different warring states of japan

There are no princes, generals or ministers in the island country. Rather, it is said that hereditary and irreplaceable nobles seize power, often relying on the name of guardians, that is, the hindsight system, to evade the supreme ruler.

Guanbai empties the emperor, the shogun evades the court, and the samurai lord evades the shogun. This is the so-called tradition of the island nation.

And among ordinary martial arts families, there is also a saying of hindsight. The heirs entrusted with the family property have great rights and should not be trusted if they are not close relatives of flesh and blood.

It is actually a bit inappropriate for Yuigahama Yui to find an outsider, Naoyoshi Hanzawa, to be the successor to her daughter. In theory, she should ask her own elders.

However, the Yuigahama family were originally just Iga savages with little knowledge of the samurai family, so it was understandable to act in such a chaotic manner, but it was not offensive at all.

Yuigahama Yui has a weak temperament, and Naoyoshi Hansawa has a sincere relationship with her. They are close friends with each other, and there is no problem in taking care of her daughter for her.

But there are two oddities about this.

Firstly, Yuigahama Yui was in her prime of life and was not yet dead, so it was against common sense to entrust her to his heirs like this.

Secondly, Hanzawa Naoyi has been gone for several years, and his life and death are uncertain. Now the entrustment seems to be a useless and meaningless task.

But seeing Yuigahama Yui's persistence, Hanzawa Naoyi finally nodded helplessly.

"Okay, let me be the person behind Xiaotuanzi. You can get up first."

Yuigahama Yui smiled, pulled Xiaotuanzi to her side, looked into the child's eyes seriously, and said.

"Tuanzi, from today on, Banzawahime will be your successor. You must respect her and protect her. Do you understand?"

Hanze Naoyoshi wanted to laugh when he heard this.

Respect is all that matters, what does protection mean?Do I still need the protection of a three-year-old child?
Yuigahama Yui is really a mess. She probably doesn't understand what it means to be a behind-the-scenes person. If she only knows a little about it, she just imitates other martial arts.

Xiaotuanzi seemed a little scared when he saw his mother's serious expression, and then looked at Hanzawa Naoyi, as if to help, and stretched out his hand.

"Auntie! Auntie!"

This time, Yuigahama Yui did not let the child run wild, but forcefully pulled her and bowed deeply to Hanzawa Naoyi.

Hanze Naoyoshi shook his head.

"Okay, okay, we are not from a high-ranking family, so we don't need to go through all the red tape, we just have to know what's going on.

Come on, Tuanzi for a hug. "

Feeling a little painful from his mother's strong grasp, Xiaotuanzi ran to Naoyi Hanzawa again.

Yuigahama Yui looked at Hanzawa Naoyoshi and said seriously.

"You have to remember that the name of Danzi Yuanfu is Yoshinao. You must remember it."

Hanzawa Naoyi was stunned and laughed out loud.

"Yoshinao? Are you trying to use my name in reverse? You can't think of that.

How old is the child?Have you already considered a Yuan server name?Isn't it too early? "

Yuigahama Yui stared into Hanzawa Naoyoshi's eyes and repeated seriously.

"The original name of the dumpling is Yuigahama Yoshinao. You must remember it. You must remember it."

Hanzawa Naoyi shook his head helplessly.

"Yes, yes, you are her mother, you have the final say, I will just remember it."

In fact, this was a misunderstanding by Hanzawa Naoyoshi. The name Yoshihiro was not taken from her two characters.

It was the name that the saint decided on when he came to visit Yuigahama Yui last year and claimed the little dumpling. It can be said to be the name of recognizing the ancestor and returning to the clan.

The word "righteousness" is the common character of the Sibo family, and it comes from the common character meaning of Sibo Yiyin.

Yuigahama Yoshinao is the daughter of Yoshigan Shiba, a descendant of the saint. Only Yuigahama Yui and Yoshigan Shiba know this name.

And now, there is one more person, and that is Yuigahama Yoshinao's successor, Hanzawa Naoyoshi.

Yuigahama Yui's hands were clenched into fists and trembling slightly. She had always followed the rules and acted honestly.

This time, Hanzawa Naoyi was rashly asked to serve as Xiaotuanzi's backstory, and he was a little scared to reveal Xiaotuanzi's real name.

Is it right to do this yourself?Can this save Naoyoshi Hanzawa's life?

Yuigahama Yui was not sure, but she tried her best to protect her best friend and gave her an amulet belonging to the Shiba Goddess.

The saints have stepped onto the Shinto path, and the descendants of Shiba have stepped onto the stage of history. This is an unstoppable trend.

The world is unified, Sibo's divine power is still in the shadow of the future.But let's just say that now, the Shiba descendants have the privilege of being superior to others within the sphere of influence of the Shiba family.

Hanzawa Naoyoshi complained about his low status. Going to Kanto was like a mantis trying to pull a cart, and ants shook the tree. Even if he succeeded, the end would be unpredictable.

But it would be different if she was not an ordinary Shiba Kahime samurai with a low status, but a descendant of Yuigahama Yoshinao, one of the descendants of the saint.

