Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 45

Xiu's family came to He Sheng City, sent someone to report to Xiang Xijia, and after obtaining permission to enter the city, led the banner team into the city.Since He Sheng is only a small city at this time, there are already more than 500 caged troops in the city.Even if it was just Xiujia's banner team, it was already crowded after entering.

Seeing this scene, even Hideka prepared to stay temporarily in Takamatsu Town at night, so he ordered Togawa Hidean and other generals Ukita to stop entering the city and directly repair in Takamatsu Town.

Xiangxi Jiaqing warmly entertained Xiujia, but because of the long-term cage city, there was a shortage of food in the city. In fact, if it was not for the support of Xiujia, the historical Xiangxi Jiaqing would soon be sent to Changzong under the intermediary of Kagawa Yuanqing. My family members surrendered.

"He Sheng caged the city for a long time, and the soldiers were exhausted, making Bizenshou laugh." Sitting in the large room of the imperial palace, Jiaqing went first to show his family question marks.

Looking at the blind general in front of him, Hideka expressed sincere admiration in his heart, and said, "It's okay, Iga Mamoru persisted in fighting even in the face of the oppression of Nagamune's department, and he won many battles against Nagamune's department." Negative, I still have a lot to learn."

The reason why Kosai Jiaqing became blind in both eyes was that in 1570, when he participated in the Battle of Fukushima with the Miyoshi Trio, he suffered from smallpox and became blind due to festering of both eyes.

Kosai Kasaki was not depressed, but with the help of his son Kiyomaga Kiyomasa, he struggled to continue the family continuation. Whether it was Nagamune Gabe, Sengoku Hidehisa or Ikomasaka, they all regarded him as a reliable existence.

"This is my second son, Kiyomasa. The eldest son, Kiyonaga, is not here, but is guarding Fujio Mountain Castle." Xiangxi Jiaqing continued to introduce his relatives and retainers to the Xiu family, and the Xiu family responded one by one.

At this time, Hidean Togawa and Tsuna Osafune, who were chasing the Kagawa family under the castle, came back from the chase, and together with Masaichi Takashima, who cleaned the battlefield, reported to Hideka, who also introduced the three to Jiaqing Kosai.

After hearing that it was Takashima Masaoyuki who led the Kamiichi to defeat the Kagawa crowd, Kasai Kayo said eagerly, "Takashima-sama's backup team is the elite of the Uki family. Presumably it must be the right-hand man of the Bizen guard."

Kasei Konishi didn't understand the system of the Uki family, so Hideo could only explain that Takashima Masayuki was only one of his subordinates, only 800 shi high, and Togawa Hidean was one of the three elders of the Uki family who owned Kojima Xiajinjing 2 stone.

And Masayuki Takashima also explained that he was only under the command of the lord Hideka to control Kamidobi, and Kamidobi was not his army, but Ukita's direct-controlled army.

Kagawa Yoshiki would not think that these are the achievements of Ukita Hideo's family, but like others, he said in the first reaction, "It seems that His Highness Dazai Shaoer is really a capable minister, and leave it to His Highness Bizen. With so many treasures, I was lucky enough to see his heroic appearance in the Battle of Erdao, but it is a pity that he died young."

Xiujia asked curiously: "Have you met my father yet?"

"Yes, in the 11th year of Yonglu (1568), Maori was in a hurry to attack Bizen. Master Urakami asked the official for help. I followed the order of Miyoshi official to go to Biqian with my uncle Yuanzai, and I met Dazai Shaoer in Erdao fought together."

Xiangxi Jiaqing recalled the past and continued. "At that time, he was just a lord of Wanshi. I didn't expect that 15 years later, he left His Highness a huge territory and so much essence. Now it seems that with these warriors, His Highness Bizen will definitely be able to guarantee that his family name will not be repeated. .”

The Xiu family naturally didn't want to argue too much with outsiders, so they could think about it whatever they wanted.Unexpectedly, Xiangxi Jiaqing said again.

"I just heard from Quanzi that His Highness executed some meritorious soldiers after the victory. Originally, this was a family matter of Yuxi's family. I shouldn't take care of it. I just recalled the friendship with Dazai Shaoer in the past, and I still couldn't help but want to ask. reason."

As an outsider, it is extremely impolite to manage the military affairs of the Yuxi family. Of course, the Xiu family does not believe what Xiangxi Jiaqing dictated because of their friendship with the Zhi family. Hit it off?

Xiujia was going to fool around at will, but who knows that Osafune Tsunao, who is under his command, is also very disrespectful in front of outsiders, and puts on the airs of an elder to educate Xiujia.Hideka looked at the old coin Togawa Hidean next to him. Although he ruthlessly reprimanded Osafune Tsunao for being unreasonable, he stood on Osafuna's side and asked Hideka for forgiveness.

