Pillars of the Wu family

Knowing that Yoshikage Asakura was far from being as powerful as he had shown, Ji Liangyi instantly felt relieved. Although he vaguely remembered that Yoshikage Asakura did not seem to be a Ming lord, he never thought that this person's level of governance would be so powerful. It's so inferior, it can probably be compared with the playboy Kanesada in Ichito Tosa's uniform.

In fact, the situation of the Echizen Asakura family is very complicated, just like many families face the dilemma of being coerced and weak. During the Onin Rebellion, Asakura Toshikage brought the imperial teacher who was appointed by the shogunate to protect Echizen, and dared to run there. The Echizen Kingdom defeated the guardian Dai Kai Toshimitsu and seized the power of the leader of the country. Among them, several of his brothers used a lot of strength to reincarnate the evil doctor Shura.

Then Toshikage Asakura set the base in Ichijo Valley Castle, and became an ally with Renjo, the eighth patriarch of Ichikozong who fled to Echizen and established Yoshizaki Gobo, and formulated the "Seventeen Articles of Toshikage Asakura" to establish the dynasty Based on the ruling ideas of the Cang family, in order to strengthen the influence of the Echizen counties, he sent his younger brother Asakura Yuane Shou Jingdong to serve as Tsuruga County Secretary.

He also recruited another younger brother who had become a monk, Cishiyuan Guangjiu, to return to secular life as Asakura Guangjiu to serve as Ono County Secretary, and at the same time Asakura Shimono Shoujingke served as Zuba County Secretary. These three families are different from the ordinary family of Asakura. They are called the congregation of the same name, among which the most powerful Tsuruga and Ono are also known as Erneizhong.

However, the second-generation congregation has not been very stable. First of all, after the death of the first Dunga county governor Asakura Jingdong, his son-in-law Asakura Jingfeng, who served as the second generation county governor, attempted to rebel, but found his brother-in-law and son of Asakura Minjing Asakura Sodi discussed treason, but was reported to his nephew by Asakura Sodi the day before the incident, and Asakura Zhenjing, who was the governor at the time, made great contributions. Location.

As the God of the Northern Army gradually became known to everyone, the governors of the Asakura family were very short-lived one by one, gradually allowing the Erneizhong to gain independent control over the collection of county taxes and general military service, and at the same time gain the most important leadership. The monopoly of internal judicial inspection is almost a replica of the Takeda Two Mountains and Maori Two Rivers system.Several generals of the same name run their own kingdom within a kingdom.

But just like that, Asakura Yoshikage is still playing tricks to trick his uncle. I don’t know how his head is structured. In comparison, Hatakeyama Takamasa is still a good samurai with normal IQ and very brave. What are the advantages.Probably the only benefit is to be proficient in Kyoto culture, be good at Waka tea ceremony, and build Ichijodani castle town into a "second Kyoto".

Seeing the family governor Kirayoshi completely relaxed, Namioka Tanbo smiled slightly and said: "Actually, this Asakura Jinwuden has also done a great thing, that is, to make a difference between the Ichijo Valley Sibushin and Ichijoya Sehoshin's two-job family. Power. The last time I went to Kaga to visit the Uesugi main hall, His Highness Asakura Genbo Sukekeiren, is the current house governor of the Etchu Moriya who holds one of the two positions. His status in Asakura’s house is about the same as that of Hosokawa Bingbuden.

This Asakura Genbo Assistant Kageren and another two-job Asakura Sobu Assistant Kage Yori, as well as Izumi Bingo Mori Kagegu, Kawai Yasumori Yoshito, and Mae Hatoemon Kage Sada and Koizumi Tozaemon Nagatoshi jointly assisted Asakura Yoshikage.These six people are also known as Ichijo Valley Liufeng, and they basically monopolize the government affairs of the Asakura family. [

Chaocang Jinwu Hall probably felt that the six of them were an eyesore, so he promoted a few clever people from the nearby favored ministers to set up an organization with a large number of performers.When ordering Yicheng Guliu to carry out daily affairs, it can only be implemented after all the performers sign the monogram on the document.At the same time, in the handling of issues such as judicial prosecution and land disputes, Yicheng Guliu adhered to the opinion of the others, which was tantamount to completely emptying these six powerful warriors. "

Perhaps Asakura Yoshikage's original intention was to take back the autocratic power that originally belonged to the family governor, but he ignored a huge problem, that is, Ichijo Guliu's pursuit is not just a few ministers with the power to bind a chicken, they have their own territory and A large number of genealogical retainers, as well as a large number of officials who worked for them.What Asakura Yoshikage did was tantamount to starting a war between Yimon and Pudai at the same time. As the saying goes, there is no way to get your shoes wet when you often walk by the river.

