Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 553

To say that the root of Xianbei Ichikui still comes from Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi assigned the only second portion of Hirano County of the Onodera family and the southern Xiongsheng County to Tibet, and some noble families in the southern part of Yamamoto County were also included in the direct jurisdiction.

As the inspector of this land, Yoshitsugu Otani re-delineated the scope of Chigyoda in strict accordance with Hideyoshi's requirements, and taxed the fields.

Unlike Pinglu County, which belonged to the Onodera family, and Xianbei County (later Yamamoto County), and Akita County, which belonged to the Andong family, and there was a ruling class that suppressed the people in the territory, there is actually no ruling class in these Tibetan areas.

In fact, the inspection of Yamamoto County began in August and basically ended in September. Although the people at that time expressed dissatisfaction with Otani Yoshitsugu's taxation, they did not show extreme behavior.

Until in the Rokugo area of ​​Yamamoto County, when the officials under Otani Yoshitsugu wanted to carry out the inspection, the local farmers complained many times.

District officials, who believed it was obstruction, killed three complaining farmers and arrested five others.

The peasants, outraged by this tough response, retaliated by killing five of Otani's retainers and dozens of samurai, ashigaru, sent to him by Toyotomi Hideyoshi overnight.As a result, uprising forces broke out in various places in the Yamamoto area.

And not long after, the Ichiku power in Yamamoto County began to affect the surrounding counties, Pinglu County, Xiongsheng County, and Yuli County all had Yikui.

Unlike in history, Uesugi Kagekatsu was appointed to be in charge of Yugo Shiki, so he had a 5000-man army by his side, which could quickly wipe out Ikki. In this life, the 2000 people assigned to him by Otani Yoshitsugu and Hideyoshi were in charge of Yugo Shiki.

Without the help of Uesugi Kagekatsu's troops, Otani Yoshitsugu was not as decisive as Uesugi Kagekatsu, which caused the Ugo area to rage like a prairie fire.

Otani Yoshitsugu had no choice but to temporarily station in Omori Castle, ask Ando Shiki for reinforcements, and at the same time mobilize 12 troops from Yuri to wipe out Ichiki in Yuri County and Yamamoto County.

I have to say that Otani Yoshitsugu still has two or three points of ability. According to Tsusue Sannojo's information, Ichikui in Yuri County and Yamamoto County has basically been dealt with at this moment, and the rebellion is mainly in Xiongsheng County and Pinglu County.

Similar to Otani Yoshitsugu, Ishida Mitsunari and Kimura Yoshiki who are still in charge of the land inspection in Rikuzen.

Due to the unclear description of Kimura Yoshiki in many documents, today's records generally believe that he is an existence that was suddenly promoted from 5000 koku to 30 koku daimyo.

After all, Hideyoshi used to have a story of suddenly promoting his cronies.

He also threw the problem of Osaki Kasai Ichikui to him, thinking that his sudden promotion caused his foundation to be unstable, so he temporarily recruited an unfamiliar ronin to become his retainer, and after the ronin finally formed an organization, they became a threat to the people in front of Luqian It was a result of blessing.

In fact, this is just a statement to subsidize Ishida Mitsunari and Hideyoshi. We have already said the essence of Ou Ichikui before, which is the problem of differences in taxation systems.

Moreover, anyone who has an understanding of the history of Japanese monarchs and ministers will know that Japanese daimyos rarely directly recruit ronin as their retainers, and even if they recruit, they are people who have been well-known in the past.

When the daimyo is faced with insufficient retainers and samurai, the most common behavior can refer to Hideyoshi. He is the fastest climber in the history of the Warring States Period.

And how do people do it?
Ask for someone from relatives in your own family, such as mother's relatives, sister's relatives, brother, nephew, nephew, sister's neighbor's son, one counts as a retainer.

Or ask Oda Nobunaga for assistance, that's how Hachisuka Masakatsu, Takenaka Hanbei, Yamauchi Kazutoyo and others came to his command.

