As a result of the fact that the "representatives of public opinion" in Izumi came to Awaji Island to ask for help, Hirate Hinohide agreed to come forward to "do something", but did not say to what extent.

For this situation, the Jing Zen master and Tashiro Miyaji were naturally not happy, but they could not talk about despair, and after staying for a while, they gave some gifts other than "pennants", and then left.

Although they keep saying that "there is no one left to save me except for the master of the peace hand", in fact, these temples and shrines that have survived for many years and have a great reputation are actually very well-connected. The high-ranking officials of the imperial court, the important ministers of the shogunate, and the cultural people of Mt. Hiei and Nara were all able to speak, but they lacked the support of the powerful local factions - so they came to Hirate Honhide.

Even if they can't find a samurai to stand up for them, these religious forces can use political power to put pressure on the new acting officials. Of course, in troubled times, swords are the most reliable and convincing, and this "political force" is lofty, and the actual effect is difficult to guarantee.

Heite Honhide is now a "junior in the middle of the five ranks" in terms of official position, and he also has the official service of "Awaji Guardian", and he has thousands of troops in his hands, and he has a deep influence in the Izumi, Awaji, and Sanuki areas, so he can be described as a "Haoqiang" who has both name and reality, and his opinion is obviously very important.

However, if you want to continue to deal with the guardian acting officials appointed by the shogunate, you still have to follow the Basic Law...... No, it was up to the shogunate's "research decision".

This brings us to the question of the organizational structure of the Ashikaga family.

The Muromachi shogunate has been in the world for more than 200 years, and it has its own system of "three pipes and four positions". Later, power was seized, generals declined, and the system gradually collapsed. Until Ashikaga Yoshiaki came out of the monk temple and returned to Kyoto with a group of widows and shrimp soldiers and crabs, it was still in a relatively chaotic state on the whole, and there was no charter for doing things.

Oda Nobunaga then became dissatisfied with Yoshiaki's actions, and proposed dozens of rules that dictated the daily work of the shogunate and restricted many prohibitions.

From then on, if the shogunate wanted to issue any decree from regular channels, it would no longer be able to act as cheaply as before, but would have to go through the process of conveying it layer by layer. In this process, there are a few people who can't get around (at least not all of them): Naomasa Tsukasa, the Kyoto left-behind servant of the Oda family, Mitsuhide Akechi, who receives a double salary, and Fujitaka Hosokawa, whose attitude is becoming more and more shaken and is about to become an undercover agent.

In this way, Ashikaga Yoshiaki is naturally resentful and dares to be angry but does not dare to speak. But on the other hand, Nobunaga's move also made the order of the shogunate much clearer, and gradually got rid of the image of the Kudai team.

Now Ashikaga and Oda are tacitly aware of the situation and have not torn their faces for the time being. Of course, Yoshiaki did not dare to be unfavorable to Oda; On the other hand, if it was the normal administration of the shogunate, it had nothing to do with Oda's interests, and Nobunaga would not come to look for it when he was idle.

All in all, in order to justify the name and solve the Izumi problem without leaving any troubles, it is theoretically necessary to deal with more than half of the important ministers of the shogunate, and of course, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's decision-making power is also very important.

At present, the tie has only won the support of the temple and community forces, but it is far from enough to stand in the foreground and put forward political ideas. Unless the Oda family threatens with force, that's fine. But the tie was originally to avoid this kind of situation where he was desperate to stand up and find a way, and obviously he would not do the opposite.

Zen Master Ryō and Miyaji Tashiro, as well as Toraya Soyi, who had been mixing well in Izumi recently, have left. It is expected that he will travel to various parts of to seek support from the religious community. Both Ryō and Tashiro obviously have their own connections, and Toraya Soyi is even more famous in the Rinzai sect (which is also the premise that he is valued by the Izumi people), and they are likely to find friends, but it is impossible to say if they can help a lot. Temples and societies of different sects and regions have different demands for each other, and it is not so easy to unite as one.

For example, the religious forces in Hequan, which were originally quite united, have already had serious "class contradictions" under the strategy of the Tieshou Bunxiu. In the name of "temple and community autonomy", the big temples and small shrines are swallowing and plundering, filling their own pockets, although they eat very well, those small temples and small shrines must be full of resentment. Now that the new shogunate has decided to rectify this, the victims are probably already clapping their hands!

As a ruler, it is impossible to please everyone. On the contrary, it is not easy to offend everyone. The behavior of the new officials to open the knife to the Taiji Taisha is also supported by a large number of people. However, the strength of a regime does not depend only on the number of supporters, but also on whether the rulers can bring together the power of their supporters through an appropriate organizational structure.

Building an organizational structure from scratch is a time-consuming and costly task.

However, if he is really talented, and he has the endorsement of the shogunate behind him, and the time conditions allow, it is not something that cannot be done at all.

……

After sending off the "representatives of public opinion", Heite did not return to the Imperial Palace, but ordered a small pot of sake and two side dishes to be served, and continued to be alone in the meeting hall, drinking and thinking repeatedly.

