As the New Year approached, the daimyo in the border began to prepare to leave for Osaka, and the daimyo near took advantage of the geographical advantage to get the moon first and arrived one step ahead of schedule, in addition to building a good relationship with the close ministers of Osaka before formally paying homage to Toyotomi Hideyori, those who had a more strategic vision would move around more before the secretary of state in Kyoto, one was to mix up the lintel of the official and a half-job, and the other was to obtain useful information from them and plan for the policy of the coming year

In order to avoid the peak of the crowd, Komiyayama Harukatsu led the ninjas to go out day and night, using the night as a cover to march to, in addition, he changed to the less populated Nakasendo Road after leaving Suruga, and arrived at the northern castle of Fujido Takatora through Kai Shinano Mino, and after resting for two days, he went south through Owari and entered Ise, which was really entering Hideho's territory, and Shima Kiyoko, who was stationed in Nagashima City to reorganize his armament, went to meet him on the orders of Hidebo, but learned that the Wind Demon Ninja had taken the lead to accept Hidebo's reception, Komiyayama Harukatsu did not dare to be Wang for a moment, In a hurry, he hurried to Omi, and finally arrived at Gotoyama Castle on December 18

Although it was nearly a month later than Nakato Nobutomo, this group of Togakushi ninjas was still fully valued and respected by Hidebo, and the reason for this was that in addition to superb ninjutsu and brilliant military exploits, their loyalty to the old master also made Hidebo feel deeply, so after arranging for them to rest for three days, Hidebo summoned the Wind Demon Ninja and Kaemon together to discuss matters related to the establishment of the Yamato Ninja Army

According to Hidebo's assumption, this group of more than 200 ninja troops will have four leaders, that is, the upper ninja, namely Kokokuji Trade Wind Fog Hidden Deka Uemon Deura Morikiyo and Yokotani Yukishige, it can be seen that the Yamato ninja army is different from other daimyo's ninja army, and there is no unified leader who governs all ninjas, but disperses this power into the hands of four people, the reason why Hidebo did this is not only to consider that this group of ninjas has no way to come and has not yet run in with each other, but more importantly, it is not to eliminate the intelligence network that he values the most, Completely delivered to one person, as the saying goes, "don't put your eggs in one basket", that's what it means

In order to give full play to the advantages of these ninjas, and not to form a so-called faction internally, Hidebo deliberately renamed the Wind Demon Ninja Koga Ninja Togakure Ninja to the Kanto Ninja and the Nakayama Ninja, and through regular selection, about thirty percent of the outstanding ninjas from the three ninjas were selected to form the Ninja to protect the safety of Osaka, Kyoto, Fushimi, and the four castles of Gotoyama In addition, Hidebo also tried out the "Liuguan system" for the first time, that is, each Kamino should serve as the leader of the ninjas of the department for no more than one year, For example, the first leader of the Kanto ninja can be Kokokuji Tradewind, but this situation lasts for a maximum of one year, and after a year, it must be replaced by another Kamishinobi as the leader, which can be Kayouemon from Koga, or Koshin from Izuura Morikiyoshi or Yokotani Yukishige, but unless Xiu is self-approved, he must not be re-elected by Kokokuji

This kind of "liuguan system" has been partially implemented in the southwest during the Yuan Dynasty, but it is still a new thing for the Japanese because the samurai's Yulu Changcheng and fiefdom are linked, if the samurai are directly stabbed, it may set off unnecessary turmoil, so only in the relatively humble status, the role of the ninja is more important to try, of course, this attempt has certain limitations, even if it is effective, it cannot be immediately applied to the retainers and samurai, especially at such a sensitive stage now, It is even more prudent to avoid being taken advantage of by opponents

In addition to the establishment of the four ninja armies in the general direction, the specific details of Hideho also discussed with Fujido Takatora and others, and finally came up with a plan that for large countries, each country will arrange two middle ninjas and four lower ninjas; In the upper country, each country arranges one middle ninja and three lower ninjas; China, each country arranges one middle ninja and two lower ninja; In the lower country, each two countries arrange one middle ninja and three lower ninja as for the four kinds of order countries, mainly by the size of the population to distinguish, therefore, although the country of Izumi is economically developed, but after all, the land is less, the population is relatively insufficient, can only be included in the ranks of the "lower country"; Echigo Province is the largest country in size, but the land is barren and the population is only half that of the latter, so it can only be classified as a "superior country", while Echizen Province is a veritable "big country"

Solving the problem of the ninja army, Hideho decided to reward the relevant retainers, first of all, Komiyayama Harukatsu who made great contributions, Hideho gave him a large reward of 11,000 stone from Nakano Castle in Kusa-gun, Kii, plus the 5,000 stone he had previously obtained, and his knowledge and deeds finally reached 16,000 stone, which is rare at home

The reason why Hideho tripled his knowledge and deeds, in addition to recruiting Togakushi ninjas, the most important thing is that he separated the relationship between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ikeda Terumasa, and brought Otawara Masaaki to the family, although this "magic weapon" can't be shot for the time being, but he is like a sharp arrow, as long as the time is ripe, he can give Tokugawa Ieyasu a hard blow These are not achievements that can be achieved casually, and the sealing of 11,000 stone is definitely deserved, even the ignorant Nakato Nobuyo also expressed his joy and surrender to this

Of course, Hideho will not forget this teenage but somewhat precocious Mowgli boy, "Since I can't go back to Musashi for the time being, let's live in with peace of mind," Hideho said

"I haven't experienced the first battle so far, but it doesn't matter, I'll give you the status of a samurai."

"I'm a samurai now, too?" Nobuyo Nakato was overjoyed

"I can't lie to you," Hidebole replied hesitantly, "Your Nakato family is a wealthy family in Musashi, and it is natural for you to become a samurai, but you are still young, and I am afraid that you will not be able to obtain the land of knowledge and action, so for the time being, you can be incorporated into the 'Overlord Preparation' and stay by my side, Yulu, four hundred stones, what do you think?" ”

"Four hundred stones... I don't even have a thousand stones," Nobuyo Nakato said with a complaining expression as he suddenly fell from the peak to the bottom

"What kind of stupid thing are you talking about," the trade wind of Xingguo Temple next to him slapped Nakato Nobuyo's head and said fiercely: "It is a blessing for you to be able to enter the 'Overlord Preparation' directly under the lord, and you dare to be so dissatisfied, do you want to give you half of the money for your teacher?"

"Master, the apprentice knows it's wrong," Nakato Nobuyu covered his head and begged for mercy

Nasu Zikichi, who was sitting on the side, also comforted him: "Faithful, do you know that I was only a low-level samurai under Izumo Mamoru at the beginning, but now I have the knowledge of Iwamuro to take 21,000 stone from two cities, your starting point is much better than mine, you can serve by the side of the lord, as long as you are willing to work hard, are you still worried about not having some achievements?" ”

"I understand, thank you Awaji Mamoru for dialing" After listening to Nasu Ziyoshi's words, Nakato Nobutomo put away his complaints and sat in place in a proper manner to obey Hideho's arrangement

"Okay, a man should look like a man, complaining about the knowledge and deeds of a few hundred stones is really not what a famous family should do" Hidebo said kindly to Nakato Nobuyo: "From today onwards, you will be a samurai directly under me, how about it, do you want me to give you a word" to be continued

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