Chapter 328 18. Following the Dragon and Making Merits, He Rises to Heaven
Yamauchi Yoshiharu went to Hamamatsu in a simple manner, and on the surface, he completely handed over the family business to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu. He was accompanied by only a few concubines, dozens of servants and some guards.
It seems to be a simple transfer. But in fact, it took more than half a month.
It was very common for a strong family head in his forties in the Warring States Period to hand over the title of head of the family to the heir he had trained. Everyone was afraid that if they died suddenly, there would be internal strife in the family.
In the previous two years, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu not only led the army independently, but also found a wife's family that he could rely on, and gradually replaced him with guardian positions and official positions, which actually paved the way for him to succeed the head of the family.
For example, although Oda Nobunaga had no health problems, he also nominally retreated to the second line and gave the title of head of the family to Nobutada. Miyoshi Nagayoshi actually handed over the family business temporarily to Miyoshi Yoshioki. In fact, Yoshioki had been giving orders to the Miyoshi family two years before Nagayoshi's death.
Not to mention that Hojo Ujiyasu gave up his throne to Hojo Ujimasa early, although he still indirectly controlled some power as the "Gohonjo-style".
The wiser family heads knew the importance of letting the heirs cultivate power and establish prestige in advance. Only in this way can they have a powerful heir who can intimidate the officials and control the country after their death.
Of course, this transfer is actually divided into real transfer and fake transfer. Most daimyo are generally fake transfers, that is, I will give you the title first, but the power is still in my hands.
This power will slowly take a few years, waiting for the young master's team to be built. It is best that the old ministers also die and retreat, and finally it will be a perfect handover.
Yamanouchi Yoshiharu's arrangement this time is also safe. He handed over Shinano, which was the most stable rule of the Yamanouchi family and had been managed for five generations, to Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu, and he went to the newly captured Kaido area.
Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu has the natural advantage of ruling Shinano, and he will soon be able to sort out all aspects of Shinano, big and small. This is the basic foundation of the Yamauchi family, and there is no room for error.
His father, Yamauchi Yoshiharu, will deal with the big and small people on the Kaido, as well as manage Hamamatsu Castle and Hamamatsu Port Town, and make use of his remaining energy for his son. After all, Prime Minister Yamauchi's reputation for thirty years in the East is there, and it is more useful than anyone else to guard Hamamatsu.
The arrangement is still very appropriate. Kitabatake University and Isshiki Miyauchi are also in their fifties and sixties. It is just right that Yamauchi Yoshikatsu will work hard for another two years to deal with Shinano completely, and they can retire and stand the last shift perfectly.
Yamauchi Yoshikatsu obviously knew about this in advance, and there was no panic of being ordered suddenly. He basically did not move the organizational structure left by his father. After all, it would be inappropriate to overthrow his father's political layout immediately.
He only did two things. The first was that the original Ejiri Castle Lord Konishihara Saemon resigned and returned to Yamauchi because Yamauchi Yoshiharu personally took charge. So Yamauchi Yoshikatsu replaced Hosokawa Saione, who was guarding Shimosuwa and Ina County, with his childhood friend.
But Hosokawa Saione had no qualifications and was not qualified to replace the family elder immediately, so Yamauchi Yoshikatsu asked Hosokawa Saione to be transferred to the position of Samurai Bugyo (Bujia Bugyo). In fact, he was in charge of the military mobilization and mobilization of the Yamauchi family, and became the pillar of Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's new regime.
The second one is Kobayata, the two people who are most close and congenial, and he is also ready to move Kobayata's butt.
The hatamotoshu are important, but they can be managed by Yamauchi Yoshikatsu himself, and it is normal not to hand them over to others for the time being. After all, the hatamotoshu are one of the most important standing forces of the Yamauchi family, and it is appropriate for Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to command them personally.
So where was Kobayata placed? Yamauchi Yoshikatsu certainly did not treat Kobayata badly, and directly helped Kobayata transfer to the position of Kanjo Bugyo.
What is Kanjo Bugyo?
Acting as the financial officer of the family, accounting, settlement, dispatch, and allocation, everything is included. Most of the financial affairs of the Yamauchi family need to flow out through the hands of the Kanjo Bugyo. Mastering this position is equivalent to mastering most of the financial power of the Yamauchi family.
Except for the transfer of these two positions, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu has remained almost unchanged in other places. But everyone also knows that the era of Yamauchi Yoshikatsu has arrived.
Grasping the military power and financial power, other things can't make any big waves no matter how you jump up and down.
And the Yamauchi family is not only these two bugyos, temples and shrines, land inspections, castles and towns, etc. Bugyos have not been moved. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu is also quite politically wise. He regards listening to the opinions of his father's old ministers as a daily task. Everything is decided after consultation with the big men of the Gofudai family elders. There is no conflict with his father's past system.
Everyone sees that Yamauchi Yoshikatsu inherited smoothly and took control of the family's military power and financial power without making a sound. In his heart, he was also watching Yamanouchi Yoshiharu's attitude, and Yamanouchi Yoshiharu completely acquiesced to Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu's transfer this time.
So far, Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu's butt is completely secure, and he is not prepared to make much change to his father's strategy.
Unify Shinano, unite with Uesugi, and attack Takeda. When the troops are well-trained and the food is sufficient, it will be the time for him to show his strength.
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"Nabe nosuke, who made this zucchini sauce for you?" Xiao Pingtai saw Nabe nosuke sitting in the shade of the corridor, holding a gourd ladle and eating with a spoon.
Xiao Pingtai then went to have a bite. Zucchini is a variant of pumpkin, nothing special. His sauce seems to have been boiled after adding sugar, similar to apple sauce, not sour at all, sweet, if there is a piece of bread, you can stick it to it.
"It's the kitchen sister, Oono." Nabenosuke is nine years old now. When he grows up, he gets hungry quickly. Kobayata is worried that he will really become a 1.3-meter-tall general in the future, so he ordered the kitchen to often prepare something for him to eat outside of mealtime.
"After eating, remember to go to Master Minggoro to practice sword swinging." "Yes, I know." Nabenosuke speeded up the speed of eating the zucchini sauce.
"Oono, bring a gourd of cold boiled water to Nabenosuke." Kobayata walked to the kitchen.
"Hey, why are you still cooking pumpkin?" Kobayata walked into the kitchen and smelled the sweet smell of cooking pumpkin.
"Ah, Tanzheng, I'm going to make pumpkin udon tonight. Do you want to try it first?" Oono was staring at the pot, and there was a layer of fine sweat on his forehead on a hot day.
"Pumpkin udon?" "Yes, this year's long pumpkin and zucchini are growing well and very sweet."
In fact, it is because of the appropriate rainfall and sufficient sunshine this year, so these melons have sufficient photosynthesis and grow well naturally.
"Make a bowl and try it." Xiao Pingtai sat on a small stool and drank a large bucket of cold boiled water.
Xiao Nai mashed the boiled and cooled pumpkin into a paste, then added the newly made flour, kneaded it into dough, and then pressed the dough with a stone. After kneading and pressing it several times, it was rolled into dough. Stacked it up, cut it, and cooked a bowl.
Xiao Pingtai sprinkled a little seaweed and ate it happily.
"Dan Zheng, Dan Zheng! His Highness sent an order to appoint you as Kanjo Bugyo!" Aji ran in barefoot from outside.
"Kanjo Bugyo?"
Xiao Pingtai was wearing shorts, squatting under the eaves and slurping noodles. He suddenly took control of the financial power of the Shinshu Yamanouchi family without any preparation.
"Aji, do you want a bowl?"