Early in the morning of March 16th, thousands of people in Kasugayama Castle were busy. The marriage of the king of the country was a great event in Echigo country, not to mention that the husband of the king of the country was a big noble from Kyoto, and the samurai in the city and
No one in the family has ever seen this pair of little people. The boy is really handsome and the girl is beautiful. They are a match made in heaven.
As Yoshinaga's firecrackers exploded, the sound of singing and dancing gradually began, and the big-name ministers that Echigo had not seen for hundreds of years appeared one by one. When Konoe Senji and Katsu Odai walked into the Honmaru University from the new four-wheeled carriage,
When they were in Hiroma, the Echigo samurai lowered their heads in awe.
"Guan Bai, the elder of the Teng family, the minister of the Imperial Guard Zuo, has arrived!"
"Elder Genji, Kuagata Nagong Qingtong has arrived!"
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At a wedding in a distant country in the countryside, two elders with the surnames of courtiers actually came at once. How had they, the country rich, seen such a scene? The most distinguished minister in the court, a big shot who had not seen him once in decades, got together this time.
When they came to celebrate the wedding, the people of Echigo were shocked, and they finally realized that the governor of the Kira family from Kyoto had such a powerful influence.
The marriage ceremony in medieval Japan was based on the etiquette of the Tang and Song dynasties spread in the Heian period. The four steps of accepting, accepting, accepting, and welcoming evolved into meeting, marriage contract, marriage, and ceremony. Generally speaking, the meanings are similar.
In the previous meeting, the marriage contract has been completed, and the marriage is literally divided into two aspects: "knot" and "na". The relatives of both parties attend the wedding banquet together and bless the newlyweds, which is called "knot". Both parties' relatives give gifts to the newlyweds.
Giving financial gifts is called "accepting", which actually means the same thing. Everyone comes to drink wedding wine and give money as gifts.
The last ceremony refers to the disclosure of the wedding banquet.
There is nothing unusual about the congratulations and gifts, ranging from geese flying in the sky to whales swimming in the water, South Sea pearl ornaments, rhinoceros horns, ivory handicrafts, gold necklaces, gold locks, gold pendants, white jade, and jade.
And enough, from the appearance point of view, these gifts are all high-quality products from the Ming Dynasty, and they should be treasured gifts by various officials.
This shows how much importance the imperial court attached to Kira Yoshitoki's marriage. Konoe Maekyu represented both a relative of her husband's family and a relative of his wife's family. At the same time, he was the person with the highest status in today's wedding. He presided over the wedding and became the official
The expected return.
The bride, Long-tailed Tiger Girl, was wearing a white wedding dress and was supported by several female officials as she walked in. Tiger Girl's face was wrapped in a curtain like a hood, covering most of her cheeks. With her head hanging down, her expression could not be seen clearly, but today she also had a facial expression.
Even with the powder on, he doesn't look very pretty.
The scene was a little noisy and I couldn't hear what the female officer was whispering. I could only hear Konoe Senji saying: "The newlyweds and the bride are seated!"
During Kiragi's time, Nakain Tongmin served as the male guest, and on the opposite side was Nakain Tongmin's main wife, Hisaga Yoshiko, as the female guest. During the wedding, the newlyweds were not allowed to make loud noises or whisper to each other, and could only communicate.
The guests of honor from both parties will answer the questions for the newlyweds.
Then we entered the main process of the ceremony, naming all the family backgrounds and names of both parties in the form of a song. This would be difficult if you are not good at it. Fortunately, this time the male and female guests are Yoshitoki Kira's cousin.
Cousin and sister-in-law, both of them came from a famous family and their singing skills were extraordinary, so it was hard for them both.
The young couple acted skillfully and spoke naturally, and quickly completed the lengthy and irritating process of name recognition, ceremony, etc. Kira Yoshitsune presented him with a pair of emerald butterfly Jinbu Yao, while Long-tailed Tiger Princess gave him
The other one is a bat fan with a phoenix and phoenix painted on it.
The next step is to perform the ceremony of joining together, which is similar to the etiquette of the Tang and Song Dynasties. A meal cooked with red dates, peanuts, rice and chestnuts on a lacquerware tray indicates many children and good fortune.
Happy family.
