Pillars of the Wu family

Takigawa Tokimashi was just about to turn on his sarcasm talent, but he was quietly pulled back by his friend Shima Tokatsu, who gave him a wink, as if to say look at the expressions around you before you speak, and this guy found out Kira Yoshishi's face was very unhappy, and he immediately shrank back to be honest like a little quail. The embarrassment seemed to be contagious, and it didn't take long for even the parties to notice that something was wrong.

Saito Chaonobu opened his mouth wide and made an expression of sudden realization: "There are so many roads... there are such twists and turns in the story, so this Kiso family is actually just the Kiso family that was separated from the Ueno-Numata family? Why don't we let Kiso go?" Isn’t it all right to make a statement at home? For example, Fujiwara’s courtier Kiso Iyomori Yoshinaka, I believe you can also accept it!”

Numata Tanyasu reacted very quickly, and immediately changed his words: "It makes sense! Why don't we just do it this way?"

What he meant by asking this question was to give the two opposite families a step down, because Numata found that his speech seemed to make the governor very unhappy, and immediately regretted that it was too reckless to intervene, so he took advantage of Saito Chaomo's letter to hand it over. The ladder quickly disregarded his relationship, and tried to act more like a peacemaker rather than a troublemaker.

But Uematsu Yoshitaka and Ogasawara Dong Xuesai seemed to have taken gunpowder. Both of them stared bull-eyed at the same time and shouted at Numata Soutai: "No! This matter must not be left alone!"

"Hey! What's the trouble here!" Naoe Jingzuna hurriedly persuaded: "Why are the two ministers in the same hall so stiff? There will be no conclusions about the impersonation of the Kiso clan for a while, so it's better to put it on hold and wait for the investigation of the public. After obtaining the evidence, how about handing it over to His Royal Highness for a judgment?"

Ogasawara Dong Xuezhai shouted: "Yamato is too indulgent of this thief if he keeps his words! I think it is time to punish this false leader severely at this time to make an example of others. Don't tolerate and indulge this thief. Let the thief have time to deal with it." ah!"

"Dong Xuezhai's words are right! We'll discuss this matter again!" Sanada Xinglong glanced coldly at this ignorant guy.He smiled and said to Uematsu Yoshitaka: "The Kiso family's problem can be dealt with slowly in the future. His Highness Gongfang's wisdom will definitely give the Kiso family a proper explanation. Please go to the Matsukura Hitoden and be at ease."

Uematsu Yoshitaka still knew that at this time, he couldn't tear his face into a frenzy, and if it continued, it would only make the Kiso family worse, not better, so he bowed his head and said: "I am willing to wait for the judgment of His Royal Highness! The fairness of the king, the wisdom of His Highness, will definitely restore the innocence of my Kiso family!"

"Innocent! If the Kiso family is innocent, there would be no dirtier samurai family in this world!" Ogasawara Dongyusai snorted angrily, expressing his dissatisfaction with Kamatsu Yoshitaka's sophistry. He can't be blamed for being so impatient, it's all because he saw It is already a victory for Numata Tantai to stand up.However, the sudden reversal of the situation turned into a futile ending, which was a major blow to his painstakingly planned plan.

Not reconciled to letting the cooked duck of the Kiso family fly away, and even more unwilling to use a knife to kill the Kiso family in the scheme of killing the Kiso family and then making a profit. When I go back, I will definitely gather samurai to seek self-reliance, I really understand the temperament of the Kiso family, I also know that the private soldiers hidden by Kiso Iyoshou Yoshisho are there..."

Nagano Yezheng, who was silent all the time, suddenly stood up and shouted: "Don't hold back! The evaluation room is a place to discuss military and state affairs, how can you let your lies bewitch the crowd here! Who do you take His Royal Highness and all the lords present here for?" ! Don’t retreat quickly!”

"This... this..." Ogasawara Dong Xuezhai was immediately stunned by the scolding, and only now did he realize that everyone looked at him with such a bad expression, even though he screamed bitterly, he only cared about carrying out his own plan , but left all the warriors present behind.When he turned his head and carefully saw Kirayoshi sitting in the main seat, his face was expressionless and gloomy, to put it mildly.It didn't sound good, that was a livid face, as if someone owed him hundreds of thousands of money.

Apparently his performance was ruined by himself. Yoshitoki Kira no longer treated him with the same kindness as before. The eyes of the family members present were filled with the word disgust, and even ordinary friends They also lowered their heads one by one to avoid the sight of him, and he knew that he was a mixed plant in Chunri Mountain City.

