different warring states of japan

Chapter 2125: Changing the History of the New Era

Date Masamune smiled and said.

"That's right, there is no way a saint would be short of people around him, I was just thinking wrong.

Like the woman I met at the gate just now, she looks both talented and beautiful, what's her name... Um, Matsugami Sae?"

Yoshigin glanced at Date Masamune, who had an innocent look on her face, with her fingers on the corners of her mouth as if she was reminiscing, and her acting was really realistic.

It was rare to see Date Masamune, a woman who looked gentle on the outside but was actually strong on the inside, feeling uneasy, jealous of others, and worried about falling out of favor. Yoshigin found it increasingly amusing.

The more she acted like this, the more Yiyin wanted to tease her, so he smiled.

"Matsukami Sae, she is not a woman, she is a honey pot, yes, she is a honey pot."

Yoshigin deliberately showed admiration in order to provoke Date Masamune's jealousy, but at this moment he forgot how terrifying this weak woman in front of him was like a tiger.

This joke was deeply engraved in Date Masamune's mind, and God knows how much trouble it will bring to Matsukami Sae.

After taking a deep breath, Date Masamune's smile froze a little.

Yiyin waved his hand and said.

"I'm not teasing you. He's just a new guy, a new female warrior who graduated from the cadets. He's a very hardworking young man. Don't think too much about it."

By this time, Date Masamune had controlled his emotions, relaxed his expression, and nodded in agreement with the saint.

"Of course I know that the saint is joking and can't be taken seriously."

Yoshigin just smiled and let it go, but Date Masamune felt uneasy.

Young man who works hard, if you work harder you will be able to ascend to the holy throne, right?

Date Masamune didn't know at this time that Matsukami Sae had already ascended the holy bed and successfully walked her old path.

But one day, she will know.

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As winter turns to spring and the new year's spring review and United Front Work Conference is held again.

The United Front workers, who were familiar with the process, no longer needed the saint to do anything deliberately. They just carried out private transactions step by step, voted by raising their hands, and applauded.

5. Adhere to the rules and the Spoelstra Fed will move forward steadily.

The second batch of students have graduated, and fresh blood is constantly being integrated into the Shiba ruling group, bringing new vitality to the provisional shogunate.

The internal integration of the Sōma family is on the right track, and the Ichijo family is also busy.

According to Hideyoshi Ichijo's wishes, Kuroda Kotaka built a new castle in Hizen Province, which was also Hideyoshi Ichijo's new residence, Nagoya Castle.

Without waiting for Kuroda Kotaka to complete his work, Ichijo Hideyoshi was already impatiently preparing for his own conquest of the peninsula.

She communicated with the various families under her command, allocated military forces, accumulated military supplies, and built warships.

On the one hand, he asked the head family of Tsushima Island to act as a diplomatic bridge and submit letters to the monarchs and ministers of the peninsula.

The Zong family was unable to dissuade him and had no choice but to use their connections to write to the Peninsula.

In the letter, Hideyoshi Ichijo called himself the regent of the island country, hoping that the ruler and ministers of the peninsula would allow the island country's army to pass through the country, and invited the ruler and ministers of the peninsula to join them in conquering the 400 states of the Tang Dynasty and share the great kingdom of the Celestial Empire.

The rulers and ministers of the peninsula, who had always been respectful to the Celestial Empire, were almost stunned when they saw the letter and were amazed at the arrogance shown by Ichijo Hideyoshi.

Therefore, the rulers and ministers of the peninsula issued a warning to the Celestial Empire while sending people to the island country to inquire about Hideyoshi Ichijo's identity and strength.

On the Celestial Empire side, Emperor Wanli and his ministers were fighting a twenty-year-long counterattack in the Ming-Myanmar War, while also having to suppress the Mongolian rebellion in Ningxia.

Upon hearing that the island nation had raised an army and was planning to pass through the peninsula to attack the Celestial Empire, Ming officials did not take it seriously. They simply regarded it as nonsense and put it on the shelf.

The peninsula's spies in the island country reported that Hideyoshi Ichijo was not the supreme ruler of the island country, but could only be regarded as a suddenly rising local lord, which also made the peninsula's monarchs and ministers feel relieved.

In this story, Hideyoshi acted so pretentiously that it turned out he was just an egomaniac.

The ruler and his ministers of the Peninsula laughed at An Xin for a few times and then continued to lie down, and then something fucking happened.

Unable to receive a response from the ruler and his ministers on the peninsula, Hideyoshi Ichijo became furious and formally launched an expedition to the peninsula.

The peninsula has been at peace for a long time, with the people at peace and the military at ease. The military preparations of the eight provinces in the country have been relaxed, and more than 400 counties are almost undefended.

The only troops in the Northern Camp that had some combat power were also keeping their eyes on the Jianzhou Jurchens in the north, cooperating with the Celestial Empire's occasional raids on Liaodong, helping the weak and weakening the strong, and maintaining a relative balance.

