Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 849 Xiuzhen’s reward
Three days later, the Hide family basically made arrangements for post-war rewards, and Toyotomi Hidesada and others just arrived at Hachimanyama Castle.

Toyotomi Hidesada, Toyotomi Teruie, Toyotomi politician Toyo Takatora and others will arrive at Yawatayama Castle one step ahead. On behalf of the Hori family, Horisou Hideshige is coming.

He is the grandfather of Hori Hideharu. When Hori Hidemasa died early, he was the successor to manage the Hori family. He never thought that 14 years later, Hori Hideshige would still be alive. His grandson Hori Hideharu had another accident, and he would have to shoulder the burden of his family. The crime of chaos.

The old man, who is over 73 years old, has no choice but to come out again to stabilize the hearts of the people within his circle, and become the successor to his 7-year-old great-grandson Kikuchiyo.

Fortunately, there is still Naomasa Hori, the elder of the family, who is assisting the administration. This time, the head coach of the Kamikawa Hori family is this Hori Naomasa. Later it turns out that Hori Hideshige only came to see the Hide family as a diplomat of the Hori family.

Hideie had already noticed a few people following Hidetashi. After introduction, in addition to the Hori family, there were also the Niwa family Niwa Nagatoshi and Niwa Choji.

They are all brothers of Niwa Nagamasa. What is interesting is that the second brother Niwa Nagamasa has been established as the governor of the Niwa family in Osaka, but the entire Niwa family does not recognize his inheritance rights.

When the third son inherited the Utsunomiya family, the fourth son Naomasa passed to Hachiya Yoritaka, but he died before his adoptive father Yoritaka, so the retainers introduced the fifth son Nagatoshi and the sixth son Nagaji to take charge of the family business.

When Toyotomi Hidesada was introduced here, his expression was a little strange. He turned his head and looked at the two young people behind him. After seeing the still indifferent expressions on their bodies, he shook his head helplessly.

Hideie scanned the circle of people and found that Sakuma Katsuyuki was not among them, so he asked about the situation.

Toyotomi Hidesada replied, "Kagamori has been holding Kanazawa for more than six months. Kanazawa's soldiers and people have suffered a lot of losses. He said that he must first settle the people in Kanazawa before coming to Sanluo. As for Asano Councilor, he is responsible for escorting the Kodaiin nori. , so it will arrive later.”

Xiujia nodded to express his understanding, and then expressed his gratitude to the daimyo and generals present, recognized their contribution, and promised to give them the benefits they deserved in the subsequent rewards.

At the same time, Hideie also said, "The rebellious minister Sancheng fled back to Osaka and used the young master's own weight to bring trouble to Chaozuna. It was he who had been bewitching Yodohime all the time that led to the later story of the Zuofu brothers' feud.

Now we rely on the efforts of all the lords to make the Battle of Jingnan such a grand event. To rescue the lord later, we will need more efforts from all of you. "

Why do so many famous people come to see Hideie? Isn't it because Hideie penetrated the Western Army's defense line from the northeast, came to Kinki, the core of the Toyotomi family, and controlled Omi, Yamashiro, Yamato, Kii and other countries, the world The situation seems to be in his hands.

Everyone felt that the situation was stable, and everyone was waiting to come to pay homage to Xiujia at the dock. Unexpectedly, Xiujia said that the war was not over yet.

The people meeting this time were all from Hokuriku. They didn't understand what happened here in Kinki, and they didn't understand why Ishida Mitsunari still chose to resist. In short, Hideie said that if there was dog food to feed them, they would firmly follow Hideie. .

After the group of people who worshiped the dock left, Hideie was left alone with Toyotomi Hidesada, Toyotomi Teruie, Toyotomi Masaika and Todo Takatora. Hideie still had some things to confirm with them.

Hachimanyama Castle was formerly Toyotomi Hideji's main castle. It was built quite grandly, but the area of ​​the mountain castle was limited. Even the largest Ohiroma, with dozens of people squeezed in at once, still seemed crowded.

Now the people are almost gone, and they are all members of the same family. Hidesada and Todo Takatora are the brothers-in-law of the Hide family, and uncles of the Toyotomi Teru family and the Shige family. Naturally, they sit up a little more casually.