There is really no cure for a bad reputation. When there was such a pragmatist family governor in Kirayoshi, the slogan of leaving no one at home is enough to send him, a retainer who is idle and troublesome, to the eighteenth level of hell , today's situation dooms him not only to be unable to realize his ambition to replace the Kiso family as the lord of Kiso Valley, but also to put his own destiny and future on the line. At the least, he will end up with a hopeless career, and he dare not go in a serious direction. think.

A review meeting was disturbed by this Ogasawara Dong Xuezhai, and then the next few topics were only passed after a hasty deliberation. Kira Yoshishi was in a bad mood and never said a word in the subsequent topics In other words, the retainers of the genealogy generations also felt that it was boring to go through this embarrassing evaluation meeting as if they were sleepwalking.

Back in the castle tower, Yoshihiro Kira summoned several senior ministers of his family, and said in a cold voice: "Yi Masa Kiso is bound to rebel after this disturbance! Keep an eye on the Kiso family, and if you find any abnormalities, you will immediately get rid of it. All the lords of the Kiso Valley! Capture all the Kiso clan and send them to Sado Island immediately without interrogation."

"His Royal Highness, does your Highness mean that the Kiso family is bound to rebel?" Matsui Yukan asked a little strangely: "It shouldn't happen! I think Kami Matsukura's attitude is quite sincere, which is better than that guy who doesn't know how to advance or retreat. There are many, and he is also forced to deal with it instead of taking the initiative to provoke it. It is not easy to be so restrained when the family is insulted."

Sanada Yutaka squeezed his beard and shook his head and said: "Matsui-den only knows one thing but not the other. Even though Ogasawara Tōgakusai is not good in every way, there is one thing that is right, that is, Kiso Yoshisaka will definitely have something to say. Actions, whether it is to come to Chunri Mountain City to apologize and admit mistakes, or to raise troops to seek rebellion, one has to choose between the two. Compared with bowing one's head and admitting mistakes and handing over the reputation to His Royal Highness for decision, or taking a fierce resistance attitude and using it at all costs It is more cost-effective to prove your innocence with a treasonous posture."

Matsui Yuxian retorted with some disapproval: "This is even more strange. Why are there only two options: apology and rebellion? Wouldn't it be better if the Kiso family was innocent, so that they only need to send envoys to investigate and collect evidence?" .Announce the news to confirm that the Kiso family was framed. It will be a happy result for all!"

Ben Duoshi suddenly said, "But what if it really wasn't framed?"

Tomo Matsui glanced around leisurely.Noticing that everyone showed a deeply appreciative expression, they said with some disbelief: "Could it be that the Kiso family is really what Ogasawara Dongyusai said, this Kiso family is a family impersonated by a member of the Numata family?" Is it? The subject thinks this is too incredible!"

Namioka Tanbo said: "It is very likely that it is an impostor, because I have checked the materials in Ina County several times during the attack on Shinano and found that many records on the donutha show that the lords of Kiso Valley are all named after Fujiwara Iyo. The monogram of Mori left a note, and then I don’t know when it suddenly became the monogram of Minamoto Iyomori, and it must have suddenly changed to Kiso’s name at some time 100 years ago!”

"In this way, he is an imposter. There shouldn't be too many problems? As long as you bow your head and admit your mistakes, it will be solved? It's just like the method Naoe Yamato Shou mentioned at the evaluation meeting." Matsui Yukan looked at Naoe Jingzuna , the latter also nodded at him and said: "I also think that we should not just fight like this! After all, the Kiso family is not without room to retreat, even if it is a false leader, just give it a step down and change the courtier's surname. That's it. Revealed."

Ben Duo was chuckling for a while, and slowly said: "It won't be that simple, I think you still haven't figured out the cause and effect relationship... May I ask you, if you are a branch of the Dongliang family in Hanoi, you will be here?" After running for hundreds of years, suddenly one day it was exposed that the ancestor was actually claiming the name of a famous family.

May I ask which samurai faced almost insulting accusations and sat at home calmly, and swallowed the huge humiliation, changed all his name and family, and wiped all the ancestors of the Bodhi Temple at home? Lose.How about destroying all the handwriting on the documents at home that mentioned his birth, and changing the surname of the courtiers to continue living? "

Three things that samurai value.They are land knowledge and practice, family inheritance, and family name promotion. Land and food are the foundation of a samurai family’s foothold. The famous Minamoto Tsuna unjust incident was the beginning, and even the Emperor Sutoku, who was forcibly abdicated by Tobain, appeared in the Imperial Court.

This is one of the four famous vengeful spirits. After failing to start the Baoyuan Rebellion that shocked the world, he was completely deposed and exiled to the Sanuki country. Then he wrote the eight characters "Take the emperor for the people, and take the people for the emperor" , after his death, Kyoto fell into a wave of supernatural events, followed by chaos and the disintegration of the imperial court. Less than 30 years after his death, the Kamakura shogunate appeared to completely end the imperial court's rule over the world.

