Why do rules exist in the world? Its emergence is beneficial to everyone.
Through it, the strong can obtain lasting and stable benefits from the weak.
Through it, the weak prevent the strong from endless exploitation and limit their greed to what the weak can bear.
Human society needs rules because it takes into account the interests of everyone.
So how to distinguish the strong from the weak?
It depends on who makes the rules and whose interests the rules will take into account.
The more you take into consideration, the stronger you will be. And the person who makes the rules is the biggest beneficiary.
The rules set by the Ashikaga family are the guardian system.
They are divided into three, six, and nine ranks based on family lineage, and everyone performs their own duties. Her family is at the top, dominating the world.
Shiba Yiyin was a beneficiary of this system. The revival of the Shiba family was closely related to his noble family character.
Therefore, the conflict between the Ashikaga family and the Shiba family is just a friction within the interest group and a secondary conflict.
The invasion of the Miyoshi family of Shikoku and the rise of the Kanto Tojo family even vaguely revealed the glimpses of Isshiki Yoshiryu and Oda Nobunaga in the majestic Nobi Plain.
These challenges from outside the system are fundamental contradictions that cannot be adjusted.
The lower-level warrior family devours the territory, establishes a farming and warfare system that is different from the guardian system, exploits the country internally, and fights externally.
They could no longer stop and no longer listened to the shogunate's orders. They were called the famous names of the Warring States Period.
In this way, Yoshiin was enshrined and protected by the shogunate, becoming the protector of the guardian system and the guardian daimyo who maintained the rule of the shogunate.
He is naturally opposed to the great names of the Warring States Period.
In recent years, a group of powerful local factions led by Shiba Yoshigan have been guarding the daimyo and are still wary of the Miyoshi family.
In Kanto, the Nagao family will be responsible for maintaining the guardian system and attacking the Warring States Daimyos.
This is the reason why Ashikaga Yoshiteru was persuaded by Shiba Yoshigan. This is their greatest common interest.
As the creators and beneficiaries of the guardianship system, they are inherently obliged to maintain this system and not allow any martial artist to challenge this system and harm their interests.
The decline of the Ashikaga Shogunate sharpened the conflict between the guardian daimyo and the warring states daimyo.
The chaos in the Sixty-six Kingdoms has become increasingly serious, and it can already be called the Troubled Times and the Warring States Period.
Yiyin walked out of the imperial palace, still feeling vaguely angry in his heart.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru has the shortcomings that all kings cannot avoid, being suspicious, arbitrary, and unreasonable.
He fell into the trap of the guardianship system and gained the benefits of the guardianship system, so he could only hold his nose and endure it.
But he was worried that Ashikaga Yoshiteru's cleverness would bring down the entire shogunate.
In the past hundred years, the Ashikaga Shogunate has never had an absolutely strong force. This was a hidden danger left behind by the first shogun, Ashikaga Takauji.
Because they relied on the imperial family of the Kamakura shogunate in Kansai to get their start, and based on the appeal of their own lineage and family character, the Ashikaga family won the world.
However, this tricky method left the Ashikaga family with insufficient hard power.
Generals in the past dynasties had to take advantage of the contradictions among high-ranking military families, pulling one faction to fight against the other, and maintaining their rule with a relative balance.
This method was still very effective in the past, but it is different now.
The Miyoshi family invaded Konki twice, completely tearing off the Ashikaga family's modesty, allowing everyone to see clearly the weakness of the Shogun family.
The prerequisite for playing balance is that you have the strength to play with everyone. Otherwise, you are playing with fire and will get burned sooner or later.
When Ashikaga Yoshiteru was weak in his own strength, he superstitiously believed in the experience of past generals and forced himself to play tricks. This was the way to die.
Yiyin didn't know whether the other martial arts families were being played willingly, but he was angry anyway.
The Rokkaku family, the Ise family, and I don't know how many Wu families are holding back their anger. If there is a reason, something big will happen.
Yoshigami shook his head. A strong-willed man would not listen to his advice. Ashikaga Yoshiki was very willful and could only take one step at a time.
