Pillars of the Wu family

Early in the morning on March [-]th, thousands of Dingkou in Kasuga Mountain City were busy, and the marriage between the king and the king was a great event in the Echigo kingdom, not to mention that the king's husband's family was a nobleman from Kyoto, and the samurai and The family members have never seen this pair of little people, they are really handsome and beautiful, they are a match made in heaven.

With the explosion of Zuo Yichang's firecrackers, the sound of singing and dancing gradually sounded, and the big-name officials who had not been seen in Echigo for hundreds of years appeared on the stage one by one. At the time of Hiroma, the Echigo warriors lowered their heads in awe.

"Guan Bai, the elder of the Fuji family, the former heir of the left minister of the guard, has arrived!"

"Elder Genji, Kuga Godai Nayan Haruichi is here!"

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A wedding in a distant country in the countryside unexpectedly brought two elders with the surnames of the courtiers at once. How could they have seen such a scene in the countryside? When they came to celebrate the wedding, the people of Echigo were startled and realized that the governor of the Kira family from Kyoto had such a powerful influence.

The marriage ceremony in medieval Japan borrowed from the etiquette of the Tang and Song Dynasties spread in the Heian period. The four steps of Nacai, Naji, Nazheng, and Yingying evolved into four steps: meeting, marriage contract, knotting, and ceremony, which generally have similar meanings.

The previous meeting and marriage contract have been completed. Jiena is literally divided into two aspects: "knot" and "na". The relatives of both parties attend the wedding banquet together and give blessings to the new couple, which is called "knot". Giving property and gifts is called "Na", which actually means that when you put it together, everyone comes to drink wedding wine and give money as a gift.

The final ceremony refers to the wedding banquet of disclosure.

Congratulations and congratulatory gifts are nothing unusual, ranging from geese flying in the sky to whales swimming in the water.South Sea Pearl Pendant.Rhino horn, ivory crafts.Gold bracelets, gold lock feet, gold pendants, white jade, and emeralds are all famous products. Judging from the appearance, these gifts are all high-quality goods from the Ming Dynasty, and they should be gifts that are treasured by various officials.

It can be seen from this that the imperial court attaches great importance to Yoshitoki Kira's marriage. Konoe represented both the relatives of the husband's family and the relatives of the wife's family a long time ago, and at the same time he is the person with the highest status in today's wedding.By him to preside over the wedding became popular expectations.

The new bride Long-tailed Hu Ji walked in wearing a white wedding dress and was supported by several female officials. Hu Ji's face was wrapped in a hood, covering most of her cheeks with a hood, and she couldn't see her expression clearly with her head hanging down, but today she also had a face. Even with powder on it, he can't see how pretty it is.

The scene was a little noisy and I couldn't hear what the female officer was saying in a low voice, only the former heir of the guard said: "The bride and groom are seated!"

At the time of Kira Yoshishishi, the male guest was accompanied by Tongji Zhongyuan, and on the opposite side was the wife of the wife, Yoko Kuga, accompanied by the female guest. During the wedding, the newlyweds were not allowed to make loud noises or whisper to each other, they could only talk to each other. Yibin from both sides will answer for the new couple.

Then enter the main process of the ceremony, point out all the common names of the family backgrounds of both parties in the form of songs.It would be difficult if there is no level of proficiency. Fortunately, the male and female guests this time are Ji Liangyi's cousin and sister-in-law.Both of them are from famous families and their singing skills are extraordinary, so it's hard for the two of them.

The young couple's movements were skillful and natural, and they quickly completed the lengthy and irritating process of giving names and presenting gifts. Yoshihiro Kira presented a pair of emerald butterflies Jinbuyao, and the long-tailed tiger princess gave him The one with the golden silk painted phoenix seeking phoenix and bat fan.

The next step is to perform the ritual of marriage, which is similar to the etiquette of the Tang and Song Dynasties. The meal cooked with red dates, peanuts, rice, and chestnuts on the lacquerware tray indicates that there will be many children and good luck. happy family.

