Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 732 Tokugawa's Visit
The disposal of Hamkyung-do is just a plate of desserts, and the real highlight is the reward for the newly confirmed rights of Jeju Island.

What Xiuzhen held in her hand was a copy of Jeju Island's grain mu, land registration, and household registration booklet that was given to him by North Korean officials. Besides this, during the five years of Japanese occupation, Xiujia also had approximate data about Jeju Island in her hands. .

The great development of Jeju Island will take place in the 21st century. Although the area of ​​Jeju Island is not small, most of the island is a temperate grassland. There are not many people and acres of land. This is why Jeju was selected by Mongolia and North Korea. Because of the horse farm.

Combining the data from both sides, Jeju Island’s grain mu is equivalent to about 10 shi, and the number of people is only 5 to 6. This is why the North Korean side is finally willing to give up Jeju in exchange for peace.

Although there are only so few people, the North Korean side divided Jeju into three counties, namely Jeju Mufu, Danyi County and Dajing County.

The Xiu family's idea is to keep these three counties and divide them into three kingdoms, but the name should be changed to separate them from North Korea.Then divide several counties within the Three Kingdoms.

As for the ownership of the Three Kingdoms of Jeju, Xiujia does not want to let go in principle. After all, Jeju is the best place for producing good horses in Northeast Asia and Japan.

Owning Jeju Road is equivalent to owning a horse farm with an annual output of more than a thousand military horses, which is a wealth that cannot be exchanged for a territory of 10 shi.

For the Xiu family, the best way to deal with Jeju Island is to hand it over to a trustworthy daimyo.Based on the past habits of the Toyotomi family, most of such remote areas would be sealed off.

At the moment when the Toyotomi family is not in power, if an ambitious person wants to control the horses in Jeju at this time, the final result is very likely that Jeju Island will be confirmed as the territory of a certain daimyo after the exchange of various secret interests.

Almost at the same time that Xiujia and Xiuzhen were discussing the ownership of Jeju, the attendants outside reported that His Highness Tokugawa had heard that His Highness had arrived in Osaka and was visiting Xiujia on behalf of the Toyotomi family.

The relationship between Xiujia and Xiuzhen was already very close, with just one look, Xiuzhen got up and hid in a side room and closed the sliding door to secretly spy on Xiujia's meeting with Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Tokugawa Ieyasu really is for the ownership of Jeju Island.After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Tokugawa Ieyasu asked Xiujia, "Your Highness came all the way from Kanto, did you know the conditions for the peace talks tomorrow?"

Not to mention the conditions, the cause and effect, and the inside story, Xiuzhen has already told the Xiu family just now.

But now Tokugawa Ieyasu happened to be talking about peace, and Hideka was also curious about what conditions he would offer Hideka.

So he pretended to be ignorant and said, "I would like to hear more about it."

After listening to Tokugawa Ieyasu's round of explanations, Tokugawa Ieyasu directly asked Xiujia, "What do you think Your Highness Koriyama has said about this condition?"

"I think it's excellent. Didn't you say that as long as the Ming Dynasty is willing to make peace with us, our withdrawal will be the greatest victory? Now that the Koriyama Council has won Jeju Island for the Toyotomi family, isn't it worth rewarding?" ?"

"Reward." Tokugawa Ieyasu accepted Hideo's words, and said in a slightly embarrassed tone, "Of course Koriyama should be rewarded, but there seems to be no hiding place in the northeast that can be rewarded to Koriyama."

"Then reward Jeju directly to Koriyama."

"This..." Tokugawa Ieyasu even thought that the Hideo family would collect it as a treasure, but he never thought that the Hideo family would hand over the westernmost Jeju to a Northeast daimyo.

But after thinking about it, Xiuzhen had a good relationship with the Xiu family, and handing over Jeju to Xiuzhen seemed to be in line with the Xiu family's habit.

"His Royal Highness Junshan has made great achievements, and he should indeed be rewarded. It's just that Jeju Road is 3-4 days away from Kyushu, let alone the fief is in Kyushu's Junshan."

Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately rejected Hideka's proposal, as if he was arguing with Hideka, he directly mentioned the results of the previous review by the five big bosses and said, "I discussed with several adults, and I plan to send the Okayama family's Aoki attendant , Ichiyanagi Supervisor from Osaka, Kiso Yoshitoshi from the main family, three adults sealed it.

Jianwu was a well-known horse master during Huang Muyizhong's period, and the Kiso family was a well-known horse raising family in the world. Letting them grant Jeju would just allow them to raise military horses for Toyotomi's family. "

Tokugawa Ieyasu refused Hideo to take Jeju Island into the hands of the Fengchun family and his allies. Hideo had expected it, but hearing Tokugawa Ieyasu's idea of ​​dividing Jeju Island into three was something Hideo had never expected. , Is there a tacit understanding between the two?

The most important thing is, can even the Okayama family get part of the ownership of Jeju Island?Is this Tokugawa Ieyasu showing his favor to himself?
"Does the Neifu mean to divide Jeju into three, into three adults?" Xiujia asked him here to confirm.