The two of them ate on one plate. While eating, Hu Ji held a cypress fan in one hand to cover her face, and held a chopstick in the other and said softly: "Your Highness, please eat."
Hu Ji met his gaze in mid-air, then hurriedly lowered her head, chewing the food on the plate carefully. Hu Ji was dressed like a regular princess of Gongqing's family, with a jade face and pink lips, but fortunately she didn't have any eyebrows.
Even though he was shaved off, his white teeth still remained, which he was very happy about.
As early as two years ago, when Sheng Ji wrote a letter complaining about the discomfort of blackening her teeth, he ordered the craftsmen of Bipa House to study braces and put black braces on the teeth to replace the pain of blackening the teeth, just like European aristocrats wearing wigs.
The emergence of braces allowed the princesses and royal wives of the Gongqing family to take the lead in eliminating the trouble of blackening their teeth.
The short meal was like a dream, and he couldn't bear to eat it. He remembered that the first time he saw Torah was two and a half years ago on the long street in Kyoto. More than two years later, more than two years later, the little girl who scared him had grown into a grown-up girl.
The long tresses have already reached the waist, and now they have become husband and wife.
The last item in the ceremony of combining the anniversaries is the annigens sake. Select 30-year-old sake from the Konoe family as the ceremonial wine. Take a shallow cup, each holding a corner, and drink it together. At this time, both parties need to look at each other at eye level and drink carefully without touching their bodies.
Next, Kira Yoshi was staring at Torahime with heavy make-up. Although the new make-up did not reveal her old appearance, with light eyeliner, red lips, and a straight nose, she was still breathtakingly beautiful.
After the wedding ceremony was over, the rest of the disclosure banquet had nothing to do with the couple. The two of them left the large room accompanied by their companions. At the same time, the disclosure banquet began. Food was served on the flowing table, and the samurai who loved drinking drank happily.
, because today is the wedding ceremony for the king, so it doesn’t matter as long as you don’t get drunk and go crazy.
The group of relatives and friends of the Kira family was so impressive that even envoys from the imperial court and the shogunate came to watch the ceremony. This was beyond Nagao Kagetora's expectation. As the woman with the highest status, Nagao Kagetora could only barely accompany a group of people.
His family status and status are much higher than his VIP guests.
Fortunately, all the ministers in Kyoto are well-educated people, and they have developed good skills in all aspects since they were young. The girl's guardian, Nagao Kagetora, is also a rare well-educated person, so she didn't look embarrassed at the banquet.
At the beginning of the unitary period, Kira Yoshitoki had already changed into a black hunting suit, holding a bat fan in his left hand, and holding a bat fan in his right hand. He was holding a gorgeous gown, a headband wrapped around his head and a shawl, and he appeared as a married woman. This also marked that the dinner was about to begin.
, at the banquet, plates of charcoal-grilled fish and shrimps, pine nuts, peanuts and other nuts were served, which made the Echigo samurai who were accustomed to living a hard life open their eyes and marvel in wonder.
This kind of banquet from noon to midnight is only common for ministers who are used to a luxurious life in Kyoto. It is impossible for the Echigo samurai to watch the nobles in Kyoto chatting and rest for an afternoon, and then gather together happily in the evening to continue drinking and ordering.
Understanding, Nagao Sadaharu asked Saito Asanobu in a low voice: "Is this the life of noble men in Kyoto? It's so luxurious!"
"Do you understand now? Your Majesty is a very luxurious group of people! Stop drooling and be careful of your butt if it drips on my clothes. These are clothes made by Kikuji herself..." Saito pushed Nobubu.
Nagao Sadaharu, who came over, pointed at the minister in the distance and said, "Are you envious? Follow Wu Weidian so be brave, you will also have the opportunity to live such a life in the future!"
"Yes! I believe it! I am the one who wants to be friends with Wuweidian! I will definitely be able to live such a life!" After wiping his saliva again, Nagao Sadaharu turned his eyes to the braised fish on the plate and started to eat it with both hands.
At the dinner, Yamato's Sarugaku master Kanze Kanze's seventh generation Gentada performed on the stage. Mitsukane Numata actually served as the accompanist, performing "Enoshima", a newly created piece by the previous generation Kanze Nagatoshi. It has been 40 years since he performed on the stage at the age of six. As a seasoned actor, his acting skills are already perfect, which attracted unanimous praise from the audience in the venue.
