Yigen felt bad, so he got up and wanted to go out to explain, but he couldn't open the door. The voice of Yamanaka Yukimori came from outside the door.
"I'm sorry, Lord, it's just my random thoughts that make you bother to appease me.
I know you are just trying to comfort me, but I am really happy, really really happy.
So please don't come out, don't tell me, it's just a joke.
I beg you, don’t say it out loud, I understand.”
The two of them were separated by a paper door, and Yiyin touched the door panel with his palm.
Outside the door, Yamazaka Yukimori held the sliding door tightly with his hands, leaning on his back and lowering his head. There were drops of water on the ground.
Yiyin shook his head, walked back to the desk, sat down, and started to do business. After looking at it twice, he became frustrated, threw the document back to the desk, and cursed in a low voice.
"This idiot."
Yamanaka Yukimori raised his head. Although he was crying, he had a bright smile on his face.
She is really happy.
———
The next day, the review meeting continued.
After spending the night calmly, each of the Hime samurai families made their own judgments on the changes in Echigo's political ecology, and gradually accepted the emergence of dual rule.
Endowed with power by the guardian system, Uesugi Terutora inherited the guardianship of Echigo from the Uesugi family in Yamauchi and governed the Echigo country.
With the Imperial Sword Order, Yoshihiro Shiba re-opened the Kato Palace and commanded the Echigo Imperial family under the imperial family system.
The two parties carefully share power, like two hedgehogs approaching slowly. They want to get as close as possible, but they must maintain a safe distance without hurting each other.
With two dark circles under his eyes, Naoe Keizuna presented to his lord the internal affairs strategy he had written overnight.
Terutora Uesugi took it and looked at it for a few times before handing it to Yoshihiro Shiba. She couldn't bear the temper of these government affairs where every penny was worth.
Yiyin looked at it carefully and couldn't help but nodded.
"Naoe-sama has worked hard and his strategy is very popular with me. We can use this to promote green hemp cultivation, refund of public taxes and other policies.
Big Bear Chao Xiu.”
"Hi!"
Daxiong Chaoxiu quickly kowtowed to the ground, Yiyin said.
"You will be responsible for the government affairs in the palace. I will leave the recent business matters from the Shiba family to you. You and Naoe-sama will be responsible for taking care of the general affairs."
"Hi!"
Daxiong Chaoxiu is overjoyed, this is a fat job.
Yoshigami turned back to Uesugi Teruhora and said.
"Your Highness Uesugi, what do you think?"
Uesugi Teruhora stared at Yoshigin, who had annoyed him yesterday, with a dignified and cold look on his face, keeping his distance.
Teruhora Uesugi smiled and said.
"Okay, Naoe Keizuna, you will be in charge."
"Hi!"
Yoshigan looked at the smiling Terutora Uesugi, and he couldn't get angry at her. She treated him really well, and she gave him everything he asked for.
Echigo country is divided into three parts, and Joetsu is the private land of the Uesugi family. It is impossible for Yoshigan to reach out and find it unhappy.
In order to prevent Yoshihiro from not knowing how to advance or retreat, the new Uesugi retainers rushed to prepare and submit the strategy overnight. They were afraid that the master Teru Uesugi was obsessed with his lust and did not know the importance of betraying the interests of the Joetsu samurai family.
However, the Yi Bank also recognized this strategy, and all the political initiatives it put forward were met, which was equivalent to sharing it with Uesugi Teruhu.
Today, Yiyin already owns the management rights of Zhongyue Xiong Chaoxiu and Shimoyoshi Honjo Shigecho related to Hime Samurai.
Although nominally under the imperial family system, it was actually Uesugi Teruhu who took the initiative to give in and transfer these powers to him.
Coupled with the presence of Tochio Castle as the imperial palace, Shiba Yoshigan finally gained a firm foothold in Echigo. Although his control was still weak, he still had control over a territory of more than 100,000 koku.
As for how to further train the two forces of Daxiong Chaohide and Honzo Shinchang so that they can be used for their own purposes, it depends on the implementation of the profit sharing policy and the methods of Shiba Yiyin.
He thought for a while and said.
"Naoe Keitsuna and Okuma Tohide are fully responsible for the reform and good governance. After all, they are a little busy. How about adding an adjutant to each of them to assist and liaise?"
Terutora Uesugi nodded and said.
"It's true that we are too busy. Let's do this. Naoe Kanetsugu, you are responsible for assisting Naoe Ketsuna."
Naojiang Kansu fell to the ground and kowtowed to receive the order.
She is Naoe Keizuna's daughter-in-law, and the two have a close relationship. She is also familiar with Shiba Yoshigan, so communication with the Shiba family is not prone to trouble.
Yiyin thought for a while and looked at one of the Shiba warriors.
"Ishida Mitsunari."
"Hi!"
Ishida Mitsunari did not expect that his master would mention him, so he bowed to the ground in panic.
Yoshigan looked at her back and silently thought about what Todo Toradaka once said about this Samurai Hime who was good at internal affairs and logistics.
When he first came to Echigo, although he didn't believe that the big bear Chaohide dared to do things behind his back, there was nothing wrong with sending someone to keep an eye on him.
