzen country should be no less than 25 shi, and the hidden field surpasses the country by 10 shi.

The same is true for the Chikuzen Ichigoku. The imperial court and the shogunate have a table height of 33 shi, but according to the military service certificates and knowledge and practice certificates submitted by Tachibana, Munakata, Harada, Takahashi, and Akizuki, the total knowledge and practice exceeds 41. stone. "

"This is the knowledge and practice after being affected by the military chaos in the past few years." Hideyoshi interjected, "According to the knowledge and practice certificate submitted by Otomo's family, in the fourth year of Tianzheng's inspection, Chikuzen's knowledge and practice was around 48 shi."

Hideka is well aware of the situation hidden in the fields of the Warring States Period in Japan. He doesn't believe that the Toyotomi brothers, who are natives of the Warring States Period, don't know about the situation.

Perhaps because he saw the doubts of the Xiu family, Xiu Chang spoke up from the side: "Ever since the matter of hiding half of the field in the Chang Zong family was revealed, your father has been very troubled by the issue of rewards.

After all, the territory of knowledge and practice has been passed down from generation to generation. Today, the territory of hidden knowledge and practice was rashly rewarded to the lord. Even if its real knowledge and practice was found out afterwards, there was no legitimate reason to take it back.

It would be fine if the territories were not too different, but now it seems that more than 4% of the territories of Chikuzen and Katoyama have been concealed, so your father and I decided to suppress the matter of rewards for the time being. "

Hideyoshi also said aside, "When we left Kyushu, I had already conveyed an order to Yahei (Asano Nagamasa) to check whether the cause of death of Shimadzu Iehisa was fake, and took the opportunity to investigate the truth of Chiyo in various parts of Kyushu."

Hidecho went on to say: "Although we have the Zhixing certificate and military service certificate handed in by Shimadzu and Otomo's family for comparison, the real situation in it still needs to be confirmed.

The six countries of Chikuzen, Bungo, Bungzen, Hyuga, Osumi, and Satsuma can be basically confirmed. After all, the number of knowledge and practice should be quite similar. After all, there are two historical data that can be used as evidence.

What we are worried about is the Three Kingdoms of Chikugo, Hizen, and Higo. After all, Shimadzu and Otomo do not have deep control over Chikugo, Hizen, and Higo.

Ever since the Shaoer family and the Ouchi family failed in the war against Kyushu, the three kingdoms have been in a chaotic situation of separatist regimes, and no one knows how much the three kingdoms really know and do. "

Hearing this, Xiujia asked curiously, "Can't Hizen and Chikugo refer to the records of the Ryuzoji family?"

The two looked at each other, and Yu Xiuchang explained with a smile, "If you have read the records of the Longzou Temple family, you will know that the writing is messy, and the positions of knowledge and practice often overlap and misplace.

This is actually not bad for the Ryuzoji family. After all, the Ryuzoji family was just a small wealthy family in Hizen in the past. It rose too quickly and ruled Hizen for less than 10 years, let alone Chikugo and Higo. They have no foundation at all. "

Even Hideyoshi couldn't help complaining, "What kind of Hizen bear can be played around by the rich people below, and the part of their military service certificates is even less than that registered by the imperial court and the shogunate more than a hundred years ago. "

The two brothers had already explained the cause and effect very clearly, and the Xiu family also understood the reason why Hideyoshi opened the door to spy.

After all, issues related to rewards of knowledge and behavior are major issues. Hideyoshi obviously feels that the knowledge and practice of the Hizen, Higo, and Chikuzen Three Kingdoms is not trustworthy, so if he rewards others rashly, he will be at a big loss when they report to the knowledge and practice.

In the final analysis, it is still a peddler's way of thinking, which makes Hideyoshi always a little picky about the matter of grace.

Xiujia frowned and asked, "So, what my lord father is worried about now is how to give the generals rewards that match their merits?"

Hideyoshi nodded his head and confirmed, "Didn't you have a way to identify Changzong's family in Tosa, so I want you to use your brain to see if there is no way to get real data."

Xiujia looked at Hideyoshi's eager eyes and scratched his forehead helplessly. Of course, he could give an approximate number based on the Three Kingdoms Zhixing recorded in later history, but where is the evidence?
Those big names are not fools, although they don't know the real data of the territory, all the big names in the world have a rough data of the country's knowledge and practice in their hands.

You said that you rashly offered a doubling of Zhixing data, which seemed absurd, and said that you would be rewarded with this piece of land, but you found out that there were not so many at all, and you said they would make trouble.

The most important thing is, Xiujia, a big name who has been in the Western Kingdom, how can he know the real data of the Kyushu states?

If you want to say that you know about Tosa because the Hide family has the territory of Sanuki, it is reasonable to send spies to other border countries of Shikoku to investigate.

But where does the Kyushu Xiu family have such an excuse?Especially the three kingdoms of Higo, Chikugo, and Hizen who were far away from Emperor Hideka Tenko.

Therefore, even though Hideyoshi was eager for Hideo to provide a data or method, Hideo still shook his head helplessly and said, "If Father really wants to know the real data of the Kyushu countries, the only way is to search for the land.

There is a lot of uncertainty in knowing and acting data guessed from historical records, which has a lot to do with the climate harvest and the degree of war in that year.

My lord father is going to award land to all the meritorious officials. If there is a slight discrepancy in knowledge and practice, that's all. If there is a big conflict, it will damage my lord father's prestige.

