different warring states of japan

Chapter 1351 The Aggrieved Maeda Interests

The more Maeda said, the more angry he was, he stared at Akechi Mitsuhide and almost roared.

"You are not the chief generals of the recent Siberia, but tell me with your military literacy.

The Oda family has [-] million koku, and Shiba recently received [-] koku. What should I do when I am surrounded on three sides and cannot take the initiative to occupy Suzuka Pass!
Niziji, you said that seeing the Oda battle of the shogunate is close at hand, you feel like you are on your back, but do you have as much pressure on the military as I do?

The Oda family has already taken Minami Omi, and almost the whole territory has surrendered.There are only a small number of diehards among the Koga congregation, who are loyal to the six-cornered mother and daughter of Ishibe Castle.

Koka County is backed by the Suzuka Mountains, with rugged geography, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is the largest unstable area in the Oda family's rule in Minami Omi.

I keep some tacit understanding with the hexagonal remnants, just in case, what's the problem?
If one day the Oda family besieges Kishiba from three sides, besides Koka County, where else can I find a breakthrough and leave room for myself to deal with powerful enemies?

Or, at that time, will the Oda family's army be blocked by your mouth, Mitsuhide Akechi? "

Maeda Yoshihiro is loyal to Shiba Yoshiyin and to the Shiba family, and contacting the Hekkaku remnant party is also for the consideration of the Shiba leader in recent days, with a clear conscience.

Akechi Mitsuhide's accountability to her was a deliberate slander, she understood, Akechi Mitsuhide understood, and the concubines present also understood.But it was Akechi Mitsuhide who seized the loophole in the procedure and chased her fiercely.

Faced with Maeda's glare, Akechi Mitsuhide just smiled slightly, bowed and said.

"Maeda Hime's military talent is naturally a hundred times better than mine. I have never doubted your loyalty to the lord.

It's just that not long after the master returned to Shiba's house, it was not easy to communicate with the Shiba leaders from all over the country. The most feared thing was that they would skip the procedure and go alone without authorization, which would lead to accidents.

Maeda Hime, please don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting you.

I just feel that the warning of the Kyoto Incident is not far away, and the blood of the previous generals who died tragically in Nijo Castle is not yet dry.We still need to be more cautious in doing things, and we can no longer continue to go our own way and repeat ourselves.

Since the lord has appointed Ni Ziji as the deputy official of Jinjisibo, we should at least inform her before we do anything, shall we?

If she can't make a decision, she can also submit the case to the lord, and let the lord decide.

If everyone thinks they are thinking about the Shiba family, they can mess around without authorization, wouldn't the family be in chaos?Especially in military actions, we must be more cautious.

Maeda Hime said it herself, the Oda family has two million koku, and Shiba recently received [-] koku. The enemy is strong and we are weak.

We can't send out wrong signals, causing the Oda family to misjudge my family's intentions, and putting Jinjishiba in undue danger.

The Liujiao family ruled Nan Omi for hundreds of years, and the Liujiao mother and daughter stubbornly refused to surrender in the corner of Ishibe Castle, which was a thorn in the heart of His Royal Highness Oda.

Maeda Hime contacted them, if this news accidentally leaked to His Royal Highness Oda, how passive would I be as a diplomat?
In view of the serious consequences that this matter may cause, I propose to report this matter to the Lord of Guandong for his decision.

Before the lord makes a decision, I ask Maeda Hime to be calm and not to act aggressively again. "

After finishing speaking, Akechi Mitsuhide bowed solemnly to Maeda Yoshiki.But in front of her seemingly sincere bow, Maeda Yoshiki looked angry and helpless.

Akechi Mitsuhide succeeded in the end, she rambled so much in order to force Maeda Yili not to act recklessly.

Even though Maeda Masayoshi had his own reasons, Akechi Mitsuhide blocked her way with every sentence and cornered her.

You said you were loyal Maeda Yoshiki, so are you really clean about the death of Ashikaga Yoshiki in the Kyoto incident?
If you are not clean, you have a criminal record.

The lord appointed Nizi Shengjiu to be the deputy official of Jinjisipo. He learned the lessons of the Kyoto Incident, so that Jinjisibo has a leader, and the big bosses are not allowed to go their own way to cause trouble.

However, Maeda's interests had not been discussed with Nizi Shengjiu, so he contacted the Liujiao remnant party without authorization. To put it seriously, it violated the will of the lord.

Even though Maeda Masaru felt wronged, she came this time to talk to Niko Katsuhisa about it, but Akechi Mitsuhide took the lead.

But now, it's too late to say anything, Akechi Mitsuhide finished everything first, and Maeda Masari had nothing to say.

Maeda benefit could only wait for Nizi Katsuhisa to report to the lord of Kanto, and for Shiba Yoshigin's decision on the matter.Before that, it was inconvenient for her to do any tampering.

