Chapter Forty-Eight: Entering the Lord's Izumi

Compared with the big news such as the killing of the general, Oda going to Beijing, and Miyoshi's counterattack, this little turmoil in Izumi Province hardly caused any waves. Pen~fun~kaku www.biquge.info most of the people of have never even heard of such a thing.

The only news that can be called more influential is that Iwanari Tomotsu, who was captured by the Oda family, finally couldn't resist surrendering, and also brought Matsuyama Shigeji, Kasai Naganobu and others, and now they are all temporarily placed under the command of the new Izumi guardian Daidai Heite.

But this situation is also expected by everyone. Seeing that the Miyoshi family is declining, do you still want to die for it? Good birds choose trees to perch, which is also the universal value of this era.

Only a few well-informed people are aware of the subtle changes in the times.

Hirate Honhide, who had been reorganizing his troops at Yamazaki Castle, finally set out for Izumi, and no local people expressed any signs of resistance, because the strongmen who could be called the head snakes of the land were lying in the prison of the Hiratite family.

Dozens of temples and shrines also surrendered to their fate after receiving the promise of "measuring the land and redefining the security block". The religious power of Izumi has never been very strong, and it is good to keep one's one acre and three points of land that does not have to pay taxes. After the people of the country have already succumbed, they do not dare to participate in politics alone.

These two phenomena mean that the purpose of the Hirate Honshu is to establish a relatively stable government in Izumi, rather than relying only on the status of guardian to maintain a superficial rule.

Correspondingly, it is surprising that none of the merchants in Kaimachi, who privately claimed that they wanted the Oda family to see the colors, made hostile moves against Kinoshita Hideyoshi, the "Kaimachi Commissioner" appointed by the Oda family.

Some senior members of the "Keyboard Politburo" even revealed that the main anti-Oda forces, Ikenaga Heihisa of the "Notoya Notoya" and Munehiro of the Red House of the "Rouge House", were frightened by the methods of the Oda family, and are now trying to find a way to ask Nobunaga for forgiveness.

As for the specific means, there are different theories. Some say that they kidnapped important family members, some say that they have mastered the scandal that made it invisible to Kaimachi, and some say that the onmyoji used spells, and so on.

The speculation of the "scandal" is actually closer to the truth. Hirate Hayasu had a lot of evidence of the connection between the two merchant houses and Miyoshi Masayasu, which was not very powerful in his hands, but the new pen head of the rendezvous that was given to Nobunaga would be a powerful cannonball.

According to Imai, the Huizhong had held an internal meeting of the top 40 merchants of Kai Town as early as March. At the meeting, although each person had different opinions, they finally came to the conclusion that "they should not privately contact the Miyoshi family or privately oppose Oda without consulting with the people", and signed an oath.

Now it's clear that some people are breaking this agreement. And most of the forty people who signed could guess who it was.

But it's one thing to do it or not, it's another thing to know whether it is known, and it's another thing to publicly disclose it. Even if it is disclosed, whether it is admitted or not, there are still different statements.

Of course, it's better to pay a little benefit so that these things don't see the light.

The samurai power can be shameless, and the merchants who are covered by the samurai power can also be shameless. But if there is no samurai power covered, and the shameless wealthy merchants, it is a bit dangerous.

So these two wealthy businessmen were frightened.

And Nobunaga was also clever enough to adopt a strategy of leading but not provoking, knocking on the mountain and shocking the tiger to inflict threats.

The war between the daimyos, that is naturally - it is advisable to chase the poor with the remaining bravery. But it's not the same with merchants.

If the Oda family takes a coercive approach to attack the merchants, they will eventually damage the trade, and they will gain nothing, and the other merchants will feel sad that the rabbit is dead and the fox is hurting.

On the contrary, this soft means of threatening its business reputation is more effective.

The next thing is that I didn't go into detail. He made a gesture of being content with his duties and never overstepping his authority, and handed over all the follow-up matters to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, the Kaicho appointed by Nobunaga.

This attitude made Nobunaga very satisfied and even felt a little indebted, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki couldn't help frowning.

Of course, time is still long, and the two Highnesses are not in a hurry to express their opinions.

