Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Wind Rises in Edo

DR1831 saw an explosion in the population of Edo's leased population, and mercenaries and adventurers from various countries finally found a foothold in the East, most of which were the Riberian exiles. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Catherine was unhappy with Lorraine's deception, it was reassuring that the Riberians had a safe place to recuperate.

What if there are no shipyards, dry docks, arsenals? The Riberians filled these vacancies with their hands and diligence, and a large number of projects were started at the same time, which naturally included the intervention of the Eastern Army and the Oda family.

The former, under the leadership of Lorraine, used all kinds of materials and Dongying slaves as shares, plus the land was also owned by the Eastern Army, and everyone earned a lot of money, which was really enviable.

The Oda family was not so happy with the joy of the Eastern Army, although the addition of these Westerners was able to bring more consumption growth to the Edo market.

But these petty profits will only make the merchants happy, and the military nobles will not feel the slightest bit happy!

It's like your own house, which was violently broken down by gangsters and beat you severely, and forced you to set aside a big house for him to live in at a low price, and now you have brought a large number of accomplices to live with you.

Even if the appearance of the Riberian people is really not heroic, and the military power is still tossed clean, but the people of Dongying don't know it!

They will only think that you are all hateful barbarians, and now they are reluctantly smiling and accepting it, in essence, they still want to drive these Westerners away and strengthen everything about them!

Nobunaga understood the anger and thoughts of his retainers, and as a proud man of a generation, he was certainly not happy to be insulted like this by Saiyi (bringing Riberians into the Edo Concession without her approval).

However, the current situation of the Oda family is not good, and the previous joint battle was broken, and it was thanks to the spoils of the Eastern Army that they barely managed to break even.

The unfortunate event of the Kyoto Smash Bros. and the reimbursement of the first cultural capital of Toei in one go, the economic and military losses have not been counted until now.

The most important thing is that the emperor's family is missing!

This is simply digging into the foundation of the Oda family's rule, and as the shogun and the governor of Toei, Nobunaga's power is granted by the emperor.

Nominally, the emperor was free to appoint a military nobleman as the shogun to handle all the affairs of Toei.

However, none of the shogunate generals were willingly appointed by the emperor, all of them were blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and they were all doing the things of Cao Cao at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Just like Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the emperor's treatment was quite bad, not only was he bullied by the shogunate, but even the ministers and scholars didn't pay much attention to him, but they had to pay them Fenglu, otherwise they would be an emperor without virtue.

In the face of such a bullshit mess, how pitiful and pitiful the emperor who has no military power, the income is obviously less than the expenditure, and in the generation of Emperor Tokusho, he actually wants to open a bathhouse to subsidize the family.

The princes were to work as waiters and bathers; The princesses were in charge of welcoming guests, and sometimes accompanied the queen as tour guides, because the maintenance of the palace was too high, and they could only make money as a museum, and they also had to face bullying from thieves and bullies.

Nobunaga naturally knows that the emperor's treatment is not very good, anyway, everyone has been dealing with the emperor like this for so many years, but you can't play missing!

Doesn't this mean that Nobunaga loses the power granted by the emperor, and anyone can take the opportunity to start a riot under the banner of revenge for the emperor, so that Toei can once again enter the Warring States period?

"My lord, the retainers are ready."

"Hmm... This time, we can't let the emperor's news leak out! ”

"Hey!"

However, this meeting was doomed to be fruitless, Nobunaga was discouraged by the news of the emperor and Kyoto, and the retainers were still arguing over the issue of the Edo Concession.

"We can't let those barbarians go unpunished! Look at what they have become! The peasants are not at ease to farm, and they try to cry poor and not pay taxes, but they have surplus grain to sell to the Brittans, and they also sell their daughters vigorously! ”

"That's right! The same goes for those despicable merchants! If they refuse to pay their taxes, and they are not willing to inquire about the Lord's information from afar, they know that they are not worthy of the name of Edo people when they follow the barbarian ass and offer courtesy! ”

"And the beauties of Flower Street......"

"The people of the sea are also restless......

"Ashigaru people don't want to work, they want to go to the concession to work......"

These guys complained vigorously, as if the concession had robbed everyone of their jobs, and let their reputation wither, they were digging the foundation of the Oda family, and they were making them angry.

"Well, I got ......"

Nobunaga agreed absentmindedly, not realizing that his retainers were holding back their strength and preparing to make a big news.

"My lord! We propose: we must kill the evil tendencies in Edo Castle, and let everyone know that the Oda family is the master here! ”

"Well, got it......"

The retainers looked at each other, bowed in acknowledgment of Nobunaga's meaning, and left the council chamber backwards, leaving Nobunaga alone to ponder.

After leaving the council chamber, the retainers did not leave there, but ran to Sakata's house, where the retainers of the old family of Kantoki had other instructions.

"I didn't expect that the lord was well aware of the righteousness, and knew that the atmosphere in Edo Castle was really bad, suggesting that we could let go of our hands and feet to rectify it on a large scale, and we must not live up to the trust of the lord!"

"But is that really good? The lord didn't say whether he agreed or not, he just said that he knew ......"

Isn't that a clear implication? Do you want your lord to punish the untouchables himself? That would really damage the reputation of the Oda family, so let's let our retainers do it. ”

"That's it!" Sakata Jinshi nodded with satisfaction, these bastard boys have finally grown a little, and they are no longer blindly squandering their youth, and they can be regarded as good helpers who can worry about the main centimeter.

"You just have to have this mentality, we can't let Edo change the taste, this is the center of Toei, the overlord of the Oda family, and we must not let this become another Osaka!"

"Hey! Defend the honor of Edo to the death! ”

It has to be said that regional characteristics always bring trouble, and in the face of the drastic changes in Edo, it is really eye-opening that the Oda retainers actually launched a purge with the unreliable slogan "Don't let Edo become the next Osaka".

Osaka's status in Toei is similar to that of the city of the same name in the Earth era.

It was also the capital of commerce, and the treachery and industriousness of Osaka's merchants spread throughout the East, and of course everyone did not like these cowardly bastards who regarded money as their lives.

But the reality always forces everyone to go to Osaka merchants to raise supplies, and it is inevitable that the purse will be hit hard, and sometimes they will have to sell themselves into slavery!

Because of this, the people of Toei do not want to be called Osaka, and if a city is too much like Osaka, it can easily be hostile to the nobles and may be looted at any time.