Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 590

If the Hide family wanted Date Masamune to hand over, it had to be done under the premise that the Date family hadn't discussed it and hadn't made any preparations.

This has a great impact on Date Masamune's political prestige, so Date Masamune is a little bit wary.

But the Xiu family was not going to let go, and instead prodded him, "There is no gossip that cannot be washed away by iron and blood, and there is no loyalty that cannot be proved by the head of the enemy.

Dr. Date Sakyo was involved in such a serious situation this time, whether he brought a "gift" to Luo to defend himself, or was escorted to Kyoto by us because of vigilance, it was all up to Dr. Sakyo. "

In fact, if this matter was put down so lightly this time, Asano Nagamasa on the opposite side would not agree. The samurai who died under his hands were all close ministers, and they were all the children of retainers. They sacrificed their lives for this "misunderstanding". In Li Mansion, the Date family has to give some compensation no matter what.

"The samurai and ashigaru who are not happy to die around you will be given ten times the compensation by the family. In addition, all the weapons worn out in this battle will be compensated by the family."

In the early and middle period of the Warring States period, there was no compensation for warriors and farmers who died in battle, and it was their obligation to serve the lord.

In the late Warring States period, professional soldiers gradually became the mainstream. After samurai and professional ashigaru died in battle, they would generally receive 500 to 5 coins, and 2 to 5 people’s 1-year support rice pension. This depends on the economic strength of each family. Different, the compensation given is also different.

This is the part of the pension. If the master died of meritorious service, they will be rewarded for their meritorious service.

In the Warring States period, 500 Wen was usually 1/3 of the annual agricultural output of a common household. Such a cheap price bought a human life, which is enough to show that human life is worthless at this time.

At this moment, Masamune Date gave ten times the compensation, which is basically a pension for 50 kans per person, and Ashgaru should be 10 kans per person. Such a pension standard is actually very high.

Date Masamune was still unwilling to do anything to his subordinates here, but his struggle again was still not accepted by Hideka.

"Oh~ Oh, Dr. Sakyo is really benevolent. Your attitude is beyond my expectation." Hideka said to Date Masamune, and finally looked at Asano Nagamasa and said, "Uncle, look Dr. Zuo Jing has already made a decision, I think we should report this matter directly to Father for a decision."

"Wait a minute!" Date Masamune interrupted Xiujia before he finished speaking, and asked Xiujia back, "Does Your Highness want Toshiro to be responsible for this matter?"

Xiujia categorically denied it: "I didn't say that. In fact, I don't think the rebellion has anything to do with An Fangshou, but someone must be responsible, right?"

Although the Xiu family denied it, their attitude has already been named. The rebellion was too low-level and the retainers were not enough to come out to take over. Either you Date Masamune took the blame and retired, or it had to be Yi An important minister like Dashi came out to take responsibility.

Seeing that Xiujia's answer was unquestionable, Date Masamune could only accept it, and even guessed that the group of people outside were the ones that Xiujia planned to deal with, otherwise why didn't others come today and let them listen?
In the end, he could only say helplessly: "This matter will be handled by Da Na Yan."

"It's not all up to me to deal with it. Since it's about your Date family's business, what should I do? Either you Date Masamune will handle it yourself, or His Royal Highness Guanbai will make the decision."

It is impossible for the Xiu family to help Date Masamune deal with it. After the Xiu family has dealt with it, the bad guy will be the Xiu family. When the time comes, Date's retainers and himself will definitely feel dissatisfied.

Doesn't it look like he has a blood loss?If you haven't entered yet, just kill Date Masamune.

And from a procedural point of view, although the Hide family is the general guarding Ou, they only have the right to supervise the local area, and it is Guan Bai's prerogative to dispose of retainers at will.

Date Masamune, that little villain, unknowingly dug another hole for Hideka, so Hideka wouldn't jump into it.

Fortunately, when Hideka treated Date Masamune, he didn't get distracted because of his superiority, otherwise he would really have been inadvertently overshadowed by him.

Although he was not recruited, Hideka still had a lot of complaints about Date Masamune, and immediately said angrily: "Has Dr. Sakyo decided? The suppression of Ou Ichikui is imminent. I don't have so much time to spend time here with you."

The atmosphere in the assessment room became depressing. Both Asano Nagamasa and Toyotomi Hidecho studied under Takenaka Hanbei in their early years, so their character was as biased towards Confucian generals as Toyotomi Hidecho.

But today, Masamune Date was making fun of him. Seeing that Masamune Date was unwilling to make a decision, he didn't have Hideka's good temper, so he snorted coldly and got up to leave.

"Servant. Attendant Asano?" Date Masamune wanted to keep Asano Nagamasa, but Asano Nagamasa didn't give him any face and walked out.

He stopped for a while at the door, looked coldly at Date's retainers sitting below, and said, "You have a good Patriarch." He turned around and left without stopping.

