Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 566 Aoi and Kiri to Iwafu
The reorganization of the "Department of Investigating the World", "Department of Internal Affairs Control" and "Crimson Team" will take time. After assigning tasks to the three, Xiujia gave each of them a sum of money for the reorganization.

As Xiujia's most important intelligence organization and security department in the future, the heads of the three departments know each other, and the tokens and tattoo patterns between the three departments are also known, just to prevent misunderstandings in the future.

The formation of the Red Heart Team is different from the other two. Because they have to face the samurai class, Hideka told Kojima Yoshikatsu at the beginning of the formation that the members of the Red Heart Team must be loyal to the family. The son of a low-level samurai family.

The reason why they don't count as juniors of mid-level or high-level samurai families, or families related to Hideo himself, like the entourage team, is because they offend people by doing things, and it is very difficult for them to let middle-level and high-level samurai children who care about the intricate details join the team. It is possible to look forward and backward, and it is more likely to have political influence on the Red Heart team.

In Xiujia's vision, the Red Heart Team must be an armed force directly under Xiujia or the future governor of Kanto Toyotomi, and will not affect law enforcement because of personal relationships.

In terms of selection, the Xiu family had exactly the same standards as when the Jinyiwei was formed in the early Ming Dynasty. The Jinyiwei also selected middle and low-level officers from the army.

In order to ensure their loyalty to the Xiu family, the Xiu family followed the Jinyiwei system, selecting the families of the Chixin team, allowing the hereditary position of the Chixin team, and after entering the position, they will enjoy the year 10 Guanwen, which is double the salary of ordinary warriors.After becoming the team leader, the annual salary will be as high as 15.

In addition to their salaries, all members of the Red Heart Team receive 5 supporting rice each, and they do not have to undertake corresponding military service.

The reason for giving such a high reward is because Xiujia remembered a sentence that his political teacher said to himself in the past: "The violent institutions that maintain the rule of the country are always the last barrier of the ruling class. No matter how preferential the reward is It's all as it should be."

At the same time, in order to prevent the Chixin team from being corrupted, Xiujia did not learn from the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty that they can only be naturalized and cannot be naturalized.

Xiujia asked the Chixin team to conduct an annual assessment, including a book "Ideology and Morality" compiled by Xiujia himself, which contained the content of being loyal to the Kanto Toyotomi clan and Xiujia, year after year, day after day brainwashing.

In addition to the thinking class, there are also assessments such as iron cannon, swordsmanship, bow art, arrest, search and investigation. In fact, their learning content is not less than that of ordinary standing. Shapes, drums, semaphore, etc., and they are small-scale operations, paying more attention to individual combat effectiveness.

Of course, those who fail the assessment will be excluded from the establishment of the Chixin team, but because they have also learned a lot of knowledge funded by the Xiu family, they will return to an ordinary defense member and continue to serve the public in the Kanto Toyotomi family. Support rice will be greatly reduced.

With the elimination mechanism, there is naturally an entry mechanism. For soldiers who have made great achievements on the battlefield and are difficult to go to the battlefield later, in addition to the defense team and the guard team, those who pass the assessment can also enter the red heart team to enjoy preferential treatment

The most attractive point of the Red Heart Team is not the preferential treatment for the individual, but the preferential treatment for their children.

Because of its hereditary characteristics, it means that as long as one person enters the Red Heart Team, as long as he does not make mistakes in the assessment, his son can completely replace him after he retires, which is equivalent to having a golden job.

Of course, the corruption of the Golden Rice Bowl is not something the Xiu family needs to think about now. Even if there is a problem in the future, it will be a headache for their descendants.

Since Hideka's territory is still very small at present, only nearly 200 million shi, the number of the entire Chixin team is only 600, 100 in Iyo, 100 in Ueno, 100 in Hitachi, 100 in Saitama, and 100 In Musashi and Sagami, there are still 100 people at the top and bottom.