Hearing the weird expressions of many Echigo samurai, they couldn't understand the state of mind of the Asakura family sitting on the fire pit, dreaming of life and death. Logically speaking, why there is such a big difference between the neighboring countries of Hokuriku, Kiyomi Kurokawa He sighed: "So, isn't the internal and external troubles of the Chaokura family more critical than ours? But Yoshikage Asakura is still living a luxurious life as before. It is really a miracle that he can secure the position of family governor safely. ah!"

Naoe Jinggang shook his head and said that he didn't understand the Asakura family's thinking. Logically speaking, the Asakura family's samurai should have risen to overthrow the position of family governor. The Koji Rebellion that had just ended in the Noto Hatakeyama family was caused by Pudai's forcible abolition of the family governor.

Saito Chaoxin suddenly grinned and said: "Who knows what the Asakura family thinks, maybe they still think that the governor is trying their best to revitalize the family business! Maybe this Asakura Yoshikage thinks that the Asakura family is getting better and better under his management. Maybe it will become stronger and stronger, gentlemen, look back and see if the Jinjiangyue Three Kingdoms Alliance reflects Asakura Yoshikage's strong self-confidence?"

"Hahaha... yes, yes!" The young samurai didn't care what the middle-aged people thought, and laughed loudly with his belly in his arms.

Seeing everyone's mood slowly regaining their former self-confidence with the analysis one by one, a faint smile appeared on Kira Yoshitoki's face. He, the family governor, can't show his worries and troubles on his face all the time. The governor of the family is immature and easy to make the family members of the generation of the family think wildly. It is because of the pressure that he has to bear it alone that he is extremely sensitive to the events in Kinki.

But now everything is different. Knowing Asakura Yoshikage's temperament and ability, it is much easier to turn around and plan a plan. Yoshiki Yoshitoshi supported his chin with one hand and soon fell into deep thought. In the past, many family members of the genealogy family in the assessment room were discussing the feasibility of the strategy in low voices, and Langoka Tanbo and Honda Tokimasa were also lost in thought. Judging from their expressions, it seems that they have already figured out a feasible method, but they are just stuck Some levels have legal actions.

A young man with a very high seat suddenly bowed and saluted and opened his mouth. This person is Mogami Yoshimitsu, a newly recorded sect by Kira Yoshitoki. In the previous few months, he had been hiding in the crowd and observing the score from left to right. The expression on behalf of the crowd, until now seeing that many genealogy generations are lost in thought, suddenly said: "I have a plan, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Oh? Please speak, Yoshimitsu!" Yoshimitsu Kira suddenly became interested, secretly thinking that the kid finally couldn't help showing his face after enduring most of the winter, and couldn't help but look forward to his first speech performance.

Mogami Yoshimitsu noticed that hundreds of people in the entire evaluation room were looking at him in unison.Immediately flustered and at a loss, Yamamoto Tokiyuki gave him a friendly smile as if saying that he should not be nervous and speak out boldly. Seeing this warm look in his eyes, which he had never seen before, the young man suddenly felt that he was not at all. nervous.Taking a deep breath, he said, "This strategy is a bit difficult to explain...because it's going to kill people!"

When Ji Liangyi knew that the young man might not have killed anyone before, and he had a little mental cleanliness that he had not overcome, he said softly: "What I wait for the samurai to do is to kill people. Either kill with a sword or come up with a plan to kill. Or Do something that is conducive to the samurai killing quickly, and it is much easier to come up with a strategy to kill people than to come up with a strategy not to kill people, so Yoshimitsu can safely and boldly say what the strategy is!"

