Prime Minister Bizen

After the peace negotiation, Xiuzhen and the Xiu family went to Mogami Yoshimitsu to discuss the marriage between Kouhime and Xiujiu.

Mogami Yoshimitsu saw that Xiu's family had come in person, there was no reason to refuse, so he agreed directly.

However, the marriage between the two families has not yet been established, because the marriage between Gifu and the Mogami two has to be approved by Hideyoshi.

But the card is stuck with Hideyoshi. After Hideyoshi and Mogami Yoshimitsu asked Hideyoshi together, Hideyoshi did not give a confirmed answer. This is actually Hideyoshi's attitude.

Sure enough, news came out from Osaka a few days later that Hideyoshi planned to marry Sensei, the seventh daughter of the Maeda Toshi family, to Hidehisa, who was two years younger than him, and the two families formally formed a marriage.

On the other hand, the marriage between Hidehisa and Mogami fell through.

Now the whole Xiu family is very embarrassed, because at the beginning Yoshimitsu refused Ju Ji to marry Xiu Jiu, and it was the Xiu family who came to propose marriage in person, and Yoshimitsu agreed.

Hideka had no choice but to visit Mogami Yoshimitsu with a gift, and apologized to him.But Mogami Yoshimitsu didn't feel the slightest displeasure at the failure of this marriage, after all, he didn't want to marry his daughter off so early.

To be honest, this Maeda Chise is really in demand.

It was possible to marry the Hide family before, but after being rejected by Hideyoshi, Kuroda Nagamasa and Shihime divorced and married. Later, Tokugawa Ieyasu proposed for his fourth son Matsudaira Tadaki, and Hideyoshi finally married Hidehisa.

In this life, Oda Nobuo was beaten badly by Hideyoshi. Even Tokugawa Ieyasu was beaten up by Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi has a natural ability to suppress the two families.

Oda Nobuo was directly changed by Hideyoshi because he was unwilling to transfer the title of Kyushu. The eldest son of the Tokugawa family lost a father-in-law who could be used as a helper. This is exactly the result Hideyoshi is happy to see.

In addition, in this life, Toyotomi Hidekatsu did not die on the Korean battlefield, so Hideyoshi naturally did not need to force Tokugawa Hidetada to divorce Oda Nobuo's daughter Xiao Ji, and then marry A Jiang.

The Xiu family will not allow the Tokugawa and Maeda families to marry, but they still respect the two families.

Now that the marriage between the two families has been blown off, the Hide family will naturally have to make compensation. He decided to marry his adopted daughter, Otani Yoshitsugu's daughter Takehime to Matsudaira Tadakichi.

In history, this daughter married Nobushige Sanada and gave birth to three daughters and two sons for her. She was a prolific mother.

Tokugawa Ieyasu is of course dissatisfied with this marriage. What is his identity?

What is his status as Otani Yoshitsugu? It's just Wakasa Obama's 5 koku daimyo. Why should his daughter marry his son.

If he had known this earlier, he would not have allowed this son to marry the daughter of an important official in the family, so as to consolidate the power in the family and benefit a lot.

As time came to the fourth year of Wenlu (1595), the princess of Ming Dynasty and the princess of North Korea married Hideyoshi and Hideji one after another. The county king Longpao personally sent them to the boat.

At this time, the political situation in Japan seemed very strange. Hideyoshi Toyotomi's surname and Guan Bai's official position were bestowed by the emperor.In other words, the legal basis for Hideyoshi's rule of Japan came from the emperor.

But now Hideyoshi has accepted the bestowal of the Japanese king of the Ming Dynasty and has become the king of the foreign vassals registered in the Ming Dynasty.So what should be the jurisprudence of his ruling Japan?

Right now, Hideyoshi still has the power to win the Ming Dynasty, and coupled with the absolute strength of the Toyotomi family, the following daimyo will not make any strange moves.

But in case Hideyoshi dies one day, can't his heirs have two mutually exclusive legal titles at the same time?
Of course, all this is no longer the Xiu family's concern. At this moment, after sending his younger sister to marry the Hosokawa family, he led Xiuzhen to lead the 2 Japanese troops to escort Lord Linhai and Lord Shunhe back to North Korea.

The composition of the 2 army here is particularly interesting. In addition to the 5000 people from Hideka and Xiuzhen, Hideaki Kobayakawa was also required to lead 3000 people from Kobayakawa, Motocho Yoshikawa led 1000 people from Yoshikawa, and Hidemoto Mori led 5000 people from the Mori family army. .

