Pillars of the Wu family

In the first month of the third year of Yonglu, officials from Kasugayama Castle gathered to celebrate the most important festival of the year. During the Zhengdan court meeting, Kirayoshi announced the shogunate’s reward to Uesugi Terutora, and moved to the left. There is another four high-ranking samurai in the family. His official position in the family ranks fourth after the family governor and Murakami Yoshiki.

In addition to being promoted to high-ranking officials, there is Namioka Shoubo, because he was born in the public minister system, so this time his official position was promoted very quickly, and he was directly promoted from five servants to four servants Major General Wei became the fourth vassal to obtain the fourth rank. From the level of the vassal group, except for the shogunate, there is no opponent of the Kamisu Ashikaga family.

Mogami Yoshimitsu's official position was also announced, and as expected, he got the hereditary service position of Deyu Tanti, as well as the regular five Ukyo doctors granted by the imperial court. It is much better to have this name than to have nothing. It is completely different for a penniless wealthy family to obtain Dr. Ukyo and the results obtained by him.

Mogami Yoshimitsu had a great time these past few months. Although Mount Kasuga was not half as tall as Mt. Oka in Dewa Country, the Castle of Kasuga Mountain was bigger than he imagined, bigger than all the castles in Dewa Country. The entire mountain was covered by this A majestic city is shrouded, and the five-story castle tower is the only one in Kanto. Yoshimitsu Mogami can call Kasuga Castle the most powerful city in the world without any politeness.

Here he understood the difference between earth barriers, stone walls and city walls for the first time.It was the first time I saw the arrow scull of the composite structure of civil stone, and it was the first time I saw the changing of the guard of the samurai on duty and the strict handover process.Every time the guard is changed, a signature is required. The novel buildings and neat and tall walls made him see for the first time that Jiancheng can still be built like this.

What surprised him the most was the huge city under Kasugayama Castle. He had never been to Kyoto and didn't know what the so-called city should look like, but when he first set foot on the land of Naoetsu Port, he was impressed by this The busy flow of people was deeply shocked. Zhijiangjin Port has dozens of piers, large and small, where thousands of ships of different sizes are moored.

The entire coast of Naoetsu is surrounded by this large port, and there are countless towns on both sides of the long journey from the port to Kasugayama Castle.The astonishing speed of urbanization opened Mogami Yoshimitsu's eyes. He could easily come to the conclusion that all the cities and ports in Dewa country combined did not have as many towns as Naoetsu.

Afterwards, he learned that Naoetsu is not only one town, but is connected with Kasugayama castle town, forming a super urban agglomeration extending from the lower reaches of Sekigawa to Naoetsu. The city area has surpassed Sakaicho and Luozhong Kyocho is comparable.The city area is roughly equivalent to the sum of Sakamoto Town, Katada Town, and Otsu Town, and there are more than [-] permanent residents living in the city.

The urban agglomeration is very vast and grand, but because of its remote location, it cannot have the strong appeal of Sakai Town, Kyon Town, and Sakamoto Town, and its economic level is much worse than these relatively more mature cities. The configuration of the first-level Dongguo maritime transportation hub has improved many times compared to its previous status as one of several Hokuriku ports. [

It is said that the ships stopped in the port are business travelers from Kyushu, Xiguo, Kinai, Hokuriku, Yuao, and even Kanto.Benefiting from the abolishment of customs duties and fees during the period of Kirayoshi and the reduction of exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes, business travelers from all over the world like to anchor at this emerging port, and many bulk goods will be traded here for transshipment.

All legitimate commercial and trade activities will be guaranteed by the Kira family's force, and any remuneration must be paid to Kira Juai, and the Kira navy will also maintain the safety of maritime traffic in Hokuriku and Northeast.Ships traveling on this route are often escorted by the Kira Navy when they are patrolling, and they will be rescued when they encounter a sunken ship.

The good reputation of the Kira family guarantees that free trade can find great support here.Biwaya is the general agent that monopolizes Hokuriku and Yuao. All business travelers who want to travel on this route will be customers of Biwaya. The town has quietly gathered a permanent population of [-], and perhaps it will catch up with the status of Naoetsu Town in ten years.

Mogami Yoshimitsu somewhat understands why Echigo is so developed. A neighboring country with a permanent population of nearly 80, the number of business travelers who stay briefly in Echigo every day is stable at between 10 and [-]. It also has vast farmland and More hard-working farmers, but he still doesn't understand how to do it, and what kind of legend is the person who created an Echigo miracle in less than ten years.

