Pillars of the Wu family

Hosokawa Fujitaka's mother-in-law is in an embarrassing position as the stepmother of the Numata family. She is the daughter of the court minister Matsuki's family. , even gave birth to a daughter and was blamed, this woman is also very defeated and fought. At the end of last year, she was hit by her husband's blame for giving birth to her seventh daughter. Home, the dharma name Chong'an Yuan.

Because of her unexpected behavior, there was a new dispute in the family. Numata Hikaru was also angry and moved to Shingon Sect Tanita Temple to become a monk. At last, he was persuaded to come back, but the anger in his heart did not go well. Don't ask about anything in the Buddhist hall of his family, taking this opportunity, the older sons of the Numata family wanted to take the opportunity to drive out a few brothers and sisters who were concubines.

Mrs. Numata Mitsukane's concubine Mrs. Awaya, and her five siblings were read out. Among them were the brothers Numata Hiramiko and Numata Yumitsu. They also had a younger brother Acharya who just turned ten years old. , the eldest sister married Shunxiu Muto, a wealthy family in Tsuruga Bay, Wakasa, and the younger sister, Tianwen, was born in nine years, and she should be Jiji's age in a year.

Although this family can leave the family and rely on Mrs. Awaya's younger brother, Katsuhisa Awaya is the head of the Awaya family, but this is not a long-term matter. The life of the Numata family is difficult, and the Awaya family has no much food leftover because of a quarrel with the head of the family. , That's why Hiramitsu Numata brought his younger brother Yuguang to try to find Fujitaka Hosokawa for a referral opportunity.

Although the life of living under the fence was a bit difficult, Mrs. Awaya also has two adult males, and her son-in-law is also a native of Wakasa, so she can more or less get some subsidies from her elder brother and son-in-law.But the other Mrs. Yijian was much more miserable.She was already 24 years younger than Numata Hikane.Even younger than his husband's four older sons and daughters.

The result is that none of the children she gave birth to is an adult, and the eldest daughter is only one year older than Mrs. Awaya's youngest son Acharya, and she is still pregnant with a child and is about to give birth. This woman is unwilling to say anything Leaving the family, her elder brother Itami Suruga Masahei also strongly supported his younger sister.

Both the Itami family and the Awaya family are descendants of the Takeda family of the Kaigen family. They have been the retainers of the Takeda family of the main family for generations. When the Takeda family of Wakasa was separated more than 100 years ago, they migrated to the Wakasa country with the main family and took root.Itachi Masaoi and Awaya Katsuhisa are also the senior ministers of the current Wakasa Takeda family, but the relationship between these two families and the main family of the Wakasa Takeda family is very delicate.

Mrs. Yijian didn't want to leave because Numata Hikari had always been obsessed with this concubine who was half his age. At the same time, he also had a great preference for her children. He even named Mrs. Yijian's eldest son Kumagawa Maru as a child. The old governor is also a person who is not clear-headed. No wonder his sons are bent on driving the others away. When they meet such a father, something will happen sooner or later.

The biggest trouble is actually Mitsukane Numata, who is the shopkeeper. Even if Mrs. Yijian's upcoming child is not counted, he has two spouses in total.There are two side rooms, and they have a total of 25 children.Among them, there were 17 men and [-] women. They were truly fertile. Compared with him, those families who often worry about the extinction of their offspring really feel ashamed to commit suicide by caesarean section.

With such a large family, food and clothing are indispensable, and ordinary people’s basic food is not enough. One can imagine why the eldest son of the Numata family, Mitsucho Numata, wanted to drive people away. Undertaking military service for 500 people, how can I have the money to serve a group of half-brothers and sisters? Didn't I see my own son and daughter?

Of course, Kira Yoshishi didn't care about these trivial things, he asked this question just to pave the way for the following topic, so Kira Yoshishi, with a sly smile on his face, covered his face with his childish voice of pure Kyoto Qiang asked: "How many times did Hosokawa Palace visit your father-in-law's house last year?"

"Uh... visited twice." The corners of Hosokawa Fujitaka's eyes twitched, and he had already realized that it would be no good for Yoshihiro Kira to ask him this question.

"Then did you go to a private meeting with Mrs. Ling?" The story of 19-year-old Hosokawa Fujitaka and nine-year-old Lolita, even after a year of silence, is still so exciting when it is brought up again. , It's great to be able to take a look at the dark history of celebrities in the Warring States Period.

"...This is not a private meeting! It's a dignified meeting, accompanied by a wet nurse and maid!" Hosokawa Fujitaka had a big well on his head.

"Did you go into Mrs. Ling's boudoir to talk about it? Has Mrs. Ling grown taller? Isn't she cute? Have you... have you? You understand!" Ji Liangyi's voice suddenly became erratic, and his eyes also changed. It suddenly became sharper.

