Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 377

Time flies, and a month has passed in a blink of an eye.During this month, Xiu's family had in-depth exchanges with several concubines around him.

Especially for Naoko who had just given birth, after sharing the same room with Naoko, Hideka finally knew the reason why he didn't breastfeed Chen Chiyo himself, but to find a nanny to breastfeed.

If it's just that the mammary glands of women in the childbearing period are not dredged in time, it will cause blockage, but now Chen Qiandai is being fed by his own wet nurse, then this work can only be done by the Xiu family.

It was a bit bitter, but Xiujia enjoyed it.

Apart from these private matters, the most important job of the Xiu family is to communicate with its retainers to determine the transfer of the reward after the award.

After all, Hideo learned from Hideyoshi that his Inaba half country would be taken back, and instead he would get the Izumo half country and part of Iyo's land.

Then the samurai enfeoffed in Inaba will face the situation of transfer. Fortunately, there are only two great lords in Inaba, namely Okatoshi Katsura of Luye Castle with 4.5 koku and Yoshioka Dakakatsu with 1.1 koku of Yoshio Castle.

This kind of transfer is not for meritorious service, or because of the lord's reason for passive transfer, so they will not receive additional compensation.

After all, it wasn't the fault of the Hideyoshi family that Inaba was taken back by Hideyoshi. As retainers, it was only natural for them to cooperate with the transfer.

Of course, although there is no compensation for land, there will still be economic compensation, such as allowing them to take away the grain and coins that were donated in the past year.

Of course, as the general general who led the team to support Kyushu after the autumn harvest last year, Oka Toshikatsu has made great achievements in Kyushu Bungo and Bungzen, and Hideka will indeed give appropriate compensation.

As for Yoshioka Dingsheng's military exploits, they are insignificant compared with those of other veteran generals. After all, the main force of the Kyushu crusade was the restructured reserve teams, and the conscripts of the wealthy clan were mostly used by the Xiu family as garrisons and material transfers. And other auxiliary work.

He will not be rewarded with land, and can only be rewarded with money and food based on meritorious service.

Fortunately, both of them were reasonable people, and they both chose to accept the Xiu family's arrangement to transfer them to Izumo.

Gang Lisheng actually understands it very well. After all, he is an old minister of the Yuxi family, and he is also a member of the joint association of family elders. It is impossible for him to be separated from the Yuxi family.

And Yoshioka Dingkatsu, as an indigenous wealthy family in Inaba, followed the Hide family to return to his skills. Now he has not only returned to his family's own city, Fangjio Castle, but also won three times the title, which can be called a glorious return home.

But after all, he came from a wealthy foreign family, and the Xiu family had already made a choice for him not to transfer with the Xiu family and stay in the local area. This was also the normal state of transfer during the Warring States period.

If this is the case, he will stay in Inaba and become Ikoma's vassal, and it is more likely that he will become an important minister of the Ikoma family because of his knowledge and action (occupying 1/12 of Inaba).

Of course, it is also possible that the Ikoma family made things difficult for them, and finally they couldn't bear it and raised the flag of rebellion. In the end, they were set up as a model. On the premise that the head of the family cut seppuku and his skills were greatly reduced, he was forgiven by the Ikoma family and became a medium-sized retainer in the Ikoma family.

After all, Zhixing's body is here, and it is obviously impossible to be suddenly reduced to a low-level warrior.

But Dingkatsu Yoshioka did not choose this path, perhaps because he felt that following the Hide family would have a better future, so he accepted the request of the Hide family to be transferred without any increase.

Because Hideyoshi participated in Hideyoshi's plan for the rewards after the Kyushu crusade, he knew in advance what he would get in advance, so he could make preliminary arrangements for the rewards of his retainers based on this situation, and interviewed the retainers he planned to transfer one by one. .

After all, Izumo is next to Maori, so it can be said that it is the new front line of the Yuxi family. It is impossible for the Xiu family to directly manage this place, and it is bound to be entrusted to the samurai below as a subordinate territory.

This involves the transfer of samurai from other territories, and Hideyoshi needs to talk to them one by one.

Izumo’s 10 koku deducted 4.5 from Oka Toshikatsu and 1.1 koto from Yoshioka Dingkatsu, plus Zhixing who was going to seal Oka Toshikatsu, and there was still a surplus of about 4 koku.

There are two daimyos in the Hide family territory that cannot be moved by the Hide family's decision, that is, Hoki's Nanjo Motosuke and Bizen's Changzong Gabu Xinqin.

