Extreme depression is followed by extreme celebration. This is probably how people go crazy.

The whole place in Sagayama Castle was bustling with people and very lively.The oil lamps were lit in rows luxuriously, illuminating the paper sliding doors engraved with mountain patterns, reflecting an intoxicating light on the gold paper.The air is filled with the aroma of chrysanthemum wine. This famous wine produced in Chisaka is refreshing and pleasant, mellow and delicious. It is a rare product.

Everyone's face was filled with joy.Sakahara smiled and accepted the toast from Uyu Morooshima Ryūya. Yamagata was stroking his beard and rolling his eyes, wondering what bad idea he had thought of. Ishida and Sasaki both took off half of their sleeves and had a heated drinking contest. As they punched each other, Kanjima Morikirishima Keigo seemed hesitant to applaud them; Ogino's Oshio Morimai, Tsukusaka's Kawagami Sojun and Iori's Hiramiya Sotoshi were gathered together, and the three of them had no sense of presence. They got along very well with each other; Hiromichi Uesugi from Keyakihara insisted on pouring wine for Yoshiken Aso from Ashigami, and the latter grabbed the wine bottle with a dexterity rarely seen at his age and drank directly into his mouth. The former was stunned.

As for me, I was holding a wine glass and leaning on the counter, watching this scene with a profound smile that said everything, and from time to time I nodded to the retainers who came to toast. In fact, my mind was already in chaos. Dazzled and dizzy.If Hashirama hadn't poked my waist from behind from time to time, I might have fallen asleep at any time.

The beginning of this carnival begins with the New Year attendance four days ago.

The ginsin kyō, also known as ginsin kyō, originated in the Kamakura period, when the imperial family went to Kamakura to perform their official duties.When my father was in charge of the family, retainers were required to come to live in Saga for a certain period of time every year (about 100 days), report work to my father, and handle the tasks assigned to them by his father.

As a powerful lord, Dad creatively used this method to strengthen control over his vassals and territory, and was considered the first in this world.He must have something in common with the same type of monarchs from Japan's Warring States Period, such as Oda Nobunaga.

But there's still a lot of room for improvement in his control.Toyotomi Hideyoshi gave the daimyo Yashiki in castles such as Osaka Castle, where the daimyo's wife lived, and held the vassals hostage. In 1635, Tokugawa Iemitsu revised the laws of the samurai family, and became a custom-made samurai.Since then, on average, half of the country's daimyo stayed in Edo Castle and the other half stayed in the territory. Some pro-domain daimyo (gosanke) and some genealogical daimyo and others were required to stay in Edo for a long time.

This system did limit the vassals' rebelliousness to a certain extent, like a tight band on their heads.But it is a pity that no one can recite the mantra after his father's death, so the monkeys happily ran back to the mountains to become kings.My current prestige and strength are not enough to require them to stay for a hundred days. Most of them have given me a half discount, and they can come and leave as they please.

The most vivid example is the big island of Wuyu. This old boy took advantage of no one to watch, hid in his collar and secretly poked and caused trouble, but was caught by Sakahara.

So at the moment, attending New Year attendance has no practical significance. The biggest benefit is that it gives everyone an opportunity to get together and brag.So from New Year's Eve to the fourth day of the first lunar month, Saga City was filled with noisy banquets and drunken drunkards.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Ishida came over with his tongue hanging out and at least half of the wine in his hand spilled, "That's great, the battle was fought really well!"

Sakahara also smiled and agreed: "I haven't played so happily in many years."

I said without thinking at all: "This great victory over you all is indispensable -"

"Hey -" Ishida interrupted me loudly, "We will talk about these scenes during the evaluation tomorrow! We are talking about you now, Your Highness! You are a person who knows how to fight! We have been fighting for decades, who is capable and who is not capable of us? You can tell at a glance!”

Sasaki also came over and hooked up with him: "Souichiro is right, Your Highness did a good job beating the wolf cub of Hamasaka! Don't leave me behind next time something good like this happens. Did you hear that, Tadashi?"

He turned to Sakahara Chinobu for the last sentence. Sakahara's nickname was Tadashi, and Ishida's nickname was Soichiro.

Shanxian also smiled and said: "Yes, you fought a good battle and left a lot of government affairs for me to deal with. I will have a very hard time at the end of the year. How will Your Highness compensate me?"

Sakahara glanced sideways at him: "Can't even the position you hold in writing satisfy you, Tsubohachiro? Your Highness, don't carelessly give him all the government affairs. Hachiman Palace said that he lacks this in his life."

Everyone laughed and toasted me lively.

I felt very confused. After a war, I seemed to suddenly have a group of elders who had no pretensions at all. Although they had different intentions and would spare no effort to kill me when I harmed their interests, they also never stopped. Deep down in my heart, I hope that I will become a talented person and make achievements that will bring glory to my family.If I can carry the "Muto" brand forward, they wouldn't mind uniting under my banner again.

The newly obtained land from the Kingdom of Sichuan and the Kingdom of Rain is undoubtedly an important reason for their change of attitude.

The above is what I thought rationally, but alcohol gave me a subtle feeling.The way they looked at me was actually missing another person who was very similar to me, a person who also led them to expand their territory.

Must be an illusion.

I couldn't think anymore, so I made a reaction that would never go wrong - stood up (Hashirama and Tobirama pulled me hard from behind to prevent me from falling down) and shouted loudly: "I too Here’s to you all!”

That’s the end of my memory of the day.

