Sakuma Morimasa, dressed in a black and red locking foot gear with ribs stuck in his waist, took two small surnames on the boat. Although he was ambushed just now, he was still in high spirits at this time, and he deserved to be a tiger general!

So I naturally walked to the soft ladder to greet me. I did it on the first day of junior high school, so why not do it all 15?

After getting on the boat, Sakuma Morimasa was stunned at first, thinking that it was an acquaintance who wanted to save him, but he saw a fresh face, and he was dressed not like a person from Dongying, but like the clothes of the Ming Dynasty.

Sakuma Morimasa couldn't help but be stunned and said, "I don't know which adult in the Ming Dynasty came to help!" In Shimosakuma, Genbo Katsumasa! I've seen a benefactor! ”

I smiled and said, "Ghost Xuanfan doesn't have to be polite! I am Sun Qilan, a first-class viscount of the Ming Dynasty, because my health is not suitable for being an official, so I resigned from the official and came to Dongying to find some livelihood! ”

Sakuma Katsumasa arched his hand and said, "It turned out to be His Excellency the Viscount!" There must be an official position in office! ”

I waved my hand and smiled: "It's not worth mentioning that all three products are commanded!" It's not worth mentioning! ”

This Sakuma Morimasa is a seventh-grade Xuanfan head awarded by the government, and it is not a very high official position. When I heard that I was an official of Zhengsanpinzhishi, and I was so young, I immediately admired it greatly.

It needs to be explained here: in Dongying, the so-called "official position" is actually two concepts of "official" and "position". The so-called "official" is the set of Japanese bureaucracy that everyone sees, which is basically born out of the "Dabao Ritsuri" around 700 A.D. and the "Enki style" at the beginning of the 10th century.

The so-called "bit" is the rank, that is, the status level, and it also has the meaning of high and low treatment. Japan's rank is influenced by the upper and lower rank system of China's Sui and Tang Dynasties, from one to eight, each is divided into two levels; From three levels down, each level is divided into two levels, upper and lower.

That is to say, there are four orders within each of the four to eight digits, for example, the four digits are divided into four digits up, four digits down, four digits up, and four digits down; There are still two levels below the eight positions and two levels above and below the junior positions and two levels above and below the junior positions. These levels are similar to the "non-entry" of the Sui Dynasty in China.

During the Warring States Period, "position" was more important than "official" to a certain extent, and there could be no official. On the contrary, if you hold a certain official position, you must have a corresponding rank, that is, the so-called "equivalent official position". For example, the Imperial Ministers of Toei were awarded only one or one subordinate officer, and the Nakayana was usually held by a subordinate officer.

And the "position" of my three grades is already higher than that of Nayan, which is about the same as the position of Da Nayan, which is already equivalent to the level of the Standing Committee of the Cabinet, and I can't help but admire Sakuma Morimasa!

What's more, in the early and middle Warring States period, the three or more high positions were basically controlled by the royal nobles, and the official position of the samurai was relatively low.

General Ashikaga Yoshiharu is from the third, Ashikaga Yoshiki is only from the fourth, and Ashikaga Yoshiei is from the fifth.

Famous daimyo such as Mori Moto, who was awarded the title of Mori Moto, Imagawa Yoshimoto from the fourth, Shimazu Yoshihisa from the fourth, etc., are only hovering within the fourth, and these are already considered very high. Ordinary daimyo generally remained between five and six, and retainers were even lower.

By the end of the Oribun period, the general trend of the world had been decided, and the situation was different: Oda Nobunaga was the second right minister, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi climbed to the top of the Sekihaku Taisei Minister for the first time, and the official position of his retainers was also rising, and the four were already very common.

However, at this time, the late Oda Nobunaga has not yet rewarded the officials, and my three products are already extremely good!

At this time, Sakuma Morimasa used an honorific to me: "Command!" Thank you again for saving your life! In the future, the mountains and rivers will be long, and I will have a good reward for the victory of Xuanfan in the past three years! ”

I arched my hand and said, "The immortal bravery of the ghost Xuanfan, how can it be wasted here!" My shot is just a matter of responding to the heavens! ”

Sakuma Morimasa saw that I had no frame and was a benefactor, and everyone was overjoyed for a while.

