There was a commotion in Guanyinji Castle in the Rokkaku family in the east.
Rokkaku Yoshiharu killed Goto Kentoyo and her eldest daughter. The Rokkaku retainers could not accept their willful master and expelled Rokkaku mother and daughter.
To the west, Mihao Changqing died. Before his death, he was so confused that he even forced An Zhai Dongkang to commit suicide by committing seppuku.
The Shikoku faction headed by Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and the Konka faction headed by Miyoshi Sanzhi completely broke up, and Miyoshi's family was in chaos.
The threats to both the east and west sides of Kyoto were removed. Ashikaga Yoshiteru also held Sakamoto Castle and Nijo Castle, and almost completely took over the financial and military power of the shogunate.
As one goes and the other goes up, Ashikaga Yoshiki's voice becomes louder and louder.
How many things that Shiba Yiyin has done are not out of line? Do you really want to use the rules of the Wu family and wait until today to get scolded?
At first, the Odaisho had a slight intention of suppressing him, but Yukino Takada was killed in the Imperial Palace until his corpses lay all over the ground, with blood splattering all over the place.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru wanted to use this to take advantage of Shiba Yoshigan. What was his reaction? The sympathizers, who were armed to the teeth, directly blocked the gate of the Imperial Palace and came to negotiate with the Ashikaga General.
Ashikaga Yoshiki is known as a swordsman general and a strong-willed man, but she just doesn't dare to break up with Yoshigami Shiba. Kenshin is really strong.
The Shiba family was wiped out, and Shiba Yiyin single-handedly rebuilt a new Shiba family. Is this something a human can do?
The Ashikaga Military God is not something that Yoshigan Shiba calls himself, it is unanimously recognized by several samurai families in recent times, and they only fight him when they are out of their minds.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru now dared to yell at the Shiba family, spraying Akechi Mitsuhide with spit.
On the one hand, it was because Yoshihiro Shiba was not nearby, and on the other hand, he felt that the time was ripe and wanted to put his hand into the plate of the powerful local faction in the shogunate.
The two pillars of the shogunate are ministers and local powerful factions.
The shogunate is an Ashikaga retainer, a samurai family under the shogunate. They are entrenched in Yamashiro Kingdom and its surrounding territories, and have lived with Kyoto as the center for more than a hundred years.
Ashikaga Yoshiki single-handedly controls the logistics of Nijo Castle, and can mobilize five hundred Ashikaga horses at any time to suppress the Yamashiro Kingdom by force.
The other hand seized Sakamoto Castle and monitored the Seta River waterway from Lake Biwa to Kyoto. In addition, Toba Fushimi, where the Ashikama Hui clan was originally stationed, could monitor water transportation in the southern suburbs of Kyoto.
She took control of Kyoto's commercial logistics, which the ministers relied on for survival, in her own hands. With one hand of soldiers and another hand of money, the ministers and ministers could no longer make waves, and the Ise Sadao sect was left alone.
The foreign enemies of the shogunate, Rokkaku and Miyoshi, both suffered from internal strife and declined. Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who was bent on revitalizing the Ashikaga family, naturally turned his attention to the Shiba family, which controlled the powerful local faction in the shogunate.
There was one thing on her mind that stuck in her throat, and that was the nursery rhyme saying that Sibo and his ministers were not related to each other.
If Sibo Yiyin is in recent days, many things can be discussed slowly. But he was far away in Echigo and refused to come back, so don't blame the general for his fierce tactics and not giving the Shiba family face.
Akechi Mitsuhide was not afraid of the general's suppression, and even expected her to be more severe.
If Ashikaga Yoshiki doesn't do things right, what will she do in exchange for trust? He colluded with the Miyoshi family, the Rokkaku family, and the Ise family, and committed such horrific and treacherous acts.
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Sakai Port, the headquarters of the Shinsengumi.
Takada Yono sighed, threw the information in his hand to Imai Munehisa, and said.
"Sanhao Changqing is dead."
"What!"