In this way, Akechi Mitsuhide's intention to suppress Maeda's interest and prevent her from getting involved in the Ashikaga Oda dispute was achieved.

Shiba Yoshigin's failure to come back this time means that he has accepted Akechi Mitsuhide's advice to continue to hide his strength and bide his time, pretending to be his grandson.

Maeda Yoshiki could have used his authority as the general of the recent Shiba Commander-in-Chief to secretly make some strategic arrangements.

But being made such a fuss by Akechi Mitsuhide, Maeda Yili could only lie down completely, unable to do any more actions, he was really aggrieved to death.

Maeda Masayoshi couldn't understand why the leader of Shiba had watched Oda Nobunaga grow bigger step by step and defeated General Ashikaga in the past few days.

When the power of the Oda family is overwhelming, what is the mobilization power of Shiba in recent days enough?At that time, regardless of whether the samurai inside and outside the shogunate are willing or not, they will have to succumb to the prestige of Oda Nobunaga.

No matter how powerful Shiba Yoshigin is, and no matter how unyielding Shiba's leader has been in recent days, what can he do?

But what Maeda Masari couldn't figure out was exactly what Akechi Mitsuhide wanted to achieve.

Crisis is a crisis, and there is an organic crisis.

Before the desperate moment when the samurai world will be overthrown by Oda Nobunaga, how could the samurai group unite closely with Shiba Yoshiyin and fight desperately for their five hundred years of class privileges?

Akechi Mitsuhide and Maeda Yoshiki looked at each other, and when their eyes met, there seemed to be lightning and flint flowing from them.

Nizi Shengjiu sighed and said.

"That's it, report Maeda Hime's strategic idea of ​​contacting the Hekkaku Remnant Party to Kanto, and implore the lord to make a decision."

Nizi Katsuhisa knew that she was being used by Mitsuhide Akechi, but everything Mitsuhide Akechi said was well-founded, what could she do?
Why don't you report this matter?Let Akechi Mitsuhide make a small report to the lord again, saying that Nizi Katsuhisa is in charge of the government unfairly, and the military adventure of covering up Maeda's interests?
The only way Nizi Katsuhisa could express his dissatisfaction was to ignore the small problem that Maeda Yili had contacted in advance, package this matter as a suggestion that had not yet been implemented, and submit it.

This is the attitude of turning major issues into minor ones.If Akechi Mitsuhide was sensible, she would not be clinging to Maeda's interests after she had achieved her goal.

And Takada Yukino, who was pulled out several times by Akechi Mitsuhide who was not there to provoke troubles, made Takada Yono feel uncomfortable, and naturally agreed with Niko Katsuhisa and Xi Ni's actions.

"I agree, this matter will be left to the lord to decide."

After Takada Yono finished speaking, he glanced at Ishida Mitsunari who was beside him.

Naturally, Ishida Mitsunari would not offend her colleagues for these irrelevant matters, she said with a smile.

"I agree too."

Except for the stunned Hyakuchi Santai and Yagyu Somo, everyone else has expressed their views, so what else can Maeda Masayoshi say?

She snorted and looked away, not wanting to see Akechi Mitsuhide's hypocritically pretty face and that underwhelmingly elegant smile again.

Akechi Mitsuhide got what he wanted, Maeda Masayoshi was too sick to speak, and the room fell into silence for a while.

Nizi Shengjiu, the person who convened the review, was also embarrassed.I have known for a long time that it is difficult to be an official, but now it seems that it is really very rare.

Seeing that the scene had cooled down, Ishida Misunari smiled and said.

"My lords are all concentrating on planning for the future of Siberia in recent days, why should we hurt the peace between each other because of some official business.

There is a cloud in the sky, if the generals are in harmony, the scholars will be attached.It is my honor to work with you loyal, wise and brave men.

Now that the spring plowing has passed, the annuity distribution of the Sibozhong Fund is on the agenda again, and we still need the support of all adults at that time. "

The Shibazhong Fund was established not long ago, and Ishida Mitsunari came to Siba late in the past few days, and he didn't have deep entanglements with all parties, so he just came out to smooth things over.

She is a girl who distributes money from Shibo Yoshiin, she only cares about giving out money, and she is not easy to offend people, so the big bosses of all parties should give some face.

Nizi Shengjiu laughed.

"The days go by so fast, and the middle of the year is almost here.

To put it bluntly, recently many of my subordinates have begun to look forward to this period of annuity, and they beat around the bush to ask me for the details of the payment.

Ishida Hime, give me a letter of approval. Is the annuity this time three stones? "

Ishida Mitsunari smiled.

"The lord has already made a decision. In recent days, Owari, and the three leaders of the Kanto region will issue annuities at the same time, all of which are three stones.

Everyone is Ji Samurai who is loyal to the Shiba family, so the treatment must be equal. "

For the annuity of four stones or six stones a year, and for the recent disputes over whether to give priority to the distribution of a few Sibo collars or a full collar, the Sibozhong Fund was pulled into a major corruption case and almost wiped out.

