Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 39 See Keijiro Maeda (22)

At the end of July in the ninth year of Tianzheng, the Xiu family finally came to Kyoto. I still remember that the last time I came to Kyoto was because I wanted to ask my father to apply for an official position from the imperial court. .

Many readers, netizens, and even a professor of history at Fudan University and a doctoral supervisor cannot tell the difference between official positions in the imperial court and those in the shogunate.To put it simply, the official position of the imperial court was handed down in accordance with the Tang Dynasty system after the Tang envoys were sent in the Heian period.It means that you are a courtier recognized by the emperor.

The shogunate staff can be added or deleted by the shogunate according to its own conditions and purpose of use. Even if the nature of the positions overlaps, the titles are different.For example, the imperial court called the ruler of Bizen the Bizen Guardian, while the shogunate called the ruler who was entrusted to Bizen the Bizen Guardian.

At this moment, as Oda Nobunaga expelled the last general of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the power of the shogunate was useless in the Oda territory. Nobunaga directly reported to the emperor, and the rulers in the Oda territory were legal. The source also comes from the official positions bestowed by the emperor.

The Xiu family was not recognized by the imperial court when they succeeded the governor of the family, and they also held the official positions of the two countries of the father's Zhi family, and the Xiu family went to Luo this time to strengthen their own legitimacy.

Like last time, Hideka paid a visit to the samurai clan Zou Juting Jiqing, and imitated Hideyoshi last time, and sent food and money. Who knows that this Wen Chou Chou has fattened up under the leadership of Oda Nobunaga, yes These things are somewhat contemptuous, and he has been slow to express his opinion on the matter of inheriting his father's official position entrusted by the Xiu family.

It wasn't until Hanafang Zhengxing made indirect remarks that he realized that Wen Chouchou also wanted a set of Bizen celadon.Fortunately, Xiujia Shangluo was prepared enough, and Kenjiro went back to get it immediately. Wen Chouchou, who received the gift, immediately changed his face and greeted Xiujia, promising to help Xiujia get an official position.

Ukita's team was placed in Kiyomizu Temple on the east side of Gojo by Kyoto's prefect Murai Sadakatsu.When Xiu's family came out of Juting Jiqing's mansion, they were in a very bad mood by this old fox. They really beat Xiu's family like a bamboo pole.

On the way back, I happened to see the strip show show that I watched last time. A young man playing a female role with rouge and powder on his face received his wages and went back.

The young man was more than 1.8m tall, and he stood out from the crowd of short Japanese.Coincidentally, He Xiujia happened to be on the way, walking back and forth.

At this time, a few swaying warriors walked by the side of the road, holding jugs in their hands and laughing at the people on the side of the road, "Yoxi, flower girl"

One of the samurai saw the young man with a handsome face and was about to go up and flirt with him, regardless of the height of the two of them who were nearly the same height.

In history, Oda Nobunaga entered Kyoto and promulgated strict laws, prohibiting samurai ashigaru from molesting women and robbing finances. Anyone who violated the order would be beheaded.

This is the first daimyo to explicitly legislate against plundering Kyoto in the past century. Later, when Niwa Naghide and Murai Sadakatsu served as governors of Kyoto, Nobunaga’s decree was strictly implemented, making Kyoto quickly recover and become the second only to Sakai in Kinai. , even more so.

The Xiu family really did not expect that under such a strict law, there are warriors who would dare to provoke openly.Sure enough, he is strong and cowardly~
What Xiujia didn't expect was that the young man in front of him knocked down the samurai who came up to tease him, and then subdued the other two samurai who came to help his companions.

You must know that in Japan, samurai have absolute authority over ordinary citizens no matter what. Facing the beatings and scolding of samurai, few people dare to fight back.Not to mention that the samurai has been studying the art of war all year round, and the leader can actually fight back one-on-three with his hands. The Xiu family immediately became interested in that man.

"Hush~shh~" Even though the young man had subdued three drunken samurai, the commotion here still attracted Murai Sadakatsu's Kyoto garrison.Under the leadership of the samurai, the ashigaru of the defense team ran over whistling.

Seeing that the garrison was getting closer, the young man let go of the samurai under him, and fled from the side.

After Hideyoshi gestured for the ninja Kansuke to follow the young man with his eyes, he was surrounded by the guards. They obviously thought that the group of people in front of them were in the downtown area.

Due to the original reason of seeing the public, the Hide family only had Hanabou Masayuki and his son and a small team of guards by his side.However, Hatakemoto, who is the Uki family, showed a wealth of fighting qualities in the face of the siege of the Oda family.