"Yes, and no." Regarding Xiujia's inquiry, Tokugawa Ieyasu half admitted and half denied to Xiujia, explaining to Xiujia, "There are not many Zhixing collars in Yiliu Jianwu, so add a 2000 shi to 7000 shi large collar flag book." The identity of the Fengchen family is appointed to raise horses.

Kiso has been uneasy since he surrendered to the main family. Isn't it because Kisoya was assigned to Ikeda Councilor this time.Kiso Yoshitoshi appealed to me once because he was unwilling to move out of Kiso Valley.

I saw that the attitude was so determined. After all, the two of us had to find a good future for him. It happened that we could add 5000 shi and 1.5 shi to Jeju to raise horses.

As for the Aoki attendant of the Okayama domain, that is the meaning of the Beizheng Office.It is said that how can the Toyotomi family live under another daimyo as an accompanying minister, and receive a reward of less than 5 shi, and want to separate him.

If we want him to move here, he will be sealed in Echizen and Kaga Daishoji Castle.But His Royal Highness Aoki himself wanted to seal off Jeju Island. "

Don't look at Tokugawa Ieyasu's explanation is rather plain, but the meaning in the words is full of profound meaning.

Who is Yiliu Naosheng?That's the guy who was changed because of his participation in the Akashi decisive battle before. His best result after being deprived of his skills and becoming a ronin is to find a daimyo to become an official and start again as a warrior of Baishi.

But according to Tokugawa Ieyasu, this is to let go of the past, and on the basis of the original 5000 shi, an additional 2000 shi was sent to Jeju.

The political ecosphere of the Warring States Period in Japan is a society of human feelings. No one will speak for a useless little samurai who has been deprived of his territory, unless this little samurai can bring benefits to the daimyo.

Who can benefit from Liu Zhisheng?Is it true that, as Tokugawa Ieyasu said, is it because this person is good at looking after horses?

There were countless samurai and daimyo who were good at horse hunting during the Warring States Period, and even at the end of the Warring States Period, he is not bad.

Even if you really want to use him, giving a thousand stone reward is already a gift from Dashen Banner, why is it necessary to let him restore the original collar and then add it?
In addition, although the story between Kiso and the Tokugawa family is somewhat secretive, it is more or less rumored.

But the person who is dissatisfied with the Tokugawa family seems to be Yili's father, Yichang, and the governor of the Kiso family whom Tokugawa Ieyasu is talking about is only 20 years old. How dare he complain in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Tokugawa Ieyasu's reasons are questionable on Hideya's side.

The last candidate is Kazuki Aoki.Many people don't know much about him. In fact, he is also a member of the Toyotomi family. His mother is the sister of Hideyoshi's mother, which is the cousin of Hideyoshi and Hidecho.

He has been serving as the elder under Hidecho before, and in history Hidecho and Hideho passed away and was awarded 8 koku by Naomi Hideyoshi after the death of Hidecho.After Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa Ieyasu, in order to win over him, Hideyoshi's only surviving "uncle", insisted on using Hideyoshi's death as an excuse to seal him to 24 shi.

But it's a pity that Kazuki Aoki didn't do what Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted. He defended Kitanosho to resist Maeda Toshinaga's 2 army.

Let us assume that all forces in Osaka City are eyeing Jeju Island, which can produce horses, so Kazuki Aoki may be the representative selected by Beizhengsuo and Xiuji.

Because of his special status, he can occupy the largest territory in Jeju Province.

There is no doubt that Tokugawa Ieyasu jumped out of Kiso Yoshitoshi. In name, he was allowed to transfer to Jeju independently, but in fact he went to control some horses for Tokugawa Ieyasu.

As for who the last Yiliu Zhisheng belongs to, there is no need to guess anymore, and there is only that side left in the entire Osaka City.

Calculating their knowledge and practice, Liu Zhisheng, the youngest in knowledge and practice, only has 7K stones, but because he was sent by the Toyotomi family, he is most likely to have the most horses in the name of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

The second one is undoubtedly Kazuki Aoki who knows the most, but to be honest, based on his historical performance, Kazuki Aoki may not be able to provide him with low-priced horses like Hideji's Hara.

The third place is the Kiso Yoshitoshi whom Tokugawa Ieyasu said he didn't like. After a little mental calculation of the knowledge and knowledge of the three of them, almost the whole of Jeju was sealed off, and the Hide family didn't even leave a mouthful of soup.

The Hide family would definitely not agree to this plan, so they directly asked Tokugawa Ieyasu in the name of Xiuzhen, "What does His Highness Tokugawa mean by such an award? Didn't the family contribute? Why don't we both have a share in the reward?"

Seeing Hideka's somewhat dissatisfied reply, Tokugawa Ieyasu made an innocent expression and said, "I knew this proposal would definitely be rejected by His Highness Toyoharu, but His Highness Gifu insisted on asking me to talk to His Highness."

As he said that, he took out another plan and said to Xiujia, "What Uesugi and I mean is that Jeju Island is rich in horses, and it should be classified as a whole in Tibet, and a deputy official will be specially assigned to manage it.

