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Chapter 858 Uesugi Mogami Date Shimazu Four Domain Security Plan (5K)

Although Hideie was prepared from the beginning that Uesugi Kagekatsu would not hand over Naoe Kanetsugu, when he actually heard the news from Uesugi Kagekatsu that Naoe Kanetsugu had abandoned the Uesugi family and ran away, Hideie still felt that funny.

Kasugayama Castle is surrounded by layers of siege, and Naoe Kanetsugu is the elder of your Uesugi family. Every move is noticed. Does it mean that he disappeared just because he disappeared?

"Did Nakagan Uesugi come to Luo just to tell me this?" Hideie's face looked a little unhappy, and looked at Mogami Yoshimitsu and Date Masamune, who were on the left and right, and asked, "The two of them have not traced the thief Naoe. ?"

Mogami Yoshimitsu and Date Masamune bowed to Hideie very sincerely and expressed their apologies, "I'm very sorry, we did not see Naoe Yamashiromori."

At this point, Hideie has already made a guess in his heart. It is almost certain that Naoe Kanetsugu is still in Kasugayama Castle, but is being protected by Uesugi Kagekatsu.

Despite the conflict between Uesugi Kagekatsu and Naoe Kanetsugu over whether to fight or make peace, in the final analysis, the two have known each other for many years. Uesugi Kagekatsu still has feelings for Naoe Kanetsugu and may give him a way to survive.

I don’t know why, but after Ishida Mitsunari’s death, Hideie was a little reluctant to take action against Naoe Kanetsugu.From a certain point of view, these two people are very loyal. In the original history, online celebrities were obsessed with them.

This life is also a fate of the times. The Hide family thought that they would rely on each other and support the Toyotomi family, but they never expected that the times would push themselves against them.

Hideie decided to give Naoe Kanetsugu a chance. Anyway, he would have to hide his name to avoid arrest for the rest of his life. If he was caught accidentally, his head might be exchanged for merit.

With the decision made, Hideie no longer struggled with Naoe Kanetsugu. He looked at Uesugi Kagekatsu and asked sternly: "Uesugi Nakagan, do you know your guilt?"

This question was not only an accountability for Uesugi Kagekatsu's wrong side, but also a question about why Uesugi Kagekatsu didn't bring Naoe Kanetsugu, whom Hideie named.

But no matter how harsh Hideie's questioning was, there was only one sentence for Uesugi Kagekatsu: "I'm really sorry."

Hideie was also made a little angry by Uesugi Kagekatsu. How could there be such an autistic person?
"In this case, Nakaton should bear the blame himself." Hideie angrily accused Uesugi Kagekatsu, "I will discuss with the five big guys to decide whether the Uesugi family should be removed from the seal."

When he heard that the closure was to be changed, Uesugi Kagekatsu became anxious, but his tone of voice was still as calm as water.

He bowed solemnly to Xiujia and said, "I also ask Zuofu to be magnanimous and forgive me."

"What is there about your Uesugi family that deserves my forgiveness? Is it the family tree of your ancestors and their past glory?"

Hideie had no idea about Uesugi Kagekatsu, but Uesugi Kagekatsu insisted on saving the Uesugi family. He directly made Hideie an offer that Hideie could not refuse.

"I, Uesugi Kagekatsu, am willing to take full responsibility for the reason why the Uesugi family is in today's situation. But the Uesugi family cannot be cut off, Zuofu! Please also ask Zuofu to consider the continuation of the Uesugi family and find a good son to inherit the Uesugi family. .”

When Uesugi Kagekatsu made this condition, Oka Kari, Date Masamune and Mogami Yoshimitsu were all standing by, and even Toyotomi Teruie and Todo Takatora were also listening.When they heard this condition, they reacted quickly and slowly, but they all realized the meaning behind Uesugi Kagekatsu's words.

Oka Toshi, who was the former special envoy of Hideie, even tentatively asked Uesugi Kagekatsu: "Uesugi Chunagon is prepared."

Uesugi Kagekatsu also said very eloquently: "I am willing to commit seppuku."

This is what Hideie admires about Uesugi Kagekatsu. Although he used to look like Squirtle, hiding in his shell and rarely expressing his opinions, he has his own correct views in his heart, and he is also a willing person. Responsible person.

