"Ishida Mitsunari was brought back from Kanto by her master. There was no one around her to help her. The establishment of the Shiba Tadashi Foundation was tight, so she had to accept the assistance of recent Shiba leaders.
When these people saw that Shiba Zhong's fund was taking shape and making money every day, they had a crooked idea and came up with a set of exclusionary measures. On the grounds of loyalty, only the samurai warriors within Shiba's establishment were allowed to participate in the operation.
Akechi Mitsuhide was suppressed by her lord because her ancestors were murdered, and her faction did not dare to fight.
I have Shiba warriors under my command, and they are also big businessmen like Imai Munehisa. They followed me to eat meat on the Hokuriku trade route, and looked down upon the scraps from the Shiba Tadashi Foundation.
Ishida Mimoto herself was a junior minister, and the fellow villagers she had just recruited from Omi to help her were even less likely to have Shiba's establishment.
It’s ridiculous that as the person in charge of the Spozhong Fund, her close associates have become a group of temporary workers, deliberately excluded by those who occupied the position first.”
Xueno said coldly.
"So, the ones who really get the meat are Katsuhisa Nizi and Samurai Hime, the subordinates of Maeda Yoshiki?"
Seeing that she was listening attentively, Yang Nai knew that she still wanted to investigate, so he sighed and continued.
"The original Peking University Kazuzu, Iga people, and the young warriors followed Shima Katsuo to Kanto to open up territory. The old, weak, sick and disabled who were left behind were not capable of doing anything. It was Nizi Maeda and the two groups who were tossing .
Think about it, the Sibo Territory was established only a few years ago, and the lord traveled around the Kanto region. Most of the territorial affairs were left to the local ministers to govern themselves.
In order to quickly control the territory, Nizi Katsuhisa recruited former members of the Nizi family who had become ronin from the Western Kingdom. Maeda Yoshi's mother, Maeda Riku, coaxed and coaxed fellow Owari people to come over to help.
When the territory was first established, these people were quite honest at first, but as time went by, as life became easier and easier, they naturally had more and more crooked ideas.
You said that the lower level overcomes the upper level, which is correct or wrong.
Are they saying they are inferior to superiors? These people are really following the Spo family to earn a living.
But they were not satisfied with their master giving such a large piece of fat from the Shiba Tadashi Fund to the lower-level warriors. They regarded themselves as the backbone of the Shiba family, so naturally they wanted to take the fattest bite.
Are you saying that they are not trying to defeat the superior? The Wu family has always been short-sighted and greedy, and they did it without any scruples when it came to poaching the cornerstone of the Sibo family.
Nizi Katsuhisa and Maeda Benedict may not know what happened to the Shibachu Fund. The people who know the most are me and Ishida Mitsunari. We are the ones in charge of the Hokurikudo Trading Route and the Shibachu Fund.
I won't let you get involved in this matter because these people are too involved. All the relatives and friends in the Kinspo area are united. If you kill one person, you will offend a group of people.
Regardless of the fact that Nizi Katsuhisa and Maeda are in high positions and the master is wise and powerful, they are actually taking the blame for the fools below.
Sooner or later, things will be exposed, but whoever breaks this layer of window paper will cause a lot of trouble.
When the Wu family has no stakes, they can be polite, gentle, courteous and thrifty.
If there is a real conflict of interest, she will draw her sword if she falls out. At most, after killing you, she will bow to you, which is considered to respect your status as higher than hers.
I'm angry with the Lord because he felt something was wrong, but he refused to send his colleagues to investigate and protect the people of Kamoi Ii.
But he protected Tongxinzhong and pushed you and my sisters out to offend others. In his heart, are you and me not as important as Tongxinzhong and other latecomers?
Ishida Mitsunari himself refused to come out to clean up the house, because he was afraid of offending too many people, so he had to use the rogue method of not allocating funds to remind the master.
Xueno, you have to listen to me, this matter has nothing to do with you and me, why should we wade into this muddy water."
Yukino nodded and said to himself.
"It turns out that the Nizi Maeda family's samurai warriors are corrupt. I understand."
Yang Nai couldn't help being irritable and said angrily.
"You just refuse to obey!"
Yukino looked at her sister seriously and said.
"The Sibo Zhong Fund is very important, and the master cannot trust anyone else. If he wants to trust me, I will do it."
Yukino's firm gaze made Yangon subconsciously look away, feeling ashamed of herself.
Yang Nai practices business and cares about gains and losses when doing things. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. She will never be able to be like Yukino, who is single-minded and unstoppable.
Yukino stepped forward and held Yangno's hand, and said slowly.
"Sister, tell me again, I want to know more."
Yang Na looked at her, threw her hand away, and repeated angrily.
"You never obey me!"
After sighing, Yangno continued.
"The Spozhong Fund is not short of money. Even though some people are already lining their own pockets, these people have just started to do it and are not brave enough.
This year, Spozhong Fund's income exceeded expectations.
