Naomasa Ii looked at the indifferent Yoshigan in surprise. He didn't expect the saint to be so angry.
In fact, in Ii Naomasa's view, the periodic cooperation with Ichijo Hideyoshi will not affect the future competition between the two parties for the world.
But it seems that the saint didn't even think about leaving it to his samurai family. He was using Date Masamune to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys.
Ii Naomasa believed that if Date Masamune was not the mother of the Goddess, the saint might use more violent thunderous methods to deal with her.
But just the punishment of quitting Yonezawa now is enough to break the hearts of the Date family.
The Yonezawa Basin is the base of Date Masamune, and to the south are Aizu and Fukushima, the two gates to the Kanto Plain.
After the death of Kamao clan, the four counties of Aizu were placed in charge of Sanada Nobushige by the saint.
Now that Uesugi Kenshin has taken away Yonezawa, Date Masamune only has Fukushima left in his hands.
Judging from the colleagues hosted by Harada Muneki, Date Masamune wanted to join forces with Uesugi Sanada and write a letter to the saint, hoping to get a share of the war effort by an army to invade the peninsula.
After all, most of the retainers of the Uesugi and Sanada families are warlike and willing to expand their power, so they are likely to accept Date Masamune's suggestions.
But the sage's arrangement of handing Yonezawa over to the Uesugi family suddenly made the relationship between the Uesugi, Date and Sanada families subtly complicated.
The Uesugi family got Yonezawa and looked down at Aizu and Yonezawa. At this time, even if Uesugi Kenshin wanted to make friends with Sanada Date, the other two families might not be interested in talking.
Sanada Nobushige holds Aizu, and the surrounding territories are filled with divine families, so he just wants to live his life.
Date Masamune was the worst. She lost Aizu and Yonezawa. She was left with only Fukushima, and the south was blocked by Hitachi Kuni of the Takeda family.
In such a predicament, if she still wanted to expand, she could only turn around and head north to see if there were any other chicken ribs to eat in the northern part of Mutsu.
The saint's move of three-party checks and balances suddenly broke the consensus reached by Uesugi, Date and Sanada, and used the Ou clan to divide the relationship between the three parties, which also made Date Masamune dare not make the same mistake again.
In the Kanto Plain, the territories of Uesugi, Hojo, Takeda, and Shima are intertwined. There is also the Furukawa Territory between them as a buffer zone to ease the atmosphere.
As for the Aizu, Fukushima, and Yonezawa families, the Uesugi, Date, and Sanada families were almost at odds with each other, so they were bound to have suspicions.
The saint wanted to completely cut off the possibility of the three families joining together. He was extremely ruthless and his attitude was very clear, leaving no room for misunderstanding.
Although Ii Naomasa didn't understand why the saint was so sensitive, since the holy will was clear, there was no need to deliberately cause trouble for himself, he could just obey.
Even though Ii Naomasa felt relieved, Yoshihiro was still upset.
From the moment Hideyoshi Ijo set foot on the peninsula, she was Yoshigan's mortal enemy.
Whether it is to compete for the island nation or to safeguard the interests of the Celestial Empire, there is no room for maneuver between Yoshigami and Hideyoshi, and they will fight to the death.
No one understands this except Yiyin.
The martial arts family in the island country didn't understand why the saint who always weighed the pros and cons would become so stubborn. As for the Chinese side, they didn't know that they had such die-hard fans in the island country at this time.
And Yiyin only has one thought in his mind right now, I will kill anyone who interferes with the Shiba family's ability to become a dog of the imperial court.
Therefore, even though Harada Sotoki was dead and Date Masamune suffered a big loss, Yoshigami still refused to give up because he knew the nature of the samurai family too well.
An army invaded the peninsula, and the first wave of offensive profits were huge. This would fuel Ichijo Hideyoshi's ambitions, but it would also make the Shiba family samurai salivate when they had no chance to participate in the profit sharing. The peninsula army had been defeated, and before the Chinese army entered the peninsula
, a legion has no opponents on the peninsula and can do whatever it wants, and the military information coming from it will become more and more beautiful and attractive.
Merely punishing Date Masamune might not be able to suppress the eagerness of his subordinates, so Yoshigan must take precautions and think of ways to beat the jackals and leopards under him to make them obedient.
And the matter of Feitian Xindi seems to come in handy.
At the beginning, Yiyin was just angry that this place harbored evil and evil, and two high-level martial artists died inexplicably. He just wanted to know the truth.
But now, Yiyin's mind has changed.
Nagano Yasumai, Harada Muneki died well!
It turns out that these guys were planning to collude with Ichijo Hideyoshi behind the scenes to invade the peninsula and cause trouble to the Celestial Empire.
They deserve to die!
The location of Tobita Shinchi is right on the dividing line between two families in Shiba. Yodogawa is one line, and Sakai Minato Ishiyama is another line.
On both sides, there is me among you, and there is you among me. This is the window through which each other can see each other, and it is also the easiest platform to incite the opponent's martial arts family.
If the Ichijo family is allowed to use the platform of Tobita Shinchi to continuously demonstrate the huge gains from the invasion of the peninsula and seduce the Shiba clan samurai family, this will be too troublesome for Yoshigan.
Before the Chinese army intervenes in the peninsula, and before the arrogant Ichichi regiment encounters a setback, Yoshigan must suppress this window period and not give Hideyoshi a chance to incite the samurai under his command.
And the case of Tobita Xindi this time is the best grip that Yiyin can find now.
From this moment on, Yiyin no longer cares about the truth, and this case has special political significance.
Yiyin is no longer the Yiyin he used to be. He has experienced too many things over the years. Killing someone is nothing, as long as it is not his woman and children, it is a trivial matter.
Yoshigan no longer cares how Nagano Yashimai and Harada Muneki died. He wanted to use the Tobita Shinchi case to intimidate the samurai under his command who were ready to take action.
Yiyin rubbed his temples. He had to think about it carefully and sort out his thoughts before Yukino arrived.
Waving to let Naomasa Ii, Sarei Matsukami and other people from the secretariat leave first, Yoshihiro tapped the paperwork and fell into deep thought.
Zhu Ji quietly left the scene, and Matsukami Sarei was confused. She was still thinking about what to do.
She didn't know the changes in the saint's mind. She only knew that the saint was going to let the butcher Takada Yukino come to investigate the case. Those Mibu wolves were not easy to fool, in case the truth was revealed...
Just as her mind was wavering, she suddenly heard Ii Naomasa shouting.
"Who's there!"
Sarei Matsukami took a closer look and saw a small shadow at the corner of the porch. Apparently someone was hiding there and eavesdropping.
Ii Naomasa's voice made the fellow guards guarding the perimeter become nervous. Kanade Tachibana, who was standing outside, waved his hand with a cold face. Several fellow guards held the handles of their swords and slowly stepped forward.
The next moment, a pretty little girl poked her head out from the shadows, stuck out her tongue so cutely, and said.
"Master Jingyi has such a good eye. I was discovered even though I hid it so well!"
Everyone's expressions instantly relaxed. Naomasa Ii smiled bitterly, shook his head, and bowed.
"Your Highness, this is not a place for hide and seek."