Chapter 1183: Cultural Double-edged Sword, Brainwashing and Warring States
Walking out of the red formation, Liu Shiba slowed down and whispered softly:
"The family of the soldier who died in vain should make arrangements for his funeral and give him rewards, and the Takeda family should be responsible for raising his heirs.
In Master Changjing's family in Shan County, let the legitimate son inherit the family business. If there is no chance, the eldest son will be chosen, and generous rewards will also be given..."
Naito Masayo and Kosaka Masanobu were both not much younger than Takeda Shingen. They had gray hair on their temples, and they were immediately known to be Shingen's loyal retainers.
After finishing speaking, Baba Nobuka, Sanada Masayuki, Naito Masatoyo, and Kosaka Masanobu remained silent. They did not look at Liu Shiba, but glanced at Takeda Noburen, who was silent and lowered his head.
Upon seeing this, Liu Shiba secretly rejoiced: "I am looking for the Takeda family's Finance Minister Kokino. I didn't expect it to be you?"
Even if the Takeda family's Kai gold mine is exhausted, there is still some old stock, right?
Isn't it that you are too poor to open the pot?
According to historical records, the gold mine produced by the Takeda family may be extremely pure gold...
"Master! I don't dare to recommend myself as shamelessly as other retainers! It's not surprising that I still ask the family governor just because I am old. In fact, the wealth of the Takeda family has always been in charge of the veteran."
Takeda Xinren took a breath and said with a helpless smile.
Liu Shiba's heart suddenly skipped a beat, he blinked and comforted:
"How about telling the truth?"
Takeda Xinlian nodded and responded simply:
"In fact, there is not much spare money or gold and silver in the imperial palace! The matter of rewarding the ministers who died in battle will probably be done soon..."
"There's not much gold and silver? Then - how much is it..."
Liu Shiba felt dizzy and asked unwillingly.
Takeda Noburen raised his right hand and slowly picked at Tsukiyo's forehead. His right hand, which was stained with scalp oil, then reached into the breast of his robe, shook the rope and reluctantly pulled out two black zip-top bags several feet long.
Bitterly said:
"It's all here. I just took it with me."
"Just, seven or eight kilograms of Jiang Zi, less than ten kilograms of broken gold?"
"This is? All the assets of the so-called most powerful Takeda Army? This is Takeda Shingen's small treasury?"
Liu Shiba's head was dizzy and he almost fell head over heels...
History is indeed written by later generations...
Takeda Shingen's expedition this time was definitely not to go to Luo and then occupy Kyoto - what kind of person would he be in the world!
"Please tell me the truth, Lord Nobbo! How many troops will the Takeda family send in total this time? What is the ultimate goal?"
Liu Shiba grinned and turned his head, glaring at the most powerful official of the Takeda family: Baba Nobuka.
Baba Nobufusa turned his head and looked at Takeda Noburen accusingly. After hesitating for a moment, he finally said:
"Twenty-eight thousand troops were sent, including 18,000 combat troops and 10,000 auxiliary troops..."
Liu Shiba's eyes nearly burst out of his sockets. Twenty-eight thousand people?
"The purpose of sending troops is not to open up the Luo Pass, right? I feel that the 28,000 troops are not enough to defeat the Tokugawa and Oda coalition forces. I understand clearly that it is not a defeat but a rout. Where are the other 20,000 soldiers?"
Liu Shiba narrowed his eyes and asked.
Baba Nobuka bowed helplessly and responded:
"Old Lord Shingen, in fact, he has also been tortured by the successive years of drought and famine in the territory.
Kaifei is mountainous and the harvests were originally small. In addition to the continuous battles, the people, soldiers, and even the generals and retainers suffered terribly."
Speaking of this, Baba Nobufang looked at Liu Shiba and said cautiously:
"The most important thing is that the Kai gold mine has long been exhausted, and now all the consumption is from the old stocks, but there are only two bags left.
Therefore, even the basic expenses for purchasing food and muskets are insufficient, and the old master is unwilling to increase taxes on the people in the territory..."
