Pillars of the Wu family

At the time of the military discussion, Imakawa Tsuruhime came to Edo Castle with Wanzhu Wan. Looking at the mournful sister-in-law and the young and ignorant nephew, Kira Yoshishi felt very unhappy, and the brotherhood was not very close. The family affection flowing in the blood cannot be blocked, Yoshitoki Kira promised to Imakawa Tsuruhime that he would seek justice for his brother and take back the territory belonging to Manjumaru.

Imakawa Tsuruhime is very grateful for his promise. For her, there is nothing more important than keeping the reputation and status of her late husband. Keeping all this can ensure that her son Wanzhumaru can obtain a decent status belonging to a famous family in the future. Judging from his statement, Yoshian Kira's death did not change the status of Mikawa Kira's family in his heart, and there was nothing less that should be given.

Yoshishi Kira arranged for the mother and son to live in the annex of Edo Castle, and specially arranged for a maid to be in charge of the daily life. The treatment refers to the family style payment. He can understand the intense interest of the mother and son who have traveled all the way to Edo Castle. However, Imagawa Tsuruhime's elder brother, the Imagawa family, is really trapped in Kakegawa Castle and cannot protect himself. If he does not seek refuge with Kirayoshi in Kanto, he may face the embarrassing situation of sleeping on the streets.

Looking at Imakawa Tsuruhime, dressed in plain clothes and black clothes, taking Manjumaru, who was only three years old, to salute and leave him, the lonely figure still carried a strong sadness that could not be resolved, Kira Yoshishi felt a suffocation in his heart. The stock name was furious, and said with a muffled snort: "Send envoys with gold, silver, pearls and jade to the capital to contact Guanbai Palace and His Royal Highness Gongfang, and inform Mikawa Kira's family about the destruction of the family. I must invite one, and I will make Ieyasu Matsudaira pay the price! The price in blood!"

As the name suggests, the imperial court refers to a certain warrior as an enemy of the court, such as the Pingjiangmen who were born in the Huanwu Ping clan, and the recent ones such as the rebellious Nanmu Zhengcheng in the Southern Dynasty. In [-], a man named Masahiro Kusuki, who claimed to be a descendant of the Nanmu family, was active near Kyoto and asked the imperial court to pardon Masanari Nanmu, who rebelled against the Southern Dynasty. This surprised many samurai in the shogunate for a long time.

During the preparations for the attack on the Furukawa Imperial Palace, Yoshitoki summoned several powerful warriors of the Musashi Kingdom in Edo Castle, praised them for their obedience, and gave them golden jewels and costumes to commend the people of the Musashi Kingdom for their deeds of abandoning darkness and supporting the shogunate.During this period, he met several samurai with special status, among them was the current head of Oshu Kira, Kira Laikang.

In the newly opened imperial palace in Edo Castle Honmaru, a middle-aged man with a weathered face and a young boy were sitting respectfully on their knees. They were Yoriyasu Kira and his adopted son Kira Shitomo. The two father and son sat in the other room with stiff expressions. Greeting Xiao surname and offering refreshments, looking into the corridor outside the door from time to time.

When he saw Ji Liangyi, who was wearing a pure white printed two-in two-pattern safari suit, wearing a black hat and holding a folding fan, he walked in surrounded by several surnames.He hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Kira Zuowei Menzuo and Inuzishi paid homage to His Royal Highness, wishing His Royal Highness good health and long-lasting martial fortune!"

"You don't need to be too polite at Maita Hall. You and I come from the same clan and we are a family." Yoshihiro Kira sat down cross-legged with his surname back, and said with a smile, "You and my clan haven't been together for more than 200 years since the separation of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, right?" Speaking of which, the ancestor Ryumonji Temple adopted the second son to the Oshu Kira family as the successor of the family governor in the Luyuanin era. When it comes to blood relationship, you and I are closer than Saijo Kira and Tojo Kira!" [

"Yes! In the era of Emperor Gaozu Lai Zhigong, it has been more than 100 years since he welcomed Lai Shigong as his son-in-law and adopted son from the palace of Longmen Temple." Kira Laikang recalled the glory of his ancestors in the past, and he couldn't help sighing: " My Kira family has been in decline for more than [-] years since the Guanxi disturbance, and I have long forgotten the glory of the ancestors in the Kamakura period... But thanks to the appearance of His Highness Gongfang, my Kira family's declining family business has been saved again!"

