Chapter 317 7. Do Your Best and Leave the Rest to Fate

I have never attended court in ten thousand years. No, it was Uncle Tsunayoshi who had never attended court for many times. He got up early.

Of course, he did not attend the court of the Emperor in the Imperial Palace. He just went to visit the Kanpaku Nijo.

Kobayata wrote a proposal in accordance with the rules of the town fire-fighting in the Jianghu era, from organization to construction, from expenses to logistics, from personnel to operation. He wrote it carefully one by one without any laziness.

Most of the houses in Japan are made of wood, which has many advantages. Especially in Japan, which is in an earthquake zone, wooden houses are an inevitable choice in line with national conditions. And in large towns like Kyoto, there are similar long-sized houses, where four, eight or even ten houses are completely built together and connected to each other.

Once a fire breaks out, it will definitely burn the camp and ghosts and gods cannot save it. If there are factors such as wind, it is normal for a big fire to burn three streets.

Even in summer, there is a thunderstorm, and the rain is not heavy. There are many Buddhist temples in Kyoto, and there are many pagodas. When the thunder comes down, it will directly hit you. There are many trees in the temple, so it will burn a god and Buddha to collapse.

It is the common expectation of everyone in Kyoto to solve the fire problem in Kyoto. The court, temples, shrines and shogunate take the lead, and the powerful townspeople in Kyoto pay money to ensure the water and fire problems of the entire capital, and everyone is happy.

As for whether the townspeople are willing to pay? In history, the townspeople in Edo were very happy to pay.

Who is the richest in this era?

The emperor? A poor guy!

The general? A poor guy!

The daimyo? Most of them are actually poor guys!

The merchants and townspeople? Rich!

The huge circulation materials and wealth, the goods from all over the country, are gathered in the hands of the merchants and townspeople in Kyoto. The fire can not only make them lose everything, but also make their lives in danger.

People are alive, but the money is gone!

This kind of pain does not need Xiaoping to describe it, and no one should not understand it.

Do you think the merchants and townspeople will take out the money?

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"Why is Dansho so anxious to increase the number of people in the capital?" The doubtful expression on the face of Sanyuan Fujitaka, who was opposite to Koyata, was not concealed at all, and he had already laid it all out to Koyata.

The proposal to set up a town fire extinguisher was quickly passed by the imperial court, and then passed to the hands of temples and shrines and the shogunate. The fire prevention centers of temples and shrines, that is, their respective sutra academies and pawnshops, supported it with both hands and feet.

Every volume of Buddhist scriptures copied and printed by the sutra academies was worth a lot of silver, and as for the pawnshops, they were all the IOUs kept by temples for usury, which was even more worth a lot of silver.

Could they not be careful? Not only did they support the establishment of a town fire extinguisher, but they also took the lead in inciting believers, mobilizing the discussion of the people, and forcing the shogunate and the imperial court to quickly set up a town fire extinguisher.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru knew that this was Koyata's intention after a little twist and turn. He was very puzzled. Koyata suggested that he should just say no to him directly, and submit it to the imperial court first. What did he mean? (It's because you're a poor guy, and I'm afraid you'll think it costs money and reject it.)

He called together his close ministers to discuss it. Anyway, the shogunate's Kyoto Soshi is the general, and the firefighters in each town are given a blank title, and no other money is spent. This organization is still under the Kyoto Soshi, and is controlled by the shogunate.

After all, the last official Kyoto Soshidai, Miyoshi Yasunaga, went to Wakae Castle and abandoned his post. And the Kanrei died, and the Kanreidai also died, so naturally there was no one to appoint the Kyoto Soshi. Ashikaga Yoshiteru finally controlled Kyoto directly, so he didn't want others to get in the way.

After everyone discussed it, they found that it had no impact on the shogunate at all, and the shogunate controlled a person for nothing. It seems that there are only benefits and no disadvantages.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru guessed that Kobayata didn't mention it to him in person because he thought it had nothing to do with the shogunate, but he also felt that Kobayata always did things in a thorough manner, so he asked Mibuchi Fujitaka to ask Kobayata.

So there was the meeting between Koyata and Sanbuchi Fujitaka.

"Why does the Ministry of War need to ask more questions? Anyway, this matter has no harm to the shogunate. Wouldn't it be good for His Majesty the Kofu to have more power?" Koyata smiled.

"Danzheng, what did you notice? First, you privately asked about the strength of the guards of the Imperial Palace, and then asked for more troops in the Imperial Palace. When this failed, you changed your mind and asked for the establishment of a town fire brigade."

"Why must His Majesty increase the defense! Why!" Sanbuchi Fujitaka finally asked.

Koyata couldn't say that maybe next year, or maybe the year after, a group of people would go against the will of the world and hack Ashikaga Yoshiteru to death in May.

Who would believe this kind of thing? Attacking and killing the general! That's the general! Whoever did it would be infamous for thousands of years, and would never be able to turn over, and be stepped on by ten thousand feet.

But they did it, and they did it very happily, and even a puppet was immediately helped out.

"Why does the Ministry of War need to ask so many questions? Isn't it better to think that I am too suspicious?" Xiao Pingtai's smile turned into a bitter smile. He couldn't explain the reason to Sanyuan Fujitaka at all.

"The town fire will definitely be established, and your goal has been achieved. I just hope that your idea is overthinking." Sanyuan Fujitaka saw that Xiao Pingtai was unwilling to say more, as if he was deflated, and sighed.

"The current shogunate seems to be full of flowers and brocade, but it is surrounded by enemies, and Your Highness has a huge reputation that does not match it." Xiao Pingtai said.

"There is a proverb in Shinano, the mountain returns to the big tree, which looks good but is useless."

"Huh?" Xiao Pingtai's words seemed to be nonsense, but it woke Sanyuan Fujitaka up.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru has the reputation of being the common lord of the world, but there is only a Kyoto who will vote for whoever comes and three thousand unreliable people. Strength and reputation are completely incompatible!

"I hope it's just my wishful thinking. I'll leave the fire fighting to the Ministry of War. Please make sure he handles it well." Kobayata stepped back and saluted Sanyuan Fujitaka.

"Alas, Danzheng, the situation is still okay, how did it come to that?" Sanyuan Fujitaka still couldn't do it.

"Please! Please!..." Kobayata didn't answer.

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The fire fighting team in Luojing was immediately put into operation under the rapid advancement of all parties, and Sanyuan Fujitaka personally served as the Luoyang Fire Fighting Commissioner.

Through the mouth of the regent Nijo Yoshimoto, Kobayata even received a compliment from the holy emperor in the Imperial Palace. Kobayata's reputation finally spread to the forbidden area, in such a state that was not out of his heart at all.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru didn't see as far as Sanyuan Fujitaka, and his sensitivity to the situation was not as good as Sanyuan Fujitaka and his younger brother Kakuei. He might really not have the intention to win over and deal with this group of people.

But Kobayata couldn't do more. He had done his best, and the rest could only be left to fate.

After bidding farewell to their respective families and saying goodbye to Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Kobayata and Imagawa Yoshichika finished all their affairs in Kyoto and returned to Sakaimachi, but the main business of this trip had not yet been completed.