Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 711

If the rewards negotiated before went smoothly and basically did not cause any disputes, with the awarding of Otomo Yoshitomo, Gamo Jigo, Kinoshita Isada and others, the entire evaluation began to change in the direction of quarrels and uncertainties up.

Maybe it's been a day since the evaluation, and everyone is already tired. With the transfer of the Kinoshita family agreement to seal Iga Ueno Castle, Hideie and Tokugawa Ieyasu suggested that the evaluation should end here first, and the rest will be discussed tomorrow.

But in the era of the feudal government, such an important meeting must attract the attention of many people around, and it is simply a dream to expect these bigwigs to understand what the principle of confidentiality is.

So that night, about the big boss Maeda's family being reprimanded and transferred, Otomo, Gamo's restoration of the country, most of the daimyo's awards, and Hideka and Hideji having the authority of "see you later" on the imperial steps It has already spread up and down in Osaka City.

The most influential thing was the news that the Maeda family was reprimanded and transferred to Zhuqian. Of course, it was said that the Maeda family was poorly managed as the elder of the writing family, which eventually led to the Qingcho Rebellion.

Of course, this can be regarded as an instant announcement that the Maeda family has officially withdrawn from the five big brothers, and this is what the other daimyos are most concerned about.

After all, they had known for a long time that other famous names in the Qingchang Rebellion would inevitably be sealed, and they didn't care too much about how many and where they got sealed. After all, even if they knew it, there was no other meaning except envy.

It's just that the authority system of the five big brothers is the most important system within the Toyotomi family. If such a big incident happened to the Maeda family and he resigned from the position of the big boss, there must be a big boss to fill in.

Corresponding to this is the fact that Xiujia and Xiuci went to the imperial steps. This is the first time for the Toyotomi court. Even if you look at it from history, you have never heard of the story of two hindsights. !

The Bieguan Xiujia gave a door-to-door "Ruo Nian Ji" name, in the eyes of most of these big names, this is an afterthought.

Everyone lamented the dual political structure in the future. Toyotomi Hideji, who was clearly defeated, was able to sit on the imperial steps and became one of the actual power holders of the Toyotomi family. The Omi faction is stronger than the Omi faction.

Therefore, even though the final rewards have not yet been released, and the final evaluation has not yet begun, the private clique formation of the major names has already begun, and the residence of the defeated Toyotomi Hidetsu family was once again trampled by the envoys of the daimyos threshold.

At the same time, in the residence of Ishida Misunari in the Ninomaru of Osaka Castle, the daimyo of the Omi faction also held a small meeting here. They were very dissatisfied with the Hide family's performance in today's evaluation, thinking that he had monopolized the rights of the Toyotomi family.

But Mitsunari Ishida is relatively sober, as Xiujia reminded many times in the evaluation, they believe that the public only has the right to make suggestions, but they do not have the right to participate in the evaluation and decision-making.

They wanted Jing Gao to take on the job again, but Jing Gao was unwilling to go through this muddy water again.Today's voice in the hall is already for Chacha's face, and it is really against the Xiu family. I am afraid that in the end, even the current Fansheng Mountain City will not have 7 shi.

And in his words, now the Omi faction has no right to speak in the power system of the five big bosses, even if they speak up by themselves, it doesn't make sense.

Jing Gao's words woke up Ishida Mitsunari, and he had a new plan in his heart.

He knew that it was impossible to change the structure of the power system of the five big bosses in a short period of time, so he tried to find a way to contact the centrists who were at odds with the Xiu family, and even join forces with Xiu Ci to form an absolute majority to suppress the Xiu family.

It's just that this plan needs the cooperation of Chacha. If you want to draw Xiuci to your camp, you need to drive a wedge between him and the Beizheng Institute. Everything needs a long-term plan.

Early the next morning, intoxicated by the ringing of the bells in Osaka Castle, Hideka, Hideji Tokugawa and other important daimyos in the Toyotomi family system made their way to the castle again.

Seeing that Hideyoshi's funeral was approaching, they needed to establish the final list of rewards as soon as possible so that they could be announced in the grand appraisal, and then arrange for Hideyoshi's funeral, which meant that the final list had to be released before tonight.