Faced with the sudden attack of the island nation's army, the peninsula was like an unprepared and naive boy, with no preparation or ability to resist at all.

At this time, it was a clear and cool autumn day, and the Sōma family was celebrating the birth of the saint's fourteenth and fifteenth daughters.

Hideyoshi Ichijo had already moved into the unfinished Nagoya and issued a mobilization order to his samurai daimyo to formally attack the peninsula.

The entire Nishijima Kingdom's samurai took action. That year, they borrowed a large amount of food coupons from Sasaki Dokura and purchased military supplies from the Tokugawa territory.

A large amount of materials from the territories under Shiba were exported from the Tokugawa territory and transported to the Western Island Kingdom. The situation of supply exceeding demand greatly stimulated the production of the Eastern Island Kingdom, and the economic development advanced by leaps and bounds.

In the East Pacific, the economic levels are getting wider and wider, and the gap in people's livelihood between the east and west of the island country is also getting bigger and bigger.

People's hearts and minds became further divided. The wealthy people of the East Island increasingly looked down on the poor and crazy people of the West who were greedy for war, which also laid the groundwork for a future split and war between the East and West Island countries.

During this year, the Western Island Country was preparing for war and the Eastern Island Country was producing, and both sides lived in peace.

In the spring of the following year, Ichijo Hideyoshi, who felt that everything was ready, officially invaded the peninsula. The history of the island nation thus embarked on a different course, parting ways with the original history, and became completely different from then on.

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In midsummer, the weather is getting hotter.

In this chaotic era where order has not yet been restored, human life is worthless. As the saying goes, "Drink today and worry about tomorrow's worries." The idea of ​​enjoying life while you can is prevalent among people.

As the war subsided, the economy of Kinki has slowly recovered in recent years. With more money and food in hand, the material and cultural needs of the military families have also increased.

Life is nothing more than eating, drinking and having fun, but a woman's greatest pleasure has always been inseparable from a man.

Killer and male assassin are the two oldest professions. As Kinki came to peace, some professions also emerged.

Tobita Shinchi is located on the Osaka Plain, between Sakai Port and Ishiyama, at the intersection of Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi.

Since the death of Ikeda Terumasa, Ichijo Hideyoshi had already taken over Settsu Province, but her strategy was towards the west. She was unwilling to have an accidental conflict with the Sasaki clan, and she imposed strict restrictions on her subordinates.

The Settsu clan on the north bank of the Yodo River was defeated, and Ishiyama's retainers dared not act rashly, so the two countries of Izumi-Kawachi on the south bank gained the upper hand. Taking advantage of the fact that Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and Hatakeyama Takamasa were on the wrong side, Hosokawa Fujitaka removed these two thorns in his side and finally brought the two countries of Izumi-Kawachi into the sphere of influence of the Izumi Hosokawa family.

With the addition of the Sakai Port Checkpoint granted by the saint, Hosokawa Fujitaka temporarily controlled the Yodo River water transportation, and the wealth of the Hosokawa family made others jealous.

The Nitta enclave was under the control of the Izumi Hosokawa family. This place of debauchery and extravagance brought a lot of wealth to Hosokawa Fujitaka.

At this time, the work of the provisional shogunate had just begun for two years, and many government affairs were still in the process of being adjusted.

There is both cooperation and competition among the five major principles. Everyone wants to have a wider scope of authority without infringing too much on the interests of others. This leads to the emergence of a large number of gray areas.

There will be no power vacuum, and if there are official loopholes, someone will fill them.

Although the Nitta enclave made a fortune, it did not have to pay heavy taxes because it was located in a blank area under the management of the temporary shogunate, Osaka.

Since Guan Zhong of the Celestial Empire first created the official Nanchang system, the management of men's branches has been divided into two categories: officials and civilians, and has become a major type of tax.

Two years after the rise of Tobita Shinchi, there were thousands of prostitutes, and even professional ranks such as Taifu, Koji, and Duan were formed.

However, the temporary shogunate was unable to establish the Kannanchang system to levy taxes on meat, and could only collect taxes on alcohol and shops, which was really incredible.

This is because the Izumi Hosokawa family operated through the Dai-pan-eti and always prevented the passage of the Kanonomasa system.

Of course, it's not just the Izumi-Hosokawa family that is selfish. In just two years, the high-ranking military families have become adept at using the Grand Review System to profit for themselves and divide up territories to make money.

A foul stench of liberalism is already brewing in the big dye vat of the Great Review, and it is unclear what it will become in the future.

But at this time, no matter how disgusting the Dai Pan-de system was, it was still more advanced than the original political system of the samurai family, and was enough to ensure that the Sasaki theocracy would rule this island nation for many, many years.

In the hot summer, Tobita Shinchi becomes lively in the evening.

The wealthy businessmen from Sakai Port, the nobles from Kyoto, the female samurai with stable salaries in the Shiba system, and all kinds of small groups with money and free time would come to the Nitta enclave to find happiness.

As we clink glasses, personal connections, group consensus, and calls for mutual assistance all have their own answers.