Under the orders of the squad leader, 10 people quickly formed a circle to protect Xiujia, and the warriors in the front had already started to confront the defense team.

"This is obviously a hard stubble," the leader of the defense team thought.

At this time, Huafang was fortunate enough to walk out of the circle and handed over her name card, explaining the ins and outs to the leader, and pointing in the direction of Xiu's house with her finger on the way.

The boss accepted the name post and confirmed the situation with Hanfang Zhengxing, and became serious halfway when Hanfang Zhengxing pointed to Xiu's house.

Not long after the two talked, the leader asked Ashgaru to withdraw from the siege, and took the three people who were lying unconscious on the ground to see Jingdu Fengxing. Xiujia knew the punishment of the harsh laws facing their soldiers.

After the defense team left, Hanabou was about to call the team to move on, but Hideka stopped the action, "Sasaburo, can you follow your brother's mark to find that person."

"No problem, Your Highness, please follow me."

As the most professional intelligence personnel in Japan, ninjas follow and leave a code that only they can understand is a basic skill, so Kansuke led Hideo and the guard team to follow Kansuke's mark.Hanafang Zhengxing wanted to stop it, but because of his good-natured personality, he didn't say anything, so he chose to go with Xiu's family.

Everyone followed the sign to a remote residential area, but saw Kansuke, who was very skilled, pinned down by the young man and couldn't move.

The Xiu family and others went up, guarding the young man surrounded by the Xiu family's banner team, and sealed off the escape routes.

Xiujia clapped his hands behind the crowd and said: "You are very skillful, we seem to have met somewhere ~ um! I remembered, you were also dancing the strange dance there last time you came to Kyoto, or you came to ask me for the reward , I gave you a small golden sentence, remember."

It wasn't that Xiujia wanted to hide his head and show his tail behind the crowd, but that Huafang Zhengxing really didn't let him go forward. He and his son Zhengcheng stood in front of Xiujia, one on the left and one on the right.

The young man let go of Kansuke on the ground, stood up, and seemed to want to see who was talking through the cracks in the crowd, and then he vaguely saw Xiujia's face and said: "It's you, my lord! Can you tell me?" It’s really generous, there are very few adults who are so generous onlookers. Is the adult coming to arrest me today? Please let me go, my father is still waiting for me to decoct the medicine.”

Although the two samurai broke the law first, as ordinary subjects at that time, they were not allowed to fight back. This young man's behavior is tantamount to blasphemy in disregard of authority. According to the Oda Law, he will be beheaded at the source of the five rivers.

"I'm not from the defense team. I'm curious about you. What's your name?"

"Oh, how can such a vulgar name catch the ears of adults, and the young one is called Keijiro, and I am grateful to adults for taking care of me."

"I see that you are quite strong. Are you interested in working under my command and studying for a period of time to become a samurai to kill enemies and make meritorious deeds?"

"Oh, how can a countryman like me become a samurai? I have a set of blind strength."

"Really? People with brute force alone can't subdue Kansuke." Hideka and Kansuke have been together for half a year, and they are very clear about Kansuke's abilities. If this young man named Keijiro is really just Kong Yoo's force will definitely be subdued by Kansuke.

Seeing that Xiu’s family doesn’t like this, young people are ready to wear it out, but those who protect Xiu’s family are the elite of the banner team. Even if they can’t win 1v1, with long-term training and cooperation, they pick up farmers on the side of the road to dry their clothes. With long sticks, he formed a spear formation to take Keijiro down.

"What are you doing? I won't take you back." Xiujia asked incomprehensibly.

"Please, my lord, please do me a favor and put me back. My father is seriously ill and really needs me to make medicine." Seeing that he couldn't get out of the struggle, Keijiro, who had shown a fierce face just now, changed back to that The obedient civilians begged.

"Hey, you're really a strange guy." Perhaps surprised by Keijiro's quick face change, Hideka said.

"That's right! That's right! They all say that about me, they say I'm a fan of wonders, my lord, you definitely won't have trouble with a fan of wonders, right?"

Just when Hideka was sensitive to the word Qingqizhe, a voice calling Keijiro came from a distance.Xiujia followed the voice and looked over, the person who came was an old man.

"Is this person calling you? Is it your father?" Xiujia asked, but Keijiro didn't answer this time, until the old man walked past Xiujia calling "Keijiro", the subdued The young man who clearly called himself Keijiro didn't raise his head, let alone answer Hideka's question.

