Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 729 New Year's Banquet
As the New Year's bell knocks on the wall, the entire Fengchun City is immersed in a sea of ​​joy.

As the head of the family, the Xiu family has not been in Fengchun Nei for many years since the construction of Fengchun City. Even after returning for half a year the year before last, they led troops to conquer North Korea not long after.

Xiujia, who was woken up by Fujido Gaohu's words, was much better. Not long ago, he had just read out the rewards of the big bosses.

In addition to Isshin Shobayashi and Keisuke Ota, who were confirmed to be entrusted to the Ashikaga family as elders, and Shinya Shimizu who was entrusted to the Ichichi family, the other retainers have also more or less changed.

Jin Guangjiaqing and Hanabang Shihide, who were previously entrusted with the territory of Sagami country, were all moved by the Hide family to Shimoso and other places that had just been acquired because the territory of Sagami country was handed over to the Ashikaga family.

Since their knowledge and actions are less than [-], they naturally do not have the qualifications to grant the city.

The 4 counties of the mountain city newly acquired by the Xiu family are actually what everyone is most concerned about at present. After all, this land belongs to the enclave of the Fengchun family. Whoever can be granted this land will inevitably be granted greater autonomy by the Xiu family. Refer to Yiyu Like the Shi family of Guoming, two generations guarded Yiyu.

After thinking about it, Xiujia transferred the Oka family, which was originally in charge of the defense of the general, to the Yamashiro State, and moved its main city from the Mobara Castle of the Shangzong to the Shenglong Temple City of the Yamashiro State, and received 2.5 shi and the original It owns 3.9 shi in Shangzong Changbing County, and the comprehensive stone height has reached 6.4 shi and 1.2 shi.

The reason why the Oka family received such a high reward was not only due to their outstanding performance in the Korean War, but also because their territory was divided into two by the Xiu family to compensate them.

The geographical location and political status of the Yamashiro State are very deep. The original knowledge and practice of the Oka family reached 5.1 shi. If the Xiu family moved the entire family to the Yamashiro State, they would not be able to block it without giving 6 shi. However, in this way, the Yamashiro State Almost all have the surname Gang.

This is also the first time that the Xiu family has divided a retainer's territory into two places since the Xiu family implemented the enfeoffment for so many years.

In fact, the Xiu family originally wanted to transfer Akashi Quandeng to the mountain city, but Akashi has a good relationship with Ishida Mitsunari, and the Xiu family did not want to have too much involvement with the Omi faction, so the Xiu family moved General Oka Jiali turned to the idea of ​​sealing off the mountain city.

In addition to Okiya Toshi, Ukita Miaozi, one of the Uki's sects, was given the Miao character Ukita by Hideo, and Ukita Zongsheng, who was given the Miao character Ukita by Hideo, was also relocated from Kamiso Ishihara to 1.5 stone in Uji County, Yamashiro State (now Yamashina District and East of Fushimi District.) This city is Kanshuji City.

These two will take on the task of building Fushimi Castle.

Although Osafune Sadakin has retired, his political status in Toyoharu's family has not been lowered in the slightest. This time he will be formally transferred from the eight princes to Mito of Ibaraki Kingdom for 5.2 koku, and an additional 8000 koku. Responsible for the mining of Hitachi Copper Mine and Tochihara Gold Mine.

Speaking of Tochihara Jinshan is also very legendary. It is said that this is the secret Jinshan of the Satake family, but it was secretly sealed by the Satake family because of the reduction in the later mining volume and Satake’s transfer to Akita.

It was not until 1987 that Japan conducted a nationwide geological survey that this gold mine that had been mined by people was discovered again, and Tochihara Gold Mountain was able to resume mining.

Let's just say how many people the Satake family had to kill in order to seal up the secret of Tochihara Jinshan.

The Hanabo Masashiro, who was originally confiscated in the field, was awarded the 2 koku territory around Utsunomiya Castle by the Hide family. The city moved from Kanuma Castle to Utsunomiya, but the Kanuma Territory he originally owned had to spit out part of his skills, and Zong Zhixing only increased 5000 shi came to 5.6 shi.

Suga Masatoshi, who had made great contributions in many mountains and cities during this period of time with the Hide family, was awarded the title of Yuki Haruto by the Hide family.

