When Amano Keitoku returned to the military camp with a tired face, Sanada Masayuki, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately greeted him.
"Lord Amano, what should I say? Has His Highness changed his mind?"
"No." Amano Keitoku shook his head solemnly, "No matter what I said, His Highness refused to let go. He wanted to cooperate with those businessmen and Hatakeyama Takamasa. At first, I thought that His Highness didn't know that cooperation brought rain to the rain. The danger to the Qiu family is so careless. However, during the conversation, I found that His Highness is clearly aware of the dangers of transferring power, but he still firmly believes that this system that can destroy the family has a future."
"Is Your Highness so determined? Could it be that you still feel that the plan to attack Sakai Town and then go back to destroy the small wealthy clan at this time is too risky. It is understandable that Your Highness, who has always been conservative, adopts a safe approach." Sanada Masayuki hesitated. After thinking about it for a while, I tentatively put forward a hypothesis.
"No. I even think that even if His Highness is 70% sure that he can capture Sakai Town and the Xiaohao clan at the same time, he will send the eldest son and the second son as hostages." Amano Keidero shook his head and stared. Sanada Masayuki lowered his voice and said, "Because I feel that His Highness seems to be looking forward to this incredible 'separation of powers'. His Highness may even feel a little happy about the current predicament of the Yuqiu family. If the Yuqiu family is not At the end of the road, he may not be able to convince us subordinates and the Oda Palace to accept his plan and let him give up power to businessmen in exchange for money and food support."
"Why is this? Anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that this system is just drinking poison to quench thirst." Sanada Masayuki sighed and said, "What is your highness trying to do?"
"I don't know either. I was thinking a lot just now, and suddenly I found something strange about His Highness." Amano Kyoude seemed to be talking to himself naturally, and murmured as if he was talking to someone: "His Highness has never had any airs. He doesn't care about superiority and inferiority. Whenever he makes a decision, he will convince us, his subordinates, with persuasive reasoning, and will never use power to pressure others. But only in some special moments, he will make some incredible decisions. He would also be unusually stubborn when making these decisions. It's hard for me to describe that feeling. It's a bit like, I know this is right, and this must be right, but the reasons are difficult to describe. I can’t tell you, just believe me.”
"Do you remember the last time His Highness was so stubborn?" Amano Keitoku turned to Sanada Masayuki and asked in a low voice.
"If I remember correctly..." Sanada Masayuki closed his eyes tightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said with some fear: "It's in the barrel room."
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After finishing the conversation with Masayuki Sanada, Yu Qiuping returned to the castle tower very tiredly. Imagawa Kaede was sitting at the table, looking blankly at the place where Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu Yu used to sit when they were eating. In front of the table The dishes and chopsticks are arranged neatly.
"Do you think our family will have a chance to sit down and have a meal together in the future?" After seeing Yu Qiuping come back, Imagawa Kaede suddenly said softly with some regret, "Is it possible that today's breakfast will be the last meal for our family?" Where’s the rice?”
Imagawa Kaede's words pierced Yu Qiuping's heart, making him feel sad. He sighed, sat down next to Imagawa Kaede, and looked at the appearance of his beloved wife who had been with him for ten years. , she is still so charming. The beauty is sad and sad, which makes people reluctant to leave her.
"Are you blaming me too?" Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly, stretched out his hand, and touched Imagawa Feng's face.
"Do you want to hear the truth?" Imagawa Kaede gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and forced a smile to Yu Qiuping, "I may be the only one who understands Ping."
"Because I know that you are a time traveler. The system you brought has been very effective in Charlie's hometown, as well as in many countries, including Japan. And this is what you have always said, to end the cycle of chaos.
Let's find a way." Kaede Imagawa cleared away the dishes on the table and softly explained to Yu Qiuping: "But you should also understand that every major change in the system will not get support at the beginning. Subordinates
The resistance may make you sad, but it is inevitable."
"But, don't you think this system is a little too early?" Imagawa Kaede changed the subject and reminded with some worry: "I have read your history book before. If I remember correctly, the history of your life
Yes, Japan didn’t have such a system until 300 years ago. At that time, the education level and thinking of the people were much different from what they are now.”
"I know, so I didn't ask for any democratic elections to elect the Legislative Assembly. Instead, I gave these seats directly to wealthy businessmen. This is actually an exchange. They paid and I gave up the power of legislation and budget approval.
Give it to them." Yu Qiuping nodded and fiddled with the bowl on the table.
"Then haven't you ever thought that these reforms are all carried out under the condition of national unity? We are now facing tremendous pressure from all sides, and we must have the ability to mobilize quickly. But if the power to approve the budget is in the hands of Congress,
, we will be restricted in whatever we want to do, isn't it like tying our own arms?" Imagawa Kaede once again raised a question that made Yu Qiuping somewhat difficult to answer.
"You're on to the point..." Yu Qiuping stopped fiddling with the dishes and sighed helplessly, "I guess we can only coordinate more by then, such as asking Congress to apply for a temporary defense budget to facilitate our rapid maneuvering.