The Kira family is also known as the Mikawa Ashikaga family, and it was also called the Mikawa party of the Ashikaga family in the Kamakura period.These are common names, but the Kira family does not have only one family name. At first, the guardian of Mikawa, Ashikaga Yoshishi, divided into two Kira clans in Mikawa. The second is Yoshitsugu Kira.These two families were originally known as Saijo Kira and Tojo Kira.

The ancestor of this branch in the Kira Yoshishi period emerged from the powerful family of the Ashikaga family, the Kira Manshi, who obtained the highly valuable Echizen guardianship in the Kamakura period, becoming the second powerful samurai family to obtain the post of Kamakura guardianship besides the Ashikaga family. , Taking this opportunity, he won the title of Sosaburo Ashikaga in one fell swoop, and kept pace with the Owari Ashikaga family founded by the Shiba family, who was abolished by his father-in-law Ashikaga Yasushi.

The Tojo Kira family was much worse than the Kamakura Ashikaga family, and their influence in the Mikawa Kingdom was completely suppressed and they could not lift their heads. For two consecutive generations, they were only the land of the Tojo Territory, until the Kira Keijia obtained land from the Kamakura Shogunate. He was the head of the Fujiya village in Anda County, Oshu. Later, in the era of the Kira Sada family, he moved out of the Mikawa country with his family and renamed it the Oshu Kira family.

As soon as Tojo Kira left, the original territory was vacated and fell into the hands of the Ashikaga family. Until the end of Kamakura, the Kira family followed the Ashikaga Takashi to fight against the shogunate. Both the Ashikaga family in Mikawa and the Kira family who ran to Ozhou were unfortunately joined by Naoyoshi Ashikaga and became unlucky ghosts.

The name of the Kamiso Ashikaga family was also banned at that time and downgraded to the Mikawa Kira family. The two sons of Mikawa Kira’s governor, Kira Miyoshi, were forcibly split by Ashikaga Takashi. His younger brother Takayoshi Kira opened up another family called the Tojo Kira family. Because there was a family of Yoshitsugu Kira before Tojo Castle, so there is a saying of the former Tojo and the latter Tojo.

Yoshishi Kira laughed heartily and said, "Maidaden doesn't need to flatter me. I'm tired of hearing these flattery words on weekdays. Today we just talk about old friends and don't talk about those disturbing topics. This time I can see my relatives in Kanto One sect is very happy, the one sect that has not been in contact with each other for hundreds of years will still get closer in the future."

Kira Laikang was overjoyed and quickly bowed to express his thanks. The first meeting went so smoothly, which was completely beyond his imagination. In fact, the Oshu Kira family was far worse than the Mikawa Kira family. Not to mention the heaven-defying Yoshihiro Kira. To revive the name of the Ashikaga family, it is said that the Kira family in Oshu has declined all the way in the past 200 years. It has been downgraded from the leader of Oshu to one of the four leaders of Oshu, and then downgraded to Oshu. .

Under the leadership of Kira Mitsuyoshi, the Mikawa Kira family was able to abandon the dark side and regain the understanding of the shogunate in time. It is a great fortune in misfortune. Going to Hei, the second-generation general Ashikaga Yoshikan once issued an imperial education book, ordering Ishibashi Toyoshi to crusade against the Kira Ji family. At that time, the Oshu Kira family was defined as a major crime of treason, which shows how miserable this family was at that time.

When talking about Riki Yoshiyoshi, he also mentioned the deeds of the disturbance in Guanxi.I think the Kira family was really optimistic about the second general Naoyoshi Ashikaga at the beginning, but this master was really weak and insisted on screwing up some of the generals he fought. Not only did the Kira family give up their dream of monopolizing the leadership, but they also lost By the way, more than half of the family business was taken in and he became a bereaved dog.

Looking back at the old enemy Shiboshi, he was already far behind. Shiba Gaojing became more and more moist, and even got a few guardians. His son, Shibo Yoshisho, established the hegemony of the three leaders of the shogunate. The regret and depression in my heart No need to think about how big it is.So later the Kira family bowed their heads to the Shiba family, and they were very aggrieved when the two parties married each other's daughters to maintain unity.In the Kamakura period, the Kira family was better than the Shiba family.

