Chapter 143: Layout Again (Part II)

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As Nobuhide Gamo said, as the Kira family's strength and status grew, the actions of our fathers became more and more concerned, and it was not only the retainers of the family who thought about our actions, but also the former colleagues of the Oda family and the rest of the daimyo family. Not only that, but as my own authority became more and more important, there were fewer and fewer people who could talk to each other, such as the one above, which was said by a few people such as Nobuhide Gamo, and I was the first to show my honest attitude. One of the reasons is that he and I have been going on for more than ten years, and he knows my xìn character very well; Second, as my nv son-in-law, my son has also set a fate with the children of the main family, and his family's status as a member of the family has been very stable, so there is no need to have so many concerns, and I am qualified to talk about these things related to family affairs.

Of course, the closer the better. For example, if you are close to Zhou Jing and Yijing, you will not be so comfortable in acting. At this point, we are also very tacit, as smart as Zhou Jing, and even Yijing, who suddenly became much more sensible, and behaved very politely and humbly in front of people.

To put it bluntly, the reason why I trust Xiujing so freely, and plan to let Jing Zheng assist Xinjing in controlling the housework, is not only because of their ability, but also because of their identity. Xiujing's identity is my half-brother, and although he is extremely close, he is not of Kira blood, so it is impossible to replace my position; Although Jing Zheng is the child of the Kira family, he has now succeeded to the clan, and if he wants to replace Xinjing, unless it is the Shinjing of the clan and the Zhou Jing and Yijing of the separate families, they all perished.

Perhaps it is time to establish a law that establishes the status, powers, and duties of each family, tribe, and generation......

On the way back to Shikoku, I had been thinking about this question for a long time, and I planned a preliminary system based on the practices of the Toyotomi regime and the Tokugawa shogunate in history. In this system, I divided the kinship into three types of clans: the clan, the Goen, and the Reneda family, and the Goen family, which was modeled after the Tokugawa Shogunate's Imperial Three Families, and the Goen family and the Reneda family decided and reviewed the candidates together. The samurai are also divided into three types of families: the heavy ministers, the genealogy and the outer ones, of which the heavy ministers are divided into two categories, one is the commander who has served or is qualified to serve as the commander of the direct reserve, as a deputy general or vanguard in wartime, and some are the commissioners who have served or are qualified to serve in the three major commissions, and serve as military commissioners or stay in the army during wartime; The important ministers of these two parts, together with the Imperial Family and the Renzhi Family, presided over the center, and when necessary, they went out of the town as arbiters; On the contrary, most of the genealogical people guarded the various places, and those who had cadres were promoted to serve in the center. The affairs of the center are divided into two systems, one system is a secretarial organization composed of the side and right pen of the head of the family, which is responsible for assisting the head of the family in making decisions; The other is a government agency composed of the Imperial Family, the Lianzhi Family, the Family Elders, and the Genealogy Generation, which is responsible for assisting in decision-making and actual implementation.

The key part of this system is the family elders composed of the four families of the Imperial Family, the Lianzhi Family, the Leader Family, and the Executive Family, as well as the decision-making level composed of the three elders and the five middle elders. Among them, the eldest is responsible for key military affairs and finances, and has a high level of supervision, and the selection is limited to the elders, and the principle is to select one from each of the four parties of the elders, and then the top three are the top three; The elders are responsible for specific political affairs and personnel, and have a high right to judge, and the selection is limited to the elders of the family and the genealogy, and the four seniors serve as the head of the pen, and the remaining positions are filled by the competent people selected from the genealogy. In addition, in order to prevent autocratic power, the three elders and the five middle elders are re-elected every three years, and in principle, they are not allowed to be re-elected, unless they are allowed by an exception from the head of the family.

After deciding on this system, I began to divide each family into different categories.

Zhou Jing and Yijing are naturally the royal family, and Xiujing was also included by me, and as a representative of the imperial family, he was given the position of an elder. Renmu Keimasa, Kamikawa Keirokuro, and Otomo Keichiro are the Lianeda family, represented by Renmu Keimasa, who served as the pen head of the fifth middle elder; Nobu Ii was also included as a son-in-law of the nv, and it was expected that Hosokawa Rokuro (Keigoro) of the Hosokawa family, and the Ukita Yoshiya who was expected to marry Akitsu of Lady Funazu. The commanders are tentatively designated as the four families of Wasuka, Iwamatsu, Fé Go-Maeda, and Fé Go-Shimazu, and in the future, depending on the merits and heirs, they will be promoted from the Sawaki family, the Nimi family, the Satake family, the Miyata family, and the Joto family, and currently Wasuka Masakatsu is the elder. The four families of the Takenaka family, the Gamo family, the Yamauchi family, and the Ishiya family (because of the vegetables) are tentatively designated, with Shigeharu Takenaka as the elder, and the Fujido family, Maeda Genyi family, Asano family, Honke family, and even Niwa family are on the bench.

