Chapter 339: Alteration and Resealing
In the third year of Yonglu, on the twentieth day of the second month. At the same time that Kenshin expelled all the reinforcements sent by the Asakura family from the Uesugi domain, Asadachi also began to liquidate the retainers of the Peshiro family, Kiuchi Yinshin, Matsudo Yinyori, Taira Shige, and Tantsunashige who did not obey orders. The court was aware of the exploits of Kiuchi Yinshin, Matsudo Yinrai, Heishige, Tantsunashige and others, so he did not intend to change them, but only reduced them and transferred them to Hokuritsu in remote areas as punishment.
Hitachi Ryunosaki Castle Lord Ping Chongding transferred to Hokurichi Oku Maezawa Castle, the original Zhixing land was 8,000 stones, and now he receives 5,000 stones; Hitachi Edozaki Castle Lord Kiuchi Yinshin was transferred to Hokurichi Okudabayashi Castle, and the original Zhixing land was 12,000 stones, and now he has 10,000 stone Zhixing land; Hitachi Kuno Castle lord Matsudo Yinyori was transferred to Hokuriku Aoshishinojo Castle, and the original Zhixing land was 8,000 koku, and now he has 5,000 koku Chiyuki land; The lord of Hitachi Ushiku Castle, Dan Tsunashi, was transferred to Hokuriku Iwasaki Castle, and the original Zhixing Land was 10,000 koku, and now he has 8,000 koku Chiyuki.
However, the former Daimyo of the Edozaki Toki family, the Mizutani family, and the Tagaya family, as well as the old lords of the countrymen, did not intend to remain empty, so they immediately arranged for the retainers of Suda Goro Saemon, the four Aizu Counties Tobangasama Katsuya, the four Aizu Counties to invite Ishibashi Shinzo, and the Aizu Takatamokan Hall owner Takatama Soldier to settle in. Suda Goro Saemon served as the lord of Kuno Castle and possessed 6,000 stone Chiyuki; Kasama Katsuya served as the lord of Ryunozaki Castle and received 8,000 stones; Ishibashi Shinzo served as the lord of Ushikujo Castle and had 10,000 stone Zhixingdi; Takatama Shigebei served as the lord of Edozaki Castle and received 12,000 stone Zhixingland.
After receiving the order to transfer the seal to the court, Kiuchi Yinshinobu, Matsudo Yinyori, Heishige, Dantsunashige and others also knew why they were transferred to the remote area of Hokuritsu, so they did not delay, and after the affairs of the generals were handed over, they embarked on the journey to Hokuritsu. Although there are some retainers in the family who intercede for them, but the court still has not changed their minds, after all, such an ending is their own earnings, if the previous Koyama Asayaki obeyed the order to lead the army to participate in the battle when he pacified Changlu, then the ending will be different.
After arranging for his retainers to be stationed in Minami Changriku, the court did not forget the generals of Usami Tadatsukatsu, Shibata Shigeie, Fujita Dingyoshi, Suda Mankin, Shimazu Tadanao, and Kohata Keizune, and prepared to arrange them all in important towns in various places.
In order to better curb the development of the Oda family and monitor the Hitachi generals, the court decided to transfer the Shinbata Shigeke family from Oura Castle (8,000 koku) in the three counties of Shonai to the Kashima domain (Kashima Castle, Yanda Castle, and Zajo Castle) in the southern Hitachihara Prefecture, and received 23,000 koku Chiyuki. In addition, after the arrival of the Shibata Shigeie, he destroyed the unimportant branch castles such as Kuryu Castle, Hananozaki Castle, and Nakaii Castle in the former Kashima Territory (its basic role was also to prevent these castle fortresses from becoming the stronghold of the Ichijo and other resistance forces when the Ichida broke out, and all other inconsequential castles were demolished except for the residence of the daimyo and some important towns). Suda Manqin was transferred from Sakata Castle (5,000 koku) in the three prefectures of Shonai to Higashi-Changriku by the imperial arrangement, and received 14,000 koku zhiyuki land in Iinuma Castle and Toba Da Castle, the old domain of the Edo family, and 9,000 koku zhiyuki land was added.
Usami Dingkatsu, Fujita Dingyoshi, Shimazu Tadanao and others were transferred to Shimono by the Asada, because there were still some former retainers of the Nasu family, Mibu family and other national lords in Shimono who wanted to incite Ichikatsu to restore the old lord's old domain, so it was necessary to send a group of powerful retainers to Shimono. Otherwise, it would not be possible to stabilize Shimono by relying on Asayaki Koyama, Akiyama Dingzuna, Takai Youkin, Soga Yutoshi, Asahina Shinji and others.
Later, under the order of the court, Fujita Dingyoshi was transferred from Maruoka Castle (8,000 koku) in the three prefectures of Shonai to Kitano Kunasury, and received 18,000 koku from Ashino Castle and Iohno Castle, and 10,000 koku were sealed; Usami Seikatsu was transferred from Gyosawa Castle (6,000 koku) in the three counties of Shonai to the old Otawara domain in Kitashino, and received 24,000 koku from Makoto Otawara and Kuroba Castle, and 18,000 koku were sealed; Shimazu Tadanao transferred from Kagawa Castle (5,000 koku) in the three counties of Shonai to the former Shiotani Domain in Kitashino, and received 12,000 koku from Kawasaki Castle and 7,000 koku.