As for Aoki's attendant, it is enough to seal him in Tanba and give Harima 8 to 10 shi, but all these require your Highness to negotiate with the Beizheng Office. "

Good guy, the second plan given by Tokugawa Ieyasu is really "selfless!"

Putting Jeju Island under the management of Toyotomi's family is equivalent to directly confiscating the annual production of more than a thousand military horses. At the current horse price, this is an income of 30 guan.

Moreover, Tokugawa Ieyasu directly blocked Hideka's back. Could it be that Hideka was going to grab something from his master?
Seeing that the military horse farm that was about to be acquired was about to slip away from his eyes, the Xiu family was somewhat regretful.What makes Hideo even more sad is, what can Tokugawa Ieyasu get out of it?

The Xiu family could only use Xiuzhen as a shield and said, "I have no objection to the arrangement of hiding in Jeju Island, but this is still not an arrangement for His Royal Highness Junshan!"

"Please be safe, Your Highness." Tokugawa Ieyasu seemed to have talked about Hideka's reaction for a long time, and he said, "Mrs. Yodo said that you can reward His Highness Gifu with the hiding places in the northern part of Shimono and the northern part of Ibaraki. If it is not enough If so, Aizu Inawash can also be rewarded to His Highness Koriyama.

我算了一下，大概有6~7万石左右。郡山殿下的知行差不多就到39~40万石了。除此之外丰臣家还会一次性赏赐给郡山殿下军马500匹作为补偿，您觉得这个方案如何？”

Tokugawa Ieyasu seemed to be deeply afraid that Xiu's family would return, so he hurriedly said, "Your Highness will not forget that next year, the military horses produced at the Jeju Military Horse Farm will be handed over to His Highness, except for the accident that they will be handed over to the Ming Kingdom."

Tokugawa Ieyasu's proposal is particularly interesting when combined with the previous part. This is tantamount to cutting meat to feed Fengchun!
And judging by this attitude, Chacha doesn't even want to keep a mouthful of soup for Xiuci.

At this juncture, it is very intriguing that Chacha proposed such a condition to Xiujia through Ieyasu Tokugawa.

And Tokugawa Ieyasu, an old tortoise, is willing to help Chacha run this leg. Does this mean that Tokugawa has turned to Chacha?
I have only been back for 5 and a half months, why the situation in Osaka has changed so subtlely, so subtle that Xiu's family can't react.

Of course, Xiujia also understands that when Tokugawa Ieyasu and Chacha set such conditions for themselves, they must want their own team, Chacha, to support the hiding of Jeju.

I have to say that Hideka was quite moved by the plan proposed by Tokugawa Ieyasu, but it was impossible for Hideka to make decisions for Hideyoshi.

Xiujia's eyes unconsciously glanced in Xiuzhen's direction, this subtle movement seemed to be caught by Ieyasu Tokugawa.

He looked at the line of defense that the Xiu family glanced at, and took the initiative to say goodbye to the Xiu family, "It seems that your highness still has guests, so I will not bother your highness anymore. If your highness is satisfied with my arrangement, you can come to me later tomorrow." The family will go to a banquet to discuss in detail."

After Tokugawa Ieyasu said his conditions, he bid farewell to Xiujia and left. After Tokugawa left for a while, he opened the door of the room that Xiuzhen was carrying.

There was no expression on Xiuzhen's face, but his eyes were fixed on the line of defense where Tokugawa Ieyasu left.

"Brother, what do you think of the conditions in the Inner Palace?" Xiuzhen still looked outside in the direction of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and asked Xiujia sideways.

Xiujia didn't answer his question, but instead asked him: "40 stone daimyo, are you satisfied?"

"Who can be satisfied with one's own knowledge and deeds? No matter how the seal of 6 to 7 shi seems to be sending off beggars." Xiuzhen is obviously not satisfied with this condition, and he thinks that his military exploits in North Korea are not to mention 6~ 7 stone can be arranged.

"Brother doesn't seem to have noticed one thing." Xiuzhen didn't continue to say the reward conditions that would satisfy her. Instead, Xianxiu's family noticed the problem in the conversation just now. ?

Aoki is the elder of the Okayama clan. Doesn’t this matter require the consent of the Okayama clan and us?Was it just randomly arranged by them?Who is the old man in charge of the Okayama Fandom now? "

Just now, Hideo's thoughts were all on Tokugawa Ieyasu's plan, and he didn't study this point carefully.Now being awakened by Toyotomi Xiuzhen's words, the expression on her face instantly became unresponsive.

Although Toyotomi Hidehisa is Hideyoshi's own son, but due to cognitive impairment, the old family has always been sorting out affairs, and most of the major affairs of the Okayama domain are decided by Hideo and Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi personally confirmed it.

Now that the largest family leader in the Okayama Domain is going to change, Xiujia and Xiuzhen are the last to know about it, and they don't take them seriously in Osaka City!

Hideka also looked in the direction where Tokugawa Ieyasu was going away, and said with a hint of chill in his tone: "Without being a center for a few months, some people in Osaka City have lost their minds. If you don't take this opportunity to stretch their muscles and bones, I'm afraid they don't even know how much they own."

(End of this chapter)