High-level martial artists are very afraid of the retainer group, which can be said to be both used and defended.

Whether it is the guardian daimyo such as Spo Yoshiyin and Hosokawa Fujitaka, or the Warring States daimyo such as Oda Nobunaga and Miyoshi Nagakei, they are all full of vigilance against the retainers.

It seems that if you are not careful, your authority will be usurped, and the power of the monarch will be reversed. This fear stems from the samurai's land system, the Angu system.

Japan admired the Tang Dynasty, and the high-level design was mostly borrowed from the Tang Dynasty system brought back by the Tang Dynasty envoys. The same is true of the land system.

The Middle Celestial Empire was based on the manor system and restricted personal freedom, similar to serfs, while the essence of the samurai was close to the ancient tribals of the Celestial Empire.

The self-sufficiency of the manor system was not conducive to centralization, so the Tang Dynasty designed the rent-yong system, and the Japanese court also adopted this system.

One of the key points is the equalization of land, which is simply public ownership, and the public ownership of land belongs to the state.

The combination of the manor system and the modulation of the tenancy is a state-owned land system with slave overtones.

There are no private individuals, everything is state-owned. The land belongs to the state, the people belong to the state, the production materials belong to the state, and all you have is borrowing.

After the fields in the names of officials at all levels are demoted or die, the excess land must be handed over to the public.

In the era of the manor system, this system ensured the right of the state to take and seize the local tycoon.

In Japan, from the state ownership system in the imperial court era to the security system in the samurai era, it has only changed from a public house to countless scattered samurai families.

The land was still publicly owned in nature, but it was turned into public land within the samurai groups.

In the imperial court era, in order to prevent the loss of their own land, the nobles used hereditary official positions to ensure that their land was not lost.

The official entry of the samurai family into the political arena began with the imperial court awarding the samurai family a pillar of the general.

The shogunate, which was formed by the pillars of the samurai family, adopted the angu system, and the public fields were linked to the names of each daimyō.

For example, the Spoo family.

Although Sipo Yiyin is the governor of the family, he theoretically has the right to control all the land of more than 200,000 stones.

He issued a letter of security and granted each family a territory, which was actually a public land in the name of the Spo family.

Sipo Yiyin only owned the public land directly under the Sipo family when he was the governor of the Sibo family, and these territories belonged to the Sibo family and not to himself.

In other words, if the Spoo family is compared to a country, all the land in this country is state-owned.

Your security is the right to use the attached land.

The samurai family is for the sake of reward, and among the rewards, the security block is the heaviest. If you are no longer in service, then you have the right to take back your security certificate.

In this way, the common interests of the samurai group under the name of the family were formed, and it was also clear why the daimyo were afraid of the retainers.

Under the name of the samurai family, it is not only the property of the lord, but also the public property of the Ji samurai regiment under this family name.

Once the governor deviates from the wishes of the retainers and damages the common interests of everyone, then he may encounter the danger of being defeated.

What's even more terrifying is that the land is decentralized, and the demands of each level of martial artists are different.

High-level warriors want to fight for hegemony, middle-level warriors want land, and grassroots Ji warriors want to climb up.

Layers of different demands, as well as the samurai's abuse of violence.

Pressing down and suppressing up, leading to an extremely unstable social structure of the samurai society.

The same is true of the relationship between Ashikaga Yoshiteru and the shogunate, the Ashikaga family has delegated too many benefits to the shogun, and now it is not easy to take it back.

If it weren't for the unique identity of the general, the local powerful faction came from the full support of the interests of the guardian system, Ashikaga Yoshiteru would not have known how to die.

This is the helplessness of high-level martial artists, it seems that the power is in me, but in fact, it is frightening step by step.

To do anything, you need to consider the reaction of the interest group in your family first, and dare not make a mistake.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru wants to take power, and Spo Yoshiyin wants to mobilize his family's strength to go to Kanto, but they are all thinking and planning repeatedly, and they dare not act willfully.

The same goes for Hosokawa Fujitaka.

As soon as Yiyin returned to the mansion, she followed and asked for a meeting.

The two sat opposite each other in the tea room, both bowing their heads and tasting tea, speechless for a while.

People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless. Even if the samurai is profitable, it is difficult to erase nature.