When Yiyin went to Kanto, the Ji warriors he brought with him were all capable of conquering and fighting, but when it came to domestic affairs, things were bad.
Ishida Mitsunari followed along and experienced a series of fierce battles. This girl was lucky and made it over alive.
With the feeling of war, and the thought that she has nothing to do with the Kanto samurai family, she is a good role as a supervisor.
Yiyin said.
"You work with Daxiong Chaoxiu and serve as her adjutant."
"Hi!"
Ishida Mitsunari was ecstatic, a great good thing happened to her, and her journey to Kanto was worth it.
She has a lot of experience in internal affairs, and she has long seen that the Kanto Palace has a bright future, and it is the power organization for Shiba Yoshigan to control the Kanto Shiba sect of Ji warriors.
She, a low-level samurai warrior with the lowest salary, was able to participate in the high-level exchanges between the Shiba Shangshan family and her family, which was a great achievement.
Ishida Mitsunari bowed to Daxiong Chaohide, but the other party did not dare to show off, so he bowed in return, which turned out to be a reciprocal courtesy.
The Wu family values rules and distinguishes between superiors and subordinates.
Da Xiong Chao Xiu returned the favor to a junior samurai warrior from the Shiba family. It seemed like he was self-deprecating, but he was actually very smart.
After all, she is an outsider, so the imperial office must be on guard against her secretly doing things, and it is only natural that she should have her trusted followers installed.
Ishida Mitsunari is said to be an adjutant, but in fact he is also a supervisor. His evaluation of Daxiong Chaohide can go straight to the heavens. How dare she despise him.
With the confirmation of the four responsible persons, the cooperation between the Sibo Shangshan family and the two families has started smoothly. The next step is to sort out the tedious general affairs of the internal affairs, which the two masters do not need to worry about.
The Ji warriors who participated in the review were all excited, because the establishment of the rights mechanism meant that profit sharing and good governance would soon be carried out.
Regardless of the outcome of overseas operations in the future, at least for the time being, each family will be able to reap considerable benefits.
In particular, the Yangbei people headed by Honjo Shigenaga looked at Nakajo Fujisuru proudly.
They did not need to bow to Uesugi Teruhu, who bullied them, but they got enough benefits. It was a wonderful result.
Nakajo Fujizi had no expression on his face, but he sighed in his heart.
This time, they failed to suppress Honjo Nobunaga, and the divisions among the Yangbei clan became more obvious. Two factions have been formed internally, the Uesugi faction and the Shiba faction.
The leaders of the two factions looked at each other and looked away. The days are long, so let's look for opportunities later.
———
The review was a joyous occasion for the ministers, and the civil strife in Echigo came to an end.
After everyone left, Yoshigan was about to discuss the follow-up affairs with his Ji Samurai, but an urgent message came, and Uesugi Terutora asked him to meet him at the garrison outside the city as soon as possible.
Yoshigan's heart skipped a beat, and he had an ominous premonition. He hurriedly led people to the Uesugi Teruhora shogunate outside the city.
Terutora Uesugi looked hesitant. She handed the military newspaper to Yoshigami and frowned.
"Beixin is lost."
"What!"
Yiyin was shocked, took the military report, read ten lines of it, and finally sighed.
"What stupid guys."
Teruhora Uesugi sneered.
"you do not say."
Yoshigan felt sad and had nothing to say to the martial arts family of Shinano Kingdom.
Shinano Country is divided into four areas: Minami, Chushin, Toshin, and Hokushin. It is surrounded by mountains, and the domestic territory is distributed in an inverse Z-shape.
At the bottom is Nam Shin.
It is connected to the three countries of Mikawa, Toe, Hida, and Mino, but the country is remote and the mountain roads are difficult to travel. Only the Kiso Valley area can be considered a large-scale force.
The Kiso family is entrenched here and has been defeated by Takeda Harunobu. The Takeda family has no intention of engulfing Minami and only requires the Kiso family to surrender and become vassal.
Then came CITIC.
The richest areas in Shinano Province are the Hokushin Nagano Basin and the CITIC Suwa Basin. CITIC has been taken over by the Takeda family.
There are so many mountains between CITIC and Beixin that the only way to mobilize the army is to borrow the road from Dongxin, and follow a reverse C shape from CITIC, Dongxin, and Beixin.
Dongshin is a famous horse-producing area, and it leads to Ueno in the east and connects to the Kanto Plain. This important three-way intersection area is a battleground for military strategists.
When the Takeda family conquered this place, they conquered the Shino clan, the Umino clan, the Nezatsu clan, and the Mochizuki clan, who had been thriving in the area for hundreds of years.
The Umino family was beaten away long ago, and the other two families surrendered. Takeda Harunobu successfully captured Toshin and peeked at the only remaining Beishin.
The Hokushin Murakami family is known as the General of Shinano. It is a prominent family in Shinano country that has existed for hundreds of years. It has been fighting with the famous local Takanashi family for many years.
Because Takeda Harunobu coveted Hokushin, the two sides put aside their previous differences and joined forces to fight against the enemy. They also made external alliances with Echigo Uesugi Teruhora and Nishi Ueno Nagano Yamasa, which should have been impregnable.
It was only a few dozen days after the spring plowing ended, so how come Takeda Harunobu quickly captured Hokushin?