Prime Minister Bizen

After participating in the small assessment, Xiujia followed the crowd out of Jujian.

Xiuzhen, who had a close relationship with the Xiu family, naturally saw the strangeness of the Xiu family, and took the initiative to talk to the Xiu family, "Is brother sick today? How come you didn't say a word during the assessment."

Looking at this young man who smiled at him warmly, Xiujia, who was moved and wanted to go back, would feel a little bit sorry, "Yu Yisong, if I return to Kanto from Osaka, what will you think of me?"

Xiuzhen didn't expect that the Xiu family would ask her such a question, she was stunned for a moment, but soon put on a smile and said, "If Your Highness wants to go back to Kanto, go back there. Anyway, it's been a long time since I went back, and it's just time to manage the territory." .”

The Xiu family didn't know if Xiuzhen didn't understand what he meant, or if he deliberately avoided this question again and again, just smiled at him and left.

After returning to his mansion from the Lower Castle of Tamazomakou, the Xiu family ordered their attendants to prepare to clean up in advance, and he will return to Fengchun after the funerals of Hideyoshi and Hideaki are over.

Hideka had originally asked Ashikaga Yoshiaki to discuss in detail whether the Ashikaga Yoshika could be adopted as the Ashikaga head family, but with the change of Hideka's mentality, this matter was temporarily put on hold.

Three days before Hideyoshi's funeral, the Hide family went to Kyoto to meet with Konoe Maeku, Ichijo Neki, and Sanjo Kohiro, and discussed matters concerning their territories.

Being able to obtain Wanshi Zhixing as a public family is a rare benefit since the Kamakura shogunate. Although the above three still maintain their status as public ministers, they are all their sons.

But these knowledge and actions can be passed on directly.When their sons grow up, they will pass on their knowledge and behavior to their sons, and they will come to Kyoto as officials as public ministers, so it can be said that both their reputation and face are preserved.

Since Yiyi Jiaji and Sanjo Shijia were both under 10 years old, the Xiu family had to arrange for them to be looked after by elders.In addition, as the family of Gongqing, Yiyi and Santiao's family didn't have any samurai reserves at all.

Even if some ministers born in the Habayashi family were recruited as retainers, these men from the Habayashi family have been separated from the samurai class for too many generations. It’s okay to let them stand guard in armor. Embarrass them.

Yiyi Jiaji was easier to deal with. Even if the Xiu family disarmed some of their weapons in the past ten years, there were still a lot of samurai in the villages around Otsu.

Even if these villages were disarmed before and a large number of samurai were transferred to Kanto, they could still be promoted from the bottom-level ashigaru.

For example, Kazuyoshi and Kenta, who performed well in the previous battle of Yongquan Temple, named Nangasa Kazukichi and Nangasa Kentaro after the village name Nanli Miao, and became a lower-level samurai of the Toyoharu family.

Now with the announcement of the big assessment in Osaka, this territory will be allocated as a home.As warriors in this land, they have not changed other than changing the flag from the original gentian Wuqitong pattern to [one vine].

In order to allow Yijiaji to better control the territory, the Xiu family also transferred their former attendant Shimizu Nobu to him.

Although the Toyoharu family's rewards had not yet been established at this time, when the Hide family asked Todo Takatora to disband the army, they had already kept Shimizu Nobu in advance.This time, he will transfer 1.5 koku to Sakamoto and formally take over the government affairs of the Ichijo family.

In addition to Shinya Shimizu, Bizen samurai such as Kawahara Koji and Kakiuchi Osamu will also be transferred to Otsu.

As the leader of their samurai, the Hide family transferred Yasuda Kunizu and Keer Saizo from the Akechi army to the Hide family during the Battle of Yamazaki, and Honjo Soyou, who was also a former vassal of Akechi, along with them. Emon and other samurai.

These people were originally in the army that the Xiu family had recruited before, and they did not disband with the disbandment of the previous army.

The knowledge and action of the two of them are 2600 shi and 3100 shi respectively.That is to say, the knowledge and practice of these three great figures accounted for almost half of the total knowledge and practice of a family base.

But this is a disadvantage that Jiaji is too young to govern and must accept.

In the mansion of the Ichijo Clan in Kyoto, under the witness of the Xiu family, these samurai formally paid respects to Yichi Neiji as courtiers.

Except for Nobuya Shimizu, who originally had more than [-] knowledge and actions, and the transfer of the title required Osaka's filing, others can directly establish a relationship with Yi Yijiaji as a monarch and minister.

