In the golden autumn of October, the blue sky is like a wash, cool and comfortable. Wildflowers swayed in the wind on the roadside, and in the rice fields were piles of rice ears that had been harvested by the leaders and piled together.

According to the news from the Cabinet of Internal Affairs, this year's harvest is good, especially in those areas where the Luo family has vigorously promoted new crops and farming techniques, and it is conservatively estimated that only in the Hizen territory occupied by the Luo family, which was originally about 305,000 stones, this year's harvest is estimated to be 250,000 stones.

This is a very high income, you must know that this also includes more than 100,000 stones just occupied by the Luo family not long after the income of the territory of East Feiqian and South Feiqian, these areas have just experienced war, and the fields in many areas have been damaged because of the war, so this year's harvest is generally even a poor harvest. If these two areas with average or even poor income this year go through the comprehensive promotion of the Luo family law this year, if the wind and rain are good next year, it is estimated that the income of Hizen will be more than 350,000 stones, and with the deepening of various policies of the Luo family, the income will be further increased.

With such a rich income, Masaro should have been happy, but after seeing a letter from Moritaka from Kyoto, Masara's mood seemed to be happy and worried.

Happily, the Luo family's trip to give money and food to the imperial court and the shogunate achieved good results, which not only made the Luo family's reputation in Kyoto greater, but also received awards and official rewards from the imperial court.

It's just that when Zhengliang saw the name of the official position, he couldn't stop smiling bitterly. It turned out that the official position that the imperial court and the shogunate rewarded Masayo was "Dazai Shaoji".

Dazai Shoji is an official position in Dazaifu. Dazaifu, on the other hand, is the department that governs the Kyushu region, and is responsible for all government affairs in Kyushu, including defense and foreign affairs. The prince was appointed honorary handsome. The Great Two is the substantive chief. Since the right minister Sugawara Michizane. The Dazaifu Marshal has always been a minister of exile and moved to the left. Chikuzen guards the Muto clan since Kamakura. Daidai and the Shaoji clan jointly served as Dazai Shaoji.

So the previous position of Dazai Shaoji was Shaoji Dongshang, who was still hiding in the Bungo territory of the Otomo family. Poor fellow, after losing his territory and having no strength, even the imperial court and the shogunate don't take him seriously. Now that no one is dead, he has been stripped of his official position and given to Zhengliang.

It's just that this official position is also a hot potato. Because Yoshitaka Ouchi, who was fighting with the Shaoji clan at the beginning, ruled Kitakyushu in order to seek legitimacy, he applied to the imperial court for his superiority as Dazai Daiji, and was approved. So nominally, Yoshitaka Ouchi is still the official of Masayo.

After thinking about it carefully, the imperial court actually did not promote Zhengliang's official position in the imperial court this time. Although Dazai Shoji is already an official position in the fifth rank, which is several levels higher than the official position of Saemon Second Lieutenant before Masara, but with the autonomous management of several generations of Dazaifu, in fact, this Dazai Shoji is already a bit like a local official position in Kyushu. It's like the difference between a district secretary and an official of a state ministry.

At the same time, the shogunate's position was not promoted, and Masayo was still the Hizen guardian and Chikugo guardian. And the problem of the imperial court security in the area occupied by Chikugo, which Masayo was most concerned about, was not resolved. It seems that neither the imperial court nor the shogunate wanted to offend the Luo family and the Otomo family, so they simply delayed it again and again, neither giving an answer to the Luo family nor the Otomo family.

However, considering the contribution of the Luo family to the imperial court and the shogunate. So he finally got a magistrate for Masato Shaoji. It's just that this local official position is not only the taste of reward. It also exudes a strong smell of checks and balances. Just as the shogunate gave Masarashi a position of Chikugo guardian.

When he learned that Masahiro obtained the official position of Dazai Shaoji, Ouchi Yoshitaka would definitely think, now he has just driven away the original Dazai Shaoji Dongshang, and now you have got me a new Dazai Shaoji, aren't you giving me eye medicine? At least the relationship between Ouchi and Roche has caused a gap in the relationship.

There is also the reaction of the rest of the Kyushu Haoqiang, especially the Otomo family. Now that Masahara has assumed the post of Dazai Shaoji, the Otomo family will nominally be under the control of the Luo family. This made Otomo Yoshikan, who had already suffered a loss from Masayo in Chikugo, be jealous. So the friction with the Luo family is even greater.

It is important to know that after the four-year-old son of the Otomo family, Shintaro (i.e., Otomo Sorin), was appointed by the shogunate as the guardian of Chikuzen, the Otomo family then sent troops to Chikuzen and fought a fierce battle with Ouchi Seibara, and the result was that Otomo was defeated first and then won, which stopped the expansion of the Ouchi clan in Kitakyushu at that time.

And two years ago, when the position of Chikugo guardian was appointed to Masarashi, it happened that last year's Otomo family sent troops to Hizen, and fought with the Ouchi family and the Luo family successively.

Checks and balances, everything is for checks and balances. Although the prestige of the imperial court and the shogunate has fallen again and again, it still cannot stop their ambition to revive the prestige of the imperial court and the shogunate, let alone prevent them from using such means to balance the development of the power of the daimyo in various places.

Masara believes that as soon as the news of the latest appointment of him by the imperial court and the shogunate comes out, the Ouchi family and the Otomo family will have different actions.

"Hey, are you planning to bury your head in development for a while? It seems that others have no such intentions! Masato said helplessly.

"My lord, what if my family gives up this official position?" Honda Masanobu on the side spoke. When other retainers are not present, Masayo allows the little surname around him to freely express his views on some government affairs, but he is not allowed to spread the information outside the council hall, otherwise he will be severely fined or even executed.

"Nope." Masarashi smiled and shook his head. This future Zhichen is still a little immature. Since it is for the purpose of checks and balances, how can you have a chance to refuse, anyway, the imperial court and the shogunate can directly unilaterally announce that the position will be awarded to Masayo, and at that time, if Masayo does not accept the reward, there will be a suspicion of disrespecting the court and the shogunate, which will leave a pretext for others, and will definitely be blamed by other powerful people, and even become an excuse for others to attack the Luo family.

Besides, a person who does not attract envy is a mediocre person. Anyway, if you want to dominate, you will inevitably collide with the surrounding powers. When the time comes, it will be better to see who is afraid of whom.

"Order, let the two military advisors Kakuma Ishizong and Yamamoto Kansuke, as well as the old Togo Heiji, come to meet him." Masato then commanded. These three people were summoned to discuss not only the official position of Dazai Shaoji, who had been rewarded by the imperial court and the shogunate, but also to welcome the representatives of the public government.

In a letter sent back by Moritaka, it was also mentioned that the imperial court and the shogunate had also sent two people to visit Luo's house this time.

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