Prime Minister Bizen

According to the rules of the tea ceremony, the person who makes the tea in a circle needs to drink all of it at the end to show that he is satisfied with his tea ceremony.But this has to be based on the previous one bite.

Why did Toyotomi Hideji let these people gather together, each with a sip of tea, the purpose is to remind everyone present that everyone is a grasshopper on a rope.

But now your Xiu family doesn't drink it, and you don't let Xiuzhen and Xiuqiu drink it, what does that mean?You don't think of yourself as the person at the table anymore, do you?
Everyone stared at the bowl in Hideo's hand, but as Hideo's movement and the tea bowl was handed over to Oda Changsuke, everyone's eyes turned to Hideji's face.

At this moment, Xiuci's face had turned up, and he looked at Xiujia solemnly, Xiujia didn't have the slightest fear, and looked directly at him.

Maybe it was because the atmosphere at the scene was really embarrassing, Kinoshita Kasaka who was sitting on the side first said, "Your Highness Toyoharu and His Highness Koriyama don't like Japanese tea, everyone knows that, since that's the case, His Highness Gifu, why don't you make a tea at home?" Bring out the bright tea for the two Highnesses to drink."

As he spoke, he waved to Kobayakawa Hideaki who was opposite to take the tea saucer from Oda Changsuke's hand, and took a sip himself as the end of the circle of tea.

But Hideaki Kobayakawa has mixed with the Hide family since he was young, and the habit of drinking tea has gradually become like that of the Hide family.There were rumors when he was in battle in North Korea that Xiuqiu liked to let the soldiers below go to the homes of North Korean nobles to collect famous tea for drinking.

In fact, it's not that Xiujia completely rejects Japanese tea, but just doesn't like this kind of [tea ceremony] where one cup of tea is shared with each other.

Xiuqiu looked at the tea saucer in Oda Changsuke's hand, and was about to reach out to pick it up. Xiuzhen, who was sitting next to him, held down the hand he just extended, "If Jinwu doesn't like it, there's no need to eat it. Wait until I Go to the mansion, there is a famous Fujian tea just delivered this year, called 'Jinjunmei', a spoonful of it costs 1 tael of gold."

Xiuqiu, who was cultivated by Xiu's family to drink tea, also has requirements for the quality of tea leaves, and he only uses the tea leaves sent by Ming merchants to rinse his mouth.Hearing that there was a good tea that he had never seen before, he blurted out excitedly: "Really?"

Xiuqiu's curiosity was taken away by Xiuzhen, which made his biological father Kinoshita Jiading a little embarrassed, so he could only cough deliberately to make Xiuqiu pay attention to the current situation.

Hideji, who was sitting in the main seat at the moment, couldn't bear it anymore, took the saucer in Oda Changsuke's hand and drank it down in one gulp.

After drinking it, he wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "Youlezhai's tea is really delicious, but some people don't know how to drink it."

After Hideji finished speaking, a professional smirk appeared on his stern face, and he said to Hideka, "I'm really sorry Brother Hachiro, you know I'm still a [traditional] Japanese samurai, and I still like these traditional things, I'm afraid there won't be so many bells and whistles at home to entertain you."

Hideji deliberately put the word "traditional" very seriously, as if he was saying that he is the orthodox of the Nooyu school.

And the "imported product" in his mouth is more like satirizing your Xiujia as deviantism.

As for the fact that he didn't have Mingcha in his mouth, the Xiu family can be sure that it is a lie.When Xiu's family left last year, he specially gave him a brick of tea, and he didn't like Ming tea, so how could he finish it so quickly?
In fact, the end of this sentence also implies the meaning of thanking guests.Since you and I are not of the same mind, I won't entertain you anymore, let's leave as soon as possible.

Xiujia naturally understood the meaning of Xiuci's words, but he did not leave easily.If Xiu's family is here at this time, then the purpose of his coming today has not been achieved. Is it just for pretending to be tricky?
He ignored Xiuji's thank you, turned his head to look at Kazuki Aoki who was sitting opposite and asked, "Excuse me, Uncle Aoki, how is Xiujiu doing?"

Aoki Kazuki replied: "Before I go to Luo, everything is fine, Your Highness."

"Is everything going well in the Okayama domain? I remember I asked Akashi Iyomori to help rebuild Okayama Town. Has the expenditure pressure in the domain eased?"

The story in Xiujia's sentence has some history.

At that time, because Xiu's house was transferred to Guandong, many craftsmen were packed away together.In addition, the Xiu family turned to the Kanto, and most of the Ming merchants who connected with the Xiu family migrated to the Kanto trade.

Or, after all, they traded in Yiyu's country, and directly exchanged copper ingots with their respective trade products to bring them back to the Ming Dynasty.

This affected the originally prosperous Okayama Town. When Toyotomi Hidekatsu was sealed off, the Zhixing of Bizen was only about 20, the annual income of Yuanfen was hundreds of thousands, and the tax and service fee income was nearly 10 The decline of Wan Guanwen's Okayama Town makes Xiusheng's life difficult.

