different warring states of japan

Chapter 1190 Distribution of benefits

At Tofukuji, Oda Nobunaga and Takenaka Shigeharu played against each other, discussing possible ways to win over the Asai family.

At the same time, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had returned to his residence in the southern suburbs of Kyoto, was admonishing his subordinates.

Takeshi Tokugawa Iehime raised his head in astonishment, looking at the calm Tokugawa Ieyasu, he couldn't believe his ears.

"Your Highness, do you want us to provoke Hime Takeshi of the Oda family in Beijing?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded.

"good."

The Tokugawa Hime samurai was puzzled.

"This...why is this?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu stared straight into this person's eyes, and she bowed her head in guilt, before speaking.

"I remember that you were the one who took the lead in attacking Minasaku Castle, and you were rewarded by His Royal Highness Oda.

What, do you yearn for the Oda family, that's why you hesitate? "

Warrior Na Ji blushed and growled.

"Your Highness! I and the warrior Miheji have always upheld loyalty. If you don't trust me, I can cut through my belly to show my heart!"

Tokugawa Ieyasu shook his head and said.

"Samurai Ji Sanhe's loyalty, I naturally understand. You have to think about the truth yourself, whether you can figure it out or not, things must be done well.

Remember, you can provoke and fight, but you are not allowed to kill with a knife! "

Warrior Naji was a little confused, but he still bowed and accepted the order, and walked out.

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at her leaving back with deep eyes.

Oda Nobunaga pressed the Tokugawa family step by step, while befriending the Tokugawa family's Ji Takeshi generously, while taking Tokugawa Ieyasu to Luo.

The Oda family went to Luo alone, and Shiba Asai and Hosokawa's other families were caught off guard. Only the Tokugawa family was forced to share in the success of going to Luo.

Instead of feeling honored, Tokugawa Ieyasu has a strong sense of crisis.

Oda Nobunaga wanted to tie the Tokugawa family to his warship, so that Tokugawa Ieyasu would gradually become a subordinate and a subordinate.

The Oda family already has a stone height of two million, and the Tokugawa family has only two countries, the two sides are seriously out of balance.

The Qingzhou Alliance back then was based on the relatively equal strength of the two sides.At this time, the strength of the Tokugawa family has been far away from the Oda family, which makes Tokugawa Ieyasu very disturbed.

Oda Nobunaga is not a good stubble, her behavior is malicious, but Tokugawa Ieyasu dare not turn his face.

One is that if you can't fight, you don't dare to renege on the alliance.The second is because of the threat of the Takeda family, the Tokugawa family needs the help of the Oda family, and cannot make enemies on both sides.

Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu could only silently endure Oda Nobunaga's wanton instigation of the Tokugawa family, but she was also secretly trying to deal with it.

She will participate in the Battle of Shangluo because of the requirements of the covenant, and because Tokugawa Miaozi needs the certification of General Ashikaga's family.

Today, Shiba Yoshigin has represented Hanoi Genji's descendant, and has recognized the Hanoi Genji's blood of the Tokugawa family.

The merits of the battle of Shangluo are enough to ensure that the Tokugawa family can get honorary rewards from the shogunate, and they are no longer nameless people who boast in the local area.

The Oda family's annexation of Minami Omi made Tokugawa Ieyasu understand that don't expect Oda Nobunaga, who loves to eat alone, to give him a piece of meat.

That being the case, what else can Ieyasu Tokugawa look forward to?
Today, the accident of the Buddhist flag in Shangluo Zhiyi and the crying and struggling of Ise Zhenjiao made Tokugawa Ieyasu deeply feel that Kyoto is a bottomless maelstrom.

The Tokugawa family has obtained all the benefits they can get, so what are they still doing next to this vortex?Is it bad luck waiting to be involved?
That's why she arranged for the Tokugawa Iehime samurai who was rewarded by Oda Nobunaga to make trouble in Kyoto.I want to use some small mistakes to find an excuse to leave Kyoto and return to my skills.

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Kyoto is in turmoil, and the departure of Miyoshi's family has not calmed down this central city of the world.The shogunate was established again, but a new round of turbulent waves was rolled up.

Some people want to get away, but some people want to drill into the whirlpool.

The Battle of Shangluo ended, and Nobunaga Oda took Ashikaga Yoshiaki to invite all parties to Shangluo with great fanfare to restore the shogunate.

Although Yi Yin felt embarrassed, he had to participate in it.Instead of being angry and letting others decide your own future, why not come forward and strive for a better result?
With this good expectation, he set off from Duowen Mountain City, rode Shangluo with dozens of concentric people, and hurried to Kyoto.

Seeing that Beijing is not far away, Yiyin eased his horse's hooves and made a gesture of entering Beijing calmly, so as not to let outsiders notice his embarrassment.

