Chapter 586: Ultimatum

So, on December 24, 1575, the owners and monks of Honganji Temple, who were overwhelmed by this new doctrine, finally confessed and sent an envoy to Yuqiuping to ask for a meeting. And just now, the representatives of the Kii people who were sent to Sakai Town to experience life by Yu Qiupei also returned. Yu Qiuping took this as an opportunity to hold a large-scale meeting in Saga Castle for the second time. Yu Qiuping plans to solve all the problems this time, otherwise spring ploughing is about to be. When it was time for spring ploughing, he had to put back all the soldiers of the Kii country. This release is to let the tiger return to the mountain, and it will be troublesome to gather them again next time.

Akihei could be sure that those who went to Sakai Town to see it must have been greatly shocked, because the attitude of the people of Kii had changed greatly before this meeting. In addition to die-hard factions such as Suzuki Shigei, many people expressed their willingness to negotiate peace with Yu Qiuping under the recommendation of Tsuda Arishi and Satake Yoshimasa.

Because of Yu Qiuping's resolute attitude at the first meeting, the people of the country realized that it was impossible to maintain the status quo of their own kingship. In that case, it seems that signing a loan agreement with Yu Qiuping is not bad. Not only is the military power still in his own hands, but he can also have a decent status and income, which can be regarded as finding a good home for the family.

However, Yu Qiuping rejected the agreement. The people thought that Yu Qiuping was taking revenge on their uncooperative attitude last time, and it was not until the meeting that they realized that something was wrong.

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"No, I'm not going to sign that deal with you anymore."

When the old matter of Tsuda was brought up again, Yu Qiuping unceremoniously and categorically refused, "I will not continue to leave the military power in your hands." โ€

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar, and the leaders of the people were speechless in shock for a while. If you want to confiscate the military power, they are really "people are swords, I am fish and meat", Yu Qiuping can clean them up whenever he wants.

"Your Highness, this is really..."Yu Qiuping's appearance, even Tsuda was a little difficult to accept, and he had to speak by himself, "The previous negotiations all said that it was good to retain the military power of the inferior people. If you ask for it to be taken back now, I don't know how to explain it to my subordinates. โ€

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll arrange it for you. All of your current troops can be disbanded. Yu Qiuping waved his hand and replied nonchalantly, "I will expand the army, and those who are willing to join the Red Leaf Army can be conscripted." If not, I will pay them a compensation. At the same time, considering your unique combat methods, I also intend to establish a special forces unit to specialize in guerrilla, surprise attack, and harassment warfare, which you are good at. I'm sure many of you will be a good fit for that new unit. Including you, if you want to serve in the army, as long as you pass the assessment of the Red Leaf Army, you can do it. However, everything is under the command system of the Red Leaf Army, and all the formations of your troops must be dispersed. โ€

"That's too harsh." Ota Dingjiu shouted dissatisfiedly, "In vain, I thought that His Highness Jibu was sincere, and I followed His Highness Jibu to Sakai Town to have a look, and I sincerely hope to emulate the appearance of the wealthy families of Izumi in Hanoi, and they have all made up their minds to sign the lend-lease agreement with His Highness Jibu, who knows that Your Highness Jibu, who has always been known as a promise, actually went back on your word!" โ€

"Where did I go back on my word?" Seeing that Ota's words had aroused the conformity of many wealthy families, Yu Qiuping immediately slapped the table and retorted in a deep voice, "At the last meeting, I told you bitterly, if you don't agree, blame me?" If you agreed to the last meeting, then the military power will still be in your hands, so why should you rely on me for the opportunity you missed? โ€

"Then now the inferior people are willing to agree to His Highness's conditions, and I hope that His Highness will be accommodating, and the last agreement shall prevail." Seeing this, Satake Yoshimasa also hurriedly opened his mouth and said, "His Royal Highness the Zhibu has a large number. โ€

"After this village, there will be no more shops." However, Yu Qiuping waved his hand very resolutely, "Now that the situation is obviously more favorable to me, how can I still agree to the conditions when the two sides were evenly balanced?" You refused to cooperate before, forcing me to spend a lot of money and food, and now the entire Ji Yi has always been a pot of porridge, do you really think you can still check and balance me? โ€

"That's a matter of the temple, His Royal Highness wants to put forward more excessive conditions and mention them to them, why should we bear it?" Shigeharu Tsuchihashi, who was sitting on the side of the countrymen, was in a hurry, and he shouted loudly without thinking for a while. As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire hall suddenly cooled. The monks and owners of the temple glared angrily at the people of the country, and the people of the country also looked back with complaining and angry eyes.

