different warring states of japan

Chapter 1643 Thinking About Candidates

Hojo Ujimasa looked at Yoshiyin with fiery eyes, but Yoshiyin didn't answer directly, but looked up at the beam and said.

"Odawara Castle is a strong city in the world, the last time I came here, I felt majestic and extraordinary just outside the city.

Shizheng, come with me to Tianshou Pavilion to see if I can see the coastline from here. "

Hojo Shizheng didn't know why Yoshigin had to talk about him, but he still bowed and saluted him.

"Hi!"

The two walked out of the main hall and walked along the porch. Since Yiyin moved in here, the Tongxin people have taken over the innermost defense, and the Odawara people have also guarded the outside and dare not slack off.

The two walked through the courtyard from the residence hall, passed the horse gate, the copper gate, and the Tokipan wooden gate, and arrived at the castle tower to the north of Honmaru, accompanied by a group of sidewalkers.

The Tianshou Pavilion is three stories high, and the total height including the stone wall is 39 meters, which is almost as high as seven or eight floors of a modern building, covering an area of ​​[-] square meters.

Looking up at the towering castle tower, Yi Yin said lightly.

"Others don't need to go in, Shizheng, you and I go up to see the scenery."

"Hi!"

Leaving Zhu Ji behind, the two climbed up to the third floor of the castle tower and looked into the distance.

From here, of course, you can't see the coastline, but you can see the small towns and villages stretching endlessly to the coast, and the castle town almost runs through it.

In peacetime, it is a prosperous economic and commercial environment. In wartime, it is an overseas supply line to ensure that Odawara Castle will not be completely besieged by enemies on land, and supplies can be replenished from the sea.

Yiyin couldn't help sighing.

"nice."

With the siege capabilities of the island nation in this era, it is impossible to take down Odawara Castle by force.

If you want to capture Odawara Castle, you must have a strong navy and army. Not only must you block the city on land, but you must also set up a blockade line at sea to completely cut off the supply channels of Odawara Castle.

Odawara Castle is the base of the Hojo family. It is not just a city, but a series of fort lines. The warehouses in each place store enough food and drink for half a year.

Just a rough calculation of the sea and land cost of besieging Odawara Castle for half a year, Yiyin smacked his tongue inwardly. It was a waste of money. Who can afford this?

It's no wonder that the Hojo vassals are so arrogant that they dared to let the Hojo Clan directly confess to each other directly in the hot springs by offering the land of Tomuzang.

Behind the seemingly reckless, it is the rich background of the Hojo family that convinced the old fox Hojo Genan that Yoshigin would not choose to reject the Hojo family and break up with the Hojo family.

Apart from other things, just this Odawara Castle is a big trouble.

If Yiyin really parted ways with the Hojo family, he would also have a headache for a disobedient Hojo family who was stuck in the southern part of the Kanto Plain and could not be defeated.

Yoshigin had a bird's-eye view of Odawara Castle from the castle tower, and was speechless for a while.

Hojo Shizheng stood behind him, and he still didn't give up at this time, and mentioned Ota Kosuke again.

"A sage, if you don't stop, you will be disturbed by it.

I am willing to share the worries of the saint, except for the hidden danger of Ota Yasuko, so that the saint will not get dirty in the future. "

Yoshiyin glanced at the Hojo clan government, patted the guardrail next to the castle tower, and said.

"Come here, put your hands here."

The Hojo clan didn't know why, but he was still obedient, grabbed the guardrail with both hands, and looked at Yoshiyin with doubts.

Yiyin said while pressing her shoulders down.

"Yes, that's it. Very good."

After finishing speaking, Yoshigin walked behind Hojo Ujimasa.

"saint?"

Yiyin held the Hojo Clan Government with both hands, looked into the distance, and said slowly.

"I set foot on the way of God, regarded myself as a god in this world, and acted openly and aboveboard.

Now that the land of East Musashi has been incorporated into my territory, Siba Territory has its own deputy to take care of it, and it is governed by Shiba's law.

If Ota Yasuzi commits misconduct, he will be punished by his own deputy.If you want to rebel, you will have your own officials to attack.If the acting official is incompetent and I'm not dead yet, why should the Shiba family be afraid of it?
Now that Yasuko Ota is innocent, if I kill someone with an unwarranted crime, what's the point?Even if you come to help me, will all the eyes of the world be blind?do not understand?
You repeatedly encouraged me to kill her because of your selfishness.You are my woman and the mother of my future child, I cannot bear to punish you.

Now, I am punishing you with small punishments, are you convinced? "

Hojo Ujimasa's hands trembled uncontrollably and he was speechless.

She looked at the crowd below, moving like ants in the distance, feeling so nervous and so excited.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Yiyin snorted, causing the Hojo clan to beg for mercy.

"I know I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong."

Seeing that the Hojo Clan's government has softened, Yiyin no longer deliberately made it difficult for her, but just looked at the distance and thought about his thoughts.

Ota Yasuke is not troublesome. If Yoshihiro wants Edo Castle, there will be a hundred ways to get Ota Yasuke to leave voluntarily in the future.