The two ate within a plate, and while eating, Hu Ji covered her face with a juniper fan in one hand and a chopstick in the other and said softly, "Your Highness, please eat."

Hu Ji met his eyes in mid-air, then hurriedly lowered her head, chewing the food on the plate carefully, Hu Ji was dressed like a regular princess of Gongqing's family, her jade face was powdered and her lips were slightly crimson. He was very happy after being shaved off, but still had a mouthful of white teeth.

As early as two years ago, when Sheng Ji wrote a letter complaining about the pain of blacking his teeth, he ordered the craftsmen of Pipa House to study braces, and put black sets on the teeth instead of blacking the pain of teeth, just like European nobles with wigs, With the appearance of this braces, the princesses and royal families of Gongqing's family took the lead in avoiding the trouble of blackening their teeth.

The short meal was like a dream, but it made him unwilling to eat. He remembered that the first time he saw Hu Ji was two and a half years ago on the long street in Kyoto, and more than two years later, the little girl who frightened him back then had grown into a big girl, a young girl. The long tresses of hair have already passed the waist, and now they have also cultivated to become a couple.

The last item in the ritual of Heshen is the Hessai wine. Choose Konoe’s 30-year-old sake as the ceremonial wine, take a shallow cup and hold a corner of each to drink together. At this time, both parties need to keep their eyes on the same level and drink carefully without touching the body. , Kira Yoshishi stared at the heavily made-up Tiger Hime in a daze. Although the new makeup did not reveal her previous appearance, the light eyeliner, red lips, and straight nose were still shockingly beautiful.

After the wedding ceremony, the rest of the revealing banquet has nothing to do with the new couple. The two of them were accompanied by their companions and left the Daguang room. At the same time, the revealing banquet began. , because today is the marriage ceremony of the king, so as long as you don't drink too much, it doesn't matter.

The group of relatives and friends at Kira's house was so impressive that even envoys from the imperial court and the shogunate came to watch the ceremony. This was beyond Nagao Jinghu's expectations. His personality and status are much higher than his VIP discussion. [

Fortunately, all the ministers in Kyoto are educated people, and they have been well-versed in all aspects since they were young. The woman's guardian, Nagao Jinghu, is also a rare educated person, so it doesn't look awkward at the banquet.

At the beginning of Youshi, Yoshitoki Kira had already put on a black hunting suit, holding a bat fan in his left hand, and holding a bat fan in his right hand. He appeared wearing a gorgeous gown and a shawl wrapped around his head. He appeared as a married woman, which also marked that the dinner party was about to begin. At the banquet, charcoal-grilled fish and shrimp, pine nuts, peanuts and other nuts were served in plates, which made the Echigo samurai who were accustomed to living a hard life wide-eyed and amazed.

This kind of banquet from noon to midnight is only used by officials who are used to extravagant life in Kyoto. Echigo samurai watched the nobles in Kyoto chatting and resting for an afternoon, and then gathered together happily in the evening to continue drinking. understand.Nagao Joharu asked Saito Chaonobu in a low voice: "Is this the life of the aristocrats in Kyoto? What a luxury!"

"Do you know now? Gongqing is a very corrupt and extravagant group of people! Stop drooling. Be careful of your ass when dripping on my clothes. These are clothes made by Ju Ji herself..." Saito Chaoxin opened his hands Nagao Dingchun, who came over, pointed to Gongqing in the distance and said: "Are you envious? Follow the Palace of Martial Guards and dare, and you will have the opportunity to live this kind of life in the future!"

"Well! I believe it! I want to be friends with Wuweidian! I will definitely be able to live this kind of life!" Wiping his saliva again, Nagao Dingchun turned his eyes to the braised fish on the plate, and started to eat with both hands.

At the dinner, Yamato’s ape musician Guanshi Family Seventh Generation Semoto Tadashi performed on stage, and Numata Hikari even acted as the accompaniment, performing the new piece "Eno" created by the previous generation’s governor Nagatoshi. It has been 40 years since he performed on stage at the age of six. Play bone.The acting skills have been perfected, and the audience in the venue praised him unanimously.