There is also Nobushige Sanada, who was deeply trusted by the Hide family, and he was awarded by the Hide family on the basis of Tatebayashi's 3 koku, with a total of 1 koku in the counties of Shimoso Furukawa, Shimono Ashikaga, and Kanada.

Fujido Gaohuxiu's family paid more attention to it, and the total seal was up to 1.5 shi. With the same ability, the total Zhixing reached 5.5 shi.

Maeda Keiji was transferred from Shimono Nikko with 1.2 koku to Ibaraki Daigao and 2000 koku, and Ikaruga Heiji Musashi Nagura Hongun Fudo added 1500 koku to 11500 koku.

颕娃久虎从下总佐仓2.3万石转封武藏八王子3万石，加封7000石。户川达安从常陆府中城本领不动加封3000石总知行来到4.1万石领。

Not long ago, Kamei Tomoki, who had just stepped down from the Governor of Ezo, was awarded 3 koku by the Hideo family to Sakura, and was also responsible for the monitoring of the Shimono area.

Kamei's knowledge on the surface is 3 shi, but like Fujido Takatora, who of these high-ranking officials in the Ezo Governor's Mansion has not bought land in Ezo?It's just that the Xiu family said that although it was registered and made, it could not be recognized for the time being.

Narita's head, Saitama, was not capable, and he sealed 3200 shi to the total Zhixing to 2 shi.Others Yura Sadashige, Kobata Nobusada and others also received additional rewards.

In fact, the Xiu family had promised these retainers long ago that no matter whether they were in internal affairs or military affairs, they would be rewarded only for their meritorious service.

However, because every seal within the Hideo family needs to be reported, the Hideo family has been delaying the seal for a long time in order not to attract Hideyoshi's attention when Hideyoshi was in power. It is also compensating them.

What's interesting is that the Xiu family returned to Fengchun City this time to arrange and seal the Kanto territory. The Oda and Tagaya families located in the hinterland of the Xiu family both participated in the Fengchun family's assessment.

This is actually a very crucial political signal. Although the Xiu family did not seal them due to legal principles, the Xiu family gave them an additional reward on the basis of the gold and silver rewards from the Toyotomi family. For the rewards of the Xiu family, the two They all expressed their thanks to Xiujia.

It was also at this award that the Hide family announced for the first time that Fujido Takahu would be bestowed with the character Ukita Miao. From now on, Gao Hu would appear as Ukita Takatoro and as the first sect of the Toyoharu clan.

In fact, in terms of blood relationship, the Ukita Kan family who was entrusted with Anfang Guoguan Shancheng is the real first relative of the Xiu family, but he is not under the Toyoharu family system, but an independent daimyo.

And because of the influence of the previous request chaos, the current chief Zhixing is not even as high as Yuxita Gaohu, the accompanying minister.

There is also an interesting political situation here. As independent daimyos, Oda Ujiji and Tagaya Shigetsu participated in the assessment of the Toyoharu family, but the cousin of the Hideo family, Anjia, was clearly in the house, and it was impossible to ride a boat or ride a horse. He could arrive in Fengchun City in 2 days, but he didn't come.

The Xiu family actually invited him here, in the name of the family's Spring Festival gathering.

However, the Quan family seemed to deliberately avoid the Xiu family, and rejected the Xiu family's invitation on the grounds that the daimyo was not allowed to leave the skill without permission.

In fact, Xiu's family is very clear, and Quan's family may be angry with Xiu's family.Just like the direct mastermind of the Ukita riots in history, and he who changed his name to Sakazaki Naomori, because Tokugawa Ieyasu did not marry his granddaughter to him as promised, he lost his temper and was finally changed.

Even an interpreter who has become a daimyo and comes from the famous Ukita clan has always been a petty temper.In his opinion, he just provided food and grass for the Western Army and participated in the attack on Akashi Castle, and the follow-up war was basically useless.

Your Hide family can keep the Hachisuka family, Tachibana and other families, why can't you keep me, the elder brother who brought you up since childhood?
It's too unfair to favor one another!

