"And the subordinates also have an idea, that is, the Hojo family's army can be said to be the only one that it can use at present, once it is eliminated or defeated, then the family can take advantage of the situation to invade Musashi, so as to seize this place, Musashi as the most important source of funds for the Hojo family, once it is captured, then it will inevitably make its vitality greatly damaged, such an opportunity for the family, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and please decide."

Sanada Masayuki didn't say much after the two of them finished speaking, and I don't know if he didn't have any ideas, or if he deliberately kept a low profile.

If it were normal times, it would be forgotten, but today, the clan is preparing to use him, how can this be done without speaking, especially Honda Masashi is the same as he thinks, he will definitely not stay in Ueno safely, so it is even more necessary for Sanada Masayuki to go.

Regarding Honda Masanobu's proposal, the clan did not agree or refuse, but looked at Sanada Masayuki and only heard him ask, "Masayuki, what do you think about this matter." ”

Sanada Masayuki didn't speak, not because he was stunned, but because he really wanted to keep a low profile, as for ideas, of course he did, so when he heard the lord point to himself, he knew that he couldn't help but say it.

"Back to the lord, the subordinates and Honda people think the opposite, although now a large number of troops of the Hojo family are contained, but the family is also unprepared, especially even if the army sent by it is eliminated, the family can take advantage of the situation to attack Musashi country, but it will not get any benefits, because the family does not have so many troops to garrison, so there is no point in attacking Musashi at present, so the subordinates think that at present, the family should stick to Ueno, and accumulate strength as quickly as possible, this is what the family should do at present."

After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. Sanada Masayuki's statement is the most in line with his heart, and only with such an idea can the clan be relieved to let him go to guard the family.

So I just listened to the clan said: "That's right, I also think that the most important thing for the family to do at present is to defend rather than attack." While defending and accumulating strength, once the strength is raised to a certain height, it can give Hojo a fatal blow, not to mention Musashi, and then I want to uproot Hojo. ”

Speaking of this, I saw that the clan sect's face became more serious, and then said: "Sanada Masayuki, I will ask the lord to apply for the position of guardian of Ueno Country for you, and give you Ueno Nabo." Zori, Yamada three counties 80,000 stone zhiyuki. And my request to you is to guard Ueno for your family. ”

This time, Sanada Masayuki was really stunned, and he even forgot about Shane.

After listening to the lord's arrangement, everyone present couldn't help but gasp, the lord's reward for Sanada Masayuki was definitely a big deal, 80,000 stones. This is the highest reward since the family came out. This gave hope to all the retainers. And I have already affirmed in my heart that the lord is by no means a stingy person, and he was just a lack of direct jurisdiction before, so he did not divide the retainers into feuds, no, now he has just obtained Ueno. He took out 80,000 stones, which definitely proves that the lord is still very generous.

The other retainers were envious, but after Honda Masanosin heard it, he felt uncomfortable, he thought. The lord rewarded him so generously, not because Sanada Masayuki and the lord became sons and daughters, such a reward was not obtained by the other party by ability, but by the relationship to the top, which made him a little disdainful, although he had such thoughts in his heart, but he did not intend to show it.

But even if he disguised it well, how could he escape the glasses of the clan, when the clan spoke, he didn't look at Sanada Masayuki, but kept paying attention to Honda Masashinobu, and sure enough, as he thought, for such a reward, Honda Masashi must have an opinion in his confidence.

So before Sanada Masayuki could speak, he only heard the clan continue: "Honda Masanobu, since following the family, he has made countless great contributions to the family, and since this is the case, then this time I will take advantage of this matter and reward it together." ”

"Honda Masanobu, later I will ask the lord to apply for the official position of Nakabu Shosuke for you, and grant you Shinano Ueda Plain and the surrounding 100,000 stone Chiyuki. And allow you to build a castle in Ueda. "Originally, Ueda Castle was built by Sanada Masayuki in history, but now that he has sent the other party to Ueno, it is impossible to build Ueda Castle, and the Ueda Plain is indeed a good place, since this is the case, it is better to give Honda Masanobu.

As for the matter of the official position, the two of them are from the fifth position, there is no problem in this regard, as for reporting to the lord, there is no problem, with the prestige of the Oda family now, not to mention a small number of five, even if you want to be three, it is easy to do.

However, what the clan didn't expect, Honda Masanobu did not thank him, but said: "Lord, my subordinates are ashamed, just now when the lord rewarded Lord Sanada, his subordinates were jealous, if the lord will reward his subordinates in order to take into account the emotions of his subordinates, then please take back the lord's life, and your subordinates please rest assured, such thoughts will never appear in the future." "Honda Masanshin is such a smart person, although he didn't see the expression of the clan just now, but he can also guess that the lord rewarded himself, completely out of balance considerations, for fear that he had some ideas, so he had to make such a decision, and as a samurai, this is simply a shame for himself, and he is also very ashamed of what he just thought, so these words are from his sincerity, not perfunctory, after all, if the lord really wants to reward himself, then it stands to reason, He should also be ranked before Sanada Masayuki, not after him, so with his intelligence, how could he not think of the mind of the lord.

For Honda Masanobu to have such a statement, the clan is still very satisfied, at least the other party did not hide it, this is the most important thing for him. And the clan has long wanted to reward it, but there has been no suitable place before, and now that the territory has been expanded again, and he has obtained the mining rights of Sado Jinshan, he doesn't have to worry about having no money to raise soldiers, so that the seal will be sealed, how can he go back on his word as the lord.

So I only heard the clan say: "Shoshin doesn't have to worry too much, this reward is not for balance, but for the sake of sincerity, but because the war between the family and the Hojo family is imminent, I hope you can entrust the management to the retainers, and the Takayama family still needs your advice." ”

Honda Masanobu heard this. If you want to shirk, it will be a bit hypocritical, so I won't say more, 100,000 stone Zhixing, this is no longer a small name.

