The father and son were chatting while walking into Mianomaru in Edo Castle. For small names like the Otahara clan, the Tokugawa family would not send high-level dedicated personnel to receive them.

Here we need to explain that in the Warring States Period, the strength of a famous master was measured by the amount of stone height. Among them, the name owner with stone height greater than 10,000 stones was called "Daming", and the name owner with stone height less than 10,000 stones was called "small name". Later, due to the popularity of the name, "small name" gradually evolved into "little daimyo". After that, the so-called "daimyo" appeared, that is, the name owner with stone height greater than hundreds of thousands, and there were quite prestigious daimyo in the local area. For the Yama name, the Orchidune clan, the Hojo clan and the Takeda clan in the later period, they were all the best big names; and for the name owner with stone height less than 10,000 stones, people often have misunderstandings, that is, they cannot be regarded as daimyo, but this was actually influenced by the Tokugawa shogunate system. In the Edo period, there was indeed a practice of more than 10,000 stones as daimyo, and less than 10,000 stones as the flag book, but this cannot be said that if the stone height is less than 10,000 stones, it cannot be called a daimyo.

In fact, whether it can be called a daimyo is not only inseparable from Ishigao, but it is also closely related to the family name. For example, the Kirikawa family, whose Ishigao is only 5,000 stones, looks like Ishigao, who is a singular name, but has the position of the daimyo. The reason is that they are the direct descendants of the Muromachi Shogunate. The Tokugawa family gave them the position of the daimyo out of respect. This is similar to the "Two Wangs and Three Ke" in Chinese history, which is considered a respect for the previous dynasty.

But these are all things after the establishment of the Edo Shogunate. Before this, whether it could be called a recognized daimyo, the most important point is whether it was directly ordered by the court and the people in the world who occupied Kyoto. For example, Naoe Kensuke, the world's number one accompaniment minister, was fully qualified to be called a daimyo, but he was a retainer of Uesugi Keikaku, so he was not recognized by other daimyos in the world. In fact, even he himself did not recognize himself as a duli daimyo, at most a powerful retainer. On the contrary, some famous masters had only a few thousand stones of knowledge, but they could still regard themselves as daimyos. The key is that they were not ordered by other daimyos on the surface. This duli nature is the guarantee of their family's rank and position, and they were the only capital they could show off.

When they arrived at the Oden palace, the father and son waited for about a quarter of an hour. Tokugawa Ieyasuka was late, accompanied by Honda and his son.

"The humble position of Otahara Haruki (Masaki) see His Highness of the Inner Palace." Otahara and his son bowed to each other. The humbleness was even greater than that of Tokugawa's retainers.

"Get up," Tokugawa Ieyasu said slowly, "I heard that Your Highness of the Right Mansion urgently asked you to go to Luo. If you don't go to Nakayama Road, you will come to my Edo Castle instead. What's the point of doing?"

"Ask a question knowingly," Ota Haruki cursed secretly. Looking at Tokugawa Ieyasu who looked disdainful of him, he replied in a cold tone: "The inner palace is knowledgeable and has a higher level of thinking and planning. He has been living in the countryside for a long time and does not understand the etiquette of the Kinai. I will come to ask you for advice."

"Etiquette? Haha. Your Highness Otahara is too modest. I am a wild monkey born in Mikawa. I only know a little bit about the red tape between the ministers and the ministers. If you have any questions, please ask the right mansion directly after going to Beijing." Tokugawa Ieyasu replied tepidly with his eyelids drooping.

"I understand," Ota Haruki nodded awkwardly. "Since the inner government refused to teach, Ota Haruki had to leave." After that, Ota Haruki and his son were about to get up and leave. Seeing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu still asked slowly: "I heard that Your Highness has given Ota Haruki Castle to the Right Palace?"

Ota Haruki was stunned: "Isn't this what you asked Bei Zhi to do?"

"Is there any?" Tokugawa Ieyasu looked around and asked Honda Masato, "Have you said that?"

Honda Masato shook his head: "I don't remember that there is such a thing."

Ota Haruki was suddenly panicked and hurriedly explained: "A month ago, Matsukura Emon, under Sado, came to Ota Haruka and told me that it was the oral order of the inner government and asked me to draft the "Letter of Knowledge and Action" and submit it to Fushimi. At that time, I asked the reason again and again, but he only said that this was your intention, and there was no need to ask about anything else. Then I decided to give up the Gucheng. How could you not admit it now?"

"What is ZuoEmon? Masashinobu, is there such a person in your family?" Tokugawa Ieyasu asked coldly.

Honda Masato thought something, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "There is a retainer named Matsukura in my family, but he is not called Zuoemon, well... From my perspective, either that person pretended to be a retainer of my family to spread rumors or, or His Highness Otahara was talking nonsense, and these false things were used to mess with me."

"Is there a silly thing?" Ota Haruka stood up with a smile, widened his eyes and asked sternly: "Sado Shou, don't swear by others. I'm the only one who has been handed over the city after receiving such an oral order. Just imagine, if it weren't for the order of the inner palace, how could I hand over the city that I've lived in for more than 60 years to others? How could you slander me like this?"

"His Highness Otahara, be at ease," Tokugawa Ieyasu pretended to be nervous and reached out to stop it, "What does it mean to 'if it was not my order'? You and I are both Daming. I am in Musashi. You are in the wild. The water of the well will not violate the river. What can my order do to you? I would like to advise you to be honest and truthful when speaking, otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Your Highness," Ota Haruki knelt down suddenly and begged hard: "The loyalty of our family to you is understandable. How can you treat me like this? Because of your oral instructions, one family and more than a hundred retainers can only live in the dilapidated old city, and hand over the majestic residence city to the right palace far away in the Kinnet. Now, the journey is at a dead end, and you do not admit that this is what you mean. Could it be that my family can only be dead?"

"Your Highness Otahara," Tokugawa Ieyasu patted Haruki's shoulder heavily and said earnestly: "It's not that I refuse to help you, but this matter has nothing to do with Ieyasu. I just asked Sado Soo. There is no one you said in his family. How do you let me believe what you said? I know that Otahara has not been peaceful in recent years. The land and the wealthy families are in charge of their own affairs. Every year of tribute is worse than every year, but this is not your fault for your family.

Reason, you can borrow money from me. Everyone is famous, so how can I not save me? But now you sell the city to the Right Mansion in exchange for a huge salary, and then falsely accuse me of being instructed by my family and trying to blackmail me. This is really unpleasant. Your Highness Otahara, I once again declared that if you want to sell the city, you should sell it, and if you want to go to Luo, you should go to me. This has nothing to do with me. Please respect yourself and do not hurt the harmony between the two families for this."

"Old man!" Ota Haruki felt a loud noise in his ears, and his eyes turned black. "Puff" dinosaured a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground. Then he moved his hands and feet and struggled. In less than a quarter of an hour, he stopped breathing before the doctor arrived, and died in Ota Haruki's arms with wide eyes. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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