Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 388
As Hidecho said, the day when Hideyoshi will be evaluated is not far away.

For Hideka’s gift for Kyoko’s wedding, except for the screen painting in Okayama, which has to go to a cultural gathering place like Kyoto to find a master, all other gifts can be bought in Okayama Town.

So Hideka found Hasegawa and his uncle in Kyoto, and sent him to Okayama, and he returned to Osaka after resting in Kyoto for one night.

After returning to Osaka from Kyoto, Xiujia couldn't wait to stop by the door for a long time to discuss with Xiuchang about the award.

Xiujia had previously promised to help Mori Tadomasa run the operation, and try his best to help him retain the knowledge of 10 shi.

But after communicating with Xiuchang, I found that the current problem is a bit difficult. After all, the sphere of influence of each daimyo has been demarcated, and even the knowledge and action certificate for the reward has been basically written. Now it is really difficult to increase the knowledge and action for the Mori family. .

But by coincidence, at noon the next day, the ship that disembarked from Sakaimachi sent Asano Nagamasa and others back, and together with them came Takashi Bosho from the Kyushu countries, and their arrival officially announced the Kyushu Ikki Announce the assessment.

As soon as Xiuchang got the Tian Jibo, he called Xiuchang and Xiujia together to discuss the division of Kyushu.

According to the list in the Higo Tian Jibo, in the Zhixing Form of Higo’s various forces, even if the overlapping parts are removed, there is still a territory of 48 shi, which is nearly half more than the 33 shi recorded in the original imperial court Tian Jibo.

In this case, it became possible to block the Kobayakawa's house.

After all, it was a helpless move to arrange Kobayakawa Takakage in Osumi and Hyuga across the two countries. Now that Higo can be placed, Hideyoshi, in order to save trouble once and for all in the future, called two people again to ask questions about Kyushu 5 days before the award.

You must know that Takakage Kobayakawa has already arrived in Osaka, and Hideyoshi may have already talked with him about the situation of the transfer. It is rare for the other party to make a change when the other party already knows that he has transferred.

However, compared with Osumi and Hinata, Higo's geographical location is much better, and the political system that straddles the two countries involves too much, which is why Hideyoshi is not willing to place Takakage Kobayakawa here.

Since Hideyoshi never surrendered under the strategy of the Shimadzu family of the Aso family, Hideyoshi needed asylum after he landed in Kyushu, so Hideyoshi decided to award 23 stones from North Aso County to Yoshimitsu Aso, who was only 000 years old.

Even though he is only 6 years old, since his father died, this baby has already become an adult at the age of 2 and is in charge of the family business.

The 1.9 koku of the whole county of Moqiu in the southern part were all awarded to the Sagara family as agreed.

In fact, Higo’s most difficult place to settle was Takakage Kobayakawa. In the end, Hideko’s suggestion and Hidecho’s supplement decided the 6 and a half counties of Kikuchi, Minamiaso, Koshi, Yamamoto, Matada, Takuma, and Mashijo with Kumamoto Castle as the core. A total of 32 stone collars were handed over to Takakage Kobayakawa.

At the same time, because Aso Yuimitsu was too young, he was handed over to Takakage Kobayakawa to take care of him, and the 23 stones of Kita Aso were given to Takakage Kobayakawa together with his power.

The Tamana County and Yamaga County that were vacated in the north totaled 9 stone collars, plus the 2.1 stone collars of Miike that the Chikugo Kingdom withheld from Tachibana Zongshige, and a total of 11.1 stones were awarded to Mori Tadomasa. According to Tamana County Inside Takaoka Castle.

A total of 10.2 stone collars from the four counties of Nanbu Uto, Amakusa, Ashihoku, and Yatsushiro were awarded to Governor Konishi in recognition of his achievements in helping Hideyoshi develop the navy during these years.

Because the power of the Shimadzu family in this life has been greatly reduced, and at the same time, Takakage Kobayakawa, who was placed in Kumamoto by Hideyoshi with absolute confidence, is already enough to deter Shimadzu.

It is no longer necessary for President Konishi to be awarded a huge territory of 20 koku as the first door to resist Shimadzu, but as Hideyoshi's confidant, he was still awarded a daimyo title of 10 koku.

As for Mori Tadamasa's arrangement, it came from Hidecho.

