Prime Minister Bizen

Fujido Takatora became the governor of Ezo, and the administrative framework of the Ezo regime also had to be changed.

As mentioned above, the official political structure of Ezo was established by Hideo with reference to the system of the Ming Dynasty, and it was a template made by Hideo for his own governance in Japan in the future.

At present, Todo Takatora is serving as the governor of Ezo, Akashi Keiki is resident and supervises Iyo, Ukita Kan's family is independent, Oka Toshikatsu and Awa Hisutora are asked by Hideyoshi to live in seclusion.

There are 6 genuine family elders, 2 elders are walking, and 5 cannot continue to work, so the elders' association must make adjustments.Similarly, as the political structure of the upper echelon of the Ezo Governor's Mansion changes, the positions below will also need to be changed to a certain extent.

Moreover, these positions are very important. Xiujia is about to go to Ouyu, and he will not be able to come back for half a year, and things wait for no one. Xiujia needs to confirm the candidates for each joint position before going out.

The position of the family elder is very important, and a decision must be made after discussing with Changchuan Sadakin and others.It just so happened that Gang Lisheng, Yanwa Jiuhu and others have arrived in Yanfu City one after another in the past few days, so we can discuss with them during the Spring Festival.

Because the Ezo Governor's Mansion is not an official governing body, and few people know about it, the Xiu family first made arrangements for Ezo officials.

First of all, Todo Takatora was transferred to the governor of Ezo for a term of 5 years.Osafune Tsunaohira was transferred to be the chief political envoy for a term of 2 years;

Yingwa Jiuhu is young and strong, and he is rich in commander-in-chief strategy. It is a waste of talent to be asked to live in seclusion at home. The Xiu family plans to transfer him to Eizo as the commander of soldiers and horses for a term of 5 years.

After all, in the next 5-year development plan of Ezo discussed with Todo Takatora, there are many situations where troops will be deployed inside and outside the territory. This requires that the commander must be a general who knows the soldiers, otherwise it will be difficult to develop situation, and Yingwa Jiuhu just made the best use of everything.

Jin Guangjiaqing continued to serve as the palace secretary of the temple, but he was dismissed from the position of the captain of the Changsheng army, and was replaced by Zhuang Lin Yixin, who was born as a servant of the Xiu family.

This is also the first time he has served as a standing reserve captain since he has served as a standing reserve captain outside of Bantou. The key point is that this reserve team is still a super-manufactured force of 2000 people.

After confirming the situation of several main officials in Ezo, Hideki Ai handed over the list to Todo Takatora, and asked him for the opinions of the newly promoted family elders by the way.

In fact, Xiujia already had a preliminary plan in mind at this moment, and after discussing with Nasafuna Masayuki, Oka Toshikatsu and the parties concerned, they confirmed the list of the new family elders.

①The elder of the pen head is still the long-term relative of the long boat, responsible for coordinating the overall situation, as well as the implementation of various departments, and the mobilization of forces; (President Organization Director)

② Liyuan Jiugang added to the family elders, responsible for the management of money and food; (Minister of Finance, Money and Food)

③ Qiu Shangjiu's family was added as a candidate for the elders, the elders of the Privy Council who are temporarily in charge of military training and battles, and at the same time take care of the Privy Council; (Minister of Security)
④ Ota Zimasa was added as a candidate for the elders, responsible for receiving the rituals; (Minister of Etiquette)
⑤Oka Jiali was added as a candidate for the elders, responsible for the management of the land in the area and the management of the household registration; (Minister of Civil Affairs)
⑥ Huafang Zhengcheng is still the elder of the family, responsible for the production and management of military equipment in the territory; (Minister of Armament Industry)

⑦The head of Narita was added as a candidate for the elders, responsible for the management of handicrafts, seats and businesses in the territory; (Minister of Commerce)

⑧The Scenery of Kagawa was added as a candidate for the elders, responsible for the construction and general application of various projects in the territory; (Minister of Engineering)

⑨ Doi Qingliang was added as a candidate for family elders, and worked in domestic trade and taxation. (Minister of Taxation and Trade)
The new Home Elders Association is different from the previous ones. Among the 9 members of the Home Elders, 6 are Alternate Home Elders who are in charge of specific affairs, which is equivalent to the deputy ministers sorting out ministerial affairs in later generations.

Moreover, among the 9 members of the new family, only Osafune Sadakin is left as an old man from the old era of the Nao family, and the others are promoted after the Hide family took charge. From this point, we can also see that the new Kanto Toyotomi The top level of the home is being updated.

