This time, after Yu Qiupei sent Oda Nobukiyo out of the country, the rivalry between the Qingzhou Oda family and the Inuyama Oda family no longer had anything to do with Yu Qiupei. Because Yu Qiupei was located in the northwest of the border, when Oda Nobukiyo rebelled, his defensive pressure was reduced.
What's more, Oda Nobunaga did not intend to let him participate in the offensive against the Inuyama Oda family. In a sense, perhaps Oda Nobunaga also felt that the rebellion could be quelled without Amakihei - Oda Nobunaga
In the past ten years or so, I had never lost a battle against people named "Oda" in Owari territory.
However, this glorious achievement will soon be over.
On June 10, Oda Nobunaga, who had completed the assembly in his territory, led an army of 6,000 to attack Oguchi Castle before the autumn harvest began. Oguchi Castle is located about ten miles southwest of Inuyama Castle and is the most important part of the Inuyama Oda family's border defense line.
The city. However, Oguchi Castle was fortified and the pond was deep, and the defender Nakajima Bungo Mamoru had stored a large number of sagewood bows and arrows, which brought great trouble to Oda Nobunaga who was attacking the city. Oda Nobunaga attacked fiercely for five days, but still
They failed to capture Xiaokou City and were forced to turn to siege. However, there seemed to be a lot of food stored in Xiaokou City, and there was no sign of wavering at all.
On June 16, Oda Nobukiyo personally led the main force to come for reinforcements. Also coming with him were the 4,000 reinforcements finally sent by the Saito family after wrangling for almost a month. They were composed of troops directly under the Saito family and wealthy families from North America and Higashi Mino.
Michio Nagai of the Saito family - he is the back-mance (assistant) of Endo Keitaka, a powerful and powerful family in North America. As the general, he led the Endo family, Toyama family and other wealthy families to support Oda Nobukiyo.
The exhausted Oda Nobunaga was no match for the large army and was forced to retreat in embarrassment from Oguchi Castle. Taking advantage of the momentum of victory, Oda Nobukiyo began to sweep away the small wealthy families in the territory who were still loyal to Oda Nobunaga, further expanding his own strength.
However, due to the many internal conflicts within the Endo family, the head of the Toyama family, Toyama Kagehito, and Oda Nobunaga were related by marriage and were unwilling to stay in Owari for a long time. The Saito family's army also slowly retreated, and Owari once again fell into an evenly matched situation.
calm.
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But in this rare moment of peace, Yu Qiuping encountered new troubles.
The first is the problem of the bank. Although Yu Qiuping gained the trust of the people and absorbed a large amount of deposits with his support, Yu Qiuping's territory was limited and the people were not particularly wealthy. Soon the funds reached a bottleneck. If
If you want to open multiple shops in Mino Owari according to the original plan, the funds are a bit tight. But regarding this problem, Yu Qiupei himself has no good solution and can only leave it to Sena Ujiyoshi and the Mitsubishi Caravan he manages.
self resolved.
The other issue is more important - it is the issue of the judges in the territory.
Yu Qiuping has implemented his judge system in the territory of the Imagawa family before, and achieved good results. Since the judges are all injured and retired soldiers, who were injured while fighting bravely for the Imagawa family, they have also been treated to a certain extent.
With the respect of the people, they can carry out their work well, and the people also believe in their judgments.
But when it comes to Owari, the situation is very different. Ame Qiupei has fought with the Oda family for three years. Most of these judges were injured while fighting the Owari family. Naturally, the Owari people will not have a good impression of them, and even
There were several families where someone died at the hands of Tokiwa Bei. Therefore, these newcomers did not receive the love and support of the common people.
In this era, any disputes or dissatisfaction in the village were basically handed over to the village chief or clan leader. They controlled the judicial power of each village. These people have lived in Owari for generations and are deeply loved by the people.
Trust is also very familiar to the people. The people are naturally willing to trust them instead of trusting those external disabled judges.
Even though Amano Keitoku spent a lot of time discussing with village chiefs and clan leaders to formulate detailed territorial laws, the practical results are very worrying. Although the contents of the laws are posted on the streets of every village,
But the illiterate people would not even look at it twice. Once there was a matter that needed arbitration, they would either discuss it with everyone, or go to the village chief or the elders of the clan to use the unwritten rules passed down from generation to generation in the village.
, the crude local methods of judgment are rarely used, and the new territorial law is rarely used, and the judges sent by Yu Qiuping are almost ignored.
After Amano Keide reported this matter to Yu Qiuping, he immediately attracted his attention. Because in Japan, the conflict between the big lord and the small lord has always been a very important issue. Whether it is the big Oda family or the small Yuqiu family
, the big Yuqiu family and these small local villages are all engaged in a tug-of-war for power. If we watch helplessly as all judicial power falls into the hands of local forces in the villages, it is very likely to cause trouble in the future. These are
Powerful village chiefs often work together to resist the lord's policies, obstruct the recruitment of soldiers and tax collection, and even start a rebellion against the lord.
So Yu Qiuping thought carefully for a long time, trying to find a way to take back the judicial power of the territory and crack down on local separatist forces. However, the longer he came to this era, the more he forgot about the things in the previous era. Fortunately, he was in the previous era.
When he had free time, he had written down everything he remembered about useful subjects such as history, physics, chemistry, etc. in a few books, which are now kept by Kaede Imagawa.
