Pillars of the Wu family

Yoshihiro Kira looked carefully at Okuma Asohide and Jo Masako. Although the two of them tried their best to maintain a standard kneeling posture, they would definitely not be able to support them just after they were released from prison. The funny movements made the maids who came and went covered their mouths and chuckled.

"You two don't look very good!"

"..." The two of them bowed their heads in silence, and couldn't help cursing hypocrisy inwardly, but of course they dared not say it even if they were killed.

Kira Yoshishi was not angry, and continued to ask: "What is the so-called betrayal of Echigo? Gold, face, or something else?"

"..." The two of them still didn't speak. This time, they really had nothing to say. No matter how they explained it, they couldn't justify it. Silence is worse than a thousand words.

Yoshitoshi Kira also knew what they were worried about, so he said simply: "Your family and relatives are also locked up in the house in Kasugayama Castle, but you can rest assured that the family will not embarrass them. According to the population, three people will be supported every month. In addition, they do some work within the city to earn some extra money, and they live a pretty good life."

"Thank you for your kindness!" Daxiong Chaoxiu and Cheng Zhengzi were not only moved, but they cared about their relatives the most. If they didn't have this concern, they could have done seppuku, but if this happened, the relatives of the clan would have to suffer. With Echigo's waiver, life in the future will be extremely difficult.

"Although my family doesn't plan to move your relatives, as the initiator of the rebellion and the chief culprit who invaded Echigo twice, it is impossible for my family not to deal with you." When he said this, he paused for a while, and carefully looked at the expressions of the two of them. When he was ready, he continued, "Do you think my family will forgive you?"

"Wuweidian shouldn't embarrass us!" Da Xiong Chaoxiu felt that since he survived, he would definitely not deal with the two of them again.Otherwise, why bother to torture the two of them.After washing and scalding in hot water for an hour.After blowing in the cold wind again, his mind is clear now, and he can't even think clearly about this question.

"Then how do you think my family will deal with you?"

"This..." The two hesitated. The two of them were imprisoned without seeing the sun for three months. Naturally, they would not know what happened to Shigecho Honjo, Takahiro Hojo, and Kiyomi Kurokawa, but this did not affect their thinking. Feeling that there is still a chance, he tentatively asked: "Is the Palace of Wuwei going to pardon us? Or is there any request?"

Kira Yoshitoki smiled.He shook his head and asked, "Do you think my family will forgive you?"

"This..." His question meant that there was no such possibility at all. The two of them panicked, and their already dull brains became dizzy with pain: "If you don't pardon me, what should I do? If I don't pardon you, it doesn't mean beheading ,What exactly does that mean?"

Kira Yoshitoki said with a smile: "If my family lets you go and leave Echigo Kingdom, where will you go?"

"What does Wuweidian mean?" Cheng Zhengzi was not in a good state, shaking his drowsy head and looking at Da Xiong Chaoxiu, whose face turned livid: "The implication of Wuweidian is that neither Execution is not pardon, but to exile me?"

"No? Exile? Why?" Cheng Zhengzi was still a little dull.It took a while to wake up, and his face was also pale.Defecting or calling out and punishing exile are two concepts. The former is to pack up and run away with the whole family, and most of them will be accepted by other samurai families. The latter is to be punished and expelled from the country. Both the reputation and the price paid are huge.

Yoshihiro Kira smiled without saying a word, and Asohide Okuma was silent for a long time before replying: "The original plan was to go to the Takeda family, so I should have to go to the Takeda family!"

"Okay! Let's talk about Kai Takeda. Now that the family lets you two leave Echigo, will Kai Takeda take you in?"

"……do not know."

"Don't know, or dare not say?"

"Should be taken in!" Daxiong Chaoxiu couldn't keep silent, he had already thought through the cause and effect, he was instigated by the Takeda family to attack Echigo twice, it can be said that his reputation was completely ruined throughout his life.

