High-level martial artists are very afraid of the retainer group. It can be said that they both use and defend against it.
Whether it is the guardian daimyo such as Yoshigan Shiba and Fujitaka Hosokawa, or the daimyo of the Warring States Period such as Oda Nobunaga, Miyoshi Nagakei, etc., they are all wary of the retainers.
It seems that if one is not careful, the authority will be usurped and the power of the king and his ministers will be reversed. This fear stems from the land system of the Wu family, the Andu system.
Japan admires the Tang Dynasty, and many of its high-rise designs draw lessons from the Tang Dynasty system brought back by envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty. The same is true for the land system.
The medieval Celestial Dynasty was based on the manor system, which restricted personal freedom and was similar to serfs, while the nature of the Wu family was close to the ancient tribes of the Celestial Dynasty.
The self-sufficiency of the manorial system was unfavorable to centralization, so the Tang Dynasty designed rent-to-yong mode, and the Japanese court also adopted this system.
Rent-yong modulation makes everything state-owned. One of the key points is land equalization. Simply put, it is public ownership. Public land belongs to the state.
The combination of manorial system and rent-to-rent system is a state-owned land system with a slave flavor.
Nothing private, everything is state-owned. The land belongs to the country, the people belong to the country, and the production materials belong to the country. What you have is just a loan.
After officials at all levels are demoted or die, the excess land must be handed over to the public.
In the manorial era, this system guaranteed the state's right to take and take away local powerful people.
From the state-owned system in the imperial court era to the security system in the samurai era, Japan has only changed from a public family to numerous scattered samurai families doing their own thing.
In essence, land is still public ownership, but it has become public land within each martial arts group.
During the imperial period, in order to prevent the loss of their own land, nobles used hereditary official positions to ensure that their land would not be lost.
The Wu family officially entered the political stage when the imperial court awarded the Wu family's mainstay the title of General to Conquer the Barbarians.
The shogunate established by the pillars of the samurai family adopted the security system, and the public land was linked to the names of each family.
For example, the Spurs.
Although Shiba Yiyin is the governor of the family, he theoretically has the right to control all the land of more than 200,000 koku.
He issued a warrant and granted each family the territory, which was actually public land under the name of the Sibo family.
When Siba Yiyin was the governor of the Siba family, he had the public land directly controlled by the Siba family. These territories belonged to the Siba family and not to him.
In other words, if the Shiba family is compared to a country, all the land in this country is state-owned.
Your security certificate is the right to use the attached land.
The reason why the Wu family serves the public is for rewards. Among the rewards, security is the most serious. If you no longer serve the public, you have the right to withdraw your security certificate.
In this way, the common interests of the samurai group under the family name were formed, and it also became clear why the daimyo were afraid of the retainers group.
The name of the Wu family is not only the property of the master, but also the public property of the Hime Warriors under the name of the family.
Once the governor deviates from the wishes of the retainers group and damages the common interests of everyone, he may be in danger of overpowering the superiors.
What's even more frightening is that the land is decentralized layer by layer, and the demands of the martial arts at each level are different.
The high-level warriors want to fight for hegemony, the middle-level warriors want land, and the low-level warriors want to climb up.
There are layers of different demands and the Wu family’s abuse of violence.
The upper suppressed the lower, and the lower suppressed the upper, resulting in an extremely unstable social structure in the Wu family society.
The same is true for the relationship between Ashikaga Yoshiteru and the shogunate. The Ashikaga family has delegated too many benefits to the shogunate. Now it is not easy to take it back.
If it weren't for the unique status of a general and the full support of local powerful factions from the interests of the guardian system, Ashikaga Yoshiteru would have died without knowing how.
This is the helplessness of high-level martial artists. It seems that I have the power, but in fact, I am shocked every step of the way.
Before doing anything, you need to consider the reaction of your family's interest groups first, and don't dare to make any mistakes.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru wanted to take over power, and Shiba Yoshigan wanted to mobilize his family's strength to go to Kanto. They both thought over and over again and did not dare to act willfully.
The same goes for Hosokawa Fujitaka.
As soon as Yiyin returned to the mansion, she followed him and asked for a meeting.
The two of them sat across from each other in the tea room, both bowing their heads and sipping tea, speechless for a moment.
Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect. Even if the Wu family values profits, it is difficult to obliterate their natural instincts.