At this time, although the Xiu family had already negotiated with Yi Neiji and Sanjo Kohiro about the succession of their two sons, since the two sons were still young and were still on their way from Kanto, these retainers could only ask A neiji salutes, and after Jiaji arrives in Kyoto, he will make up for the etiquette of his subordinates.

After coming out of the residence of the Santiao family, I went back to Sanjo Street in the country where I used to live. This is the residence of the Santiao family, and most of the Tsinghua family lived here.

At this moment, the Santiao family has been promoted from the Tsinghua family to the Guanshe family, but the position of the mansion is not so easy to change.

On the way, the Xiu family saw an old acquaintance, Goto Keiji, one of the 24 generals of the Kuroda family and one of the Eight Tigers of the Kuroda family. At this moment, he was so drunk that he was carried out of a wine shop by his retainers.

"Why did Youbei drink so much wine? Even if the world is at peace, you don't need to be so careless!"

The samurai supporting Goto Keiji saw that the person who came was actually Toyotomi Hideka, and hurriedly saluted and apologized to him, and explained, "My lord has just been chased and released by the main hall, and he is in a bad mood. His Highness Dai Nayan laughed at him."

After saying that, the samurai supported Goto Kichiji and retreated to the side, leaving the road for Hideo and the others to walk.

But how could Hideie leave so easily after hearing the news that Keiji Goto was chased by Kuroda Nagamasa?

He found an excuse for his samurai to help Goto Kichiji, who was drinking seven meat and eight vegetables, to his old house to sober up. Taking advantage of the opportunity of his retainers to take care of Goto Kichiji, he asked the samurai of the Goto family why.

It turns out that the conflict between Goto Keiji and Kuroda Nagamasa has a long history. As a former Kuroda relative, Goto Keiji has always been Kuroda's peripheral retainer because he betrayed the Kuroda family when Kuroda Nagamasa was under house arrest by Araki Murakami.

Later, he returned to work under the Kuroda family tent. In the battle with the Shiroi family around the replacement of the territory, he and Yoshida Nagatoshi persuaded Kuroda Nagamasa to retreat on the way, but Kuroda Nagamasa did not accept it, which led to the final failure.

Kuroda Nagamasa vented all his anger on Goto Keiji. During the Keicho Rebellion, Goto Keiji persuaded Kuroda Nagamasa not to participate. As Goto Keiji expected, the Kuroda family was deposed. Typical reduced seal disposal.

It is impossible for Kuroda Nagamasa to think that he is wrong. Just because the Kuroda family's Zhixing has been greatly reduced, the samurai under his command are bound to be laid off, and Goto Keiji was targeted by Kuroda Nagamasa.

Originally, Kuroda Rushui valued Goto Keiji very much, but since Kuroda Rushui was exiled to Koyasan and Kuroda Nagamasa was in charge alone, Goto Keiji, who lost his asylum, was naturally on the list of exile.

Don't look at the great fame of Goto Keiji's later generations, because he has never been liked by Kuroda Nagamasa, his knowledge and practice have only been on the scale of a few thousand shi, until he made great achievements in the Battle of Sekigahara, and won the Ishida family General Ohashi Sweeping Ministry, under Tokugawa Ieyasu's suggestion, was awarded 1.6 stone collars.

But Kuroda Nagamasa still deliberately disgusted Goto Keji, and the land he was given was the worst land, and the actual land seized was only about 1 shi.

Looking at Goto Keiji, who was drunk, Hideiya suddenly changed his plan to send Goto Keiji over to Sanjo Masami's elder Kagawa Kagenori.

Kagawa Kei was born as a servant of the Hide family, but his father Kagawa Kage was originally the elder of the Hide family, and Zhixing owned 2 stones in Hitachi.

Such a large volume has been transferred to Sanuki, so there is no need to seal another 2.5 shi?This kind of master-minister relationship is a bit out of balance.

However, there is no more suitable candidate in Xiujia's hands. The original Sanuki group has grown with Xiujia's knowledge and practice, and the only person with suitable ability and status is Kagawa Jingzor.

In the past, there was no suitable candidate for Hideiya, but now that Kyoji Goto is in front of him, with such a wise and brave general of the Osaka Five in charge, the effect may not be suitable without Kagawa King.

The most important thing is that Goto Keiji has little knowledge and action, as long as he is given a reward of 8000~1 shi, he will definitely agree to it.

Hideka postponed the arrangement of his retainers to transfer to the Sanjo family. When Goto Kichiji woke up in the evening and saw Hideka face to face, and after having an in-depth conversation with Hideka, he finally agreed to become Hideo's son and Sanjo princess with 9000 shi. Hiroshi Sanjo, the elder of the Mijo family.

