Yoshimitsu Heide fully understood his father's intentions.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who has a flexible wrist and a firm footing, to take the seat of Okuwa and replace the shogunate town may indeed have a good effect.

Others, whether they are direct ministers of the Hijo family or foreign daimyos, do not seem to be able to find a better candidate.

Vacating 800,000 stone territory is simple.

The inspection of the Ou area was already very rough, and the moisture was extremely large, so you didn't have to worry about digging it out if you squeezed it everywhere, not to mention that now it is so extensive, and many of the external samples are not performing well, and there is no need to find a reason to change it.

However, the problem is that Yoshimitsu Hirate couldn't find the right time to speak.

In recent years, there have been several "national replacements", and there have been good reasons for each of them.

Kyogoku Takayoshi from Kita-Omi to Tamba is not noticeable, this guy has only the luck of giving birth to a beautiful daughter except for having a family, and he has no strength to control national politics at all. Relying on nepotism to "revive the lintel", it doesn't matter where you put it.

Then Uesugi Keikatsu gave up Echigo, and he originally planned to send him to Sagami, but not only did he move his house, but his knowledge also decreased significantly, and that was because he was in a difficult situation in the "Imperial Palace Rebellion", and there was no room for negotiation, and later there were retainers who publicly spoke out against him.

Otomo Yoshitong to Ueno, he was also punished, leaving his hometown and reducing the seal, because his father was too unreliable, and he did not forget to seduce his wife everywhere because of his belief in Chezhi Dan, which brought a lot of negative impact to the "Kyushu Expedition". Leaving a family business is already extraordinarily generous.

The first relatives of Chosamune moved from the poor and isolated Shikoku to the relatively rich Toyozen and Hogo, and the territory increased from 470,000 koku to 700,000 koku, almost double and a half, apparently in return for his continued support of the Hirate family's business over the years.

Takeda Katsuyori was involved in the stupid affair of Hida Country Jiangma Huisheng, although he was not responsible, in order to avoid suspicion, he still transferred the seal, and the southern half of the southern part of the fertilizer was more than 900,000 stones, the number of almost unchanged, and the economic conditions have improved greatly, considering that the cost of housewarming is flat.

The above series of behaviors can be said to be "things happen for a reason, with a clear conscience".

However, as for the Tokugawa, the actual territory now has four prefectures, Mikawa, Enoe, and Owari Shimo, claiming a total of 770,000 koku. If the 800,000 stone in the Okuwa region is transferred, it will only be considered malicious.

Is there any reason to treat Tokugawa Ieyasu harshly today?

This person was not as "knowledgeable about current affairs" as the head relatives of Chomune, and he always put on an attitude of "respecting the shogunate" until Ashikaga Yoshiaki absconded from the Ryukyus, and the imperial court appointed Hirate Hohide as the new general of the Shogun, and he was willing to be a real minister.

But there is not the slightest reproach beyond the question of lip service.

Moreover, if this kind of behavior is spread out, it will be considered by public opinion to be "abiding by the righteousness of the samurai", and not only should it not be punished, but on the contrary, it should be commended.

Hirate Yoshishi knew by his own ears and eyes: when the head of Chozong and my department were given the territories of Minami Iyo, Nishisanuki and other places, many people secretly scolded and ridiculed, saying that "the dog that has been licking his boots has finally eaten the bone"; However, when Tokugawa Ieyasu received the four prefectures of Owari Shimo, which he had been deprived of by Oda Nobutada, he generally heard the evaluation that "Mamoru Mikawa is worthy of this favor."

The difference in public opinion is evident.

In terms of the reputation among the nations alone, among the many foreign daimyos, I am afraid that only the newly sealed Yamanaka Komori of 100,000 koku in San'in can live above Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the others cannot be compared.

If even Tokugawa Ieyasu was given a cold reception, what would the other princes think?

Daddy Honxiu may have enough qualifications to forcibly suppress the dissatisfaction of the world, but Yoshimitsu feels that his prestige is still relatively limited and cannot be wasted.