Later, Bizen and Misaku were handed over to Hidehisa, who gave unlimited support to this younger brother Hideka.Not only sent back some craftsmen, but also allowed those Ming merchants to purchase materials other than copper ingots in Okayama Town nearby, which was equivalent to an invisible blood transfusion to Okayama Town.

The Hideo family operated this matter very secretly, because Hideyoshi was still alive at the time.Perhaps Hideyoshi knew about this, but there was nothing wrong with the Hide family in name, after all, it was all thanks to Kazuki Aoki in name.

Today, Xiujia came up to talk about something, simply because he wanted to remind Kazuki Aoki, "Everything in the Okayama domain is supported by my Xiujia and Xiuzhen. Don't stand in the wrong team."

Of course, Hideka is also trying to test Kazuki Aoki's attitude towards Okayama Fan.

If Aoki Kazuki doesn't care about the future of the Okayama Domain at all, it means that he has already made up his mind to leave the Okayama Domain.

If this is the case, the Xiu family really has nothing to talk about. From now on, it will be bayonet to bayonet. You are either my ally or my enemy.

But if Aoki Kazuki's reply shows concern, then everything can be redeemed.Kazuki Aoki probably didn't want to become independent, but some people were hyping it up there.

"It is thanks to the two Highnesses in the past few years that the Okayama Domain can regain its former prosperity."

This answer is quite satisfactory.Xiujia continued to probe him, "So the Okayama Clan still needs to rely on His Highness."

"This..." Hearing Hideka's request, Kazuki Aoki looked at Toyotomi Hideji, who was in charge, showing a bit of embarrassment.

Toyotomi Hideji also said at the right time, "Hachiro, Uncle Aoki will transfer to Jeju soon. In the final analysis, it depends on His Highness Koriyama's contribution."

Xiuzhen didn't want to pay attention to Xiuci at all, and said that it was "my" credit, but she didn't give her the meat to eat, and she gave a cold snort in response.

The Hide family also ignored Hideji, he still stared at Kazuki Aoki but his eyes were sharper than before, "Uncle Aoki, you know about Hidehisa's situation, the Okayama clan needs you to sit in the township, that's what you promised uncle back then." !"

Xiujia has almost become a famous brand here, and even his words are both threatening and pleading.

Kazuki Aoki also experienced a great struggle, looked at Hideka and Hideji, and then said to Hideka, "Thank you for your concern, but I am also fifty now. At eight, how long can I protect Youxiu for a long time?"

As soon as Kazuki Aoki's attitude was expressed, Xiuzhen became anxious at the side: "Uncle Aoki, when the Gifu Domain was transferred to the feudal domain, Nagato Haneda had brought some retainers to serve Xiuji, and now even you have to leave, Gifu Fan's arms are really gone!"

Faced with the sincere request of the two eldest nephews, Kazuki Aoki seemed to have something to hide, he just sighed and stopped talking.

At this moment, the Xiu family's respect for this elder was shattered along with the last sliver of expectations for him, so they could only accept this reality coldly and asked him: "After you leave, who will be in charge of the Gangshan Domain?"

Kazuki Aoki thought for a moment and then said, "Yokohama Dazangqing's determination to forge ahead can be used as a pen, and Kuwayama Xiu and Kobori Shinsuke are all loyal people who can be relied on."

"Understood." As soon as Aoki Kazuki finished speaking, Hideka immediately stood up from his seat, bowed to Aoki Kazuki to express his gratitude, and then bowed to everyone present After expressing his apology with a bow, he turned and left.

Seeing Xiu's family getting up, Xiuzhen herself got up too.But as soon as he took two steps, he turned around and pulled Xiuqiu up, "Come here, Jinwu, come to my mansion to taste the famous tea of ​​the Ming Dynasty!"

At this moment, Xiuci was so angry by the actions of the two that he couldn't say a word, and his face couldn't help but twitch.

What's interesting is that Kinoshita, who is Xiuqiu's own father, is obviously sitting in the seat, but he doesn't stop Xiuzhen from pulling Xiuqiu at all, maybe he is also betting on both sides.

The purpose of Xiuci's tea party is to tighten the Xiu family's muscles, but who knows that the Xiu family doesn't like him at all, which makes him very angry.

What Xiujia didn't notice was that the expression of Oda Nagasuke, who was sitting next to Xiuji, was also a little funny.

It turned out that the reason why the Oda family joined the team Hideji was that besides the marriage, Hideji promised to give the Owari Owari to the Oda family after he became a member of the world.

Of course, promises are not enough. According to Hideji, there are two powerful clans of Hideo and Hideji in the Nozomi faction, and calling the Oda family to continue to work with Chacha has no good results.

As a result, I saw the conflict between Xiujia and Xiuci with my own eyes. How could this be the Xiujia who obeyed what Xiuci said?
At this moment, he just wants to end this tea party as soon as possible, and go back as soon as possible to tell Oda Hidenobu the story that happened here intact.