Mogami Yoshimitsu took a deep breath and said loudly: "Your Majesty just heard the explanation and analysis of several His Highnesses. It can be concluded that this Asakura Jinwu Hall is a family governor who lives a luxurious life and loves to enjoy himself. To show that one's literary and martial arts are not inferior to his ancestors, he still relies more on the conveyance of the performers and trusted ministers for governance. Then we only need a few ninjas to sneak into Ichijo Valley City. Assassinate those performers and spread some rumors about the assassination of the same name. Let Asakura's family fall into chaos.

Then he bribed the maid of the Asakura family to poison Asakura Yoshikage's concubine, the young prime minister Kuratani, and spread rumors that Kaga Ichimune took advantage of the chaos to kill him. Will throw away the agreement made by the Three Kingdoms Alliance to attack the Rokkaku family and cut off the Kami Ashikaga family, and fully launch Echizen Ichikui to avenge the blood sea. This crazy family governor lost his cronies one after another. There will be no peace for the Asakura family. "

"Hiss! Such a vicious scheme! Such a powerful scheming!" Ben cried out dangerously for a long time.Fortunately, he was still vigilant and swallowed the words that came to his lips. Mogami Yoshimitsu's strategy not only surprised Honda Tokimasa, but also Yamamoto Tokiyuki, Namioka Yabo, and Hosokawa Fujitaka. , Tokikatsu Shima, and Karmasa Nagano also showed expressions of surprise. [

Those slightly less intelligent Pudaizhong even cast a hellish look at him. Takigawa Shimao grinned for a long time and didn't close his mouth. He really didn't understand why this half-grown kid came up with such a vicious and vicious plan. , Nagano Yegu, who was sitting at the back of Ohiroma, also showed a serious look, and Kobata Nobusada rubbed his stiff expression and tried to erase the expression of horror.

He Tianyefan's expression was similar to that of Xiaoban Xinzhen's, and he said unnaturally: "This plan is too cruel! It's like driving the Asakura family to a dead end. This is really a 15-year-old The schemes that my peers came up with...but why can't I come up with such a powerful scheme?"

Xiao Banxinzhen pursed her lips and said: "In addition to eating and sleeping, you play eagle hunting and dog chasing. Compared with killing people, you are definitely better than Yamagata Temple, but the trick! Let's try again in the next life!"

Hetian Yefan looked at him in surprise, and suddenly grinned: "Huh? I can't see that you are also slippery when you talk. If you don't accept it, will we go out and compete?"

"Okay! I believe in Zhen so I'm not afraid of you!"

"Stop making trouble!" Nagano Yegu interrupted their low-pitched frolic, hesitating for a moment before sighing: "This Highness, Dr. Mogami Ukyo, will definitely become a great person in the future..."

A few young warriors came over and said disapprovingly: "You have become a big shot with just this trick? I think it's still a lot worse, right? Beauty's super bodyguard!"

Nagano Yegu waved his finger and pointed to the master who was sitting at the top in the distance, and said in a low voice: "If you don't believe me, you can tell by observing the expression of His Highness Gongfang."

At this moment, after experiencing the initial baptism of astonishment, Yoshimitsu Yoshimitsu showed a strange smile on his face. This smile was mixed with three points of surprise, two points of inquiry, and five points of relief. The smile with complex expressions made Mogami Yoshimitsu momentarily I don't understand, and I feel very nervous like beating a drum. After all, this is the first time he has made suggestions for the Kamiso Ashikaga family, and he has no idea whether the specific effect will be good or bad.

Kira Yoshitoki didn't give him time to prepare to continue to be nervous, he just sighed lightly and clapped his hands and praised: "Yoshimitsu's plan is really very good! But Yu's thinking is restricted by the ancient behavior habits, there is no I thought about using such... a powerful strategy to deal with the Asakura family, and this strategy was a great inspiration to Yu, so I hope you will be awarded a certain contribution to Yoshimitsu's plan to defeat the Asakura family in the future."

The big stone in Mogami Yoshimitsu's heart was removed.Immediately leaning over to thank him for his compliment, Langoka shook his feather fan and said: "His Royal Highness Jingzhao's plan is far beyond my expectations. Strength, but there is one more detail that can contribute to Jingzhaodian's plan...

All the performers and the young Prime Minister Angu died.When the city of Ichijo Valley fell into chaos, he adjusted the executors under the command of Ichijo Valley Liubushi, and at the same time deceived the Tsuruga people into believing some rumors that were very unfavorable to the Tsuruga County Secretary, such as Asakura Kingoden's plan to conquer Kaga Ichigo Zong.But the chief general has to hand it over to Chao Cang Jingjing, who is in the wild. I believe that Chao Cang Jinglong will not be able to sit still.

