Chapter 1581 A year of silence in exchange for favors
The frightened deer in the courtyard fell down at the right time, as if it hit Naoyoshi Hanzawa, making her heart suddenly sink.
Before Hanzawa Naoyoshi could answer, Ii Naomasa had already spoken first.
"Yukiono, don't go too far!
I have already given you face and brought Naoyoshi Banzawa here, how can you threaten her personally in front of me!
You need to understand clearly that she is a Ji warrior with Shiba's formation, not a wild cat or dog on the roadside, not an idle person that you can order to be killed at will!"
Ii Naomasa was very angry. She was the one who arranged Hanzawa Naoyoshi to join the inquiry party. Takada Yukino spoke unscrupulously, which was a slap in her face.
Takada Yukino tilted her head, as if she didn't understand why Ii Naomasa was so angry, she said calmly.
"The person who goes too far is Hanzawa Naoyi.
The sage has defined the authority for the inquiry party. The inquiry party only has the authority to archive business information and does not have the authority to investigate without authorization.
As far as I know, Hansawa Naoyoshi has been operating in Sakai Port since the beginning of spring, secretly collecting business information for comparison.
She overstepped her authority, of course I can kill her. Because she is the one who directly governs you, I gave her a chance to leave with dignity."
Ii Naomasa was speechless.
Takada Haruno once secretly sued the black police. In order to raise two million koku for the military expenditure, Yoshihiro did indeed tell Kamao Clan and Ii Naomasa not to cause trouble to Takada Haruno again.
Now, the Bank of Japan is visiting Sakai Port again to raise money and food for post-war rewards.
Since last winter, Takada Yono has worked hard to collect supplies and shared his worries twice.
And Hanzawa Naoyoshi has been active in Sakai Port since the beginning of spring, secretly looking for evidence against Takada Harano, which is very untimely.
If this news reaches the ears of Shiba Yigin, not only Hanzawa Naoyoshi will be in big trouble, but also Kamao Clan Village and Ii Naomasa will be in trouble.
This matter is really going to get serious. Not only will Naomasa Ii be unable to protect Naoyoshi Hansawa, but he will even implicate the Kamao clan village.
Therefore, let alone expelling Hanzawa Naoyoshi from Takada Yukino, even if he beheaded him on the spot, Shiba Yoshigan would not say anything.
Having the Shiba System is a gold medal for avoiding death? Among those followers of the Shiba Chun Foundation who died in the hands of Yukino, which one does not have the Shiba System?
In this matter, Takada Yukino really gave Ii Naomasa a step down.
Although Ii Naomasa has an upright temperament, he is not ungrateful. When Yukino Takada mentioned this, she had no choice but to shut up.
Takada Yukino's eyes shifted from Ii Naomasa to Hanzawa Naoyoshi, and turned back into an ice doll without joy or sorrow.
Naoyoshi Hanzawa sat there on his knees, staring at the legendary unparalleled swordsman Takada Battousai, who was feared by the entire Shiboji Knights, and spoke slowly.
“No matter who you are, if you want to live well in this troubled world, you need to have food and dreams. If you don’t have food, you will starve to death. If you don’t have dreams, you will become a beast.
I, Naoyoshi Hanzawa, was born in Kaga country, and I escaped from a poor family with a knife.
I once lost everything, but it was the saint who gave me the Sibo family, and it was the Sibo family who gave me a place to stay and allowed me to become a human again.
I eat Lumi from the Sibo family, and my dream is to hope that a saint will rule the world, and that the Sibo family legacy will last forever!"
Takada Yukino's emotionless eyes became slightly warmer, and she repeated.
"Leave Sakai Port and you are not allowed to come back within a year, otherwise I will really order someone to kill you."
Hanzawa Naoyi's back was straight. She looked at Yukino Takada, who was called an executioner by countless people behind his back, and said angrily.
"Should we turn a blind eye to the problems that have arisen and prevent those who should bear responsibility from realizing their mistakes, and then everyone should be friendly and polite to understand each other?
The problem has arisen! Avoiding the problem is irresponsible! The current Sibo family business is indeed cooking in flames, with flowers blooming, but under the surface of prosperity, decay has already appeared!
It's about eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor. Someone has to be brave enough to stand up! There has to be someone to expose those uncomfortable things!
On the first day I came to Sakai Port, I had already made up my mind to die. I will not stop here because of your threats.
There is something wrong with Takada Yono’s accounts! I am responsible to the saint!”
Takada Yukino stared at the angry Hanzawa Naoyoshi, while Ii Naomasa on the side was already yelling curses.
"Hagaya Road! Hanzawa Naoyoshi! Pay attention to your identity!
Who allowed you to call Lord Takada Haruno by his first name! Who allowed you to overstep your bounds and make decisions for the saint! Who do you think you are!"
Hanzawa Naoyoshi glared at Ii Naomasa, even angrier than she showed, and shouted back.
"It's the power given to me by Spo's organization!
I will never forget what Lord Kamao said to us newcomers under the Shiba family crest on the day we passed Shiba's selection.
Absolutely loyal! Never forget whose bowl we are holding and whose meal we are eating!”