These three months have been imprisoned in Kasuga Mountain City without seeing the light of day, but the outside world does not know their orientation. Once they see the two come out alive and kicking, it is easy to think that either Jinghu Nagao or Yoshitoki Kira was pardoned. The sins of the two, if they are exiled lightly at this time, and the two go to the Takeda family according to the original plan, what will Harunobu Takeda think?What would the retainers of the Takeda family think?

Yoshihiro Kira was not in a hurry with a smile on his face: "It is still uncertain whether to take you in or not. Even if you take them in, you will be wary of you, shouldn't it be strange?" The faces of the two were ugly, but they still had to nod.

Seeing that the two cooperated well in the treatment, Yoshihiro Kira nodded in satisfaction, and continued to induce: "Then my family will forgive your sins now, demote the two of you to low-level warriors, and allow you to perform crimes and meritorious deeds. After three months, if you are dissatisfied You rebelled again and failed, and finally escaped all the way from Echigo and joined the Kai Takeda Clan, so what?"

"What!" Not only Da Xiong Chaoxiu's eyes widened with anger, even Cheng Zhengzi couldn't sit still, no one could have imagined that this Wuweidian was so terrifying, Daxiong Chaoxiu couldn't help trembling all over, and said coldly: "Wuweidian means... Let me use the room for the two of you?"

"If you think so, there is nothing the family can do about it!" Yoshitoki Kira had a faint smile on his face, shrugging casually as if it was something unimportant. This action is so understated, but it directly determines the future of the two of them. .

"Why..." Daxiong Chaoxiu shook his head and smiled wryly in the middle of the sentence. Naturally, with his wisdom, he would not mistake Kira Yoshitoki's expression. That kind of calm and calm expression will only be revealed when Zhizhu is holding it. He I used to be so confident, but compared to the young nobleman in front of me...

"It's still too far away!" Putting aside the wild thoughts in my head, I said, "What will happen to our family members in the future? What I mean is that it may not be so easy for me to seek refuge alone."

Daxiong Chaoxiu is very smart. He knew that he was powerless to resist, so he just threw out his own conditions. This was also expected. Kira Yoshitoki smiled softly: "Yes! Bizen Mamoru is right, it is definitely not possible to be alone, so let the Your younger brother Okuma Morihide went to Kai with Bizen Shouden, and weaving hall also accompanied him! As for the two family members, don’t worry. They will live comfortably in Kasugayama Castle. You can see them later. "

The official name of Jooribu Yushoji is Joshinmo.Masasuke is just his alias, he doesn't have any brothers and sisters, even though he is the mainstream of the Echigo Daimi clan, several branch families far away in Xiaetsu have nothing to do with the Jo clan, and Jo Masasuke's main wife is Okuma Chaoxiu's younger sister.

He has a very good relationship with his wife. They have three sons and a daughter. His son Jingmao Gang Yuanfu is only 13 years old, and his second son Matsujiro is ten years old.Six-year-old Matsuzaburo, the third son, and a two-year-old daughter, imagine how he would feel when he knew that he would go to Kai alone.

Cheng Zhengzi was in a hurry now, and stammered to emphasize that this was unreasonable: "The Takeda family will definitely suspect us? Isn't it strange that I don't have any relatives?"

Ji Liangyi smiled, clapped his hands lightly to call out the two surnames, and told them: "At the end of the month, bring your cronies and followers back to the farm near Jiguan City to wait. Someone will contact you when you take action. You will be reunited with your families, and you two can leave now."

"Farewell!" Daxiong Chaoxiu bowed and saluted, then pulled Cheng Zhengzi up and left.

This year Zhengdan court meeting.On behalf of the Kira family, Nakajo Tokihide presented two thousand kanmons of Yongle money to the shogunate, and another 1 kanmons to the imperial court.After more than a year, there have been some changes in official positions in the imperial court. First of all, the middle court Toshimi, the cousin of Kira Yoshishi, was promoted to the official rank again. On January 4, he was promoted to the top four.

