On the second day when businessmen in the lower house of the Diet met to discuss, the wealthy families in the upper house of the Diet also discussed the recent rumors. The five countries of Hanoi, Izumi, Kii, Awaji, and Tosa were
The leaders of the wealthy families in the country under the rule of Qiuping gathered together.
"You must have heard the recent rumors, right?" Nakajima Takamoto, as the most prestigious old samurai among Hanoi's wealthy families, was the first to speak out, "His Royal Highness Momiji seems to want to close the Diet."
"This is not His Highness Hongye's style. Your Highness Hongye has always kept his promises, so how could he go back on his words?" Commander Tsuda immediately stood up to refute, and his words and dialogue were almost the same as those discussed at the business meeting. But soon, the conversation turned to something else.
It developed in one direction.
"If it really needs to be closed, then it will be closed. Originally, this upper house has no use except to cause trouble for those merchants. I am too lazy to run here every day." Tanaka Masashige, who was born in Izumi, has been serving the Miyoshi family before.
After the Miyoshi family retreated, they surrendered to Yu Qiuping, but there was always a sense of dissatisfaction in their hearts, "And at that time, the Upper House was opened to us in exchange for us handing over the territory to His Highness Hongye's acting official to manage. Now if we want to close the Upper House
Now, does that mean we have to return our territory to us?"
"That's right." Tanaka Masashige's words resonated with many people. Ono Gomaru, who was also born in Izumi, immediately answered, "Anyway, the world has been peaceful, and there will be nothing to worry about in the future. His Highness Momiji wants to shut down the parliament.
The merchants in the House of Commons will also suffer greater losses, but we can get our territory back. In this case, why not be a favor?"
"This is definitely not what His Highness Hongye meant. In the past ten years, haven't you seen His Highness Hongye's support for Congress and the courts?" Commander Tsuda once again stood up and tried to defend Yu Qiuping, "It must be with bad intentions.
Let’s not listen to the rumors spread by the perpetrators.”
"It's weird, hasn't Mr. Tsuda always been very close to His Highness Momiji?" Shigeharu Dohashi had always been a resister when he was fighting against Yu Qiuping in the Zahezhong. Naturally, he was unhappy with a capitulationist like Mr. Tsuda. At this moment
He couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Now that everyone is willing to return power to His Highness Hongye, why aren't you happy yet?"
"If you are really willing to pay it back, why don't we wait until this period of the concession agreement arrives and not renew it? You can just voluntarily withdraw from the Upper House at that time. Why disband it now and embarrass everyone?" Tsuda said, spreading his arms.
Temata Dobashi Shigeharu said very frankly, "Mr. Dobashi no longer wants this Upper House, but I still think it is quite good here. I am too lazy to worry about the territory. I leave it to His Majesty Momiji. I just collect the rent every day."
Okay, why bother? If Mr. Dohashi wants to take back the land, just wait patiently. Anyway, the lease period is not very long, and His Highness Hongye will not tear up the concession agreement just because of your small piece of territory.
"
"That makes sense." Satake Yoshimasa also stood on Tsuda's side, "Some people want the land but not the Upper House, and some people want the Upper House but not the land, so let's just do our own thing.
It's fine if you don't renew the contract, why do you need to shut down the Congress to undermine us?"
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After the meeting of the wealthy families, Tsuda Sousumasa, the son of Lord Tsuda, also quietly rushed to the inn of the Mitsubishi Chamber of Commerce where Sena Clan Yoshi and Amano Keitoku were staying.
"Two adults, my father has already spoken according to your instructions. Your adults' opinions are probably half and half.
"Tsuda Sumi reported to Sena Uji and Amano Keitokui who were sitting at the table, "Some people want to close the Diet and get their land back, while others want to continue to stay in the House of Lords. But my father has already led the way.
Now that everyone has reached an agreement, don’t take the initiative to suggest that the country will be shut down, but just don’t renew the lease when the lease expires.”
"Thank you, you did a good job. Let's go down first." Sena Ujiyoshi smiled and nodded towards Tsuda. After the latter exited the room, he turned to look at Amano Keitoku.
"It's almost as expected. The businessmen are basically all opposed, while the wealthy families are half and half." Seeing that Amano Keitoku did not speak but was checking another piece of information he had just received, Sena Shiyoshi continued on his own.
He said, "Only to this extent, I'm afraid it won't be able to achieve the kind of opposition that Hong Ye hopes for."
"The news came back from the court that the Hatakeyama family and other judges are basically opposed to closing the court. This is not surprising. After all, they themselves have no complicated interests involved." Amano Keide put down the report in his hand and whispered.
He responded, "Basically, workers and farmers in the House of Commons do not want to close Congress."
"This is as it should be. Closing the Diet will not do them any good." Sena Uji nodded and said, "The only people who can directly benefit from the closure of the Diet are those wealthy families who are not satisfied with the territorial concession agreement. That can be done.
Winning over everyone else and half of the wealthy families to oppose the closure of Congress is not satisfactory."