Ii Naomasa said angrily.
"Presumptuous! Don't go too far. You have to understand that you are now accusing a high-ranking martial artist of the Shiba family and an important minister in the town's official position!"
Hanzawa Naoyoshi shouted.
"I have more outrageous things to say!
I carefully investigated the capital flow of Takada Yono in the past two years and found a lot of problems, including stock manipulation, illegal real estate transactions, indiscriminate issuance of Spo food stamps, and even secret accounts involving Kanto.
It’s simply appalling!”
Naomasa Ii interrupted.
"I don't remember that I gave you permission to check these things. Do you want to bring down the Spall family by acting so wantonly?"
Hanzawa Naoyoshi sneered.
"Yes, if there is a problem, just blame it on others. No one wants to take responsibility. All day long, they think about fighting against each other and killing each other.
Can the Shiba family be brought down by a nobody like me? The Shiba family can only be brought down by selfish ministers!"
Naomasa Ii stood up angrily, pulled out half of the blade, and shouted.
"I'll kill you!"
Takada Yukino sighed and said.
"Naomasa, sit down."
Naomasa Ii looked back at Yukino Takada, with anger in his eyes.
"For all your troubles, Yukino, I will kill this bastard right now and it will be over!"
Takada Yukino stared at Ii Naomasa and spoke word by word.
"I'll let you sit down."
Naomasa Ii snorted coldly, returned the knife to its sheath, cursed and sat back.
Takada Yukino looked at Naoyoshi Hanzawa who was holding his neck in disbelief. She couldn't help but frown slightly on her indifferent face and sighed.
"Is my sister's problem really that serious? I can assure you that my sister is absolutely loyal to the saint."
Hanzawa Naoyi bowed slightly and replied.
"I never doubt the loyalty of adults, but is loyalty enough?
Humans, not gods, will make mistakes. No one can guarantee that he will always be right. Only by being reverent and humble and abiding by the rules of the game can we guarantee that no major problems will occur.
After two years of development, Sibo's food stamps have become the unshakable cornerstone of the Sibo family. Just imagine what a terrible scene it would be if there was a problem with Sibo's food stamps.
Sir, the entire Shiba family's welfare system is now paid for with Shiba food stamps. Once something happens to Shiba's food stamps, all the saint's promises to the entire Shiba Ji Knights will collapse.
We cannot bet the prosperity and decline of the entire Shiba family on the possibility that Mr. Takada Haruno will never make mistakes.
Everyone makes mistakes, Takada Haruno-sama will also make mistakes, but we cannot afford the consequences of her mistakes now.
Only by establishing a strict system to standardize the issuance and use of Sibo food stamps, decentralizing checks and balances, and strictly abiding by the rules can we achieve long-term peace and stability.
Takada Yono-sama managed Sakai Port for six years and almost single-handedly established a huge Spo business system, which was a great contribution.
But credit is credit, and mistakes are mistakes. We cannot ignore the mistakes she made and the problems she caused just because she made great contributions.
Those hidden dangers are there, and if we don't solve them, they will accumulate and become irreversible until an opportunity arises, causing uncontrollable and tragic consequences.
I respect Takada Haruno-sama very much, but I still want to say that there is something wrong with her and I want to check her out!"
Takada Yukino looked at Hanzawa Naoyoshi, a tangle appeared on her cold face, she thought for a while and whispered.
"Leave Sakai Port and don't come back for one year. This is not an order, it is my personal request to you.
My sister may really be at fault, but she is under a lot of pressure now. The aftermath of the two million stone military expenditure has not yet been resolved, and the saint came to her again to find a solution to the issue of military merit rewards after the war.
At this juncture, you should not add any more extraneous problems. In one year's time, the existing problems will not be accumulated and difficult to recover, right?
The orderliness you want and the standardized system you want are what the Sibo family needs in the future. But now, the Sibo family must survive first.
So please give me a favor and leave Sakai Port for a year, so I owe you a favor."
Hanzawa Naoyoshi looked at Yukino Takada, who had a sincere look on his face, and was speechless.
Unexpectedly, Battousai, the legendary cold-blooded executioner who killed countless people, would also say soft words sometimes.
Hanzawa Naoyi glanced at Ii Naomasa secretly from the corner of his eyes and saw her nodding slightly.
So, just accept it as you see fit.
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After leaving Takada Yukino's courtyard, Ii Naomasa couldn't help but glance at Hanzawa Naoyoshi, who still looked determined, and sighed.
"You are indeed a powerful guy. This is the first time I see Yukino showing a troubled expression. I didn't expect that she would give in and beg for help."
Hanzawa Naoyi shook his head and said.
"It's not that I'm great, it's because in Takada Yukino-sama's heart, she values saints above all else. It's for the benefit of saints that she treats me with leniency."
Naomasa Ii stopped, looked back at the courtyard, and said.
"Of course I know Yukino's affection for the saint, but I didn't expect you to grasp her mentality so accurately.
The Ji warriors in the family all regard her as a symbol of death and are afraid of being targeted by her. You are so brave that you dare to drag me to sing the double act in front of her.
