Chapter 80: Getting Better
P.S: It can be simply understood as the peasant "riot" instigated by Buddhism, which has always referred to a school of Buddhism in Japan.
After many days of training, Long Shaocong has fully adapted to his current role, and he has also seen the famous heroes of this era from the military information sent from all over the country.
Under normal circumstances, Long Shaocong would get up early every day, separate emergency military information and general military affairs, and submit them to Oda Nobunaga respectively.
Since he knew where his heart was and was inspired to make a difference in this era, Long Shaocong was quite attentive to both swordsmanship and military affairs, so he grew up very fast. Gradually, he asked Hasegawa Shuichi less and less questions, and he was able to handle everything by himself.
And Hasegawa Shuichi is not only not angry, but occasionally comes to him to discuss something, and listens to his opinions, as for whether to adopt it or not, Long Shaocong does not know, but I feel that this person's attitude towards himself, according to the past, can be described as a 180-degree turn.
The specific reason for this change, Long Shaocong didn't want to delve into it, but he felt that Hasegawa Shuichi had not yet stepped out of the shadow of failure, and the reason why a strong man was called a strong man was that while he could hear the call of victory, he would also be able to withstand the tempering of failure.
It stands to reason that this veteran, who has followed His Royal Highness Nobunaga for many years and has been on the battlefield for a long time, how can he be burdened by a little setback, is he afraid?
At the moment, as soon as Long Shaocong thought of this name, he couldn't help but think about it, in the haze, maybe he wanted to see his future path clearly, in the same position, he didn't want to follow in his footsteps, under the same opportunity, Hori Hidemasa was up, but he was down.
A few days ago, Oda Nobunaga had just completed a major layoff, and Sakuma Prosperity, Hayashi Hidesada, Niwa Katsu, and Atsuto Mamoru were father and son, five meritorious figures who had made great contributions to the Oda family, and they were relieved and returned to the field. Since then, their names have never been seen in the hegemony of Japan's reunification.
Among the three, Long Shaocong is most familiar with Sakuma Prosperity, although he has not met, but I heard that this person almost at the same time that Oda Nobunaga took the Yamato country, captured the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, I thought that he would be rewarded by the lord, but I didn't expect that Oda Nobunaga took four years to attack a temple in the name of he led the army of six countries, such as Owari, Mikawa, and Yamato, and listed 19 crimes, and sent them to Koyasan to enjoy their lives.
And Lin Xiuzhen, an old minister who is older than Hasegawa Shuichi, is accused of participating in the rebellion of His Royal Highness Nobunaga's younger brother Oda Nobuyuki 25 years ago. For such a distant thing, Long Shaocong, who traveled through the later generations, was even more confused.
As for the Niwa clan, he was implicated by Mamoru Ando's father and son in colluding with the foreign enemy Takeda family, and was exiled together. Long Shaocong privately learned that Niwa Clan Katsu and Niwa Nagahide belonged to their own family, and they could make great contributions to the conquest of Yamato Country, and Nagahide-sama, who was rewarded by Nobunaga with a hundred sentences, did not come out to intercede with His Royal Highness Nobunaga, but volunteered to transfer out of Kyoto and go to his own territory of Wakasa Domain.
I don't know if he thinks that the Niwa clan deserves it, or if he concludes that he can't change the lord's order, but he is even more afraid of hurting himself, so he left this political whirlpool early.
Of course, as a new minister who has just entered Oda's family, Long Shaocong is completely a spectator for this purge, and many recall documents are transmitted through his hands.
Long Shaocong looked at the military information from all over the country, as if little Japan was presented in front of his eyes.
In Hokuriku, Shibata Katsuie's army invaded Echigo Province's Neckcastle County, annihilated 2,000 enemies, and now confronts the Uesugi army under Takata Castle.
Noto vassal country, "gun and left" Maeda Toshiya led the army to exterminate the "riot" chaos in the territory, killing 1,000 enemies and 200 heads.
In the Mino domain, Oda Nobutada recruited 10,000 troops, prepared 100,000 koku of ordnance, grain, and grass, and negotiated with Takeda's trusted sister-in-law, Yoshimasa Kiso, and in a matter of time, this person could become a strong internal response for our army to attack Kai and Shinano, so he requested that the execution of the advance plan be suspended.
When he saw this, Long Shaocong's heart sank, and he only felt that this Oda family son did have something extraordinary, no wonder His Royal Highness Nobunaga passed on the family governor to him early.
Long Shaocong then went on to look at other military information, but almost all of them reported good news and did not report bad news, the city plundered the land, killed the enemy and asked for merit, etc., all the same, it was really peaceful, and he had to whitewash himself and say that all the people admired the kindness of His Royal Highness Nobunaga, and the city lord worked tirelessly, leading the people to strengthen the city day and night, and always guard against the enemy's attack.
It seems that singing the praises of virtue and deceiving the inferior and concealing the superior, regardless of region or country, has existed since ancient times.