If Ota Kosuke really didn't know people, he would be killing himself. Yoshihiro also has a lot of white gloves, so there is no need for the Hojo clan to be good-looking when they get cheap.

Using this method to teach the Hojo clan a lesson today is also a small part of a warning to the majority of the sentiment, and is careful not to hurt the relationship between the two.

Compared with the little trouble of Ota Kosuke, Yoshigin is more worried about who will be sent to take over the land of Tomuzo.

The stone height of Musashi country is 67. It was originally a big country in Guanbazhou. Because of the perennial war and the lack of water conservancy, the stone height has dropped sharply.

Today, the Samurai Giri Promotion Association is developing water conservancy in Guanyachi Prefecture, starting from the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River, and the Musashi Kingdom is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River, enjoying the first batch of construction benefits.

The grain production capacity of 67 shi will be restored sooner or later, coupled with the Tone River diversion project to remove floods and develop new fields, Musashi Kingdom's future Shigao can look forward to a million shi.

The land donated by the Hojo family to Musashi is actually just the Edogawa and Shinagawa basins in the south-central part.The local samurai family headed by Ota Zizheng in the Iwaki area near the north is now loyal to the Uesugi family.

Of course, Yoshigin would not stretch his hand over there, and have any conflicts with Uesugi Kenshin.

But it is the land of East Musashi in the south-central area, which currently has about 10,000+ shi, and the future value will be 40 million shi. Such a large piece of land really makes Yiyin worry.

Yiyin still has a lot of business in Kinki. He came back to Kanto this time to coordinate the Kanto servants' attack on the Eastern People.

To put it simply, he came to distribute the cakes for each family, so as to avoid uneven distribution of spoils. Before the fight started, the Guandong Servant got into trouble first.

With him, the god of this world, to distribute, all the Kanto servants can trust and be convinced, so that internal friction can be minimized and the outside world will be unanimous.

When the attack on the Eastern People is on the right track, Yoshihiro has to go back to Kinki and watch Oda Nobunaga, lest something goes off the rails there again.

Speaking of which, Yiyin also felt bitter.

Kanto Kinki is like two seesaws. Where it is, there will be peace, but there will be troubles on the other side.

This kind of situation caused him to be like a firefighter, putting out the fire at both ends, but he was always exhausted, and it was difficult to have a solution for both.

Judging from the history of the island nation, this is not the trouble of Yoshigin alone. Whether it is the imperial court, the Kamakura shogunate, or the Ashikaga shogunate, they are all troubled by this trouble.

The plain land of the entire island country is broken, and no place has absolute strength and can form an overwhelmingly strong central government.

Among the many plains, the two regions are the strongest in terms of relative strength.

One is the Kanto Plain, which has [-] square kilometers. This is the largest plain in the island country. However, it was difficult to develop in the Middle Ages due to the coldness in the north and the raging floods.

Until this time in Yiyin, most of the Kanto Plains were still swamps and reeds, and they were still waiting for a wise master to spend a lot of money and food to develop them.

The other is the Kyoto area surrounded by the Osaka Plain and the Noo Plain.

The Osaka Plain has [-] square kilometers of land, and the Nobi Plain has [-] square kilometers of land, plus the Kyoto Basin, Nara Basin, and Omi Basin surrounded by the two plains.

The overall strength of the Kyoto area and the Kanto Plain can be said to have their own advantages and disadvantages, and they are indistinguishable from each other.

The economic base determines the superstructure, so the political struggle of the island nation in the agricultural era actually took place around these two powerful grain-producing areas.

Whether it is the emperor's court or the two generations of the shogunate, they all want to grasp the situation with both hands, but they often lose sight of the other, and there is always one that cannot be controlled.

The core of the Kamakura shogunate is in Kanto, and the loss of control is in Kinki.The core of the Ashikaga shogunate is in Kinki, and the loss of control is in Kanto.

At the end of the development, there will always be a big battle in Kanto and Kansai to decide whether the Kanto people have the final say or the Kansai people have the final say.

But no matter who wins or loses, as long as time goes by, the loser will definitely stand up and challenge again.

This is like the North China Plain and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the Celestial Dynasty. If the two sides are isolated, geographically estranged, and mutually unconvinced, either the east wind will overwhelm the west wind, or the west wind will overwhelm the east wind.

The geographical characteristics of the Celestial Dynasty are such that the North China Plain and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are a whole, so once this area is unified, the burst of power will be enough to maintain a unified world.

Kanto and Kansai, an island country, are not so lucky. The rulers of all dynasties can only find ways to weaken one side and maintain the strength of the other side.

This is exactly the same as Yiyin's troubles, running at both ends, not relying on both ends, just focus on one end, and the other end will blow up for you immediately.

Even if he knew that he was an old scalper running around at both ends, Yiyin could only fight the fire on both sides.

Because even if he wants to improve this situation, he must first unify the world. Now the world is still torn apart. Talking about bridging the political balance of the Kanto and Kansai is all nonsense.

Since Yiyin will definitely return to Kinki, the 10,000+ stone territory in the Edogawa River Basin to be developed, and the future 40 million stone super-large territory, must carefully consider who will manage it.

(End of this chapter)