There was even a hint of complaining about the thoughts-

How can you cheat your son like this?

I don't dare to do such a hateful thing for your old man to do it himself.

Is this a test for me?

But what is the test?

It's too hard to understand.

Mr. Takenaka has passed away, Master Toraya is busy in Kyoto, and his brothers are too young to be able to understand even if they are prodigies. Why don't you ask the auxiliary minister next to him, Yukito Konishi? But in my heart, I always feel that this person cannot be completely relied on......

After thinking about it and hesitating for a long time, Yoshimitsu Hirade, who had just turned twenty, finally made up his mind, picked up the pen with sweat and trembling, and refuted his father's order for the first time in his life.

He tried his best to keep his words obscure.

However, since the intention is to contradict it, it is always obscure.

He instructed his closest retainers to send the letter, and Hirate Yoshimitsu was frightened for several days.

Result –

More than ten days later, Fan Xiu's reply was: "As Wu'er said, I don't worry about it for a while. Kawada Shinkuro is critically ill and dying, and I do not plan to leave before the funeral, so please consider the matter of transferring Tokugawa to Tokugawa. ”

Yoshimitsu breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't know Kawada very well, but he knew the status of the retainer for many years. Since this person is critically ill, it is normal for my father to neglect for a while.

By analogy, if it was Hidenao I, Yoshiaki Kato, and Nagayasu Hirano...... I can't imagine it, a twenty-year-old can't imagine the scene of death.

In short, knowing that there was nothing special about it, Hirate Yoshimitsu took the initiative to summon Tokugawa Ieyasu and asked a tentative question: "Someone has recommended Your Excellency to transfer you to Okuwa in order to suppress the lawless people in the vicinity. I wonder what you think about this? ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu replied without hesitation: "Let the shogunate drive it, and if Lord Naka-nayan needs it, please give an order." ”

Hearing this, Yiguang was stunned for a moment, then pointed to the map and smiled: "I wonder which piece of land you want to get as a new territory?" ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't even look at it, but bowed his head and replied, "As long as we maintain the same amount as the existing knowledge and action, it is enough, and the corresponding difficulties will be overcome by your subordinates!" ”

Yoshimitsu Hirate didn't speak again, and nodded slightly.

Since this is the attitude, it is even more impossible to transfer the seal evenly.

He did not make a public announcement, but first obtained permission from Honhide to let Tokugawa Ieyasu lead tens of thousands of Kwantung coalition forces to Okuwa as an acting general.

It took about two months to achieve consecutive victories and largely solve the immediate problem.

Then, on the grounds of "suspicious attitude" or "ineffective combat," Yoshimitsu Herate punished a number of small forces with the worst performance, and temporarily strengthened land inspection, half bluffing and half intimidating to squeeze out some "concealed" real estate.

This series of hatred-pulling things made Tokugawa Ieyasu responsible for intervening, and finally vacated 1.14 million stone territory, all of which were handed over to him.

Tieshou Tsunoshi recognized it and sent someone to send a signed Zhixing certificate.

and immediately ordered that the lord of Minami Ise 270,000 koku and his stupid son-in-law Sasa Hidenari move to Shinano 400,000 koku; Some of the small lords of Northern Ise were transferred to the Shimono enclave, and some were included in the flag book sequence; Mikawa is guarded by a public equal, Ji Yin, and the vacated Inaba is handed over to another clan, Hete Nagatori.

In this way, the large fertile land of Izumi, Kawachi, Yamashiro, Omi, Echizen, Yamato, and Ise was connected and existed as the most important "heavenly domain" of the shogunate.

Stretching out along the front coastal road, Awaji, Iyo, Chikugo, and Chikuzen are also directly under the central government, connecting the two commercial centers of Kaimachi and Hakata.

The richest areas of the Kanto region, Musashi, Shimoso, and Kamiso, are large enclaves that do not border Kyoto.

In addition, there are the three major silver mountain producing areas of Iwami, Tajima, and Sado, as well as Kai, which still has a lot of reserves despite the reduction in production.

