Chapter 149: When the Wind Rises Again (Part II)

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Not long after the Yong'an was delivered, the other two new ships of the second generation of the Poseidon class were officially launched. This book comes from the two new ships, each equipped with 30 naval guns, which can be described as fully armed, and once the run-in is completed, it is expected that the combat effectiveness will surpass that of the first generation of ships such as Dinghai, Fubo and Anlan, and become the new maritime hegemon. Even the names of the two ships are completely different from the naming style of the Yong'an, one is called "Jianye" and the other is called "Wuchang".

Hideyoshi himself didn't know Chinese, but there were people in his right hand and in the commission, so he was sure to know the meaning of the two names. Combined with my meeting with the Uki family and adopting him as an adopted son, he will definitely know that I am ready for an official showdown with him!

Although he defeated Shibata in the Battle of Shibatake, took the entire Northern Army Regiment outside of Vietnam and China, controlled the old territory of the Oda family outside the area controlled by the Kira family, and brought most of his former colleagues under his command, Hideyoshi clearly understood that there was still a considerable distance between him and me, whether it was his family's financial and military strength, or his personal reputation and prestige; And the reason why I didn't attack the old leader of the Oda family was because I didn't want to leave too much of the Oda family's imprint, and I didn't want to keep too many important ministers of the Oda family. For example, Ikeda Tsuneko, with my personal friendship with him and his life-saving kindness, as well as his gratitude and respect for me, was able to hold the Ikeda family before his Hiroshi family if I wanted to, but I did not do so, apparently because I did not want to leave behind such a daimyo with the distinctive imprint of the Oda family, who already controlled the province of Kinai, and this gave him the opportunity to include the Ikeda family as the most important subordinate daimyo.

All the while, he has tried his best to close the gap between him and me, and at the same time he has tried to maintain a rapprochement with us, so that he can buy more time to expand his strength and prestige. He also took the opportunity to eliminate Nobutaka and Shibata, and promoted and participated in the Takeda Expedition, trying to divide the Kawajiri and Mori clans, and taking the Tokugawa and Hojo families as allies. However, I naturally won't let him go so smoothly, and the turn of the Uki family is the opportunity for me to play again; The naming of the new warship is my declaration to the world.

Of course, I don't take Hideyoshi lightly, if I am good at turning crises into opportunities and using anything to expand my influence, he is a person who can give a little sunshine and can take advantage of any opportunity. If he is allowed to continue to swell, taking the opportunity of dividing the old Takeda family, taking the Hojo and Tokugawa families as allies, and taking Kawajiri Hidetaka and Morinaga Kona as his subordinates, it is difficult to say that it will not pose a subversive threat to me.

I would never allow such a situation to happen.

Therefore, at this critical juncture in the conquest of Takeda, it can be said that it is the best time to fight a decisive battle with the Yuliang family. As far as the family is concerned, the Uki family has switched to the sect, and Hideyoshi's prestige will inevitably suffer a considerable loss, which makes many daimyo and wealthy families hesitate; When the Ikoma family and the Tsutsui family take advantage of the trend to "surrender" later, a general trend will be formed, which will be conducive to further differentiation of the Yura family. As far as the Yura family is concerned, if they want to increase their prestige and expand their control area, they must divide a part of their strength and continue to preside over the conquest of the Takeda family; During this period, even if they pacified the Takeda family's Kai, Shinano, Suruga and other territories, their own military strength would definitely have to rest for a while, and it would take a year and a half for the new territory to digest, and they would not be able to immediately use the power of the country, so they fell into a moment of weakness when the old power was exhausted and the new power was not born......

The day after I met with the Ukita family and adopted him as an adopted son, I quickly transferred the newly launched frigate "Jianye" and the Fuba detachment of Iwamatsu Jingding, and went to Quanzhou Castle again. By this time, all the goods of the Kanai trade had been disposed of, and Hidekei sent Imai Munehisa to Kyoto with a batch of exquisite gifts from the Ming court as a tribute to the imperial court (Imai Munehisa received the seal of the Great Tibetan Emperor and could directly meet the emperor), and the imperial court also reciprocated by promoting my official position and rank, and sending Hino Terushi to Shikoku to convey his will.

Two days before I arrived at Quanzhou Castle, Hino Teruji happened to pass through Izumi, and then was invited into the city by Xiujing. When he heard that I had arrived, he enthusiastically followed Xiujing to the pier, and then went to Nanzong Temple where I was staying.

After the greetings were over, Hino Teruzi quickly talked about the message, and said to me with a smile: "It's rare that Taichang Gong is also here, but it saves me a lot of travel!" ”

"Really? What a coincidence! I also laughed, pulled the Ukita Nobu family at my side, and introduced to Hino Terushi, "This is the adopted son I adopted two days ago, named Ukita Nobu, and my biological mother is my side room Fugozen." Xuanjia, this is the current samurai legend, the power of the great Nayan Hino Teruzi Yaxiang. ”

"I've seen His Excellency Axiang." Ukita Xuanjia bowed his head slightly.

