Prime Minister Bizen

Marriage with the Mori family is the best choice for both the Kanto Toyotomi clan and the Sanuki Ukita clan.

After the matter was finalized, the Xiu family settled the Ukita Tadaka family in the Honmaru of Iwafu Castle with a smile on their faces.

The Zhong family will not leave so fast, he will take it with him in Kanto for a while.After all, what he said to the outside world is that he is worried about Xiujia being far away, and he only came to Kanto from Jibei, so he has to do a full set of acting.

After Zhong's family left, Xiu's family once again fell into deep thought.If Akashi Zento cannot become the next governor of Ezo, and Osafune Tsunao must come back as soon as possible, then what should be the next arrangement of the Ezo Governor's Mansion?
The position of governor of Ezo is too important. It can be said that he is the executor of the Xiu family's policies. He must be transferred by the elders.

The key is that the development of Ezo is the top secret of the Yuxi family. Whether it is the governor, the chief envoy, or the criminal envoy, they must be absolute cronies of the family. It is crucial not to ask him to do things efficiently, but to keep his mouth shut. thing.

In fact, in Xiujia's prediction, the position of the governor of Ezo is equal to that of the old writer of the writing family, either the old writing family will retire, or the old writing family will be promoted.

After thinking about it for a long time, Hideka decided to call Fujido Takatora over. He is Hideka's brother-in-law, and he served as a family elder for several years.

But Fujido Takatora only had a preliminary understanding of Ezo, and he didn't know the specific situation. This meant that Ezo had to leave two important ministers for him to help him.

The best choice here is naturally Nao Osafuna. After the dialogue with Ukita Tadakaya, Hideo intends to promote him to the position of the formation envoy, and Akashi Zento Hideka wants to call him back from Ezo to replace him. Kamei Tomoki of the Ryukyu colonization.

After Kamei Tomoki returned, the Hide family wanted to transfer him to Ezo to take over the position of Osafuna Tsunao as the procurator.

When Kamei Tomoki resigns as the governor of Ezo, Osafuna Tsunao can take over as the governor again, and after another 5 years, let him return to Iwatsuke to take over as Todo Takatora's writing boss.

It's just that the Hide family needs to talk to Osafune Sadakin again, and the arrangement for bringing Osafune Tsunao back from Ezo has to be delayed.

It's easy to talk about Changchuan Zhenqin, the Xiu family went down to find him in person, gave him such a big face, praised his son like crazy, and even told his son's career plan for the next 10 years.

And all he needs to pay is to stay in Ezo for another 2 years and help Todo Takatora sort out the affairs of Ezo. How could he refuse such a simple job?

However, it should be noted that in history, on January 19th in the 1591th year of Tensho (1), Osafune Sadaki Bizen was assassinated by his brother-in-law Shintaro Ishihara who was dissatisfied with the state affairs in Hugakura Castle.

This Ishihara Shintaro was discovered because of the issue of the land inspection, and was asked to pay more land money and military service accounts.

There is nothing wrong with this point, after all, at that time the whole world demanded the sequestration because of Hideyoshi's order, and Osafune Sadain, who was the "government of the state を 拍り世切", naturally had to help Hideyoshi deal with these matters.

At this time, Ishihara Shintaro wanted to let his elder brother, Osafune Sadakin, the Prime Minister of the country, be lenient to him. After all, the news of the conquest of North Korea in the coming year has long been an open secret in Japan.

According to the subsequent military service accounts, the Xiguo region needs to apply for the standard of 500 people per [-] shi. If this standard is really followed, the Ishihara family is really going to put all their eggs in one basket.

It's a pity that Osafune Sadakin must ensure the fairness and justice of all samurai families in order to carry out the land inspection. At this time, giving her brother-in-law a break is tantamount to giving others a reason to rape, so she flatly rejected Ishihara Shintaro's request.

Shintaro Ishihara is an old samurai from the Warring States period. His ideas are relatively outdated. He has always felt that samurai families who are relatives should help each other, not to mention that he is just a small wealthy family. Is it something to change casually?
When Osafune Sada's father married his daughter to Ishihara Shintaro, he and the Osafune family were just a small wealthy family subordinate to the Urakami family, and they knew nothing more than a hundred stones.

Later, Osafune Sadakin became the vassal of the Ukita Nao family's family at the beginning of its business. After so many years of hard work, as the Uki family grew stronger, he became more and more knowledgeable, and he, Ishihara Shintaro, was still swaying around the Hyakushi family.

The huge gap between identity and knowledge and behavior made this brother-in-law feel that he was filthy, and the refusal of Changchuan Zhenqin, in his opinion, just proved that the brother-in-law looked down on him, so he went to extremes to assassinate him .

The situation in this life is a bit special. Ever since the Xiu family reused the long boat Zhenqin to start the reform, he had anticipated the possible assassination by conservative forces.

Therefore, he transferred Ishihara Shintaro from his direct minister to serve the Osafune family early on, and became a retainer of the Osafune family. As Osafune Sadakin became the lord of the 4 stone bowl-shaped city, he was also granted 1220 stones and became one of the elders of the family.