He even had the leisure to chat with Gamo's hometown, Jing Yizhi, and talk while walking.

The spring is bright and beautiful, and it is almost early summer.The ears of wheat on the roadside bend over and sway with the wind, as if looking forward to the arrival of the summer harvest.

Smelling the fragrance of wheat in the wind, Yi Yin seemed to be in a good mood.

Life is alive and busy, just to eat and dress.Looking at the wheat watchers nervously guarding the field, this is the essence of life.

The lower levels don't care about the struggle for power and profit at all. They only care about whether there is enough food for this year's harvest after paying taxes.

On the side, Naomasa Ii, with a soft complexion, looked at the peasant women in the field, and finally asked the doubts that had troubled him for many days.

"Odaisho, I don't know something."

"You said."

"You asked me to be in charge of monitoring the Shibachu Foundation, and Ishida Mitsunari-sama has already sent a backup copy of this year's plan.

I looked at it carefully, and I always felt that it was a bit wasteful. "

Yoshigin looked back at Naomasa Mukai.

"waste?"

Ii Naomasa looked serious.

"Hey, wasteful.

I have seen the forecast of Sibozhong Fund. Starting from this year, it will try its best to strive for market share and earn excess profits in the next few years.

In addition to the funds and accumulated reserves for maintaining the operation of the Loyalty Fund, the annual profits will be distributed to Ji Samurai, who belongs to the Shiba family, and the beneficiary group will be expanded year by year, allowing more people to have annuities.

However, the annuity of six shi per person is really too much.Will your generosity lead to slack at the grassroots level?
What if a group of lazy people who rely on annuities to live and eat while lying down are raised? "

Yoshihiro looked at Naomasa Ii who spoke in awe, this was definitely not the idea of ​​one or two people.There are many high-level officials who are worried and want to remonstrate and persuade themselves through the mouth of Naomasa Ii.

He smiled and asked.

"Naozheng, do you know the salary of a grassroots Ji warrior?"

"I know this, at least thirty stone years' salary, which is already quite a lot. This is the rule of every big name."

"Then do you know how many of these [-] shi's salary can get into the mouths of Ji warriors at the grassroots level, and into the mouths of her whole family?"

"This... I don't know..."

Yoshigin glanced at the confused Ii Naomasa and said.

"The Jingyi family is a well-known family in Yuanjiang. Although it has been in decline for many years, there are still three parts of the family to support daily life.

Although you have suffered a little bit of ups and downs, compared to the real low-level warriors, you are still happy.

I can tell you that a low-level Ji warrior has to bear his own weapons and equipment, ancestral inheritance, purchase, repair, and the cost is not cheap.

When Maeda benefited to buy a horse, he spent a year's salary, and had to burn out to keep the horses fed and drank.

Most of the salary of Ji warriors at the grassroots level is spent on maintaining armaments, and the rations that can really be left behind are not enough to feed the whole family.

Moreover, the salary is not the land bestowed by Zhixing. Once Warrior Ji dies in battle, her salary will stop.

What is even more sad is that Ji Wushi was destined to strive for an official position from birth in order to obtain a salary.

They began to learn to fight at the age of three. There was no childhood, only continuous training, until Yuanfu became an official and died in battle. "

Ii Naomasa sighed.

"This is the fate of the Wu family."

Yiyin nodded.

"That's right, the Wu family seeks favors and rewards by serving the public, and if they are not good at war, how can they have a family fortune.

The low-level Ji warriors are born with no respite and must strive for the top, but have their efforts really paid off?

They have been studying continuously for the first half of their lives, and strive to become useful tools for high-level martial artists.

But no matter how hard they try, their jobs and salaries cannot support their families. They can only place their hopes on the next generation, continue to study hard, and become better tools.

From generation to generation, without end.

Working hard to get rich is a lie.There has never been a necessary causal relationship between hard work and getting rich.

The grassroots Ji warriors fought bravely, just to fight for more benefits for their loyal daimyo, but they themselves got nothing.

Today, Ji warriors killed a few more people.Tomorrow, daimyo can have one more territory and a few more stones of grain.

The samurai family is respectful and strict, and there is no hope at the bottom, so they are naturally full of hostility.It is difficult to cure the problem that the lower overcomes the upper, like maggots attached to the bone.

There is a cloud in the sky, the king regards his ministers like dirt, and the ministers regard the king as an enemy.

High-level warriors never regard low-level Ji warriors as human beings, but only as eagles and dogs.It is inevitable that the ceremony will collapse and the music will break down.

You see, I just distributed a little bit of benefits to the low-level Ji warriors, and the high-level warriors felt uneasy.

