Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 650

After returning to Gifu, Xiaoju's mood improved a lot. Maybe it was the ease of homesickness, or maybe it was the little fairies who were far away from Kyoto.

It was rare for the Hide family to live a pleasant pastoral life in Gifu until they received news in mid-August that Governor Konishi had concluded peace talks with Ming Dynasty and would return to Japan before the end of the year after the King of Ming Dynasty confirmed the credentials.

The one who spread the news was a traveling monk traveling eastward from Osaka. When the news reached the base of Gifu City, it caused a sensation. All the people cheered, "The Korean War is finally over."

The Xiu family's information is more accurate, and even the Xiu family already knows the conditions for the peace talks between President Xiaoxi and Ming.

Almost at the same time, an order came from Kyoto to let the Xiu family rush back to Kyoto to confirm the peace talks.

Ju Ji was very happy in Gifu, and she didn't want to return to Kyoto just like that, so the Xiu family brought Xiuzhen and others back to Kyoto.

At this moment, Kyoto was filled with joy, even Hideyoshi was overjoyed by it, and when he saw Hideyoshi, he pulled Hideo to praise Governor Konishi for his outstanding ability, and confirmed the peace talks.

But when Xiujia got the content of the draft of the peace negotiation, Xiujia was dumbfounded, and saw that it wrote:

1. The three countries of Japan, Ming Dynasty and North Korea were repaired again.

Hideya looked at Hideyoshi and was about to open his mouth, but he swallowed the words again.His eyes turned from surprise to bewilderment and then to ridicule, Xiujia figured it out, if the general trend of history really can't be changed, why should he go to repair the Toyotomi family that is about to capsize?

It's just that the people present are all smart people, so who would believe this?

Because of his inescapable behavior of abandoning Shuoning before the future of the Ming army, Hideyoshi sentenced him to a changed punishment, that is, all Bungo's possessions were confiscated by Hideyoshi.

Masanori Fukushima was also given 4 koku by Hideyoshi's vassal Hoki Yoniko because of the Battle of Wangjing.

Due to the intervention of the Hideo family, the negotiation conditions proposed by Toyotomi Hideji to Wanli are quite different from those in history. Coupled with the butterfly effect of the North Korean occupation, the Hideo family thought it was true for a moment when they first saw the contract. It was negotiated by President Konishi and Toyotomi Hideji.

Hideya was still able to show an indifferent attitude, and took the testimonial from Hideyoshi's hand with a smile on his face.As for our good brother Xiuzhen, although he finally accepted the testimonial issued by Hideyoshi, his red neck to the heels of his ears is obviously very atmospheric.

But immediately he probed Xiujia and Xiuzhen, "Xiujiu is young after all, and Nobi's position is important. From my point of view, non-heavy ministers can't defend. I want to exchange a fief for Xiujiu. What do you think?"

The meritorious service of the four vassals is Kato Kiyomasa, who was awarded 5 koku by Osumi, and the so-called 17 koku.

"Hahaha" I could see that Hideyoshi was in a very good mood, and said to Hideyoshi and Xiuzhen, "It's all thanks to Sun Qi and Fei Hou's consultation. Of course, I have heard that you and Xiuzhen were in Hamgyong Dao did a good job, and I will definitely reward you well."

Except for part of the land rewarded by Hideyoshi to Ishida Mitsunari, Masuda Nagamori, etc., most of Higo's land was directly assigned to the Tibet Land, waiting for future rewards.

When Hideyoshi heard Hideyoshi talking about the Gifu domain, he didn't understand Hideyoshi's intentions, and replied, "Father, you are Hidehisa's biological father after all, and Gifu is so close to Osaka. Although we are guardians of Hidehisa in name, Gifu Fan's affairs can be left to you to decide."

Until seeing Article [-], Xiujia keenly discovered the problem of this contract.

Among all the legion commanders who participated in the battle, big and small were awarded titles and rewards, and the Xiu family who contributed the most in Hamgyong Road and the Jurchen area was not mentioned.

