Early in the morning of March 16th, the spring mountain castle was busy with thousands of mouths, the lord of the country is a great event in the country of Echigo, not to mention that the husband of the lord of the country is still a big nobleman from Kyoto, the samurai and family members in the city have not seen this pair of villains, really young and handsome and beautiful girls, it is simply a good match.

As the firecrackers exploded in Sayoshinaga, the sound of singing and dancing gradually sounded, and the big-name ministers that Echigo had not seen for hundreds of years appeared one by one, and when the former heir of Konoe walked into Honmaru Ohiroma with Katsuyudai from the new-style four-wheeled carriage, the samurai of Echigo lowered their heads in awe.

"Guan Bai, the former heir of the Fuji Clan's elder Konoe Zuo Minister has arrived!"

"Elder Genji, I've been able to speak for a long time!"

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A wedding in a distant country in the countryside, there were two elders with the surname of the courtiers at one time, where have they seen this kind of scene in the countryside, the most honorable minister in the court usually did not see once in decades, this time they gathered to celebrate the wedding, and the people of Echigo were shocked, and they really realized that the governor of the Kira family from Kyoto had such a powerful influence.

In medieval Japan, the marriage ceremony borrowed from the Tang and Song Dynasty rituals that were handed down in the Heian period, and the four steps of Nacai, Naji, Nazheng, and Greeting evolved into the four steps of meeting, marriage, marriage, knotting, and ceremony, which generally have similar meanings.

The previous meeting, the marriage contract has been completed, the knot is literally divided into "knot" and "acceptance" these two aspects, the relatives of both sides attend the wedding banquet together and bless the newlyweds is called "knot", both relatives give property gifts to the newlyweds is called "Na", together it is actually still that meaning, everyone comes to drink wine and give gift money.

The final ritual is the Disclosure Feast.

Congratulations and gifts are nothing unusual, from geese flying in the sky to whales swimming in the water. South Sea pearl ornament. Rhino horn, ivory handicrafts. Jin Chuan, gold lock foot, gold pendant, white jade, jadeite famous products, from the point of view of quality, these gifts are from the Ming Dynasty boutique, should be the treasured gifts of the ministers.

This shows the importance attached to the marriage of Kira Yoshitoki within the imperial court, and Konoe Maehisa represents both the relatives of her husband and her wife, and at the same time she is the person with the highest status in today's wedding. It became a big deal for him to officiate at the wedding.

The bride Long-tailed Tiger Ji was wearing a white wedding dress and was supported by several female officials and walked in, Tiger Ji's face was wrapped in a hood like a hood covering most of her cheeks, and her head hung down and she couldn't see her expression clearly, but today she was also powdered on her face, and he couldn't see how beautiful she was.

The scene was a little noisy, and I couldn't hear what the female officer was whispering about, but I heard the former heir of Konoe say: "The newlyweds and brides are seated!" ”

Ji Liang Yoshishi is accompanied by the male guest of the middle court, and opposite is the main room of the middle court, Kuga Yoko, as the female guest, and the couple is not allowed to make loud noises or talk to each other during the wedding, and can only be handed over to the guests of honor on both sides to answer for the newlyweds.

Then enter the main process of the ceremony, and point out all the names of the two families in the form of songs. It's hard to have a little level.,Fortunately, the male and female guests this time are Kira Yoshito's cousin and cousin-in-law.。 Both of them are from famous families, and their singing skills are extraordinary, so that they can't help the two of them.

The young couple's movements were skillful and natural, and they quickly completed the lengthy and irritable common name, dedication and other processes, and Kira Yoshishi gave him a pair of jade butterflies Jin Bu Shao, and the long-tailed tiger Ji gave him a gold silk painted phoenix bat fan.

The next step is to perform the ceremony of the Harmony Ceremony, which is similar to the etiquette of the Tang and Song dynasties, where the rice cooked with red dates, peanuts, rice and chestnuts in a lacquer tray indicates many children and many blessings, and a soup cooked with sea bass and kelp indicates a happy family.

