Pillars of the Wu family

Imagawa Clan took advantage of the night to withdraw from Junfu City that evening, took his family and relatives and the genealogists who were willing to follow, and the three thousand elites that Imagawa Yoshimoto built for him also fled. As for Anyuan Anfang Shou Zhongyin gathered only [-] remnant troops and fled Junfu following the climate. He took away all the gold, silver, jewelry and other valuables in the city. If he couldn't take it away, he hid it and hoped that one day he could take it out again when he came back. It's just that he This dream seems a bit out of reach.

On the day Junfu Castle was broken, Takeda Shingen really ordered the three armies to arrest him indiscriminately according to the propaganda. The evil fire that more than [-] tigers had been simmering for several years was released at this moment. Residents, the random arrests that lasted for nearly half a month caused the Takeda Army to do many things that are not as good as animals. Rape, looting, and crime are even worse than Sanguang.

This half-month of random hunting has destroyed this pearl standing on the Tokaido, 70.00% of the town has been damaged to varying degrees, and the red-eyed Takeda samurai even spared temples and ancient temples. Many beautiful gardens are beautiful The shrines in the temple were burned during the war and looting, and many faithful men and women who fled to the monastery did not escape the rape and plunder of these brutal warriors.

When Takeda Shingen realized that he had gone too far and hurriedly ordered these crazy samurai to stop their illegal activities, Junfu Kingdom had been sacked into a dead city with no vitality. The most prosperous 2 townspeople left less than [-] people. Countless temple buildings were burnt down, and the most glorious page of Junfu City was completely ended in this riot.

Although Takeda Shingen tried to make up for this mistake in time, beheading hundreds of samurai who committed heinous crimes or great public anger.However, the reputation of the Takeda family in Suruga suffered an unavoidable heavy loss. The leader and faction of the Imagawa leader who originally joined the army became annoyed on the spot when they saw the tragic scene in Suruga Castle. These people are here for profit, not to let your Takeda family be robbed and plundered like a group of bandits.

The Suruga samurai headed by Asahina Shinoki and Okabe Masatsuna really had their own reasons for betraying the Imagawa clan. They thought whether the family governor could protect their own interests.Loyalty becomes very fragile when one's own interests are damaged. The original intention of welcoming the Takeda Army into Suruga is to protect one's own interests from greater losses.

It’s just that what the Takeda Army came in to do made them too disappointed. Not to mention that there was no sign of the benevolence and righteousness at all, it was impossible to simply protect the interests of those who surrendered. It is just the essence of the Suruga country, and it is also the fruit of the Imagawa family's 200 years of hard work and accumulation, so it was abolished.

Sometimes people lose their hearts and never get them back.When Takeda Shingen learned that Asahina Shinoki and other surrenders would return to his residence with his own army, and told him that he would not cooperate with the Takeda army in any subsequent military operations, he knew that a little inattentive behavior would bring the Imagawa family back. The general was forced to return to Imagawa's side.

As a last resort, he could only put down his posture and send a large number of envoys to contact these generals in an attempt to persuade them, but the effect was far from as good as he expected. Most of the Suruga warriors were wary of the Takeda family, and some warriors began to try. Then contact the Mikawa Matsudaira family and the Sagami Hojo family, trying to protect their own interests through these two families. [

Takeda Shingen immediately sensed that something was wrong with the momentum.This posture seemed to be to put back the situation that the Takeda family had finally twisted, so they immediately gathered a group of ministers to hold a military meeting in the dilapidated Junfu Castle.At the meeting, a group of family members who were still wild in their hearts were reprimanded, scolding them for knowing how to rob without eyes.

Nobushige Takeda rubbed his sore eyes, shook his head tiredly and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is very reasonable. We have been traveling in the mountains all year round with the people of Kai, and we have never met the brave and brave Shinano and the people of Ueno. I have seen weak samurai like the people of Suruga, and when they broke into Suruga, they were arrested everywhere according to the custom of Kai. It made a very bad impression on the people of Suruga, which is very bad for my Takeda family to rule Suruga. ah!"

Naito Masatoyo agreed: "Some of Kai's rules are completely bad habits, such as random hunting and human hunting should be gradually reduced and abolished. After all, our goal is gradually shifting from the similar nature of Shinano to the richer Tokaido. After many observations in the Suruga country, I found that the land is fertile and the culture is developed. In addition, Sunpu Castle is a big city town full of romantic figures. It is also a very good choice to develop the new town center of my Takeda family with Suruga Castle as the center.”