Or ask for someone from your own retainers, powers, and colleagues. For example, Maeno Nagayasu is Hachisuka Masakatsu's righteous brother, and Wakisaka Yasuji was transferred to Hideyoshi by Akechi Mitsuhide.

No matter how bad it is, there are people like Miyata Koji and Kamito Masaharu. They are all from Owari and Mino. They have been following Hideyoshi since Ashigaru. .

Throughout the entire history of the Warring States Period in Japan, it is difficult to find a second person who has a shallower foundation than Hideyoshi and is promoted faster than Hideyoshi.Even Hideyoshi, who has no culture, has no choice but to organize and expand his retainer group. Doesn't he know that Yoshiki Kimura is from the wealthy Mino family?
Besides, no matter how much Hideyoshi favors his close ministers, such as Kato Kiyomasa and Fukushima Masanori, they are related to Hideyoshi. He Zhengsheng learned a long time after his death, and he was granted the status of a warrior after confirming that he could become a warrior.

Even after becoming samurai, the relatives of the two bosses were promoted step by step by accumulating military merits. Even if Hideyoshi was partial when giving rewards, it cannot be denied that their military merits are true.

亲近如他们，功勋如他们都是从500石→3000石→5000石→万石→6~8万石→10,000+石一步步提拔的，秀吉怎么可能给一个既没有关系有没有功勋的奉行从5000石提拔为30万石大名呢？
At this time, Hideyoshi is very sober!
Therefore, the biggest possibility is that there was a misunderstanding in the historical records. Combined with Hideyoshi's operation of sending a deputy to manage the Tibetan area at this time, it is very likely that he has not yet figured out who to give such a large territory in the future.

Therefore, Kimura Yoshikiyo, who seemed to be quite capable, was transferred to the past, and a slightly higher Zhixing was given, and he was temporarily in charge of the 30 stone territory.

Kimura Yoshikiyo was originally from the wealthy Mino family and did not belong to Hideyoshi's power center. He naturally worked hard after being appreciated by Hideyoshi this time, so he made the same mistake as Otani Yoshitsugu in Dewakuraji, and finally caused a stir. Yi Kui.

It's a pity that history didn't describe him any more. We only know that he was changed and disposed of by Hideyoshi in the end, so he didn't have the chance to rectify his name.

Until this life, the Xiu family got the definite news from Zhezhi Sanzhicheng, which proved his conjecture in the previous life.

Pushing back from the historical results can also prove Hideyoshi's original conjecture. The news of Kimura Yoshiki is gone, but his son Kiyohisa was later awarded Bungo 1.4 stone collar by Hideyoshi.

This has a definite decree. Just imagine if a person was really granted 30 shi and was driven away by his own leader with a single key, would Hideyoshi make him a daimyo again?

Sasa Naruma was the first to say it was unfair.

After that, Kiyohisa Kimura adopted Hideyoshi's Hidetoshi name and changed his name to Hideo, participated in the Sekigahara and Osaka Xia battles, and was eventually killed.

Just imagine if Hideyoshi really wiped out the Kimura family from 30 yuan, how could Kiyohisa Kimura worship Hideyoshi's partiality, and why the Kimura family, who was only restored to the country with 1 koku, should be grateful to the Toyotomi family. What about the battle to the death in the Osaka Summer Battle?
"Master Mizuno Tadashi has confirmed his life and death, and his son Mizuno Katsunari and his family have been settled in Lifu City.

Previously, Lord Ishida Mitsunari originally planned to call on Lord Date to send troops to attack the Osaki Territory, but later there were problems in Date and Shino County, and Lord Ishida asked Date Hall to write letters to the land of the two counties in order to ease their emotions and send them press down.

However, Lord Date seemed to be against his request to send troops. Although the letter was sent out, there was no move to send troops.

