Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 514

According to this standard, excluding Iyo, which is not within the scope of the abandoned castle, Hideka can retain at least 171 castles in the Kanto 34 million stone.

According to the average lower limit of 3 shi, the Xiu family can keep 57 cities.

But obviously Hideyoshi would not want the Hideo family to leave so many densely packed cities in Kanto, which was contrary to the goal of the abandoned city.

Xiujia really thought before that he wanted to control the number of cities needed by the countries in his territory, including 9 cities in Ueno, 1 city in Shimono, 8 cities in Shimoso, 2 cities in Hitachi, 4 cities in Musashi and Saitama, 3 cities in Musashi, and 2 cities in Sagami. , a total of 4 cities, a total of 33 cities is not much different from the standard of 34 cities given by Hideyoshi.

The Xiu family's territory is too large, and the plain is too vast. The 33 cities are already the result of the Xiu family's compression to the extreme. This can be seen from the fact that only 1 city was left in Shimono.

Among them, the six countries of Musashi, Hitachi, Shimoso, Shimono, Saitama, and Sagami are no longer possible to be compressed. It depends on Ueno and Kamiso moving out 6 cities, and the minimum size of 3 cities must be guaranteed.

But for this report, it should be reported a little higher, so that Hideyoshi can make a good cut.

So Hideo tentatively asked Tokugawa Ieyasu, "What do you think Zhong Nayan thinks about 40 cities?"

"40 cities." Ieyasu Tokugawa received Hideka's report, and after pondering for a moment, he replied, "I understand."

Seeing that Tokugawa Ieyasu agreed so simply, Hideka panicked. He stopped Tokugawa Ieyasu and asked, "I want to ask Zhong Nagen what he thinks of this number? It's not my final report."

Regarding Hideo's question, Tokugawa Ieyasu said with a kind smile as always, "I have no right to judge your highness. I just bring your opinion back to His highness Kanbai and let him judge. If your highness thinks that 40 cities are not enough , you can add a few more.

If His Highness must ask my opinion, I think His Highness now has 8 countries, and the standard of 4 cities in each country is absolutely no problem. For example, Ueno and Hitachi have relatively large territories, and it is no problem to add 1~2 cities. "

After hearing Tokugawa Ieyasu's words, Xiujia felt that the more he listened, the more confused he became. Isn't this the standard of 34 cities?
Really listen to what you say, like listening to what you say.

"Zhong Nayan is really joking, how many cities have you left for yourself in the East China Sea?"

"Toe and Suruga each have 6 cities, Kai has 4 cities, Shinano has 11 cities, Izu has 2 cities, and Sagami has 3 cities, making a total of 32 cities. This number has been reported to His Highness Kanbai for approval."

When Xiujia heard that Tokugawa Ieyasu had just passed the standard of a million koku, and the number of cities was almost the same as his own nearly 200 million koku, he immediately felt a sense of powerlessness.

Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't chat with Hideo anymore, the purpose of coming this time has been achieved, and he intends to end this topic.

"Since I have already received the report from His Highness, I will leave here, and I have to report to His Highness Guan Bai before the return journey, and the time is indeed a bit rushed.

After the application is approved, I will send someone to notify His Highness, and His Highness will just hand over the prepared list and map to me, and I will send someone to supervise. "

"This is what it should be." The Xiu family said cooperatively, "But I haven't inspected the land of Kanto, and I haven't made a decision on how to keep those cities and abolish those cities. In addition, I haven't made any blueprints for the new city. The finalization of the matter may have to wait until the next year."

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded in approval and said: "This matter is within my expectations, and His Highness Kanbai has not limited the deadline for reporting, but I think we should report the progress once a year. What does General You think?"

"Your suggestion is very good, and I will also promote it in the Northeast."

"Oh! ~ By the way, there is one more thing." Tokugawa Ieyasu stopped Hideka, who was about to get up and send him away, and continued, "When does your highness plan to start the matter of the ruined city of Odawara Castle? What kind of help do you need from me?" Do you cooperate?"

Xiujia understood what Tokugawa Ieyasu was referring to, so he asked, "I'm sorry, Zhong Nayan, what are you referring to? Can you explain?"

"The abandoned city of Odawara Castle was ordered by His Highness Guan Bai. But he also said that all the materials after the abandoned city of Odawara were transported to His Highness for His Highness to build a new city.

Therefore, I would like to ask if you need me to provide you with labor when demolishing the city?Who should be responsible for the transshipment project of building materials? "

When Xiujia heard that this was the case, she immediately showed a clear expression.

Odawara Castle is the most majestic castle in the Kanto, Tokugawa Ieyasu must hope to keep it, but now Hideyoshi has issued an order to abandon the castle and he can only obey it.

But if you say that the abandoned city is the abandoned city, the stones for building the stone wall and the pillars supporting the tower are all materials that can be reused, and each of them is expensive. The most important thing is to save the cost of repurchasing and making. time.

