Pillars of the Wu family

Nearly a hundred years of war has made the Kanto samurai relatively slow to change Kinki. The samurai of the Eastern Kingdom are more focused on the development of the territory and the survival of the family business. Even if the Takeda family knows the latest changes in Kinai, they will not express more. It's not enough to mess up your own position because of a guilty conscience for a Kinki alliance.

What is certain is that the Takeda family is really in a hurry, otherwise they would not take the initiative to come to Kasugayama Castle to bow their heads and give in. Just look at Nobushige Takeda, a powerful family who has dealt with the Kira family, and you can know this about Takeda Shingen. How complicated is the mood at this moment, and there are new reasons to be sure that Nobushige Takeda will not let him wait too long.

The fact is indeed the case. Takeda Nobushige anxiously contacted Kai to report the latest news, and he himself has been working hard to do diplomacy in Kasugayama Castle, hoping to get a more favorable negotiation treatment, but the reality is so cruel, the Takeda family has no Enough bargaining chips to negotiate terms with the Kira family, how many times the action ended in a wall.

It was not until more than half a month later that the messenger of the Takeda family arrived late, and followed the messenger to send an order agreeing to the request of the Kira family. Nobushige Takeda tried his best to calm down the anxiety in his heart. The politeness came up with his final conditions: "Although my lord agrees with the request of the town government, I still hope that the Kira family can give some compensation. The lord means to follow the way of the Kira family in Lita County, Omi, and use money and rice. Food and medicine are exchanged for the territory of Ina County."

"Do you want to retreat decently?" The Takeda family backed down without incident, and Ji Liangyi said with a smile without thinking too much: "I can give you some accommodation, so I will use [-] stones of grain. Twenty thousand guanwen of Yongle money. One piece of medicine." Thousands of lotus items in exchange for Ina County! I heard that there have been many disasters and epidemics in Kaifei in the past few years. Giving more medicinal materials is a good deed."

"Thank you, Lord Zhenfu!" Takeda Nobushige, you would be so stupid as to ask why the money you gave was only half of the Rokkaku family's. You can guess that the Kira family doesn't care much about this transaction, and it is very good to give half and half. Good treatment, if the Takeda family doesn't know current affairs, they don't mind taking it directly from the Takeda family.

As soon as the conflicts on the land disappeared, the peace negotiations went smoothly. The specific terms of the peace agreement are nothing new. It is nothing more than a truce between the two sides from now on and a gradual reduction of the border guards. There will be corresponding targeted actions again to ensure the absolute peace of Shinano Kai.

That night, a regular dinner was held in the west hall of Chunri Mountain City to celebrate the harmony between the two families.Hikaru Numata's superb ape music performance won applause from the audience. When the wine was half full, Nobushige Takeda suddenly said to Yoshito Kira: "It has only been ten years since the town's rise in Hokuriku that it has brought a new wave to the East. Fengchao, in fact, we Kai samurai admire Lord Zhenfu's literary and martial arts very much, and the security of the Eastern Kingdom will be pinned on Lord Zhenfu's ordering chaos.

Recently, my lord received an invitation to a covenant from Kinai, which is a personal letter written by the powerful Miyoshi Xiu Dafuden in Kinai to my lord. The Hojo family, the Dewa Onodera family, the Date family, the Mutsu Ashina family, the Omi Asai family, and the Echizen Asakura family sent invitations. At that time, the East and West will work together to participate in the grand event of dividing the Kira family. So he refused his invitation verbally and reminded the town government here. "

Takeda Nobushige's words were not loud.But it spread to the ears of many genealogy elders like a burst of spring thunder, and the sound of talking, laughing, dancing and music disappeared for a while.Kira Yoshishi held the wine glass at his mouth for a long time and did not move, the smile on his face had not dissipated, but the flickering cold light in his eyes had already exposed the anger in his heart.

"Crack!" The exquisite ceramic wine glass shattered, Yoshitomo Kira sat upright with a cold face, and the servants of the Fushi generation also hurriedly dropped the wine glass and sat down obediently. The doors and windows of the hall were opened, and the icy cold wind blew in, instantly taking away the temperature in the room.

"Thank you for your reminder, I don't feel well, I will stop here today!" Yoshishi Kira got up and strode away with a wave of his robe sleeves.

He was the only one left in the bustling hall just now. Nobushige Takeda watched the sudden change silently, looked back at the crowd that was receding away, and thought to himself: "Is there really any influence? But this influence Is it from Kanto or Kinai?"

