Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 600 Calling each other nicknames?childlike conflict

Hearing that Yuchai Xiusheng was visiting, the Xiu family asked the servants to lead him to the living room, and at the same time asked Juji to prepare some tea and snacks.

The reason why the attendants were not allowed to do these things was because Xiu Sheng was considered a half-relative of the Xiu family, and had a relationship with Ju Ji before. The Xiu family did not want this meeting to be too formal, more like a family meeting perhaps will be better.

Who would have thought that when Xiu's family came to the reception room where Yuchai Xiusheng was waiting, they would feel that the atmosphere here was a bit abnormal, and the servants who had been arranged by him to receive Xiusheng here before all had unattractive expressions on their faces.

But Xiu Sheng, who was sitting in the middle, gave people a feeling that everyone owed him.

Following Xiusheng is Baijiang Chengding, this is a veteran of the period of Miyoshi and Sanyoshi. When Xiuji and his son entered the Miyoshi clan, they became their retainers.

Seeing Xiu's family entering the palace, Bai Jiang Chengding hurriedly saluted Xiu's family humbly.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that his lord Xiu Sheng was still looking straight at the Xiu family, and he whispered anxiously, "My lord, my lord"

But Xiu Sheng didn't seem to hear his call, and kept sitting upright until Xiu's family sat down.

At this moment, the Xiu family had just taken their seats, and after tidying up their sleeves, they saw Xiu Sheng's deadly eyes, and couldn't help muttering in their hearts: According to the routine operation, shouldn't they bow slightly and wait for me to wake them up?
Although a little embarrassed, the Xiu family still greeted Bai Jiang Chengding to get up in a procedural way, and began to talk about the relationship between the two families in a procedural way, and greeted Okayama Hashiba's family with greetings.

As for Xiu's politeness, Xiu Sheng, who was supposed to be the accompanying singer, kept silent. Instead, the elder Bai Jiang Dingcheng, who was behind him, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, while agreeing with Xiu's family.

The Xiu family didn't like Xiu Sheng very much, and they already knew his bad temper well.

Now that so many people see the Okayama family coming to their mansion, no matter how embarrassing they are, they have to deal with it well, otherwise it will become known that they will not take care of guests.

But when the people on both sides were talking to each other embarrassingly and sufferingly, Hidekatsu Hashiba, who had been silent for a long time, finally broke out. ,

It just so happened that Ju Ji came in to say hello and brought snacks and tea for the two sides to continue talking about the family.

But when Xi just put down and turned to leave, she heard Xiusheng say to Xiujia in an unquestionable tone, "Please Hachiro stop doing things that continue to harm the interests of the Okayama clan."

Even though the word [please] was used, this sentence made Xiujia feel uncomfortable, and what he said also made Xiujia a little confused.

Why did Xiujia do something that harmed the interests of the Okayama Domain?
Xiujia thinks that he is really not a good person, and has secretly done a lot of things in the big names in private. For example, the Satake family's annihilation of Nanfang Hall 33 is a secret that Xiujia manipulated and leaked.

But when Xiujia thinks back, it seems that he really hasn't bothered the people on the land of Okayama much.

In any case, they are the former leaders of the Xiu family, carrying the land where Yu Xiduo grew up. The Xiu family has some friendship, so the people on this land actually have a lot of help, even before leaving. Many rewards.

There are indeed a lot of tricks and cleverness about the transfer of the lord. For example, in history, Naoe Kentsugu collected all the annual tribute from Echigo before the transfer of the Uesugi domain to Aizu, and did not leave a grain of rice to the Hori family behind. This caused an irreconcilable conflict between Uesugi and Hori's family.

But the Xiu family asked themselves that they behaved well when transferring the seal, and they didn't charge a penny for the money and food consumption. They even picked up their own pockets to make up for the expenses of the transfer.

The Xiu family would never have imagined that one day someone would point their noses at you and say that you, the Xiu family, are not being kind.

What makes the Xiu family even more upset is that the miscellaneous is actually directly addressing the Xiu family by her nickname [Hachiro].Is the name something you can call it?
Even your elder brother just calls him "Brother Hachiro" when expressing intimacy, and there are only 2 people in the world who dare to call Hideo by his nickname "Hachiro".

It made Xiu's family unhappy, but he still maintained his demeanor and said, "Major General Hashiba's words confuse me. Gangshan is my old leader, and the people there are the most honest. It is the people of Okayama who have supported me. , how can I do something that harms Okayama's interests?"

"But what you have done in the past and what you are doing now is not harming the interests of the Okayama Clan!" Maybe hearing Xiujia's insistence, Xiusheng's temper came up, and he scolded Xiujia with a hint of growl.

"My lord!" Seeing his lord's situation, Bai Jiang Cheng decided to step forward to save Yu Chai Xiusheng, and while calming his emotions, he kept apologizing to the Xiu family in front of him.