Here he met a few well-connected peers, they were Nagano Yegu, the lord of Ueno National Takaru Castle, Kobata Nobusada, the lord of Guofeng City, and the older Hetian City lord Wada Yefan, and the Anzhong City lord An Zhong Zhongcheng, this group of young people wandered outside Kasuga Mountain City all day for falcon hunting, and they never forgot to take hounds to catch prey in heavy snow. Mogami Yoshimitsu met them and his group during falcon hunting.

When meeting the same young warriors in the wilderness, they always form companions involuntarily. In addition, people of the same age can always find similar topics, especially because most of them are lively and active young people. , and slowly seduced Mogami Yoshimitsu to discuss it, and from their mouths Mogami Yoshimitsu learned many legendary stories about the generals in his family.

For example, Saito Chaonobu, known as the King of Ghosts, also known as Zhong Kui, not only bravely crowned the three armies, but also possessed an astonishing commanding level. Another example is Kakizaki Keiya, the number one fierce general in the seven counties of Echigo in the previous generation. Believe it or not, the two teamed up in Echigo and Kaga to cry the ghosts who had always been killed, and directly and indirectly killed as many as [-] people. The Echigo cavalry led by the two was called the enemy's Black Dragoons.

Another example is Echigo's dragon, Uesugi Teruhu, who has a double military strategy and has not lost a single defeat in the 15 years since he started his army.Known as the God of the North Army who is always victorious and undefeated, he is also a model of samurai worshiped by the entire Kira family.There is also the military strategy, intellectual strategy and political strategy of attacking Masada Yukitaka, which can be called the top general in the Eastern Kingdom.

In his hands, the [-] Shinano National Army, which is slightly inferior, has become comparable to the first-class powerful army of the Eastern Kingdom. It is hard to overwhelm the same number of elite Takeda Army. Yutaka Xingtaka is a worthy hero, maybe Kai's national gate has been easily broken by Sanada Yutaka.

As well as Murakami Yoshikiyo, who defeated Takeda Shingen twice in a row and brought serious disasters to the Takeda family. , Withstood the fierce attack of the Takeda army in the two Kawanakajima battles, showing the world that he is not only good at attacking but also good at defending.

Of course, they also boasted about the bravery of the Ueno people.Nagano Yezho's military strategy is not inferior to that of Murakami Yoshiki, and even higher in intelligence strategy. Umizuna Hidezuna's martial arts can be compared with Kakizaki Jingjia and Saito Chaoxin, and the foot battle may be even better. Not sure, the difference is not the military strategy of commanding the army, or it is much worse.

In addition, I have to mention the strongest generals of the younger generation, known as the Four Heavenly Kings of Kira, Takikawa Tokimashi, Shima Tokatsu, Honjo Shigecho, Nagasaka Shinmasa, and Watanabe Shouzuna, Nagao who have not been assigned a number. Osadaharu, Honda Masashige and others.Kobata Nobusada also boasted that he has the bravery of the next few people, and called Nagano Yegu the military strategy and resourcefulness that won't go down to the island, etc.

Mogami Yoshimitsu was very interested in these new partners, and took the initiative to mention the bravery and wisdom of several samurai in Dewa country. However, there are too few celebrities in Dewa country, and most of the samurai are ordinary people. The Echigo, Shinano, and Ueno people are still far behind.Of course, they also talked about the most legendary person who is also admired and admired by everyone, Ashikaga Kami Sosaburo Yoshitoki.

His legendary stories were compiled by ape musicians into stories that were widely circulated among the people, from Yuao in the north to Kyushu in the south, from nobles and nobles to the common people in Liming.As old as an octogenarian, as young as a three-foot child, everyone knows his name and his life spirit. His career in the past ten years is more bizarre than Minamoto Yoshitsune.His military feats are higher than that of Minamoto Yoritomo. Since entering Luo at the age of nine, he has experienced dozens of large and small battles without a single defeat, and has staged many shocking reversals in which the weak wins the weak and the strong wins. The martial arts, bravery, wisdom, and political strategy are all at the top level in the world.

