Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 743 Influence

Now Xiujia already has a preliminary solution in mind.

The Okayama clan's attack on the Fengchun clan's residence must be suppressed. If it is really handled according to the actual situation, it must be a bad thing. One side.

As family elders, Yokohama Ichian, Utama Tadashi, and Kobori Shoji counted as one, and it was good to be allowed to make a seppuku.

As for the feudal vassals who were captured for rebellion, there was only one ending for them - Yodogawa Kawahara lost his head.

Want to go to Liujo Heyuan?They also have to have this qualification, that is the place where important political prisoners are dealt with, what are they!
If the Xiu family lost their minds, they could just do it if they simply wanted to vent their anger. Anyway, the person who was going to be dealt with was not his own.

After dealing with these Bizen elders, it is convenient for me to directly take charge of the Okayama domain.Xiujia can also use their heads to appease the samurai who sacrificed and injured for themselves

But Xiujia can't do this!

Okayama Fan must be kept!The fulcrum of Xiguo must be preserved!
The significance of the Okayama feudal domain cannot be replaced by any ally who transfers the title. Moreover, as the younger brother of the Xiu family, Xiujiu can be regarded as the closest branch of the Toyoharu family.

Although Japan has established various laws and regulations to restrain the samurai and bureaucratic classes since the Muromachi shogunate, the Japanese feudal society was not a society ruled by law.

Japan's feudalism is somewhat similar to the core of the Shang and Zhou feudalism implemented by the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the core idea in the feudal era was "close relatives and concealment".

The so-called "concealment between relatives" means that relatives who are guilty should conceal each other's guilt.

Even the feudal society of Japan, which adopted the system of Tang and Song Dynasties, has some signs of ruling the country according to law, but whether it is the Ashikaga shogunate or the major names, even the current Toyotomi society will try to cover up or cover up relatives as much as possible.

Even to the extent that in order to maintain the nominal fairness of the rule of law, the guilt cannot be concealed, the punishment for relatives is much lighter than that for foreigners.

When Zhou attacked the Shang Dynasty and accused Shang Zhou of his crimes, one of them said that "King Zhou reused slaves and common people, and treated nobles and offshoots with the same surname harshly."

Such an act, which we now regard as a matter of course in order to divide political rights, is an extremely serious political crime in different political periods.

In history, Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s protection of Toyotomi Hidekatsu, the Edo shogunate’s punishment of Tokugawa and Matsudaira’s children were significantly lighter than those of foreign vassals who were guilty of the same crime, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated Toyotomi in the early stages of the Kyushu War in this world All of Xiuci's cover-ups fully embodies "close relatives and relatives".

An important reason for the rapid collapse of the Toyotomi regime in history is that the daimyos saw that your Toyotomi family was so cruel to their relatives (Hideji), and the daimyos would naturally take care of your elder brother.

In today's incident, the Xiu family magnified the matter to vent their anger, which may involve some nobles of the Noongwei faction, but Xiujiu must be the first to be attacked.

The other daimyo saw that your Xiu family used your own brother to sacrifice the flag to attack political opponents, and they will also throw a mouse at the Xiu family in the future.

On the contrary, if the Xiu family forcibly suppressed this matter and gave outsiders the impression that the Xiu family "protected their own people", more and more famous names would be willing to associate with the Xiu family in the future.

This matter must be kept to a minimum, and the knowledge and behavior of the Okayama domain must be preserved as much as possible.

Although Hideka was unwilling to admit it, it seemed that the reason that the Okayama feudal vassal said that he was drinking and making trouble could really be used, but the first offender could not be a member of the Toyoharu family.

It is said that the two families were drinking together, and suddenly a few members of the Okayama feudal clan did not know whether they were mentally ill or drunk. Reasonable but appropriate reasons.

In fact, this reason does not stand up to scrutiny at all. How can there be more than 40 people who are mentally ill at once?
But the reason why an excuse is an excuse is that it can superficially block everyone's mouths.After all, eight shots in the back in the United States can be defined as suicide, and more than 8 knife marks on the arm and back in Bali can be defined as killing his girlfriend and then committing suicide. What other cases cannot be "officially defined"?

