Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 760 Allegiance to the South
On the day Masamune Date held a night meeting with Tokugawa's retainers, Hideie received the news.Although it is not very clear what was discussed specifically, Date Masamune's initiative to contact the Tokugawa family still made Hideka politically alert.

He sent someone to find the military ninja fantou misty Saizou, and conveyed his intentions to him, allowing him to infiltrate the core political trap of the Date family as much as possible to obtain information.

Judging from Date Masamune's actions, he is still the rebellious him, which is not what Hideka expected to see.But since Date Masamune wanted both ends of Uncle Snake, Hideka had no choice but to make a choice.

The Xiu family rested in Qingye City for two days, and then went north to lead the Nan family.Although spring has already begun, the snow is getting thicker and thicker from the city across a pass to the north.

Fortunately, the Xiu family was well prepared. Once frostbite occurred, they would be sent to the nearest city to rest, and they would keep up with the team after they recovered.

At this time, Japan's Kyushu has gradually begun to spring, but the Northeast region is still a scene of snow country.

Fortunately, after arriving in Hanamaki, the road environment has improved significantly. Perhaps after hearing the news of the arrival of the Xiu family, the southern retainers had already cleared the road for the Xiu family, until the Jiu Xiu family finally arrived in Morioka Castle in early March. The location is now known as the small town of Bulaifang City.

This is already the location of the last military depot set up by the Xiu family, and Sanhuo Castle, the home base of the Nanfang family, is now the front line.

So after hearing that Xiu's family came from Kanto, Xiuzhen brought Nanfang Lizhi and waited for Xiu's arrival.

Just like at the base of Qingba Castle, the Xiu family deliberately placed the two directly subordinate divisions at the forefront of the formation, and asked them to use a unified formation to reflect the strength of the Toyoharu family's military strength.

Immediately after the two fan teams are the bannermen of the Xiu family, and the Xiu family followed closely with several big names.

Before the person arrived at Bulaifang City, he heard a crying voice from a distance, "Youfu~! Your Highness Youfu, you are finally here!"

The Xiu family looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a warrior who had never seen before rushing towards the Xiu family with a crying voice, followed by several veterans, and Xiuzhen with a look of astonishment.

Xiujia signaled the attendants leading the horses in front to stop the horses, and waited for someone to come to Xiujia's side, hugged Xiujia's thigh and said, "The rebels of the eight households are engulfing the lowly people of Ezo to make trouble, and my father is fighting for it." Death, I finally got to see the reinforcements from the Youfu today, and I knew that the Nanfang family was saved!"

The Xiu family has never seen who the person holding his thigh is, but he can still guess eight points from his words. "Are you the son of Dr. Dashan?"

Hearing what the Xiu family called him, the young man was stunned, raised his teary eyes and replied, "This is Yan Jiulang, the son of the Dashan doctor who guards the south of the Luzhong and Lubei countries. I was a servant behind my father, Your Highness, do you still remember?"

How could the Xiu family remember the person they only met once ten years ago, but they still replied perfunctorily, "Ah~ so you were the handsome young man who was next to Dr. Da Shan back then, but I didn't expect you to be so old now. ah!"

"I never thought that You Fu would really remember me!" Nambu Lizhi responded excitedly, "I was born in the 4th year of Tianzheng (1576), and was only 4 years younger than His Highness. Even though I was born in a remote place, I have heard of You Fu's famous name." ah!"

"Youfu is in charge of state affairs in Gyeonggi-o, and it is my family's blessing to be able to think of my family when I am busy. Please allow me to lead the horse for Youfu!" As he said, he wanted to drive away Qianqian to lead the horse for Xiu's family. The attendant himself took the reins to lead the horse for the Xiu family.

Everyone walked all the way to Bulaifang City, and the young man even made a move to help the Xiu family get off the horse, but was rejected by the Xiu family.

That is to say, taking advantage of this time, Fengchen Xiuzhen quickly stepped forward and introduced to the Xiu family, "This is the young master of the Nanfang family, His Highness Lizhi, who wrote a letter to ask for help."

There is a reason why Toyotomi Hideyoshi described Nanfang Rizhi as the young master of the family, not the head of the family.According to the decree of the Toyotomi family, the succession of each daimyo needs the permission of the Toyotomi family to be recognized as a daimyo.

In history, Nobunao in the south originally died in 1599, because of the riots in Lubei, he died not long ago.His only son, Lizhi, should inherit the position of governor of the southern family.

However, it was not approved by the Toyotomi family!
There was a 2-day gap between when the request for help was sent to Osaka and when Xiuzhen left to return to Osaka, but during these two days, the direction of Osaka did not confirm Nanfang Lizhi's permission to inherit Nanfang's family, so Xiuzhen naturally did not bring her back to the Northeast.

