This time, after Yu Qiuping sent Oda Nobukiyo out of the country, the competition between the Oda family in Kiyoshu and the Oda family in Inuyama was nothing. Because Akihei was located in the northwest of the border, when Oda Nobukiyo rebelled, his defensive pressure was even heavier, and Oda Nobunaga did not intend to involve him in the offensive against the Inuyama Oda family. In a sense, perhaps Oda Nobunaga also felt that he could not use Akihei to quell the rebellion - Oda Nobunaga had never been defeated in the previous ten years when he fought against people with the surname "Oda" in the territory of Owari.

However, this glorious record is about to be made obsolete.

On June 10, Oda Nobunaga, who had completed the assembly in the territory, led an army of 6,000 to storm Oguchi Castle before the autumn harvest began. Koguchi Castle is located about ten miles southwest of Inuyama Castle and is the most important castle on the border defense line of the Inuyama Oda family. However, Oguchi Castle was fortified and deep, and the defender Toyogo Nakajima had stored a large number of Salamaki bows and arrows, which caused great trouble for Oda Nobunaga, who was besieging the castle. Oda Nobunaga stormed for five days, but still failed to take Koguchi Castle, and was forced to turn into a trap. However, there seems to be a lot of grain stored in Koguchi Castle, and there is no sign of shaking at all.

On June 16, Oda Nobukiyo personally led the main force to help. Along with them, there was also the 4,000 reinforcements that the Saito family finally sent after nearly a month of arguing, consisting of the troops directly under the Saito family and the wealthy families of North America and East Mino. Michitoshi Nagai of the Saito family - he is the descendant of the powerful wealthy family Endo Keitaka (assistant), and as the general general, he led the Endo family, the Toyama family and other wealthy families to support Oda Nobukiyo.

Oda Nobunaga, who was sleepy and lacking horses, was no match for the army and was forced to retreat in disarray from the castle of Koguchi. Oda Nobunaki, on the other hand, took advantage of the momentum of victory and began to sweep away the small wealthy clans in the territory who were still loyal to Oda Nobunaga, further expanding his strength.

However, due to the internal contradictions of the Endo family, the head of the Toyama family, Toyama Keiren and Oda Nobunaga, were related by marriage and were unwilling to stay in Owari for a long time, and the army of the Saito family slowly retreated, and Owari once again fell into a calm of equal strength.

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And in this rare moment of calm, Yu Qiuping encountered new troubles.

The first is the problem of the banks. Although relying on Yuqiuping's migration of Lixin, he won the trust of the people and absorbed a large amount of deposits. However, Yuqiuping's territory was limited, and the people were not particularly wealthy, so the funds soon reached a bottleneck, and if they wanted to open a number of shops in Mino-Owari as originally planned, the funds were somewhat stretched. But Yu Qiuping himself did not have a good solution to this problem, so he could only leave it to Sena and the Mitsubishi caravan he managed to solve by himself.

The other issue is more important - the question of the judges in the territory.

Yu Qiuping had previously implemented his system of judges in the domain of the Imagawa family, and it had also achieved good results. Since the judges were all wounded and discharged soldiers who had been wounded in the heroic battles of the Imagawa family, they were respected by the people to a certain extent, and they were able to do their jobs well, and the people were convinced by their sentences.

But when it comes to Owari, things are very different. Yu Qiuping had fought with the Oda family for three years before, and most of these judges were injured in the battle with the Oda family, so the people of Owari naturally did not have a good impression of them, and there were even a few families whose families had died at the hands of Tokiwabi. Therefore, these newcomers did not receive the love and support of the people.

In this era, any disputes or grievances in the village were basically handed over to the village chief or the head of the clan, who controlled the judicial power of each village. These people have lived in Owari for generations, and they are trusted and familiar with the people. Naturally, the people were willing to trust them rather than the judges with disabilities from outside.

Even though Amano Keitoku had spent a lot of time discussing with village chiefs and clan leaders to formulate detailed written territorial laws, the practical effect was very worrying. Although the law is posted on the streets of every village, the illiterate people rarely look at it. Once there is a matter that needs to be arbitrated, they either discuss it with everyone, or they go to the village chief or the elders of the clan to judge the unwritten and crude local methods that have been passed down from generation to generation in the village, and rarely use the new territorial law, but the judges sent by Yu Qiuping are almost uncared for.

After Tianye Jingde reacted to Yu Qiuping about this matter, he immediately attracted his attention. Because in Japan, the contradiction between the big lord and the small lord has always been a very important issue. Whether it is the large Oda family and the small Yuqiu family, or the large Yuqiu family and these small villages in the local area, they are all engaged in a tug-of-war for power. If you watch all the judicial power fall into the hands of the local forces in the village, there is a good chance that you will be in trouble in the future. These powerful village chiefs would often work together to resist the policies of the lord, hinder the collection of taxes by conscription, and even rebelled against the lord.

So Yu Qiuping thought carefully for a long time, trying to find a way to recover the judicial power of the territory and crack down on the local separatist forces. However, the longer he came to this era, the more he forgot the things of the previous era. Fortunately, when he had free time before, he had memorized all the useful subjects such as history, physics, chemistry, etc., in a few books, and now it is kept by Imagawa Kaede.

