Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 862: Seal and Transfer—Central Kanto and Northeastern Ezo
What an honor it is to have two great names in one family. Looking at this trend, apart from the Hide family's son receiving a series of awards, only the Hori family has this honor.

Hori Hideshige was 70 years old. Seeing that he was old, Hideyoshi saluted him again and praised him a few words: "You teach a good son and a good grandson. It is our blessing to have you in the Toyotomi family." .”

After Hori Hidejun returned, the review continued, and Toyotomi Hidesada continued to read: "The Toyoharu family warrior Takayama clan conquered Ezo and assisted the Zuofu to quell the rebellion. He was moved to Shinonomizuchi County 7.5 for his meritorious service. According to Nagano Castle.”

"The Shimono daimyo Utsunomiya Hidetsuna (historically the third son of Todo Takayoshi and Niwa Nagahide, who was adopted by Toyotomi Hidenaga for many years in this life, and the adoptive brother of Hideie and Hidesada), was the Prime Minister of Zuofu for his contribution in quelling the rebellion, so he moved this letter 2 shi from the two counties of Nogai and Hanke, based on Susaka Castle."

When Toyotomi Hidesada read this, he paused, glanced at the young man sitting at the end whose face could not be seen, and then continued to sing: "The great name of Kai is Hidenobu Takeda. Receive 24 shi and base ourselves on Kofu City."

Although he had known about his reward before, Takeda Hidenobu was still extremely excited when the news was officially confirmed by the Toyotomi family.

He clasped his hands tightly, and the little pearls in the corners of his eyes shed tears of disappointment, "Father, mother, grandfather (here refers to Takeda Shingen), I finally realized the revival of the Takeda family!"

Everyone naturally turned their attention to this young man in his early 30s. After all, the Takeda family's reputation lies there.

Perhaps 25 years ago, when Oda Nobunaga destroyed the Takeda family, no one thought that one day the family would be able to revive in power, but he did it.

"The Hitachi daimyo Tagatani Hidetsune, who served as the assistant of the Zuofu in quelling the rebellion, moved 6 koku to Izu Nirayama Castle."

"At this point, the sealing of the central area has been completed."

Fortunately, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not participate in today's evaluation because of his guilt. Otherwise, he might have been as anxious as Shimazu Yoshihiro. Why was Mikawa, who had promised him in the first place, gone?

Without Mikawa, Tooe and Suruga would not have their own share?

At this moment, the daimyo were all immersed in the joy of being sealed. Not many people had noticed this. Even the daimyo who heard Tokugawa Ieyasu speak in Sekigahara did not remember it until the final arrangements for the Tokugawa family's disposal. After coming out, everyone suddenly recalled the scene in Guan Yuan.

"Next will be the reward from the Kanto region." Toyotomi Hidesada once again took out a petition and opened it and said.

"Echigo Uesugi Nakaton acted rebelliously and resisted the law. Thinking that he was deceived by the treacherous officials, he was dealt with lightly. The seal was reduced to 2 koku in Echigo Inakijo and Soba counties, and the base was moved to Takada Castle. At the same time, Uesugi Nakagan was ordered to become a monk. , was imprisoned in the Immortal House of the Immortals to study Zen Buddhism, and the position of family governor was passed on to his son Uesugi Kaitora."

At this moment, the fact that Toyotomi Masato inherited the Uesugi family and changed his name to the Uesugi family was only spread in a small area, and the big names knew each other more or less. Now that they heard that Uesugi Kagekatsu abdicated, the Uesugi family was confused.

"Who is this Uesugi Tora?"

The daimyo looked around, wanting to see which young talent would succeed the Uesugi family. Could it be that Uesugi Kenmasa's son or grandson came back to inherit the Uesugi family?

But after scanning around, I didn't see anyone getting up. In the end, Toyotomi Toya, who was granted the title of Iwashiro (also the son of Idanan), helped to take it.

