March of the second year of Motokame (1569).

First the religious forces, and then the local people, for two days in a row, Hirate Honhide, who temporarily lived in Awaji, received a request for help from "old friends with Izumi". Both of these events were also caused by the new shogunate.

The difference is that the forces of the temple and the shrine are persecuted even more, so it is the leading people who come to visit in person. And the pressure on the wealthy people was not too great, and the anger value was not high enough, so they only wrote a letter to complain.

Things have to start with the system of "exemption from military service".

There are dozens of national wealthy forces in Izumi, most of which are local natives, and the rest are the naval forces received in the process of crusading against Awaji, which were relocated. Generally speaking, it is a group of guys who are relatively rich, but lack the spirit of martial arts, and it is not impossible for them to fight, but they are not elite warriors anyway.

The main reason for this is probably that the Seto Inland Sea region has developed commerce and trade, the economy is good, and the people are relatively wealthy, so they cherish life more.

On the other hand, the small number of Chinese people who are not afraid of death and dare to fight have basically been killed by the tie. The rest are people who know the times and are willing to surrender.

Therefore, only here can the system of "exemption from military service tax" be welcomed and implemented well.

(By the way, in the original history, many wealthy clans of Izumi and Awaji were incorporated into the Oda naval army, and were killed and wounded by the murakai army in the first Kizu Kawaguchi naval battle)

In Owari, the samurai were eager to fight every day, and every time they went out into battle, they had to grab the "Ichiban gun" with the highest mortality rate, and if there was some kind of "exemption from military service tax" in that rough countryside, it would probably only be considered that their brains were in water.

This policy has always been regarded as a masterpiece of "wise generals and equal hands", so it has been inherited by the new officials without any major changes.

However, "no major changes" means small changes.

As far as governance is concerned, any small change may not fail to have great consequences.

At the time of the Tieshou Bunshu, the "exempt tax" system was very lenient and was freely chosen by the people of each country. You can only contribute money without people, or you can only pay people without paying, or even a part of the money and people, the proportion is completely free to decide, without any coercive elements.

The only restriction is that the number of military services will be combined with the "knife-like" posting. Those who refuse to undertake military service have no reason to possess large quantities of weapons. In this way, a righteous name of "seizure of illicit weapons" has emerged.

However, Tieshou Fanxiu actually didn't really implement this matter, not because he was soft-hearted, but because the time was not right and his energy was limited.

Like Sakuma Nobumori, he didn't do anything else if he didn't go to one place, and gave priority to staring at the land of the local people, all kinds of tricks and grabbing, and it was cool to watch the direct territory continue to increase, but it would produce hidden dangers. In fact, Sakuma's direct military strength has always been stronger than Shibata's, but once he leads a large coalition army, he often fails to do so, and this is a matter of morale and cohesion.

With the level of social development in this era, it is impossible for the daimyo to rely only on the army directly under him to win the world, and it is necessary to let the miscellaneous vassals see a little hope.

Therefore, the strategy of the tie show has always been to boil frogs in warm water, dig pits and wait for people to jump.

However, being able to do this was based on two foundations: first, he set foot in the business world very early, and he had Nobunaga, a wealthy man, behind him, and he was not short of money; Second, he is known as a peerless general, and he doesn't need too many troops to have a deterrent effect.

These two conditions, the new Hequan acting officials, do not have!

Not long after the new office, Sadaharu Iio and Mimu Masaki were like those other "airborne leaders", lacking both money and people.

It's easy to say that there is a shortage of people - after all, this territory has been swept around by the tie, and thieves, floods, and the rest of the three good parties have either been exterminated or co-opted, and they will not be needed for a while.

And the problem of lack of money is very uncomfortable. The price of Izumi is not low, and the shogunate has little support, so it is difficult to do anything. Previously, the new officials took action against the temple, but in fact, there was also the idea of "taking the opportunity to make a windfall".

Then the people of the country were also targeted.

At that time, the "exempt tax" system was to allow people to choose freely, and they could pay if they were willing to pay for it, or they could contribute a part of it, and the proportion was arbitrary.

In this way, a very coincidental situation may be formed: a certain wealthy family chooses to undertake military service and does not pay taxes, but in fact the local area has maintained peace and no fighting, and in the end, no people have paid and no money has been paid.

Something like this kind of exploiting loopholes, Tieshou Fanxiu naturally won't see it, but he has a lot of money and other long-term plans, so it doesn't matter.

But the new acting officials are eyeing this matter.

So they announced: In the future, the "exemption tax" will no longer be freely declared by the people of each country, but once every six months, the number of troops sent by each wealthy family will be counted, and those who do not meet the standard will be taxed proportionally.

Now it happens that the new acting officials have been in office for nearly half a year, and it is time for the first collection. In the past six months, except for two small bandits, no troops have been dispatched at all, so most of the countrymen have to pay taxes in full.

This makes the hearts of the "masses of the people" feel cold and bitter.

This method, in all fairness, is not particularly unreasonable. It's just that compared with the previous easing policy, it seems to be particularly harsh. In addition, the new officials are not powerful, and they are even more uncontrollable.