His Highness Guanbai has been stationed in Kasai County Daikan Kimura Yoshikiyo-sama for more than 2 months, and he is still insisting on it now, but there is news that there is not much food in the city, and if he does not go to support, I am afraid that Kimura-sama will be in danger. "

The Xiu family heard the report of Tsuzhi Sanzhicheng who was planning here, and said lightly, "A 5 shi daimyo has died, and it is still impossible to let these Yikui people go lightly. What is there to write at this time? use.

On the contrary, the problem at Sanuma Castle is a bit serious. If Kimura Yoshiki and his son cannot be released in time, they are likely to become the first senior samurai of Toyotomi's family to be beheaded.

When the news comes back to Osaka, His Highness Guan Bai will be hit in the face. His Highness Guan Bai will definitely get angry again, and then a large number of people will really die. "

"What you're talking about." Zhezhi Sanzhicheng agreed and continued to report to Xiujiahui: "There has been a change in the territory of Luzhong and He Yiguan, and it has been confirmed that He Yizhong, Baiguan Guangzhong and others have also participated in the uprising. .”

Hiroshiba Hirota is a native of Ou, the lord of Totanizaki Castle (later Hanamaki Castle).Although he was born in the He family, he claimed to have the surname of Barnyard Guan.At the same time, he is He Yizhong's older brother.

Because he did not participate in Hideyoshi's Odawara attack, his territory was confiscated and he became a ronin.

As a result, shortly after he became a ronin, there was a problem in the Oshu prefecture. The people in Osaki and Kasai made a stir. Seeing that it was profitable, they instigated an uprising with his younger brother He Yizhong, who had also had his territory confiscated.

In history, after Hehe Heyiguan Ichikui was defeated, He He Yizhong was killed by the Ichikui leader, and Baiguan Guangzhong said that he was elected by the people and forced to resist Hideyoshi.

Later, this area was awarded to Nambu Nobunao as a territory, perhaps to stabilize the territory, Nambu Shinobi accepted their explanation and reported it to Hideyoshi.

Perhaps because of the fact that his younger brother and He Yizhong were killed by the Ichikui leader, Hideyoshi also accepted the self-defense of Hirota Hiroshiki, and only sentenced him to exile and saved his life.

It's a pity that due to the decline of the Hehe family and the Barnyard Guan family.He He Zhongqin (He He Yizhong's son), who hated this deeply, launched an uprising again later (Iwasaki Kazuki).

After the pacification, Nambu Nobunao named the important minister Kita Hideo as the lord of the 8 stones of Hega Barikan and the generation of Totanizaki Castle, and Kita Hideai changed the name of Totanizaki Castle to Hanamaki Castle.

In the past, the Hide family didn't understand Hideyoshi's treatment of the He family, thinking that their appeasement led to Iwasaki Kazuki's outbreak.

But when Hideyoshi was in this position, he realized that it didn’t matter whether he and the He family participated in Ichikui. Under the historical background at that time, Hideyoshi was about to conquer North Korea. The reason why the people made a compromise.

The condition of the compromise is to make it clear that the field land will not be included in the scope of the district inspection, and clearly stipulate the money for adding land.

Here I want to jump out and talk about the situation of Toyotomi Hideji and Ukita Hideki who were in charge of the Aizu and Iwashiro prefectures respectively in history.

It was Toyotomi Hideji who was in charge of the land inspection in Aizu. He asked his subordinates to go to the land to directly inspect the land, and refused to recognize the land data submitted by the landowners; he made it clear that Hata should be included in the scope of land acquisition; even the issue of land addition money was changed day and night , making it difficult for the public to trust.

In the end, after being beaten by Yikui, he was forced to modify the above conditions, acquiescing to the land data handed in by the ground servants, and it was only a symbolic spot check.

It is also clarified that the field land will not be included in the scope of the land inspection, that is, it will not be included in the Zhixing statistics to require tax payment, and the rules for the collection of additional land money are clarified.

The Ukita Hide family, who were in charge of the inspection of Koriyama, Shirakawa and other places, were much smarter. At the beginning of the inspection, they carried out the inspection in full accordance with the final plan compromised by Toyotomi. One reason.

