Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 518
"There is one more thing you may not know." After accepting everyone's blessings, Xiujia continued to them:

"With the instruction of His Highness Kanbai, I am going to hand over 10 shi around Edo Castle and Kofutai Castle to Hachiro, and His Highness Kanbai will also take out 5 shi from Omi Otsu and Kusatsu as Hachiro's breeding material.

In other words, although Hachiro doesn't have Yuanfu yet, he is already a daimyo of 15 shi. Not only should he be regarded as the young master, but he should also be respected like the daimyo of the standard foreign domain.

It is precisely because of Hachiro's conferment that I intend to announce here that Asahi Chiyo will be conferred with 5 shi from the two counties of Iyo-ochi, Kuwamura and Noma, and the city will be Enokawa Castle.

Masakura Date served as the elder of the family, and he was granted the title of 3000 koku from Iyo-Noma County, 4000 koku from Ochi County, and 7000 koku in total, and was awarded the title of Imabari Castle Lord.At the same time, Nose Raikichi and Shingan Tarobei served as Asahi Chiyo's vassals of the Dafan.

Sho Saburo became the lord of Isesaki Castle in Ueno, with 4 shi from Sawa County and 1 shi from Nitta County. Zhixing also had 5 shi. Fujido Takatora temporarily holds the post of family elder. "

The arrangement given by the Xiu family had just ended, and everyone began to whisper again. As far as the Xiu family heard at this moment, there were two opinions. They lamented that Hachiro, Asahi Chiyo, and Zhao Saburo were so lucky. , and they may not have such achievements in Toyotomi's family after struggling for a lifetime.

Others are under the authority of Fujido Takatora. His brother-in-law of the Hide family will manage the Isesaki collar as the acting official in his territory before Shozaburo comes of age. If you count his own Maebashi collar, he will manage it in Ueno The territory reached 9 shi, accounting for 1/4 of the Xiu family's sealed Ueno territory. It can be said that the holy family is prosperous.

Hideka ignored their babbling, and continued to say on the top, "Baba Shizu, Kishimoto Sojiro, is assigned 1800 stone collars in Oraku County and Fujita County."

So far, 26 shi of the Ueno Kingdom has been confiscated, and the remaining [-] shi is mainly composed of most of Shinda County, Oraku County, Seta County, and part of Luye County. These territories will serve as the direct jurisdiction of Hideka.

After arranging Ueno, it was Shimono's turn, and Hideka continued, "Hanabo Masashiro resealed 5.1 koku of Kanuma City, Shimono, Toga County, including Hanafo Haruka Ryo's pension, a total of 6500 koku.

Maeda Keiji was awarded 1 koku of Nikko City in Tuga County, and there was no vassal formation in the territory, and he was stationed in Nikko to cooperate with Hanabo Masanari to monitor Shimono Utsunomiya. "

"Kingzuna Onodera was transferred from Shimono Ashikaga County to Shimono Ashikaga County for 2850 shi, Horikawa Kunihiro was granted Shimono Duga 1100 shi. Minagawa Hirozhao was awarded Shimono Ashikaga County 1500 shi, Okamoto Yoshiho was granted 2750 shi for Shimoga County, Oka Benzheng personally received 3000 stones from Liangtian County.

Koyama Hidetsuna received 1100 shi from Shimono Ashikaga County, Kanda Masaka received 300 shi from Shimono Tsuga County, Nakajima Ushimori received 300 shi from Shimono Samkawa County, and Mamiya Tsunashi received 500 shi from Shimono Tsuga County.

Banqiao Qindong received 800 shi from Shimono Liangtian County, Shijiang Masamitsu received 2100 shi from Shimono Ansu, Zhongshan Fanjia received 1200 shi from Shimotsuga, and Kondo Hidetsuna received 1000 shi from Shimotsuga."

Among them, Hirosuke Horikawa was not the Odawara rebel who was recruited by the Hide family. He was a local wealthy family in Shimono and a well-known swordsmith in Shimono. The Hide family arranged him in Tsuga, hoping that he would continue to forge knives by using the nearby water conservancy resources.

In Shimono, there are Ashio Copper Mt., Kobaitetsu Mt. and Shinoi Kinzan.

At present, Shinoi Jinzan, which is controlled by the Hide family in Utsunomiya Castle, belongs to the Utsunomiya family in name, but is actually still under the control of the Hide family.

