Yiyin saw Daxiong Chaoxiu's expression quickly relaxing and smiled bitterly in his heart.
The tax rebate for the second public is a trivial matter, and the shrinking business profits of Hokuriku Province can also be solved. But Terutora Uesugi's aggressive pursuit of love really shook the foundation of the Kanto Palace.
Not to mention that Yoshigage himself is not willing to be associated with him, even if he is willing, how to deal with the samurai families in the Kanto Palace who are at odds with the Uesugi family? Clean it off?
Uesugi Teruhora will one day understand that Shiba Yoshigan never thought of getting married to her. Everything was done to perfunctory her and use her to complete the Kanto strategy.
No, maybe she understands now and is just pretending not to understand. Numb yourself, move yourself, and have a sweet dream that you don't want to wake up from.
But this matter can't be dragged on forever, there will always be a day when it completely breaks down. Yiyin had a splitting headache and was confused, but couldn't think of a solution.
Will Terutora Uesugi be hostile to him? Will the two sides meet in arms? Yiyin recalled her calm smile and was moved in his heart.
I did come here to complete the mission, but now I really like you.
Yiyin shook his head.
Thinking of those Ji warriors I had slept with and the unresolved love debts, I knew I couldn't be a good husband and father in this world where women were respected.
Sorry, Terutora Uesugi, I'm just a male cousin, a slut, it's impossible for us.
His eyes turned firm and he said to Daxiong Chaoxiu.
"No need to pay attention to what His Highness Uesugi says or what the Uesugi retainers think.
The Guandong Secretariat must do its own thing well. Our goal is to pacify the Guandong Plain and restore a clear and bright world here.
As for the rest, we’ll talk about it later. "
Big Bear kowtowed to Chaoxiu and agreed, feeling at ease.
The Godaisho's thinking is very clear. Uesugi Teruhora's words in the Council's review were indeed a conspiracy to frame the Godaisho.
He is so delusional that he even dares to attack the general's men. The Uesugi family actually wanted to use Shiba Uesugi's method to swallow up the Kanto Palace and monopolize the fruits of the Kanto Strategy. It was really shameless.
The Odaisho's current forbearance is all for the success of the Kanto Strategy, and is temporarily dealing with the Uesugi family's delusions.
Da Xiong Chao Xiu secretly sneered.
I must make it clear to everyone when I get back, so as not to fall into the Uesugi family's tricks and make things difficult for Odai. After the Kanto strategy is successful, we can slowly settle the score with the Uesugi family.
It’s not that I won’t report it, the time has not yet come. The Kanto Palace is not a soft persimmon that the Uesugi family can take away from you. Let's wait and see.
Shiba Yiyin closed his eyes and sighed, Daxiong Chaoxiu lowered his head and thought, and the room became silent for a while.
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Just when Okuma Asahide was reporting Naoetsu-related matters to Shiba Yoshigan, Naoe Keitsuna was also advising his lord, Uesugi Terutora, in the Kasugayama Castle Castle Tower.
"The money and food returned from taxes by the Second Duke is a trivial matter. No matter how dissatisfied the Joetsu samurai family is, it can't be worth it to the middle and lower samurai families who occupy 70% of the land in Echigo.
The Echigo Plain encompasses the entire Central and Lower Etsu, and almost all local samurai families can benefit from water conservancy construction. The Upper Etsu people have no strength to resist the general trend.
The real trouble is in Naoetsu. Because of the grain purchase plan, there will be almost no growth in taxes and markets in Naojiangjin this year, and it is a predictable result that the income will be the same as last year.
However, the total volume of goods on the entire Hokuriku Road trade route has at least doubled. Vietnam, China, Noto, and even Echizen Kaga can gain a lot of benefits.
I'm worried that many people will be dissatisfied after Echigo. "
Teru Uesugi sneered.
"These stupid guys, do they think that buying food and grabbing food means changing a word? To buy food, you need to exchange something.
They are also too greedy.