The members of the Takeda family tree were much more honest, they looked at each other and dared not speak, but some unconvinced young samurai jumped out, and Kanli Xinkang was encouraged to shout: "What's wrong with our Kai samurai being soil, it's us This group of samurai warriors defeated the educated samurai of Suruga, in my opinion, it is better to be a little bit more rustic!"

Masataka Atobe shook his head and smiled, "Hey! You can't say that! It's not our samurai's fault for being rustic, it's the natural influence of Kai country's geographical location. We samurai should have a desire to learn culture, and we can't imitate it. General Rising Sun is doing evil in Kyoto like that..."

He didn't dare to continue after speaking halfway, because Masataka Atobe realized that he wanted to compare Takeda Shingen to Kiso Yoshinaka if he continued speaking, he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out, Kiso Yoshinaka is an unlucky ghost. It is outstanding and can be compared to the overlord of Japan, and its IQ and scheming are also very inferior. In the Heian period, he dared to do the thing of burning Kyoto, which can indeed be called a lack of brains.

Takeda Shingen's face was very ugly. He knew what Masataka Atobe meant. Whether as a family governor or as an ordinary samurai, any actions he made would have to pay for the corresponding influence. Takeda Shingen knew that It is a refutable fact that it is stupid to insist on the practice of Kai country.

In that era when the news was relatively closed, far from the simple age when materialism was rampant decades later, villagers and local servants formed a village group to protect themselves. They have inherent family cultural traditions formed over hundreds of years. Every county has corresponding myths and legends as well as various customs and taboos.The Suruga country is a wealthy neighboring country with a relatively prosperous culture, and the situation here is much more complicated than that of the relatively simple Kai country.

There are many wealthy businessmen who travel through the Kanto and Gyeonggi from east to west, as well as intellectuals with rich knowledge and witty words, and monks who are well-informed and knowledgeable.The port towns in the territory are densely populated and there is a lot of traffic. If you destroy the brightest jewel on the throne in this culturally prosperous border country, you can imagine how big the crisis the Takeda family encountered.

Takeda Shingen felt uncontrollably worried, every time he hit a land, he had to appease the people of the country. This is the routine work of the family governor. If he had been allowed to enter the Suruga country a few years ago, he would never have allowed the family members of the family to be arrested so casually. To hurt the hearts of the people, but the critical situation in Kai country requires him to lead troops out of Suruga country immediately.Even Takeda Shingen, the family governor, showed signs of being shaken.

In desperation, he decided to use his own son, Takeda Yoshinobu's death, in exchange for the reunification of internal voices, which means that Takeda Shingen's control over the generations of Takeda's genealogy is declining, and it was still easy to do it back then. Kill Itagaki Nobukata's son Itagaki Nobuken, and now it will not be so easy for him to attack the Pudai retainer group.

In this environment, Takeda Shingen could only exert pressure on the Takeda Two Mountains system through the power of the pedigree family, and then strengthen the weakening power of the family governor.It seems that his current situation is still very good, but in fact, if his control is as strong as before.There will never be a group of genealogy retainers arresting and abolishing the entire Junfu City, at least he himself thinks so.

Takeda Shingen grinned and thought to himself: "The people of Suruga are not the only samurai from the main family to choose from. He can choose the Mikawa Matsudaira family to the west, the Sagami Hojo family to the right, and the more distant Kira family. The main family has to face The situation is far from as wonderful as imagined!"

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Midsummer at the beginning of July was the hottest time. At this time, the wind and rain in the Kanto had a break and the weather returned to clear. In this blue sky, Yoshitoki Kira brought nearly a thousand horsemen back to the samurai to hold a grand falconry in Kanto.Young warriors such as Tokimashi Takikawa, Tokatsu Shima, and Shigecho Honjo showed their talents and hunted hundreds of prey in one morning. The chef accompanying the army took advantage of the opportunity and set up a grill to roast them on the spot to share with everyone. [

Falcon hunting is one of the favorite outdoor sports for samurai. It can not only connect with the art of arching and horses, but also fill your stomach and give yourself a tooth festival. Kira Yoshishi also liked to drag a large group of samurai to openly kill and eat meat. You can experience that kind of Despising the sense of superiority of the customs and habits of this era, he also has only a little sense of superiority to prove that he is not an ordinary person.

The latest news from Echigo.Oda Inu gave birth to a healthy daughter for Yoshishi Kira. This is the fourth biological daughter of Yoshiki Kira. Counting the little sisters Mitsuhime and Akihime, they are ranked No.6. Yoshiki Kira was overjoyed The little baby was named Yukihime, a lucky symbol to celebrate a series of successful journeys south to Kanto.

