Pillars of the Wu family

Date Harumune was born in the 16th year of Yongzheng (1519), Yancheng Kubo Hime was born in the first year of Dayong (1521), and another unlucky supporting role, Yuki Haruzuna, the lord of Shirakawa Castle, was born in the 17th year of Yongzheng (1520) ), this unlucky guy is a disciple of Shimoyujo Haruto, and he is a relative with the Shimono country Koyama clan. A resounding figure.

Iwaki Kubohime’s father, Iwaki Shigetaka, is also a powerful native of Minamimutsu. The Iwaki family’s territory is still to the south of the Soma family. It happens to be the door-to-door neighbor of the Shirakawa Yuki family, the southernmost of Minamimutsu, on the south side of the Iwaki family. It is Hitachi Satake's family, the north is the Soma family, the northwest is the Nikaido family, and the north of the Nikaido family is the Ishibashi family, the Tamura family, and the Ermatsumoto Hatakeyama family, and then the Date family's territory. The distance between the two is more than a word can describe.

Back then Date Harumune's father-in-law Shigetaka Iwajo valued Shirakawa Yuki's family governor Yuuki Haruna, and felt that the young man had good character and ability, and had a bright future with Kanto Gong Fang Ashikaga Harushi, and their Iwajo clan also aspired to Kanto Development happens to share the same goals as Yuki Shirakawa, and it would be a good way to form an in-law relationship to keep watch over each other.

At that time, it was between the eighth year of Tianwen and the tenth year of Tianwen, which happened to be the time when Hojo Ujitsuna was about to die. Ever since Hojo Ujizuna was stabbed in the back by Takeda Nobutora and Imagawa Yoshimoto, at that time the Hojo family was clearly Falling into a period of decline, at that time Kanto Gong Fang Ashikaga Haruji, Kanto leader Uesugi Kensei really had a bright future, the two formed an alliance with Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Nobutora to pull up a powerful siege network that was more powerful than the Echigo siege network to deal with Sagami Hojo's.

Therefore, Shigetaka Iwaki's judgment cannot be said to be wrong. At least at that time, the Kanto Lord Fang Ashikaga Qingshi had thick thighs and everyone wanted to hug him, and the people of Mutsu and Izuha had always respected the Kanto Lord's order. Fang made a Hachiya shape to especially praise the most powerful lords of the eight families in the Kanto and even the Uo area. Yuki Haruzuna of the Shirakawa Yuki clan happened to be one of the members with thick thighs.

The Shirakawa Yuki clan was once a powerful general in the Southern Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Emperor Go-Daigo used the title of "Yuki Ueno Iodokan" in the decree issued by Emperor Go-Daigo to the Mutsu Kingdom Shirakawa Yuki clan's second-generation family governor Yuki Munehiro. When the Southern Dynasties began to send letters to the Dongguo daimyo, there was a habit of using the title "Yagatakan".

This family can be said to be the earliest user of the Yagataka. When the Southern Dynasty was defeated and became a bereaved dog, it was quickly recruited by the ulterior motives of the Kanto government and became a confidant. The samurai families in the Southern Dynasties were all preserved in this way, and of course the Date family should be counted as one of them.

Ever since Date Harumune fell in love with Iwaki Kubohime, he has inquired many times, and finally found out that this beautiful girl is actually Iwaki Shigetaka's daughter, and Iwaki Shitaka is looking for a husband-in-law for himself, and soon Iwaki Kubohime will marry Shirakawa Shiro was the wife of Yuki Haruna, and Date Harumune became anxious when he heard that, and hurried home to beg his father, Date Tsukune, for a favor, and then went to Iwaki's house to discuss the matter of marrying Iwaki Kubohime .

Of course, Shigetaka Iwaki looked down on this wild boy who came out halfway. No matter how powerful the Date family is, it has nothing to do with Shigetaka Iwaki, and the relationship between the Iwaki family and the Soma family in the north has always been bad. Although there is no large-scale war, there are often frictions It is indispensable, and Iwaki Shigetaka himself and the Shirakawa Yuki family are good neighbors and good allies. In terms of partial gangs, Yuki Haruzuna who knows the basics must be better, but the problem is that Date Harumune does not play cards according to common sense. [

At that time, the signs of the outbreak of the Astronomical Rebellion were looming, and Date Tsukune deliberately sent his son Date Mimoto to Echigo as the governor of the family. In this way, his relatives would start from Yonezawa as the center, and the Ashina family in Aizu in the south. , the Watari family, Kokubun family, and Rushou family in the east, the Mogami family in the north, the Osaki family in the northeast, and the Echigo Uesugi family in the west, formed a super-relative network. A lot of sons and sons-in-law would listen to his greetings. Isn't it cool.

