After leaving the Kamao Clan, Yoshigine had lost the mood to remain angry, and looked at the obedient Ninagawa Makoto with sad eyes.
"There are sixty-six countries in the world, with a population of tens of millions. You can bully merchants, townspeople, villagers, and refugees, and make them sleep in tree holes without enough food or clothing, and make them live worse than dogs.
In this troubled world, there are many poor people for you to trample on! But why do you want to unite with merchants and townspeople to bully Samurai Ji!
Are all your minds filled with straw? What is the Wu family? It is the cornerstone of the Wu family world!
Only the ruling class has always united to bully the ruled class. How can you lead the ruled class to bully the ruling class?
Warrior Ji can suffer poverty, but he cannot be trampled under the feet of untouchables! The dignity of the Wu family is the dignity of the political power!
For people outside the system, you can keep them naked and deprived of food, deceive them with words, threaten them with violence, and imprison them with the rule of law, it doesn't matter what you do!
Because they are outside the system, they are not our people, and all measures of tenderness or violence are to make them accept our rule, whether they are willing or not.
But Ji Ji is our backbone, our flesh and blood. We need Ji Ji to help us manage our territory, suppress the mob, and maintain our political power!
We need Samurai Ji, do you understand?
I am angry today, not because of Ashikama's return to the public, but because of your short-sightedness and your stupidity.
You can actually allow merchants to humiliate the Ashikaga Hui people just for the sake of greed for money. Are you crazy?
When untouchables outside the system are used to trampling on the dignity within the system, aren't you worried at all? Aren't you afraid at all?
Aren’t you worried that the Ashikama community will be angry and riot? Aren’t you afraid that the untouchables will forget their respect for us?
The samurai family is a whole! We can fight among ourselves, but we must never let the untouchables climb up. You are making the same mistake that Oda Nobunaga once made!
Yesterday, I could draw my sword against Oda Nobunaga for the sake of the samurai family! Today, I can also wield my sword against you for the sake of the samurai family!
Lord Ninagawa, do you want to be my enemy?"
Ninagawa himself was so frightened that he lost his mind and kowtowed as if pounding garlic.
"How dare you, foreign minister, be an enemy of the saint! Foreign minister knows your guilt! Foreign minister, please commit hara-kiri and apologize!"
Yiyin snorted.
"What's the point of asking you to commit seppuku?
If something goes wrong, commit seppuku, throw out a few heads to apologize, then be honest for a while, then go back to your old ways, and then throw out a few heads to take the blame next time something goes wrong.
Is it fun to repeat the same mistakes over and over again? I'm tired, I'm really tired of watching it.
Ninagawa Akashi, Hatakeyama Takamasa, Hosokawa Fujitaka, and you, you, you, all of you, please listen to me clearly!
After hundreds of years of chaos, the world is exhausted and eager to restore peace as never before. This is a great opportunity to unify the world and restore order!
But if, if the peaceful governance after the troubled times is no longer the world of the Wu family, then what does it mean to us?
A world not ruled by the Wu family means nothing to us!
Regardless of whether you are Ashikaga retainers, shogunate ministers, or local powerful factions, you all must remember this sentence.
One arrow is easy to break, but three arrows are difficult to break. Even those guys in the Western Kingdom who fight among themselves every day can understand this. Why don't you understand?
Ashikaga, shogunate, powerful faction, all of you are responsible for the shogunate reduced to what it is today! If the Kyoto shogunate can no longer be united, there will be no need to continue to exist!
I, Shiba Yoshigan, do not have to protect the shogunate. Without the name of the shogunate, I, Shiba Yoshigan, can still dominate the world and be invincible!
But what about you? Without the shogunate, how many of you can be independent?
So, don’t let me down again. If you let me down again, I will never do it again!”
Yiyin was really tired, tired, and annoyed. The endless scandals of the shogunate had already wasted too much of his energy.
The cost of caring for these giant babies may have exceeded the benefits of maintaining the shogunate.
Under such circumstances, Yoshigan really had the idea of leaving his opponent behind. Ashikaga Yoshiaki can run, but I, Shiba Yoshigan, can't?
Oda Nobunaga would be extremely happy if he knew that Yoshigan was willing to completely abandon the shogunate and focus on consolidating the divine power.
Oda Nobunaga established the Taira shogunate, and Oda Kōki was responsible for secular governance. Yoshigan Shiba held high the divine power, came to save the world, and restored peace to the world.
