Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 82 Cheongju Conference (big chapter)

The meeting in the morning broke up badly, and Hideo left with Hideyoshi, and returned to the assigned side hall Hideyoshi, where the servants of Hashiba's family offered lunch and rice wine.Since Xiu's family was still young, she gave him a bowl of strong tea.

The two had just sat down and were about to start. Niwa Nagahide came with Ikeda Hengxing. When Hideyoshi saw the other two big men coming, he hurriedly asked the attendant to prepare two more lunches.

Ikeda Hengxing sat down angrily, and said, "Settsu 36, Settsu 36, I participated in the Battle of Yamazaki and defeated the big boss of the traitor Mitsuhide, but in the end I didn't get as much as Sasa Naruma "

Niwa Changhide, who was sitting on the side, saw that the Hide family was a little confused, so he said, "Just now, His Highness Ikeda and I were stopped by repairs. They tried to use Settsu to collect 36 yuan to get the help of Ikeda Denon. Of course they promised to send Takayama The 6 shi near the right will be sealed off, allowing Ikeda to take Settsu for real.”

"Then Sasa Naruto really wants 38 shi from Yuezhong?" Xiujia asked from the side

"The meaning of Xiu and Neizosuke is this. Xiu wants 100 million koku of Echizen, Noto, and Kaga in Hokuriku, and the Ise Bankuni that was empty after His Royal Highness Nobuko moved. The national power should be 120 million. Look." Niwa Chohide said.

"What do you mean by repairing this? Do you want Conghua, the daimyo minister of the Oda family? Does he still have the Oda family in his eyes?" Hideka continued pretending to be innocent.

Xiujia's words attracted Changxiu's sideways glance, and he turned his head and exchanged glances with Hideyoshi, which clearly meant "has this child always been so innocent?"

Hideyoshi nodded in affirmation, Changxiu looked at Hideka's indignant look, and suddenly felt like a loyal minister of the Oda family wanted to see a child, and sighed slightly.

"Sasa Naruma absolutely cannot give Etsuchu 38 koku. If he is given such a large fiefdom, then how should the daimyos who my lord fought hard be accounted for?" Hideyoshi's words were undoubtedly the voice of several daimyos present.

The territory of the Oda family is so much. If you dig up 38 shi without doing anything, then don’t those of us who do things get rewarded with a million shi?

"Etsuchu 30, this is the bottom line. Don't repairs want Hokuriku Road? Give him Etsuchu, and if he wants his ministers to obey him, he will give Sasa Naromasa to Xiuzheng, and the 8 shi Also hand it over to repair, let them divide it by themselves." Hideyoshi said from the side.

"30 is a lot, and Neizosuke has become the lord of a country without doing anything." Ikeda Hengxing complained, "I am almost as good as him."

When Hideyoshi heard it, it turned out that Ikeda Hengxing's psychology was a little unbalanced, and the conflict that can be resolved with the territory is not a contradiction, not to mention that this is not Hideyoshi's territory, so I don't feel sorry for it, so he said, "In this case, the Yamato remaining How about I give you the 18 stone together."

"What about Takayama Ukon? He actually joined the battle as an independent daimyo this time. I will never accept such a subject again."

Hideyoshi was in a bit of a dilemma. The rest of the division has reached this point. There are not many remaining territories. Tamba and Yamashiro are the places he must take. In Ise, the transfer of non-family daimyos may cause chaos. You can't place it in your own collar.

Hideka saw Hideyoshi's embarrassment, and said from the sidelines, "Boqi originally had 4 koku of Yamada Shigeichi Teicheng, and 1.5 koku of Zhuangzhi Qingjiangmei, which is more than enough to place a 6 koku high mountain near Ukon. My father is not as good as Just put him in Boqi."

The Hoki Kingdom was brought down by the Xiu family themselves. Originally, Hideyoshi planned to give Boqi as a reward to the Xiu family at the Cheongju Conference. Hideyoshi had explained these things to the Xiu family in advance. I did not expect that the Xiu family would take the initiative to see it handed over at this moment. .

