Kyushu Bungo Kunibu Castle (formerly Funaikan).

At this time, Masashi sat upright on the throne. On the pacification letters sent to various places in Fenggo, the small surname Shenya Zongzhan beside him was stamped with the big seal of "World Buwu".

And the crowd, the ruling Togo Heiji of the Luo family's internal affairs cabinet is holding an account book in his hand solemnly on the side. This is an account book that records the grain reserves of the Roche family before, after, after Chikugo, before Chiku, and even in the Bungo area, which had just been occupied.

"Still doesn't work?"

"My lord, this is the situation of all the grain reserves in my family's territory. Please take a look. Togo Heiji respectfully handed over the account book in his hand to Masayo. Then he looked at Masahiro without fear.

In the middle of the evaluation meeting, Masarashi proposed to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and took the opportunity to attack the south and north of Bungo respectively, defeating the Saeki family and the Otomo family such as Kunisaki County, who were still there, and taking down the entire territory of Bungo in one fell swoop.

As soon as this proposal came out, it was naturally approved by all the military retainers, but it was strongly opposed by the retainers of the Interior Cabinet. After some arguments, Masarashi had to postpone the matter for the time being, and then after the assessment, Togo Heiji was left alone for questioning.

But he didn't expect that Togo Heiji would now come to a simple non-violent non-cooperation, and directly handed the account book to Masaliang. Masahiro had read this account book in detail last night, and naturally he wouldn't read it again now. But Togo Heiji's attitude at this time was also obvious, that is, he was not in favor of continuing the war.

This can be said to be a little difference in concept between the two. After all, Masahiro is a person from the afterlife, so he is used to the kind of life that overspends in advance. According to the records in the account books, some of the materials of the Bunhou were plundered. Then some of the labor such as building the marching road, clearing the fields, and demolishing the fortifications were suspended to ensure that the territory was still in normal operation until it was received this autumn. The grain currently stored in the warehouse of the Roche family. It is still enough to support this year's autumn harvest, and there is even a little surplus. (It's not that Zhengliang hasn't considered the way to buy grain, but at this time it is the spring plowing season, and there is not much food that can be provided in various places, not to mention that the surrounding Haoqiang has also strengthened the control of the grain in his own territory after feeling the threat of the Luo family, preventing the grain from being sold to the Luo family.) Although the Shimazu family, which is an ally of the Luo family, did not restrict the purchase of the Luo family, because there was not much food in their territory, there was naturally very little food that could be provided. In addition, the waters of the Ōuchi family, such as the Shuho Beach, which is controlled by the Ouchi family, Sumo Bay in the Minami-Iyo region, which has always been wary of the wealthy families who control the Bungo Province, and the Hyuga-Nada, which is controlled by the Ito family, have recently tightened their control over merchant ships. Attempted to block the Roche family's maritime trade routes. As a result of various circumstances, even if the Luo family had money at this time, the food they could buy was not enough to supplement one-fifth of the food consumed by the daily operation of the territory. ）

And Masato saw this little surplus, and with his character of always daring to "walk a high-altitude tightrope", he naturally planned to take risks and prepare to take advantage of the victory to pursue and win the harvest in one fell swoop. However, Togo Heiji did not think so, in his opinion, the surplus that Masara saw was the surplus of all the Luo family's territories in the following months, when everything was going well and there were no other wars. It's just that there is such a pleasant thing in the world. Besides, now the family is in the Kaibe County area of Bungo and is in a confrontation with the Saeki family of the Otomo family? Who knows if there will be a war? Once the war starts, the consumption of food naturally increases. And in his opinion. If the Ito family, who were shouting for a battle out of Kaibe County, really put this sentence into action, then war would be inevitable. And the Kita-Shiga family who has never surrendered? There are still many uncertainties in the future territory, and in order to ensure the safety of the territory, he has always been cautious, so he naturally disapproves.

"Wow-w-w-......"

Just as the two of them were staring at each other in the council hall about whether or not to risk an attack, a sound of footsteps came from the courtyard.

"My lord, Lord Yamamoto asks to see you." Yoshihiro Shimazu, who was on guard outside the door, hurriedly walked in to make a report.

"Lord, report urgently!" As soon as Shimazu Yoshihiro's words fell, Kansuke Yamamoto had already walked in quickly, and said in a hurry with a somewhat solemn face. Yamamoto Kansuke, like Togo Heiji, usually pays attention to his words and deeds, and to be able to make Yamamoto Kansuke so out of shape, obviously the information is a bit urgent. So Masara didn't have too many scruples, just stood up, and then walked quickly to Yamamoto Kansuke, took the letter directly and opened it.

"Hmph, I just got rid of you in one fell swoop."

After reading it, Masahiro frowned, his eyes flashed with cold light, and then he said angrily.

"Summons, immediately prepare to secretly return to Chikuzen."

Just when Masara got the information, the parties who were plotting against the Luo family in Chikuzen didn't know that they had already been targeted by the Luo family's intelligence cabinet.

"Master Xianhai, how does Master Chan Rong respond?" In the main hall of Hakata Tochoji Temple in Chikuzen Province, Kyushu, a wandering monk said to another monk who had just entered the main hall.