Besides, among the 9 people, only Osafune, Oka, and Hanabou were important ministers of the old Uki family, and Tachihara barely counted as half of them. The others, such as Ota, Kagawa, and Akigami, were all newly promoted.

Of course, compared to Narita and Ota in Kanto, these people are not newcomers, and they have already won the trust of the Xiu family.

Judging from the origins of the personnel, Osafune, Oka, and Hanabang are old Bikuen, and Tachihara and Qiushang came from the Izumo Hoki sect, but they followed the Hide family long after their family and country fell. former old man.

However, Kagawa and Doi belong to the Shikoku school, Ota and Narita belong to the Kanto school, and the entire old list of nine families stands out for the word "balance".

This is not only the balance between the genealogy generations and the new members, but also the balance of the regional factions. The list of samurai families that have joined the Uki family spans all ages of the Xiu family, and it is also a symbol of the reform of the Toyotomi family in Kanto.

Correspondingly, of course, with the independence of Ukita's family, the pro-vassal forces representing the family disappeared from the elders.

Although the Qiushang Jiu family was the first to follow the Xiu family, it is not as good as Tachihara Jiuzuna who has already been in charge of Ezo. He followed the Xiu family from the bottom of the samurai step by step and rose up step by step. Let him manage military training, no one in the army will Not convinced.

At the same time, the Xiu family also intends to take back the control of the army from the Oka family, otherwise the entire Uki family's samurai will really be friendly with the Oka family.

Of course Gang Lisheng is aware of this, taking advantage of this opportunity of staying in seclusion, he proposed to the Xiu family the idea of ​​retiring. It is field management and household registration management.

Kagawa Zhijing is a native of Shikoku, and Xiujia promoted him to be a candidate for a family elder, and let him be responsible for various general tasks in the territory.

This work should have been handed over to the elders in charge of civil affairs, and under the elders there are specific implementation and responsibilities.

But the Xiu family made him independent this time, entirely because there will be construction needs in various parts of Kanto in the next few years, and general employment is very important.

And Xiujia promoted Xiangchuan Zhijing as a candidate for the old family, and was responsible for this aspect, which was essentially compensation for the transfer of the Xiangchuan family from Sanuki.

In addition, in the old division of this family, the money and food management, trade, and taxation in the territory were also divided by the Xiu family.

In the past, one elder was responsible for trade revenue, taxation, and financial management and expenses. This time, the Xiu family completely separated trade tax revenue from money and food management, which is equivalent to dividing income and expenditure into two elders. manage.

The original armament production and handicraft production were also in charge of one person, but this time they were also split into two. The main reason was that Hideyoshi’s conquest of North Korea was imminent, and the time for armament production was tight, so Hideyoshi needed a special person to manage it.

In addition, the Xiu family also had to prepare for the great battle after Hideyoshi's death. For this reason, the breeding of military horses was very important. It must not be the case that even the cavalry teams of the various reserve teams could not get enough horses.

Under such high pressure, it may be ineffective for one person to supervise the handicraft industry of ordinary people. At the same time, Xiujia also intends to merge the handicraft industry and commerce, and assign a special person to manage the affairs of large merchants, mobile small traders, and handicraft individual industrial and commercial households. So new home old seats came into being.

In addition to the above 9 people who are in charge of domestic affairs, there are also 4 people who attended the joint meeting of the elders. They are:
⑩Ming Shi Jingqin, the elder of the family, is in charge of Yiyu's affairs, and concurrently manages the affairs of Ryukyu and Besko Tongshan;
Old Todo Takahu, governor of Ezo, in charge of Ezo affairs; (Ezo Mu, who is in charge of military affairs)

Jialao's alternate, Xiangxi Jiaqing, is the acting affairs of the Privy Council, responsible for military merit assessment and rewards; (Director of Civil Services Department of the Ministry of National Defense)
Elder Alternate Togawa Tatsuan, the acting affairs of the Privy Council, responsible for the co-ordination of wartime armaments and rations along the way; (Military Logistics Minister)

The elder of the family is a substitute for Jiuhu, the commander of the army and horses of Ezo, who also takes care of the acting affairs of the Privy Council and is responsible for the wartime military strategy. (General staff)

There is an interesting phenomenon here. Akashi and Todo are listed as elders, but they are not members of the elders, and 9 of the first nine are candidates for elders, but not members of the elders.