This configuration is perfect, and there is no need to leave an empty position for the corrupt current shogunate. Yoshihiro's maintenance of the status quo is more of a balanced restriction on Oda Nobunaga.
As Yoshigan said, the shogunate is begging him to take care of it now, not that he wants to take care of the shogunate's mess.
The Western Kingdom was notoriously chaotic, and in less than a hundred years there were four generations of overlords: Yamana, Ouchi, Nizi, and Maori.
Maori Yuan once lamented that he could not defeat the Western Kingdom. He held ten countries, lost five countries once, retreated to two countries after losing twice, and completely lost his family fortune after losing three times.
It's such a bad place, and the Western samurai family is more reliable than the shogunate samurai family. At least the Mori family, the co-leader of the Western samurai family alliance, can still have a good story about the training of the three arrows.
Look at this bunch of rubbish in the shogunate. How can they do good politics when they are with such insects?
Yiyin is really tired. If these grandsons cause trouble for me again, I will divide the luggage. You go back to your Huaguoshan, and I will go back to my Gaolaozhuang. No more fun!
When Yoshigan made such a statement, it was not only Ninagawa and other ministers who were frightened, but also Hatakeyama Takamasa and others who were gloating about the misfortune were also panicked. They all kowtowed to the ground and begged the saint to appease his anger.
It doesn't matter to Hosokawa Fujitaka, she is the woman who climbed onto the holy bed of Yoshiyin. No matter which route the Shiba family takes in the future, there will always be benefits for the Izumi-Hosokawa family.
But at this moment, she had to pretend to be panicked and kneel down with everyone to beg Yiyin to calm down her anger.
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This incident became the straw that broke the camel's back. The old scalper of the shogunate, Shiba Yoshigan, finally couldn't bear it anymore and became so furious that he wanted to quit his job and go it alone, which immediately scared everyone present to wet their pants.
Without the support of Shiba Yoshigan, who would step on these valuables in the shogunate? The peripheral samurai families have long been defeated in the troubled times of a hundred years, and the king of the shogunate, the Oda family, even defeated the shogunate.
A child carrying gold through the market is guilty of carrying a jade. Yamashiro Kingdom has a territory of 230,000 koku, and the castle town of Kyoto has a prosperous town of 3,000. If there is no protector, the samurai family of the shogunate will not be able to protect these interests.
To put it more darkly, if Yoshigoshi Shiba is unwilling to lose it, he can also let Oda Nobunaga act as a white glove. At worst, he can just share with Oda Nobunaga. It is better than getting entangled with the stupid shogunate samurai family.
In fact, everyone is not a fool. Normally, they just bully Shiba Yiyin, an honest man who takes the overall situation into account and is willing to take charge of things. But now that the honest man is made angry, everyone is really panicked.
Not to mention how the samurai family of the shogunate begged for mercy inside the mansion, the Kamao clan hurried out of the mansion and came outside, and already saw a huge crowd of people.
Five hundred Hime warriors stood together, and even if they were trying to please the saint with good intentions, the chaotic scene at this moment made the Kamo family go numb.
She stepped forward and took a quick look, found the positions of the leaders, and squeezed through.
"Okusahime!"
Da Cao Gao Zhong was so happy when he saw the Kamao clan coming over that he pulled several Ji warriors around him to bow together and said.
"Lord Pu Sheng, you are here.
We would like to present the Kodachi sword to the saint to express our gratitude and loyalty, and please inform us."
Pu Shengshixiang shook his head and said.
"The saint already knows your purpose of coming and is quite displeased.
The Ashikaga Horsemen were the personal bodyguards of the Ashikaga Shogun, and they secretly presented Kodachi to the sage. They had no basis in law, no logic, and no understanding of emotions.
The saint scolded you for your nonsense and asked you to disperse immediately.
The next winter snow will come at any time. It is only right to distribute the salt and cloth early and go home with building materials to make the house stronger. Don't freeze your husband and children."
The grass was tall and moved.
"Lord Pu Sheng, is this really what the saint said himself?"
Pu Shengshixiang frowned.
"What? Do you think I dare to use the name of a saint and make up some lies to deceive you?"
Dacao shook his head high and said.
"Lord Pu Sheng misunderstood, I definitely didn't mean it.
I just feel that the saint has a kind heart and thinks about my family and me. Compared with the poor people who abandoned us, it is really a world of difference."
Dacao took a deep breath and shouted behind him.