The two of them ate within a plate, and when they were eating, Hu Ji held a juniper fan in one hand to cover her face, and a food chopstick in the other hand and said softly: "Please eat Your Highness." ”

Hu Ji collided with his gaze in mid-air, and hurriedly lowered her head, chewing the food on the plate, Hu Ji was dressed like a regular princess of the princess's family, the jade face was powdered and the cherry lips were dotted, fortunately, the eyebrows were not shaved off, and the white teeth were still there, which he was very happy about.

As early as two years ago, when Katsuhime wrote a letter complaining that it was uncomfortable to blacken teeth, he ordered the craftsmen of the Biwa House to study the braces, and the blackened sets were placed on the teeth instead of the pain of blackened teeth, just like the European nobles with wigs.

A short meal made him unpleasant like a dream, remembering that the first time he saw Tiger Ji was on the long street of Kyoto for two and a half years, more than two years have passed, and the little girl who scared him back then has grown up to be a big girl, and the girl's long hair has long been over the waist, and now they have also become a husband and wife.

The last item of the ceremony is the wine, the selection of the Konoe family collection of 30 years of sake as the ceremonial wine, take a shallow lamp each holding a corner of the drink, at this time need both sides to look at each other, not to touch the body carefully drink, Kira Yoshishi stared at the heavy makeup of the tiger Ji out of the mind, although the new makeup can not see the past appearance, light eyeliner, red lips, show the nose, still beautiful thrilling.

After the end of the ceremony, the rest of the disclosure banquet has nothing to do with the newcomer, and the two are accompanied by the guests to leave the big wide room, and at the same time the disclosure banquet begins, the flowing water banquet is served non-stop, and the samurai who like to drink drink happily, because today is the marriage ceremony of the lord of the country, so as long as you don't go crazy, it doesn't matter.

The group of relatives and friends on the side of the Kira family was too powerful and dazzling, and even the envoys of the imperial court and the shogunate came to watch the ceremony, which was also beyond the expectations of Nagao Jinghu, as the highest status of the woman, Nagao Jinghu could only reluctantly accompany a group of VIPs with a family personality and status far higher than him.

Fortunately, all the ministers in Kyoto are cultural people, and they have refined their good skills since they were young, and the woman's guardian, Nagao Jinghu, is a rare cultural person, and he doesn't look very embarrassed at the banquet.

At the beginning of the unitary period, Kira Yoshitoki had changed into a black hunting suit, holding a bat fan in his left hand, and holding a tiger queen dressed as a married woman wearing a gorgeous gown and a headband wrapped around his head with a shawl, which also marked the beginning of the dinner, and the banquet was served with charcoal-grilled fish and shrimp, pine nuts, peanuts and other nuts on a plate, so that the Echigo samurai who were accustomed to a hard life opened their eyes and was amazed.

This kind of banquet from noon to midnight was only common to the ministers who were accustomed to the extravagant life in Kyoto, and it was incomprehensible for the Echigo samurai to watch the nobles of Kyoto chatting and resting for an afternoon, and then gathering together in the evening to continue drinking. Nagao Dingharu asked Saito Asanobu on the side in a low voice, "Is this the life of the aristocratic lords of Kyoto?" What a luxury! ”

"Now you know, right? The ministers are a very corrupt and extravagant group of people! Stop drooling. Dripping onto my clothes, be careful with your ass. This is a dress made by Kikuhime herself......" Saito Asanobu pushed away Nagao Dingharu who came over, pointed to the minister in the distance and said, "Envy?" Follow the Wuweidian and dare well, and you kid will have a chance to live this kind of life in the future! ”

"Hmmm! I believe! I'm the one who wants to be friends with the Wuweidian! I will definitely be able to live this kind of life! Wiping his saliva again, Nagao turned his gaze to the braised fish on the plate, and feasted on it with both hands.

At the dinner, Yamato's ape musician, the seventh generation of the Kansai family, performed on stage, and Mitsukane Numata actually served as the accompanist, performing the new song "Eno Island" created by the previous family governor Kanyo Nagatoshi, who has been performing on stage for 40 years since he was six years old. The acting skills have been perfected, and the audience in the venue has been unanimously admired.

