Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 510

"The business is over, thank you for listening to me now. It's getting late now, please drink this cup~"

Everyone in the Xiu family didn't object, and immediately signaled everyone to drink and eat, but how many of you big names who have just received such a large amount of information can really eat?

Even though Xiujia tried his best to mobilize the atmosphere, after three rounds of drinking, Date Masamune, the former daimyo, applied to leave early just like Xiujia, and everyone in Xiujia said a few concluding remarks before leaving the banquet.

After everyone left, the Hide family left the Nakagawa, Gamo, and Ogasawara families alone.

These three families are no longer here. The nearest Ogasawa was originally in Shinano, and the farthest Gamo was in Kyushu.

It is now April, and the summer grain is about to be harvested. Is it still far away after harvesting the summer grain and autumn grain?Summer grain accounted for only 4/1 of the income of warriors in the Warring States Period, and the most important income was autumn grain.

According to the rules of transfer, the daimyo who is required to transfer the seal can generally be allowed to take away the previously collected gold and silver finances, as well as half of the grain tax collected this year.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the Uesugi family, who was asked to transfer the seal of Aizu in history, did not make any sense, leaving Hori Hideji with an empty treasury, and Hori Hideji scolded his mother.

It's a pity that he is one of the five big bosses. Even if he does things so unruly, Hideyoshi still chooses to sideline.

Later generations don't understand the Hori family's iron-boned Toyotomi transfer to Tokugawa. It may be because Hori Hideji's political attitude as a son is completely different from that of his father Hori Hidemasa. It may have completely broken the heart of Hori's son.

Bringing the subject back, the Xiu family speculates that the three of them will most likely not be transferred over until after the autumn harvest. By the time Aizu Iwashiro, I am afraid it will be winter. It is unrealistic to expect them to provide him with a source of troops in Xinling together with other daimyos. of.

But the key point is that the troops that these three people need to provide account for 1/3 of the number of Rangers. It is impossible for the Xiu family to wait for them to arrive in the new territory and arrange the territory before waiting for them to send them over. Bring it here, the day lily will be cold by then.

Therefore, Xiujia asked them to allow him to take charge of the territory immediately before they closed the seal, including but not limited to starting sword hunting, abandoned cities, and military service certificates in advance.

In order to reassure them, the Xiu family also assured them, "I will only abolish the remote mountain cities and small villages in advance, and keep all the main cities in the territory locally. I will decide on the details of the abandoned cities and their retention after your country next year." name."

For Xiu's request, Gamo's Township responded with silence.After all, the governance of the territory is the most important authority of the daimyo. Now that he has been transferred to Aizu, someone said, "Let me help you fix it first."

It's like marrying a new daughter-in-law and you haven't gotten married yet. The rich and handsome man in the village responds to you by saying "I'll try it for you first".

On the contrary, Ogasawara Hidetada said generously, "I can let the right general help me temporarily take control of the territory, why do I have to worry about it? As for the matter of the ruined city, I will naturally entrust it to Your Highness. Anyway, you are the Yuao ruined city." The post of supervision saves me the trouble of researching and reporting."

Xiujia pointed at him and said with a smile, "Are you not afraid that I will destroy the important city in Iwashiro for you?"

Hideyoshi Ogasawara smiled and replied: "Isn't that just right, I can tell the world that your 'Xiguo Wushuang' is not really 'Wushuang', ahahaha~"

"Hahaha~" When I heard that Xiuzhen trusted me so much, I felt a little warmth in my heart, and promised him, "Don't worry, I will definitely take care of your Iwashiro more than I take care of myself. Maybe I will wait for your country." By then, the castles in the territory may have been built."

Hearing that Ogasawara Hidetada handed over Iwashiro's 20 half-year management power so easily, Nakagawa Kiyohide and Gamo's village were greatly surprised.

Of course, they believed what the Xiu family said, and they would manage Hideyoshi Ogasawara Hidetada well. After all, the world is now peaceful and the Xiu family is well-known, so they would never do anything that would damage their reputation.

Now that Hideyoshi Ogasawara has stated her position, it would be embarrassing for Nakagawa Kiyohide, who wanted to be friendly with Hideka, to reject Hideka.

However, he is a traditional samurai, and like Gamo's hometown, he is more reluctant to hand over the territory to outsiders for management.

Therefore, he said to the Xiu family, "My territory is in Sanhe, and it won't take long to come to Iwadai from Sanhe, so there is no need for Your Highness to take care of it.

But what His Highness said is that it will take some time for the minister to return to his skills to deal with the affairs of the territory, and it is really not appropriate for the new collar to be left unattended.