At this time, Date Nagashi, who had finished handling the matter of the Okayama feudal mansion, went to the city to report the situation, and the Hide family needed his cooperation if they wanted to complete the closure of the chain of evidence.

Xiujia motioned for Ida Changshi to come over, and she had something to say to him quietly.

Of course, before leaving here, the Xiu family took out three ribs from the arms of the servants beside him and threw them on the ground, saying, "Such a big incident happened, don't you, the elders and chief officials of the Okayama family, not be responsible?

As a family elder, it is not good to control his subordinates. Shouldn't he commit suicide and apologize?I don't want people to know that the Okayama vassals are all cowards who dare not take responsibility when someone looks for you later. "

After the Xiu family's words fell, the Toyotomi samurai who was in charge of guarding them reminded them, "Da Na Yan, it seems that this is against the rules?" But his reminder was stopped by the murderous eyes of the Xiu family.

"Uemon Taro (Kirara Mori), please help the three adults."

"Anfang (Satomi Yikang), go and confirm the confessions of the people below, and see if any of them are willing to take responsibility for their crimes and apologize in the form of honor."

The Xiu family wanted to kill the case, saying that the purpose of confirming the confession was actually to let Satomi Yikang go to appease everyone in Fengchun Fan.It was said that he was asked to confirm whether the Okayama vassals had voluntarily apologized, but in fact he was asked to apologize for them.

By the time the Xiu family returned to the hall, the big names in the hall had already more or less known what was going on outside.

When passing by Xiuzhen's side, Xiuzhen also cast a concerned look at Xiujia, who returned her reassuring look.

The most embarrassing thing was Horio Yoshiharu, who just said that the hustle and bustle under the Honmaru castle was the reason why the common people shouted long live to celebrate Toyotomi's house, but it didn't take long before he was slapped in the face.

Just now the noise really [celebrated] the good gift of the Toyotomi family, not only broke the Toyotomi family's dream of prosperity, but also slapped the powerful Toyoharu Hide family severely.

Yoshiharu Horio's official words slapped his two immediate superiors in the face invisibly. At this moment, he wished to find a quick hole to get in, but he must not become the target of the bosses to vent their anger.

In fact, the incident was so big that even Toyotomi Hideji, who wanted to watch the show's excitement, didn't mean to laugh at the show's family.

Counting the previous Qingcho Rebellion, within a year after Hideyoshi's death, there have been two confrontations between the Toyotomi clan and vassals, which is a great insult to the authority of the Toyotomi family.

It is not good news for Hideji, who also bears the name of Toyotomi.After all, he still wants to use the name of Toyotomi to rule the world, but after Hideyoshi's death, your Toyotomi clan was the first to make trouble. How can he use the "Nothing to Do" order to control other daimyos in the future?
If anyone thinks this is a good thing, it's probably only Chacha.

She noticed that this was the best opportunity to weaken the power of the Toyoharu family. The younger brother of the Toyoharu family, the Okayama family, and the Toyoharu family were dog-eating dogs, and it would be beneficial for Osaka to weaken anyone.

Chacha's political savvy can only see the three-acre land in front of him, and he doesn't feel that this matter is not only a weakening of the Fengchun family and the Okayama family, but also a greater blow to the entire Toyotomi family.

For other foreign daimyos, this matter is your Toyotomi family's family matter, so there is no room for me to speak.As for those daimyos who wanted to see the chaos, they wished that the Toyotomi family would be as chaotic as possible.

So it was Chacha who usually sat on the imperial steps and seldom talked, who was the first to attack.After seeing Xiu's family seated, she took the initiative to ask Xiu's family, "I heard that the city is in trouble just now, but His Highness Fengchun went to find out?"

Xiujia looked at Chacha and said calmly, "Mr. Yodo, please rest assured that Osaka Castle will be safe, and Toyotomi's family will prosper and enjoy long-term peace and stability."

The Xiu family's saying this is actually giving Chacha face. How can you say that the two are considered political allies now? I'll give you a step down and you don't care about it. Just continue to be the mother of the high-ranking Toyotomi Monarch.