If you, Hideyoshi, say, "Ieyasu Tokugawa will give you the abandoned mission of Odawara, and Ieyasu will give you all the materials." Then Ieyasu Tokugawa is more or less willing to contribute. After all, spending these financial resources on his own castle can save a fortune. Philippine expenses.

But now the stones, wood, and even the tiles removed from Odawara Castle have to be handed over to the Hide family. Tokugawa Ieyasu won't get any benefits. In the end, he may have to bear the manpower of the abandoned castle, which is somewhat unreasonable.

Therefore, don't look at Tokugawa Ieyasu's tone of inquiry, but it is actually implying Hideo "you must participate in this matter."

The most important thing is that compared with transporting the dismantled materials to Musashi, just demolishing the city is still a relatively easy job.

Hideya, who understood Tokugawa Ieyasu's meaning, promised Tokugawa Ieyasu, "Please rest assured about this matter, and I will make arrangements to send someone to Odawara to take care of the abandoned city and transshipment.

All the food and lodging of the folks are borne by the family itself, but I hope Zhong Nayan can make it easier for me to allow my people to camp around Odawara and build tools. "

Seeing that Hideka took the initiative to take over this thankless job, Tokugawa Ieyasu stopped struggling and said generously, "There is absolutely no problem with this matter, and I will definitely cooperate with you."

"Oh~ it's getting late, I'll take my leave here, and I have to see His Highness Kanbai later." After speaking, Tokugawa Ieyasu got up and wanted to leave, but was stopped by the Xiu family behind him.

"Your Highness Tokugawa will wait a moment." Hideka signaled Nobushige Sanada to come forward, holding a scrubbed and decorated samurai sword on a white birch knife holder in his hand.

Hideka pointed to this samurai sword and said to Ieyasu, "It is said that coming and not going is indecent, I like the gift given by Zhong Nayan very much, and it can be seen that His Highness loves Bizen sword.

It just so happens that I have such a good bizen knife by my side, it is not made by some famous master, please don't dislike it, Your Highness. "

Tokugawa Ieyasu signaled to the surname behind him that it turned out to be the samurai sword, and after a few polite words with Hideka, he left the mansion under the gift of Hideka.

Although Tokugawa Ieyasu is already a little older, he still definitely doesn't know how to sit in a sedan chair.Under the service of the attendants, he managed to get back on his horse. The attendant who followed him to meet the Hide family asked him, "My lord, are you going back to the house?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu replied, "No, go directly to the castle to meet His Highness Kanbai."

An order was issued to lead Tokugawa Ieyasu's horses to the Utsunomiya Castle Honmaru with its own samurai
Tokugawa Ieyasu had a very pleasant conversation with Hideyoshi. He relayed Hideyoshi's opinions to Hideyoshi intact. Hideyoshi was noncommittal about Hideyoshi's request to keep 40 cities, but only ordered a few words to Hideyoshi and other daimyos. Treat people equally and let people go back.

After returning to his mansion, Tokugawa Ieyasu asked someone to bring up the samurai sword sent by the Hide family.

After pulling out the samurai sword, Tokugawa Ieyasu froze for a moment when he found that his blade was also glowing with a faint blue light.

The attendant who accompanied him to meet the Xiu family said in surprise, "My lord, this knife"

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at it unconfidently. The pattern on this knife was very similar to the Yamabagiri that he had given to Hideo before. The color of the blade was also dark blue, which was completely different from the one forged from pure iron.

He quickly put the knife back into the scabbard, and found that the scabbard was wrapped in shark skin, and the whole had a blue texture.

Pulled out the knife again, and found that the inscription on it was "Kairyu Kiri", and on the other side was the inscription of "Nagamitsu", a famous craftsman in Bizen.

After scrutinizing for a moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who confirmed that it was not Yamabukiri, showed a strange smile, and put the knife away again and handed it to the attendant, "Kyugoro, put the knife away, it will be of great use later."

The attendant named Kyugoro put away the samurai sword that Hideya gave to Ieyasu Tokugawa with doubts in his heart, motioned to Ieyasu, turned around and left, and whispered in his mouth, "The West Country is really in dire straits, there are so many monsters Is it?"

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After Tokugawa Ieyasu left, the already exhausted Hideya couldn't take it any longer, and went to rest after giving some instructions. At the same time, he asked Sanada Nobushige to inform his retainers to come to his mansion for a meeting tomorrow morning.

It was already evening when Hideya woke up again, and Tokugawa Ieyasu had already sent someone to inform him that the number of 40 cities had been approved by Hideyoshi.

Xiujia took out the map and began to look at it. He needs to complete the planning of the 8 cities in the eight countries of the Kanto tonight, as well as the enfeoffment of the main retainers, and the subsequent task arrangements. The task is still very arduous.

It is relatively easy to retain the location of the city, because the Xiu family has already made a plan for 33 cities before, adding to this plan is just to fill in some blank areas.