When he was resting, the eighteen-year-old Yuansheng, the son of Yuanzhong, and his sister Zhuhime took the stage to perform the famous song "Ba", which tells the story of Kiso Yoshinaka and his concubine Ba Gozen, poignant love and the bridge section like Farewell to the Overlord, especially in the last scene, when Ba Yuzen rushed to Kiso Yoshinaka desperately, he shouted a sentence: "Go back, go back to Kiso together!" ”

Seeing his beloved woman fighting for him covered in blood, Kiso Yoshinaka couldn't bear to let Ba Yuzen accompany him to die a humiliating death, so he scolded stubbornly: "A man will be ashamed to be with a woman before he dies." Do you want me to not be able to see my father and brother in Hirazaka without looking up? ”

Ba Yuzen smiled sadly and said to the beloved Kiso Yoshinaka, "Then." Please let me fight for Your Highness again! ”

So Ba Gozen easily captured the oncoming Musashi famous general Tu Yushizhong, cut off his head with a knife, and then turned his horse to break through, and since then, this strange woman, known as Japan's first beauty and warrior, has disappeared from history.

Seeing this, Hu Ji held his hand tightly and whispered, "Your Highness! If one day encounters danger, Ah Hu will definitely not abandon His Highness! ”

Feeling the girl's restlessness in the palm of her hand, Kira Yoshitoki raised her little hand and kissed it on the back of her hand, and said gently, "What are you talking about?" Now it's my Ashikaga world, and no one will come to hunt us down...... Trust me, never! ”

Then the next track made the samurai in the field stunned, because the name of the track was "Night Run", which turned out to be the story of the 22nd year of Astronomy Kira Yoshishi in order to rescue the long-tailed tiger hime, chased all the way from the spring mountain castle to the Shibu River Sea, and ran wildly with the long-tailed tiger Ji on a moonlit night, and finally the war horse died violently and hid in the reeds to escape the story.

Watching the performance on the stage, the familiar lines of the vivid performance, the ferocious Honjo army and the bravery of Kira Yoshitomi, so that Tiger Ji couldn't help but shed tears, Ji Liang Yoshitoki didn't care about any etiquette, hugged Tiger Ji and whispered comfort: "Ah Hu, don't cry!" Haven't we survived the bitterness and the end of the day? Don't cry, okay? We should laugh and let everyone see that we are happy! ”

"Uh-huh!" Hu Ji wiped the tears off her face, saw that her makeup was all crying, and she was embarrassed to confess, and went back to touch up her makeup in the company of Rong Yuqian.

The appearance of this ape music caused a lot of surprise, and the ministers in Kyoto obviously did not know that there was such a thing, and asked Nagao Jinghu who was involved in the matter, and after receiving his affirmative answer, they could not help but admire the bravery and courage of Kira Yoshi.

Especially when the long-tailed tiger was surrounded by the Honjo army, the girl was ready to commit suicide to save her name, and at the last moment the Ashikaga Imperial Banner suddenly appeared, although Kira Yoshitoki was only more than 20 horsemen at a serious disadvantage, but regardless of personal safety, he resolutely rushed to the Honjo army, and the spirit of righteousness shocked all the audience.

At the same time, the opposite angle of this ape music is also concerned, from the beginning of the ape music, Honjo's long head is buried deep in his chest and he does not dare to squeak, whether it is the samurai next to him smacking his lips or sneering makes him even more ashamed, "I regret my stupidity and pay for it, but why is this ape music appearing?" ”

Honjo Shicho can't understand it, and Yamamoto Tokiyuki doesn't agree with such publicity, what does it mean to write the story of Kira Yoshitoki into Sarugaku? This can be felt by many people, and some people want to raise the reputation of the Kira family, and when they see Kira Yoshi, they also guess who is doing things with a suspicious face. Tokiyuki Yamamoto glanced around. I was particularly excited to find Usami Dingman. Even a little unusually excited, I guessed seven or eight points.