If Ishida Mitsunari is willing to pay, the three places of Spur collar will add up to 10,000 koku of brown rice a year. If her hands are loosened, it will be enough to support the increase.
Owari Shibarui and Kanto Shibarui didn't know the tricks of the Shibachu Fund. They just didn't want to let the recent Shibarui eat alone and wanted to get a piece of the pie as soon as possible.
We don't suffer from poverty, we suffer from inequality. It doesn't matter if we have four or six stones, what we want is fairness in equal treatment.
In the past few years, in the Sibo region, a low-level Ji warrior came to Shu and asked for an increase in his annuity to six dan. Nizi Shengjiu was willing to write a letter, perhaps because he did not realize the seriousness of this matter.
If she had known, she probably wouldn't have followed the uproar and let Ishida Mitsunari expose this matter to the Lord, causing trouble for herself.
Regardless of Nizi Katsuhisa's interests or Maeda's interests, they were too eager to recruit people at the beginning, and now they can no longer control the Saikuni and Owari factions in Shiba's territory recently.
The Western Kingdom faction has Nizi Katsuhisa, a trusted agent of Kinji Shiba, and Yamanaka Yukimori, a favored deacon of the Kanto Service Office. They are the most powerful.
Although the Owari faction is not as arrogant as the Saigoku faction, the Iga Maeda family has been in charge of the military of Shiba Territory in recent times, and they are close relatives of Maeda Toshiie, the acting commander of Owari Shiba Territory.
Although Maeda Yoshida and Maeda Toshiie are not close, her mother Maeda Toshiie and her mother Maeda Toshiie are close sisters and help each other.
These two groups are the most prosperous in the recent Spock Territory. The Lord wants to make the Spock Zhong Fund a welfare institution for all Spocky warriors, and they are also the most dissatisfied.
*Life is also based on a first-come, first-served basis, and being a dog is also divided into three, six, or nine levels. For them to be on an equal footing with the peasants in the villages below and receive the same benefits, isn't it a huge injustice?
They didn't dare to refute their master, so they put their hands on the Sibo Zhong Fund to gain merit for their hard work and make some extravagant money.
Anyway, the person in charge of Shibachu Fund is Ishida Mitsunari. If something goes wrong in the future, Ishida Mitsunari is the one who bears the heaviest responsibility and is the most unlucky.
Since they couldn't escape, they pushed a few people out to commit seppuku. Could it be that the Lord could kill all the Owari faction of the Western Kingdom faction?
Because of this reason, Ishida Mitsunari was driven into panic. But she was also worried that if she offended everyone, she would be retaliated against and lose the management rights of Shibachu Fund, so she played this trick.
Of course, the Saikoku faction and the Owari faction were willing to pay to settle the matter. Anyway, the Shiba Tadashi family had a huge business, so a few thousand dollars would be nothing. But Ishida Mitsunari gritted his teeth and refused to let go, saying that it was against the rules and would not lend money.
In recent days, Owari, the interests among the Shiba leaders in the three places in Kanto have been unequal, and finally it came to the Lord's case, which completely escalated the matter."
Yukino was a little confused after hearing this.
She has no interest in these complex political relationships. She just wants to know how to complete her tasks and satisfy her master.
"What should I do to catch these people by their tails and resolve this matter quickly?"
Yangno glanced at Yukino unexpectedly. Although this guy had only a partial understanding of the whole thing, he firmly grasped the core of the problem.
The Shiba Chu Fund is too important to Yoshibank and the Shiba family. This matter must be resolved before the Hokuriku Port thaws and opens to navigation in the spring, so as not to delay next year's money-making plans.
If it delays next year's revenue, affects the normal operation of the Spozhong Fund and the payment of annuities, and is secretly incited by someone with ulterior motives to take action, the investigation will most likely end in a mess.
Seeing that Yukino insisted on doing it, Yangono could only help to the end. As sisters, what else could she do?
she said.
“These people have no business knowledge, and they just use the special background of Spozhong Fund to pressure people. Their methods are simple and crude, and it is easy to seize the opportunity.
The Sibo Zhong Fund is a family business of the Sibo family. It is the core interest of maintaining the stability of the family business and the most important tool of the family. Even if these people do not understand business and give random orders, others can only hold their noses and serve.
The Hokuriku Road trade route is under my control, and I know exactly what they did.
One is to dominate pricing power.
Sibo Zhong Fund only deals in the most valuable transactions, such as cloth, Sichuan brocade, Su weaving, and Huating cotton from China. Sibo Zhong Fund takes the lion's share first.
Small households don't have much goods, so they can only follow the price of Spozhong Fund. If they are disobedient and just throw some goods on the market, they will lose everything.
Since they have the power to set the price, are they still afraid that they won’t be able to make the difference?
Second, false reporting of losses.
For example, when cloth is transported, it will get damp and damaged, and there will always be losses on the road. The brown rice bought for annuity will have to be chewed by horses on the road, and it will encounter rats and mildew when stored in the granary.
