In the eighth year of astronomy, summer.
The scorching sunshine seemed to be boiling the earth, but even in the hot summer, the farmers in the Omi Kyogoku family had to work hard in the fields with their heads down.
Kyogoku Takamasa rode a black horse slowly forward on the country road, accompanied by his waiter Hatayama Chonobu and other banners.
In three years, Omi has changed a lot.
In the past, when the Rokkaku family was still around, the farmers of Omi not only loved their people as their own children, but could also be described as "sustainably fishing from the bottom of the lake."
Although Rokkaku Sadayori has relaxed policies in business, he still adheres to the traditional daimyo's various "exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes" in agriculture. In one sentence, it can be summed up as "squeezing them dry!"
In the past, farmers in Minami Omi often lived a life of hunger.
But all this changed completely with the arrival of the Kyogoku family.
The Kyogoku family implemented a more peaceful policy towards Minami Omi. They first announced the implementation of new policies such as "six publics and four citizens" and the exemption of "house money". Then they established a security ashigaru team to patrol the territory and clear away bandits. Wave.
For a time, the entire Omi was a scene of "full of vitality" and "all things competing".
Many refugees were also attracted to Omi to seek life, and for these refugees, Kyogoku Takamasa unified them and resettled them in Takashima County. Kyogoku Takamasa allocated 6 villages and 24 villages from Takashima County as the imperial material areas of Ashikaga Yoshiharu. The arrival of these refugees greatly enriched the population of these places.
The mountain people in Yinshi, Yinhe and other places who had lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests for a long time also returned to their old territories. Kyogoku Takamasa distributed all the land originally occupied by the Rokkaku family, and people from all over the country poured in, causing the population of Minami Omi to surge.
Higuchi Naofusa and Matsunagahide have been very busy during this period, and these two can now be regarded as the right-hand men of Kyogoku Taomasa.
One person is in charge of farming and the other is in charge of business. Under the management of these two talents, everything seems to be in order in Minami Omi.
"drive"!
Kyogoku Takamasa kicked the horse in the belly, and the fine horse under his crotch, a gift from the Shinano Takeda clan, slowly accelerated.
Last year, the Imagawa family of Suruga sent people to Kyoto to propose to the young master of the Kai Takeda family, Takeda Harunobu, to marry the daughter of the minister. Since the Kyogoku family had been purchasing horses from the Takeda family before, the two parties had frequent contact and had a close relationship. Therefore, under the guidance of Kyogoku Takahiro, Sanjo nori married off the three daughters (concubines) to Kai.
Afterwards, the head of the Takeda family, Nobutora Takeda, specially sent someone to send ten good horses from Shinano as a thank you.
Thanks to the strong support of Kyogoku Gaozheng over the years, the Kyogoku family's horse riding team has now reached 500 people, with nearly a thousand horses of various types in its territory.
Although rb cavalry is a bit hard to describe in all aspects, before the introduction of iron cannons, cavalry was still the trump card.
"My lord, Lord Matsunaga has received good news from Jie Port."
"The people at Jie Port have agreed to our proposal. The ironware and grass products in our territory can be sold to Kyushu, Shikoku and other places through their hands."
"But at the same time, the other party also expressed the hope to go to Guanyin Temple City to do business, and also hoped to obtain the royal letter of the family." Yamazaki Hiroyuki said half-lying on his horse and panting.
After galloping all the way from Guanyin Temple City, even on horseback, I was still very tired.
"Masushiro, please ask Shunlian to go to Jie Port with you to help Hikorokuro deal with this matter. As long as the other party's proposal can be relaxed and the other party's proposal is at least not too excessive, we can accept it."
"ha!"
Yamazaki Hiroshi didn't dare to neglect, and quickly turned the horse's head.
After the Yamazaki family left, Kyogoku Takamasa turned around and suddenly saw Kasahara Kiyotsuna looking a little strange beside him, so he couldn't help but ask, "Matasaburo, why do you look so lost?"
Kasahara Kiyotsuna, who was still in a daze, came to his senses and quickly replied, "My lord, I am thinking about the reconstruction of Kannonji Castle."
"Oh, any ideas?"
"My lord wants to build Guanyinji Castle into the new base of our family. Although I have some experience in building cities, most of them are small towns. Such a huge project is really beyond my ability." Kasahara Kiyotsuna answered honestly.
