Prime Minister Bizen

On August 8th in the third year of Qingchang, almost on the night when the second wave of reinforcements came out, Xiujia received this information in Tango.

It has been more than half a month since Xiu's family came to Tango. During this time, Tango is like an independent closed kingdom, cut off from the outside world, and everyone can only enter and exit.

On the contrary, Hideka got a lot of information through Tsusue Sannojo. Hideka knew very well that the Eastern Army was mobilizing in the third wave in Kinki, and the strength of the third wave mobilization was still 3.

Xiujia planned to wait for such an army to set off to Harima before acting.

In fact, Hideka didn't have to wait long. Only 10 days later, Tsusue Sanzhicheng came out with the news that the third wave of reinforcements had left Osaka to support Ishida Mitsunari who was standing firm in Akashi Castle.

It was also after receiving this information that the Xiu family was finally able to summon the North Korean daimyos who had been hanging in Tango for a month, and convey their orders to them.Including Tadakashi Hosokawa, the lord of the Tango Kingdom, who was specially invited by the Xiu family to sponsor him in Tango Maizuru Castle.

Of course, before that, I can rely on the current information to negotiate with these big names one-on-one, so that they can sincerely stand on my side.

And the first target is Tango's owner, the Hosokawa family. This is something that the Hide family must take care of. Otherwise, if they start to mobilize the army, without the cooperation of the Hosokawa family, the news will leak out immediately, and there will be no such thing. possibility of secrecy.

It has been a month since Hideka came to Tango Maizuru Castle, but Hosokawa Tadaoki has been trapped in Maizuru Castle for almost 1 months.

Originally thought that after Xiu's family arrived, he could unblock himself, but who would have thought that Xiu's family would not do anything about eating or training sergeants after arriving in Tango.

Hosokawa Tadake even felt that Hideka had no intention of seizing the world at all, and even wanted to find an opportunity to take the initiative to report Hideka's abnormal behavior to Hideji or Osaka, in exchange for an improvement in status and knowledge after the war.

Therefore, when Hideya suddenly summoned him, Hosokawa Tadake was as nervous as if someone had caught his pigtail.

But in fact, his small actions during this period of time naturally couldn't escape the eyes of the Xiu family, it was just that he didn't have the time to pay attention to him before.

But when Xiujia saw him for the first time, Xiujia still said to him in a half-joking tone, "Etsuzhongshou has been very busy recently."

Tadake Hosokawa seems to be a child who has been seen through. Now that his wealth and life are in the hands of others, he is frightened and wipes the sweat stains on his forehead with his sleeve in fear, wanting to justify one or two "Your Highness, actually"

"I don't need to say too much. I didn't come to you today because of your little tricks, and I don't care about these little tricks. What I want more is the friendship of the Hosokawa family." But in fact, the Xiu family didn't care about his excuses at all. He directly interrupted his speech and said.

Hearing that the Hide family was willing to let go of their past, Hosokawa Tadakashi immediately stated, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I, the Hosokawa family, will command and command Tango Samurai to be driven by Your Highness, and I dare not complain in the slightest."

"The thing I can't trust most is verbal promises, especially unilateral promises that only pay without rewards." Hideka looked at Tadake Hosokawa and said, "Now that the king's father has passed away, the whole world is jumping out. If Zhongshou can help me regain stability in the world, then the reward will definitely not be less."

"I don't expect any rewards extravagantly. The stability of the world is the wish of His Highness Guan Bai. As a subject of Guan Bai Palace, I will naturally protect it with all my might."

Listening to the righteous words of the old fox Tadake Hosokawa, Hideka glanced aside and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up to show a mocking look, and he didn't believe a word of what he said.

"Hey, if you have done something, you should be rewarded. His Highness Hosokawa helped Guan Bai transfer goods and capital in North Korea. It is a great achievement, and now he is helping me to restore the stability of the world. If you don't seal it, who in the world can get it? In my opinion How about coming to give you Fengqian Yiguo?"

"Buzen?" Hosokawa Tadake thought about this award. As a middle-level leader of Kyushu, Buzen had 24 koku of knowledge, which was just equivalent to double the knowledge and practice for the current Hosokawa family.

But the current lord of Fengzen is the Kuroda family. If Hosokawa arrives in Fengzen, the Kuroda family must move their position.But Tadake Hosokawa didn't care about these at all. The Kuroda family joined the Western Army, and it was inevitable to change after the Hideka came to power, just to make room for himself.

But the Hosokawa family, as the shogunate family, hoped to stay near Kyoto.

