Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 541 The largest population migration in the history of the Warring States Period

Ukita’s family reported the situation in Okayama to the Xiu family this year. Generally speaking, it is stable and good. Even if the Xiu family is no longer in the territory for a year, there is no trouble in the territory under the protection of the elders.

The big policy had been set long before Xiujia set off, Ukita Kanka and the others just refined the details and reported them to Xiujia.

In fact, what worries Hideo the most is the relocation of the more than 2 samurai, ashigaru and their families.

In this era, the population corresponding to a family is estimated to be 7 to 10 people, taking the median value of 8 people, which is a great migration of 16 people, which is rare even in history.

In history, Liu Bei was defeated and moved to Xinye and moved the people to Jiangling. The 10 people mentioned in the history books is just an imaginary number. It is impossible for Xinye County to have such a large population, and the distance from Xinye to Jiangling is only 300 kilometers.

However, Hideka’s Kansai population migration this time does not include the distance of the six Kansai countries gathering in Okayama, and the distance from Okayama to Iwafu Castle is more than 6 kilometers.

This is still the best way to go. If you go along the Hokuriku Road to Echigo, and finally go south into Kanto, the distance is more than 800 kilometers.

750 kilometers is the distance from Shanghai to Jinan. In future generations, it will take 4 hours by high-speed rail, but in this era and with the current physical strength of the people, it takes a whole month to walk!

The population migration of the Xiu family this time is a real 16 people, and the migration distance is more than twice that of Liu Bei's defeat in Xinye.

At this time, the Kansai Kibi Seven Kingdoms had 7 million shi, and the total population was only close to one million. The Hide family relocated 135 people, and 16% of the population was lost.

But there is no way, Hideka's prestige in Kibi has increased, and most of the samurai under his command are willing to follow Hideya.

The land in Kanto is indeed short of people to cultivate. The Xiu family has promised all kinds of benefits before, including but not limited to increasing the proportion of land grants, increasing the number of open fields, and the government providing livestock to help with farming, etc. Naturally, the people in Jibei are willing to follow the Xiu family. .

The 8 years under the governance of the Xiu family were the happiest 7 years for the people of the Seven Kingdoms of Jibei. They couldn't guarantee whether the next lord would continue the Xiu family's policy, so they naturally chose to drag their families along with the Xiu family.

To be honest, such a large-scale population migration frightened the person in charge of statistics, Jiuhuo, and also frightened the number of people reported by Ukita's interpreter at this time.

Even Hideya began to think about how to explain to Hideyoshi when the time came. 10,000+ people started from Okayama, crossed Osaka, Kyoto, and Gifu, and flocked to Kanto like Ichikui.

"His Royal Highness Guan Bai is the best face. It is not easy for him and the emperor to let so many people cross Osaka and Kyoto to the Eastern Kingdom. The relevant plan still needs to be refined."

Hideyo pointed out the problem right away. 10,000+ people, with their families and their families, crossed the center of Japan's economy and politics. Those who didn't know thought something happened!
This makes the transmission of information extremely blocked, and the Kinki area is better. The information that this group of people spreads to the east must be more outrageous.

The uncivilized people at the bottom are ignorant. This is not contempt or seeing clearly, but just stating a fact.

If there are really 10,000+ people coming from the Kinki defense line, it will inevitably cause fear and commotion among the people of the Eastern Kingdom, and rumors will inevitably spread.

In the history of transfer of the daimyo, there were very few cases of such a long-distance relocation, and the purpose was to avoid this situation.

Moreover, in the transfer of seals in history, have you ever seen the migration of 16 people?Historically, Gamo’s township has been far away from Ise’s transfer to Aizu. There are only more than 1 people under his command + and Riki daimyo going eastward, and the Hide family has directly increased by 16 times.

But soon an idea appeared in Xiujia's mind, he looked at Ukita Kanjia with a smile on his face and said, "But I don't need to worry about this matter, brother, I will discuss it with a few adults after I go back."

Regarding this problem, Ukita Kanjia did not have a good solution, but he was curious about the solution to such a large project, so he asked Xiujia: "What is your Highness going to do? Although I am now an independent Sanuki country Lord, but Sanuki and Okayama share the same spirit, and can use my place, Your Highness, feel free to speak."

The Xiujia sent someone to find a map and drew his thoughts on the map and said, "It is unrealistic for 10,000+ people to come to Kinki and Tokaido, and it is difficult to appease and deal with these people in the special Tokaido.

I plan to divide the people into two parts, one part goes to Kinki, and the Tokaido goes to Iwashiro. This part has the most people, about 10 people.The biggest advantage here is that the land is flat and suitable for walking most of the population.

However, it is impossible for so many people to walk in the Osaka-Kyoto area, so the route needs to be dispersed.Only my family members, family members of retainers, Gomoto fans and their family members, about 1 people, actually departed from Okayama and passed through Osaka and Kyoto.