After a short rest, Shi Yuansheng, the son of Shi Yuanzhong, and his younger sister, Zhu Ji, performed the famous song "Ba" on stage. In the bridge section, especially in the last scene, when Ba Yuqian rushed to Kiso Yoshinaka without hesitation, he shouted a word: "Go back, let's go back to Kiso together!"

Seeing the woman he loves fighting for him covered in blood, Kiso Yoshinaka couldn't bear to let Ba Yuqian die humiliatingly with him, so he bit the bullet and cursed: "When a man is dying, being with a woman will hurt others." Ridiculous. Do you want me to not be able to raise my head to see my father and brother in Birazaka?".

Ba Yuqian smiled sadly, and said to the beloved Kiso Yoshinaka: "Then, please let me fight for His Highness again!"

So Ba Yuqian captured the famous Musashi general who was rushing towards him, cut off his head with a single knife, and then steered his horse to break through. From then on, this strange woman known as Japan's number one beauty and warrior disappeared from history up.

Seeing this, Hu Ji held his hand tightly, and whispered: "Your Highness! If one day encounters danger, Ah Hu will definitely not abandon His Highness and leave!"

Feeling the restlessness of the girl from the palm of his hand, Yoshihiro Kira raised her little hand and kissed it on the back, and said softly: "What are you talking about? Today is my Ashikaga world, no one will come to chase us down Believe me, never will!"

Then the next track stunned all the samurai in the arena, because the name of the track was "Night Run", and it was about the pursuit from Kasugayama Castle to Shibuya in order to rescue Nagao Tora in the 22nd year of Tianwen. The story of Chuanhai and the long-tailed tiger girl Yueye ran wildly, and finally the horse died suddenly and hid in the reeds to escape.

Watching the performance on the stage, the vivid performance of the familiar lines, the ferocious Honjo army and the bravery of Kira Yoshitoki, Tiger Princess couldn't help but burst into tears. Kira Yoshitoki also hugged Tiger Ji comforted in a low voice: "Ah Hu, don't cry! Sometimes we get through all the hardships, but don't cry? We should laugh and let everyone see that we are happy!"

"Hmm!" Hu Ji wiped away the tears from her face, saw that her makeup was all ruined by crying, she apologized in embarrassment, and went back to touch up her makeup with Rong Yuqian's company.

The appearance of this saru-music caused a lot of amazement. Officials from far away in Kyoto obviously didn’t know that there was such a thing. They asked the participant Nagao Jinghu one after another. After getting his positive answer, they couldn’t help admiring Kirayoshi’s Bravery and courage.

Especially when Nagao Tora was surrounded by Honjo's army, the girl was about to commit suicide to save her name. At the last moment, Ashikaga Gohata suddenly appeared. Although Kira Yoshitoshi had only [-] riders at a serious disadvantage, she resolutely resolutely disregarded personal safety. Rushing to the army of the village, the vigor of rebellion shocked all the audience.

At the same time, the villain of this Yuanle has also attracted people's attention. From the beginning of Yuanle, Honjo's head was buried deep in his chest and he did not dare to speak. Whether the samurai next to him smacked his lips or sneered made him even more ashamed, "I Regret your stupidity and pay for it, but why this simaku?"

Shigecho Honjo couldn't understand, and Tokyuki Yamamoto didn't agree with such a publicity. What does it mean to write the story of Yoshitoki Kira into Sarugaku?Many people can feel this point. Some people want to raise the reputation of Kira's family, and when they see it, Kira Yoshi is suspicious and guesses who is doing things.Tokiko Yamamoto glanced around.I was very excited to find Usami Dingman.Even with a bit of unnatural excitement, he guessed seven or eight points right.

After the end of the song, there was a burst of applause, and he had to stand up to thank the family. Afterwards, the ministers praised his bravery one after another. Kira Yoshishi said a few words modestly: "This is indeed a real incident. After a series of events, the family eventually conquered Shigecho Honjo. Let him become a member of my team, and the family will also ask Shizakonden to compose the twists and turns into a repertoire of monkey music for you, as well as the story of the battle of Chuan Nakajima last year. It’s a good blueprint, please leave it to Shi Zuo Jindian!”

