The shelf life of political secrets is very short, sometimes less than twenty-four hours.

It was the second day after the war, and the weather was overcast, with heavy rain in the early morning, and it was not until noon that there was a slight sign of clearing. The people of Shikoku Island—including the local Miyoshi clan retainers, the foreign soldiers of the Hirate Army, the merchants and culturers who were neutral, and presumably the spies of forces such as Mori Otomo—all knew of a surprising but reasonable upheaval.

It happened yesterday during the retreat of the Miyoshi Army.

In order to preserve his strength, Shinohara, Nagabo, retreated decisively when the battle situation was unfavorable, and returned to Katsurui Castle with more than 3,000 intact troops.

That's when the unexpected happened.

Miyoshi Nagaji, the governor of the family, who was nominally already in power, suddenly stood up with the remnants of Shikawa Depository, Miyoshi Yasunaga, Hosokawa Shinyuki and other members of the sect and questioned Shinohara's Nagabo.

Mitsutoshi Dorao claimed to have bribed a guard who was present, and paraphrased it like this:

"When we made peace with Oda two years ago, we already declared that we had already made a break with Miyoshi Nagayoshi's wolf ambitions. Why did he respond to Miyoshi Nagayi three months ago and attack the defenders of the Oda family? It was because of the unprovoked actions that it attracted the crusade of the Tie Army. If you can fight and win, it doesn't matter, but you lose to the other party, and now my family is in danger! I'm afraid Shinohara-ukyo needs to reflect on it! ”

Regardless of whether this paraphrase is true or not, in the end, Shinohara's Nagabo was speechless, and the practitioners and assessors did not dare to speak out.

And the other retainers, whether they are relatives, genealogies, or appearances, most of them immediately stood on the side of the young lord, and followed together to accuse the old man of the pen who had covered the sky with one hand for nearly ten years.

Perhaps, Shinohara's Nagabo thinks that he has always enforced the law strictly, and only acted on merit, and rewards and punishments were orderly.

However, there can never be a one-size-fits-all consensus on who is talented, who should be rewarded, and who should be punished. Those who have lost their interests will always feel that they have been unjustly suppressed.

Moreover, can a person who has been in power for ten years really guarantee that every decision is selfless? Can you guarantee that you will not be affected by personal likes and dislikes at all? Can you guarantee that you will never get carried away by emotional factors?

Thinking that he is just, there is still a distance of 108,000 miles between the real justice of his subjects.

The New Doctrine strengthened the power of the retainers and the congregation, and imposed many restrictions on the private behavior of the retainers. If it is a prestigious British lord, he can probably use such laws and regulations to make the family prosperous, but unfortunately the person who presides over the legislation does not have enough reputation and popularity, but is just an old man who acts as a regent......

Let's not talk about it for a while, the younger brother of Shinohara Nagafang, called the real chief, the guy who quits his name, has been repeatedly scolded by his brother for misconduct, and he has a grudge, and he has long been linked to Miyoshi Changzhi. Today, this person pretended to pass on the order and transferred the retainers and personal soldiers of the Shinohara family to the outside of Sannomaru to help "count the supplies".

This completely eliminates the possibility of armed confrontation.

In the end, Miyoshi Nagaji won a complete victory, and Shinohara Nagabo and his eldest son Nagashige were ordered to live in seclusion in Katsurui Castle Ninomaru to think about it behind closed doors, and most of the candidates for the evaluation of the public and the various commissions were also replaced.

The matter was resolved within two hours, and when the follow-up troops returned, the overall situation had been decided, and without the leader, the remaining henchmen were obviously unable to confront the head of the family who occupied the advantage of rank.

Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Miyoshi Nagaharu further proposed to his retainers: "The Heite Criminal Department came to Shikoku and repeatedly emphasized that 'only the first evil will be punished', and probably as long as Shinohara-Ukyo is handed over, we will not be held accountable!" ”

He said this shamelessly, but his clever use of "we" instead of "I" as the subject sounded much more plausible.