It was under such pressure that the first name Xiujia uttered caused the entire evaluation room to explode.

"A family foundation was granted 5 shi in Ojin City, Omi."

Ichijo Ichiji is the son of Xiujia and Kiyohime, Zhaojumaru, and his mother, Kiyohime, is the daughter of Kikutei Haruki.The grandmother is a woman of a family, and she has some blood of a family in her body, which is also the condition that the Xiu family negotiated with a Neiji before.

On the condition that his son, Zhao Shoumaru, succeeds Yiyi's family and becomes his adopted son, he exchanged 5 shi for Zhixing Andu for Yiyi's family.

When Ren Yi Nei Ji is not a complete combination of male and military, Zhao Jumaru will immediately take over after becoming his adopted son, which is now called Yi Yi Jia Ji.

And the daimyo who became the lord of 5 koku by Ichijo Ichi was loyal to the Toyotomi family, and Ichijo Neki, as his father, did not retire and continued to be his right minister.

"One?" This name has not appeared in the traditional sequence of the samurai family for 30 years. This surname is now most familiar to the palace minister in Kyoto.

So when hearing this title, other people will inevitably murmur, even Feng Chenxiuzhen has a question mark on her forehead, "Who is this family foundation?"

"That's right, it is Yiyi's family, Guan Sheyi's family. His Highness Jiaji is the only son of His Highness Yiyi Neiji, the minister on the right. He has contributed a lot in this peace negotiation and made great contributions."

However, the Xiu family's explanation did not convince the following samurai family. Xiuci, who basically did not oppose the Xiu family yesterday, said, "Since it is the Guan She family, let's be his court minister in Kyoto, where is there any entrusted territory?" reason?"

"Ichijo's family used to be a samurai family. Isn't the Tosa Kouji Ichiichi clan the samurai family under the Muromachi shogunate?" Hideka continued to explain to the crowd, "Besides, promoting the integration of public and martial arts has always been the strategy of Junfu. As his son, I Also willing to continue to advance his will.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to grant 5 stones to the Yiyi family, and let the high-ranking Guanshe family submit to the Toyotomi family, is there a better gift for the father than this? "

Xiujia's last sentence was the final word.Yes, the Guanshe family has become retainers under the regime of the Toyotomi family, what could be more face-saving than this?
It's just that who this Yijiaji is is still a question mark left in everyone's heart.After all, all the people here are important figures of the Toyotomi family, and everyone knows more or less about the Gao family in Kyoto, at least until Neiji, the right minister of the Guan Sheyi family's family governor, can't give birth to a son.

But everyone didn't pay much attention to it at this time, and they didn't think that a Jiaji was actually the son of the Xiu family.

In their view, Guan She and Tsinghua's family have so many divisions, and it is very common for Zhixing to have a son from below in order to inherit the 5 shi.

In the eyes of many present, the Xiu family's wife, Ju Ji, and son Hachiro's entrusted Omi territory for cosmetics and nurturing materials is the secret to his ability to control Kyoto so quickly.

Now that the Xiu family is willing to give up the land of Jinjiang, they are not to mention how happy they are.Not to mention handing it over to a public official's family, or directly promoting a daimyo from a mud leg, they are all willing to exchange.

So this matter was passed so easily.

From this, there is a lesson from the past, and then the matter of Konoe Shinyin (Konoe Shinsuke has changed his name) was awarded 3 koku in Bungo Hita County, Kyushu, also passed quickly.

"The Ashikaga family received a total of 10 koku from Sagami Kamakura, Takaza, and Daju County."

Just like the previous "One Family Foundation", at this moment everyone was muttering again on their foreheads, "Where is this Ashikaga family sacred?"

"I'm ashamed to say that this Ashikaga family is the son of me and His Royal Highness Fang Shiji, the daughter-in-law of the Kanto region, and I have been fostered by me in the temple because of rumors.

I want to take this opportunity to restore the essence of the Guandong Gongfang family, and make the Kanto Gongfang an independent daimyo who directly pledges allegiance to the Toyotomi family. "

Pay attention to the tone of the Hide family here. He wants the Ashikaga family to inherit his mother's title of Kanto Gongfang and let her directly serve the Toyotomi family.