"Old man, are you looking for this person?" Hideka ordered someone to let Keijiro go, and then called the old man who was about to leave.

The old man turned his head and saw Keijiro's towering height, and walked over yelling at Keijiro.

Xiujia made up a story about a samurai who bullied Keijiro and was rescued by them, and told the old man. When it came to the flower room, Masako refused.

It's true, as a well-known Xiu family in a country, how can he easily go to someone's house he doesn't know, and drink a cup of tea that doesn't know what is in it.

But facing the Hide family who killed his own child, the old man still wanted to express his gratitude with something. After rummaging around, he reluctantly handed a gold-plated seal with plum body family crest to Kenjiro in front of him. I hope he will pass it on to Xiujia to express his gratitude.

There are tens of thousands of Japanese family tattoos. The Xiu family took the seal and looked at the seal with a layer of gold lacquer worn off. It seems that his master often took it out and rubbed it to reminisce about the past, which is enough to tell his master love for him.

The Xiu family handed the seal back and said, "Old man, it seems that you care about this seal very much. I think it must represent your family's past."

"I didn't come here this time to arrest Keijiro and go back. After all, he committed a crime. In the past two days, people from the defense team may find him and take him away. I think he has a lot of martial arts, so he won't be a samurai. It's a pity to fight on the battlefield."

"It's been so long and I haven't introduced myself. I'm Ukita Hideka, Bizen and Misaku's 50 stone master. I like Chongqing Jiro very much. Please give him up and let him become my official."

The old man did not expect that there would be a day of turning around in the distance. The old man also understood that Keijiro had committed a serious crime this time, and he had to go out to hide. It would be great if there was a powerful daimyo in the West Country willing to be a guarantor, so he bent down and said: "In this case, I will trouble you!"

"No, I won't go. Wherever my father is, I will be there. I won't go to Bizen." Unexpectedly, Keijiro, who was in the crowd, refused most violently.

"What do I think is the matter? I have just experienced the eternal separation of man and man, and the elderly really need someone to take care of them. Why don't you go to Bizen together, Zuobei, you go back with Keijiro and his son to help clean up, and bring them to Kiyomizu Temple to meet me. If you encounter Jingdu Bei who is interrogating you on the road, please report the name of your family." The Xiu family ordered a Banner to say.

So Hideka and the others returned to Kiyomizu Temple first, while Takahara Zuobei followed Keijiro and his son back to sort things out.When it was time to say goodbye to the Xiu family, I realized that I didn't know the name of the newly recruited samurai, so I turned around and asked

"Keijiro, what's your full name, you don't have Yuanfu until now, right?"

"You don't have a Yuanfu. Listen, my uncle's name is Keijiro Maeda!" Keijiro replied arrogantly.

Keijiro's answer shocked everyone present. Hideka was surprised because he was inadvertently received by Lu Bu of the Warring States Period, and others were surprised because Keijiro went out of line. Anyway, Hideka has accepted him as a retainer. It should be the attitude of a courtier who dares to talk to the lord so arrogantly.

The first to react was Keijiro's old father, who kicked Keijiro to the ground, and knelt on the ground himself begging Hideka for forgiveness.Hatakemoto who came back to his senses all glared at the two of them.

On the contrary, Xiujia said: "Forget it, why should you get angry with a strange person. Keijiro, I am more and more interested in you, Zuo Bingwei took him to report to the Iraqi job agency brigade." The team turned and left.

The Xiu family walking along the way couldn't help asking themselves, is it good or bad to accept such a living treasure?
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Off topic

Baidu Encyclopedia's age line for Keijiro is 1533-1612.But if Keijiro was really born in 1533, it would be impossible for Oda Nobunaga to let the Toshi family inherit directly after depriving Maeda Toshinaga's territory.

This is not something that can be explained by a short statement that Nobunaga likes Toshika, because Nobunaga's prestige at the time was not enough to subvert the tradition of the samurai family like later generations.

Moreover, in history, after Keijiro took refuge in Toshika, Toshika’s evaluation of Keijiro’s provocative move was “Young people are very energetic.” You must know that Toshika was born in 1538. How could he call Keijiro, who is 5 years older than him, young? What about people?
Therefore, the author believes that Keijiro should only be in his teens or 1581s when he joined Maeda Toshie with his father in 20, and no more than 25 at most.

The middle value here is 19 years old, that is, people born in 1563 (Japanese people are used to counting pregnancy into it), ten years older than Hideka.

(End of this chapter)