Kira Yoshitoki's character has always been resolute and resolute, and he will never allow to be blackmailed and threatened by villains. This is quite similar to his foster brother Ashikaga Yoshiki. This time Miyoshi Changqing has to touch his Nilin to succeed again. Enraged him, he made up his mind to fight a limited war, sent away Takeda Nobushige and his emissaries early the next morning, and immediately summoned the senior ministers to hold an evaluation meeting.

Since he won't show any sympathy because of the fury of the thunder, Yoshishi Kira immediately ordered with a cold face: "Yu's thinking needs to be changed! The master is still out of the town of Sakamoto as the general, and the total population of the three counties of Omi Exactly more than 25, according to the current standard of [-] out of [-], there should be no problem in enlisting for military service. The master in Sakamoto needs to train [-] elite troops who can be good at fighting. Five thousand troops as the backbone!"

Tokiyuki Yamamoto raised his eyebrows and quickly nodded in response. Honda Toki looked over at the many samurai present and finally shook his head and said, "I have [-] tigers in the Ashikaga family, but it's annoying that I can't move them easily. All the generals are famous in the Kanto region. The mighty general, but my strategy of going south to Kanto cannot be moved lightly at present, and the generals who are familiar with the situation in Kinai are all... Wait! I wonder if His Royal Highness can let Nakajo Deba Shouden make another call?"

Yoshitoki Kira tilted his head and asked, "Do you mean to let Tokihide continue to serve as a general in Omi?"

"That's fine, but I feel that Nakajo Deha is guarding the palace enough to sneak into the Wakasa Kingdom with an army of [-], and cooperate with my Kira Navy to pull down Maizuru Port, another important trading hub in Wakasa Bay. If the narrow bay has a direct impact on the dominance of the Asakura family, I believe that I will fully disclose the contradiction later, and the Chaocang Jinwu Palace will definitely be afraid of gains and losses and dare not act rashly!"

For a long time, Ben narrowed his eyes and showed a sly smile like a fox.Takikawa Tokika who was sitting opposite him couldn't help turning his face away from looking at him.I thought to myself why this guy has become more and more gloomy these years.Even the smile was a bit sly and vicious, and Honda behind Takigawa Tokimashi was turning his face to the side to make a face at his brother Honda Toki.

Langgang Tanfang shook his feather fan and laughed: "Shizhengden's words are correct. I heard that Asakura Jinwuden is a family governor who is indecisive and his ears are very soft. Cang Jingjing and Zuba County Secretary Asakura Keilong are in control. The relationship between these three is actually very subtle. Since the former Tsuruga County Secretary Asakura Sodi died of illness, the current Tsuruga County Secretary Asakura Keiji has not received the Asakura family army. The position of acting general.

The power of the military generation fell into the hands of the relatively weak Asakura Keilong. You must know that Asakura Keiji is the biological uncle of Asakura Jinwudian.And Asakura Keilong is just a commoner, the chief general was originally the position of Tsuruga County Secretary but was forcibly taken away by Asakura Jinwudian from his uncle Asakura Keiji and given to his distant cousin Asakura Keiryu. I'm afraid no one will believe it without any questions? "

Shima Tokatsu hung out with Takikawa Tokimasu all day long, and his temper gradually became tinged with his wanton flamboyance. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Is this Asakura Yoshikage crazy? Asakura Zong belonged to Tsuruga County Secretary before his body was cold." Is this a deliberate challenge to the dominance of Tsuruga's family? I don't understand what good it is for him to shake the pillars of Asakura's family like this?"

"There is something more interesting, that is, the great reuse of Ono County Commander Asakura Kagekage, who is also Asakura Yoshikage's younger brother, his father Asakura Keigaka, the family governor Asakura Kokage, and the Tsuruga County Secretary Asakura Kageki The brother of a compatriot from the same mother, but Asakura Jing Gao felt that he was quite powerful in the family, so he competed with Asakura Xiaojing for the position of family governor. After the failure, Ono County Secretary was also dismissed.

