When Tianno Keitoku returned to the barracks with a tired face, Sanada Masayuki, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately greeted him.

"Amano-sama, what do you say? Has His Highness changed his mind? ”

"Nope." Amano Keide shook his head solemnly, "No matter what I say, His Highness refuses to let go, and is bent on cooperating with those merchants and Hatakeyama Takamasa. At first, I thought that His Highness was so careless because he didn't know the danger that cooperation brought to the Yuqiu family. However, in the course of our conversation, I found that His Highness was aware of the dangers of the transfer of power, but he still firmly believed that there was a future for this system, which was capable of destroying the family. ”

"Is Your Highness so resolute? Mo Fei still felt that it was too risky to attack Sakai Town and then return to the division to destroy the Xiaohao clan at this time. Your Highness, who has always been conservative, it is understandable that you should take a safe approach. After hesitating for a moment, Sanada tentatively came up with a hypothesis.

"Nope. I even think that even if His Highness is seventy percent sure that he can capture Sakai Town and the small wealthy clan at the same time, he will send the eldest and second sons as hostages. Amano Keide shook his head, stared into Sanada Masayuki's eyes, and lowered his voice and said, "Because I think His Highness seems to be very much looking forward to this incredible 'separation of powers'." His Royal Highness may still feel a little happy about the current predicament of the Yuqiu family. If the Yuqiu family hadn't run out of water, he might not have been able to convince our subordinates and the Oda Hall to accept his plan and let him give up power to the merchants in exchange for money, grain, and grass support. ”

"Why is that? A discerning person can see at a glance that this system is to drink water to quench thirst. Sanada Masayuki sighed and said, "What is Your Highness doing here?" ”

"I don't know. I was thinking about it a lot just now, and suddenly I noticed that there was something strange about Your Highness. Amano Jingde seemed to be talking to himself, and muttered as if he was talking to someone: "Your Highness has always had no arrogance, and has never paid attention to the superiority and inferiority. Whenever a decision is made, we will definitely convince our subordinates with reason, and we will never be overwhelmed by force. But only in some special times will he make some unbelievable decisions. He can also be unusually stubborn when making these decisions. It's hard for me to describe that feeling. It's kind of like, I know it's right, and it's certainly right, but the reason for it, I can't tell you because it's hard to say, you can trust me. ”

"Do you remember the last time Your Highness was so stubborn?" Keitoku Amano turned to Masayuki Sanada and asked in a low voice.

"If I'm not mistaken..."Sanada Masayuki closed his eyes tightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said with some trepidation, "It's in the barrel room." ”

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After finishing his conversation with Sanada Masayuki, Yu Qiuhei also returned to the castle tower very tired. Imagawa Kaede was sitting at the table, looking a little sluggishly at the place where Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiuyou used to sit when they were eating. The dishes and chopsticks in front of the table are still neatly arranged.

"You said that in the future, will we still have a chance to sit and eat together as a family?" After seeing Yu Qiuping come back, Imagawa Kaede suddenly whispered with some wistfulness, "Could it be that today's breakfast will be the last meal for our family?" ”

Imagawa Kaede's words poked at Yu Qiuping's heart, making him also sentimental. He sighed, sat down next to Kaede Imagawa, and looked at his beloved wife, who had been with him for ten years—her appearance was still like that. The beauty is poignant, and it is the most reluctant.

"Are you blaming me, too?" Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly, stretched out his hand, and stroked Imagawa Kaede's face.

"Want to hear the truth?" Kaede Imagawa gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and smiled reluctantly at Yu Qiuping, "I may be the only one who understands Ping." ”

"Because I know you're a traverser. The system you brought with you has been very effective in Charlie's homeland, as well as in many other countries, including even in Japan. And this is what you have always said, the way to end the cycle of chaos. While cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, Imagawa Kaede said softly and widely: "But you should also understand that every major change in the system is not supported at the beginning. The resistance of your subordinates may make you sad, but it's inevitable. ”

"It's just, don't you think this system is a little too early?" Imagawa Kaede changed his words and reminded with some concern: "I have read your history books before. If I'm not mistaken, in your lifetime, Japan didn't have such a system until 300 years later. At that time, the people's education level and ideology were much worse than now. ”

"I know, so I didn't ask for any democratic elections to elect the Legislative Assembly, but gave those places directly to rich businessmen. It's actually a kind of exchange, they pay for it, and I give them the power to legislate and approve the budget. Yu Qiuping nodded, fiddling with the bowl on the table.

"Then haven't you thought that these reforms are carried out under the condition of national unity? We are now under tremendous pressure all around us to have a rapid mobilization capacity. But if the power to approve the budget is in the hands of Congress, we will be constrained in everything we want to do. Kaede Imagawa once again threw out a question that was a little difficult for Yu Qiuping to answer.

