Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 378
After Hideka scolded Iemitsu Samukawa away, he called Keiji Maeda over.

Unlike Iemitsu Samukawa's timidity, Keiji Maeda readily agreed to the request to reassign Izumo, which fits his character very well.

So far, the Hide family has basically negotiated about the transfer of Izumo's retainers.

But the closer the Xiu family was going to Osaka, the more the Xiu family had to settle some affairs in the territory, the most important of which was the filling of the old seat of the family.

In Xiujia's plan, the joint meeting of family elders should be a 7-member parliament.

Among them, the elder of the writer is responsible for overall planning, not for special matters;
The other elders are the privy elders who are in charge of army training and battle;
Responsible for the ceremonies and ceremonies on various occasions in the collar;
Responsible for the management of the samurai and the people in the territory, as well as the post-war samurai, ashigaru promotion and rewards, and civil elders for the city's general recruitment;
Agricultural elders who are responsible for the reclamation of wasteland and the management of acres in the territory;
The elders of finance and taxation in charge of domestic trade and taxation;
The elders in charge of armament production and handicraft production in the territory;
Each of the above-mentioned family elders is in charge of 2-3 different enforcement offices, which is equivalent to the vice president of the State Council in later generations.

It’s just that this plan has never been fully occupied. Before Hanabou Masayuki retired and Togawa Hidean committed suicide, there were only 6 members of Yuki’s family.

Oka Toshikatsu is in charge of the Privy Council, Ukita Kanke is in charge of etiquette, Togawa Hidean is in charge of civil affairs, Akashi Keichan is in charge of business and trade, Osafuna Sadain is in charge of construction, and Hanabang Masako is in charge of overall planning as well as agriculture. .

Later, after Hanafang Masayuki retired, the task of the part of the field he managed was thrown to Akashi Keiki, and Togawa Hidean continued to take care of civil affairs.

After Hidean Togawa committed suicide last year, there were only 4 elders left in the Uki family, and it was no longer possible for anyone to share a complete job.

So Osafune Sadakin asked Hideka to split the tasks, and asked Oka Toshikatsu to manage the army training while also managing the promotion and rewards of the samurai.

Akashi Jingqin's tax affairs were stripped out, and he, an old writer in his family, was in charge of it, so that Akashi Jingqin specialized in agricultural and commercial work.

It's just that going to Kyushu throughout the year has caused a lot of government affairs to be backlogged. Seeing that this year's autumn harvest is coming soon, if the work is not divided, the tasks will be scheduled until next year.

Therefore, the work of Yu Xi's family to supplement and appoint new family members had to be put on the agenda, and it had to be decided before Xiu's family left.

The Xiu family must be cautious about the selection of elders. After all, they represent the top decision-making level of the Yuxi family. When the Xiu family is not in the territory or is specially authorized by the Xiu family, they can formally make decisions on general matters.

In other words, as long as they form a majority vote, they can use the order of the Xiu family to issue government orders to the territory.

Of course, as the closest blood relatives of the Xiu family, Yuxi Duo's family still has a hidden right to veto matters in the joint meeting of the elders when the Xiu family no longer dominates the country.

The other family elders are well aware of this, and if the proposal is rejected by one vote, other retainers still want to continue to implement the proposal, no matter how small the matter is, it will be sent to the Xiu family immediately, and the Xiu family will decide .

This right of Ukita's commentator has also become a tool to balance the old age of the pen.

The first person from the Xiu family to ask for an opinion was Changfu Zhenqin. After all, he was the elder of the Yuxi family, and the alternate elders would all work under him from now on.

Although the two are colleagues at the same level, their names have the word "pen head" after all, and their responsibilities also have the responsibility of coordinating, which forms constraints on other elders in their work.

If the vassals brought in by the Xiu family had some conflicts with him, the Xiu family's cabinet would probably be in turmoil in the future, so the Xiu family especially valued the opinion of Changchuan Zhenqin.

Unexpectedly, in the face of Xiujia's inquiry, Nasafune Sadakin only replied in a very official way, "The power of the cabinet is granted by the lord, and the selection of the elders of the family should also be decided by the lord. It is not for the ministers to discuss." .”

Under the repeated questioning of the Xiu family, and promised to refer to his opinion, Nasafune Sadaqin still replied very cautiously, "My lord, although I will make up for the elders immediately, I will take the lead in my lower body and properly handle the relationship between the ministers. It is my duty."

Listen to what people say, how beautiful it is!
It was also at this moment that the Xiu family felt for the first time that Nagafune Sadaki was not as unbearable as the head of the Yuki family.

At the beginning, Xiujia only wanted it as a transition, and after a few years, he gave way to the reformist Akashi Jingqin. Since then, Yukiduo has officially embarked on the road of innovation.

At the beginning, the Xiu family hated his non-communicative political stance and saw clearly his moderate way of dealing with the world, but now it seems that having a family like him in Yuxi Duo's cabinet is the real treasure to stabilize the power in the family.