The Xiu family had always been unhappy seeing Xiu Sheng, but today they were being beaten up by him for no reason, and they became even more unhappy.

But looking at the face of the white-haired elder Bai Jiang Chengding beside him, he didn't get angry, and he still restrained his temper and said to him: "I just said so much about the friendship between my family and Major General Yu Chai. It seems that the major general is a sentence I didn't listen to the words.

If you have any dissatisfaction with my Xiu family, please express it clearly. I heard that you will seal Gangshan, which happens to be under the old collar. If you encounter any difficulties, please let me know. As long as I can help, I will help you. Definitely help. "

Hashiba Hidekatsu heard that Hideka's attitude softened a little, and he said to Hideka in an orderly tone, "I know that the population in Kanto is low, otherwise you, Hachiro Toyotomi, would not have made up a plan to poach people there.

But now Okayama is my territory, and no citizen is allowed to leave without my permission. "

Until now, the Xiu family finally understood why Xiu Sheng came to find him and lost his temper. It turned out that he was upset by the samurai and their families transferred from various countries.

With the attitude of a family, the Xiu family first apologized to Xiu Sheng, but then said, "The migration of the samurai was approved by Guan Bai. Since the samurai have been relocated, should they be separated from their families? Naturally, family members will also migrate along with them.

I informed the White Palace of this incident in advance. In order to reduce the impact, I transported it out of Jibei in two ways.But you can rest assured that there is at most half a year before the matter can be settled. "

"It will take another half a year?!" Hearing Xiu's reply, Xiu Sheng's temper not only did not ease, but jumped up, "If I hadn't discovered it quickly, the whole of Okayama would have been hollowed out by you. Half a year? I will never agree to this!"

Since Xiu Sheng didn't want to save face, the Xiu family directly pushed back, "You don't need to agree to this matter, this matter has been reported to Guan Bai for permission."

Unexpectedly, Xiusheng said: "I have already ordered my samurai to seal Okayama Town and Tenjin Pass, and even a single citizen can't even think about going out!

It only takes half a year for someone to transfer the seal, and there are only a few thousand people who follow.You're fine, I've transferred tens of thousands of people back and forth, and I haven't finished transferring it to you for a year. Do you want to give me a Okayama air collar?

Also, it’s fine if you take the samurai with you, why don’t you pack those mud legs and take them away, those mud legs are my subjects, not your retainers, I won’t allow any of them to leave the country. "

Hearing that Xiu Sheng directly detained people, the Xiu family became angry, and what made the Xiu family even more angry was that he actually called the leader of the Xiu family "mud leg".

I'm afraid you don't know, you little thing, your whole family has mud legs 30 years ago!
The Xiu family couldn't bear to scold him and said, "The people who follow me are all samurai, even the ashigaru are granted the status of samurai because of the achievements of Kyushu, since they are [servants], they are my retainers, their family members Why can't I take it away!
I want to ask you now, why do you detain the family members of our samurai for no reason!Do you think you are Guan Bai?What right do you have to force me to hand over [hostage]? "

Seeing that the two parties were at war, Bai Jiang Dingcheng wanted to ease the relationship. He comforted Xiu Sheng, and told him that he would please explain it by himself. Continuing to quarrel would only intensify the conflict.

After getting permission from Xiu Sheng [en], he said to Xiu's family, "His Royal Highness, the situation is like this. My family went to Okayama a few days ago and found that Time passed by and withered a lot.

After careful questioning, I found out that more than 4% of the people in the entire Okayama Territory have been transferred with you. Nowadays, the population of Okayama Town is very low, and the fields are all abandoned land. Although there are 15 people stones, but it would be good if the food that can be grown is 10 stones.

His Highness Da Nayan favored the old people, and it is not wrong to take away the feudal vassals who are willing to transfer to the Kanto with you, but there is no need to take away all the brothers and sisters!

Well, even if the vassals are all your retainers, it’s fine for you to take them away. Their relatives are hard to leave, so it’s fine to take their relatives away. Do you want to take away the whole family of the ashigaru who accompanied the conscript?

A family is not only 5 members of the Ashgaru family, counting his brothers and sisters, and some relatives of his wife's family, dozens of people followed, and some villages even became deserted villages.

His Highness Danayan, His Highness Guanbai is now enlisting. Our Okayama Domain needs to prepare 9000 soldiers according to the military service certificate. Even if we keep half of them and take the other half, we have to have 4500 recruits.

But does Your Highness know how many people are on the military service account of the Okayama Domain?Of the 15 Shigangshan feudal domains, as long as 5000 people are registered, a few people are selected at random to check, and several people are not registered.

Your Highness, now that the conquest is imminent, I, the Okayama Domain, can't gather the 4500 soldiers. It is difficult for us to explain to His Highness Guan Bai. "

After listening to Bai Jiang Chengding's explanation, Xiujia almost managed to help her facial expressions, and almost cried out in surprise.

