Nizi Qingjiu's father and son turned against each other, but Zhengheng didn't expect such an evil thing to happen, he smiled faintly, and muttered in a low voice: "I can't imagine that Nizi Yijiu dared to do such evil things at a young age, it is really unseemly, and the sea is incomprehensible." ”

Last year, the Date family and the Niko family won a big battle in Bizen, and after the war, Masahiro had a relationship with him. He had the impression that Nizi Yoshihisa was young and ignorant, fair-skinned, like a girl, and looked like a frail and sickly child.

Zhengheng said in a deep voice: "It's really hateful that Nizi Yijiu wants to do such a thing of killing his father and killing his brother. He felt that Nizi Yoshihisa's attempt was a little vicious, and thought that Nizi Yoshihisa was really an unfilial son, and he wanted to assassinate his father and seize his father's position as the head of the country.

Masahiro pondered for a moment, stood up, raised his glass again, and said in a loud voice: "The Izumo country is in turmoil, father and son are turning against each other, it seems that there is no need to worry about another war within the year, we can have a good year this year, everyone, please cheer this toast." ”

The crowd hurriedly stood up and responded loudly.

After Zhengheng drank the wine, he sat on the top, chatting and laughing with the left and right, as if he was not disturbed at all by the fact that Nizi Haruhisa and Yoshihisa's father and son were against each other, and they talked and laughed freely, but it made some young retainers who were about to move feel unwilling.

In their opinion, the current Izumo country should be in chaos, and it is the time for them to make a difference.

Their idea is good, the current Izumo country is indeed in chaos, not only Niko Haruhisa, Yoshihisa father and son turned against each other, but the Shingu party is still fanning the flames, but what they don't know is that it is because the Date family stayed in An Yiguo. That's why they are so unscrupulous. Once the Date family decided to seize Izumo Province. Whether it's Niko Harumu hiding in White Deer City. It's still Nizi Yoshihisa of Geta Castle in Gassan, and even the stupid donkeys of the Shingu Party will shake hands and make peace with each other.

The young retainers were in a hurry, and not all of the people present did not see the current situation clearly. Date Masaki is not in a hurry to attack Izumo Province, firstly, it is indeed a lack of troops and horses and needs to rest well, and secondly, he wants to make Izumo Province chaotic again, and then benefit from it.

After most of the banquet, twenty attendants carried heavy lacquered wooden boxes in teams of twos to the central open space of the venue. As he put it down, there was a bang, and then he opened the box and announced the contents of the box, and in an instant everyone's eyes were all on the wooden box, to be exact, at the white flowers in the box. It was a reward that the balance was prepared to give, hundreds of thousands of silver judgments.

These silver judgments were searched from the mountain castle of Yoshida County, and Maori Yuan searched for Iwami Silver Mountain to obtain them. You must know that in this era, silver was more often collected as a luxury item. It is rarely used for circulation. The fact that the Maori Yuan had so much silver shows that the Maori family has a lot of money. It was the silver mountain that once occupied Iwami. It was only then that the Maori Yuan was able to expand rapidly, and for a time it became a powerful figure in the Chinese region, and it turned out that it had such financial resources.

Zhengheng coughed lightly and stepped forward, standing between the ten lacquered wooden boxes.

The soldiers who had been laughing and laughing suddenly fell silent. One victory after another made the young samurai in front of him establish enough prestige, whether it was the former retainer or the newcomer, all of them bowed their heads slightly with solemn expressions and waited for him to speak.

Zheng Heng pointed to the lacquered wooden boxes around him, and said in a deep voice: "These are the private collections of Maori Lao'er, no matter who these things belonged to before, now they have fallen into my hands, and now I will send them all to your hands." ”

As these words came out, Zheng Heng clearly heard the slight whispers around him, whether it was a samurai from Bei China, or a samurai from Bei Qian, Bi Go, Misaku, and An Yi, for the vast majority of samurai, they could not master more than a dozen pieces of private money, and those who could carry consistent money were already considered middle-level among the samurai. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was known to be a leader in history, said that he was the son of a poor peasant, and when he was fifteen years old, he ran away from home with the usual money after being severely beaten by his stepfather. The poor peasants had their money in their homes, and Japan at that time should not have been a troubled time, but a paradise.

Hundreds of thousands of silver judgments, that is something they could never have imagined in their lifetimes. Zhengheng grabbed a handful of silver judgments, let them fall from between his five fingers, and said with a smile: "Now, these are yours, these are the rewards that I, Date Zhengheng, the head of the Date family, have given you." ”

Half an hour later, when Zhengheng retreated from the middle of the venue, all the money that was originally with him had been distributed to the retainers. And because of this, the morale of the people soared to an unimaginable level, these people may have had this and that idea, but at this moment they have been attracted by the charisma of Zheng Heng's personality, and the person who can give so much silver judgment to others is indeed a master worthy of their allegiance and service. In fact, Zheng Heng didn't want to personally reward the more than 30,000 soldiers who went out this time, but this was unrealistic, he could only envelop the group of people in front of him, as long as these people in front of him were loyal to him, then he would be able to better control the Date family.

