Prime Minister Bizen

Although it is said that the Xiu family also took 4 people from North Korea and Jurchen to develop in Ezo, but the Xiu family mainly consulted on the principle of voluntariness.

Although the North Korean official has always claimed that the Japanese Seaway robbed the population, the North Korean official does not look at the life of the people in their territory.

After Hideka heard the North Korean envoy’s condemnation of him in Kyoto, he asked the Seto family who was in charge of the Ezo trade to inquire. The answer he got was that there were indeed families who had been abducted, but they wanted to sue the authorities. people.

In order to ensure the smooth migration of the Xiu family, the North Korean officials have to keep it secret, and the arrest of people is not necessarily done by the Xiu family's subordinates. Many of them are deliberately concealed by the local officials of North Korea for their own black hats. .

The Xiu family is extremely opposed to human robbery and human trafficking, because children are the most vulnerable nerves of the people at any time, and they are extremely easy to cause commotion and backlash, not to mention that what these people do is anti-human.

On the way back, the Hide family had asked Ke'er Saizo to inform Tsushek Sannojo to investigate the matter, and when the Hide family arrived at Iwazuke, the results of the investigation had already been sent to the Hide family.

In fact, there is nothing to elaborate on this matter, it was done by the people of Fengmozhong.Just like in history, after the demise of the Hojo Clan, the Fumos scattered all over Kanto and hid.

Sagami and Musashi are the largest base camps of the Fuma Sect. Therefore, the situation in Sagami and Musashi is the most serious. It is not just about human trafficking, but also oppressing local people, stealing, and robbing.

At this time, the Xiu family is still in the process of migrating from Jibei, and the foundation of governance has not yet been established, not to mention the security mechanism, and even the military service account has not been made, and the countryside is a place of dark control.

As for the original local tyrants and warriors on the land of the Kanto, the people have never been the object they should protect in their thinking, but the tool they squeezed.

In fact, what upsets the Xiu family the most is not the fact that the Fumos rioted in Kanto. The Xiu family is very clear that this problem will not be resolved so quickly. After Ou Yu is pacified, Kanto is relatively stable, and the family has established a complete rule from top to bottom. .

What really upset the Xiu family was that there was a piece of information that stated that the Fumos had gathered some wandering girls from the Kanto region, and gathered under Iwafu Castle to form a special, fixed place of business.

Most importantly, the signature date of this information is mid-July!
Xiujia had a premonition of the seriousness of the matter, and took the initiative to signal the attendants around to retreat, leaving Xiujia and Tsuzhi Sanzhicheng alone in the room.

When "Sanzhicheng" saw the date of the signature, Hideka folded the dossier and asked him, "Have you read this dossier?"

Sanzhicheng bowed his head and replied, "Your Highness asked for it, and the subject has reviewed it."

"Did you see the problem inside?"

"I'm really sorry!" Hearing the seriousness in Hideka's tone, Tsuge Sannojo hurriedly said, "Recently, I have been focusing on the information about Ou, and I have made many omissions about Kanto, please forgive me.

Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will immediately organize manpower to clean up the Fengmo people in the collar. "

But Xiujia was not satisfied with his answer, and asked him, "Do you know about the fact that the Fengmo group gathered around the wandering girls and established a prostitution town under Iwafu Castle?"

"The ministers have heard about it."

"When did you know about it, and why did you ask them to gather the wandering girls in Iwafu Castle Town?"

"In fact, this matter has not been a secret for a long time. I already knew about the fact that the girls from the lower reaches of Iwafu Castle were brought together. Later, I saw the information that it was the leader of the Fumo group who was brought together by Hiramura Nonosuke.

In fact, the matter of bringing the wandering girls into the pen was appreciated by Mr. Changchuan afterwards. He thought that it had rectified the style and increased taxes, and Mr. Changchuan planned to promote it on a large scale in the territory.

You girls have always been an important source of information for us ninjas. I found out that after bringing the girls together, a lot of information can be collected more effectively. I think it is also beneficial to the family, so I acquiesced to Nonosuke's behavior. "

Speaking of raising his head and seeing the gradually deteriorating complexion of the Hide family, Sanzhicheng Tsuge said: "I went down to find Nonosuke, these people under his command are just looking for a way to survive, and I promised that I will never do anything to harm the family. "

"Ridiculous!" Hearing this, Xiujia threw the scroll in his hand to the ground.

What the Xiu family was angry with was not that the Fengmo people had infiltrated their forces under their noses. Even if this happened, they could be wiped out with a flick of a finger.

What makes the Xiu family unhappy is that they don't pay much attention to intelligence from top to bottom, and actually hand over such an important intelligence base as Jiding to others to take charge of it.

