That night, Yu Qiu Shang walked alone in the mountains for a long time. When he came back, his mood was completely different.
However, to some surprise, in the vast snowy night, there was a small figure waiting for him at the door of Yuqiu's house.
"Seigenmaru, why are you waiting in the heavy snow? You'll catch a cold." Yu Qiu Shang saw Naoe Seigenmaru at the door, frowned and whispered.
"Because I'm worried about Brother Shang'er." Naoe Seigenmaru sniffed and said in a low voice, "Father and several guards have gone out to look for His Highness Hongye and Brother Shang'er. His Highness Hongye has returned not long ago. I
Seeing that Brother Shang'er hadn't come back yet, I felt uneasy, so I waited outside."
"Thank you very much." Yu Qiu Shang looked a little moved, pulled up Naoe Seigenmaru's sleeve and led him towards the house.
"Brother Shang'er, there's no need to be polite. This is what I should do."
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The sound of the wooden door being pushed open was particularly clear in the quiet night. Imagawa Kaede, who had been leaning by the stove and slightly dozed off, was suddenly awakened. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the door as if she was not awake, and found Yu Qiu.
Shang had already walked into the house. Naoe Chenggenmaru was taking the clothes from Yu Qiu Shang and helping him shake off the snow on his clothes.
"Shang'er!" Imagawa Feng called hurriedly, walked forward quickly, hugged Yu Qiu Shang into his arms, and complained to Yu Qiuping in his mouth: "Your father is also true!
Ok, I took you out for a walk, but a man came back and said you would be back soon! How dangerous it is to leave you alone outside! You are still sleeping so soundly in the house! What a deceitful liar!
"
"Mom." Hearing his father's behavior, Yu Qiu Shang felt inexplicably relieved, "I shouldn't have said such harsh words to you before, I'm sorry."
"Shang'er?" Imagawa Feng was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that Yu Qiu Shang's first words when he came back were to apologize.
At this moment, another burst of rapid and messy footsteps came from the room. Yu Qiuyou ran over in pajamas and wrapped in a quilt. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was haggard. He looked like he had been there all night.
Didn't sleep.
"Ayou, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have talked to you like that just now." The moment Yu Qiu Shang saw Yu Qiu You, his eyes were filled with apology and guilt. He bowed guiltily and whispered.
"No...Brother doesn't need to apologize." Yu Qiuyou hurriedly helped his brother up, and the quilt wrapped around him fell to the ground. He hesitated for a moment, not daring to look directly into his brother's eyes, but still asked in a low voice: "Brother...I
What I want to ask is...are you serious about what I said before?"
Yu Qiu Shang was stunned when he heard this, and almost blurted out the words "Of course they were angry words".
Then, he was stunned.
Are those really angry words? No, they are the thoughts that I have always hidden in my heart. I just kept them from saying it because I was afraid of hurting my brother's feelings.
I have decided not to live for others anymore.
So Yu Qiu Shang smiled with relief. It was a mature smile that children of this age should not have. He patted his brother on the shoulder and said nothing more.
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More than four months later.
On March 30, the eleventh year of Eiroku (1568), an important evaluation meeting was being held in the castle tower of Kuroda Castle. Naoe Tadayei, Sena Ujiyoshi, Amano Keitoku, Sanada Masayuki, and Takenaka Shigeharu were the five Ume.
All the important officials of the Qiu family were present. Next to Takenaka Shigeharu and Amano Keitoku were Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You respectively. Yu Qiuping planned to let the two of them start to deal with official business, slowly develop their abilities, and also
It's like letting them practice.
"The acceptance and digestion of the territories of the four small wealthy families has basically been completed." Naoe Tadayei handed a thick stack of information to Yu Qiuping, which was basically the land deeds and land inspection data within the territories of the four small wealthy families.
The situation of the dispatch of acting officials and judges, and the retention of the samurai who were originally responsible for governance. "If everything goes well, as long as this year's autumn harvest goes through normally, there will not be any problems in the future."
"Thank you for your hard work these days." Yu Qiuping looked at Naoe Tadayei's somewhat haggard face and said gratefully. He himself understood the complexity and trouble of these tasks, and it was very confusing and exhausting to do them, so he dumped them on him very irresponsibly.
Naoe Tadayei. For almost ten years, every time he had any troublesome things or household chores that he was too lazy to do, he would leave them to Naoe Tadayei, the great butler, to complete them - he has always been conscientious.
"How is the judicial situation in the territory, Quan Bingwei?" Yu Qiuping turned his attention to Amano Jingtoku again and asked.
"Report to Your Highness." Amano Keide said in the stiff tone as always: "As Naoe-sama said, judges have been stationed in various villages. At the beginning, Xiao Xiao was still fighting against the legal authority as before. But through the circuit court, several
After months of operation, judicial power has now been taken back from them, and most people have convinced themselves of the authority of the judges."
"Okay, okay, you did a good job." Yu Qiuping nodded and said, "What about the code of law in the territory that you were asked to write?"
"My subordinates are incompetent and have not been able to complete it until now." Amano Keidei leaned down to apologize very seriously.
"But apprentice, I heard from several judges under you that you have almost done it?" Yu Qiuyou asked in surprise when he saw Amano Jingde's serious look.
"That's just a draft. There are still many places that need to be repaired, and it is estimated that it will take ten days." Amano Jingde did not give Yu Qiuyou any face, and whispered in a low voice. Yu Qiuyou blushed and lowered his head in embarrassment.
go.
