After a hundred years of war, Musashi Province has been the core battlefield of Kanba Province. The local villages were really ruined and starved.
Yoshimi and others were not unwilling to send troops, but they were worried that the spring plowing would be unfavorable, the autumn harvest would be reduced, and the whole village would starve again. People's fear of hunger is deeply rooted in their bones, causing them to make wrong judgments.
Starvation is a small matter, but injustice is a big matter.
The seemingly smart Yoshimi did a stupid thing. She didn't understand that in troubled times, which is more important, food or justice?
Although great righteousness is illusory, it is the final bottom line in everyone's heart. Without the protection of great righteousness, no matter how much food you have, it will not be enough for others to grab.
Yoshimi and others were smart enough to believe that under the imperial order of peace in Kanto, even if they delayed sending troops for spring plowing, they could explain it later.
After all, delaying the war due to the busy farming season is a tacit understanding of the tradition of the Wu family.
The world is huge, and eating is the biggest thing. Even if you are a saint, you can't get angry just because farmers want to eat, right?
As for the dissatisfaction of these people in Jiuxia, since there is no imperial order for war in the East, do they still dare to provoke a war without permission?
Yoshijian thought too well, and used this reason to persuade several villages to advance and retreat with him, feeling proud of himself.
But they forgot that although the sage had an order that there should be no war in Guandong, and those who violated it would be punished, it still had to be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
It is true that the saints will not blame them for being busy in farming, but others may not be willing to let them go.
Everyone delayed the spring plowing for the sake of the saint, and their families were starving due to lack of food. Why should the unjust people be able to eat and drink?
Oban's daughter shouted "Tianchu" and cut off her mother's head in public. If this kind of matricide were carried out normally, the crowd would have been besieging her.
But today, everyone can only shout "hao" and "kill relatives for justice!"
Amid the excitement among the people, one day Yoshimi and other villages are really pacified, all the food is robbed, the land is divided, and the husband and son take turns taking wormwood, what will happen?
Will the Kanto Palace of Justice severely punish the righteous man who saved the Holy Emperor for the sake of a few unjust people?
Imperial orders are imperial orders, but when it comes to specific issues, the Kanto Palace may not follow the law and be selectively blind!
As the saying goes, justice is in the hearts of the people, and saints can't cool the hearts of the righteous, right?
Therefore, Yoshimi's thoughts were too beautiful and her calculations were too clever. But in the eyes of Kugami, a real old fox, Yoshimi and the few people who ran away with her, their village was finished.
When everyone came back after rescuing the saint, they were rescuing the martyrs. They turned around and waited for Ji to see that several villages had finished their summer and autumn harvests. They directly gathered people and rushed into their villages. Everyone had a good year.
Will the saint be angry because of the death of a few unjust people? Will the Kanto Secretariat investigate because of the destruction of several unjust villages?
Absolutely not. From the moment when Yoshijian and these people turned their backs on Dayi, Dayi would no longer protect them.
On the contrary, the Kanto Palace may add fuel to the flames, encourage the grassroots to fight against the grassroots, and crucify these unjust people on the pillar of shame, while the only people left in the local area are the righteous people who are loyal to the saint.
Only by supporting local martyrs to identify and eliminate a handful of bad elements can the Kanto Palace of Justice further transcend local daimyo and directly affect grassroots villages in the name of righteousness.
Innovation is not a treat. If the new Kanto shrine system wants to replace the old Kanto system, it must constantly weaken and combat all ideas that are not conducive to its own rule.
In order to take root in this land, the great righteousness of Spo’s New Thought will not be hesitated even if the foundation of great righteousness is watered with the blood of countless people.
Yoshihiro Shiba would never have thought that his action of summoning villages in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River to participate in the war would provide the highest legal basis for the subsequent grassroots self-clearance movement.
With the gentle flapping of butterfly wings, in the next few years, the Guanbazhou region will rise to fight against the anti-righteousness, anti-saints, and anti-Guandong shrines' unified ideological self-purification movement.
Jiakami just wanted to steal Yoshimi's food for the New Year, and the villages that followed justice just wanted to suppress the villages that didn't respect justice.
However, things are unpredictable, and the situation that intensifies in the name of justice will continue to expand the campaign to catch bad elements, and will eventually cleanse the entire grassroots of the Wu family with blood.
To put it simply, it is to replace the underlying logic of the entire Wu family's righteousness.
The righteousness that the Kanto samurai family has followed for hundreds of years to be loyal to the direct descendants of the Genji family in Kawachi and respect the Ashikaga family will be completely replaced by the righteousness of being loyal to the incarnation of Bishamonten and obeying the descendants of the Kami Shiba.
From then on, the Kanto samurai family were no longer direct descendants of the Kawachi Genji and subordinates of the Kanto shoguns, but disciples of the saint Yoshigan Shiba and his descendants.
And this Great Self-Qing Movement, which attacked the anti-righteousness, anti-saints and anti-Kwantung ministers, would also profoundly change the governance structure of the entire island country.