The purpose of the Xiu family is to separate the internal identities and titles of the family from the specific responsibilities, and at the same time, it is also to show that the candidates for the family elders have similar political identities and the same powers as the family elders. words.

At the same time, the Xiu family also officially severed the contact between the elders who went out to guard the family and the elders who managed affairs at the highest level in the territory. It was not like the embarrassing situation in the past when the elders of the town had to return to Okayama to take charge of specific affairs when they were in Jibei.

To put it simply, although the elder is half a level higher than the candidate for the elder, the content of the elder and the candidate for the elder can be the same, and the external identity is also the same.

But since there is a distinction between the family elders and the family elders joint meeting, there must be a difference. This is like the difference between the members of the later generations and the standing committee. The nine family elders are responsible for the management of daily specific affairs.

The other four family elders may need to go out of town, or be in charge of the affairs of the Privy Council during wartime. They have no specific arrangements at ordinary times, and only when there are important matters to be negotiated, they will attend the federation to participate in discussions and votes.

Expanded from 7 elders to 14, directly doubled.The number of clan elders in the Xiu family territory is increasing, which is essentially a distribution of the power of the clan elders and a compromise with all parties in the territory.

Today, after nearly 9 years, the veterans of the Zhi family who have been around the Xiu family have gradually retired, and it is time for the new generation to replace them. Gradually active in the new political arena.

And Togawa Tatsuan finally got the old seat that he thought about day and night. Hideka specially handed over the production and storage management of the military equipment to Hanabang Masanari. Separated from the army, refer to the practice of separating the general logistics and military industrial units in later generations.

After the list was decided, the Xiu family specially summoned the above 13 elders to attend together, not only to get to know each other, but also to clarify their respective responsibilities.

At the same time, because of the delineation of the powers of the new family and the old, the various messy tasks that were originally taken care of by the old families during the transition to Kanto can also be handed over to the newcomers.

It can be said that among the 9 members of the family, apart from Ota Sukomasa who is in charge of the sacrificial ceremonies, the positions of the other 8 people are very important.

This is mainly due to the fact that Xiu's family has just been transferred to Kanto, and the division of fields, land inspection, and inspection are all in the charge of Oka Jiali.

Changshu Zhengjia has already made a good start for this. Xiujia did not transfer Changshu Zhengjia away, but let him work under Okakari and continue to serve as Tianmu Fuxing.

The most important reason for this is that Okagatoshi is young after all and has no real experience in governing.

After the inspection site is completed, Oka Toshikatsu only needs to do routine maintenance work, which will be relatively easy. Hideka plans to send Masakae Nagatsuka to the command of Kagawa Jingjing or Narita Chief, and let him be responsible for the most difficult tasks of construction or construction. Domestic business development matters.

The organization of the military service certificate and the preparation and training of the reserve team will be handed over by Fujido Takatora to the Akikami Hisashi family. This will be a task that will absolutely determine the combat power of the Toyotomi family in Kanto for decades to come. The burden on the Akikami Hisashi family's shoulders is very heavy. Heavy.

During his eight years in office, Fujido Takatora was mainly responsible for the compilation of military service accounts, which has been basically completed now.

The establishment of each reserve team has just begun, and Nobushige Sanada helped in the formation at the Ueno side, and the preparation of the red reserve team has been completed, but the armament has not yet been fully implemented.

The training of the army has always been inseparable from the arming of military equipment, and the manufacture and storage of daily armaments are in charge of Masanari Hanabuba, and the transportation of armaments and rations in wartime is in charge of Togawa Tatsuyasu.

The power in the hands of the veteran in charge of the military is more than half the same as that of Gang Lisheng when he was in charge of the family, and the daily arms exchange needs to communicate with the other two elders, which requires a certain ability to communicate.

Hanabou Masanari and Kagawa Nokage are in charge of domestic armament production and engineering general requests, the importance of which has already been mentioned above, and those responsible for Doi Kiyoshi, Tachihara Hisakuna, and Narita's chief are all related to finance, taxation, commerce and trade. Hooked.

Since the Xiu family insisted on the national policy of supporting trade, trade and tax revenues have become the main source of income to maintain the operation of many huge machines in Yuxi. Originally, the output in the fields was only worth a few dollars.

The new territory in Kanto, there is no foundation for equipment here, how to develop here and maintain the economic balance within the Toyotomi family in Kanto is the most important task of the three of them in recent years.