However, Goto Keiji was an outsider after all, and Hideka gave him 3000 stones from Kosai Kiyomasa, 4000 stones from Takahara Ciri, and 2000 stones from Anfu Shengzhong.

Xiang Xiqing was Xiangxi Jiaqing's nephew. In the 6th year of Tianzheng (1578), he had conflicts with Xiangxi Jiaqing because he competed with his father Qingchang for the ownership of the 4 townships of Danai County.

Killed Uematsu Takamasa, the new home teacher of the Kasei sect at the Achievement Institute, and finally lost to Kosai Kasei and fled to Bizen Ukido for refuge.

Later, the Hide family regained Kosai Kasei. Although they wanted to reconcile the two families, but because of the conflict between Kosai Kiyomasa's father and son and Kosai Kasaki's important minister, Uematsu Mamasa, he has been serving Ukita as a samurai directly under Ukido. Home.

Now it is just time to send him back to Sanuki to become a retainer of the Sanjo real family.Takahara Toshiji and An Fu Mori Tadaya were both old rich families in Sanuki. They followed the transfer of the Hide family and returned to Sanuki with the Hide family's son.

After dealing with these matters, the layout of the Xiu family in the capital was basically declared over.Since he wanted to go back to Kanto, the matter of Ashikaga Yoshiaki became dispensable.

But on the way Hideka was leaving from Kyoto to Osaka to prepare for tomorrow's Hideyoshi's funeral, Hideka's team was stopped by an old monk.

You must know that this is no longer the era when the Buddha was rampant. The status of a daimyo must be noble, let alone a daimyo like the Xiu family.

The samurai who opened the way ahead saw the blind old monk who was about to send him away, but he heard him say, "The old monk just wants to ask Fengchun Da Nayan for a glass of water."

Xiujia heard the commotion in front and asked the attendants beside him. After hearing that it was the old monk asking for water, he casually said, "If he wants to drink water, give him a water bag. Let's move on."

Unexpectedly, after a while, another samurai came to report, "My lord, that monk asked to drink the water in your highness's bag by name?"

"Want to drink the water in my bag?" Xiujia asked in surprise, "Don't he know my identity?"

The samurai replied: "The subordinates have clearly told him that this is Fengchun Dana's words and deeds. But he clearly told him, 'I want to drink the water in Fengchun Danayan pot.'"

"It's really a second person." The strange behavior of the monk caught the attention of the Xiu family, but the Xiu family also paid attention to their own safety protection, first asked the attendants to identify the monk.

After a while, Satomi Yoshika came back excitedly and said, "Your Highness, look who I brought!"

The Xiu family followed his gaze, and it turned out to be the son of the Xiu family, Matsuchiyo Omaru, who is now called Shifan Nankobo Tenkai of the Ashikaga family.

"Master Tianhai, why did you come to the capital too?" Seeing Tianhai's Xiu's family, he asked in surprise, "I'm going to Osaka, if you can drop by, why don't you go with me."

"The poor monk has exactly this intention."

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After Xiujia returned to Osaka and made tea with Tianhai around the stove, Xiujia took the initiative to ask him why he came to Kyoto.

"Actually, I've been here for two days." Tianhai said to Xiu's family, "His Highness Guan Bai passed away, and the funeral is scheduled for October 10. As a monk in the East, I was called to Shangluo to participate in the recitation of the mantra for Guan Bai's funeral."

"It must have been exhausting for the master to come here from Kanto."

Tianhai ignored the Xiu family's politeness, and took the initiative to ask the Xiu family, "I heard that your highness was recommended by the five big brothers as 'Ruo Nian Ji', and he is in charge of the Wu family on behalf of the Toyotomi family. Congratulations, your highness is one step closer to your original dream. .

It's just that when His Highness and I entered the Osaka feudal mansion, why did we find that it didn't look like we were going to live here for a long time? "

Hearing Tianhai ask about the situation on his side, and then resounding the bold words and lofty ambitions he had promised to him in the past, the Xiu family was somewhat embarrassed.

However, he still confessed the targeting he received here in Osaka and his plan to go back to Kanto and let Hideji and Chacha make trouble in Osaka.

Who would have thought that after hearing the thoughts of the Xiu family, Tian Hai was shocked and said, "Your Highness has been smart for a lifetime. When you know the importance of military power to power, how come you forget it when it is so critical?"

The Xiu family had known for a long time that disbanding the army back then was a bad move, but now it was said on the spot, it was somewhat embarrassing.

"At that time, all the daimyo's forces in the world had been disbanded. His Royal Highness Tokugawa came down to discuss with me and agreed to keep only a small amount of the army to control Osaka and Kyoto. Since I am the daimyo who presided over the peace talks, I should set an example .

