Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 398 Preparing for the transfer of the Seven Kingdoms
After Akashi Jingqin chose to accept and keep silent, the Xiu family continued the topic of this evaluation.

Xiujia first said slowly to the generals in the hall, "After this Kyushu conquest, we have a new friend."

He looked at Ying Wa Jiuhu and said, "Ying Wa Palace, please come out."

"Ha Yi" sitting at the end of the hall, the baby Jiuhu came out, sat at the end of the hall, and saluted the Xiu family.

In fact, when a stranger named Yingwa Jiuhu entered the palace, many retainers of the Yuxi family expressed doubts. At first, they thought it was the new Yuli sent by the Toyotomi family, but they did not expect it to be a surrendered general on the Kyushu battlefield. .

"I will grant you 2 shi of Zuo Mazhu Boqi Yaqiaocheng, the title of serving general, and give you the privilege of walking in the shogunate. In addition, I specially invited you to the official position of five subordinates, Boqi Shou."

Although Yingwa Jiuhu is also very popular in Shimadzu's family, and he is the leader of Yingwa and Ibusuki counties, but his knowledge and practice are not high, only 1 shi, and now he can get the seal of knowledge and practice as a general, which is enough Show the attention of Xiujia.

It's just that this time Yuxi's family received a total of 11 stones, and Ying Wa Jiuhu alone occupied 2 stones. These other people have even less knowledge and deeds, and it is inevitable that they will cast unkind eyes on this surrendered general.

For the eyes of outsiders, Yingwa Jiuhu didn't care, he followed the Xiu family because he was absolutely sure that the lord was a good person and had a future, so he gladly accepted the reward, "Ha~ Ha Yi, thank you lord for the reward."

The Yuxita Quan family who also heard the award frowned in doubt. There was no other reason, because Yaqiao City was his territory, and the Xiu family moved his Yaqiao City to Yuwa Jiuhu, so it must be treated. He has resealed.

It's just that it's only been 2 years since he was appointed Boqi this time!The Boqi people he had trained so hard for only half a year, and now he was going to be transferred to him, would inevitably make him feel a little confused.

Hideka didn't notice Ukita's expression, he continued to say to the following, "Nanjo Hall and Changzong Gabu Hall please come out."

Hearing his name called by the Xiu family, Nanjo Motosuke and Changzong's relatives came out of their seats, bowed to the Xiu family and waited for the order of the Xiu family.

"His Royal Highness Guan Bai is quite satisfied with the performance of the two of you in Kyushu, and because you have guarded the two ways of Yin and Yang for so many years, I will give you two seals at your discretion.

南条元续自羽衣石城2万石加封6000石，知行合计2万6000石，长宗我部信亲加封磐梨郡8000石以兹鼓励。

The above knowledge and deeds were sealed by His Royal Highness Guan Bai, allocated from the territory of the family, and compensated 1.5 stones to the Inba Qiduo County of the family. "

This reward was actually what Hideyoshi told Hideo privately after the award in Osaka ended.

Both of them performed well in the Battle of Kyushu, especially the performance of Chang Zonggabu's relatives was even more eye-catching, so Hideyoshi will naturally give him a reward.

Although the two were Yuli allocated by the Xiu family, they were essentially Hideyoshi's retainers. It would be inappropriate for Zhixing, who gave the reward, to transfer from the reward of the Xiu family.

Therefore, Hideyoshi allocated an equal amount of Zhixing to Xiujia from other places, and Xiujia then allocated Zhixing rewards to them from the nearest place in his own territory.

The awards for the two were announced by the Xiu family, and after that, Nasafune Sadakin was responsible for the roll call, and the awards for Yu Xiduo's own retainers.

After receiving Hideka's eye signal, Osafune Sadaaki took the first letter of award from his own Yori Shimizu Nobuya, unfolded it, and slowly read:

"Ukita, Dazai and Shaoer, are loyal, brave and reliable, and their performance in the battle of Kyushu was quite outstanding. Since Hoki Yonago, he transferred 11.5 koku to Sanuki Takamatsu Castle, and he has Hanchuan, Kagawa, Miki, Yamada, Ano, Uzu, and Dai. Inner 7 counties and Naka half counties.