When the matter of "two divisions and one team" was dealt with, another 3 days had passed. There was already news that the Toyotomi Banner led by Toyotomi Hideji had already entered Sagami, and it would arrive at Iwazuki within 3 to 5 days at most. .

At the same time, Fujido Takatora was ordered by Hideo, and the 6000 people formed by relying on Ueno, Saitama, Shimono, and Shimoso four countries have also been organized under Iwafu Castle.

Due to time constraints, the furs purchased from Ezo and Tohoku were too late to be made into clothing, so they could only be simply mended and made into a wide, fully-enclosed overcoat, in which the whole person could be covered to block the wind and snow.

Now it's winter, and the rush in autumn is woven into thick winter straw sandals by artisans and peasant women, and distributed to the feet of 6000 people in Xiujia.

The Xiu family dispatched a total of 7000 troops. In addition to these 6000 people, they will also lead 200 attendants and 800 bannermen to join the battle as always. The clothes to keep out the cold are all over-prepared. Clothes and straw sandals for 1 people have been prepared in just over a month.

Many people in Hideka's backup team have their own winter clothes and straw sandals. These are only distributed to those ashigaru or samurai who are not in good condition and cannot bring their own. As for the excess, they will be distributed to Toyotomi Hideji. The Toyotomi Banner of the collar.

The low-level samurai and ashigaru in Toyotomi Banner are all from Harima, Settsu, Yamato and other places directly under Hideyoshi's direct administration. The people there may be richer than those in the Northeast, but they are not so good.

Perhaps the samurai in the Banner Congregation wore feathered leather jackets and straw sandals, and many low-level ashigaru were still wearing summer straw sandals and socks that had already been filled with wet mud, marching on the road with difficulty.

It was approaching the New Year at this time, but the weather in Kanto was getting colder and colder. The snow pit that thousands of people walked through melted into water, which hindered the speed of Ashigaru from behind.Coupled with the severe cold in winter, I have to stop and rest several times a day to warm up the ashigaru fire, especially after drying the straw sandals and socks before moving on. This also made Toyotomi Hajimoto arrive several days later than expected.

In fact, Toyotomi Hideji's speed is already very fast. Since most of the straw sandals along the way were bought by Xiu's family, many non-combat attrition has been caused before the battle even started.

There were 1.2 Toyotomi Hashimotos when they set off from Osaka, but there were only a little over 1 when they arrived at Iwafuki Castle. The ashigaru who were frostbitten on the road were handed over to the daimyo along the way.

Toyotomi Hideji, as the fourth member of the Toyotomi family's internal political status, is also the daimyo that Hideyoshi intends to support as a central assistant.

When Xiu's family came out of the city to welcome them, Longchuan Zhenqin had already prepared a wooden house outside Yanfu City, and boiled hot water on the side, ready to comfort the soldiers who came from afar.

Looking at the Wuqitong pattern flags that gradually appeared in the south, Xiujia had already made preparations, but as the team gradually pulled in, Xiujia found that in addition to the Wuqitong pattern, there were also flags belonging to the Tokugawa family. The sunflower pattern appeared in sight.

When the team arrived in front of Iwazuki, Toyotomi Hideji immediately got off his horse and greeted the Hide family, "Hachiro, I escorted you to the money and food my uncle entrusted to me, you have to treat me to a good drink." .”

Toyotomi Hideji's attitude made the Hide family a little unaccustomed, the relationship between the two seemed not so good, but Hideji seemed like an old friend of the Hide family for many years.

At this time, there was another brave general behind him who came forward to greet Hideo, Hideo fixed his eyes and saw that this was not the important official of the Tokugawa family, the lord of Sagami Sakuradai Castle Sakakihara Yasomasa?

Sakakibara Komasa looked at the Hide family with unkind eyes, but he still approached him politely and said hello, "I haven't seen Lord Toyotomi Dainagon for a long time, and I'm entrusting the famous commander of Tokugawa Dainagon to guard Iwazuke .”