Ishida Mitsunari originally just wanted to take the opportunity to drive away those disobedient factions, but in the end an unexpected massacre ushered in.

Takada Yukino killed happily, but Ishida Mitsunari complained endlessly.There is a huge difference between driving people away and killing them all. God knows how many people will be offended.

But the matter has come to this point, she has nothing to do, the only thing she can do is to use her own people to complete the annuity optimization as soon as possible, so as not to let this problem worsen.

Six stones, hair.Full collar, hair.

The money comes from the Shibazhong Foundation, I just ask you guys to stop making excuses, I, Ishida Mitsunari, can't afford it, so why don't you pay for it?

Hearing what she said, Nizi Shengjiu was a little worried.

"Ishida Hime, the Shibazhong Fund has just been established for one year, is the financial resources sufficient to support the distribution standard of six stones for all collars?
This annuity benefit is no more than other things, so we must be cautious.Once it is sent out according to the standard, it can no longer be missing or lowered in the future.

It is said that the Sibozhong Fund borrowed a lot of money and food from the earth warehouse, and the interest was not low.You need to accumulate more capital and plan more for the future. "

Ishida Mitsunari said with a confident smile.

"Please rest assured, Niziji, I know this matter well.

Thanks to the assistance of Hime Takada, the Shibachu Fund has developed very smoothly in the market of the Hokuriku Road trade route like a fish in water.

According to the full-collar Sibo compilation, the first batch of names is only more than [-] people, and each person has six shi of brown rice per year, which is only [-] shi.

Not counting the expansion in the future, only the current number of people is a small number compared with the income of the Sibozhong Fund, and the impact is not great. "

Ishida Mitsunari spoke modestly, but Nizi Katsuhisa was dumbfounded.

In recent years, Sibo has received [-] shi, and the land has been awarded to four publics and six people. The annual grain income is no more than [-] shi.

The [-] shi also included the salary, military equipment, and rations of the warriors who were sent out as officials. Even if they were frugal, after a year, the treasury could only save four to five thousand shi at most.

The Shibazhong Fund was only established in the past ten years, and Ishida Mitsunari took out nearly ten thousand shi of brown rice a year, and even regarded it as a trivial matter without blinking an eye, it is really rich and powerful.

Nizi Shengjiu couldn't help being curious, she asked.

"Is the income of Sibozhong Fund so high?"

Ishida Mitsunari glanced at Takada Yono.

Nizi Katsuhisa is the top minister of the Shiba family, so the income of the Shibazhong fund naturally does not need to be kept secret from her.But whether to say it or not, one has to be careful to see what Takada Yono means.

Takada Yoshino smiled reservedly, and took over the conversation.

"The Hokuriku Road trade route has been developed for four years, from [-] kan in the first year to a large market that is predicted to be [-] million to [-] million kan in this year, and has monopolized [-]% of the logistics of Kanto and Kansai trade.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Sibozhong Fund, I went out to raise funds from various land warehouses, and all parties also gave me face. The initial capital was far more than that of ordinary big businessmen, and the interest was very low.

In the past year, Sibozhong Fund has developed rapidly and has occupied [-]% of the market share. Because of the excellent variety of goods, the gross profit exceeds [-]%.

But this huge profit cannot last long. As the share expands, it is impossible for every commodity to have such a high profit.

According to my prediction, this year, Sibozhong Fund will probably occupy [-]% of the market share, and its gross profit will drop to about [-]%. "

Nizi Shengjiu himself is in charge of the territory management, so he is naturally proficient in arithmetic.

A [-]% share of the [-] million market is [-] guan, and a [-]% gross profit is [-] guan.Counting and counting, she herself was stunned.

"[-]? What a shocking number."

Ishida Matsunari couldn't help being proud when he saw Zhu Ji cast strange eyes, but said modestly.

"This is only a rough forecast, and it will not be achieved in practice.

The war in Setjin, trading losses, transportation risks, and interest on earth warehouses all add up to increase operating costs.

But I am still sure that I can make a profit of [-] yuan this year. "

Nizi Shengjiu nodded.

No wonder Ishida Mitsunari doesn't care about the expenditure of nearly ten thousand stones of brown rice, and the income of one hundred thousand is her confidence.

At the market price, two stones of brown rice can be exchanged for copper coins, but most of the time it is not allowed.The price of rice depends on the harvest, and the copper coins are also divided into fine money and bad money, and the exchange method is very complicated.

But Yoshihiro Shibo's identity and prestige are different. He has bought food from local samurai several times, and has formed an effective purchase system.

The samurai along the Hokuriku Road trade route are willing to sell Shiba Yoshigin for face, and they can also exchange grain for trade route shares or rare commodities.

The two sides are mutually beneficial and win-win, and the price of rice is naturally stable, and one coin can be exchanged for two stones of grain.

(End of this chapter)