94. Shangluo: The public family and the samurai
As early as the place where the literature is recorded, the public family existed, at that time the samurai was the sword and the public family was the one who wielded the sword; later the samurai gradually became rampant, and although the public family was revived after war, it gradually became weaker, and after that, the public family became the nominal ruler to calm the restless hearts of the people on the big island, and there was a powerful faction with weapons and military power to rule the people; the general fell, the governor's palace prospered, and the zanyi would seize power. Even the current feudal kingdom Shangluo has nothing to do with them, the public family has long seen this turbulent world, as long as they are indispensable as the ruler's most beautiful "instrument of righteousness", then whoever comes can be entertained by the government, and no matter who wins the public family, they will always survive. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, a chaotic battle in Otsu made the public not confident. The army was defeated by the Zanyi Kai Volunteers led by the Admiral, but the most powerful Satsuma clan retreated to Osaka Castle after reaping the benefits of the fishermen. The two sets of countermeasures that the public had already prepared to welcome the feudal kingdom and celebrate the rebellion were put on hold for the time being, and instead took advantage of the fact that the volunteers of Otsu Castle were still resting and gathered together to study the man named Takeda Isamu who was most likely to become the final winner of Kamiraku.
"What is the origin of Isamu Takeda, did you send the ninjas?" spoke to the bearded man who sat in the first seat wearing a crown and wearing a red robe, although he was not very old and delicate, and he spoke softly, but under the cover of the crown, he still looked majestic, so that everyone looked at him with bated breath when he spoke.
"Your Majesty, ninjas can't move lightly. He replied to him by one of the first four of the first four seats, and when he answered, he replied directly without even saluting, "Otsu and the east of the Central Plains are full of ship maidens due to the mobilization order of the Zanyi Society, and it is not wise to use the only power of the public family now, if Your Majesty allows it, please send the shrine maiden-sama to go." ”
"Will Zan Yi give an order if you don't pass me, and even you want to send the royal family's protection out if you don't pass me?"
Hearing His Majesty's words, everyone either fell down in fear or just politely, and saluted, "Don't dare!"
Looking at the dozen or so ministers of the public family below who were pregnant with ghosts, the person in the first seat had no choice but to ask the black-clothed minister who refused to send a ninja just now: "Fujiwara Sekihaku, do you have any opinion about that person in Otsu?"
"It doesn't matter if that person is a navy, a zanyihui, or a grass-headed hero who suddenly appeared. As long as you are in the hands of the righteous public, there will be nothing to lose. The words of the minister known as Fujiwara Sekihaku caused a chorus, and then he pressed his hands and said, "Your Majesty don't worry, just leave everything to our five family names." "Just from the aura and the prestige of the ministers, it is obvious that this Fujiwara Sekihaku has some greater influence than His Majesty the first one.
"Are you so willing to be a puppet?" the person in the first seat slapped the table in an atmospheric manner, "Wouldn't you be unwilling to be a puppet for a lifetime?"
If you don't find him, it seems to be something more terrifying than Takeda Isamu and makes all the ministers sit up nervously. The other person in the first seat saw Fujiwara's color and immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this is our way of survival, if we can't even endure it, the situation will only be more difficult." ”
"What Minister Zuo said is reasonable, please bear with your majesty for the time being. ”
His Majesty the first seat stared at Minister Zuo who had just spoken for a long time before he sighed and said to himself, "I didn't expect such a capable minister to appear in the Orange family, a branch of the royal family?"
"Takeda doesn't necessarily last long, and he shouldn't invest too much. Fujiwara Sekihaku said and thought for a moment, "If the other party just needs the name of righteousness, you might as well give it to him, but if it's a request for a feudal domain, you can't." He said and stood up, "At this time, the women of the royal family and the public family can use it." ”
"Is it?" said His Majesty's face turned ugly, "You're going to betray your relatives again?"
"What is betrayal? Even your relationship with Miss Tachibana is not as safe as the royal family and the public family. Fujiwara Sekihaku was also a little unable to pull his face, he looked at His Majesty dissatisfied, and then said to the guards on the left and right, "Your Majesty is also tired, today's meeting is here, right?" ”
Her Majesty had returned to her lodgings, and had waved everyone away, and then she took off her crown and beard, and after changing into a coat, she stood by the basin and washed her make-up from her face. At this time, a female voice came from the side, "Miss Tachibana is really troublesome to you, if the public knows that Your Majesty will have angina from time to time and will not be able to go to court, even if I am here, I may not be able to protect Your Majesty." ”
She wiped her face after taking the towel from the other party's hand, turned around and said with a wry smile: "I can't help much, maybe I'll be given away as a gift at some point, Sister Yamashiro." She said as she threw the used towel next to the basin of water, and then helped herself braid her hair while following Yamashiro, and said, "If Your Majesty's illness really doesn't work, give way to the Hei family, and demote yourself to your surname, right?"
