different warring states of japan

Chapter 979 Desperate Japan

Under the coercion of Yuyashi, Miyoshi Yisan had no choice but to give up his intention of resisting, and was captured without a fight.She looked at Mount Qianjian, and the last hope for a paradise in her heart was finally extinguished.

There is no paradise in this world, only cruel reality.

The most important means of production in an agricultural society is land, the land that can be cultivated.

The population carried by the land is limited. Before the introduction of high-yielding new crops, the eighteen provinces of Han, the core of the Chinese Dynasty, could accommodate a population of about [-] million to [-] million.

As the upper class continues to annex the land, the people at the bottom are gradually suffocated. There is only one way to resolve the conflict, and that is to kill.

The unbearable uprising, the cruel and merciless suppression, and even the foreign invaders followed.When the population drops to less than one out of ten and land conflicts are fully eased, then it will be over.

Evacuate enough land and have sufficient means of production.As long as the ruling class, which is frightened by the war, is wise enough to fear the common people and not dare to oppress them too much, a prosperous age will come.

This is the cycle of China in the agricultural era, but Japan did not have such good luck.

In the tradition of the samurai family, the victor can only deal with the defeated by reducing, changing, and depriving the defeated.

They don't kill their serfs, that's part of the property.The citizens are still imprisoned on the land and squeezed by the new samurai lords.

The contradiction between population and land has not been alleviated. The island country's strict hierarchy and extreme suppression of human nature have allowed the ruling class samurai to firmly grasp the land through layer upon layer enfeoffment.

The numb farmers are willing to be squeezed, and the small grassroots lords with land management rights cannot be purged, and can only go to a more tragic involution.

Japan's Kanto and Kansai are about the size of the two provinces of Han, but the land is relatively barren and supports tens of millions of people.Not only did the war not reduce the population, but it encouraged birth and increased it even more.

As the population increases, the quality of life that limited materials can provide is getting worse and worse. In the end, even the highest-level rulers only have the luxury of a bowl of white rice.

Perennial wars, lack of supplies, expanding population, and suppressed human desires to the limit.This is the darkest and chaotic world, where you can't see your fingers.

The paradise in Miyoshi Yisan's heart can never appear in this era.She was forced to wake up from her dream and had to face reality.

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It's not just Miyoshi Isanichi who lamented the turbulent times, but the long-awaited constitutional government of Uesugi also ushered in the long-awaited constitutional government of Uesugi.

The two have been separated for many years, and now they see each other again, thinking back then, they are all very sad.

Inside the castle tower of Ashikaga Castle, Nagao's chief general, Uesugi Kenmasaka, ascended the throne, and bowed down to pay his respects.

"My lord, I'm very sorry. It's me who caused you trouble and caused you to work hard."

Seeing Uesugi Xianzheng's gray hair and haggard look, she couldn't help feeling sad.

This was also a high-spirited and high-spirited nobleman who first ascended the throne of the family governor and vowed to unify the Kanto Plain.Now the family business has been in decline, and the children have been cut off. For revenge, he has entrusted the family name to outsiders.

Nagao wept bitterly, but Uesugi Xianzheng looked at it very openly, she said softly.

"Dang Ji, please get up.

I don't blame you, but I want to thank you.If it weren't for your actions, I would have thought that no one in the Kanto Plain would have remembered me. "

Nagao Dangchang bowed.

"You are the lord I serve, and this is a fact that no one can change."

Uesugi Xianzheng smiled and said lonely.

"The current governor of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi is His Highness Uesugi Terutora. You shouldn't disobey her for me.

Starting today, you must serve the new Lord with all your heart.This is good for you and for the Ashikaga Nagao family. "

Changwei was stunned for a moment, she asked.

"Are you really willing to donate your family business? Are you giving away everything from the Uesugi family in Yamauchi to the Nagao family in Fuchu?"

Uesugi Xianzheng smiled wryly.

"I am willing, so what if I am not willing? You and I both know that it is the instinct of the martial arts to attach to the strong.

The retainers don't care who the family governor of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi is, or whether they have my blood.All they care about is whether the new family governor is strong and can protect their family property.

Uesugi Terutora is very strong, so I pinned my hopes on her.I have nothing left, but the Hojo family cannot step on my back and become the new Kanto overlord. This is my bottom line.

The bloodline of the Uesugi family in the mountains was cut off, and the family name was given away.I gave everything, just to bring down the Hojo family, let Hojo Shiyasu feel my pain, and feel the same with me. "

The exhaustion and hatred in Uesugi's constitutional speech made Nagao Tocho throbbing.

Her uncomfortable appearance warmed Uesugi Constitution's heart, and said sincerely.

"When Nagahime, you are different from me. The Nagao family in Ashikaga City still has a future. You are from the Nagao family. You were originally a relative of Uesugi Terotora, and you can become her powerful arm.

Promise me that you will serve this new master with all your heart in the future, and don't worry about me any more, and continue the Nagao family in Ashikaga Castle. "

Seeing Uesugi Kensei's sincere words, Nagao Dōchang couldn't help but choked up.

"I understand, thank you, my lord. But, how are you doing in Echigo?"

Uesugi Xianzheng laughed.

"Uesugi Terotora is a smart man.

I gave everything to her, if she still doesn't know how to treat me favorably, how can she convince the Kanto families?

Even if she is pretending, she will pretend to be a loving mother and daughter, so you don't have to worry about my safety and life.

However, this time, the young Hojo girl who went north to Numata City was adopted by her as an adopted daughter. I am afraid that she will not kill Hojo's family in the future, as I wish. "

Uesugi Xianzheng is unwilling to be reconciled, but she really has nothing to do.

Nagao Dangchang pondered for a while and asked.

"Master, don't you have the slightest idea of ​​making a comeback?"

Uesugi Xianzheng paused and said.

"If someone asks, I will definitely answer no. But in front of you, I don't want to lie.

It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I can't.

At the beginning of the Battle of Kawagoe, General Kanto and our two Uesugi families joined forces to besiege the Hojo family.

At that time, I already felt that something was wrong, so I asked the Kanto General His Royal Highness Harushi Ashikaga for a letter, and planned to contact the Echigo Kingdom to send troops to suppress the Hojo family.

It's just that the situation collapsed too quickly and completely escaped my control.

The vassals of Hirai Castle surrendered and killed my child.I contacted all parties in Numata City, two Nagao, two Nagano, including the Numata family themselves, secretly communicated with the Hojo family.

I reluctantly left Ueno, went to Echigo, and never came back.No one wants me, the failed house governor, to come back and affect them to live a good life behind closed doors.

Ashikaga Haru died unexplainably in Sagami country, and her printed letter in my hand is also useless.

The new Kwantung General Ashikaga Yoshihito even appointed Hojo Ueyasu as the Kamakura Ashikaga family head, replacing the position of the Yamauchi Uesugi family.

I have nothing in Echigo, and I can't vent my hatred.

After thinking about it, only the name of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi was still useful, so Teruhu Uesugi was adopted as an adopted daughter. This is how the Uesugi family in Yamauchi returned to the Kanto Plain today. "

(End of this chapter)