Although it is definitely not as good as Longchuan's Zhenqin, it can be regarded as receiving the kindness of Longchuan's family, and the boat has risen with the tide.

Besides, his current status is the retainer of Osafune Sadakin. In Japanese society, the conflict between retainers and retainers may not be reconcilable, but there is a natural gap between retainers and lords.

This gap is like a wall, protecting the lord from being violated by his retainers through secular rules.

In the early and middle period of the Warring States period, the lower and the upper were prevailing, and this wall was broken for a short period of time. However, with the unification of Japan by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese society returned to order again, and this ritual system was re-agreed.

Under the pressure of kindness and invisibility, Xiujia did not believe that Shintaro Ishihara dared to make an assassination move.

Besides, even if he really moved his mind to assassinate, the current Xiu family is no longer the Xiu family in history, and the system of the Yuxi family is not what it was in history. Both protection and surveillance.

The Xiu family is confident in solving these small problems.

Xiu's family and Osafune Sadakin not only talked about Osafune Tsunao, but also about Osafune's scheduled trip.Xiujia also intends to send him to Ezo for training, but it will be after Osafune Tsunao returns.

Ezo and Ryukyu will become the bases for the two experienced retainers of the Xiu family in the future. If you want to become an old man in the writing family, you must have the experience of Ezo/Ryukyu.

Or Ezo and Ryukyu will become exiles for the losers of political struggles within the Hideka family, refer to the mechanism under the rule of the British Empire, many prime ministers and high-ranking officials went to the colonies to become governors after leaving office.

Fujido Takatora knew that the Hide family had been developing Ezo in the past few years, and had generally heard about the situation there, but he didn't know the specifics.

Before Hideka chatted with Osafune Sada, he handed the dossier brought back by Ukita Tadada's family to Todo Takatora to read, and while he was looking at the dossier to understand the situation, he came out to communicate with Osafune Sada.

After Osafune Sadakin finished chatting with him, Takatora Todo would almost arrive, and the Hide family hurried back to Honmaru to meet him, and told him exactly how they wanted him to succeed Ukita Tadada's Eizo governor.

In fact, when Fujido Takatora took over the dossier recording the latest situation of Ezo from Hideo, he already understood Hideo's meaning, so when Hideo clearly expressed his intention, he hardly did anything. After a lot of thinking, I accepted the arrangement.

Fujido Takatora took over the post of governor of Ezo, and he would definitely part with Renko.

But right now their husband and wife have only just separated, and Gao Hu has been fighting outside with Xiu's family for more than a year.

Therefore, the Xiu family said with some embarrassment: "I originally wanted to keep you by my side and take over from Oka Dan as the head of the family's military. This time, I will entrust you with the task of preparing the military service account and preparing the team. up.

But it's a pity that the plan can't keep up with the changes. Misaku Shou is getting old, and he wants to get Tsunao back as soon as possible. He will stay in Ezo for another two years at most, mainly to help you get familiar with the situation there.Even one year may be recalled, you have to be mentally prepared. "

"It's really a difficult task." After listening to Hideka's words, Fujido Takatora sighed and then teased, "But you have said that, what else can I do? Who made me your brother-in-law!"

Hearing that Fujido Takatora took over the job, Xiujia smiled gratifiedly and said, "If I couldn't find a suitable person, I wouldn't let you go. You also know the importance of Ezo. appoint.

Right now, only Misakushou and Tanzheng are old among the elders in the family. It is impossible for them to go to such a harsh place. Master Liyuan even lost half of his leg because of this.

Yiyushou is in charge of Yiyo's affairs, and Yanwa Jiuhu is just a candidate for the old man, and he doesn't need to know the situation here.And Huafang Zhengcheng is still young and doesn't know the situation in Ezo. I'm afraid he will make a mistake, so I can only send you there. "

Hearing Hideka's rambunctious explanation again, Fujido Takatora jokingly said, "Understood, I understand, why are you acting more mindful than me?"

Then he said to Xiu's family in a serious manner, "I'm going to prepare some to go to Ezo, but Iwazuki's side, Renzi and Daisuke will be handed over to you."

The eldest son of Daisuke's Todo Takatora, Renko was born to him in August of the 17th year of Tensho (1589), 8 years earlier than Todo Takaji in history.

I have to say that Lianzi's stomach is really good, at least stronger than the historical Isshiki Yoshimoto, so I am afraid that there will be no such thing as the historical Todo Takayoshi.

Regarding Fujido Takatora's worries, Hideka naturally assured, "Renko is my older sister, Daisuke is my nephew, and I will treat him like my own son.

On the contrary, what you said is like parting from life and death, but you only went to Ezo to work for 5 years. If there are special circumstances, you can be recalled earlier. Isn’t that the case with Uncle Zhong’s family? "

Regarding this point, Todo Takatora smiled and did not give an answer, and asked the Hide family another question, "What do you plan to do with Akashi Sabu?"

