After a conversation between the four of them, the trouble caused by the tax rebate from the two public servants was finally solved.
Yiyin said.
"When you go back, first take out the reserves from Zhijiang Jinguan and distribute them to the Zhongxiayue warrior family. Don't be too strict about the quantity. If you can't calculate, just give more.
The issue of the public tax rebate review can be dealt with a little later and thought more thoroughly."
Yiyin doesn't care anymore.
Anyway, this time the person who was taken advantage of has been determined, so let’s just be a good person and stick to it, and use money and food to buy a wave of favorability.
Of course Teru Uesugi had no objection.
Although the Uesugi family also had a share of the reserve fund, this matter was the fault of the Uesugi family, and she, the master, had no choice but to pay the money to settle matters.
Just when the two monarchs were frustrated and paying, there was a knock on the door outside the government hall.
Yiyin frowned.
"What's up?"
The sliding door opened and Pu Sheng clan kowtowed to the ground and said.
"Your Highness, there is urgent news from Mr. Shimada of Honzo in Tomei Castle."
Yiyin said with an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Bring it to me and see."
After sending the letter, Pushengshixiang withdrew.
Yiyin read the ten lines in one glance and looked up to the sky with a sigh.
One wave is over, another wave is rising. What the hell is this Echigo country? There is no samurai family that makes people worry!
Can't there be more Girihime samurai under Teru Uesugi's command? Learn from the samurai of the Shiba family, how reliable they are.
The Echigo samurai would turn against him if they were even slightly dissatisfied. No wonder Terutora Uesugi had such a bad temper. He didn't like to use his brains, but he liked to use his sword.
Yiyin felt that even after ruling this hellish place for a few years, he would be irritable and would draw his sword to attack first when something happened.
"My village, Fanchang, urgently reports that Xinfa Tiancheng is hoarding military supplies and seems to have counter-intentions."
Teru Uesugi's face turned dark.
"Is the news correct?"
Yiyin nodded heavily.
"It's probably not wrong.
Before winter, a large amount of supplies from Aizu entered the central Shimotsu area, which was extremely abnormal.
Honjo Shigenaga sent people to investigate carefully and found that the supplies came from the Ashina family and the Date family. They were all grain and military equipment, and their destination was Shinbada Castle.
It’s almost winter, so why send a large amount of military supplies to Xiayue? It can’t be a business, right?”
Teru Uesugi cursed.
"This bastard Xinfa Tian Changdun is so brave. When I reorganize my armaments, I will catch her by surprise in the spring."
Before Uesugi Teruhora finished speaking, there was another knock on the door. Yoshigan felt even more irritated and shouted impatiently.
"What's the matter!"
When the sliding door opened, Kamao clan bowed on the ground and saluted. Behind her, she was followed by Honjo Minoru, who also saluted together, which made the two masters feel uncomfortable.
Teru Uesugi said.
"What's going on? My dear, why are you here?"
Honzhuang Shinai looked serious and said to the two masters.
"The Guardian of China has received an urgent message from His Highness the Divine Protector Nagasaki, saying that there is trouble in Nanao Castle.
His Highness Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna killed the important minister Onai Sosada and was driven out of Nanao Castle by his retainers. He is now seeking asylum in the Yuechujijinbo family.
His Highness Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna is asking for help from Your Highness and the Imperial Palace, hoping to get help in regaining the family property."
Teru Uesugi cursed.
"Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna misunderstood me!"
Shiba Yin's face was ashen, the Hokuriku Road trade route was in trouble.
The Nakasendo Road in central Japan is a rugged mountain road. Since ancient times, the main commercial routes in Kanto and Kansai have been on the east and west sides of Honshu Island in Japan.
Two coastlines extend northward, which are the two traffic routes, Tokaido and Hokuriku Expressway.
In the past few decades, the Imagawa family of Tokaido has risen. Imagawa Yoshimoto has cultivated internal affairs internally, engaged in external diplomacy, and opened up the Tokaido trade route.
Imagawa Furniture City and Sunfu City have become the main channels for business logistics in Kanto and Kansai.