He couldn't help but secretly thought, "Yuwa Jiuhu is really a talent, and he can actually exceed the task."

The Xiu family had previously explained that those who did not leave would be kept and recompiled into a new military account, which would then be used as a gift from the Xiu family to the next generation.

Now Bai Jiangcheng decided that the family members on the military service account were gone, and he knew where they all went with his ass.

"You can't say that. My samurai and ashigaru were recruited from the seven countries of Kibi, and their families are all over the seven countries. Why didn't Sengoku Hidehisa, who was granted the title of Yahashi, come to me to talk about the matter? Kato Koyasu didn't come to talk to me, but you, Yushiba Xiaoji, came to talk to me if you can't figure it out!"

Hearing Xiu's family call him [Xiao Ji], Xiu Sheng's emotional management completely lost control, and scolded Xiu's family: "You bastard, what are you talking about!"

"I said that you don't know how to govern the territory, but now you want to come to me to wipe your ass~Xiaoji!" Since he called himself [Hachiro], Xiujia also directly called him by his nickname.

Toyotomi Hidekatsu shouted angrily at the Xiu family, "You bastard, how can you call this name!"

Xiujia scolded him mercilessly: "Could it be that Hachiro is what you can call me?"

Xiu Sheng made a gesture to make a move, but the servants around the Xiu family had been staring at him for a long time, and they rushed up and held him down the moment he was about to make a move.

The old Bai Jiang who came with him saw the scene in front of him, and he couldn't help shaking his head, signaling to the left and right attendants to let go of his Patriarch.

But this is the vassal mansion of the Toyotomi family in Kanto, and there are servants of the Xiu family on the left and right. Naturally, only one member of the Xiu family heard the order. How could he release people without the order of the Xiu family?
"Stop!" When the two sides were at war, there was a sound outside the house, Hideka followed the sound and looked out, it turned out that Toyotomi Hideji came to rescue his younger brother himself.

He was wearing a hunting suit, with some blood stains on his body, apparently just returned from hunting outside.

He took the initiative to step forward and use his hands to push away the servants of the Xiu family who were pressing on Xiu Sheng, liberating Xiu Sheng from being suppressed.

As soon as Xiusheng was liberated, he continued to make gestures to hit Xiujia. Xiuci gave him a slap with quick eyesight and quick hands.

"Bastard, don't you think it's not shameful enough?" Xiuci yelled at Xiusheng, "If the news about the brother's betrayal reaches the ears of uncle, who do you think will be unlucky, and your family will bear it for you?"

As Xiuci said, he looked at Bai Jiang Chengding, who was on the side. This was the retainer he gave to his younger brother, in order to keep an eye on him.

However, judging from today's performance, it is obvious that it has no effect.If Hideyoshi knew what happened today, he would not punish the Hideo family due to his character, and he would reprimand Hideyoshi Dingta a few words, but the old minister in front of him could not escape the fate of harakiri.

"I'm sorry, Brother Hachiro, my brother has offended you a little today, please forgive me."

Toyotomi Hideji is actually growing up, from being a stunned young man during the Nooo battle, to later, despite his own stubbornness, under the education of his old Maeno Nagayasu, he has understood what politics is.

During the Aoyu conquest, he took the initiative to get in touch with the Xiu family, and the Xiu family also reciprocated and reported his achievements, allowing him to seal 30 shi in the end.

There was no conflict between him and the Xiu family, so when he heard that Xiu Sheng caused the problem of the population in the territory to trouble the Xiu family, he put down his falconry and ran over in a hurry, unexpectedly it was still a step too late.

"My incompetent brother still has a lot to learn from you." Hideji Dai Hidekatsu apologized to Hideka and said, "I will find a solution with him on his own regarding the insufficient number of military service accounts in the Okayama Clan. It will delay Da Nayan's original plan."

Seeing that Toyotomi Hideji was so knowledgeable, Xiujia also took the initiative to walk down the steps, "That's the best, I also had a conflict with the major general today, if there is something inappropriate, I hope the major general will forgive me."

Although Toyotomi Hidekatsu still had a lot of dissatisfaction, he didn't dare to get angry when his brother was at the side, so he could only follow Hideji away resentfully.

Looking at the backs of the two brothers leaving, the Xiu family frowned curiously. Xiu Ci's sudden visit was a bit strange. There was no notification from his own retainers in front of him, let alone his own retainer's obstruction?
The extremely fast-witted Xiujia quickly understood the reason, most likely Ju Ji heard that the momentum was wrong, and took the initiative to move out to rescue the soldiers.

Sure enough, not long after the Xiuci brothers left, someone outside reported that "Master Liu Keyou from the Gifu Domain is visiting, and he said that Lord Youfu invited His Highness to come to the residence and have a light meal by the way."

Don't you think this is coming? You don't need to think about it. It must be that Juji ran to Xiuchang's ear to complain.
(End of this chapter)