"Asasaburo has caused trouble for you in Hokuriku." When everyone sat down around Hideya, the first thing Hideie said was to Hidetoshi.

Xiujia knew very well that none of his sons were efficient. Even though Zhengjia was thrown to the northeast and did not follow Xiujia's team, his record was still outstanding.

For example, they captured Shinbada Castle on the 3rd, and marched from the northeast to Kasugayama on the 21st.

In fact, Masato's military ability was reflected during his attack on Karatsu. After staying in Ezo for several years, his tactics became more mature under the guidance of many generals.

Before the Battle of Kanazawa, he suggested to Toyotomi Hidesada that Toyotomi Hidekatsu launch a surprise attack on him while Toyotomi Hidekatsu did not know that the main force of our army had arrived, and let the vanguard use the banner of the Niwa family to confuse Toyotomi Hidekatsu.

In the Battle of Kanazawa, the 4 elite Western Army was defeated. Toyotomi Hidekatsu took more than [-] of his men and fled back to Kitanosho and refused to defend.

Later, when the accusations against Toyotomi Hidekatsu against the enemy were sent to the court, he was the one who suggested launching a heart attack on Kitanojo Castle overnight.

But his meritorious service is matched by his ability to cause trouble.

During the Echigo battle, there were rumors that he would drive the people to serve as cannon fodder to consume the arrows of the defenders. If the defenders could not bear to shoot arrows, the samurai mixed with the common people would take over the city in one go.

He was even bold enough to plan to replicate this tactic in Kasugayama Castle, but fortunately, Toyotomi Hidesada vetoed it.

Later, in the Battle of Kanazawa, it was clear that the defeated troops had surrendered, but because the routed troops were too numerous and chaotic, which hindered his pursuit, he directly ordered the cavalry to trample them through, resulting in hundreds more casualties.

In the end, Toyotomi Xiuzhen had to wipe his butt for him, but Xiuzhen still liked his nephew very much because he could really hit him.

So after Xiujia said that he was causing trouble for him, Xiuzhen immediately praised Zhengjia, saying that having such a son in Xiujia would make many famous people envious.

As the Toyotomi Teru family who led people to support him, he naturally saw that his brother was better at leading troops than he was, so he had a good impression of him and also helped him speak.

After a while of pleasantries, the topic finally got down to business.

Hideie asked Toyotomi Hidesada, "Are the two boys from the Niwa family a little difficult to deal with?"

"Brother, can you even see this?" Xiuzhen raised her eyebrows and replied, "It's really like this. They were all fine when they were the same enemies, but now that they are in power, they are fighting over who will inherit the family business. "

"I remember that Niwa Nakaton had many children. In addition to the eldest son Choju, there are also the second son Nagamasa, the third son (Utsunomiya) Hidetsuna, the fifth son Chotoshi, and the sixth son Choji, right?" Hideie turned his head and looked behind him. Kira Moriuchika asked.

After several years of study and progress, Kira Morichika has become the Hide family's close attendant.As a little secretary, I naturally have to remember a lot of irrelevant things for the Xiu family, and answer them promptly when the head of the family asks.

Kira Mori personally replied: "That's right. All the disciples of Nakagami are quite wise and powerful. Among them, the second son Chomasa was a hostage in Osaka when his brother Choju passed away, and the third son Utsunomiya's attendants were in the main formation. , belonging to the young master’s regiment. The fourth son died young, and then came the two highnesses we saw today.”

After hearing the answer, Xiujia nodded and said to Xiuzhen, "This is easy to handle. I have an old relationship with the Niwa family. In addition, the Niwa family has made great achievements this time, which is enough to accommodate the next two families. Go and ask for me. Ask the two of them if they are willing to split up and establish a separate family."

After Hideie finished speaking, he said to the sons of the Toyotomi Teru family, "As you can see, this is what happens when brothers fight against each other. The family business of their father and ancestors was divided into two. It seemed that it could end peacefully, but one Who cares about the weakened Niwa family?
Moreover, they were lucky this time. They had enough knowledge and practice to divide the family by virtue of the seal. If such a conflict occurred during peacetime, how much of the family property would be divided among them? "

The Toyotomi Teru family and other sons all nodded to express their acceptance. Only Masato nodded but muttered, "In peacetime, their eldest brother would not die so mysteriously."