The high-ranking warriors wished they could hold all the money and food in their own hands, as long as the people below didn't starve to death, they didn't need to improve their lives, and didn't need to share the benefits. "

Ii Naomasa said, the more he listened, the more sad he became.

"But it's the way things are, everyone does it.

Just because the situation is difficult, we have to be more reserved.In troubled times, everyone is fighting hard.How could the Shiba family be an exception?
If the Shiba family gave too much, and the Ji warriors at the grassroots level would become indolent and useless, who would protect the Shiba family business? "

"What's wrong with raising a few trash?"

Yiyin looked at Naomasa Ii, as if he saw the puzzled eyes of those high-ranking samurai behind her.They don't recognize Yiyin's benevolent government, and hope to dissuade the lord from continuing to be stupid.

he said slowly.

"I made a mandatory requirement to give an annuity of six stones of brown rice to the grassroots Ji warriors, and there will definitely be people with a surplus, and there will definitely be people who eat idle food.

However, will this affect the prosperity of the Shiba family? "

Ii Naomasa was confused.

"Won't it?

Some people refuse to work hard, of course we must find a way to force them to make progress.Watching them lie flat but not caring about them, how can the family business continue to prosper? "

Yiyin looked ahead and said.

"Warrior Ji works hard to make his children and grandchildren tired forever?
Those who eat idle food are the relatives of Ji warriors and their flesh and blood!
They keep working hard, hoping that their husbands and children can live better than themselves!I hope the next generation will live better than this generation!
Working hard to make progress should be to make your family members live a more comfortable life, not to suffer and suffer for generations!

Why did the martial arts society lose their hearts and morals, leading to chaos in the world?Just because some samurai consensus is wrong!
Today's hard work is to save future generations from having to work hard.If future generations can't eat a few more bites because of their own efforts, stop and enjoy it, then what's the point of their own efforts?
Everyone doesn't think about what the problem is, but just blindly rushes down the wrong road.

The world is restless, is it because the warriors are not working hard enough?I think they are trying too hard.

In the troubled times of the Wu family, everyone is struggling to survive, and they all want to be wounded to death.Can everyone be happy by doing this?
Before, I had no ability to change all this.But now, I have the Hokuriku Road trade route, and I have the ability to make the Shiba family's warrior Hime live a little better.

That being the case, why can't I let them live a better life, why can't I allow their children to have a few years of idle food?
Will Ji warriors be idle and lazy?Will the Sipo family business go into decline?
When the prosperity of the Shiba family is closely related to the interests of each of them, they will naturally help me with their hearts, and help me Shiba Yoshiyin!

When my interests are consistent with those of the grassroots Ji warriors, they will naturally take the initiative to stand up, solve my problems, throw their heads and shed blood for me.

What I want is a Shiba family that unites and grows stronger.Rather than a group of high-level officials who worry about the country and the people, and their slaves who are always working hard but never have enough to eat.

Zhizheng, I know that many people gossip behind my back, saying that I was stupid for creating the Zhong Fund.

When I came to this world, I have already compromised too much. I also know my character, and I can't do anything earth-shattering.

I only hope that the people who follow me can live a good life for a few days, and live a few days as a human being.

I only hope that wherever I look, the Ji warriors under my protection can live a better life than outsiders.

I don't know where the Sibozhong Fund can go, and I don't know whether I am doing right or wrong, but I want to try.

I'm already a little bored, tired of those traditional warriors who talk about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, faith and wisdom, and those progressive warriors who chanted reform slogans.

I just want the Ji warriors of the Shiba family to eat a few more bites, just a few bites.

Don't talk about morality, don't talk about ideals.While I can hold back the situation, let the whole family have a happy and full meal for a few days. "

After Yoshiyin finished speaking, he rode forward without looking at Ii Naomasa's reaction.

The samurai society has its own rules, and Yiyin knows very well that if he wants to live a good life, he must become a samurai through and through, and cannot be a different kind.

Not a martial artist, not a human being.He can't change the world, he can only integrate himself into it.

But it's all here, and there's always something to do.

Fan Zhongyan was able to set up a family Yizhuang in the Song Dynasty, and Yiyin was within the rules of the game of the Wu family, giving some benefits to the people below, so that everyone can live a good life for a few days, why not?
Behind him, Ii Naomasa was speechless, Gamo Ujigo beside him glanced at her and shook his head silently.

The high-ranking samurai did not only find Naomasa Ii, they were the bodyguards of Yiyin, and Gamo's village was used as the writing point. In fact, there were more people who asked her for advice.

Naomasa Ii is still too young, although she is young and mature, but she is easy to get hot-blooded, and was fooled into it by a few words from high-ranking samurai who considered Shiba's family business.

Where are those people thinking about the Shiba family, they are all thinking about their own interests!

(End of this chapter)