Yoshigan is different from Oda Nobunaga in that he never pursues absolute control.
There are too many important things in the world, this is also important, that is also important. If he pursues absolute control because it is important, he will not be able to handle a hundred things, and his energy will be limited.
The reopening of the Tokaido trade route would bring huge benefits, but it could not replace the Hokuriku trade route for the time being. Moreover, Tokugawa Ieyasu could not survive alone. She was at most an errand boy, earning some hard money.
If Yoshihiro wants to find another candidate and entrust it to someone else, what is the difference between entrusting it to Tokugawa Ieyasu? Which of the Shiba retainers and relevant allies has no selfish motives, and which one is sincere and reliable?
Perhaps, we are not as good as Tokugawa Ieyasu, an outsider. At least the relationship is business-to-business, which makes it easier to settle scores.
The samurai family values land the most. Takeda Shingen and Hojo Ujimasa are going to Kanto for a big meal, and their attention to Tokaido will decrease, but this does not mean that they will not get a share of the Tokaido trade route.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was actually the one who took the lead in doing the hard work. She wanted to develop the Tokaido trade route, so Yoshihiro let her go.
Well done, the Shiba family will eat meat, the Shiba allies will follow suit and drink soup, and the Tokugawa family will be responsible for licking the plates. As for the worry of Tokugawa Ieyasu becoming the main guest, there is no such thing.
The upstream resource area of the Tokaido trade route is Sakai Port, and the downstream dumping area is the Kanto Plain. Both are controlled by the Shiba family and related allies. Tokugawa Ieyasu is just earning a hard fee for passing through.
Even if Tokugawa Ieyasu had other ideas and wanted to take advantage of the Tokaido trade route, Yoshigan could use the Takeda family and the Hojo family to exert political and military pressure to wake her up.
In fact, there is no need for big political and military moves, it is just the economic management of Takada Haruno. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the second party, cannot stand up because she has no upper and lower resource channels.
After all, Tokugawa Ieyasu never thought of taking advantage of the Shiba family, let alone harbor evil intentions.
She suggested reopening the Tokaido. Economic interests were secondary. The most important thing was to preserve her independence and not become a subsidiary of the Oda family.
The cooperation between Yiyin and Tokugawa Ieyasu is actually Tokugawa Ieyasu secretly changing from an ally of Oda to an ally of both Shiba and Oda.
I'm a weakling, brothers and sisters, you guys are awesome, but don't think about swallowing me up, otherwise Tokaido will be in chaos and no one will get any benefits.
The political value of stabilizing the Tokaido was the talisman Tokugawa Ieyasu found for himself, to find a balance between the Shiba family and the Oda family.
As for Tokugawa Ieyasu's little idea, Yoshihiro certainly supports it.
If Yiyin could control the two trade routes of Tokaido and Hokuriku, it would be equivalent to closing the door to Kanto to Oda Nobunaga.
The Oda family's sphere of influence extends as far as Echizen Kaga Ryogoku on the Hokuriku Road and Mikawa Ene Ryogoku on the Tokaido Road. It is difficult to continue eastwards.
No matter how hard Oda Nobunaga tried, her influence could not reach Kanto beyond Tokaido and Hokuriku Road, so she could only go to Kansai and fight to the death with those Western daimyo who did not accept the divine authority.
The Kanto side will become Yiyin's private territory, allowing him to slowly devour and digest it and run his own theocratic base.
Originally, Kanto was conservative and poorer than Kinki Kansai, so it was most suitable for Yoshigan, the wealthy incarnation of Bishamonten, to develop the divine power.
Therefore, if the Tokaido trading route reopens this business, Yiyin will not lose money no matter what. He is of course happy to watch Tokugawa Ieyasu jump around and support the Tokugawa family's independent efforts.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's plan, Yi Bank finally approved and nodded. After that, Yi Bank still needed to do some mediation.
Yiyin just grasps the general direction, and the details of how to reopen business routes are naturally planned and implemented step by step by his subordinates.
But before that, Yoshigan needs to convince the Takeda family and the Hojo family, because the Takeda family wants to withdraw from Suruga Country, and the Hojo family wants to hand over the Imagawa clan.
In fact, Yoshigan turned Suruga Country into a neutral commercial center, with the Shiba family behind the scenes and leading the reopening of the Tokaido trade route.
The Imagawa clan is really the guardian of Suruga in name only. In theory, the Tokugawa, Takeda, and Hojo families will no longer interfere in the affairs of Suruga Kingdom.
Of course, this is just theory.
In Suruga, the Takeda family has a great influence on Fuji County, which is close to Kai Country, and the Takeda family of Suruga County has a deep relationship with the Hojo family.
Tokugawa Ieyasu secretly did smuggling business with the Suruga people and tried his best to win over the Suruga people.
Even if the three families openly support the Imagawa family's true return to the country, they will resume their duties as the guardian of Suruga, making Suruga Country a buffer zone between the three families.
But in fact, out of the 150,000 koku of land in Suruga Province, not even a koku belongs to the Imagawa clan.
But Yiyin doesn't care.
He doesn't care about land, he just needs the Imagawa family to sit in Sunpu Castle so that the Shiba family can naturally control this commercial hub and core city of Tokaido.
It was only a mere 150,000 koku. In the eyes of Takada Harano, who was pursuing the financialization route, it was probably just a group of beggars grabbing leftovers, and she didn't even bother to take a look.
The essence of finance is to let wealth circulate and then flow to where it should go.
What's the place to go? Of course the Spurs' pocket.
The specific method is to draw cakes.
