Chapter 443

Transferring the Seal of Kanto

Chapter 443 Transferring the Seal of Kanto
Gang Lisheng's words were like a thunderclap that exploded in the evaluation room, not to mention the people in the hall, even the guards outside the hall cast doubtful eyes on the inside of the hall.

It's no wonder everyone has this kind of reaction, it's all because what Gang Lisheng said is really shocking.

Before the Xiu family could react, Changchuan Zhenqin called out first, "Did you come to the meeting this morning after drinking alcohol? How could you say such desperate words?"

Ukita Kanya, who was sitting next to Oka Toshikatsu, also pulled Oka Toshikatsu to persuade him, "No, no, you'd better sit down and calm down."

Mingshi Jingqin, who has not spoken so far, also said, "I am afraid that Danzheng said such things out of anger, but it also expresses the resistance of my retainers to the conditional transfer of Kanto now."

After finishing speaking, he turned to look at the Xiu family and saluted, and said: "Your Highness, please say something nice to His Highness Guan Bai, it's not because we don't want to transfer the title, it's because this condition is too harsh.

We need to abandon the old leaders, retainers, and common people, and go to an unknown land. We also need to fight against the original wealthy clan in this land. The seal of only 20 stones is really not enough. "

As for Hanabou Masanari and Tachihara Hisakuna, the two also expressed their agreement after Akashi's kiss.

Xiujia saw that all the elders had already spoken, and he planned to speak out his thoughts. He first severely criticized Gang Lisheng, "Master Tanzheng said that he would rebel, do you have money? Are you ready? Are you ready?" Are you certain of victory?"

Before Gang Lisheng could answer, Xiujia blurted out: "Let me tell you, no! Two years ago, all the money was invested in Xiugangshan City, and this year's money was used to buy rice in Kanto. The rice bought Being left in Shinano, the food in my Okayama city just lasted until the autumn harvest!
Let me tell you again, when I built the city the year before last, I promised the people that there would be no more wars last year and this year. Now it has been more than a year since the army was prepared for war. It is unknown whether the weapons and equipment will be repaired. What do you use to fight? "

"This"

"It's been so many years that you still haven't got rid of this problem. Be careful what comes out of your mouth. Today, everyone in the palace is your own, so you can just talk about it.

Another day in the main hall, when the big and small retainers of the family gather, if you speak wild words again, I will definitely punish you mercilessly. "

Seeing Xiujia getting angry, Oka Toshikatsu also apologized to Xiujia, and then Xiujia looked at everyone and continued, "The 160 million shi is just the Zhixing after the transfer of compensation that Lord Guan Bai promised to give us.

In the words of my uncle, "Land problems should be compensated by land, and trade problems should be compensated by trade." The head of the family Zhixing 135 million shi, and after the transfer, he occupied Musashi, Ueno, and Zongfang 150 million shi, plus Iyo's 17 shi , The total Zhixing is 167 million, and the sealing of about 40 stones is in line with the conditions for transfer compensation. From the perspective of land, His Highness Guan Bai does not owe us anything.

As far as trade is concerned, Iyo’s Copper Mountain was allowed to be retained, and the Ryukyu trade privileges were retained. The only loss was the income from Okayama’s trade and the trade with Ming and Korea.

I will take people to the Kanto for the original rush, velvet rope, Bizen porcelain, and Osafune sword armor making crafts in Bizen, and develop another industry in Kanto. The related trade income will not be much less, and this part will be legalized. Ezo trade to compensate.

It is true that we have been concealing the Ezo trade in the past, and our actual trade income has decreased after the transfer of the Kanto, but our main trade income has been retained or the loss is not confirmed to be large.

Just like what Sado Mamoru said, we have received almost 3% of our volume as compensation for knowledge and practice. Even if we lose a little trade income, it is acceptable, not to mention that the land of Kanto has great development value, and it is not impossible to become 200 million shi in the future. possible. "

All the ministers listened to Xiujia explaining his views on the transfer of the title. After all, the largest shareholder of the Yuxi family was the Xiu family. After he made his views clear and agreed to the transfer, no one had anything to say.

Although Xiujia's meaning was clearly stated, several people in the hall cast doubtful expressions on him. The most important thing was to compensate for the two definitions of 40 shi and 3% knowledge and practice.

If the first time was a slip of the tongue, then it would be a little strange for Xiujia to miscalculate the ratio for the second time. After all, Xiujia is not a person who is not good at arithmetic, and even went to Hongwen Museum to give lectures.

In the end, it was Nasafune Zhenqin who asked the Xiu family, "Did my lord just say something so fast that I made a slip of the tongue, my family's 135 million shi to 167 million shi is obviously 30 shi, and where did the other 10 shi come from? "

Hearing Osafune Sadakin's question, Xiujia sighed and looked at Yukita's interpreter and explained, "This is exactly what I didn't finish talking about just now. His Highness Guan Bai wants you to stay in Xiguo and continue to exist as Ukita , Zhixing is in Sanuki, and I will reward you as a country in Sanuki."

"what?!"

