The reward from the Pu Sheng Clan made Yiyin confused, angry and funny at the same time.
There is not a single fool in this shogunate in the true sense. On the contrary, Yoshigan seems to be as simple as a blank piece of paper.
Everyone is desperately fighting for their own interests, etiquette, rules, and loyalty. They are all tools that can be borrowed and bargaining chips.
Ninagawa personally blamed himself and begged for punishment, Ohgusa Takauchi led a team to ask for God's protection, and Hatakeyama Takamasa secretly fanned the flames. Which one is the real fool?
Even Fujitaka Hosokawa is a master at making mud.
If Yoshigami hadn't happened to meet him, Hosokawa Fujitaka would have benefited from both sides, asking the shogunate group to let go, giving the Ashikaga clan some breathing room, and smoothing over the matter.
However, Yoshihiro's intervention made the situation completely different. Now the Ashikaga Hui people had the upper hand, and the Shogunate group suffered the consequences.
The Makuomi Group wanted to stop the losses immediately and make up for it later. Ashikagai people were worried that there would be no such store in the village, so they must take advantage of this great opportunity to nail the nail down completely.
Yiyin smoothed his hair and punched the cotton in a rage, but he was still taken advantage of.
He could only sigh.
Okay, you guys know how to play, I'm going to Kanto soon anyway, you guys can fight on your own.
Yiyin is not afraid of infighting among this group of people. As long as the bottom line is not exceeded, in the end, the two sides will have to shamelessly ask him to arbitrate and make the final decision? This is also the way to reflect his prestige and power.
People are all selfish, especially the samurai families in Kyoto who have been immersed in shogunate politics for two hundred years.
I stole money, plundered, and cheated, but I was still a good warrior who was loyal to the shogunate.
Even if Yiyin really goes out of his way to remove them all and bring a new batch of warriors to Kyoto, the end result will be the same.
A decadent feudal ruling class does not have high-quality soil to grow noble flowers. It is originally a group of selfish beasts. No matter how they change, they will always look like birds, so it is better to save effort.
Forget it, just endure the nausea and use it reluctantly. After this incident, they should calm down for a while.
Yiyin thought for a while and said.
"Let Dacao Gaozhong and the others select five representatives and go into the atrium to present the Kodachi sword. The rest will be dismissed immediately and go home. They are not allowed to stay any longer."
Pu Sheng clan bowed and accepted the order and hurried out to negotiate.
Yoshigan looked at the dejected Ninagawa Makoyo and sneered in his heart.
Don't look at Ninagawa Akashi pretending to be pitiful in front of her. If she could walk out of this door peacefully today, she would be a lively leader of the shogunate.
Aren't you all very tempted? I'm too lazy to argue with you, so you can go and have fun on your own.
Yiyin said coldly.
"The general is hunting west, the ministers are neglecting their duties, and the management of Kyoto is becoming increasingly chaotic.
From today onwards, Ashikama will nominate three Hime Samurai warriors, attend daily reviews, and participate in the management of Kyoto affairs."
Ninagawa himself was stunned.
"Sage, isn't this against the rules?"
Yiyin said coldly.
"The shogun is not in Kyoto, and there are quite a few public-status Hime samurai among the Ashikaga warriors. Why is it against the rules to select three people to join the daily evaluation and fill in the gaps?
You waited for the ministers to make an oversight and caused unrest in Kyoto. It is because you are blocked from speaking out and unable to discover the problems outside.
Adding a little fresh blood can broaden the horizons of you and other ministers, and you can also listen to other people's voices more, so as not to make jokes behind closed doors, so why not?"
Ninagawa himself was speechless, but felt extremely reluctant in his heart. This matter was indeed overstepping the bounds and authority.
The structure of the Ashikaga shogunate is based on the Ashikaga shogun as the leader, the shogunate manages the assistants, and subordinates evaluate and discuss major matters. The government office, the minister's office, the inquiry office and other institutions are responsible for daily work.
What Ninagawa said was against the rules was that the Ashikaga Horsemen were subordinate to the Ashikaga Shogun's army and did not participate in daily evaluations or manage daily affairs.
The political struggles in the middle and early stages of the shogunate mainly revolved around the struggle for power between the Ashikaga shoguns and the shogunate leaders.
What the two competed for was mainly personnel rights, the power of the shogunate to arbitrate disputes between the samurai family and appoint and remove local guards. In other words, they excluded other people and installed their own cronies.