"The children of the Uki family in front of you? It's gratifying," Hino Teruzi looked the Xuan family up and down twice, and admired in his mouth, "What a handsome young samurai!" ”

"Actually, I also have something to ask Your Excellency Huizi about this child!" I put my arm on the shoulders of the Ukita family and asked Hino Terushi to say, "I'm going to hold an official adoption ceremony for him in the near future, and since His Excellency Teruzi is also there, and even has the status of an envoy, how about I ask you to be a witness to the ceremony?" ”

After saying this, I casually looked at Hino Terushi, waiting for his reply.

Actually, in addition to please, this sentence also has a bit of a tentative flavor. As a samurai legend, he must have understood the role played by the Uki family between Kira and Hara, and if he agreed to be a witness to the ceremony of my adoption of the Xuan family as an adopted son, he would obviously offend Hideyoshi in his personal relationship. However, with the relationship between him and my Kira family, I am sure he will definitely agree. Although Hideyoshi currently controls Kyoto, because of his background and knowledge, he has not been very well received by the imperial court and the public family, and his official position and rank have not been promoted in any way; And his Hino family, as a generational samurai, has a very detached position, no matter who is in power, it is impossible to embarrass his family, so there is no need to buy Hideyoshi's account, it's just a big deal to endure a period of neglect in Kyoto. (Historically, he wandered outside the Toyotomi family, and was later reused by Ieyasu and Hidetada, and formulated the "Forbidden and Public Laws" together with Kindiin Chongchuan and Nanguangfang Tianhai, and his descendants served as both the official family of the imperial court and the high family of the shogunate, and he was named an earl in the Meiji era).

Sure enough, Hino Teruzi agreed without hesitation: "It's rare to bow to its meeting, and I'm happy to do it." ”

"Then there is His Excellency Lao Huizi." I nodded, extremely pleased with his attitude.

"Taichang Gong is polite, this is really nothing," Hino Terushi replied with a smile, "Many of the honorable people in the imperial court will be happy to serve Taichang Gong's purpose." This promotion to Taichang Gong is the matter of the two powerful people, and it has been recommended by many of your Excellencies. ”

"Really? Let me worry about you," I said to Xiujing on the side, "I will prepare some gifts later, and give them to His Excellency Hui Zi to take to Beijing to thank you for your kindness." ”

"Understood." Xiujing nodded.

"The specific distribution will be decided by His Excellency Hui Zi," I nodded to Hino Hui Zi, "In addition, I am here in Quanzhou, in addition to asking someone to witness the ceremony of adopting the Xuan family, I also want to apply for official positions for some of the children and retainers of the family, and this matter is also entrusted to Your Excellency Hui Zi!" ”

"That's how it should be," Hino Teruzi readily agreed, "Now that Taichang Gong is the weight of the world, it is too big to enter Beijing in person, and it should be done by us." ”

"That's very good." I smiled slightly, ordered someone to take pen and ink, and drew up a specific list according to this consideration.

First of all, it was the letter of the head of the family, and what I planned for him was to be promoted from the four positions of the Sho Na Yan, who just happened to be qualified to meet the Emperor, and still served as the post of Major General of the Left Guard, and his nurse, Mrs. Hirano, was arranged by me to be the imperial year mail of the maid in charge of the family, called the Shao Na Yan Bureau; followed by Xiujing, as the chief elder in charge of housekeeping, he was promoted to Ukyo Doctor from the fourth, and the other two bigwigs, Shigeharu Takenaka and Masakatsu Wasuka, served as Kamisuke and Uenosuke respectively, and the fifth was lower; Zhou Jing and Yoshikage were also promoted from the five lower ranks, and were respectively promoted to the positions of Saemon Zo and Sabei Esa according to their official careers, and imitated the old practice of Oda Nobubo, Oda Nobuo, and Oda Nobutaka, and concurrently served as attendants of the Ministry of Central Affairs; Keimasa remained unchanged as Ise Mamoru and arranged for Nobunao Ii to serve as Mamoru Suruga, and Ukita Nobuya to serve as Mamoru Misaku; The rest of the country's important ministers such as Gamo Nobuhide, Beeya Yoritaka, Maeda Toshiie, Sawaki Yoshiyuki, Shimazu Iehisa, Ishitani Yoritatsu, and Yamauchi Kazutoyo also arranged their own official positions.