It just so happened that the minister Inuzi Xiuzheng admired His Highness's ability, if he could stay with His Highness to serve as a consultant and study, it would definitely benefit him a lot.

I plan to let him stay in Iwashiro, let him lead some close retainers to take over the new collar, and try to sort out the new collar before my country.

Regarding the matter of the abandoned city, it is natural to entrust His Highness with full authority. My reason is exactly the same as that of the attendant, and I trust His Highness's vision.

Not only the matter of the abandoned city, but also the matter of sword hunting, land inspection, and armaments. Please give your Highness advice to Quanzi. "

Among the three, Ogasawara Hidetada directly stated that before she disappeared from the country, Iwashiro's 20 koku was casually tossing around Hideka.

Although Zhong Chuan Qingxiu was not so casual, he still chose a compromise plan, let his eldest son Zhong Chuan Xiu Zheng lead the country, and at the same time let the Xiu family participate in the disposal of his territory in the name of suggestions.

Gamo's Township did not expect two people to express their support for Xiujia's decision so easily, and now two of the three people have expressed their agreement (relatively agree), which made me so embarrassed now.

He pursed his lips and was still unwilling to hand over the state affairs. At this time, Gamo's Township didn't know much about Xiu's family, and couldn't trust Xiu's family as much as the previous two. Who knew whether Xiu's family would put nails in their collars!
So he said to Xiu's family, "I plan to send my family elders to stay in Aizu to help me organize the domestic affairs. If your Highness needs me, you can ask him for help."

"Shiro Bingwei" Gamo Clan Township said, and called a retainer waiting outside, and introduced to Xiu's family, "This is my old Gamo Township An, commonly known as Shiro Bingwei, and I will wait for you when I return to the old collar." I manage Aizu, if His Highness needs him, just ask him."

When the Xiu family heard that the retainer he introduced to him was called Gamo Xiangan, they always felt a little familiar, but they couldn't remember it for a while.After nodding to him, the three daimyos dispersed.

After a few people walked away, the Xiu family remembered that this person was the culprit of the riot in Gamo!

Gamo Goyasu, formerly known as Akaza Hayato, was a retainer of the Rokkaku family. After the Rokkaku family collapsed, he became an official in the Kamo family. Because of his outstanding administrative ability, he stood out from the poor Kamo family and won the trust of the Gamo clan.

During the Battle of Kyushu, Kamo Xiang'an was promoted to the elder of the family because of his ability to coordinate the military rations.

Gamo Gocheng and Gamo Goka, who came from Shibata's family, were awarded the Gamo Miao character together.

In fact, both the Gamo family and the Toyotomi family are facing the situation of lack of relatives. His younger brother Shigego died early, and his eldest son Shi Jun also died early. Now the Gamo family is really a single-generation three-generation family.

However, Gamo's ability is too outstanding. Since he was in the Oda family, he has been entrusted with important tasks by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi received a group of people everywhere.

The previous family members of the Gamo family, Guan Yizheng, Tianmaru Naomasa, and Ogura Yukiharu are all brothers-in-law of the Gamo family;
Pusheng Xiangke, Pusheng Xiangan, and Pusheng Xiangcheng are all given the surname of Pusheng by outsiders and promoted as elders;
Gamo Township was promoted to a family elder by giving the surname on behalf of Gamo Genealogy; Machinoshige was still a retainer of Gamao Genealogy, and was directly promoted to be an elder of the family.

If it weren't for the fact that he was a descendant of a famous family of priests, the Gaso Clan Township might have bestowed him with the name Gamo Miao as a sect.

However, the wheels of history are always so similar. Perhaps the Gamo family itself has heralded the future of the Toyotomi family, but Hideyoshi was fascinated by the huge 92 koku territory of the Kamao family at that time, and he only wanted to grab benefits and did not see it. warning.

Generally speaking, the Gamo riots are that Gamo Township An was very favored in the Gamo clan's time, and was entrusted by him to assist Xiu in administrative affairs. There was a conflict among politicians and elders.

The senior assistant politicians, Gamo Xiangcheng and Gamo Xiang, were Hideyuki's hardcore supporters. Together with the small surnames at that time, Tori Yoshiaki formed the team of Gamo Hideyuki's pro-government team.

Feeling the crisis, Pusheng Xiang Ke beheaded him under the pretense of his orders to seduce Jun Shangxiu in the name of Du Li Liangqiu, a small surname public, which eventually caused Pu Sheng Xiang Cheng Yu Ga Sheng Xiang to confront his swordsmen in Aizu Wakamatsu Castle.

