In another room at the village shrine, Sakura Rinko sat in the middle like a monarch, while Nakatomi Kamazu led the others to kneel in front of Sakura Rinko in two columns.

For the samurai under the command of Sakura Rinko who lived in the side room of the shrine, there were many complaints, but under the shock of the middle minister's Kamazu, no one went out to make trouble, so they could only sit in this side room with their anger swallowed.

Sakura Rinko looked around, her eyes swept over everyone present in turn, the five people present were the only ministers who were loyal to her now, and two of them were Nakatomi Kamazu to help her contact, and they were two local daimyo with a certain number of troops in their hands.

It's just that these two daimyo were not born to nobles, but were born of poor blood, and the title of the daimyo was not canonized by Sakurakurako or the Tokugawa family.

If it was in the past, Sakura Rinko was afraid that she would not look down on these two places, but now she has no choice, after all, almost all the ministers under her original command have been eradicated by the Tokugawa family.

The remaining daimyo scattered throughout the country have long since ceased to obey the emperor's call and are all working on their own turf.

It can be said that these people in front of him are the only power that Sakura Rinko can use at the moment, and without the help of Lucius, I am afraid that it will take a long time for Sakura Rinko to reinvigorate the imperial rule.

Thinking of this, Sakura Rinko couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, I really can't imagine that in the end, I have to rely on external forces to be able to regain the imperial power that should belong to me, it seems that I am indeed not a qualified emperor, and I am ashamed of my trust in Amaterasu." ”

Hearing Sakura's words, the four samurai daimyo didn't know how to respond, so they could only bow their heads there.

Only Nakazu Kamazu opened his mouth and said to Sakura Rinko: "Your Majesty, you don't have to blame yourself like this, in fact, you have done a good job, but the Tokugawa family is now powerful, and we must avoid its edge." ”

"It's important for us to choose a strong ally. And that Lecius from the West is indeed the best choice for us now, although that young man is very proud, but the proud person is often the most prone to make mistakes, once he exposes his weaknesses, we can get rid of his constraints at that time. ”

Sakura Rinko nodded in recognition of Nakatomi Kamazu's statement: "Yes, we must be patient now, and first use the power of Lucius to solve the troubles in the country." ”

Suddenly, a samurai daimyo kneeling at the very end spoke, "His Majesty the Emperor." Will that outsider really be able to defeat the Tokugawa family?"

Sakura Rinko suddenly felt a little unhappy when a samurai suddenly asked such a question, frowned and followed the voice, just in time to see the samurai sitting at the end.

Seeing that the other party was a samurai who was born poor and self-proclaimed a daimyo, especially the other party's appearance was quite ugly, and the sharp-beaked monkey gills looked like a monkey and a vulture, which made Sakura Rinko feel a little disgusted.

A layer of frost appeared on Sakura Rinko's face, and she asked in a cold tone, "Are you doubting the eyes of me and Zhongchenjun?"

The samurai was able to clear the chill that Sakura Rinko was feeling. Knowing that his words might have angered Sakura, although the samurai felt a little flustered in his heart, he still responded without humility or arrogance: "Your Majesty, Kinoshita Hideyoshi didn't question your meaning. It's just that Kinoshita Hideyoshi thinks that we shouldn't blindly trust those outsiders. ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi's sudden words made the middle minister Kamazu a little unexpected, and Kinoshita Hideyoshi said nothing. Nakazu Kamazu was stunned for a moment, and quickly bowed down and said to Sakura Rinko: "Your Majesty the Emperor, please atone for your sins, Kinoshita He didn't mean to offend you." ”

Who knew that Sakura Rinko restrained the chill. Calmly said, "Go on and tell me what you think?"

Sakura Rinko's sudden reaction made Nakatomi Kamazu feel a little surprised, and he didn't ease up for a while, and sat there stunned for a long time.

However, the samurai named "Kinoshita Hideyoshi" quickly came to his senses, kowtowed to Sakura Rinko and said, "Your Majesty, Kinoshita feels that we should not rely entirely on that Lucius, we can build and develop our own power while relying on his power, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong and can finally overthrow the Tokugawa family." ”

"Your name is Kinoshita Hideyoshi?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

The expression on Sakura Rinko's face gradually calmed down, and she nodded indifferently: "You have a lot of ideas, did you ever work under someone before you became independent?"

Kinoshita Hideyoshi raised his head in horror when he heard this, and looked at Sakura Rinko with some incredulity.

He was stunned for a moment before burying his head on the ground again and said, "Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, before Kinoshita became independent, he used to be the ashigaru of the Tokugawa family." ”

"The Tokugawa family's ashigaru?a cannon fodder who charges into battle, can actually understand so many things?Moreover, you seem to know very well that the Tokugawa family is not in a good situation now, and they can no longer completely control the daimyo in various places. ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi didn't dare to deceive himself, and hurriedly said to Sakura Rinko: "Your Majesty, the Tokugawa family's current control power is indeed limited, just the samurai like Hideyoshi under his command who stand on their own in various places, there are more than 100 people, and there are some other powerful daimyo, in fact, if the Tokugawa family does not occupy Kyoto, I am afraid that it may not be able to command the heroes." ”

Sakuraki listened quietly, nodding her head from time to time, mostly in deep thought.

