Yu Qiuhei, Amano Keitoku, and Takenaka Shigeji stood at the head of the city, watching Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiuyou leave, and gradually disappeared at the end of the field of vision. Watching the two children who had grown up by his side since he was a child and never left the house gradually moved away, Yu Qiuping only felt a throbbing pain in his heart. In the future, they will live as hostages, with all freedom of movement restricted and security guaranteed. Will they be able to sleep at night? Will the meals there be appetizing? Will the merchants of Sakai Town and the people of the Hatakeyama family give them a look? Are they threatened if the cooperation is unpleasant? Will they be homesick, will they secretly cry on their own?

At that moment, Yu Qiuping suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. He has worked hard for so long, but he can't even protect his own children? Yu Qiucen didn't know about this yet, how should she explain the whereabouts of the two brothers to her when the time came?

After Shigeharu Takenaka and Yu Qiuhei took their leave, they continued to go back to deal with military affairs. As the production of iron cannons gradually kept up with the speed of reloading of Chang Iwabei, each company was equipped with enough iron cannons. This requires a large number of well-trained iron gunners, and Shigeharu Takenaka is also very busy with this.

However, after Shigeharu Takenaka left, Amano Keitoku and Yuakihei stood side by side on the city wall, reluctant to leave for a long time.

"What's the matter, Quan Bingwei, so reluctant to be your apprentice?" Yu Qiuping tried to restrain the sadness in his heart, and asked casually.

"No, Your Highness." Amano Jingde shook his head, slowly withdrew his gaze from a distance, and focused on Yu Qiuping's face, "I just want to talk to His Highness." ”

"Talk? What do you want to talk about? Because Amano's tone was always serious and indifferent, Yu Qiuping didn't notice Amano Jingde's seriousness this time for a while.

"Tell me what Your Highness wants to do." Amano Jingde's face sank, and he whispered coldly.

"Are you talking about this Congress and that court?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and understood what Tianye Jingde was about to say, and scratched his head a little weakly.

"I always thought that the separation of powers that His Highness said was just an expedient measure, and it was a concession made in order to overcome the difficulties of running out of food and pressing the army a year ago. Because those proposals are so absurd, no one has ever ceded his power so much since ancient times, or to a merchant. He gave the power of legislation to the merchants, and the treasury to the merchants, and even the power of judgment to the samurai of other families, and even gave them two concubines as hostages. If you think about it, no one will take it seriously, right? Amano Keitoku stared at Yu Qiuping's eyes, and slowly stroked the crow on his shoulder with his other hand, "Seriously, I don't know how His Highness persuaded the merchants of Sakai Town and Hatakeyama Takamasa to accept such whimsical conditions, maybe His Highness is too eloquent." But before that, he always thought that when he defeated the Miyoshi family, His Highness would break the contract and clean up the merchants of Sakai Town. ”

"I didn't expect that His Royal Highness would really send the eldest prince and the second prince out, why is this?"

"If I don't send Yan'er and You'er over, Sakai Town will soon cut off the supply of grain and grass, and our grain and grass will last a few days?" Yu Qiuping spread out his hands and said in a helpless tone: "At that time, His Royal Highness Hatakeyama is organizing the little hao clan to make trouble, and we can't deal with it at all, so this battle will not be in vain!" ”

"There's every chance that things will work out." Amano Keide whispered very dissatisfied: "Now that Otori-gun is in our hands, we can completely let Lord Fukushima and Lord Gozenzaki directly attack Sakai Town and take down Sakai Town." took the baggage there, and then returned to the division to destroy the little wealthy clan. ”

"How can it be that easy? Sakai Town also has its own ninjas, and their 800 people may not be able to fight down immediately, so if the Miyoshi family takes the opportunity to come, won't it be over? Besides, Sakai Town has always had a tradition of self-government, and the armies of the daimyo did not interfere easily, so if we broke the precedent, our reputation would be ruined, and there would be no merchants willing to trade with us in the future. Yu Qiuping waved his outstretched hand up and down again, as if trying to convince Amano Keitoku.

"Even so, His Highness still has a lot to do, why should he just bow his head and admit defeat?" Amano Jingde was not persuaded by Yu Qiuping's explanation, but retorted: "Whether it is to negotiate for better terms, or to win over one of the two parties to attack the other, or to ask for external assistance, there are too many ways that can be thought of, why did Your Highness directly admit defeat?" Send the hostages over directly.,In the future, we'll throw a rat trap.,But it's really going to be separated from Sakaimachi and Hatakeyama Takamasa.。 The legislative power, the state treasury, and the law enforcement power can never be recovered! ”

"That's something that can't be helped, after all, I promised it before." Yu Qiuping was speechless by Amano Jingde's refutation, so he had to prevaricate. Amano Jingde was stunned for a moment when he heard this, frowned and looked at Yu Qiuping for a moment, and then as if he suddenly understood something, he took a step across and came to Yu Qiuping's body. He raised his head slightly, stared at Yu Qiuping's eyes, and said in a low voice:

"Your Highness... The reason why you have a resigned attitude is that you still don't understand how much damage your separation of powers has done to the Yuqiu family? Tianye Jingde paused and said coldly: "The merchants make their own laws, and how much power our Yuqiu family has is also written in the law. In other words, it is equivalent to handing over the family rules to someone else to write! If they write it in the constitution, the heir of the Yuqiu family will have that National Assembly vote, what does His Highness plan to do? ”

"Of course, this can't be scribbled, I'll send someone to participate in the formulation of the law." Yu Qiuping nodded as a matter of course.