Most people will take a boat from Okayama, disembark from Wakayama, pass through the three countries of Kii, Yamato, Iga, and Ise, and then I will pay for the ships of the Kumano Navy to help me transport them to Owari and Mikawa.These people will go ashore from Owari and Mikawa, and then head to Kanto by land.

In this way, the mighty flow of people avoided the capital, so as not to cause gossip from the nobles of the capital.Except for the difficult road at the junction of Iga and Ise along the way, most of the roads are not bad, as long as you pay a little attention, there should be no problem.

The most important thing is that regardless of whether Jiyi, Yamato and the Three Kingdoms are under the control of His Highness Guanbai, I can directly request him to set up a feudal formation to provide temporary shelter for the migrating people.

Ise and Owari are under the command of Dainagon, and Mikawa is under the command of Tsutsui, Nakagawa, or Moriya. They have always been good friends with me. It should not be a problem for them to help set up the feudal formation. "

"The only trouble is." Hideya said while pointing to the Tokugawa family, which owns the six countries of Ene, Mikawa, Kai, Izu, Sagami, and Shinano, and remained silent.

"His Highness Tokugawa will never interfere with His Highness." Ukita Kanka assured Hideo.

Indeed, as Ukita's commentator said, Hideka also believed that Tokugawa Ieyasu would not interfere with Hideka's migration.Some things cannot be done in the identities of Hideya and Tokugawa Ieyasu, after all, it is not good for both sides if something goes wrong.

But don't interfere, don't interfere, the great migration of 10 people must pass through the four countries of Enjiang, Mikawa, Izu, and Sagami under the command of the Tokugawa family. These people are not game AI. You can guarantee that they will not stop temporarily in the local area. Did something happen while you were there?

The number of soldiers left by the Xiu family for them to transfer is only 6000, which counts 1500 Gomoto fans, and 4500 people need to guard 16 people. What a huge project this is.

The trouble that Xiujia mentioned also refers to this point. He is not worried that Ieyasu Tokugawa will reject Xiujia, or even worry that he will make trouble in private. There is no need for Ieyasu Tokugawa to upset Xiujia because of this matter.

But there are some things that many Hideo and Ieyasu can control, not to mention Tokugawa, even the Kii, Yamato, Iga, Ise, Owari, and Mikawa six countries that passed by on the road ahead, these problems are not probably avoid.

The reason why the Xiu family is not as worried as the Tokugawa side is because these places are under the control of the big names who have a good relationship with the Xiu family. If something really happens, the Xiu family and they will work together to suppress it.

But Tokugawa Ieyasu is different. This old thing doesn't know how to make a move by itself, or even take the initiative to create momentum, but when it really happens, it doesn't mean it won't make use of it.

With the navigation capabilities of this era, it is impossible to transport 10 people directly from Ise to Sagami and Musashi.

Not to mention how much capacity a ship has, how many times so many people need to be transported, the voyage of the ship alone needs to stop at the Tokugawa territory at least once, either Suruga or Hamamatsu, this is Japanese paddle board Achilles' heel of the ship.

This kind of ship can only sail offshore, and it does not have the ability to withstand wind and waves and sail on oceans.

The Xiu family has not yet figured out how to deal with this problem. Many stations along the way must be stationed, especially the Tokugawa family even has to leave an elder to communicate on their behalf.

Putting this question aside for now, Xiujia introduced the route for the next day.

"The route just now mainly took the samurai and soldiers from the four countries of Iyo, Sanuki, Bichu, and Bizen. The second route was specially designed for people from Misaku, Inaba, Hoki, and Izumo, and even some of them The Bizen samurai will also go from here."

While talking, Hideka pointed to Yonago and Tottori on the map and said, "There are two ports in Yonago and Tottori, and please ask the marines such as Maori, Maizuru, Tsuruga, Maeda, and Uesugi to transport people from Tottori and Yonago to Go straight to Etsu from Echigo, and then go along Shin-Etsu Street, pass through Kawanakajima, Komoro and other cities, and cross Ubing Cave to enter Kanto.

In order to ensure the smooth transfer of this part, feudal formations were set up in Maizuru, Tsuruga, Kanazawa, Toyama, Naoetsu and other places, so that those who took the boat could temporarily go ashore to rest.

The advantage of this section of the road is that most of the journey is by sea, and there are only two sections of Kanazawa-Toyama and Naoe-Kanto. Taking the sea route can save time and make their journey easier.

It’s just that most of this section of the road is supported by other daimyos, especially the last section of the road from Echigo to Ueno through Shinano, which needs to be implemented after I discuss with Uesugi, Ogasawara, Sanada and other daimyos. "

Xiujia introduced his plan. He was not very confident when he spoke, but he knew that this was the best way at the moment.

If it is really difficult to implement, we can only remove the last part. After landing from Kanazawa, we will pass through Etchu and Hida, pass through Ueno and then enter Kanto.

After listening to the Xiu family's plan, Ukita interpreted it after thinking about it and said to the Xiu family, "His Royal Highness's plan is indeed the best solution at the moment. It's just that it involves a lot, and the important ministers under His Highness's command don't know if they can handle it well." things.

