Prime Minister Bizen

Before Ishida Mitsunari could finish his sentence, Hideka interrupted and warned, "Jibu's speech should be based on evidence. You are accusing a daimyo right now."

Not to be outdone, Ishida Mitsunari replied, "The proof is this bloody coat. Has Your Highness ever recognized the family crest on it?"

Of course the Xiu family recognized the family crest above, which is the unique Zhongchuan cypress of the Zhongchuan family, but of course the Xiu family could not admit this, and just replied coldly, "Bai Wen, there are not many families in China that use cypress patterns. Several retainers used this pattern."

Ishida Mitsunari did not expect Hideo to open his eyes and talk nonsense to such an extent, so he could only ask Hideo in a threatening tone, "Is this what Dainagon means? Dainogen is sure to cover up Nakagawa Is it Xiucheng?"

Don't mention how hot the Hide family is at the moment, Hideyoshi is just threatening him from above, how come in North Korea, even Ishida Matsumoto dare to talk to himself like that!
Xiujia got angry and directly replied, "I just reminded Osamu Ishida that the Nakagawa family is the daimyo of Aizu 30 stone, and all your accusations must have evidence. Is that Nakagawa Kashiwa?

Can the woodcutter in the story you heard clearly identify the samurai who slaughtered the village as the Nakagawa samurai?Is your chain of evidence complete, and are there some misunderstandings?Shouldn't we consider the impact when we deal with this kind of shooting big names? "

Xiujia reminded Ishida Mitsunari to pay attention to the influence of both selfish and public intentions. The selfish intention is to preserve the 30 koku of the Nakagawa family, and the public intention is to want Ishida Mitsunari to leave a little word of mouth for the Toyotomi family that has begun to decline.

But Ishida Mitsunari responded very frankly, "Your Highness Dainagyan still doesn't seem to understand me. I, Mitsunari, have always upheld fairness in doing things. Since I have been ordered to supervise the North Korean army, I will neither let any bad guy go, nor will I wrong anyone. A good man.

But there is one thing His Highness said is very reasonable. It seems that there is not enough evidence to directly name the Nakagawa family in [Aizu] as the cause of the tragedy. I will definitely report this matter to His Highness Guanbai. "

Ishida Mitsunari said that he turned around and wanted to leave without giving Xiujia a chance to retaliate, but Xiujia still stepped forward to stop him and said, "Why did the Zhibu do this? To be ordered to be the head of the ten people is your fellow minister.

For many years, his son has been guarding Aizu without any mistakes, and he has devoted himself to the two imperial conquests. Is the government really going to change the leadership of his family because of these rumors? "

After finishing speaking, I did not forget to add a sentence, "You and I both know what consequences your complaint will have in the capital."

However, Ishida Mitsunari still insisted on his own opinion and said, "His Royal Highness, you and I are all courtiers, just do your duty as courtiers. As for how to make a decision, it is the responsibility of Guan Bai, the young master and the five big brothers."

Looking at the back of Ishida Mitsunari going away, Hideka smiled helplessly.

From the bottom of his heart, he likes loyal and upright people like Ishida Mitsunari. It is a blessing for him that the ruler has such a courtier, but it is a pity that Ishida Mitsunari's ruler is Hideyoshi.

Especially in his later years, Ishida Mitsunari was forced to become a sharp blade for reducing his daimyo.The most important thing is that this knife not only stabbed the foreign daimyo, but also hurt the hearts of Toyotomi's relatives and genealogists.

However, the fact is that the line of defense Hideyoshi's headquarters expected to see is moving forward. With the letter from Ishida Mitsunari sent to Kyoto, although Mitsunari mentioned in the letter many times that there is no direct evidence to prove that it was the work of the Aizu Nakagawa family, Hideyoshi is still concerned. The Nakagawa family imposed punishment.

The content of the punishment is as follows: Hideo Nakagawa caused disasters in the village, and the Nakagawa family decided to divide the Nakagawa family into a punishment for not reporting it.

But fortunately, Hideo wrote to Mori Terumoto and Maeda Toshiie in advance, asking them to reconcile. In the end, the Nakagawa family was divided and transferred from Aizu's 30 koku to Shimono Utsunomiya's 12 koku.