The disagreement between Date Harumune and Date Tsutsune became more and more acute, because Date Harumune knew better than anyone that the previous adoptions were trivial and nothing to worry about. Echigo has such a vast territory and a large group of Mutsu There were many powerful members of the samurai family, and Nagao Weijing didn't die at all at the time, so to provoke that family was simply a way to die.

Even if he is lucky enough to make his brother immortal and become stronger in the future, it will be a proper strong branch and weak trunk. His younger brother Date Mimoto is a powerful name with 40 shi, and he is invincible even if he is the elder brother who is in charge of the family. There are many families, but the direct military strength is only 6000 people, and they are mostly miscellaneous soldiers. The total number of directly subordinate territories is only a little more than [-] shi. How can he sit as a family governor?Simply ask his younger brother to be the supervisor of the house.

In the 20th year of Tianwen, Echigo Yang Beizhong's head of the house raised his troops against the adoption of the adopted son of the Date family. Date Qingzong found his father at the right time to ask for a woman. Naturally, Date Tsukimune would not stop him. At this time, he was still thinking about the relationship between his son and daughter, which was following his thoughts. He felt that he could be the governor of the house for another [-] years, and let his son indulge in the beauty town.

So Date Harumune ran to Iwaki Shigetaka to discuss marrying his daughter, but of course he was rejected without hesitation. Date Harumune would not be willing to swallow this tone, so he ran to his father Date Tsukune to hope that he would come forward So I tried my best, so Date Tsukimune summoned his good son-in-law, Soma Tanyin, and told Soma Tanyin that your brother-in-law is interested in Kubo Hime from Shigetaka's family in Iwaki, and you will be a middleman to make peace.

At that time, the astronomical "chaos" had not yet broken out, and the relationship between Soma Tanyin and Date Harumune was quite good. As Date Tsukune's eldest son-in-law, he was naturally very concerned about his brother-in-law's marriage, so he rushed to Iwashi Shigetaka excitedly. , Barabara said a lot of big things about how good it would be to join the Date family, but it turned out that Yancheng Chonglong didn't bother him at all, and served tea to see off guests without saying a word.

Xiangma Yinyin was kicked out just like that. He was annoyed and aggrieved, not to mention, and at the same time hated the old guy Yancheng Chongtaka. Go back and order Qi Bingma to run over to fight with Yancheng Chonglong, and try to get back this face no matter what.

Date Harumune knew long ago that his elder brother-in-law went for nothing, so he brought a hundred or so horseback crowd to follow behind him and stare at their movements. He knew very well that Shigetaka Iwajo would never agree to the so-called pro-marriage behavior, It's not because Iwaki Shigetaka is stubborn and has no winks, but because his daughter Kubo Hime has already said that the next relative of the Shirakawa Yuki family will marry off to be a woman of the Yuki family, and she cannot be split into two. Half a person on one side.

Moreover, Iwaki Shigetaka also felt that Soma Tinyin was looking for faults. It is well known that his own daughter was praised as the number one beauty in Mutsu. It is also well known that Iwaki Shigetaka valued his ally Yuki Haruzuna. If he, Xiang Ma Yinyin, hadn't been messing around, all he had to do was ask around, and the quarrel between the two families didn't last a day or two, which made him very suspicious that Xiang Ma Yinyin was intentionally trying to disgust him, so he drove him away without hesitation.

Sure enough, the irritable Soma Tanyin took his son Lang to fight with Shigetaka Iwasaki. Odate Castle, the residence of the Iwasaki family, was not guarded by many troops, so Date Qingzong swaggered into the precinct of Iwasaki and came to Odate Castle knocked on the door and went in grandly. He told the gatekeeper Iwaki Genealogy that the son-in-law of Iwaki Shigetaka came to see his wife Iwaki Kubo Hime.