"You must not do that." Suzuki Shigekan saw that he was about to fight, and hurriedly opened his mouth to mediate, "Everything is precious to harmony, and harmony is precious." He knew that the reason why Kii still had the strength to negotiate with Yu Qiuping was because the people of the country and the temple power of Honganji Temple could bring trouble to Yu Qiuping. If the people of the country and Honganji have a falling out, Yu Qiuping can easily break it down. Moreover, most of Kii's people are also related to Honganji, and there are also a large number of believers in the territory, so they are naturally reluctant to tear their faces.

"What Suzuki-sama said, do you all agree?" Yu Qiuping borrowed his strength, and with the words of Suzuki Shigekane, he looked around the scene for a week - no one dared to come out against it at this time.

"Okay, since the two of you are advancing and retreating together, then the people of the temple should not want to get out of the matter for the guilt on the side of the temple." Yu Qiuping laughed twice, and looked at everyone's frustrated faces with satisfaction, "Everything is based on the new treaty." All of you, if you sign this Lend-Lease Agreement with the Yuqiu Family, you are not allowed to retain military power. This is true of the people of the country, and the same is true of the temples. โ€

"It's too much of a deception." Master Nakajima was already annoyed by the new doctrine of vicious competition that Yu Qiuping had made out during this time, and seeing that Yu Qiuping's attitude was so resolute, the anger in his heart rushed upward, "His Royal Highness Zhibu should be so rude!" We will never agree to such conditions! โ€

"Yes, we will never agree if we do not reserve military power."

"Your Highness, please think again!"

For a while, there was a commotion in the conference room again, and they all complained about Yu Qiuping's conditions and asked him to make some concessions. However, Yu Qiuping still sat there with a blank face, without saying a word. Seeing Yu Qiuping's performance like this, the people of the country and the monks of the temple were vigilant, and they cast their slightly frightened eyes on Yu Qiuping.

"That's it, do you like to sign it or not." Yu Qiuping knocked on the documents on the table with his hand, and said unceremoniously, "It won't change!" Even if you want to change it, it will be changed in a more demanding direction! If you don't agree at this time, I naturally have a way to clean you up. By then, the conditions will be even worse. โ€

"What other tricks can His Highness have in the Governor's Department?" Master Nakajima snorted disdainfully when he heard this, "If there is a trick, why don't you use it together?" Why posturing here! โ€

"Did you think the same thing ten days ago?" Yuqiu looked at Master Nakajima confidently, and at the same time whispered sarcastically, "Just like you didn't think before, I would promote a new doctrine in Kii." I have tricks to do, but I just want to see each other in the future, and I don't want to do things absolutely. But if you don't compromise, I don't mind taking care of you. I made a mistake more than ten days ago, do you want to do it again? โ€

Yu Qiuping's words were like a bucket of ice water, which extinguished the anger in the hearts of the people of Kii and the monks. They rejected Yu Qiuping's proposal for more than ten days, but they never thought that Yu Qiuping would use such a whimsical move to make a mess of Kii's temple territory - they really don't know if Yu Qiuping has more followers.

If so, wouldn't it be impossible to keep the current conditions?

"I'll give you an hour to think about it. Just sit in your seat and don't talk to each other. Yu Qiuping stood up with a smile, turned around and walked out the door, "If you think of someone who wants to agree to my conditions, come to the third floor to find me." An hour later, the person who is still sitting in the room, I will assume that you have refused. โ€

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However, Yu Qiuping went to the secret room on the third floor and sat for a long time, but no one came. The scenario he imagined did not happen: one or two people who could not sit still were the first to get up, causing panic in the crowd, and then more and more people got up, eventually forcing the entire Kii to submit.

Seeing that the time of an hour was approaching, but none of the leaders and monks of Ki Yi had come, Yu Qiuping couldn't help but feel a little anxious. If no one really comes, Yu Qiuping will lose face, and he won't be able to say anything if he doesn't fight after that - but Yu Qiuping doesn't plan to go to war again, hurting others and hurting himself.

Just when Yu Qiuping was in a dilemma, Tianno Jingde suddenly walked into the secret room and whispered a few words in Yu Qiuping's ear. Yu Qiuping frowned and thought for a while, and finally nodded with a heavy face, then stood up, walked out of the secret room, and walked towards the stairs.

In fact, Yu Qiuping is entangled, and the people of Kii are not entangled. So, when they saw Yu Qiuping walk into the conference room before the end of an hour, everyone looked at him in shock and horror - they didn't know what kind of change he would make.

"Just now, His Highness Hatakeyama sent a letter and interceded with you." Yu Qiuping found a decent excuse to use himself as a step, instead of appearing to be forced to admit defeat, "For the sake of His Highness Hatakeyama's face, I agree to keep your military power." However, if you support the army and make trouble in the future, I will definitely let you go around without food. Yu Qiuping looked around the scene and said in a low voice, "This is an ultimatum, you think about it clearly." If you don't agree, let's fight. โ€