Seeing that Nagamasa Asano had already left, Hideka raised her eyebrows helplessly and wanted to get up and leave.

Masamune Date saw that Hideka's movements could no longer calm down, and he grabbed Hideka's shoulders and wanted to make a final struggle, "Your Highness, Your Highness Dainagon, can you give them a pardon? I heard that you ordered the people who participated in Ichiki Ten draws and one first exile of the Ezo, can we also keep their lives?"

Hideka stopped in front of Masamune Date, knelt down and said to him, "There must be someone responsible, Dr. Sakyo. If you want to reduce the punishment, what will you exchange for it?"

"Please speak clearly, Your Highness."

Xiujia looked at Date Masamune and said with a smile: "His Highness Guanbai is very worried about Uesugi, after all, he is a foreigner. You have military achievements in your hands, so you can propose to help Guanbai when the time comes. I looked at Uesugi's house and wanted to come Guan Bai will definitely forgive you."

Does Hideyoshi really distrust the Uesugi family?Obviously it was Hideo's nonsense, at least Hideyoshi was equally defensive about Hideo and Uesugi's family.

"Look at... Uesugi's house?" Date Masamune asked incredulously, "But the main house and Uesugi's house don't border each other."

"I'll change you to Izuha over there." Hideka stood up and said confidently, "The results of the land inspection on Izuha's side are almost out, and now only Xianbei still has some Yikui making trouble.

I am going to stay with the Onodera family who has had the greatest influence on Ichikui this time.I will ask Guan Bai to change it, and the Huze family in the north will be transferred out by me. At that time, you will have a total of 17.6 stone collars from Xiongsheng, Pinglu, Yuli, Haibao and Xianbei Banjun. The limit I can get for you. "

"Is it only 17.6 shi?"

When Date Masamune heard this number, he couldn't accept it, and Hideka responded helplessly: "My doctor Sakyo, you don't expect to make such a big commotion and make Asano's attendant unhappy, so you can keep the original collar, right? !"

"But Bao Hai is the leader of the Uesugi family's village. They have made great achievements in this battle. Can you still let them come out?"

"This is not something you care about. Although His Highness Guan Bai has not delegated the power of Ou Zaishi to me, my attendant Asano and I will try our best to fight for you."

In fact, the Hide family already has a package plan, and moving Date's house to Dewa is only the first step.

As for how to get the Uesugi family to spit out the Yanbao County in the village, the Xiu family has already made plans, after all, the Xiu family holds the handle of the Uesugi family.

The reason for the chaos in the village and Xianbei was all caused by the owner of the village. There is conclusive evidence.

But the Xiu family made Ogasawara Xiuzhen go north, making a deal with them, let them withdraw from Yanbu County, but will give it to Mogami County, which is now led by the most Shangjia Xinzhuang.

The land inspection data in Yanbu County is 3.7 koku, and Mogami County is 4.5 koku. In fact, it was sealed for the Uesugi family.

Of course, these are all superficial actions. After all, the affairs of this village are a private transaction between the Xiu family and the Uesugi family. If the seal of the Uesugi family is reduced in the open, it will definitely attract the attention of others.

Right now, exchanging the most Shang County for Yanbao County, Zhixing has an extra 8000 shi, which can just be covered up in the name of military merit.

Of course, since the top family's territory has been moved, the top family must also make compensation.

It is a good choice to learn from the Date family and divide Ogigi County into two.Due to the suppression of the top family, Yikui in Zhici County was wiped out before it developed. Therefore, the inspection of the land has basically been completed, and the county's knowledge and actions are 14.2 shi.

It is better to use Imaizumi as the boundary to divide the 5.8 kokus of Nagai County and the 8.4 kokus of Zhici County, and seal the 5.8 kokus of Nagai County to the top family, so that the top family also received the seal of Wanshi.

In fact, this is an increase or decrease in the number of knowledge and action, and the change in geography is even more important.

The Mogami family lost the northernmost point of the Shonai territory, and the Date family acquired a territory on the south side of Wuhai Mountain, separated from the core territory by a mountain, and only the coastal side has roads.

In fact, Yanbu County is facing the Uesugi family on the side of the plain, and the Date family must spend a lot of effort to control Yanbu.

However, the Uesugi family lost Yanbu County, the entire territory of the village was missing, and they lost the defense of the mountains and rivers. They also had to spend a lot of effort on this place.

At the same time, the newly acquired Xinzhuang collar is not a good place. It is connected to Shonai in the west, facing the Xiongsheng County of the Uesugi family in the north, and facing Yamagata, the core collar of the Mogami family in the south. It is the protruding part of the puzzle, and the territorial canines of the three families come together.

Therefore, Mogami County is not so much a reward, but a poison pill is more appropriate. This time the territory replacement, each family has been granted a seal, but in fact Date and Uesugi are at a loss.

