"In the face of these groups who are outside the court and have been united by blood and passion, we must not rely on strong oppression to deal with them, which will only backfire and cause antagonism. We should use a more subtle approach, which is to steer them in the direction of passionate passion, and then offend everyone, and even cause a conflict of opinion within them, and then ...... Naturally, it's easy to do. ”

“…… I'm sorry, Father...... I don't seem to understand it all......"

"It's okay, Chiyomaru, you'll understand later. The human heart is both ethereal and powerful, unbelievable and incomparably reliable contradictory. In other words, this time it was also lucky, there seems to be no leader in the other camp who has long-term vision, wisdom and persuasive ability. Otherwise, it wouldn't be that simple. ”

"Well, I'll remember the events of the day first. And also...... That ......"

"Is there anything you'd like to ask?"

"That...... Father, what I want to say is...... Numata Hall and their gang, no matter how dissatisfied they are with the current Gongfang, they will not become robbers, or even kill the minister, right? The matter ...... This matter ......"

"You're asking if I'm involved in this, right?"

"Uh...... Well...... Actually......"

"Don't worry, directly send someone to kill the minister, this kind of thing is greatly out of bounds, and my father is not so confused. But...... I did know the direction of the wind in advance, but I didn't stop it, so it kind of had something to do with it......"

“…… Oh...... That's ......."

"A few days ago, I scraped together another 2,000 yuan of funds and prepared to submit them to the imperial court to apologize. If you pay attention to this matter, this time I will let you go to the Yamashina Senate (Yamashina Honjing)! Theoretically, he's your fiancée's adoptive father, and he's just going to be a private one. Ah, I took you to Tokaido this time, but nothing happened to Princess Gotoku, did it? After all, if someone is married, you are also married, and even if there is anything, you must not make it public. ”

“…… Father, may I ask you...... Isn't it funny to laugh at your son like this? ”

"Hahahaha! That's a good question, is it interesting? Won't you know this question when you have one with your wife and concubine in the future? ”

……

At the end of the 5th year of Motogame (1572), during the period when Hirate Honhide Yasuran and Hinoyamaru were chatting, a series of shocking but childish riots occurred around Kyoto.

First of all, on October 22, Ashikaga Yoshiaki left the imperial palace to meet guests at a temple in northern Rakuhoku, and when he was resting in the field at noon, he was suddenly attacked by a group of dozens of "bandits". At that time, there were less than 100 guards around the general, including more than half of the flashy honor guards, and the situation once seemed very vicious.

But it just so happened that Akechi Mitsuhide was on the team, and his nephew, Akechi Zuma Hidemitsu, nicknamed "Oni Warrior", had always been inseparable from him. This "ghost warrior" wielded his sword to capture 12 enemy heads one after another, which greatly boosted the morale of the escort team, and cooperated with the hurried garrison team to wipe out the assassins.

Then, all the bandits fought to the death, and all of them were ambushed. A total of 53 Assassins, at least 20 of whom were identified by corpses, were identified as figures from within the shogunate. Officials suspect that this matter is related to the "Takeki Maru Childe", who is known as the "orphan of Yoshiki Gong".

Afterwards, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was greatly shocked and immediately decided to suspend the meeting and return early.

A day later, on October 23, when he returned to the palace, he encountered 40 middle- and lower-ranking retainers gathered at the gate of the palace, kneeling in the ice and snow in the bitter cold.

In this regard, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was furious, flatly refused, did not give the slightest room for negotiation, and told about the assassination the day before, suspecting that these petitioners and the assassins were the same group, saying that they were "wolf ambitions and lawlessness".

The 40 petitioners were shocked when they heard about the "assassination" and then reacted differently.

More than a dozen people immediately took out daggers and committed suicide by seppuku, desperately proving their innocence.

There were also more than a dozen people who felt shameless, quietly retreated, and disappeared into the street corner.

The few who insisted on refusing to retreat were taken into custody and imprisoned until the evening.