This position is very interesting. Although the word [quan] is hung, the operation of moving Xiuci from the Senate to the same level as the Xiu family by 3 consecutive levels has a very strong political meaning behind it.

This was an extremely unusual political signal, so that the more people looked at the two after the appointment was made.

It wasn't until the end that the two of them were among the small daimyos, and led Hideyoshi to come up with a paper of his own.

Unlike the Hideyoshi family, who still has a bit of energy-raising skills, Toyotomi Hideyoshi almost jumped up when the result came out. He looked at Hideyoshi and asked in a questioning tone, "Why is this? Why did His Highness Kanbai reduce the Gifu feudal Seal more than 5 times?"

8. Japan sent 2 counties to Hamgyong-do, and then joined forces with the North Korean army to attack Nurhachi, the rebel head of the Jurchens. Daming provided 5 taels of military pay for this.

5. Hamgyong-do and Gangwon-do were enfeoffed by the king of Joseon to the hereditary replacements of Lord Shunhe and Lord Linhai.

It's just that both of your territories are in the Eastern Kingdom, and one is far in the Northeast, so how can you always take care of Xiujiu?If the Gifu Domain passed on the problem to you for help in making a decision, wouldn't it be too long? "

2. Ming guarantees the exploration and cooperation trade between Japan and Ming.

My father is in the prime of his life, and there are more than ten years in the future to slowly educate Hidehisa. As an elder brother, I will also help out a lot. I think it should not be a problem to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Gifu Domain and guard the East Gate for His Highness Tsurumatsu. "

Anguoji Keiqiong, Koide Yutada, Toda Katsutaka, Sengoku Hidehisa and others were transferred to the land originally owned by Kobayakawa Takakage after being transferred by Hideyoshi.

"I've been thinking about this for a long time." Hearing Hideo's active inquiry, Hideyoshi, who thought Hideo was loose, replied with a smile, "It just so happens that Bizen is your hometown, and I plan to transfer Hidejiu to Bizen, what do you think?" ?”

Looking at the mountains and tsunami outside, everyone was immersed in the joy of peace. At this time, someone told them that the peace they expected was illusory.

The most important thing is that only Hideyoshi can do this kind of operation to directly reduce the seal from 108 million to 20.

The Gifu Clan owns the three kingdoms of Mino, Owari, and Ise, with a total of 108 million koku, but how much does Bizen have?
Before the transfer of the Xiu family, the real price was 28 shi, but the Xiu family pulled a wave of people away. Although they experienced immigration, they also experienced the transitional mobilization of the Korean War. Now the actual knowledge and practice can reach 20. Not bad.

In the end, it was the Xiu family who asked, "How does Father intend to transfer the title to the Gifu family?"

For the Xiu family, Xiuchang is as close to him as a father and son, and Xiujiu is his biological brother, so he has reason to protect the family business for them.

Xiujia didn't think that Hideyoshi called the two of them here just to say such things, which could be said at any time.

For Xiuzhen, she entered the family of Gifu, and her own was actually integrated with the Gifu domain, so naturally she didn't like the result of the transfer of the Gifu domain.

For the grain output + handicraft industry + trade + tariffs in Zhixing Land, it would be good for a big name to have 3 military funds throughout the year.

The most important thing is that Hideyoshi has no evidence to prove that this contract is fake, so why would they want to touch Hideyoshi?
After thinking through all this, the Xiu family congratulated Hideyoshi against their will: "Congratulations to Your Highness Guan Bai for defeating Ming Dynasty and adding new land to our country of Japan."

Hideyoshi wants to reduce the title of the Gifu family, but now there are Xiuzhen and Hideyoshi standing behind the Gifu family.These two people are not only large in size, but the positions they occupy are also extremely critical.

16 people including Governor Konishi, Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Shimadzu Yoshihiro, and Toyotomi Hidekatsu were conferred as commanders of the capital; 45 people including Ishida Mitsunari, Otani Yoshitsugu, Hashiba Hidetoshi, and Kimura Shigetsu were conferred as commanders. There are 225 people in thousands of households.