The specific affairs of the shogunate have always been maintained by the various agencies of the shogunate that are responsible for the daily operations of the shogunate group.
To put it simply, the strong ones among the generals and leaders manage the people, and the ministers group does the work, and both parties jointly form a leadership team.
After the decline of the shogunate, the power of the shogunate institutions such as the shogunate and residence halls became smaller and smaller, and they were almost reduced to decoration.
The situation of the government office is slightly better, and it can still maintain basic finances. It relies on the support of samurai families from various places and the guidance and management of the shogunate territory at home and abroad in the mountain city. It can be regarded as a powerful authority organization.
When Ashikaga Yoshiteru was killed and Ashikaga Yoshiaki was brought to Kyoto by Yoshigan and Oda Nobunaga, the situation was different.
Ashikaga, Shiba, and Oda competed with each other. Ise Sakyaku, the deacon of the political office, was the first to be eliminated, and the whole family died.
Ninagawa, the acting official of the political office, took control of the political office with the support of the Shiba family, but the group of ministers below was not as obedient as when the Ise family was there.
Ninagawa himself was reluctant to serve as the leader of the shogunate. The shogunate's territory had gone its own way, and the worship of local samurai families had basically stopped. Only the fat meat in the castle town of Kyoto was still delicious.
This time, the steward of the castle town of Kyoto humiliated and trampled on the Ashikama Hui clan, which made Yoshihiro angry. He asked the Ashikama clan to send people to participate in daily evaluation and intervene in the management of Kyoto.
This is asking others to put their hands into Ninagawa's job, and Ninagawa himself is naturally not happy about it. But the situation is stronger than others, so what if he is dissatisfied? He has to be obedient.
Yoshihiro's purpose is to rebalance the political situation in Kyoto, bring together the remnants of the Ashikaga family, and supervise the confused shogunate group to prevent these idiots from causing trouble next time.
Because of the murder of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and the incompetence of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the public loyal to the Ashikaga family in the shogunate has withered away, and now only the Ashikaga clan is still hanging on.
Yoshihiro is not afraid of the Ashikaga Kai crowd causing trouble. It would be great if these bereaved dogs can have a dignified meal and have enough to eat. For the time being, they won't expect too much or be too greedy.
Looking at Hatakeyama Takamasa next to him, Yoshigan shook his head in his heart, this won't work.
He turned to ask Hosokawa Fujitaka.
"Speaking of rules, it is really against the rules for the Sibo Army to be stationed in Kyoto for a long time.
The Ashikaga Horsemen are members of the Ashikaga Shogun. Now that the shogun is hunting in the west, it is reasonable for the Ashikaga Horsemen to take over the defense of Kyoto for the shogun.
Hosokawa Hime, are you willing to be in charge of the Kyoto Military Depot and ensure the military supplies and logistics for the Ashikama Hui people in Kyoto?"
Hosokawa Fujitaka was stunned for a moment, then kowtowed to the ground.
"The foreign minister is willing."
After this sword-presenting ceremony, the Ashikaga Assemblies cleverly used the excuse of worshiping the gods to bypass the trouble of the relationship between monarch and ministers.
But in essence, they abandoned the Ashikaga Shogun and took refuge in Yoshigan, the living god. When the Ashikaga family dogs had no future, they came to be the watchdogs of the god.
The long-term stationing of Shiba troops in Kyoto was also one of the evidences that Ashikaga Yoshiaki's puppet shogunate in the Western Kingdom slandered Yoshigan as a disloyal minister and had evil intentions.
Since the Ashikaga Hui people sincerely surrendered, Yoshigan gave them a chance. By letting Ashikaga Shogun's troops stationed in Kyoto, it could be regarded as silencing Ashikaga Yoshiaki.
But the matter in Kyoto was of great importance, and Yoshigan could not believe too much in the Ashikaga Hui, a group of wild dogs that had just defected to them, so they had to choose a military commander to supervise them.
Maeda Toshiie, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Nizi Katsuhisa were all retainers of the Shiba family. They had no name or status in the shogunate and were unable to shoulder this responsibility.
In fact, Hatakeyama Takamasa, the leader of the shogunate, is the most suitable candidate. In the absence of the general, the leader takes charge, which is the operating mechanism of the shogunate.
However, Hatakeyama Takamasa has been too restless recently, and Yoshigan is worried about her.
In the end, Yoshigami chose Hosokawa Fujitaka as his bed partner and asked her to look after the back garden of Kyoto for him.