As we all know, gold, silver, copper and other precious metal mines are often accompanied by rare earth deposits, and there are iron mountains nearby. The Xiu family very much hopes to form a forging center in Shimono to provide armaments for the family.

In addition to Horikawa Kunihiro, Minagawa Hiroho, Koyama Hidetsuna, Itabashi Shinto, Kondo Hidetsuna, and Zhongshan Fanjia were all former Odawara rebels.

Among them, Minagawa Hirono, Koyama Hidetsuna, and the two participated in the Battle of Ueno at the same time. Itabashi Chito, Kondo Hidetsuna, and Zhongshan Fanjia are the retainers of Hojo Ujiteru. It is a great kindness for the Hideka to take them in. Naturally, I dare not expect to know and do.

Nakajima's Mori and Mamiya Tsunanobu belonged to the noble family of Shimono, and they were originally retainers of the Xiaoshan family. Although their knowledge and practice were limited, and their territory was only as large as one or two villages, as a local force, the Hide family still treated them as a show of respect. The report is equivalent to that they officially became the direct ministers of the Xiu family after the Xiaoshan family became independent.

Shijiang Masamitsu was originally a vassal of the Satake family, but because the territory was near Shimono Hill, he did not go with the Satake family but directly surrendered to the Hideka Hideka to retain his knowledge and practice for transfer.

Onodera Kagetsuna, Okamoto Masaki, and Okamoto Yoshiho are all members of the Shimono family. Onodera Yoshizuna is a retainer of Nagao Kinaka, and Okamoto Yoshiho is the son of Shioya Yoshimichi, who was originally a retainer of the Shioya clan.

Onodera Yoshizuna is a samurai who directly subordinated to the Hide family because there was no main family after the master Nagao Kencho was demoted to a commoner.

When the master's family was in Odawara, he was in charge of guarding the territory, and the Xiu family surrendered directly at that time, so the territory was retained. Now Zhixing is almost the same as the original master's family.

Masamo Okamoto was originally the patriarch of the Okamoto clan, a powerful family in Shimono, and was allowed to retain the territory as a leading party when Osafune Sadao mopped up Shimono.

Okamoto Yoshiho is a bit special. He was originally a retainer of the Shioya family, a retainer of the Utsunomiya family, and he was the son of the Okamoto family adopted by Shioya Yoshitomo.

But the Okamoto family sided with the Minagawa family during the Utsunomiya riots, and the Shioya family sided with the Utsunomiya family, which split the Okamoto family.

In the Battle of Odawara, Yoshiho Okamoto was hand-picked by Hideyoshi for his bravery in battle, and he was awarded 2750 Shi Zhixing, allowing him to become independent from the Shioya family.

But later Hideyoshi felt that this small wealthy family was too small, and the key was that he occupied a piece of land in Xiaye and simply threw it to the Hide family, making him a retainer of the Hide family.

"Except for the Onodera, Okamoto, and Shibukawa families who are allowed to set up feudal clans in their territory, the above-mentioned feudal clans are not allowed to set up feudal clans in their territory. They all come to Iwafu Castle to participate."

"Daoji Naohide was granted the title of 1.2 shi in Ashikaga County, and he was established as the head of the Daodaoji family. He was allowed to set up two feudal formations in the territory, and he came to Iwafu Castle to attend work every day."

So far, the enfeoffment of the Shimono Kingdom of the Xiu family has just come to an end. A total of 9.12 shi has been sealed out, and about 8 shi are still in hand. Most of them are concentrated in Duga County with 4 shi. Ashikaga, Liangtian, and scattered land distribution total 3 shi.

Afterwards, the Xiu family will take out the lands of Ashikaga, Liangtian, and Ansu to the low-level samurai and ashigaru who transferred with the Xiu family this time, and they will be sealed off dozens of new samurai families of about a hundred stones.

The Xiu family in Duga County and Hanchuan County will also be sealed off together, but there will not be a big wealthy family here, and it will still be the fief of a certain son of the Xiu family in the future.Even the wealthy families that have already been sealed in Hanchuan and Duhe will be transferred to his name together.

"The distribution of the Hitachi Kingdom, the Lower Commander, and the Upper Commander is as follows. Togawa Tatsuan was granted the title of Hitachi Fuzhong Castle, and received 3.8 shi in the eastern part of Shinji County, and an additional 5800 shi. He guarded the eastern part of Hitachi and monitored Satake."