You must know that what Xiujia fears most in Osaka is not only his strength, but also his title.

His wife is the Kanto concubine Fang Shiji recognized by the emperor, but in this era of male masters, the Xiu family can completely order the Kanto daimyo in the name of his wife Shiji.

Now that the Xiu family is willing to exchange this name for 10 Shi Zhixing for their son, how could the big bosses such as Osaka and Tokugawa Ieyasu not accept it?

They didn't even bother to ask, "Where did your son come from?"

They don't even bother to care if your Xiu family really has such a son, as long as they can separate the name of Guandong Gongfang from your head, they don't care even if the Yi Xiu family just picked up a wild child from outside.

But would Xiujia really give up such an important title for the sake of 10 Shi Zhixing?

Obviously it is impossible.

"The son of His Royal Highness Sanjo Kohiro of the Seki family, Sanjo Hidemi was awarded 5 koku of Sanuki Takamatsu Castle."

Sanjo Hidemi is also the son of Hideka and Kiyohime, born in 1593, Ming Yumaru, who is only 4 years old now.With the previous lessons learned, the bosses didn't even bother to ask, the reason is that Qing Chang's disorder and reconciliation were meritorious.

Just when everyone thought that the Xiu family would reward Guan She and the Tsinghua family, the rewards for the Gongqing family came to an abrupt end.

Except for the Imidegawa family who sealed 2000 shien nourishment in Awaga, other Gongqing families only received 100-300 shien. Even the Kujo family, who is also the Sekisho family, only received 300 shien.

"During the Korean War and the Qingchang Rebellion, the Changshu Zhengjia ensured the food, grass and military equipment of the Chinese army. They should be granted the title of Zhixing with a total of 5.3 stones in the three counties of Sagami, Shishang, and Yuling."

Nagatsu Masakae is a retainer of the Toyotomi family, but was sent by Hideyoshi to the Hideo family to work as an assistant.He had done many meritorious service under the Xiu family before, but the Xiu family had no chance to seal him.

Although he was given 2 shi in private for him to collect rent, but these are not on the table and cannot be registered and recorded.

And now let him be formally granted the title of Sagami's neighboring country, and his home city will be Yingtian Castle built by the Tokugawa family at the confluence of Jiugao River and Kari River after the abandoned castle of Odawara.

With Nagatsuka's family enshrined in Sagami Hotaruta Castle, he also officially returned to the Toyotomi family system from the power of the Hide family.In fact, this trick was proposed by the Xiu family yesterday, he wanted someone of his own to join the Dao practitioners.

The mission of Sagami-Hakone-do is very important, and Tokugawa, Hideji, and Osaka are also very clear about this.

Although after Tokugawa Ieyasu gave up Sagami, they already had a premonition that the Hideo family in this land would be included in their own pockets, but the knot in their hearts must be there, and it is inevitable that Kahide's family will be in another place.

Now the Hide family directly let Toyotomi's vassal Nagatsuta Masaka, Takeda Hidenobu and the Ashikaga family inherit Sagami, which itself is also a signal of goodwill.

In particular, the Nagatsuka Masakaya, who was closest to Hakone, used to be the retainers of the Toyotomi family, which somewhat allowed them to let go of their grudges and pave the way for the next big opening of the Hide family.

As the other big and small names were confirmed to be knowledgeable, Xiujia took a deep breath and began to prepare to announce his thoughts on the reward.Seeing the dignified side of Xiu's family, everyone also clenched their hands tightly.

“琦玉丰春城，领关东八州及伊予一部大纳言丰臣秀家。与庆长之役有功，建议加封下野眼谷、那须、都賀等郡15万石，茨城一国34万石、上总部分5万石、山城一国余地17万石、若狭小浜5万石、近江高岛郡全部、滋贺部分9万石。知行合计83万石！”

In fact, the seal of Guandong was already within everyone's expectations, and even Sagami, who was first opened, was ready for the show family to eat it.

But Hideka's plan to win Yamashiro Country, Wakasa and Omi really exceeded their expectations.

Especially Shanshiguo!