Are you satisfied with this result?"
Hanzawa Naoyoshi bowed and thanked him.
"Thank you, Lord Jingyi, for cooperating with my arrogance and finally achieving good results."
Naomasa Ii asked, rubbing his chin.
"Not satisfied enough, are you?"
Hanzawa Naoyoshi said calmly.
"Even without Takada Yukino-sama coming forward, my activities in Sakai Port have reached their limit.
Master Takada Haruno has too tight control over this port. Especially after the results of the Battle of Shiba-Oda came out and the Shiba family won a great victory, the merchants here did not dare to disobey her.
Imai Munehisa has already targeted me, I have been completely exposed, the undercover investigation has become an open investigation, and there is no way for Sakai Port to continue the investigation."
Naomasa Ii asked.
"So, you have actually planned to leave Sakai Port for a long time?"
Hanzawa Naoyoshi replied.
"Yes, the Sakai Port side is already monolithic, and I can't open up the situation.
Therefore, I chose a direction and deliberately conducted some cross-line surveys to observe Takada Haruno's reaction.
And Lord Yukino Takada’s summons actually confirmed one of my guesses.”
Ii Naomasa asked in a deep voice.
"Kanto?"
Hanzawa Naoyi nodded.
"Yes, it's Guandong.
The sage appointed Master Chang'an of Dazang to preside over the Wu Family Principles Promotion Association to provide counterpart assistance to the Wu families in Guan Bazhou. The main assistance projects are divided into two categories.
The first is to assist the descendants of Guan Bazhou to study in Sibo. This type of funds is provided by the Guandong Minister's Office, and the amount is not large.
The second is the reconstruction project of the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River, involving the five countries of Ueno, Shimono, Musashi, Shimoso, and Hitachi. The plan is extremely ambitious.
The funding gap for this project is too large. The funds provided by the Kanto Temple are only a drop in the bucket, and the main source of funds is loans.
Using the output of new farmland obtained from flood control and field work as collateral, we borrowed money from Tucang investors in Guanbazhou in exchange for funds for the diversion project.
There had been wars in Guanbazhou for many years and the samurai family was poor, so the temple was the main source of the loan. However, Kamakura Gozan was concerned about his face and did not want to show his face, so he only provided funds behind the scenes.
The specific operation was carried out by Yuxin of Myoanji Temple, Kame of Sankoji Temple, Zhehuang of Muliangji Temple, and Kaixin of Yorinji Temple. These four Sagami Koshinji Temple disciples came forward to jointly manage the loan plan with Tsuchura."
Naomasa Ii said.
"When the saint was doing this in Kanto, I followed him around. I know the details better than you, but what does this have to do with Takada Yono?"
Hanzawa Naoyi said solemnly.
“The direction I finally chose to cross the line to test was the financial exchanges between Takada Yono and these four temples.
As a result, as soon as the line was crossed, Takada Harino reacted violently, and all clues were immediately cut off, and then today's meeting happened.
The issuance of food stamps requires physical support, and powerful Tucang is the largest purchaser of food stamps and the maintainer of currency value.
I suspect that Miao'an Temple Yuxin, Sanguang Temple Shanghui, Wuliang Temple Zhehuang, and Yanglin Temple Kaixin have improper private transactions with Takada Yono.
They may have exchanged the loan funds for the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River reconstruction project into food stamps and used them to invest in Shanglu stocks or Shibo real estate."
Ii Naomasa said in shock.
"This is impossible!
Counterpart support in Guanbazhou is a strategic plan set by the saint, and it is a century-old plan to peacefully transform the Guanbazhou martial family into the Sibo family. Who dares to mess around with this matter?
Moreover, it is not easy to misappropriate funds. There are the Wu Jiayi Promotion Association, the Wu Jia Consultation Organization, the United Front Army, the Brotherhood, the local people, and the loan warehouse, so many pairs of eyes are watching."
Hanzawa Naoyi shook his head and said.
"I don't know, and I hope my guess is wrong, but Takada Haruno's reaction makes me very worried.
In order to raise two million shi for military expenses and the post-war rewards that were about to be delivered, she had begun to issue food stamps indiscriminately.
In order to ensure the stability of the face value of food stamps, a lot of insider trading must be done that cannot be seen on the table.
You can easily get money and food without hard work. This feeling of getting something for nothing is addictive.
Maybe she is just in a moment of impatience, but if there is no one to check her, she will definitely be unable to restrain her lust until the worst situation becomes uncontrollable."
Naomasa Ii narrowed his eyes and said.
"What do you want to do now?"
Hanzawa Naoyi replied calmly.
"Abide by the agreement with Takada Yukino-sama, go back to the Wenzhu Fang station in Duowen Mountain Castle, wait for one year, and get this debt of gratitude from her.
Takada Harano will definitely send someone to keep an eye on me. It is best for me to do nothing during this year.
Then, I hope that Mr. Ii Naomasa, you can find a way to issue me a document and let me go to Kanto on business.
Here at Sakai Port, Takada Harano's control is too strong and nothing useful can be found. I want to go to Kanto, which is outside Takada Harano's control, to collect more powerful evidence."