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June 26, 1567, a very auspicious day, the weather is also excellent, the sun is shining, there is no day. The retainers all said that this is the beauty of heaven, as if it is like the martial arts of the Heishou clan, like the sun is in the sky, and it is hot.

The new Izumi guardian Daiheite Honhide, at this time, led people into Kishiwada Castle, behind him were 500 people, 500 people, 300 people from Mikawa, and 400 ronins and small forces who were temporarily attached, a total of 1,700 troops.

There are not many soldiers, and the generals are not wide, and the ranks are hardly majestic. But following behind this peerless wise general, the soldiers showed a kind of self-confidence in the world's strongest army.

This shore Wada Castle, which has always been the seat of Izumi Province, used to belong to the Miyoshi "rebel thief", but in the past year, it was "stolen" by another "rebel thief" Matsuura Sungoro, and now it has finally returned to the guardian appointed by the shogunate.

Matsuura Sungoro was given the head, and the dozens of people he left in the city to watch over the family also fled, leaving only an empty city. Asano Nagayoshi, who was sent as the advance team, hired 100 laborers and peasant women, and it took seven days to clean up.

At this moment, Asano Nagayoshi was at the gate of the city, bowing over to welcome the guardian into the city. He was flanked by a row of guards in armor and spears, standing straight, and behind him were kneeling men, young and old, tall and short, all dressed as samurai. There were twenty or thirty of them at a glance.

This is the local wealthy people who are not very "aware of current affairs".

The Thirty-six Villagers of Hequan were originally the independent forces of the Thirty-six Families. However, in recent years, due to external influences, many compatriots have been divided because of their different political stands, and the number of people who can actually be called "small leaders of the country" is far more than 36.

Among them, the people who are in the best mood are, of course, those who have been willing to serve earlier and have received a letter of comfort from the tidal Honhide. They can follow the large group and walk with the people of the Tie family.

But there are still many people who did not express it before, or raised unrealistic needs indiscriminately, and only came to them when they heard about the death of Sungoro Matsuura. I can only bend my knees and have some intimate contact with the hot sand and gravel at the door.

Of course, the worst ones are those who followed Matsuura to "participate in the operation", and they are still locked up in the prison car!

At the front of the team, Huo Ran, who was wearing silver-gray feet and dark feathers, and was riding a tall horse, was the master of the Tieshou Prison. Seeing that under the crowd of troops, His Highness did not seem excited, and immediately his body was not completely upright, and his eyes were slightly closed, frowning.

Some of the wealthy families bowed their heads even more, and only tried their best to turn up with the residual light of their eyes; Some quietly raised their heads to glance at them, and then lowered them again; Some also tilted their heads sideways and used the accomplices around them as a cover to secretly observe.

However, the Lord did not seem to be very happy to see the equal, and everyone knelt more respectfully at the same time, eager to bury their heads in the gravel, for fear of being taken out and stabbed.

In fact, Hirate Honshu just sprained his waist a little due to posture problems when he practiced spearmanship and fighting skills with Ji Samurai last night. But outsiders can't think of it, they can only estimate the worst, thinking that this highness is going to kill.

Therefore, young people still need to improve their posture level......

While thinking about the problem of spear skills and fighting skills, Fan Xiu controlled the horse to move forward slowly, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, so he ignored the people guarding the door and others, and went straight to the city.

Of course, those kneeling people can only kneel, who dares to stand up and resist a discussion or something?

This kind of arrogant behavior made the receptionist Asano Nagayoshi also feel honored, so he hurriedly bowed down and saluted, shouting:

"Welcome to the acting officer of the guardian of Izumi, and enter the city with a high hand!"

"Well......" Fan Xiu only snorted absentmindedly when he heard this, turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to his side, and then made a gesture to enter the city.

The retainers either deliberately or felt that it had nothing to do with them, and there was no big deal like Asano Nagayoshi who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, and they didn't remind anything.

But Sazuo Chengzheng, who was a force, couldn't stand it anymore, he quickly jumped off the horse, trotted a few steps, stepped forward and grabbed Fan Xiu's wrist, and said in a low voice:

"What's ...... Lord Supervisor, there are still people waiting outside in the Izumi Kingdom. ”

I was in a hurry, and Sasa, who had always valued etiquette, almost shouted out the name of "Jinzaemon". This is the common word for the tie hand show.,According to the rules, only the elders and elders can be called.,Now Zuo Zuo Chengzheng is obviously not among the two.。

"Oh? Oh......"