In addition, I also arranged for Ukita Katsu to inherit the Miura family, change his name to Miura Katsu, and serve as Sagamisuke. Sagasuke was one of the Banto Hachihei clans in the past, a famous family in Kamakura, and the shogunate assessed the hereditary position of the Miura family, and was appointed by the head of the family for generations, and was honored as Miurasuke. Now the Miura clan clan has long been extinct, and the Misaku Miura family, where Miura Ietsu is located, is a close branch of the family with a clear pedigree (from the evaluation of the younger brother of Miura Yoshitsune, called Sugimoto clan, Yoshiren's great-grandson Sugimoto Sadamune built Misaku Takada Castle, changed back to Miura Miao, called Miura, called Miura family), and it is indispensable to inherit the clan.

In addition, there is Sugi Nobuya of Nagato Province, and I arranged for him to inherit the family name and character of the Ouchi family of the Zongjia Ouchi family, change his name to Ouchi Keihiro, and serve as Zhou Fang Gonsuke. Similar to Sagamisuke, the head of the Miura family, the head of the Ouchi family also received the position of Shufu Gonsuke for generations (since Hiroyuki Ouchi defected to the Ashikaga clan, he also added the position of repair doctor or Sakyo doctor), and was honored as Ouchi Suke, until Ouchi Yoshitaka applied to the imperial court for the two positions of Dazai Daitsu and Masashi Shoji in order to overwhelm the Shotsu family in Kitakyushu.

If the appointment of Miura Katsu has little to do with it, the appointment of Ouchi Keihiro has something to do with it. As a sworn enemy of the Maori family, it is obvious that my restoration of the Ouchi family in this way will seriously stimulate the nerves of the Maori family.

Not only that, but I also recommended Kobayakawa Mototsui to take up the post of junior assistant in the family, and gave him the following character, and changed his name to Kobayakawa Keimoto according to the naming format of the eldest son of the Mori family. This move was even more serious for the Mori family than the restoration of the Ouchi family's name.

Since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the name of the head of the Oe's Maori family has been extremely strict. According to the convention, only the eldest son of the Maori family, who is a descendant, can use the "Guang" and "Yuan" of the ancestor Oe Guangyuan as the lower characters, and the rest of the sons and families can only use "Guang" and "Yuan" as the upper characters, which is equivalent to worshipping the partiality of the head of the Maori family. Since the Mori Moto, his great-grandfather Mori Heegen (following the mountain name Tokiki), grandfather Mori Toyomoto (following the mountain name is Toyo), father Mori Hiromoto (following Ouchi Masahiro), brother Mori Kogen (following Ouchi Komoto), son-in-law Mori Takamoto (following Ouchi Yoshitaka), and grandson Mori Terumoto (following Ashikaga Yoshiki), all strictly follow this format to name him, and although he himself is the ancestor of the Mori family, he is not the eldest son, so he can only be named "Motosei". The only exception is Mori Hideyo, who was born too late (Terumoto had a son at the age of forty-three), and had already been succeeded by the eldest son of Hoida Motokiyo as the heir of the clan family, and was named Mori Hidemoto according to the naming format of the eldest son of the clan family, so although he was the eldest son of Mori Terumoto, he had to use the name "Hidesho" aggrievedly.

Among the various clans, Kobayakawa Takakei's name also did not conform to the rules, because when he first joined the Takehara Kobayakawa family, his family was extinct, and then with Ouchi Yoshitaka as an intermediary, he became the adopted son of the late head of the family, Kobayakawa Kokei (who, like Mori Kogen, worshiped Ouchi Yoshikoko, and was biased), and actually broke away from the Mori family. Therefore, he did not inherit the two characters "Guang" and "Yuan" of the Oe clan, but like the ancestor of the Kobayakawa family, the next character was taken from the general character "Jing" of the Kobayakawa family of the Huanwu Hei clan, and then the bias of Yoshitaka Ouchi, the head of the Ouchi family, was named Kobayakawa Takakei. It was not until the Maori family raised its head later and gradually unified the Azumi country that the Kobayakawa family followed the Maori family and transferred to the Oe's descendants (the son-in-law was named Yuanxi), becoming one of the "two rivers" in the Maori family; Later, Takashi and Terumoto were listed as the five elders, and they once again broke away from the Oe's system, and Yuan Wei was able to directly follow the same as the heir of the Maori family at the time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was the heir of the Maori family at the time, and changed his name to Kobayakawa Hidebo.

Now, I have changed the name of Kobayakawa Mototsui to "Keimoto" in accordance with the naming method of the eldest son of the Mori clan, which is obviously an attitude of support for the Kobayakawa clan to seize the status of the clan in the eyes of the Mori family, and it is an intolerable provocation for the Mori family. If Kobayakawa Takakei accepts it, it can almost be equated with rebellion, and from then on he will be cut off from the Maori family and his relatives such as Yoshikawa and Fukuhara.

(: This chapter was actually yesterday, but unfortunately it was lost...... It's more tiring to revisit and play again than to write a new chapter!! ~！