But there was a new problem, that is, Hideyoshi had promised to help Nanjo Motosuke restore the fief of Hagoromo Stone Castle. If the Hide family divided it in this way, Hoki might not have a vacant space for himself to fulfill his promise, and then he revealed his problem.

"The owner of the banker in Jiangmei City is my close attendant. I can't bear to discard it. Please allow me to take him away." Hearing that Hideyoshi was worried about this, the Hideo family was very considerate and offered to move the 1.5 stone Zhuang Zhiqing. The Nanjo family was resettled in the land and Yuyi Shicheng.

Hideyoshi’s behavior was like a caring little padded jacket in winter, helping Hideyoshi to solve problems, Hideyoshi immediately said to Hideyoshi, “Don’t worry, I won’t let you suffer, I will give you the 8 and a half counties that Beichu has occupied now. , a total of 15 stones."

"Hey, hey, monkey, no matter what, the Hide family has contributed a lot in Yamazaki, and they also captured the head of the traitor Mitsuhide, how come they won't have as many territories as me, and even the inner assistant! This can't work."

Ikeda Hengxing's move is not necessarily to help the Xiu family, he is just maintaining the fairness of the award, otherwise his reasons for taking Settsu's 16 + Yamato's 14 will become insufficient.

It's just that the territory has basically been divided at this time, so the Xiu family can't get the enclave of 20 shi in Ise.

Fortunately, Niwa Chohide said at this time, "After the lord's unexpected accident, the Changzong family of Shikoku became restless again. Not only continued to attack Awa, but also led the army into Sanuki. Instead of suppressing Sanuki, it is better to give Sanuki to you, and you will maintain the order of the four countries."

In fact, Hideka likes Sanuki very much. It is close to Bizen, which is his skill, and the land is fertile. Except for the Shikoku Mountains in the south, there are stretches of plains in the north.Just in order not to show too much excitement, Xiujia pretended to decline Sanuki's reward, not out of modesty, but showing confusion about Sanuki's uncontrollable territory.

Seeing that the Hide family rejected Sanuki, Niwa Nagahide sighed and said, "I know that there are many wealthy families in Sanuki. The territory directly under the Oda family that you conquered Sanuki and handed over to the Oda family was only more than 2 shi. You will be rewarded with such a piece of mud. It’s really not enough to show your credit.”

"How about this, I will propose at the meeting of the bosses that you be the commander of the four-nation conquest. At that time, Yu Chaidian will focus on Maori, and you will focus on the four countries. The territory you occupy will be yours." Changxiu, as an elder, actually asked Xiujia saluted, "I'm really sorry to trouble you, Xiujia."

From Niwa Changhide’s proposal, you can still see his illusions about the Oda family. At this moment, he still believes that after the Cheongju Conference, the heads of each legion will perform their duties, inherit Nobunaga’s will, and continue to expand the territory for the Oda family. earth.

The Hide family was flattered by Nagahide's sudden salute, and quickly helped him up and said, "I am a retainer of the Oda family no matter what, and Bizen is next to Sanuki, so please rest assured and leave it to me."

After Ikeda Hengxing and Ukita Hideka's territory was confirmed, it was the turn of Niwa himself and Hideyoshi. Niwa had a lot of experience, but he did not do what a family elder should do in the battle of Yamazaki. He accompanied him all the way. Watching a play with Shin Hyo.

In the end, it was decided to give him 22 yuan in Guishan, Nagashima, in the north of Ise, as a territory security block, so that he could take care of the three mages nearby.

As for the original lord of Nagashima, Kazuyoshi Takigawa had already been awarded Ueno 50 by Nobunaga, but recently there was news that Kazuyoshi Takigawa was defeated by the Hojo family and was fleeing back to Owari through Shinano. Hideyoshi and Nagahide I plan to give Wakasa Kohama 10 shi to him for the sake of his hard work.

The distribution of spoils was over, and there happened to be a samurai directly under the Oda family Nohime who came to invite the four of Hideyoshi. "Madam said, if there is anything, it is better for the six of us to discuss in advance. Let the people below see the quarrel in the evaluation room. We are not united."