The Izumi-Hosokawa family had a high status in the shogunate, and Hosokawa Fujitaka also had deep personal connections. This time the grain distribution was also a favor to the Ashikama Kaichu, so it was very suitable for her to keep an eye on the Ashikaga Kaichu.
Yoshigan could not let Hosokawa Fujitaka serve as the chief military officer of the Ashikaga Hui Public Review. After all, it was the Ashikaga loyal army, and it was not convenient for a foreign minister to serve as the chief military officer.
Therefore, Yoshigan used the reason of managing logistics to let Hosokawa Fujitaka take control of the Kyoto Military Depot of the Ashikama Huimen.
The troops and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first.
Military supplies are the top priority of the military. As long as the military depot is controlled, it is equivalent to controlling the scope of activities of the Ashikama Hui people, which is regarded as a safety valve.
Hosokawa Fujitaka actually didn't want to pay too much attention to things in Kyoto, because the Oda family was going to conquer Araki Murashige of Settsu Province in the beginning of the spring, and then there was Kenyoshi Shonin of Ishiyama Honganji Temple.
Nishikon is about to become a pot of porridge. Although it has the endorsement of the Shiba family, this war will not involve the territory of the Izumi-Hosokawa family.
But once the war started, the Ji warriors were so jealous that sometimes they didn't care so much.
Hosokawa Fujitaka needs to go back and keep an eye on the war in Nishi Konki to prevent any accidents.
Originally, Hosokawa Fujitaka wanted to reject Yoshigan, but then she thought about it, and besides herself, Yoshigan really had no better candidate.
So, Hosokawa Fujitaka felt soft and agreed.
Hosokawa Fujitaka thought of his bedmate Mitsuhide Akechi, who was on vacation. When she came back to Kyoto, he would probably leave the affairs here to her, since he could trust her.
Yoshigami didn't know that this idea was running in Hosokawa Fujitaka's mind. If he knew, he would definitely drop the matter.
Akechi Mitsuhide was just using the Shiba family's power to negotiate foreign affairs, and he was already causing trouble, making Yiyin extremely afraid.
If that sinister fox were allowed to come into contact with the military power in Kyoto, God knows what trouble would be caused.
Unfortunately, at this time in public, Yoshigami and Hosokawa Fujitaka did not discuss the matter in depth, and easily reached the transfer of power, laying the foundation for the disaster.
The two settled the matter in a few words, but both Hatakeyama Takamasa and Ninagawa Makoyo present looked unhappy.
After distributing grain to the Ashikaga Hui and granting them the power to manage the Ashikaga Hui, Hatakeyama Takamasa felt that he was rapidly losing Yoshigan's trust and became dissatisfied.
Hosokawa Fujitaka had been in trouble with Yoshigoshi many times, but in the end he climbed up the tree. Now he is acting like a dog and is getting better and better.
But what about Hatakeyama Takamasa?
She has always been so crazy that she bites people for Yiyin, even shouting shameless words like her biological father. In the end, not only did she not even have a chance to go to bed, she was also excluded from the core of power.
There is no absolute loyalty in the world. Jealousy and resentment brewed in Hatakeyama Takamasa's heart, eroding the foundation of loyalty, causing her to gradually forget Yoshigan's kindness.
However, Ninagawa's own life was relatively simple. She had long lost her female ambitions at her old age and just wanted to protect the Ninagawa family business and survive in this troubled world.
Yiyin was dissatisfied with her and restricted the power of the ministerial group. She endured it and did not dare to show any negative emotions.
As the Ashikama Hui clan sent people to participate in daily reviews, the Ashikama clan gained military power in Kyoto.
This declining Hime Samurai Order will rise again, and will no longer be a lost dog that the shogunate group can bully at will.
At this time, Ninagawa himself was beginning to have a headache. How to build a good relationship with those women who had been wronged? What percentage of the benefits of Kyoto's castle town should be given to them?
Everyone in the room was thinking about their own things, and the footsteps outside the porch sounded again.
The Hamo clan has returned, followed by five respectful Ji warriors, led by none other than Da Cao Gaochang.
It was she who overcame all opinions and came up with a way to worship the gods and presented the Kodachi to Yoshigan, and she became the representative of the Ashikaga Hui people who were loyal to Yoshigan.
Yiyin sat on the main seat, smiling as he watched them bow and enter, respectfully completing the dedication ceremony.
From today on, Kyoto has completely fallen into the hands of the Shiba family.