This time the Xiu family arrived with reinforcements again, and the interval between them was more than a month. Logically speaking, no matter what the process should be, the reality is that the Xiu family did not bring Nanfang Lizhi to inherit the Nanfang family this time. permit.

The reason why Nambu Lizhi and the retainers of the Nanfang family came to the Xiu family crying so badly was that they wanted to give the Xiu family a good impression. After all, in their eyes, the Xiu family came with "the hope of the Nanfang family" .

If Nanfang Lizhi was the governor of the Nanfang family, the Xiu family really didn't dare to let him lead the horse for them. This was a privilege that directly belonged to the governor of the Toyotomi family.

But the current Nanfang Lizhi is only the young master of the Nanfang family, and there is no need to take into account the difference in seniority between him and the Xiu family.

Nanbu Lizhi's attitude towards Hideka is in stark contrast to Date Masamune's hypocrisy in Aoba City. What does it mean to be sincere!Only a little brother like Nambu Lizhi can feel comfortable keeping it.

The Xiu family also wanted to be promoted, so they signaled Xiuzhen to greet the big names for him first, and he needed to have a secret meeting with Nanfang Lizhi first.

The location of Nanfang's home is very critical, especially after Date Masamune expressed his desire to have both ends of Uncle Snake.As long as the Nanfang family behind him can stand with the Xiu family, they can play a key role in restraining them.

Hearing that the Hide family wanted to summon him alone, Nao Nao Nana was even more excited. He thought it was the Hide family's intention to read out the letter of permission for him to inherit the Nambu family, but the Hide family said that he only brought Masayoshi Izuyama, Naozuna Sakuraba and others with him. A few families are old.

As soon as the few people were seated, the Xiu family clearly informed the expecting people that they would inherit the permission of the Nanfang family in order to carry Nanfang Li.

For such a change in the situation, everyone in the Nanfang family showed astonished expressions, and asked the Xiu family why.

In fact, the Xiu family had nothing to hide. Both Xiuci and Chacha believed that the defense of the Nanfang family was not good, and they had to wait until Nanfang Lizhi personally went to Luo to explain the reason and accept the punishment before they could give permission.

The reason they made this decision may be because they felt that the Xiu family and the Tohoku daimyo were too close in the past, and they had already incorporated the Nan family into the Xiu family's faction, and wanted to take the opportunity to reduce the daimyo of the Xiu family faction.

Facing the same problem as Nambu Toshinao is Yoshihiro Oysaki, who has just been transferred to Qingtsu.

Unlike the Nanbu family, which has a territory of 10,000+ shi, the Oysterzaki family's knowledge and practice are only more than 3 shi, and Osaka does not take it seriously. Fortunately, the Hide family's protection saved him from being directly escorted to Huijing.

Since the Osaka side sent such a good reason, the Xiu family had no reason to cover up for the other side, and directly relayed the opinions in the Osaka city to the Nanfang family.

After hearing the news that the Nanbu family was going to be dealt with, Izumiyama Masayoshi pleaded with the Hide family, "I would also like to ask Your Highness, Your Majesty, to report that the Ezo thieves were brought over from Qingjin of the Oysterzaki family. Even if they want to be dealt with, they should Deal with them!"

How could the Hide family not know the reason for the Ezo invasion this time, it was the Ezo army that the Hide family let Fujido Takatora stay inside the Oysterzaki house.

Compared with the well-disciplined Japanese army, this army composed of pure Ezo tribesmen was extremely loose, and lost its control after it dispersed, which is why the riots grew bigger and bigger.

Originally, in summer, he only wanted to control the riots on the front line of Qingjin, and used the name of Ezo to invade the Northeast to make an expedition to Ezo.As a result, several wealthy families in Lubei, the southern homeland, also took advantage of the riots in Eizo to set up a rebellious flag.

As the "culprit", Hideka felt somewhat guilty towards the Oysteraki and Nanbu families, which was why Hideka wanted to protect the two families to the death.

If the two families were directly sold in Osaka, and the ins and outs of the matter were found out by then, the Xiu family would definitely become the target of public criticism.

"Yankuro, your name is Yankuro, right?" Hideka looked at Nambu Rizhi and asked.

After getting an affirmative answer, the Xiu family continued, "I'm acquainted with your father. When he was in North Korea, he asked me to take care of you in the future. Don't worry, I'm here this time not only to calm the chaos for you, but also to continue Go north and completely wipe out this Ezo tribe that is causing trouble in the Northeast."

Hearing the purpose of the Xiu family's arrival, Nambu Lizhi immediately complimented him disgustingly: "Youfu! You are the most important daimyo who consolidates the world! It is because of your protection that the Toyotomi family has been prosperous for a long time! "

The Xiu family also took this opportunity to blame the relationship between Nanfang and Osaka, "Hey~ If the important ministers in the city of Osaka are all of one mind, they can be regarded as worthy of Xian Guanbai's kindness.