The internal strife of Yuxi's family wins a stunned head and is completely displayed in front of Xiangxi's family. Xiangxi Jiaqing, who is all human, quickly changes the topic, hoping that this matter will pass.

But Hideka changed the topic again, looked at Osafune Tsunao and said seriously.

"Shangdao County is under the direct control of my Yuxi family. Military reforms have already begun at the beginning of the year. I have repeatedly issued orders. I don't care about the reserve team of the wealthy family, but my Yuxi family's directly-administered reserve team must implement orders and prohibitions."

Xiujia turned to look at Xiangxi Jiaqing and continued

"These samurai, the ashigaru, are all rigorously trained fighters, and they did perform well in defeating the Kagawa crowd, but in the face of the collapsed Kagawa, they ran out of the queue to pursue without my order, causing Shangdao It is a crime of disordering the army."

"According to the fourteenth article of my "Ukita Military Law": going out to march in the army, leading the front and the rear, talking loudly, and not obeying the forbidden training, this is called a disorderly army, and the offender will be executed. These military laws and samurai Ashigaru are well-known, I Just follow the military law."

"It's just that these warriors have contributed to you. Wouldn't it be better to let them pay off their merits? There are also some warriors, and it's not easy to train them. It's a pity to kill them like this." Seeing Xiujia returning to the topic itself, Xiangxi Jiaqing couldn't help but continue to ask.

"Reward those who make meritorious deeds and punish those who have done wrong. I have clearly stipulated these in the "Ukita Military Law".

"If today they overstep the law because of their meritorious service and the request of their retainers, they will be dealt with lightly. When another retainer comes to me tomorrow, will the decree I issued still be valid? It is easy to lose prestige in the army, It’s going to be hard to build it up again.”

"So I told the soldiers in advance what they should do and what they couldn't do, but when they made meritorious service, I rewarded them according to the regulations, but when they committed crimes, I also punished them according to the regulations, and there was no favoritism because of the difference in status. In this way The soldiers will trust me, and the orders I issue from now on will be carried out without compromise. This is how my Ukita Hide family leads the army."

Speaking of the emotional part, Hideka stood up from his seat and walked back and forth between the Konishi family and the Ukidao ministers. Did he also go to look at Masayuki Takashima who was sitting in it with a flushed face, as if to remind him of his real role as a general? way.

Hideka's statement was so powerful that the samurai of the Konishi family couldn't accept it, but Masayuki Takashima, who had already received Hideka's education and training, understood Hideka's intentions, and apologized to Hideka: "It almost broke today. Your Highness's big plan, the subject is guilty, I implore His Highness to punish."

Xiujia took his place and said, "What crime do you think you committed?"

"The name should not be called, the time is not up, the deadline is not met, and the teacher's law is changed, the minister has committed the crime of slowing down the army." Masayuki Takashima said.

"How to deal with it according to the military law?" Hideka continued to talk, staring at Osafune Tsunao and Togawa Hideyasu over Masayuki Takashima.

"If you make a mistake in normal times, you will be dismissed from the military with a staff of 30."

"Beizhong may someone else take your place temporarily."

"Captain Takayama's sect can be a general"

"So when you go back later, you will go to the military judge to receive the punishment, and you will be dismissed from the position of the captain of the road preparation, and temporarily ordered you to be the commander of the first battalion of the banner team, and move with me."

"Yes, thank you for the punishment." Masayuki Takashima accepted the punishment from the Xiu family and temporarily returned to his position to do well.

The dialogue between the master and the servant shocked everyone present. Neither Kasai Kayoshi nor Hidean Togawa had imagined that Hideo Ukita’s family had such a strong dominance over their reserve team. The official pleaded guilty to Xiu's family.

And Tsunao Osafuna, who was the first to put eye drops on Ukita Hideo's family, did not expect that Ukita Hideo's family would actually say in front of outsiders that Takashima Masayuki's position as the captain was dismissed without any hesitation.

Ukita Hideka, who had finished disposing of his own retainers, saw that the atmosphere in the palace was a little awkward, so he used an excuse to reorganize military discipline and pleaded guilty to Xiangxi Jiaqing and left.

Seeing the Ukita Hide family coming out with Ukita, Kosai Kasei said to his second son Kosai Kiyomasa solemnly, "I heard that His Highness Minamoto trained his mother's clothes like his own arms. I didn't believe it. I didn't believe it was true until I saw Bizenshou's commanding army today. If the world changes in the future, you must not fight against Bizenshou, so that your family name can be preserved."

(End of this chapter)