"Hmm... cough cough! Mmm!" Tokiyuki Yamamoto clenched his fist into his mouth and coughed fiercely, causing Yoshito Kira to sit upright immediately, then got up and bowed, and said, "I still have important matters to deal with. I'll take my leave first."

"Teacher has worked hard, pay attention to rest!" Yoshitomo watched Yamamoto Kansuke go away with a warm smile on his face, and then grabbed him before Fujitaka Hosokawa stood up to leave and asked quietly: "Are you there?"

"...No! Really not!" Hosokawa Fujitaka hurriedly tore off his sleeves and fled. Seeing him leaving in a hurry, Yoshitoki Kira smiled, "It seems that this dead loli Control is not impeccable!"

When Kira Yoshitoki continued to strengthen himself, Dongguo was not idle. Hojo Ujiyasu was busy extinguishing Musashi's confrontational emotions. Imakawa Yoshimoto went back to continue his unification with satisfaction after getting Mikawa Mori. Only Takeda Harunobu was still there. Offensively, he relied on Sanada Yutaka's strategy to continuously attack several powerful families in Kita Shinano, and then led an army of [-] to attack the small prefectural county again. , It also caused the powerful family of Shinano to shake.

At the end of February, the Takeda family's army raided Katsuo Castle, the residence of the Murakami family. Yoshiki Murakami, who was busy farming, was caught off guard. In the end, he could only burn the castle tower and escaped from Katsuo Castle with more than 200 entourage warriors to Yantian Castle. Continue to fight the trapped beast.

It's a pity that the samurai of the Murakami family were originally scattered in the spring farming in the territory, and they couldn't form a joint force for a while, and were beaten into dogs by Takeda Harunobu.Yantian City did not last long before falling again.Murakami Yoshiki had to flee to Zenkoji Temple in the Kawanaka Island area to wait.He summoned the fleeing troops of Kita Shinano and fled to Echigo in early April to seek help from Nagao Jinghu.

Also in early February, Yoshihiro Miyoshi killed his father-in-law Kume Yoshihiro in a gun battle. The Awa Civil War known as the Kume Rebellion ended. Mrs. Murokume divorced, and then married Major General Okamoto, the widow of Hosokawa Mojitaka, as his successor, so that he became the adoptive father of Hosokawa Mojitaka's son, Hosokawa Shinyuki.The veritable lord of the Awa country, and then he spent another month rectifying the old nest of the four countries, and landed in Kinki with the army of the four countries.

However, the target this time has changed to Tanba, with Miyoshi Yoshiken as the general, Matsunaga Nagayori as the vanguard, commanding [-] troops to attack Tamba, Harumichi Hatano, Naito Kunisada, Konishi Motonari, and Miyoshi Masakatsu gathered The people of Tamba resisted fiercely, and the two sides fought fiercely for several days, blood flowed into rivers. In the end, Yagi Castle of Naito's family was captured by the Miyoshi Army, and Naito Kunisada, the guardian of Tanba, was killed.Konishi Yuancheng and Miyoshi Zhengsheng surrendered, and Tamba Kingdom was initially pacified.

Then Miyoshi Changqing ordered Matsunaga Nagayori to marry Naito Kunisada's daughter.And inherited the name of the Naito family and changed his name to Naito Sokatsu. Ashikaga Yoshito, who is in Kyoto, immediately felt tremendous pressure. He wanted to support the war in Tamba, but he really didn't have the power in his hands. When he used Kira Yoshito?Miyoshi Changqing, who is in charge of an army of [-], hasn't moved yet. How dare he?

So Ashikaga Yoshito remembered his crooked tricks and continued to carry out assassinations, but this time Miyoshi's family learned the lesson and defended tightly, and several failed assassinations not only did not hurt Miyoshi Changqing, but enraged him, he treated this disobedient general I am really bored, and I am determined to launch a new attack on the mountain city.

Kirayoshi was under no pressure at that time. Omi had not used weapons for more than a year, and the impact of the war had also weakened a lot. Because of the rise of Sakamoto Castle, Shiga and Takashima counties absorbed many immigrants from the surrounding areas, and the population was reduced. Not a small increase.

The construction of new towns in Sakamoto has entered a new bottleneck. The total population of town residents has been increasing slightly, but the construction speed of the castle town far exceeds the growth rate of town residents. With the smooth implementation of the Rakushi Order, there was a trend of explosive growth. As a result, the growth rate of town residents has dropped to a stable range, and some new craftsmen will join every month, but it is not enough to connect Sakamoto Castle with the newly built Katada Castle.

As Sakamoto's development entered a bottleneck period, Yoshitoki Kira realized that his own development had also entered a bottleneck period. He controlled the water transportation power of the Yodogawa Basin and Lake Biwa, and at the same time controlled the territories of Shiga and Takashima. His power was greater than that of Mikawa Kingdom. More than a dozen times, he would not be happy even if he was given the lord of a country to replace him, but he has already reached the limit of expansion.