The monk who was called Master Xianhai shook his head slightly. Obviously, after visiting Master Chan Rong at Shengfu Temple, he did not get the results he wanted.

"Huh?" After hearing this, the wandering monk's eyes flashed cold, and he whispered again to Master Xianhai, who had just sat down, and said, "If that's the case, I'll only wait for ......" The wandering monk's voice lowered again, and it was no longer audible, but he also made a throat cutting motion at the same time.

"Nope! Cannot! After hearing this, Master Xianhai directly shook his head and vetoed the suggestion of the wandering monk: "Master Chan Rong and the Shengfu Temple he presided over are the most respected people here for me, if there is a mistake, I am afraid it will cause disaster." ”

"But......" The wandering monk still wanted to continue to persuade.

"Lord Long, please rest assured, although Master Chan Rong does not approve of our actions this time, he will definitely not make a noise." Master Xianhai said directly before the wandering monk finished speaking: "What's more, even if there is no Fukuji Temple participating this time, but we have united the nearby temples such as Jotenji Temple and many shrines led by Kushida Shrine, judging from the attitude of Master Chan Rong, we will definitely not raise this matter out." Otherwise, you will be excluded from all temples and shrines in the area. ”

"Really? The master wants to know the Dao, for this time. The lord of the family in the lower part of the family deliberately made up a wandering monk who returned to your temple to do penance. And he has secretly contacted the Tachibana family, the Takahashi family and other local wealthy families here. And the family's navy in Chikuzen will also come to help. There must be no mistakes in such an important matter. Pretending to be a wandering monk, Qingjing Takashi who blended into Chikuzen was very cautious at this time, but said to Master Xianhai on the opposite side.

Just as the two of them sent the nearby monks away and hid in the main hall to discuss secretly, they did not know that a monk was quietly eavesdropping on their conversation beneath the floor where they were sitting. (In the Japanese Dynasty, many of the buildings were separated from the ground by a distance between the floor of the first floor, which often led to a mezzanine in the lower floor.) ）

It has been less than half a year since the signing of the peace agreement between the temples and shrines in the Hakata area and the Luo family, and now these temples and shrines are a little unbearable. After the Ouchi family sent Takashi Qingjing and others into Chikuzen to fan the flames, they decided to tear up the agreement with the Luo family.

Why?

This starts with the relevant actions of the Luo family after they entered the western region of Chikuzen Province.

According to the original agreement, the territory that the temple shrine obtained before the Luo family settled in the local area still belonged to them, and even the taxes did not have to be submitted to the Luo family, as for the monks and soldiers, they could also be retained, but they were not allowed to increase the scale, otherwise it would be regarded as a violation of the agreement, and the Luo family had the right to dispose of the temple alone without consulting with the temple shrine.

For such an agreement, the temple shrine forces are already satisfied. But over time. They found that this was not the case. They found that the Luo family next to their domain imposed much lower taxes than them, and also implemented measures such as paid forced labor for the first time. This made the people in these temples and shrines in the territory of the powerful territory all run to the territory of the Luo family. In accordance with previous resolutions. After these respective subjects have taken refuge in each other's territory, the other party cannot hold these people accountable for their crimes, nor can they forcibly take them away. In the past, they didn't pay attention to the content of this inconsequential agreement, but now that they think about it, they immediately find that the eagle of the fat front of their feelings has already begun to calculate them when they signed the agreement.

Unable to force the people to come back, they had to rely on their all-powerful "gods" and "Buddhas" in the past. It's just that the people are not stupid, and in the face of absolute interests, except for those believers whose minds have been completely confused, most of the rest of the people still choose a better life.

Now even these "gods" and "Buddhas" are invalid. So these temples and shrines felt that something was wrong. You must know that if there are no tenants in the territory to help them farm, will they have to farm themselves? This will inevitably lead to a decrease in the temple's income? So what else is there to feed the people in the temple? There are also those monks and soldiers who consume a lot of money and also have to provide offerings!

Let's lower the tax and adopt the same tax as the Roche family? In this way, everyone's income will be reduced. It's just that there are many factions in the temple, and for a while it is impossible to discuss how to redistribute the income after reducing taxes.

Just when the inside of the temples and shrines was a mess, the Luo family had a new action. They went so far as to build new temples and shrines in the Chikuzen area. These temples are dedicated to the Great Bodhisattva Hachiman, but no matter how you look at it, that Bodhisattva is Hizen Takashi himself. Nima's, the Eagle of the Fat Front, you're too shameless, aren't you?

Shameless? There are even more outrageous. These shrines and temples supported by the Luo family even began to publicize the heroic deeds of the cunning eagle in an attempt to attract their followers away.

In order to attract these believers, these newly built temples and shrines also help local people to heal and teach for free. There are even those who teach people how to farm.

The local temples and shrines in Hakata are starting to panic, and the Luo family is now cutting off people's money. As the saying goes, cutting off people's money is equivalent to seeking people's lives, and these temples and shrines are naturally going to fight with you.

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