In fact, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had asked the Hosokawa family many times about his willingness to transfer the seal, but because of Hideyoshi's defense against the Hosokawa family, the seals given by each transfer were pitifully small, which was like a chicken rib to the Hosokawa family Same, so they have always taken root in Tango.

But the Xiu family's sealing this time is not worthless. Who can not be tempted by Zhixing who has doubled directly?But Tadake Hosokawa is still not satisfied, what if he can keep the sealed Zhixing and stay in Kinki at the same time?

So he tentatively asked Xiujia, "Can I find a territory near Kinki?"

"Is it near Kinki?" Xiujia held his hem with his hands and rubbed it, his brain was running fast thinking about the pros and cons.

In fact, in Hideka's plan, Hosokawa Tadakashi will be retired after this action and will support his son Hosokawa Tadakashi who is also Hideka's brother-in-law.

Since it is an in-law's family, it must be given preferential treatment when sealing it. This is why the Xiu family gave the Hosokawa family the condition of doubling their knowledge and behavior.

At the same time, the Xiu family planned to have Hosokawa Tadakashi, who had retired, come to the mountain city to accompany his old father to become a monk and chant Buddha.This is also the reason why Tadakashi should be sealed away, that is, to lengthen the distance between the two and dilute the influence of Tadakashi Hosokawa.

But Xiujia thought for a while and suddenly felt that having such an ally by his side might really be able to help him at special times. After all, 8 stones close to Jiang is not enough.

Of course, the Xiu family wanted to enshrine their son in Kinki directly, but firstly, their son was still young, and secondly, their influence directly infiltrating into the vicinity of Kinki would easily arouse the fear of other forces.

What if you can't let go?The broken ship of the Toyotomi family needs more people to dig the ship!

On the contrary, Tadataka Hosokawa was a good choice. Although he was also the brother-in-law of the Hide family, and was related to the Hide family, the Hosokawa family was originally near Kinki, and the seal itself would not attract much attention.

As for the fact that Tango is too close to Kinki, Hideka doesn't care about it. There are many places to become monks. When the time comes, find someone to make a monk's letter and send Hosokawa Tadakashi to the Kanto temple to become a monk soon?
"But Kinki is not as good as distant countries. If you seal it in place, it may not be as good a reward as it was just now!" After careful consideration, Hideka once again offered a bargaining chip to Tadake Hosokawa, "Then give the two counties of Amada and Helu in Tanba How about it?"

"Amada, He Lu?" Hosokawa Tadaoki thought carefully about this reward. These two counties are the two counties closest to Tango in Tamba Kingdom.When the later generations abolished the feudal domain and established counties, Tamba Kingdom was split up, and these two counties were included in the existence of Kyoto Prefecture.

To be more precise, it is the location of Fukuchiyama City and Ayabe City. Tamba's largest river, Okawa, crosses the two cities and enters Tango. Kanzaki between Maizuru and Miyazu flows into the sea.

For the Hosokawa family, this road itself is the only way to enter Kyoto from Tango. There is no geographical barrier. It is not difficult for the Hosokawa family to establish an effective rule here. Afterwards, political infiltration here.

This is also a basin area with a large flat land with a small number of Tamba countries, and has a good grain output.

The table heights of the two counties are 4.9 shi and 4.1 shi respectively, and the total is 9 shi. Including the 12 shi that Danba already had, the Hosokawa family Zhixing also crossed the 20 shi mark. Compared with the income brought by the vicinity of Kinki, the difference of the first 3 shi is nothing compared to the income.

Therefore, when the Hide family made this promise to him, Hosokawa Tadake agreed after a little thought, "It is the honor of the Hosokawa family to be enshrined, and the servants and the Hosokawa family will fight to the death to be driven by the Fengchun Palace." Chi, if there is any violation, the gods will be outraged."

When Hosokawa Tadakashi had a conversation with Hideo before, he always called himself "down", which is the title between Hideo and Hideo.

But when the Hide family promised him to take possession of the two counties of Tamba, Hosokawa Tadakashi blurted out that he became a subject, and he didn't know whether it was by accident or if he really moved closer to the Hide family.

Speaking of daimyo's allegiance to the Hideo family, the Hideo family didn't know that the figure that was kneeling in front of him at the foot of the Okayama castle ten years ago and begged him to save his father was now in the camp of the Western Army. Do you still remember the promise you made to yourself back then?
After the Hosokawa family was settled, the second daimyo summoned by the Hideo family was Yoshihiro Shimadzu. As a native of Kyushu, he has been the most loyal dog of the Toyotomi family since he was beaten to the ground by Hideyoshi in 1586.

However, this loyalty comes from the fact that the Toyotomi family is powerful. Yoshihiro Shimadzu, who is now the governor of the family, is the main driving force behind making the Shimadzu family the hegemony of Kyushu. Yoshihiro Tsu will try his best to stand out.