Whether the consumption is large or small, you know best in your heart.
Third, raise management fees.
Although the Hokuriku Road trade route is dominated by the Shiba family, every family along the way has a share of the pie, creating a win-win cooperation.
Checkpoints, ports, local management, business trip expenses. All expenses are reported and settled by themselves, so naturally they will not embarrass themselves."
Xueno frowned.
"They are so blatant, aren't they afraid that people will investigate?"
Yang Na glanced at her and couldn't help but smile.
"They represent the Shiba family. Who dares to investigate them? Who will investigate them? Even I, the controller of the Hokuriku Road trade route, do not want to offend my colleagues.
They couldn't even keep the accounts balanced. It wasn't because they didn't have the ability, but because they were each doing their own thing and lacked a leader to do the unified accounting. They went back and forth and made the little girl Ii Naomasa angry.
They are all samurai within Shiba's establishment, so they are trying to get food out of the same pot. Ishida Mitsunari can't manage it himself, and I can't do it for them. Unless they go too far, I will give them a warning.
Besides, they are all from the Wu family, and none of them have ever done business. They are all trying to cross the river by feeling the stones.
Even if you accidentally make a mistake and cause an unintentional mistake, do you still have to be severely punished? Doesn't this chill the hearts of the diligent and loyal retainers?
If the Lord hadn't ordered an investigation, these people would have been able to survive for a few more years. In the end, when the hole was big, tall bosses would naturally step in to fill it.
At most, they were guilty of incompetence, so just throw a few people out and commit seppuku. If the Owari faction of the Western Kingdom faction really wanted to protect them, they might just be punished with three drinks of wine, but this would not be the case next time.
After all, the Sibo family still relies on the help of these retainers. If we really kill them all, who will work for the Lord?"
Xueno nodded.
"I understand, so where should I start to catch them all?"
Yang Nai said coldly.
"If you really want to deal with them, it's actually very simple. The Lord allows you full authority to mobilize the Yagyu Group, the Secret Group, and the Shinseng Group.
The Yagyu group is responsible for suppressing the area. The secrecy group is responsible for spying on information.
Taking the list of Sibo Zhong Fund personnel, let two groups of people check their recent living conditions and family property, and compare the two to prevent series cover-up.
Then, arrest and interrogate all the people who suddenly have a large number of assets of unknown origin this year, and those who can't explain it are the participants."
Yukino nodded, stood up and walked out. Yangno looked at her determined back and said.
"Yukino, these people are obviously easy to catch, but Ishida Mitsunari and I always tolerate it and wait for others to deal with them. Do you know why?
The Lord proposed a welfare system and was willing to share wealth and wealth with the Shiba Kahime warriors. This excited all the Shiba Kahime warriors, but the distribution plan itself failed to satisfy everyone.
What the Lord wants is for the rain and dew to be shared equally, and what he wants is for everyone to work together. But many middle- and high-level martial artists feel that they have contributed more, so why should they share it with the village servants?
In troubled times, gold is cheap and rice is expensive. Giving good brown rice to the mud-legged people below is really a waste of food. If the master wants to win over, he can win over the meritorious ministers. The consumables below will control their life and death.
Among the middle and upper class people in the Spo family, there are many people who have this idea. It was only those people from the Spo Zhong Fund who were caught in the act.
The Sibo family is now a big business, and everyone has their own ideas. The master is wise and powerful, and no one dares to oppose his decision-making, but there are always some people who are smart and make some small tricks.
You have to understand that if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and you have to learn to pretend to be confused about some things. If you want to investigate, I can't stop you, but I hope you will consider the scale before you start, and don't offend all your colleagues.
After all, the people we work with are colleagues, not the consumables below. I don’t want the Takada family to have difficulty in the Shiba family in the future."
Takada Yukino walked to the sliding door and turned around and said.
"Sister, what you said is too profound and I can't understand it. Just like before, isn't it good to obey the Lord's orders?
Anyone who makes the master feel unhappy will let them disappear forever. Such a simple truth."
After saying that, Yukino pushed the sliding door open from left to right.
There are fire pots placed in the four corners of the room, which is as warm as spring. But outside the sliding door, there is a cold wind blowing against my face.
Yangno shivered, quickly stood up, put a coat on Yukino, and complained.
"Knowing that your body is weak, don't be careful and don't catch cold."
Yukino patted her hand and smiled.
"Sister, you worry too much. In fact, the matter is not that complicated. Leave it to me."
Tightening the coat around her body, Yukino walked down the steps and shouted to Tachibana Kanade who was wielding a sword under the tree.
"gone!"
Li Hua looked back at her and said coldly.
"Ninety-seven more strokes."
"I won't practice today."
"Can I eat without practicing?"
"Well, after dinner, let's go out."
"Where to go?"
"Go to Kondo Isamu, and then go to Tawen Mountain Castle together."
Tachibana Kanade was stunned for a moment.
"Leaving Sakai Port? What are you going to do in Tamonyama Castle?"