The rest of the families that have not yet been promoted, as well as the families of Kamune, Ishikawa, Kane, Tokuju, Kurishima, Ono, and Tsui in Iyo, the families of Nakamura Yoshira, Katsukano, Hayama, Akiyama, Nagamune Ibe, Ike, Tsuno, and Suzuki in Tosa, the families of Kagawa, Kosai, Kankawa, Hantun, and Tokawa in Sanki, the families of Nagano, Branch, Kawakita, Seki, and Chikusa in Ise, the families of Hattori, Zhezhi, Takino (Yagyu), Ueda, and Fukuchi in Iga, the families of Ataka and the Three Ghosts in Kii, plus the families of Shima Kuki, Minami Omi, Yamaoka, etc., All of them are listed as genealogists in the family. Since Hosokawa Rokuro has not yet inherited the family governor, he will not be considered for the time being, but Hosokawa Shinyuki Yoshikei is fifty years old, and he should give way to seclusion in a year or two, so he doesn't have to wait too long; The situation in Kyushu will be considered when the entire Kyushu land inspection is completed after the completion of the pre-inspection of the Fé.

When I finished writing this "Provisional Law of the Kira Family Eternal Faith", I couldn't help but let out a long breath, and my heart was much lighter. With this law, the ruling system and framework of the family were preliminarily determined. When it was officially promulgated, both relatives and retainers had their own positions, and the family business was guaranteed. After that, under the leadership of the Zong family, everyone made contributions to their own family in order to gain more territory and even a high family status

Of course, due to the creation of the family business, this law cannot be strictly enforced. For example, only one person is allowed to participate in the entry of the decision-making level, in order to prevent the family business from being stable, because of the excessive authority of one party, which will cause disputes between relatives and important ministers or disputes between civil rule and arbitrariness, but now is the time to employ people, and the important ministers I have promoted are all heroic people, if they are restricted because of this entry, it is naturally very inappropriate. Fortunately, I have also stipulated that some of the entries are only principles, not unchangeable iron laws, and with my prestige, I can completely bypass these principles for the time being.

At this time, the fleet had already reached the waters of the Eyo Islands, and it was very easy to reach Imabari Castle. I put away the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and walked out of the main cabin of the frigate V. B. Standing in front of me, I was surrounded by more than 200 warships guarding the Fub, and behind me stood a large number of military generals and near-shì, and the Imabari Castle castle tower in the distance also faintly showed a majestic figure. It made me feel a lot clearer, and there was a sense of pride in my own sake.

With my current strength, I have surpassed the rest of the Oda family combined. And the central system that I just established is more standardized and stable than Nobunaga's. By this time, I could completely abandon the Oda family and directly borrow the prestige of the imperial court to achieve the name of righteousness that unified the whole of Japan.

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Arriving at the Port of Imabari, Masakatsu Wasuka had already led everyone to greet him at the pier. I stepped down from the Fushib and nodded to Masakatsu Wasuka, and motioned for the rest of the half-kneeling retainers to stand up.

"Is the city all right? Last time I heard that Ryo Yasu Murakami of the Innoshima Navy attempted to invade? I asked Wasuka Masakatsu with a smile.

"It's just some remnants," Wasuka Masakatsu smiled proudly and looked very relaxed when he said this, "When they were still at sea, they were already seen by our sea aid team, and then blocked them outside Imabari Port...... Although they were very fierce, after all, they had limited numbers and their ships were inferior to ours, so it didn't take long for them to be defeated. ”

"Well, thank you," I said with a smile of praise, "I knew you wouldn't let me down." ”

"This is the business of your subordinates." Wasuka Masakatsu said humbly.

"Well...... Then I'll go back to the city first. Later, I have something else to tell you. I nodded, and prepared for the ministers to return to their respective affairs.

"If the main hall is going back to the city," his tone suddenly became a little hesitant, "there is one thing, maybe I should talk to you first......

