Chapter 144: The Man in the Game (Medium)

"It's too reckless to treat the princess like this, isn't it?" I was a little embarrassed to say

As for the question of appearance, I naturally don't mind, and I don't care. I'm not a person who judges people by their appearance, and I don't even have to marry Deji. But Deji's reaction was said by Yu Jia, and the atmosphere seemed to be a little strange and ambiguous, and even several people behind Yu Jia pursed their mouths tightly as if they were holding back a smile.

"Well," I said, "if you feel like you're used to living here, it's better to keep staying...... In three months' time, it will be the anniversary of Taimasao, and I will go to Kyoto in person. How about I make arrangements for you when I get back? ”

"Yes, it's up to Your Highness," replied Tokugi, bowing her head, "and, besides, it's customary to live here." ”

……，……

Receiving the invitation of Wasuka Masakatsu, the wealthy families of Iyo, Tosa, and Sanki rushed to Imabari Castle within a few days. Not only that, but even Xiujing from Quanzhou City rushed back in person, and also brought a letter from Niwa Nagahide asking him to transfer jiā.

"This was sent by His Royal Highness Changxiu a few days ago." He gave me the letter.

I opened the letter and looked at it carefully. The letter said two things, one is that Kyushu has settled on the peace, and I hope that I will turn to Kinai as soon as possible and clean up the increasingly grim situation; The second was about Tokuki, who himself approved of my marriage and suggested that I return to the center through this matter.

I know what he means by grim. More than a month ago, after Hideyoshi and the Toshiya reached a peace agreement and accepted the Ukita family, he turned east to woo Tsuda Nobusumi of Kita-Omi Takashima-gun, trying to drive a wedge in Shibata Katsuie's Kita-Omi. Takigawa Kazuki, who stayed behind, noticed this movement and quickly sent information to Shibata Katsuie and Oda Nobutaka. The two were fighting with the Uesugi family on the front line, and when they heard that Hideyoshi and the Rika family were making peace, they stretched out their claws, so they also let go of the Uesugi family, whose strength had been greatly reduced.

reached a rapprochement with Uesugi Keikatsu, and then returned to Kita Omi, and directly destroyed Tsuda Nobusumi under the pretext of "being a wise Mitsuhide nv son-in-law and secretly communicating with the rebel party in the war of rebellion".

However, no matter how high-sounding the excuse was, after all, this incident seriously violated the jīng god of the Cheongju Conference, and also set a precedent for attacking his former colleagues, and the impact was extremely bad. To this end, Hideyoshi proposed to reconvene the collegial council and punish the two for their actions; In addition, Azuchi Castle has long been restored, but Nobutaka still did not send Yoshishi Doll to marry Azuchijo, so Hideyoshi also accused Nobutaka of using his heart for his own use and holding the family governor hostage, and was no longer suitable for the post of after-see, and recommended Nobuo to succeed him. Naturally, Nobutaka and Katsu were not to be outdone, and also accused Hideyoshi of appointing his relative Sugihara Ieji (the uncle of Nene and Yaya) as the representative of Kyoto, and also built Fushimi Castle in the southern part of Yamashiro Province, intending to control Kyoto alone; In addition, he also monopolized the profits of the exploration trade on the Kira family's tribute and used it to strengthen his own military strength and defense, which was obviously a bad intention...... The verbal battles between the two sides were extremely fierce, and the subordinates were naturally not ambiguous, and they expanded their armaments one after another, promising to win over, and the war could be said to be on the verge of breaking out.

As for marrying Tokuhime, Niwa Nagahide naturally has no opinion. Earlier, he asked me to keep Nobunaga's bloodline, and marrying Nobunaga, the NV, is the best way to preserve the bloodline...... Of course, he shouldn't have known that Deji was no longer able to have children.

"What's going on in the Yura family lately?" I asked, putting down the letter.

"This is exactly what His Majesty wants to say," Hidekyo owes himself, "the appointment of Sugihara Ieji as the representative of Kyoto is regarded as the kindness of His Royal Highness Hideyoshi to his family; But the construction of Fushimi Castle was obviously intended to confront our Quanzhou Castle...... And recently, His Royal Highness Hideyoshi has reached out to the naval army and the Tokugawa family"

"Trolls?" I couldn't help but smile, "Does His Highness Hideyoshi want to establish a naval army alone?" ”

"Yes, and the action is very large, this office is located in Osaka and Amagasaki in Settsu Province, and the general is the iǎ Sai Yuki-yuki of the Uki family." Xiujing replied.

"It's okay that His Royal Highness Hideyoshi and the naval army of Iǎ Saiyuki are unlikely to pose a threat to our side." I said nonchalantly.

Jing looked at me a little strangely, probably wondering why I was so sure.

I smiled inwardly. In the original history, Hideyoshi integrated the naval forces of all Japan, but was still defeated by Yi Sunsin in the campaign of the Korean Dynasty; And at that time, the commander-in-chief of the navy army was the head of the iǎ West Trip...... Of course, Xiujing couldn't have known.