"Satsuma Izumi County and Osumi Country Osumi County" This is the reward from Hideka to the Shimadzu family.Izumi County is the hiding place that Hideyoshi forcibly seized from the Shimadzu family before, but in fact it has always been managed by Shimadzu Yoshihiro. .

Osumi County is actually divided into north and south Osumi counties. North Osumi is the Sakurajima volcano opposite Kagoshima and the Tarumizu area on the east side of Sakurajima. South Osumi is the knife-like peninsula mountainous area at the southernmost tip of Osumi country. Regardless of the fact that it is divided into north and south The two counties have a vast area, but because they are all mountainous, in fact, Zhixing only adds up to 2 shi.

The Shimadzu family's desire to regain Izumi has always been their long-cherished wish, and Izumi is no longer in the hands of Satsuma's northern defense line, as if it had been opened.

And Dasumi County is a big plus, because it is across the sea from Satsuma, not far away.But because there is no land connection, it is not close.

Compared with the two counties of Tamba offered to the Hosokawa family before, the rewards given to the Shimadzu family are a little careless.But fortunately, Izumi County finally recovered after 11 years, and Yoshihiro Shimadzu immediately agreed.

As for Toyohisa Shimadzu and Nagami Ito, the small daimyos in Kyushu, their influence and contribution are too little, Hideka never thought of sealing them at all, it's already very good if they don't let them move.

Some money rewards after the war are enough to shut their mouths. Of course, if they perform well in the war, it is not impossible to give thousands of stones. Anyway, the meat is on the head of the Toyotomi family.

In fact, there are not many foreign vassal names in the hands of the Xiu family, most of them are from the Kanto and Northeast. For these vassal names, the Xiu family has long regarded them as their own private land, and the relevant rewards have actually been privately hinted at by these daimyos. Got the approval of the other party.

What really made the Hide family feel difficult was Asano Yutaka who was sealed in Ibaraki. His father could be the replacement of the top five. The most important thing was the relationship between their family and Ningning, so Hideo had to treat them with caution.

But to be honest, the one with the Hide family now is his son Asano Yukinaga, and the Hide family naturally wants to talk to Asano Nagamasa about the transfer of titles.

Although Asano Nagamasa has retired in Asano's home and handed over the position of family governor to his son, it is still this person who makes the political decisions.

It’s just that no matter how the Asano family makes rewards, the current Asano family already has 32 shi. After this seal, the Asano family will probably become a huge monster when the Xiu family rules the world. How to deal with the division is also something that the Xiu family needs to ambush in advance question.

What really made it difficult for Hideo were Hori Hideji, Tsutsui Sadaji, Mori Tadamasa, and Ikeda Hengxing.

In fact, the Hori family is easier to handle, just throw him to a place with 20 shi, if it doesn't work, just find a random place in Kyushu, Hyuga is a good choice.

What really made it difficult for Hideo was the last three, because Hideo and Tokugawa had a verbal covenant.Although this covenant is only established verbally, the help of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who wants to control the center of the show family, is indispensable.

Even if it is necessary to temporarily stabilize the Tokugawa family, then the Sanhe Territory that was promised to it before must be fulfilled.

But Sanhe Country has 33 koku, so why did the Tokugawa family add so much Zhixing to become a daimyo with over 140 million koku?

The Xiu family wanted to use the price of the Tokugawa family to give up the Shinano collar in exchange for Mikawa's return. In this way, they exchanged 30 shi for 33 shi.

After losing Shinano, Kai's priority was no longer so high. Hideka even planned to exchange Takeda Hidenobu's 8 koku for Tokugawa Ieyasu's Sagami's 10 koku.

In this way, Tokugawa Ieyasu's ability only increased by 1 shi, but he got the hometown of Mikawa that he longed for.It's just that such a small number of seals made the Xiu family a little uncertain about Tokugawa's attitude, so they didn't dare to promise the other three people so quickly.

But what is certain is that Mikawa must be returned to Tokugawa, so the Tsutsui family needs to move their location.

But with a physique of 20 stone, it is really not easy to find a suitable place for him.In the end, after thinking about it, the Hide family decided to release him back to Yamato. Tsutsui's family was originally a native of Yamato, and placing him in Yamato just made the best use of it.

When necessary, he can quickly respond to control Kyoto with Tango's Tadataka Hosokawa from the south to the north, and become the wedge for Hideka to stay in the Kinki area.

As for the rest of Mori Tadamasahide's family, they haven't figured out where they will be placed. We can only promise them that they will be sealed, but the specific location has not been made.