"I don't know what to do, so I decided to understand the situation first." Yu Qiuping himself was unsure, so he pulled up a chair in front of Amano Jingde and sat down to discuss slowly, "I can ask the ninjas of Crow to help me.
Are you spreading rumors in the House of Lords, the House of Commons and the courts, saying that the Lord wants to close Congress, the courts, and return to the ancestral system? Test their opinions and see how the power of supporters and opponents compares."
"Does His Highness plan to test the situation with rumors? If so, I think it might be better to change the rumor to 'Your Highness, you yourself want to close the Diet and return the courts to the ancestral system' instead of involving the Oda Main Hall." Amano Keideru rubbed his hands.
His brow bone replied without thinking.
"Why is this?" Yu Qiuping squinted his eyes, unable to penetrate the joints inside.
"Your Highness' original intention is not to close down the Congress and the courts, right?" Amano Keide glanced at Yu Qiuping and confirmed to him. Yu Qiuping nodded in response, so Amano Keide continued, "In that case
, we should say that this was your highness’s idea, not Oda-den’s.”
"If we directly talk about the idea of ​​​​Oda Daiden, many moderates who oppose closing the Diet and the court may also choose to compromise because they are worried that a conflict will break out between the Oda family and the Uaki family. The number of people who support the review of the ancestral system may
It will overwhelm the opponents." Amano Keide placed some seals in front of him into two piles, simulating the number of supporters and opponents, and gestured to Yu Qiuping with the ebb and flow of the numbers, "In this case, it may form
Public opinion supporting the return to ancestral system.”
"But if you just say that it is Your Highness who wants to close the Congress and the courts, then the number of opponents will increase. Your Highness has always had a good reputation of 'promise a thousand dollars'. If you want to close the Congress and the courts in breach of contract, you will definitely
Arouse a large number of opposition voices, and many moderate supporters may also side with the opponents out of the intention of condemning you, thus forming a huge public opinion against reviewing the ancestral system. By then, Oda Main Palace should also feel that you are under your control
The pressure will help you negotiate with Oda Hall."
"That makes sense, then let's do as you say." After being persuaded, Yu Qiuping waved his hand very readily and said, "I'll take a look at the situation and then think about the follow-up measures."
"But it won't go smoothly." Amano Jingde shook his head and gave Yu Qiuping a vaccination, "On the contrary, if the other suspicion I have is correct, the result this time will be very bad."
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On January 21, the tenth year of Tensho (1582), a rumor gradually arose in the lower house of the Diet in Sakai Town - Yu Qiuping wanted to close the Diet and the courts and return to the ancestral system. At first, everyone did not pay attention to this.
After all, the rumors that the Congress would be closed have not stopped since Yu Qiuping opened the Congress, but gradually they realized that something was wrong. Generally, soon after the rumors appeared, the ninjas of Crow would find out the culprits and gradually subside.
.But this time, Crow has not taken action. People can't help but suspect that this was directed and acted by Crow behind the scenes, trying to test the views of the businessmen in the House of Commons. Imai Munehisa, Tsuda Sokichi and other giants are aware that
After the situation became delicate, a small meeting was immediately held to discuss the matter with other big bosses.
"It must be a rumor." Masada Hota, Nobuhiro Akiyama, Tadanagi Hirano and others who have been cooperating with Akihira Ame since the Owari era shook their heads after hearing Munehisa Imai bring up this topic, "His Majesty Momiji has always made a huge promise.
How could the contract be broken? This must be a rumor spread by someone with ulterior motives."
"If it was really a rumor, with the crow's skill, it would have been settled long ago. Why has it been delayed until now?" Tsuda Souyoshi shook his head and sighed, "Isn't it because His Highness Hongye and the crow are pushing it?"
"This is not His Highness Hongye's style. His Highness Hongye has always been trustworthy. And judging from His Highness Hongye's support and non-interference in Congress and the courts, he still wants to continue the measures he proposed more than ten years ago." Xiaoxi.
After hearing this, Longzo also stood up to speak for Yu Qiuping, and then stepped back a step, "Besides, the third son of the Yuqiu family is still in our hands as a hostage, how dare the Yuqiu family dare to conflict with us?"
"If something really happened, do you dare to lay a finger on the Third Young Master?" Sonshiro Sueyoshi seemed to have paid no attention to the hostage. He pointed at the businessmen present who nodded slightly at Lonzo Konishi's words and said fiercely.
, "If something goes wrong with the Third Young Master, none of us in the whole family will be able to survive. Won't His Highness Hongye and the crow skin us?"
"According to what you say, are all the hostages useless?" Although Konishi Lonzo is old and doesn't like these disputes, he still feels a little unhappy when Sueyoshi Sonshiro points his nose and scolds him like this.
"The hostage is only useful when there is still room for maneuver. Now the whole world has been pacified by the Oda Army, and the Yuqiu family is the king of the Western Kingdom and the Sea, with overwhelming power. Do you dare to touch the Third Young Master? After doing so,
Where are you running?" Sonshiro Sueyoshi spread his hands and raised his voice and said, "No one dares to touch him. Even if you give the order, no one of your subordinates dares to carry out the order. The third young master is with us, and he is better than him.