This is the location of Japan's nominal center. The imperial palace of the emperor is here, the political center Jurakudi built by Hideyoshi has been destroyed, and the Yodo Castle that Hideyoshi built for Yodohime Sumaru is also here!
Neither party will tolerate the Xiu family owning Shanshiro!

"The Yamashiro Kingdom must not be granted!" It was Kisuma Ikoma who spoke, he did not belong to the Omi School in the strict sense, and he did not talk too much when discussing rewards before.

But this time the Xiu family wanted Shanchengguo, but he couldn't hold back any longer, and was the first to jump out to stop it.

Following his utterance, Ishida Mitsunari, Masuda Nagamori, and Kyogoko, who had been beaten with chicken blood, expressed their opinions many times. They even moved out of Juledi, which is in Kyoto.

Kazushi Nakamura among the elders and Jingsheng Uesugi among the big brothers also made it clear that this matter cannot be discussed.

The relationship between Toyotomi Hidekatsu and the Hide family is not good, but under the hint of his elder brother Hideji, he also vaguely expressed that this matter needs to be considered.

Even Horio Yoshiharu, who was interested in getting closer to Hideo, asked Hideo if the matter could be discussed again, even if it was given to Sanuki, Bitchu, Bungo and other countries, or even Rikuzen Osaki's hiding place.

He even put forward a more constructive proposal, exchanging the remaining 23 koku of the Iyo country and the remaining 15 koku of the Sanuki country for a reward from the Yamashiro country.

However, the Xiu family knew very well the importance of coercing the emperor to command the princes. Regarding the remarks that Ju Le Di was in the capital, and he did this to restrain the superior, the Xiu family directly responded with "J Le Di has been destroyed".

Although he was somewhat guilty of the destruction of Juledi before, he even felt that he was not optimistic about his subordinates.But now the Xiu family suddenly discovered that when Jule Di was really destroyed, otherwise the Shancheng Kingdom would definitely not be in their hands.

In the end, after a lot of tugging, under the insistence of Xiujia, he even made the condition that if he disagreed, he would be granted the full control of Omi and Sagami.

After several rounds of intense negotiations, the four counties of Kazuno, Atago, Uji, and Otsukon were finally established. Correspondingly, the land of Wakasa Obama and Omi was rejected.

The total Zhixing of Yamashiro Kingdom is about 22 shi, and it is divided into eight counties. Most of the land here was previously hidden by the Toyotomi family.

About 2 koku were the nourishment of the Gongqing's family, and 1 koku were the nourishment of Hideyoshi's kindness to the emperor himself.These lands are scattered around the mountain city and near the river, and as the Xiu family settles in the upper 4 counties, the related nourishment will also be transferred.

In the four southern counties, there are conferred daimyos. For example, Matsuura Hisanobu, who guarded Kyoto before, is the 1.1-stone daimyo of Kumoyama in Kuze County.In the final analysis, the Xiu family borrowed their light in the end to be able to control the inside and outside of the capital.

There are also large and small banners and daimyos in other sub-counties, and they will be cleared out as the Xiu family is closed to the four counties of the mountain city.

This is also the result of the final compromise. In addition to the sealed land in Kanto, the Xiu family added a total of 65 shi.The number is not very large, but it is considered unique among the general awards for daimyo below 10 shi.

Of course, there are also many people who believe that due to the contribution of the Xiu family in stabilizing the Qingchang Rebellion, only sealing 65 stones is not much. Regarding these two statements, it is up to the beholder to see the wisdom.

Everyone finally compromised before the sunset, and the big names at the meeting gradually dispersed, but some were happy and some were sad.

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at Hideya who was walking with his son Xiuzhen, and the sadness in his heart could not be concealed on his face.

Although he has been sitting in the mediation work during the meeting, in the end, he still doesn't want to watch Xiujia grow bigger step by step.

On the other side, the daimyos of the Omi faction who left the venue did not leave, they gathered together in small groups, just like the daimyos such as Ikeda who left with the Xiu family on the other side.

Ishida Mitsunari looked at Hideka, who was descending like a victor with a smile on his face, and sighed helplessly in his heart, "This is not a contract, it's just an armistice agreement."

(End of this chapter)