But you know what?It has been a year since Guan Bai passed away, and the matter of Guan Bai Jin becoming a minister of the Taizheng has not yet been settled.

The big names in the temples have their own opinions, and the progress of things in the world is extremely slow. It is only this time that the local thieves invaded our territory, which makes it rare for them to act in unison. "

Hideyoshi and Nambu Toshinao are of course half-truths and half-false. It is true that Hideyoshi has not yet been conferred by the imperial court as a Grand Minister.

But I don't know if Osaka is busy fighting for power and profit and has forgotten, or I still feel that Kyoto is now controlled by the Xiu family and does not want to show the relationship between the Xiu family. Up to now, there has been no sound to report this matter to Kyoto.

The Xiu family was also happy that you didn't mention it, so I pretended not to know about it, otherwise Hideyoshi would not be called Xianguanbai now, but Taige.

After listening to the story of the Xiu family's embellishment, combine it with the fact that my southern family was not granted the right of inheritance.Nanfang Lizhi quickly came to the conclusion that "there are traitors in the court, Youfu!"

That is, in private, otherwise Nanfang Lizhi would not dare to say such a thing.Even so, it still startled the two elders beside him.

Xiujia also said at the right time, "Hey~ Yan Jiulang don't want to talk nonsense, it's just that the opinions of the big guys are not unified, it's all for the sake of public interest."

After finishing speaking, he pretended to be magnanimous and said, "Today's words came out of your mouth and entered my ears. There will never be a seventh person in the world who will know." side two attendants)
Nambu Lizhi is very upright, and the Xiu family is naturally very happy, such a younger brother is what the Xiu family expects.

"You don't have to worry too much about your affairs, since I'm here in Lu Bei, I won't let Xiaoxiao run wild.

After Lu Bei's assessment, you will follow me in the Northern Expedition to the Ezou and make achievements in opening up the territory. Has this military achievement come soon?

Let alone disposing of it at that time, I will definitely do light work for you and seal a large territory to your Nanfang family.If your family in the south thinks the Northeast is too bitter and cold, all countries in the world can discuss it. "

Logically speaking, the Xiu family shouldn't have said the last sentence. Even if the Nanfang family awarded a reward, it should be settled in Mutsu on the spot. Why bother to talk about other neighboring countries?

What's more, 66 countries in the world have territories, so how can there be extra territories to accommodate the southern family?
This is actually the Xiu family implying Nanfang Lizhi's own thoughts, as long as your Nanfang family follows my Xiu family, and the world will be conquered in the future, your Nanfang family will be the hero of Conglong.

In fact, the Xiu family had planned it long ago. When they had the opportunity in the future, they would try their best to rename the aborigines to other places, so as to weaken their influence in the local area.Of course, this has to follow the opinions of these indigenous daimyo first.

"Yes yes yes, it's Yan Jiulang and Meng Lang." Nanfang Li immediately hinted at Xiu's family, "I, Yan Jiulang and Nan Nan's family will be the leaders of His Royal Highness from now on!"

"Good! Good! Good!" Xiujia, who was confirmed by Nambu Lizhi himself, was very satisfied, and immediately contacted and said three good words.Even the title of Nambu Lizhi has changed, "I think His Royal Highness Nanfang must be the mainstay of the world, the reward of 3 stones is too shabby, at least it should be 20 stones. "

Zhixing of the Nanfang family in Toyotomi's family owns a total of 10 stone collars in Luzhong and Lubei. When the Korean War ended, he was not granted the title together with Date Masamune and others.

This time, because of the invasion of Ezo and the riots of the powerful clans in the territory, the Osaka side would have been accused. Even if the Nanbu family followed the Hide family to make up for their mistakes, it was the Toyotomi family's reward under the Toyotomi law. Where? Is it possible to double your knowledge and practice?
Such an unreasonable reward naturally had to be matched with unreasonable conditions. As the young master of the Nanfang family and the elder of the Nanfang family, he could naturally smell the unusualness in it.

Especially when combined with Xiujia's complaints about other bosses in Osaka, the smart people basically guessed Xiujia's thoughts.

Nan Lizhi, who had always said that he wanted to follow the lead of the Xiu family before, suddenly stopped after turning his head around, and looked at the elders around him to exchange opinions, until the Xiu family said aloud, "Why, didn't you just say that you should take the lead in the future?" Am I right? Hikokuro backed down before I even said what to do?" (The address changed again)
"This..." Seeing that his young master was in a bit of a dilemma, Naozuna Sakuraba wanted to make a rescue, but Nao Nao seemed to have made a decision before he could say anything.

"Is the 20 stones that Youfu said true?"

"Of course it's innocent!"

"Since this is the case, the life of the Nanfang family and Yan Jiulang will be handed over to the Youfu, so that the Youfu can drive it!"

(End of this chapter)