What Nohime said is undoubtedly that the 6 people greedily shared the body of the Oda family and announced it directly in the evaluation room, hoping to give the Oda family a last bit of dignity. Facing such a proposal, the four of Hideyoshi agreed and followed the samurai to the In the inner hall, discuss in front of Nohime.

Because Niwa Chohide and Hideyoshi had already negotiated before and reached a consensus on the division of the territory, the four of them united and put pressure on the winner together.

Faced with the four people's unwillingness to let go of Sasama Narumasa's territory, Shibata Katsuie and Sasaka Narumasa could only agree to the bottom line of 30 koku in Etsuchu. .

Niwa Nagahide transferred 22 koku to Ise Nagashima and Kameyama, and Ikeda Hengxing won the entire Settsu territory + the 50 territory in northern Yamato.

With the support of Niwa Nagahide, Ikeda Hengxing, and Hashiba Hideyoshi, the Ukita Hide family obtained the territory of Bichu and Sanuki with 28 people as they wished, plus Bizen Misaku and Inaba's Chito County, the total table is high Reached 70 stone!And obtained the license of the Four Kingdoms Conquest.

But in the end, there was a fierce competition in the competition for Hideyoshi's own skills. Hideyoshi originally planned to acquire the territories of 26.6 Akechi's old leader Tanba + 22.5 Yamashiro + 15 koku of Otsu, Katada, and Ono on the west side of Omi Biwa Lake.

But Shibata Katsuya resolutely didn't allow it. Just kidding, why did you monkey gain more territory than your own 50 in the first battle, and directly surpass Shibata Katsuya to become the first vassal of the Oda family?
Even the Singers did not hesitate to threaten the war, resolutely not allowing the monkey to obtain such a heavenly lead, and the situation reached a stalemate here.

Hideka saw that the situation might collapse here. He didn't know who proposed to hand over the 20 yuan from Jiangbei Changbin to Shibata Katsuya in history, but this question was indeed one of the important conditions for Singer to finally accept it. .

So Xiujia whispered in Hideyoshi's ear, "It's better to give Jiangbei Nagabin 20 yuan to the repairer. If you talk about collapse at this time, father, if you don't get Tamba mountain castle, Jiangbei is like an enclave, and the repairer Echizen is by your side. I'm afraid It's also hard to keep, so it's better to be a favor and hand it over in exchange for the 64.1 shi's security."

The Xiu family's proposal shocked Houzi. The 20 yuan in Omi Changbin was his original fiefdom. After more than ten years of development, it has become an extremely well-developed territory, and the summer and autumn harvests are coming soon. Now, Jiangbei will be handed over. I really don't want to.

But Hideka's words are also very reasonable. Compared with Hideyoshi's Himeji Castle, Singe's Kita no Sho Castle is closer to Jiangbei, and it can surround Nagahama overnight, without giving Hideyoshi time to react.

At this moment, if there is no agreement and a war breaks out, Jiangbei will not be able to hold on under the premise of digesting Danba and the mountain city. Not only will it still be lost, but it will also cause an unmanageable situation.

After thinking for a moment, Hideyoshi said to Singer, "I see Jiangbei Changbin will let you."

Hideyoshi's decisiveness exceeded everyone's expectations, and even Katsuie Shibata was surprised: "Monkey, do you really give me Jiangbei Nagabin?"

Hideyoshi straightened his skirt at this moment, saluted the three mages and Nohime, and said solemnly, "As long as the peace of the Oda family can be guaranteed, I, Hideyoshi, am willing to cede Nagahama 20 yuan to the repair. The repair has indeed worked hard for the Oda family, 20 yuan The reward is deserved."

Seeing Hideyoshi making concessions, Shibata Katsuie also began to consider this proposal.

Indeed, compared to other remote places, Jiangbei developed by monkeys is like a treasure land, its geographical location is extremely important, and it is connected to its own territory. If you can really eat it, it will really benefit you a lot.

But even if Hideyoshi handed over 20 fiefs, he still got 44.1 additional fiefs. This is still too much, and Shibata Katsuie still doesn't want to see Hideyoshi grow himself so much.So he said, "Although Bozhou guards have made great contributions to begging thieves, is 44 shi too much?"

