Chapter 478
"Lord, this is a check and balance." After reading a letter from Morita, Kakuma Ishisect said first.
"Although he was plotted by the court and the shogunate, he also gave me a title of righteousness." On the contrary, Kanasuke Yamamoto attached more importance to the title of righteousness brought to me by this appointment. Don't underestimate the role of this title of righteousness. At least attack others, there will be a more high-sounding excuse. If you blame someone for disrespect, you can send troops. Moreover, this title of righteousness is combined with the corresponding strength as a guarantee, and it is a weapon to force the enemy to be conquered.
"Previously, the imperial court and the shogunate sent two people to our family. I'm afraid that the family would see the implicit intentions and come to appease them?" Kakukuma Shisou said again.
"Well, I'm afraid it's true!" Masayoshi nodded. Not every Daming of the Warring States Period was willing to suffer such a mute loss. If he offended the Daming of the local power, the situation of the court and the shogunate would be even more difficult. So Masayoshi felt that these nobles hiding in the wooden houses of Kyoto were really playing with fire, and he actually gave him such a secret trick.
In addition to the old acquaintance Kyoto Takayoshi who represented the shogunate General Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Masayoshi, who also represented the court. The first purpose of Yamakoto Yoshinori came was to collect money without saying it.
Why do you say so? This starts with the financial situation of the court. After the Yingren Rebellion, the court was extremely embarrassed. The emperor took office and buried after his death with local daimyo. The most tragic thing happened in 1500. Emperor Toomimon passed away and only a hundred guan was given for the funeral. As for his son, the ceremony of Emperor Gokabara's ascension ceremony became a big problem. Because he had no money to hold the ceremony, the emperor could not formally take office. It was not until twenty-one years later. The ascension ceremony that had suffered in March 1521 was finally held. Emperor Gokabara was finally able to officially ascend the throne at the age of fifty-eight. Then there was a sad thing. Emperor Gokabara passed away in 1526. The body was suspended for two months because of lack of money before being buried in a hurry. It was really a pity.
The son of Emperor Gokabara continued to feel sad. It was not until 1536, ten years after his father's death, that the ceremony of the ascension ceremony was held after the Gohojo family, the Onui family, Imakawa family and other Warring States daimyos gathered funds. At that time, the royal family was so poor that they even wanted to sell the emperor's handwriting and calligraphy to make money. In view of this reason, Emperor Nara was forced to rectify the royal finance. The Yamako family held the first position in the hidden position for all generations and was responsible for the financial operations of the court. The contemporary head of the family, Yamakoshi, began to recruit royal expenses from the princes in various places. In addition, he was also responsible for requesting the princes to restore the "imperial land" of the court, that is, the embezzled real estate of the court. In most cases, his efforts would be vain, either in the war or in a silence.
This time, it is estimated that Yamakoto Yanji was to continue to raise funds from the Luo family and request the restoration of the imperial court's "Imperial Material Land". Speaking of "Imperial Material Land", Himeqian was the place where the imperial court and the Ming Dynasty went to sea in the past. There were indeed many "Imperial Material Land" in Kawajinwan in Matsuura County and Nagasaki Peninsula in Nichigoshi.
However, since he had swallowed the fat in his stomach, Masayoshi would definitely not spit it out again. As for the fundraising issue, it depends on the sincerity of the court and the shogunate. After all, as long as the powerful Daming can support the court financially, he can obtain the corresponding official position. Although he got a local official position that was apparently good from the surface, it implied an unknown plan. In this tone, Masayoshi also planned to do a good job with the court and the shogunate? If he did not give enough sincerity this time, Masayoshi would definitely not be a sucker.
Of course, as Kakuma Ishisen said, the court also knew that this time the calculation would probably be seen by the Luo family. In order to appease, Yamakoto Yan's arrival this time had another purpose, that is, to determine the family tree of the Luo family.
Masara has always claimed to the public that he was the descendant of Genji, but this has not been recognized by the court after all. If Masara was confirmed to be born from Genji this time, it would be beneficial to the Luo family's recruitment of talents and even future development.
This era is an era that emphasizes the level of blood. If you want to hold a higher position, you must have noble bloodline. For example, the position of Kan Bai, theoretically, the Fujiwara family and its descendants of the Shogun family must take office. Therefore, the monkey Toyotomi, who was a civilian monkey, had to find Konoe to recognize his godfather if he wanted to be Kan Bai. The general of the Conquering Yi also stipulated that the nobles of the War family (Genji, Hei family) could be held and opened a shogunate.
Of course, since it comes from later generations, Masayoro has always scoffed at these things. In his opinion, whoever has a hard fist will be the one who will talk. However, the retainers of the Luo family did not see this way. When they learned the news, at least the two military advisors who came to meet this time and Heiji, the eldest son of Togo, took it seriously.