Yu Qiuping looked through the Chinese history he had written briefly, hoping to find a case that could effectively recover local judicial power, but with little success. Later, when he was looking at the foreign history he had written in a sudden illness, he suddenly
I found that when he wrote about British history, he once mentioned the words "King's Circuit Court".
Thoughts came to me all at once!
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"Kwon Bingwei, I plan to let you set up a lord circuit court." Yu Qiuping found Amano Keide and explained his new idea to him: "You take half of your time to manage military discipline every month and lead a platoon.
Go to patrol my territory. Every time you want to patrol, several judges from there will be summoned to form a temporary lord's circuit court, with you as the chief judge. This court also symbolizes my authority. You can do it for me.
make any judgment."
Yu Qiuping continued: "This court is different from ordinary courts. It only accepts some cases that are appealed again."
Amano Jingtoku frowned and asked, "Your Highness, please make it clear."
“That’s it,” Yu Qiuping spread his hands and explained: “If the residents are dissatisfied with the judgment of the local village chief and clan elders, they can go to this circuit court to appeal—well… it means asking for another trial.
If the result of the trial is different from the first sentence, the sentence of the Circuit Court, which symbolizes my authority, shall prevail! In addition to deciding the case, you also need to ensure that the result of the sentence is successfully implemented to prevent the village chiefs and elders from secretly obstructing the implementation of the sentence.
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"Huh?" Amano Keidei was stunned for a moment, "But didn't His Highness say before that a case will not be tried twice. Once the case is settled, it cannot be tried again. Even if the law needs to be revised, won't it only affect subsequent cases?
"
"This is in response to the phenomenon within our judicial system," Yu Qiuping said with a smile: "When citizens come to our judges to decide cases, cases that are fairly decided in accordance with the territorial laws we have formulated cannot appeal again.
.Only the judgments made by the village chief and elders can be overturned on appeal."
"What your Highness means..." Amano Keide said with a solemn expression: "As soon as this circuit court came out, the sentences of the village chief and elders were deprived of validity. Anyway, after they made the sentence, it can be revised again. Only
After the trial by the judge we sent, the result was guaranteed by the lord. The trial result of the village chief and elders can be overturned by appeal to the circuit court again."
"That's right." Yu Qiuping nodded, "That's why I want you to go in person! Those local judges may not be able to control the situation. But if you take a few judges and a platoon of troops with you, you can symbolize the supremacy.
Authority, subdues all those who disobey."
"Will anyone come to the circuit court? Those people don't believe this." Amano Keide said doubtfully.
"No matter how fair the village chief and elders decide the case, there will always be a loser," Yu Qiuping said with a smile. "The loser will definitely be dissatisfied, and if they are dissatisfied, they will definitely want to change the outcome of the trial - and we provide them with this
Method. In a sense, unless it is an unsuspicious case, everyone in every case will want to appeal again! There will naturally be a market for circuit courts!"
"Over time, the people will understand that the legal rights of the village chief and elders are invalid, and only the judgments of our judges are valid." Amano Jingde understood what Yu Qiuping meant, "Your Highness is a great talent, but I am far inferior to you.
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"It's just that I have something unclear," Amano Keitoku asked: "The core of your highness's plan is to let your circuit court compete with local village chiefs and elders for judicial power. And because the circuit court has your highness as its support,
There is also a deterrent of 50 ashigaru, so it can overwhelm the village chief and elders."
"That's right." Yu Qiuping nodded.
"In this case, why doesn't His Highness directly order everyone to go to our judges to resolve the case, and use force as the backing to force the village chief and elders to hand over their judicial power?" Amano Keide said in a deep voice: "If there is any disobedience,
Kill the chicken to scare the monkey."
"I knew you would say this!" Yu Qiuping gave a bitter smile, "Quan Bingwei, Quan Bingwei! That's too radical! We are new here, and we are not very popular in the first place. What you do is equivalent to directly confronting all local forces.
If we become enemies, they will most likely unite with the same hatred to oppose us."
"But my circuit court actually separated them. I concentrated all my efforts on taking back the judicial sovereignty of one place at a time, and it was 100% sure. Although after the circuit court left, local power may rebound, but the circuit court has
"It has huge deterrent power and propaganda significance." Yu Qiuping explained, "When people choose who to go to to resolve the case, they will think that even if they go to the lord to resolve the case now and I win, the other party can still go to the circuit court and appeal again.
, it is better to go directly to the Yuqiu family judge who decides the case in accordance with the statutory laws of the territory."
"Your Highness," Amano Keide said with a gloomy face: "Does the circuit court below have to be biased? Should it favor the party that lost the case previously to expand the influence of the circuit court?"
The corners of Yu Qiuping's mouth twitched and he did not answer Amano Jingde directly.
Those who cannot give up anything can save nothing.
Judicial justice and the interests of the Yuqiu family must make a choice.
I am no longer the kind fool I once was.
"You weigh it, be careful not to overdo it." Yu Qiuping whispered.
"Understood," Amano Keide nodded, "but His Highness still has to be careful. Even if Your Highness adopts such a method, local forces will definitely resist."
"It doesn't matter," Yu Qiuping shook his head and said, "I have already prepared the reasons, and I will definitely leave them speechless."
Chapter completed!