But Chacha obviously didn't mean to get to Xiu's house, so he directly pointed out, "I'm afraid this world will make the Lord sleep and eat in peace! It's too shocking that a daimyo dares to attack other feudal mansions in Osaka City!
I heard that the Gangshan clan attacked Fengchundian's residence, and I was very surprised. Aren't you and Gangshandian half-brothers?What on earth did you do that angered everyone in Okayama? "

In fact, when Chacha finished the first half of the sentence, Tokugawa Ieyasu deliberately interrupted and wanted to take over the topic.Tokugawa Ieyasu is very clear-headed, the strength of the Omi faction is not enough at the moment, and they need the backing of Hideka to join forces, and he doesn't want to see Du Chacha, a stupid woman, take action against his allies.

But Chacha was determined to take action against the Xiu family, especially the latter sentence directly extended the problem to the Xiu family, thinking that the troubles caused by the Gangshan clan were the problem of the Xiu family.

You didn't talk about it and directly put such a big hat on one of the two hindsight, how do you want Tokugawa Ieyasu to get back?
For her behavior, there was no need for Xiujia to defend herself, Xiuzhen would go ahead and explain for Xiujia.

Unlike the Xiu family's respect for Chacha [Dian Jun], Xiuzhen directly called Chacha [Dian Ji], which was the name Chacha and her peers used when Hideyoshi was alive, and the people below should be more or less honored as [Mrs. Dian].

"What does Yodohime mean? Elder brother takes good care of Xiujiu, and all the daimyos can see it. How can you say that you oppress the Okayama domain? I think this must be caused by some rebellious ministers!"

Xiuzhen wanted to defend the Xiu family, and wiped off the excrement that Chacha threw on the Xiu family's head, but invisibly gave others the truth.

Toyotomi Hidekatsu, who didn't speak much at meetings in the past, took the initiative to say, "So His Highness Koriyama also thinks that the Okayama Clan is in trouble?"

"What?" Xiuzhen didn't realize it all at once, and was about to respond, Xiujia took the initiative to take the topic at this moment and said, "There must be people who make rebellions, but it doesn't matter if it's from the Okayama clan or not."

"What does His Highness Toyoharu mean by this? Could it be that the ones who made the rebellion were not the Okayama Fans?" It was Kazushi Nakamura who spoke.

The previous article has analyzed the personalities of the big bosses in the current Toyotomi power system and their team issues. Nakamura Kazushi is a relatively neutral existence among the old and middle-aged, and he is a bit like Uesugi Kagekatsu, a person who upholds justice .

It's just because the Nakamura family's Zhixing only has 10,000+ stones, which is too small, and his "neutrality" and "justice" will still be affected by the general trend.

"After verification, it has been confirmed that the person who attacked the Toyoharu Domain mansion at Ninomaru just now, causing injuries and deaths to dozens of Toyoharu Domain officials, was indeed the vassal of the Okayama Domain."

The identity of the rebellious feudal warriors could not be faked at all, people were lying in the ground, every warrior had his own pedigree, and it was clear after one investigation, so the Xiu family did not deny it.

Now that even the Xiu family has confirmed the ownership of the crime, the others will no longer be polite to the Xiu family.

Jing Gao said that he didn't want to talk at first, but seeing his sister-in-law Chacha lead the charge, he could only target the Xiu family.

"Since this is the case, the Okayama domain Toyoharu Hidehisa violated the order of innocence, and should be expelled from the country. If his retainers attack other daimyos in Osaka Castle, they will have to cut seppuku according to the law."

Speaking of this, he still looked at Chacha sitting on the stage and the bosses on both sides with some unconfidence, and said with a guilty conscience, "But after all, he is the descendant of Guan Baigong, so he can be dealt with lightly. How about letting him live in Osaka and reflect on it?"

In fact, Jing Gao's high-level words could be regarded as a lighter punishment for any foreign vassal daimyo who committed such a serious crime.

But Xiujiu's political status is too special, how to deal with it in the end depends on whether the elder brother of the Xiu family nods or not.