When Kinoshita Hideyoshi finished speaking, Sakura Rinko looked up at him and asked, "Then in your opinion, how do we build and develop our own power?"

For Kinoshita Hideyoshi, he didn't expect Sakura Rinko to take his words so seriously, and suddenly felt as if he had seen a Ming Jun, a monarch worthy of his own assistance.

So he hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, in fact, there are many self-reliant warriors in various places nowadays, and some of them are actually not strong, we can use the power of those outsiders to swallow them up, and then secretly use those forces to gradually annex the surrounding small forces, and if we encounter those who can't deal with them, let those outsiders take action, so that we can take the opportunity to grow." ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi spoke so eloquently that he gradually became excited, not noticing at all that everyone else present was already dumbfounded.

But the more Sakura Rinko listened, the more excited she became, because if what Kinoshita Hideyoshi said could really be implemented, it would be very important for Sakura Rinko's future rule.

Sakura Rinko didn't expect that Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who looked very ugly, could have such an insightful strategy, and suddenly Sakura Rinko's gaze at him softened.

After Kinoshita Hideyoshi finished talking about the specific plan, Sakura Rinko suddenly shouted: "Okay, it's really good, Kinoshita-kun, I didn't expect you to be very strategic, you are really unseemly, these plans of yours are really good, but are you sure that they can be implemented?"

Seeing that his plan was actually approved, Kinoshita Hideyoshi was also overjoyed, and after listening to Sakura Rinko's question, he buried his head and said solemnly: "Kinoshita will do his best." ”

Sakura Rinko nodded with satisfaction when she heard this: "Okay, since you are sure, then the whole plan will be implemented by you, as for the specific process, you only need to inform the Zhongchen, you don't need to tell anyone else, I hope that before you have absolute strength, don't expose all the strength in your hands." ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi felt a little puzzled, and raised his head to look at Sakura Rinko suspiciously.

But before he could ask his doubts, Sakura Rinko preemptively said, "This is to prevent Lucius from knowing, you should understand that if those outsiders know, your plan will not be able to be implemented." ”

Kinoshita Hideyoshi was a little shocked when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Sakura-Rinko had a very keen insight and knew that there were some fatal holes in the whole plan.

At this moment, Kinoshita Hideyoshi knew in his heart that the woman in front of him, who seemed to be just a little girl, did indeed have an insight that ordinary people could not match, and she would be an extraordinary monarch.

After explaining Kinoshita Hideyoshi, Sakura Rinko looked at Nakatomi Kamazu and said: "Nakatomi-kun, Kinoshita's plan will be assisted by you, and the entire implementation process and progress of the plan only need to be known by the two of you, and you are responsible for reporting to me regularly, not letting the third person know." ”

Nakatomi Kamakazu would not have any complaints, and agreed very straightforwardly, while assuring Sakura Rinko: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the plan will never be known to the third person." ”

Sakura Rinko looked around, looked at the other three daimyos, and said, "You three, I hope you don't leak out what you heard today, and as for your task, it is to cooperate with those outsiders and try to strengthen yourself in the future war." ”

Speaking of this, Sakura Rinko paused for a moment, and said with a stern expression: "I won't favor one over the other, I don't need the process of your growth, I just look at who has the strongest troops in the end, then I will give him a higher status, everyone is the same, whether it is born noble or poor." ”

Hearing Sakura Rinko say this, everyone present kowtowed to her and said, "I will not let you down." ”

In the main room of the shrine, Sakura Rinko and their conversations were almost all watched by Lucius and the others, and learned all of Kinoshita Hideyoshi's plans.

Caroline reprimanded with some dissatisfaction: "Hmph, these guys are really restless, and they actually want to use this method to establish their own power, which is obviously not at ease with us, and if you want me to say, just kill them and kill them all." ”

Hearing this, Christine smiled and said, "You know that you can't be a lady, I said, don't you be a lady?" ”

Not to be outdone, Caroline raised her fist: "Why let the man go? Don't I have that strength myself? I think my fist is at least much harder than Shadow." ”

Seeing that Caroline actually came out to talk about the movie, Christine suddenly felt a little dissatisfied and responded: "What do you mean by this? Deliberately provoke trouble, right? The previous time it was clearly the shadow that let you, do you really think you can win the movie?"

"Yo, if you don't accept it, if you don't accept it, we can go out and practice. ”

Seeing that Caroline and Christine were not compatible, Lucius coughed and said, "Ahem, can you two not make trouble? (To be continued......)