Hearing this, Pingshou showed a suddenly realized expression, so he turned around, beckoned casually, and called: "Thank you for your hard work, please raise your head!" ”

Only then did the wealthy families relax slightly, and they all reduced the amount of bending down, allowing their faces to appear in the field of vision of the equal-handed prisoner. A teenager wanted to get up at the same time, but was grabbed and dragged down by the old man next to him.

The old man also complained in his heart: I didn't hear the adults call to look up, and I didn't call to get up! Young people just can't hold their breath. It's okay to die yourself, but don't bother others.

Then there was a sparse pulling.

"Meet the Prisoner!"

"Good ......" Fan Xiu had an obvious smirk on her face, "Let's all get up!" I don't know which family you are all heroes, so let's report their names one by one. ”

Everyone hurriedly got up and hurriedly stood in a row.

"In Shimoimaki Shiheiji, I wish the supervisor a ......"

"I wish you a promise, is it useful?"

"This ......"

……

"Shinzaemon on Shimooji!"

"Ah, that's a good name."

"Thank you, Lord Prisoner! This is my uncle's ...... thirty years ago."

"No, just talk about it, don't take it seriously."

……

"In Shimoto-sei, I'm going to give birth to Juzaemon."

"Gone? Won't you say a few more words? ”

……

At first, Fan Xiu was bored and laughed, but immediately became impatient, and when he reached the tenth person, he began to frown, and when he reached the fifteenth person, he simply waved his hand and said:

"Forget it, I can't remember it anyway, let's talk about it when we get to the city."

Then turn around and leave.

I really don't know if he is happy or angry, lenient or strict.

The young man who had just been dragged down by the old man muttered, "You won't be arrested if you don't enter the city......"

And the old man next to him glared again: "Idiot! If I wanted to kill it, I would have killed it a long time ago, and the more I was humiliated, the safer I was! ”

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After these wealthy families entered the city, they finally got a little decent treatment, at least there was a room, and water and steamed buns were provided infinitely.

But that's the end of it. They could not get the opportunity to meet the lord of the city for a while, but first received a verbal notice of disposition of the wealthy clans.

Only those who were able to settle down were the first to submit, among which the marsh was allowed to enter the world, and because of the exemplary role, they were given a total of 12,000 stones.

The grass on the wall confiscated half of the land, so the thirty-four people who came together gave 16,500 stones.

And the dozens of "heroes" who participated in the "rebellious" behavior with Matsuura Sun Goro must have lost their territory, and whether their lives can be saved depends on the "repentance" situation.

The land confiscated from this was a continuation of the spirit of Oda Nobunaga and Ashikaga Yoshiaki to "set a model", and most of it was rewarded to a few righteous people who "set things right". Matsuyama Shigeji and Kosai Naganshin each have 5,000 koku, and they have basically restored the old Miyoshi family. And Dr. Yasuda Terada, who performed the most prominently and cut off the head of Sungoro Matsuura, is said to have risen several times!

It's just that Iwanari Youtong didn't confess. For the time being, it is said that he was negligent and lax, which led to the escape of the "reverse chief" Miyoshi Masakang, and it has not yet been decided whether to pursue it.

In the land of Izumi Province, 40,000 koku was used for the above, and the 18,000 koku held by Sasa Narimasa, Hirate Hideyoshi, Kinoshita Hideyoshi and other people in the possession of the Izumi country, and excluding the privileged territory of the temple, the remaining territory at the disposal of the Hirate family was estimated to be about 41,000 koku.

Therefore, according to the merits of the previous and subsequent events, the retainers received large gifts. The top ranked Kawada Nagajin is now 1,500 koku, and Honda Masashige, Bai Xiang Jiajia and others have also been promoted to more than 500 koku. The samurai at the lowest level also almost all had a harvest of ten or twenty stones.

Of course, the figures are only approximate, and the details will have to wait for the specific decree to be issued, but the tone is like this.

For a while, it was happy or worried, and life was varied, so I didn't mention it.