Pillars of the Wu family

This summer, Hatakeyama Yoshizuna took great pains to kill Hatakeyama Harutoshi, Onui Tsuki, Onui Tsunasada, Miyake Toshikage and other main rebel forces. As a result, Atsui Takakage, Miyake Keio, and Miyake Tsunahisa slipped through the net. Zhiyu fled to Kaga with the remnants of the army to join Kaga Ichikui. With the support of Kaga Ichikui's army, Noto's situation became very critical again.

Hearing the general explanation, Yoshitoshi Kira knew that even though Yoshizuna Hatakeyama had the intention to stare at Etsuchu, he would not be able to continue the business at all. It’s really not easy enough. I mentioned in the letter that the Ashikaga people help each other and so on. It’s just because they sent Etsuchubai here and still have such a good service attitude. They are really sincere, and they haven’t made any moves yet for this sake. It is inevitable that they will be criticized by others, and maybe their strategy in the Northland will be obstructed by their family in the future.

However, he knew that this was just a proxy war. Kaga had never sent a large army. It was not because he was worried that all the neutral factions would fall to the opponent. Of course, he could not easily send the main army, otherwise it would not be certain that Yoshizuna Hatakeyama was there. Afterwards, I would think, besides, his strategic goal is not to be able to reach a country, and he must not be held back by such a trivial matter.

So he ordered Shiina Yasushi, who had just made a lot of achievements in the pacification of Yuezhong, to lead the army to go to the rescue. No matter how you say it, Shiina Yasushi can be regarded as the retainer of the Noto Hatakeyama family, and the guardian of Yuezhong Xinchuan County obtained by the Shiina family. The generation was given by the Noto Hatakeyama family. Anyway, the main family, the Kawachi Hatakeyama family, claimed that after the death of the Hatakeyama mayor, he fell into a situation where he could not protect himself. It is logical to belong to the Noto Hatakeyama family.

Relying on part of the influence of Yasunon Shiina in the Noto Hatakeyama family, he can take advantage of Yatsushiro Toshimori, who lost his territory and fled to Etchu for refuge after the Kamui clan raised an army.Just let them fight to regain the lost collar.The crusade against the Oni family and the Miyake family colluded with Kaga Ichikomune's reputation.Even if the results of the battle cannot be achieved, it can be regarded as fulfilling the responsibility of rescue.

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The arrival of the first month of the second year of Yonglu brought joy to the Echigo Snow Country. Before the first month passed, Ii Naotora and Numata Tanxiang entered the expected delivery period. What's more, Ii Naotora entered the delivery room in the morning, and Numata Sandalwood was also taken away in the afternoon with abdominal pain. Carried into the delivery room, fortunately, Kirayoshi, who was already the father of a child, was not as restless as last time. At any rate, he still remembered sitting in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace to rest and wait for news when he was tired from standing.

It was much better to have the first experience. Not long after Numata Tanxiang entered the delivery room, a loud cry came from Ii Naotora's delivery room.The midwife shouted excitedly: "Congratulations, Your Highness, Lord of the Town! It's a boy! Another strong son! Hu Yuqian is in very good health, but he is very tired and has fallen asleep now."

"Okay! Very good! Look at the reward! Tell the maid inside to be gentle, so as not to disturb her rest." Kira Yoshitoki heaved a sigh of relief, he didn't care whether Naotora gave birth to a boy or a girl, except for the eldest son. Special request, as long as Zhihu and the child are safe and sound. [

He is well aware that Naotora is under a lot of pressure. Although Naotora has never expressed panic to him, how could he not understand the thoughts of this little woman when the couple is married? Died in the cask.She was worried that Ji Liangyi thought that her use value would disappear, so her attitude towards her changed fundamentally.Just like many samurai who divorced or even abandoned because the wife of the wife lost their value, such as the devil and the tortoise who have not yet happened to their wife.

Yoshihiro Kira stood in the imperial palace and looked at the delivery room quietly. After a long while, he suddenly said: "Pass the order down, Hu Yuqian will be treated differently, and I will take care of it carefully! If there is anything that needs to be reported to me as soon as possible, I will send it to someone else." Send a clever and obedient maid to serve Hu Yuqian, and send all the stupid maids away."

"Yes!" The female officers were also shocked when they heard this order, they looked at each other and thought about whether they had offended Hu Yuqian before, it seemed that they wanted to flatter this lady in a small way in the future.