What's even more rare is that he loves Kyoto culture. He received a standard public official education since he was a child and has a standard Kyoto accent. He wears a hunting suit and a black hat and holds a bat fan. He is also handsome, unrestrained and knowledgeable. , the perfect man template for girls. [

It is said that many young women in Echigo were fascinated by the story of Kira Yoshitoki, but it seemed that the person involved had no idea that it would have such a big impact. Mogami Yoshimitsu thought it was very interesting, so he chatted with them After chatting with a few people, it became clear that Mogami Yoshimitsu's identity turned out to be the newly-released Pudai family elder, and he immediately stopped playing and worshiped, and was very disappointed to see Mogami Yoshimitsu.

Several young people said that they did not expect his identity, thinking that he was the son of an ordinary samurai family of Echigo who brought horses back to hunt, and they were not native samurai of Echigo. All the generals in the country will gather in Kasuga Mountain City to celebrate the festival only in the first month of the year, so they haven't been able to recognize all the samurai of Echigo until now. I'm really sorry for mistaking Mogami Yoshimitsu.

Because of Mogami Yoshimitsu's special status, the last few partners who were very likely to become close friends were left alone in the end. Since ancient times, it has been said that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. In his eyes, he can really be called tall, rich and handsome. Walking on the streets of Kasuga Mountain City, he always greets envious eyes from several people.

However, there is still a gap in front of the real nobles, and it is impossible to maintain the previous calm and sophistication safely. What they fear is not Mogami Yoshimitsu himself, but the order of the samurai of this era, and the source of the order of the samurai has to be traced back. Court rules of the early Heian period, Nara period, and Asuka period.

The feudal system was not created by the samurai family. What Minamoto Yoritomo did was not to elevate the status of the samurai from the lackeys of the emperor and ministers to the aristocratic class that can really be compared with the public. The feudal system changed from the tribal clan system. It was the Asuka era After undergoing the Great Reformation, the advanced and complete culture of the Tang Empire was introduced, making this country, which had just come out of the clan and tribal system, seem to have stepped into the model of the imperial dynasty one step at a time.

In fact, this is not the case. The remnants of the clan and tribal system still remain. In the Asuka era, Emperor Tenmu, in order to appease the leaders of the big clans in various places, initially set up the eight "color" surnames to be distributed as rewards. They are courtiers, Su Mi, and Ji Cun, while smaller tribes have the surnames of Taoist, Chen, Lian, and Daozhi.

Then, in the Nara period, the imperial court became stronger and stronger, gradually abolishing the eight-color surname system until the early Heian period, and gradually formed the four courtier surname systems of Yuanping Fujitachi, mainly courtiers' surnames. It is a direct descendant of the middle minister Kamazu who controls the government. The Tachibana family has a wide range of sources, mainly the emperor's lucky minister.

After experiencing the prosperous and splendid Heian era, the civilization of Kyoto can already keep up with the first-line level of the Central Plains Dynasty, but after leaving Kyoto, it is still a wild and ignorant clan and tribal era, which is why the Gongqing Xia Xiangyuan mentioned in "The Tale of Genji" appeared The country is the exile of the losers of political struggles, such as Fujiwara Mana in the "Yao" Incident.

It was after the Southern and Northern Dynasties to completely get rid of the shadow of clan and tribalism. The Genpei era was actually a cake-sharing act in which the emerging aristocratic group challenged the old aristocratic group. The noble clan of Genji, which has been popular among samurai for hundreds of years, is actually to protect their interests. The supreme leader, Kiyomori Taira was unwilling to do so, so he was abandoned by the samurai family and ended up exterminating the clan. Minamoto Yoritomo became the general who conquered barbarians if he was willing to do it. The same is true for Ashikaga Takaji.

Nagano Yegu took the reluctant Kobata Nobusada away, and a friendship that was destined to have no results ended early. Mogami Yoshimitsu returned to Kasuga Mountain City with some regrets. When he walked halfway up the mountain and watched the dusk gradually thicken In the evening of that day, thousands of lights had been quietly lit in the bustling city below the mountain, and the bright lights illuminated the faint night. Only at this moment did he realize how powerful Echigo was.

Looking at the brightly lit night scene and the occasional sound of firecrackers, Mogami Yoshimitsu said hesitantly: "How did His Royal Highness make this small port on the border of Hokuriku quietly become the world's largest in just a few years? What about the numerous sea transportation hubs? Just saying that this territorial country has a non-agricultural population of 20 is an astonishing ratio, almost more than half of the total population of Yuzen, but Echigo has been suppressing this amazing news. Cai, what is the ambition of His Majesty Gongfang?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read. )

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