In any case, the incident is well known to everyone in Kyoto.

Two days later, on October 25, Ashikaga Yoshiaki declared that Takemiraru was a rebellious leader and that he could not be forgiven, and ordered all the retainers of the shogunate to gather at the imperial palace to hold a meeting. Then, many people were absent, and at the same time, a monk was commissioned to bring a letter, which was a "resignation" of a joint letter from dozens of people, including Yoshimi Odate of Ashikaga Spectrum, Yumitsu Numata and others.

After this series of changes, there were more than 130 people killed in the shogunate, those who ran away, those who committed suicide, and those who were imprisoned, and the core of the three things revolved around the issue of "the orphans of Yoshiki Gong".

Officially, this is a "130 rebel party".

But some people feel that these people are desperate for the orphans of the deceased master, and they can be called "one hundred and thirty righteous people".

The question of how to characterize this matter is very controversial.

The only thing that is certain is that this has worsened the security environment in Kyoto.

It may be that there are too many middle- and lower-level officers, which makes it difficult to carry out orders due to lax military discipline, it may be that the shogunate has launched a large-scale internal picket and rebellion, and people are panicked and do not have the time to take care of the situation in the town, or it may be that the samurai who ran away from the shogunate have turned into thieves, in short, it is becoming more and more chaotic.

Back to the situation when Kyoto was ruined, big merchants, big temples and high-ranking ministers, even if they still have the ability to form a village to defend themselves, ordinary people can only be frightened, precarious, and pray that thieves will not target themselves.

If it weren't for the cold weather, the townspeople who had only been in Kyoto for a few years might have moved out again......

By the seventh day of November, when six or more officials had been attacked, two of whom had died, the imperial court finally could not sit still, and the old Seki Shiro Nijo Harura came forward to call on Ashikaga Yoshiaki to complete the internal purge of the shogunate as soon as possible and restore law and order near Kyoto.

Obviously, Ashikaga Yoshiaki is still eyeing the position of "Minister of the Interior".

However, in the last month, the imperial court has appointed the famous secretary of state.

Nijo Harura was forced to have no choice but to make a private promise to "persuade the Nachifu of Wanli Koji to return to seclusion within a year, and be replaced by Ashikaga Gondai Nayan".

Finally agreed.

The next day, Ashikaga Yoshiaki announced that during this time, Kinoshita Hideyoshi had been appointed as the "samurai officer", and recruited 100 loyal and brave samurai who were skilled in bows and horses in the countries of Yamashiro, Kawachi, Yamato, Omi, Tanba, and Tango, and the shogunate army would not lose the ability to maintain the peace of Kyoto because of the "130 chaotic party".

At the same time, he also invited Hirate Hohide, who was stationed in the southern suburbs of Kyoto, to participate in the "suppression of bandits".

The tie sent two people, Hisho Hideyi and Iwanari Tomoto, each with 500 capable people to participate in the cooperation.

Then, after another month, with the cooperation of all parties, more than a dozen gangs of thieves were exterminated, nearly 100 heads were killed, and the trees were displayed in the west end of Kyoto.

The shogunate was back on track, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki's centralization of power was greatly strengthened.

At least on the surface, it is greatly strengthened.

Only then did he leave Kyoto and embark on his return journey.

He took away the new shogunate of the "Nankai Exploration" and obtained the important mantra that "the affairs of Nankaido should be done cheaply".

That is, it received the title of dealing with the six countries of Kii, Awaji, Awa, Sanuki, Tosa, and Iyo.

Among them, Awaji has been firmly grasped in his hands, Kii has also mastered more than half, and Awa, Sanuki, and Tosa are basically within the sphere of influence. However, in the northern and central parts of Iyo, which are the richest on the island of Shikoku, about 200,000 koku are still held by the Kono family. Behind the Kono family is the Nishikoku Mori clan.