"How should the family expand?" Just like what Uncle Nakain Tsukai said, the leader of the Asai family in Kita Omi cannot be touched. Asai Hisamasa is an alliance with the Asakura family, and married his sister to the eldest son of Saito Dozo Saito Yoshiryu is the main wife, and he himself has joined the Rokkaku family. He is an inconspicuous but actually very powerful character.

Don't look at Kira Yoshitoshi's bullishness now. In fact, the Rokkaku family has long been dissatisfied with him. Shiga and Takashima counties were originally the Rokkaku family's territory. The branch of the Liujiao family was originally only loaned to the general for refuge, why was it suddenly thrown to the Kira family by the general as a favor?Everyone in the Liujiao family expressed their dissatisfaction, especially when they saw that Sakamoto Castle was on fire all of a sudden, they were even more dissatisfied.

It's hard to say whether the Rokkaku family acquiesces to Yamaoka Keiyuki's actions, and Asai Hisamasa just had a little unpleasantness with him, and he is hating him at this time. If there is a border conflict, the Rokkaku family will be happy to see the Kira family suffer. The Asai family's ally, the Asakura family, has nothing to do with the Kira family. That is to say, if Kira Yoshitoki moved Asai Hisamasa, Asakura Sodi would not hesitate to send troops to beat Kira Yoshitoki.

Asakura Zongdi, that is the ancestor of the Asakura family, the military god of Hokuriku, the status is the same as the military god of Echigo in the future, and this old ancestor is still the governor of Tsuruga, with money and wealth in his hands. There are also [-] wolves and tigers in the food, all veterans who have been baptized by Xiang Yikui, plus the [-] army of Ono County controlled by the Asakura family, that is [-] troops.

This is the elite Asakura family who defeated 30 Kaga in Kuzuryugawa back then. They didn’t recruit peasants and soldiers hastily. Fighting them was death. It’s really not worth offending a group of enemies for that little territory, especially Echizen’s The Asakura family is tough and ruthless, and the Asakura family who is still alive is even more difficult. He is not the Oda Demon King, dare to play big?So no matter what.

Minami Omi Liujiao's family automatically skipped it, and all kinds of troubles in the Yamashiro country's large number of imperial materials were also ignored. Wakasa country is the food of the Asakura family, and the abacus there is no different from going to war with the Asakura family directly. Then look around In a circle, I found that I really have no place to develop. Is it just like being a small lord?

Yoshishi Kira felt that he had to make a choice. He had come to this point and was never allowed to go back. Only by continuing to move forward can he live well in the Warring States Period. The Miyoshi family dominated Kinki in history, and it was hindered by his appearance, but things are not so Simple, only one Shihe Yicun died. For Miyoshi’s family, it can only be regarded as a gradual stagnation of growth and even injury. Miyoshi Changqing also threatened to retaliate against him. He didn’t say that, that’s all. If you say it, you will definitely not be able to run away.

With the end of the Tamba battle, the Kira family seemed to feel that the war was coming. Kira Yoshitoki issued an order to call up a new army. At present, the Kira Army has a total of 7000 people, and its combat power has more than doubled compared to a year and a half ago. However, the number of people is inferior. It still couldn't make up for it, so Yoshishi Kira transferred another 1000 people with good quality from the ronin, so he gathered 8000 troops and started intensive training to prepare for the upcoming war.

At the beginning of March, when Yoshiki Kira went to Kyoto to meet Ashikaga Yoshito, the two discussed and decided to invite Harumoto Hosokawa back to stay in Kyoto. Since he left Kyoto to stay with the Rokkaku family, the Rokkaku family has been a little alienated from the shogunate. This is not a Good sign, and his conspiracy with Ashikaga Yoshito needs to be activated.

So there was the matter of Odate Haruhiko personally going to Guanyin Temple City to invite Hosokawa Harumoto back to Kyoto. Hosokawa Harumoto held on for a long time before agreeing to go back to Kyoto. To save face, and Ashikaga Yoshito disrespected him too much, which hurt his self-esteem, and this time Ashikaga Yoshito invited him, he regarded it as a great victory in the war between the general and the commander, so he took his entourage to great fanfare return to Kyoto.

At this time, the defense force of Kyoto has changed from 2000 to 5000. The difference between the strength of Ashikaga Yoshito and Hosokawa Haru is 1000, but Ashikaga Yoshito's elites are all equipped with armor from the Kira family, and there are shogunate officials from the public. Training with all their strength, the overall strength of the shogunate and the leader is evenly divided.

Of course, now Ashikaga Yoshito has something to ask of him, so he let Hosokawa Harumoto take charge of the defense force of Kyoto, Hosokawa Harumoto is back to the general's left hand, which makes him very happy, and that annoying Kira Yoshitoki is also very obedient To regain his Sakamoto Castle and become a farmer, it seems that everything is developing in the beautiful direction that Harumoto Hosokawa yearns for. (To be continued..)

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