Hosokawa Fujitaka is very envious of Kirayoshi's many children and blessings. When he has nothing to do, he likes to bring the topic closer to this aspect. When Kirayoshi knew that he was anxious that his wife had not given birth to a baby, so he pretended to give him bullwhip and sheep eggs. Hosokawa Fujitaka ate and drank a few times without knowing it. It is said that he couldn't sleep for several nights in a row. The next day he stared at the dark circles under his eyes and looked decadent and listless. It was really funny.

Since the rainy season came, the Kira Legion has not conducted any more intense military operations. Its purpose is to appease the people of the Musashi Kingdom and deal with matters related to the migration of Echigo. His family governor moved more than 30 people in the Musashi Kingdom to Echigo with a single sentence. , and moved from [-] people to Musashi Kingdom in batches. It sounds simple and easy, but it is actually not that simple at all.

Of course, farmers in Musashi Kingdom would not be willing to leave their homeland, even if it gets better and better, it is not as good as their own home, just like a gold nest and a silver nest are not as good as their own kennel, even if they say good things and give them all the benefits. His throat was hoarse from the persuasion, but the peasants of the Musashi Kingdom seemed to be determined not to leave, which made the disciples of the Kira family scratch their heads.

Shangfeng urged the followers to resort to all kinds of strange tricks and tricks, and finally managed to get away tens of thousands of people, but the rest was completely irrelevant. In the end, Kira Yoshishi couldn't see it, and he made a decision: "The toast can't be done!" Eat, eat, drink, lock everyone up, form a long team and send them to Echigo! Of course... the promises that should be given should not be missed, and the work of appeasement must not be neglected in the slightest."

Just like how Hongwu chased and dealt with the peasants, if you don't leave, you will be tied up and taken away by force.It is like the strict behavior of guarding prisoners to prevent them from escaping. Farmers have to untie the rope to go to the toilet to facilitate it. This stupid method is the only mobilization method invented by the ancients.

It is not easy to let Musashi farmers go north, but it is even more difficult to let the 30 farmers in Echigo.In particular, the followers of the Kira family aimed at the new residents who had moved to Echigo in the past ten years, intending to send this group of new residents who just exceeded the population red line of 30 to Musashi Kingdom. how big.

The Kira family followed the death order issued by the people, and the elders of the villages did not understand it, but they had to resolutely implement it, and worked hard to persuade people to send people to Musashi country safely at all costs. The local servants below did not understand the official government Foresighted, seeing their own interests being harmed, their first reaction is fierce opposition.No matter how nice your words are, it is absolutely impossible to destroy their beautiful life.

This contradiction further intensified the contradiction between the new immigrants hidden in Echigo and the local residents of Echigo. The local residents of Echigo felt that the town government was helping them, and they were so proud that they wished to put the little tails that did not exist at all. Strangely enough, some young people deliberately went to the villages of the new immigrants to ridicule them eccentrically, which directly led to vicious cases of many honest farmers suddenly violently murdering people.

The incident was so big that it affected the atmosphere of Kasugayama Castle Town. Nagao Masakage, Nagao Keisha and Matsui Yukan also found that he couldn't handle it by himself, so they quickly reported it to Kira who was far away in Edo Castle. righteous time.When he realized that his words had caused such a big disturbance, he almost fainted from anger.

Yoshishi Kira immediately called an envoy and reprimanded him: "Who told you to take the initiative to attack the new immigrants! This is simply nonsense! This is artificially creating conflicts within Echigo! Matsui Yukan wrote a profound letter of application for Yu, and summed up exactly what mistakes he made as the chief acting officer of the Echigo Shrine!"

In order to rectify his subordinates, he had no choice but to resort to the stunt of "writing inspections". He also stipulated in detail that they must have something to say and no less than [-] words. In fact, these followers who deal with government affairs usually have no chance to fight the enemy.

They have always been hiding in a relatively safe rear area to handle matters such as the transfer of wartime logistics and materials. Their status in wartime is far inferior to the invincible generals who hold military and political power on the battlefield. Once the war is over and peace is restored, these executive officers have the right to speak It is far higher than a general who can only fight, so it is usually found in the evaluation meeting of the Kira family that there is nothing for the general to do in government affairs discussions.

