different warring states of japan

Chapter 2112 Tokugawa Ieyasu Enters Hong Kong

Yiyin smiled.

"You have successfully aroused my curiosity. Tell me about it."

Takada Yono said.

“Since the incident at Honnoji Temple two years ago, the Oda clan has been in chaos and has been engaged in endless wars. Even after Ichijo Hideyoshi succeeded in ascending the throne, the wars did not cease but intensified.

Ichijo Hideyoshi first fought against Akechi Mitsuhide, and then attacked Shibata Katsuie, Oda Nobuhiro, Tokugawa Ieyasu and other old allies of the Oda clan.

After conquering Oda's former territory, Hideyoshi Ichijo launched the Shikoku expedition and the Kyushu expedition. Although he gained a lot, the territories under his command were also overwhelmed by the heavy military expenditures.

Especially in the seven former Oda territories, mainly Owari, Mino, Ise, Omi, Echizen, Wakasa, and Settsu, people's livelihood has been declining in the past two years and they have long been overwhelmed.

In this Kyushu expedition, Ichijo Hideyoshi once again mobilized the former Oda lords to join the war. The local samurai could not provide enough military funds and had to borrow a large amount of money, which placed a great burden on Sasaki Dokura. "

Yiyin narrowed his eyes and interrupted.

"Wait a minute, according to you, this time Hideyoshi Ichijo launched the Kyushu expedition, was it Shiba Dokura who paid for it?"

Yiyin was shocked.

In the field of economics, he was far less perceptive than Takada Haruno, but he had never expected that things would develop to such an outrageous extent.

  Behind Hideyoshi Ichijo's brilliant military achievements, was it the Sasaki family who paid the price for all this?

But if you think about it carefully, it is really possible.

Oda Nobunaga himself was warmongering and expansionist. Oda's retainers had long been complaining and were being exploited to the point where they could not recover.

Ichijo Hideyoshi was born in a humble family. He fought many wars in the process of integrating Oda's legacy. Later, in order to export conflicts to the outside world, he was anxious to attack Shikoku and Kyushu.

It has been two years since the Honnoji Incident, and Hideyoshi Ichijo can be said to have been either fighting a war or preparing for a war. Even if Oda's former territory was wealthy, it could not withstand such exploitation. Where did he get the money and food to go to war?

After all this time, it has come to the point where Sasaki Dokura is giving blood transfusions behind the scenes. It's really funny.

Facing the saint's astonishment, Takada Haruno shook his head and said.

"It's not as much as you think. Ichijo Hideyoshi's own Shikoku and western territories were also mobilized, and the affiliated Mori, Chosokabe and other families also sent a lot of troops.

According to my estimation, the loans that Sasaki Dokura gave to the former Oda territories probably accounted for one-third of the military expenditure for the Kyushu conquest, or at most one-half of the military expenditure.

Yiyin complained.

"That's enough. How come I didn't know anything about it? What is Da Zang Chang'an doing? She didn't even report such an important matter!

"It's absurd to just sit there and do nothing! "

Takada Yono shook his head.

“This is not the fault of Lady Daizo-Changan. Although she is stationed in Sakai Port and controls the Shiba-Dokura, it is impossible for her to know the specific circumstances of every business.

The Oda retainers once purchased a large amount of property in the Sasaki territory. They used their own property as collateral for mortgage loans, which was a normal business.

Each family borrowed money from each other, and as long as the amount was not large enough, no one would notice that they were moving so much military loan money away like ants moving houses. "

Yiyin shook his head speechlessly. It really wasn't the fault of Da Zang Chang'an, the one who took over.

At that time, Takada Haruno wanted to develop the Shiba Real Estate and used the fallen Hayashi Hidetada as an advertisement. The Oda retainers, who were originally frightened by Oda Nobunaga's erratic behavior, bought a large number of Shiba Real Estate, stocks and other Shiba Territory assets in an attempt to leave a way out for themselves.

The Oda family expanded from half of the country to 4 million koku, and the Owari and Mino samurai accumulated countless wealth, a lot of which was absorbed by the Shiba estate.