This news passed through Ichijo Guliu's subordinate, and turned this rumor into Tsuruga County Secretary's plan to forcibly regain the lost position of general. request.He even punished him for his ignorance of good and bad behavior. Before the war broke out, conflicts between generals and commanders arose, and it laid the root of the disaster for the confrontation between the people with the same name.This is the plan of killing two birds with one stone that the ministers think! "

Yoshitoki Kira was very satisfied and praised: "What a plan! It's really hard work for the tallow house!"

"I don't dare to take credit for it. It's just picking up what's left and filling in the gaps." Langoka Sister Fang smiled modestly, which made Ben Duoshi very annoyed. In fact, he also came up with a similar plan, but he was wasted before he could perfect the details. Gang Tanfang took the lead. If he said it again, he would be regarded as a mere imitator. Instead, it would be better not to say it at all.

After being patient for a while, in the end he was still unwilling to let Langoka's house be more beautiful than before, so he forced himself to come up with a strategy to suppress the bottom of the box.He said loudly: "The chaos of the Asakura family is just a prelude. I have a plan to make the Wakasa Takeda family chaos. As long as Nakajo Dewa Shouden joins the Kira Navy in time to capture Maizuru Port, the entire Wakasa Kingdom can be quickly controlled. , and using this to threaten the safety and stability of Tsuruga Port, presumably Asakura Yoshikage will recognize the facts at that time, and give up the previous decision to oppose my Kami Ashikaga family!"

Kira Yoshitoki waved his hand and said, "Let Tokimasa talk about Wakasa Takeda's situation!"

"In fact, the Wakasa Takeda family is even more difficult than the Echizen Asakura family. The current family governor Takeda Yoshitomo seized the position of family governor by exiling his father. Because he was not in the right position and he was a puppet of the pro-Asakura family, it caused widespread dissatisfaction among the people of Wakasa. A few years ago, before Takeda Yoshitomo became the governor of the family, he faced a serious problem of a group of relatives and uncles attacking him." Ben Tashi was telling the situation of the Wakasa Takeda family bit by bit.

Compared with Yoshikage Asakura's abnormal thinking, Nobutoyo Takeda, the former governor of the Wakasa Takeda family, can only be regarded as a dark fool. At any rate, he would not do too weird behaviors, but it just happened to happen that his descendant Rokkaku Dingyai died of illness and made him resist The invasion of Asakura's family became more and more difficult, and Liujiao Yixian's new backer was very weak, which triggered a round of shopping between Liujiao and Asakura's relatives.

Takeda Nobutoyo did not stand at the forefront, but put his younger brother Takeda Shigenobu out to fight against Takeda Yoshitomo, who was pro-Asakura faction. As a result, a family dispute that began at the end of Tianwen began slowly. The second year of Hongzhi (1556), Katsuhisa Awaya Etchu, the lord of Kuniyoshi Castle, supported Takeda Shigenobu to launch an attack on Takeda Yoshitomo.

Unfortunately, Yoshiken Rokkaku and Nobutoyo Takeda, who were supported by the follow-up, did not follow up in time, so Takeda Yoshitomo, who was supported by the Asakura family, led his younger brother Nobukata Takeda to easily defeat Shigenobu Takeda and Katsuhisa Awaya who were trying to seize power. If Takeda Shigenobu wins this battle, there is still a balance of power, but this defeat will put Takeda Nobutoyo's position as the family governor in jeopardy. Good morning, Mr. Chief.

Then two years into the first year of Yongroku, Takeda Yoshitomo felt that the time was ripe, so he took the initiative to provoke a war and launched a charge against the family governor, and successfully won the head of his uncle Takeda Shigenobu, putting his father Takeda Nobutoyo at an absolute disadvantage Seeing resistance, he was forced to flee to Omi for asylum under the support of the Liujiao family.

Takeda Yoshitoshi also successfully seized the position of family governor, but before his position was warmed up, he found that the family governor's dominance over Wakasa was getting weaker and weaker. Seeing that Shōkei holds Oi County in the west, and Katsuhisa Awaya still firmly holds Mikata County after suffering a failure, the short-term dormancy of Wakasa Shuangbi is just to make sufficient preparations for the next outbreak.