If you want to say why Hideo got involved with Mori Terumoto, it still has to be "attributed" to Hideyoshi's operation.

After Hideaki Kobayakawa was recalled to Kyoto, he was imprisoned immediately. At first, Hideyoshi didn't express anything special about Hideaki, his nephew. Although Mori and the Kobayakawa family were worried, they didn't show much resistance to Hideyoshi. After all, it was only under confinement.

But who knew that just a few days later, Hideyoshi issued the exact punishment for Kobayakawa Hideaki, he directly asked Kobayakawa's family to change, and Kobayakawa Hideaki committed seppuku.

"Seppuku?" The Xiu family couldn't believe their ears when they heard the news. Is it necessary to pay the price of seppuku just because they lost a battle on the front line?
But then I heard the reason from the vassal who brought the news, it seems that Hideyoshi got the evidence of Hideaki's rebellion, and that's why Hideyoshi was going to have him cut into seppuku.

There is no difference between saying this and joking, who is Hideaki Kobayakawa?That's Hideyoshi's nephew, wouldn't saying that he was rebelling against the Toyotomi family themselves?The key point is that he is still young in grade and is only 15 years old this year. How dare he dare to rebel?
Kobayakawa Hideaki can be said to be the tool person himself, at least there is still a sip of soup to drink after the other tools are used up, and when you get to Xiuqiu, the boss will directly kill you!
Fortunately, in the end, Ning Ning came forward and divided him from the penalty of becoming a monk.

Originally, the place where she became a monk was in Koya Mountain, but maybe Ningning knew that her husband would make some secret tricks and forced Xiuqiu to stay by her side. For this reason, the two had a fierce quarrel. Dai moved out and went to live in Yusenji Temple in the Fushimi area in the southern part of Yamashiro State.

Although nominally Ning Ning wanted to become a monk to pray for Hideyoshi's health, but no matter how you look at it, it seems that Hideyoshi drove Ning Ning out.

Although the Kobayakawa family has apparently separated from the Mori family, as one of the most important branches of the Mori family, the Kobayakawa family was changed, the Zhixing territory was deprived, and the head of the family was ordered to cut seppuku. Impact.

In fact, for the Mori family, Kobayakawa Hideaki is happy to be taken back, but correspondingly, you have to return the territory of the Kobayakawa family to Mori. This is the most concerned issue of the Mori family, even if it is a discount. !
Mori Terumoto, who was the boss and was in Kyoto, discussed this matter with Hideyoshi, asking Hideyoshi whether his adopted son Mori Hidemoto could inherit the Kobayakawa family name.Hideyoshi flatly refused even when he didn't want to inherit the territory.

In fact, these two incidents happened at the same time. When the Xiu family asked Mori Terumoto to help the Nakagawa family, they did not know about Kobayakawa Hideaki being dealt with, but it was such a coincidence. , Terumoto Mori just came out of Juledi in disgrace not long ago.

Mori Terumoto, who was disgusted by Hideyoshi, was naturally happy to sing against Hideyoshi.

Coupled with the fact that Kiyohide Nakagawa, who was a member of ten people, dragged his old body to plead guilty to Hideyoshi in person, Hideyoshi then let go of the punishment of the Nakagawa family and transferred him from Aizu 30 koku to the wild.

Only in this way, there was a vacuum in the internal daimyo system and power structure of the Toyotomi family. First of all, as a Tohoku daimyo, Gamo Hideyuki of Sendai’s 42 koku was changed, and until today he is still seeking to restore his family among the daimyos in Kyoto. opportunity for fame.

Afterwards, Hideaki Kobayakawa, who was a big boss, and the ten-person Zhongchuan family were changed. At any rate, there was Kiyohide Nakagawa in the Zhongchuan family with the name of ten people, but the Kobayakawa family had nothing. ah.

Hideyoshi quickly changed his powers. He actually promoted Toyotomi Hidekatsu from among the ten people to the middle elder, and then promoted Asano Nagamasa from the middle elder to the boss. It is the high level of Kyoto who was granted the title of Omi Hachiman Mountain Castle.