How about this, after His Royal Highness submits the plan to the White Palace for approval, he entrusts me with the task of transporting the Okayama Navy in the Okayama-Wakayama section. Although I am no longer a retainer of His Highness, as a family member, I also want to do my part to the fellow villagers in the original village. "

Hideka was very happy to get the promise from Ukita’s family. According to his idea, both Tokugawa and Uesugi had to leave an elder or quasi-employee in charge of coordinating. But there are not so many old ones.

Now that Yuxi Duo's family is willing to take the initiative to help the Xiu family, it is as happy as making the Xiu family who has fallen into a situation where no one can be used after a long drought.

In this way, Akashi Keikin, who the Hide family stayed in Iyo, can temporarily be in charge of finishing the management of the settlement in Okayama. The land transfer from Okayama to Wakayama, and even Yamato to Ise has already been taken care of by Ukita Kane, who has shared many of his tasks. .

Regarding the two routes of Tottori-Tsuruga-Kanazawa and Yonago-Maizuru-Kanazawa on the north side, Hideyoshi intends to let Doi Kiyoshi, who was already sealed in Izumo, be in charge. After all, his fief is in Izumo, and he was about to leave this route.

Coupled with his already good internal affairs and commanding ability, the Xiu family already intends to focus on training him in the future.

Otherwise, the Xiu family would not have given him 2.5 Shi Zhixing even though those Yiyu local tyrants under his command were unwilling to transfer the title, and let him serve as the city lord of Xucheng to guard the southern border.

And this time the transshipment incident itself was a test of the Xiu family's ability to work.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hideya even thought of the person in charge of the other two directions, Kanazawa-Toyama-Echigo and Okali Katsutora, Ise-Owari-Tokugawa and Ise-Mikawa-Tokugawa Hand it over to Tachihara Hisakuna.

This year, when the Hide family went to Kanto, Tachihara Hisakuna presided over the affairs in name outside, but in fact it was discussed with Oka Toshikatsu, Ukita Kanka, and Yuwa Hisutora.

This hikikomori attribute is no longer worthy of the name, and now it is just to let Hideyoshi completely open up to the two of them.

Although Oka Toshikatsu and Nawa Hisutora were ordered to live in seclusion by Hideyoshi, but now is the time for employing people, Hideyoshi will not really watch the 7 elders of the Hide family be taken away by him, and 2 will be directly paralyzed by half, right?

In fact, the 16 estimated by the Xiu family is only the number of migrating soldiers accompanying the army. Don’t forget that the Xiu family will also relocate craftsmen and their families. The government officials and their family members who came out are no less than 3 people.

For this group of people, it is impossible for Hideya to let them see the light at will. Hideka intends to open up a special route, which even Ukita’s family doesn’t know. It starts directly from Bizen Okayama and stops at Kii Wakayama and Paper Model Bird. Yu and Toe Hamamatsu finally arrived at the two distribution centers of Sagami Miura and Kamiso Chiba.

Except for the disembarkation of these people when they rest at the stop, they are all transported to Kanto by boat, and they are absolutely not given the opportunity to get involved with other daimyos along the way.

After all, compared with the family members of soldiers who voluntarily migrated with the Xiu family before, many of these craftsmen were forced to follow the Xiu family, and some were even tied up and taken away by the Xiu family. The Xiu family had no choice but to prevent them from escaping. So do everything you can.

Even for the sake of complete secrecy, those who transport these people will be the Guan Ship and Anzhai Ship of Hideka’s Okayama Navy Team, and the other is to borrow the lucky ship of the Ryukyu Caravan. It is estimated that each ship can take away 60~120 people. About 2000 people can be transported in batches.

It takes about 24 to 30 days for a ship to go back and forth by sea, which saves twice the time compared to the land route. With the number of Xiujia's fleet, it is estimated that 1 shipments will be required, and it is expected to be completed in one and a half years.

Originally, the mass migration of 10,000+ people was not an easy task. Xiujia's original plan was to complete it in about one year.

When it comes to the final migration, it is not necessary to follow these 4 routes completely. Some people can be scattered every month and follow the footsteps of the previous Xiu family to walk the whole journey by land, which saves a lot of shipping. Capacity.

It is impossible for this part of people to be very large. It is estimated that the maximum number of people is 3000 per month. Hundreds of people migrate in villages. However, there are 3 to 4 people in a whole year, accounting for 1/5 of the proportion. .

At that time, part of the transportation capacity will be shared by land, and the pressure on sea transportation will be much smaller. Some ships can be selected to speed up the transfer speed of craftsmen, and it may be completed in one year.

In fact, having said so much, it's still the Xiu family's plan, it's all the best hope of the Xiu family.

In the final analysis, the Xiu family had no idea how the great migration of 20 people would proceed.

Even after 20 people were relocated from the Jibi area, Hideka had no idea how to arrange the land. All he could do now was take a step at a time.

(End of this chapter)