On the other side, Xiujia, who left Xiuci's mansion, was thinking about the last move. When he turned his head and saw Xiuqiu being dragged out by Xiuzhen with a dazed expression, Xiujia thought about it and had an idea.

He took the initiative to grab Xiuqiu from Xiuzhen's hand and asked, "Is Jinwu still used to Fengqian?"

Xiuqiu was a good boy. He didn't understand the meaning of Xiujia's words, so he said foolishly, "Fortunately, it's just that the scorching heat in summer made it difficult for me to sleep. Fortunately, after living in Fukuoka and Higo for a while, I can still adapt. "

"Since Fengzen is uncomfortable, let's move back from Fengzen. How can you say that your family is in Kinki, and the Beizheng Office and your father are looking forward to seeing you."

Although Xiuqiu's answer was not what the Xiu family wanted, they could still continue the conversation along the "problem" he said.

He poked Xiuzhen who was beside him with his hand and said, "Hey, Koriyama. Do you think Jiyi would be a good place?"

Xiuzhen and Xiu's family have been together for so many years, and Xiuzhen can understand everything when Xiu's family starts a topic.

As soon as Xiujia mentioned Ji Yi, he suddenly felt amused and said, "It's a good place. Koyasan's hot springs are amazing when it's cold in winter. In summer, if you feel hot, you can go up the mountain to escape the heat. Even I am a little envious."

Xiujia also went on to say: "Jiyi's total collar is about 39.8 shi, remove the two counties of Moulou and Rigao that are no longer kings in the south, Zhixing in the 5 northern counties is about 26 shi, and then remove the temple leader and the village leader There is almost 20 shi, which is just right for you."

Kiyokuni has experienced two rounds of raids by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi before, but because of the high mountains and dense forests in the south, the official governance is indeed difficult to achieve, so it has always been in the semi-ruling stage.

As the area that Hideji was in charge of mopping up before, perhaps to ensure Hideyoshi's face, the final result was only to ask Somura in Kii Mountain to keep its status as Somura not to make trouble, but Hideka still did not pull it when the relevant inspections were made. down them.

After the end of Sekigahara, it was Asano Nagamasa who sealed Kii, with a height of 37 shi.This reward seems to be a reward, but in fact it packed a lot of knowledge and behavior that the shogunate could not get to him.

It is equivalent to Tokugawa Ieyasu handing over the hot potato of Nambu Somura and the temple leader to Asano Nagamasa.

In the final analysis, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's relatives did not get enough trust, and it would be better to cause civil unrest and give the shogunate enough reasons to change and cut the vassal.

As a result, the perennial pursuit of life really allowed Asano Nagamasa to find a way. After 19 years of slow governance, the Asano family of the Kii Fan has actually mastered the entire domain of Kii.

The Tokugawa shogunate saw that this would not work. Kii was too close to Osaka and Kyoto, so they simply took advantage of the Osaka Summer Battle to get him to Aki Hiroshima, far away from the center of power.

And the last person who was placed here was Tokugawa Ieyasu's son Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Under Tokugawa Yoshinobu's governance, only 10 years later, during the Masho Township Account period, a huge stone of 55.5 stone was reported to the shogunate. high.

Tokugawa sealed Asano Nagamasa to Kii at this time, the purpose must be impure, waiting to see Asano Nagamasa suffer.

But now that the Xiu family wanted to move Xiuqiu there, they had no intention of playing tricks.After all, he was the younger brother of the Xiu family, and the Xiu family hoped that Xiu Qiu could be their helper.

That's why the Xiu family didn't have the two southern counties in the fief they had just planned for Xiuqiu, and even threw away the village leader and temple leader, because they didn't want Xiuqiu to touch the above interests.If there is any problem, wait for yourself to deal with it yourself later.

"Let me come to Kii Lai?" Kobayakawa Hideaki couldn't believe her ears.In the current people's cognition, Kii is not necessarily much better than Bungzen. This Kinki territory is even expelled from Kinki in the eyes of Kinki people.

But Hideaki Kobayakawa was happy to see a real seal.

"Yes." Xiujia nodded and confirmed, "Don't put too much pressure on you. Before your uncle passed away, you predicted the problems you might face in the Gifu Clan, and handed over most of the retainers recruited by Kii to Xiuzhen and I, if you need them, I will give them to you at that time.

Suzuki Shigetomo under my command has long wanted to go back to Kii. He used to be the leader of Kii Zaga, and all the previous leaders were named Sun City. With his assistance, Kii's Xiaoxiao would never dare to stand in front of you rash. "

"Zagason City!" Hearing Suzuki Shigetomo's nickname, Kobayakawa Hideaki said excitedly like a fan seeing an idol, "I've heard of this name! The guy who gave Oda Ufu and Uncle Kanbai headaches back then. "

At this moment, Xiuzhen said regretfully from the side: "The one you are talking about should not be our Sun City, it may be his father Chongxiu. But His Highness Guan Bai has already ordered seppuku."