Just like now, Shangshan Kagekatsu knew that the consequences of handing over Naoe Kanetsugu would definitely leave a bad reputation among the retainers. After all, no retainer would like a daimyo who voluntarily handed over himself as an exchange of interests. He would rather sacrifice himself We also need to ensure the cohesion of the Uesugi family.

Of course, he knew very well that the Uesugi family's seal would be reduced this time.He cannot escape the blame in front of his ancestors. If he must choose between the Uesugi family and his own life, he will sacrifice himself without hesitation.

While many people were still immersed in Uesugi Kagekatsu's "great righteousness", Hideie said fiercely, "If Nakanotari dies, what will you do to Yamashiro Mamoru? How will he have the face to face you in the future?" "

Many people did not understand the meaning of Hideie's words, but Uesugi Kagekatsu understood it. Hideie had already seen through his little Jiujiu but did not point it out.

After a few seconds of silence, Hideie said to Toyotomi Terie, "Have you, Asasaburo brother, set off?"

Toyotomi Teruya was stunned for a second, but quickly reacted and responded, "I originally planned to leave for the north today. I had agreed that my father would go out to see him off, but now he has been delayed due to matters involving the Uesugi family. Otherwise, let me go and confirm." one time?"

Hideie nodded, and Toyotomi Terie got up and left. Soon after, he came in with a heroic warrior who was slightly older than him.

"Father, I heard that you are looking for me?" After saluting Xiujia, he asked Xiujia carelessly.

Hideie pointed at Uesugi Kagekatsu, then pointed at Toyotomi Masakaya and said, "This is my third son Masakaya. Nakagan may have seen him on the battlefield. It was he who defeated Shinbada Castle and cooperated with Koriyama He marched triumphantly all the way south and surrounded Kasuga Mountain. The cage fighting method at the foot of Kasuga Mountain was also his handiwork."

Uesugi Kagekatsu was a little surprised to see that the visitor was a boy who was only 16 or 17 years old, but after looking at Hideie sitting in front of him, he accepted it calmly, and said with emotion: "It's true that a tiger father has no dog son."

Hideie also took the opportunity to ask: "How about it, am I a tiger worthy of your Uesugi family?"

"Of course it's perfectly appropriate."

Uesugi Kagekatsu originally thought that the Hide family would give him a random son, but he didn't expect to give himself such an important figure.The most important thing is that he has military exploits in the East-West Joint War, and is about to go north to quell the chaos. These are all military exploits.

Since a family with outstanding military exploits has to be rewarded, this also means that the Uesugi family can not only keep the family name, but also keep a lot of knowledge and deeds. The only shortcoming is that this child does not have the blood of the Uesugi family.

But it's not a big deal. Neither he nor his father Uesugi Kenshin is of Uesugi family blood.

Hideie saw that Uesugi Kagekatsu readily agreed, and he also said readily, "In that case, let's complete the adoption ceremony before going out into battle.

Asahi Saburo, I give you the character "Tiger" today, and from now on I will call you the Uesugi Family Tiger.I hope you will learn from your grandfather when you come to the Uesugi family, and never let the tragedy of the Uesugi family die out like your father happen again. "

Kato Uesugi hadn't yet figured out what was going on. He originally thought he was called back to listen to his father's instructions, but he didn't expect that he would be thrown out by his father and change his name to another family.

He liked the name of the Toyotomi family very much. Even if he was to be succeeded by a famous family like Uesugi, his first reaction when he knew he was going to be succeeded was to resist.

"Father, I have a marriage contract with the Akashi family."

"It's not like you are a son-in-law and an adopted son, and besides, the Nakaton family doesn't have a girl of the right age to marry you." The Hide family blocked the Uesugi family's resistance first, and then asked Uesugi Kagekatsu for confirmation, "Really, Nakagan? "

Uesugi Kagekatsu originally wanted to find a girl from the Nagao family to adopt as an adopted daughter, and then marry Uesugi Kaitora, but now Hideie has blocked this end.

"Forget it, for the sake of the future of the Uesugi family, it's okay to adopt someone who has nothing to do with it. Anyway, my current adopted son is also from the Kawachi Hatakeyama family." Uesugi Kagekatsu comforted himself.

The Hide family has finalized the matter of the Uesugi family's inheritance. The next step is the issue of the Uesugi family's security. This is what Uesugi Kagekatsu is most concerned about.

"Asasaburo, the five big brothers and I originally thought that you performed very well before and should receive a reward of about 20 koku after the war. Now that you have inherited the Uesugi family, you will transfer Echigo Joetsu to Injo County and Soba County. , and Mishima County Sanxiang District will give you 20 shi as your security.