Seeing that they were so enthusiastic, Zhengliang couldn't go against their ideas. So he threw the family tree he had made up long ago to them, and then told the three of them to prepare for the public and prepare relevant materials for the family tree. Anyway, for the court, they also knew what happened to these family tree. As long as they had money to receive, they would generally recognize it.
After seeing the three of them walking out of the meeting hall with enthusiasm, Masaru couldn't help but frown. It seems that the generation representing new ideas still needs time to grow. Now most of the important positions in the family are in the hands of retainers who still maintain the old ideas. People such as Masaru Luo, Masahide Luo, Sasuke Luo, Shingoro, Naoshima, and Masaru Honta, etc., who represent the new ideas transmitted by Masaru, have not yet grown up and have begun to control their actual duties at home. This makes Masaru always seem to be alone fighting alone when he implements some new policies at home. This is not possible.
Of course, although the superstructure still needs to wait for everyone to grow up, as the underlayer, the people of the people have greatly improved after graduating from the Luo Family Academy and becoming the grassroots officials in the territory. At least some of the new policies and new concepts of Zhengliang have great support at the grassroots level.
In this way, after some preparation, half a month later, Kyoto Takayoshi and Yamakoto arrived at the Anyue Castle of the Luo family as scheduled.
"I have recently heard that there is a Western warrior, Zhengliang, Zhengliang, who is loyal, brave, benevolent and righteous..." In the meeting hall, Shan Keyan continued to sit upright, and the Luo family's retainers were on both sides. Zhengliang himself kept bowing to the 'angel' and looked like he was listening to the 'lumbing from the sky'.
Shan Keyan Jiben was dressed very grandly, with white face, shaved eyebrows and black teeth. He looked like a real nobleman.
Finally, Shan Keyan read the last sentence with an extremely solemn expression: "...I am now granted the position of Dazai Shao Er, I hope that he will be loyal and righteous, and do not let me down!"
After thanking him, Masarara took over the imperial edict from Yamakoto-ji, and immediately invited Yamakoto-ji and Kyoto-ji to a living room that had been prepared long ago.
Shan Ke Yan Ji was a very famous cultural person, proficient in humor and tea ceremony. His diary "Yan Jiqing Ji" was one of the very important materials in future historical research. His biggest preference in life was to travel through mountains and rivers, travel through most of the Fusang, and have a broad knowledge. He was a minister who was very worthy of making friends with.
In the living room of the small meeting, there were only two military advisors Kakuma Ishisen, Yamamoto Kazusuke, and the only one in the Luo family, Togo Heiji. These three people also have a wide range of knowledge and have some understanding of the culture of the nobles, which just caters to Yamakoto Yoshiji.
"This trip is a shameless person who disturbs the silly Shao Er." After walking into the living room and sitting opposite Masayoshi and the others, Yamako Yanji nodded slightly and apologized.
"Hahaha, Kwon Danayan doesn't have to be polite. I'm also a generous person. I believe Lord Gao Ji is very clear about this matter." Masarara smiled and replied to Yamakoto Koji and Kyoko Takagi, then clapped his hands, "The banquet is ready, please have a meal."
The door of the reception room was opened, and the maid bowed outside and then came in with food, and placed it respectfully in front of several adults in the house.
"Hiss..." At this moment, Zhengliang heard the sound of Shan Keyan's air conditioning. Zhengliang couldn't help but smile secretly.
Although the current Warring States Period still mainly uses mixed grains and wild vegetables, Masayoshi from later generations will definitely not treat him badly. This time, when he entertained Yamakoto Yanji and Kyoko Takagi, Masayoshi did not specifically prepare any delicacies. In fact, Masayoshi's family usually eats. The only difference is that there are more dishes and ingredients.
So what are the dishes? The main ones are sweet potatoes with rice, steamed ginger and green onion and delicious sea fish (this dish is the favorite of Masayoshi's eldest princess Tamiko), pickles, wild vegetables, fried chicken with corn, soup abalone, and chicken soup.
Yamakoto Yoshiki, who was used to rushing around all year round, was naturally a little surprised to see such a sumptuous dish there. Even Kyoko Takayoshi, who had dealt with Masara several times, was surprised by the dishes in front of him.
The secret laughter in his heart that Masayora made was not mocking the two of them as rural men, but feeling satisfied with their expressions. In fact, such dishes can be seen not only in Zhengliang's daily staple food, but also in some newly opened diners in the Luo family territory.
Compared with later generations, some of these dishes may be very expensive. For example, abalone was indeed not cheap in later generations, but in the era when there was no pollution and large mechanical fishing boats, abalone in the sea was everywhere. Moreover, there were many specialties in the Luo family territory, such as ginger and abalone before fat; seaweed after fat.
These things can make money, so Zhengliang suggested that Taijiu Ling and his wives and concubines could invest in this business. Then Zhengliang taught them some business methods, so this kind of wine house that not only provides sake, dried radish, but also provides these special foods appeared in the territory.
Chapter completed!