The Kira family is full of depression about the tragic failure of Guan Yu’s disturbance. For 200 years, they have never wanted to regain their reputation. This dream has been achieved in the hands of Kira Yoshitoki. The revitalization of Men Xun leading the family means that he, a phoenix in distress, can also soar into the sky.

This is the meaning of the so-called "following one's liking". In the following speech, Kira Laikang deliberately talked about the devastation of the past century, and sighed: "The next family lived miserable in Oshu! The governor even has a decent new clothes for a year. No, a group of precarious people are struggling on the line of life and death... Fortunately, they survived in the end!"

Yoshishi Kira smiled as he listened to his story about the migration of Oshu Kira's family to Kanto. At the beginning, a group of rebels from the Southern Dynasty escaped the sanction of the shogunate under the protection of the Kamakura government, and the lost Oshu Kira entered the Kamakura government.And as the Kamakura government became the Furukawa government, it continued to survive.

The Oshu Kira family cannot enjoy the family status of the imperial family bestowed by the shogunate, but the Kamakura government said that it doesn’t matter if the shogunate has some, we can have it, so they made the Oshu Kira family the treatment of the Kanto imperial family dismounted, which has meaning It is to tell the world that the Kamakura shogunate is someone who will be a general. [

The behavior of Guandong Gong's side can no longer be described by Sima Zhaozhi's heart. Their family is like a two-year-old boy who keeps jumping up and down in front of his family.It seems to be telling his father that he is the head of the family. Of course, his behavior will be angered and disgusted by the Ashikaga family.

Although the family of Kamakura Gongfang was lucky enough to escape from an Ashikaga Cheng clan and established the Furukawa Imperial Palace in the Furukawa Township of Xiasuo Country to continue the struggle, but the influence of the Kanto Gongfang is far less powerful than before. If Ashikaga Yoshinaka was not killed by Akamatsu Misuke the following year, the line of Kamakura Gongfang would really have passed away.

During the chat for an hour, Yoshishi Kira noticed that the young man behind Laikang Kira hadn't spoken at all, so he asked with a smile, "This is the son of Maitaden, right? What's his name?"

Yoshiyasu Kira said: "This is my adopted son, the Kira clan, who was originally the second son of the Horikoshi-Imagawa family, Horikoshi-Imagawa family. He will inherit the sect at the age of next year, so he was invited by Hojo Sagami to welcome him from the Horikoshi-Imagawa family. Raise an adopted son."

"It turned out to be the son-in-law of the Horikoshi Imagawa family. Your ancestor Toshiko was a great samurai! Yu's ancestor, Ryumonji Temple, was also Toshiko's son-in-law." Because the Horikoshi clan of the Imagawa clan has always had a bad relationship with the main family, the Suruga Imagawa clan, and even the elder brother of the current Kira clan, Horikoshi Sadanobu, is still struggling to stand on his own. For various reasons, he has to treat this family well.

The allusion mentioned by Kira Yoshishi is actually that after the Mikawa Kira family was split into two sections by Ashikaga Takashi, the second generation of Saijo Kira, Kira Toshi, became the son-in-law of Imagawa Sadayo who entered the Tao. Temple, just like Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's precept name is Luyuan Temple. The samurai tried to avoid mentioning the name of the deceased sages out of the habit of taboo for the venerable.

What is different from ancient China is that the samurai family has always been proud of using the names of their ancestors. The usage of Tongzi is that the names of the first ancestors are used as Tongzi for generations. Yan Fujiwara Komi, the Sanjo family, the Xiyuanji family, and the Tokudaiji family who have been separated from him have used the word "gongmi" for generations of family governors, and it is a high-end way to distinguish seniority once every generation.

The usage of the Wu family is relatively rough, that is, to pass down the Tong characters of the Wu family from generation to generation. This benefit is obvious in the feudal era. As long as you report the place where the Miao characters come from and the official position, the other party will immediately know which family you are from. , Even two warriors who have never met before can verify that they are close relatives and the same family through a series of special certificates such as Miao characters and Tong characters.

The first time I met Kira Laiyasu, a member of the same family in the Musashi Kingdom, went very smoothly. When I met Kirayoshi, I knew that he only had a small territory in Maita Village, Kuraki County, Musashi Kingdom.Life is very difficult and can only rely on the support of the Hojo family to maintain the food and clothing level, so with a swipe of the pen, he gave Kira Yasuko a special treatment. As the family governor of the Musashi Kira family, he enjoys a family history of [-] shige. Seasonal fruits and vegetables There is no shortage of meat and eggs, and gold, silver and silk worth five thousand guanwen of Yongle money are given on the spot.