The Yuqiu family is still safe, they are obviously the ancestors who are being sacrificed, why do you still think they are hostages?"
"So I have said before that everyone should not be so eager to support His Highness Momiji to pacify the whole world... If the cunning rabbit dies, the lackey will be cooked." Tachibana Matasaburo also stood up to support Sueyoshi Sonshiro, "Your Highness Momiji was willing to do so before.
Let us, let us merchants hold the power, because he still needs our financial resources to fight in the north and south, and because he is afraid that we will take our wealth and trade routes to the hostile daimyo. Now that the world is peaceful,
His Highness Hongye naturally dislikes us useless businessmen who are stuck in the throats of the Yuqiu family. But in the past, if he wanted to attack us, we could cooperate with the enemy daimyo, but now we are just fish and meat at the mercy of others.
"
"Masaburo, be careful what you say." Imai Munejiu glared at Tachibana Matasaburo and reminded him with great dissatisfaction, "Are these words the right thing to say? So what should we do if the walls have ears?"
"Businessmen have never been polite and shameless. It is a big mistake to think about 'loyalty'. It is the right way to coerce our opponents to do business with us." Matasaburo Tachibanaya had no intention of listening and just kept shaking his head.
, "It's good now. His Highness Hongye is about to shut down the Congress, which has no power to fight back. Is there anything else you can do?"
"His Royal Highness Hongye will not close it." Konishi Lonzo repeated what he said before, "His Royal Highness Hongye always keeps his word."
"Now that the world is at peace, who do you keep your word to? What can you do if he doesn't keep his word?" Sonshiro Sueyoshi choked him angrily and said, "If you ask me, let's stop resisting and happily destroy the Congress.
If we shut it down, we can still save our lives and the wealth we have accumulated. If we insist on not shutting it down, there will be a real stalemate, and there may be fatal consequences."
"There is really nothing we can do against His Highness Hongye, but we merchants
It’s not worth it for Hongye-sama to waste the good reputation he has accumulated over the past twenty years to clean up us.” Konishi Lonzo spoke his opinion slowly and unhurriedly, “Do you think Hongye-sama is one of those people who only care about petty little things?
Li, is he a person without foresight? What he wants in the future is governance and long-term peace and stability. He also wants a steady stream of tax revenue and more business exchanges. Is he likely to kill the goose that lays the goose to lay the eggs now? There will still be a long time to come.
Na."
What Lonzo Konishi said made sense, and indeed convinced many people present. After hesitating for a while, Hasegawa Sonohito asked Lonzo Konishi, "What does Boss Konishi mean..."
"What I mean is that we should resolutely reject the request to close the Diet and put pressure on His Highness Hongye. He will definitely not take risks. If we have no objection, His Highness Hongye might actually go along with the situation?" Konishi Lonzo is very sure.
Looking at the people present, he had vaguely replaced Imai Munehisa and Tsuda Muneyoshi as the leaders of the businessmen, "Bosses, you must know that we have today's status and wealth because of our position in the Congress.
If we just surrender like this, countless new chambers of commerce supported by His Highness Momiji and Sena will soon take our place and take over our trade routes and privileges. Do you want to give away the market without any fight?"
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After the meeting with the merchants in the House of Commons, President Konishi quietly came to a Mitsubishi Chamber of Commerce inn in the southeast of Sakai Town and found Amano Keitoku and Sena Uji who had been waiting for a long time.
"Sir Amano, Sena-sama, my father has resigned to guide public opinion as you promised to implement the arrangement. Now the businessmen in the parliament have reached an agreement and refuse to close the parliament." President Konishi took off his hood and said to Amano Keitoku,
Reported by Sena Shiyihui.
"Konbei, you see, follow my instructions and persuade those businessmen who are interested in money, and you must do the right thing." Sena Shiyoshi looked at Amano Keitoku, but the latter had no intention of relaxing.
He asked President Konishi: "Did Boss Konishi mention anything unusual at the meeting?"
"Well... my father said that some businessmen at the meeting seemed to have the tendency to take the initiative to shut down the Diet." President Konishi frowned and recalled his father's words, and then reported the truth.
"What do you think of Sena-sama?" Amano Keitoku has always maintained a respect for the former master's son. Although Sena Shiyoshi sometimes calls him "Gonbei", Amano Keitoku has always treated him as before.
The etiquette of the Sena family treats the Sena clan.
"What do I think? Those are all profit-seeking businessmen. Why would anyone want to spit out the food in their mouth? It's not like they are loyal to Hongye and want to help him centralize power, right?"
Yi laughed twice, took out a gold coin from his arms, flicked it up with his thumb, and flew it to Amano Keitoku, who was sitting at the table opposite him. Amano Keitoku stretched out his hand and took the gold coin, and then stared at it
Looking at its outline, he whispered: "Does Master Sena also think that someone has given them a benefit?"
"It's not just the benefits. They are not short-sighted. A little bribe can't move them." Sena Shiyoshi took out a money bag from his arms and threw it on the table in front of Amano Keitoku.
, "To make them ruthlessly give up the privileges of Congress, someone must have promised them greater privileges or astronomical wealth."
Chapter completed!