In comparison, there is another thing that has to be guarded against.

"You said that His Royal Highness Hideyoshi is wooing the Tokugawa family, what is going on?" I asked him.

"This is the Tokugawa family's Tokugawa family left in Kyoto, and Ishikawa Shumasa-sama Toro's ...... Lord Ishikawa said that His Royal Highness Hideyoshi had approached him, claiming that now that Toshi and Uesugi had been reconciled and Kyushu had been decided, the only target of the Oda family's strategy was the Takeda family, which was the biggest enemy of the Taimasa Gong that day and the sworn enemy of the Tokugawa family, and if he could govern, the first thing he would do was to crusade against Takeda with the Tokugawa family. Then, Ishikawa-sama talked about his brother's kindness to the Tokugawa family, about the bravery of Ii Akabi of the Seunnaobu Division, and about his own admiration for his brother...... Listening to his tone, it seems that he hopes that the Tokugawa family will raise reinforcements and fight against Takeda for the Tokugawa family, so the Tokugawa family will be happy to serve; Otherwise, maybe you have to borrow the power of the Yuliang family. ”

"This thing...... It's a bit of a hassle. I subconsciously tapped my fingertips on the jīng Zhifu table in my hand.

The Tokugawa family is in Bī Palace, and they are asking me to express their position as soon as possible, obviously tired of the long-term tug-of-war between Suruga Province and Tenjin Mountain Castle, and want to pacify the Takeda family with the help of external forces as soon as possible.

If I want, it won't be difficult to send troops to destroy Takeda, but after the annihilation, Suruga Province will be given to the Tokugawa family, right? Minami Shinano on the border of Mikawa Province wants to give them to them, right? The remaining Kai, Kita-Shinano, and Nishi-Ueno are far from my territory, and it will be difficult to control them after they are defeated, and the result will only be cheaper than the surrounding Tokugawa, Uesugi, and Hojo, and I will not benefit much. At that time, the Tokugawa family also had a million-stone territory, as well as Suruga and even Kai's gold mountain, and even if I surrendered to me, I couldn't put my mind at ease. Tokugawa Ieyasu, I know very well that I can't even accommodate the million stones of the Riki family, let alone this old turtle?

The reason why I only sent the 1,000 Akabei of Ii Nobunao was to stabilize the Tokugawa family first, and then sweep through it after I pacified Kinai, and then give them Suruga or half a country at most. However, if Tokugawa Ieyasu can't wait and really unites with Hideyoshi, then Hideyoshi will definitely be able to unify the Oda family more quickly, and it will cause more difficulties for my future Kinai strategy......

"Do you think the Tokugawa family will throw themselves into Hideyoshi?" I decided to hear what Xiujing had to say.

"Throwing yourself to His Highness Hideyoshi is probably just a choice for them, right?" Xiujing thought for a while and said, "As far as your majesty knows, a few days ago, the Hojo clan of the Hojo family gave up the position of governor to the son-in-law (a month earlier than in history), and the Tokugawa family also sent someone to congratulate him, and tried to marry the Hojo family, and married the second NV to the Hojo clan (a successful marriage in history)...... In other words, they are not the only ones who unite with the Yura family, so until the situation is clear, they will not make a decision easily, and they will still maintain a close relationship with their own family. ”

"Really?" I laughed, "You're right, His Highness Ieyasu doesn't change his course easily, and he has enough patience...... He has been waiting for more than ten years since he was evil with Takeda Jiā, and he probably won't mind waiting for another year and a half."

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At the same time that I promulgated the law to establish the core system of the family, the actions of Shinjing in the former country were also in full swing. After the autumn harvest, he immediately gathered the three ** forces of Chikuzen and Fenghou and before and after, as well as the two ** forces of Fenggo and Chikugo under the name of Keishiro, and led 60,000 people to attack the former Ryuzoji family. At this time, the Ryuzoji family had lost their faith, and the family governor was just a frail and sickly young man, so naturally he did not have the ability and courage to resist the Otomo family at the beginning, and soon surrendered to Xinjing. Then, on the grounds that the Ryuzoji family was sick and weak, and could not manage the housework, Shinkei divided the management of the Ryuzoji family's territory.

At present, the territory of the Ryuzoji family, including the Nabeshima, Egami, and Goto clans, occupies a total of eight counties in the eastern and central parts of the former country, including the Kifu, Adopta, Sanne, Kanzaki, Saga, Iǎjo, Fujizu, and Kiteshima, and the stone height reaches 357,000 koku. Among them, Naoshige Nabeshima, the head of the Nabeshima family, is the righteous brother and cousin of Takanshin Ryuzoji Temple, and currently holds the real power in the family; The head of the Egami family, the head of the Egami family, and the head of the Goto family, Goto Ienobu, are the second and third sons of Takannobu respectively; In addition, Ryuzoji Takanobu also has two younger brothers, namely Ryuzoji Shinshu and Ryuzoji Nashin. These people are the current auxiliary politicians of the Ryuzoji family.