After a break, Kanshi Yuansheng, the eighteen-year-old son of Kanshi Gentada, and his sister Zhuhime came on stage to perform the famous song "Ba", which tells the story of Kiso Yoshinaka and his concubine Tomoe Gozen, the poignant love and the overlord-like Farewell My Concubine, especially in the last scene when Tomoe Gozen rushes to Kiso Yoshinaka regardless of his own safety, he shouts: "Go back, let's go back to Kiso together!"
Seeing his beloved woman fighting for him covered in blood, Kiso Yoshinaka couldn't bear to let Tomoe Gozen die in humiliation with him, so he bit the bullet and cursed: "A man who is with a woman before he dies will be inflicted on others." Ridiculous, do you want me to be unable to hold my head high in Hirazaka to see my father and brother?"
Tomoe Gozen smiled sadly and said to the beloved Kiso Yoshinaka: "Then, please let me fight one more time for His Highness!"
So Tomoe Gozen easily captured the oncoming Musashi general Tsuchigo Shige, cut off his head with a knife, and then rode his horse to break out. From then on, this strange woman, known as the most beautiful woman and warrior in Japan, disappeared from history. Already.
Seeing this, Hu Ji held his hand tightly and whispered: "Your Highness! If one day we encounter danger, Ahu will definitely not abandon His Highness!"
Feeling the girl's restlessness coming from the palm of his hand, Kira Yoshi raised her little hand and kissed the back of it, and said softly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Today is my Ashikaga world, and no one will come to hunt us down. Of…believe me, never!”
Then the next song surprised all the samurai in the venue, because the name of the song was "Night Run", and it was actually about Kira Yoshihiro's pursuit from Kasugayama Castle in order to rescue Nagata Torahime in the 22nd year of Astronomy. He went to the Shechuan Sea and ran wildly on a moonlit night with the long-tailed tiger princess. In the end, the horse died suddenly and hid in the reeds to escape.
Watching the performance on the stage, the familiar lines were vividly performed, the ferocious Honjo army and the bravery of Kira Yoshitoki made Torahime unable to help but burst into tears. Kira Yoshitoki also ignored any etiquette and hugged Torahime. Ji comforted her in a low voice: "Ahu, don't cry! After all the hardships, the rewards will eventually come. Haven't we got through it? Don't cry, okay? We should laugh and let everyone see that we are happy!"
"Uh-huh!" Hu Ji wiped the tears from her face. When she saw that her makeup was stained by tears, she apologized sheepishly and went back to touch up her makeup accompanied by Rong Yuqian.
The appearance of this Sarugaku caused a lot of surprise. The ministers in Kyoto obviously didn't know that this happened. They asked Nagao Kagetora who was involved. After receiving his affirmative answer, they couldn't help but admire Kira Yoshitoki's work. Bravery and courage.
Especially when Nagao Tobihime was surrounded by Honjo's army, the girl prepared to commit suicide to save her name. Ashikaga Gouhei suddenly appeared at the last moment. Although Kira Yoshitoki only had about 20 riders and was at a serious disadvantage, he resolutely ignored his personal safety. The courage to rush towards the Honzhuang army shocked all the spectators.
At the same time, the antagonist of this Sarugaku has also attracted attention. From the very beginning of Sarugaku, Honjo Shigeru’s long head has been buried deep in his chest without uttering a word. No matter whether the samurai next to him smacks his lips or sneers, it makes him even more humiliated, "I
I regret my stupidity and pay the price for it, but why does this Sarugaku appear?"
Honjo Shigenaga cannot understand, and Yamamoto Tokiyuki does not agree with such publicity. What does it mean to write the story of Kira Yoshitoki into Sarugaku? Many people can feel this. Some people want to raise the reputation of the Kira family, and Kira Yoshi can see it.
Tokiya looked suspicious and guessed who was doing it. After Yamamoto Tokiyuki glanced around, he found that Usami Sadamitsu was particularly excited, even a little abnormally excited, so he guessed about 70% or 80% correctly.
After the song ended, there was a burst of warm applause, and he had to stand up to thank the Kan family. Afterwards, the ministers praised his bravery. Kira Yoshihide said with a few words modestly: "This is indeed a real incident, and it also happened later.