When the Hokuriku Road trade route is saturated, drawing a new pie on the Tokaido trade route will help the Shiba family re-issue licenses and have another big meal.
As for Tokaido and Hokuriku, they both belong to the Kanto-Kansai logistics corridor. The construction of Tokaido is to weaken the economic contradiction of Hokuriku, don't ask.
The question is, we must focus on the future. The new blue ocean is right in front of us. Let us embrace new opportunities and don’t look back at the outdated Internet celebrities.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was full of expectations and accompanied Yoshihiro across three rivers and two countries. He took Yoshihiro to the border before saying goodbye.
When Yoshigan arrived in Suruga Kingdom, he originally thought that Takeda Shingenkai was as diligent as Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Who would have known that this Kai tigress did not follow common sense and just sent Kosaka Masanobu to ask Yoshihiro to go to Kai country to talk.
Looking at Masanobu Kosaka who looked embarrassed, Yoshiyin snorted and said.
"Since His Highness Takeda is busy, I won't bother you much and just go directly to Sagami Country."
When Kosaka Masanobu saw Yoshiyin's serious face, his heart beat wildly, he came forward and whispered.
"Sage, Yixin said I miss you."
The corners of Yoshigan's lips twitched. This Takeda Shingen is really nothing. He uses the child as bait and insists on asking Yoshigan to take a detour to Kai. How can Yoshigan let her succeed!
But under the pleading eyes of Kosaka Masanobu, Yoshigage really couldn't say anything decisive to the most beautiful woman of the Takeda family. After all, she was also his woman.
"Hey, let's go see the child, Takeda Shingen, where is she now?"
Kosaka Masanobu was overjoyed, looked at Yiyin with affectionate eyes, and whispered.
"Sage, there are many hot springs in Mount Fuji, and the hot springs in Yoshida are particularly good. My Highness is taking His Highness to soak in the hot springs there.
It's freezing cold in the Kai Mountains in winter. Your Highness is used to staying in the Kyoto Basin and can't stand the bitter cold in the mountains, so he enjoys staying in Yoshida and doesn't want to leave the hot springs and go south, but he also misses the saint.
That’s why my Highness went beyond his duties and begged the saint to go to Yoshida to meet with His Highness.”
Yiyin snorted coldly.
"You don't have to explain it to her. How can I not understand her thoughts?"
The various families in the Kanto region seemed to be united in the Great Council meeting at the Kanto Palace, but in fact they all had their own agendas in private.
In particular, Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin gave birth to children one after another, becoming the first step into the divine bloodline. They used their daughters' self-respect to dominate other concubines politically.
Takeda Shingen has just entered the Kanto Imperial Council and is a latecomer. She needs some background bonuses to improve her status.
When Yiyin crossed the Tokaido and headed to Kanto, Wanji was paying attention. Warrior families from all over the way rushed to see the accompanying saint and feel honored.
Big bosses like Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu accompanied us all the way to the border with a respectful attitude.
Takeda Shingen did the opposite, huddled in the hot springs in Kai Country and asked Yoshigoshi to brave the cold wind and take a detour to the foot of Mount Fuji to visit her and her children.
Comparing the performances of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, Takeda Shingen is not exaggerating his own worth, so what is it?
She just knew that Yoshigage cared about the child Takeda Yoshinobu and was a soft-hearted man, so she dared to manipulate the saint so unscrupulously.
If it were another person in the world who was determined to kill, this kind of disrespectful behavior would be enough to make the Takeda family pay a heavy price.
But the current result is that Takeda Shingen knows Yoshinobu too well, and relying on this incident has strengthened the political capital of the Takeda family, making everyone look at Takeda Yoshinobu more highly.
Of course Yoshigan understood Takeda Shingen's intentions, but he couldn't bear to let his child suffer, so he could only be manipulated by Takeda Shingen once.
If he really ignored Takeda Shingen's invitation and left Suruga Country directly for Kanto, each family would look down on Takeda Yoshinobu, which would not be a good thing for his daughter.
No matter how much trouble Takeda Shingen makes, in the final analysis, he is still working for his daughter. Everything in the Takeda family will belong to his daughter in the future.
Therefore, when Takeda Shingen used this little trick and sent Kosaka Masanobu, a woman from Yoshigan, to lower his profile and plead for mercy, and asked you to put yourself in the urn, Yoshigan had no choice but to pinch his nose and let her succeed.
Yoshihiro glanced at Kosaka Masanobu, who was grateful for all his kindness, and sighed.
"How is it? Does your stomach feel any reaction?"
Kosaka Masanobu shook his head sadly.
During her time in Kyoto, she had received many blessings from God, but she never got pregnant.
"Maybe I am not so lucky."
Yoshigine didn't know how to comfort Kosaka Masanobu, and when he thought of Yuigahama Yui's hit, he didn't know what to say.
On the other hand, Kosaka Masanobu was more open-minded and she smiled.
"It doesn't matter if it's like this, it's okay to give up after working hard.
When I grow old and lose my beauty, I will adopt a daughter from my own clan and inherit the family business. From then on, my descendants will be loyal to Your Highness from generation to generation, and they will also be descendants who will serve the saint for generations to come."
Kosaka Masanobu was full of affection and spoke words of love that would last forever. Yoshihiro shook his head, took the initiative to hold her hand, and said.
"What's the rush? I'm not dead yet. Let's try slowly in the future. The days are still long.
Not to mention the future, if you stay with me these days and lead me to Yoshida, I should naturally give you benefits."
Kosaka Masanobu's face flushed when he heard this, but he couldn't bear to break away from Yoshiyin's hand and lowered his head in acquiescence.