Hidebo's series of appointments can be said to be inevitable under accidental conditions, in the samurai regime, the command of the army is more practical than anything else, don't look at Horio is the old man in the family, but he is just a small daimyo of 60,000 koku, and he hardly plays a role in the military; Not to mention the Changshu family, although he is named one of the elders of the six families, in fact, he can only move his mouth, and there will be no part of his voice in the army; As for Haneda Masakin, his territory is in Beidawa, and militarily, he is completely under the control of Fukushima Takayoshi, so how many hole cards do he have?

Although this was a little embarrassing to the trio, it reminded them of their identities. As a foreign minister and a wealthy family, if you want to gain military power, the only way is to put down your shelf, give up the interests of other families, and devote yourself to Xiubao, only in this way can you gain the trust of the main family and integrate into this big family as soon as possible. If they thought so, they might feel better.

Hideho has long known what he lacks and what he needs to be wary of, even if he doesn't have a family and a pedigree, he can't hand over the military power to outsiders, and the internal affairs can let these foreign ministers do it, but the military power related to the stability of his own family must be in the hands of his own people, especially the strategic places and sensitive areas bordering its domain, and it must be handed over to the close ministers who he pulled out by himself. This is the principle of Xiubao, but it is a pity that his family is thin and he is young, so he cannot develop a door through marriage or adoption of a child, as for the genealogy, it is a stable relationship that can be established through the efforts of several generations, and it is impossible to achieve it at present.

But what if it's not one? The tea and tea pills of the Horikoshi Princess, the Asakura Keigami of the Asakura family, and even the god of war, Uesugi Kenshin, which one is not the family that the governor has placed his hopes on, and in the end, isn't it still to kill his father, force the palace, and seize the throne? What if it's not a pedigree? Tao Qingxian of the Ouchi family, Nobushige Oyamada of the Takeda family, and Naoshige Nabeshima of the Ryuzoji family, which of them are not the important ministers of the pedigree trusted by the main family, but in the end, didn't they still kill the lord, defect to the enemy, and even usurp power?

Therefore, in Xiubao's eyes, a family and a pedigree are just a kind of psychological sustenance and comfort, as long as the master is good at controlling and understanding the way of the monarch and the minister, even if it is a foreign minister who has two lords in his heart, he can be governed obediently and used properly. At this point, Tokugawa Ieyasu really deserves Hideho's respect and learning.

After completing the personnel arrangement, Xiubao ignored the ugly expressions of some people, and said to himself: "This year, everyone has worked hard to serve the public and made great contributions to the prosperity of the family. "Thank you for your compassion, and the ministers will swear allegiance to the death!" With that, the crowd swept away their former solemnity and respectfulness, and began to make noise and play in the hall like country peasants, regardless of etiquette.

Seeing that everyone was very open, Xiubao smiled with satisfaction, got up and went to Sanjian, where Kikuting Qingji and Ji Ji had already been waiting to be summoned. Seeing the father and son, Xiubao was not polite, and sat down after giving a salute. Juting saw the life-saving benefactor in the sunny season, and naturally complimented him, what kind of talent, high style, and mind of the world popped out of his mouth one by one, this did not expect a Japanese person to understand so many Chinese character idioms, which made Xiubao a little surprised.

Seeing that this Juting Da Nayan said so many words, Xiubao motioned for the little surname to pour tea for him, and while he was drinking tea, Xiubao asked: "His Royal Highness Kikutei stayed in Echigo for half a year, and he must have suffered a lot during this period, right?" ”

When Qingji heard Hideho's question, he hurriedly put down the teacup, pursed his lips and replied, "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, because of the help of Senator Uesugi, life in Xia is not very hard." "Oh, it's His Highness Uesugi..."Hideho thought for a moment, "Has Your Highness seen anything strange about Hokuriku for so long?"

Sunny replied noncommittally: "How can a cold place in Hokuriku be as prosperous as Kyoto, and naturally there is nothing to be curious about, and besides, the political situation there has been unstable recently, and there is nothing to be nostalgic about." ”

Hearing that the "political situation is uneasy", Hideho suddenly came to his senses: "The Northeast has not been in war for a long time since the Oshu Expedition, how can it be turbulent?" ”

Qing Ji shook his head when he heard this, and sighed: "Your Highness, this is the reason why I came to visit, His Royal Highness Taiko has appointed you as the Aizu Accountability Envoy, and within three days, he will get up and go to Aizu Wakamatsu Castle to read out the punishment of the Gamo family." ”

"Disposition?" Hideho was shocked and asked, "What happened to the Gamo family?" Do you have any specific disposal measures? Qingji sighed again, and said helplessly: "According to Taiko and Ishida Jibu, it is because His Royal Highness, the current head of the Gamo family, is young and ineffective, which leads to turmoil in the family and has a bad influence on the daimyo, so he has to deal with it. ”

Xiubao bit his lip fiercely, and thought to himself, "Whenever this happens, let me play blackface, must be that Ishida's idea, just to make me and other daimyo stiff, right?" Who doesn't know that he secretly manipulated this matter, this is trying to frame me. ”

Historically, after the death of the Gamo clan, the fief of 920,000 stone was left to the twelve-year-old sister-in-law Gamo Hideyuki, and considering that Hideyuki was young, he asked the chief pen head Gamo Xiangan to serve as Hideyuki's assistant and preside over the affairs of the family. However, the gradual autocracy of the village eventually led to a confrontation with the retainers headed by Gamo Xiangke and Gamo Xiangcheng.

In the end, the Watari Haemon of the Goko faction waited for an opportunity to assassinate Gamo Goan in the Kyoto house of the Gamo family, but he did not expect the operation to fail, and Goan was furious, and ordered his retainers to gather an army, and the two sides were instantly tense.

This matter finally came to an end after Hideyoshi's personal intervention, that is, Gamo Xiang An retired and was exiled to Kato Kiyomasa; The main family headed by Gamo Hideyoshi was reduced to 120,000 koku in Shimono Utsunomiya, which became the main reason for Hideyuki to join the Eastern Army.

The whole thing seems to be an internal problem of the Gamo family, but later research shows that Ishida Mitsunari is inseparable from this matter, Gamo Xiangan is a close friend of Sancheng (Sekigahara came back to join the Eastern Army), and a lot of information shows that Sancheng instructed Xiangan to plan this series of ****, otherwise Xiangan would not have been able to only receive such a light punishment as returning to seclusion. In fact, it is said that it was the instigation of Sansei, but it is better to say that Hideyoshi planned it behind the scenes, as for the reason, there are two points, one is related to the Tokugawa family, and the other is related to the Oda family, this is a later story, let's talk about it later.

Now Hideho has to face the reality of how to make Gamo Hideyuki accept the reality of the reduction without hating himself. Seeing that Xiubao was worried, the father and son didn't dare to stay longer in the sunny season, after all, Xiubao was their benefactor, and he brought him such a difficult task, which is really not authentic.

But as soon as the two of them left the room, Ji Zhi seemed to suddenly think of something, stretched out his hand to stop his father, and reminded in a low voice: "Father, have you forgotten something?" ”

Qingji's eyes widened and he thought for a while, slapped his head suddenly, turned around and walked into the room again, sat down cross-legged, looked at Xiubao with a smile, and said softly: "Your Highness, there is still a reluctant invitation below, I don't know if to talk about it?" ”

Xiubao naturally didn't have time to deal with him at this time, so he responded casually: "Your Highness has something to say, please don't worry about it." Hearing Hideho say this, Qingji smiled even brighter, and continued: "There is a daughter under her knees, twenty-eight years old, I don't know if His Highness has any intentions..."