After a series of events, I finally conquered Honjo Shibunaga and made him a fierce general under my command. I also asked Kanshi Sakonden to compile the twists and turns into a Sarugaku piece for your enjoyment. There is also the story of the Battle of Kawanakajima last year.
It’s also a good blueprint, so I’ll leave it to Kanshi Zuojindian!”
"Yes! There are orders from the Wuwei Palace, and I, Yuan Zhong, will do my best to complete them!" Kan Shi Yuan Zhong quickly brought his whole family to salute this famous man. It is a great honor to be praised by the nobles. Now he can also be favored by the nobles and get first-hand information.
Writing new stories is a dream come true.
When Honjo Shigenaga saw Kiragi, he gave him a comforting look, and hurriedly bowed gratefully. With his master's forgiveness and disregard of past grudges, the little resentment in his heart also disappeared.
There is no need to say how famous Kira Yoshitsune was. Seeing today's banquet, which lasted from morning to night, you will know that there were thousands of samurai attending the banquet in Kasugayama Castle.
There were maids, surrounded by samurai, distributing candies and cakes to the children. In the Kira family saying, this was called having fun with the people.
After a dinner party, the ministers took their families to rest. At this time, Kira Yoshitsune took the reluctant Torahime to say goodbye to the Konoe predecessor, Ashikaga Katsuhime and his wife. On the way back, Torahime laughed in a low voice:
"Your Highness, Ahu heard many interesting stories today, like three years or five years?"
"Three years? Five years? What does it mean?" He hugged the girl's waist, and a faint fragrance floated into the nose, refreshing the mind. The dark guy thought of something wrong again, "Is this the legendary virgin fragrance?
It’s really wonderful!”
"Three years! We are so young, we should do those things in three years... five years would be even better!"
"What kind of thing are you going to do?" Kira Yoshitoki still didn't pay attention to what the girl was saying. He carefully avoided the scorching gaze of Numata Sandalwood, who was admiring the moon alone in the courtyard, and took Torahime's hand and climbed up the stairs.
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"It's that kind of embarrassing thing! It's very embarrassing and bad..." The bright moonlight shone on the girl's face, and the blush crept up to her ears in a short while.
"What is this embarrassing and bad thing?" Fortunately, Torahime didn't notice the presence of Numata Sandalwood in the courtyard. If she saw her resentful eyes, she would be sulking again. This girl looks quite normal.
Yes, but as a result, she never knew how to be subtle when doing things, which put a lot of pressure on Kiragi, and Toraji also didn't like her very much.
"The embarrassing and bad thing is that kind of thing... I don't know that kind of thing! Humph!" The girl covered her face and ran back to the room. After a while, she opened the paper door again and exposed her little head to the door.
Kira Yoshitsune said: "So within three years, you must not do anything shameful, no!"
"Bang!" The paper door closed again, and I heard some silly girl humming the tune from "Night Run" randomly.
He had no choice but to step forward and open the paper door, walk to the silly girl and sit down next to him, and said seriously: "Did you forget that the door to the room cannot be locked? How stupid!"
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Incidents of potato poisoning in Sagami, Musashi, Kai, and Minami-Shinano areas were also spread to Echigo by interested people. Unfortunately, Echigo has always been properly protected. Potatoes agreed to be stored in cellars without germination poisoning. Learning from the experience of others, so
Kirajia Jiazhong organized a safety awareness promotion campaign to remind farmers to increase their awareness of safety precautions, including the need to pay attention to strangers' responses and not to believe in rumors, etc.
Kira Yoshitoki's wedding also heralded Echigo's formal transition to Nagao Kagetora. In the era of Kira Yoshitoki's dual rule, no one in Echigo would doubt the authority of the Kira family. The quelling of the Echigo rebellion made local people aware of the situation.
Given the absolute power of the Kira family, the Battle of Kawanakajima further enhanced the cohesion of the Echigo samurai family.
Since the wedding of Kira Yoshitoki, the people of Echigo have chosen to actively move closer to the new joint ruling group. Almost 80% of the entire Echigo samurai family participate in the evaluation meetings held three times a month, and the big evaluations held every two months are even rarer.
The existence of absence touched Nagao Kagetora deeply.