It’s just that it’s only June right now, and there’s still a long way to go before the autumn harvest in August/September. If it’s calculated according to the area of ​​the field, it will take a long time. It may be difficult for my father to give a conclusion in August. . "

"Is that so?" Hearing that even Hideyoshi had no idea, Hideyoshi said a little discouraged, "Do you know why I care so much about Fei and Tsuki's Zhixing?"

"Appreciate further details."

"According to the original arrangement, Kingo Kobayakawa was awarded to Higo and the northern part of Satsuma, right? There is such a big difference between Chikuzen and Bungo. I'm afraid Higo also has the same problem. In this way, the chief magistrate of the Maori forces How big will it be!"

Hideo followed Hideyoshi's train of thought and calculated that if Kobayakawa Takakage obtained the territory of Higo + Satsuma counties, his actual knowledge and behavior would reach about 60 shi after talking about the land inspection, which is roughly equivalent to the gross profit of his own family. 8% of the family.

In this way, Hideyoshi's plan to separate the Kobayakawa family from the Mori family became shooting himself in the foot. Instead, he raised the Mori family bigger and bigger. No wonder Hideyoshi is so entangled in Higo's knowledge and action.

"Then if Kobayakawa Kingo is transferred to Chikuzen."

Hideyo thought for a while and proposed a historical plan to Hideyoshi, but he quickly dismissed this opportunity by himself.

After all, Chikuzen is too close to Mori, and assigning the Kobayakawa family to Chikuzen is actually tantamount to letting the Buzen daimyo bear the pressure from the Mori family from the north and the south.

Historically, after Takakage Kobayakawa was forcibly separated from Mori by Hideyoshi, he often returned to Bingo Mihara Castle from Chikuzen to continue to participate in the affairs of the Mori family, so this plan obviously didn't work either.

From this point of view, the knowledge and practice of Hizen and Higo, which are the most suitable places in Kyushu to house Kobayakawa, is unknown, and the established neighboring countries are not enough to house a giant like Kobayakawa.

The Xiu family looked at the map and said to themselves: "And if you don't put a huge monster in the back, then there is no point in digging out the two counties of Izumizu and Isa from the Shimadzu family. With the Satsuma Mountains as a barrier, the two counties It became an enclave that the Shimadzu family could easily take back."

Hideyoshi's answer drew unanimous approval from Hideyoshi and Hideonaga, which was also a headache for the two of them.

The room fell into silence again, and after a while, Hideka pointed to the map and said, "If Father really minds His Highness Kobayakawa's transferring the title of Higo, how about placing him in Osumi and Hyuga Bankuni?"

Hideyoshi asked curiously, "Osumi and Hinata?"

Hideka nodded, pointed to the map with Zhixing written on each county and confirmed, "The 17.5 koku of the Osumi country, plus the 19.1 koku of the three southern counties of Hyuga, totaled 36.6 koku.

His Highness Kobayakawa's original territory, Zuo and Iyo, totaled 27 shi, and the addition of 6 shi is considered within the controllable range. "

Hideka thought that the plan he gave was perfect, but Toyotomi Hideaga said in a cold voice: "Brother has promised Ito Yuyoshi that he will be returned to Hyuga, and he will have 2 in Obi Castle." In the Shi Territory, there are 5000 shi from the Joi family in Buzen, and 3 shi from Toyohisa Shimazu in Sadohara Castle. This is the removal of the small 6000 stone.

The 6 koku of the two counties of Usuki and Kototo in the north of Hyuga was originally the territory promised to the Otomo family, and the 1 koku of Dojiuzuna that you persuaded to surrender under Usuki Castle.There are only 8000 stones in total in Hyugakoku, and you can calculate how much is left now. "

The Xiu family heard that this is not a problem, so they retorted: "Those little daimyos can be moved to other places, just do it as needed, if the father is not willing to place His Highness Kobayakawa in Higo, Osumi and Hyuga are the best places to resettle.

The territory here is just enough to accommodate the Kobayakawa Palace, and at the same time allows him to supervise the Shimadzu family next to him, and is far enough away from the Mori family. I have even thought about the city for him. It is the capital city in the southeast corner of Zhuxian County. Here is his The center of the territory. "

Hideka told the two brothers about his thoughts. The two brothers exchanged glances for a while. In the end, Toyotomi Hideaga drew an irregular circle on the Azi map with a red pen and wrote "Kobayakawa" on it. .

It is worth noting that the side of Obi in Naka County is still reserved, and Xiuchang also wrote the word Ito in a circle here.

In the end, the layout of southeastern Kyushu was officially confirmed. Hideyoshi would return the two counties of Izumi and Isa to Shimadzu, allowing Shimadzu to have Satsuma's total 28.6 koku.

Yubing Ito owned 2.5 koku of Obi Castle in Hyuga, Tsuna Tsuna was moved to Takaba Castle of 18 koku on the south side of Tou-gun, Hyuga, and Toyohisa Shimadzu still owned Sadohara Castle.

A total of about 4 koku of the entire northern Usuki-gun and northern Koto-gun of Hinata was assigned to the Otomo family, plus 5000 koku of the Bungo Kingdom’s Chiyuki, totaling 378 koku.

The remaining 13.95 koku of Hyuga Country + 17.5 koku of Osumi Country, and 31.45 koku of Zong Zhixing were given to Takakage Kobayakawa.

Compared with history, Takakage Kobayakawa's knowledge gained from coming out of Mori's house earlier this time is obviously a loss.

Looking at the established plots in the southeast of Kyushu, Hideyoshi's mood instantly improved a lot. "In this way, the general layout of Kyushu will be established, and Higo can wait for the results of the land inspection before making arrangements."

(End of this chapter)