After leaving the Kamao clan, Yoshigine had lost the mood to remain angry, and looked at the obedient Ninagawa Makoto with sad eyes.
"There are sixty-six countries in the world, with a population of tens of millions. You can bully merchants, townsfolk, villagers, and refugees, and make them sleep in tree holes without enough food or clothing, and make them live worse than dogs.
In this troubled world, there are many poor people for you to trample on! But why do you want to unite with merchants and townspeople to bully Samurai Ji!
Do you have all the straw in your head? What is the Wu family? It is the cornerstone of the Wu family's world!
Only the ruling class has always united to bully the ruled class. How can you lead the ruled class to bully the ruling class?
Warrior Ji can suffer poverty, but he cannot be stepped on by the untouchables! The dignity of the Wu family is the dignity of the political power!
For people outside the system, you can keep them naked and deprived of food, deceive them with words, threaten them with violence, and imprison them with the rule of law, it doesn't matter what you do!
Because they are outside the system, they are not our people, and all gentle or violent methods are used to make them accept our rule, whether they are willing or not.
But Warrior Ji is our backbone, our flesh and blood. We need Warrior Ji to help us manage our territory, suppress the mob, and maintain our political power!
We need Samurai Ji, do you understand?
I am angry today, not because of Ashikama's return to the public, but because of your short-sightedness and your stupidity.
You can actually allow merchants to humiliate the Ashikaga Hui people just for the sake of greed for money. Are you crazy?
When untouchables outside the system are used to trampling on the dignity within the system, aren't you worried at all? Aren't you afraid at all?
Aren’t you worried that the Ashikama Hui congregation will be angry and riot? Aren't you afraid that the untouchables will forget their respect for us?
The Wu family is a whole! We can fight among ourselves, but we must never let the untouchables climb up. You are making the same mistake that Oda Nobunaga once made!
Yesterday, I could draw my sword against Oda Nobunaga for the sake of the samurai family! Today, I can still wield my sword against you for the sake of the Wu family!
Lord Ninagawa, do you want to be my enemy? "
Ninagawa himself was so frightened that he lost his mind and kowtowed as if pounding garlic.
"How dare the foreign minister be an enemy of the saint! The foreign minister knows the crime! The foreign minister begs to commit seppuku and apologize!"
Yiyin snorted.
"Why do I want you to commit seppuku?
As soon as something goes wrong, commit seppuku, throw a few heads to apologize, and then be honest for a while, then you can go back to your old ways, and then throw a few heads to take the blame next time something happens.
Isn’t it fun to make the same mistakes over and over again? I'm tired, I'm really tired of watching.
Ninagawa Himayo, Hatakeyama Takamasa, Hosokawa Fujitaka, and you, you, you, all of you, please listen to me clearly!
After hundreds of years of chaos, the world is exhausted and eager to restore peace as never before. This is a great opportunity to unify the world and restore order!
But if, if the peaceful governance after the troubled times is no longer the world of the Wu family, then what does it mean to us?
A world not ruled by the Wu family means nothing to us!
Regardless of whether you are an Ashikaga retainer, a shogunate minister, or a powerful local faction, please keep this sentence in mind.
One arrow is easy to break, but three arrows are difficult to break. Even those guys in the Western Kingdom who fight among themselves every day can understand this. Why don't you understand?
The shogunate has fallen to what it is today. Ashikaga, ministers, and powerful factions are all responsible for it. You cannot escape the blame! If the Kyoto shogunate can no longer be united, there will be no need to continue to exist!
I, Shiba Yiyin, do not have to protect the shogunate. Without the brand of the shogunate, I, Shiba Yoshiyin, can still dominate the world and be invincible!
But what about you? Without the shogunate, how many of you can be independent?
So don't let me down again. If you disappoint me again, I will quit! "
Yiyin was really tired, tired, and annoyed. The endless scandals of the shogunate had already wasted too much of his energy.
The cost of caring for these giant babies may have exceeded the benefits of maintaining the shogunate.
In this case, Yiyin really had the idea of giving up. Ashikaga Yoshiaki can run, but I, Shiba Yoshigan, can't?
Oda Nobunaga would be extremely happy if he knew that Yoshigan was willing to completely abandon the shogunate and focus on consolidating the divine power.
Oda Nobunaga established the Taira shogunate, and Oda Kōki was responsible for secular governance. Sibo Yiyin held high his divine power, came to save the world, and restored peace to the world.
