Seeing this person get up, Aoki Hisashi beside Xiubao was shocked, and said sharply: "Grandfather, the unjust lord has his own decision, don't be rude!" ”

"Grandfather?" Xiubao understood, presumably this person is Kii Aoki, although his wisdom and force are mediocre, but when it comes to his experience, it is quite admirable.

Aoki Kazuki's mother was a relative of Hideyoshi's adoptive father, Takeami, and he was reused because of his brotherly relationship with Hideyoshi and Hidenaga, and followed Hideyoshi to conquer the east and west, and after the Battle of Shidake and the Kyushu Expedition, he became Hidenaga's chief retainer (at that time, it may have been just Yoriki), and he was transferred to Yamato with him, and he obtained the knowledge of 10,000 stone of Yamato Irie Castle because of his merits.

Historically, after the death of Hidecho and Hideho, it was transferred to Harima Tateishi Castle, and in the same year as Hideyoshi's death, it was transferred to Echizen Kitanosho Castle for 80,000 koku in order to guard against the threat of Hokuriku to.

Speaking of which, everyone may think that this person is nothing more than relying on nepotism to become a daimyo and has no strengths, but his performance during the Battle of Sekigahara proves that Hideyoshi did not see the wrong person in the first place.

During the Sekigahara period, he joined the Western Army without hesitation with his only son Toshiki Aoki and grandson Aoki Hisaku, and together with Niwa Nagashige and Yamaguchi Masahiro, he formed a defensive line to block the southward advance of the Eastern Army Maeda Toshinaga. When Masahiro Yamaguchi was defeated at Kaga Daiseiji Temple and the Niwa army was defeated at Kaga Asai, Aoki Kazuki fought to the death at Kitanosho Castle, and Kitanoso Castle remained strong under the repeated onslaught of Maeda's retainers, Yamazaki Nagatoroku and Nagatorenryū. However, when the news of the defeat of the Western Army at Sekigahara came, he had to "shave" his hair and surrender under the mediation of Osamu Ohno, Yuhisa Hijikata, and Furuta Shigeran, a tea ceremony teacher, and finally spent the rest of his life under the protection of Furuta Shigeran; As for his grandson, who is now Aoki Hisaki, he served the Toyotomi family again in the Osaka Battle many years later and finally died in battle, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the Aoki clan as loyal.

Compared to those daimyo who hold hundreds of thousands of stones, Aoki Kazuki can be said to be insignificant, but who can compare to his determination to be loyal to the Toyotomi family for three generations? Therefore, when Hideho knew that this person was Aoki Kazuki, a sense of admiration arose.

Xiubao patted Jiuju's shoulder to signal that he didn't need to be excited, and then humbly asked Yiju, "If His Royal Highness Kiimoru has any opinion, Xiubao listens." Seeing Hideho so respectful, Aoki was ashamed of his performance just now, he propped his fists on the ground, lowered his head and replied: "Please forgive the lord for being rude, but there are some words that are held in my heart and not vomit unpleasantly, please forgive me." ”

Seeing that Xiubao was still looking at him respectfully, he continued: "The minister thinks that the seven adults who were selected for the family elder assessment committee are indeed veritable pillars of the family, and the minister absolutely agrees with this, but if there is no family elder who represents the interests of the relatives within the family elder group, is it inappropriate?" ”

"Kinship?" Xiubao understood, and if you think about it carefully, this is also the truth, none of the seven people in the old group of the family have a kinship relationship with him, which is really a bit inappropriate, thinking about the Takeda family, the Hojo family, the Maori family, the Shimazu family and the Oda family that were powerful in the world, which one did not have a large number of sects and genealogies, how did they give all the power to outsiders when they came here? Even if Fukushima Takayoshi is barely a family, and Kuwayama Shigeharu, Fujido Takatora and Shima Kiyoshi are quasi-spectrum generations, how can they allow a person like Nagashu Masaka who is controlled by Hideyoshi to serve as the head of the family? Furthermore, if Haneda Masashi, who is a Yamato, is appointed as the elder of the family, will both Kii and Ise be included? The most important thing is that how can the position of the old man be handed over to Horio Yoshiharu, who has only been in the office for half a year?

Thinking of this, Hideho finally understood what he was thinking, he was worried that the Yamato Toyotomi family would become a copy of the Rokkaku family, and it would be dangerous if he also imitated the "Rokkaku Clan" and made a "Toyotomi Clan".

Speaking of the "Rokkaku Shikime", it was formulated in 1567 by the daimyo of Omi Province Rokkaku Yoshiji, and was actually drafted by powerful retainers Shinto, Gamo and others, and Yoshiji promised to abide by the law of the division of the country, this article completely limited the power of the Rokkaku clan as the head of the family, enhanced the independence of the retainers, and became a tool for the retainers to restrain the lord, and was regarded as a sign of the decline of the Rokkaku family. Therefore, the daimyo of later generations often took this as a warning and tried to maintain the dominant position of one family and lineage among the retainers.

But does Hidebo have any other choice? Horio Yoshiharu's internal affairs skills and coordination skills are obvious to all, and although he has only been in the office for a short time, Hideho believes that his talents will be recognized by his family over time; As for Nagashu Masake, to put it bluntly, he is a double-edged sword, on the one hand, Hideho has to do everything in his power to serve himself in domestic and foreign affairs, and on the other hand, he has to beware of him as the eyes and ears of Hideyoshi and Ishida, and find out news for them, but since he is someone close to Hideyoshi, how can he be excluded? That would make people even more suspicious, but it is better to include him in the family group openly, and it is not impossible to be assimilated in the future.

So to put it bluntly, what he was worried about was that there were no relatives in the old group, and Hideho didn't answer him immediately, but just told him to discuss it with him when the personnel arrangement was over. Seeing that Xiubao didn't want to say more, Yiju consciously returned to his original position and sat down, presumably a little unwilling in his heart.

Seeing that the scene was quiet, Jiuju continued to read out the personnel appointments: "Today, Fukushima Takayoshi is appointed as the chief general of the Peking University and the corps, and Kuroda Toshinori is the deputy general; Shima Kiyohei is the general of the North Ise Army, and Aoki Toshiki is the deputy general; Fujido Takatora was ordered to reorganize the Ise Navy and serve as the general general, and Heisuke Yoshikawa as the deputy general; Aoki Kazuki is the general of Kita Kii, and Naoyuki Kuroda is the deputy general; Suzuki Shigetasa is the iron cannon general of the family, and is responsible for transporting iron artillery to the various legions; Horiuchi is the general of the Navy, responsible for the training of the Kumano Navy, and the backbone of the Navy; In addition, Kazuharu Kuwayama was appointed as the representative of Inuyama Castle, and went to Owari to manage Inuyama Castle, the imperial land of Miyoshi Musashimori, and Mino Unuma Castle, the makeup collar of Mrs. Ae; All the retainers and nobles in all territories except the above-mentioned areas are directly under the control of His Highness, above. ”

Even if the personnel appointment is finished here, the hall suddenly fell silent, Xiubao looked around at everyone, very satisfied with everyone's expressions, looking at the excitement a little trembling, Xiubao smiled and asked, "Does His Highness Kii Mamoru have any other opinions you would like to share with us?" ”

Aoki hurriedly bowed down, and replied with a trembling voice: "Your Highness, minister, minister Aoki and the whole clan swear allegiance to Your Highness!" ”

(Well, I guess there's still a chapter to be put in the evening, so let's get together and read it alive.) ）