"Suga Masari was awarded 2.65 shi in Hitachi Mabe County." When talking about Suga Masari, Hideka paused and continued, "After the evaluation is over, wait a moment and I have something to tell you."

What does Xiujia want to say?

Naturally, he suddenly discovered that he had left a huge loophole in the defense of the city.

The mountains on the west side of Hitachi are not completely connected to the city. There is a long and narrow valley in the middle.

At this moment, due to the high mountains and dense forests over there, and the towering mountains on both sides have always been regarded as a road that is not conducive to walking, and only a few people who collect herbs know that it is possible to pass through the mountains here.

During the period of the Edo shogunate, the Mito domain began to develop the western mountains due to financial constraints. After cutting down a large number of trees, it was officially discovered that there was a valley that could be walked in.

Traveling here for almost 20 years, Xiujia, who was holding a map drawn by someone at that time, ignored this situation. At first, he also thought that Zhenbi County and Hitachi were separated by mountains and forests.

In addition, because the Tagagu family was allocated 2 stones to Zhenbi, the Xiu family thought that Zhenbi was an insignificant enclave.When Xiujia first submitted the abandoned castle and fortification plan to Ieyasu Tokugawa, he also built the fort here at Zhenbi.

But at this moment, when he was pronouncing Masato Suga's name, Xiujia suddenly remembered this matter, and then told Masato Suga to let him stay for a small meeting later.

As for why he should stay, I naturally hope that he can make up for this problem. In the early stage, he must be asked to suspend the demolition of the city defense of Shiotate Castle. Approve more quotas for city building.

If it doesn’t work, it may be necessary to re-adjust the general location of the city in the later stage. The most direct way is to cancel the Dongjin Castle and Sakata Castle, and drop the city on the side of Sanmu City in the later generation, thus freeing up a place for building the castle.

Fortunately, there was a Jinbian city here, and now it can only temporarily slow down the progress of the abandoned city on the Zongzong side.

Leaving aside the matter of Masatoshi Suga, Hideka continued to say to the crowd, "The scenery of Kagawa was awarded the 2 koku collar of Hanoi County in the Hitachi Kingdom, and an additional 1900 koku. Awasaki Castle was granted, and four buildings were allowed to be built within the collar as appropriate." Fanzhen helps him to control the territory."

Xiangchuan Zhijing is the father-in-law of Hideka and a native of Sanuki. He told Hideka before that he hopes to stay in Sanuki.

But Xiujia wanted to give Quanjia a pure sanuki, and didn't want to leave him with more than ten thousand stones in the collar, so he asked him to talk to him many times and asked him to transfer the title.

In the end, he was forced to agree to the request of the Xiu family and planned to go back to discuss with his retainers, but many of the retainers who packed him up at the beginning were Sanuki local tyrants who had been plowed before, and they had the same idea of ​​not wanting to transfer the title.

In the end, only the original retainers of the Kagawa family, Hisakage Soda, Takakin Nagao, Matagoro Kaji and others were brought out.

For such a helpless situation, the Xiu family did not show dissatisfaction, and based on his 1.81 stones, he sealed up to 2 stones.

After deducting those Sanuki aristocrats who previously occupied their own knowledge, the Kagawa family really mastered 2 stone collars this time, and actually sealed nearly 6500 stones.

Of course, the Hide family gave such a high reward, which might not have compensated Mako and Chen Chiyo for the death.

The situation in Shimoso-goku is a bit special. The table height of Shimoso-goku is around 27-28 koku, of which 5 koku was assigned to Yuuki Qingchao by Hideyoshi.

We can see from the map that the territory of the Yuki family is very remote, located near the border in the upper right corner of the Shimoso country. In fact, the territory of the Yuki family has always spanned the three countries of Shimoso, Shimono, and Hitachi.

This time Hideyoshi was restrained in the lower general, and their knowledge was confirmed as Yuki County (1.3), Toyota County (2.3), Okada County (0.85) and Sarushima County (0.6).

In other words, most of the entire 4 counties in the northeast of Shimoso were included in the territory of the Yuki family, which is why Hideyoshi has the merit of expressing Yuki.

There is no objection to Hideka's ownership of the three counties of Yuki, Toyota, and Okada, but he hopes that through the later exchange of territories, 6000 shi will be moved from Shimono and Hitachi to exchange for Sarushima County.

This would be beneficial to both Yuki and Xiu's family. It would not make Yucheng's family look like a long worm, and his own city would not be exposed to the border.

