Chapter 2050 The poisonous man with his own arrangements
Yiyin snorted.
"So you agreed on my behalf, ignored the task I gave you, and hooked up with those people from Danba Country.
You are really good at running errands, Mitsuhide Akechi, do you want me to thank you for running for me?"
Akechi Mitsuhide said respectfully.
"This is my duty."
Seeing that she was not ashamed but proud of her, Yiyin was also angry and laughed.
Before Yi Gin could get angry, Akechi Mitsuhide said again.
"The sage ordered me to find out the cause of death in Pusheng clan, and I am also carefully exploring the truth.
But this matter can only be carried out secretly and carefully. Once it is exposed, it is inevitable that someone will be frightened and wipe away the traces, which will make it even more difficult."
Yiyin narrowed his eyes.
"What you're saying...do you also think that the Kamao clan was killed by someone?"
Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head sincerely.
"My servant doesn't know.
When I went to investigate, the matter had been settled and the traces were blurry. I needed time to sort out and investigate, and I couldn't rush it.
Furthermore, the saint wants the truth, and he does not ask me to give an answer immediately. Naturally, I want to investigate carefully and give you a clear result, instead of rushing for time and perfunctory things."
Yiyin sighed.
"I guess what you said makes sense."
Yoshigan gave Mitsuhide Akechi a diplomacy just to hide her from others so that she could be released to do things. Unexpectedly, this guy actually took it seriously.
He ignored your Majesty's urgent needs and went to Tamba Country to engage in diplomacy, which made Yoshihiro both angry and amused.
But now that everything is done, Yiyin can’t just push the Tanba Kingdom it got out of the country, right?
As Akechi Mitsuhide said, Tanba Kingdom is the gateway and bridgehead from Kinki to the Western Kingdom. It is of course the best to hold it in your hands.
Akechi Mitsuhide saw that Yoshiyin was no longer angry, so he changed his tone and said again.
"I heard some rumors in Tanba Country. It seems that the Ninagawa family has some complaints about the ongoing reforms. It seems that His Highness Hatakeyama Takamasa also..."
Yiyin interrupted.
"You don't need to worry about this. Do your duty and find out what's going on in Kamao Clan Township."
Akechi Mitsuhide bowed and apologized, disapproving in his heart.
The truth behind the death of Kamao clan is that Hideyoshi was killed by Hashiba Hideyoshi.
Akechi Mitsuhide already had enough evidence, but he was just pretending to be confused for the time being in order not to undermine the sage's strategy.
As for the Ninagawa Hatakeyama incident, it is not groundless.
Ninagawa was the acting official of the government office, and Hatakeyama Takamasa was the leader of the shogunate. The two of them were the two watchdogs placed by the saint in the Kyoto shogunate.
The Ninagawa family's territory was in Tanba country, and the saint tried his best to preserve it at the beginning, which made Ninagawa himself extremely grateful.
The same is true for Minami Kawachi, who has high political power in Hatakeyama. He was also protected by the saint.
If life is going to be so ordinary, these two big guys will naturally follow the pace of the Spo family and live a good life.
Now, the problem lies in restructuring and reform.
The sage wants to integrate and reorganize the Kyoto shogunate and the Kanto shogunate, and create a new set of game rules belonging to the Shiba family. The old shogunate system will no longer be suitable for use in the future.
This incident made the Ninagawa and Hatakeyama families panic. They were both vested interests in the old order. It was difficult to protect their own interests within the new rules of the game.
So what if the saint's grace gave the United Front members an identity? The gods are their own people, while the rulers are outsiders who are beautiful on the surface but suppressed behind the scenes.
Which one is more important? Can these old Kyoto warriors who have been playing shogunate politics for two hundred years not understand?
The vested interests of the old system will inevitably be replaced by the upstarts of the new system.
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Originally, Yoshigan maintained the shogunate system and was the protector of the nobles of the old system. They naturally supported the saint.
But now that the saints want to open a new table, the original nobles cannot continue to be prosperous and wealthy in the new era, and of course they will feel dissatisfied.
Yoshigan knew this matter very well, but he didn't want Akechi Mitsuhide to interfere.
If Mitsuhide Akechi gets involved, God knows how many people will die. This guy is so terrifying. Not only the Kinki samurai are afraid of her, but Yoshigine is also terrified.
In the past ten years, which political earthquake in Kinki has nothing to do with Mitsuhide Akechi? Which one has not been a river of blood?
Akechi Mitsuhide's reputation as a poisonous person can be said to be stained with blood, red and purple, so of course Yoshihiro must reject her immediately to avoid further complications.
But this time Akechi Mitsuhide was unexpectedly submissive and just bowed and obeyed.
"Hey, the sage knows what he knows, so I won't go into details."
Yoshigan glanced at Mitsuhide Akechi and felt uneasy, but he was so obedient that it was hard to say anything.
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Akechi Mitsuhide walked out of the Saint's Residence Hall and looked back at the magnificent castle tower.
It was built under the supervision of Nizi Shengjiu. The gold contributed by martial arts families from various places was made into gold foil and applied to the tiles, which reflected arc light in the sun.
Today's meeting made Akechi Mitsuhide understand one thing.
To this day, the saint still doesn't understand how much awe and fear the martial arts in the world have for him.
This political storm of reform was essentially caused by the saint himself scaring himself.
The death of Kamojigo made the saint fearful that the Kami group would fight among themselves, so he supported the hardliner Ii Naomasa at all costs. His core idea was to promote unity through reform.
The sage was dismissive of the ambitious Hashiba Hideyoshi. The sage was worried about the possible internal feud between the sisters in the future.
This thing is very funny.
A ruler who has not yet controlled the world and only accounts for half of the country, what he cares about most is the harmony of his descendants, rather than conquering the entire world in one go and talking about other things.
Let’s talk about the benevolence of the lady and the nature of the man. It’s really not an injustice to the saint.
The saint never understood from the beginning to the end that his caution in looking forward and backward was actually unnecessary.
Since ancient times, there have been only two types of unified emperors in the Celestial Dynasty: those who can fight and those who cannot.
Those who can fight have no taboos, and their administration is smooth and smooth. There is no need to worry too much, because they themselves are the strongest commanders.
For example, Li Shimin or Zhu Yuanzhang would be beaten to death if they were dissatisfied. What would happen? Do you still dare to resist?
Their heirs and subordinates were not obedient and did not even dare to fart when they were alive.
The most capable emperor is a deterrent, a tranquilizer that prevents those whose interests have been harmed from taking desperate risks, and makes everyone calm down even if they are not calm.
Only those emperors who cannot fight and are not confident in their military capabilities need to use political means to balance the situation and prevent it from slipping into the worst direction.
Therefore, dynasties often form a system in the hands of the most capable emperor, leaving a stereotype in the hearts of the subjects that only a certain surname can be emperor, ensuring the stability of the dynasty for a hundred years.
Akechi Mitsuhide discovered that although the saint was already invincible in the world, possessing the strongest force and the highest prestige that made all samurai tremble, the samurai were afraid of him and did not dare to compete with him head-on.
But the saint seemed not to realize this in his bones, or in other words, he did not understand it so thoroughly.
His approach to governance is not much different from that of ten years ago. It is still a political balance of co-optation, differentiation and appeasement.