The Uesugi family lost the Wukaishan defense line on the north side, and they had to devote their energies to suppressing the Mogami. Located between Date and Mogami, the Uesugi family's ruling center of gravity would inevitably move northward.

However, the Date family encountered the transfer after the reduction of the seal, and faced the hostility of the Uesugi family after the transfer, Date Masamune would definitely not feel good.

Ai Zong Naoe Kanetsugu is already developing the Niigata area. After the transfer, the paper data of the Uesugi family is only 60 koku, but in fact it should not be less than 85 koku including the Sado Jinshan.

The Date family wanted to ensure that Yanbu County would not be lost, so they could only hug their thick legs, but is there any leg thicker than the Xiu family in the entire Dongguo area right now?
As long as Date Masamune accepted this condition, he would be forced to be tied to the chariot of the Hide family.The Uesugi family's desire to protect the Shonai collar made them yearn for Shiobu County.

This time they were only forced to accept the conditions of the Xiu family, but in order to guarantee the village, they would not accept that Yanbao County was in the hands of another family.

As for the Zhixing of the Date family, Yanbao County occupies 1/5, and of course it is impossible to give up easily, and there is almost no possibility of the two families having an affair.

Of course, you can also say that the Uesugi family suffered a bit and exchanged Xinzhuang for Yanbu County. In this way, there will be no conflicts between the two families soon, but private land exchanges between daimyos are not allowed by Hideyoshi.

And don't forget, this time I gave up Yanbao and asked for the Xinzhuang collar. Officially, it was the result of unanimous agreement between the Xiu family and the Uesugi family. In the end, you said that you don't want Xinzhuang and want to come back to Yanbao. You are not playing the Xiu family And Hideyoshi's face?
This conspiracy by the Xiu family forced Uesugi and Date to bite the dog, and it directly blocked the escape route of the two families.

To say that the most comfortable place should be the top. Unlike the Xinzhuang Valley, Nagai County is a plain, so it is not a problem to develop 8 shi.

In fact, Mogami's desire for Nagai and Okigi surpassed that of Xinzhuang. It was just because the Date family occupied this place that they couldn't get it.

Now that the Xiu family has handed over Nagai County to them, will Zhici County be far away?

After this exchange of territories, it can be said that the Uesugi family is still vigilant against each other, the Date family is forced to side with the Hide family, and the Mogami family reaped the benefits and naturally approached the Hide family happily.

Of course, Zhici is now the territory of the Zhongchuan family, and the land of Zhici is 14.2 shi. You click and approve 1/3, and you still expect others to manage the 8 shi across thousands of mountains and rivers?

Moreover, the Nakagawa family was passive, so it was necessary to transfer the confinement compensation. The Hide family planned to transfer the Nakamura Soma family to the county, so that the 6 shi from the Soma family could be used as compensation for Nakagawa Qingxiu. The 4 counties of Karita, Shibata, Igu, and Watari were cut as compensation for a total of 16 koku, which brought Nakamura's family to 28 koku.

It’s just that in this way, whether the Nakagawa family’s territory will still be placed in Fukushima, whether it will be moved north to the more core and safer Kakuda, or any city along the Abukuma River that is more conducive to development, this is beyond the Hideka’s interference. up.

About the transfer of the Nakagawa family, the Xiu family has not talked with Nakagawa Qingxiu yet, but once Nakagawa transferred to Ou, the territory skyrocketed from 13 to 18, and it was already a miracle that it was 26 shi after the land seizure, and all of this It was all the result of the Xiu family's operation, and the Zhongchuan family was very grateful to the Xiu family.

Even if they don't give more compensation right now, the Zhongchuan family will agree to transfer the seal if they think about it, let alone give 1 shi more.

Of course, if the Nakagawa family does not accept such an arrangement, the Hide family still has a backup, and they will move it to Gamo Aizu. The land is relatively complete.

Then let Gamo's village lead Date Masamune's Sendai 23 shi and Soma's 6 shi, and Zhixing totaled 30.

Hideyoshi will not fail to see the importance of the Sendai area. Historically, the Date family was left there to guard Sendai.

Now that Date Masamune has been transferred away, even if Nakagawa Qingxiu can't pass, there must be an adult with outstanding ability to guard it. Gamo Township is the best choice.

Of course, Kiyohide Nakagawa can actually move it directly to guard it, but what should we do with the 10 shi in the Fukushima area?
Seizure and transfer are always for the purpose of better resettling the daimyo, guarding and dealing with the local people, a rash large-scale transfer will only cause new chaos, even if the Hide family proposes it at that time, Hideyoshi may not necessarily agree.

However, what Hideyo did not expect was that in the end Hideyoshi's actual rearrangement of the territory was even more daring.

(End of this chapter)