"Is it a serious matter?" I immediately asked, "You can't even solve it?" ”

"How so...... It shouldn't be serious, but Your Majesty is really embarrassed," Wasuka frowned, turned around and called out the Jin Yuan Mansion who was waiting with him, "Lord Yuan Zhai, you can explain"

"Yes," Jin Yuanzhai immediately stepped forward and said respectfully, "It's about Princess Tokuhime of the Oda family...... Because the last time the minister went to Kyushu to visit, the main hall was interested in ...... princess"

"Wait," I waved at him, "when did I say I was interested in Deki?" ”

"Didn't the main hall specifically mention the princess?" Jin Yuanzhai raised his head, with both surprise and a little trepidation in his expression, "Although the main hall stopped saying and didn't say it clearly, but the ministers can naturally understand the meaning of the main hall."

I understood immediately. Obviously, nowadays, any word I say on a formal occasion will make them pay special attention and think carefully. Even if I'm just casual and don't have any special intentions, I'll let them figure out one, two, three, four, five. And this one about Deji is a ready-made example - I was just going to let Deji and Jing Zheng get married, but considering Jing Zheng's situation, I gave up the idea. However, this man actually came to the conclusion that I was interested in Deji based on one of my questions

"So you're going to start preparing right away, aren't you?" I looked at him speechlessly.

"Such a thing, how dare the ministers be good at it" Jin Yuanzhai lowered his head, "It's just that when the ministers come back to report to the head of the family, they naturally can't hide it from the head of the family." The head of the family didn't say anything at the time, but Mrs. Dayutai summoned her subordinates and asked her about the current situation of the main hall in Tianshen Mountain City, and then began to explain this matter. ”

It turned out to be Yuga's idea...... Then it is not surprising. Shinjing may understand me, knowing that I will not accept anyone like this after Nana's death, and when I hear his personal speculation, I will only laugh. But Yujia is different, she can be said to be too virtuous, and she even intended to push Mitsu into my arms before, but now that she is in the main room, on the one hand, she feels that she is not worthy of this status, and on the other hand, she is afraid that she will not do well enough, so she will definitely try to promote this unwarranted thing.

I couldn't help but sigh: "So, Imabari has already taken Princess Tokuhime over?" ”

"It was sent by Sannomaru Hall in Mie Castle," Wasuka Masakatsu replied this time, "but Sannomaru Hall sent the princess here in the name of visiting Lady Shogodai." The envoy of the Sannomaru Hall also said that the main hall does not necessarily have such an idea, so please ask the lady of the Daigodai to consider it a little and leave some leeway first, otherwise if it is a misunderstanding, there will be no way to communicate with His Royal Highness Matsushima (Oda Nobubu) J generation in Minami Ise, and it will affect the perception of the main hall by the former retainers of the Oda family. ”

That's what Naohu said...... I felt a warm feeling in my heart. We are each other's confidants, I know her interests, and she understands my feelings. I haven't seen her in a while, but she's still thinking about me. In comparison, Yu Jia is really too "virtuous", and she will definitely not listen to Zhihu's words.

"But the Great Imperial Terrace must insist on preparations, right?" I nodded understandingly, "No wonder you're so embarrassed." ”

"Exactly...... In fact, His Majesty also agreed with the consideration of Sannomaru Palace, but Mrs. Daigotai insisted on it, and the head of the family had already gone to Zhou Fangguo, and it was inconvenient for His Majesty to interfere in this kind of housework with the opinion of Mrs. Daigodai, "Wasuka Masakatsu breathed a sigh of relief, and took advantage of the situation to unload all the burdens to me, "Now that the main hall is back, then there will be no problem."

"It's really fine, it's just that you have to deal with it...... Alas, I wanted to rest first, but now I can't," I said helplessly. Thinking of the imminent promulgation of the "Provisional Law of the Kira Family Eisadada", I decided to solve this erroneous household matter as much as possible: "The messenger of the Sannomaru Hall is still there, right? That's just right...... Immediately send someone to summon Tosa, Iyo, and Sanuki to the wealthy clans of more than 5,000 koku, and inform the castles of Quanzhou, Wakayama, and the main castle of the prefecture, saying that there is something important to announce. ”

Suga Masakatsu replied.

"So be it." I ordered someone to bring the text of the law and handed it to Wasuka Masakatsu, "You might as well take a look at it first, and if you have any opinions, just ask me." ”

As I spoke, I jumped on the white horse that I had brought from the near shì and led some of the near shì towards the city.