Nowadays, people are having a hard time living, so they mortgage the Sibo property they bought and get a loan from the Sibo Tsuchiya. The Sibo family is opening the door to do business, and there is no reason to refuse.

There were hundreds of Oda retainers who exchanged their assets for food coupons at Saba Dokura, and they took out loans one by one, so naturally they could not see anything wrong.

When the money accumulated into a large amount, the problem was discovered when the accounts were checked. The money had already been borrowed, and Dazang Chang'an was at a loss as to what to do.

Yiyin glanced at Takata Haruno and always felt that she would deliberately help Daizo Changan to exonerate herself, and there must be some unspeakable deal behind the two of them.

No wonder Shintoism developed so fast. Takata Haruno must have received a lot of low-interest loans from Sasaki Dokura, and Daizo Changan's contribution was not small.

Yiyin shook his head, not wanting to think about the shady deals hidden behind the scenes. He thought for a moment and asked again.

"That's not right. I remember that because the Shiba estate siphoned a large amount of wealth from the Oda retainers, as early as the Oda Nobunaga period, it was expressly forbidden for the Oda to receive circulating food coupons and not to buy assets outside.

After Ichijo Hideyoshi came to power, he was afraid that I would interfere in Oda's internal affairs, so he strengthened this ban. The use of Sasaki food coupons was not allowed in market transactions within Oda's former territory.

How did these old retainers of Oda borrow food coupons and exchange them for supplies?"

Yiyin was right to suspect.

Food coupons are just a piece of paper, and currency is a medium. What is needed in war is not the currency itself, but the large amount of military supplies such as military rations and weapons that can be purchased with currency.

It was no problem for Oda's former retainers to borrow some food coupons from Sasaki-Tsuchiku, but it would be difficult for them to exchange the food coupons for supplies at Sasaki-Tsuchiku and then get them back to Oda's former territory.

The exchange of large amounts of gold, silver, copper coins and grain would inevitably alarm the great treasury of Chang'an. These were not just pieces of straw paper for food coupons, but real gold and silver.

If Da Zang Chang'an doesn't react to this, she would be derelict in her duty and deserve to die.

It was inconvenient to exchange supplies within the Shiba territory, and Hideyoshi Ichijo had issued a strict order prohibiting the circulation of food coupons within the former Oda territory, which further blocked market transactions.

It was not convenient to exchange on both sides, so how did Oda's former retainers turn a large amount of food coupons into a large amount of supplies? This is not a small amount.

Yoshigin looked at Takada Haruno, who smiled bitterly.

"The saint forgot, Tokugawa Ieyasu..."

A flash of enlightenment flashed through Yiyin's mind, and then he smiled bitterly. It turned out to be her.

Although Tokugawa Ieyasu was a staunch ally of Oda Nobunaga, he had always maintained a friendly personal relationship with Yoshigin, and was flexible enough to walk the tightrope between Oda Shiba and Tokugawa.

As early as the time of the financial crisis in Sakai Port, Tokugawa Ieyasu went to Sakai Port in person and used real money to support the food stamp system.

At the same time, the Honnoji Incident broke out in Kyoto. Akechi Mitsuhide suddenly killed Oda Nobunaga, causing Tokugawa Ieyasu to run back to his old nest in Mikawa Totomi overnight and almost died on the way.

After Oda Nobunaga died unexpectedly, Yoshigin hurried back to Kinki from Tokaido. When he passed through the Tokugawa territory, Tokugawa Ieyasu pulled his sleeve to wipe his nose, and he pretended to be pitiful and asked for favors.

Yi Gin softened his heart and acquiesced to her promise made during the transaction between Sakai Port and Takada Haruno to save the food coupon financial system, allowing the Tokugawa territory to become the authorized offshore exchange center for the Saba food coupons.

Oda's old retainers could not use food coupons to trade in Ichijo Hideyoshi's territory, and they dared not openly exchange large quantities of supplies in the territory of the Sasaki family, but they could go to Tokugawa Ieyasu's territory to exchange them!

Tokugawa Ieyasu's territory was like Hong Kong during a special period. Because of the hostile trade barriers between China and the West, it became the only gateway for trade exchanges between China and foreign countries.