The retainer of Pudai couldn't figure out his details, just to see if his flag was the family crest flag of Shirakawa Yuuki's family, so he asked a few questions carefully, and it turned out that Date Harumune dared to open his eyes if he was so courageous Telling nonsense, saying that Shigetaka Iwaki felt that Yuuki Haruzuna was too young and lacked experience, and their Mutsu Date family was more suitable to be a son-in-law, so they fell in love with him. I saw Shigetaka Iwaki on the street just now and asked him to come and see Kubo Hime and so on.

Coincidentally, the guard of Odate Castle is not the old family of Pu Dai, but a family member of Pu Dai who is not very helpful. The Dai retainer, so the Pu Dai retainer was bluffed by him, opened the Otemon Gate and let the more than 100 horseback warriors enter the city.

Date Qingzong didn't dare to delay when he sneaked into the city, so he went straight to Ji Qulun to meet Iwajo Kubohime, and without saying a word, he dragged Kubohime, who was still a big girl of Huanghua, onto the horse, and then blatantly abducted Iwajo Shigetaka My precious daughter, when Ji Qulun's maid shouted for the warriors, they had already left. That stupid Pu Dai retainer didn't know how the lord's "good son-in-law" came in and went out, and didn't pay attention at all. The horse that arrived at Harumune Date carried a girl who gagged her mouth.

When Shigetaka Yancheng returned triumphantly after repelling Soma Tanyin, he found out that his precious daughter had been taken away by his "good son-in-law". , what can I do when I look back at the crying madam?If this scandal is revealed, Yancheng Chonglong will not live, and he will directly "suicide".

As a result, within a few days, Date Harumune dared to send an envoy to invite Shigetaka Iwajo to his wedding, calling him his father-in-law repeatedly in the letter. There was no way for Shigetaka Iwajo to do so, he could only tell his hardcore in a tactful way The ally Shirakawa Yuki and Kubo Hime would not be able to marry, or I, Iwaki Shigeryu, have a little niece born at the age of 13 this year, who is not as beautiful as my daughter, so it is quite suitable to match Haruzuna. [

Because the incident was so ugly, the Shirakawa Yuki family soon knew the inside story. Yuki Yoshizuna was almost pissed off and vowed to fight against the Date family, and then took the army to fight against the Date family. It never occurred to me that there are too many relatives in the Date family, Ashina Mori, Ishikawa Haruki, Nikaido Teruyuki, Soma Shouyin, a large group of relatives and sons-in-law swarmed up.

The Shirakawa Yuki family has never seen such an unreasonable formation. A group of people singled out one person is simply not too bullying. The marriage with the Yancheng family was completely ruined, and some of the territory was lost, and the power was greatly reduced. It was more difficult than Xiaobaicai. The reason was that he was shot to death and was bullied to death by a large group of bully relatives. This is simply unreasonable.

Since then, although the Shirakawa Yuki clan has not completely broken up with Iwajo Shigetaka, the relationship between the allies of the two parties has suffered serious cracks. The Shirakawa Yuki clan knew that he could not play against the Date family with a large group of relatives in Mutsu, so he devoted himself to Developing in the direction of Shimono and Hitachi, it is a joy to bump into and fight with Satake from time to time.

And Harumune Date snatched a beautiful wife like this, and a group of relatives cleaned up for him. Although the relationship with his father-in-law Shigetaka Iwajo was not harmonious, the couple raised five sons and six daughters with Kazumi, and Date Harumune never took in a concubine from the beginning to the end, and this blessing is beyond the reach of the unlucky Yuuki Haruzuna.

Ever since Yuuki Haruna's wife was robbed, she has been unlucky all the way. First, she was defeated in the Battle of Urai, and then she was at a disadvantage in the battle with the Satake family. Fortunately, Date Harumune felt that he had gone too far, so he sent an envoy Convince his father-in-law, Shigetaka Iwagi, to adopt his little niece as an adopted daughter to marry Haruzuna Yuki, and then support this unlucky guy to stabilize the situation.

At any rate, the Shirakawa Yuki family did not fall into decline, so Yuki Haruzuna also leaned slightly towards Date Harumune in terms of position. In fact, Yuki Haruzuna had no choice but to do so. His wife had already flown into the arms of others. His father ran desperately and was almost overthrown by a group of bully relatives. There were only two ways in front of him. He either gritted his teeth and confessed or resisted desperately. When he was hesitating, the olive branch thrown by Date Qingzong was the best step. So he accepted his fate and kept his family name.