Seeing this scene, everyone suddenly realized that this Uesugi Tora was also the son of the Hide family!
No wonder that when we just said we wanted a son from the Hide family, Toyotomi Masato, who had made many military exploits in Ezo and Hokuriku, was not on the list. His affection had already been adopted by the famous Uesugi family.

While everyone lamented Hideie's good skills, they also lamented that Hideie's knife was so severe, it must have directly cut into the main artery of the Uesugi family. Tomoyuki's seal was reduced by 3/4, and the Uesugi family may be in turmoil.

But that's not necessarily the case. Isn't this just asking his son to go to the Northeast to quell the chaos? Maybe he can get a title for his military merit in the future?

"The name of Mikawa was Matsudaira Ietada. He had meritorious service in Mikawa and moved to Echigo Nagaoka for 4 koku."

"The Toyoharu clan samurai Shobayashi Isshin Mikawa and Sekigahara have made great contributions in breaking the formation, and are awarded 8 koku to Echigo Shinbada Castle."

"Shinano Daimyo Yuuki was a politician who helped the Zuofu to quell the rebellion. He moved 10 koku to Shimono Utsunomiya Castle."

"Toyoharu family samurai Kobata Shinsada moved to Shimono Otawara for 4 koku."

"The Toyoharu family samurai were promoted by Ryosada, who made great achievements in the expedition against Ezo and Sekigahara and moved to Shimono Mooka for 5 koku."

"General Tadaya Matsudaira of the Shinano Tokugawa family was successful in conquering Ezo and moved to Ibaraki Racecourse for 5 koku."

"The Toyoharu family warrior Endo Toshitsuchi, who made great achievements in the Ezo Crusade, Mikawa, and Sekigahara, moved 3 koku to Takahagi, Ibaraki."

"Samurai Harada Sadao of the Toyoharu family moved to Asahi Castle with a title of 4 koku."

"The samurai of the Okayama clan, Shinmō Hiromasa (the grandson of the Shinbō clan), moved 3 koku to Kashima, Ibaraki, and based it on Ryukai Castle."

"Toyoharu family samurai Takahashi Ryoji Mikawa Narihito took the title of righteousness, and conferred the title of 4.8 koku on his son Takahashi Tokyu Shita Sosakura."

"Toyoharu family samurai Nagafune Tsunao made great contributions to the expansion of Ezo. Later, he served as an assistant to the Zuofu government to quell the rebellion. His father Nagafune Sadato personally pacified Kanto and Tohoku. Today, Nagafune Tsunao has been granted a total of 18.5 koku."

"The general of Bizen Okayama Domain, Mikata Hidekatsu, for his meritorious service as an assistant to the young lord, moved the 4 counties of Sagami, Shimo Ashigara, Tsukui, Aya and Izu tomoyo for a total of 7 koku, and ordered him to rebuild the Odawara town, Kanto Toyoharu family. Provide assistance.”

"Ota Keizi, a samurai of the Ashikaga family, moved 7 koku to the Hirazuka."

"Date Masahiro, a samurai of the Toyoharu family, moved to Ibaraki Prefecture with 5.5 koku due to his meritorious service."

"This is the end of the sealing of Kanto."

"The great lord of the Western Kingdom, Mouri Terumoto, took advantage of the country's calamity and jumped around. His clan members Yoshikawa Hiroie, family general Ankokuji Eiko and other Sekigahara thieves were the most difficult to pardon.

Fortunately, Mori Hidemoto, the general of the Mori family, served in the crusade against Ezo and guarded the Northeast. At the last moment, Mori Terumoto woke up and dedicated himself to Osaka for the emperor.

Today's meritorious service is worth moving to Aizu and receiving a total of 27 koku. The Yoshikawa clan is ordered to be exterminated, and the Maori family is inherited by Mouri Hidemoto. "

The reward for the Maori family has also been greatly changed. Originally, the Xiu family only planned to give them 13 shi, but this proposal did not pass the review of the five big brothers.