Finally, at nightfall, the 8 cities of Ueno Kunimatsu Ida Castle, Anzhong Castle, Shirakura Castle, Stable Bridge Castle, Takasaki Castle, Isesaki Castle, Jinshan Castle, and Tatebayashi Castle were completed;
Shimono Tochigi Castle, Nikko Castle, Kanuma Castle 3 castles;
Hitachi National Prefecture Nakajo Castle, Tsuchiura Castle, and Awasaki Castle 4 cities;
Furukawa Castle, Kofudai Castle, Sekisu Castle, Yuda Castle, Moriya Castle, Matsuzaki Castle, Sakura Castle, Iwasaki Castle, Asahi Castle 7 castles;
Chiba (Shengshi) Castle, Dongjin Castle, Maoyuan Castle, Sakata Castle, and Ichihara Castle in Shangzong Kingdom;
Sagami Country Tamaro Castle and Haiming Old Town 2;
Saitama Ninja Castle, Hachigata Castle, Kawagoe Castle, and Iwafu Castle 4 castles;
There are 3 cities in Musashi Kingdom: Edo Castle, Hachioji Castle, and Xiaoji Castle.

Because of the 7 more cities, Hideka limitedly made up for the lack of control of Ueno, and directly increased the two cities of Nikko and Kanuma.These two cities are located in the northwest of Utsunomiya Castle, and their existence can put pressure on the Utsunomiya family.

The three castles of Fuchu, Tsuchiura, and Moriya basically follow Hitachi Street all the way to Iwafujo Castle. Awazaki Castle is located on the north bank of the Tone River, and the city on the south side of Kasumigaura. The surveillance Satake family may come from the south. troops.

The two castles of Chiba and Shiin in the Shimosong Kingdom are castles built by Hideka for Edo Bay.

The three cities of Dongjin, Maoyuan, and Bantian are cities on a line on the coastal plain of the four prefectures of Naganabe, Yamabe, Wushe, and Nisheng. county.

Asahi Castle and Iwasaki Castle in Shimosou are located in the southernmost three counties of Sasa, Kaikai, and Katori. The main responsibility is to connect the eastern part of the Soso and cooperate with Awasaki Castle in Hitachi to monitor the situation on both sides of the Tone River.

Furukawa Castle, Kansu Castle, Kofudai Castle, Yumuda Castle, Matsuzaki Castle, and Sakura Castle are arranged along the border of Shimoso from north to south, and stand on the important road connecting Hideka from north to south.

Among them, Yumada Castle also shoulders the important task of connecting with Hitachi Moriya Castle to the east.

This city was not included in the Xiu family's original plan, but the Xiu family suddenly found that the north-south arteries of the Xiazong were too weak, serving as both the main line and the first line.

In this situation, if it encounters an enemy attack, it will become the weakness of the Xiu family.

In the end, because of the existence of Hachigata Castle, Hideka decided to remove Ueno Fujioka Castle and add 1 castle to Shimoso's waist to increase the number of castles in his waist.

The two cities of Edo Castle and Xiaoji City in Musashi Kingdom are important coastal cities. After expansion, they can rely on Edo Bay to develop business and trade, and at the same time connect the two cities in Sagami and Iwafu Castle.

Hachioji Castle is located in the mountains in the east of Musashi, which is rich in mineral resources. At the same time, relying on Hachioji Castle, the construction of Koshu Street can be carried out brightly.

At the same time, Hachioji Castle is also an important gateway for the western defense of the Hide family, preventing the Tokugawa family from invading from west to east.

The famous old city of Sagami in the country is close to the Sagami River, in the central and southern part of Takaza County, on the Tokai Street, and the castle here is clearly used to monitor Tokugawa.

Tamawa Castle is located in Kamakura County, Sagami Country, not far from Hegang Hachiman Shrine. While blocking the coastal streets, it also has a lot of political charm.

There is nothing to introduce about Ninja Castle and Kawagoe Castle in Saitama Castle. One east and one north are guarded around Iwasuke Castle. It should be noted that the shape of the bowl is very large. It is located at the exit of Chichibu Jinshan Valley, which can be used as Ueno to enter Musashi The front line of the city can also become an important city for the Xiu family to defend Chichibu Jinshan.

In the end, there were 8 cities left in Ueno. Because of the topography of Ueno, the Stable Bridge, Isesaki, Jinshan, and Tatebayashi Castle in East Ueno lined up to connect Musashi, Shimono, and Shimoso. They are the most important cities in Ueno.

The four cities of Takasaki, Baicang, Anzhong, and Matsuida provided strong support for the Hide family to defend West Ueno Ubingo.

You must know that from now on, the Tokaido in the south and the Zhongsendo in the north led by the Xiu family will be adjacent to Ieyasu Tokugawa. If you don't carry out such a large-scale deployment here, you will underestimate the strength of the old tortoise.

(End of this chapter)