The trade in Sanuki Takamatsu Town will be managed by the Okayama Magistrate Office, and the relevant profits will be calculated by the family and 55% of the account will be shared with you. "

This definitely belongs to Gao Feng!Although there are only a few seals in knowledge and practice, but where is Takamatsu Castle? This is the Sanuki stronghold built by the Xiu family with their own money.

What is Takamatsu Town? It is the second largest town in Ukita after Okayama Town; at the same time, it is also the fourth largest town after Sakai, Okayama and Hiroshima on both sides of the Seto Inland Sea.

Influenced by the Okayama Town Bunjun Trading, Awa Indigo, and Iyo Copper Mine, this place has become the existence of Fuchi Town beyond Otomo.

Yuxi Duoquan's family was originally in the mountains of Boqi, and their income could only rely on the income from the fields. Now that the Xiu family has moved to a prosperous place, naturally there will be no more complaints, and they immediately expressed their gratitude to the Xiu family.

But the Xiu family was still afraid of his misunderstanding, and explained, "Brother Quan is as close as a brother to me, and I really can't bear Feng Yuanguo, so I decided to move you back to Sanuki. I will see you often in the future."

Yu Xita's family was immediately moved, tears flowed down, and wept to express their gratitude to Xiu's family.

"Okadan Zheng Shaobi"

Osafune Sadakin was just about to roll his name, but was immediately stopped by Xiu's family, "Wait a minute, Misaku, this time the awards will no longer be sorted according to the number of knowledge and actions.

Arrangements will be made according to the neighboring countries, starting from Sanuki, followed by Inaba, Hoki, Izumo, Misaku, Bichu, and Iyo, and finally rewarding Bizen. "

All the people present here are the retainers of the Xiu family, and those who are entrusted are all the territories of the Xiu family. The boss asks how to arrange it so that he has a place to speak, but it is hard work. Behind him is carrying a letter of Qing Shui with a letter of appreciation and a letter of reward, and he is in a hurry. Rearrange the books on the plate.

After a while, Osafune Sadakin finally got the second count in his hand, and continued to roll the name, "Kagawa Nobuyuki, from Sanuki Throne Mountain Castle 1.75 shi, was transferred to Sanuki Toyota County Quanling, Sano County 1.83 Stones, 800 stones were sealed, originally it was the existing Guanyin Temple City of the Xiangxi family."

"Xiangxi Jiaqing, from Guanyin Temple City 2.5 shi, was transferred to Naka Banjun, Tadoquan County, and Sanye County. Added 1200 shi, a total of 2.62 shi, and the ability was transferred from Guanyin Temple City to Marugame City. Commerce and trade The proceeds shall be handled in accordance with Takamatsu."

"Zhuang Lin Yixin has not changed the base of Qi County in Sanye County, and the original leader has added 800 shi to Zhixing, a total of 7800 shi."

Since Xiujia promoted the excavation of canals and deep puddles to store rainwater in Sanuki the year before last, the problem of scarcity of water resources during spring plowing in Sanuki has been solved. After this fall in Sanuki, Zhixing has risen to 16.7 shi.

Coupled with the fact that it is not far from Okayama, the core leader of the Uki family, and taking into account the benefits of maritime trade, it has become a well-off country. The Hide family's award of Sanuki this time is based on the current land registration book.

After this enfeoffment, there were no direct leaders of the Hide family in Sanuki, and all were distributed to retainers. However, the Hide family firmly controlled the two port towns of Marugame and Takamatsu, and the Hide family sent people to manage trade and taxation. , at the end of the year, share the profits with the local lords.

This is because in the view of the Xiu family, the income from the field is always limited, while the development of commerce and trade is unlimited. In the future, the handicraft industry and commerce of Yuxi Family will inevitably account for the majority of the after-tax income. This piece of cake must be firmly grasped by the Xiu family. in their own hands.