It’s not that the five big guys got tough and directly refuted Hideie’s proposal, but they thought it would be okay to deal with the Mouri family this way if he hadn’t died. However, after all, Mouri Terumoto died in Osaka for the Eastern Army. No matter how you say it, it’s a big deal. Name, this life alone is worth 15 shi of mercy.

Moreover, it is well known in Osaka that Mouri Terumoto was killed by Ishida Mitsunari. A country's great names have dedicated their lives to the country, and Hideie and others still treat them harshly and greatly reduce their abilities. It is very unpleasant to say that.

The Xiu family finally accepted their plan, but chose a relatively isolated place surrounded by mountains to place them.

Of course, the Hide family also came with additional clauses, that is, the Yoshikawa family must be cut off, and the Miao character cannot be revived within the Moori family in the future.

The Kobayakawa family, one of the two rivers in Maori, is now left to survive in Kyushu, while the other Yoshikawa family has now been completely wiped out.For the Maori family, the two-sichuan system has officially become history.

"The second son of Ikeda's servant, Ikeda Hidemasa, was instrumental in putting an end to the rebellion in Sekigahara, and moved 8 koku to Iwaki Heijo."

Ikeda Hidemasa is the historical Ikeda Masatora. He is actually the second son of Ikeda Terumasa, but he is recorded as the youngest because he was a concubine.

The hostage Ikeda Terumasa handed over when the Hide family went north to Ezo was born and served in the retainers, or to be more precise, he had been growing up as a retainer of the Toyotomi Teru family.As the assistant of the Toyotomi Teru family, Terumasa Ikeda could not only seal 13 shi when he moved to Kyushu. The 8 shi were withheld by the Hide family and given to Hidemasa Ikeda, the second son.

He is also cultivating the next generation of daimyo backbones for his son Hui's family.

If these 8 koku are included, the total knowledge and practice of the Ikeda family is 50 koku, and a full 23 koku has been sealed, which is a proper seal.

"The Toyoharu family samurai, Ukita Hidemasa, made great achievements in the Ezo Crusade and the Sekigahara War and moved 6.5 koku to Naka Iwai County, and based it on Ichinoseki Castle."

"Dewa Daimyo Mogami Yoshimitsu assisted the Koriyama Palace in suppressing Echigo. He was awarded the title of 3 koku to the three prefectures in the village, and 14 koku to the general. The mountain shape of the base remains unchanged."

"The Daimyo of Riku in the south, Li Zhi, moved to seal most of Riku in addition to the three counties of Chozawa, Esa, and Iwai, with a total of 15 koku, and the headquarters moved to Morioka Castle."

"The great name of Lubei is Songqian Qingguang. He has made great achievements and added the three counties of Lubei North, Sanhu, and Erhu. He has gained 7 shi in total in Lubei and is based in Hirosaki Castle."

When Toyotomi Hidesada said this, Hideie specially interjected and said, "I heard that your family likes to change their names. Not long ago, they just changed their name from Uyizaki to Matsumae. This time they moved from Matsumasa to Hirosaki, so why not change the name of Miao to Hirosaki?" Bar."

Hirosaki Kehiro spent his whole life expanding the knowledge and practice of the Uyizaki family. When he first came to see Hideie, Hideie was somewhat reluctant to ask him to obey and become his retainer. (I had just left Anton’s house at that time)
Perhaps even Hirosaki Kehiro himself did not expect that one day he would be granted a title on Honshu Island.

Although it is in the northernmost part of Lubei, after all, he is able to control a country with a total of 7 stone, which can be regarded as a hero-level figure. This is a dream that the Takeda family has not realized for generations.

"Kaga Daimyo Kanamori Nagane, moved out of Ha Yonezawa with 8 koku."

"Toyoharu family generals Ukita (Tarōbei) and Iyasu (the Hide family's Jurchen adopted son Abatai), Mikawa, Ezo, and Sekigahara gained the title of Dewa Yokote Castle with 6 koku."