The Kira family was transferred to Edo Castle to participate in government affairs, and his position was to be a senior ceremonial official, so that the [-] shi and various welfare benefits received by Kira Laiyasu became the family salary.The salary received by the Kira clan as a senior priest was a job salary, and Kira Laiyasu almost couldn't close his mouth when he left the Edo Imperial Palace.

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Facing the mighty power of the people of the Kanto Kingdom.Jiliang Yoshitoshi’s adjustments were also carried out rapidly at the same time. The first one to be adjusted was the famous family of the Hitachi Kingdom. Dazhe Zhenguo and his many branches spread throughout the South Hitachi Kingdom. The 33rd Hall of the South Hitachi has a very strong influence. , Even Hitachi Satake's family can't suppress these Chinese people.

It's just because the Dazhao family's own strength is not strong, and it involves various internal strife methods to exert its strength. When Kira Yoshishi contacted Dazhao Zhenguo, he planned to persuade him to join the Kira family's camp and fight against the Oda clan of the Zhongchanglu Kingdom. Ji and Edo Chumichi, and Hitachi overlord Satake Yoshiaki.

The adjustment of the Shimono country begins with Sano Masatsuna. This unscrupulous samurai has actually already joined the Kamiso Ashikaga family.One of his family members, Kiryu Sukatsuna, served as an ashigaru general in the Ueno Army that was assigned by Kirayoshi. Kiryu Sukatsuna's middle-aged son was facing the crisis of extinction, and he deliberately brought a second son from Sano Masaotsuna as the successor of the Kiryu family.

The fetters of this relationship made the Sano family naturally lean towards the Kira family, especially after receiving the gift of gold and silver worth [-] kan Wen Yongle coins from the Kira family's envoy, Sano Masatsuna immediately accepted the adjustment of switching to the camp happily.Leading his own army turned around and left the Furukawa Imperial Palace and returned to his home to rebel.

Another object of the adjustment is Nasu Ziyin, the governor of the Nasu family. I have to say that the people of the Kanto Kingdom or the samurai of the Warring States period are really very moral. In the anti-Kira alliance, Nasu Ziyin clamored to support the Ashikaga government. Kira, Oseki Takasuke, Otawara Tsunakiyoshi, and Fukuhara Sukataka of the Nasu family stopped him, claiming that they were determined to stand in the pro-Kira camp.

As a result, it didn’t take long before another 180-degree turn took place. Most of the Nasu Qiqi who were pro-Kira turned to oppose Kira. The emissary quickly agreed on the decision to evacuate the Furukawa Imperial Palace and return to the Shimono Kingdom. As for the life and death of the Kanto Nationalist coalition forces, he has nothing to do with him. He will go back and launch a surprise attack on the territories of several uncles.

The attitude of Chinese people is so interesting. They support what they think is beneficial to them, and oppose what they think is harmful to them. This kind of consideration is usually selfish and disregarding the overall situation, so I often meet some Chinese people Everyone looks like weeds and chameleons, and the face of a cat and a dog are constantly changing.

This set of survival rules is the unique culture of the Warring States period. Although it is very unscrupulous, it is useful most of the time. As long as there is no interference from powerful daimyo or higher-level court shogunate, it is not a big deal. Ji Liangyi is looking at them. He dared to fight because of his temperament. If these warriors were as loyal and brave as Yucheng Hezhan more than 100 years ago, he would have no off-the-clock moves to use.

All the people who were pro-Satake and opposed Hojo in the past, all followed Satake Yoshiaki's camp and changed to the anti-Kira side. What's more, the Utsunomiya family's genealogy servant Fanga Kosada proposed an amazing plan. Join the Sagami Hojo clan to fight against the domineering Kira family. Of course, this proposal was opposed by many Kanto samurai including Satake Yoshiaki during the implementation process. It is still very difficult to make enemies of life and death suddenly become allies.

For example, Yoshihiro Satomi, who did not participate in the Kwantung Allied Forces, is a potential opponent. The hatred between the Satomi family and the Hojo family is definitely deeper than that of most samurai families in the Furukawa Imperial Palace. Yuki Haruto, who was replaced by the heir of the Koyama family, but Yuuki Haruto himself did not seem to be in a hurry to take revenge, but was busy raising the Kwantung people's coalition forces for Ashikaga Masa. At this moment, the power wanted to overwhelm his adoptive father. Brother's life and death hatred.