After Minamoto's death, there were even more disputes over family inheritance. After the death of Minamoto Yoritomo, the dispute between the legitimate son Minamoto's family and his biological mother Hojo Masako led to the bizarre incident in which his younger brother Minamoto became a general and was assassinated by his nephew Seng Gongxiao. Zongya was once challenged by the name of the Koshi family, and the Ashikaga shogun's family also had conflicts between the Ashikaga Takashi and the Ashikaga Naoyoshi brothers during the start-up period.

There are also the Eternal Rebellion that caused the turmoil in Kanto for a hundred years, the famous Onin Rebellion, and the Mingyu Coup that shocked the world, as well as the funny Jiangzhou government 30 years ago, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and the Sakai government Ashikaga Yoshihide. The situation where the generals are confronting each other is all because the samurai families who hold the power of the world have problems in the lineage inheritance, so that the world is in turmoil and directly leads to the decline of the Muromachi shogunate.

The last one is the publicity of the family name. The martial arts name is accumulated by a little bit of military merit. Although it is impossible to reappear the scene of Hanoi Genji being respected by the world's martial arts, it is not a problem to mix with a famous family recognized by the shogunate. For example The Echizen Asakura clan whose family lineage is unknown is a role model for many samurai families.

This emerging famous samurai family that rose during the Onin Rebellion, before that, was just the official of the Kai family, the guardian of the three leader Shibo in Echizen Kingdom, and his background status was probably similar to that of the Oda family. The courtiers of Kasukabe and Jibu It's also at the same level. Although the family name can be ranked last, its significance is not much lower than the other two.

The situation encountered by the impersonated Kiso family is different, but there is one thing in common, that is, being a famous family enjoys many benefits that they have never enjoyed before, and enjoying countless honors and various courtesy as a false leader for nearly a hundred years, such as It is said that during the Onin Rebellion, the Eighth General Ashikaga Yoshimasa gave the Shinano Guardian Ogasawara Masahide who was subordinate to the Eastern Army to order him to crusade against the Mino Guardians Toki Nairiro and Saito Myotsubaki who belonged to the Western Army.

Ogasawara Masahide sent a disciple, Matsuo Ogasawara Takaki, to Minami Shinano to contact the Kiso clan, and called it "Kisoden" in the letter to discuss the action of sending troops from Minami Shinano. It was when Takeda Shingen was running amok in Shinano, the Tiger of Kai was still willing to marry a daughter to Kiso Yoshimasa, and made the Kiso family a special treatment for the royal relatives, so that their family would start from Kiso The little lord of the valley has really come to the larger stage of Kai Shinano.

Although he fell from the altar due to the decline of the Takeda family not long afterward, the Kamiso Ashikaga family who came later also treated the Kiso family with courtesy. Yoshitoki Kira personally admitted his identity as a Minamoto clan, although not as good as the Ashikaga clan So prominent can get the status of a sect, but with the personal promise of the Kamiso Ashikaga family, it is a golden signboard, which is even more enjoyable than rewarding the Kiso family's land knowledge.

As a result, the small family in a quiet corner of the Kiso Valley in Ina County has crossed two steps in succession to become the famous Minazu family in the East. It is conceivable that if the Kamiso Ashikaga family can achieve higher achievements in the future, the Kiso family can also rely on the Hanoi source. The reputation of the clan name will gradually rise in the future and gradually become a world-renowned great martial artist.

But all this was broken in the hands of this Ogasawara Dong Xuesai. The family's reputation was torn apart to reveal the bloody and cruel reality. How could Kiso Yoshima, the family governor, bear this tone and pretend that he didn't care about everything, and then ran away. When I went to Kasuga Mountain City, I bowed my head and admitted my mistake to Kirayoshi, saying that I didn't know these deeds that my ancestors did and asked for forgiveness?

"It can be imagined that this Kiso Iyomori Yoshimasa has no way out. He can't bow his head and admit defeat, let alone admit that his family is an impostor. It is more likely that he will even refuse the investigation of the followers. Once Kiso Iyomori accepts the investigation and finds out The family is indeed here for the impostors, I believe that these Shinano people who have been deceived for nearly a hundred years, and the angry Kiso Valley leaders will definitely tear the Kiso family to pieces." Ben Tashizheng's voice was like a gloomy wind blowing in winter , Let the young warriors present here shiver. (To be continued..)

ps: The Kiso family is another big liar, with the same nature as the Tokugawa family. In comparison, the former is slightly more reliable than the latter, which is about a difference of fifty steps and a hundred steps.