In human society, the cost of gaining trust between people and the cost of reaching consensus during communication may be far beyond imagination.

The prosperous Xintian enclave is like the Yellow River Road in old Shanghai: no yellow croaker is steamed in vain, and no lobster is roasted in vain; these are all sunk costs that must be paid.

In order to ensure the prosperity of the Nitta enclave, the magistrate of the Izumi Hosokawa family even arrested the illegitimate son Chang in the territory and took him to the Nitta enclave to serve as loose tea on the grounds that he was a disgrace to public morals.

The highest-level tayu are handsome men with high emotional intelligence who are proficient in the tea ceremony, shamisen, and waka. They become the lubricant for social negotiations among high-ranking samurai. These men are called oiran by the people.

Some courtesans have unique vision and are willing to invest in some young female warriors with potential. They provide venues for free and even pay money to help the female warriors.

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That night, Ming Liyou came to the outside of the corridor. A young bald man who had been waiting for a long time hurried forward and bowed.

"Master Mingli, you are finally here. My husband has been waiting impatiently for a long time. He started to put on makeup in the afternoon. You haven't arrived yet, so he forced me to wait here."

The little boy had a bitter look on his face, but his facial features were delicate, and there was a hint of professional charm between his eyebrows.

These little boys around ten years old are called little bald boys. They are all kept as servants in the corridors. They have been influenced by the surrounding environment since childhood and most of them will stay here to live when they grow up.

When they are fifteen or sixteen, they are eligible to sit and drink with women, and when they are seventeen, they can spend the night with women. They follow the path of their predecessors and make women happy with their attitude and body.

Ming Liyou pinched the bald boy's face, waved her hand and smiled.

"I have an appointment with a friend today. I will go to see Qingye later. You can go back first."

Ming Liyu was the sixth seat in the first class of the cadets, a member of the Holy Sword Group who was bestowed with swords by the saint himself. After graduation, he stayed in the cadets to guide new recruits, and achieved outstanding results, which was well received.

An outstanding female warrior like her is a potential stock in the eyes of the courtesan, and there will naturally be people who will take the initiative to throw themselves into her arms and become her lover.

More importantly, she is young and beautiful, which makes the men more attracted to her than those powerful old women.

And the infatuated Aoba-kun was one of the tayus of Tobita Shinchi. There were only a few dozen of them among the thousands of men who visited him, one in a hundred.

After sending the reluctant little baldy away with a few words, Mingli walked quickly inside, ignoring all the rouge and powder and fancy flowers along the way, and went straight to a room and opened the door to go in.

There were already several young female warriors drinking in the room, but there was no Younan to join them. They must have wanted to talk privately and didn't want outsiders to be present.

Several people looked up and saw Ming Liyu, and smiled. One of them shouted.

"Mingli-senpai is late again, come on, drink this first!"

Ming Liyu glared at the giggling female warrior and scolded with a smile.

"Matsumoto Xiang, are you itchy?

Don't think that just because you've graduated and got the second-term chief's holy sword, you can yell at me!"

Matsumoto Kaoru curled her lips and pointed at Matsue Sae who was smiling silently beside her and said.

"I'm not speaking for myself, I'm speaking for Senior Song.

Matsukami Sae is very busy and rarely has time to come to the party, but Akari-senpai is late. This is really inappropriate!"

Ming Liyu snorted, sat down, picked up the wine jug and filled a glass, then apologized to Matsukami Sae.

"I'm really sorry to have kept Matsukami-sama waiting for so long.

The juniors of the third batch of cadets have just entered school and have too many trivial matters to attend to, so they are late. "

Matsukami Sae smiled, raised her glass to indicate that she wanted to join in the drink, and said.

"Akari-ji is so polite. Actually, I just arrived too."

Ming Liyou has a bad temper outside. Although she only graduated as the sixth member of the cadet group, she is the only member of the first Holy Sword Group who stayed among the cadets. She is a strict yet caring senior instructor in the eyes of the younger generations.

Teachers have had a unique social status since ancient times, imparting knowledge and answering questions. Mingli is honest in her daily life, so no one cares about her. On the contrary, she has a higher reputation because of her honesty.

But in front of the first chief, Matsukami Sae, Akari Yuya did not dare to act rashly.

During the year that Akari Yui was leading the new recruits among the cadets, Matsukami Sae had already established herself in the Doshin Secretariat, becoming the second secretary after Tachibana Kanade and a close favorite of the emperor.

Although she is just a secretary, she is always by the saint's side and serves him, so most of the affairs of the Sasaki family, big and small, cannot be hidden from her eyes.

In addition, after she ascended the throne, the emperor's favor grew day by day. Even Ii Naomasa was kind and trusting to this newcomer and had entrusted many important matters to her.

There are people in the eyes of saints, and there is a position in the eyes of the chief of the Tongxin Secretariat. Matsukami Sae is now very popular and is regarded as an idol by the two graduating classes of cadets. She has become a real big shot.