But don't forget that the Uesugi family was guilty before. This time they go to the northeast to quell the chaos, and they still have to make persistent efforts. Only in this way can we help Nakagan, the Uesugi family, and ourselves wash away the stigma. "

The 20 koku was a reward given by the Hide family for the Uesugi family's adoption of the tiger.

Originally, Toyotomi Masato wanted to take almost this much after the war. As for the Uesugi family, after handing over Naoe Kanetsugu, Hideie originally planned to give 10 to 20 koku, but Uesugi Kagekatsu's lack of cooperation allowed Hideie to get it. The idea of ​​​​direct change.

Now that Uesugi Kagekatsu has taken the initiative to offer his son to the Hide family, the Hide family simply combines the two rewards into one, allowing the Uesugi family to inherit the 20 stone of Kasugayama Castle in the two counties of Echigo. "Although Kasugayama Castle is the Uesugi family's main castle, it is not developed because of the mountain castle. I want you to build a new castle at the foot of the mountain by the Takada Seki River after the war."

"As for Uesugi Nakagan, you don't need to commit seppuku. First, follow Asahi Saburo back to the stable territory of Echigo, and then help Asahi Saburo lead the Uesugi army to quell the Sansi riots in the Northeast. Just wait until after the war and go to Edo Temple to live in seclusion. .”

In this way, the crisis of the Uesugi family was resolved, and Uesugi Jingsheng got a son with outstanding ability.The most important thing is that the Uesugi family can continue to stay in Echigo. Although Nakatsu and Shimotsu have been taken away, the core Kasugayama area is still retained. Uesugi Kagekatsu left with satisfaction.

As for the Hide family, they solved the problem of dividing their son's own territory, and also had the opportunity to control the Echigo-Uesugi family, and they also received the most tangible benefits.

The two people's intercourse really captivated their eyes, making Date Masamune and Mogami Yoshimitsu a little confused. The Uesugi family was just lifted up and put down gently?

It seems that not having a son has the advantage of not having a son!
"I have seen Dewa Mamoru's performance. I have already discussed with the five big guys about your reward after the war. Are you going to ask for Yonezawa or Shouchi?"

It's actually hard to choose, because both Yonezawa and Shouchi have their own benefits.The Mogami family has spent three generations fighting for an outlet to the sea. Shonai not only has a large plain, but also an outlet to the sea and salt profits.

But Yonezawa is not bad. As the most fertile plain in Dewa Country, it is also very close to the Yamagata Castle of the Mogami family. It would be great if I could have both.

"I choose Shouchi, Zuofu." After fierce ideological competition, Mogami Yoshimitsu finally chose Shouchi.Without him, she didn't want the salt of the Mogami family to be held by the surrounding forces anymore.

"I understand, I will convey your request to the five big guys."

When Hideie promised that Mogami Yoshimitsu could get Shouchi or Yonezawa, Date Masamune was excited.Because after receiving this reward, the Mogami family became a big name with 45 koku.

His Mogami family can get such a reward, so there's no reason why he can't get it himself.

"Mutsunomori, I know you really want to return to Sendai, but how about I transfer you to the Western Kingdom? Izumo is the leader of the whole army, and the three counties of Hokisei are the leader of a total of 36 stone."

Date Masamune originally owned the old Sendai collar of 21 koku, but Hideie did keep his promise and gave him a large seal, even larger than Mogami Yoshimitsu's 30 koku.

But Date Masamune wanted to return to his skills, instead of being thrown to Izumo and Boqi like he is now.To be honest, there is no memory of these two countries in his memory. What kind of place is this? Why haven't I heard of it?

He instinctively wanted to object and raise an opinion, but seeing Xiujia's unquestionable look in his eyes, he finally swallowed his words and responded helplessly: "Yes~"

"Since neither of them has objections, we will submit this plan to the five big brothers for review. Whether it will be accepted in the end depends on the wishes of the five big brothers and the Gaotaiyuan."

Hideya likes this feeling very much. The famous one-eyed dragon Date in history doesn't even dare to fart in front of him.

After the two of them also left, the Toyotomi Teru family asked Hide family with some confusion, "Father, why can the Uesugi family, who are thieves, stay in the family, but the Date family, who has meritorious services, must be granted exclusive title?"