How could the Quan family, who was not qualified to participate in direct negotiations, know that at that time Ishida Mitsunari directly used him to talk about the matter. If the Xiu family hadn't personally attacked the Quan family, what prestige would they have to deal with others later?
Everyone in the world will say that the Xiu family's handling is lawless, and they say one set of reasons, isn't it nepotism?
Besides, although the Xiu family transferred its skills from Sanuki to An Fang, but this place is close to the Xiu family's skills, and the Quan family can obviously grow under the protection of the Xiu family.

The Quan family can't figure it out now, and the Xiu family feels that it is necessary to find an opportunity to visit him personally and explain to him.

It's not that the Xiu family humbly insists on a 5 stone daimyo, and the identity of the Quan family is too special. He is one of the few blood brothers of the Xiu family. The morale hit on the side was huge.

Due to some special reasons, the Spring Festival was approaching when the Xiu family returned to Fengchun City, and now the Xiu family simply left them in the city and held a dinner together after the assessment was over.

Different from the evaluation in the morning, at the dinner tonight, Yuuki Harutomo, Kai Takeda Hidenobu and Ueno's Nobuyuki Sanada, who were ordered to transfer letters to Shinano Komoro, were also invited to attend.

This can be regarded as a rare reunion of the Kanto princes.

It's just that compared to Yuuki Haruto and Takeda Hidenobu, Sanada Nobuyuki's performance is somewhat reserved. After all, compared with other daimyos, the relationship between him and the Toyoharu family is a bit awkward.

His father was the teacher of the governor of the Koriyama family. After Hideyoshi died, Xiuzhen even rewarded Masayuki Sanada with a piece of land to serve as the elder of the Koriyama family.

It is reported that Sanada Masako intends to let his fourth son come to Koriyama to find him. From now on, the territory of the Sanada family under Koriyama will be inherited by the fourth son Masao.

If what Sanada Masayuki said is true, although the Sanada family is divided into three, the eldest son Nobuyuki Sanada holds 8.5 koku of Ueno Minowa Castle, the second son Nobushige Sanada holds 4 koku of Ueno Kate Forest, and the fourth son holds 13 koku of Ueno Minawa Castle. In the territory of more than [-] shi under the Koriyama domain, the Sanada family's comprehensive territory in Japan has exceeded [-] shi, and it will be regarded as a famous family in the Kanto area in the future.

In addition to his father, his younger brother Nobushige is an important minister of the Toyoharu family. Although he has not yet become the elder of the family, a daimyo with a territory of 4 shi is one of the few in the Toyoharu family. It is only a matter of time before he enters the cabinet and participates in politics.

It stands to reason that Sanada Nobuyuki's father and younger brother are subordinates of the Toyoharu faction, and his own Minwa Castle is adjacent to the Fengchun leader, so he should take the initiative to get closer to the Hide family.

But Sanada Nobuyuki is famous for his wife's strict management. His wife Komatsuhime is not like the three sisters of Chacha who did not allow him to take concubines for her husband; Perhaps because of Nobuyuki's personality.

Since he was a child, he has been a close congregation next to Takeda Shingen. He is trained in name but is actually a hostage.The long-term hostage life made him develop an inferiority complex.

In addition, later Changxing doted on the third and fourth sons more, educated him as an heir and managed him more strictly, which made him reluctant to let go when he was under Changxing, and he was often submissive.

As a result, regardless of whether it was this life or history, Chang Xing suddenly handed over the position of family governor to him. He was completely unprepared, so that he had no opinion on many things.

On the contrary, his adopted daughter of the Tokugawa family and his wife from the Honda family are much stronger, which is a good complementary character.

But if this strong master contradicts the Xiu family's subjective thinking, it will make the Xiu family, who is a third party, very uncomfortable.For Xiujia, it would be easier for him to have a submissive Sanada governor.

After the banquet was over, the Xiu family specially invited Sanada Nobushige and Sanada Nobukatsu. There were two reasons for calling them here. One was to want them to express their opinion to their elder brother Nobuyuki on their behalf, and he wanted to marry their younger sister. 15-year-old Ah Chao had the idea of ​​a concubine.

This girl is Zhao Shuin in history. First, Sanada and his son married Ishida’s adoptive brother Uta Yoriji. After Sekihara, Uta Yoriji was ordered to commit suicide and married Takikawa Izumi ( Grandson of Kazuyoshi Takikawa).

In history, Sanada Masayuki has always been famous in Ueda Castle, but in this life he was suddenly ordered to live in seclusion, so naturally he couldn't make arrangements for his daughter and son.