When I got up the next morning, I shook my head three times. My throat was as dry as the desert of the Land of Wind, and my head hurt as if it had been blasted by a Shukaku.

"You see, this is the result of excessive indulgence." Tobirama used me as a typical negative example to educate his elder brother.

Hashirama, who is naturally black, also added: "Drinking alcohol is harmful to the body, it is true."

This is official entertainment and work. Besides, how can you, a big gambler, be better than me?

When I arrived at the evaluation room, everyone in the room was in high spirits. Even Yoshiken Aso, who was almost 70 years old, had a rosy complexion and straightened his back, saluting me.

I saw Tsuda and Ito in the crowd, as well as representatives of the Yamanaka, Nara, Akimichi, Hyuga and other clans who sat in the last row at my insistence.Tobirama's white hair was also among them, and that position should have been Hashirama's.

The retainers were very dissatisfied with this arrangement. In their view, even the heads of the ninja clans were not qualified to discuss matters here, and besides, Tobirama was still a young boy.Fortunately, Sakahara agreed with me for some unknown reason, and he was the one in control of the situation.

At the beginning of the meeting, I announced to everyone the great victory of our family in the Battle of Wind and Fire, and commended the Sakahara family, the Yamagata family, and the Ishida family alliance for their outstanding contributions in this victory. I especially mentioned the Tsuda Iron Cannon. The prominent role of the team and the ninjas.

Then he summarized the performance of Keyakihara and other places under the infiltration of the Kingdom of Thunder, praised the determined Aso family, comforted the Uesugi family who left Wucunjing, and also knocked on Wuyu and Kanyu, Big Brother is watching you.

So everyone received rewards or punishments and listened to the government's work plan for the new year.

Ichigengong was given to Sakahara Chinobu, and he was given a certificate of acceptance and a land grant document for the new land.In addition, a special tribute was given to Tsuda Genjiro, using him as a symbol of bravery. According to this specification, he was rewarded for his knowledge and behavior and received an additional annual salary.Ito, who guarded Tama Seki Castle, and Aoki, who commanded the gun ashigaru, also received bounties and gifts respectively.

Takataka Ishida and Hisuki Yamagata were granted titles. The former was appointed as the banner leader of the Land of Rain and was responsible for a series of affairs in the west. The latter was appointed as the head of the pen, responsible for grain dispatching, city construction, etc.; the Sakahara family was granted the title of Wuyu. A coastal port, serving as the flag leader of the Kingdom of Water, actually responsible for most affairs in the south and east; Yoshiken Aso was appointed as the flag leader of the Kingdom of Thunder, and the Uesugi family served as deputy, responsible for northern affairs, including reconnaissance, defense and Adjustment.

In addition, there are commendations to Sakahara's son Chiyo, Ishida Yoshiko Toramaru, and Sasaki Yuzuru's son Kanan. Since these three are underage, their father (adopted father) receives their awards on their behalf.

After the conversation, everyone thanked or apologized one after another, and unanimously stated that they would adhere to the feudal system unwaveringly, comprehensively and strictly exploit farmers and other small producers, consciously accept the supervision of Hachiman Daibodhisattva, and strive to realize the glory of the Muto family as soon as possible.

The ninjas received no rewards.The act of commending them for their contribution in the war has already stepped on the red line of many people. In their hearts, there is no honor at all for ninjas to do things for money, and they are not worthy of official recognition.But now as an official, I want to force them to admit it, let the ninjas abandon their past ideas, and cultivate the ninja's sense of participation and responsibility for the "country".

Just when I was about to read out the closing words, "This conference was a successful conference," three figures suddenly appeared at the door.

I immediately went to see Sakahara, and he made a "calm down" gesture with a paper fan.

In full view of everyone, the people who walked in were Madara, Izuna and Hashirama.

"This villain is Madara and Izuna, the son of the Uchiha clan leader. I would like to offer His Highness the friendship of the Uchiha clan." Madara knelt down solemnly and held the document in his hand flat to his eyebrows.

Suddenly someone sneered: "Stop being so arrogant! There is nothing rare about the friendship between a mere ninja!"

I saw Madara's hand visibly clenched.

They have paid enough attention.Hashirama and the others had previously used the samurai "below" to refer to themselves, and when they were carried away, they would directly call "you" and "me", but Madara specifically changed to "villain" in order to express his position.And for ninjas, it is already very difficult to say the word "friendship". The next step is loyalty - even though it has been 60 years since Konoha, the Ninja Village has not gained the loyalty of Uchiha.

And... they can drive Gundam!Would you say it's rare or not?

I asked Canaan to come forward to get the letter and read it aloud for everyone to hear.

Uchiha Tajima first congratulated the Muto family for their great victory, and at the same time condemned the sinister behavior of the Kingdom of Thunder while taking advantage of people's danger. He said that he and the whole family would look forward to the cooperation between the Muto family and them again. To show his sincerity, he was the only two His two sons will remain in Saga as hostages.

There was another commotion, with people holding various views chattering and chattering, not to be outdone, and the entire assessment room turned into a duck farm again for the first time in a long time.The ninjas behind him observed all this with curiosity. Among them, Tobirama's eyes stayed on Hashirama behind Madara for a long time.

I still looked at Sakahara, and he responded to me with an expression that looked like he was watching a show, which was particularly irritating.

Then what am I still doing? "Okay, I'll take it."

There was an uproar, no one thought I would be so straightforward, and three question marks stood side by side on the heads of Madara, Hashirama and Izuna.

I laughed.

In exchange, let me see you all living in such harmony throughout my life.

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