After the end of the song, there was a round of applause, and he had to get up to thank the family, and then the ministers praised his bravery, and Kira Yoshishi was humble and said: "This is indeed a real event, and a series of things happened later, and finally the family subdued Honjo Fanchang." Let him be my next tiger general.,This family will also ask the world to write the twists and turns into an ape music repertoire for the kings.,And the story of the battle of the middle island of the river is also a good blueprint.,Please ask the left near hall of the world! ”

"Yes! Wuwei Palace, but there are orders, my Yuan Zhong will do his best to complete it! "Shi Yuanzhong hurriedly took the family to salute this famous family, it is a supreme honor to be praised by the nobles, and now it can also be favored by the nobles to get first-hand information to compile new stories, which is simply unwanted.

When Honjo saw Kira Yoshi, he handed him a reassuring look, and hurriedly bowed down gratefully, so that he could get the understanding of the lord and ignore the past suspicions. The little resentment in his heart vanished.

There is no need to say how famous Kira Yoshishi was, but he knows from morning to night when he sees today's feast. There were thousands of samurai throughout Kasugayama Castle, and in Kasugayama Castle and Naoetsu Town, Sayoshinaga was burned and maids were surrounded by samurai to distribute sweets and sweets to children.

At the end of a dinner party, the ministers took their families to rest, and Kira Yoshitoki also pulled the reluctant Torhime to say goodbye to Konoe's former heir, Ashikaga Katsuhime and his wife, and on the way back, Torhime laughed in a low voice: "Your Highness, Ah Hu heard many interesting stories today, such as three years or five years?" ”

"Three years? Five years? What is the meaning? Hugging the girl's willow waist, a faint fragrance wafted into the nose to refresh people's hearts, and the psychologically dark guy thought of the crooked place again, "Is this the legendary virgin fragrance?" It's wonderful! ”

"Three years! We're so young, we should be doing those things in three years...... Five years is even better! ”

"What kind of thing are you going to do?" Kira Yoshitoki still didn't pay attention to what the girl was saying, and carefully avoided the burning gaze cast by Numata Sandalwood, who was admiring the moon alone in the courtyard, and took Toraki's hand and walked up the stairs.

"It's a shameful thing! It's a very shy and bad kind of ......" The bright moonlight shone on the girl's face, and the blush crept up to her ears after a while.

"What's the shameful and bad thing?" Fortunately, Tiger Ji didn't notice the existence of Numata Sandalwood in the courtyard, if you see her resentful eyes, she must be sulking again, this girl looks quite normal, but she always doesn't know how to be subtle when she does things, which makes Kira Yoshishi very stressed, and Tiger Ji doesn't like her very much.

"That's the kind of thing that's very shameful and bad...... I don't know! Hum! The girl covered her little face and ran back to the room, and after a while, she opened the paper door and showed her little head and said to Kira Yoshishi outside the door: "So within three years, you must not do anything ashamed, no!" ”

"Smack!" The paper door closes again, and a silly chick is heard humming a tune from "Night Run".

He could only reluctantly step forward and open the paper door, walked to the stupid girl and sat down, and said earnestly: "Have you forgotten that the door of the room cannot be locked?" What a stupid thing! ”

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Sagami, Musashi, Kai, and Minami Shinano areas of potato poisoning incidents were also taken to Echigo, but unfortunately Echigo has been properly protected, potatoes agreed to cellar storage without germination poisoning, there are lessons of others using blood, so the Kira family organized a safety awareness raising propaganda, reminding farmers to improve their awareness of safety precautions, including strangers to pay attention to answers, do not believe gossip and so on.

Kira Yoshitoki's wedding also heralded the official transition of Echigo to the era of the two-headed rule of Nagao Keitora and Kira Yoshitoki, and no one in Echigo would doubt the authority of the Kira family, and a Echigo Rebellion made the local people realize the absolute power of the Kira family, and the Battle of Kawanakajima further increased the cohesion of the Echigo samurai.

Since the wedding of Kira Yoshitoki, the people of Echigo have chosen to take the initiative to move closer to the new joint ruling group, and the three evaluation meetings every month have almost gathered the entire Echigo eighty percent samurai to participate, and the big evaluation once every two months is rarely absent, which makes Nagao Jinghu feel deeply.