This person is Xiu Zhao's uncle, and his wife is Ah Chu, the eldest of the three Asano sisters.So far, at the top of the ruling class of the Toyotomi family, there are two senior daimyos, Toyotomi Hidekatsu and Kyogoko, who are Hideaki's uncle and Chacha's sister-in-law.

Hideyoshi's actions undoubtedly gave a strong political signal, that is, he began to support relatives like Chacha to help Hideaki compete with the former relatives of the Ningning faction and the daimyo within the Toyotomi clan.

Obviously, under such circumstances, whether it is Xiuci or Xiujia, or Xiujiu and Xiuzhen, they have all been pushed into opposing camps by the current Chacha Group.

After dealing with the Nakagawa and Gamo families, there is a gap of more than 70 koku in the Northeast region. If such a fast Zhixing territory is in Kinki Hideyoshi, it will definitely be hidden, but this is the Northeast where birds don’t shit. Hideyoshi naturally wants to divide the enfeoffment.

秀吉最先想到的是上杉家，此刻的上杉家领有越后58万石信浓5万石+越中8万石，出羽18万石+佐渡2万石合计91万的庞大领地，基本上和历史上相当。

However, the difference from history is that in history, the Gamo family owned a territory of 94 koku. When it was changed, Aizu and Iwashiro were a complete piece of territory.

But now the Mutsu Territory adds up to 70 koku of open land, but it is Aizu, Sendai-Osaki, and is separated by Xiuzhen’s Koriyama Territory, Iwaki Ritaka’s Fukushima Territory, and Soma Yoshiyin’s Fujita Territory. Uesugi Jingsheng naturally refused to transfer such a fragmented territory.

Hideyoshi naturally had the right to meet the needs of customers, so at the end of June, Ishida Mitsunari came to Anbyon Castle again to discuss with Hideka and Hideyoshi about transferring Hideyoshi from Koriyama to Echigo.

"Echigo Ningjo County, Katsuha County, Uonuma County, and Shinano Takai County, with a total of 30 stone territories. The above are the conditions for the settlement of His Royal Highness Jinwu."

When Ishida Mitsunari calmly stated such conditions to Xiuzhen, Xiujia who was accompanying him even had the illusion that this was a generous reward from Hideyoshi!

You must know that Xiuzhen was dealt with by Hideyoshi to reduce the seal by 3 shi because of the delayed mobilization and the Gamo family. Now Zhixing only has 29 shi.

After transferring it from Koriyama to Echi, Zhixing, who can save a few thousand shi, seems to have indeed been sealed, but this is different from half of the transfer, and this transfer makes people feel that it is against Xiuzhen. humiliation.

Even Xiuzhen, who had the best temper in the past, couldn't restrain her inner excitement, and asked Ishida Mitsunari, "I am not guilty. If you want to transfer my title, shouldn't you give me compensation? Don't tell me a few times?" Give me the whole Echigo, shouldn't you give Sado to me?"

At present, the Konomai Gold Mine has not been widely publicized. Sado Gold Mine is the most important gold producing place in Japan at present. This is the reason why Xiuzhen proposed to accept the transfer of the title only after obtaining Sado.

You Hideyoshi no longer compensate me in terms of knowledge and practice, but there must be economic compensation for me in minerals.

But in the face of Xiuzhen's questioning, Ishida Mitsunari just responded indifferently, "As a condition for the Uesugi family to transfer to Mutsu, Sado must still be owned by the Uesugi family. His Highness Kanbai also agrees with this."

Unlike Xiuzhen who was obsessed with her own knowledge and behavior, Xiujia was more concerned about the impact on herself after the transfer of Uesugi's family to Koriyama.

If the transfer here is successful, it will be tantamount to closing a door between the Xiu family and the Tohoku daimyo. To the west of the Xiu family is the Tokugawa family with 80 koku, and to the north is the Uesugi family with more than 100 million koku. This will undoubtedly put pressure on the Hide family. is huge.

Even the Xiu family couldn't hold back, looked at Ishida Mitsunari and asked, "Does His Highness Guan Bai have any concerns about my Xiu family? Put left and right guardians by my side to keep me in check?"