This configuration is perfect and there is no need to leave an empty position for the corrupt current shogunate. Yoshihiro's maintenance of the status quo is more of a balanced restriction on Oda Nobunaga.
As Yoshigami said, the shogunate is begging him to take care of it now, not that he wants to take care of the shogunate's mess.
The Western Kingdom was notoriously chaotic, and in less than a hundred years, four generations of overlords including Yamana, Ouchi, Nizi, and Maori emerged.
Maori Yuan once lamented that he could not lose the war in the Western Kingdom. He held ten countries, lost five countries once, retreated to two countries after losing twice, and completely lost his family fortune after losing three times.
It's such a bad place, and the Western samurai family is more reliable than the shogunate samurai family. At least the Mori family, the co-leader of the Western samurai family alliance, can still have a good story about the training of the three arrows.
Look at this bunch of rubbish in the shogunate. How can they do good politics with such insects?
Yiyin is really tired. If these grandsons cause trouble for me again, I will divide the luggage. You go back to your Huaguoshan, and I will go back to my Gaolaozhuang. No more fun!
Yoshigan's statement, it was not just Ninagawa and other ministers who were frightened. Hatakeyama Takamasa and others who were gloating about the misfortune were also panicked. They kowtowed to the ground and begged the saint to appease his anger.
It doesn't matter to Hosokawa Fujitaka, she is the woman who climbed onto the holy bed of Yoshiyin. No matter which route the Shiba family takes in the future, the Izumi-Hosokawa family will always benefit from it.
But at this moment, she had to pretend to be panicked and kneel down with everyone to beg Yiyin to calm down her anger.
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This incident became the straw that broke the camel's back. The old scalper of the shogunate, Shiba Yigen, finally couldn't bear it anymore and became so furious that he wanted to quit his job and go it alone, which immediately scared everyone present to wet their pants.
Without the support of Shiba Yiyin, who would step on these valuables in the shogunate? The peripheral samurai families have long been in trouble during the century of chaos, and the Oda family, the king of the war, even defeated the shogunate.
A child carrying gold through the market is guilty of a common man carrying a jade. The Yamashiro Kingdom has a territory of 230,000 koku, and the castle town of Kyoto has 3,000 prosperous towns. If there are no protectors, the shogunate samurai family will not be able to protect these interests.
To put it more darkly, if Shiba Yoshigage himself is unwilling to lose it, he can also let Oda Nobunaga use him as a white glove. At worst, he can just share Oda Nobunaga's share. It is better than getting entangled with the stupid shogunate samurai family.
In fact, everyone is not a fool. Normally, they just bully Shiba Yiyin, an honest man who takes the overall situation into account and is willing to take charge of things. But now that the honest man is made angry, everyone is really panicked.
Not to mention how the shogunate samurai begged for mercy inside the mansion, the Hamo clan who hurried out of the mansion and came outside saw a huge crowd of people.
Five hundred Ji warriors stood together, and even if they were trying to please the saint with good intentions, the chaotic scene at this moment made the Kamao clan go numb.
She stepped forward and took a quick look, found the positions of the leaders, and squeezed through.
"Okusahime!"
Da Cao Gao Zhong was so happy when he saw Kamao Clan coming over that he pulled several Ji warriors around him to bow together and said.
"Lord Pu Sheng, you are here.
We would like to present Kodachi to the saint to express our gratitude and loyalty, and please inform us. "
Kamo Shigo shook his head and said.
“The saint already knows your purpose of coming and is quite displeased.
The Ashikaga Horsemen were the personal bodyguards of the Ashikaga Shogun, and they secretly presented Kodachi to the sage. They had no basis in law, no reason, and no understanding of emotion.
The saint scolded you for your nonsense and asked you to disperse immediately.
The next winter snow will come at any time. It is right to divide the salt and cloth early and go home with building materials to make the house stronger. Don't freeze your husband and children. "
Da Cao Gao said with a moved expression.
"Lord Pu Sheng, is this really what the saint himself said?"
Pu Shengshixiang frowned.
"What? Do you think I dare to use the name of a saint and make up some lies to deceive you?"
Da Cao shook his head high and said.
"Lord Pu Sheng misunderstood, I definitely didn't mean it.
I just feel that the saint is kind-hearted and considers all my family members. It's a world of difference compared to the impoverished public who abandoned us. "
Dacao took a deep breath and shouted behind him.