After reading the dossier, Hideka recalled Akashi Quanto, who was clearly the successor to the governor, and left Osafune Tsunade and sent him to be the governor. He already smelled something wrong with the political behavior in it.

Facing his inquiry, Xiujia calmly told his thoughts, "Don't be so serious all of a sudden, as if I would deal with Akashi Sabu.

His ability is still outstanding. After returning from Ezo, I will send him to Ryukyu. Kamei Ryukyu will send him to Ezo to serve as a criminal assistant and take over as the governor after you leave. "

Hearing such an arrangement, Fujido Takatora asked in surprise: "Since he is in charge of Ryukyu affairs, aren't you afraid that he will promote Qiezhidan in Ryukyu?"

"Ryukyu is different from Ezo." Xiujia explained to him, "Don't forget that the current Ryukyu lord is Guan Bai's brother-in-law, and he, the Ryukyu priest, is only in charge of the trade between our family and Ryukyu in name.

Even if Kamei Tomoki could become the Prime Minister of the country and preside over the Ryukyu state affairs, he has not changed his style. This matter is not a trivial matter. I decided to sweep the department and I would not touch it. Even I can't keep him. "

Fujido Takatora heard Hideka's explanation and nodded in agreement, Hideka continued to say to him, "Ezo Governor-General Ezo Military and Political Affairs is a good place to experience, and when he comes back after 5 years, he can just take over Misaku's class. .

After the beginning of spring, you will go north by boat and make preparations in advance. After Ou is reassigned, I will exile some rebellious people to Ezo to fill the population there. After balancing the proportion of the ethnic groups, you can open up to North Korea again. Population transfer business.

This is a big event. In less than two years, we will launch a military campaign against North Korea. At that time, a large number of people will be transported from North Korea. You have to make preparations within one and a half years.

When you go to Ezo, the most important thing is to do three things. One is to rebalance the religious forces in the territory, and try to make most of the Ezo natives, as well as more Koreans and Yamato people believe in my Dongzhao right now.To this end you can use the Immortal Army to purify the surrounding wild tribes by force.

The second thing is to stabilize the large-scale expansion of potato planting in the territory. The production of potatoes and the climate are just right for Ezo. As soon as possible, you can make Ezo self-sufficient in grain production, and you will no longer need to transport grain as much as possible. go.

The third thing is to complete the full control of Ishikari County within 5 years as much as possible, and infiltrate the sphere of influence into Kamikawa and Tokachi.

Leave Houshi, Tenshio, Kushiro, and Nemuro alone. They are not our interests for the time being. Kitami and Matsumae maintain the status quo.

It's too cold in Kitami, and the potatoes can only be developed one season at a time, so it doesn't make sense, so I just thought that it would be good just as a mining site.

Songqian is because it is too close to the Northeast. If we develop here, it will be too easy to attract the attention of the rich people in the Northeast, and report to Guan Bai prematurely, exposing our strength. "

The Kamikawa Kingdom planned by Hideka is located in the central part of Ezo, surrounded by Tenyan, Ishikari, and Kitami.Surrounded by Tokachi and Hidaka, it is a pure landlocked country.

The geographical location of Kamikawa is very good, surrounded by Takamatsu mountains, only a long and narrow basin in the middle, a bit similar to Japan's Shinano country.

Due to the barrier of the mountains, the unique climate of the basin is formed. It is rich in water vapor and not easily damaged by the cold current in the north. It is the most suitable place for the development of agriculture in Ezo.

Really, don’t look at Ishikari as a large plain. Today’s northern Ishikari, that is, Sapporo, is not blocked by mountains on the west side. The cold current from the north blows directly on this land, 5 to 7 days earlier than Kamikawa and Tokachi. snowfall.

Not to mention Tokachi, the plains facing the warm Pacific Current will occupy the largest granary in Japan in the future, not to mention Ezo, and the food problem of the entire Northeast of Japan can be solved.

However, judging from the information sent by Ukita Tadashi’s family, the Tokachi area is mainly occupied by the Obihiro tribe. There are tens of thousands of people in this tribe alone. In addition, there are Shihoro, Urahoro, Hiroo, and Ashyo. tribe.

In the Shangchuan area, there were tribes such as Shibetsu, Nayose, Asahikawa, Yongshan, and Dongjin.

These two countries have two characteristics, that is, the largest tribes, Obihiro and Asahikawa, are located at the junction of Hidaka and Tokachi, Ishikari and Kamikawa.

If they want to attack these two countries, they must settle with the largest and most difficult tribe. This is why the Xiu family was afraid of these two countries before and did not colonize them.

In fact, Tokachi is more suitable for logging in than Hidaka, and it is also more suitable for agricultural development, but Hideka fears the strength of the Obihiro tribe, and chooses Hidaka, which has many tribes but small, as the first breakthrough.

Now Ezo has been developing for several years, and its wings are getting more and more abundant. It can mobilize 5000 people alone. Counting the number of tribal alliance soldiers over [-], it's time to take action on the land of Tokachi, which has been coveted for a long time.

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