On January 18, two weeks after Xiuzhong was captured, two thousand elite troops from Xiubao arrived in Chenghuanli under the leadership of seven direct generals. In the afternoon of the same day, a military congress was held in Chenghuan County. With the participation of these seven generals, the scene suddenly became much more grand.

In the main hall, Hideopo and Hidemoto lived together in the chief, Tokugawa and the generals of the West Route Army sat on the right side, and Hideopo's generals sat on the left side. From the front to the back were Fujido Takato, Shima Kiyoshi, Fukushima Takayoshi, Nasu Shikiyoshi, Aoki Toshiki, Mitsuyama Ikalakami, and Ogasawara Takayoshi, from this, we can know a little about the status of these seven people in the Yamato Toyotomi family.

Among these seven people, the most famous one is Fujido Takato, who is ranked first in terms of qualifications and abilities, and sitting in the first seat is well deserved.

As for Kiyoshi Shima, although he worked at Tsukii and became an official early, his strength was not recognized at that time (the main family is a weak relationship). Fortunately, in the Battle of Nagaki, he shot Dashimata's left eye blinded with an arrow to help Takayoshi Fukushima capture Motoda's father and son. This achievement began to be well-known to everyone. After that, he attacked Shimada Castle at night and followed Hideopo to pacify Tokaido Ikki. At this point, he finally won the recognition of Daming and military generals. It was recognized that he was the second most important official under Hideopo, which was considered a popular honor.

Next is Fukushima Takayoshi. As the lord of Tatsumeyama Castle and the acting chief of Iga County, it is natural that he is the third place. After Naga Yoshikawa became famous in the battle, he was promoted to the general of Peking University. Although some people were dissatisfied, they were awarded such a high position in the battle. No one believed it, not to mention nepotism, right?

Indeed, as Hideo-chan and Takahara's former adopted son and Fukushima Masashi's nephew, it was natural that Hideo-chan took care of her, but this was not the decisive factor for Takaki to become the third most important official of the family. The reason why Hideo-chan favored him was largely because he was promoted by Hideo-chan himself, not an old minister of Hideo-chan's era. Therefore, Gideo's obedience and loyalty to Hideo-chan is unparalleled, and this can be seen from his performance of not retiring in the Battle of Hideo-chan.

Unlike Gao Hu and Shin-kyu, Shin-ho respects Gao Ji more than respects. It is precisely because of this that the important task of capturing Matsuda Nagato was given to him rather than Gao Hu and Shin-kyu. This phenomenon is somewhat similar to the relationship between the cabinet and the Military Affairs Office during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. The cabinet is equivalent to the family group composed of seven family members. The Military Affairs Office is composed of a few retainers promoted by Gao Ji and other few Shui-ho. The degree of attention and status can be seen.

Of course, Nasuziji was ranked fourth because of this reason. At first, he was just a military general under Gao Ji. He was discovered by Xiu Bao after the Battle of Changjiguan. It can be seen that it is not an exaggeration to compare Changjiguan to Longmen. No wonder several years later, these three people were willing to exchange 100,000 knowledge and actions for this blessed land. Of course, this is also a later story.

Although the Nasu family is one of the "Kanto Eight Houses" and the so-called famous family for a century, it has become a wealthy family of 5,000 stones after all, and it has long disappeared from its former style. As a concubine's son, Shikiki has no qualifications to inherit the family business and has to leave his hometown and wander around. In this case, Hideobo's promotion is like a timely help, allowing Shikiki to reborn. How could Shikiki not sacrifice himself and swear to be loyal to death? For the sake of cultivating his own power, it is understandable that he can firmly sit in the fourth place.

For the two subsequent people, Aoki Toshizu and Sangshan Ikyu, both talent and loyalty to Shuibo, there must be a big question mark. If Gao Hu and Qingxing were old ministers in the imperial family, Gao Ji and Shuiki started from scratch, then the two above are the "second-generation officials". Aoki Toshizu's father Aoki Ikyu was Xiuchang's inner brother, and one of the three ministers of the Xiuchang era (the other two were Sangshan Ikyu and Fujido Takaha), with an influence of only Gao Hu. After Shuibo ascended the throne, Ikyu realized that Shuibo was about to start a newcomer, so he retreated to the second line of knowledge and asked his son to inherit his mantle and strive to maintain the status of the Aoki family. Being able to do this can be considered as giving Hidebao enough face and repaying his favor. Hidebao naturally had to give the Aoki family some rewards, so he left the position of the fifth-level official to Shuibo.

The Sangshan family and the Aoki family are similar. They are both retainers of the genealogy that have been going on since the Xiuchang era, but there is one difference: the Aoki family has served the Toyotomi family since Ichiju's father, that is, Jiujiu's great-grandfather, Aoki Shiju, and has served in the Toyotomi family for four generations so far; while the Sangshan family has been serving the Hideaki family since the Hideaki, and has only been three generations so far.

Don’t underestimate the gap between this generation. The reason why Takeda Katsuraki abandoned Sanada Masayuki and defected to Nobushi Oyamada. In addition to Masayuki Sanada’s “Online and Inner Bihiro” was largely because Nobushi Oyamada sometimes followed the Takeda family since his grandfather Nobushi, and the Sanada family only started to become an official since the time of Yukitaka. One was a three-generation important minister and the other was only two generations. Which one was more important was obvious at a glance. (Oyamada was Kataki, and Sanada was Shinono, which may have some guiding effect)

Therefore, although Jun Ju and Yiqing's military achievements and ability are mediocre, considering this relationship, Xiubao still arranged Yiqing behind Jun Ju. In fact, there is another important reason, that is, Shun Ji and Ji.

As Muji wet nurse and wet father, it is enough to increase the status of the Sangshan family to a higher level, but if this is true, it will break the balance between him and the Aoki family. In order to avoid this situation, Hideo must of course pull the Toshiko in time, which is why the two families return to the same starting point again.

Next is Takaki Ogasawara, and of course, there is Haruka Omiyayama who was unable to attend the meeting. Although Ogasawara and the Takeda family had an irreconcilable grudge, their current situation was roughly the same: the family declined and there was no way to revive it. At this time, they gathered under Hideo's command. It cannot be said that they had a sympathy, but it was extremely dramatic.

As new retainers, they are indeed very different from Gao Ji and Ziji. First of all, their background is very complicated, which means that in the future, they are likely to cause some unnecessary trouble, or create some opportunities for Xiu Bao;

Secondly, they were well-known before becoming a official in Xiubao, which made Xiubao lose an opportunity to give them "a favor of knowing each other" and also made them owe Xiubao less favor. In this way, their loyalty is worthy of consideration. In this case, they will encounter some difficulties and troubles when they get along with other retainers.

Although these people have different backgrounds and abilities, they have one similarity:

Hidepo's retainers, and not ordinary retainers, are important officials who are taking care of them. Under this premise, I believe that in the near future, they will definitely go further and assist Hidepo to continue to move forward and climb towards the ideal in their hearts.
Chapter completed!