Zhihu's baby was born, but the struggle in the other delivery room was not over yet. It wasn't until late in the evening that the baby's cry was heard in the delivery room, and the midwife ran out excitedly and said, "It's a boy! Congratulations, His Royal Highness, the Governor, What a double blessing! Both the wife and the child are safe!"

"It's a boy again? Good! Very good! Hurry up and watch it!" Ji Liangyi suddenly felt a little dumbfounded. Although it is good to have a boy, it is not good if one or two are always boys. His original intention is that a girl is more pleasing, But it can't be changed when the child is born. You can't blame Sandalwood's belly for being too competitive to give birth to a boy, right?Then wouldn't he be very unqualified as a husband.

The situation of the two concubines was much smaller, there was no bell ringing on the mountain, no celebration in the castle town, even Kasuga Mountain Castle was quiet, and Hikaru Numata was able to call a group of daughters and sons-in-law to have a tea party or something to congratulate his daughter, Jingyi Naotora was alone with only two or three maids accompanying her.

Jing Yi Naotora woke up at night, and felt uncomfortable seeing only a few maids serving her. What she was most worried about was that her husband had changed his mind, but she couldn't show her thoughts because of her face. Only I know the bitterness in my heart after forcing Yan Huanxiao for several months.

Zhihu was dazed for a while, and suddenly remembered that his own flesh and blood relatives just passed out after a quick glance, and hurriedly shouted: "Where is my baby? I want to see my baby! Where is the nurse? I want to see her." !"

At this time, the paper door in the side room was gently opened, and Yoshihiro Kira hugged a small quilt and said softly: "Shh! Our baby is sleeping, let's see if she is cute."

"Your Highness!" Zhihu was about to get up in surprise, and several maids hurriedly held her body, and she remembered that she was weak and weak after giving birth and couldn't get up.

Ji Liangyishi softly reprimanded: "You and I are husband and wife. Now you have given birth to Yu's heir. It is a great achievement. Yu Huanxi is too late. Why do you have to act in fear! Lie down quickly and don't freeze your body. You can't do it in a month." Remember when you leave the room! How can you give Yu Sheng more children if you freeze your body?"

"Your Highness..." Zhihu looked at him excitedly and excitedly, thousands of words flooded into his heart.

Kira Yoshitoki gently dispersed the maids, and the nurse carefully carried the sleeping baby to the other room to rest.He leaned against the bed and kissed her forehead gently.Said in a very gentle tone: "The child is asleep now. You are also very sleepy. Let's watch it tomorrow! I will talk to you and leave after you fall asleep."

"Your Highness is so kind to my concubine...Chenqie thought...thought you..."

Gently tidying up her messy hair, he said softly: "Little fool, why do you think Yu specifically asked you to be a concubine by name? Then how many people in the Jinchuan family have eyes that are more than enough for you, Yu Cong I don't care about this covenant, nor Imagawa Yoshimoto's life or death, the only one I like is you! You are the only one in Imagawa's family who is Yu Huanxi's person, and it's too late for Yu to love little Ahu, so why would it be because of that? What about the little Ah Hu who left Yu in the cold after the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto?" [

Hearing Kirayoshi's nickname when he was having fun in the boudoir, Naotora buried her head in his arms with a flushed dimple.With tears in her eyes, she said: "The concubine is a fool, the concubine is an idiot, the concubine has been worrying for so many days and nights that His Highness will not want my concubine, it is because the concubine is too stupid and misunderstood His Highness."

"It's not Xiao Hu's fault, it's actually Yu's fault. Yu is too careless and has been ignoring Xiao Hu's delicate thoughts. By the time Yu realizes the change, it's almost the due date. The ups and downs of emotions will affect you and me. The safety of the child. Yu Cai has been holding back until now to tell you...

In the future, you have to keep it in mind, it is serious to serve Yu and give birth to more children.Don’t think too much about other things, don’t listen too much, then Imakawa Yoshimoto died as soon as he died, and it has nothing to do with Xiao Ahu. You must remember that you are just the wife of my Ashikaga Kamisaburo, and the biological mother of my child. As for the rest, it doesn't matter at all, understand? ".

"Yes! The concubine must keep it in mind." Zhihu's face showed a touch of joy and peace of mind, the two talked for a while, and after a while, Zhihu's sleepy eyes began to fight, When Kirayoshi saw the situation, he called a maid to serve her some soup, and then served her to sleep, until Naotora fell asleep with a peaceful expression before leaving quietly.