It's not that these generals who went to battle to kill the enemy have no opinions to express, but that they really don't understand the professional operation mode.He also has absolutely no experience and skills in dealing with government affairs, and there have been many times when a general has pondered for a long time and concocted a completely unreliable government reform proposal, which was finally dismissed by the followers with a smile. There are ghosts.

Yoshiki Kira has been thinking about how to deal with some cocky followers. Some young believers think they are very smart, and often publish some genealogical genealogy old mentions in the evaluation meeting.They changed their opinions to show off their influence, and the result was naturally to further deepen the rift between the Adherent faction and the Generals faction.

The struggle between civil servants and military officials has happened in ancient and modern China and abroad, and it cannot be avoided. No matter how wise the monarch is, he will feel distressed about this issue. Dancing on an egg is a very dangerous move, and if you don't do it right, it's easy to cause a scandal.

Yoshishi Kira did not intend to let the fledgling Fuxing faction and generals faction continue to quarrel, and took advantage of the harmonious relationship between the upper-middle-level generals and the generals to beat the Fuxing faction, and resorted to the special skill of "writing inspections" at the bottom of the box To awe the followers, the most important thing for the officials is not the knowledge of the land, but the power in their hands and the influence of the government affairs they have endured. The amazing influence and potential wealth contained in this is huge.

Many powerful officials and corrupt officials were bred out of it. Yoshihiro Ji didn't want his executive organization to evolve into a corrupt and corrupt moth institution. The most important thing for the public is the power in their hands rather than the knowledge of the land, so they will play tricks on their power, implying that there are two red lines waiting for them when they make mistakes, one is to "write a review" and the other is to suspend their duties for self-reflection.If it is more serious, you can use your rich imagination and associations.

Find a mistake and beat this group of disobedient adherents, and warn them to put away their little tails and stop ostentatiously causing trouble. The next time they are bumped into by Kirayoshi, it will be much more serious than this suspension and self-reflection, Matsui Yukan Adhering to the chief acting officials also enjoy the treatment of thunder, rain and dew as the king's favor.

The 30 Echigo farmers who moved south to Musashi Kingdom were re-divided according to the area of ​​cultivated land and the conditions of nearby villages.At the same time, it is required that the public move closer to the level of a bowl of water as much as possible. Basically, the standard is 15 for new immigrants and 15 for local farmers in Echigo. It can be more, but it must not be less than this number.

The corresponding compensation is also very generous, including the new village town that will be relocated to Musashi country. To make it easier for them to hire chariots and horses for transportation, the total cost of this relocation was as high as more than [-] guanwen.It can be called Echigo's largest public expenditure in recent years, in order to ensure that farmers who go south to Musashi can enjoy good material resources to the greatest extent.

In order to implement this relocation task, the Kira family had no choice but to show their trump card, announcing in a high-profile manner that the town government would relocate the imperial palace from Kasugayama Castle to Musashi Kingdom in the near future. The snowy Echigo Plains moved to the warmer and more humid Kanto Plains, which also hinted at an important message.This time, the Kira family is not as simple as simply grabbing land.

There are still many smart people in Echigo, and many rumors spread quickly under repeated publicity.For example, Lord Zhenfu is going to Musashi Kingdom this time to serve as the official of the Kanto government. All kinds of rumors have been passed around and they have been misled by them. It can also be seen that Kirayoshi’s actions to go south to the Kanto region have already been covered. The world sees through the plan.

There is another important reason why Yoshitoki Kira chose to stop temporarily. While digesting the Musashi Kingdom, he released goodwill to the people of the Kanto Kingdom, and sent diplomatic missions led by Asayama Hijo to travel around Shimono, Shimo, Shangso, Anbo, Whether they believe it or not, the five countries of Hitachi have to tell these people from the Kanto country that they are only planning to deal with the Hojo family.By the way, deal with the cancer of the shogunate, the Guandong Gongfang, who has repeatedly incited troubles.

The people of the Kanto Kingdom were surprised and terrified to discover that the Musashi Kingdom was taken by the Kira Legion with lightning speed. It is absolutely impossible to say that there is no fear and worry in their hearts. Sudden pressing and beating, but still unable to fight back, I always feel a little bit in my heart, wondering what kind of attitude this strange strong man will have towards them.

The people of the Kanto Kingdom are too fragmented. Even Yoshiaki Satake, a larger Hitachi native, wooed Shigetaka Iwaki of the Minamikutsu Kingdom to the north, and intervened in the disputes between the Nasu and Utsunomiya clans of the Shimono Kingdom to the west.He worked hard to expand the territory of the Hitachi country to the south, and also crossed the border from time to time into the Xiasuo country to contribute to the Furukawa government. The overall strength and influence are better than those of Utsunomiya Hirozuna, Nasu Ziyin, Yuki Haruma, and Chiba. Yinfu is much stronger, probably at the same level as Satomi Yoshihiro, a daimyo-level powerful samurai.

