Pillars of the Wu family

After four years of living in Echigo, Kira's vassals have gradually adapted to the climate of Echigo, and a new wave of baby boom followed. The next time, Okochi Tsunadaka and others gave birth to new children one after another, such as Matsui Yukan, and Mitsui Torao senior executive officials also had children.

The most surprising thing is the Numata family. The Numata Hikari family has many children, especially a large group of daughters in the boudoir. He has been busy all his life like a hardworking bee and has produced many offspring in the flowers. Now he is busy Trying to find a home for his daughter, this time his targets are Yamaoka Tokimasa, Honda Tokimasa, and Namioka Sallow House.

The original Kira Yoshitoki residence hall in Kasuga Yamashiro, now known as the Kasuga Imperial Palace Guest House, Kira Yoshitoki and Numata Hikaru sat facing each other, and Numata Sandalwood, who was wearing a beautiful gown, also attended this event as the daughter of the Numata family During the meeting, she didn't say a word, but sat quietly beside Kira Yoshitoki like an obedient little woman.

Looking at this father-in-law, his body is stronger than a few years ago, his red face is full of vigor, like a rooster that can sing at any time, it can be seen that he has lived a good life these years, it is said that he was a monk from Wakasa The nun's Chong'anyuan received Echigo, although he failed to persuade Chong'anyuan to return to vulgarity, at least he was able to set up a small nunnery in his own residence so that Chong'anyuan could reunite with his daughters.

Seeing Numata Hikari introducing his family's situation excitedly and reporting these three names, Kira Yoshishi said with a half-smile, "Ko Kanden really knows how to choose candidates. One of these three people is a companion who has served the family since childhood. The other two are counselors of our family, they must have been thought of for a long time, right?"

"My lord, you're full of praise. These are the famous figures in the younger generation of my Kira family. Which family's daughter of the samurai family doesn't want to marry these few! I'm just a step ahead of time. My lord also Knowing that the daughter of my Numata family is outstanding in appearance and morality, I just boldly beg the owner of the museum for permission!"

"Hmm..." Kira Yoshishi seemed to be thinking about it, and suddenly raised his head and said, "Tanxiang, come and give me a shoulder squeeze."

"Yes!" Numata Tanxiang stood up with a blushing face, took small steps, walked behind him, knelt and knelt and gently kneaded his shoulders. This kind of small movements between husband and wife happens every day in the imperial palace, but in front of outsiders, especially him It was the first time for her father, and Tan Xiang didn't know why His Highness suddenly made such a request.He just hung his head shyly and didn't dare to look up.

Seeing this scene, Numata Hikaru couldn't mention how happy he was, and hurriedly took a flattery to praise Kira Yoshishi for being wise and powerful. Stop the old man who was improvising, because Numata Hikaru had unknowingly compared this young couple to Minamoto Yoritomo and Hojo Masako. This one also realized that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly shut his mouth tightly and bowed down in fear. Apologize. [

"It's me, Hikane, who was too abrupt, I'm really sorry!" Numata Hikane wished he could smash this stinky mouth in front of his son-in-law.Saying that the son-in-law and daughter are Minamoto Yoritomo and Hojo Masako does not imply that he is Hojo Shizheng.So isn't Yumitsu Numata Hojo Yoshitoki? Their Numata family is the Hojo family, and they have done a good job.

"Forget it, Ko Kanden didn't do it on purpose..." Yoshitomo Kira waved his bat fan indifferently and said, "As for the three people's marriage contract, I have also agreed to my request."

"Ah! Thank you, Lord Master, for your kindness! Don't dare to disturb Lord Master's rest, I will leave now, leave!" Numata Hikari staggered out of the inner room, and almost jumped up excitedly as soon as he went out. Fortunately, he remembered Kira Yishi was still indoors, hurriedly closed the paper door and left in a hurry.

Numata Kokane's departure made the inner room return to silence, but Kira Yoshitoki did not get up, and Numata Tanka did not dare to move, still gently pinching his shoulder, and after a while he turned his face and asked: " Now, your father is over sixty, right?"