Just when the court was in the Echigo Fuchukan remote control retainers to change the territory, there was an unexpected thing - the retainers of Akechi Mitsutada, Akechi Mitsujin and others had a quarrel with Utsunomiya Kento's servant and fought under Utsunomiya Castle, with more than 20 casualties. Although under the mediation of Koyama Asayaki, Ota Shimasa, Akiyama Dingzuna and others, Utsunomiya Kento, Akechi Mitsutada, Akechi Mitsukin and others calmed down, but the matter still reached Kenshin's ears.
"Fujiwara Town, the retainers under your command are not small, first they occupied Utsunomiya Castle and did not return it, and then they had a fight with Kento's servants, how can you solve it? If you can't solve it, it looks like Shimono Ichikoku will have to return it. Qianxin has not been in a good mood recently, but after this incident, her anger value increased a little.
"The anger of the Imperial Palace is caused by my ineffective jurisdiction, as for the punishment of the wise people, I will issue it as soon as possible, and the retainers of the Ueno One Country will also be transferred to other places as soon as possible, and it is better for the Imperial Palace to send troops to reinforce Vietnam and Kaga as soon as possible." Chao Ding felt that the situation was a little unfavorable to him.
"I have sent 3,000 Kami-Etsu people into Dongyue to suppress the instigation of the former ministers of the Shiina and Jimbo families. The 2,000 Chuetsu people are also heading by sea, and they should arrive at Noto in five days to join Usami Surugamori. "Hum Xin is not worried about what big waves will be set off by the outbreak of the Chinese people in Vietnam, China and Noto, she does not care about this. What she really cared about was the expanding Takeda family in the south.
"The war in Hokuriku Province is going well, but the Okushinano side has seized some territory by the Takeda family, when is the Goya Palace going to take it back?" Asadaki immediately turned the conversation to Okushinano.
"After the three kingdoms of Noto, Echichu, and Kaga are pacified, I will lead my army south again to fight the Takeda family, and at that time, the Fujiwara town government will not forget to send troops to help." Kenshin planned to pacify most of Hokuriku Province before fighting a decisive battle with the Takeda family.
"Well, everything is at the disposal of the Imperial Palace." Chao Ding said after smiling.
On February 25, Akechi Mitsukin, Akechi Mitsutada, and other wise people realized that they had made a great mistake and hurried to Echigo Fuchukan in order to obtain the forgiveness of the two men. However, at this moment, Chao Ding cannot easily forgive their mistakes. Because Kenshin is, after all, the adopted daughter of the late former Kanto governor Uesugi Kenmasa, and Utsunomiya Kento is the son of Uesugi Kenmasa, and he is Kenshin's younger brother in terms of seniority. Therefore, the court had no choice but to order the wise people to be changed, and the travel expenses were issued to order him to go to Gyeonggi Sakamoto to assist the wise Mitsuhide.
At the same time, Tokugawa Ieyasu of the Mikawa Province lost most of the Mikawa Province after repeated defeats after fighting the Takeda family, and when he could no longer support it, Kaeki surrendered to Takeda Shingen, and took his wife Tsukuyamaden and his eldest son Matsudaira Nobuyasu as hostages. Takeda Shingen saw that Tokugawa Ieyasu was not ready to cut the grass and eradicate the roots after he voluntarily surrendered, because he knew very well that there was a stronger opponent behind him who was constantly expanding his territory, so he was ready to return some of the captured Tokugawa Ieyasu so that Tokugawa Ieyasu could serve the Takeda family, so that the main force of the Takeda army could return to the territory for rest.
Soon, Tokugawa Ieyasu received a document from the Takeda family that gave him the four counties of Nishimikawa (Kamo-gun, Bikai-gun, Eda-gun, and Hato-gun). However, on the surface, Tokugawa Ieyasu was able to control the four counties of Kamo-gun, Bikai-gun, E-ta-gun, and Hato-gun in Nishimikawa, but Takeda Shingen restored the old lords of the countrymen who had previously seized the territories by the Tokugawa family, such as Kira Yoshiyasu and Nishio Yoshiji, and Tokugawa Ieyasu's territory on the books was repeatedly reduced. Even most of Bihai County is still the territory of the Mizuno family, and the relationship between the Mizuno family and the Oda family is still relatively close, if Tokugawa Ieyasu sends troops to attack the Mizuno family, it is not ruled out that Oda Nobunaga will send troops to help.
Even so, Tokugawa Ieyasu was ready to accept it. Because both of his allies are 'dead or saved', Oda Nobunaga is busy attacking Ise and Shima, while Asadachi is busy stabilizing the Eight Kingdoms of Kanto and attacking Hokuritsu.