Compared with Changchuan Zhen's relatives, the other three family elders expressed their opinions on the Xiu family's inquiry much more straightforwardly.

Faced with Hideka's desire to make up for the three elders, Oka Toshikatsu and Ukita Kanya bluntly proposed that Hanabou Masanari and Togawa Tatsuya make up.

After all, both of their fathers belonged to the elders of the Yuxi family, and now that the two of them inherited the family business, they are both at the level of town elders, and they have considerable influence in their respective countries. It would seem so logical to replace the elders.

But the Xiu family just didn't want people in the family to think that the family elders association would be confused with the town country elders, and the Xiu family didn't want the family elders association to become a hereditary existence.

This is the brain center of Yuxi Family. Only those with real ability and prestige can come in and be responsible for planning the future path of Yuxi Family.

Therefore, the Xiu family expressed their approval of the two proposals, but did not express their position immediately.

The last one to appear was Jingqin Akashi, who himself was a member of the conservative faction, but his son Zento Akashi was a member of the reformist faction. As time passed, he was brought over and no longer resisted innovation ideologically.

And also because of Akashi Jing's relationship, the relationship between him and the Xiu family is relatively close, and he is very clear about the Xiu family's desire to innovate and join new senators.

Therefore, in the face of Hideka's inquiry, Akashi Keiko clearly stated Todo Takatora's name.

Fujido Takatora now owns 2.1 shi of Iyo Shubu Komatsu Castle, and he is quite a retainer within the Uki family.

In addition, he followed the Xiu family to conquer Xiguo, Jianyue, Sanhe, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and the accumulated meritorious service has also been recognized by everyone.

In terms of ability, it is even worse. He once temporarily acted as the guardian of Sanuki, built Takamatsu Castle and Takamatsu Port for the Hide family, and supervised the powerful clan of Sanuki.

Under his governance, all the rich families in Sanuki were successfully attached to their own family, and there was no rebellion or Ichiku. Takamatsu Castle and Takamatsu Port, as important cities for Hideka to control the trade of the Seto Inland Sea, are also under his planning. .

It can be said that although Todo Takatora is sealed in Iyo, his basic background is Sanuki.Even the Sanuki people's favor for the old Togawa Tatsuan of the new town is not as good as this miscellaneous retainer who has been transferred to another country.

After hearing Todo Takatora's name, Hideka nodded in satisfaction, motioning for Akashi Keiko to continue.

However, the second name given by Akashi Jingqin was beyond the expectations of Hideka. He actually reported the name of Masanari Hanabou like Oka Toshikatsu.

However, Xiujia questioned the answer proposed by Akashi Jingqin, "Iyoshou thinks, is Hanabou Matashichiro really qualified for this position? As far as I know, when he was under Shugong Ryo's command in the past, he was capable of coordinating the affairs of Tian Mu's knowledge and action. Is it wrong to catch it?"

Speaking of this, I have to mention again that Hiroken Miura concealed the land property change 3 years ago.

At that time, Masanari Hanabou was in charge of checking the acres in the Mizusa area. Knowing that the Miura family concealed nearly 3000 shi of the land, he believed that Miura was a relative of the Ukita Hide family (the mother of the Hide family married Miura before marrying the Ukita Nao family. Home) should not be forced very urgently.

But this is the task of the Hide family after all, and such a large amount of concealment cannot be concealed, so they chose to report it to the Ministry and allowed the Miura family to keep part of the hidden field.

Later, Osafune Tsunao, who was checked by spot checks, discovered that after the incident, Miura's family was divided by 10 times the penalty of Hidden, and Zhixing was deducted nearly 2 koku.

As a civil servant, Huafang Zhengcheng was punished by being deprived of his ability and living in seclusion for self-reflection (1000 stone).

This is the son of Hanafang Masayuki, and at that time, Hanafang Masayuki was serving as the head of the Yuki family's writing family. If he were an ordinary retainer, he would have been ordered to cut seppuku by the Xiu family long ago.

In Xiujia's view, Huafang Zhengcheng's approach is to form a small circle, digging the roots of the public to enrich his own selfishness, which is a manifestation of disloyalty.

As the saying goes, if you are unfaithful once, you don’t need it a hundred times. After that incident, the Xiu family had a grudge against Hanfang Zhengcheng. Under Li Sheng's command, he is usually in charge of the registration work of each reserve team.

Akashi Jingqian heard Xiu's question and replied, "After all, Matashichiro was born in the first year of Hongzhi (1555), and he is only 32 years old. Bright true.

In the past two years, I have read his words at home, not to mention that everything is meticulous and proper, but he is also diligent and error-free. I think there is no problem with his ability.

In terms of identity, after all, he is the son of Masayuki Hanafo, and the Hanafang family who inherited the head office is the elder of the former Uki family. There is no problem with his identity, and what he lacks is just military exploits.

In this battle of Kyushu, I, as your team leader, was responsible for cooperating with Okatoshi Katsura in the review of military exploits. Matashichiro's performance on the battlefield is also remarkable.