Imai Munehisa was shocked, glanced at the information, and then said with lingering fear.
"Sakai Port is in danger."
The Sibo family's information is always faster than the news from the merchants.
The Sanhao family is still wrangling internally, and the death of the family governor is kept secret from the outside world. The shogunate has already found out the news, and of course the Shiba family knows about it.
News should spread throughout Sakai Port soon.
Even if the Shiba family remained silent, the ministers in Kyoto who were inextricably connected with the merchants would reveal it.
Takada Yono said.
"Sanhao Changqing died a little too early, and our plans need to be accelerated."
Imai Munehisa is confused.
“We have just borrowed a sum of money from Tucang and have not yet paid it back, how can we move forward?
If you borrow too urgently, they may realize something is wrong and refuse to accept the money. "
Takata Yono said helplessly.
"Mihao Changqing is dead, and the civil strife in Mihao's family can no longer be suppressed.
The Sakai Port Customs Office was the main source of the Miyoshi family's business profits. The successor Miyoshi Yoshitsugi would not allow such an important stronghold to be controlled by the Miyoshi trio.
I believe that in the near future, the Shikoku Three Good Sides will send people to manage Sakai Port.
However, the one who controls the Sakai Port now is Miyoshi Masayasu among the three Miyoshis. Will she agree?
Even if the conflict between the two sides will not be resolved with swords, the special status of the Shiba Shinsengumi in Sakai Port will disappear.
Miyoshi Changqing has passed away, and I don't know how to deal with the relationship between the Miyoshi family and the shogunate. Will they still care about me, a small business leader?
I previously robbed Tsuda Soki's warehouse and threatened her to give in.
Tsuda Muneki had a good relationship with Miyoshi Masayasu and gave him so much protection money. Miyoshi Masayasu was busy with internal fighting at that time and was worried about the reaction of the shogunate. He did not support her, but he must be angry in his heart.
Now that the two sides of the Miyoshi family are fighting at Sakai Port, will Miyoshi Masayasu take the opportunity to sweep me, a little pawn, in and clean it up?
We can't afford to delay. We must bring down those warehouse managers as soon as possible, otherwise we will have difficulty protecting ourselves. "
Imai Munehisa thought for a while and said.
“Recently, a series of merchants on the Tokaido Road are fighting back and have also begun to subsidize the caravans taking the Tokaido Road.
We might as well make a big deal out of this and start a business war with them. This will give you a reason to continue borrowing money, and the manager of Tucang will believe it. "
Takada Yono smiled.
"not enough.
You have to act like you are all-or-nothing, pretending to obey the Spo family's will and win this business war.
Not only did they have to borrow money, but they also had to convert the Hokuriku Road trade route into shares and pledge them to Tukura.
The Shiba family can give Tuokang Steward a little favor and lend him a thousand guan, but we will only take 900 guan. "
Imai Munehisa's head was sweating, Takada Yono really wanted those Tokura stewards to die.
The wages of avarice is death.
The Shiba family wrote an IOU for a thousand guan, but only received 900 guan, so the remaining 100 guan disappeared from Tucang's accounts.
The steward of Tucang has such a huge benefit to gain, so of course he will borrow as much as he can. But after the incident is exposed, the whole family will definitely die.
Takada Harano would even expose the matter in advance in order to increase his own protective umbrella.
Let the forces behind those warehouses know that all their money has been invested in the Hokuriku Trade Route and is locked in shares and cannot be withdrawn.
Money has become a road, what can they do? Of course, we should guard this golden path to prevent it from ending, and earn it back slowly.
With the protection of these forces, Takada Haruno is not afraid of Miyoshi Masayasu's revenge. But those greedy Tucang stewards will inevitably end up confiscating their families and exterminating their clans.
However, the Spo family also suffered a huge loss in this matter. The Hokuriku Road trade route is an inexhaustible gold mine. Now it has been converted into shares scattered and pledged, and most of the profits have to be repaid.
Imai Munehisa couldn't help but wonder, would Shiba's retainers allow Takada Yono to behave like this?