Speaking of which, there is still a question to explain, especially the outright Ming Dynasty people who are not sorry behind them, and they are extremely unfamiliar with Dongying's calling habits. Later, I opened a special literacy class for them to explain how to call Dongying people.

First of all, the title of "Miao character" + "name" is rarely used in modern times, and is generally used to express contempt, disdain, and provocation.

The people who are most familiar with each other generally call each other by their "first names", such as "Katsumasa!" "Nobunaga! "Ranmaru! "Wait.

Superiors generally refer to ordinary retainers as their official positions, and will use the title of "Miao character" + "official position". Such as "Anfang Mamoru! "Inner Help! "Mamoru Mino! "Wait.

The mutual names of the level relationship are more diverse, generally using "Miao character" + "palace", "official position" + "palace", "Miao character" + "official position" + "palace", "law number" + "palace". In short, add "temple". For example, Sakuma Morimasa's superior, Shibata Katsuie, called the equal-level Hashiba Hideyoshi, which is "Chikuzen Shouden!" ”

Subordinates to superiors are generally called "official position" + "adult" or "official position + "like". It is also called "upper sample", "main hall", "imperial hall sample", etc. It's like Sakuma Morimasa called me, "Commander!" That's what it means.

As for the announcement of government decrees, subdivisions, etc., the written title to be used is not related to us, and it is all a formality, so I won't say more.

Of course, it's more casual to call it after getting acquainted, for example, I have Sakuma Shengzheng, in addition to the full name, you can also call him Sakuma Xuanfu Shengmasa, Xuanfan Shengzhenga, Ghost Xuanfu, Ghost Shengmasa, Katsumasa, and so on, in short, it is very troublesome.

I remember reading a record of the meeting of the Oda family or the Takeda family, which said that Taro, Jiro, Saburo, Yashichiro, and Hachiro were all present...... People who are not familiar with this kind of name will definitely be confused, so let's call some names that everyone is familiar with.

I chatted with Sakuma about the current situation in Toei - of course, the people of Toei are proud to call it "the world" - and I deliberately guided it, and this Sakuma Morimasa was a reckless man, so he naturally talked very happily.

In the tenth year of Tensho, that is, this year, 1582, after decades of Warring States disputes, the career of Oda Nobunaga, the hero of the world's Buwu, reached its peak! His power suppressed almost all of, and together with the territories of other regions, the Oda family's territory totaled about 6.5 million koku, and the Oda family became a veritable overlord of the world.

As the leader, Nobunaga no longer had to be on the front line as before, and he divided his forces into several legions, each of which was responsible for one aspect of the strategy.

In particular, the Shibata Katsuie Corps in the Hokuriku region and the Chugoku region, which in this case refers to the Chugoku region of Japan, is located in the western part of Toei Honshu Island and includes the five prefectures of Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi prefectures.

This year, in the 10th year of Tensho, Hideyoshi Hashiba was caught in a bitter battle during the attack on the Mori clan in the Chugoku region, but he thought that this was a great opportunity to eliminate the Mori clan in one fell swoop, so he sent a letter to Oda Nobunaga, who was in the rear, and asked for more troops.

After receiving the letter, Oda Nobunaga agreed to Hideyoshi's request and ordered the general Akechi Mitsuhide to lead troops to reinforcements, and he himself immediately embarked on the expedition with his eldest son, Oda Nobutada, who had succeeded to the position of family governor.

As a result, unexpectedly, in Kyoto Honnoji Temple, Oda Nobunaga and his son were attacked by the disgruntled general Akechi Mitsuhide in an unsuspecting situation, and in the slogan of Akechi Mitsuhide's army "enemy Honnoji Temple", father and son died together in Kyoto Honnoji Temple!

A generation of heroes has fallen! And Nobunaga interpreted his favorite song - "Densheng" with his own behavior:

Life is only 50 years, and the past is like a dream. But among the people of the world, are there those who live forever?