"The Toyoharu family general Ukita (Erōbei) and the Hide family's Jurchen adopted son Zasaktu, together with Mikawa, Ezo, and Sekigahara, made 6 koku of Iwashiro Fukushima."

"Toyoharu family general Ukita (Ishirobei) family clan (Hide family Jurchen's adopted son Babutai), Mikawa, Ezo, and Sekigahara have made 6 koku of Dehahiraka."

"Toyoharu family generals Ukita (Sanurobei) Ieyoshi (Hide family Jurchen adopted son Hideyoshi), Mikawa and Sekigahara added 4 koku to Rikuzen Kurihara County, based on Iji Castle."

"Osaka General Ito Nagashi, Osaka was instrumental in opening the city, and moved 5 koku to Iwaki Somafu Naka Castle."

"Twenty-four people including Osaka generals Nonomura Masaharu, Igi Faroo, Ishio Haruichi, Inoue Michikatsu, Onoki Gonghao, Mori Yoshinari and others contributed to the stabilization of Osaka and moved 24 koku to the prefectures in front of the Riku."

"At this point, all rewards on this island are over, and all other rewards will be collected and stored away."

As Toyotomi Hidesada closed the petition, someone realized that it seemed that the Tokugawa family had not announced the reward yet. Not only the Tokugawa clan, but also many daimyo who had been convicted of crimes in Osaka Castle but were not guilty of death had not yet announced their rewards.

But the whole of Japan has been almost filled up, especially in the Western Kingdom, which is almost filled with gaps. On the contrary, large areas of land in Kanto and Northeast China have been collected as hidden treasures.

But even if this is the case, it seems that the superiors have not left a place for these famous names to settle down.

While everyone was still confused, Asano Nagamasa, who was the pen of the five great men, came out and took over the topic and said, "Since the fourth year of Keicho, the Youfu has been conquering Ezo for more than three years. It has conquered thousands or ten thousand of the Ezo tribe. Expanding the territory thousands of miles is really a great event that will benefit the country and benefit the future."

"However, after all, the land of Ezo has been hanging outside for a long time, and the imperial court is really beyond its reach. We have discussed and decided to implement the separation of the country and the border to appease the people. The name of Ezo Island was changed to Hokkaido, and it was divided into 17 countries from south to north, namely Matsumae and Matsumago. , Yakumo, Goshi, Danshi, Ishikari, Toyonuma, Naganuma, Shimokawa, Kamikawa, Tengan, Kitami, Hidaka, Tokachi, Shunriku, Tono, Mishima.”

"In view of the great contribution that was made in the development of Ezo Zufu in the past, it has been decided that the four countries of Matsumae, Ishikari, Naganuma and Toyonuma will be rewarded with Zufu, and the Zufu will be developed and developed, and the land will be inspected and exempted from military service for 10 years."

"The Tokugawa Household Sekigahara has meritorious service anyway, but his appointment is not enough to make up for his fault. After the joint discussion of the five major leaders, it was decided to move the entire Tokugawa family to the three countries of Shunriku, Tono, and Mishima, and hand it over to his son Tokugawa Tadamasa ( Under the jurisdiction of Ii Tadamasa, he inspected the land and was exempted from military service for 10 years."

"Date Nagano, the old warrior of the Date family, has done great service in guarding Ezo. Now we have decided to reward him Saidan to revive half of the country. He will be given a letter of knowledge and action, inspect the land, and be exempted from military service for 10 years."

"Two generations of former Uki family warriors, Washiyama Ieshige and Washiyama Iekei, contributed greatly to the expansion of Ezo. We have decided to reward them for their courage in inspiring half of the country. They will be given a letter of knowledge and action, land inspection, and exemption from military service for 10 years."

"The former Tohoku daimyo Onodera Yoshimichi was instrumental in pioneering Ezo, and his past crimes have been forgotten. It is now decided to reward him with the entire Yakumo domain, a letter of knowledge and deeds, land inspection, and exemption from military service for 10 years."