Coupled with the scattered small pieces of "Imperial Material" in various places, it is currently about 6.8 million stones.

At the same time, all the large-scale mines and port towns have been acquired by various means to be owned by the shogunate, and it is estimated that the normal annual income is about 2 million kan.

Hirate has three sons who are slightly older in the grade.

Yakshamaru succeeded to the Hatakeyama family named Hidetaka and possessed the southern part of Kii.

Shuramaru succeeded the Miyoshi family with the name Hidecho, and received the country of Awa.

Umewakamaru succeeded to the Imagawa family as Hideshi, and possessed the country of Suruga.

In the future, if he does well, he intends to hand over the northern part of Kii to Hatakeyama Hidetaka, Tosa to Miyoshi Hidenaga, and Toe to Imagawa Hideji. Let the three of them defend the clan as a branch without inheritance.

Of course, the premise is "good performance". If it's waste, it certainly won't give anything more.

As the biological son of the first shogun, it is clear that this family will have a status that other sects cannot match in the future.

Those who have not yet been served, the weak mage is nine years old, the victory pill is eight years old, and the thousand gold pill is six years old, and it is not yet time to make arrangements.

Among the other sect, there are five representatives who stand out.

They are Echigo country lord Tie Hideyoshi, Mikawa country lord Tie Ji Yin, Inaba country lord Tie Nagachen, China lord Noguchi Masatoshi, Hyuga country lord Izutsu Sadadsune.

The latter two have already been ordered to change their surnames to tie.

Their blood ties are relatively distant, and it is impossible to threaten the inheritance, so they continue to retain the Miao character of "tie".

According to the arrangement of the hito, all the members of the shogunate could not hold substantive positions in the shogunate, but they could exert soft political influence as outsiders.

The rest of the daimyo in various places are all foreign vassals.

Among them, people such as Sasa Hidenari, Araki Murashige, Honda Tadakatsu, Shima Kiyoko, Kobayakawa Takakei, Yamanaka Yukimori, Tsugaru Noshin and others did not inherit their ancestral property themselves, but received gifts from the Hirate family or were recognized to become independent daimyos, which belonged to the first category of close relations.

Secondly, the head relatives of the Nagamune Ibu, Oda Nobutada, Kyogoku Takayoshi, and Takeda Motoaki, they have a relatively deep relationship or in-law relationship with the Heite family, which is considered the second category. Tokugawa Ieyasu can consider barely making the list.

Thirdly, it is the Ukita Naoya, Otomo Yoshitomi, Satake Yoshishige, Date Masamune, Mogami Yoshimitsu, etc., who belong to the third category of people who are "determined by the Shogunate" and have not resisted the process of shogunate unification.

In the end, Takeda Katsuyori, Mori Terumoto, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and Uesugi Keikatsu, who had met with the sword soldiers of the Hirate family, were in a worse position.

This classification of foreign feudal domains is not intended to be publicly prescribed, but is only used as a reference for internal governance. At the same time, the list will be constantly adjusted and changed, in short, let the previous shoguns know in their hearts.

It is still a question of "whom to rely on, whom to unite, whom to fight for, who to isolate, whom to fight, and whom to eliminate".

To be precise, no matter how close the foreign vassal is, at most it will only reach the point of "uniting whom". The only people the shogunate really could rely on were his immediate retainers.

And this group of people is completely measured by a system of knowledge and action that is completely different from that of a public and external daimyo.

First of all, the biggest difference is that although the direct retainers nominally have full authority over the land, they are actually not allowed to go to the countryside to govern it personally, and they all demand that the land be handed over to the shogunate's officials to manage it on their behalf, and receive the corresponding rice according to a certain percentage at the time of harvest.

This percentage may vary from year to year, depending on the overall harvest.

It is equivalent to transforming the samurai from a pure landed aristocracy into a semi-aristocratic and semi-bureaucracy. At present, there is no idea of completely transforming into a professional bureaucrat, and it is easy to pull eggs if the step is too big.

Then, the Zhixing of the retainers directly under the shogunate was divided into three parts: "Ieroku", "Honor", and "Job".