Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 709

Why did Xiujia speak for Maeda Toshiie?

Naturally, I can't understand Chacha talking about tea over there!
Why let us do the bad guys, but you can pretend to be a good guy with empty hands?

If you, Chacha, really want to hand over Boduo, the Xiu family won't talk too much, and what you don't like the most is the current situation.

Promise something that you know is unrealistic, to win the favor of others, and use this to benchmark and divide the relationship between other people.

Anyway, Bodo doesn't belong to the Xiu family, and Qian Xiu's family doesn't feel bad about throwing it away.This piece of meat was from Toyotomi's family, and you are not the only one who can be generous with others.

But Hideka's words had just been finalized, and Masuda Nagamori accused Hideka before he even went into details, "Your Highness Toyoharu, Hakata is a town under the direct control of the Toyotomi family, not Yokohama and Edo, which you belong to." , how can you just give it if you say it."

You must know that when Chacha said that he would give Boduo just now, this guy didn't even dare to fart. Now that Xiujia said that he would only give half of it, he was the first one to jump out.

It can be imagined that under the influence of the Xiu family, many generals of the Eastern Army on the Osaka side were dealt with during the peace talks. How much hatred they have for the Xiu family.

"Why is Masuda-sama angry? I'm just following Mrs. Yodo's train of thought. It's just a suggestion. Don't I, 'Waka Nianji', have no qualifications to propose politics? On the contrary, it's you, Masuda-sama, don't forget that you follow public identity."

The Xiu family has reminded these adherents to pay attention to their identities more than once, because under the authority system of the Toyotomi family, adherents are the identities of the five big brothers who know and do, and have no right to participate in the decision.

But obviously, no matter whether it is the five obediences in history or the five obediences in this life, the Omi faction who stood in line with Chacha did not take this rule seriously.

Tokugawa Ieyasu in history may have a good temper, even if he helped Ishida Mitsunari pick up a crutch, he would smile, so naturally he would not really pursue the actions of the followers who exceeded their authority.

After all, compared with the fact that most of the followers are from Toyotomi's genealogy, most of the five big men in history are foreign daimyo.It's fine to help your Toyotomi family take a look at the little kid, I won't really take care of your Toyotomi family.

But the status of Xiangxiu's family is different. If Wu Fengxing really dared to exceed his authority, he would really beat him up.

"Second Lieutenant Uemon is different. If you haven't finished the plan sent by Ruo Nian, and the five big brothers haven't put forward any opinions, you can't wait to jump out and object."

The one who made the most of the cynicism was Ikeda Huimasa, who was among the ten people. Since he had made up his mind to return to the embrace of the Xiu family, he had to act as a dog's leg and kill the "wild dog" who charged up for the Xiu family.

Xiujia knew that what he did was just to regain the trust of Xiujia, so as to make up for the alienation of Xiujia's attitude in the past two years.

Of course, his sarcasm immediately got Masuda Nagamori's reply: "Ikeda Councilor, I am responsible for the business affairs of the Toyoharu family, can't I even remind the superior daimyo!"

Hideya pursed her lips helplessly, but Terumasa Ikeda was still in a hurry.With his political methods, he was no match for the Omi faction who had worked his way up in Osaka City, but he failed after everything.

At this time, the Xiu family must end up helping their younger brother, even though this younger brother is only unilaterally showing favor.

But the matter of interpersonal communication is like falling in love. If the boys do not get positive feedback from the girls for several times, the boys will not continue to give.

What Xiujia has to do now is not only to defend Ikeda Teruma, but also to give him a bone to eat, let him know that his actions are noticed by Xiujia, and continue to work hard for Xiujia.

"Masuda-sama, don't worry, why don't you just listen to my thoughts?" Hideka said to the crowd, "Hakata is the most important port for trade with North Korea and the largest port in Kyushu.

It is true that as the adults have said, the income of Hakata Town is very important to Osaka, but Hakata is indeed too far away from Osaka.

Many decisions cannot be made by local officials. It takes at least 5 days for the Clippers to go back and forth!In the past, there were no powerful daimyos here, but now it can be handed over to the Maeda family for management.

The most important income of Hakata Town is the business tax and customs fees, and this part of the income must be handed over to Osaka.

However, the corresponding ship berthing fees, coolie money for porters and civilians, and town fees for entering the town can all be taken care of by the Maeda family.But correspondingly, the security and various maintenance work in the town were also handed over to the Maeda family.

After all, Hakata is located in Chikuzen, Kyushu, and it is too far away from Osaka. Most of the workers working in Hakata are private households who have lost land in Kyushu.