Many things implicate feelings and become difficult to judge, especially the relationship between men and women, which is even more chaotic.

Hosokawa Fujitaka suppressed his complicated thoughts and asked.

"Before the general reached an agreement, why didn't he discuss it with me, but just sent Akechi Mitsuhide to inform me, which caught me off guard."

Yiyin bowed slightly and apologized.

"It's me who didn't think it through and didn't coordinate my position with you.

The Miyoshi Rokkaku two have changed, and the dispute between the Ashikaga family and the Spo family should not be delayed any longer, so I simply chose to cut it off quickly.

I am grateful that the Hosokawa Mibuchi family helped each other this time and fulfilled their obligations as allies.

It's me who is bad this time, and I owe you a favor. ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka felt sour in his heart, do I want your favor?

I will do my best to help you block the marriage of the Ashikaga family, and strongly suppress the opposition inside and outside the family, and in the end it is just for your favor?

You accepted the Ashikaga family's Nacai ceremony, acquiesced in the possibility of marriage, and made my efforts a laughing stock, where did you put me?

Have you ever considered my feelings!

She suppressed her anger and spoke slowly.

"I have never been able to do anything about humility and wisdom, but this time I really didn't think about it.

The princess today frankly announced that he would rein in the power of the shogunate and put his hand into the shogunate's territory, and then the shogunate would inevitably be shaken.

How many times have you left at this time, and if something goes wrong, how should we and other local powerful people react?

I hope you think again. ”

Yiyin shook his head.

"The matter of going to Kanto is just a general's name and an envoy."

Hosokawa Fujitaka looked at Yoshiin coldly and said.

"Humility and honesty, you are not just a smart person in the world.

At the beginning, you said that you were willing to hand over the Hosokawa Miabuchi family with sincerity, but now this sentence still counts? ”

Yiyin was speechless, he really didn't want too many people to know that he was going to fight in Kanto.

Even the Spo family, for the time being, only hope that the three people in charge will know, that is, Maeda Interests, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Niko Katsuhisa.

This matter is too shocking, and there are many people who know about it, and I am afraid that there will be another twist and turn.

But Hosokawa Fujitaka has already seen it, and to deny it again is to be dishonest to his allies, and he can only apologize.

"I'm sorry, I did intend to attack Kanto, but this matter is important and has not yet been finalized, so I didn't talk to you directly."

"Akechi Mitsuhide knows?"

"Yes."

Hosokawa Fujitaka smiled silently.

"So I'm not as close as she is?"

Yiyin didn't know how to answer for a while.

Akechi Mitsuhide is his chief strategist, a close retainer, and this kind of plan must not be hidden from her.

Hosokawa Fujitaka is eating gunpowder, and there is no logic in speaking, what's going on?

Hosokawa Fujitaka said apologetically.

"I'm sorry, I lost my temper.

It's just that I don't understand, even if the general can't do it, why can't it be me?

The Ashikaga Confluence occupies the center of the shogunate, and this is a path you don't want to take.

So why don't the local powerful factions go further and integrate as one?

Izumi, North Hanoi, North Swa and Iga, as long as these places are truly united, the near future will be our world. ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka This is no longer a hint, it is almost an explicit courtship.

Because of the cooperation of the Hosokawa Mibuchi family, Yoshiyin represented the local powerful faction and Ashikaga Yoshiki just had a fight, and they did not fall behind.

The Mibuchi family is the Hosokawa bloodline, and as long as Spo Yoshiin and Hosokawa Fujitaka marry, the power of the local powerful faction will be combined.

These four or five hundred thousand stone of nearly a few territories were enough to affect the shogunate regime, and the shogun had to consider the will of the local powerful faction in everything he did.

Hosokawa Fujitaka's meaning is very clear, if you want power, you don't have to go to Kanto, as long as you marry me, I will help you.

Yiyin looked at this pretty woman who was true to herself, and shook her head helplessly.

"I have to go to Kanto, I have my troubles."

Hosokawa Fujitaka was poured cold with his blood, barely maintaining a sitting position, unwilling to lose his temper and lose his last dignity.

Even if I whisper so lowly, begging you for grievances, you still don't want to marry me!

What the hell do you want, Spo Yiyin!