The head of Xiyuan Temple, who was born in the Xiyuan Temple clan, is currently from the position of the fourth subordinate left guard superintendent, although it is only a vain position, but when he got this Okuyu countryside, he was a person with a very high official position.

In the case of the daimyo of the Ou region, the highest official positions were the four upper Sakazakyo doctors of Date Minoru and Date Harumune's father and son, followed by the former Namioka Guyong's subordinate attendant from the fifth rank and the southern Harimasa's subordinate from the fifth rank of Ryo Daizen.

Like the position of Dehansuke led by Tsugawa Soji, but from the sixth, there is no comparison at all in terms of official position. In addition, the head of Xiyuan Temple is a Kyoto minister from the famous family of Xiyuan Temple, so he naturally looks down on these turtles in the countryside.

"If it weren't for the imperial court's money-making plan, how could the prince of Xiyuan Temple deign to come to this remote place!" Looking at the "vulgar" people of the Tsugawa family, the prince of Saionji Temple, who was sitting on the main seat of the castle guard, had a sense of superiority!

The Xiyuan Temple clan belongs to the Qinghua family, and the family of the minister is second only to the Wushi family.

The Saionji clan originated from the Fujiwara Kitake Xianyuan stream, and the right to say that Saionji was the first to be the master. The Saionji clan has actually begun to decline now, or there is no one in Kyoto who can mix well now. If it weren't for the worship of the Iyo Saionji family, I'm afraid they would have starved to death a long time ago.

In the middle of the Kamakura period, Saionji Kokei acquired a domain in Uwa-gun, Iyo Province. After the fall of the Kamakura shogunate, the chaotic situation of the division of the northern and southern dynasties almost severed the Saionji clan lineage. At the same time, the Seonji family's concubine, Saionji Gongliang, began to dominate the kingdom in Iyo-Uwa-gun. The famous Xiyuan Temple family was finally able to survive, and today it is just a prefect from the four subordinates.

This time to envoy the two countries, the prince of Xiyuan Temple also came with a mission, that is, to "get money" for the imperial court!

The imperial court is really poor now!

How poor is it?

At that time, because of the Onin Rebellion, the entire area was in chaos, and there were wars everywhere. In the first year of Bunsho (1466 AD), due to the problem of the succession of the shogun, the armies of many daimyo were concentrated in several regions, and chaos was imminent. At that time, the emperor was Emperor Goto Gomon, who received Zen in the fifth year of Kansho (1464 AD) and practiced the throne of Zuo.

Soon after, Hatakeyama Yoshimasa's army invaded Kyoto, and the Onin War broke out. As a result of the Onin War, the Imperial Family, the Ministers and Nobles in the Kyoto area were plundered, and not only the status of the Shogunate was in disarray, but the Imperial Family also began to suffer from financial constraints, and the Imperial Family gradually declined. Not only was the ceremonial activities of the imperial court forced to be suspended, but even the emperor fled to Muromachi, where he lived for ten years until the Tsuchigomon Hall was repaired.

After the Onin War, the government was deserted, and the imperial family's domains were encroached upon by local daimyos, and the imperial court's income plummeted.

Emperor Gotogomon proposed to abdicate four times during the civilization period, but he gave up under the persuasion of the courtiers Ichikaneyo. The shogunate's repeated refusal to abdicate the emperor's request was based on the fear that the construction of the imperial palace and the holding of the succession ceremony would bring embarrassment to the finances of the troubled times. After all, if he abdicates, there will be a ceremony for the new emperor, which is another expense. And the abdicated emperor also has to build a palace to live in, and it costs a sum of money, so if you don't have money, you should continue to be the emperor.......

It was not until the collapse of Emperor Tsuchigomon nine years later that the shogunate refused to pay the funeral expenses, and the remains of the emperor were placed in the palace for forty-three days, but they were still unable to be buried.

After the death of Emperor Gotogomon, he was succeeded by Emperor Go-Kashiwahara. Compared to the previous generation of emperors, the situation of Emperor Go-Kashiwahara is even worse!

Although Emperor Goto Gomon did not have funeral expenses, he also held a ceremony when he succeeded to the throne. However, Emperor Go-Kashiwahara's enthronement ceremony could not be held due to lack of money, so he had to give up in the end.

At first, the shogunate planned to levy a special tax in the territory under its control to finance the cost of Emperor Go-Kashiwahara's succession ceremony, but then Wakasa guardian Takeda Motonobu and Takeda Motodo, father and son, were attacked and killed by the people of the country, and the plan to collect the tax was put on hold.

In the second year of Bunkame (1502 AD), it was the third year of Emperor Go-Kashiwahara's succession. The real power boss and the leader Hosokawa Masamoto said: "The emperor's succession gift is useless, it is a waste of money. So there was still no one to pay for the emperor's succession ceremony.

Five years later, Hosokawa Masamoto was killed by his adopted son Hosokawa Sumiyuki, and the chaos in Kinai became more and more chaotic.

Later, Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni joined forces to seize power in an attempt to establish a new order. At this time, Echizen Asakura was a local tyrant and donated a "huge amount" of 500 kan to the shogunate at one time. The shogunate used some of it to make up for the emperor's long-overdue succession ceremony. At this time, it was already the first year of Daiei (1521 AD, the year when Tsugawa Soji and Takeda Shingen were born), and Emperor Tonima was 58 years old.

It took 22 years for the poor Emperor Go-Kashiwahara to hold the "Enthronement Ceremony", and ceremonies such as the "Great Taste Meeting" were even more extravagant for Emperor Go-Kashiwahara.

Five years later, Emperor Kashiwahara died, again unable to be buried because he had no money. It wasn't until Emperor Go-Kashiwahara's body was decomposed that the shogunate sent 600 kan to bury the emperor in a hurry.

Emperor Go-Nara, who was after Emperor Go-Kashiwawara, also had a fight with his father. At the time of Emperor Go-Kashiwahara's death, the shogunate only sent 600 kan for funeral expenses (including the cost of the new emperor's succession ceremony), the succession ceremony of Emperor Go-Nara was very simple and can be described as shabby.

Unlike Emperor Go-Kashiwahara, who accepted his fate, the newly succeeded Emperor Go-Nara wants to be a salted fish with a dream, Emperor Abu! In order to get rid of the financial difficulties of the imperial court, the imperial court twisted into a rope and wantonly made money!

And one of the most effective ways to do this is to reach out!

In the second year of Astronomy, the emperor sent an imperial envoy to Kanto to ask for donations from the daimyo of Imagawa, Hojo, Asakura, and Nagao, but in the end, only Yoshitaka Ouchi, a local tyrant of Zhou Fang, made a huge donation of 2,200 kan.

When has the emperor, who has suffered for several lifetimes, seen a huge sum of money of several thousand? Emperor Hou Nara almost cried when he was holding the box containing the money, and then immediately used the money to re-establish a huge succession ceremony for himself, sweeping away the previous bad luck.

Then, thinking that Yoshitaka Ouchi was so powerful, the imperial court couldn't chill the hearts of the "loyal ministers"! So the position of Dazai Daiji from the fourth rank was thrown to Yoshitaka Ouchi in this way, so that Yoshitaka Ouchi was blinded for a while.

This operation suddenly made the imperial court seem to have opened the door of the new century, and we can still sell our official positions!

What the? Are you Date Minoru of Oshu? "Contribute" 300 gold? The job of Zuo Jing is none other than you! What the? Are you Soharu Tsugawa of Dewa? Mogami Deyu Mamoru Sakuro Baojin Offering 1000 (most of them were secretly hacked by Mogami House)? A young man with a rich path, Dehansuke is the starting point of your life........