Of course, the riots in the Gamo family are not limited to this point, there are many factions among them. After Gamo Gocheng and Gamo Goko mobilized troops, Seki Motokichi and Ogura Ryoki joined their factions, and Oka Shigemasa, Gamo Gosada, Soike Ryoshige and others They became a faction and fought against each other, and the small Gamo family was suddenly divided into three factions to fight.

The weirdest thing is not that the riots in Gamo's family were so chaotic, but the weird thing is Hideyoshi's handling of these rioting retainers after the war.

Other retainers who caused the riots, such as Gamo Goka and Gamo Gocheng, were exempted from death service by Xiuxing, but their knowledge and practice were greatly reduced to Qianshi.

As a cause of riots, Hideyoshi pardoned Kato Kiyomasa for his crimes and allowed him to avoid disaster in the territory of Kato Kiyomasa under the guise of his own order to swindle and deceive Gamo Goan.

It has long been said that because he only took care of the domestic affairs of the territory, he had a good deal with Ishida Sannari. Perhaps his so-called life was not a pretense, but Ishida Mitsunari really gave him hints and confidence.

After the Gamo riots, Ishida Mitsunari and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were suspected of covering up his handling.

Recalling the history, the Xiu family's sense of Gamo Xiang'an is very bad.If the historical guess is correct, Gamo Goan should have a good relationship with Ishida Mitsunari, so it's not appropriate for me to get in touch with him.

And from the point of view of the Xiu family, he could not accept Gamo Xiang'an's actions. Even if he was the elder of the auxiliary government, he did not have the right to deal with the retainers at will. This was Hideyuki's prerogative as the governor of the family.

In the eyes of the Xiu family, his actions were arrogance and treason!There is actually a legal basis for Gamo Township and others to directly mobilize troops in Wakamatsu Castle when Gamo Hideyuki is no longer in the territory.

"It seems that this Gamo Xiang'an will not be a good person to get along with~" Xiujia sighed.

Everyone has dispersed at this moment, but the Hide family can't rest yet, he still needs to make out the plans for the ruined city of the two domains of Iwashiro and show it to Nakagawa Kiyohide and Ogasawara Hidetada.

Although the two said they had great trust in the Xiu family and let the Xiu family make their own decisions, this is the territory of others after all, and the Xiu family should give them some respect so that they can safely hand over the territory to themselves.

After a night of fierce fighting, the Xiu family finally drove out the two plans for the abandoned city and fortification, and marked it on a new map.

After everything was completed, it was already three or five o'clock, and after ordering the attendants to notify Ogasawara Hidetada and Nakagawa Kiyohide to attend the meeting again, they rested tiredly.

By the time Xiujia woke up, it was high in the sun, Xiujia hurriedly washed up and went to meet the two allies, apologizing to the two all the time.

Zhong Chuan Qingxiu comforted Xiu's family: "It's okay, the right general has a lot of things to do every day, the two of us are just idlers, and we plan to go back to the city after a short rest here."

After hearing his arrangement, Xiujia asked curiously: "Is the guard Nagato leaving so soon?"

"Yes, His Highness Guanbai's arrangements in Utsunomiya have ended. He has ordered the various teams to organize their own return to the field. I ask him to set off tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? It's so urgent."

"I want to go to Shino County to receive some skills before returning to Mikawa. It happened that I had a discussion with Date Sakyo yesterday, and he also planned to leave for Mutsu tomorrow, so we simply left together and accepted him directly. territory.

It's just that I will return to Utsunomiya when the time comes, and I hope His Highness will not bother you. "

"How could it be, Nagato is always here to welcome you at any time. Besides, this is the Utsunomiya family's main city, but it's located between Kanto and Yuao, and I'm temporarily renting it.

After all, I am also a guest. If you are bothering me, then the one who is bothering you should be Your Majesty Udu Palace. "

"Hahaha~"

Xiujia turned to look at Ogasawara Hideyoshi and asked, "Where is Matsuzaka serving you? Are you planning to go back directly?"

Xiuzhen obviously didn't plan to go to Iwashiro first, but now that he heard that Kiyohide Nakagawa planned to go north with Date Masamune, he simply nodded and said, "In that case, I might as well go north with Nagato , I will also ask you a lot of questions at that time."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at the Xiu family and said, "Brother, why don't you go too."

The greetings of the three people were very enthusiastic, and the mood in the hall suddenly became brighter. The Xiu family directly took out the map and the old slips from his arms, and after showing them in front of them, he said to them:

"Whether I will go to Mutsu is just a matter of words. Now you happen to be going to Iwashiro, so you can see the city I arranged for you."

(End of this chapter)