"Let me ask Your Highness again, what is Your Highness going to do if they make a tax law that says that all merchants in Sakai Town are not required to pay taxes?" Once again, Amano Keedoku threw out a question.

"Please, now the Yuqiu family is a grasshopper tied to a rope with them. If they enact such a law, it will mean that the treasury of the Yuqiu family will be depleted. The Yuqiu family's treasury was depleted, and there was no one to raise troops to protect their safety. When Sakai is occupied by other daimyos, will anyone be willing to give them such power? Yu Qiuping had thought about this question a long time ago, so he replied quickly.

"What about the treasury? His Royal Highness put the treasury in their hands, and in the future, Yuqiu's family money will need to be approved from them! How can anyone hand over the family's treasury to a merchant! Tianye Jingde found that Yu Qiuping didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the problem, and his voice trembled a little in a hurry, "We need money for everything." We want to build the city, and we want their approval. We want to send troops and ask them for approval. As long as they don't approve, we can't do anything! In other words, our Yuqiu family can only do what their businessmen want to do! If they want to open a trade route to the west, they may let us go to the Sanyang Road. As long as our budget is not for the sake of fighting Shanyang Road, it will not be approved at all, forcing us to fight. They want to run sea trade, so they force us to build ships and maintain shipping routes. If this is the case, won't our Yuqiu family become the thugs of the Sakai Town merchants? ”

"That's right..."Yu Qiuping was once again speechless by Amano Jingde's questioning, and smiled bitterly a little awkwardly, "But you have to think about it, the financial resources mobilized by the merchants are several times that of our Yuqiu family's agricultural tax revenue!" At that time, the strength of the Yuqiu family can also swell several times! ”

"But if you lose even the autonomy of the family's strategy, what's the point of being strong? If Your Highness, you are in the air, what is the point of the Yuqiu family no matter how strong it is? Amano Keide asked almost like a cannon, "And the law enforcement power, is it really handed over to Hatakeyama Takamasa?" How much effort we wasted in order to take back the law enforcement power in the territory, have you forgotten it, Your Highness? ”

"If the courts and judgments of the entire territory are handed over to Hatakeyama Takamasa, then the authority of our Yuqiu family to exert influence on the people will be greatly reduced, and they will turn to rely on Hatakeyama Takamasa! As long as Hatakeyama Takamasa doesn't convict them, even if they resist the orders of the Yuqiu family, nothing will happen! Those small wealthy families who support Hatakeyama's high government can also be powerful! Amano Keitoku reminded in a cold voice again.

"No, it won't." Speaking of this, Yu Qiuping shook his head quite confidently, "His Royal Highness Hatakeyama is a righteous gentleman, he attaches great importance to the law and discipline, and he cherishes his reputation very much, and he will never make arbitrary judgments!" He will definitely strictly abide by the law and do things, but he can strengthen the authority of the Yuqiu family. ”

"Does Your Highness place the interests of the family on trust in a person's character? Your Highness, are you crazy? When Tianye Jingde heard this, he almost burst into tears and said, "Your Highness, think about it clearly!" This separation of powers is pushing the Yuqiu family to death! If you can't take back your power, the Yuqiu family will never recover! It's still too late to intercept the eldest son and the second son! Otherwise, it will be difficult to recover from the water! ”

"How many people think the same way?" Yu Qiuping suddenly opened his mouth and threw out a question.

"Sanada-sama and Sena-sama are all on the same page as me, and Takenaka-sama also has a lot of criticism." Amano Keitori whispered the opinions of the others, "Those brothers in the army who came with the Imagawa family said that no matter what decision His Highness makes, they will firmly support it. But they, like the soldiers of Owari Mino, did not understand why His Highness would give up the power of the Yuqiu family so much. ”

Yu Qiuping listened, but just sighed. "To be honest, I'm actually quite confident in this system. This is not a product of my imagination, it is already used in the Nanban countries. You might call it a 'mercantilist system'. Although there are many differences, there are still commonalities."

"How can those ghostly things be emulated?" When Amano Jingde heard that Yu Qiuping was actually a system borrowed from the southern barbarians, he exclaimed even more in surprise.

"Don't you just use the iron cannon well! Why can't Nanban's stuff work! Yu Qiuping was talked about by Amano Jingde for a long time, and his anger rose slightly, "Anyway, I can't talk about you, from your point of view, all this is really imaginative." But in our same time, a similar system was being used in Charlie's homeland! And I can predict that in the future, this system will also be used in the land of Japan! While it may be too ahead of its time, it may not be as relevant to the realities of the moment, but in time, it can be done! Time will tell! What's more, at this moment, if we don't make concessions, the Yuqiu family may be completely wiped out by the enemy! ”

"On what basis does Your Highness prophesy the future?"

"I just can." Yu Qiuping said in a deep voice with unprecedented firmness, "Trust me. ”

Tianye Jingde's eyes became a little dazed when he looked at Yu Qiuping, which made Yu Qiuping suddenly feel tight.

"Quan Bingwei, you swore to follow me to the death, but now this determination has been shaken?"

"Back to Your Highness, no. It is precisely because he swore to die for the Yuqiu family that he resolutely stopped His Highness from coming to Hulai! Amano Jingdeyi said sharply.

"Since you have sworn to die for me, please carry out your Highness's orders!" Yu Qiuping said in a deeper voice in a more stern voice, "Execute the order!" Amano Keitoku! ”

Amano Jingde trembled when he heard this, but he didn't hesitate, but immediately shouted in a low voice: "Yes!" Your Highness! ”

"If you are really not at ease, I will send you to supervise the construction of the National Assembly and the formulation of laws. When the time comes, you will also be in charge and personally hand over the entire legal system to His Highness Hatakeyama! ”