Taking Yamanaka Yukimori back home, Akechi Mitsuhide was waiting for him in front of the door.
After saluting, she said.
"My lord, someone is waiting for you at the mansion, right in the tea room."
Yiyin asked.
"Is it Hosokawa or Mibuchi?"
Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head and looked strange.
"It's Pu Shengxianxiu, and she brought her legitimate daughter with her."
Yoshigan was also surprised, and he couldn't even take into account the rude behavior of the Hosokawa Mibuchi family who hadn't come to greet him so far.
The Hamo family is an important minister of the Rokkaku family, and the dispute between him and the Rokkaku family is well known to the world.
Why did she come? Aren't you afraid that Rokkaku Yoshiji would give her little shoes to wear?
Glancing at Akechi Mitsuhide, she also shook her head and said.
"I don't know the specifics. I only know that Kenhide Kamao was sent to Kyoto by the Rokkaku family and was responsible for diplomacy with the shogunate.
Moreover, it seems that Pu Shengxianxiu wanted this job himself."
Akechi Mitsuhide didn't say it clearly, but it meant something profound, and Yoshigage had some vague expectations.
The Rokkaku family may not be stable internally.
The Rokkaku family, which borders the Shiba family in recent territories and is the most hostile and powerful, has always been vigilant.
The Kamao family is not weak. If Kenhide Kamao hid in Kyoto to avoid internal strife within the Rokkaku family.
The conflict at home must have been so acute that it made her uneasy and difficult to make a choice, so that's why she acted like this.
This is a great thing for the Spo family.
But why did she come to Sibo Yiyin?
Yoshigan Shiba didn't think she was going to defect to the Shiba family. The Kamao family had been loyal to the Rokkaku family for generations, and the tree hadn't fallen down, so it wouldn't be like this.
"Let's go see her."
Instead of thinking wildly, it's better to listen to what he has to say. Yoshigan walked to the tea room with Akechi Mitsuhide.
In the tea room, Kamao Kenhide frowned, and sitting respectfully next to her was her legitimate daughter, Tsuru Chiyo.
The tea master in front of him was hired by Mitsuhide Akechi to keep him in his mansion. After all, the Shiba family has generations of nobles, and all the decency they deserve must be arranged.
She was demonstrating the tea ceremony with great care, but Lord Hime Samurai across from her didn't seem to be in the mood to appreciate it.
At this time, the door of the tea room was opened, and Yoshigami entered the tea room with Akechi Mitsuhide.
"Lord Pu Sheng, I've been waiting for a long time."
Nowadays, everyone from the old woman to the young girl will be surprised when they see Yoshiyoshi. Even a girl like Tsuru Chiyo is not immune.
Annoying.
Akechi Mitsuhide waved the tea man out. She walked to the door, kowtowed to the ground, and gracefully closed the door, leaving the space for you adults.
Later, Pu Shengxianxiu paid tribute to Yiyin.
"Hello, Police Qianxin, I'm the one who took the liberty to come to the door, so I'm being rude."
Beside her, Chiyo Tsuru opened her beautiful big eyes and carefully looked at the overly beautiful boy in front of her.
Pu Shengxianxiu glared at her sideways, and the little girl hurriedly bowed to the ground.
Yiyin happily asked them to stand up and said.
"What a smart little girl, is she your legitimate daughter?"
"Hi! It's my little girl, her name is Chiyo Tsuru. She is ten years old this year."
Yiyin looked at the little girl with great interest. She was already ten years old.
In a few years, he will leave the Yuan Dynasty and enter the cruel martial arts society, where he will fight against each other.
"What is Mr. Pu Sheng doing here?"
Pu Shengxian showed his face with shame.
"This is actually a private matter. My daughter has admired Lord Qianxin for a long time. She wants to be a junior under His Highness and be taught by you day and night."
Yoshigan and Akechi Mitsuhide exchanged a look with disbelief in their eyes.
What's going on with the Rokkaku family? Are the Kamao family really going to defect to my family?
Even the legitimate daughter of the family was given as a nickname. Is this considered a hostage?