Shihe Depository Insurance and Sanhao Kangchang took the lead in supporting.

The hostility of the relatives to the foreign surname is naturally inevitable, not to mention that during the reign of Shinohara Nagabo, the preferential treatment of the family was greatly reduced, but the restrictions became stronger and stronger.

Then a large number of retainers who loved their lives and did not care about integrity expressed their support.

Seeing this situation, the Akasawa sect, who had a close relationship with Shinohara Nagabo, was filled with grief and indignation, and shouted, "It is really appalling that the samurai who betrayed their loyalty and righteousness sought Gou'an, and it seems that the foundation laid by the former Juguangin (Miyoshi Chokei) has come to an end!" ”

After that, he became disheartened and immediately gave up the governor of the family to his son, declaring that he would become a monk and live in seclusion. There were also several people such as Horie and Oji who were inspired to walk with him.

This move was heroic, but the remaining Shinohara faction was even weaker, and they had no right to speak at all.

So Miyoshi Changji's decision was recognized.

Yasunaga Miyoshi was chosen as an envoy and tried to negotiate with the Hirate Army on the premise of "handing over the culprit Shinohara Nagabo".

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In an instant, the news spread far and wide. Many people in the army sighed that Shinohara Nagafang was really a loyal and capable official, but unfortunately he did not get his master. Pingshou Fanxiu agrees with this statement on the surface, but privately disagrees:

Miyoshi Changji, that kid is eighteen years old! Not an eight-year-old! In the past eighteen years, he has never enjoyed the power of the head of the family for a single day, and has been completely hollowed out into a puppet.

Not to mention, during this period of time, Shinohara's Nagafang saved a huge amount of money and secretly hid 700 unknown iron cannons, which is absolutely impossible to obtain from "legal income"!

These two things alone, at most, it can only be considered that this person is a powerful minister who has not the heart to restrain himself and has maintained a certain degree of integrity, but he is probably still far away from being a loyal minister.

However, there is no need to express the opinions of the four of them in public. Maintaining the public's belief that Shinohara's Nagabo is a loyal minister is more beneficial to the follow-up of the Heite family.

What we have to do now is to quietly wait for the messenger of Miyoshi Changzhi.

Until then, Hirate was still looking internally.

Widely commended the merits of the head relatives of the Chozong and my department, and then contacted the Tsuchihashi Suzuki family of the Sakaga Party respectively, and then the root came to the door on his own initiative.

Sugi Zhifang's attitude was very respectful - after all, he was still counting on the big financier to give money to solve the problem of grain sales - as soon as he came up, he half-knelt on the ground, and admitted to himself with a ashamed face: "There is a mistake in command, the battle is not effective, and there is the trust of the Lord of the Criminal Department, please punish the old man!" ”

It's true that Tieshou Tsusuku is not very satisfied with the strength shown by Genlaizhong, but he can't blame him based on this, not to mention that the monk in front of him is very cautious, and scolding him will only appear to be nitpicking.

This is where the trouble comes from.

People are only self-contained, they don't have much desire to interfere in politics and expand their power, and they don't openly oppose the rule of the guardians, so it's hard to seize the truth and launch justifiable condemnations and crusades to weaken it.

Of course, forcibly creating friction and then swallowing it is also a way, but it is not strong in a short period of time.

This group of monks, who occupy 200,000 stone land and 8,000 monks, seems to have no way to deal with it for a while. For the time being, they can only be coerced by economic means, ensuring that they are on their side, and then squeezing out as many troops as possible.

Since you can't be idle when you come, you can't be idle, so you don't have anything to say, so I introduced the model of "temple autonomy" to Suginobo.

Since Izumi did it, Kii didn't have a reason not to do it.

The difference is that the monks and priests of Izumi are basically all down, the so-called autonomy is in vain, and the temple and shrine practitioners who used to "supervise the selection process" of the guardian faction are the ones who count.