As for the last Osakane, needless to say, coordinating the coordination of all parties is not an easy job. The only good news is that the personnel adjustments he has taken care of and the work of the supervision of Iwafucheng can be thrown out.

Correspondingly, the work in the hands of Hanabou Masanari and Togawa Tatsuya also needs to be handed over, all of which are handed over to Kagawa Jingjing who is in charge of the project.

Hanabang Masanari didn't have any complaints, and called out the half-finished Odawara Castle and other cities in the Kanto region, as if he had thanked him for a big burden.

And Togawa Tatsuan was a little unwilling. He just wanted to rely on Iwafu Xiucheng to prove that he could also participate in internal affairs. However, the blueprint has just been established, and he will be resigned at the beginning of the general recruitment work. How can he accept it? .

He asked the Xiu family to allow him to complete the construction of the Honmaru of Iwafu Castle, but the Xiu family refused.

The reason for Xiujia's refusal is that "You are in charge of the affairs of the Privy Council. You are in charge of the transportation of armaments and rations during the war. Now that Ouyu is about to be pacified, you will also be responsible for sending troops to the DPRK. Armaments and rations are the most important thing. You Where is the opportunity to take charge of Yan Fupu's request?
Besides, if you can be responsible for the transfer of military equipment and military rations, it will be enough to prove that you are an all-rounder in civil and military affairs like your father. What else do you have to worry about? "

Finally, after the persuasion of Osafune Sadakin, Togawa Tatsuan reluctantly handed over the task in hand.

Taking advantage of the New Year's feast, the Xiu family confessed to their retainers the new family members and responsible powers, and asked Changchuan Zhenqin to be responsible for the job transfer of the old subordinates.

Such a major organizational change in the Kanto Toyotomi family is an opportunity for the people below to worship the dock again. Needless to say, Nagafune Sada personally, two generations of old people are deeply trusted by the Nao family and the Hide family, and the evergreen tree in the family elders association , re-elected as the elder of the pen.

On the second day after the appointment was made, the threshold of his house was already broken, and he had to ask his son Changchuan to stand guard at the door and refuse everyone's visit to the door.

Osafune Sadaki thanked the guests, and the Kibi samurai could only visit Hanabou Masayuki and Oka Toshikatsu in the name of New Year's greetings. In fact, they were conveying a message to their sons of the new generation Okaya Toshi and Togawa Tatsuya.

The samurai who originally followed from the three kingdoms of Izumo, Hoki, and Inaba, as well as the samurai group that joined the Uki family after the Hideya came to power, were busy visiting Tachihara Hisakuna and Akigami Hisashi's family.

In particular, Qiu Shangjiu's family was responsible for the establishment of the new reserve team. The elders of Xiguo didn't know how powerful the reserve captain was. Whether it was a generation of veterans or new recruits, they all wanted to get a place in the new reserve team.

The Hide family doesn't have many territories in Shikoku, and the number of old ministers who migrated from Shikoku is small. Even Doi Kiyoshi and Kagawa Kage himself have to go to visit the wharf of Osafune Sadako and Tachihara Hisakuna, let alone the people below. up.

As for Xiangxi Jiaqing, his personality has become much flatter since he became blind, but he has his own standards in dealing with people, and you can also see his resolute side, which is why I let him be responsible for explaining meritorious service.

Because he is indifferent to fame and fortune, brave and resolute, and will not be influenced by others, he is the most fair and just candidate.

What Hideka didn't expect was that the Kanto Jiuchen was further divided into the Hojo Jiuchen faction and the non-Hojo faction. The Hojo faction surrounded Mr. Narita, while the Non-Hojo faction paid homage to Ota Sukomasa's wharf early.

I don't know who passed it on, but the Xiu family's favorite concubine is Kai Ji, who trims hairpins and gives paintings, and Kai Ji's father is the head of the Narita family, so there are more people following her.

Moreover, the Hide family's flat wife, Ashikaga Jiji, was Ashikaga, and the Hide family deliberately made his aunt, Hojo's Qiquden, be close to her, and promoted the three sons of Qiquden (the three sons of Hojo Tsunasari).

In addition, Ota Zizheng is responsible for the ceremonial work that has a reputation but no real power, and those who were originally swaying are unwilling to follow.

For a while, it turned out that the Hojo faction had the upper hand, and the anti-Hojo faction who followed the Xiu family lost power at the beginning, how could this be possible!
Later, the Xiu family discovered this problem and switched the two people's responsibilities, which slightly balanced the power balance among the old officials in the Kanto region.