On September 6, the 11th year of Astronomy, the Tsugawa family defeated the forces of the Spo family and occupied Tazawa Castle, and then Yoshikawa Hiroke and others also successfully captured Tanouchi Castle, and so far, the entire territory of Senhoku County fell into the hands of the Tsugawa family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the Tsugawa Castle Castle Castle Guard, the Tsugawa family's assessment meeting was held again, and all the retainers of the Tsugawa family arrived at the meeting.

Tsugawa Soji sat on the main seat, looked at the retainers in the palace, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, in this battle of Umezawa Castle, the important ministers of the main family, Kuroda Iekane and Nagano Masahei were killed in battle, and His Royal Highness is very sad in his heart. ”

"Although the Kuroda family has no children, they have a daughter, and after they get married in the future, their son-in-law will be the son-in-law and the adopted son will inherit the Kuroda family." Soji Tsugawa continued, "Nagano Masabo succeeded the Nagano family and became the lord of Nagano Castle. ”

"Hi" The retainers in the hall hurriedly responded.

Tsugawa Soji nodded and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, although the loss of this family is not small, but it has also succeeded in defeating Tozawa Masayan and others, and the Spo family has also been defeated by the family, and now that Senhoku County has been unified by the family, it is also a great blessing." You've worked hard too. After speaking, Tsugawa Soji looked at the retainers in the hall with a smile.

"It's all up to the Lord's strategy," Takahashi said on the side.

"Yes, yes," the retainers on the side chimed in.

Soji Tsugawa shook his head and said, "You don't have to be formal, everyone has a credit for this battle, and His Highness will begin to announce your rewards." ”

"The Kuroda family took the lead in attacking Umezawa Castle, and although he died in battle, His Royal Highness will also reward him with 500 stones. Do you have any objections? Soharu Tsugawa said.

"Hey, my lord is wise." After all, the deceased is the greatest, and the Kuroda family is a genealogical retainer of the Tsugawa family after all, and the reward retainers like Tsugawa Soji don't dare to say anything.

"Nagano Masabo inherits the Nagano family and gives another 500 koku to Zhixing"

"Hey, thank you, Lord." Nagano Masaka luggage road.

Soharu Tsugawa continued, "Totoki Yoshimori made meritorious contributions in the battle, and in addition, he won the award of the Spo family, Yoshitaka Iwamizu, and was promoted to the general of the main family, and served as the castle representative of Umezawa Castle. I hope you can guard this key point for your family, and the task of repairing Umezawa Castle is also entrusted to you. If you need anything, you can go to Saigo Kizo by yourself. ”

"Hey, thank you lord, your subordinates will do your best for the Tsugawa family!" Toshi Yoshimori said excitedly, he didn't expect that he would be promoted to the city generation directly. (Soji Tsugawa: I don't want to, isn't there no one available...) ）

"Yoshikawa Hiroke sealed the main hall castle Zhixing 300 stones. Shigeto Junguang sealed Takane Castle Zhixing 300 stones. Soji Tsugawa continued.

"Thank you, lord," Hiroie Yoshikawa and Junmitsu Shigedo hurriedly thanked.

"Kawakami Tadashi fought bravely, commanded well, and increased his income by 50 stones."

"Takahashi Xingjia is the head of the flag of His Royal Highness, and he has increased his salary by 50 stones"

"Ha' Hah"

Seeing that the people who could be rewarded were also announced, Tsugawa Soji cleared his throat and said to the retainers below, "In this battle, all the rewards for the meritorious service in the battle must be distributed, and for the ashigaru who died in battle and were seriously injured, the pension must be paid on time!" ”

"Hi"

"Next, let's talk about how to arrange the family of Masashige Tozawa and Moritsuna Tozawa." Soji Tsugawa then asked.

After a while, Mizutani Hisaharu said, "My lord, according to the agreement between the lord and the Tozawa family before, the territory of the Tozawa family will be transferred after the war, and the inheritance of the Tozawa family will be inherited from the lord. ”

"Hmm" Soji Tsugawa nodded, and said, "Wait for the time being, let's discuss the issue of resealing first." How high is the territory of Masashige Tozawa and Moritsuna Tozawa? ”

Saigo Kizo on the side of the "lord" said in a loud voice, "According to the situation of the land inspection of the ministers in the past two days, the height of the land of Tozawa Masashige is 3,200 stones, and the height of Tozawa Moritsuna's is 1,400 stones. ”

"So, where is the right place to place these two in the family's existing territory?" Soji Tsugawa then asked.

For a while, everyone began to talk about each other, and Tsugawa Soji also lowered his head and looked at the map placed in front of him.

