There was a commotion in Kannonji Castle among the overlords of the East Konjac, the Rokkaku family.
Rokkaku Yoshiharu killed Gotou Kentoyo and her eldest daughter. The Rokkaku retainers could not accept their willful lord and expelled Rokkaku mother and daughter.
To the west, Miyoshi Changqing died. Before his death, he was so confused that he forced Anzhai Dongkang to commit suicide by seppuku.
The Shikoku faction headed by Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and the Konka faction headed by the Miyoshi trio broke completely, and Miyoshi's family was in chaos.
The threats to the east and west of Kyoto were removed. Ashikaga Yoshiteru once again held Sakamoto Castle and Nijo Castle, and almost completely took over the financial and military power of the shogunate.
As one goes and the other goes up, Ashikaga Yoshiteru's voice becomes louder and louder.
How many of the things Shiba Yiyin has done are not out of line? Do you really want to use the rules of the martial arts and wait until today to get scolded?
At first, the Odaisho had some intention of suppressing him, but Yukino Takada was killed in the Imperial Palace until his corpses were scattered all over the ground, with blood splattering all over the place.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru wanted to use this to take advantage of Shiba Yoshigan. What was his reaction? The sympathizers, armed to the teeth, directly blocked the gate of the imperial palace and came to negotiate with Ashikaga General.
Ashikaga Yoshiki is known as a swordsman general and a strong-willed man, but she just doesn't dare to break up with Yoshigami Shiba. Kenshin is really strong.
The Shiba family was wiped out, and Shiba Yiyin single-handedly created a new Shiba family. Is this something a human can do?
Ashikaga Military God is not a boast made by Yoshigan Shiba himself, it is unanimously recognized by several samurai families in recent times. Only when they are out of their minds do they confront him.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru now dares to yell at the Shiba family and spit on Akechi Mitsuhide's face.
On the one hand, it was because Yoshihiro Shiba was not nearby, and on the other hand, he felt that the time was ripe and wanted to put his hand into the plate of the powerful local faction in the shogunate.
The two pillars of the shogunate are the ministers and local powerful factions.
The shogunate is the Ashikaga retainer, the samurai family under the shogunate. They have been entrenched in Yamashiro Kingdom and its surrounding territories, and have lived with Kyoto as the center for more than a hundred years.
Ashikaga Yoshiki single-handedly controls Nijo Castle's logistics and can mobilize five hundred Ashikaga horses at any time to suppress the Yamashiro Kingdom by force.
The other hand seizes Sakamoto Castle and monitors the Seta River waterway from Lake Biwa to Kyoto. Coupled with the Toba Fushimi where the Ashikama Hui clan is originally stationed, it can monitor water transportation in the southern suburbs of Kyoto.
She controlled Kyoto's commercial logistics, which the ministers depended on for their survival, in her own hands. With one hand of soldiers and another hand of money, the ministers and their faction could no longer make waves, and the Ise Sadaect was left to chance.
The foreign enemies of the shogunate, the Rokkaku Miyoshi family, were both declining due to civil strife. Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who was bent on revitalizing the Ashikaga family, naturally turned his attention to the Shiba family, which controlled the local powerful faction of the shogunate.
There is one thing that sticks in her throat, that is, as the nursery rhyme says, Sibo's ministers are not related to each other.
If Yoshihiro Shiba was in Japan, many things could be discussed slowly. But if he is far away in Echigo and refuses to come back, then don't blame the general for his fierce tactics and not giving face to the Shiba family.
Akechi Mitsuhide was not afraid of the general's suppression, and even expected her to be more severe.
If Ashikaga Yoshiki doesn't do things right, what will she do in exchange for trust? She colludes with the Miyoshi family, the Rokkaku family, and the Ise family to do such shocking and treacherous things.
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Sakai Port, the headquarters of the Shinsengumi.
Takada Yono sighed, threw the information in his hand to Imai Munehisa, and said.
"Sanhao Changqing is dead."
"What!"
Imai Munehisa was shocked and turned pale. He glanced at the information, and then said with lingering fear.