Then back to that sentence, the Izumi people are relatively weak, although they are dissatisfied, they have no intention of rebelling, and this matter will not cause any fatal damage......

So most people, that is, they jointly write a letter to find someone to complain or something, and when the time comes, it is estimated that they will pay the money obediently, at most they will delay for a while.

Originally, it wasn't a big deal, but Asano Nagayoshi was ordered to "pass on information as soon as Izumi had it", so he didn't dare to slack off and rushed back and forth.

However, when the tie was announced, he was very happy.

For him, the last link of the layout is also perfectly aligned.

……

Two days later, the spies lurking in Izumi and Kai Town sent back more specific information, allowing Hirate to understand the whole story, so he began to take action in earnest.

The first person to receive the order was Hattori Hideyasu, who was in charge of the secret agent, and his task was to assist from the side, increase the chaos, and supervise the progress.

The second is Numata Yumitsu, who is often in contact with various forces in, and he wants to visit the Saga area of Kii Province, and he has no special mission, but just to give gifts to deepen the relationship, and by the way, to be a witness who happens to be there.

Asano Nagayoshi and Tamakoshi Shiro immediately returned to Izumi and advised the wealthy families to pay their money with peace of mind to avoid disasters, obey the command of the new daishi, and provide low-interest or even interest-free loans if there were indeed people who were shy in their pockets.

Heide then wrote a letter to the shogunate, talking about some of the recent unrests in Izumi, expressing some concern about this, and specifically mentioning that "if the dissatisfied temple and shrine hire foreign ronin and evil parties to cause trouble, the matter will be out of control", and then suggested that the shogunate should tell the new deputy to relax the policy and not be too strict.

Later, in a similar text, he wrote another letter to the Zen master of Fukutoji Temple and the Tashiro Miyaji of Otori Shrine, and after analyzing the situation in the same way, he persuaded them that "even if they are dissatisfied, they should appeal according to the law, and they must not be thrown into the sword, let alone let the evil party of the foreign ronin get involved."

The role of the Messenger is crucial.

The one addressed to the shogunate will be delivered by Honda Masanobu. Heite's request to him was: "Even though it is written in the letter, you must make sure that the shogunate does not accept my proposal, or even that it is better to do the opposite." ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki, although he is weak and afraid of death, is extremely deep, has excellent patience, and his brain is not bad at all. If he really agrees with the letter and orders the new officials to cease their current radical behavior, it will be self-defeating.

But......

With today's fame, even if he casually says something that he doesn't know, the world will not dare to despise it, not to mention that this letter is justified and well-founded! For the "unequaled wisdom will be evenly divided", it is not difficult to convince a person, but it may be more difficult to get others to oppose it.

With this level of command, it is clear that only Honda Masanobu can grasp the intention and successfully complete the task. After recent experiences (especially after talking and laughing with Matsunaga Shu, Miyoshi Nagayi and others), his grasp of the details of the conspiracy is not inferior to that of Tsunade himself, and even surpassed.

The other choice is a difficult one. In terms of ability, Kawada Nagakina and Iwanari Tomotsu are both suitable, but these two people's goals are too big and too conspicuous. Moreover, the former is responsible for daily administrative affairs, and the latter is the banner of the Sanhao Yu Party, both of which are important figures. It's not indispensable for a day, but it's always better to "travel" as little as possible.

Horio Yoshiharu and Konishi Yukinaga may also be competent, but they feel that newcomers should not be exposed to the core conspiracy.

In the end, the task fell to Nakamura Kazushi, but Hirate Hirate also added, "Find Toriya Soyi first, and let him accompany you to forward this letter."

You don't have to deliberately order this. These two religious people will never vomit out the meat they have eaten in their mouths before seeing blood, and they will definitely resist. All a tie needs to do is to guide them to resist in the most "appropriate" way.

Of course, this "suitability" is for the benefit of the Tier.

Now the question is, how can you hint and persuade them just right, and make the other party not realize that they have been deceived afterwards?

This is the specialty of Tiger Zai Zongyi.

Kazushi Nakamura didn't help much with this, but he acted the most steadily, never said a word more, and had the least chance of change, so it was him.

After all the arrangements were completed, Pingshou Fanxiu breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his shoulders, got up and walked towards the inner courtyard, ready to rest and welcome the upcoming play.

Before he had taken two steps, another servant suddenly hurried over, calling for "retribution."

I was wondering why there were so many emergencies recently, but I didn't expect this servant to say that-

"Congratulations, my lord! Just now, the doctor examined and found out that Mrs. Zygote and Mrs. Shallot are both two months pregnant! (Shallot was a concubine chosen by Masamuro Inu from the Owari farmhouse to fight against the shogunate's behavior of sending women)

Pingshou was stunned for a moment, and smiled happily.

After the completion of the strategy of the four countries, there has been no important task, and he has taken over his family members, and it is natural that he has made some gains under the red and green.

In an instant he calmed down again,

Obviously, she spends more time in the main lady's room, but she is pregnant with two concubines...... After all, it's still an unstable factor. In addition, Ning Ning doesn't seem to have much fun, but fortunately, she found the second son of the eldest son of my ancestor as her adopted son.