Regularly cleaning out five percent of the bad guys within the Wu family, and more actively moving closer to the ideology of Sibo's theocracy, will completely change the future of the island country, and will also completely put Siba Yiyin on the altar.
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A new change is coming, but no one is aware of it yet.
At this moment in the land of Kanto, the attention of military families from all over the country were gradually drawn to the Lower General Kingdom, paying attention to the sudden war.
A war to reunify the eastern and western parts of the eight states is taking place in an unexpected way that no one expected.
It was originally thought that this was a long-term eastward war initiated by the Kantōshi to annex the eastern part of the Kanbashi Prefecture.
However, after the unexpected situation when the people from the East took the initiative to round up Sibo Yiyin and attempted to carry out a beheading operation, the war was ignited in advance.
Shiba Yiyin's stubbornness in refusing to retreat from the front line will change the fate of all participants.
All parties in Guanbazhou were caught off guard, and what was originally an orderly battle between the East and the West turned into a chaotic war that no one was prepared for.
The people in the East just want to try to seize Sibo Yiyin, but are not ready for a big fight. They are not fully mobilized during the spring plowing period, and the strategic goal is not to occupy the lower country. How to fight this battle?
The Kanto Waiting Office was even more confused. They were still arguing about how to send troops. Unexpectedly, Shiba Yiyin went in recklessly. His woman was so anxious that she was desperate to fight first.
In such a chaotic situation, among the samurai families in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River who had been mobilized by Yoshigan's letter, an emerging force was excited and trying its best to exert all its influence.
Katsushika County, Simu Village.
Katsushika County, located between the lower reaches of the Arakawa River and the lower reaches of the Edogawa River, is the border between the Musashi Kingdom and the Shimotsou Kingdom. The Yotsugi Takasago area crosses the Edogawa River to the east and is Taijo, the capital of the Shimotsou Kingdom.
Yotsuki Village is located on the east bank of the Arakawa River, still some distance from the Edogawa River, but this place was a key village that Yoshihiro Shiba visited when he went to the countryside.
Yoshihiro Shiba's decision to establish the Samurai Giri Promotion Association was made during an inspection of several local villages in Yotsugi Takasago.
Therefore, the local area became the first batch of pilot villages for the Wujia Yili Promotion Association, and was the first to enjoy the charity and care from the saint.
Therefore, the grassroots villages in the Shimo Takasago area have always been enthusiastic believers in Spo's new ideas, and their mass base is very good.
The first batch of pilots was naturally also the first area to send out international students. Yua Kito and Momo Mikami were born here, and most of the student soldiers who participated in the Kinki Miyoshi War were also born here.
The families of the foreign students who died in the war received generous pensions. The Shiba Yoshibank even granted Shiba the establishment and belonged to the Kanto Shiba welfare system. Their families had long regarded themselves as Shiba's retainers.
The overseas students who came back alive are the backbone of the Wu Family Revival Association. These young people in blue are members of the Wushu Association appointed by Sibo Yiyin, the elites in blue.
Under the leadership of Mikami Momo and Kito Yua, almost all the previous international students voluntarily joined the Blue Clothes and became die-hard fans of Shiba Yigen.
And this time, the letter of pledge sent by Yiyin to the Wushu Association would naturally not leave out any of the members in blue.
Compared to the adults who were hesitant and calculating the gains and losses, the young people in blue reacted impassionedly and soon showed their jaw-dropping organizational power.
They called on the members in blue to unite and actively promote the mobilization of villages to rescue the saint.
You must know that the people in blue are themselves international students. Those who can become international students are either the elite girls in the village or the direct descendants of local servants.
Their influence is even stronger than the fraternity's pillow style. After all, husbands are there to sleep on, and daughters are here to inherit the family business.
Mikami Momo and Kito Yua have always been stationed in Simu Village, directing the active actions of the blue-clad people everywhere.
In the village house, Mikami Momo opened a letter that had just arrived and couldn't help but cheer.
"Okay! All sixty-three villages in the first town of Dali County have been mobilized. They did it in just four days! It's amazing!"
Ghost head Yuya said calmly.
"Osato County is a small county among the Higashi Musashi counties. It's not surprising that they can complete the mobilization first. The most important ones are the big counties.
There are 30,000 to 40,000 people in a Dali County. No matter how many people are mobilized locally, there is no food for the expedition, so only 4,000 people can be mobilized at most.
In addition, during the spring plowing period, people will have to be left to farm the land, and the mobilization force will be reduced by half. The actual number of troops participating in the war will not exceed 2,000."
Kito Yua was worried, and Mikami Momo comforted her.
"If we can't mobilize, can those traitors mobilize without scruples? Don't they need to farm in the rear? Don't need to eat?
Even if the Higashi Musashi counties allocate half of their mobilization force, they can still mobilize at least 15,000 troops. In addition, the Yura family is also mobilizing, so it will not be a problem for both sides to gather 20,000 troops together.
The problem now is to hurry. The saint should have gone south and is waiting for our reinforcements near the Kokufudai. It is not difficult to mobilize manpower in each village, but what to eat after crossing the Edogawa River is a big problem.