"It's okay, we can't rush the code. We must compile it well." After Yu Qiuping gave a few instructions, he asked Takenaka Shigeharu, "Shigeharu, has the separation of military ranks and positions been implemented?"
"Replying to His Highness, it has been completed." Takenaka Shigeharu replied respectfully, "The epaulettes formulated at the request of His Highness have also been completed and distributed. All the more than 850 soldiers on the payroll of Tokiwabi have confirmed their military ranks.
.”
"By the way, Your Highness, I have another suggestion." After Takenaka Shigeharu reported the work previously given to him, he took out a stack of paper from his arms and handed it to Yu Qiuping. While Yu Qiuping took it with both hands, Takenaka
Shigeharu also spoke again: "Since this expansion has recruited a lot of new recruits, the future expansion of Tokiwa Prep's army is bound to include more recruits. They lack actual combat experience and will inevitably cause trouble to our side on the battlefield. Therefore, I am willing to
The staff of the General Staff Department formulated this plan."
While listening to Takenaka Shigeharu's introduction, Yu Qiuping flipped through Takenaka Shigeharu's plan. However, he only turned a few pages and was immediately attracted by the plan.
"Is this... a military exercise?" Yu Qiuping read over Takenaka Shigeharu's plan carefully and murmured to himself.
"Military...exercise?" Yu Qiuyou repeated his father's pronunciation with some uncertainty. This was not a word in Japanese. It was probably his father's coined word.
"It means military exercises." Yu Qiuping gave a rough explanation. He did not expect that this cross-era concept would be proposed by Takenaka Shigeharu so early. "This is very feasible! Hanbei, you are really a genius! Today
I will go back and study it carefully and discuss it with you in detail another day. There are also some operating systems that I want to popularize in the staff department, and I have also told you about them."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Although Yu Qiuping had already praised Takenaka Shigeharu so much, the latter's face was still not filled with emotion, but remained as calm as ever, as if the compliment just now had nothing to do with him.
"Yoshibei, how are you doing?" Yu Qiuping looked at Sena Ujiyoshi again, "How is our Iron Rooster making money recently?"
Yu Qiuping's ridicule made everyone laugh, but Sena Shiyi always regarded Iron Rooster as a compliment, and said as a matter of course: "The business of Mitsubishi Caravan is expanding day by day, and the businessmen of Tsushima are also cooperating with us very much."
Pleasant. In addition, there are many businessmen and wealthy families in West Merion who are willing to join our trading business. I have even opened several new trade lines over Omi. Nobhiro Tomita has done a good job, I
I plan to leave many tasks on the Mitsubishi Caravan Old Caravan Road to him."
"What about Masuda Nagamori? How did that boy do?" Yu Qiuping obviously paid more attention to Masuda Nagamori, a person who would be famous in later generations, than Tomita Nobuhiro.
"Masuda Nagamori has done a very good job, and he has made a great contribution to the bank." Ujiyoshi Sena mentioned another of his subordinates and nodded with great satisfaction, "In recent times, he has entered the People's Bank of China.
At that time, the repayment period of the first batch of loans was due. Masuda Nagamori did a good job in fund raising and capital turnover."
"Okay, I'll leave the Yuqiu family's money bag in your hands. Don't let me down, Kihei!" Yuqiuping encouraged with a smile, then looked at Sanada Masayuki, "Kihei, what about you?
?How are things going in the Military Intelligence Department? You seem to have just come back from the south yesterday. It’s hard on you for running around.”
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness." Sanada Masayuki said with a smile, "I have not continued to expand the original intelligence system during this period, but focused on improving Your Highness's bureaucracy. In the beginning, Your Highness proposed such a system, and I am honest about it.
Some people disagreed. But after putting it into practice, I found that this system can really help improve efficiency and eliminate the impact of personal emotions on official duties, which is of great significance to intelligence work."
Bureaucracy is an institutional system that Yu Qiuping vigorously promotes in various systems at home. This is a set of management methods and organizational systems in which power is divided and stratified according to functions and positions, and rules are the main body of management. Each department, such as a bank,
The caravan, staff, military intelligence department, acting officer, and judge systems all have clear regulations, covering all aspects of the organizational system. Within the system, there is a clear division of responsibilities horizontally, and there is also a hierarchical structure of authority vertically.
A pyramid-like management level. In an organization, all relationships between personnel are official relationships, and any personal relationships should be excluded. Even if the father and son work in the same department, they can only have a relationship as colleagues.
It cannot be mixed with personal relationships. In addition, the appointment, promotion, salary and assessment of all warriors and officials are based on clear systems.
"Hahaha, you are right!" Yu Qiuping naturally believed in the superiority of his timeless system, "But since you are engaged in the construction of the system, why did you go to the southeast yesterday?"
"That's right, it's to connect with our ninjas from Mikawa." Sanada Masayuki replied.
"Oh? We still have ninjas in Mikawa?" Yu Qiuping frowned and thought for a while, and then suddenly realized: "Oh oh oh! It was this year's New Year that you and Hattori Hanzo of the Tokugawa family agreed, and we each
Station a ninja at the other party's home so that the two families can communicate in private?"
"That's right." Sanada Masayuki nodded, and at the same time took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Yu Qiuping, "This is the latest information, please take a look at it."
Chapter completed!