For a long time, Ben smiled at his father-in-law Numata Hikaru, and continued: "Actually, I also know that Numata Uenosuke has extraordinary connections in Wakasa and Echizen. It is the daughter of Mototaka Awaya and the younger sister of Masae Itami of Wakasa Shuangbi, and several sons-in-law are generals Uozumi Kagegu, Mae Nami Ketsugu, one of the Asakura family's Ichijo Valley Four Orders, and Nian Jizhong. The powerful general Yamazaki Yoshiya, as long as these three people control any one person, they can bring serious disaster to the Asakura family.

In addition, there is also the current head of the Wakasa Muto Clan, Muto Shunhide. It is said that this person has first-class military strategy and intelligence, and has been in and out of Echizen Kingdom all the year round. Therefore, if this person can be used by my Ashikaga family, the Wakasa Kingdom will surely be able to easily take it down and further threaten the Echizen Kingdom. "

In fact, Ben Tashi’s last paragraph is pure talk. How to arrange the general is Kira Yoshitoki’s business, but since he mentioned it like this, there must be his reasons, especially the important mention of Numata Hikaru and Wakasa’s powerful people. That's true, and his sons and daughters are all over the Wakasa Kingdom, Echizen Kingdom, and even Kita Omi. Such an eloquent and well-connected samurai is simply a heavenly messenger.

"Hmm! Yu probably understands what you mean..." Yoshihito Kira caught a glimpse of the excited expression on Numata Hikaru, nodded and said, "Then Uenosuke Numata will serve as the second officer of Wakasa Koktori, and be in charge of coordinating Wakasa Shuangbi and the locals in the county." The task of Uenosuke is to cooperate with the Kira Navy and Nakajo Idehamori's [-] troops to open up the situation as soon as possible, and quickly grasp the territorial defense forces of the entire Wakasa Kingdom. In order to reduce unnecessary troubles, he will return to exile. Let Takeda Nobutoyo take over as House Governor again!"

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This year's rain and snow are particularly dense. In previous years, in February, the snow would gradually melt and gradually enter the warm and warm days of spring. But this year, there was still a heavy snowstorm until February [-]. This heavy rainfall affected most of Honshu Island. A rain in Kinai and snow in Kanto as the beginning of New Year's spring.

Because of the sudden change in Kinai, Yoshitoki Kira had to make the decision to postpone his trip to the south. He can be sure that as long as the Kira family is caught in the Kanto war, Miyoshi Changqing will definitely launch a strong attack on Omi from behind. This so-called anti-Kira encirclement network and The invitation to the Kai Takeda family and the Sagami Hojo family from the Dewa Mutsu country is also based on this consideration.

Miyoshi Changqing's purpose is clearer than before. He shifted the target of hostility from the shogunate in Kyoto to the Kira family, the big backer of the shogunate. Through the Kinai War in the past ten years, he has learned a truth, that is, if he does not defeat the supporters behind the shogunate, he will not be defeated. There is the possibility of completely dominating the shogunate, and the Kinai Three-Kingdom Alliance also wants to further clarify its strategic goal, which is to defeat the shogunate supporters of the Omi Kingdom, the Kira clan and the Rokkaku clan.

Yoshiki Kira would not allow Miyoshi Changqing to easily make a plan. The first point of attack he chose was the Echizen Asakura family. The current family governor Asakura Yoshikage is actually not as strong as imagined, especially for the Kira family's maritime trade. Tsuruga Port, which has the greatest influence, has an extremely low degree of control, which is great news for the Kira family.

That's why there is the arrangement of Hikari Numata and a heavy duty to go to the Wakasa country alone. The first task of Hikari Numata is to win over his brother-in-law Itami Masae who is 20 years younger than himself. The operation of Maizuru Port will not be greatly disturbed by Tango Isshishi.

The [-] Etsuchu army led by Tokiyuki Yamamoto will also set off at the same time. They will take the return ship to go to Maizuru Port in Wakasa Country to wait for orders. After everything has been arranged, it is the season of spring sowing, and the warm earth is full of spring again.

Spring came quietly in the third year of Yonglu.