Hideyoshi saw that he backed down again and again, and Singer was still making progress, and was about to get angry with the game in his heart, but was grabbed by Hideyoshi behind him.

Hideka saluted the three mages and Nohime and said, "Hima Mori won the first Linzi at the end of May. Right now, Mr. Hidekatsu is in a delicate situation. If Harima Mori doesn't want to raise Mr. Hidekatsu again, it's really Hidekatsu who stays in Yuchai again. A family can easily lead to a division between two factions in the family."

"Xiu-sama said that my father's 44.1 koku was all for himself, so I misunderstood Harima Mori. I think Harima Mori handed over 15 koku to Omi Ezuo, together with Sakamoto Castle, and let Hidekatsu-sama Return to your original surname, and become the screen wings of the three mages."

Hideyoshi said that water does not leak, Hideyoshi now has a son, it is embarrassing for Hideyoshi to stay at Hideyoshi's house, why don't you return it to Oda's house.

It happened that Nobutada once organized a sect of 80 people to guard around them. These are the sons and daughters of various Oda families, and now they all died with Nobutada in Nijo Castle. There is a fault in the younger generation of the Oda family. Come back and supplement your Oda family.

You are looking at Hideo's two older brothers, Nobutaka and Nobuo, with 44 for Mino and 85 for Owari Ise.It's not too much to give this brother 15 now.

I have to say that Hideka's proposal is very tempting, and even Nohime has some changes. Hideyoshi's exchange of Hideyoshi for the Oda family at this time is tantamount to supplementing the Oda family's combat effectiveness.

Even Katsuya Shibata did not come up with any good excuses to reject this proposal, but for Hideyoshi, the years of nurturing and the fact that he sent Hidekatsu's retainers to control the state affairs is actually equivalent to his indirect control of the state affairs. The 15 stones were taken.

Therefore, after Singer's acquiescence, perhaps out of ease, he handed over 6.2 koku of Awaji to Hideyoshi.

Therefore, Hideyoshi's entitlement was established as, handing over 20 kohoku Nagabin and Singe, and obtaining 26.6 koku from Tanba and 22.5 koku from Yamashiro. At the same time, Hideyoshi was allowed to consecrate the daimyo of Harima, a total of 93.9 koku .

This Shigao is a fief that Hideyoshi actually owns. As the commander of the Maori conquest, he can control the fiefdoms of 13 Hoki, 12 Inaba, and 13 Tajima at the same time. Similarly, there is a trend of semi-vassalization.

It is also extremely convenient for Hideyoshi to integrate this part of the territory. According to this calculation, although there is only 93.9 koku in name, the territory he actually controls is 131.9 million koku.

After the distribution of spoils by the bosses ended, they returned to the evaluation room together from the inner hall, and directly announced the news to the daimyos of the Oda family.After the Cheongju Conference, the structure of the Oda family has changed again.

The top ten names are:

Shibata Katsuya, Echizen North Village, 122 million stone;

Harima Himeji Hashiba Hideyoshi 93.7 shi;

Owari Cheongju Oda Nobuo 85 stone;

70 shi from Bizen Okayama Ukita Hide’s house;

Settsu Arioka Ikeda Hengxing 50 shi;

Mino Gifu Oda Nobutaka 44 stone;

The three mages directly control 40 stones in Jiangnan Antu and Iga (of which only about 15 are actually directly controlled by themselves);

30 shi from Etsuchu Fukuyama Sasaka Narita;

Ise Nagashima Niwa Nagahide 22 stone
Yamato Tsutsui Toshi 16 stone.

The territorial division of the Oda family has shown a trend of centralization, and the leading daimyos own a large amount of territory.And the nominal direct control of the main family is only 40, not even ranked in the top 5. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the split of the Oda family has become inevitable.

To paraphrase Lenin's evaluation of the "Treaty of Versailles" is: relying on the "Treaty of Cheongju" to maintain the order of the entire Oda family is based on the crater. This is definitely not peace, but a temporary truce!
(End of this chapter)