"The saint has ordered us to go back and distribute the gifted salt, cloth and building materials to strengthen our houses and protect our wives, so that we can live a safe and secure winter without worrying about food and clothing!"
Zhu Ji! Are you grateful?"
Hundreds of Ji warriors shouted in confusion.
“Saint onboard!”
"I'll repay the favor!"
"I beg you, the saint, to accept the Kodachi that we offer!"
Dacao said loudly.
"I am from a famous family and know my etiquette!
Bishamonten has come to save the world, and the saint is the patron saint of our samurai family, so that we will not suffer from hunger and cold. We are willing to offer the Kodachi sword to the gods, and we sincerely ask the saint to accept our faith!"
Dacao pulled out the Kodachi from his waist, knelt down in front of the mansion with a plop, held the Kodachi in both hands, and shouted.
"God bless you!"
As Da Cao knelt down, the Ji warriors behind him knelt down one after another and shouted together.
"God bless you!"
The Kamo family was caught off guard by this group of Ashikaga warriors. For a moment, they didn't know what to do. They just pointed at the grass and sighed.
"Da Cao Ji, you are making things difficult for me."
Ohcao Gaochong is a smart person. The Ohcao clan from which she was born has a hereditary shogunate and serves the public. How could she not understand the rules?
Kodachi should not be donated casually, and the relationship between monarch and minister should not be established casually. With the Ashikaga Shogun standing in the middle, and Shiba Yoshigan willing to accept the Kodachi from Ashikaga's return crowd, that is a damn thing.
We are all old martial arts masters who have been immersed in the shogunate. Etiquette is never trivial. Don't pretend that foreign guests are ignorant.
Shiba Yiyin sent the Kamao clan to reject Kodachi, which was a result that Ocao Gaochang had already imagined.
If the Ashikaga General had been more reliable, the Ashikaga Horsemen would not have been so shameless as to kneel here and beg Yoshigan to accept the Kodachi.
Who doesn’t want to be reserved, who doesn’t want to stand and make money? There’s no chance!
As early as the period of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the Ashikaga family was already in decline. Now that they have encountered this idiot Ashikaga Yoshiaki, it is obvious to the naked eye that the Ashikaga family is going to be doomed.
The Ashikaga Hui community has been suffering for two years and has become worse than a dog in Kyoto. Why?
Just because the domestic dogs that barked at them all had owners, the Ashikaga Hikari were bereft dogs with no owners to back them up.
Da Cao Gao Chong knew very well that Shiba Yiyin came out to support them this time, mainly because he was worried about trouble in Kyoto, and secondly because of their own pity.
In the final analysis, the Ashikaga Kaishou are not the Shiba family's dogs, and Yoshihiro Shiba has no obligation to stand up for them. The current situation is more about maintaining stability and providing emergency relief, rather than a long-term solution.
The title of Shiba's martyr can enjoy the same treatment as Shiba's establishment, but after all, you are not a retainer of Shiba, let alone the difference between closeness and distance. Just say that the title of righteous Shiba can be given to you, can't you take it back?
Outsourcing is, after all, outsourcing. How can there be the comfort and peace of mind that come with a system? If you want to have a real stable meal, Ashikama Kaizo must establish a more solid affiliation with Shiba Yoshibank.
In other words, due to etiquette and rules, Yoshihiro Shiba cannot accept dogs from the Ashikaga family, even dogs that have lost their families. This is a political stain and can easily be criticized by outsiders.
However, this group of wild dogs from the Ashikama Hui clan desperately wanted to squeeze into the threshold of Shiba's house and become Yoshigami Shiba's family dog, so this farce of voluntarily donating the Kodachi came about.
He did it even though he knew he couldn't do it, just because Ashikama Huizu was really desperate. The only opportunity Ogusa Takauchi could seize was to obscure the person who presented the Kodachi.
Ashikaga horse returned to the crowd and presented the Kodachi sword.
But it is not the Shiba Yin that is dedicated to the surviving ancestors, the elder Genji, but the Shiba Yin that is dedicated to Bishamonten, the patron saint of the samurai family.
Da Cao Gao Chong was so witty and clever that the villagers of the Pu Sheng clan who came to deliver the message were immediately paralyzed.
Ashikaga Kaishou is not meant to be the Shiba family's domestic dog, but to be the sacred dog of the Lord Kaminari. This question is beyond the scope of the syllabus. How do you ask Kamao Clan to answer it?