After hearing this, Xiujia glared hard at his son who was not even afraid of himself.

Xiu Zhen smiled awkwardly in an attempt to dispel the awkward atmosphere, and then asked Xiu Jia, "Is it half and half? How many stones should I give?"

Hideie also gave a conservative answer: "Of course it is based on merit. How can there be any reason to divide the family in half? The Niwa family originally had 6 koku for Kaga and Noto. After this battle, it should not be increased to 10 koku. It's a problem." The Hide family originally planned to use Wakasa to block the Niwa family, but now that the two families are separated, the two daimyo with 5 to 6 koku will naturally fill the gap. As for where to put it in the end, the Hide family has no choice. I can only look at it and see that there is about 1 stones of floating space in it.

Hearing that the points were based on merit, Toyotomi Hidesada took a breath and asked with a troubled expression on his face: "How to deal with this merit assessment?"

Hideya also angrily retorted: "You are the general of Hokuriku. If you don't evaluate your merits, do you expect me to look down upon you?"

"It's a bit difficult to handle. Now that they've done it, I'm afraid the two brothers will still have a fierce quarrel over the merits."

Toyotomi Hidesada finally expressed his concerns, and Hideie also understood what he was worried about.Too many stories like this have happened since ancient times. As a daimyo, Xiujia can understand it, but as a future citizen of the world, we will hate this kind of thing.

There was already a trace of anger on Hideya's face. After thinking for a moment, he cursed, "Is it difficult to do this? Then don't ask for it! I will let Hidetsuna go back and inherit the Niwa family and directly give him 15 koku for his security." , As for what to do with the two of them, let’s do whatever they love. If they continue to cause trouble, I will send Ezo away.”

Seeing Hideie's anger, Toyotomi Teruie and Xiuzhen took the initiative to persuade Hideie.

After this matter passed and Xiujia's anger subsided, the topic could continue.

Hideie turned to look at Toyotomi Hidesada again, and asked him to confirm the reason why Hori Hidene came here. Sure enough, it was for his great-grandson and the survival of the Hori family name.

In contrast, Osaka had previously labeled the Hori family as "thieves" for the sake of his own face. The Hide family naturally wanted to reward the Hori family generously, not to mention that Kikuchiyo was now the Hide family's son-in-law.

Hideie asked Hidetaka tentatively about the Hori family's opinion on the final reward. After hearing that the Hori family wanted to get as close to Kinki as possible, he had certain ideas in his mind.

The Hori family originally owned the territories of Noto and Omi, totaling 28 koku. After this battle, it was roughly 40 koku. Looking at the entire Japanese territory and being close to Kinki, only Kaga country is the most suitable. After excluding Enuma County, which is close to Echizen, The execution size is also about the same.

Kanazawa is one of the most important cities in Hokuriku, so the Hide family is relieved to leave it in the hands of Hide family's son-in-law.

As for how to deal with a 40-koku vassal a hundred years later, we have to believe in the wisdom of future generations.

But before this series of processes of confirming rewards, the Xiu family must first confirm the territory of Xiuzhen, the greatest hero.Only Xiu Zhen chose the plot of land first, and others could arrange it easily.

Hideie then arranged some matters to be handled next, mainly asking Takatora Toudo and Teruie Toyotomi to lead people to Osaka to set up the formation.

Xiujia and Xiuzhen need to wait for the arrival of Kodaiin Ningning in Yawata Mountain Castle. Only when she arrives at Xiujia will she have a reasonable reason to attack Osaka.

"That's it. You came at the right time. Shohachiro wrote from Kyoto. Mori Nakaton asked the minister to bring a message and wanted to meet me. After thinking about it, I might as well arrange it outside Osaka City, just in time for him. Huiyuan, take a good look at the might of my righteous master."

The Hide family issued an eviction order, but in the end Toyotomi Teruie and Toyotomi Hidesada were left alone.When Toudo Takatora resigned, Hideie asked him to take care of Toyotomi Masato and sent him to Toudo Takatora's formation to listen to him.

As the son of the Hide family, Masashi is the eldest son with the surname Toyotomi. Even after the Teru family has been confirmed as the heir, his status is still transcendent.

Moreover, he had performed very well in the previous Olu Conquest, Ezo Conquest, and the Battle of Hokuriku, and he was fully qualified to become an independent general leading troops like the Ashikaga clan.