Hearing that Yuxi Duo's family was going to be separated, all the retainers in the hall were shocked and said, "Is His Highness Guan Bai trying to imitate the old things of Maori and Sichuan! But my Yuxi family is different from Maoli's family in a thousand ways!"

As they say, the Maori family is a family coalition government. After the Maori two-river system was implemented in the Maori family, the political forces within the Maori family were divided into three waves.

In the era of Mori Terumoto, the Mori family has long been in harmony with each other. Facing Hideyoshi's persuasion and the conditions offered, Ryokawa may be a little bit reluctant, but Mori Terumoto, the most family governor, must agree with both hands. Anyway, what was cut was not his own land.

But it’s not true in the Yuki family. Although the Yuki family also has powerful families who surrendered to it, the core team is still Bizen, and it is a political system with a certain degree of centralization.

As a relative of the Hide family, the Ukita Kan family exists as the wings of Ukita, and does not have so many conflicts like the Mori clan and Ryokawa.

The most important thing is that Mao Liyuan is not afraid of dividing the family because of how many sons are born, but the Yuxi family is currently carrying the banner of the Xiu family and the Quan family. Neither the son of the Quan family nor the son of the Xiu family is an adult. Is not the best choice.

Don't think that all the daimyo have a heart that desires to be independent and superior. In Ukita's opinion, it is obviously much more comfortable to follow behind Hideyoshi and pretend to be a tiger than to go out and work alone.

In particular, before his father Ukita Tadaka left for Ezo, he specifically asked himself to maintain the unity of Ukita.

Now, after hearing the conditions for being separated from Xiujia, the Ukita family, who was still comforting Oka Toshikatsu just now, was the second to blow up his hair, "What! You want to separate me! Why did Master Kanbai propose such a thing?" No, no, absolutely not, this is digging the foundation of my Yuxi family, Hachiro, you must not agree."

Although he didn't blurt out rebellious words like Gang Lisheng just now, but his attitude has been clearly expressed, and he accepts Yu Xiduo's independent request if he doesn't want to.

After talking about the above content, Yu Xita's interpreter may feel that his position is not very clear, he walked out of the row to salute Xiu's family and said, "My lord, please don't throw out my family just for 10 shi, even if it's just to go to Kanto. Give me 6 shi.

Do not!Even if it is 4 shi, please take me with you, my family will never leave the lord. "

Perhaps Yu Xiduo's statement was too sensational, and other elders in the hall also saluted, asking Xiujia to consider the request of the interpreter.

The Xiu family was very upset by the statement of the Quan family, and what he meant seemed to be that he wanted to throw the Quan family out on his own initiative.

He sighed and looked at the interpreter and said, "Brother should know that the conditions for this transfer were not what I proposed, and I was very indignant when I was in Kyoto.

I can understand your feelings, but since His Highness Guan Bai listed this separately as a condition, it shows that he cares about this matter very much, and it is very difficult to refuse.

What's more, I didn't agree without consideration at the time. After my family transferred to Kanto, although the land of Iyo is like an enclave with 17 shi, it would be good to have you in Sanuki to help me.

Here is a sea away from our hometown, Kojima. If nothing happens, you can take care of my father and ancestors on my behalf.

What's more, the trade loss of Okayama and Takamatsu is inevitable when the family reseals Kanto this time. Instead of making it cheaper for others, I think it's better to let you manage it.

Don't worry, Sanuki has a total of 16.70 koku. I will properly dispose of the two families of Kosai and Kagawa before I leave, and what will be given to you at that time must be a proper Sanuki country. "

When Hideka mentioned this, Ukita’s attitude had softened somewhat, but he still opened his mouth to argue, “My lord, it’s not because I like Sanuki’s wisdom, or because I’m concerned about the 4 stones in Kasai and Kagawa.”

Xiujia held out his hand to signal him to be calm, and then continued to explain, "Yes, I know what you said, I just wanted to express my apology to you. The reason why I kept you in Sanuki is because I hope Our family can have a strong force not far from Osaka.

I thought about the distance between Iyo and Osaka, and the Ryukyu trade and the Besshi Copper Mine need to be handled in a low-key manner, so it's really not appropriate to make too much publicity.

Keeping you in Sanuki means that this machine has left a wedge near Kinki, and can send information about Kyoto to my family at any time. If the situation in Kyoto changes, you can also respond immediately and stick to it until my arrival. "

As soon as the Xiu family's words fell, everyone asked the Xiu family in doubt, "Your Highness, did you change in the capital just now?"

It was only then that Xiujia, who heard people asking him, realized that he had just said something that he shouldn't have said the fastest.

The Xiu family who has now reacted can only forcefully say: "I'm talking about possible future situations, and they may not necessarily happen.

I have already discussed with my uncle that Bizen will be his place of knowledge and practice. In the future, including Mino and Owari's over one million stone collars, Husong will inherit them.

Husong is not in good health, and his base city is Gifu in Mino. In the future, he might need his elder brother to help Husong take care of Bizen. "

After this round of talkative output from Xiu's family, Ukita's restless heart was finally suppressed, but other people in the palace still maintained different opinions.