Numata Tanxiang lowered her eyebrows and said, "Yes, Your Highness! My father is 61 years old now."

"Don't press it and sit down! Sit next to me."

"Yes!" The girl stood up and walked beside him, just as she knelt down, she was pulled over by Kira Yoshitoki.

Pulling a little girl brutely like playing, she directly pulled Tanxiang into his arms, resting her head on his lap and looking at Kirayoshi, the sudden pull almost made Tanxiang scream, look The unhappy expression on his face when he beat Kirayoshi swallowed back the scream.

"Tell me what your Numata family is going to do!"

Numata Tanxiang replied in panic: "Your Highness, I don't understand what your Highness means..."

Kira Yoshishi lightly stroked the girl's jade-like face, followed her snow-white neck all the way down to the two towering mountains, and said in a cold voice: "Don't hide it in front of my family, my family knows every move of the inner court, Where did that strange maid come from? How did Numata Mitsukane's outer room get into the inner court of the family? Why are you unwilling to tell the family? The family gave you opportunities again and again, but you failed the expectations of the family again and again. What are you going to do? Really Do you want to be Hojo Masako and build a Hojo family?".

"So His Highness already knows all about it?"At that moment, Numata Tanxiang showed a trace of pain and relief on his face, and said frankly: "Since this is the case, the concubine should speak out! That is my father's plan. He has an ambitious plan to establish the Numata family. The most powerful territory.

After His Highness chose Sandalwood, his father kept instilling in him many things he had never heard of, including pleasing and flattering, as well as methods of buying people's hearts and intrigues, etc., so His Highness saw Sandalwood not quite the same as a few years ago. Similarly, Sandalwood has long realized that His Highness was very disappointed when he looked at it for the first time..."

He pulled off the bowknot on the gown, opened the shirt to reveal the snow-white skin, and the two raised mountain peaks changed shapes at will in his hands, until the girl's panting gradually became heavy, and her complexion was as red as a red apple. He re-tied it, "If it wasn't for my family's health and Hu Ji's promise, I would have punished you little girl on the spot today, forget it! Go back while my family is in a good mood, or you will regret what you have done It's too late."

"Eh? Shouldn't Your Highness be angry and punish the concubine?".Sandalwood looked at Kira Yoshishi's movements with a ignorant face, and she already felt a big hot thing pressing on her back.Blushing, she closed her eyes and waited for His Highness's "last favor".Then make abandonment or worse punishment or something. [

"Remember not to play tricks again in the future. The tricks played by your stupid father are not worth mentioning in the eyes of my family, don't you want to get married? I let him do it! Then I will remember it! All this is not allowed Tell him, my family depends on how far he can jump, understand?".

"Yes!" Sandalwood lowered her head to her chest, not daring to look up at her husband's terrifying expression.

"Remember, you are the woman of the family, and then the daughter of the Numata family. Being a woman of the family is the most important thing for you at the moment. Any attempt to interfere with your duties is your enemy, even if he is your father, Understand?".

"Yes!" Sandalwood nodded mechanically, all this happened so quickly that she didn't have any chance to react or think.

"Okay, pack your clothes and go back and act like nothing happened, understand?".

"But... Your Highness hasn't punished Sandalwood yet!" Sandalwood stared at the protruding part of his lower body shyly, covering his hot face like a small stove, and said shyly: "Although this will make Tanxiang It's embarrassing, but it's also my duty as a concubine to relieve His Highness' desires!"

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Ji Liangyi looked at her strangely.Like a hungry wolf staring at its prey, Wang Wang couldn't help shrinking back.

Sandalwood was very afraid of this kind of green eyes.But she still mustered up the courage to nod vigorously: "Sure!"

"Then I'm not welcome!" Ji Liangyi stepped forward and took the girl's cold little hand as he walked into the inner room, always showing a strange smile on his face: "My family is here to teach you a very interesting exercise, yes The body is very beneficial! Your sister Hu Ji also practiced and said!"