"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Amano Keitoku seemed to have expected something, and his face gradually darkened, "Didn't Lord Sena mention before that Oda Grand Palace may have bribed some businessmen in the Diet? They must have
Let’s interfere with public opinion’s next move.”
"That's good." Sena Jiyoshi glanced at the money bag that Amano Keitoku pushed to the table, and suddenly said to Amano Keitoku, "By the way, Gonbei, the one I threw to you yesterday
Where’s the gold coin?”
"I don't remember." Amano Keide replied very coldly.
"That gold coin is of good quality and is worth a lot of money. Don't lose it. Look for it later." Sena Shiyoshi frowned when he heard this and complained very dissatisfied, "Even if you have money, you can't
What a waste of money."
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Amano Keide's prediction was good, and the counterattack of public opinion began immediately. Around January 30, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), new rumors emerged and gradually replaced the old rumors - it was not Yu Qiuping who wanted to close Congress and the courts.
, but Oda Nobunaga; it was because of Oda Nobunaga's pressure that Ame Qiupei had to release rumors to test everyone's opinions.
Rather than saying this is a rumor, it is better to say that someone has revealed the true situation - and this is exactly what Amano Keitoku predicted in advance - it will lead to more people supporting the closure of the Diet.
"I would say that with the way His Highness Momiji conducts himself, he would definitely not commit such an act of burning bridges... Did it turn out to be General Oda's request?" Tachibana Matasaburo said very pessimistically at the next gathering of wealthy businessmen, "
But if it is General Oda’s wish, His Majesty Momiji may not be able to disobey it, so the closure of the Diet should be inevitable.”
"How could this be so?" Konishi Lonzo immediately stood up when he saw this, and retorted according to what Sena Ujiyoshi and Amano Keitoku instructed him to say, "His Majesty Momiji released the rumor to test us, obviously he wanted to use our voice of resistance to fight against Ori.
General Tian You
It’s a bargain. If we just appoint him without resisting, wouldn’t it be a waste of all the hard work of His Highness Hongye?”
"Why does Boss Konishi still think that His Highness Momiji will be on our side?" Sonshiro Sueyoshi leaned over from the table and shook a walnut kernel that he got from nowhere in his hand, "Maybe this is Momiji.
His Highness was reluctant to bear his own reputation, so he gave orders under the guise of General Oda You, otherwise our parliament would be shut down. There have been so many samurai masters throughout the ages, who would want to have his neck choked by us businessmen?"
"That is to say." Tachibana Matasaburo immediately took over, "We might as well be honest, don't think too much, just shut down the Diet, and still be able to keep the money we have earned over the years. If we stubbornly refuse to close it, we can
In the end, if something conflicts and gets into trouble, all these years have been in vain."
At this time, at the meeting of the small wealthy families, the original trend also changed due to the rise of new rumors.
"If it is really Oda-dono's intention, it would be a bit difficult to handle." Shinzaburo Sato, who was born in Kawachi, has repeatedly emphasized his meaning many times, "Oda-dono must feel that His Highness Momiji has taken all the territories
Concentrating it in your own hands without enfeoffing is too powerful, so I want to divide and conquer. If Your Highness Hongye refuses to implement it now, there may be a stalemate."
"That is to say, our land should be returned to us to manage ourselves. How can it be reasonable for all of it to belong to His Majesty Hongye? Since ancient times, there has been no family owner who would not entrust the land to his retainers." Tanaka Masashige also eagerly added
He said, "No wonder Oda Grand Hall is dissatisfied."
"When we signed the concession agreement and handed over the land to His Highness Hongye, didn't everyone support it?" Tsuda saw the situation developing in a bad direction, and hurriedly stood up and interrupted, "Why do you feel uncomfortable now?
Are you ready?"
"One moment, another moment." Nakajima Takamoto smiled and patted his chest, "When His Majesty Hongye first came here, we were so poor that we couldn't even take the blame. We couldn't even pay the salaries of our subordinates, and we had no time to take care of the leadership.
There are so many things. Your Highness Hongye rented that ruined territory from us, and we can get rid of the mess, so why not?"
"Now, we have so much money on hand, and the territory has been kept in order by His Majesty Hongye's acting officials. It's no problem for us to continue taking over!" Nakajima Takamoto glanced at the other wealthy family governors who were working.
Everyone nodded in agreement, "When I was first able to invest and make money, I was much happier than managing a territory. When did I ever have such a wealthy life? But the more money I have, the less secure I am, and I can't be rich.
Three generations, if you meet a prodigal child, you can spend all the money on you. There are so many wealthy businessmen, how many of them can pass it down to several generations? Aren’t all those who can pass down the family business samurai? It’s passed down
Don’t you have to have territory, retainers, and soldiers to be reliable?”
"His Majesty Hongye borrowed our land before to concentrate on production and fight the war with the Miyoshi family. Now that the world is at peace, there is no need to fight anymore, so it is natural to return the land to us." Shinzaburo Sato said distantly.
Pointing in the direction of the east Beijing capital, "Now that Oda Daiden has spoken, let's not wait for the lease contract to expire and just shut down the National Assembly as a matter of course. Let's get the land back, and then
Chapter completed!