"The saint has ordered us to go back and distribute the gifted salt, cloth and building materials to strengthen our houses and protect our wives, so that we can live a safe and secure winter without worrying about food and clothing!"
Zhu Ji! Are you grateful? "
Hundreds of Ji warriors shouted in confusion.
"Saint on board!"
"I'll repay the favor!"
"I beg you, the saint, to accept the Kodachi that we offer!"
Da Cao said loudly.
"I am from a famous family and know my etiquette!
Bishamonten has come to save the world. The saint is the patron saint of our samurai family, so that we will not suffer from hunger and cold. We are willing to offer Kodachi to the gods, and we sincerely ask the saint to accept our faith! "
Daicao pulled out the Kodachi from his waist, knelt down in front of the mansion with a plop, held the Kodachi in both hands, and shouted.
"God bless you!"
As Da Cao knelt down, the Ji warriors behind him knelt down one after another and shouted together.
"God bless you!"
The Kamao clan was caught off guard by this group of Ashikaga warriors. For a moment, they didn't know what to do. They just pointed at the grass and sighed.
"Da Cao Ji, you are making things difficult for me."
Ohcao Gaochong is a smart person. The Ohcao clan from which she was born has a hereditary shogunate and serves the public. How could she not understand the rules?
Kodachi cannot be presented casually, and the relationship between monarch and minister cannot be established casually. With the Ashikaga General standing in the middle, Shiba Yoshigan is willing to accept the Kodachi from the Ashikaga Huizhong, that's a damn thing.
We are all old martial arts masters who have been immersed in the shogunate. Etiquette is never trivial. Don't pretend that foreign guests are ignorant.
Shiba Yiyin sent the Kamao clan to reject Kodachi, which was also the result that Ocao Gaochang had long expected.
If only the Ashikaga General were more reliable, the Ashikaga Hikari would not be so shameless as to kneel here and beg Yoshigan to accept the Kodachi.
Who doesn’t want to be reserved, who doesn’t want to stand and make money? Isn’t there no chance?
As early as the period of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the Ashikaga family was already in decline. Now that I have met this idiot Ashikaga Yoshiaki, it is obvious to the naked eye that the Ashikaga family is going to be doomed.
The Ashikaga Hui community has been suffering for two years and has become worse than a dog in Kyoto. Why?
Just because the domestic dogs that barked at them all had owners, they, the Ashikaga Hashimi, were bereft dogs with no owners to back them up.
Da Cao Gao Chong knew very well that Shiba Yiyin came out to support them this time, mainly because he was worried about trouble in Kyoto, and their own pity was secondary.
In the final analysis, Ashikaga Huizu is not the Shiba family's dog, and Shiba Yoshigan has no obligation to stand up for them. The current situation is more about maintaining stability and providing emergency relief, rather than a long-term solution.
The title of Shiba's martyr can enjoy the same treatment as Shiba's establishment, but after all, you are not a retainer of Shiba, let alone the difference between closeness and distance. Just say that the title of righteous Shiba can be given to you, can't you take it back?
Outsourcing is, after all, outsourcing. How can there be comfort and peace of mind that come with a system? If they want to have a real stable life, Ashikama Huizhong must establish a more solid affiliation with Yoshiba Shiba.
In other words, due to etiquette and rules, Yoshihiro Shiba cannot accept dogs from the Ashikaga family, even dogs that have lost their families. This is a political stain and can easily be criticized by outsiders.
But this group of wild dogs from the Ashikama Hui clan desperately wanted to squeeze into the threshold of Shiba's house and give Yoshigage Shiba the title of dog, so this farce of voluntarily donating the Kodachi came about.
He did it knowingly that he couldn't do it, just because Ashikama Huizu was really desperate. The only opportunity that Daocao Gaochong can seize is to obscure the object of the gift of the Kodachi.
Ashikaga horse returned to the crowd and presented the kodachi.
But it is not dedicated to the surviving ancestors, the elder Genji, but to the descendant of Bishamonten, the patron saint of the samurai family.
Da Cao Gao Chong was so clever that the villagers of the Pu Sheng clan who came to deliver the message were immediately paralyzed.
Ashikaga Kaishou is not meant to be the Shiba family's domestic dog, but to be the sacred dog of the Lord Kaminari. This question is beyond the scope of the syllabus. How should Kamao clan answer it?