"Okay! Sandalwood will definitely work hard to catch up with Sister Huji!" The foolish Sandalwood followed him happily into the inner room.

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The first month is a month for the Echigo samurai to rest and relax. It is not until the end of the first month that the worshipers start the new year's work. They are resting in name, but they are still working during the vacation. From the second half of last year, they began to prepare for the development of the new year. The plan was sorted out during the first month of rest.

Two new polders were built in the Niigata area, adding up to 2 town steps to Niigata. It took [-] people to work hard and spend more than half of the winter to complete the completion. The completion of these two large polders also marks the initial completion of the development of Niigata town. At that time, the jealous Chinese people expressed that they would also reclaim wasteland and build new fields.

But the development of new fields requires the permission of the Kira family. Without the consent of Kira Yoshishishi, they would have no reason to invade. Who told them to agree without thinking clearly at the beginning? If they want to repent and rob hard, they must also consider the army of the Kira family and the Nagao family. The consequences of the suppression, so they can only be like an angry little daughter-in-law, complaining and complaining around the followers of Kira's family and not listening.

Kira Yoshishi did not stop him from doing this, so if you want to open a new field, go for it!The premise is that Echigo people have to follow the rules of the Kira family. There are express regulations on where development is allowed and where it is not. The Chinese were transferred to other areas of Echigo early on, making the Niigata area a piece of land monopolized by the Kira family.

However, he does not intend to eat alone. It is impossible for him to eat the 20 town steps with Niigata as the core. In fact, he only needs to grasp the core [-] to [-] town steps. The corners of the Shinano River and the Shimoetsu Agano River are too remote and not too concentrated. The development effect is relatively low, and it is better to leave it to the people of the country.

As the guardian of Echigo, Nagao Jinghu was also given a piece of land by Kira Yoshitoki, and it was located in the large riverside wasteland to the southwest of Sanjo Castle in the Shinano River Basin. Chuetsu was originally the place where the Nagao family started. Zaotang, Qikichi Nagao, Ueda Nagao, and Shimoda Nagao all come from here. Having such a large area of ​​land eaten by Nagao Jinghu is also conducive to strengthening the control of China and Vietnam, so as to tie down the not-so-honest sect.

It took the Nagao family more than a few years to expand their military service, and it was temporarily interrupted by the war. Fifteen thousand military service was simply a fantasy for Echigo in the past. It is not because of the population pressure that the main reason is the lack of enough food to support so many military services. , and the military service account can only reflect part or most of the country's armed forces, and does not mean the country's hidden war potential.

But the Nagao family didn't care.After the expansion of military service, the Nagao family directly led the burden of military service as high as 5000 people.A generation of genealogy, Chinese lords jointly bear 1 people.For example, the Uedas of Nagao Masakei were responsible for more than 700 military service, of which Nagao Masakei was directly responsible for more than 700 people, Nagao Keishobu was responsible for more than 600 people, Saito Chaonobu was responsible for more than [-] people, Honjo Shino was responsible for more than [-] people, and so on.

Basically, the military service of the main ministers of the generation of the genealogy and the lords of the country has been increased by one to two times. After a winter of deliberation, the new military service account was announced, and soon received full support from all walks of life in Echigo. The most striking thing is The military service account was not signed by the Nagao family's military service account.Instead, it is called "Echigo Military Service Account in the Three Years of Hongzhi", or "Echigo Military Service Account" for short.

Many people noticed that in this "Echigo Military Service Account", the first line of military service turned out to be Nagao Jinghu. The weight of a bow and arrow is 5000 dong, the foot of a bow and arrow is 50 dong, the foot of a gun is [-] dong, and there are several flags and flags.

This change greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.You must know that the military service account is a concentrated expression of the lords of various countries establishing the complete dominance of the neighboring country, and the Chinese who have the privilege of guarding the envoy will not appear in the military service account.Therefore, having the national law of military service accounts and a sound enforcement system has become an important symbol of the Warring States daimyo.