Kyogoku Takamasa stepped forward and patted Kasahara Kiyosuna on the shoulder, "Don't worry too much, Matasaburo. I trust you, otherwise I wouldn't entrust you with such a heavy responsibility."
"Just go ahead and do it."
"ha!"
Nowadays, as the Kyogoku family's sphere of influence is growing, many people in the former banner have been appointed by Kyogoku Takamasa as acting officials and sent to various places.
For example, Numata Mitsukazu is leading the farmers in the northern Yinshi area to develop the territory as the Yinshi agent, Ishida Masamura assists Uesaka Munenobu in Wakasa to supervise Wakasa, and Hayashi Masanobu is in charge of the Kyogoku family and the diplomatic work of the imperial court and the shogunate in Kyoto.
Nizi Quanzheng served as the city representative in Imabincheng. This brother-in-law was very attached to his sister, Mrs. Xin'an, so Kyogoku Gaomasa had no choice but to keep him in Imabancheng.
"The Sword Comes"
Kuchiki Takatsuna is fully developing the territory in Takashima County, and is also in charge of the newly divided imperial palace. After all, Kuchiki Takatsuna is from the Kuchiki clan in Takashima County and is familiar with the situation. This task belongs to him.
Two clan brothers, Kyogoku Takasatsu and Kyogoku Hidemasa, one is in charge of the northern Omi garrison and the other is in charge of the southern Omi garrison. They are clearing out the bandits in various places in Omi, and the bandits they chase are running around everywhere.
Kasahara Kiyozuna was also assigned to be responsible for the reconstruction of Kannonji Castle. Kyogoku Takamasa decided to use Kannonji Castle as the future base of the Kyogoku family. An unbreakable base camp is very important for a daimyo.
Nowadays, only Hatayama Chonobu is left beside Kyogoku Takamasa.
Kyogoku Takamasa also proposed to appoint Hatayama Chonobu to Hokuinse as the county magistrate, but Hatayama Chonobu rejected it. Hatayama Chonobu expressed his willingness to stay by Kyogoku Takamasa's side to protect Kyogoku Takamasa's safety. Kyogoku Takamasa was very moved.
"Naizangsuke, it's getting late, let's go back to the city."
"Ha!" Hatayama Chao Xin, who was on the side, didn't say much and quickly ordered his subordinates to clear the way ahead.
...........
Kyoto, Hosokawa Clan Hall.
Looking at the disgraced Miyoshi Motocho in front of him, Hosokawa Harumoto was really furious.
"I just sent troops to Luo for defense. Why did you provoke a conflict between the two sects and cause them to fight?"
"Now Ichiku is wreaking havoc all over Kyoto, look at the good deeds you have done!"
How could Hosokawa Harumoto not be angry? Originally, Miyoshi was just asked to bring people to Kyoto to protect him, which was equivalent to standing guard, so that the Ichiko Sect and Tendai Sect Ikku would not dare to run wild near Kyoto.
Unexpectedly, Masako Miyoshi disappeared, and with the troops he had recruited from the four countries, he crossed the sea from Danlu and landed in Settsu. Then he swaggered to find the Xiangzong and Tiantai sects and said, "You two families had better calm down, otherwise don't blame me for being rude." ".
The Ichiko Sect and the Tendai Sect originally wanted to give face to the Hosokawa family, but the tone of Chief Miyoshi was too arrogant, and his words were full of arrogance, which immediately angered the two sects.
Ikku, who was originally planning to break out in Settsu, was directly moved to Yamashiro Country.
The Yixiang Sect mobilized more than 40,000 people, and the Tiantai Sect was not to be outdone. Together with the 20,000 people who came from Omi, they also gathered more than 60,000 people.
Just like a fight, the two parties directly set a date and started fighting in Kyoto.
Because the scene was so huge, more than 100,000 people gathered in Kyoto, which frightened Hosokawa Harumoto to the point of peeing, and he quickly sent someone to call Prime Minister Miyoshi back.
"Right now, there is a confrontation outside the city. Do you have any solution?" Hosokawa Harumoto turned his attention to the retainers in the palace.
For a moment, there was silence in the hall.
After a long time, a retainer slowly said, "Now, I'm afraid we can only send people to Omi and ask the Kyogoku family to send troops..."