In addition, the Hide family also asked Tokugawa Hidetada to lead 5000 people from the Tokugawa family, and 1000 people from the Kuroda Nagamasa, and together they made up the 2 troops that went to Jianzhou this time.

With experience in dealing with the Jurchen infantry many times, Xiujia asked all the big names to prepare iron cannons with the requirement of 30 iron cannons for every 2 people. A terrifying scale of 6000.

Returning together with Mr. Shunhe and Mr. Linhai, there are also Korean nobles such as Hwang Hyuk who were escorted to Japan at the beginning.

Before Xiujia came to North Korea, the news he heard was that Governor Konishi and others withdrew from Wang Jing, but strengthened their control over Gyeongsang-do.

However, after the Hide family landed in Busan, they were told by Naito Ruan, the retainer of Konishi Governor, that the north of Busan was already under the control of North Korea, and now only Hamgyong Province and Gangwon Province are still under Japanese control.

Unlike the Xiu family that had been established in the early heart, Hideaki Kobayakawa was surprised when he heard the news. He asked Ruan Naito, "How could the Ming Dynasty not keep their promises and agreed that Hamgyongdo belongs to us? How can they do it?" Can North Korea take over?"

Hideaki Kobayakawa's questioning caused embarrassment to many insiders, including Naito Ruan.

Mori Hidemoto and Yoshikawa Motonaga, as the members who went to North Korea last time, knew some inside information to some extent.

As for Tokugawa Hidetada, he was also a little curious about this matter. The reason why he didn't ask was simply that his father Tokugawa Ieyasu told him not to express his opinions casually when he went out to North Korea.

Seeing this scene, Xiujia immediately showed a melon-eating expression, wanting to hear how Naito Ru'an explained for his lord.

Unexpectedly, Naito Ruan really gave the reason, "Gyeongsangdo was indeed allocated to us in Japan, but the people of the country need to be taken away from North Korea. In order to prevent disputes, the areas north of Busan, Dongnae, Ulsan and other places are temporarily Give it to North Korean officials for temporary management.

After the Korean people are removed, we will migrate the Japanese over, and then Gyeongsangdo will be under our control. "

Hearing this reason like drinking poison to quench thirst, the Xiu family always felt it was funny, but they didn't have the intention to expose him rationally. After all, the peace of the Three Kingdoms tomorrow, Japan, and North Korea is the most important thing for the peaceful development of the Xiu family.

Everyone rested in Toyama for 3 days and planned to set off again after relieving the physical discomfort caused by crossing the sea.

As a pioneer, Mao Lixiuyuan asked Xiujia where to go next, whether to turn west to Wangjing, or go north and go directly to Hamgyong Road.

North Korean officials hoped that the Japanese army could go northward from Wangjing. They said that Liu Ting, governor of Jianzhou, who was conquered by the Ming army, was now in Liaoyang, and the Japanese army could go northward with the Korean army to wait for arrangements.

However, Xiujia rejected the suggestion of North Korean officials on the grounds that Japan and North Korea were still at war last year, and the Japanese army would come to Wangjing again to cause riots. Xiujia insisted on going north directly from Gyeongsang-do to Gangwon-do.

Then the North Korean officials suggested to Xiujia that Lord Linhai and Lord Shunhe should go back to Wangjing. They said that the Celestial Dynasty had clearly stated that the two great monarchs were still under the rule of the Korean monarch and should go to Wangjing to accept the canonization.

For this request, the two silly princes and their aides agreed very much, but they were still rejected by the Xiu family.

The Xiu family said that the two Dao have not had a king for a long time, and they have been looking forward to the arrival of the two great kings for a long time, and now they should return to the guard of the Dao as soon as possible.As for the canonization, the king of Joseon sent an official to issue an order, and the two princes could take it from a distance.

Just kidding, the two princes are the most important pawns in the hands of Japan. They are the only legal evidence for Japan's involvement in Hamgyong and Gangwon provinces. How can it be so easy to give away the cards.

As for what the North Korean king Li Yan and North Korean officials are thinking about, Xiao Jiujiuxiu's family is still unclear?

It's nothing more than deceiving people back and putting them under house arrest in Hanyang, giving them the title of Maharaja but absolutely not allowing them to go to the Kingdom of Two Ways or something like that.

North Korean officials had no choice but to let Xiujia die, so they could only follow Xiujia all the way north to Gangwon-do.

In fact, after the Ming army established an advantage last year, the Korean army launched two offensives against the two provinces under reorganization, but they were all repelled by Hanabou Masayuki and Toyotomi Xiuzhen.

Now the Xiu family is marching toward the two roads with 2 troops, and the North Korean army on the road dares not stop them at all.