"Although Inuyang Hide has no respect for humanity, killing his brother, exterminating his clan, and manipulating power, the crime is unforgivable. However, the lord decided to give his son Misuke Shihou the Otaru area to be favored, inspect the land, and exempt him from service. 10 years."

"The Seven Hands Team has a long-term defense of the pen and water. For its merits in guarding Osaka, it will be rewarded with the Hokkaido Shigo Kingdom. It will inspect the territory and be exempted from military service for 10 years. At the same time, it will be responsible for monitoring the Inukai clan."

"Shigeharu Kuwayama, an old minister of Okayama, has contributed greatly to the development and administration of Ezo. He will be rewarded with the entire Ezo pine concubine, inspection of the land, and exemption from military service for 10 years."

"The rest of the territories were taken into hiding and placed under the care of the Hokkaido Governor's Palace. The chief daimyo of Hokkaido was appointed Nagafune Tsunao, with Hayami Morihisa and Date Nagami as deputy assistants."

"Since the Keicho Rebellion, the collapse of the world has been caused by the samurai who saw their own interests and disrupted the government. Many daimyo and samurai were convicted but were not killed. All their lands were confiscated and they were left to find food and accommodation by their own lords.

However, our Lord has the virtue of a good life, and now he has made a kind promise. Anyone who is willing to continue to be a servant of the Toyotomi family will assemble in Utsunomiya Castle and send them to Hokkaido to open up new territories and conquer Ezo from now on.

The war achievements obtained were recorded by the Ezo Governor-General's Office, and rewards were reported to Osaka based on the merits.If the territory of Hokkaido is not enough to seal, other areas in Northeast and Kanto will be found to seal it.

Other daimyo, as long as they have a public spirit for the country, can report to Osaka for approval and organize the Ezo Expeditionary Legion on their own.You can also organize a pioneering group to go to Ezo to open up wasteland, and the territory you open up can be converted into troops and assessed and rewarded. "

Many daimyo don't understand how big Hokkaido is. Today they were amazed when they heard that Hokkaido was divided into 17 countries.Everyone couldn't help but sigh: Is the land to the north so big?

Ever since Fujiwara Hidehiro conquered Tohoku and established the Mutsu and Dewa kingdoms, how many years has Japan not expanded its territory?

Not to mention that such a large amount of land was acquired at once, and according to the daimyo who went to Hokkaido, there were Ezo people in the Hokkaido area, and some people said that they could survive with food.

The daimyo may not have the time to send troops to attack Ezo. Even if they capture an enclave, what's the use?
At most, if there are many sons in the family, they will send a few sons there. After sending them away, they don't expect to come back. It would be good to directly establish a branch family in Hokkaido.

But more daimyo were interested in that pioneering group. In any era, pioneering was regarded as military merit.

Moreover, the cost of developing a group is small and the benefits are high.

When the military merits are distributed in Ezo, he will send a son to separate his family. If the seal is near his own territory, he will be considered a seal, right?
Didn’t you see that Yoshimichi Onodera, Nagami Date, and Harushige Kuwayama, who were sent to Ezo as rebels before, have become the masters of a country?
This is a ready-made role model!
After the meeting, the daimyo inquired and found out that although Hokkaido is now divided into 17 countries, Kamikawa, Shimogawa, Toyonuma, Tokachi, Shunriku, Tono, Mishima, Tengan and other countries have not yet been captured. The tribal power is still very strong.

At the same time, Kitami and Shigo are still entrenched by tribes that participated in the rebellion.

Daimyos who have not experienced the Ezo war will only think that the Ezo people are easy to fight.

As everyone knows, after these years of development and the intervention of external forces, the scientific and technological level and combat level of the Ezo tribe have improved. It is no longer the time when the Xiu family casually sent thousands of people and expanded thousands of miles with 200 iron cannons.

But the daimyo would not care about these things. They only knew that these conditions made them ready to take action, and they even ignored such an important matter as the Tokugawa family being sealed to Ezo.

(End of this chapter)