Bar."
Having said that, Yu Qiuping tangled his fingers into his hair in annoyance and scratched at random with some uneasiness. When he came up with this plan, he was thinking about how to overcome the difficulties. But when it came time to implement it,
But they found that there were too many problems. Amano Keitoku, Imagawa Kaede and their worries were not unreasonable. This premature "separation of powers" might be playing with fire.
"Okay Ping, you don't need to worry too much. In the worst case, we will withdraw our troops from Kinki and leave." Imagawa Kaede looked at Yu Qiuping's very troubled look, and quietly came to his side and approached him from behind.
She hugged him and said, "Besides, it's hard to tell if there are any problems? Even if there are, just solve them one after another. There are no obstacles in the world that you can't overcome. Don't be so angry, it will hurt your health."
"Thank you, Feng'er." Yu Qiuping suddenly smiled evilly upon hearing this, "Then why not help me relieve my anger."
"Huh?" Imakawa Kaede was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses, and said coquettishly in shame and annoyance: "You deceitful liar! What are you going to do!"
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At the same time, in the military camp in the castle town of Maple Leaf Mountain, several officers from Tokiwa Bei were gathering together to chat during their free time during training.
"Both the eldest son and the second son have been sent as hostages..." After Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You were sent away this morning, Fukushima Ancheng has been depressed, sighing from time to time: "It's all because of our incompetence as writers.
, so that His Highness had to beg for help, so I feel sorry for the two young masters."
"This is something that can't be helped." Ogawa Yutong said with relief from the side, "It's not easy for us to survive. If we don't send the eldest son and second son over to show our sincerity, the merchants of Sakai Town and Nahatayama Takamasa
How can you put your mind at ease and cooperate with us?"
"Let me tell you, instead of giving up so much power to those businessmen and Hatakeyama Takamasa, it would be better for His Highness to just leave and let's go back to Owari." Nakahide Omaezaki complained endlessly when talking about Amakihei's decision, "
The family rules are set by businessmen, and the businessmen have the final say on how to spend money. Even the judgment of cases is left to outsiders! What is the difference between this and those puppet family governors who are ignored? Those who don’t know better think that our Yuqiu family has lost the battle.
We have to compromise! We keep winning the battle!"
"You're an actor, how can you understand His Highness's considerations!" Every time Omaezaki Nakahide spoke, Yoshioka Katsumasa always instinctively attacked him. But this time, he also muttered: "But I
I just feel so useless."
"Your Highness did this not to be able to live up to the people of Maple Leaf Mountain City." Mizuhara Atomic Sutra said in a serious tone: "Without the food from Sakai Town, how many people could survive the winter? In order to convince those people, His Highness
Businessmen who adapt to the wind and support us who are weak must give us more benefits."
"Okay, okay, everyone, stop talking. His Highness's suggestions do not require us to criticize ourselves and cause trouble to His Highness." Seeing that everyone was talking out of control, Fukushima Yasunari clapped his hands and stood up.
Stopping the big discussion, "We are all old brothers who have been with His Highness for more than ten years. No matter what decision His Highness makes, we must firmly support His Highness!"
"Of course!" Gomaezaki Nakahide smiled and patted each other's shoulders with Yoshioka Katsumasa, "How can you say that as a big brother? Even if His Highness asks me to assassinate Gongfangden tomorrow, I will definitely do it!"
"Be careful, Nakahide!" Fukushima Yasunari glared at Omaezaki Nakahide with great dissatisfaction. However, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Charlie who was sitting aside and had been silent, so he asked: "Brother, foreigner, I heard about this system.
Where did Your Highness learn it from your homeland, do you know anything about it?"
Fukushima Yasunari's words drew everyone's attention to Charlie. The latter's face turned red and he couldn't speak. After a long time, he said: "Let's go have a drink together." This immediately aroused people's attention.
Everyone laughed knowingly.
After Charlie made up his mind to socialize with people, he found that because he had been withdrawn for more than ten years, he had almost no social skills. When sitting in a crowd, whether it was chatting or bragging, he could not get a word in. Every time everyone chatted, everyone
When waiting for him to speak, his mind would go blank and he would be unable to say anything. In the end, he would always end up saying, "Let's go have a drink together."
But we are all brothers who have been together through thick and thin for more than ten years, so naturally we will not be sarcastic or ridiculed. Ogawa Youdong immediately patted Charlie on the shoulder excitedly and laughed loudly: "Let's go! I didn't know if I didn't drink before, but I was shocked when I drank!
The foreigner’s drinking capacity was so great that he almost knocked me down!”
"That's very nice of you to say that." Charlie thanked him awkwardly, making everyone laugh in unison again.
"You're not allowed to go to the Whale House. Let's find a serious restaurant." Nobuyuki Anayama immediately made a request, "I won't go to the Whale House!"
"I know, I know, you kid, I don't know what's wrong with you!" Kitahata Kage family muttered angrily, "Before, I wanted to die in the whale house every day, but I don't know when I started to become a different person."