"First of all, this place is too important to be easily handed over to the newcomers. Maeda Township is also not good, it has not been occupied for a long time, and it is not easy to hand it over to outsiders. In this way, there are only Ryohei Castle, Otaka Castle, Iwatani Castle, and Iwamatsu Castle. Soji Tsugawa thought in his head.

At this time, Miki Naogo on the side said, "My lord, Tozawa Moritsuna and Tozawa Masashige must be placed separately, so that it is easy to manage and can prevent these two people from connecting together and have any schemes." ”

"Well, that makes sense." Soji Tsugawa agreed and said, "Miki Naogo, do you have any suggestions?" For his "brother-in-law" suggestion, Tsugawa Soji still attaches great importance to it.

Miki Naogo thought for a moment and replied, "My lord, the people of the Tozawa family belong to the family, and their territory should be appropriately reduced. The subordinates believed that Tozawa Masashige could be transferred to the eastern area of Iwamatsu Castle, and although this area belonged to the main family, no castle had been built here, and sending Tozawa Masashige to there would also help the family control this area. The lord of Iwamatsu Castle was the head of Saigo Ki, and he transferred Tozawa Masashi to the eastern part of Iwamatsu Castle, so that the family could monitor his movements. Tozawa Moritsuna will be transferred to Otaka Castle. As for how much Tozawa Masaki and Tozawa Moritsuna know how to do after the transfer, it will be decided by the lord. ”

"Hmm," Soji Tsugawa nodded, and then said to the other retainers, "What about you?" What else do you have to suggest? ”

After Tsugawa Soji finished speaking, Togo Yoshiyu, a member of the Tsugawa family and the head of foreign affairs, said, "My lord, in addition to transferring these two people, I also need to let the two of them send hostages. ”

Tsugawa Soji nodded and said, "In this way, Tozawa Masashi will be transferred to the area of Kanazawa Township in the eastern region of Iwamatsu Castle, and Zhixing has 2,500 stones, and he can build a castle by himself." Tozawa Moritsuna transferred the seal of the Great High City, and Zhixing 1,000 stones. In addition, inform them to send hostages to Tsugawa Castle, and leave this matter to Togo Yoshiyu. ”

"Hey, my subordinates have orders!" Togo Yoshisuke replied.

"The location of Yodogawa Castle is very important, and a large part of the reason why the Tozawa family has so much money is because Yodogawa Castle controls the river transportation upstream of the Omonogawa River. Therefore, a powerful retainer must be stationed there! Tsugawa Soji looked left and right and said, "Miki Naoko, it's up to you to act as the representative of Yodogawa Castle, in addition to handling daily affairs, the river transportation of Yodogawa Castle should also be taken seriously, and it should not be taken lightly." ”

"Hi," Naogo Miki replied firmly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the territory of this family has expanded again, but the number of retainers is still scarce, if you have a suitable candidate, you can recommend him, no matter where you come from, as long as you have a skill, Your Highness is willing to use him." Soji Tsugawa said.

"Hi"

Sitting in the middle, the Tsugawa family economic executive Ogasawara Nobusaki opened his mouth at this time, "My lord! The recommendation of retainers is always limited, so it is better to hold an election in the collar and select talents from the retainers, local servants, monasteries and other places in the collar, and whether it is possible to select the best for admission? ”

"That's right!" As soon as he heard Ogasawara Shintoki's words, Tsugawa Soji slapped his thigh violently, "Okay, Ogasawara Shintoki's words are very much in line with my opinion." ”

"Ogasawara Shintoki, this matter will be left to you. After the matter is over, if you do it well, Your Highness will grant you 200 stone of Zhixing! Soji Tsugawa said happily. Soji Tsugawa was also confused for a while, and he didn't think of such a method. As for why they are only selected from the relatives of retainers, landlords and others, they still attach great importance to their background at this time, and ordinary peasants do not have basic skills at all, and most of them can't even read and write, let alone others. There are a few exceptions, but this is a very small minority.

On the contrary, the people in the samurai class, no matter how mediocre they are, but at least they still have a skill, they can read and write, and the corresponding martial arts have been practiced since childhood, not comparable to farmers born with mud legs.

"Hey!" Ogasawara replied excitedly. 200 stone of Zhixing, although it does not seem like much now, but it means a good start. Ogasawara Nobutoki has just taken refuge in the Tsugawa family, and he can have Zhixing in a short period of time, so isn't this the importance that Tsugawa Soji valued Ogasawara Shinshi? So Ogasawara was very excited.

"Alright, the verdict is over, let's disperse." Soji Tsugawa stood up and said.

"Hey, congratulations to my lord!"