Another direction of adjustment is Utsunomiya Hirotsuna, who was puppeted. Utsunomiya Hirotsuna’s wife is Satake Yoshiaki’s daughter, and the genealogy retainer is Haga Gaoding who has changed from pro-Kira to anti-Kira. At home, he must obey The important minister of the generation of genealogy, Haga Gaoding, is at the mercy of the command, and he has to be greatly influenced by his father-in-law Yoshiaki Satake outside the home. As a family governor with ideals and aspirations, he must be very aggrieved.

It was based on this judgment that he sent an emissary to contact Utsunomiya Hirozuna. The young governor was very surprised that the emissary of the Kira family found him. As expected, he was very interested in the proposal to withdraw from the Kanto National Alliance, but After much deliberation, he finally declined the proposal of the Kira family. His concern was that Haga Gaoding played a major role in the stability of the Utsunomiya family. Once he turned against him, it would be like ruining his hard-earned good situation. The best result is to become the support of the Kira family. A puppet house governor.

The Utsunomiya Hirozuna’s adjustment to the Utsunomiya Hirotsuna ended in failure, and did not expose the Kira family’s adjustment strategy. Utsunomiya Hirozuna’s own concerns did not affect his judgment on the unfavorable behavior of the Kanto National Allied Forces. His private contact with the secret envoy of the Kira family was exposed, so it is easy for the smart Haga Gaoding to strengthen the monitoring and guard against the family governor. Compared with revealing the whereabouts of the Kira family secret agent, he cares more about his freedom and superior life. It's nothing to hide this news and betray the Kwantung people's coalition forces.

This failure did not discourage the secret emissary of the Kira family. After confirming that Hirozuna Utsunomiya would not disclose his travel, he secretly found Tsunao Mibu and Toshimune Minagawa who had opinions on the monopoly of Haga’s high-end power. The rebel ministers of the Utsunomiya family had long thought of counterattacking and seizing the Utsunomiya family's family status. The plan to mobilize these two families to withdraw troops and rebel was very successful. They just donated some gold and silver and then retreated home with the two families at an agreed time.

The Date clan, Ashina clan, Iwaki clan, and Shirakawa Yuki clan in Mutsu Kingdom have no intention of adjusting at all. Among the four samurai families, the Date clan is the most resolute against Kira, followed by the Date clan who is against Kira. Relatives, strong allies and supporters Ashina Mori, and Iwaki Shigetaka who successively married the anti-Kira Date and Satake clans, and Shirakawa Yuki, the only one who can be called soy sauce, was surrounded by several of their families. Rebellion is simply not possible in an ally relationship.

At this point in the adjustment, almost all the available forces have been used. Yoshihiro Kira sneered and admired the more and more Kanto national coalition forces gathered outside the Furukawa Imperial Palace, and ordered Sanada Yutaka to lead [-] troops to the Edo Castle. He also ordered Ota Zizheng and Narita Choyasu to lead an army of [-] Musashi nationals to the West Sagami country to support Terutora Uesugi.

The large-scale military mobilization of the Musashi Kingdom successively made the atmosphere in the Kanto region even more weird and subtle. The people of the Kanto Kingdom gathered outside the Furukawa Imperial Palace also noticed this. Yoshiaki Satake tried to urge Ashikaga Fujimasa to take advantage of the high morale Send troops as soon as possible, but this idiot just wants to eat, drink, have fun and make money, so it is really difficult for him to send troops with [-] troops to fight Musashi.

With Yoshiaki Satake's face, there is nothing he can do about it, and the rest of the Kanto people are even more impatient. Forty-five thousand troops gathered together to "defend" the Furukawa Imperial Palace. The food and drink expenses are not a small number. A drop of the past is gradually approaching the most important autumn harvest every year, and the people of the country will inevitably get angry with anxiety.

Date Huizong sat in the big camp outside the Furukawa Imperial Palace in a daze all morning, and it was not until lunch time that he realized that he had not moved for so long, and secretly sighed: "It is a waste of time for my family to come here! Why do you trust me?" Furukawa's rhetoric went to the hinterland of the Kanto to fight against the Kira family? What should we do now that we can't advance or retreat!"