The price of Hakata houses is extremely high. Most of them rent in the homes of private households in the Chikuzen country outside the town. There are so many people working in Hakata, but it is not convenient to manage them living in the Maeda family in the future. It is better to hand them over to Maeda Home management is convenient. "

After explaining Xiujia's reasons, many people agreed.It didn't matter whether it was Ikeda Teruma who was originally on the Hide family's side, Toyotomi Hidetada, or Tokugawa Ieyasu all expressed their support.

After all, the annual performance of the money separated from Xiujia is about 2 to 3 guan, but it can indeed effectively improve Boduo's management efficiency.

In the past, workers for Hakata port maintenance, guides for docking, and coolie workers on the wharf had to go to Chikuzen to spend money to hire them, which in itself was a big cost for Hakata traders.

In the future, the Maeda family will be responsible for organizing and providing friends, thinking that the Maeda family will start a business of labor dispatch bosses.

While reducing the operating cost of Hakata Town, it also improves the problem of lack of control of public security between the two places, prevents the problem of prisoners fleeing, and improves operational efficiency. It can be said to be a win-win proposal.

And now this part of the business is already being done by someone. Although they are human merchants in name, in fact, Hakata Town believes that he is the big boss behind the scenes.

There is no extra income in this part of Osaka. They just spend money to hire workers, and then resell the services to merchants who are on the shore.

If we have to talk about losses, that’s the money for entering the market in the town. It’s just that the market in Hakata Town is a place for small traders to trade. There is an income of several thousand guan a year, so it’s not painful at all. It doesn't itch.

Soon this proposal was passed, and the Maeda family also acquiesced to this result.

With the determination of the Maeda family's disposition, it finally came to the awarding link for the daimyo who made contributions in the Keicho Rebellion.

Among them, the number one hero is naturally none other than the Xiu family, the key is that his current status is extremely special, and the five big bosses are embarrassed to propose a reward plan.

In the end, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was temporarily acting as the author of the Five Big Brothers, took the initiative to ask Xiujia, "What kind of reward does His Highness Toyoharu want?"

The Xiu family didn't want to refuse, it should be their own.But political occasions have to talk about politics, and now I am not discussing it with Tokugawa Ieyasu in private. Aren’t you setting me up by saying that?
How can a courtier say what he wants?

Xiujia immediately turned to Xiuli and Beizheng Office and apologized, "I don't dare to take credit for it. In the end, I was able to bring about peace in the world. I would like to thank all of you present for your help. The key is to rely on the young master's protection from your father. You should rule the world."

The Beizheng Office immediately comforted the self-effacing Xiu family, and said, "Today is the gathering of important ministers in Osaka. Since it is a discussion about awarding rewards, everyone should stick to their own opinions, and there is no need to be so considerate.

Toyoharu Dainagyan contacted all the daimyos, the credit for maintaining the world of Toyotomi is obvious to all, and you are also a key figure in the integration of the center, you must have paid attention to who changed what merit, why don't you take it out for everyone to use as a reference . "

After what Beizheng said, Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately apologized to Xiujia for the aphasia just now, and said that it was all because he, an old man, didn't make it clear, but he had no other meaning.

He also said that during the Qingchang Rebellion, it was Xiujia who reconciled the daimyos, and only the Xiujia knew which daimyos should be rewarded, and the proposal had to be proposed by the Xiujia.

But if Xiujia came to propose, Xiujia had to put himself last to show respect and humility to others.Therefore, the first person reported by Xiujia was actually the second meritorious service in this battle.

Unexpectedly, Hideo directly awarded this meritorious service to Hori Hideji, the reason being that Hori Hideji stopped Maeda Toshinaga's southward travel in time and organized the situation to expand.

Just imagine if the Maeda family's military force openly came to Kinki from Echchu and joined the Dodong Army, would it be equivalent to the end of the five big guys directly?will have an extremely bad effect.

And he will also transfer 17 koku from Shangso and Anfang to Noto 28 koku. Compared with the more than 3 koku in Noto under the control of the Maeda family, it is equivalent to transferring the Nagashi of the northernmost Chang family from the Toyotomi family. It means turning into a retainer of the Hori family.

The Sanfangong is the father and son Hosokawa Tadakashi and Hosokawa Tadataka. It was their acceptance and logistical support that made it possible for Hideka to enter the mountain city alone.

According to the terms of the previous negotiations, the Xiu family directly granted 8.5 shi from the two counties of Tiantian and Helu.

