On April 10, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), another major event happened in the territory of the Yuqiu family - the quadrennial election of the House of Commons was held as scheduled. Yu Qiuping had always felt that this election might be very sensitive and
Embarrassed, he has not approved the preparations for the general election. It was not until Oda Nobunaga received a guarantee not to close Congress and the courts that he relaxed and allowed the election to be held on time.
In order to avoid strange signs from happening, Amano Keitoku also deliberately used a large number of crow ninjas and insiders to monitor and secretly guide the public opinion trends among the candidates and voters. All of this is still under control. It is different from the last general election.
Compared with the previous election, more civilians, workers and warriors participated in the election of the House of Commons. Businessmen may have to face a lot of challenges if they want to retain the previous number of seats. However, with the experience of losing a large number of seats last time
, this time the businessmen are probably carrying out the campaign with great energy, and they won't be as at a loss as last time.
However, on the day of the election, something unexpected by Yu Qiuping and Amano Keide suddenly happened.
"Those who have had enough of this farce, please vote for us!"
Sueyoshi Sonshiro was at the election site at the moment, leading a group of other candidates who were also coming to run for the election. He held a tin trumpet and shouted to all the voters who came to vote from his high platform, "I was dragged here to vote inexplicably.
, come here to do these boring things for no reason, isn’t it all the fault of this Congress? As long as you elect us, our first proposal after entering the Congress is to shut down this Congress! We will never need it again.
Waste of your time!"
"General Oda You has long wanted to close down the Diet, but His Highness Hongye refused because His Highness Hongye felt that this reflected the public opinion of your people! But if this continues, the relationship between General Oda and His Highness Hongye will become worse and worse.
The worse it gets! If one day a war breaks out, the hard-won peace in Kinki will be shattered again! Do you want Kinki to return to the war-torn era? If not, just vote for our demands.
People who have shut down the Diet! Tell His Highness Hongye that our public opinion is for peace, for the Yuqiu family and the Oda Army to live in peace, and we don’t care about the bullshit Parliament!"
The ignorant voters who originally planned to vote based on the bribes and promised benefits they had received were immediately thrown into chaos after receiving this explosive news. The news spread from ten to ten, and among the ninjas and insiders of Crow
Before it was organized, it immediately spread throughout the election site, causing a large-scale commotion.
"Stop the election immediately." After the news reached Maple Mountain City, Amano Keide asked Yu Qiuping without hesitation to do this behavior that was criticized by countless political scholars in later generations. They pointed out without exception that it was Amano Keide
The precedent set by Germany led to the suspension of elections and the temporary dissolution of Congress many times during the immature period of constitutional government.
"This is not good and goes against the previously promulgated Constitution." Yu Qiuping also pointed out this issue like those scholars of later generations, but was choked back by Amano Keide's words:
"Then does Your Highness want to see the Ichiku of Sakai Town or do you want to see the Diet vote to close the Diet itself?"
As a result, Crow's ninjas carried out a small-scale arson operation in Sakai Town. Yu Qiuping immediately terminated the election voting on the grounds of public security and decided to postpone the election. In future generations, such an action would be enough to trigger riots across the country, but in
In the 16th century, when constitutional government had just begun, not many people raised this issue.
objection.
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April 12, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), the headquarters of Crow.
"I have already talked with those who were the naysayers in the election, such as Sueyoshi Sonshiro and Tachibana Matasaburo, and they just repeated to me exactly what they said at the campaign site." Ume Qiupei, who hurriedly returned from Sakai Town, found
I contacted Amano Keitoku and mentioned to him what he learned after going to Sakai Town to seek advice. “They advocated closing the Diet.”
"They must have been bribed by Oda-den, or they may have cooperated with Oda-den, but I don't know when this started." Amano Keide's face was much calmer than Yu Qiuping imagined, and there was not much
Gloomy, but he had expected such ease, "In addition to those who stood up and shouted, there are probably countless people who were bribed secretly. Not to mention the House of Commons, the wealthy people in the House of Lords, as long as they want to get back
For my own territory, I will probably contact Oda Main Hall."
"Why didn't the crow's ninjas find out? Wasn't it immediately obvious that people from the Congress colluded with the Miyoshi family and the Maori family before?" Yu Qiuping asked uneasily.
"According to His Highness's wishes, we cannot interfere with the normal actions of the master's ninjas, otherwise it will cause misunderstandings, which will lead to a significant weakening of the ability to prevent infiltration. If nothing else, there are even people in the Yuqiu family's administrative system
It must have been infiltrated by the master. It’s just that the Oda Hall has not taken action against us before, so these huge forces hidden under the water have not been revealed." Amano Keide nodded naturally. Yu Qiuping looked at Amano Keide and found out
More wrinkles appeared on his old cheeks.