With this level of identity, even if Shiba Yigen wants to sacrifice Hanzawa Naoyoshi and ease the overall situation, he still has to consider his daughter's future.

The Yuigahama family is already weak, and Xiaotuanzi's biological mother is a loser. If the descendants of this line of gods are killed again, how will Yuigahama Yoshinao survive in the undercurrent of samurai politics?
If Yoshigan Shiba abandons Naoyoshi Hanzawa, he will completely destroy the name of the gods of Yuigahama's line.

The martial arts families in the world will know that there are three, six or nine levels of gods, and they can also pick weaklings, follow the trend, and stand in line to bully.

The atmosphere of unity among the gods that Shiba Yiyin painstakingly wants to create will be even more difficult to achieve.

Yuigahama Yui's mind may not be so far-reaching, but her intuition tells her that the saint cares about Xiaotuanzi and will never sacrifice Xiaotuanzi's followers easily.

It is enough to understand this.

Hanzawa Naoyi didn't know that the doormat she kindly helped would bring huge rewards to her. Without her knowledge, she had already received a death-free medal.

For a saint, all martial arts families in the world can be sacrificed, but only with the unity of the descendants of Shiba, no risk can be taken.

Weakness has become the strongest talisman of Yuigahama's lineage, and it is also Hanzawa Naoyi's biggest support during this trip.

But at this time, no one thought that the Kanto issue would cause such big trouble.

Hansawa Naoyoshi thought he was going to investigate Takata Harano's problem, Takada Harano thought he was driving away wolves and devouring tigers, and Ii Naomasa thought he was suppressing the local centralization center.

But in the end, contradictions and pressures from all aspects pile up, which will eventually detonate the entire Kanto, causing Yiyin to miss its first opportunity to unify the world.

After talking about the hindsight, Yuigahama Yui and Hanzawa Naoyoshi fell into silence for a while.

After a while, Yuigahama Yui asked. "When are you going to leave?"

Hansawa Naoyoshi replied.

“Originally I wanted to wait until the beginning of spring, wait for the Hokuriku Road to melt into snow, and then depart from Tsuruga Port and go directly to Naoetsu.

But now, I have some other ideas. I may start early, find a ship to sail eastward in Ise Province, and take the Tokaido Road into Kanhachishu. "

Yuigahama Yui nodded and didn't ask any more questions. She didn't know what Ii Naomasa and Hanzawa Naoyoshi were doing, and she didn't want to know too much.

Hanzawa Naoyi didn't explain anything more, because it was too complicated to explain, and there was no need to involve Yuigahama Yui.

This year, the connection between Ii Naomasa and Hanzawa Naoyoshi has never been broken.

Ii Naomasa, who followed Yoshigan to Kanto, has been sending new information to Hanzawa Naoyoshi and acting as a frontline for Hanzawa Naoyoshi.

Originally, Hanzawa Naoyoshi wanted to start with Naoetsu and find out some clues about Takada Harano in Kanto.

Sakai Port and Naoetsu are the two ends of the Hokurikudo Trade Road, and they are also the largest distribution bulk markets on both sides of the Hokurikudo Trade Road in Kinki and Kanto.

Sakai Port is in the hands of Takada Harano. The last time Hanzawa Naoyi went to investigate, he was forcibly interrupted before he could get Takada Harano's trump card.

Therefore, the former Hanzawa Naoyoshi wanted to start over from Naoetsu and try to find Takada Yono's partner in Kanto.

Through the Kanto account transactions, the economic problems of Takada Harano were investigated sideways, and then these evidences were summarized and handed over to Naomasa Ii, who was held accountable by the Tongxin Secretariat.

In fact, Naomasa Ii never thought about completely overthrowing Harano Takada, because this is unrealistic.

The Takada sisters are the only descendants of the Shiba family. They have a close relationship with the saint and are trusted far beyond what other people can match. Takada Yoshino herself is also loyal to the saint.

It's just an economic issue and it's impossible to push Takada Harano out of office.

Even if she made mistakes or omissions, it would be impossible for the saint to deal with her harshly based on her hard work over the years to make money for the saint.

Making money is not an easy task. Doing business means buying high and selling low to earn the difference. Takada Yono started from scratch and built today's huge foundation. It will never be possible for him to be clean.

The saint also understood this in his heart.

Ii Naomasa is not asking the saint to severely punish Takada Haruno, but to tell the saint through evidence that Takada Haruno's sole control is not good for the Shiba family.

The way to get a large amount of money in a short period of time is to catch all the money, and there are many hidden dangers.

Takada Yono has been monopolizing business for a long time. Not to mention the clean government, even the Central Secretariat cannot get her true accounts when asked where she lives. The relevant audits and supervision of central departments are in name only.

Naomasa Ii is in charge of central supervision and naturally cannot bear this.

The Sibo food stamp financial system has grown into a behemoth, and the Tongxin Secretariat, which represents the central management body of Sibo, is unable to participate in supervision and management.