And Kii's temple shrine is really autonomous, a Koyasan Shingon sect, a Ishiyama Ichō sect, can't control it, even if a temple is sent to pursue it, it can really only play the role of supervising the selection process.

Incidentally, a new idea arose:

Since the well-known Genraiji Temple was willing to send troops to fight (albeit for money), what reason did the sub-religious people of Izumi have to get rid of military service?

In the future, the monks and priests of various countries will also be included in the order of sending troops, and they will be called "temples and shrines", and then the representatives elected by the autonomous organizations will also serve as "temples and shrines" in wartime, and the proportion of military service should not be too high.

This can't be requested by the Tieshou family, otherwise it will look ugly, so say hello and let the "Eleven People" of the Hequan Temple Society Autonomous Organization take the initiative to apply!

The detailed discussion with Sugi no Fang, by extension, was all topics unrelated to the war, and it was talked about for an hour. They are still quite satisfied with each other's identity positioning.

At least acceptable.

After Suginobo said goodbye, Hirata took the initiative to find the flagheads of Izumi and Awaji to interrogate.

Dr. Yasuda Terada is relatively stable. Although he has not made any contributions in the past two years, and he has not been allowed to be included in the ranks of the genealogy, but with the 4,800 stone territory and the identity of the new leader of Hequan, he is already a great success for him.

Hite-ho reassured him a little, revealing that there would be more gifts in the future, and he was satisfied that he agreed to let his son be the waiter of Yan Chiyomaru.

Although this person is ruthless and treacherous, he is just asking for a fine clothes and food, and he has no great ambitions.

Nobuyasu Ataka was not so happy. The reason why he took refuge in a tie was that the Miyoshi family behind him was too chaotic, and on the other hand, he wanted to make contributions under the command of a well-known wise general and make a name that was not inferior to his father. However, after several battles in the past two years, Awaji Shinzan seems to have lacked performance.

When it comes to land warfare, it is far better to worship the hometown and the mountain, not to mention the ghost boy to show off his hand; Even in terms of water warfare, it is not as good as the eight Nanban gunboats.

In the battle of the Ikinrikawa battle, it was not even as much as Oda Nagayoshi and Konishi Yukinaga.

There is nothing to be done about it.

Xinkang's widowed sister married her own number one thug and the chief of the family, and formed a deep kinship, which can never be described as a thin treatment. Even if the credit is one-third of that of Yamauchi Kazutoyo, I can find a way to win it for the sake of the family.

In the future, the four countries will be pacified, and the signboard of the three good branches of the Anzhai family will definitely be used, but it's a pity...... The people of Awaji are really not very capable of fighting-in fact, there are those who can fight, such as Kanda Naga and Funakoshi Keinao, but they are unwilling to follow Ataka Shinyasu. In the past two years, he has not even won the first rank at the level of a general. Hirata even considered at one point to choose a beautiful and temperamental Na as a side room from among Antaku Nobuyasu's sister or cousin's cousin, as a reason for promotion and reuse.

This is a last resort, because the precedent will definitely lead people to follow suit, and when the time comes, there will be groups of people who offer their daughters to seek glory, and it will be too offensive to refuse again, and if you accept them all...... Not to mention the problem of whether the kidneys can stand it, isn't the discipline in the family gone?

In any case, the kung fu that is about to make contact with Miyoshi Changzhi at the moment still has to rely on this person.

Hirate Honshu found a way to talk, ordered Terada to carry out the mission, left Ataka Nobuyasu, and ordered, "I will meet with the envoy from Katsurui Castle in the near future, so please ......attend with me at that time."

Before he finished brainwashing this upright and simple young man "Hai Second Generation", he suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps outside the tent, and Kinoshita's long voice came: "Your Highness! Kii's Yukawa and Tamaki have been standing outside the gate for almost an hour, and it seems like it's raining again......"