For this kind of innocuous military information, Long Shaocong roughly flipped through it and didn't look at it, but when he turned to a name, he had to pick it up and take a closer look:
I saw that it was written: Yuchai Hideyoshi Legion in China, for this name, Long Shaocong is very familiar with it, this person is the famous Toyotomi Hideyoshi in history, not only became the overlord of the Warring States after the death of Oda Nobunaga, but also had two expeditions to the "Dynasty" Xian, and fought a tough battle with the Ming Dynasty, of course, all of which ended in failure.
Long Shaocong opened the military intelligence and wrote impressively:
Lord Father's Wisdom:
Hideyoshi led an army of 30,000 to conquer the Tajima Domain, and then attacked the Inaba Domain, relying on the authority of the lord, and the castle fell from the wind, and is now facing the enemy army under Tottori Castle, which has been besieged for more than two months. The day before yesterday, the lord urged, saying that the soldiers were fast and fast, hoping to trap the city as soon as possible.
However, Hideyoshi weighed the pros and cons, and in order to reduce the casualties of our army, he expected a lonely city, besieged but not attacked, and waited for it to collapse on its own. In addition, Lord Shigeharu Takenaka has returned to Kyoto immediately, and he has important matters to inform the lord.
Hideyoshi bowed.
Seeing that it was another big blow, Long Shaocong didn't feel it, but compared to others, he still risked being scolded by Oda Nobunaga and boldly put forward his views on military deployment. So, Long Shaocong casually put this military situation on the top.
Next, the last one was from the Wakasa Domain's guardian Niwa Nagahide, Long Shaocong opened it with his hand, and the handwriting of Xianxiu came into view, and he couldn't help but look comfortable.
Lord Father's Wisdom:
With the kindness of the lord, Changxiu received the 90,000 stone territory of the country of Wakasa, but because he was busy with official business, he never came in person, benefiting the people, and his heart was very terrified. Now by the order of the lord, the first time to Ruosa, after some inspection, but feel that the soil here is poor and poor, all the mountains are continuous, and there is no big river plain, far away, three directions, the three counties of Dafan are all near the sea, not suitable for farming, so its people are poor, and the people are not prosperous.
However, the people of this place also respect the virtue of the lord, and the people are simple and simple, and it is not easy to conquer. Therefore, his subordinates had the courage to ask the lord to reduce or exempt the taxes of the country for three years, build ports and wharves, encourage his people to go to the sea to do business, and also attract the Ming Dynasty, Nanban, and "Chao" fresh merchant ships to come, and enrich Japan. When commerce is prosperous, the grain tax can be changed to a commercial tax to make up for the three years of arrears. Let the Lord decide.
Changxiu bowed down.
In Long Shaocong's view, Niwa Nagahide is all political and has no military situation at all. What's even more commendable is that he was able to boldly ask for the people's lives, you must know that in the war era, the people's lives are like mustard, and the upper-class people think about fame and fortune, and hegemony for thousands of years, which cares whether the untouchables live or die.
His idea of attaching equal importance to agriculture and commerce also made Long Shaocong quite agree, but at this time, the Ming Dynasty should still be in a period of seclusion and seclusion, and the sails should not go to the sea, and the Western European flags should be flying on the ocean, and the Wakasa Domain is too far north compared to Kyushu Island, and it does not occupy an advantage geographically, so how can Western European merchant ships go far and go through the "Chao" Xian Strait and go ashore in the Wakasa country.
However, Niwa Nagahide also mentioned the "Chao" Xian, which is a place near the water, maybe he has a more clever plan, and his own descendants can't guess it. It's just that I don't know if Oda Nobunaga will have such an advanced consciousness and agree to fight for a barren land, a group of insignificant weak people.
Long Shaocong didn't want to bother with more brains about this, just by asking for the people's life, his good impression of Niwa Nagahide increased a few points, so he placed this military situation on top of Yushiba Hideyoshi.
As soon as the matter was dealt with, Long Shaocong stood up, moved his muscles and bones, and walked out.
Under normal circumstances, as long as Nobunaga has no important military affairs, Long Shaocong has quite plenty of time for himself, and as for mundane things such as visiting the ministers and attending banquets, he has Senranmaru to follow closely. And the heavy responsibility of protecting the lord was personally led by Shuichi Hasegawa and never let him interfere.
In this regard, Long Shaocong still didn't want to investigate the reason, and he had to be idle.
Today, Oda Nobunaga was invited to the place of Lord Ampei Tokushige to discuss important matters, and then to a tea party, which can be described as a busy government affairs. Long Shaocong made an appointment with Oda Katsucho to go to Miyamoto Wuji to learn swordsmanship today. Now, no matter what he does, he is very attentive, and his swordsmanship has improved by leaps and bounds, and he thinks that he can get to a draw with Oda Katsunaga.
But Long Shaocong just wanted to pull the door out, but he remembered what Hasegawa Shuichi said to himself: The things you think are important, the people you really want to see, but you don't necessarily like them, so thinking about the preferences of the people above is your future. As the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger.
Long Shao hesitated for a moment, then turned around and pressed Niwa Nagahide's mansion newspaper at the bottom.