Daimyo's Mansion.
Since the death of his only son, Tanaka Daimyo has become visibly more emaciated by the day.
The ministers understood. After all, if his only son was dead, wouldn't that mean the inheritance he had worked so hard to secure would have no heirs?
Seeing that Daimyo Tanaka, who was sitting at the top, had been silent, the ministers below wanted to speak several times, but seeing Daimyo Tanaka's haggard state, no one spoke in the end.
Some time passed before Tanaka Daimyo raised his head and said calmly, "Everyone must know about the matter of Minister Murakami."
The ministers looked at each other and nodded in unison. "Yes. Lord Daimyo, we already know about your assassination."
Daimyo Tanaka looked at the ministers. "It was me who sent people to kill them."
"That?"
When Tanaka Daimyo finished speaking, all the ministers were immediately stunned.
"Daimyo, what did you just say? We couldn't hear you properly. Could you repeat that?"
Seeing that everyone remained silent, Tanaka Daimyo spoke again, "I sent people to kill Minister Murakami."
At that moment, the ministers below finally came to their senses. "Lord Daimyo, Minister Murakami, did he commit any crime worthy of such punishment?"
The ministers directly posed the questions that were on their minds.
Even if you are a daimyo, you cannot simply kill the ministers under your command.
Tanaka Daimyo's tone was calm, as if there was no emotion at all. "My son died, and now I only have my youngest daughter, Asuka, by my side.
Seeing that I had no heir, Minister Murakami had inappropriate thoughts. Yesterday, he sent ninjas to assassinate me in order to seize power and usurp the throne!
At that moment, Tanaka Daimyo suddenly stopped speaking and looked at the ministers below with cold eyes.
The ministers who were observed by Tanaka Daimyo lowered their heads. It was unknown how many were astonished and how many felt guilty.
After about five or six seconds, Tanaka Daimyo continued, "I know that Minister Murakami has contacted some of you, but it doesn't matter if you supported Murakami; now that Murakami has died, I will not hold you responsible."
Daimyo Tanaka finished speaking. Although none of the ministers responded, mentally, it was evident that several of them instantly relaxed.
And these people are, without a doubt, the ministers Murakami has contacted.
Ignoring the ministers' reactions, Tanaka Daimyo took a deep breath and looked at everyone seriously.
"Friends, I am growing old and my only son has died, in order to prevent unrest in Tanzaku-gai, I have decided to name a successor now." Before the ministers could react, Tanaka Daimyo announced "The only relatives I have now are my daughter Asuka and my nephew Tetsuno, therefore, to prevent the office of daimyo from falling into the hands of outsiders, I have decided to betroth Princess Asuka to Minister Tetsuno, and at the same time, I name him my heir."
Starting today, Minister Tetsuno will also be Minister of Military Affairs. I'll also schedule their wedding for half a month from now. Do you have any thoughts?
The words were heard and silence reigned in the room for two or three seconds, then five ministers bowed their heads and said, "Daimyo, we fully support your decision!"
These ministers who agreed are undoubtedly those who were contacted by Minister Murakami. Just now, Daimyo Tanaka said he would not investigate them further; it's obvious he was hoping for their support.
If they do not support the daimyo's decision, then he will have to deal with them for collusion and treason.
They're not fools. If the Daimyo gave them the chance to live, how could they not appreciate it?
Therefore, these ministers supported the daimyo's proposal without hesitation.
After all, in his view, politics is a matter of compromise and exchange.
The daimyo let them go, and they fully supported his decision. There was nothing wrong with that.
Later, other ministers agreed upon seeing this.
Now half the ministers in the room agree, aside from the daimyo's proposal. If they continue to disagree, wouldn't they be asking for trouble? Only fools would do this.
"Since no one has any objections, let's adjourn the meeting. I'm tired." After saying that, Tanaka Daimyo left the hall with a tired look and walked towards his room.
Shigeru followed him at the same time. In the eyes of the ministers, he was Daimyo Tanaka's newly hired bodyguard, who was supposed to protect him at close range.
But he really needs to strengthen his genjutsu control over Tanaka Daimyo.
At this time, the plan to replace the daimyo has reached the intermediate or final stage, and no accidents can happen at this time.
In this way, the death of Public Security Minister Murakami directly brought about momentous changes in the Tanzaku-gai government.
Daimyo Tanaka named his distant nephew, Tetsuno, as heir, and at the same time betrothed his youngest daughter, Princess Asuka, to Tetsuno, and all the ministers expressed their support.
People who heard the news also expressed surprise at Tetsuno's good fortune.
It is clear that the other party is just a distant nephew of the daimyo, but he will suddenly marry Princess Asuka and inherit the position of daimyo.
Tetsuno is a lucky man.
After the meeting held by the daimyo, the five ministers who had been contacted by Murakami immediately contacted Tetsuno and expressed their loyalty.
These five ministers, who were originally the most unstable, have now become Tetsuno's staunchest supporters.
While it is unknown how true or false their loyalty is, there is no doubt that they are far more useful than the other five ministers at this point.
With the support of these five ministers and the daimyo, in less than half a day, Tetsuno took control of all the troops under the command of Daimyo Tanaka.
Although this army is composed solely of ordinary people, the vast majority of the people in this world are also ordinary people, and those who work and produce are also ordinary people.
Therefore, this army composed of common people played a vital role in maintaining the power of the daimyo.