It is equivalent to the economic power and financial tools of the Shiba family being outside the control of the Tongxin Secretariat. This is something Naomasa Ii cannot accept.

The pen-tou Kamao clan of Tongxinzhong also tacitly supported Ii Naomasa's actions. Through the good sword of Hansawa Naoyoshi, he found evidence of Takada Harano's crime and appealed to the saint to redistribute power.

What the Tongxin Secretariat needs is to intervene in the Spo food stamp financial system, and Takada Yono regards this system as his own taboo, and the focus of the cold war between the two parties is on Hanzawa Naoyi.

This is the real reason why Hansawa Naoyi, as a new Samurai warrior in Shiba's establishment, was favored by Naomasa Ii and valued by Yono Takada.

The Tongxin Secretariat followed the saint in Kanto this year, allowing Banze Naoyi to get more first-hand information, which overturned many of Banzawa Naoyi's previous judgments.

Naoetsu may not be a close collaborator of Takada Harano, and the relationship between Sakai Minato and Naoetsu may only be business-related.

Naoetsu was controlled by the Echigo duopoly, with the Shiba family and the Uesugi family each holding half.

Judging from the latest news, the cooperation between the two adherents in Zhijiang Jinguan Office is not harmonious and there are many discords.

Daokuma Chaohide of the Kanto Shrine Office has an old grudge with the Uesugi family. Naoe Keetsuna, a pro-Shiba faction of the Uesugi family, has always been under the scrutiny and supervision of the Uesugi family.

It can be said that these two people are being stared at by countless pairs of eyes. It doesn't matter if they want to do something privately, but Takada Haruno plays with great skill, and it is impossible to make a small fight.

Big business means big trouble, and Daxiong Chaohide and Naoe Keizuna dare not touch it.

Furthermore, there are members of the Integrity Committee stationed at the Kanto Shisho Office in Naoetsu, with Hasegawa Nagatsuna in charge of writing.

Hasegawa Nagatsuna was recommended by Ozo Changan. The two were fellow townsmen and came from the Kinki Yamato Kingdom.

In other words, Hasegawa Nagatsuna belonged to the Kinki sect who followed the sage to Kanto. The Kinki sect had an alienated relationship with the local indigenous people in Kanto and could not pee in the same pot.

Moreover, Da Zang Changan and Da Xiong Chao Xiu were still fighting openly and covertly over the issue of exercising control. In the end Da Xiong Chao Xiu won, Da Zang Chang An was transferred by the saint to form the Wu Family Giri Promotion Association.

The position of Hasegawa Nagatsuna's incorruptible government was used by the sage to appease the Kinki sect of Dazo Changan.

Therefore, Hasegawa Nagatsuna has been keeping an eye on the inside and outside of the shrine. He is a Kinki sect himself and has an estranged relationship with Naoe Keizuna and Ohkuma Tohide.

If the Kanto people dare to play a big game in Naoetsu, Hasegawa Nagatsuna will definitely inform Ozo Changan. This is the best opportunity for the Kinki faction to backhand the Kanto faction.

After sorting out these relationships, Hansawa Naoyoshi judged that there could not be a major collaborator of Takada Harano on Naoetsu's side. There were too many eyes and constraints there, and it would be easy for something to happen.

Even if someone from Naoetsu is dragged into the water, it won't be those at the top.

Even if the little shrimps below are involved, they cannot control the overall situation. Takada Yono must have a close collaborator in Kanto, a high-level person who can communicate with all parties and is responsible for the entire situation.

But if it’s not Naoetsu, then who is qualified to cooperate with a big boss like Takada Yono?

Hanzawa Naoyi's thoughts began to turn to the Wu Family Giri Promotion Association.

She didn't think that Dazang Chang'an would dare to do anything messy without telling the saint. A Kinki accomplice who had no roots in Kanto would die miserably if he messed up.

The Samurai Giri Promotion Association rose very late. It was a new upstart in Kanto in recent years. The person in charge, Ozo Changan, was sent to Kanto by the Iga Maeda family to serve the saint, and he had insufficient control.

Ozo Changan is very capable, but the Kinki sect is a minority in Kanto. She has no way to completely control the huge system of the Samurai Giri Promotion Association, and must give up some power to the Kanto people.

The Naoe Jinkan Office was built on the basis of Echigo's dual-headed politics. The Shiba family and the Uesugi family joined forces to cooperate, which was a strong supervision and management.

However, the Wu Family Giri Promotion Association cannot provide strong supervision, and a few high-level officials from the Kinki faction cannot manage even the smallest details.

The organization of the Wu Jiayi Li Promotion Association is very complicated, including supervision by the Wushu Association, welfare institutions, lending institutions, and various relationships.

It is entirely possible that the high-level officials of the Kanto region can hide the situation from the eyes of Dazang Changan and do something in private.

Hanzawa Naoyoshi finally decided to change his first destination from Naoetsu to Kanhachishu.

She will make the Guanbazhou area, where the main economic activities of the Wu Family Giri Promotion Association are located, the first stop for her secret investigation.