Originally, Hideyoshi planned to seal Takakage Kobayakawa in Nanhigo to defend against Shimadzu, but Hidecho suggested that Takakage Kobayakawa had a special status and should be treated as the lord guarding Higo.

As the lord of the country, it is natural to sit in Kumamoto Castle in Higo.

And Takakage Kobayakawa's Zhixing is only about 30 shi. If he must keep Kumamoto Castle, then Higo Kingdom will be artificially divided into upper, middle and lower parts.

Governor Konishi was placed in the south, and Hideyoshi was in trouble in the north. In the end, Hideyoshi remembered the fact that the Hide family had talked to him a few days ago that Mori Tadomasa was only granted 7 shi, so he suggested to Hideyoshi to transfer the Mori family to Fengbei Feihou's suggestion.

In his words, "My elder brother started from Oda, Ikeda, Mori, Hori and other big names have helped me a lot, now that Ikeda has been reduced to 15 shi, should the Mori family also be reduced?

I know what my brother is worried about. The height of the Mori family in the Oda family is indeed only 4 shi, and the rest are all plundered by them after the change of Honnoji Temple.

Admitting this part of their knowledge and action is tantamount to admitting the legitimacy of attacking your colleagues after the death of Youfudian, which is not good for your legal system, brother.

But that is in the past, and now you have the endorsement of His Majesty the Emperor, and you are rich all over the world, and you have conquered the world that even the Youfu can't match.

Moreover, the Mori family has come to be loyal, and has been working hard for his brother's career for so many years. Can he give a generous reward to those who died for his brother, so that he can feel at ease? "

It has to be said that Hideyoshi really listened to Hidecho's words. He originally intended to appease Oda's old ministers, but because the Mori family's territory is relatively special, it is not easy to make arrangements.

Now that Xiuchang gave him the steps, he was naturally willing to agree to the matter, and arranged Mori Tadamasa to Tamana Takaoka Castle.

After Kobayakawa Takakage left, didn't Hyuga and Higo's territories become vacant.

In order to allow his younger brother to inherit the comfort of Nobi's succession, Hideie swiped a pen and planned to transfer 17 koku of Oda Nobuo from Matsusaka to the Osumi Kingdom.

The original territory of Takakage Kobayakawa in Hyuga was taken by Kato Kiyomasa who made contributions in Kyushu, and was awarded 10.75 koku of Hyuga Miyazaki Castle.As for the remaining 2 stones, they naturally fell into Hideyoshi's hiding place.

So far, the rewards of Kyushu have been finally established, and if there is no accident, there will never be any changes.

------------

In the 15th year of Tianzheng, on August 22, the assessment room of Osaka City was extremely lively.

All the daimyos including Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, and Mori Terumoto were present, and the only one who had not arrived in the entire Toyotomi system was Uesugi Kagekatsu who was in Echigo.

Hideyoshi did invite him to participate, and he also promised to go to Lobai to see Hideyoshi again, but because the conquest of Shigeta Shinbata's family in North Vietnam was at its most critical moment, he really couldn't get out, so he applied to Hideyoshi for permission to postpone the meeting. back.

Judging from the latest news, Uesugi Kagekatsu has eliminated Shigee Shibata and basically completed the unification of Echigo. He will set off from Echigo to Osaka in the near future.

Considering the distance from Echigo to Osaka, it is normal to walk for a month. It is impossible for Hideyoshi to make the world's famous names wait for an extra month because of Uesugi Kagekatsu alone. Therefore, without Uesugi Kagekatsu, the meeting was held directly. Assessment meeting.

Just like the arrangement during Ogura's military service last time, Hideyoshi sat alone on the main seat, and on the lower side of his right hand was Toyotomi Hidecho, who was also sitting on the imperial steps.

Unexpectedly, Tokugawa Ieyasu was sitting first on the lower left. This may be the preferential treatment Hideyoshi gave to this old minister, and he has already indicated that he is the third daimyo in Toyotomi's system.

要知道德川家康在被消减去三河一国，远江一郡之后他所领的只有远江大部（22）、骏河（18）、甲信全领（20）、信浓半国罢了（15），所领知行大约是75万石的领国。

Even with the addition of Ogasawara Hidetada (11) and Sanada Nobuyuki (7.5) who are under his jurisdiction, they only have a knowledge of about 95 shi, which can barely be regarded as a million-dollar name, but it is much worse than Zhixiu's family.