This person did not give up and went to Kyoto in an attempt to contact the governor and the public minister to seek the position of family governor. Because of the leakage of confidential information, he was notified by the shogunate to exile from Echizen and could not return.This person still did not give up and found Shipo and Honganji Shinru in an attempt to launch the Echizen invasion. He suffered successive setbacks, lost his prestige and attracted the disgust of the Asakura family, and finally died of illness in Sakaimachi more than ten years ago. "

Honjo Fanzhang curled his lips and said: "Just such a sinful minister can continue to serve as Ono County Secretary. From my point of view, Asakura Yoshikage's level of political strategy is really worrying! This Asakura Jingjing's boyhood must be The one who was locked up for surveillance, could Asakura Yoshikage be the one who released him and reappointed him as Ono County Commander?"

Ben Dashi was grinning and said: "Izuba Mamoru is right, Asakura Jinwuden did exactly that! It seems that Asakura Jinwuden is quite complacent about this move, and thinks it is a manifestation of being a family governor who is open-minded and disregards previous suspicions." , maybe he thinks that saving his younger brother from the prison and entrusting him with a heavy responsibility will definitely make Asakura Jingjing feel grateful for his family governor!"

Shima Tokatsu sneered and said, "It's really touching! An ordinary samurai would be grateful! But is it really okay to use it on Asakura Kagegami, who was almost an adult when his father rebelled? He was imprisoned for several years and released. , will definitely be ridiculed by the family genealogy generation! Asakura Kingoden may only be busy displaying his tactics, but he did not notice that his release will bring even greater psychological burden to Asakura Jingjing, and Asakura Kingo The more the palace is promoted and reused, the more it will appear that Asakura Jingjing is a sycophant, and the consequences will inevitably be dire!"

Yoshikage Asakura has many more whimsical behaviors, including the reuse of the concubine's father, Tsugutomo Kuraya, and many other absurd and bizarre behaviors. Of course, his strange behavior will cause disputes in the family again and again. Antai's external situation became even more uncertain because of the absurd behavior of the governor.

Although Asakura Yoshikage has been working hard to toss people, it has not actually affected the moves of the Asakura family members of the same name to take over the military and political power. The group of the same name led by the Tsuruga group still holds an absolute advantage, and these two groups are also known as the second internal group.

Namioka Tanbo said again: "Whether it will become very scary is not yet clear, but I can guarantee that Tsuruga County Secretary Asakura Kageki is very angry, and the dignified family is the North Army God Asakura Zongdi's adopted son, who succeeded Tsuruga County Secretary as early as 30 years ago, has definitely higher prestige and influence in the family than Asakura Keilong.

But the more this is the case, the more embarrassing the status of Asakura Jingji becomes. Seeing that the governor has no intention of comforting or redeeming, Asakura Jingji announced on the Asakura Zongdi Yihui Ji that the family governor will be adopted by his son-in-law Chao Cangjing Hey, he only controls the position of Tsuruga County Secretary as a short-term transition, which means that he is looking for a decent reason to give up the general, and then pushes his son Asakura Jingyu to the front to compete for the position of general. "

Now even Saito Chaoxin laughed out loud: "His Royal Highness Asakura Keiki is really useless. The adopted son of the dignified Northern Army God was forced by the governor to give in in this way. Asakura Yoshihiro Jing, the supervisor of the family, is really stupid enough. His uncle clearly has no dissent, but he has to persecute him again and again, forcing him into a corner and not letting him go down the steps. This is a big taboo of my Wu family. !"

The so-called samurai taboo is a customary rule, and many other items don’t matter, but there is only one system passed down from Minamoto Yoritomo’s "Yuen Bong Gong" system that must not be shaken. Fighting for Hanoi Genji's loyalty is to obtain new favors and rewards as the ultimate goal. The relationship between monarchs and ministers is a contractual relationship rather than unilateral foolish loyalty. This is why the samurai will quickly unite under Minamoto's flag at the beginning, and then unite under Ashikaga Takaji Flag reasons.

Yoshikage Asakura is definitely not qualified to unite all warriors under his own banner, but it does not mean that there is no such thing as a royal court within the Echizen Asakura Clan. The contractual relationship between monarchs and ministers has been developed for hundreds of years Excellence and perfection have already been immersed in the blood of every warrior along with the inheritance of the family.

The Asakura Zuobing Weidu did the absurd behavior of not rewarding his uncle for his meritorious service and punishing him without fault. Thanks to Asakura Jingji, a loyal elder, he did not turn his face because of this. Therefore, it is unbelievable that Asakura Yoshikage unknowingly ignores the olive branch handed over by his uncle when the rebellion against Qizao's family was raised. (To be continued..)