Deducting the two of them, the elders of the towns and states of various countries cannot easily move, and the Xiu family can only find retainers who are willing to go to Izumo from other retainers.

In fact, Izumo was originally a treasure land. It is the descendant of Sushen, an ethnic group in the Northeast in ancient times, and it is also the territory of Susanoo in the Takamahara mythology of later Japanese mythology.

This place often appears in Japanese mythology, and it is said that many gods live here.This is also the hometown of Nizi Haruhisa, the former governor of Yinyang, so it has an unusual status in the eyes of the Japanese.

From a practical point of view, although there are not many Zhixing in Izumo, about 18 shi at this time, there are two inland lakes in the north of it, Zhonghai and Shinji Lake.The middle sea of ​​the salt lake and the cave lake of the freshwater lake are rich in various fish and have rich reserves.

At the same time, although there are mountains in the north and south, its terrain is similar to Awa, and the land flowing through the Nei Hii River creates an area around the Izumo Plain, which is suitable for farming.

In addition, it has been a famous iron producing area in Japan since ancient times, and the local area has enough resources to forge military equipment. Therefore, although the area of ​​Izumo is small, it has a strong national power and has important strategic value.

To sum up, Hideya originally thought that his retainers would flock to transfer the title of Izumo, but who would have thought that the first one would be the first one to get frustrated.

The first thing Hideka found was his old friend, his former attendant, Iemitsu Samukawa. After all, the land of Sanuki is so big, Tatsuan Togawa (2.7), Kasei Kosai (2.2), and Iemitsu Samukawa were filled in. (2.7) Three big guys.

There are also Nobuyuki Kagawa (1.73), Isshin Sobayashi (0.75), and Keiji Maeda (0.7). The above-mentioned ministers occupy the territory of 10.78 shi in Sanuki.

You must know that Sanuki's record in Xiujia's side last year was only 13.58 Shigao's territory, and these retainers accounted for 8% of it.

During the Kyushu crusade, the Sanuki group participated in the vanguard group that initially followed Hashiba Hideji, and was formed in the pioneer army that was later won by Okatoshi. It can be said that they contributed a lot.

Therefore, according to statistics after the war, Sanuki’s retainers such as Maeda Keiji, Kosai Kakiyoshi, Togawa Tatsuyasu, and Samukawa Iemitsu will all receive a considerable amount of titles, even if Shobayashi Isshin and Kagawa Nobuyuki have hundreds. Sealing of stone.

Sanuki is an important stronghold for Hideya to control the Seto Inland Sea Channel, and it forms a north-south echo effect with Okayama in the north. Hideya, the territory of Sanuki, is treated as a sub-core just like Bichu, and must not lose its right to speak.

Therefore, it is impossible for Sanuki's fief Xiujia to shrink any more. If they want to seal them, some people inside must be transferred out.

Hideka thought about it, and the combination of Samukawa Iemitsu and Maeda Keiji seemed to be the right combination, which was also Hideka's original arrangement, but Hideka never thought that Samukawa Iemitsu would be the first to reject him.

After listening to Hideka and his reasons, Iemitsu Samukawa seemed to have gone through a fierce ideological struggle, and Hideka Yuki responded: "It is my honor to be granted the title, but please forgive my refusal."

For Iemitsu's refusal, Hideka felt a little surprised, and confirmed to him again, "You have made great contributions in the Battle of Kyushu. Since you have been transferred to Izumo, you will definitely be granted a certain seal. You don't have to worry about that."

Seeing that Hideo had misunderstood him, Iemitsu Hankawa also explained, "It's not because of this, Your Highness, but because the foundation of the Hanchuan family is in Sanuki, and the samurai of the Hanchuan family are from Sanuki. If so, then the Hanchuan family’s foundation will be lost.”

When Xiujia heard Iemitsu's explanation, he became angry from the heart, and cursed at Iemitsu, "You Kenjiro is the only one who is special in the entire Uki family, how many times have the Togawa family been transferred, did they say anything.

According to what you said, it is enough to use the entire country of Bizen to house the elders, but my Hide family will go to Bichu to seek a living.

Xiangxi Jiaqing from the Sanuki Congregation has been transferred 3 times since Tianzheng surrendered ten years ago. His hometown is now the Takamatsu area under my direct control. Should I return it to him? "

The reason why the Xiu family was angry was very simple. He transferred the seal to the Hanchuan family just to give himself this opportunity to be granted a small seal. Most people don't have such treatment, but who knows that Hanchuan Jiaguang can't see a good thing.

