Yamazaka Yukimori listened for a long time and asked without getting a clue.
"What does this have to do with the Wenzhu Office? What does the Wenzhu Office have to do with the Imperial Office to prevent the Uesugi retainers from robbing grain?
You talked for a long time, and I became even more confused."
"Yamanaka-hime, listen carefully!"
Yoshigan raised his eyebrows, sternly stopping Yamanaka Yukimori from interrupting Umino Riichi.
He himself was confused when he heard it, and was trying to understand the meaning of the words, so that he could use it to deceive the Spo retainers in the future.
Umino Riichi still looked like a cold child, and continued without joy or anger.
"The ministers harmed the public and enriched their private lives, and the landowners of the Wu family also transferred their land to the names of famous families. As a result, their lives became even more tiring.
Not only did the ministers want land profits, but they also wanted Ji warriors to act as dogs for them and protect them with force.
They had to hand over money and food, and people had to die in battle. The warriors gradually became unbearable.
The Heike of the Ise Hei family and the Kawachi Genji rose up successively. The Heike defeated the Kawachi Genji and became the backbone of the Wu family.
However, Taira Kiyomori of the Taira family took the path of becoming a public official, betraying the desire of the samurai to safeguard their own interests.
As a result, the most oppressed Kanto samurai family couldn't stand it anymore. They supported the direct lineage of the Genji family in Kawachi and started another peace war.
This time, it was Kawachi Genji who won. From then on, the martial arts families all over the world called the elder Genji the pillar of the martial arts family.
The establishment of the Kamakura shogunate can be said to be the agrarian revolution of the samurai family. Under the name of the shogunate, the samurai family took control of land ownership for the first time.
The bureau was the place where the shogunate managed various documents, and its most important responsibility was to arbitrate land disputes between samurai families.
Whether it is the Kamakura shogunate or the Muromachi shogunate in Kyoto today, when the inquiry office becomes a decoration, it is the time when the shogunate loses its power to govern the world."
Yiyin couldn't help but nodded after hearing this.
Before he went to Luo, the service office was reduced to maintaining public order in Kyoto, and the inquiry office was the Shimizu Yamen that no one cared about. The only real power department left in the struggle between Ashikaga Yoshiteru and the shogunate was the political office.
He had always despised the Inquiry Office and rebuilt the Kanto Office in Kanto. He only wanted to seize the afterglow of the imperial family system and obtain some military power.
Nowadays, it seems that the Wenzhusho is the most important key point of the shogunate, that is, the management department of the samurai land ownership.
When the shogunate loses jurisdiction over the land of the samurai family, it is destined to decline. No matter how strong the military and financial resources are, sooner or later it will be over if it cannot hold on to the land.
In the farming era, the most important thing was land. Land was food, population, and the foundation of all strength.
Yoshigan somewhat understood what Umino Riichi meant. She was talking about the distribution of land ownership.
Yamanaka Yukimori thought for a while and asked.
"I acknowledge the importance of the Institute of Annotation.
Then, why did the imperial office stop the Uesugi retainers from grabbing grain?"
Yoshigan also keeps an eye on Umino Riichi.
Yes, why should I stop the Uesugi retainers from grabbing grain? Give me a reason to convince the Shiba retainers!
Umino Riichi still had the same cold face that said the whole world owes me money, and said slowly.
"To use an inappropriate metaphor, if Echigo was a small shogunate.
The Imperial Palace represents the Imperial Palace because it owns the Hokurikudo trade route and controls money. His Highness Uesugi represents the Imperial Palace because the Uesugi people are brave and good at fighting and have great military power.
The imperial sword is held by the imperial commander, who issues orders and decides on matters for the general. His Highness Uesugi is the governor of Kanto and has arbitration power over the affairs of the ten countries in Kanto.
The titles of the two lords are equal, so who will distribute the land?
Who will represent the institute?"
All the concubines in the room were shocked, yes!
Now that the Kanto strategy has not yet been completed, the two samurai groups of Uesugi Shiba can still work together to help each other.
But what if you achieve your goal and get the land? Let’s share the hardships and the wealth!
As Umino Riichi said, the most important power of the shogunate is to arbitrate the ownership of land.
So in the Echigo duopoly, who will finalize the land ownership of the Kanto Raiders between the Uesugi family and the Shiba family?
Everyone looked at Shiba Yoshigan with admiration. The Kanto strategy hadn't even started yet, but the Imperial Office had already calculated the post-war distribution. It was really impressive.
Shiba Yoshigami looked at Umino Riichi with complicated eyes. This Sanmu baby face is really amazing, and it can be regarded as a big help.
An idea flashed through Yamanaka Yukimori's mind, she grabbed it tightly, clapped her hands suddenly and said.
"Yes! Food in disaster years is more precious than gold. Whoever has the most food after the famine will have the greatest say.
Our military strength is far inferior to that of the Uesugi family. If we go to grab food, how can we defeat them?
In the end, after the war is over, we will naturally be pushed down by them, and we will definitely suffer a loss in land distribution."
Umino Li nodded and said.
"Yes, if grabbing grain is strictly prohibited, you can only buy grain.
The Hokuriku Road trade route is controlled by the Odaisho. Although the Sekisho is shared with the Uesugi family, in terms of business, our decision-making power is more important.
Recently, we can buy grain in various places in Hokurikudo, Ou, and even in the countries of the Kanto Plain. How much to buy and who to buy it from is up to us."
Pushengshixiang listened for a long time, thought carefully, and spoke.
"That's still not enough to eat.
Food is not an ordinary commodity. Countries in war are short of food, so they may not be willing to sell it. Even if they are willing to sell it, it is very troublesome to transport it.
It is susceptible to moisture, mold, rats and insects, so it is more troublesome than ordinary products. Moreover, it is huge and needs to occupy more warehouses.
Buying grain is not only far inferior to grabbing grain in quantity, but it will also reduce the revenue of the Hokuriku Road trade route."
Umino Riichi said coldly.
"There is no need to use too much of Hokurikudo's commercial profits in exchange for food. It would be better if the quantity is not enough.
Only by using righteousness to block the Uesugi retainers' food-grabbing opportunities and strictly prohibiting their access to food can we maximize our interests.
It is up to us to decide who is hungry and who is fed. When the land is distributed after the war, we will have a greater say."
The villagers of Kamao took a deep breath, this cold-faced boy was so cruel.
She deliberately did not allow Echigo to have enough food, and prepared to use food to blackmail the Uesugi retainers into making concessions in order to obtain more benefits.
Kamo clan turned back to look at Shiba Yiyin, did the master also mean this?
Shiba Yoshigan originally thought he had found a way out, but he didn't expect that the idea here was even more cruel, and he was ready to use starvation to force the Uesugi retainers to bow their heads.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The Uesugi retainers are vicious and greedy, and the Shiba family is not a good match either. It's a perfect match.
Yoshigan sighed and decided to speak frankly. Otherwise, if Umino Riichi did what he did, the internal conflicts in Echigo would become even more intense.
He was taking advantage of Teru Uesugi's sincere affection to attack the Uesugi retainers.
Yiyin said.
"I just can't bear the idea that the Kanto strategy I planned has turned into a beastly attempt to rob Ueno and Musashi of food.
I want to buy food and try my best to buy back enough military rations for the Kanto strategy. The commercial profits of Hokuriku Road have been damaged, so I can make up for the shortfall by not giving up the Shiba family's share of the profits.
I have no control over how many people starve to death in the Kanto Plain, but they must not starve to death because of the Echigo army's food grab. This is my bottom line."
After Yiyin finished speaking, there was silence in the room.