Chapter 12 14. The Yamanouchi Family

According to his biological clock, he woke up at around six in the morning (it was actually normal to wake up at four or five, and his wife didn't work hard at night and went to bed at eight or nine in the evening). Xiao Pingtai thought he woke up late, but found that everyone was either still lying down or chatting after getting up.

Recalling the pigtail drama in which he got up at two in the middle of the night to attend the morning court, I remembered that the shogunate had already started working after nine in the morning (the shogun of the Edo shogunate definitely worked after nine, partly because before having breakfast with the shogun's wife, the wife had to take a bath, change new clothes, and then put on makeup, which was not a job that could be completed in three or five minutes).

So Xiao Pingtai washed slowly, and he must have had a toothbrush, of course the bristles were harder, but it was better than nothing, and then rinsed his mouth with a little salt, and then washed his face and hands with a piece of kapok cloth.

After washing up, I felt refreshed and was about to stroll to have breakfast, but I saw Yamauchi Yoshikatsu already naked and wiping his body in the courtyard (it was late autumn and early winter, and his body was really good), and two of the warriors beside him were still practicing ping-pong.

Kobayata immediately ran to thank Yamauchi Yoshikatsu: "Young master, I will never forget your kindness."

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu sat on the stool with dignity: "You must serve the public with all your heart in the future."

Then everyone ate some tea rice with freshly brewed tea as breakfast, set off at around 7 o'clock, and arrived at the Imperial Palace a little after 8 o'clock.

Kobayata could only say that compared with the dilapidated Kyoto, the Imperial Palace could only be said to be pretty good, and it was passable, and it was not much better than the village chief's yard.

After entering the Imperial Palace, because the general was not working, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, the village chief, and two or three samurai knelt down in the corridor of the Great Hall and waited, while Kobayata and his group could only squat in the yard.

Although it is called the Imperial Palace, it is not a huge castle or a deep mansion. It is just a very ordinary Japanese garden-style building, with the main area being the large pond, and then planted with pine and willow trees, and built with corridors and pavilions. It looks big from the outside, but there are not so many buildings in reality, and there are no many courtyards with eight or nine entrances.

Xiao Pingtai had not been squatting for long, and even his legs did not feel numb at all. He was still quietly looking at this Imperial Palace, which was beautiful on the outside but could not hide its rottenness.

Because no one heard the summons from the public side, everyone was very relaxed. To put it bluntly, most of the samurai were country people from the East, and they must be very curious when they came to Beijing for the first time.

When they were bored, they saw a young man in a Wufu and a folded black hat hurriedly running from the back hall to the front yard. When the public highness arrived, everyone was stunned and knelt down quickly. The man who was obviously the shogun immediately went to support Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, saying, "The Samasuke family is really a loyal retainer of the shogunate, how early they came!"

The shogun took Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's hand and asked everyone to stand up. Kobayata observed the shogun in the crowd.

It is said that his name is Ashikaga Yoshifuji, he is nineteen years old, has a strong character, is magnanimous and generous, can listen to advice, and has successively mediated the dispute between Maori Niko in China and the turmoil in Kitakyushu Shoni. He also relied on the power of the Hosokawa Kanrei family and the Hatakeyama Kingo family to raise a team of two to three thousand people for himself, barely controlling the situation in Kyoto. Now he is contacting powerful daimyo from all directions, trying to revive the shogunate.

Theoretically, this shogun and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu are brothers, but it is obvious that the Yamauchi family is doing better. Kobayata looked at the shogun not far away. He looked pretty good, but his height was not as tall as Yamauchi Yoshikatsu. As for his physique, he was wearing so many clothes and could run fast, and his steps were light, which seemed to be in good health. But it is certain that they are poor. Even with the gauze covering, the Wufu is still quite old. Fortunately, there are no patches.

As for why the shogun was so excited, it turned out that the Yamanouchi family was the only local daimyo who paid tribute to the shogunate before the winter festival this year. Several daimyo who were close to the shogunate did not come this year. If the Yamanouchi family did not come, the shogunate would have to stop operating directly. There are probably not many people in the world who are so miserable as the common lord of the world.

Ashikaga Yoshito looked at Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu eagerly. Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu did not waste any words. He first gave him rice, flour, fish, wine, paper, candles and other daily necessities. Watching these things being taken to the back hall by servants, Ashikaga Yoshito was overjoyed. In addition to the superficial look of having a lot of things, the psychological activity of being able to eat meat today must have also surged.

When the last wooden box was opened, the shining light of the five hundred taels of gold made the shogun praise again and again: "Excellent! Excellent!", so that the horse and the sword in front of him added a bit of golden light.

After the shogun looked at the tributes, he happily took Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's hand and went to the Great Hall to formally summon him. This had nothing to do with Koyata.

The big guys went to play happily, and Koyata and other idle people were arranged in a simple house. At least there was a seat, and there was a water tank and a ladle in the corner. It was probably from a well.

After waiting for more than an hour, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu finally ended the meeting with the shogun. I don't know what they talked about for so long. The shogun was supposed to be busy with all kinds of things. Fortunately, it didn't delay Koyata from going back to have lunch, otherwise Koyata would definitely complain.

In the afternoon, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu went to the Imperial Palace again, and it was also 300 taels of gold plus a bunch of daily necessities, especially a lot of silk cloth. It is said that the emperor and the nobles in the palace immediately wanted to promote him (Mori Motonari bought Sasuke for 80 kan, 300 taels is a huge sum of money).

As for the other nobles, they gave some money, and the whole capital seemed to come alive. Everyone knew that the Yamanouchi family came to the capital to give money again, and more than 2,000 poor Gao families and shogunate officials were given year-end bonuses.