The Xiangchuan family was originally the trash bin used by the Hide family to hold the Sanuki nobles, and more than half of the original Zhixing were the Zhixing of the Sanuki nobles under his command.

This time I was liberated and got a solid 1.83 Shi Zhixing. Although there are still wealthy families in the territory, they will definitely not account for such a large proportion as before.

This reflects the Xiu family's recognition of the Xiangxi family, and it can be regarded as officially including it in the family of Pu Dai.

As for the original wealthy family in his territory, as well as Kannai Seiwa of Ano County, they were all included in the knowledge and practice of Ukita's family and transformed into Ukita's retainers.

When Ukita’s family was transferred from Toyama to Kurashiki and from Kurashiki to Yonago, they were all core retainers who were taken away. Now the transfer from Yonago to Sanuki does not have much impact.

The most important thing is that there are the original Takamatsu Bei and Hanchuan Bei in the territory he now controls. These are the original trained core reserve teams, and he doesn't need to spend money on training again.

As for why the Xiu family moved Kosai Jiaqing to Marugame, of course it is because Marugame Castle is the second largest city in Sanuki.Although Kagawa Nobuyuki gained the trust of the Xiu family, he didn't have enough capital to own the city, so he transferred Xiangxi Jiaqing over.

After Sanuki's award ended, Inaba's and Hoki's award began.

Inaba's knowledge and practice is not much, only 1.5 koku. This part was not expected by Hideyoshi, but Hideyoshi later compensated Hideyoshi for enshrining Nanjo Motosuke and Nagamune's relatives.

The Hide family directly arranged for Yoshioka Takakatsu to transfer 1.5 koku from Fangjio Castle, Takacasa County to Shikano Castle, Waketa County, saving him from moving out of Inaba.

"Okali won 4.4 shi from Inaba Luye City, transferred to Hoki Yonago City, and added 1800 shi, and received 4.58 shi from Jianjian County and Khanru County, and he will not slack off in Fu Boqi."

Yonago Castle is the most important castle of the Hide family in San’in, so the castle must be assigned to the most trustworthy elder by the Hide family. After Ukita Kan’s transfer to Sanuki, the castle naturally fell to the second old Okali Sheng's head.

"Akigami Jiu's family transferred 1.2 koku from Xiangsen City, Iyo Sangcun County, to Kagamiyama City, Hoki Hino County, and 1.4 koku as an encouragement."

Qiu Shangjiu's family was originally from Boqi, and was just a small wealthy family with thousands of stones under Nizi's family. Now after wandering around for several years, he finally returned to his hometown and became a famous Wanshi. It is really a homecoming.

In addition to the above two, Hideka moved Miura Sadahiro from Mizuka to the part of Hoki Hino County and the part of Khanyu County with 1.4 stone collars. The original residence was in Mizoguchi Castle, and 700 stones were sealed.

Xinmen Zongguan transferred 1.15 shi from Xiaocaotian to the north of Hoki Kume County and 1.2 shi to the east of Yahashi County. The main city is in Techeng.

Harada Sadasa transferred 1.32 koku to Kita Iwakura Castle in Kume County from Iwaya Castle, and 600 koku were added.

The total amount of knowledge and actions of the Boqi state inspection this time was about 15.8 shi, and the remaining 1.3 shi was used by Xiujia to house the bannermen.

After all, Boqi is different from Sanuki, it is too far away from the Xiu family, it is impossible for the Xiu family to seal off all of Hoki City, so the Xiu family lost control of the situation of Hoki for a long time.

And leave different small collars in each county, and split the city for small 30-50 shi, medium 50-100 shi, and large 100-200 shi. Warriors, coming here can allow the power of the Xiu family to infiltrate Boqi, making it easier for the Xiu family to control.

In the previous transfers, the Xiu family was very reluctant to move the land of Meizuo, the main reason was the problems left over from history.

At the beginning, both Misaku and Bizen were the territories of the Urakami family, but after the Ukita Nao family took over, the Urakami family lost control of Bizen and retreated to Misaka.