Xinjing did not touch the territory of the Ryuzoji family, but divided all these people into sub-families and tribes, and then led them from the Ryuzoji family to a county according to their territory, station, and origin. Naoshige Nabeshima led Kanzaki County to the east of Saga County, stationed in former Hasuike Castle; The Egami family was originally from Chikugo Province, and the Takahashi family, who moved to Chikuzen (now moved back), were originally one of the "Fifteen Daishi" families in Chikugo Province, so they owned the adoptive father county bordering Chikugo Province; Goto Ienobu led the Goto family leader, and sealed the whole county of Kishima where the leader was located, and stationed in Takeo Castle; Ryuzoji Nobushu and Ryuzoji Naganobu respectively owned Fujitsu-gun and Iǎjo-gun between Kitejima and Saga Prefecture, and shared real power in the family with Nabeshima Naoshige of Kanzaki Prefecture (that is, the division of the three families of the Saga Domain in the future); As for the family governor Ryuzoji Masasa, he owned the Soling Saga County, which was surrounded by the three counties of Kanzaki, Fujizu, and Iǎ Castle, as well as the Kifu County and Sanne County, which were located in the easternmost part of the country and adjacent to the adoptive father County, except for the territories of the retainers such as Chiba, Inuzuka, Narumomi, Ota, Ishii, and Saigo, the remaining stone height was only 60,000 stones, which was about the same as the respective territories of the three family elders who surrounded Saga County.

In this case, with the ability of the dragon to build a temple politician, it is naturally impossible to control the three family elders. And the three family elders will definitely maintain their respective territories and prevent the clan from expanding outward, which is the normal situation of the martial family. In other words, after such a division, the Ryuzoji family has actually been divided, and they are holding each other down, and it is impossible to unify them again. In the unlikely event that any of them wants to expand their own power, they don't need to do it without the three kingdoms of Chikugo and Chikugo next to them, and the rest of them will attack them in a group to maintain and expand their respective family businesses.

Then, Xinjing received the oath of allegiance from each family, and issued a land inspection order on a county-by-county basis in the territory, promising to give the territory according to the results when the land inspection of each county was completed. As a result, the ruler of Ryuzoji Temple further lost his position as the ruler of the whole domain, and in addition to his own three counties, he could not even get the territorial sub-limit account and samurai list of the other counties.

Next, there are the Arima and Omura families in the southwest and the Matsuura family in the northwest. The Omura family was the hero who defeated Ryuzoji Takanobu together with Goshimazu Iehisa and Chikugo Shukei, and the territory of Biki-gun was naturally blocked and given Nagasaki a hereditary position; Although the Arima family was under the command of Takanobu at that time, they were passive in response to the battle, and to a certain extent, they acted as eyes and ears, so the 40,000 stone of Gorai County was also given to them. Only the Matsuura family has not been attached, and the Ishitaka of Matsuura Prefecture, where it is located, has reached 150,000 (the later Shimomatsura Hirado Domain and Upper Matsuura Karatsu Domain), and there are also port trading towns such as Hirado and Karatsu (Nagoya, the base camp of the Korean conquest), and their strength is not to be reckoned with. Therefore, Xinjing consulted the opinions of the ministers and decided to take this one to the knife.

He first sent an envoy to the Matsuura family to negotiate the establishment of the Hirado clan in order to stabilize the mood of the Matsuura family. When the old lords of the Ryuzoji family and the southwestern family presented their oaths, he immediately ordered the negotiating Ishitani Nobumasa to greatly increase his demands, first forcing the Matsuura family to withdraw from Hirado, and then proposing to transfer the Matsuura family to Chokoku and exchange land with Shimazu Yoshihiro. The Matsuura family, of course, did not have the courage of Shimazu Yoshihiro to confront the Toshika, so they protested to Shinkei and tried to contact the rest of the families in the country to resist Shinkage's arrangement. It's just that at this time, those people are busy with the matter of land inspection, and there are a lot of stone heights, and no one will come to this troubled water. The Matsuura family had no plan, so they sent someone to Imabari Castle to complain to me, claiming that what Shinkyo had done had "damaged the benevolent reputation of the Taitsune Gong" and begging me to come forward to uphold justice.

"There are some people who not only don't understand the situation, but also like to be smart," I snorted coldly at Maeda Toshinaga with a complaint, "You want to separate our father and son? Want to hit the prestige of Xinjing? Think I can't see it? ”

"Yes. Lord Akekan," Maeda Toshinaga said respectfully.

"You drafted a letter for me, and asked Shinjing to uproot the Matsuura family on the grounds of stubborn resistance...... You tell him that he must be neat and tidy, and leave no trouble, so that the daimyo and wealthy families of the former country and even the entire Kyushu region will be taken as a warning. ”

"Yes"

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