For the Xiu family, the northern part of the Shimoso was already narrow, and being taken away from the Xiujia in Sarushima County, the northernmost part of the Shimo district's traffic artery, was as uncomfortable as a nail inserted.

It's just that Hideyoshi's rewards are fixed at this moment, if you want Hideyoshi to make a new arrangement, you have to wait for the meritorious service to be done when Hideyoshi is happy.

"Hisakuna Tachihara, who was not present today, was entrusted with the Shougu Castle of the Sogoku, 3200 koku west of Soma County of Shimosogoku, 2.1 koku south of Tsukuba County of Hitachi, and 2.42 koku of Zongzhixing, and was allowed to build in Tsukuba County. 4 vassal formations."

Shimosoguo will always be such a special existence in Kanto. Her terrain is long and narrow, and the western part is separated from Hitachi with the Kogaigawa River as the boundary. However, the Hide family did not stay in Hitachi West Tsukuba, so they can only arrange for Tachihara Kuzuna. Moriya Castle is in the Shimoso territory on the west side of the Kokai River, but most of his territory is in the Tsukuba County of the Hitachi Kingdom.

There are about 4.2 koku in Chiyuki, Tsukuba County, Hitachi country, of which 1.3 koku in the north belongs to the Oda family, and 2.9 koku in the south belongs to the Hide family.

It's just that the two vassal states have just been established, and their boundaries have not been demarcated. The first thing after Tachihara Hisakuna became the vassal is probably to negotiate the boundary with Oda Ujiji.

In fact, Hideyoshi also discovered a problem when arranging Hitachi land fiefdom. Hideyoshi said that the 5 counties in the west of Hitachi were granted to Hideka, with a total of 20 shi.

But in fact, the total watch height of these five counties is about 5 shi, but excluding the 22 shi of Tagaya and the 3 shi of the Oda family, the disposable table height in summer is actually only 1.3 shi.

At that moment, the Xiu family was even a little indignant, "What's going on, can Hideyoshi still be short of money when he gave the reward?"

"Somaji Yin led 800 shi from Tsukuba County, Gao Jing Yin Yong led Hanoi County 550 shi, Toki Haruka led Hanoi 1200 shi, and Shioka Kazuha led Hanoi 1000 shi.

Needless to say, these two people are the rebels of Odawara Cage City, and they were kindly taken in by the Xiu family.Among them, Xiang Ma Zhiyin is the head of the Ma family, the next prime minister, and Gao Jingyin is the younger brother of Ma Zhiyin.

Originally, the Ma family of the Prime Minister owned the 1800 territory of Shougu City across the Xiazong Land, which is about 6500 shi.

Now Shugu Castle was rewarded by the Xiu family to Tachihara Hisakuna, and the two of them were also forced to separate the two places.

Toki Haruka was in the same situation as them, the difference was Shioka Kazuha.

He is the founder of the Japanese swordsmanship Ichiba, and the Shioka clan has been the retainer of the Tokihara clan of Edozaki Castle, Shintasho, Hitachi for generations.

Shioka Kazuha learned the Katori Shinto-style swordsmanship from his father Shioka Changliang since he was a child, and later learned swordsmanship from Tsukahara Buden, the ancestor of the Kashima Shindang style, when he went out on a journey of martial artist training.

After Shioka Kazuha returned from his training trip, he summed up the strengths of the two schools and created his own Kazuha, who was recruited by the master Tokihara as a swordsmanship teacher.

Now the Toki family is lonely due to being subordinate to Hojo and participating in the Odawara cage castle. He was directly hired by Hideo as a swordsmanship teacher.

"Zhenbi's Qian transferred 4000 shi to Xintai County in Changlu and 7800 shi to Hanoi County. Zhixing totaled 1.18 shi, and allowed to build 2 feudal formations in the territory."

"Kajihara Masaki received a letter of 2000 shi from Shino County, and temporarily acted as Tsuchiura Castle's representative, in charge of the Tibetan affairs of Shinji and Nobuo counties."

Most of the rich families in Hitachi have been arranged here. The Xiu family still holds 7000 shi in Tsukuba County, 2.2 shi in Shinta County, and 2.2 shi in Shinji County. These lands will be used by the Hide family to reward the small wealthy families and soldiers. them.

Shinta, Shinji, and Tsuchiura Castle will be assigned to a son by the Xiu family as before, and Kajiwara Masaki is the elder that the Xiu family found for him, and now he is in charge of the territory.

(End of this chapter)