Xiujia looked at Zhezhi Sanzhicheng from the murderous home port, and asked him, "Master Zhezhi, who is the main city of Yanfu Castle? Whose subordinates are most of the samurai and merchants staying here? This prostitute town serves The target is those people again, and most of the information they say is from which company!"

While talking, Xiujia slapped his palm on the ground fiercely to vent his anger.

In fact, when the Xiu family called him "Master Zhezhi", the third prime minister of Zhezhi had already put his head on the ground, and kept saying things like "I'm afraid, I'm guilty."

And after the Xiu family vented their anger, they assured the Xiu family that the matter would be dealt with and that all the rats hidden in the collar would be dug out.

However, the anger of the Hide family has not disappeared. He recalled the history of the Fumo group being captured and exterminated by the Tokugawa family.

These two families were all due to the underworld organizations scattered in Kanto after the demise of the main family, and were finally wiped out by the Tokugawa shogunate during internal strife.

Thinking of this place, the Xiu family asked him quietly: "Are there any other organizations in the Kanto region besides the Fengmo?"

Sanzhicheng Zushue replied: "There must be some. The scattered spies and ninjas of each family are secrets. I have seen the activities of the Koga people in Iwatsu and Sagami."

"How do you know that you are working for His Highness Guan Bai?"

"There have been fights," Tsuge Sannojo replied, "After the Iga people were wiped out by the Oda Youfu, they were scattered all over the place, but most of them came from the Tokugawa and the main family. The Koga people were the first to submit to the Oda family. Now the whole Near Kinki is the eyeliner of the Koga crowd.

Unlike the Iga people, the Koga people's territory is relatively rich, so they often pretend to be merchants outside to spy on information. Many of the Koga 21 families are already servants of the Toyotomi family.

Your Highness may not know that now Kishiwada Castle is 3 stone daimyo, His Highness Nakamura is from Koka. "

"Hiss~" Hideka gasped when he heard the news and asked, "Is Shikibu Shaosuke from Koga?"

"Hay! Shikibu Shaosuke is good at using iron cannons and bows. He was the first retainer to follow His Highness Guan Bai. At that time, he was the head of His Highness Guan Bai's iron cannon.

Not only Shikibu Shaosuke, Guanbai's near side and Yubi Yamanaka Toshibo-sama is the governor of the Koga Sannaka family.Mitsutoshi Torao, under Lord Hideji's command, was also from Koga.

Takayama Ukon-sama, who was previously exiled by Kanbaku, whose father Takayama Yusho was also from Koga, Miyoshi joined the Miyoshi family when they confronted the Rokkaku family and was resettled in Settsu. "

Hideyoshi and the Oda family knew about Kogazhong as an intelligence organization under Hideyoshi and the Oda family, and this has been mentioned many times in history.

However, the Hide family didn't know about the above-mentioned extremely famous and the fact that the samurai was from Koga. Now they are even more impressed by Hideyoshi's generosity to his subordinates. A countryman like Nakamura Kazushi will one day become the lord of Suruga. It's unbelievable.

After sighing for Hideyoshi's openness in employing people, Hideka changed the subject again, and asked Tsusue Sanzhicheng, "I'm not talking about these spy spies.

My family will also go to other houses to keep an eye out in the future. This matter is not so easy to block.Even if you gouged out your current eyes, they will send new people over, and they will be even more suspicious of you because of your gouging out.

What I mean is, do you know if there are other forces that gather in the territory, cause disasters in the village, run rampant, and violate laws and regulations. "

"Your Highness. Which faction is Your Highness talking about?"

"Regardless of which side, the most important thing is whether there are remnants of Hojo, Takeda, Kanto, and Ou, and ronin, who are experts in the family's territory and are detrimental to the interests of the family. Do you know?"

"This... Your servant will check it out right away."

The Xiu family was a little disappointed by the fact that the information leader Zhezhi Sanzhicheng was not able to get any insight from the mouth, and then asked, "Then, do you have any records of the eyes sent by other daimyos? It is convenient to remove it when necessary.”

Perhaps thinking that the Xiu family was worried about the safety, Zhezhi Sanzhicheng replied: "This...Reporting to Your Highness, the current main energy is on the outer collar, and we can only be responsible for the supervision of the inner collar. Of course, please rest assured, Your Highness. Your Highness's servants have put in 120,000 points of effort."

Tsusaki Sanzhicheng didn't understand what Xiujia meant, but he couldn't deny the outstanding achievements he had made in intelligence work in the past few years.

Zhezhi Sanzhicheng's inability to grasp the information in the territory, there is indeed a problem of insufficient intelligence manpower, but it also makes Xiujia feel that it is not enough to rely on only one organization to provide internal and external information for the entire Yuxi family. Too big!
Recall that even the old sister has two organizations, Fobole and Xiai A, one internal and the other external and supervise each other, so why should the family give the power to Tsusaki Sanzhicheng alone.