He also asked Xiujia "what do you think", this answer is simply rotten!

In addition, Hideyoshi specially named him Nayan from the three, only after Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideji.

However, shortly after Hidecho's death, he wanted to transfer the Gifu domain to the domain, which really caught the Hide family by surprise.

The Xiu family didn't know where the credit for his defense of Kaesong was?Li Rubai was just a confrontation in the early stage, but when Li Rusong came to Kaesong, he was able to defeat Kaesong in one day with the same name as the artillery, and he fled back to Hanyang with great difficulty after traveling thousands of miles, thanks to P!

Mori Terumoto was promoted to an official position, and he was granted the right to accept words from the three powers, but he was not granted a seal in the territory.

6. In order to ensure the prosperity of the Three Kingdoms, the King of Joseon is invited to marry the head of the Toyotomi family, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, to marry the head of the county; and Daming will marry the daughter of the royal family and the King of Joseon Toyotomi Hideyoshi as his concubine.

Including Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was the deputy general of the Second Legion, Hideyoshi had previously personally praised him for his contribution to guarding Hamgyong Road after the Battle of Luochuan, but he didn't even mention it in this award.

The most important thing is that many artisan workshops of Bizen's pillar handicraft industry have been moved to Kanto by the Hide family. It is very difficult for Bizen to re-develop now.

The most important thing is to look at Hideyoshi's appearance. He is in high spirits right now. If you pour cold water on him now and say that President Konishi's agreement is fake, will Hideyoshi believe it?

Hearing this result, Xiujia and Xiuzhen looked at each other, not knowing how to answer Xiuji for a moment.

There is no doubt that the geographical location of the Gifu domain is very important, otherwise Hideyoshi would not have entrusted him to his most important relative, Hidecho, to guard him.

Hideyoshi frowned when he heard Xiuzhen's tone, but fortunately the Xiu family took over the topic and said to Hideyoshi, "Is Father afraid that Xiujiu will not be able to handle things when he is too young, so he won't be able to control Nobuo?
However, Xiujiu is already 13 this year. He just took Yuanfu not long ago, and now he is already an adult samurai.

Hideyoshi wanted to reduce the seal and deal with the Gifu family's problems peacefully, so he naturally wanted to feel the attitude of these two people.

During this period, the Japanese troops in North Korea began to withdraw their troops one by one because of the end of the peace talks, and many daimyos had already returned to Japan.

Of course, the second meritorious service is the deputy general Takakage Kobayakawa, who was transferred from Higo 36 (actually 40) by Hideyoshi to 1 koku from the first country. The reason is the contribution of Paju defense and Wang Jing.

Hideyoshi was very satisfied when he heard this answer, and immediately said that he just wanted to help Hideyoshi take care of him for a few more years.

After you Hideyoshi took back Gifu, Ise, and Owari, you will not be banned?When the time comes, this land will be guarded by a daimyo, how will Xiujiu return to Owari?
The meeting between the three broke up unhappy, but Hideyoshi's goal was indeed achieved.

After the assessment was over, Xiuzhen took the initiative to find Xiujia. Naturally, Xiujia knew what he wanted to say to her, but Xiujia just replied indifferently, "He wants to play a child's temper, what's wrong with you accompanying him to make a fuss? Do you want to keep Gifu?" Is the territory of the feudal clan less important than our face?"

Among them, Hidehisa Sengoku was awarded Higo Kumamoto 7 koku, Angukukji Huiqiong was awarded Higo Tamana 8 koku, Koide Yutaka was awarded Higo Kikuchi Castle 7 koku, and Katsutaka Toda was awarded Higo Nabeda 7 koku. .

His younger brother, Toyotomi Hidekatsu, had not been mentioned for his fault of abandoning Huangkaidao before. Instead, he was awarded the full command of Bizen because of his meritorious service in Kaesong and Yongin.

