Seeing that Terutora Uesugi looked unkind and seemed to have misunderstood her purpose, Naoe Keizuna quickly explained.
"Your Highness misunderstood, Shiina Yasuyin acted against the will, destroyed the alliance and framed you.
If the Lord humiliates his minister and dies, of course the retainers are willing to send troops and must seek justice for you! "
Terutora Uesugi chuckled, this was just a joke.
The water network in Vietnam is dense and prone to flooding, but the alluvial plains along the bay are fertile, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The Uesugi retainers have long coveted this piece of fat around them.
When the Shiina family asked the Echigo army to send troops to stop the Jinbo Nagasaki, the Uesugi retainers were ready to accept these lands.
Shiina Yasuin betrayed the alliance and Uesugi Teruhora hated her, but the retainers were not angry? The cooked duck flew away!
It's just that the situation is stronger than the people, and the Uesugi family has to withdraw from Vietnam. This time the Divine Protector came to ask for help again. How could the Uesugi retainers miss this opportunity?
Naoe Keizuna was indeed in a bit of trouble here, so she asked bravely.
"The retainers are united as one, but I don't know how many troops the Imperial Palace will send this time?"
Uesugi Teruhora looked at Naoe Keizuna and knew that she was the unlucky one who was pushed out.
The biggest trouble for Echigo now is the mutual constraints of the dual politics, which has reached the point where the Uesugi retainers can't bear it.
They wanted to cross China's land, but they were afraid that Sibo Yiyin would come out to get a piece of the pie and they would suffer.
Uesugi Teruhu shook his head and said.
"Please comfort me and tell them not to worry.
The letter from the imperial office mentioned that although the chaos in Xiayue had been calmed down, the Kanto imperial office was already exhausted and it would be difficult to send troops after the spring plowing.
How about it? Not happy? "
Terutora Uesugi's tone was sarcastic, which made Naoe Keizuna fall to the ground and kowtow.
Seeing her like this, Uesugi Teruhu couldn't help but sigh. It's really like using the heart of a villain to judge the belly of a gentleman.
As a wise man like Shiba Yiyin, he must be prudent in doing things and rarely act for profit.
The tiredness of the military was an excuse. They did not send troops to seize territory because they were worried about triggering a backlash from the Uesugi retainers.
Terutora Uesugi looked at the back of Naoe Keizuna's head lying on the ground with a far-reaching gaze, as if he saw the troublesome retainers behind her.
Compared with Takeda Harunobu and Hojo Ujiyasu, Uesugi Terutora's control over the retainers group was not reliable, and Echigo was really in chaos.
Takeda Harunobu has the duty of guardian of Kai that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Takeda family. Although Kai is not stable internally, it is still relatively united.
The Jia Fei people are the core internally, and the conquered Xianfang people on the outside are the leading party. The internal and external integration has a good effect.
The Hojo family has been in Kanto for three generations. The retainers and clan branches who came to Kanto from recent times are very united, and they are driven by the tamed people from other countries as their minions, so they are also very stable.
Where's Terutora Uesugi?
Her mother was arrogant and almost single-handedly knocked down the entire Echigo. Terutora Uesugi was not a good person either. After her mother died, he defeated the Echigo samurai who was about to make a move again.
After two generations of powerful family governors, the Echigo samurai family had surrendered, but this kind of surrender based on the threat of force was very unstable.
Force can conquer the body, but it cannot conquer the human heart.
Terutora Uesugi couldn't be so mad as to kill all the opponents of Echigo. How to fill the vacant land and population? How can we rule this land without the help of Ji warriors?
She has been suppressing the samurai family in Echigo and cannot move. The focus has just been turned to the outside world, and if the suppression is slightly relaxed, problems will arise internally.
Uesugi Teruhora was able to generously share Echigo Kingdom with Yoshigan Shiba, partly because of his true love. On the other hand, couldn't it be because Echigo never really belonged to her?
I have never received it, so I won’t feel bad if I lose it.
This time, the Uesugi retainers tried to save others by themselves. This little bit of carelessness could not arouse Uesugi Teruhu's resentment, because she had long been used to it.
These bastards are nothing!
Uesugi Teruhora sighed quietly and said to Naoe Keizuna.
"Get up, no need to apologize.
I know this is none of your business and you are in a dilemma. "
Naoe Keizuna stood up, bowed again, and said.
"Thank you for your tolerance, Your Highness."
Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Uesugi Teruhu asked impatiently.
"Is there anything else? Let's talk about it together."
Naoe Keizuna smiled awkwardly and said.
"There is a small problem with the second public tax rebate reviewers."
Uesugi Teruhu asked in surprise.
"What? You can't even distinguish the money? Is the retainer group demanding too much, causing dissatisfaction among the middle and lower families?"
The product of the Second Public Tax Refund Review Board is the product of the irresistible compromise between Uesugi Teruhu and Shiba Yiyin.
The Uesugi followers were too greedy and could only get in but not get out. The benevolent policy of the second father-in-law to return taxes almost capsized and almost caused a big incident.
In order to prevent any further problems with the tax rebate money from the Second Public Security Bureau, starting from this year, each Echigo family will send people from each Echigo family to form a review board for the Second Public Security Tax Refund to discuss the distribution.
This idea came from Shiba Yigen, and Uesugi Teruhu thought it was a good idea. The Uesugi retainers are too greedy. If they are not restrained, they will definitely repeat what they did last year.
The two masters wiped their buttocks once, and they dared to do it again. At worst, a few of them would get stabbed. The Wu family has money and food, so how can they be afraid of killing a few people?
But with this public commentator, the peripheral martial arts families in Zhongxiayue can bargain on their own. Although it is inevitable to be exploited, at least there is a standard.
Therefore, even though they were busy with spring plowing after the beginning of spring, each family still sent representatives to Joetsu Naoejin to participate in the evaluation of the second tax rebate.
The ones who came to chair the meeting were Naoe Kanetsugu and Ishida Mitsunari. None of the big guys would go.
This is a quarrelsome meeting. The concubines will fight for a penny and a handful of rice until their faces turn red and they draw swords and threaten.
The bosses at the top need to be dignified. Even if they are talking about profits, it is the errand boys below who are the ones doing the talking, and they are the ones pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Of course Naoe Keizuna didn't go either, but something happened that forced her to come and seek Uesugi Terutora's opinion.
Seeing Terutora Uesugi's confused face, Naoe Keizuna said with a wry smile.
"Your Highness, on the day of the second tax return review, Ishida Mitsunari brought a man named Ina Chuji. It is said that Owari Shiba was recommended to the imperial court as an accomplice."
Hearing that this matter was related to Shiba Yigen, Uesugi Teruhu's brows trembled slightly and he sounded seriously.
Naoe Keizuna continued.
“This person is a water conservancy expert. He came to Echigo and made sharp criticisms of the water conservancy facilities in the Echigo Plain.
She braved the heavy snow in the cold winter to explore various places in the middle and lower regions of the country and came up with a complete water conservancy construction plan. "
Uesugi Teruhu couldn't help but clapped his hands and said.
"Amazing, he's a character."
I'm not from Echigo, so I don't know how terrible the heavy snow in the Echigo Plain is. The cold wind was biting, the road was blocked by heavy snow, and the snow was knee-deep.
In this case, most people cannot travel. Not only did this person go out, he was also able to explore the water conservancy layout in the thick snow.
Regardless of whether this is true or not, the courage to travel alone is worthy of Uesugi Terutora's praise.