But before Xiu's family gave feedback, Xiuzhen, who was Xiujiu's nominal elder brother, retorted, "Do you want to dispose of his son before your father's bones are cold? Attendant Jingji has never been too anxious!
Even if this matter was done by the Okayama clan, what does it matter to my brother?As we all know, Xiujiu is incapable of managing government affairs, and the elders are responsible for the government affairs at home. How can this matter implicate Xiujiu? "

"The head of the vassal family is guilty of being unfavorable in controlling the crimes. The Koishan Palace treats the "Toyotomi Homu" as if it is nothing?" It was Toyotomi Hideji who spoke.

In fact, he didn't really want to end, but he also didn't want to see Xiu's family being exposed so lightly.

Some time ago, the Fengchun faction joined forces with the Omi faction to suppress themselves with the advantage of the number of votes. Don't mention how useless I am.

This time it was hard to see the two families turning against each other, so he could try the pleasure of jointly suppressing Fengchun's family with the Omi faction.

With the end of Toyotomi Hideji, the main representatives of the three parties in the evaluation room have already expressed their opinions, and even the daimyos of various factions have also left the stage to express their opinions. Everyone is arguing endlessly about whether or not to deal with the Okayama domain and how to deal with it.

Jing Gao once hoped that Xiujiu would be dealt with lightly according to the law; Hideji certainly hoped to deal with Xiujiu, but not in the name of Okayama Fan's disturbance in Osaka; while Fengchun faction hoped that Xiujiu would not be dealt with.

The three factions were arguing endlessly in the hall, but Xiujiu, who was the main party involved, didn't understand anything at the moment, and was gnawing his fingers foolishly.

But if everyone pays attention, they will find that there are three people in the entire evaluation room who have not made a statement. One is Xiu Jia who is the victim and the first key person.

The second is Asano Nagamasa, a heavy minister of the Noo-tail faction, and the third is Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is allied with the Omi faction.

Xiujia did not make a statement because he wanted to see everyone's attitude, reconfirmed the team relationship of everyone sitting in the hall today, and provided a basis for how to deal with them separately in the future.

The second is to wait for Lijian Yikang to come back.Satomi Yikang's return means that the outside affairs have been dealt with cleanly. Only in this way can the Xiu family's "strong words" prevent the possibility of overturning the case.

Tokugawa Ieyasu did not speak to echo his usual habit. He would never take this kind of hot potato, not to mention that his titular boss, Chacha, had just expressed his opinion. At this time, it would make people feel that they were not united internally, and they might offend if they were in step The show on the side.

Asano Nagamasa is going to be more entangled, he knows very well what impact the disposal of Okayama Fan will have.As Hideyoshi's brother-in-law and one of the most important pro-vassals of the Toyotomi family, the purpose of his alliance with Hidetomi is to protect the rights of the Toyotomi family.

He himself didn't want to deal with Okayama Fan, but faced with the same problem as Tokugawa Ieyasu, the internal factions couldn't talk about conflicts, so he chose to keep silent.

Maybe it was because everyone had been arguing for a long time and found it boring, maybe someone found out that the most important person hadn't made a statement, the quarrel in the palace gradually calmed down and looked at Xiujia, Xiuci and Chacha directly expressed their hope that Xiujia would take a stand.

At this moment, Xiujia noticed that Satomi Yikang had returned, and nodded to his side, Xiujia understood that the outside affairs had been settled.

So he threw out the extremely shocking conclusion to everyone, "You guys are arguing here, it's not as good as what I just asked outside to investigate for a while."

After finishing speaking, I called Satomi Yoshiyasu from outside to come in, took a dozen blood-stained papers from him, and said to everyone, "This is my greeting to the Okayama Fan, Fengchun Fan, and the Seven Hands Group who came later. The transcript of the inquiry by the leader of the group, Mr. Ito Nagami, and others, has the monogram confirmation of many people on it.

This evidence is enough to prove that the chaos that happened today is not due to the ineffective control of the Okayama Domain because of [all of which were caused by some individual samurai suffering from mental disorders]! "

(End of this chapter)