Yu Qiuping rummaged through his brief history of China, hoping to find cases that would effectively reclaim local jurisdiction, but to little avail. Later, when he was looking at the foreign history he had written, he suddenly found that when he wrote about the history of England, he had mentioned the words "King's Circuit".

Thoughts came flooding up at once!

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"Quan Bingwei, I'm going to let you form a lord circuit court," Yu Qiuping found Amano Keitoku and explained his new idea to him: "You take half of the time you spend in charge of military discipline every month and take a platoon to patrol my territory. Every time you have to patrol a place, you will gather several judges from each place to form a temporary lord's circuit court, and you will be the chancellor. This court also symbolizes my authority, and you can make any judgment on my behalf. ”

Yu Qiuping continued: "This court is different from ordinary courts, it only accepts some cases of re-appeal. ”

Amano Jingde frowned and asked, "Please make it clear to Your Highness." ”

"That's what it looks like," Yu Qiuping spread his hands and explained, "If the people are not satisfied with the punishment of the local village chief and clan elder, they can find this circuit court to appeal. It means to ask for a second trial. If the outcome of the trial is different from the first sentence, the sentence of the circuit court, which symbolizes my authority, will prevail! In addition to adjudicating the case, you also need to ensure that the outcome of the sentence is successfully implemented, so as to prevent those village chiefs and elders from secretly obstructing the implementation of the sentence. ”

"Huh?" Tianye Jingde was stunned for a moment, "But didn't His Highness say it before, there is no second instance in one case." Once the case has been decided, no further trial can be made. Even if the law were to be amended, would it only affect subsequent cases? ”

"This is for the phenomenon within our judicial system," Yu Qiuping smiled, "Whenever the people come to the judge we sent to decide the case, and the case is fairly adjudicated in accordance with the territorial law we have formulated, they cannot appeal again." Only the sentence handed down by the village chief and the elders can be overturned on appeal. ”

"What does Your Highness mean..."Amano Keide said with a solemn face, "As soon as this circuit court came out, the sentences of the village chief and elders were deprived of validity. Anyway, after they are sentenced, they can be changed again. Only after the trial of the judge we sent was the result assured by the lord. The results of the trial of the village chief and elder can be overturned by appeal to the circuit court. ”

"That's right." Yu Qiuping nodded and said, "So I want you to go in person!" Those magistrates may not be able to hold their seats. But if you take a few judges, and by the way, a platoon of troops, you can symbolize the supreme authority and subdue all those who do not obey. ”

"Will anyone come to the circuit court? Those people don't believe in these things. Amano Keitori was skeptical.

"No matter how fair the village chief and elders are in deciding the case, there will always be a party that suffers," Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "The party that suffers will definitely not accept it, and if it is not satisfied, it will definitely want to change the outcome of the trial—and we have provided them with this way." In a sense, unless it is a case without suspense, everyone in the case will want to appeal again! Naturally, there is a market for circuit courts! ”

"Over time, the people will understand that the legal rights of the village chiefs and elders are invalid, and only the judgments of our judges are valid." Amano Jingde understood what Yu Qiuping meant, "His Royal Highness is talented, and he is far from being able to do so." ”

"It's just that there is something unclear below," Amano Keide asked, "The core of Your Highness's plan is to let the circuit court under you compete with the local village chiefs and elders for judicial power. And because the circuit court has His Highness as a backing, and there is a 50-foot light deterrent, it can overwhelm the village chief and elders. ”

"That's a good point." Yu Qiuping nodded.

"In that case, why didn't His Highness directly order that everyone must go to our judge to decide the case, and use force as a backing to force the village chief and elders to hand over judicial power," Amano Jingde said in a deep voice: "If you don't comply, you will be killed and the monkey will be killed." ”

"I knew you were going to say this!" Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly, "Quan Bingwei, Quan Bingwei!" That's too radical! When we first arrived, we weren't very popular. If you do that, you will be directly against all the local powers, and they will most likely unite with the enemy against us. ”

"But my circuit court actually separates them. I have concentrated all my efforts to take back the judicial sovereignty of only one place at a time, and I will be sure of nine out of ten. While there may be some backlash from local forces after the departure of the circuit courts, the circuit courts have a huge deterrent and propaganda significance. Yu Qiuping explained, "When the people choose who to decide the case with, they will think that even if I win the case with the lord now, the other party can still go to the circuit court to appeal again, and it is better to go directly to the judge of the Yu Qiu family who decides the case according to the written law of the territory." ”

"Your Highness," Amano Keide said with a gloomy face, "Is there any bias in the lower circuit court?" Whether the circuit court should be more influential in favor of the party that previously lost. ”

The corners of Yu Qiuping's mouth twitched, and he didn't answer Amano Keitoku directly.

Those who cannot give up anything can save nothing.

The justice of the judiciary and the interests of the Yuqiu family must be chosen.

I'm not the kind fool I used to be.

"You weigh it up, and be careful not to overdo it." Yu Qiuping said in a low voice.

"Understood," Amano Keide nodded, "It's just that Your Highness still has to be careful." Even if His Highness adopts such a method, the local forces will definitely resist. ”

"It's okay," Yu Qiuping shook his head, "I've already prepared the reasons, and I'm sure they'll have nothing to say." ”