At the general assessment in early April, Kira Yoshitoki proposed to improve production efficiency and speed up the construction of new towns, and to build several standard trading towns in Echigo, Naoetsu and Kashiwazaki Port, as well as the establishment of a new town called Niigata, and to clear out all the swamps and dry mountains near the mouth of the Shinano River and Agano River.

Hosokawa Fujitaka proposed the expansion plan of Shinmachi, in which he said: "Echigo has a population of 410,000, an increase of 60,000 from two years ago, of which the floating population accounts for nearly 90% of the total, and the serious shortage of labor is still a serious problem today. In addition to the eldest son, each family will receive a food subsidy for each additional child, and each child will receive a food subsidy of one stone per year until the age of 15, which is currently planned to be implemented for five years. ”

The people of Echigo whispered criticism, and then elected Gan Keitori to speak on their behalf: "What about five years from now? The child who was born this year will only be six years old in five years, so will he still be able to lead the subsidy in five years? ”

"Within five years, the planned newborn babies will be subsidized, and the subsidy will continue until they reach the age of 15."

"That is, a child born in five years catches up with the last subsidy scheme, which can be received until twenty years later? I kind of get it. "A simple five-year plan can benefit 20 years, how many newborns will be born in Echigo in these five years? 50,000 or 100,000? No one knows about this, and it may only be five years later to figure it out.

"Another plan is the Public Land Rental Program! Because the overall speed of Echigo's new field development is very fast, many lands are facing the problem of a serious shortage of cultivated population, and there are some situations in this year's spring sowing, where the men are labor-intensive, busy from dawn until dark, and the women and the elderly at home also have to engage in excessive physical labor, and there have been accidents of tired illness and even exhaustion of people recently, so the plan to rent seeds is proposed......

"The specific measures include that all new farmers who enter Echigo will be exempted from the one-year period fee and the three-year house fee, and at the same time, they will be provided with a plan to live in the planned new village house, provided that they must work for the Kira family for 20 years, and they must be intermediated by the old underground people living in the village, and they must have three peasants as a guarantee before they can move in."

Thinking of this, Hosokawa Fujitaka couldn't help frowning, Echigo Nitta development is a very eye-catching event, and a fool can also see the benefits of Nitta development, it can be turned into good land in the short term, and high-quality cultivated land can be reached in three or five years, and it is a matter of time before it causes the eyes of Echigo people.

As expected, someone immediately excitedly proposed: "There are so many new fields, can you give them to everyone?" We have people working by hand! ”

"There is a reward for paying, my Kira family worked hard to reclaim the land, and what I paid was hard sweat and high investment in the early stage, neither stealing nor robbing was earned by both hands! Does Fifty Gongnoden still want to divide the new field? Yamamoto Tokiyuki narrowed his eyes and stared coldly at the countrymen of Echigo.

“…… No. "Fifty Gongno Hiroshi's head immediately calmed down, at the beginning, the big guys in Nitta Development had the mentality of watching jokes, and no one thought that they really let the Kira family do it, and it was not a joke to have a few thousand more towns of land every year, or in three or five years, the Kira family would be the number one lord of Echigo, and how much status did they have as these autonomous lords.

Kira Yoshishi saw that the heat was about the same, so he announced with a decisive word, "The last thing I want to say is to emphasize the law of the samurai, and the privilege of guarding the non-entry will be abolished from today, and the privilege of not entering the temple will also be abolished at the same time, so that what belongs to the gods and Buddhas will be returned to the gods and Buddhas, and what belongs to mortals will be returned to mortals." ”

Under the strong suppression of the Kira family, a vigorous city-building plan was launched from the beginning of April, and at the same time, the land was redetermined, and the calculation method based on the land area was strictly followed, and it was also imperceptibly given to the major samurai of Echigo with the followers of the Kira family.

The land is dead, the grain is alive, on the contrary, the field can produce at most one stone and five buckets of rice, but planting new grain can produce seven or eight stone of grain, which makes the previous stone high calculation method unreliable, and determining the appropriate tax rate according to the size of the land has become the first priority today. (To be continued......)