Hideka didn't expect that the seating arrangement this time would be so special. After Toyotomi Hidecho was promoted by half a level, he only sat as the chief for half a year, but because of Tokugawa Ieyasu's appearance, he was reassigned to the right-hand seat (second seat).

Japan refers to the Tang system and regards the left as the respect, but does not divide the civil and military in the family evaluation, so there is a left-right-left seating arrangement.

After Hideya, and Tokugawa Ieyasu's right-hand seat is Mori Terumoto, followed by Kobayakawa Takakage, Otomo Yoshitomo, and Maeda Toshiie, Hashiba Hideji and others who started on Hideya's side.

Judging from this seating arrangement, most of the seats on the left hand side are foreign daimyo, while those on the right side are mostly Hideyoshi's old ministers or those who first followed Hideyoshi.

The highlight of this meeting is undoubtedly the award to Kyushu, which largely determines the political structure of Kyushu in the next few decades, or even hundreds of years.

This time the singing class was not in charge of Toyotomi Hidecho as last time when Hideyoshi succeeded Kanbaku. Hideyoshi handed over this task to Ikoma Kisama.

He is an old minister of Oda, born in Mino Kei County. In the 9th year of Yongroku (1566), Oda Nobunaga became his minister when he attacked Mino.

After that, he was appointed as a military commander attached to Hideyoshi Hashiba, and participated in the retreat of Kanezaki, the Battle of Nagashino, the attack on Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and the attack on Kinokuni Zaga.

After the death of Nobunaga in the 10th year of Tensho (1582), Nobunaga became Hideyoshi's retainer, and participated in the Battle of Yamazaki, the Battle of Mt.

从侍奉姬路城主时代秀吉的天正6年（1578年）的约1000石开始，至天正12年（1584年）增加2000石，至13年（1585年）增加2万3500石，至天正14年（1586年）增加至播磨国加里屋6万石的知行。

In the system of the Toyotomi family, they can be regarded as the core retainers who are truly under the jurisdiction of Hidecho and are directly in charge of the implementation. Compared with Maeda Genji, Maeno Nagayasu, Ishida Mitsunari and others, they are more important at this stage.

Yoshihiro Shimadzu was the first to be called up, just like the decision that Hideyoshi and Hideo had made when they had a small meeting in Ishiyama Castle that day, no longer split his Satsuma, and directly rewarded him with 28.3 in Satsuma One Country stone.

Yoshihiro Shimadzu went out to thank him, and received the certificate of knowledge and military service from Yoshiharu Horio, but judging from his expression, he was obviously not happy.

After all, it was originally agreed that the two 25-year-old Shimadzu Tadacho and Shimadzu Tadatsu would go out independently and not occupy the knowledge of the Shimadzu family, but now they are counted among the general knowledge of the Shimadzu family.

You must know that the total knowledge and practice of the two is more than 3 shi. The key is that their knowledge and practice are not allowed to be reduced by Hideyoshi's promise.

This is tantamount to defeating Kyushu, and the two 25-year-olds are safe and sound, but the other loyal retainers have to follow the main family to reduce their titles proportionally. This makes Shimadzu Yoshihiro explain how to explain to the retainers when he returns.

In fact, the reason why Hideyoshi agreed to this arrangement at the beginning may not have concealed the idea of ​​messing up the Shimadzu family. After all, the Shimadzu family made him so ashamed, and now they can still own a country, Hideyoshi is really not necessarily willing.

Yoshihiro Shimadzu was arranged first to submit to Hideyoshi as a hostile faction.

First of all, Toyotomi Hidecho was the first one to be called. He was transferred from Echizen, Kaga, and Noto to Mino Dabu, Owari Dabu, Ise Northern Kuwana, Chaoming, Yuanbian, and Mie Four Counties. 102 million stone territory.

Basically Owari except for the 13 koku of Furuno Oda Sanshi, the 4.3 koku of Inaba Sadatsu of Kamihachiman Castle in Mino County, the 3 koku of Mino Ogaki Castle, and the pine wood at the junction of Mino and Owari. All but 3 koku of Tokunaga Toshimasa of the castle (the Ibi River and the Kiso River are included in the impact peninsula intersected by the sea) were awarded to him.

Including Hirohiro Ujiie (1.5 stones in Mitsuka Mino), Shigeno Kagai (1 stones in Kagai) and others were directly classified by Hideyoshi as his entourage.