"Sakai Port is in danger."
The Sibo family's information is always faster than the news from the merchants.
The Miyoshi family is still wrangling internally, and the news of the governor's death is kept secret from the outside world. The shogunate has already found out the news, and of course the Shiba family knows about it.
News should spread throughout Sakai Port soon.
Even if the Shiba family remained silent, the ministers in Kyoto who were inextricably connected with the merchants would reveal it.
Takada Yono said.
"Sanhao Changqing died a little early, and our plans need to be accelerated."
Imai Munehisa is in trouble.
“We just borrowed a sum of money from Tucang and it has not been returned yet, how can we move forward?
If you borrow it too urgently, I'm afraid they will realize something is wrong and won't accept it."
Takata Yono said helplessly.
"Sanhao Changqing is dead, and the civil strife in Sanhao's family can no longer be suppressed.
The Sakai Port Customs Office was the main source of the Miyoshi family's business profits. Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, who succeeded him, would not allow such an important stronghold to be controlled by the three Miyoshis.
I believe that in the near future, the Shikoku Three Good Sides will send people to manage Sakai Port.
However, it is Masayasu Miyoshi among the three who controls Sakai Port now. Will she agree?
Even if the conflicts between the two sides are not resolved with swords, the special status of the Shiba Shinsengumi in Sakai Port will disappear.
Miyoshi Nagakei has passed away, and I don’t know how to deal with the relationship between the Miyoshi family and the shogunate. Will they still care about me, a small business leader?
I previously robbed Tsuda Muneki's warehouse and threatened her to give in.
Tsuda Muneki had a good relationship with Miyoshi Masayasu and gave her so much protection money. Miyoshi Masayasu was busy with internal fighting at that time and was worried about the reaction of the shogunate, so he did not support her, but he must be angry in his heart.
Now that the two sides of the Miyoshi family are fighting at Sakai Port, will Miyoshi Masayasu take the opportunity to sweep me, a little pawn, in and clean it up?
We can’t afford to delay, we must bring down those warehouse managers as soon as possible, otherwise we will not be able to protect ourselves.”
Imai Munehisa thought for a while and said.
"Recently, a series of merchants on the Tokaido Road are fighting back and have also begun to subsidize the caravans taking the Tokaido Road.
We might as well make a big deal out of this and start a business war with them. This will give us a reason to continue borrowing money, and the manager of Tuchang will believe it."
Takada Yono smiled.
"not enough.
You also have to act like you're all-or-nothing, pretending to obey the Spo family's will and win this business war.
Not only did they have to borrow money, but they also had to convert the Hokuriku Road trade route into shares and pledge them to Dokura.
The Sibo family can give the steward Tuchang a little favor and lend him a thousand guan, but we will only take 900 guan."
Imai Munehisa's head was sweating, Takada Yono really wanted those warehouse managers to die.
The wages of avarice is death.
If the Shiba family wrote an IOU for a thousand guan, but only received 900 guan, the remaining 100 guan would disappear from Tucang's accounts.
The steward of Tucang has such a huge benefit to gain, so of course he will borrow as much as he can. But after the incident is exposed, the whole family will definitely die.
Takada Harano would even expose the matter in advance in order to increase his own protective umbrella.
Let the forces behind those warehouses know that all their money has been invested in the Hokuriku Road Trading Road and is locked in shares and cannot be withdrawn.
Money has become a road, what can they do? Of course, they should guard this golden road to prevent it from ending, and slowly make money back.
With the protection of these forces, Takada Haruno is not afraid of Miyoshi Masayasu's revenge. But those greedy Tokura stewards will definitely end up confiscating their homes and annihilating their clans.
However, the Shiba family also suffered a huge loss in this matter. The Hokurikudo Trading Road was an inexhaustible gold mine, and now it has been converted into shares scattered and pledged, and most of the proceeds have to be paid off the loan.
Imai Munehisa couldn't help but wonder, would Shiba's retainers allow Takada Yono to act so recklessly?