The most important thing is that the Hide family's purpose of entrusting Kaneko Kenjiro to the Samukawa family is to allow him to master this powerful Sanuki. For this reason, they also specially transferred the Bizen Kaneko family and some other local warriors to his subordinates to strengthen his strength. .

Later, it may be that the Hanchuan family did it deliberately, which caused heavy losses to the warriors of the Jinguang family. Hanchuan Jiaguang was also depressed because of this, but the Xiu family helped him, allowing his second child to inherit the Jinguang family, and additionally supplemented him. A group of warriors.

What’s more, let him become the captain of his own entourage team, let him prove to the Hanchuan family that he is worthy of the favor, the Xiu family’s doing this is already very much to see the face of being small in the past, I thought he could fight back and regain control of the Hanchuan family , In the end, he actually said, "My samurai are all from Sanuki, so they cannot be transferred."

What do you mean by that?It means that Hanchuan's family is not up to him at all, and it is very likely that the father-in-law who has retired in name, Hanchuan Guangjun and his brother-in-law Hanchuan Junyuan.

The Xiu family knew very well in their hearts that they were too close to Osaka, and they might be transferred to Kanto after the crusade against Xiao Tian Yuan. At that time, most of the families under their command would follow him. Will the Hanchuan family follow him?

Even in the Qingcho period of the Sanuki country, Zhixing only had about 17 shi, and the Samukawa family had nearly 3 shi. How could it be tolerated by the new lord in Sanuki.

And if Iemitsu Hanchuan stayed in Sanuki, after losing his asylum, he might be bewitched by the new lord, and there would be no bones left from being eaten by Hanchuan's old minister.

In the end, it is very likely that these old ministers of Hanchuan will be captured and dealt with by the new lord in the name of "rebelling against the top", and the power of the Hanchuan family in Sanuki will collapse.

Why do you ask Xiujia so well?Because that's what he did when he dealt with the Beizhong, Misaku, and Iyohao clans, so he naturally thought about the future of the Samukawa family.

If other retainers refused the request of the Xiu family to transfer the title, the Xiu family might not even ask the reason. Since they don't want to, then forget it. When the time comes to add a little less, it is equivalent to giving themselves an extra piece of open space.

But the Samukawa family is the youngest of the Hide family, the one who used to protect himself from being bullied by Fukushima Masanori and others with his fragile body, the one who would laugh out loud while eating a bag of kelp rice balls.

Whenever recalling the past, the Xiu family couldn't bear it, and finally decided to give him a hand.

Xiujia asked the attendants outside to pull up the sliding door, and after taking 5 steps outside to watch out, he asked Hanchuanjiaguang in a voice: "Do you think that when I am in my position, I have a choice?
The 114 million stones of Jibei Seven Kingdoms is such an honorable existence, but these 114 million stones seem to be a reminder to me. Sometimes I would rather go back to the original 57 stones! (The knowledge and practice of Xiujia in history)

Let alone you, if one day in the future I am asked to transfer to another country, I don't even have the right to refuse!

The samurai in the entire seven countries of Jibei have only two choices, either transfer the title with me, or keep the original title and stay in the country.

But if you think about it, with your 2 shi, you have more knowledge and practice than many small daimyos. Can you live well under the new lord of Sanuki? "

Iemitsu Hanchuan was stunned by the Hideka's questioning. From his point of view, it was a supreme honor for the Hideka to acquire the knowledge and practice of a million stones, and now the No. [-] subordinate of the Toyotomi family.

He also has the status of Hideyoshi's adopted son, was given the surname of Toyotomi's courtiers, Hashiba's Miao character, and was allowed to directly display his surname to others. He is a well-deserved third person in the Toyotomi family's internal politics.

What an honor this is, even Hideyoshi's nephew Hashiba Hideji, now only has the Miao character of Hashiba, and doesn't even have Toyotomi's surname, let alone show it to others directly.

In his opinion, his Patriarch, the Hide family, is a high and mighty existence. As long as the Toyotomi family does not fall, his Bizen Toyotomi family will surely last forever.How could someone reseal the Xiu family?
In fact, this kind of view is very popular in the Yuxi family. Everyone thinks that their samurai is the most brave, and they are highly valued by Guan Bai. Therefore, even in Osaka City, they are very arrogant and unwilling to give others face.

And Samukawa Iemitsu also believed in this point of view. On this basis, he believed that Hideka would not be transferred, and he was more willing to stay in Sanuki. After all, this is his hometown, and his control must be stronger than Izumo.