If you really want to talk about credit, Kobayakawa Takakage's credit is definitely greater than Xiu Sheng's, but Yu Xiusheng was almost the same when he was finally awarded the title. He really needs to have a good uncle.

What an ironic picture. The two sent more than 1.5 troops and fought so many beautiful battles in North Korea. In the later period, they single-handedly guaranteed North Korea's military supply, but in the end they got a certificate of acceptance.

Hideyoshi's words gave Hideyoshi a step down, and Hideyoshi immediately followed the steps and said, "Xiujiu is my own son, how could I do anything against him?
I just want to see him temporarily give him a territory of suitable size when he is young, and when he grows up, he will naturally return Xiaozhu's inheritance to him. "

3. North Korea ceded Gyeongsangnam-do and Japan. In order to show sincerity, Japan should withdraw its troops from Wangjing in advance.

Instead of thanking the person who told them the truth, they curse the person who brought them back to reality.

In addition, it was Kuroda Nagamasa who was unfavorable in suppressing Huang Haidao. Seeing the credit of his father Kuroda Rushui, Kuroda Nagamasa was only punished by reprimand, but fortunately his knowledge and practice were preserved.

Hideyoshi just took this opportunity to reward all the ministers, first of all, General Hideji, this time he didn't get the title of knowledge and practice, but he was given the position of three powerful officials.

If there is a seal, there will naturally be a reduction. Apart from Hachisuka's housekeeping, which has been changed long ago, the most severe punishment is Otomo Yoshitomo.

Sanfan Gong is the governor of Konishi who succeeded in the peace talks, including his first victory over the Ming army in Pyongyang. He was awarded 8 shi in Higo Guoyicheng County, and the general Zhixing came to 18.2 shi.

However, according to the current situation, the two people's attitudes towards the reduction of Gifu's title are quite contradictory, especially when Xiuzhen of Fengyan Dynasty doesn't even use honorific words, it seems that this matter has to be discussed in the long run.

Sure enough, Hideyoshi suddenly asked Hideka, "You two, one is Kotake's adopted son and the other is Kotake's son-in-law, I can feel at ease with you helping to take care of the Gifu Domain.

7. Please ask Daming to confer Hideyoshi as the king of Japan, his wife Beizhengsuo as the princess of Japan, and his eldest son Tsurumatsu as the child prodigy;
Canonize Toyotomi Hideji, Toyotomi Hidecho, and Toyotomi Hideka as governors, and 8 people including Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, Gamo Shigo, Mori Terumoto, Kobayakawa Takakage, Uesugi Kekatsu, and Toyotomi Hidetada as governors things;

As a star fan, the Ming Dynasty was famous for not cede land, pay compensation or make peace with each other. How could it be possible to pin the fate of the dynasty on a woman's belly?
Maybe the Joseon Dynasty would send a county head to marry Hideyoshi, but it is absolutely impossible for the Ming Dynasty to agree to send a royal woman to marry Hideyoshi.

Xiujia and Xiuzhen looked at each other, thinking that this was the reason for calling them here.

It's just that Hideyoshi is asking them with a smile now, so the two don't know how to handle Hideyoshi's attitude, so it's hard to answer.

Hearing Xiujia's explanation of the Gifu family's affairs, his anger eased a little.

But Hideyoshi clearly ignored the effect of Hideyoshi's conspiracy. Those who participated in the evaluation this time were all smart people. Besides, Hideyoshi's stance was extremely obvious. If you don't understand it, don't be a daimyo.

After this incident, Hideyoshi invited a few friendly daimyos to celebrate their return from North Korea. Even Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, and Nabeshima Naomo came, but Mori Tadamasa, Ikeda Teruma, and However, Hidemasa Nakagawa excused himself and turned the banquet into a joint banquet of Kanto and Tohoku daimyos.

In the end, it was not until Toyotomi Hideji attended the meeting in person that the above three people came late.The actions of the three of them once again put a question mark on Xiujia's trust in them.

(End of this chapter)