different warring states of japan

Chapter 2155: Teaching My Daughter to Play Politics
Glancing at Miyuki who seemed to be deep in thought beside him, Yiyin spoke softly.

"Master, there is no need to be so polite. Yin Zheng and Yin Xiao are my juniors and have served me for many years. It is my responsibility to host their coming of age ceremony and arrange their future for them."

Kitabatake Tomori bowed deeply.

“The kindness of the saints is as vast as the sea. Even if I were to die, I would still be unable to repay even a fraction of their kindness.”

Kitabatake Gukyō had already become a monk when he retired, with the Buddhist name Tenkaku. Later, due to the pressure from Oda Shinpo, he became disheartened and changed his name to Fuchisai.

Although she is called unwise, she is actually very clear-headed and knows that the current situation is the best time for the Kitabatake family to take back the Minamiise family business.

Although Kitabatake Ginmasa and Kitabatake Gintaka were given characters by the saint and were allowed to join the ranks of the Doshinshu.

But in the final analysis, it was also a lucky advancement. Taking shortcuts without any merit or virtue may not be a good thing, and the upper limit for the future is not high.

But if they can regain their family property, the Kitabatake clan will once again become a local lord.

Even if the Sasaki family takes over the world in the future and wants the Kitabatake family to move, considering the relationship between the saint and the two young families, the resettlement and treatment will not be bad, and the family background may be able to be considered as a hereditary vassal.

No matter how powerful the loyal ministers are, can they be more valuable than a famous feudal lord in the world of Sasaki?

Now it is not that Yoshigin wants Kitabatake Gukyou to do something, but Kitabatake Gukyou is eager to pave the way for his two daughters and is eager for the saint to ask him to do something.

I'm not asking you to do this, you're asking me to do this.

After the Honnoji Incident, in order to fight for Oda's inheritance, Oda Nobunaga arbitrarily changed his surname back to Oda and abandoned Kitabatake's surname. This also gave Kitabatake Munikyo an excuse to take back his inheritance.

Although Oda Nobuyuki was incompetent, she killed Oda Nobusumi, betrayed Tokugawa Ieyasu, and at the most critical moment of the fight for Oda's inheritance, she surrendered to Ichijo Hideyoshi on behalf of the Oda clan.

This not only made Tokugawa Ieyasu lose the reason to continue fighting against Ichijo Hideyoshi, but also gave Ichijo Hideyoshi the political leverage to integrate the former Oda territories and inherit Nobunaga's legacy.

Over the years, Hideyoshi Ichijo has been weakening the political identity of Qiqimaru and marginalizing this orphan of Oda Nobunaga who was raised by Akechi Mitsuhide.

For this reason, Ichijo Hideyoshi had to strengthen Oda Nobuhiro's political status and support her to become the representative of the Oda family.

The Oda clan, represented by Oda Nobuhashi, surrendered to Ichijo Hideyoshi, which became the legal basis for Ichijo Hideyoshi to rule the former Oda territory.

And Oda Nobuyuki did not suffer any loss. Hideyoshi Ichijo generously acknowledged her rule over Ise and Owari, and only ceded two important border towns of Owari, Inuyama Castle and Kawata Castle.

Originally, Hideyoshi Ichijo should have taken over Shikoku and Kyushu, and then slowly dealt with Oda's letter package and Tokugawa Ieyasu and completely digested Oda's legacy.

However, Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first to surrender to Yoshigin, and became an economic buffer zone between the two families of Shiba, and the sweet river among the samurai daimyo.

Due to economic considerations and pressure from Yoshigin, Hideyoshi Ichijo was unable to take action against Tokugawa Ieyasu.

If you can't touch Tokugawa Ieyasu, there's no point in touching Oda's letter package.

Although Ise and Owari are rich, they are bridgeheads facing the Tokaido. If we are not planning to attack the Tokaido, what is the point of taking over Ise and Owari?
Besides, Oda Shinbao has been very obedient over the years.

During the conquest of Shikoku and Kyushu, the former Oda territories had always contributed money and manpower. During the invasion of the peninsula, the former Oda territories also mobilized 400 men for every 10,000 koku.

Although it was not as good as the level of 600 people for every 10,000 stones of samurai in Nishijima Province, but compared with the distance consumed by both sides to reach the peninsula, the support provided by the former Oda clan to Ichijo Hideyoshi was obviously done with all their heart.

Among them, the exemplary role of Oda's letter bag is evident.

For this reason, Hideyoshi Ichijo temporarily tolerated Oda Nobuko and allowed her to continue to occupy the two great countries of Owari and Ise.

And Yoshigin wanted to borrow the power of Kitabatake Munekuni to pry open Oda Nobumasa's base and force Ichijo Hideyoshi to take action from another political line besides economics.

The former Oda territories were the territories that Oda Nobunaga had completed local rule before his death, including Owari, Mino, Ise, Omi, Echizen, Wakasa, Settsu and other countries, with a population of about four million koku.

These territories were basically granted by Oda Nobunaga to meritorious Oda retainers, and can be said to be the territories of the samurai families descended from Oda.

This was not a territory that Hideyoshi conquered on his own, but rather a territory that was conquered by Oda through political, military, and diplomatic means such as internal strife within the Oda community, so the rule was weak.