During the Echichu campaign in the spring, my family had already acquired the land east of the Kurobe River in Echichu. The Kanto strategy begins after autumn, and the land of Ueno Musashi is right in front of you.
It’s not like Hokurikudo’s business profits have declined, it’s just the same as last year, and they’re still not satisfied? What are you thinking about? "
Naoe Keizuna sighed.
"It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go back from luxury to frugality. People's hearts are like snakes swallowing elephants, and this is the nature of the martial arts."
Life is getting better and better, but more and more people are dissatisfied. You and Yutai are riding on the back of a tiger. If you are not careful, you will be killed. . "
Naoe Keizuna's words stopped abruptly, Uesugi Teruhu glanced at her and sneered.
"Tiger's back? Are these chickens and dogs worthy of being called tigers? Without me, without Kenshin-kun, they would be just a bunch of scum fighting in the Echigo den.
I know what you want to say. The conflicts in Echigo's dual politics are becoming more and more intense. The Uesugi people can no longer bear it, right?
This is why I discussed with Duke Kenshin that we must launch the Kanto strategy this autumn. Unable to suppress it internally, we must go to war externally and use the land of the Guandong Plain to ease conflicts. "
Naoe Keizuna bowed and said.
"Your Highness is wise, and the Odaisho is wise. But in Echigo, there is a conflict between the Kanto Palace and the Guardian of Echigo.
Once we enter the Guandong Plain and involve the Guandong leaders, things will become even more difficult. "
Uesugi Teruhu glanced at her and saw that her face was sincere, but sweat was pouring from her forehead. She probably said these words with trembling heart.
Naoe Keizuna is the leader of the Uesugi retainers, and he can take the overall situation into consideration in many matters. What she was talking about was actually one of the biggest troubles in Wu family politics, the overlapping of powers between local and central governments.
Echigo Kingdom is not among the Ten Kingdoms of Kanto, and is not included in the area under the jurisdiction of the Kanto Shogun. Many things can be justified.
For example, Terutora Uesugi took over the hereditary guardian of Echigo of the Yamauchi Uesugi family and ruled the Echigo Kingdom as the guardian daimyo.
On behalf of the shogunate, Yoshihiro Shiba established the Kanto Palace as the central agency for the shogunate to manage the Kanto imperial family. The conflict between the two sides was not too intense.
But once we enter the Guandong Plain, politics becomes complicated.
The Ten Kingdoms of Kanto are the territory of the Kanto shoguns. The Kamakura Ashikaga family, starting from the first generation of Ashikaga shoguns, has been a semi-independent force in the guardianship system, only lower than the Kyoto Ashikaga family.
Terutora Uesugi was a hereditary servant of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi, and the governor of Kanto entered the Ten Kingdoms of Kanto.
If Shiba Yoshigan still cooperates in the name of the Kanto Palace, the political status of the two parties will not be the central government versus the local government, but the Kyoto Ashikaga family versus the Kamakura Ashikaga family.
It is difficult for the Kanto Courthouse, which represents the Ashikaga Shogun, and the Kanto Commandery, who represents the Kanto Shogun, to coexist peacefully.
Although there are still differences between the two sides in the guardianship system, after the rebellion of the Kanto generals, the ten countries of Kanto are actually no longer under the control of the shogunate.
At that time, Lord Kōkō of Kyoto personally kicked Kamakura Kōkō out of the guardianship system and fired him. Now Shiba Yigen wants to cooperate with the Kanto leaders in the name of the shogunate to conquer the Kanto Plain.
In the eyes of the samurai family in the Kanto Plain, isn't Teruhora Uesugi, the leader of the Kanto region, a leader and a big traitor?
Teru Uesugi smiled.
"I succeeded the Yamauchi Uesugi family and took the position of Kanto governor. It was recognized by the Ashikaga shogun of Kyoto. I was not recognized by the Kanto samurai family in the first place.
Besides, I am from the Echigo samurai family, so the people in the Kanto Plain regard me as an outsider. "