Many people say that the description of Toyotomi Hideji in my book is too reckless and stupid, saying that in history he was an arty and well-reviewed cultural person.

However, it can be seen from the matter of the Oshu Procuratorate that Toyotomi Hideji's ability in internal affairs and control of the people's hearts is very different from that of the Ukita Hide family of the same age.

Hideka listened to Tsusue Sannojo's relay of information, while marking on the Ou Kanyu map he drew, thinking about his next operation.

After a long time, he said to Tsusue Sanzhicheng, "Since His Royal Highness Uesugi wants to deal with Ichikui in Shonai first, let the Uesugi family solve the task over there."

"Now that Shino County has fallen, our information channel with Izuha and Mutsu has been cut off, and you help me pass the message to Yu's daimyos across the mountains.

In the south, the Mogami family is the main force, responsible for suppressing Yukatsu County. In the north, Otani Yoshitsugu and Andong Miki are the main forces, and together with Oura Noshin, Hondo Koan, Onodera Yoshimichi and other daimyos are responsible for suppressing Ugo Ichikui. "

Halfway through Hideka’s orders, it’s still not enough after thinking about it. Now the number of people in Ichikui in Senbei has exceeded 3, the number of daimyos such as Otani Kichitsu Ando Miki on the north side is at most 5000 people, and Mogami Yoshimitsu’s number on the south side quite.

Counting on this kind of people to suppress Xianbei will test the ability of the commander of the army, and it will also test the cooperation of the northern and southern armies.

In this era of extremely inconvenient communication, expect them to attack north and south with extremely weak unilateral forces. I am afraid they will be divided and wiped out by the opposite side!

Therefore, the Xiu family specially instructed in the back: "You specially marked it in the letter, let them focus on safety, and move slowly after occupying the key points of the border. After His Royal Highness Uesugi finished suppressing the aid from the village, they will clear up the Yuhou rioters."

"I wrote to them, and I will show no mercy to the captured leader. All the bandit leaders will be killed and recorded as military merits, and the rioters will be restrained and wait for disposal."

"Send a letter to Date Masamune, no matter what method he uses, he must rescue Kimura Yoshiki and his son in Sanuma Castle, and the Ou Town Guards in Furukawa Castle. Let him leave the affairs of Nobuo and Date County alone, I will solve this problem myself."

"Send a letter to Xinzhi in the south, asking him to suppress Barn Guan Guangzhong, and tell him that if he can solve Barn Guan Guangzhong on his own, I will ask Guan Bai to reward He He Jun and Barn Guan Jun to Andu."

The confidence of the above-mentioned people is not smooth due to road blockage. The Xiu family intends to let the ninja army under the command of the San Zhi Cheng go to deliver the message, but the latter few people need the Xiu family to hand over their own attendants to deliver the letter, which is more formal. .

Hideka continued to order the attendants below: "Send a letter to Soma Yoshin and Iwaki Ritaka, let them mobilize the army inside the territory to enter Date's territory, and cooperate with Date Masamune to guard Shiraishi and Marumori, and prevent Nobuo County Ichikui from going north. "

"Send a letter to the Kanto daimyos such as Satake Yoshinobu, Utsunomiya Kunizuna, requesting that 250 people per [-] shi be mobilized and all troops will be stationed in Shirakawa and Tanakura cities, waiting for further orders."

"All orders are written in the name of General Zhendong bestowed by the emperor, and Ou's famous names also have the stamped flower of Ou's tutelary fort. After all the letters are written, hand them over to me for signature."

When the Xiu family's order was issued, the attendants who had been on the sidelines responded one after another. You grind ink and come to him to write, and implement the Xiu family's order on paper.

After finishing writing, hand over the order to Xiujia for review, and Xiujia will stamp the flowers of General Kanto, General of Ou Town Guard House and Xiujia himself, and hand them over to the ninjas or attendants of Tsusue Sanzhicheng to take out. Fastest delivery everywhere.

(End of this chapter)