Originally, the sons, including Sanada Nobukatsu and Sanada Masaki, were under the protection of the elder brother Sanada Nobuyuki, after all, he is currently the nominal governor of the Sanada family.

But as the second brother Nobushige followed the Xiu family to transfer to Kanto, his reputation in Kanto was even louder than that of his elder brother Nobuyuki.

——Just being deeply trusted by His Highness Fengchun is enough to attract the attention of the ronin warriors, not to mention that these two children used to play with their lively second brother.

With Nobushi receiving 3 shi from Guanlin, the third younger brother Nobukatsu bid farewell to his elder brother Nobuyuki, and transferred to Nobushi who urgently needed the help of his vassal warriors.

But it is relatively easy for men to leave the family, but it is not so easy for women to leave the family.Now, apart from the youngest daughter Chang Xing gave birth to when he became a monk, there is only this Ah Chao who has not yet left the court and is waiting in the boudoir in the house of his eldest brother Nobu Xing.

It is not surprising that the Xiu family and the Sanada family are married. As an important minister of the Fengchun family, who is not a relative of the Xiu family?
Fujido Takatora and Akashi Zento are the brothers-in-law of the Hide family. Although the wives of Togawa Tatsuyasu, Hanabou Masanari, and Osafune Tsunao are the daughters of other family elders, they all married as adopted daughters of the Uki family.

Even Jiang Yuan, who is not the elder of the family, is the brother-in-law of the Xiu family, and others like Bachang Shijia, Ukita Zongsheng, etc. are all uncles of the Xiu family.

Even the reason Narita became the elder of the family was because he married his daughter to the Xiu family!The entire Fengchun family is a family business from top to bottom.

So what if you Nobushige Sanada got Hideo Nobushige as an outsider?You are not related to these big names!
Your Sanada Nobushige's wife is the adopted daughter of Toyodo Takatora, at most you have some relationship with the old Toyodo family, you can't say that you belong to the Toyoharu family, can you?
In fact, the daimyos are not stupid, and they can all see that the current political situation is very delicate. Although peace is still maintained on the surface, war is really on the verge of breaking out at any time.

Ten people all want to bet on the treasure, and the one with the highest success rate is the Fengchun family of the world's largest feudal clan.

The only shortcoming of Nobushige Sanada, who is trusted by the Xiu family, is to make up for the lack of relationship with the Toyoharu family, so marriage with the Toyoharu family is undoubtedly the best way.

As for Hideya, whether it is to strengthen the connection with Nobushige Sanada, or to strengthen the connection with Nobushige Sanada headquarters and the Koriyama family represented by Masayuki Sanada, Shio is needed as a link.

But don't forget that the Toyoharu family ordered that the marriage between the daimyo must be approved by the Toyotomi family. The Hide family cannot directly marry the daughter of the Minowa Sanada family.

But here is another bug that can be bypassed. She is the princess of the Minowa Sanada family. Isn't she the princess of the Koriyama Sanada clan and the Tatebayashi Sanada clan?
Marrying as Minowa Sanada and Koriyama Sanada is a marriage between daimyos, but marrying as Princess Tatebayashi Sanada is nothing more than offering a concubine to your patriarch as a retainer.

This [no!need!want! 】With permission from the Toyotomi family!

In fact, no matter in history or in the present, with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, sooner or later, the daimyo will gradually ignore or even trample on the laws established by him when he was alive.

In fact, when he was alive, it was not uncommon for him to trample on the law himself.

But for the Xiu family, he can't regard Toyotomi's law as infallible, at least not now.

The Xiu family's size is too large, and it is easy to attract the attention of others. It can even be said that every move is followed by people all over the world.

The point is that the Hide family will unify the world in the future, and he doesn't have Tokugawa Ieyasu who can use the excuse of "I don't have a good memory when I'm old".

It can be said that the biggest difference between Hideo and the Tokugawa family in history is that he does not have as many excuses as Tokugawa Ieyasu, and is completely coerced by social morality and public opinion.

But he also has the urgency of the alliance, so he sent his son to Lihua's family as a student, and made the historical Zhaozhou Academy marry him as Xin Fan's sister instead of Xin Xing's sister.

(End of this chapter)