The Ukita Nao family has been unable to attack Mizusa for a long time, so they had to show goodwill to the wealthy family of Mizusa and gave them a lot of autonomy.

After the Xiu family came to power, they strengthened their power through the domestic reassignment of the Meizuo family (the transfer of the Meizuo family while punishing the rebellion), and the placement of their own old and important ministers in the Meizuo (formerly there was Oka Toshikatsu, and later there was Osafune Sadakin) to strengthen Lost control over the beauty.

Coupled with the growing strength of the Uki family, the wealthy family of Mizuo has changed from the subordinate rule of the custodian to the core generation of retainers under the influence of subtle influences.

Seeing that the time was right, the Xiu family finally took advantage of this big transfer of seals to several wealthy families in Meizuo and moved them to distant countries.

The purpose of Hideka's doing this is to split up the small Meizuo group that was originally relatively strong, so that there will no longer be political groups that affect Okayama in this territory adjacent to Bizen.

After making arrangements for Hoki, Osafune Sadakin began to make arrangements for Izumo.

I just heard him sing in the hall, "Togawa Tatsuya, inheriting the will of his father, and serving the public wholeheartedly, I am very happy. The 2.7 stones from Marugame Castle in Sanuki were transferred to Luye County and Neshima County of Izumo Kingdom. The meaning can A total of 3.22 shi in the north of the county, 5200 were sealed by Zhixing, and Izumo was suppressed.

The allocation of 5000 guan is for you to build the Songjiang City of the city at the edge of the Songjiang River at Roudao Lake in Gendao County. It is a special fund and must not be embezzled.In addition, I ask the emperor to allow me to inherit the post of Higo from the five subordinates. "

Having said that, Osafune Sadaaki encouraged Togawa Tatsuya who was still in a daze, "Congratulations, Sushichiro. If you inherit the post of Higo Mamoru, you have inherited Naifu's spirit. The award of 5200 shi is the most important thing for this award." There is only one, and I will continue to serve the public wholeheartedly in Boqi from now on."

Togawa Tatsuya, who was encouraged by the family elder Nagafune Sadan, immediately expressed his gratitude to Hideka and Nagafuna Sadan, and received a certificate of award, certificate of knowledge and practice, and certificate of appreciation from him.

Although I have been transferred, it is also a good reward to get 5200 shi. After all, the Yuxi family only received 11 shi this time. I didn’t see that the Sanuki people who were granted the title were all [-] shi. Add it.

"Maeda Keiji transferred 7000 shi to Izumo Chausuyama Castle from 8500 shi in Takarai City, Sanuki, and 1500 shi to the [-] villages in the eastern part of Yi Neng."

"The Takayama Clan transferred 1.02 koku from Toramaru Castle in Sanuki, and transferred 1.1 koku from Mica Rijo Castle, and sealed 800 koku."

"Jiang Jianxiuqing transferred 1.2 shi to Xiahengtian City, Yunrendo County from the beautiful Wuban Mountain City, and sealed 500 shi;
Doi Qingliang transferred 2.5 koku from Iyo Zhongshan City to the entire collar of Izumo Ohara County. The eastern part of Yiyu County totaled 2.8 shi. "

The Izumo obtained by Hideyoshi is a total of 6 stone collars from the 10.2 counties of Luqiu, Nejima, Yiyu, Ohara, Renda, and Nengyi. These territories, Hideka did not conduct land inspections, and they were completely in accordance with the land records given by Hideyoshi when they were rewarded. Carry out packetization.

In addition, in the Izumo area, the powerful clans directly under the Hide family owned Zhixing with more than 5000 shi, and the Hide family only took 4000 shi and Gassan Tomita Castle under the direct leadership, and entrusted them to the banner samurai under their command.

Hideka's original arrangement was to put Toshikatsu Oka, Maeda Keiji, and Samukawa Iemitsu (Kin Mitsuka Ikei) in Izumo, but due to the rebellion of the Samukawa family, Hideka had to change the arrangement for Izumo, and finally decided to form the current appearance.

(End of this chapter)