However, due to the chaos in the Hokurikudo, Kaga and the Etsuchu clan continued to fight, which led to unrest on the trade route and the decline of commerce.
Yoshigan Shiba went to Echigo as an envoy and walked along the Hokuriku Road to persuade Echizen Tsuruga to the Asakura family, the Noto Hatakeyama family, and the Echigo Uesugi family.
With the help of the already existing seaport trade, we can bypass the Kaga Kingdom and part of Yuechu China controlled by Ichibuki Mun and re-open the Hokuriku Road trade route.
Echizen Tsuruga Port, Noto Nanao Port, and Echigo Naoetsu are the three fulcrums of the Hokuriku Dou trade route and shipping.
Nowadays, there is civil strife in the Noto Hatakeyama family, and Nanao Castle is out of the control of Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna. Merchants involved in logistics must be thinking about it and re-evaluate the risks of taking the Hokuriku Road trade route.
It is not impossible to go directly from Tsuruga Port to Naoetsu. However, without the transfer station Nanao Port, merchant ships will have to add food and drinking water and reduce cargo, and the cost will be much higher.
In addition, Hokurikudo has been shipping since ancient times, but Japan's shipbuilding technology is very average, and sea-going ships are more likely to be damaged by wind and waves. Without Nanao Port transfer repairs, the risk factor of shipping will also increase significantly.
The Hokuriku Expressway carried 30% of the goods from Sakai Port last year, attracting the attention of a large number of nearby merchants.
Now is the time to continue our efforts. Sakai Port Takada Yono has already expressed his determination to Shiba Yiyin that 70% of Kansai's goods will be transported through the Hokuriku Road this year.
At this time, the Noto Hatakeyama family was in trouble and civil strife broke out. How could Yoshigan Shiba not be angry?
When Jinbo Nagasaki accepted Shiba Yoshigan's conditions, formed an alliance with Uesugi Teruhora, and sent her back to the country, the temptation of Hokurikudo's business interests was a very important bargaining chip.
The Hokuriku Dou trade route, which Jinbo Nagasaki was interested in, was to obtain goods from Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna in Nanao Port. Yoshigan Shiba took the initiative and subsidized the Jinbo family by supplying goods at low prices.
With the low-priced goods at Nanao Port, the Shinbo Nagasaki will be able to bribe the Yue-Chinese domestic samurai families, and then have enough money and food to attack the Shiina family and strictly guard against the Yue-Chinese Ichigo clan.
It was because she was firmly seated across China that the west of Echigo Kingdom was at peace and could concentrate on preparing for the Kanto strategy.
Now Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna has lost Nanao Castle and the goods of Nanao Port. What can the chief minister do to stabilize the crossing of China? Of course he is anxious.
If the situation between Vietnam and China deteriorates, how can Echigo safely send troops to the Kanto Plain?
What the hell, what are you really afraid of?
Sibo Yiyin was so confused that he was trembling with anger.
The Noto Hatakeyama family has been in decline over the years. The family governor, Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna, has lost all his power and can only hold on to the main castle. Nanao Castle is not lost.
However, once the Hokuriku Road trade road was opened, the commercial profits of Nanao Castle's port town increased greatly, which would inevitably stimulate the Noto Hatakeyama retainers group.
This idiot, Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna, actually used the most drastic means to solve the problem. She directly killed the leading powerful minister in the retainer group, which caused a violent backlash and was driven out of Nanao Castle.
The Shimotsu Shinbada Rebellion was imminent, and the civil strife in the Noto Hatakeyama family also affected the security of the western part of Echigo Kingdom. The Kanto strategy, which was supposed to be launched in the spring of next year, had to be suspended.
Yiyin's head was swollen, and he couldn't sort out his thoughts with so many threads.
The threat from the Shinano Kingdom in the south has just been suppressed, and the conflict between the two public tax refunds within Joetsu. Now, new crises have broken out in the east and west directions of Echigo.
Why is it so difficult to do something seriously in Echigo Country? What the hell is this place!