But today, these two military advisors are on the bar, when Honda Masanobu was about to thank him. But he was interrupted by Sanada Masayuki, who had already relieved himself, and only heard Sanada Masayuki say: "Lord, my subordinates think this matter is inappropriate. I didn't give everyone a chance to breathe, but I listened to him continue: "Now the official position of the lord is only from the sixth, and if the subordinates and Honda-sama get the official position from the fifth, it will not be a mess of the Tsuna, so please take back the lord's order." ”

Hearing this, the clan clan smiled and said, "I'm afraid the military advisor is thinking too much this time, and I have already thought about this matter. I applied for an official position for the two of you this time, but I feel that my own official position no longer matches the current strength of my family. If you can think of this, the Lord Guild can't think of it, so once your appointment is made, a new appointment to me will follow. ”

Hearing this, the retainers suddenly realized that the lord was completely calculating the hall by doing this, and this idea was too high. applied for an official position for himself, and made the hall feel low-key. That's too high.

As the clan thought, within a month, not only did Honda Masanobu and Sanada Masayuki apply for their official positions, but even his own official positions were raised to the Senate under the four positions, but to the surprise of the clan, this time Nobunaga not only adjusted his official position. The positions of the other five army commanders were also adjusted, Shibata Katsuie won the Sakyo doctor from the fourth, Sakuma Nobumori won the Ukyo doctor, and the monkey won the left guard lieutenant general, and Takigawa Kazuki had performed poorly in the past two years. He only obtained the official position of repairing the doctor from the fourth, and the official positions of these people did not exceed his own, but as the heir's loyalty, he obtained the official position of the three great ministers in one fell swoop, and he did not feel any discomfort about this clan, after all, he was his own son, how could he be compared with one of his subordinates.

Don't mention the aftermath, just say that the first, after rewarding the two of them, the clan did not forget Hosokawa Fujitaka, although this person has been following him for a short time, but after all, he is also a military advisor, and he can say that he can move Asai to join the camp of the family, and it is definitely a great achievement, so the clan will also be rewarded, but the knowledge and action it has obtained are far inferior to Honda, Sanada two military advisors, and in the end the clan only gave it a country of Hida, 42,000 stone Zhixing, and for it to play his original official position Hida Shou. Of course, Hida's Kanayama and Takayama Town, the clan sect is impossible to hand over to each other, and these things can only play a greater value if they are held in their own hands.

And the other retainers saw that the three military advisors had all been rewarded by Shi Gao, and they had won so much at one time, so the leaders of the family were even more imperative for the task of temporarily guarding Ueno, but in the end, the clan still sent two spear ashigaru reserves to the grounds that the other armies had not completed the expansion of the army, as for how to arrange it, such a thing was handed over to Sanada Masayuki, he believed that with Sanada Masayuki's ability, this time should not make another mistake.

If the Ueno issue is a top priority, then there is another thing to plan for the long term, and this matter is the food issue.

For wanting to promote meat in the territory, it is not as simple as the clan thinks, he originally thought that with his own leadership, the retainers could say more, and the retainers stopped talking, so what else did the ashigaru under his command have to say, as for those civilians, as rulers have made such a decision, then what else do they have to consider, just execute. Ke Clan Zong thought easy, but it was very difficult to do, he thought that solving his family would be equivalent to half of the completion, but what he never expected was that the real difficulty came from the retainers.

Since the return of Mount Fuji, the clan has silently paid attention to the performance of the retainers, but what disappointed him is that not to mention the retainers who did not follow him to Mount Fuji, even if the flag samurai team, after coming back, also abandoned meat, and now in addition to the clan family, there are only those civilians who can't eat enough, originally the clan was ready to take the lead himself, in order to influence them, but now it seems that this is of no use at all, and it has also caused a lot of gossip, So the clan decided to talk about the second thing today, which is this, to eat meat for Lao Tzu.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan say: "Everyone, regarding the matter of Ueno, it is arranged like this, and what I am going to talk about next is a major event related to the future of my family. ”

When the retainers saw that the lord still had something to say, they couldn't help but wait for the lord to explain, especially since this was a major event related to the future of the family, so they couldn't help but listen carefully.

Seeing that the retainers had all focused their attention on themselves, the clan said again: "What I want to say is eating meat, you seem to have some doubts about my decision, since this is the case, then I will talk to you today, if you are enough to refute me speechless, then from now on, I will never mention this matter again, if you can't do it, then you must also increase this food in your daily life, of course, I won't give you too many restrictions, I believe that my Takayama family retainers are all people who keep their word. ”

Speaking of this, the clan sect paused slightly, and said solemnly: "Okay, now if anyone has any questions, just raise them directly,"

Hearing the lord mention this, the retainers present have come to the spirit, although they have already known that the lord has begun to take animal meat as a daily dish, and also heard that in addition to breakfast, the other two meals, there are animal meat as dishes, although the lord did not explicitly order himself and others to eat, but just the lord and his family to eat, it is enough to make themselves lose face, as a samurai, especially the lord of such a powerful, identity, status of the name, if let others know that to eat animal meat, Then the Takayama family will inevitably become the laughing stock of the people in the world, and even their own reputation will be affected, one of the retainers present is counted as one, and now they are all famous samurai in the world, and they can obtain such a reputation because of their little efforts, if they lose their reputation because of this matter, they feel that it is very worthless.

Fortunately, this matter is not known to the outside world at present, so when they learned about this matter, they have already decided to advise the lord, even if the clan sect does not take the initiative to speak up about this matter today, they will bring it up. (To be continued.) )