In the 26th year of Shohiro's reign, that is, in 1948 AD, a murder and attempted suicide occurred in Asakusa, Edo. A married woman, Mitsuko Urawa, who worked in a snack bar in Asakusa, Edo, raised three daughters. Her husband was addicted to gambling.
By nature, Chongzi was not doing his job and felt hopeless in life. With a bleak future, Chongzi decided to take his three children and die. On the evening of April 6, the 26th year of Zhaoguang, Chongzi gave birth to his three daughters (aged 8 and 4 respectively).
and 2 years old) drank fish soup mixed with rodenticide, and then strangled their three comatose daughters to death. After the incident, Mitsuko himself also drank a bowl of fish soup to commit suicide, but the rodenticide was not a fatal poison.
The attempt failed. So Mitsuko surrendered to the local police station. The local prosecutor's office charged Mitsuko with murder, and the Edo District Court immediately accepted the case. The presiding judge of the criminal case was Judge Ushiyama Takeshi of the court. It took three months.
On July 2, the Urawa District Court sentenced Mitsuko, who was charged with murder, to three years in prison with a three-year suspended sentence. The local prosecutorial office did not protest against this verdict, so the Mitsuko murder case can be said to have been officially closed.
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However, the Diet's Legal Affairs Committee believed that the sentence imposed by the court in this case was too light, so it summoned the presiding judge Ushiyama Takeshi, various court officials, as well as the parties involved, Urawa Mitsuko and Urawa Mitsuko's husband, and other persons related to the case to conduct an investigation. The Congress conducted the investigation.
The name refers to the "power of investigation of national affairs" given to Congress in the amendment to the Constitution, that is, "Congress can investigate national affairs and may require witnesses to attend and testify or submit testimonies and records." After several weeks of investigation, Congress
A report was made, in which it was determined that the court staff in this case, headed by Takeshi Ushiyama, failed to uphold legal fairness during the trial and gave too much consideration to human factors, thus the sentence given to Mitsuko Urawa was too light.
However, the congressional investigation led to strong protests from the legal community. They were determined to defend the independence of the courts and were determined not to allow Congress to reach into the courts. The then Supreme Court Justice Shui Atom-guang complained bitterly at a press conference
The intrusion of the legislative power of the Congress on the judicial power. “If the courts’ trials require Congress to determine right and wrong, then wouldn’t the independence of the courts and the constraints of the judicial power on the legislative power be gone?”
Taking the "Urawa Mitsuko case" as an opportunity, the whole country and society launched a fierce debate over the dispute between the two doctrines of "independent power theory" and "auxiliary power theory" in the "national affairs investigation power". The big discussion lasted for several months until
After Masaaki Hatakeyama, a well-known legal scholar who worked at Shanghai Middle School at the time, made his famous statement at the press conference, public opinion gradually moved toward the court.
"Nearly 400 years ago, my ancestor Mr. Hatakeyama and several other great sages established the system of separation of powers in Sakai Town. In the following hundreds of years, our country has not encountered major turmoil.
, relies on the mutual restraints of the government, Congress and the courts. No one can act arbitrarily, thus avoiding the danger of going the wrong way."
"Although I don't know whether this congressional investigation is out of good intentions or has ulterior motives, it is actually infringing on the authority of the court, undermining our system, and reversing the course of history. If we can't get rid of it at the source
If it is curbed, the subsequent development will be unimaginable. Do you want to see the birth of a behemoth that controls both legislative and judicial power? Do you want to go back to the era of those high-ranking big shots who acted arbitrarily? Do you want to go back to the days when hundreds of people were dictatorial?
Years or even more than a thousand years ago, was that an era when the cycle of chaos would never end? By doing this, are you worthy of those forefathers who exhausted their energy for the separation of powers, and worthy of Yuqiu Hongye who started all this?"
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And in his mouth
Yuqiu Hongye was rushing back to Maple Leaf Mountain Castle from Sakai Town at this moment. Because he understood that the separation of powers and other plans were useless. Everything was based on his defeating the Miyoshi family and seizing Sakai Town.
On the basis of ensuring the safety of merchants here.
Imai Munehisa and the others have already planned a route to transport supplies to Amakihei - the caravan from Sakai Town will pass through the Ishiyama Gobo in Honganji territory, and then arrive at Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, instead of taking the Wakae Castle line, in order to avoid Miyoshi.
Xian's eyes and ears. After their communication and coordination, Honganji Temple is willing to give Yuqiu Pingxing, who has no grievances and no grudges, a way to deal with the Miyoshi family who have vengeance against them.
And Hatakeyama Takamasa also promised that after returning to Tetori Castle, he would immediately send his trusted aides to notify the various small wealthy families in Hanoi, and he would also raise his arms and call on the wealthy families in Hanoi to unite and drive the Miyoshi family out. But he himself was willing to do so.
Do Amakihei a favor: he will assemble Kii's Nerai people again and threaten Kishiwada Castle in Izumi Province from the south to put pressure on the Miyoshi family.
"You don't need to do so much." Yu Qiuping said very embarrassedly after receiving Hatakeyama Takamasa's promise at that time, "After all, this time I am not following your wishes. I did not let the Hatakeyama family move into Hanoi, and did not restore the old relationship.
system, but to replace it with a brand new system.”
"As long as you are determined to bring the whole world back to the rule of law again," Hatakeyama Takamasa did not say much to Yu Qiuping, but said lightly but firmly: "I will stay with you until the end."
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After Yu Qiuping arrived at Maple Leaf Mountain City, his long-awaited subordinates immediately greeted him. However, before they could speak, the smile on Yu Qiuping's face said everything.