When they arrived at Pinghai County at the junction of Gyeongsang-do and Gangwon-do, the Xiu family asked the two princes abruptly, "How should your Highness manage the territory after the kingdom?"

Lord Linhai replied, "Be diligent in government, love the people, and govern with benevolence."

Mr. Shunhe replied, "Consult the opinion of the housekeeper and the public opinion of the people as a matter of fact."

You must know that both of them were known for their tyrannical personalities in the history of North Korea, but they gave answers that were quite different from the descriptions of them in history.

But I will look at the records of them in history. As the eldest son of Shunhe, it was only after his younger brother Guanghai Jun succeeded to the throne that he was charged with four rebellious charges, including hiding weapons, keeping dead soldiers in secret, plotting to usurp the throne, and bringing weapons into the palace. , Deprived of the title, exiled to other places.In the following year, Emperor Guanghai ordered Li Tingbiao to kill him.

The records of Lin Haijun's tyranny are nothing more than seizing land and slaves, which is not a problem for the nobles of North Korea.

Not to mention the princes of North Korea, even the ordinary two classes of nobles, who would not invade the land of the common people?
From the perspective of later generations, these charges are more like those of Guanghai Jun Qiang'an given to these two brothers who threatened their inheritance rights.

The Xiu family was not very satisfied with this answer, so he directly named the subject and asked, "In the past three years since you were no longer there, the people of the two provinces have governed decently, and all the officials here have been driven back.

After you have arrived in the two provinces, how will you arrange and deal with the current officials and systems of the two provinces? "

Hearing this question, Lord Linhai immediately expressed his opinion, "I will act as Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, and continue to follow the existing system."

The reason why the Xiu family asked this question is because during the two days that the Xiu family controlled the two provinces, while supporting the poor local forces in the two provinces to become the new ruling class, they also sent some Japanese to serve as important military personnel in the two provinces. official position.

Now that the two maharajas have returned to the country, how these officials will be arranged is worthy of Xiujia's attention.

After all, in the near future, the Japanese army will withdraw from the two Taos, so the Hide family's influence on the two Taos will depend on these poor families who have been promoted by themselves and the Japanese samurai who have been transferred to the two Taos.

Originally, Mr. Shunhe wanted to say that he would try his best to balance the officials of the two ethnic groups.But seeing his elder brother uttering such obedient words, Mr. Shunhe, who was afraid that he would lose his right to rule Gangwon Province, also quickly expressed his opinion, "I should learn from the story of Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty who ruled under his bow and entrust all state affairs to the prime minister."

Jun Shunhe’s words aroused the dissatisfaction of the North Korean officials on the side. He scolded Shunhe County, “Li, you are the king’s son, why do you bow your knees to the Japanese pirates and call the bandits your father? What are you worried about?”

At this time, there was a small tail near the sea at the southern end of Gangwon-do, which were Uljin County and Pinghai County. After the partition of North Korea and South Korea in later generations, the two countries changed their administrative divisions, and these two counties were placed under Qing Dynasty. Under the rule of Shangdao.

And because Masaoka Hanabou and Kiyomasa Kato transferred their main forces to the north to deal with the Jurchen, this small tail was recovered by the Korean volunteers. Although the two counties still belong to Gangwon Province in terms of law, they are actually under the rule of the Joseon Dynasty.

Faced with the questioning of his father's subordinates, Mr. Linhai felt very uncomfortable, he looked at Xiujia with some embarrassment and smiled bitterly.

The Xiu family didn't bother with what they said, and they didn't even believe a single word of the promise made by the two princes. After all, the ability to talk about people when they see people, and the ability to talk nonsense to hell is not exclusive to Ming people.

"Mr. Shunhe misunderstood. You are a subject of the King of Joseon. How can you call me a 'subject'? But your brother is right. When dealing with state affairs, you will never listen to the important ministers of the country. Mistake."

Having said that, Xiujia ignored the others and continued on the road with the team.

When you come to Jiangling, an important border town, this is the origin of the word "Jiang" in Gangwon Province, and it is the seat of the governor's office of Jiangling in North Korea.

Because the terrain here is mountainous and bordering the sea, it is actually under military control, which can also be seen from its different names from Wonjumu/Zhongzhoumu.

When you arrive at Jiangling, you will arrive at the capital of Linhai Jun Jiangyuan Kingdom.

In fact, the seat of Gangwon-do is in Wonju, next to Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheong-do, but it is too close to Wangjing and Chungju, the core territories of the Joseon Kingdom.