"Yes! But there is an order from the Palace of Martial Guards, and I, Yuan Zhong, will do my best to complete it!" Shi Yuanzhong hurriedly brought his family to salute this famous family. It is a great honor to be praised by the nobleman, and now he can still get the favor of the nobleman and get the first-hand information compilation A new story is simply a wish.

When Honjo Shigecho saw Kira Yoshi, he gave him a comforting look, and hurriedly bowed down gratefully, so that he could get the master's understanding and let go of the previous suspicions.The little resentment in his heart also disappeared. [

I don't need to say much about how famous Kira Yoshishi was, but I can tell by seeing today's big banquet from morning till night.Thousands of samurai attended the banquet in the entire Kasugayama castle. Sa Yoshinaga was set off in Kasugayama castle town and Naoetsu town, and the maids distributed candy and cakes to the children surrounded by the samurai. In the words of the Kira family, this is called having fun with the people. .

At the end of a dinner party, the ministers took their families to rest. Yoshiki Yoshitoki also pulled the reluctant Tiger Hime to say goodbye to Konoe's predecessor, Ashikaga Katsuhime and his wife. On the way back, Tiger Hime laughed softly: "Your Highness, Ah Hu heard many interesting stories today, such as three years or five years?"

"Three years? Five years? What do you mean?" Holding the girl's willow waist, a faint fragrance wafted into the nostrils and refreshed the heart, and the guy with a dark mind thought about the wrong place again, "Is this the legendary virgin fragrance? Sure enough Wonderful!"

"Three years! We are so young, we should do those things in three years... five years would be even better!"

"What kind of thing are you going to do again?" Yoshihiro Kira still didn't pay attention to what the girl was saying, carefully avoiding a scorching gaze from Numata Sandalwood, who was watching the moon alone in the courtyard, and took Tiger Ji's hand up the stairs .

"It's that kind of shameful thing! Very shameful and bad..." The bright moonlight shone on the girl's face, and the blush crept up to her ears in a short while.

"What's the shame and bad thing?" Fortunately, Hu Ji didn't notice the presence of Numata sandalwood in the courtyard. If she saw her resentful eyes, she would definitely sulk again. This girl looks quite normal Yes, but as a result, he always does not know how to be reserved at all, which puts a lot of pressure on Ji Liangyi, and Hu Ji doesn't like her very much.

"The embarrassing and bad things are the kind... I don't know about that kind of thing! Huh!" The girl ran back to the room with her face covered, and opened the paper door after a while, exposing her small head to the door. Kira Yoshitoki said: "So within three years, you must not do shameful things, no!"

"Crack!" The paper door closed again, and I heard a silly girl humming the tune from "Night Run" indiscriminately.

He had no choice but to walk forward and pull open the paper door. He walked up to the silly girl and sat down. He said earnestly, "Did you forget that the door of the room can't be locked? How stupid!"

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Incidents of potato poisoning in Sagami, Musashi, Kai, and Nanshinano areas were also taken to Echigo by interested people. Unfortunately, Echigo has been well protected. Potatoes agreed to be stored in the cellar without germination poisoning. There are lessons learned from others using blood, so The followers of Kira's family organized a publicity campaign to raise awareness of safety, reminding farmers to raise their awareness of safety precautions, including paying attention to answers to strangers, not trusting gossip, and so on.

Kira Yoshitoki's big marriage also heralded that Echigo officially turned into the era of Nagao Kagetora and Kira Yoshitoki's duo rule. No one in Echigo would doubt the authority of the Kira family. The Echigo pacification made local people know With the absolute power of the Kira family, the Kawanakajima battle further enhanced the cohesion of the Echigo samurai.

Since Kira Yoshitoki's wedding, the people of Echigo have chosen to take the initiative to approach the new joint ruling group. The three evaluations every month will gather almost the entire Echigo [-]% samurai to participate, and the evaluation once every two months is even rarer. The existence of absence made Nagao Jinghu feel deeply.