"Your Majesty's stubbornness, you don't know it. Yamashiro shook his head and walked into the gauze tent where the real Majesty was hiding, "Otherwise, Your Majesty would not have rushed back from Yokosuka to take this position." The revival of the royal family is more important to him than anything else. ”
"Yamashiro, are you talking bad about me again?" a weak male voice came out of it, and after he said a word, he began to gasp non-stop, "Don't I care about you and Sister Tachibana?"
"Your Majesty. Shancheng nodded, walked into the gauze tent, helped His Majesty up, and fed him some water before saying, "Are you better?"
"It's not like that. His Majesty sat up with a wry smile, he looked at the orange sitting on the side with some apologies and said, "You will leave after helping me this time, right?" I really can't do it after helping me so much, hurting your reputation and sending you as a gift." ”
"Where else can I go after leaving here?" Thinking that Tachibana didn't answer, but looked up at the faint figure and asked, "Did Your Majesty also receive the news?"
"Takeda Yong, one of the two braves, doesn't even know such a famous person, the public family is really a waste!" His Majesty said and took another sip of water before continuing, "Sister Tachibana, this time the person is my friend, so I don't need to trouble you again in the future." Don't worry about me, I'll let the shrine maidens send you away and come back when everything settles down, or don't go back to this filthy place. ”
"Where can we go? This chaotic place......
"Satsuma, or Ryukyu, those places will be much safer. ”
"Really?" Tachibana said to himself with his head down, "A place of turmoil is safe, but a safe place is filthy!"
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When Isamu Takeda had successfully ascended to Luo, the army was dormant in the Central Plains, and when the Satsuma and Nagasu clans heard that a civil war had been fought outside Osaka Castle, and the public family had finally determined the victor they were going to meet and prepared the etiquette, Takeda Isamu stepped into Kyoto with his chaotic army. It's just that no one thought that Takeda Yong didn't care about everyone's thoughts, but directly led the troops across the crowd of those public families and rushed to the palace to meet the nominal majesty.
The king of Shangluo and the king of righteousness sat together, but the content of the conversation was not so tense, but somewhat unusually tacit.
"Senior Takeda, are you really surprised?" The first to speak was His Majesty, who was much better in spirit, and the intermittent angina would not have any effect as long as it passed.
Takeda Yong looked at the handsome man with the crown but did not have any fear or contempt, he looked directly at the other party and said directly: "Ping Yoshimori, do you still remember our agreement?"
"I thought you were crazy, but I didn't expect me to go crazy with you. ”
"Is there one?" said Isamu Takeda, chuckling, "The people of this country are either crazy or about to go crazy, aren't you?
"Indeed, but what can I do? It's dragging down the mountain castle like a wreck, so why don't you give it a try?" That His Majesty, or the Admiral of the Naval Academy, Ping Yoshimori, nodded as he spoke, and continued with Takeda Yong's words, "So I give you righteousness, how about you help me liquidate those public families?"
"What's the point of this?" Takeda rejected what seemed like a good idea, and then gave a new suggestion, "What if you just abolish Zanyi? ”
"And then you tied it to the chariot?" Taira Yoshimori did not answer Takeda Yong, but asked Yamashiro who came out from behind the gauze tent, "Yamashiro, what do you say, let a more powerful careerist destroy another nest of abandoned careerists?"
"Your Majesty, this is a good idea. I didn't find Yamashiro and agreed to Takeda's suggestion with a smile, which made Takeda Yong look at her in surprise.
"Do you talk the other way than to speak ill? It seems that the atmosphere in Kyoto is really not suitable for you. Ping Yisheng paused and added, "It's not very suitable for me." After speaking, he looked at Takeda Yong and asked seriously, "Is there anything that can convince me?"
"The royal family will always be in charge of honor, and there will be no more public existence, and the army and navy will be directly under the royal family......" Takeda said, paused for a moment, looked at Yamashiro and said, "How about adding the bill to the Imperial Family and the law that allows the marriage of the ship's wife?"
As soon as Takeda's voice fell, Yamashiro preemptively said, "I agree!"
"Yamashiro! It's rare to make me have some majestic bargaining, can you not spoil my interest so much!" said Ping Yisheng hugged Yamashiro as if no one was around, looked at her blushing and smiled for a while, before turning his head to look at Takeda Yong, "It's enough to take back the name of righteousness from the public, and I will cooperate with you." But senior, you're really sharp-eyed, how can you see what happened to Yamashiro?"
Takeda stood up after saluting, pointed to himself and then to Congyun who was guarding outside the door, smiled at Hei Yisheng over there, and then retired.