Let Lin Haijun go to Yuanzhou to sit in the town, it is difficult to block the influence of the Korean court on him.On the contrary, Gangneung is near the sea, and it is also a rare deep-water port in Gangwon-do. Xiujia can be remotely controlled by sea boats.

Therefore, under the rule of the Xiu family, the governance models of Wonju and Gangneung were reversed. The three cities of Wonju, Chuncheon, and Cheorwon became Gangwon-do's front-line military fortress against North Korea, while Gangneung became the economic and political center.

Liu Qingchun, the envoy of Jiangzhou Prefecture appointed by Huafang Zhengxing, led the officials of Jiangyuan Province to welcome the arrival of his new monarch outside the city, and arranged a large number of common people to welcome him inside the city.

Looking at the smiling faces of Jiangyuan officials, Huang He, who was taken to Japan with Lord Linhai, was very contemptuous.

Taking advantage of Liu Qingchun's coming to toast at the dinner party, he piled up Liu Qingchun and asked, "Master Liu is a Korean citizen, right? The blood of the Korean people is flowing on his body. Why did he do things for the pirates?"

Huang He questioned Liu Qingchun in a loud voice, which attracted the attention of several tables around him. Most of them were officials promoted by the Japanese. Facing Huang He's questioning, they really didn't know how to answer, and they all looked at their elders. Lao Jiangling Mansion envoy Liu Qingchun.

The sudden silence here naturally attracted the attention of the surroundings, and even the group of people from the Xiu family at the main table looked here.

After hearing what happened there from the people below, Xiujia was also very curious about how the Jiangling Mansion envoy appointed by Hanafang Zhengxing would answer Huang He's tricky question.

Liu Qingchun was really dumbfounded by Huang He's question at the beginning, we provide you with delicious food and drink, but you actually turned my desk down?

But soon he calmed down and said to Huang He, "I was born in the second class of Chunchuan, and my father was a member of the martial arts class who paid food donations. Maybe it is because of this reason, even though our family is already a nobleman of the second class, we are still surrounded by others." despise.

My father taught me when I was very young that I had to study hard so that I could get a good reputation in the future and be able to correct my status in the second class.

My father once wanted to donate another class for my mother, but was rejected by the original envoy.At that time, he mockingly said to my father and me, "It's nothing more than a rich generation of doglegs, how can we dream of longevity?" '

It is also for this reason that I cannot obtain the status of the nobles of the two classes. Even if I took the government examination, I was squeezed out by those nobles of the two classes.

Because my mother is not in the second class, if I fail to pass the examination, I will not be able to obtain the status of the second class, and I will become the slave of you two classes of adults again.

In North Korea, slaves and maidservants are not considered human beings, let alone human rights.No matter how many properties the family has now, they cannot escape the result of being invaded by you people in the end.

When the Japanese army invaded Gangwon-do, I joined the volunteer army like many others.However, the adults in North Korea always credit the meritorious deeds we fought in the front to their own heads, and then distribute the leftover soup to the two groups of children who have not accomplished an inch.

May I ask Master Huang, how can a person like me who has read sage books and knows about military affairs get the approval of North Korea.I don't ask for the title of Marquis and Prime Minister, but only for an official and a half-job, and shepherd guarding one side.

The Joseon court would not give me all these things. No matter how many books I read, in the end I would not be approved by the superior just because my mother was a slave.

And all this, the Japanese can give me.They don't look down on me because I was born mean, and they won't be suspicious of me because I have participated in the volunteer army, so that they will sit in the position of the general's mansion. "

After that, he circled his fingers and continued, "At least my father is still a second class, even if it is a donated second class, I can still live in my life.

Many of you present here were born as slaves in the past, and have lived as slaves for most of your life. Do you think you will have today in the Korean court? "

At this time, an official in a green robe cried and said, "How can there be such a day, my subordinates dare not even think about it."

Liu Qingchun pointed to this official and said to Huang He, "This man is called 'Bian Yunqi'. Because he is good at managing the fields, he was appointed as the head of the village by the Bian family in Yuanzhou. It sounds good to be the head of the village, not because the Bian family bullied him at will." Is it your servant?

Not only will he be bullied by the two classes of masters above, but he will also be resented by the villagers below.In the end, if a civil uprising is caused, he will be the first person to be thrown out to take the blame, while the two classes of masters who really harmed the people will not be punished at all, and they will not even feel guilty at all.

This is the Korean court that you said you wanted us to love. Let me ask Mr. Huang Guishi. How can you make us love such a court? "

Liu Qingchun's words aroused the echo of many officials around him, and for a while they forced Huang He and others to be speechless.