"Hahaha!"
Liu Shiba understood everything now and wished he could cry and laugh:
"So, the purpose of the Takeda army's almost overwhelming force this time is to attack the neighboring Tokugawa Ieyasu's autumn wind?
We plan to stay in the Yuanjiang and Sanhe areas for ten and a half days, then plunder and flee back to Meinojiafi, right?"
The old man's face wrinkled, turning red and green, and sighed:
"It's a pity that Amaterasu did not bless the Takeda family! The generals fought bravely and just repelled the obstruction of the Tokugawa and Oda coalition forces, but they did not have time to enter the rich Tokugawa territory...
The old master then fell ill, so he didn't have time to grab food, and then he retreated. The original army of more than 5,000 people here was actually cut off...
The old master died hungry. He had been hungry for three days and saved all his rations to feed the soldiers..."
Liu Shiba's face twitched, he didn't know how to describe it, the Takeda family or Lord Shingen!
"Come with me, walk forward and see the soldiers!"
Finally, Liu Shiba, who had nothing to say, decided to use his own eyes to see the Warring States Period that only existed in historical documents...
The mountains, forests, pastures, fields, etc. around Komaba, as long as they were green crops and plants, were all wiped out by the vicious soldiers.
Along the way, I was horrified by the shocking sight of the ashigaru, who was so sleepy, hungry and exhausted, that he was so skinny that he was commonly known as the cannon fodder.
Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, Liu Shiba couldn't help feeling pity and sighed secretly:
"From ancient times to the present, plunder and war have always been the games of those in power, and the people who are in trouble have always been the people.
No matter which country you belong to, people will suffer various consequences that have nothing to do with them.
Just like Japan suffered in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II hundreds of years later, the purpose of the United States' participation in the war was not for some bullshit justice.
Rather, it is to satisfy the greed of some people in power, the extremely expanding domestic fiscal deficit, and to deter other countries.
So at the end of the war, the United States did not hesitate to use the Japanese to make the first test object of the nuclear bomb...
But let me ask, what is wrong with those farmers and vendors who have never even left their homes?
They don’t even know what the United States and China are. They have been farming and worshiping Buddha all their lives, but they also have to endure the baptism of nuclear bombs..."
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Just like the lowest-ranking Ashigaru who were forcibly recruited from the territory of Takeda Kai and huddled in the thatch in the dark wilderness before us, were they born cheap?
Liu Shiba doesn't believe there is any bitch in the world who likes to fight?
Or, the aunt who likes her young and beautiful mother-in-law is slept with in turn by the lords and warriors stationed in the city at home?
Or, the heirs of the old men can have fun and **** the wives of the soldiers who are fighting...
Liu Shiba is not a fool. In fact, with his intelligence, he has already figured out the crux of the problem...
The first basic point of all the rules is that the rulers must thoroughly brainwash the ruled...
He was sure of one thing: the Japanese during the Warring States Period were very thoroughly brainwashed...
No one in the world is a fool, but their fathers, grandfathers, mothers, grandmothers, and even ancestors of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth generations have passed down the spirit of Bushido orally.
From the moment they are born, the first thing they learn is: to be loyal to their lord, to the king, to their masters, their governors, and other superiors...
If you want me to die, I have to die!
The rulers were afraid that the people were uneducated and would not be able to understand this kind of brainwashing, so they promulgated various superficially beneficial strategies, mixed with small dietary benefits. Humans with animal instincts had to compromise...
Cultural knowledge, in fact, is a double-edged sword!
It can make foolish people even more foolish!
It can also make smart people stand up against the oppression of the rulers!
Just like the universal education in later generations, it can only be free up to middle and high schools and nothing more. It only allows a small number of elites to learn various manufacturing techniques, biology, and physicalization...
Those in power are easily satisfied, and cutting-edge talents are just enough!
Foolish people - just obey, the more the better!
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This chapter is over, and the next chapter will probably be tomorrow morning - don’t you guys have a guaranteed monthly pass?