As the elder of the writing family, Nasafune Zhenqin has been helping the Xiu family in the front, but at the end he still said to the Xiu family, "The matter of transferring the title is very important. We are in the center and naturally know the real situation inside and outside our family. Your Highness may Let us understand it with emotion and reason.

But at the meeting in a few days, what about the powerful warriors from the seven kingdoms of Jibei?

They don't care about the words "trade brave trade compensation, knowledge and action compensation with knowledge and action." Or the official words "retaining Iyo and actually sealing 40 shi after Dazai-sama's direct participation" are for them. They don't care about trade income, what they really care about is knowledge that can be handed down from generation to generation! "

Tachihara Hisakuna, who has never expressed his opinion, also interjected at this time, "This matter is easy to solve. Once the family is sealed, there will be extra land for them. And many of them will follow the family to the Kanto , You can see the situation in Kanto with your own eyes.

No matter how hype we say, it is not as convincing as seeing is believing. When they see the Thousand Miles Plain, they will naturally be willing to let go.

I am still worried about two things: First, regardless of whether they know the significance of Sagami to Kanto, they must have heard of the siege of Odawara twice, and they also know the title of Odawara's invincible.

I reckon that the most difficult battle in this battle is Odawara. They may also experience it for themselves. When Sagami Ichikuni, especially Odawara, is no longer in the hands of the main family, it will be difficult for them to feel safe, and it may cause new criticism.

The second is that His Highness Dazai directly participated in this matter. Even though His Highness said all kinds of benefits, the political impact it caused must be very bad.

In the past, only when the main family could not control the daimyo under his command, he would let him separate from his retainers under the arrangement of his superior daimyo.

His Highness must be in control of the family without fault, and he has the heart of the warriors under his command. He has made great contributions in the subsequent battle of Kanto, and it should have been riding the wind.

But at the critical point of transferring the seal of Guandong, requesting to separate from His Highness Dazai under the auspices of His Highness Guan Bai may give a bad signal to the retainers. "

What Liyuan Jiugang said was not very clear, but the meaning in it has been expressed clearly. The Xiu family has no mistakes internally and has made great contributions externally. Although it may be rewarded in the name of the meeting's military exploits, Guan Bai also gave a very intriguing action. .

And this action is very likely to make people in the world think that Hideyoshi has an opinion on him. Let alone the famous names of other countries, maybe even the samurai under his command will not dare to follow him to the Kanto. What about the boss whose superior wears small shoes?
Yingwa Jiuhu also echoed, "Master Liyuan is telling the truth. Don't underestimate the political sense of the powerful clan in the Warring States Period. Even though they are not very knowledgeable, their political acumen is not low."

Then he said to everyone in the hall, "But this matter is not necessarily all bad for my family."

Yingwa Jiuhu's words instantly aroused everyone's interest, and they asked him, "How do you say this?"

"Since His Highness Dazai's direct participation has basically become a foregone conclusion, then His Highness might as well use this opportunity to unite people's hearts and show that he shares the same hatred with his retainers.

At that time, he said that he would respect the opinions of his retainers and go to Kyoto to discuss with His Highness Guan Bai. Regardless of the final result, he must show his attitude.

The most important thing is to let the big names in the world see the situation of the family and express sympathy for the family. After all, anyone may experience transfer. If the family has contributed so much to the Toyotomi world, it will be treated like this. It is inevitable that there will be rabbits and foxes. Feelings. "

Halfway through speaking, Jiwa Jiuhu paused for a moment to see everyone's reaction, but he heard Xiu's urging, "Continue talking."

"The most important thing is the opportunity proposed by His Highness. I think it should be the premise of sending troops from Bizen before the start of the Kanto Campaign."

Before Yingwa Jiuhu finished speaking, Yukita's interpreter asked, "Why didn't you mention it when the world's famous names gathered in Odawara after the Battle of Kanto?"

"Because at that time, although the world's famous names gathered under Odawara Castle, His Highness Guan Bai might agree to His Highness's request because of consideration of face or influence, but His Highness will inevitably have the intention of persecution. This will affect the relationship between you and His Highness Guan Bai in the future. I'm afraid it will have an impact.

In fact, it is very clear after explaining so much just now, the reward given by His Highness Guan Bai is not low, it is just moderate.You may be able to use this to negotiate terms with His Highness Guan Bai, but you must not force him, the superior hates subordinates' coercion the most.

From my point of view, the attitude of the Xiu family has already been expressed by then, and Guan Bai's attitude will definitely soften in consideration of His Royal Highness Guan Bai's face.

One is that it is not impossible to add another 20 to 30 shi with military achievements, and then the family will be a big name with 200 million shi.

The second is the issue of His Highness Dazai's direct participation. His Highness should make it clear to His Highness Guan Bai that His Highness Dazai can directly participate, but not at the same time as the transfer of title.His Highness Guan Bai is also a reasonable person, so it is okay to be accommodating and reconcile for a year or two. "

(End of this chapter)