Hideie was not very familiar with the retainers of the Tokugawa family, but he could still recognize some familiar faces, such as Hiraiwa Omokichi and Suganuma Joyei who were standing behind Sakakibara Yasumasa at the moment.

And behind Toyotomi Hideji is precisely the ninja-born samurai mentioned by Tsusue Sanzhicheng a few days ago-Nakamura Kazushi, and now he is the lord of Mizuguchi Okayama City in Omi Country, with a collar of 6 stones.

According to the historical arrangement, after Tokugawa Ieyasu transferred to Kanto, he should worship Suruga 14 shi, which became the highlight moment of his life, and created the Yonago Domain after Sekigahara.

It’s just that in this life, due to Hideyoshi’s relationship, Kanto was occupied by Hideo, and Tokugawa didn’t vacate his position. As for Hideka’s original territory of Kibi Seven Kingdoms, except for Inaba, which Hideyoshi took back and rewarded Fukushima Masanori, other territories None have been scheduled yet.

In Hideyoshi's words, the transfer of the Xiu family involved too much, and the transfer of the Xiu family was almost done before the transfer of the seal, and the Xiu family continued to manage their skills during this period.

However, there have been rumors that Kazushi Nakamura is likely to receive 10 koku from Hoki Yonago Castle, Mori Hideyori transferred 7 koku to Beizhong Matsuyama Castle, and Kato Koyasu will receive 15 koku from Bichu Kurashiki Castle stone collar.

In fact, this can be regarded as a semi-open secret, because these three families have already started to send retainers to Bichu and Hoki to negotiate with the Xiu family about the territory. I have visited the residence of the vassal and asked the Xiu family to take care of me.

The Xiu family's advice to them is not to change the Xiu family's system easily, because the enthusiasm of the people in the territory has been mobilized, and if they are suppressed at this time, chaos will easily arise.

For them, the Xiu family has already laid out a complete reserve military system for them, and they don't need to change it, they just need to adapt to the Xiu family's template a little bit.

After the Xiu family greeted all the daimyos, they entered Iwafu Castle together with Hideji. At this time, the construction of Iwafu Castle had already started, and the first thing to do was to drain the nearby water swamp and start the foundation work. .

Osafune Sadakin took the Hide family's Fushin, Yuli, and Tongxin, and led the troops of the Tokugawa family and Toyotomi family to a nearby camp to arrange board and lodging.

Looking at the large construction site at the side, Xiujia said mockingly, "I am afraid that when we return from Ou, we will go to Kawagoe City to rest. The city has been renovated."

Everyone looked at the busy construction site below. There were hundreds of carpenters alone, and more than [-] civilian laborers. This scale was comparable to when Hideyoshi built the Osaka Honmaru.

Even Toyotomi Hideji couldn't help admiring, "I can't wait to see the real face of Iwafu Castle built by Hachiro."

With Toyotomi Hideji talking to him in such a nasty way, Hideka only felt that the winter chill was even better, and looked at Hideji in confusion.

The two were walking on the way to the city, Xiuci suddenly pulled Xiujia to speed up two steps, slightly distanced from behind, and took the initiative to come up to Xiujia and said, "Gonhei has been re-given as a daimyo by my uncle. This matter is still left to me, and the territory is arranged at the Boqi Eight Bridges."

There is only one person that Hidetoshi Kwonhei is talking about, and that is Hidehisa Sengoku who was reformed in the Battle of Kyushu, Miyoshi Hideho (Tuhe Depository) died in battle, and Hideji fled back in embarrassment.

In the Battle of Odawara, he took part in the Battle of Odawara with more than 20 old officials and ronin recruited on the road.

It is said that he served as the vanguard when attacking Izu Yamanaka Castle, and occupied one of the tiger's mouths when attacking Odawara Castle Hayakawa, and achieved outstanding martial arts.

Moreover, this man is very good at expressing himself. He wears a bad-tailed helmet and a white coat with a sun flag hanging on it when he goes out into battle. The front of the armies advanced.