The most important thing is that the lord raised Fujido Sado Mamoru to the position of the elder of the family this time. It is really necessary to find someone from the old retainer system to fill another vacancy, so as to balance the voice of criticism in the family. "

"As the lord, do I need to take care of those criticisms?" Xiujia said angrily when he heard Akashi Jingqin's answer.

But to be honest, it was Akashi Jingqin's words that really made the Xiu family make up their mind to include Hanafang Masanari in the family.

Akashi Jingqin said a lot earlier, but in the ears of the Xiu family, there was only one sentence: "His Hanfang Zhengcheng is barely qualified, but it is not an inevitable choice."

But his last sentence really reminded the Xiu family that the promotion of a retainer who has just joined the family for less than 10 years will cause much discussion in the family.

And Akashi Jingqin's phrase "the voice of criticism in the balance family" may not be referring to the criticism of the Hide family, but the criticism of Todo Takatora.

It was also to protect Todo Takatora that the Xiu family decided to add Hanabang Masanari to the elders.

For being forced to accept Hanabang Masanari as the elder of the family, Hideka revealed a trace of impatience, and bluntly said that he would never accept Togawa Tatsuyasu's decision to replace the elders of the family, "Is there another candidate? Let alone Togawa Tatsuya."

But Akashi Jingqin just smiled when facing the Xiu family's inquiry, and did not give an answer.

Perhaps his choice was also Togawa Tatsuan, but since Hideka had already rejected it, there was no need for him to raise this choice again.

Or maybe he really didn't have an answer, so he chose to avoid answering the question about the last candidate of the Xiu family.

The Xiu family was stunned for a moment when they saw Ming Shijing's silence, but after thinking about it, after Togawa Tatsuan was removed, the rest of the family could have two of the three abilities of identity (knowledge and action), prestige (merit), and ability. There is indeed no one who can serve as a family member.

After getting this situation, the Xiu family simply stopped being entangled, and muttered, "If this is the case, then let Misaku Shou take on more burdens, give some people more opportunities to exercise, and replace the elders when the time is right. "

On the second day, an announcement was made about the replacement of Yuki's family elders. Hanabang Masanari and Iyo Komatsu Todo Takatora were replaced as elders of the Beichu Headquarters.

So far, Yuxi has a number of new family elders (6 people), and Changfuen Zhenqin is in charge of coordinating affairs as the writing elder, and also serves as the civil management of the civil elders and the use of husband power;

Gang Lisheng continued to serve as his privy elder, and at the same time served as the civil elder, responsible for military merit evaluation and samurai management.

Ukita’s family will continue to serve as the elder of Dianyi, and Akashi Jingqin will serve as the elder of finance and taxation, and concurrently serve as the elder of civil affairs;

The newly added greenhouse Zhengcheng is in charge of the agricultural part. Although he has stumbled in agriculture in the past, this is what he is best at after all.

Moreover, Feng Xing, who is in charge of field surveys and review and random inspections, used to be Hanabou Masayuki's former subordinates, and they would be able to quickly adapt to being led by his son.

The newly appointed Todo Takatora will take over Osafune Sadakin and be responsible for the production of the handicraft industry and military industry in the territory.

In the second week after Takatora Fujido became the elder of the family, the Xiu family held a wedding ceremony for Takatora Todo and his sister Renhee. So far, Takatora Fujido has officially joined the Todo family, and Takatora Todo has officially become a member of the Uki family.

In fact, the marriage between Fujido Takahu and Lian Ji was no longer a secret in the Yuxi family. The reason why it was postponed until now was to give Fujido Takahu enough opportunities to be promoted to the family elder by virtue of his meritorious deeds.

Just imagine if you get married first and then become the elder of the family, what kind of criticism would Fujido Takatora, an outsider, receive at home?

Now that the Xiu family arranged this way, on the contrary, Fujido Takahu told everyone with his strength that he was qualified to become a member of the family, and Lianzi chose to marry him in order to win him over after the Xiu family discovered his ability.

In this way, Fujido Takatora's criticism at home will be much smaller.

Hideya is a daimyo who likes to join in the fun. Anyway, Fujido Takatora's wedding was arranged by Hideya. He simply arranged the marriage of his three close attendants, Shimizu Nobuya, Sanada Nobushige, and Anayama Nobukun, on the next day. hold.

After all, the identities of the three of them are still somewhat different from those of Todo Takatora, and it is not appropriate to be on the same day.

But in order to celebrate the wedding of Todo Takatora and Renko, all the retainers in the Ukita family gathered together. After all, it was the marriage of the elder Ukita and the princess Ukido.

And Xiu's marriage proposals for the three were also the daughters of important ministers in the court. If a wedding was held, many retainers would still come to congratulate them.

Now the Xiu family simply took advantage of most of the people gathering in Shishan, and arranged a group wedding ceremony for the three couples, and asked all the retainers to send blessings to the three.

(End of this chapter)