"Do you think I am punishing the Date family? Is the seal of 15 koku fake?"

"My child, that's not what I meant, it's just"

"It's just that we can obviously place Date on the spot, but why go to such trouble to move him, right?"

"That's what I mean, kid."

"Not only the Date family, but also Shimadzu and Satake will be involved in exclusive entrustment matters."

"But why bother?" For Toyotomi Teruie, who received traditional samurai education, the purpose of governance is to simplify the complex, and it is difficult for him to understand such a tortuous arrangement.

"The trouble now is for the long-term peace and stability in the future." Xiujia quickly gave the core argument.

"Shimadzu and Date have taken root in Kyushu Minamikawa Mutsu for too long. For so long, the people at the bottom only know about Shimadzu and Date, but not the public. In these two places, the Shimadzu and Date families The flag is even easier to use than the official government, but this is wrong."

Xiujia explained solemnly, "I just want to resolve the local influence of the two companies through exclusive entrustment. I even planned to have the two companies receive the exchange, but in the end it was not implemented."

"why?"

"Because Date and Shimazu are both jackals, and there are so many jackal children left in their old territory that it takes tigers to suppress them."

This was exactly the plan that the Hideo family had decided upon at the beginning of the war, which was to use the opportunity of receiving rewards to transform their territory on a large scale.

To tell a very outrageous story, among the entire Warring States Daimyo army, the Shimazu family had the highest proportion of samurai.It's not for any other reason, it's just that the entire Shimadzu clan is so prolific. On average, each person can give birth to 3 to 5 sons in each generation. For hundreds of years, most of the two countries, Satsuma and Osumi, are descendants of the Shimadzu family.

With so many descendants receiving samurai education from an early age, even if they couldn't scrape together enough gear, they could still go to the battlefield wearing the armor of other great masters.But don't take these shabby-equipped "ashigaru" as real ashigaru. Their fighting power and fighting will are similar to samurai.

Therefore, in the Shimazu family, the samurai's sinking to the ashigaru level improved the combat effectiveness of the entire army.

Historically, why did the Tokugawa family fear the Shimazu family but did not dare to touch them, and did not even think about imposing a special seal on Shimazu?It's because the Shimazu family's influence in Southern Kyushu has completely taken root at the bottom.

Not only are they afraid of the Shimazu family's fighting power, but they are also worried about who can control these guys after the Shimazu Yoshihiro family moves away.

When Shimazu Yoshihiro was still there, there was still a leader from the same clan who could control the restless hearts of the people below. Just imagine what would happen to Satsuma Ohsumi if another daimyo parachuted above these thousands of Shimadzu family members. the result of?

Of course, there are solutions to all of this.

It just so happens that Tohoku and Ezo need to be replenished with population, and all the Shimazu family members can be sent to Tohoku.

Haven’t they been saying that Southern Kyushu is not enough to survive?Isn’t it enough to go to Northeast China where the area is vast and sparsely populated?
However, there has never been such a large-scale enfeoffment action since ancient times. The Hide family's exclusive enfeoffment of Kanto from Kibi was considered an ordinary transfer of fertile land. In this way, Hideyoshi still needed to seek the opinions of the Hide family and the Hide family's retainers.

With the Hide family's current control over the imperial court, they simply do not have the ability to transfer titles to the Shimazu family on a scale of tens of thousands of people.If you do this forcefully, it will make people think that the Hide family is mean and unkind, and treats the Shimazu family harshly in Sekihara's meritorious service.

So Xiujia has to take two steps.

The first is to remove Shimazu's head first and beat their fellow clan members in front of them.

Then a foreigner was parachuted in Satsuma and Osumi, using time and space to intensify the contradiction between the upper and lower levels.

By the time these Shimadzu branch families were at loggerheads with the local daimyo, the Hide family was almost in control of Japan.At that time, we can either deal with this foreign daimyo in the name of appeasing the unfavorable people in the territory, or we can uproot the Shimazu clan in Satsuma and Osumi in the name of causing chaos in Shimazu.

But there are still too many people in the Shimazu family. After they were packed together and multiplied for decades, they became a local snake, so Hideie had to split them up.

In order to show their benevolence, the Hide family planned to hand over part of it to Shimazu Yoshihiro and his family who had already transferred it to Northeast China, and distribute the other part to Ezo to fill the population.

This is Xiujia's plan to kill three birds with one stone.

(End of this chapter)