Mori has always treated Ashikaga Yoshiaki with courtesy and respect, and although he has not been able to take practical action, he can still be regarded as a "loyal minister". So as an unspoken rule, Hite-hode promised not to do anything to the Kono family.

In addition, the Mori family received the righteous name of attacking the Kitakyushu Otomo family as compensation.

Although the imperial court was not very satisfied with the recent behavior of the flat hand Tsuno, after an additional 2,000 guan donations, he still fulfilled the contract and gave the promotion of "the fifth lower punishment department Daisuke".

In addition, due to his merits in helping to suppress thieves and maintain law and order in Kyoto, Hirate Hideyoshi was appointed by the shogunate as the guardian of the six prefectures in the southwestern part of Yamato Province, which is estimated to contain about 150,000 to 200,000 koku estates. Iwasei Yutong was appointed as the guardian of seven counties in the southern part of Hanoi, which is estimated to contain about 100,000 to 140,000 stone estates.

Of course, this is just a worthless name, and whether you can sit firm depends on your own ability.

Even so, the two became the envy of the retainers of the tie.

The former is both a public and has made many military exploits, and the latter has a very high status and qualifications before surrendering, and jealousy cannot be hated, so he can only hope that he will quickly climb up and not fall too far.

After all, the important positions are limited, and it is impossible for everyone to take turns, at least the retainers on the Yulu side have been rewarded.

Kawada was very effective in appeasing Shikoku and received a gift of 3,000 stones. After pulling out a few disobedient wealthy clans, Heide Honhide vacated 5,500 stone territories in Awa and Sanuki and handed them over to him, and continued to entrust him with the important task of "spokesman for the affairs of the four countries".

Honda Masanobu persuaded Uesugi Kenshin to make peace with Honganji, and his meritorious service was remarkable, and he was given an additional 2,500 koku. Kinoshita Hidenaga went deep behind enemy lines, causing the "Koshu gold coin mixed with copper" incident to be exposed, and he was both wise and brave, and gave an additional 2,000 stones.

Mitsuyasu Kato and Shigeharu Matsuyama performed well on the battlefield and were also rewarded and promoted. Nakamura Kazushi, Bai Xiang Jiajia and others have always been loyal and diligent, although they have not made too many gains this time, they will still not be missed.

In addition to Keiji, almost all of the people such as Hisho Jiyin, Noguchi Masatoshi, and Ikutsu Sadatsune have doubled their knowledge and deeds, not because they have any special merits, but because they have begun to deliberately support their relatives.

The internal affairs and navy systems were also specially awarded, especially the two Gina Tadaji and Nagazuki Masake.

Horio Yoshiharu and Kato Kato, who were unfortunate enough to be in trouble, were bereaved by their heirs. Honda Masashige, who was seriously injured and disabled, was transferred to Shikoku and transferred to civilian work in accordance with the old practice.

In addition, many wealthy families in Yamato and Hanoi took the initiative to come closer, and some eye-catching second sons and concubines were recruited to serve as close scholars.

After a cursory estimate, the current jurisdiction of the Hirate family roughly includes 200,000 koku of directly subordinate land, 160,000 koku of retainers, 350,000 koku of the countrymen under command, 430,000 koku of subordinate forces with high independence, and 400,000 koku that nominally have the right to govern but are actually temporarily unable to intervene.

It can also be called the leader of "1.5 million stones".

Although there is a lot of water in it, how many daimyo have no water in these years?

But moisture is not the same as moisture.

Some of the water can be squeezed out sooner or later, and some of it is not easy to arrange.

For example, the elder ancestor of the Changzong and my department, this guy is a subordinate force with a high degree of independence. Since joining forces to defeat Shinohara Nagabo, Himeruko has helped a lot of people, but she needs to be treated with extra care.

Last time, he smashed the countrymen of Tosa with a huge amount of money, which has both the meaning of reward and deterrence.

This time, although the Tosa people did not play much role on the battlefield, they gave a lot of support in public opinion, so what should I do?

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