At this moment, Hideie deprived him of the right to lead troops, and threw him to Toudo Takatora as a small attendant to knock him and kill the arrogance in his body.

The key politician cannot be angry yet, because Takatora Toudo is his biological uncle. In this Toyoharu family, which attaches great importance to blood ties, if he dares to lose his temper with Takatora Toudo, Hideie will immediately punish him.

As for leaving Toyotomi Teruie behind, it was to allow him to put himself in their shoes and get in touch with the subsequent negotiations with the daimyo.

"As for the formation in Osaka, Gao Hu will set it up first. When it's almost done, you can go back." This is what Xiujia said to Huijia.

After everyone had left, Hideie took a map of Japanese territory from Kira Mori himself, spread it out between the three of them, pointed at Owari and Mikawa, and said to Toyotomi Sadie, "Owari, Mikawa, except Higashi Mikawa The Hohan, Shitara, Eight Three Horsemen, and the other territories totaling about 76 stones are yours. In addition, I will draw 5 stones from all over Kinki to make up for your 80 stone territory."

When Xiu Zhen heard the reward mentioned by Xiu Jia, her hand began to rub the map as gently as if touching the skin of a beautiful woman.

But he quickly raised a question, "Didn't you say that you would give me the Junyuan Three Kingdoms at the beginning? Is it because you promised them out in order to transfer my father?"

According to the rural accounts of the 8th year of Keicho, Suruga had about 18 koku, Enjiang 28 koku, Mikawa 35 koku, and the total amount of knowledge and practice in the three countries was 81 koku.Although Hideie didn't give him Suruga and Enjie, he did give Owari, who was in a better position and more economically developed, which was beyond his expectation.

Compared to Tokaido Mikuni, which is divided by mountains, the Noo Plain plus Ise and Mikawa on the side are undoubtedly more convenient and flat. The safety of Hideie is actually better.Not to mention that Hideie promised to replenish the 5 koku Momoyo from all over Kinki.

The current Koriyama family has 33 koku from the Iwashiro Koriyama family. Such an arrangement by the Hide family is equivalent to increasing the Koriyama family's knowledge and experience by 2.5 times. Which daimyo wouldn't be excited about that?

"80 koku, 80 koku." Toyotomi Hidesada kept mumbling this number, with disbelief in his tone, "Why are there so many?"

"You deserve this, Yu Yisong." Unknowingly, the Xiu family had forgotten how many years it had been since they called Xiuzhen this way. Perhaps only the two brothers would call her Xiuzhen so affectionately in private. .

"You've endured a lot in the past few years. If it weren't for me, you would have already demolished 50 pieces of stone in the Taiko era. Besides, you still haven't been rewarded for your contribution to peace talks in North Korea, so this time you will be included. I’ll seal it for you. I wonder if you’re still satisfied?”

"By the way, you just said why you didn't follow the plan to grant you the title of Junyuan Sansikuni. It's because I think your contribution is worthy of Owari and Mikawa. This place is too critical, and it must be something I can trust. People will guard it. Yu Yisong, I can trust you unconditionally, right?"

Hideie answered many of his questions in succession. Of course, Hideie did not fully explain the real reason why he was not rewarded as Jun Yuan San according to the original plan.

Of course, this does not mean that the Hide family will give in to Owari Ikuni. In fact, the Hide family believes that Hidetaka is the only one who can guard this place for the Hide family.

As Hideie's boss said just now, the mouth of Nobi is too critical and must be guarded by someone who is extremely trustworthy.

There should have been a vassal arrangement here, but which of the current sons can afford such an important task of guarding the territory of more than 50 koku?

The Xiu family's plan was to first let Xiuzhen guard the Xiu family. At that time, the foundation of his rule would be stable, and through certain political operations, his sons could be divided and transferred to other places.

Xiuzhen was immersed in the joy of sealing Owari and Mikawa with 80 koku. How could she withstand a CPU like Xiujia? She immediately promised Xiujia that she would guard this gateway connecting the east and central China for Xiujia. .

"Let's set up this castle in Owari. I think the location of Furuno Castle is very good, so let's rebuild a castle based on it."

Hideya even thoughtfully named the city for Hidetada, "Let's call it Nagoya."

(End of this chapter)