This hero, who is about to complete the great cause of the reunification of Dongying, is forty-eight years old! And his death is equivalent to a stab in the process of unifying the world! What are you going to play if you don't have the backbone?

A very embarrassing thing happened in the middle of this - after killing Oda Nobunaga's father and son, Akechi Mitsuhide wrote a handwritten letter to the Mori clan in order to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, meaning to let the Mori clan drag Hashiba Hideyoshi as much as possible, and make up for it with affection.

As a result, the messenger's brain was not very good, and he forcibly delivered the letter to Hideyoshi Hashiba, who was besieging the city...... The words show that Jiguang Xiu's embarrassing cancer is all committed, okay?

After receiving the news of Oda Nobunaga's assassination, Hideyoshi Hashiba, who was in the midst of a Chinese-country raid, immediately adjusted his mood after a brief panic. He remained quiet and made peace with the Mori clan with an extremely strong attitude, and made a contract with the Mori clan to stabilize the rear with the Mori clan's subordinate Shimizu Soji Seppuku, the lord of Takamatsu Castle, as a condition for his retreat.

Then, Hashiba Hideyoshi led the army and began to return at full speed towards the way they came!

Of course, there are no impermeable walls. The head of the Mori clan, Mori Terumoto, soon received the news that Oda Nobunaga had been assassinated, and on the handling of this issue, two completely different opinions appeared in the Mori family, represented by Yoshikawa Motoharu and Kobayakawa Takakei.

Of course, let's talk about the background of this "Maori Liangchuan" later, let's get down to business first - the main battle faction represented by the fierce general Yoshikawa Motoharu believes that Hideyoshi is really despicable and should be pursued and attacked on his rear road.

The faction represented by the wise general Kobayakawa Takakei said that Hideyoshi was too powerful to be an enemy, and that he should take this opportunity to further sell favors to him.

Mori Terumoto finally chose Kobayakawa Takakei's line of thought, and not only did not pursue, but also took the initiative to fulfill the covenant. Of course, this touched Hideyoshi very much, and it also formed a good fate for the high status that the Mori clan later obtained after the surrender of Hideyoshi.

Hideyoshi Hashiba led 30,000 ashigaru, that is, infantry, from the withdrawal of troops from the front line of Takamatsu Castle on June 6 to the arrival of Settsu Province on the 11th, completing a rapid march of more than 200 kilometers of mountain roads in six days! This glorious historical retreat is known as the return of the National Congress of China.

The Yushiba army marched quickly, and quickly persuaded and assembled 40,000 people from Oda Nobunaga's old department, and caught Akechi Mitsuhide off guard. They set up a formation in the streets of Yamazaki, holding high the banner of revenge for the Lord, and launched a surprise attack on the Akechi Mitsuhide army scattered in Kyoto, Sakamoto, and Azuchi!

Akechi Mitsuhide's army retreated and eventually collapsed, and Mitsuhide himself was killed by the natives of Kokurisu on his way to Sakamoto. The three days of the strange wisdom and light show in history - in fact, the eleventh day - came to an end.

After defeating the traitor Akechi Mitsuhide, Hashiba Hideyoshi, as a great hero, summoned several important forces of the Oda family to hold a sacrifice at Owari Kiyoshu Castle, the hometown of Oda Nobunaga, and discussed the future.

And in this process, the contradiction between Shibata Katsuya and Hashiba Hideyoshi, who has long been out of deal with each other, has intensified! This is also the fundamental reason why Sakuma Katsumasa was besieged by Hideyoshi's men today.

As he spoke, an island appeared on the horizon, to be precise - the island chain, Lan Yu reported: "Sir, Himejima has arrived, shall we dock?"

I looked at Sakuma Katsumasa and smiled: "When I meet a good friend, I naturally want to drink it!" Presumably Xuanfan will not refuse! ”

Sakuma Morimasa laughed and said, "If you have an invitation, how can you refuse!" If you don't get drunk today, you won't return! ”

I laughed and said, "If you don't get drunk, you won't go home!"

But there is already a scene in my heart that has been divided for many years......