That night he went to visit Sandalwood who had just given birth, but her body was not as strong as Tiger Ji and Naotora, and it took a lot of energy to give birth to the first child, so she was still asleep when he came over At that time, Ji Liangyi reminded these maids to take good care of them carefully, from not going to the ground, not seeing the wind, not catching cold, not touching the water, to explaining the taboos of pregnant women one by one before leaving.

Giving birth to a child is like fighting a war. Not only women have to fight a war, but men also have to bear great mental pressure. He got up early the next morning to visit the three wives and three healthy boys. A person's level of service is close to that of his family supervisor. In his eyes, giving birth to a child is meritorious service and must be taken seriously, regardless of whether it is a man or a woman.

The food, clothing, toys and gifts of the three children all have to be checked by him before they are allowed to be used. There is no fear of children holding things that are too small and stuffing them into their mouths. , Even how long the child sleeps a day, when he wakes up, when he nurses, when he defecates, he has to take care of it. During this first month, he will circle around these three pairs of mother and daughter, and ignore other things. It's all hastily dealt with.

Princess Ling admired his actions very much, pulled Aju and sighed that her husband was so careful and thoughtful at the beginning, it would not be so difficult, Aju smiled and said: "Although my Highness is a little careless, but from pregnancy to the birth of the child, it is not so difficult. She is very serious and active, but Aju is too disappointing to give birth to two daughters at once, so that His Highness has been embarrassed for a long time because of the children."

Princess Ling held Aju's slender hand, shook her head lightly and smiled, "Don't say that! The two daughters of Ju Yuqian are beautiful, and they are two lucky little princesses! Just born To be married to the daughter of the Kamiso Ashikaga family, and to be married to my family's Umatsu and the little magemaru of the Sukichi family, this blessing is something that other samurai families cannot envy."

"It's all thanks to His Highness, and Aju is very grateful to His Highness! Aju will go to Miaojue Temple to offer incense every month, and pray for His Highness, the Imperial Palace, and several imperial officials!" Aju folded her palms devoutly Chanting the "Pharmacist Liuliguang Tathagata's Original Vow Merit Sutra", praying for the safety and health of his family has been the most mainstream and purest idea since ancient times. Therefore, from the court to the shogunate and down to the people, the worship of the Medicine Buddha, which can eliminate the sufferings of the world, is not are highly consistent.

Shortly after the child was born, Yoshihiro Kira announced that the child names of the two children were Torachiyo and Matsuchiyo, and that the second son born to Ii Naotora was Toranochiyo.The third son born to Numata Sandalwood is Matsuchiyo.Give the jinohmaru used by the Kira family for generations to his son.The two bastards naturally wanted to change their childhood names, but they couldn't use the names of Wansongwan and Wanzhuwan. Using this name instead of Wansongwan was because they didn't want the two children to have a distinction in status.

Moreover, his elder brother Yoshiya Kira had already given birth to a son-in-law named Manjumaru in April of the first year of Yongroku. The name also corresponds to Ii Naotora's "tiger" for joy, and another Matsuchiyo is also ingenious, from the "pine" in Wansong Maru, the special name represents a special meaning.It can be regarded as worthy of the hard work of the two women to give birth to a child for him.

It wasn't until the end of the first lunar month that the news of the resignation of Amuro Mitsuyu, the abbot of Shurangan Temple in Kakizaki Castle, released Kira Yoshitoki from the gentle village. He remembered the unfinished conversation in the castle tower a few months ago. There was always a feeling of inexplicability in my heart, so I found Masatora Uesugi and talked about his thoughts again.

When I came to the castle tower, I saw Uesugi Masatora's exhausted expression. When I saw Kirayoshi, I knew his purpose. He sighed and said: "The teacher has passed away. There are only Qingyanyuan and a few elders in this world. Looking back, this life really flies by. Many years ago, I was a young novice monk in Linquan Temple. The Lord of Echigo was still my wise and powerful brother. In a blink of an eye, everything has changed like a passing cloud."

Kira Yoshitoshi picked up the celadon teapot and poured him a cup of tea.He filled another cup for himself, picked it up, took a sip, and said, "Brother, let's talk about the past! Yu is really curious about this Xiugendao and his brother's thoughts, not only for A Lang, but also to know something, Perhaps it can be mentioned in the history books in the future.”