The most important point is that the military service of the king will not be marked on the military service account. Whether the heir of the family governor is marked or not is in between, and most of them will not be marked on it. The main body of the military service account is a genealogy, generation, The lord of the people of the country means that the lord of the country establishes the dominance over the people of the same family, the genealogy of the people, the foreigners and even the people of other countries, so the lord of the country will not write how much his military service is.

But this time the "Echigo Military Service Book" marked Nagao Jinghu's military service. Doesn't this mean that he is not the lord of Echigo, and the real lord is someone else?Recalling that the name of the military service tent is not "Nagao Family Military Service Tent", people quietly looked at the young man sitting in the highest position.

People were surprised to find that there were many more Ashikaga Nihiri flags in Kasugayama Castle at some time, and even the main wall of Ohiroma was replaced with Maruer Nibiri, representing General Ashikaga's family. I know that there is a branch family that can use the family crest of the Ashikaga shogunate.

The Kamiso Ashikaga family mentioned more and more times. Relatively unpopular history books such as "Azuma Mirror", "Genpei Rise and Fall", "Taihei", "Nan Taipingji" and other relatively unpopular history books suddenly became popular. A lost age, an age of glory.

Yoshitoki Kira knew how he reacted to the Echigo warriors. "Echigo Military Service Tent" was made by him and Nagao Jinghu, because he lost the post of guardian of Echigo with one hand, and accepted the general who guarded the palace as the dragon of Echigo. He clearly understood his brother-in-law's ambitions, so he proposed to use the opportunity of the military service account to establish the difference between master and slave.

As Echigo's economic and agricultural development both enter the road of rapid development, Echigo people's desire for meritorious service is getting stronger and stronger. The basic attribute of a samurai is to highlight the martial name, expand the family collar and inherit the family business. The simple explanation is to be famous. For profit, for the sake of descendants, Echigo warriors are now more and more eager to make meritorious service on the battlefield.

The internal political and economic construction can no longer tolerate the intervention of the Echigo people. The powerful execution strength shown by the Kira family's followers has convinced the Echigo people. There is a hidden demand for expansion externally. Restless hearts need to be appeased. At this juncture, the establishment of a new military service account has become an inevitable move.

As for the system of separate national laws, the Kira family has been doing it since they came to Echigo. During the pacification of the Hojo, Honjo, and Kurokawa rebellions, the Chinese people who were in a group of Chugotsu and Shimoetsu were easily dispersed. Under the operation of the powerful executive officer of the Kira family, the guardians The inaccessible privileges of Chinese people are like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, which melts in a blink of an eye.

The protection that the people of the country rely on makes the privilege of non-entry abolished, and the privileges of non-entry to various taxes and labors of the temple community are also abolished. The standard for how much land is given is one person and three evils, but the premise is that monks who want to ordain or become monks must be enshrined by the temple to manage the monk registration on their behalf.

Monks traveling from other places pass by and want to live in a monastery for a few years or simply stay permanently, they must go to the temple administration office to register their monk registration, including common name, dharma name, monk monastery, teacher's dharma name, and sect to which they belong , good at recording Buddhist classics, etc., just come and log out when you leave Echigo.

Kira Yoshitoshi’s attitude is very clear. He is not afraid of them making trouble. If he wants more land, he can give it to them, even if they want every monk’s ten town steps. Su Lao's underground people are on their behalf to monitor, and the adherents conduct spot checks every month. If they find that these temples and societies can't grow so much land, so that the land is barren and the grain production is reduced on a large scale, they will be punished immediately by confiscating the excess land.

In this way, the initiative of the temples in Echigo to wantonly recruit new monks is pinched, and the real strength of the temples is pinched. If they want to support monks, they have to bow to the Kira family. Everyone's monks are against the land and force the temples to hide their hidden households. , because the area of ​​arable land has been recorded separately, and the amount of land in each temple is fixed. If someone uses tricks to suddenly increase the land by dozens of towns in a certain year, it must be invested in the farmer's land under the temple. Kira pursues The people are not vegetarians, and those who can punish them can survive but not die. (to be continued...)