What are the consequences of the concentration of power in one person, of course Xiu Jia, who is familiar with history, knows this.

Zhezhi Sanzhicheng did a good job, but right now he can't take care of both, so he might as well take this opportunity to strip some of his rights from him.

After thinking for a while, Xiujia said to Tsushaki Sanzhicheng, "Sanzhicheng, you have been with me for a long time. I heard that you named yourself Qingguang as a samurai?"

"Yes, thanks to Your Highness's favor, I have been given the status of a warrior. Since Tianzheng has followed His Highness for ten years, I have been following His Highness for eight years."

"You have indeed made some achievements over the years, and you should be given the status of a warrior.

Especially in this Kanto battle, the people under your command were able to send me the information of the Hojo family accurately, which provided a basis for me to make a military judgment. I think you are the one who has made great achievements.

Right now everyone else has been rewarded, but you have not been rewarded, not because I forgot you, but because you are a ninja, I am afraid that you will cause slander among the samurai.

But since His Highness Guan Bai is so generous to his subordinates, I can't be left behind.

How about this, I'll talk to Meizuo Shou later, let him choose a good place for the boss to be your fief, and reward you with 3500 shi for knowledge, counting the 4000 shi that he gave you before.

In the future, please continue to work hard and be responsible for spying on foreign intelligence. In fact, there are some things that can be learned like that of Nonoko, such as the idea of ​​gathering wandering girls together, which can be used as a collection and distribution center for intelligence.

Of course, I have also considered your difficulties. From now on, you can let go of the task of leading the intelligence and the task of my close body guard, and concentrate on taking care of external affairs. "

"Your Highness!" Originally, he was very happy to hear that Tsuge Sanzhicheng, who had been promoted several times, but after hearing that his authority had been reduced, he was a little panicked and wanted to explain to the Xiu family.

But after seeing Xiujia's sharp eyes and fake smile, he knew very well that he had dissatisfied Xiujia in this matter, so he apologized to Xiujia again and thanked Zengfeng.

Xiujia finally asked him, "Who do you think should be in charge of the affairs in the territory?"

Tsusaki Sanzhicheng replied, "The minister thinks that Saizo's close guard mission is done well, and he can continue to be in charge. Asma has been responsible for the internal intelligence work before, and he can continue to be entrusted to him in the future."

"Really? I see, you should step back first, and prepare for the handover after a while."

When Xiujia asked this question, he was not really asking Sanzhicheng who could become the head of the new department.This has to be heard in reverse, meaning: the person you think can become the new leader cannot become the head of the new department. "

It's a pity that Tsusaki Sanzhicheng didn't understand, and recommended two confidantes from Iga to the Hide family.

After Sanzhicheng left, Hideya asked Kirikari Saizo to call Takano Sokichi, the leader of Hideka's ninja army in the past, and now he himself has retired, and Kansuke is in charge of the Takano family.

Kansuke and Jinsaburo were relieved of their responsibilities as guards of Hide's family after Ishikawa Goemon entered Hide's dormitory at night, and they have not seen each other for more than 7 years now.

Now that Kansuke came to see the Hide family, the Hide family asked him about Jinsaburo's situation. When he learned that Jin Saburo was transferred to him, but stayed in Bizen, the Hide family didn't say anything more, and asked him The part he himself is in charge of in the ninja army.

After hearing that he was responsible for monitoring the main retainers in the territory, he was very happy. This is exactly the person he was looking for.

Of course, he didn't pay attention to his last sentence: "Due to insufficient funds and manpower, no results were achieved." Xiujia is here to give you funds and manpower.

"I plan to split the Ninja Army, Sanzhicheng is responsible for the collection, analysis and arrangement of external intelligence, and you are responsible for the collection, analysis and arrangement of internal intelligence.

Sannojo has a lot of experience in external intelligence, and I suggest that you can divide the internal intelligence into three parts.

The first is to continue to monitor important forces and samurai, the second is to monitor the ninjas and spies of other forces in the territory, and the third is to monitor the affairs of the people in the territory.I don't know if you have the confidence to do it well. "

As the earliest ninja army of the Uki family, Takano Kansuke and others have been marginalized for a long time after Tsusue Sanzhicheng brought the Iga people, otherwise they would not have been assigned to a department that has no strategic significance and is offensive.

Now that Xiu's family is paying attention again, Kansuke said excitedly: "My lord, please give me another chance. I will definitely act as your Highness's agent this time."

"Okay~" This is the answer Hideka wanted, and he threw the dossier that Tsusue Sanzhicheng had given him to Takano Kansuke and said, "Do you know about the Fumos?"

He stopped and took the file, glanced at it and said, "I've heard that, apart from the Fumos who are doing these things in the territory, there are also the remnants of the Takeda family's Toupo group, and Daxi Duo, who used to meet the family in the upper chief. participate."