Before and after spring plowing, it is the time when grain storage is at its lowest in the year. Before the summer harvest, grains are eaten one grain at a time, and every village and household does not have enough grain storage."
Ghost head Yua nodded.
Farmers have been working hard since ancient times, and the most difficult time is spring plowing. They dare not eat too much of the stored grain in winter, because they have to work in the fields in spring. If they are busy in the fields and don't eat enough, they will die suddenly from exhaustion.
After enduring a winter, there was not much food. Coupled with the consumption of spring plowing, many people had already chewed the bark of trees before harvesting wheat in summer.
It is not difficult to get the village to send troops, but it is extremely difficult to get them to save food.
The two of them were worried, and Mikami Momo's eyes suddenly froze while she was reading the letter, and she frowned.
“What’s going on with this big banner?
She actually killed her own mother in public, how could she do such a thing in public? And she also swore in the name of the Wu Family Revival Association, how will others view us in blue in the future?"
"show me."
Ghost Head Yuya took the letter and read its lines, then sneered.
"Well done! We and other new young people in the Wu family should have the courage to stand up and cleanse this rotten land!
The slogan of the Wu Family Revival Association is one leader and one voice. The saint's handwriting is here and the letter is pledged here. Blood relatives are unjust, and they should be exterminated for justice. What crime is there?
Mikami Hime, there is something wrong with your attitude. Not only should we not criticize our colleagues and colleagues with lofty ideals, but we should also call on everyone to learn from Ohata.
In our hearts, saints are the dearest.
We are the saint's most loyal guards. For the saint's righteousness, we should serve as sharp blades and pierce the enemies who disobey the saint's teachings.
Even if the enemy is our closest relatives and friends, we will never show mercy!"
Looking at the fanatical look in Yuya's eyes, Mikami Momo's heart became even more chilling.
A while ago, Yuya Kito accused Mikami Momo of collaborating with the corrupt elements of the martial arts association. Mikami Momo was frightened and had a murderous intention.
But the two of them were good friends who studied abroad in Spurling together, and they also had a bloody comrade-in-arms friendship.
After calming down, Mikami Momo finally couldn't bear it and felt that she couldn't do it.
But at this moment, Mikami Momo's heart felt cold.
Seeing Ohata's violent behavior of killing his mother in public, Kito Yua actually cheered and called on everyone to learn from it. This is such a terrible paranoid mentality.
In the face of the saint's righteousness, the kindness of parents in raising them can be ignored, let alone the friendship between classmates and comrades-in-arms?
Mikami Momo felt a chill on the back of her neck. She didn't dare to imagine that one day Kito Yua would find that she was still interacting with those people from the Wushu Association, and she would get deeper and deeper...
Looking at Kito Yua, the suppressed murderous intention in Mikami Momo's heart began to loosen and brew again, but Kito Yua had no idea about Mikami Momo's psychological changes.
At this moment, a man in blue suddenly ran in outside and shouted.
"Good news, good news! The Kanto Palace has made a decision, and all the families are fully mobilized to go to the rescue!
All warehouses affiliated with the Samurai Giri Promotion Association and the Kanto Shiso Enforcement Office are open, and food and armaments are fully supplied! All rebels who go to the headquarters can receive military supplies from the warehouse, without any upper limit!"
"Okay!" x2
Mikami Momo and Kito Yua applauded at the same time, and they were overjoyed.
Ghost head Yuya smiled.
"Mikami, the food problem is solved!"
Mikami Momo nodded.
"Yes, it is not yet known how many warehouses there are in the Eight Prefectures where the practice is located, but we know the granary of the Wu Family Principle Promotion Association.
There are water conservancy projects in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River, and every village has a warehouse to store grain for the project, so the problem of military rations is solved!"
Ghost Head Yuya said excitedly.
“With food, we cannot lag behind others, we must move forward bravely to fight for the saints!
The big bosses from the Kanto Palace have all gone back to mobilize, but they returned late and the territory is so large that it will take time to mobilize.
And we have been mobilizing for four or five days! Except for the samurai families in the middle reaches of the Tone River who have already set off, no one can be faster than us!"
Mikami Momo nodded.
"Yes! The food problem has been solved. Immediately ask the people in blue from each village to help open warehouses and stockpile food, and urge the local servants to go out.
Within five days, at least half of the army must rush to the vicinity of Taicheng, the national capital, to protect the Holy Emperor!
It takes almost ten days for the martial arts families in the middle reaches, and it takes at least twenty days for the big guys in the Kanto Palace. There is no way anyone can be faster than us!
You and I will set off immediately to serve and fight beside the saint, and no one can take away our first victory!"
Seeing Mikami Momo's utilitarian face, although Kito Yua was not happy, it didn't dampen everyone's enthusiasm at this time, so he could only nod reluctantly.
"Okay! Inform all villages immediately and we will set off immediately! One leader! One voice!"
All the girls in blue clothes stood up together and shouted together.