Although some people still tried to maintain a tough stance and forced Yu Qiuping to make further concessions. However, Commander Tsuda and most people still did not dare to wait any longer, and took advantage of Yu Qiuping's compromise to sign the agreement. Seeing so many
All the companions signed the agreement, and the remaining hard-liners did not dare to make any mistakes and honestly agreed to the conditions.
However, Yu Qiupei did not dare to make such a decision without authorization. Instead, he sent someone to explain the situation to Oda Nobunaga, and at the same time told Oda Nobunaga some of his future plans. Oda Nobunaga, who was originally furious, heard that
After understanding Yu Qiuping's plan, he smiled and agreed to his request.
After the consensus was reached, Yu Qiuping immediately called Naoe Tadayei from Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, and he was responsible for the aftermath of Kii. At the same time, he was also responsible for conducting a large-scale inspection of Kii and the acceptance procedures for acting officials to enter the territory.
Hatakeyama Takamasa sent his younger brother Hatakeyama Masayori over to be responsible for the construction of Kii's entire judge system.
However, because he failed to successfully regain the military power in the hands of the people and the temple, Yu Qiuping did not dare to easily withdraw his troops from Kii. However, his ability could not only rely on the Hanoi and Izumi security forces to defend. Because right here
In winter, Sakuma Nobumori's new siege on Ishiyama Gobo failed, freeing Honganji Temple to launch a counterattack. However, Ame Qiupei caused such a big thing in Kii, almost messing up the Ichigo clan, and he was very annoyed.
Honganji Temple is naturally unwilling to let Yu Qiupei go, and it is rumored that it will attack Yu Qiupei's territory after the spring plowing is over.
Yu Qiupei hurriedly arranged for Takenaka Shigeharu to return to Hanoi with Ming Dybei to take charge. At the same time, he recruited a large number of soldiers for training in the territory again. It is expected to recruit two more soldiers for the reserve team to cope with the defense of Kii and Hanoi Izumi. The reserve team
The captains are scheduled to be Yoshioka Katsumasa and Ogawa Yutō, who have outstanding merits. At the same time, a large-scale adjustment of the troop organization is carried out.
Yu Qiuping came up with the names of the two new reserve teams at once. His three previous reserve teams: "Changpan", "Mingdy", and "Xiliu" happened to correspond to the five elements of earth and metal.
, wood. In this case, the names of the other two reserve teams are after water and fire. Yoshioka Katsumasa's reserve team was named Liaoyuan Bei by Yu Qiuping, implying that no one can stop him once he gets angry.
Live. And Ogawa Youdong's reserve team was called Fujiubei by Yu Qiuping, which was used to express Yu Qiuping's resentment towards this alcoholic subordinate.
However, it would be April before the new recruits were trained. Before that, Yu Qiuping had to personally lead Tokiwa Bei and Xiyanagi Bei to guard Kii to prevent unrest in the newly pacified Kii. And Yu Qiuping was asking Ori
After Tian Nobunaga expressed his difficulties, Oda Nobunaga immediately provided help. Oda Nobunaga led 3,000 reinforcements from Ise to Kii, took over the control of the four major counties in the south of Kii Country, and established
Land inspection was implemented there to facilitate the subsequent enfeoffment. It is said that Oda Xinbao also had conflicts with the local temple lords and various national forces, but that was not something Yu Qiuping should worry about.
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As soon as the situation on Kii's side stabilized, businessmen from the Diet couldn't wait to rush into the blank area of ​​​​business opportunities in Kii. The team was led by Imai Munehisa, Tsuda Muneki, and Tomita Nobuhiro of Mitsubishi Caravan, etc.
People. Not long ago, they had just completed a large order with Tosa, contracting Tosa's wood, tea, lacquer, mulberry, cotton and other specialties. As the factories built by congressional businessmen in Tosa became larger and larger, the output increased.
As they get higher and higher, they also need more frequent trade with Kinki. Therefore, it is too inefficient to rely on the original method of smuggling and the Awaji navy of the Miyoshi family. The route from the south to Tosa seems a bit
It was beyond their capabilities. Therefore, an important purpose of these merchants' trip was to build a large-scale port in Kii so that the goods from Tosa could be transported directly to Kii and then transferred to Kinki for sale.
Along with these businessmen and factory owners came a group of bankers. The People's Bank of Yuqiu's family was just an institution used by Yu Qiuping to provide relief during the Meinong period. Because everyone did not have much money at the time, it was profitable.
Not too much. But as the bank moved to Hanoi and Quan, where rich people are everywhere, the number of deposits it absorbed increased exponentially. Many wealthy families who had owed a lot of money under the lease agreement would use this
The money was deposited in the People's Bank to earn interest, and the head of the bank, Masuda Nagamori, used the money to do business - mostly invested in Mitsubishi Caravans and Congressional businessmen, making huge profits. Many businessmen were jealous of the People's Bank of China.
With exaggerated profits, they started to do it themselves, so a large number of private banks sprung up in Hanoi and Quan.
As Kii's people and temple lords signed lease agreements one after another, the bankers headed by Masuda Nagamori would naturally not miss this business opportunity. As soon as the lease agreement is approved by Congress, the Yuqiu family will withdraw money from the treasury.
Give them a lot of money, and they will instantly have a lot of idle funds on their hands. And these bankers expect to swallow this money and invest it. Country bumpkins like Kii have never seen this kind of behavior before, and they are immediately attracted by the bank.
Everyone was deceived.