Konoe's predecessor wrote a letter to thank Kira Yoshishi for the one thousand guanyongle coins, saying that in the past few months, with the support of Piwa House, Konoe's family opened a business house in Kyoto that deals in various luxury goods. The goods sold in the shop mainly include high-quality brocade and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, as well as Nanban mirrors, Nanban paintings, woolen fabrics, ivory, tortoise shell, rhinoceros horn, ambergris, and so on.

The Kira family took [-]% of the shares from the land and funds, the Konoe family got [-]% of the shares from the introduction of personal connections, Ashikaga Yoshiki took [-]% of the shares when he did nothing, and there were Sanjo, Kyuga, Saienji, Kikutei, Nakain, Santiaoxi and other famous families hold a little bit of shares.

The opening of this store brought many new changes to Kyoto. First, the imperial court and the shogunate began to encourage Ming Dynasty from all over the world to shop in this store. Whether it is buying something as a gift to the imperial court or the shogunate, it is very popular, because the imperial court and the shogunate can hold it in their left hands. When it comes to gifts, the right hand is then sold to merchants at a low price. These luxury goods wait for the next buyer to do the cycle again. The name of the merchant is Kamoya, and it is not clear whether it refers to Kamo River or Kamo Upper and Lower Shrines. Know.

With the restoration of the former peaceful atmosphere in the Yamashiro country, the reconstruction projects in Kyoto continued to increase, attracting nearby craftsmen to move to Kyoto, and the richer people in Kyoto also began to study various entertainment activities, so the entertainment chess and card games operated by the Konoe family also became popular. It's also selling very well.

Along with the letter from Konoe's predecessor, there was also Sheng Ji's letter. The original childish writing gradually became graceful and graceful, and the beautiful European font appeared vividly on the paper, which was much better than a few years ago.

In the letter, I briefly talked about my life in the past few months. In addition to reading books and practicing calligraphy, I was also learning to draw. Ji's wedding, he said that he hoped that the two would have the opportunity to come to Kyoto to meet after they got married.

The middle court also sent a letter. After two years of married life, this young man has gradually grown into a young man. The letter mentioned that it is thanks to him that his official career has been smooth in the past few years, and he also thanked him for sending him a letter. Senguan Yongle Qian, the Nakain family directly participated in the business of the Konoe family. In the past few years, with the support of Yoshitomi Kira, he has built many properties in Kyoto, Sakaicho, and Sakamoto and has made a lot of money. I would like to express my gratitude here.

Winter is coming to spring, and soon it will be the season of spring sowing. The farmers in Echigo are not idle this winter. They are busy with public work such as building dams and dredging river channels throughout the winter. Fortunately, although there has been a lot of snow in Echigo, The temperature itself is not too low, the coldest is only three or four degrees below zero.

The followers of Kira's family are not idle. In addition to keeping an eye on their own affairs, there are also various projects to be tracked in real time. There are also land improvement tasks assigned by Kira Yoshishi. After a winter's statistics , Echigo's preliminary plan for land improvement was drawn up.

Including the statistics of lakes, rivers, swamps and wetlands of Echigo, statistics of dry epsom saline-alkali land, and also lists the general situation of wasteland, mountains and hills suitable for immediate reclamation, mobilizing hundreds of statisticians and thousands of farmers as guides, A statistic of footprints all over the mountains and rivers of Echigo.

There is also an internal statistical table that lists the area of ​​arable land held by each countryman, the area of ​​arable wasteland, mountains, forests, lakes, swamps and wetlands. Unlike land inspection, which needs to calculate the height of stones, calculating the area of ​​arable land is relatively simple. Simple measurement of each The samurai family only needs a few towns and steps to turn over the farmland. They usually ask farmers about the fertility of their land and take some soil back for research.

Yoshitoki Kira means that this kind of statistics will be available every year in the future. The original intention of the statistics is to serve as an important reference for agricultural development and economic planning, and it is also a basic account for future disputes. After all, Shigao’s calculations are based on grain production. There are high-yield and low-yield grains, but the land is fixed. It is particularly important for a country owner to develop statistics on changes in land use. (To be continued..)