At the same time, Hideyoshi asked the emperor for Hidecho, and bestowed on Toyotomi Hidechosho three, the post of Dai Nayan.

The second in military exploits is Otomo Yoshito, who insisted on Kyushu. He was entrusted with Bungo and Hinata's northern Usuki County and the northern part of Koto County with a total of 42 shi.

Otomo actually expected that it would be impossible for him to return to the three kingdoms of Bungo, Bungzen, and Chikuzen that Hideyoshi had promised before, but now that the territory has been greatly reduced, only one and a half countries are left. Dare to show it on this occasion.

Along with Zhixing, Otomo Yoshitomo was bestowed with the position of five subordinates and attendant, and Hideyoshi bestowed on Otomo Sorin the position of left guard gate governor.

Giving the father and son both official ranks and promotions at once may be Hideyoshi's wish to make up for the regret that the Otomo family's original promise of knowledge and practice could not be satisfied.

Although Hideyoshi standardized the legal system after he became Guanbai, he felt that the official position needs to be restrained and cannot be given at will.However, in the eyes of the daimyos, these official positions brought them no real benefits other than the status of the imperial court.

These official positions are not matched with the corresponding responsibilities, and Hideyoshi has the final say on the entire imperial court, and in the internal seating arrangement of the Toyotomi family, the level of official position is only one of the reference factors, the most important thing is to look at strength.

Unexpectedly, Terumoto Mori was given the third place for military exploits, and he was awarded 3 koku by Ishimi Bankuni, Izumo Bankuni, and Higo. post.

That's right, you heard it right, Hideyoshi is using the term "Zengfeng" here.

In fact, as soon as this word was uttered, everyone in the hall began to whisper to each other. Isn’t this already eliminated by Izumo Bankuni? How could it be defined by “Zengfeng”? Could it be that Ikoma’s words were wrong? ?
But it’s not right, the Mori family is not at fault, and even has merit, so why was it reduced to Izumo Bankoku?

But Hideyoshi seemed to take the initiative to explain to them, Mori Terumoto accepted such an arrangement beyond everyone's expectations, and even saw joy from his face.

"Damn it! "Faceless King Kong" is still so happy after losing his territory. Could it be that he was fooled by Hideyoshi?" Everyone couldn't stop thinking.

Only Hidecho, Hideka, Terumoto, Kobayakawa Takakage, Yoshikawa Motonaga, Angukukji Huiqiong and others who know the truth know that this is because Hideyoshi used his own territory to block the two, and Mori Terumoto actually gained Enclosure.

Xiujia was ranked behind Mori Terumoto. Although Xiujia wanted to keep a low profile, his strength did not allow it!
This is not to say that the Xiu family's strength is too strong, but that the strength of others is too strong, so that the Xiu family keeps coming out to help the scene. Over time, the Xiu family's merits have accumulated to No.4.

The territory he was awarded this time includes two parts, one part is 10 shi from Izumo Bankoku.The other is 5 koku of Kato Kiyomasa's original territory in the northern part of Iyo, and part of Fukushima Masanori's territory Onsen County, Iyo County, and Iyo's domestic territory totaling 10 koku.

However, in exchange, the original 6.2 koku of Inaba Bankuni and the 3.3 koku of Iyo Fukana County were recovered.

As Hideyoshi's most important vassal and adopted son, Hideyoshi treated him very preferentially. Taking advantage of this reward, he was promoted from the top four ministers to the three right guard generals.

This official position is very much in line with the history of Hideo's feats of martial arts, and this official position is also the legal system of the past Muromachi shogun before he was named a general.

Tachibana Zongshige was next in line after the Hide family, who was officially awarded Chikugo Yanagawa 14.6 shi and Chikugo Shoichi from the fifth rank; his younger brother was announced together with Kurume 7.7 shi Andu and five ranks from Shukon General Supervisor.

The left (right) near general supervisor is originally an official position above the sixth rank, and his job is to be the emperor's personal bodyguard with a sword, so he is also called a sword bearer. In the past, there were also positions with a sword under the fifth rank.

Hideyoshi raised him by half a level this time, so that he would be worthy of his elder brother, after all, the two brothers basically divided up Chikugo.

So far, Tachibana-Takahashi's stronghold has moved from Chikuzen to Chikugo, and will occupy the most important site in Kyushu for hundreds of years.

(End of this chapter)