Of course, the reward for the retainers is not only money, but also excellent weapons, armor, and higher status. More important is the land, these are hereditary, that is, many lands have had their own owners for hundreds of years, and those wealthy families, even the daimyo do not dare to move casually, so they can only divide their direct territories to their retainers.

Date started in Tangsong Village, originally a small wealthy family that controlled more than 100 households in a small village, and grew stronger by killing other forces along the way, and the rest did not control much of the direct territory. (Those families who have worked hard for hundreds of years to earn a little land are all going to cry to death)

Of the 150,000 or 60,000 koku in Bei China, no more than 100,000 koku belonged to the Date family and the retainers directly under the Date family, most of which were taken from the hands of the eliminated Shinmi, Sho, Mimura, Iwami (Yukiyama) and other families, and Bizen Province was swept by Niko Haruhisa, 300,000 koku was about 200,000 koku, Bigo Koku was about 100,000 koku, and Misaku was at least less than half, and the fragments added up to 500,000 koku in the hands of Masahiro and his direct retainers.

Nowadays, in the war of Aki Province, in the early stage, Miyazawa Heihachi, Mori Takakei, and Ouchi Yoshicho swept repeatedly, and in the later period, Date army invaded Aki Province, and the local forces subordinate to Ouchi Yoshicho and the Mori family were uprooted, and the Mori clan was almost wiped out.

In fact, Zhengheng is already generous among the forces, and of course, Zhengheng is also the fastest expanding among the forces, who made the Date family swell from the head of a crumbling village to the lord of the five countries in a few years, and even a finger can be counted.

Who hasn't paid a heavy price for a little land for decades or even more than ten generations, and wants them to give away the hard-won land, isn't it eating their flesh and drinking their blood.

Zheng Heng did not have the same aversion to the distribution of land to his retainers as other time-travelers, to be precise, it was out of practical considerations, he could not completely abolish the feudal system, land was the pursuit and goal of the samurai, and he could only compromise.

When Sukegoro Tsuda picked up a copy of the text that had already been prepared and began to read it, the originally noisy venue suddenly fell silent, and they all knelt on the ground, all of them knew that it was related to their vital interests, so they all listened attentively.

Sukugoro Tsuda first read out the "Date Warrior Family's Laws" written in the autumn and winter of the 23rd year of Astronomy, and finally said: "As retainers of the Date family, you must listen carefully and do not violate them, and those who violate them will be severely punished!" ”

Sukegoro Tsuda read it word by word, and his voice floated through the empty hall. The first thing to be read out was the hierarchy of the family, and the various laws of the Date samurai stipulated that the samurai were the basis of the Date family's rule, as well as the responsibilities and obligations of the samurai.

Of course, the most important thing is the system of land grant and transfer.

For the generals to talk about meritorious deeds, the most important thing is that Miyazawa Heihachi officially received the 12,000 stone and Chiyuki of Saeki County, and became one of the most important ministers of the Date family.

The rest of the people have their own blessings and misfortunes. For example, some people were able to keep their old collars, while others were confiscated entirely. Some were lucky enough to be sealed, while others had their territories cut off. In fact, Zhengheng's rewards and punishments for his retainers and wealthy families are like choosing beans, and he has long been in his chest.

After the banquet, everyone left Silver Mountain City with satisfaction or a heavy heart. The study of Ginzan Castle is still brightly lit, with Masahiro sitting at the top holding a silk book, and Noyama Masato, Kiyokawa Henghide, Ishikawa Hisakaka, Katayama Morinaga, Akagi Takao, Miyahara Masashige, and the newly promoted minister Miyazawa Heihachi sitting at the bottom.

Zheng Heng carefully looked at the contents of the silk book, and after a long time, he said slowly: "That's the case!" As he spoke, he handed the silk book to Noyama Yoshito. Noyama Masatomo unfolded the silk book, read it for a long time, and then passed it to Ishikawa Hissataka, who was the next head, and everyone passed it again and again to the hands of Zhengheng.

Zhengheng asked in a deep voice: "What do you think, do you agree to go and receive Iwami Ginzan?" "The content of the silk book is actually a letter of surrender jointly sent by Ogasawara Nagao, the lord of Kawamoto Onyu Castle in Iwami Province, Yamabuki Castle in Anno County, and Takahide Saba in Hachimanjo Castle in Eizome Prefecture.

Noyama Masachao pondered for a moment and said, "The Shingu Party in Izumo Country was in turmoil before, and now the father and son are turning against each other, and it is really a cleanup for these wealthy families who survive in the cracks to defect to the most powerful Date family, but it is inevitable that there are some surprises so quickly. ”

Hisataka Ishikawa turned his head and asked, "Daisuke Miyauchi means that there is fraud in it?" ”

Noyama Yichao shook his head and said, "Forgive them for not daring!" (To be continued......)