"There is no way... we can't attack the master's ninjas. Besides, didn't Crow also infiltrate some insiders into Oda's house? They can be considered mutual." Yu Qiuping sighed, and then stretched out on the chair
After a while, he said, "It seems that the congressional elections need to be carefully planned... I finally understand why the Lord agreed to my request not to close the Congress. The Lord did not have any conscience. He wanted to buy the House of Commons.
businessmen, and then want to cooperate with the wealthy families in the House of Lords who want to take back their ancestral territories. If the Congress itself proposes to close the Congress directly within the Congress system I organized, then I really have nothing to say."
"It's high, it's really high... As expected of the lord." Yu Qiuping smacked his tongue repeatedly and shook his head, and began to think about countermeasures. He must not only keep the Congress, but cannot postpone the election indefinitely, and at the same time, avoid conflicts with Oda Nobu.
The long-term relationship has been strained... It's really a headache. But no matter what, it's better for the two parties to do Tai Chi slowly than to quarrel directly. This time, Oda Nobunaga still left some room for Yu Qiupei.
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Almost at the same time, Oda Nobunaga, who was about to fall asleep in Honnoji Temple in Kyoto, was called out by the Kamo clan. Oda Nobunaga did not ask who the visitor was, because he was qualified to let the guards stay before Oda Nobunaga went to sleep.
It was only that one person who had made the report before.
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In the early morning of April 23, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), Yu Qiuping was woken up by the messy noise before he had even slept.
"What's going on?" Yu Qiuping murmured and climbed out of the bed. He helped Imagawa Kaede, who was still sleeping soundly, to tuck the quilt. Then he put on his clothes and got up and opened the door. He found Mori Ranmaru with a few
The guards and maids were running to the kitchen in a hurry.
"What's wrong?
"Yu Qiuping stopped Mori Ranmaru and asked him.
"I'm very sorry for disturbing His Highness' rest!" Mori Ranmaru saw Yu Qiuping getting up, and immediately bowed and apologized in embarrassment, "Miss Ye Gu's cat suddenly broke into the kitchen just now and was scalded by the boiling water in the pot.
There's a mess in the kitchen and we're rushing to deal with it."
"Miaomiao actually made trouble in the kitchen?" Yu Qiuping immediately realized that the playful orange cat raised by Ye Gusuizi had caused trouble again, so he followed him.
By the time he, Yu Qiuping, walked to the kitchen, the aftermath had basically been taken care of, leaving only the poor fat orange cat huddled in Ye Gu Suiko's arms, whining in a low voice.
"Is the burn serious?" Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Kaede also like this little orange cat on weekdays, and they couldn't help but feel a little distressed when they saw the burn.
"The little lady is about to take a look." Yegu Suiko took the scissors from the maid who ran over just now and wanted to cut off the burned part of the cat. "See how she is doing and put some medicine on her."
.It really makes people worry-free, running around every day.”
"It's so naughty." Yu Qiuping also complained with a smile, and then looked at Yegu Suizi's operation. Yegu Suizi used scissors to carefully cut open the burned hair, and immediately saw a large piece of red in shock.
Yegu Suiko was shocked.
"Is the perm so serious?" Yu Qiuping was stunned when he saw this. However, when he looked carefully, he found that the red patch didn't seem to be newly permed, but just like a mark that had been there before - a birthmark or something like that.
?
"Cut a little more and take a look?" Yu Qiuping urged, and Ye Gusui carefully cut off a part of the cat hair under the red part - Yu Qiuping's face became more and more surprised with her actions - that
Under the large red birthmark, several red strips of birthmarks extending parallel downwards were exposed, and the entire pattern took on the shape of a comb. As more marks were exposed, Yu Qiuping also realized that this was not a burn injury.
Or a birthmark, but a mark that was branded on the cat when he was very young.
Yu Qiuping suddenly had a premonition.
"Cut off a little bit of the top part as well." Yu Qiuping pointed to the hair above the comb, and Ye Gu Suizi immediately followed suit.
Unexpectedly... or as expected... above the comb pattern, a red cross bird's head with a hollow center appeared.
Put together, it is the image of the Imagawa family's horse seal - the red bird military flag.
The air in the room froze for an instant, and everyone looked at Yu Qiuping blankly.
"If I remember correctly, Miao Miao was given to us by an Onmyoji who saved our lives from an assassination attempt when we went to Tosa many years ago." Yu Qiuping took a deep breath, and then gave two wry smiles.
"As expected...are the old friends of the Imagawa family protecting us? It was during that assassination that I met Miss Mishima Riku, the daughter of the Mishima Ritsu of the Imagawa family. So the onmyoji and Miss Mishima Riku acted together.
Is it..."
"He saved me but refused to tell me his identity, but he left such clues on the cat he gave me that would never be noticed unless it was a coincidence...Why is this..." Yu Qiuping looked at the cat.
The birthmark on his back was exposed, and he fell into deep thought, until his thinking was interrupted by Asahina Taihei, who hurriedly came to deliver the order:
Chapter completed!