In the second year of Tensho (1577), the New Year festival lasted for a long time, and people from all walks of life from all over the world gathered to express their yearning for the new era and support the new leader, which greatly increased the popularity and economic situation of the area around Kyoto.

The attitude of the Hirate clan as a "man of the world" is undoubtedly revealed.

The next step seems to be to put the construction of a new city on the agenda.

Built two years ago on the southern shore of Lake Biwa for the second generation to live in, "Seta Castle" was built to oversee Kyoto and control the land of Minami-Omi, which was also a rewarding experience that was rare and rewarding.

At present, it seems that although Kishiwada Castle has undergone two expansions, the size is still insufficient. It's enough to be a leader and explore the city, but it can't go to the next level.

The congenital chakra is placed there, and it is impossible to expand indefinitely, and the location factor is very crucial.

Kishiwada Castle is more than ten kilometers away from Kaimachi, and it doesn't take much time to get a light car, but if it's to deliver supplies, or if a large group of people moves, it will inevitably delay the effort.

Given the degree of social development of the Fuso countries in the sixteenth century, there was no need to consider the problem of congestion and congestion, and the separation of the political center from the economic center obviously did more harm than good. Many merchants, such as Tennojiya, a "royal merchant" with a close relationship with the Hirate clan, had to set up a large branch in Kishiwada Castle, with a heavyweight kinship head in charge to keep in touch at all times. At the same time, the members of the Kaicho Office often had to run around on both sides, asking for instructions in the morning and reporting in the evening.

It is generally felt that it would be best to directly demolish the old castle, move 10 kilometers north to build a new capital, and then directly include the Kaicho within the scope of the castle town. It can not only fully demonstrate the majesty, but also facilitate the needs of future rule.

Tie Honshu did not decide immediately, but hand-picked Ji Yin, a public tie, and asked him to plan a plan with Hasegawa Munehito, a merchant of building materials and minerals, and Yasui Doton, a famous civil engineering expert, and also took great pains to let Shigeharu Takenaka calculate the auspicious feng shui, the time and place were favorable.

A very small number of cronies can see that the lord is not so enthusiastic about the construction of the new city, and there seem to be some doubts.

It is believed that Honda Masanbu and Maeda Genyi seem to see where the doubts are, but they don't say anything.

Only Hosokawa Fujitaka, when discussing poetry in private, said inexplicably: "Kishiwada Castle is Kaimachi to the north for half the day, and Kaimachi is Shishan for the north half of the day, and how much smoke and rain are sad on the coast."

Although this is a strange statement, people with a heart can still hear something.

As a result, Hosokawa Fujitaka got a "lax tone" evaluation in the small range of literati and inkmen, but at the same time, everyone thought that he must have also entered the circle of henchmen and important ministers of the Heite family.

Otherwise, how could such a secret matter be revealed? Could it be that you guessed it yourself?

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Until the end of March and the beginning of April, Hirata was still active in, busy dealing with human affairs and government affairs, and it was also a busy time to take a spring break.

The second generation of Yoshimitsu seems to like the feeling of going to the battlefield very much, and leads the team to Tanba early, and continues to gnaw hard bones seriously.

Unexpectedly, these mountain monkeys, which were thought to be bones, actually knocked out a few teeth.

Here's what happened: First of all, Hideka, the concubine of the Hatano family in Yagami Castle, sent someone to make a secret appointment, saying that he was pessimistic about defending the city, and was willing to lead a part of the people who were "aware of the current affairs" to defect and open the door to meet the "royal teacher".

It happened that the deputy general Konishi Yukinaga was slightly injured and was not in the battle, and Hirate Yoshimitsu believed his words, and ordered Tanba's generals Kawakatsu Jiji, Namikawa Yijia and his direct subordinates Toda Tsunji and Kato Kiyomasa to go to meet him.

Fortunately, there were several people from the Tamba country, who participated in the deception, but were not told the truth, only to find that they had become victims, and they were furious, and hacked to death Hatano Hideka with a knife, and they really turned against each other, and they withstood the most fierce attack, and the few who did not die became diehards as a matter of course.

In addition, Ihihide acted carefully and cautiously, and made preparations for the response halfway, which did not lead to a rout, and the number of casualties stopped at less than 1,000.