But even such a powerful samurai basically mastered the territories of the seven prefectures of Hitachi. Among them, Edo Zhongmichi, the lord of Mito Castle in Naka County, still maintains a strong strength in the separatist side. This Edo Zhongmichi was originally the most common in Kanto. The Hidego-ryu family, who were originally the ancestors of the Satake clan in the Muromachi period, only gradually broke away from the control of the Satake clan during the civilized period to realize their desire for personal independence.

Edo Tadamichi was originally the son-in-law of Satake Yoshishun. After succeeding to the throne, he took advantage of the opportunity of the death of his elder brother Satake Yoshitoshi to attack the Satake clan, but was easily defeated by his young nephew Satake Yoshiaki. The cunning Edo Tadatsu immediately changed his face and expressed his surrender. , Since then, it has been expanding to the southern Kashima County with a semi-independent attitude, becoming a piece embedded in Satake's chest, which may cause fatal damage to Satake at any time.

As for the people from all walks of life in the southern part of the Hitachi country, there are almost as many people as a cow. Among them, the most powerful ones are Oda Clan, the lord of Oda Castle, and the Oda Sada Kingdom in Fuchu. The Oda Clan was originally a branch of the Utsunomiya Clan. In fact, during the political era of the previous family governor Oda, he became the son of the Horikoshi family. During the Ming Dynasty, the Oda family led a dispute. The adopted son inherits the family governor.

The status of Dazhe is even more important. The dignified Bando Bahei clan is a famous samurai family rooted in Miaohong. In the Kamakura period, it was also called the Dazhe Party when it was called the Lang Party, and its status was second only to the Chichibu Party and the Miura Party. And ranked No.3, followed by the Kamakura Party, the Chiba Party, the exterminated Hojo Clan, and the completely declining Doi Clan and Kumagai Clan.

These eight families almost accounted for [-]% to [-]% of the main forces of the Bando Bahei family, and the rest, such as the Oyamada family, the Shiro family, and the Kashima family, were all powerful generals, but such a powerful and famous samurai family was locked up in the Hitachi country. Fuchu couldn't even raise his head, and could only rely on his strong family line and complicated marriage relationship with the Satake family to maintain an independent attitude.

There are many branch families of the Otaku Party, and there are mainly eight powerful families, namely the Yoshida family, the Toyota family, the Yukata family, the Kashima family, the Makabe family, the Tojo family, the Shimozuma family and the Oguri family. These eight families are composed of The huge kinship network spreads all over the southern counties of Hitachi, and they are the so-called Nan Hitachi 33 Halls.

There are hundreds of families in Hitachi country, big and small, and the chaos in this country reflects the difference in the centripetal force of the samurai in this era. Since the Satake Yoshito Rebellion broke out more than 100 years ago, the shogunate has not been in power for more than a century. Chang Luguo appointed guardians, but the Kanto Wu family did not have strong control.

Such a powerful Satake clan can't eliminate so many forces in the country, not to mention Satomi Yoshihiro who was suppressed by the Hojo clan's government, and those who even controlled Utsunomiya Hirotsuna and Nasu Ziyin Like others, the Chiba clan and Yuki clan of Xiasuo Kingdom are more than self-preserving and not aggressive enough.

In this chaotic situation, even though the people of the Kanto Kingdom realized that the Kira family that Echigo killed was a very powerful and terrifying enemy, they themselves could not face the Kira family directly for various reasons, and they dared not easily do anything that would be detrimental to Kira. This can be known from the demise of the anti-Kira alliance.

As the negotiating trip in the Kanto of the diplomatic pursuit of Asayama Nichijo started, the ambiguous attitude of the people of the Kanto Kingdom gradually turned to support the Kira family against the Furukawa government. In the leading country, the large amount of money was frequently met with people from all walks of life, which gradually turned the direction of public opinion of the people of the Kanto country back to the favorable side.

Kira Yoshitoki's attitude is very tough, but the attitude of the governor is only one aspect. Asayama Hichijo is constantly explaining to the Kanto samurai that the Kira family went south to Kanto without any malice, trying to release friendly signals to influence the judgment of the Kanto lords. No matter whether they are refusing, being indifferent or being friendly or expecting, they all maintain a friendly attitude as always.