"I don't make any assumptions about the history books. If you want to listen, then I will tell you!" Uesugi Masatora smiled slightly, took a sip of tea and slowly talked about his past.

The young Echigo Dragon has been quietly spent in Kasuga Mountain City until the difficult victory of the third-third of the original battle did not change everything. The people of Echigo entered the stage of "working together to rebel". Later, the dominant power was greatly attenuated, and it was precisely because of this huge change that he changed his name. It was the year when the hero Nagao retired for the sake of King, that is, that year he was sent to Linquan Temple to be a little novice .

From the moment he entered Linquan Temple, his life took a different path. Echigo's years of wars, the family's betrayal one by one, and the bleakness left by his father when he passed away with hatred seven years later were all given to him by his youth. The long-tailed tiger Chiyo brought a huge impact. After his father died, his mother chose to cut her hair and become a nun. She used the ancient Buddha with a green lamp to survive this life. , the two older brothers were decapitated in that raid.

His life in Linquan Temple was very bad. Because of the decline of his family business, the support to the Bodhi Temple of the Nagao family was intermittent. If there was no food supply, they would starve, and if they had no black clothes, they could only wear short The monk's robes were frozen in the cold night. In order to make a few disciples full of food and clothing, Tianshi Guangyu had to take more than 20 people from the whole temple to beg for alms. This kind of difficult life had a great impact on his teenage life, and it was those years of suffering that shaped his indomitable and indomitable character.

Speaking of the difficult past, even Masatora Uesugi couldn’t help but sigh: “The first time I got close to Gonken Iinawa, I heard the monk who came for alms mention mentioning the god who can make people invincible in all battles near Sekigawa. , I heard those monks from Shinano describe the supernatural power of that Iinawa authority, I deeply wrote down this paragraph, and when I went back to the mountain to ask the master, I learned that he had a fellow disciple in Tochio Zuirin Tailian Moncha of the temple happened to be proficient in Shugendo, so I went to Tochio to worship under Tairen Mencha's door to practice Shugendo..."

Tai Lian Mencha was born in the first year of Wengui, 29 years older than him. He was born in Gaotian. He was nine years old as a disciple of Ruilin Temple and went to the same school as Tianshi Guangyu. Then he went to various countries to practice Shugendao until At the age of 38, he returned to Zuirin Temple to serve as the abbot. This monk is not only proficient in Shugendo, but also has a wealth of knowledge from the past and the present. He also met him several times in Kasugayama Castle during Kirayoshi's time.

It is said that Shugendo first started in the Nara period, and the founding ancestor was a very famous conjurer in the Nara period, Xiaojiao. This school became popular after the Heian period, and was gradually improved under the influence of Kukai and Saicheng Tantric Buddhism until the Kamakura period. In the later period, the Southern and Northern Dynasties established their own beliefs. In the Muromachi period, they were mainly divided into the Sanboin school of the Shingon lineage and the Segoin school of the Tendai lineage. The relationship between the basic Tantric sects is very close, so it is also regarded as an orthodox Buddhist sect.

The so-called Yamabushi monks are worthy of these ascetic monks. Every September, they shuttle between Mount Haguro in Dewa, Mount Iinawa in Shinano, Daisen in Hoki, and Mount Yoshino in Nara. Like experiencing life, they still go out in groups. They wear cypress hats on their heads, hold tin sticks in their hands, carry boxes on their backs, and don’t forget to bring firewood for self-defense. Every monk in Shanfu has a conch hanging around his neck. , to express different messages by blowing different sounds.

Although Tai Lian Mencha is a Zen monk of the Caodong Sect with Amashi Guangyu, but because he is proficient in the way of mountain cultivation, he always has a fascinating sense of mystery about him. How can the young Tiger Chiyo stand up to this? The eminent monk, who is both ancient and modern and very mysterious, was attracted by Tailian Mencha without knowing it. (to be continued...)

ps: Not many people have paid attention to the dark history of jj’s youth. Everyone knows that Nobunaga is the leader of Shamate, Shingen is a master of foundation, Yoshimoto is a young monk in Kyoto, and Shikang is a well-behaved heir, but they don’t know jj's childhood was harder than any of them. He was not the heir to the family governor. He had to face the extremely chaotic Echigo and the hard life of starvation and fullness. Queen of Dragons.