It's a pity that the momentum has faded.

Hirate Yoshimitsu learned his lesson, reflected, and retreated to Yagi Castle to rest and recuperate, deciding that two months later, he would start with Tango, who had slightly better geographical conditions and a weaker enemy, in order to gain the advantage of being surrounded by a trap.

It would be better if it could attract the people of Tanba to go out of the mountains and forests to fight in the plains.

At the same time, a detailed land survey and an overall rough estimate of the northern part of Iyo Province were completed.

The territory of the former Kono family in the northern part of the country totaled 176,000 koku, including 30,000 koku from the tax-free temple shrine, and was entrusted to Kinoshita Hidenaga for management. Of these, 4,000 stone belonged to private owners. He was allowed to include twelve-year-old Kono as his adopted son, and to retain half of his retainers, so he was allowed to take into account the feelings of the locals while maintaining centralized power.

Xiyuan Temple Gongguang got a county of land, 60,000 stone to block, and was able to serve the Pingshou family in an external capacity. In fact, he does not have a particularly outstanding resume and does not have a particularly deferential performance, and it is really lucky that he was not defeated, which is puzzling. Fan Xiu only said that "both civil and military, talents are rare", and everyone couldn't understand and didn't dare to ask.

In the other areas to the south and east, there are still about 1120,000 areas that have not been examined and treated, which have been handed over to the "custody" of the relatives of Changzong and our department as a reward two years ago, and there is no intention of getting them back for the time being.

The current mode of operation of the Pingshou family is that the "national representatives" in various places have authority over local affairs, and only a small part of them are private leaders, and the local tyrants and local servants under their command are only their strength, not retainers. Hirate Hidema, Kawada Nagakin, Iwanari Tomotsu, and Nakamura Kazuji all managed more than 200,000 koku, but none of them managed more than 20,000 koku.

Kinoshita Hidecho is currently only 4,000, and no matter how much he is rewarded for his meritorious service in the short term, it will be difficult to catch up with several seniors.

This is somewhat similar to the popular "sending sons and relatives system" in the eastern country, which can quickly absorb the territory and form combat effectiveness, but the problem is that due to the lack of personal knowledge and deeds, the acting officials in various places do not have the ability to plan large-scale joint battles on their own, whether in terms of prestige or materials, and cannot expand on their own, and blossom in many ways.

Only occasionally when he is appointed as a "pick-up" does he have temporary authority to act on an opportunistic basis.

But on second thought...... Oda Nobunaga's system was conducive to the self-exertion of the lords of various countries, allowing the subjective initiative of several army commanders to be brought into full play, and then the final outcome was not good......

Therefore, it is better not to change this point easily.

The only one who has the power to fight alone is Yoshimitsu Hirate.

The other retainers had no position to be jealous.

If you are not convinced, you will try again?

In addition, Yamanaka Yumori and their Nizi Revival Army took the sea route to Boqi, preparing to rebel against the lord of Haroroshi Castle, Nanjo Motosu.

There is also a bit of a break in the middle.

The initial persuasion of Fukuyama Zimasa, the "undercover agent" of the Nizi family, was unsuccessful, and his identity was accidentally exposed, and he was discovered by Shigenao Yamada, the elder of the Nanjo clan and a hardcore Maori faction, and was killed.

However, Nanjo Motosuke was very angry that his retainers had used their own military force without permission, but instead strengthened his faith, abandoned Mori, supported a tie, and expelled Yamada Shigenao out of the gate wall, welcoming Yamanaka Yukimori and others into the city.

As we all know, the henchmen of the Maori family are always dead but not stiff. When I heard this, I was shocked, and I couldn't care about other directions.

Sanyin's "Theater Commander" Yoshikawa Motoharu didn't even have time to count the soldiers and horses, so he led 7,000 troops to drive forward to kill the Boqi Kingdom Yuyi Stone City, and ordered the people behind to follow on their own.

Mori Terumoto also abandoned plans for Kitakyushu and Sanyo Province and returned to Yamashiro-gun, Yoshida-gun, Aki, to launch a widespread mobilization.

At this time, it is clear that the draw will continue to look for ways to deal with Maori.

After all, they are the main owners who are sheltering Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

However, several more petitions were received from all over the country.