In the city of Kyoto, panic continues to ferment and spread.
The only good news at this stage is that the Samurai Squadron has temporarily controlled the spread. With Yin Wa's analysis, she quickly found the source of the Yawata River that runs through Kyoto. No one dared to do so under the violent deterrence of the Samurai Squadron. Get close there.
As for the situation in the city, several locations where the plague broke out were temporarily controlled under strong pressure.
This is the only good news.
In other areas, more shocking scenes were staged.
People went from house to house frantically grabbing food. Men, women, and children were all using their last savings to stock up on food.
The price of grain has skyrocketed, and continues to rise. Grain that was originally one yuan per catty has become five yuan per catty in half an hour, and seven yuan per catty, and even more than ten yuan per catty in half an hour. …
Although the food in the world was originally coarse grains, with occasionally a lot of chaff, at least they were all still grains.
Until this batch was robbed, the grain that was replaced later was visibly mixed with sawdust and straw. Even this kind of grain was still more than ten times more expensive than before.
Countless people watched as the price of food soared like a skyscraper, even reaching a price that they could not afford to starve to death. The feeling of despair and unparalleled panic spread rapidly.
Originally, the money they had could buy ten kilograms of coarse rice, but now, they can only buy one kilogram of rice that is nearly half mixed with sawdust. Winter is coming soon, and the price of food will continue to rise. Countless families look at the price of food and feel lost. Losing hope of living, he cried loudly.
A large amount of people's wealth and money have been harvested by these families. Not only do their consciences not hurt, but they also want to increase their efforts and collude with each other to start a more profitable monopoly.
The great names in Kyoto have been wiped out. At least during this period, small and medium-sized families like them have become earth emperors. How can the Fujiwara family, which has just gained power, be able to manage so many things?
Even if the Fujiwara family is held accountable later, all the aristocratic families in Kyoto are taking advantage of the situation to fight. How dare the newly ascended Fujiwara family be enemies of all the aristocratic families in Kyoto?
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Kyoto, Arashiyama Taisha Shrine, and the Fujiwara family are still having internal discussions at this time.
"I think we can show favor to some of the families, then suppress the other ones, and collect the grain from them at low prices for us to hoard. We can even sell some of the power of the Kyoto daimyo to them and let them fight for it, while we reap the benefits. The benefits are just like the strategy of killing three men with two peaches recorded in ancient books."
This time it was Fujiwara Kanaga who spoke. He was the head of the branch family, and most people agreed with this plan.
The so-called "two peaches kill three warriors" means that two peaches are given to three warriors, and they are said to be given only to the two strongest people. The three warriors died because of the fight. This is the most classic method of killing with a borrowed knife.
Converting it to such a scenario, give other powers and positions to several family names and let them compete and compete. The Fujiwara family will gain higher benefits.
Fujiwara Kanaga is a standard nobleman. He bowed slightly to Li Wei and said: "Master, the shogunate of a hundred years, and the family of a thousand years, I think that this time we really need to get away temporarily. Who can wait? Once this mess is taken care of, it won’t be too late for us to take action.”
Gentlemen like him always look at any issue from the perspective of their family. For them, family is everything.
Moreover, if the Fujiwara family retreats bravely, they can escape completely. They can even bite off a large piece of meat before escaping. When the plague and famine are over, they can even start to enclose the land and directly annex the entire land of Kyoto to their own hands.
superior.
If we ignore the possibility that the Genji shogunate will attack Kyoto directly, Fujiwara Kanonaga's approach can be said to be the best approach from the family's perspective.
Although the Sakura Country of this era does not have the caste system of a major world power in Li Wei's previous life, it has learned something similar to the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System. It is not a caste system, but it is almost the same. To paraphrase what Li Wei said in his previous life,
As the saying goes, the son of a banker will become a banker, the son of a politician will become a politician, and the son of a doctor who only thinks about money will eventually become a doctor who only thinks about money.
"I understand, you all think that we should preserve our strength, so how can we deal with the attacking samurai from the shogunate? Just rely on our more than a hundred samurai and dozens of muskets?" Li Wei said.
"Master, although our Fujiwara family is in decline, we are still the top wealthy nobles in Kyoto. General Minamoto does not dare to attack us directly. In that case, he will face the exclusion and suppression of other nobles. After all, the daimyo of other vassal capitals are also
Nobles will not completely break their skin." Fujiwara Kanaga said in front of Levi at this time,
"At most, we only need to give up part of the benefits, plus some means similar to marriage, and that's enough. Lord, you can even marry the princess of the Yuan family, as long as Princess Qianji doesn't mind."
Levi frowned directly. He turned his head slightly and looked at Chiki Fujiwara, and found that she had no reaction, but was recording it very seriously, as if she thought this situation was normal.
Are some of the systems and customs here so chaotic?
"I can see that you are all looking at the problem from your own perspective and placing your hopes on negotiation and the kindness of your enemies. There is no need to consider this. I will tell you my purpose. We must solve the plague.
The famine must also be dealt with. We must eat Kyoto. I will break the hands of all those who dare to stretch out their hands at this time." Li Wei said directly, "You don't need to consider other things, just tell me.
How can we solve the problem and eat Kyoto at the same time?”
"Master! Don't be too ambitious. Unless you are an enemy of the entire Kyoto noble clan, preserving your strength is always the best option." One person said immediately.
"Master, we must not make enemies of all the nobles in Kyoto at this time, otherwise we will really be unable to move forward. As for the civilians, they will die if they die." Another member of the branch family also came out and said.
"All the noble families in Kyoto? They are just some chickens and dogs, and bones in the graves. If they are allowed to live in Kyoto, the rice they eat will only be expensive. Just a few days after the plague started, the price of rice increased more than ten times. Really
That's good!" Li Wei was simply laughed at the operations of this group of aristocratic families.
"Master..."
Some members of the branch family wanted to say something else, but they were stared back by Li Wei's eyes that seemed to be murderous.
"I will confiscate all their homes. I just ask you, can you take over? You just need to answer me, can you, or can't you?" Li Wei did not put forward his ideas to this group of people who only focused on the family.
They are not from the same era, and they do not have the same outlook and knowledge. These insects are just tools that Li Wei uses as cattle and horses when he really has no manpower.
"Can..." The people in the separated family looked at Li Wei's eyes, and they were silent and did not dare to speak anymore.
"Then I'll do it myself." Li Wei just said coldly.