"His Royal Highness, do you want to transfer the seal?" Hanchuan Iemitsu asked with a look of surprise.

Seeing the surprised look on Iemitsu's face, Hideie smiled contemptuously and asked, "Is there anything strange? Even my uncle was asked to transfer from Tajima to Hokuriku, and now I want to transfer from Hokuriku to Nobi. Then do you think I will be resealed?"

Iemitsu Samukawa was even more surprised when he heard that Toyotomi Hideunaga was going to transfer the title to me again, "What? The Chuinogen Hall is going to transfer the title to Nobi? But hasn't he only been in charge of Kita no Sho for two years?"

His thoughts were still in the old days, and he believed that Zhixing was a territory handed down from generation to generation given to him by the lord. How could he have thought that Hideyoshi would rashly transfer it when Hidecho had only mastered Hokuriku for two years.

Of course, he didn't mean that the transfer was a request from Xiu Zhang himself, and the Xiu family was not obliged to tell him the inside story.

This led to Iemitsu's view that Hideyoshi is a devil who doesn't even care about family affection, and even treats his younger brother at will.

Before Samkawa Iemitsu could react, the Hide family struck while the iron was hot and said, "After this battle, the Inaba leader will be taken back to house Lord Ikoma Kisama. Was asked to reseal Kyushu.

Danzheng Shaobi and General Yoshioka, who were entrusted in Inaba, both accepted the request to transfer Izumo without saying a word, why can't they do it when they come to you?
In terms of background, the Inaba Yoshioka family is a Chinese based on the west bank of Hushanchi since the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Fangjio Castle is the city where they lived for hundreds of years. See them complain? "

The information that Iemitsu Hanchuan received in a short period of time was so amazing that he couldn't digest it for a while, and his brain was in a state of enlightenment.

Seeing that he did not respond for a long time, Xiujia decided to make a decision for him, "Izumo Yineng County is next to the Yonago City of the Dazai Hall, and borders the territory of Tanzheng Shaobi. The county's Zhixing is about 2.93 shi. Seal you to Yueshan Futian City, and take the whole of Yineng County.

When you go back now, you can communicate this order to your lowly retainers first. If there are Samukawa samurai who are unwilling to transfer away, they will be incorporated into Sanuki's military service certificate on the spot, and all the knowledge, behavior and salary will be assigned according to the lowest samurai. "

"Your Highness! The Samukawa family is still loyal to you!" In fact, after hearing that so many adults have been transferred to me, Iemitsu's psychological defense has been shaken, but when he heard that Hideyoshi will seriously deal with Hankawa, a branch of Sanuki After the samurai, he was still frightened and wanted to stop it.

Hideka raised a hand and stopped him from continuing to speak, "If you are really loyal, you should follow my arrangement, and my Okayama Toyotomi family will never take a disobedient samurai.

Moreover, I did not withhold and punish the Hanchuan family, and I even gave myself kindness (transferred and sealed), which is something that the warriors of the Hanchuan family cannot resist. "

Speaking of this, Hideka is ready to end the topic, but Iemitsu seems to want to fight for something, Hideka can only warn him, "Kenjiro! Don't forget the reason I put you in the Samukawa family, you are my The retainers of Ukita Hide's family are not the retainers of his Samukawa family!

I know that your education is not enough, so after this transfer of title, you will join the joint association of family elders as a member of the joint force, and assist the elders in handling domestic affairs.

I put your territory right next to Ukitamiko and Okadan, so that I can learn how they manage the territory. "

"If you encounter any difficulties, you can directly ask them for support. I don't believe that a few springtails can turn upside down!" Cursing that the Xiu family here is already feeling exhausted, and after making a concluding remarks, tell him A eviction order was issued.

"When you go back, think about what I said, and ask the elders of the family for advice if you have nothing to do. You can see how Fujido Takatora, who joined the family later than you, has grown up.

I hope that one day you can also become a warrior I entrust with important tasks, instead of me wiping your ass all the time!
Well, that's it, go back and convey my opinion to them. If those bugs have any objections, let them come to Stone Mountain City to come to me to argue! "

This is the first time that Hanchuan Iemitsu has been scolded so badly by the Xiu family in so many years, especially the last sentence "The Xiu family has been wiping his own ass." It made him feel extremely ashamed.

But the Xiu family scolded him excitedly, and finally arranged a new way out for him, no doubt not out of respect for him, he also secretly decided that he must study hard and live up to the expectations of the Xiu family.

So after saluting to the Xiu family, he turned around and left.

(End of this chapter)