At that time, I only thought about fighting for fame and fortune, and I really ignored this point.However, the pressure on me at that time was really great. The other daimyos had already disbanded their military forces, but my Toyoharu family's military forces gathered in Kinki, and it was inevitable that they would be settled.

Afterwards, I thought about it, even if most of the military forces were disbanded, the military forces in Kyoto, Gifu, and Cheongju could not be disbanded, so that I could still take the initiative to some extent. "

"No." Tianhai denied the Xiu family's idea, "Gifu and Qingzhou are both the leaders of the Gifu Palace. Now that the peace talks have been decided and punishments have been issued, His Highness's army is stationed in the colleagues' territory, isn't it just a matter of fact?" !"

"So what does Master Tianhai mean?"

"His Royal Highness returned to Japan by the emperor's order to preside over the riots between the eastern and western armies. Although the matter is over, the world is not in peace. You can ask the emperor for another order and grant His Highness the advantage of temporarily stationing troops in Kyoto."

When Xiujia heard Tianhai's suggestion, he moved his thigh excitedly and said, "That's right! Why didn't I think of that!"

Then he said regretfully, "But it's too late now."

"Why is it late! If Your Highness returns to Kanto right now, it will be too late for regret!"

"Why did the master say that? If I were in Osaka, I would be the target of everyone's criticism. Only if I stay away from Osaka, can Gifu and Yodohime defend themselves!"

"It's wrong, it's wrong! It's all wrong! This is just His Highness's wishful thinking!" Tian Hai said repeatedly denying the Xiu family's thoughts.

Immediately Tianhai told the Xiu family a folktale, which probably meant that a country daimyo had two sons, and the two sons divided the family property after his death, and finally called the neighboring daimyo to be a witness.

But the neighboring samurai family had a land dispute with the country samurai, and had been coveting their land, even fighting for it.

This daimyo deliberately divided the territory into one big and one small, trying to provoke conflict between the two brothers.But the two brothers also know that this big name has no good intentions, and they are deeply afraid that they will be robbed of their family property when they are competing with each other.

The two brothers have always lived in peace, but instead formed a strange balance.Until one day the daimyo who gave them the family property passed away, and something happened in his own territory to divide the family property, so the two brothers were invited to be witnesses.

Taking this opportunity, the two brothers also divided the territory of the next-door daimyo into several shares, and formed cliques respectively.With the death of the eldest name, the territory was divided.After the only threat disappeared, the two brothers could no longer hold back the story of conquering each other.

Even though this story was made up by Xiujia, even though he didn't know as much as Tianhai, he had traveled all over Japan for so many years, so why hadn't he heard of this story?
On the contrary, Xiujia felt that this story was somewhat similar to Kurosawa Akira's "Ran".

But this does not affect Xiujia's understanding of what Tianhai wants to express, "Master Tianhai means that Xiuli and Xiuci are the two brothers? And I am the big name next door with ulterior motives?"

I actually don't like spoilers, but these two book friends have great opinions.

Then I'll spoil it a little more.

Tianhai is not a good person!

He is the old monk at Xiuci's side.He made suggestions with Xiuci, and told Xiuci that you can control the world as long as you suppress the Xiu family.

But this side turned around and came to persuade the Xiu family who wanted to go back not to leave, and to stay in Osaka to stir up shit.

What he and the Xiu family said was that the Xiu family should support themselves and form an independent faction.His purpose is to muddy the water in the upper strata of Toyotomi's house.Let the factions within the Toyotomi family conflict with each other.

As for why Tianhai did this, it is because I borrowed a hypothesis from my novel: Tianhai is Mingzhi Xiuman, who was missing at the beginning.

The Xiu family was originally at a loss because they lost their historical reference. After being fooled by Tian Hai, they thought they had found the mastermind, and ended up falling into the deep pit of Osaka.

It wasn't until later that Xiu's family was instructed by Yixin Chongchuan that he realized that there was a problem with his previous operation, and further doubted Tianhai's motives and this person.

The above is really spoiler.Spoilers have spoiled more than a dozen chapters.

Finally, let me say something from my heart.My readers are the most restless group of people I have ever seen in the fiction book review area.

As long as the plot is slightly unsatisfactory, it will make a fuss in the book review area and in the group, forcing me to spoil it all the time, and only stop when I am satisfied.

In this way, the book does not need ups and downs of the plot.

This is the first time I have spoiled so much content in this chapter, the purpose is to appease you.But I also hope it's the last time.

Due to the update progress, if the content of a single chapter is not as you like, I hope you can raise it.Really stop making trouble.

Finally, thank you all so far.