"With such an exaggerated plan, His Highness actually succeeded?" Takenaka Shigeharu sighed in an almost unimaginable tone, "Dividing the power into three parts and giving one part to the businessmen. This is truly an unprecedented move and an unprecedented move.
His Highness’s deviant behavior is probably not even comparable to that of Oda Grand Hall.”
"Then what are His Highness's plans for the future?" Amano Keitoku asked with a gloomy face: "How to take back the power that has been given away? The merchants and the Hatakeyama family have tasted the sweetness and will not give in easily. His Highness's move is still too much.
Too hasty.”
"Everything is for the lives of Yu Qiu's family and tens of thousands of people. We are surrounded by enemies, and we are forced to do nothing." Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly. Although in his heart, he actually still has considerable feelings about this system.
He hoped that he might be able to create miracles. However, when communicating with these traditional-minded subordinates, he could only show a look of helplessness, "If we don't cooperate with the businessmen of Sakai Town and Ishiyama Town, we won't even be able to make it in December."
If you can’t survive it, don’t talk about the future.”
"What Momiji said is true." Sena Shiyoshi was very supportive of Yu Qiupei's approach. "It's good now. We don't even have to pay. We can just pay it back on credit until we have the treasury. Now the money from the Mitsubishi Caravan can be used
Use it to do business!"
"But Your Highness, even so, we are still at a disadvantage facing the Miyoshi family." Takenaka Shigeharu told Yu Qiuping with a solemn face, "We have only avoided falling into crisis due to food shortage. But if there are no reinforcements, the Miyoshi family will
We still have nearly double the strength advantage."
"When the wealthy Minamigouchi family in the Miyoshi family army withdraws from the army, the Miyoshi army will lose 10%. And when His Majesty Hatakeyama's Nerai people approach Kishiwada Castle, they will lose another 10%." Yu Qiuping said here and turned.
He turned around and smiled evilly, "Besides, it's not like I don't have any reinforcements."
"Then, Your Highness, what are you going to explain to Oda Hall?" Amano Keitoku
He reminded him again, "To do such a deviant thing and transfer the power of the Yuqiu family to others may make the Oda Palace very unhappy."
"I have sent people to explain to the lord. I have to do this to protect Maple Leaf Mountain City. Everything is for the great cause of the Oda family." Yu Qiuping pretended to sigh helplessly, shook his head and said: "Where is the lord?
I must be able to understand it. If not, he would send reinforcements!"
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On December 3, goods from Sakai Town were successively transported to Maple Leaf Mountain Castle. In order to ensure everything, Tsuda Muneki personally led the team. A large amount of food, building materials, medicinal materials, and ordnance raw materials drove into Maple Leaf Mountain Castle Castle by the truckload.
It even exceeded the sum of previous times.
Since transporting goods to Maple Leaf Mountain City carries the risk of being discovered by the Miyoshi family, Tsuda Muneji tries his best to transport as much goods as possible every time to avoid long nights and nightmares.
After obtaining the raw materials, Maple Leaf Mountain City, which had been idle for half a month, took action again. People rushed to repair their houses, hoping to build cold-proof houses before the coldest weather arrived. Herbal medicines were delivered in time, and the diseases in Maple Leaf Mountain City were also curbed.
The arrival of the food also made Maple Leaf Mountain City and Tokiwa Bei breathe a sigh of relief, with only 2 days of rations left. The Military Industry Department of Lanxiang Hanaki also worked overtime to start building weapons, iron cannons and long guns, and Tokiwa Bei stopped working for several days.
Training also started again.
And that afternoon, on a hill northeast of Iimori Mountain City, people were waiting in the wilderness with rain, autumn, and snow. Not long after, faint black spots began to appear at the end of the line of sight. After a while, nearly 3,000 people could be seen.
The army emerged from the white snow. The two leaders were none other than Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide. They were leading the troops of the Oda family who had stayed in Kyoto.
"I'm looking forward to the stars and the moon, but I've been waiting for you." After Yu Qiuping saw the two of them arriving, he immediately stepped forward and gave each of them a bear hug. "If you don't come, I guess I will have to leave in despair.
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However, after being hugged by Yu Qiuping, Akechi Mitsuhide blushed in embarrassment, pushed Yu Qiuping away slightly and said: "We are friendly forces, and Hongye is my friend, so we should help each other." Akechi Mitsuhide's performance made Yu Qiuping slightly push him away.
Yu Qiuping secretly wondered, is this a violation of etiquette? Isn't it normal for samurai to hug each other? Or Akechi Mitsuhide attaches great importance to etiquette.
Kinoshita Hideyoshi didn't care at all, and patted Yu Qiupei on the back very excitedly: "Hey, we are all poor people who were abandoned by the lord in Kinki! If we don't support each other, how will we live this day? Wait until someday
We are being beaten in Kyoto, Hongye, you must come to the rescue!"
The behavior of these two people is indeed that of a city man and a country man. What Oda Nobunaga said is true.
"Have you come to support me with the permission of Gongfangdian?" Yu Qiupei glanced at Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide and asked knowingly.
"Of course not." Kinoshita Hideyoshi laughed a few times and said, "The general has made up his mind not to save you, and I won't listen to him. Hongye has already disobeyed his orders twice, so I can't let him fall too far!
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"But we can't stay here for too long, otherwise Gongfangdian may infiltrate its forces into the area we control, which will be a big trouble." Kinoshita Hideyoshi did not forget to add.
"Of course, am I still willing to keep you for a long time?" Yu Qiuping laughed loudly after hearing this, "You are here to eat my food and use my food. I don't have much money to begin with, and I wish I could hurry you up after the war."
Chapter completed!