In the big evaluation in early April, Yoshitoki Kira proposed to improve production efficiency and speed up the construction of new towns. It is necessary to build several standard commercial towns in Echigo, Naoetsu, Kashiwazaki Port, and establish a new new town called Shinano River, All the swamps and stems near the mouth of the Agano River have been cleared up.

Hosokawa Fujitaka proposed the new town expansion plan, and mentioned in the plan: "Echigo has a population of 41, an increase of 6 compared with two years ago, of which the floating population accounts for nearly 15% of the total number, and the serious shortage of labor is still a problem today. For this reason, we will carry out a stimulating family planning plan. One more child will be rewarded with Yongle Qianyi! Each household will receive food subsidies for each additional child except the eldest son. The subsidy is until the age of [-], and it is currently planned to be implemented for five years."

The people of Echigo complained in a low voice, and then elected Jingchi Kanzao to speak on their behalf: "So what about five years later? The child born this year will only be six years old in five years. Can you still lead the subsidy after five years?".

"Newborns in the scheme will be subsidized within five years, and the subsidy will continue until the age of 15."

"That is to say, children born after five years catch up with the last batch of subsidy plans, and these subsidies can be received until 20 years later? I probably understand." A simple five-year plan can benefit 20 years. How many newborns will be born?Fifty thousand or one hundred thousand?No one knows this, maybe only five years later.

"Another plan is the public land rental plan! Because the overall speed of the development of Echigo Xintian is very fast, many lands are facing a serious shortage of farming population. There are some problems in this year's spring planting. The labor intensity of males is high. Busy until dark, the women and the elderly in the family also have to engage in excessive physical labor, and recently there have been accidents of illness and even death, so the rental plan is proposed..."

"The specific measures include that all new farmers who enter Echigo rent and plant new land will enjoy the treatment of exempting the one-year section fee and the three-year building fee. The family has been farming for 20 years, and they are brokered by an old underground person in the village, and they must have three farmers as guarantees before they can move in."

After reading this, Fujitaka Hosokawa couldn't help but frown. The development of Echigo Nitta is a very eye-catching big event, and even a fool can see the benefits of Nitta development. In the short term, it can become a fertile farmland in the same year, and in the long term, it will be three to five years It will be a matter of time before the high-quality arable land can be achieved, and the jealousy of the people of Echigo will be aroused.

Sure enough, as expected, someone immediately suggested excitedly: "So many new fields, can we share some with everyone? We have people to cultivate them by hand!"

"If you pay, you will be rewarded. My Kira family worked hard to reclaim the land. What I paid was hard work and high investment in the early stage. I neither stole nor robbed but earned it with my hands! Does the Fifty Gongye Palace still want to divide the new land?" .Yamamoto Tokyuki squinted his one eye, and stared at the Echigo people coldly.

"...No." Hiro's Fushikono's head immediately calmed down. At the beginning, the big guys in Xintian Development were all holding the mentality of watching a joke. No one imagined that the Kira family would make it. The land of Senchobu is not a joke. In three to five years, the Kira family will be the largest lord in Echigo. How much status do they have as autonomous lords?

When Ji Liangyi saw that the heat was about the same, he announced with a final word, "The last thing to say is to emphasize the laws of the samurai family. The privilege of guarding envoys will be abolished from today, and the privileges of temples and shrines will also be abolished at the same time. What belongs to gods and Buddhas, what belongs to mortals belongs to mortals."

Under the strong suppression of the Kira family, the vigorous city-building plan was launched in early April. At the same time, the land knowledge and action was redefined, and the calculation method was strictly based on the land area. After the major martial arts.

The land is dead, but the grain is alive. On the other hand, going to the field can produce at most one stone and five buckets of rice, but planting new grain can produce seven or eight stones of grain. This makes the previous stone height calculation method unreliable. According to the land Determining the appropriate tax rate has become the top priority today. (to be continued...)