In addition, in order to attract enemy soldiers, there is also an anecdote that bells were sewn on the outer jacket of the battle, dressed prominently to participate in the battle, and took the alias of "bell-ring warrior".

It is also for this reason that he was valued by Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was in charge of the Raiders of the Mountain Castle. After finding out that he was Sengoku Hidehisa, Tokugawa Ieyasu mediated from the side, and finally Hideyoshi agreed to accept him.

The banquet after the battle of Odawara, and when Utsunomiya was appointed, because of his low status at that time, Hideo didn't see him.

Although his samurai status has been restored, Hideyoshi has never arranged for him to learn knowledge. At that time, the Hideyoshi family thought that Hideyoshi's anger had not disappeared, until today they heard from Hideyoshi that he was arranged in Hoki Yatsuhashi.

The Xiu family and Xianshi Xiujiu didn't have a deep friendship, but they still remembered that this person made him very upset during the conquest of the Four Kingdoms, so he asked lightly: "How many stones did you get?"

"The 4 koku was arranged by me myself." Hideji said with some disgust, "I wanted to place him in the vacancy left by Mr. Chikugo Mori Hideyori, but my uncle said it was too far away, so let me arrange it closer. Hoki It's the farthest I can arrange."

Toyotomi Hideji's attitude is justifiable. After all, the Kyushu War was the first time he took command. Hideyoshi considered his lack of experience in independent combat, so he sent Sengoku Hidehisa to him as a substitute.

But it was Sengoku Hidehisa who caused Kyushu's disastrous defeat, and Miyoshi Hideho died in battle, and he was changed along with it.

If it weren't for the fact that he followed Hideyoshi in the Battle of Kyushu and was transferred to Echizen, I'm afraid I would be wandering like Sengoku Hidehisa.

But after all, I am the general of the Kyushu Pioneer Army. If I win, I will earn credit and fame. If I lose, I must be the first one to take the blame. On the body, who do you think will give Xianshi Xiujiu a good face?
And it was precisely for this reason that he was eager to make contributions to the Supreme Commander and get the title of "I don't know soldiers". It was just the battle of Kururi, and the most damaged in the battle were Hori Hideji, Sakuma Moromasa and other Hokuriku princes.

It means that the princes of the Hokuriku used the lives of their soldiers to punish Toyotomi Hideji's wisdom, and finally made the relationship between himself and the princes of the Hokuriku very delicate.

Fortunately, Hokuriku's largest vassal, the Hori family, was transferred to the chief executive, and the rest were small fish and shrimps, and it didn't matter if he didn't hold himself.

However, after all, Sengoku Hidehisa lost such a big face in the Battle of Kyushu, even Toyotomi Hideji didn't want to see him, and sent him to San'in. Hideyoshi was willing to give him 4 shi Zhixing, and he really took care of him.

In any case, Sengoku Hidehisa was one of Hideyoshi's earliest team members, and he was the most capable general in the early stage of Hideyoshi. Many classic battles such as the Battle of Hideyoshi Otani Castle, the Battle of Kanezaki Temple, and the Battle of Harima were all fought by him. There is love, and it is possible to restore the identity of the daimyo.

However, he was given 4 stone collars as soon as he recovered, and I don't know how Kazutoyo Yamauchi, who finally got 5 stones from Kawanakajima, would react to the news.

Those who came with Toyotomi Hideji, and the family members who had traveled east with the Hide family before, were going directly to Kawagoe Castle.

But seeing that the new year was coming soon, Hideka didn't intend to deduct such a day or two, so they discussed with Toyotomi Hideji to let the soldiers rest in Iwazuki for a few days, and then march northward after the third day of the new year.

Since they were going to spend the New Year in Iwafu Castle, they simply took the family members to Iwafu Castle to reunite with their relatives who were already in Kanto at the moment, and then moved to Kawagoe City with Osafune Sadakin and others after the Hide family came out.

(End of this chapter)