Oda Nobunaga is the well-deserved king of the island nation in this era.
She revolutionized politics, military, and economy through her strong will and military talent.
Seizing a large amount of resources from the decadent land nobles and monastery nuns, they built the Oda Legion, a nearly invincible tank.
Without the emergence of Shiba Yoshigan, no one in the world would be Oda Nobunaga's opponent, because Oda Nobunaga's ideas are beyond the times and have beaten the innovative policy combinations of various companies.
The samurai lived together, seized temple land, and lowered their management to villages, breaking the rising glass ceiling of Ashigaru.
Everything Oda Nobunaga did was to strengthen the Oda family and stab the heart of traditional conservatives.
But on the battlefield, no one could defeat the Oda Legion, because Oda Nobunaga, who had liberated a large amount of financial and human resources, could mobilize more power than his opponents to suppress his opponents.
Oda Nobunaga was in the spiral period of winning the battlefield, liberating more productivity, and continuing the battlefield victory. This kind of all-round suppression was a downgrade blow to the traditional samurai group.
The emergence of Shiba Yoshigan seems to be a big joke played by history and Oda Nobunaga.
Yoshihiro Saba's military strength is far weaker than that of Oda Nobunaga, but the economic and political construction has hit Oda Nobunaga from another level.
Takada Yono, who was in charge of the Hokuriku Road trade route, made many economic policies that ordinary samurai could not understand.
However, Yiyin, who came from modern society, was able to understand Takada Harano's economic methods and supported her in trying the most advanced financial innovation in this medieval era, commonly known as the Ponzi scheme.
Because it was incomprehensible, the ally Wu Family Group was submerged by the Spo Family's financial system without warning, and became a cash machine for Spo's food stamps.
Politically speaking, compared to Oda Nobunaga's iron-fisted centralization of power, the Shiba Tadashi Fund and the Shiba establishment created by Yoshibank with its strong financial resources, are they not another high-latitude suppression of low-latitudes?
During the Warring States Period of the Celestial Dynasty, Xunzi had long had a theory of discussing war, which was spread throughout the world.
Xunzi once visited the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Qin. In the final discussion, he concluded that Qin was the best, Wei was the second best, and Qi was the worst.
The military of Qi State implements a mercenary system. Mercenary soldiers can only bully the weak and will easily retreat once they encounter a strong opponent.
Because mercenaries are here to make money, not to fight for their lives, a confrontation with a powerful opponent will inevitably lead to heavy casualties.
What's the use of money after people die? Therefore, mercenaries are selfish and cannot fight hard.
And this intention of employment is like the essence of the martial arts family in the island country.
Reward from the public can also be regarded as a kind of long-term employment. Local servants are loyal to the daimyo and are willing to follow the daimyo to enjoy life and fortune and bully the weak.
However, if they encounter a powerful enemy, the local servants will be easily shaken and give priority to the interests of their own small group. The speed at which the daimyo's power falls apart is sometimes shockingly fast.
Although Oda Nobunaga made some reforms, she could not change the nature of the samurai family. The various small groups in her Oda Legion were also selfish and easily shaken.
In Xunzi's view, mercenaries are soldiers who will destroy the country, and Qi will be destroyed sooner or later.
The Wei State, which is a level higher than the Qi State, is engaged in the formation of troops.
Recruiting strong warriors, giving them land, and tax exemptions for their families. As Wei soldiers of the property-owning class, their land and wealth are tied to the battlefield of Wei, so they are naturally determined to kill the enemy and move forward bravely.
The Sibo organization of Sibo Yiyin can be regarded as another kind of Wei soldiers.
The Shiba family's Ji warrior has hard-core crops that can be harvested despite droughts and floods. She firmly supports the Shiba family and is willing to fight to the death to preserve the interests bound to the Shiba family.
However, in Xunzi's view, this kind of formation of troops was dangerous to the country.
Because the established soldiers will age and weaken, in order to cope with the war, Wei has to recruit more established soldiers.