In order to facilitate the passage of business travelers and material personnel between Kii, Hanoi, and Izumi, the Congress passed a bill requiring Yu Qiuping to widen and renovate the road in Kii. Along with it, all officials and officials in the entire Yu Qiu family territory were renovated.
Said. Naoe Tadayei was already too busy with these matters, so Yu Qiuping had no choice but to ask his grandfather and grandma to invite Imagawa Kaede out and let her be responsible for the general maintenance of the territory's roads.
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Seeing that everything was on track, Yu Qiuping finally breathed a sigh of relief. On February 17, the fourth year of Tensho (1576), Yu Qiuping, Yu Qiu Shang, Naoe Tadayei, and Naoe Nobuei, two father and son pairs, went to the castle tower of Zahe Castle together.
Eating in the pavilion. Yu Qiuping and Naoe Tadahira chatted about the past at the Imagawa family. It has been almost 20 years in a flash, and one can't help but feel how time flies.
"I didn't know that the doctor who removed my eyes was no longer here." Naoe Tadohei touched the eye patch on his face and sighed with some regret, "For so many years, I have always wanted to go back and thank him when I have time.
, I suffer from never having a chance.”
"The old man's body is strong, he must be fine." Yu Qiuping smiled and comforted Naoe Tadayei, "I miss the Cuju field in Sunfu Castle even more. Nobuharu Baba burned down the entire Sunfu Castle, and those Cuju courts
The market is probably all gone. The great chef doesn’t like Cuju either, so he probably won’t build it again.”
"That place is full of memories." Yu Qiuping sighed, put down his chopsticks, and looked up at the ceiling, "It was there that I first met His Highness the Governor. That was something that changed my whole life.
"
Yu Qiuping and Naoe Tadayei sighed, and suddenly found that Yu Qiushang and Naoe Nobuhira didn't talk much. Yu Qiushang is a taciturn child, and it is normal not to talk. But Naoe Tadayei has always been a talker, why is he so quiet now?
Woolen cloth?
"Narugenmaru, what's wrong with you?" Yu Qiuping tapped his bowl with chopsticks and turned his attention to Naoe Nobuei, "You look depressed, but Cen'er ignores you?"
"Your Highness, you are joking." Naoe Nobuhei shook his head when he heard this, but he did not laugh at Yu Qiuping's joke, and his face became a little solemn.
"What's the matter? If you have anything to do, it's okay to just say it. There are no outsiders here." Yu Qiuping saw that Naoe Nobuhira seemed to be really worried, so he asked directly.
"I am humble and humble, and these are not things I should think about in the first place..." Naoe Nobuhira scratched his head and whispered in a somewhat embarrassed voice.
"In Yu Qiu's family, there is no one who speaks softly. If you want to say something, just say it directly. It's not nice to be a manly man!" Yu Qiuping joked with a smile, while looking at Naoe Nobui with encouraging eyes.
Under Yu Qiuping's guidance, Naoe Nobuei frowned and seemed to have finally made up his mind. He arranged the chopsticks neatly, straightened his clothes, sat upright and said to Yu Qiuping: "I should not dare to give advice.
Retain the military power of the people of Kii Province and the temple."
"Oh?" Yu Qiuping, Naoji Tadayei and Yu Qiu Shang were all stunned by Naoe Denping's words. In fact, there was also a debate in Yu Qiu's family about this issue. However, after Yu Qiuping made the decision, no one raised any objections.
Now, more than two months have passed, and Naoe Touhei suddenly brought up the old matter again. He must have had his own thoughts.
"I've been thinking hard for a long time, but I couldn't find a suitable word to express what I was thinking, so I made up a word called 'window period'." Naoe Dengping paused and boldly put his thoughts into words.
He said, "This window period refers to the precious period of time after a territory has just experienced a regime change, large-scale war and other subversive activities. It is like a visitor who has just opened the window of a house."
"Because it has just experienced wars, conquests, and regime changes, people in that territory must be panicked. The people and warriors are frightened by the power of the new nobles and dare not act rashly; because the old forces and systems have just disintegrated or suffered heavy losses, they are temporarily
Unable to resist the new people in power; the new power is completely unfamiliar to the original power, and there will be no constraints such as nepotism; and people in the entire territory generally accept and recognize the use of strong and even forceful methods to advance goals
.This precious period of time is the period when the authority of those in power is the highest. During this period, whether it is reforming the original order system or re-dividing interests, those in power are the most powerful and most handy."
"But if this window period is missed, it will be difficult for those in power to reform and transform the original order system on a large scale. On the one hand, the military power established through wars and conquests has faded over time; and the old interests
The class has also recovered and regained control of powerful resources; the government and the local government are related and have interests in each other; and the peace has been long, and if you want to use weapons or use tough methods to implement reforms, you will definitely encounter many enemies.
People’s opposition. At this time, it is extremely difficult for those in power to reform the fundamental system. One move can affect the whole body, and any reform will touch the interests of countless people."
"This is why countless large-scale changes in history were implemented at the beginning of the New Deal after wars, because it was the window period. However, if you want to reform in the peaceful era, you are always blocked by all parties, and in the end there is no way.
It can be said that how far a regime or system can go, and where the upper limit of future development is, actually depends on what changes the new forces can make during the window period and what kind of superior system they can establish." Naoe Nobuhei
After saying such a long sentence, he raised his head and stared into Yu Qiuping's eyes, "Now that Yu Qiu's family is in Jiyi, they are squandering their hard-won window period. If they fail to take back their military power now, they will be able to do so in the future.
It’s so difficult.” First published on New Bayi Chinese website
Chapter completed!