Once something went wrong with Oda's package, or he died an untimely death, the political issue of who would represent the Oda family would become a hot issue.

The disadvantage of rulers of a world dominated by women is that they must give birth to children themselves, resulting in their family bloodlines being far less prosperous than those of rulers of a world dominated by men, and they have few offspring.

Among Oda Nobunaga's close relatives, Oda Nobusumi had already been killed by Oda Nobuho. If Oda Nobuho died again, only the Mystery Maru would be left in the hands of the Sasaki family.

The other distant branches representing the Oda clan were not convincing enough, and Qi Qi Maru was raised by Akechi Mitsuhide of the Shiba clan.

The threat to Oda Shinko's survival was enough to force Hideyoshi Ichijo into a political choice of having to fight.

Before the Ichijo family consolidated its rule over the former Oda territory, Ichijo Hideyoshi had to protect the Oda letter package at all costs, not because he liked it, but because he had no other choice.

Without Oda Nobukatsu, the subject, Hideyoshi Ichijo's legal basis for ruling Oda's former territory was always insufficient. Yoshigane brought Miyuki to meet Kitabatake Munikuni's family of three just to tell Miyuki a truth.

She has to do both things well, and she has to be strong with both hands. She has to use both economic and political pressure at the same time. How can Hideyoshi Ichijo still bear it? She is the Ninja Turtle, hahahaha.

If Hideyoshi Ichijo is really a Ninja Turtle, Yoshigin will admire her instead, and then there is really nothing he can do to her.

Unfortunately, Hideyoshi Ichijo is not one of them.

Yoshigin sighed to Kitabatake Gukuni.

"Ichijo Hideyoshi refused to obey the emperor and insisted on provoking a war, which caused dissatisfaction in the Celestial Empire.

The Celestial Empire is powerful and the island nations are weak. The two sides have been in long-term confrontation, and the people of the island nations will suffer in the end.

I tried to persuade Hideyoshi Ichijo to let go of his obsession and stop the war, but she turned a deaf ear to me.

The former Oda clan had given a lot of support to Ichijo Hideyoshi in his misguided war, which gave her a lot of confidence and was also an important reason why she was unwilling to turn back. "

Kitabatake Tomori understood what he meant and sighed.

"In recent years, the Ichijo family has launched a conquest of the peninsula, and the former Oda lords have mobilized up to 400 men per 10,000 koku, which has put a heavy burden on the people and made them suffer terribly.

I still have some old subordinates in Minami Ise, and they have been writing to me to complain since last year. It is said that the local people are in dire straits and everyone is relying on loans to support the heavy taxes.

The most hateful one was Oda Nobuko. In order to please Ichijo Hideyoshi, she helped the tyrant and constantly increased the military and food levies. The people of Southern Ise all despised her, and some even thought of rebelling. "

Yiyin pretended to be surprised.

"To defeat the powerful with the weak? That's not good."

Kitabatake Tomori sighed.

"What the sage said is that when war breaks out, lives are lost and the people suffer.

I also intend to go to Minami-Ise to persuade and appease my old subordinates. We cannot let the evil of one person bring disaster to the whole area. The people are innocent.

If only the main culprit could be punished."

Yiyin shook his head and sighed.

"It is difficult to have the best of both worlds. Do your best and leave the rest to fate. God will appreciate your kindness and the Kitabatake family will be honored by your kindness."

Kitabatake Tomori bowed.

"The saint is kind!"

During the one-on-one conversation between the two, they had already arranged Oda's letter package clearly.

Kitabatake Tomomi has ruled southern Ise for many years, and Oda Nobuharu has committed atrocities, so the local old subordinates will inevitably turn to their old master.

The Kitabatake family's revenge on the Oda family was also normal from the perspective of samurai tradition.

It is no secret how Oda Shinbun targeted Kitabatake Muninori and almost killed Kitabatake Muninori's entire family.

It was the Oda family that first broke the rules of the samurai family, took away other people's property, and even killed people and exterminated the entire clan.

Even if Kitabatake Tomori really arranged someone to assassinate Oda Nobukatsu, people would just say it was the law of the world and it was understandable.

Regardless of whether the assassination was successful or failed in the end, Minami Ise would inevitably launch a rebellion against the conscription of the peninsula, and Hideyoshi Ichijo could not bear the consequences.

If she fails to put out the spark of resistance immediately, the subordinate areas whose livelihoods have been devastated by the conquest of the peninsula will follow suit and rise up in resistance.

Suppression is impossible. Only by getting rid of the spiritual leader of peace, Yoshigin Sasaki, can the flames of war everywhere be completely extinguished.

So no matter whether Hideyoshi Ichijo was willing or not, she had to face Yoshikane Sasaki head-on, take the initiative to provoke a war, and make a final struggle and fight with all her might.

Yiyin was ignorant back then and suffered a lot in his struggles, but Miyuki was lucky because Yiyin taught her how to play political tricks with righteousness.

Miyuki, who was watching Yoshigane and Kitabatake Gusuke's performance, felt a deep admiration in her heart.

So this is how politics works, it's really dirty, but... it's very interesting...

(End of this chapter)