Then his brow began to furrow.

It seems that the plan is going well, and it is going exactly according to the schedule. The previous actions in Izumi did indeed become a big hole, causing a crisis to the rule of the new shogunate.

But the crisis is not big enough.

The Zen master of Fukudo Temple, the Tashiro Miyaji of Otori Shrine, still seems to be too weak.

People have given an ultimatum to deprive you of your land, detain your personnel, confiscate your weapons, and you are still running around outside? Are you still trying to solve the problem by bloodless means?

Why do the monks of Mt. Hiei, Mt. Koya, and Nara, or the priests of Ise and Izumo have such a sense of existence? It is not yet a book in one hand and a sword in the other, relying on the head of the enemy to establish its authority. If this matter is to change them, it must be to recruit monks and divine soldiers, and cage the city to defend.

Why does Ishiyama's Ichijo sect have a greater presence than the traditional forces mentioned above? That's because people don't take scriptures at all, they hold swords in both hands, and they are willing to cut off their bodies, which can pull the court and the shogunate off the horse. If this matter is going to change them, they will already turn against the guest and hang the opponent's whole family on the street lamp.

And now the people of Hequan - perhaps the proximity to the commercial center is too close, and the "consciousness of struggle" is too low. If the new officials can hold on, it is entirely possible to take this opportunity to establish their authority and win the support of the small and medium-sized temples and societies in the lower classes.

This is not very wonderful for a tie.

If you really can't do it, you can only add to the fire yourself. It's not entirely impossible, but there are some side effects that require extra attention to detail.

Tieshou Fanxiu immediately conceived seven or eight ideas, some urgent and some slow, some straight and some curved, but there was always no one that could satisfy him.

Doing this kind of thing is like a celebrity chef cooking a small fresh, the heat can't be big, and it can't be small, and it's still quite troublesome overall.

Until I returned to the inner courtyard in the evening, I had dinner with my family, and I was still tightly locked, meditating. However, his wives and concubines and children were silent, and they did not dare to cross the slightest.

At this time, it stands to reason that only Mrs. Masamuro and the eldest son can come out to ask, but Ah Dog has always been quiet and does not take the initiative to pay attention to government affairs, and Chiyomaru is not yet eight years old, and he is still at the age of fear of his father, so it is impossible to stand up and say something.

In the past, there was a snow chiyo who dared to be pampered and proud at home, but now the little girl is almost ten years old, and she has begun to choose the object of engagement, so she naturally begins to pretend to be a lady. So when Tieshou Fanxiu looked uncertain, there was really no one to disturb him.

Mrs. Aju, the youngest lady from the Akawei family, really wants to share the worries of her man and the lord, and she is barely qualified - the same side room, because of the power of her mother's family, there will be a significant difference in the right to speak, which is a matter of course.

She stood in the courtyard, staring at Ling Han's independent and silent flat hand in the water pavilion, hesitated for a long time, and finally made up her mind, wanting to go over and pour out her heart, but at this time-

First of all, Jing Yi Naoto, who was guarding the door, shouted angrily: "Report to the lord, Asano Hall asks to see you!" ”

Then the breathless voice of Asano Nagayoshi sounded: "Your Highness...... Call...... Call...... From the Izumi, from the Izumi, and ...... Call...... Someone is coming to the door again! ”

As the nominal chief commissioner, but in fact the "head of the department", Hirate Hazuhide currently gives Asano Nagayoshi the task of staying in Izumi to maintain the operation of the "auction", and at the same time pay attention to the movements of the place, and report it in time if there is a deceased person who comes to help.

The previous task about the "auction", he did it well. The latter thing that reported the news was not used in the previous months, but it has happened twice in a row in the last few days. Traveling between the two places by boat in a row, it is difficult for the pampered Asano Nagayoshi.

The previous time it was monks and priests, this time it was the countrymen, but there were no guests to visit—probably to avoid suspicion. It was very sensitive for samurai to go out in groups, and it was true that they did not come and go freely like religious people.

Only one letter, signed by dozens of Japanese people in Izumi Province, was delivered to Awaji Island.

He didn't delay, he immediately took the letterhead, returned to the study, lit the oil lamp, removed the envelope, and took a cursory look.

With such a cursory glance, there was a look of interest in his eyes.

After reading the entire letter in detail, including all the signatures, Hirata raised his eyebrows and breathed a sigh of relief, a chuckle on the corner of his mouth.

"That is so...... It's time to close the net. ”

This sentence seems to be talking to himself, and it seems to be an order to Asano Nagayoshi and Ii Naotora beside him. This kind of posture of being light and breezy has the artistic conception of "it's cold, let the Wang family go bankrupt".

It's just that......

Jing Yi Naohu concentrated on his guard duties, and still stood upright, as if he had not heard of it.

Asano Nagayoshi didn't understand at all, his face was full of question marks, and he muttered in a low voice, "What? What web? Are you raising fish? Something like that.

This led to a significant reduction in the force of the whole scene.

It's a pity.