The weather problem could not be overcome, and it was absolutely impossible for the new countrymen to get drenched in the rain, so the flat hand could only signal to Ataka Nobuyasu to retreat first, and ordered the two guests who had been waiting for a long time to come in.

In a moment, Kinoshita Hidecho returned and returned, followed by a tall, striding middle-aged samurai, and a short, lean, white-faced young man.

As soon as the middle-aged samurai entered the tent, without waiting for Kinoshita Hidecho to introduce him, he bowed down energetically and bowed neatly, and said in a loud voice: "In Shimoyugawa Naoharu, see the Lord of the Hisho Punishment Department!" The person in the back is named Yuzhi Naowa, and he is a contemptible son-in-law, and this time he killed the soil and fertilizer Yasunshin of the Miyoshi family, so he brought it over to show you the old man. I was able to get away with the head of Agahara Shigetaka, and thanks to his help. ”

Then the young man also followed the five bodies and bowed to the ground.

"Good, good! What a young and promising! No need to be polite! Pingshou Fanxiu smiled kindly, "I think this Jade Throne Hall is probably in his early twenties, right?" Heroes are boys! ”

Tu Fei Kangxin has a bit of an impression, as if he is a general who has been promoted from the grassroots all the way up with his military exploits, and he is quite brave. As for Nagahara Shigemaka, it seems that he is a deed, but he has also made some military achievements. Being able to win the heads of these two people is naturally a great feat, and it deserves to give some good faces.

What's more, if you come to visit at this point in time, it is obviously an intention.

It's good to have an attempt!

The Lord of the Tie Punishment Department is afraid that you Kii people will not enter the oil and salt, and you will guard the countryside and hold together.

"False praise! False praise! Terrified! Terrified! Yu Zhizhi and his head were buried in the ground so nervous that he didn't dare to move, "Actually, the villain is twenty-seven years old, but he was born with a white face, I'm really embarrassed." ”

"Thanks to your old man's praise, this kid is really fortunate for three lives." Yukawa Naoharu raised his head and complimented, and then his eyebrows tightened and he said to the point: "Actually, the contemptible people came here today to ask for your old man's help." ”

The play meat is coming!

Pingshou Fan Xiu secretly contemplated, smiled as usual on the surface, and asked casually: "Oh? What's going on with Yukawaden? ”

"That's the ......" Yukawa Naoharu didn't know if he was really so rude or deliberate, so he didn't greet him and get to the point, "My father was shy about Naomitsu, and he followed the old Kingo Hall (Hatakeyama Takamasa) to defeat Miyoshi several times during his lifetime, and was graced to be named the guardian of Hanoi, but unfortunately he was defeated in the battle of Jiaoxing Temple, and he didn't know who died in the chaos!" After many years, I don't have any thoughts of revenge, I just want to find a name from the documents of the Miyoshi family. If my father had ended up in the hands of a famous general, it would not have been in vain for him to fight for the rest of his life......"

The words are high-sounding and the logic is passable, but looking at his words and deeds, linking the context, and considering the context, it is not difficult to understand that finding the person who killed his father is a pretense, and the focus is actually on the word "Hanoi guardian generation".

"Uh-huh...... This is the way to be the Son of Man. "Tie Fenxiu has a kinship," so that he is worthy of the demeanor of the guardian of a country. ”

Repeating the key words is equivalent to hitting the airwaves.

Yukawa Naoharu comprehended, nodded suddenly, rolled his eyes, and suddenly said bitterly: "Alas! Unfortunately, when my father was martyred, I was still too young to inherit my prestige, which caused many lawless people in Kii to grow up, and I never had the stability I used to have. Now that the Lord of the Tie Punishment Department is here, I think it's time to put things in order! ”

Pingshou Fan Xiu smiled, noncommittal, picked up the cup on the desk and took a sip gently.

Yukawa Naoharu was very discerning, knew the truth of being too late, didn't say more, and quickly led his son-in-law to kowtow again, and left together.