Moreover, the matter of Yuki Yoshizuna and Iwaki Shigetaka discussing the marriage contract was only passed down in the Minami Mutsu generation. After Date Harumune's turmoil, many people thought that Iwaki Shigetaka really planned to marry his daughter to the Date family. Moreover, Date Harumune told him clearly that this matter can barely be covered up, and the traces of it can be covered up by using the spring and autumn brushwork to revise the documents of various Mutsu families involved in it a few years in advance.

Since there is no need to lose face, there is no need for Yuki Haruzuna to die. Preserving the family name and inheriting the family business is more important than anything else. The so-called face will only be considered when there is no danger to one's own territory and the family business is not hindered. Several parties involved swore an oath to cover up the matter, so he had nothing to worry about.

Yuki Yoshizuna was not as open-minded as his son, and soon retired completely because of anger and gave up as the governor of the family. However, Yuuki Haruna did follow in the footsteps of Date Harumune in the ensuing "chaos" of Tianwen, and "father-in-law" Shigetaka Iwaki belongs to Date Harumunekata, and the request he received was to implicate Takashi Tamura behind his back, and he had to go into battle shirtless himself. Haruzuna Yuki welcomed this request very much, so he remained "neutral" Takashi Tamura stumbles behind his back.

If it weren't for this incident, maybe his father would never have told such a tortuous past in his life. The old-fashioned and serious father was also a real man who dared to think and act. This dark history was really ups and downs. What Da Huizong heard was that his whole body was boiling with enthusiasm, and he wished he could rush out and lead the army to perform the same act, and kidnap Mogami Yoshihime from Yamagata Castle.

But Harumune Date poured cold water on him without hesitation: "My father told you these old things, not to let you imitate my family and go to Yamagata Castle to snatch Princess Yoshihime. You are by no means the only one who is so powerful in the Kira family." What you can handle, telling you this story is to cheer you up, don't be intimidated by the immediate crisis, things in this world are not static."

"Father..."

Kubo Jixiu frowned slightly and stared at the strange look of the father and son, and asked with a puzzled face: "What happened to Sojiro and Princess Yoshihime? What are you father and son talking about? Sojiro and Yoshihime The princess has a marriage contract, why do you want to snatch Princess Yiji back?"

"This... is more complicated, and I will discuss it with you later." Date Qingzong didn't want his son to lose face in front of his mother again, so he quickly concluded: "In short, this shame must be After finding it, our family will notify our allies to act quickly and rush to Yonezawa City to find an effective way to properly solve this problem, so go! Don’t think too much, take a good rest and refresh yourself, and don’t be discouraged.”

Date Huizong nodded silently, bowed and saluted, and then left in a hurry. Kubohime turned and grabbed Date Harumune's sleeve. Climbing through the door on one side, it is a pity that Date Harumune's efforts were finally easily broken by Kubohime, who was grabbed by the sleeve and couldn't get rid of it, so he had to sit down and look at his wife dejectedly. .

Kubohime smiled at him, and complained softly: "Your Highness, now I should talk about why you have to tell all these old things, right? I was just worried that Your Highness was not paying attention, and those inappropriate Say what you need to say! Fortunately, His Highness still has the sense to be heard by the children..."

"Cough! I'm neither stupid nor stupid as a husband. I can't tell Sojiro that I took you to the rice fields in the wilderness back then, and hugged you to complete the first human gift in my life, right? Then what majesty do I have as a father!" Date Harumune's poker face, which has not changed for thousands of years, once again showed an embarrassed expression, the old couple is always the most familiar with each other's surname habits, and has always been deep and old The date Harumune is still powerless in front of his wife.

"Okay, let's not talk about that! Is it because you are embarrassed?" Even if Kubo Hime is a dignified and generous lady, she can't stand her man's shameless and dirty words, so she slapped away the thief's hand that he quietly extended , and asked again: "Just now what did His Highness say about the matter between Sojiro and Princess Yoshihime? I have listened to it for a long time, but I don't understand it at all!"

Date Harumune hesitated for a moment, and then slowly said: "Actually, Sojiro met, just like what my husband and Kubo Hime experienced back then..." (To be continued.)

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