At the big evaluation in early April, Kira Yoshitoki proposed to improve production efficiency and speed up the construction of new towns. He wanted to build several standard trading towns, Naoetsu, and Kashiwazaki Port in Echigo, and build a new town called Niigata, which was to connect the Shinano River,
The swamps and dry drainage near the outlet of the Agano River have all been cleaned up.
Fujitaka Hosokawa proposed a new town expansion plan, mentioning in the plan: "Echigo currently has a population of 410,000, an increase of 60,000 from two years ago, of which migrant populations account for nearly 90% of the total. A serious lack of labor is still a problem.
We are facing serious problems today. For this reason, we will carry out a fertility stimulation plan. One more child will be rewarded with Yongle money! In addition to the eldest son, each family will receive a food subsidy for each additional child. Each child will receive a grain subsidy of one stone per year.
, the subsidy will be provided until the age of fifteen, and the current plan is to implement it for five years."
The people of Echigo murmured for a while, and then elected Akasha Keikichi to speak on their behalf: "What about five years from now? The child born this year will not be six until five years later, so will he still be able to lead subsidies in five years?"
"All newborns within the five-year plan will receive subsidies, and the subsidies will continue until they reach the age of fifteen."
"In other words, if children born in five years catch up with the last batch of subsidy plans, these subsidies can be received until twenty years later? I probably understand." A simple five-year plan can benefit twenty years. These five years
How many newborns will be born after Echigo in the middle of the year? Fifty thousand or one hundred thousand? No one knows this, and it may only be clear in five years.
"Another plan is the public land leasing plan! Because the overall speed of Echigo new land development is very fast, many lands are facing the problem of serious shortage of farming population. Some problems have occurred in the spring sowing this year. The men's labor intensity is high, and they have been working since dawn.
We are so busy that the women and the elderly at home have to engage in excessive manual labor. Recently, there have been accidents in which people become sick and even die from exhaustion, so we proposed a plan to rent seeds..."
"Specific measures include that all new farmers who enter Echigo and rent new fields will enjoy exemption from one-year payment and three-year payment for each building. At the same time, they will be provided with plans to live in planned new village houses. The premise is that Kira must be
The family has been farming for 20 years, and it is brokered by an underground person in the village. Three farmers must act as guarantees before they can move in."
Thinking of this, Hosokawa Fujitaka couldn't help but frown. The development of Echigo Nitta is a very eye-catching event. Even a fool can see the benefits of Nitta development. It can turn into fertile farmland in as little as one year, or as long as three to five years.
It will be possible to achieve high-quality farmland, and it will only be a matter of time before the people of Echigo become jealous.
As expected, someone immediately suggested excitedly: "With so much new land, can we share it with everyone? We have people to cultivate it!"
"There is reward only if you pay. My Kira family has worked hard to cultivate the land. It is hard work and high investment in the early stage. It is earned with both hands without stealing or robbing! Does the Gogongye Palace still want to divide the new land?"
Yamamoto Tokiyuki narrowed his one eye and stared coldly at the Echigo people.
"...No." Igōno Hiroie's head immediately calmed down. At the beginning, everyone in Nitta Development was just looking at the joke, and no one expected that the Kira family would actually make it. How many more would they make every year?
The land of Senmachibu is no joke. In three to five years, the Kira family will be the largest lord of Echigo. How much status will they, autonomous lords, still have?
When Kira Yoshi saw that the fire was about to heat up, he made a final announcement: "The last thing I want to say is to emphasize the samurai law. From today on, all the privileges of the guardians are abolished. The privileges of the temples and temples are also abolished at the same time. Let the privileges of the gods and Buddhas be abolished."
Return to gods and Buddhas, and return to mortals what belongs to mortals.”
Under the strong suppression of the Kira family, a vigorous city-building plan was launched in early April. At the same time, the land regulations were re-determined, and the calculation method was strictly based on the land area. With the Kira family's pursuit, it was also gradually influenced by Yue Yue.
Later major martial arts families.
The land is dead, but the food is alive. On the contrary, going to the fields can produce at most one stone and five buckets of rice, but planting new grain can produce seven or eight stones of grain. This makes the previous stone height calculation method no longer reliable. According to the land
Determining the appropriate tax rate has become the top priority today. (To be continued.)