Hideyoshi's careful thoughts, as Hideyoshi's close minister, Ishida Mitsunari, it is impossible not to understand, but Ishida Mitsunari still responded without changing his face, "Your Highness is worrying too much, isn't it what you and His Highness Guan Bai decided to transfer the Dafan to a distant country?" Is it a strong strategy?"

Hideka was so stunned by Ishida Mitsunari that he couldn't speak. Looking back, he seemed to have indeed said such things to Hideyoshi in the past, and he didn't know how many times in the past he lifted a stone and hit him in the foot.

In fact, for the current Hideo family, from a strategic point of view, Hideyoshi’s death in history has not been a few months. The transfer of such a large-scale Uesugi family cannot be completed within a year or so. The new collar has no time to digest the territory, and its strength will undoubtedly be compromised.

In history, the Uesugi family, which was transferred to Wenlu during the Wenlu period, could only mobilize 5 troops after another 3 years, which is extremely unsuitable for its 120 million shi, let alone only 2 years. Time to get ready.

Therefore, although Xiujia was extremely upset in his heart, he did not show it in front of Ishida Mitsunari.

And Xiuzhen on the side was very dissatisfied with this transfer arrangement. After hearing that the Xiu family said that Uesugi's transfer was to lock up the Xiu family, she immediately stated, "I am not like Nakagawa and other daimyos. If you make a mistake, if you resell me, you must give me compensation, please forgive me for the unacceptable current transfer conditions."

Ishida Sanben originally came to negotiate with Xiuzhen with Hideyoshi's intentions, since it was a talk, there were naturally back and forth.Now that Xiuzhen clearly rejected the condition of transferring 30 shi to Echigo, Ishida Mitsunari naturally took the initiative to ask her about the conditions of transferring the title.

Unexpectedly, Toyotomi Xiuzhen responded very honestly, "Koriyama Castle was built with all my heart, and I will never leave Koriyama Castle."

Such an attitude undoubtedly stumped both Ishida Mitsunari and Hideyoshi, and even Hideyoshi looked at his younger brother in surprise, why did he suddenly become so rigid.

But after thinking about it, I realized that it was because Hideyoshi had been oppressing his pro-vassals so much recently that even a good old man like Xiuzhen couldn't bear it.

Ishida Mitsunari did not expect to be blocked by Xiuzhen, who was already very stable. The most important thing was that he knew Hideyoshi's temper. If Xiuzhen directly responded like this, Xiuzhen might not be able to get the last piece of territory, so he tried to persuade him Xiuzhen thought about it carefully.

He even looked at the Xiu family, wanting the Xiu family to persuade him.

From one point of view, Ishida Mitsunari is really a loyal minister, but unfortunately he became a knife in the hands of a Mudblood who has no bottom line, and finally lost a good reputation.

Ishida Matsunari, who tried to persuade Xiuzhen to be innocent, could only bid farewell to the two and leave.When he was parting, he looked at Xiuzhen and warned him to be ready to accept Xiuji's anger, but Xiuzhen replied frankly, "I have already prepared."

That confidence and arrogance can't be faked, it's just what Ishida Mitsunari understood, and the meaning expressed by Xiuzhen is not the same.

After Ishida Mitsunari left, Xiuzhen calmed down like an aggrieved child, she looked at Xiujia and said, "I disrupted my brother's arrangement, but brother will go with me, right?"

If someone else, Xiujia dare not speak up, but if it is Xiuzhen and Xiujiu who are wronged, Xiujia must help.Even if that opponent is Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi will give it a go.

Even though it has only been half a year since the Xiu family came out of Fengchun City; even though the arrangement made by the Xiu family before has not been completed; even though the reform of the new military formation and military system has not been completed; even though the reserve of war preparations has just begun.

Although there are countless disregards, if Hideyoshi really wants to change the handling of the Koriyama family, then the Hideyoshi family can only raise troops in advance.

Although Hideyoshi has forced him many times since time travel, this is the first time he has a feeling that the situation has changed completely beyond his control.

Even though there is no hope for the future of raising troops this time, the Xiu family still has to make a foray with Xiuzhen!