Many things become difficult to judge when emotions are involved, especially the relationship between men and women, which can never be explained and becomes chaotic.
Hosokawa Fujitaka suppressed his complicated emotions and asked.
"Before Duke Kenshin reached an agreement with the general, why didn't you discuss it with me? You just sent Mitsuhide Akechi to inform you, which caught me off guard."
Yiyin bowed slightly and apologized.
"It's because I didn't think carefully and didn't coordinate my position with you.
The Miyoshi Rokkaku family has changed, and the dispute between the Ashikaga family and the Shiba family cannot be delayed any longer, so I simply chose to end it quickly.
The Hosokawa Mibuchi family came to help this time and fulfilled their obligations as allies. I am grateful in my heart.
It's my fault this time, I owe you a favor. "
Hosokawa Fujitaka felt sad, is this favor from you what I want?
I tried my best to help you block the Ashikaga family's marriage, and forcefully suppressed the opposition inside and outside the family. In the end, it was just for your favor?
You accepted the Ashikaga family's gift of acceptance, acquiesced to the possibility of marriage, and turned my efforts into a laughing stock. Where did you put me?
Have you ever considered my feelings!
She suppressed her anger and spoke slowly.
"I have always been inferior to Mr. Qianxin in his wisdom, but this time he acted without consideration.
Mr. Gongfang said frankly today that he wants to shrink the power of the shogunate and extend his hand into the shogunate's territory. After that, the shogunate will definitely be shaken.
If you leave Jinji at this time, if something goes wrong, how should we and other local powerful groups react?
I hope you will think twice. "
Yiyin shook his head.
"The matter of going to Guandong is just a matter of the general's roll call and sending an envoy."
Hosokawa Fujitaka looked at Yoshiyin coldly and said.
"Mr. Qianxin, you are not the only smart person in the world.
It was you who said at the beginning that you were willing to hand over the Hosokawa-Mibuchi family with sincerity. Does this still count now? "
Yiyin was at a loss for words. He really didn't want to let too many people know that he was going to conquer Guandong.
Even for the Shiba family, for the time being, they only want the three people in charge to know about it, namely Maeda Benefit, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Nizi Katsuhisa.
This matter is too shocking to say, and if many people know about it, I'm afraid there will be trouble again.
But Hosokawa Fujitaka has already seen it. If he denies it any more, he would be dishonest to his allies. He can only apologize.
"I'm sorry, I do intend to conquer Kanto. It's just that the matter is important and hasn't been finalized yet, so I didn't tell you directly."
"Akechi Mitsuhide knows?"
"Know."
Hosokawa Fujitaka smiled silently.
"So I'm not as close to her as she is?"
Yiyin didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Akechi Mitsuhide was his chief adviser and a close retainer, so this plan must not be hidden from her.
Hosokawa Fujitaka is getting angry and his words are illogical. What's going on?
Hosokawa Fujitaka apologized.
"I'm sorry, I lost my temper.
But I don’t understand, even if the general can’t do it, why can’t it be me?
The Ashlisbo Confluence occupies the center of the shogunate, a road you don't want to take.
So why not take the local powerful factions a step further and integrate them into one body?
Izumi, Kitakawachi, Kitadato, and Iga, as long as these places are truly united, our world will be ours. "
Hosokawa Fujitaka was no longer a hint, it was almost an explicit courtship.
Because of the cooperation of the Hosokawa Mibuchi family, Yoshigan represented the local powerful faction and Ashikaga Yoshiteru just fought and did not fall behind.
The Mibuchi family is the bloodline of Hosokawa. As long as Shiba Yoshigan and Hosokawa Fujitaka are married, the power of the local powerful factions will be combined.
These four to five million koku of recent territories were enough to influence the shogunate's political power, and the general had to consider the will of local powerful factions in everything he did.
Hosokawa Fujitaka's meaning is very clear. If you want rights, you don't have to go to Kanto. As long as you marry me, I will help you.
Yiyin looked at this pretty lady who had true love for him and shook his head helplessly.
"I have to go to Kanto. I have my own reasons."
Hosokawa Fujitaka's passionate blood was turned cold by the pouring, and he reluctantly remained seated, unwilling to lose his composure and lose the last bit of his dignity.
Even if I humble myself and beg you, you still don't want to marry me!
Shiba Yiyin, what do you want?