On the other hand, although the veterans can no longer fight, they don't like to be outcompeted by newcomers and lose their good treatment.
The discord between the old and new formations and the continuous expansion of the establishment in order to cope with the war will sooner or later overwhelm the finances and make it unsustainable.
Therefore, in Xunzi's view, Wei's organized troops are dangerous to the country. They are fine as one-time-use soldiers, but in the long run, they will become more and more bloated, sluggish, and endanger the country.
To put it simply, the establishment of the state cannot strengthen Wei. Establishment leads to monopoly, monopoly leads to rigidity, and combat efficiency will only become lower and lower.
The Shiba knitted Hime Samurai in the hands of Yoshigami Shiba can be regarded as a soldier that threatens the country. Although Xunzi looked down upon it, it had the effect of lowering the weft against Oda Nobunaga's soldiers who subjugated the country.
How could the Oda retainers, who were selfish and only cared about their own small group, be able to defeat the Shiba retainers who were organized and unified at the critical moment?
It seems like a miraculous coincidence that Yoshigan Shiba was able to defeat Oda Nobunaga in the battle of Lake Yuwu, but behind the coincidence, it was the economic and political impact of the Shiba family on the Oda family.
Apart from his military prowess, in what way is Oda Nobunaga better than Shiba Yoshigan?
At this time, faced with the choice of the future, the two parted ways.
Oda Nobunaga continued to follow the path of iron-fisted centralization, trying to complement each other through conquest and innovation, snowballing strength, conquering the world, and completing her strategic thinking of spreading military power all over the world.
On the other hand, Sibo Yiyin relied on financial plunder and organizational expansion, and took advantage of physical advantages to conquer by blood, establishing the Sibo Lighthouse belief line that controlled the world of the martial arts with theocratic power.
Both of them get what they need and are very satisfied with the current cooperation plan.
This is like two investors who are trading stocks. One thinks that the purchase is cheap, and the other feels that the sale is expensive. They say stupid words to each other in their hearts and happily complete the transaction.
At a meeting, Yoshigan Shiba and Nobunaga Oda, who were kneeling at the meeting, were very satisfied. All the forces who came to watch the ceremony also saw clearly the reality of the alliance between the Shiba and Oda families.
The political situation in recent years is accelerating towards unification. Local separatist forces such as the Hatano family of Tamba Province and the Araki family of Settsu Province, which are not under the jurisdiction of the Shiba-Oda Alliance, began to worry about the future.
At the same time, Yoshihiro Shiba announced that he would open a government office in Fushimi Castle to maintain the daily operations of the shogunate during Shogun Nishi's hunt, and Oda Nobunaga expressed his willingness to assist.
Oda Nobunaga is named Auxiliary. In fact, everyone can see clearly that this is the joint governance of the Shiba and Oda families. Yoshihiro Shiba has copied the Echigo model in recent years.
That year, Yoshihiro Shiba followed Kenshin Uesugi to Echigo Country, and the two families of Shiba and Uesugi jointly carried out the Kanto strategy.
The Imperial Palace under Kasugayama Castle was dedicated to Yoshihiro Shiba by Uesugi Kenshin as the residence of Yoshihiro Shiba in Echigo Province.
Because the Imperial Palace itself was the government office of Kenshin Uesugi, after Yoshihiro Shiba moved in, the two families of Shiba and Uesugi began to govern jointly.
To this day, the Imperial Palace is still a symbol of the Uesugi-Shiba Uesugi coalition. The Grand Council of the Kanto Palace is held here, and the Standing Council also works here.
Today, Yoshihiro Saba has copied the Echigo model to recent times, using Fushimi Castle as the government hall and co-governing with Oda Nobunaga. He also intends to copy the success of Kanto.
The Shiba and Oda families worked together to establish mutual trust and co-governance at the Fushimi Castle Hall, which was conducive to future political stability.
Oda Nobunaga readily accepted Yoshibank's goodwill, and the relationship between the Shiba and Oda families entered a new stage.
I will go out to do odd jobs tomorrow, so I will stop updating this book for a day.
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