"You're on point..."Yu Qiuping's hand playing with the dishes and chopsticks stopped, and sighed a little helplessly, "It is estimated that we will have to coordinate again, such as asking the Congress to apply for a temporary defense budget, so that we can quickly maneuver." ”

After that, Yu Qiuping was very annoyed and stirred his ten fingers into his hair, scratching a little uneasily. When he came up with this plan, his mind was full of thoughts about how to get through it. But when it came time to implement it, it turned out that there were too many problems. Amano Keitoku and Imagawa Kaede's worries are not unreasonable, this 'separation of powers' that came early, if you don't get it right, it's playing with fire and self-immolation.

"Okay Ping, you don't need to worry too much. It's a big deal, we withdrew our troops from and walked away. Imagawa Kaede looked at Yu Qiuping's very troubled appearance, so he quietly came to his side and hugged him from behind, "Besides, it's hard to say if there is a problem?" Even if there is, if there is one and then solve the other, there is no hurdle in the world that cannot be overcome. Don't be so angry and hurt your body. ”

"Thank you, Feng'er." Yu Qiuping suddenly smiled evilly when he heard this, "Then it's better to help me put out the fire." ”

"Huh?" Imagawa Kaede was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reacted, and said coquettishly with shame and annoyance: "You deceitful liar! What are you doing! ”

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At the same time, in the barracks in the castle town of Maple Castle, several officers of Tokiwabei were also gathering and chatting in their spare time from training.

"The eldest prince and the second prince have been sent as hostages..."After Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiuyou were sent away this morning, Fukushima Yasucheng has been sullen, sighing from time to time: "It's all because our writers and ministers are too incompetent, so His Royal Highness has to be wronged and ask for help, and pity the two sons." ”

"There's no way around it." Ogawa Youdong said with relief on the side, "It's not easy for us to survive." If we don't send the eldest and second sons over to show their sincerity, where will the merchants of Sakai Town and Nahattakeyama Takamasa relax and cooperate with us. ”

"If you want me to say, instead of giving up so much power to those merchants and Hatakeyama Takamasa, it is better for Your Highness to leave and let's go back to Owari." Mimasaki Nakahide complained about Yu Qiuping's decision, "The family rules have to be set by the businessman, and the businessman has the final say on how to spend the money, and even the judgment of the case is handed over to outsiders!" What's the difference between this and those puppet governors who have been elevated? I don't know, I thought that our Yuqiu family had lost the battle and had to make compromises! We've been winning! ”

"You are a joke, what can you think of Your Highness's considerations!" Every time Nakahide Gozenzaki spoke, Yoshioka Katsumasa always instinctively slammed into it. But this time, he also muttered, "But I also think it's a bit of a wretch." ”

"Your Highness is not doing this to be worthy of the people of Maple Mountain City." The Water Atom Sutra still said seriously: "At that time, if there was no food from Sakai Town, how many people would have survived the winter?" In order to convince those merchants who see the wind and rudder to support us, Your Highness must give more benefits. ”

"Okay, okay, let's stop talking. Your Highness's suggestion does not need us to criticize ourselves and cause trouble to Your Highness. Seeing that everyone's discussion was out of control, Fukushima Yasunari clapped his hands and stood up to stop the discussion, "We are all old brothers who have followed His Highness for more than ten years, no matter what decision His Highness makes, our group of people must resolutely support His Highness!" ”

"Of course!" Nakahide Mimasaki smiled and patted Katsumasa Yoshioka on the shoulder, "Is this still said by Big Brother?" Even if His Highness asks me to assassinate Gongfang Hall tomorrow, I will do it correctly! ”

"Be careful, Zhongxiu!" Fukushima Yasunari glared at Mimasaki Nakahide very dissatisfied, but Yu Guang noticed Charlie, who had been sitting on the side, and asked: "Brother foreigner, I heard that His Royal Highness learned this system from your homeland, do you know something?" ”

Fukushima's words drew everyone's attention to Charlie, who blushed and stumbled to speak. After a long time, a sentence popped up: "Let's go to the bar together." This immediately caused everyone to laugh.

After Charlie made up his mind to socialize with everyone, he found that he had almost no social skills because he had been withdrawn for more than ten years. When sitting in the crowd, whether it was small talk or bragging, he couldn't interject at all. Every time everyone waits for him to speak, his brain will go blank, he can't say anything, and he always ends up with the sentence "Let's go to the bar together".

But everyone is also a brother who has been in trouble for more than ten years, so naturally they will not be sarcastic and ridiculed. Ogawa Yuto immediately patted Charlie on the shoulder excitedly and laughed loudly: "Go!" I don't know if I didn't drink it before, and I was shocked when I drank it! The foreigner's little brother drank so much that he almost put me down! ”

"It's great that you say that." Charlie thanked him a little embarrassedly, making everyone laugh tacitly again.

"Don't go to the whale house, let's find a serious restaurant." Cave Mountain Shishishi immediately made a request, "I won't go to the whale house!" ”

"I know, I know, you kid, I don't know what kind of wind you smoked!" Kitabatake Keika muttered angrily, "I used to want to die in the whale house every day, and I don't know when I started to change people." ”