Of course, in order to support their brother-in-law, the Hide family proposed to divide the Hosokawa family in advance in the name of the important area of ​​Tango Kinki that should not have a great name.

The newly sealed Amada County, Tango Country, and Kasa County totaled 7.6 koku, which were designated as the territory of Tadakashi Hosokawa.

Hoshikawa Tadakashi took over the total 13.2 koku territory of Helu County and Miyazu Castle in Yosai County, Takeno, Kumano, and Naka County in Tanba Kingdom.

The fourth feudal lord Hideka unexpectedly gave Tokugawa Ieyasu the reason that without His Highness Tokugawa's unequivocal statement, the peace negotiation would not have come to fruition so quickly.

Hideka proposed to return the Three Rivers and One Country to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is Tokugawa Ieyasu's hometown.

But the first two have already been sampled, and the largest seal is only 10 shi. It is impossible for Tokugawa Ieyasu to seal more than that much, so it is bound to spit out some territories from other neighboring countries.

“三河35万石、远江28万石、骏河18万、伊豆8万石、甲斐14万保持不变。信浓保留伊那（10）及陬访（2.9）两郡，退出相模全领，知行合计116万石。”

The Xiu family gave Tokugawa Ieyasu a high seal, and even though it was a four-time feat, the seal still reached 10 shi.

It's not that Xiujia can promote Tokugawa Ieyasu, it's because he needs Tokugawa Ieyasu, a daimyo who doesn't seem to have done much in the eyes of outsiders, but has received a large amount of rewards to attract firepower for him.

Otherwise, in the end, if only the Xiu family received a large reward, the Xiu family might become the target of public criticism.

The meritorious service of the five vassals was Nakagawa Hidezheng, and the Hide family attributed the credit for bringing the emperor's order to Hide family to help him recover a certain territory.

It's just that the Aizu Hide family already has someone they want to arrange, and with his current knowledge of only 10 koku in Shimono, it is impossible to return to Aizu's 30 koku.

The Xiu family transferred him from Shimono Utsunomiya to a total of 17 koku for Kururi, and the seal of 7 koku is already a generous reward.

I want to make a point here. Hideji Hori was not particularly happy when he heard that he was transferred from the lower general manager to Noto. First, it was because although the original height of his territory was only 17 shi, the real height was as high as 23 shi.

Among them, the increase from 5 to 8 shi was the largest after the house inspection and land inspection, but before that, Hideji Hori kept concealing the land and did not report it.

This time when the Xiu family arranged for Hidemasa Nakagawa, they only mentioned the number of knowledge and behavior, but did not mention the specific division of counties. It was obvious that they wanted to re-divide the land after the procuratorate.

He was afraid that his hidden fields would be exposed, so he was worried.

In addition, because he concealed his knowledge and actions, the actual seal was only half of the high seal, which made him feel like shooting himself in the foot with a stone, so that his face did not have the joy of being sealed just now.

No matter what Asano Nagamasa said, he was the righteous brother of the Beizheng Office. Although Hideka had been embarrassed before the Beizheng Office, in the end Hideka followed the idea of ​​the Beizheng Office and transferred him from the remote Ibaraki to the relatively nearby Yue Among them, he owns the remaining 44 shi after the Maeda family left.

Why is there only 44 shi, because the remaining 4.5 shi was sealed on the head of the Uesugi family as a reward to appease the Uesugi family.

Yoyomasa Sakuma of the Kanazawa domain was supposed to reduce his title substantially because of his participation in the riots of the Western Army.

But fortunately, he reined in the precipice together with Tachibana Zongshige in the end. His son Sakuma Katsuyuki made great contributions to defending the territory. Hideka suggested that he be exempted from the penalty of hard labor, and gave him 2 stones in the county of Ishikawa County. Finally, the Sakuma family Zhixing came to 14.6 stone.

When this proposal came out, it attracted protests from Ishida Mitsunari and others. Even Nakamura Kazushi and Toyotomi Hidekatsu said that the merits and demerits were at most equal, so how can they still be sealed?
However, Hideka said that Katsuyuki Sakuma's contribution was similar to that of Hideji Hori, and that he should have been awarded no less than 5 koku, but now only 2 koku has been deducted from his crime.

Although the Xiu family explained many times, and Feng Chen Xiuzhen also helped, but these people just refused to let go.Jing Gao even said many times, "If this is the case, I should not be punished for defending Hachiman Mountain Castle" and so on.

It is precisely because of everyone's resistance that the conferment of the Sakuma family can only be given up, and the last one is exempted from hard labor and doubled as a reward.

(End of this chapter)