Pillars of the Wu family

Many years ago, he also made fun of Ashikaga Yoshiki’s calligraphy. Instead of writing, he cut people with a sword. At first glance, the font is full of sharpness, which makes people feel refreshed and shocked. The meaning of rigidity, too steep and too urgent, definitely cannot be regarded as a masterpiece of calligraphy masters, but only amateurs who usually write better.

Not in the mood to appreciate his handwriting, after reading it carefully for a while, he chuckled lightly: "Your Highness the General really agreed!"

Langoka Tanbo was keenly aware of the change in Kira Yoshitoshi's title, and hurriedly asked, "What does His Highness Gongfang mean?"

Yoshishi Kira stood up slowly, looked down at all the retainers in the Dahiro room, held up the imperial teacher's book and read aloud: "I order Ashikaga Shangsaburo Yoshishi to enter the Ashikaga Lianzhi group, who is called the successor of the Kanto Ashikaga family in the name of Ashikaga Miao." Zong Zong, for the shogunate to guard the Pingfan of the Eastern Kingdom, must not neglect the Marquis, and continued to be in charge of the Guandong. The rules of all matters in the Eastern Kingdom must not be violated, and it is still the same, on October 24th in the fourth year of Yonglu, Ashikaga Minister Yoshiki."

Suddenly there was a dull thunder, the rumbling thunder seemed to come from Gao Tianyuan, and it happened to suppress Kira Yoshishi's voice, and the cold wind blew into the big room, and the samurai who was sitting in danger couldn't help shivering. People suddenly realized that the sky had become dark and unclear without knowing it, and the north wind was whistling, mixed with endless chill and little snowflakes to bring the chill of winter.

"Boom!"

A bright thunderbolt fell to illuminate the gloomy sky, and dots of crystal snowflakes fell with the icy wind. Many officials in the large room looked at Kira Yoshishi with horror and stood in the middle of it holding up the imperial teacher, with a full face. She looked at him in astonishment and disbelief, her eyes looked at him as if wondering whether he was human or not human at all.

"Gongfang is established. Donglei falls. This is the will of the gods and Buddhas to Kanto! A co-lord was born in Kanto!" Ben Duoshi suddenly stood up and shouted: "My lords, pay your respects to Your Highness Gongfang! "

"Ah!" The samurai stood upright in panic.Waving his sleeves and prostrating: "I will wait to see His Royal Highness Gongfang! I wish the Ashikaga family a long life!"

Akechi Mitsuhide didn’t expect that he would have the ability to say what he said. He was frightened by the thunder and hurriedly bowed to salute. The ancients in the Middle Ages were superstitious both at home and abroad. Auspiciousness from the sky, there are similar sayings in ancient Japan. For example, two tits fell from the oil of Takashi Ashikaga, one landed on his shoulder, and the other landed on the ladle and stopped.

This is a superstitious era of worshiping gods and Buddhas.I believe that those who belong to the destiny can save the troubled times and calm the world. The birth of the Kami Ashikaga family is just in line with people's good vision of praying for peace in the troubled times. To a certain extent, the samurai in the Kanto regard this as the embodiment of Kyoto culture.

So when Donglei, who hadn't been seen for decades, suddenly exploded, and happened to appear suddenly just as he finished speaking, if people didn't associate it with some mysterious power at work, then there would be ghosts, needless to say The Kanto warriors present had no doubts about the miraculous power of Lord Zhenfu, and even Mitsuhide Akechi and the following shogunate envoys also firmly believed that this must be the will of the gods and Buddhas.

Langgang Tanfang stood up excitedly and said excitedly: "The thunder just now is the will of the gods and Buddhas. This is the order of the general, and it is the destiny of heaven! Please cheer up, and dedicate your loyalty as a minister to His Royal Highness heart of!"

Yoshitoki Kira stared at the thick clouds outside the Daihiro-ma in a daze with his hand in his hand. This was the first snowfall after the winter in Edo Castle.The dull thunder in the sky appeared and disappeared until the congratulations gradually faded away. After a moment of silence, he sighed secretly: "Is this the fate of the heavens or... the Heguandong has a heavy responsibility for hundreds of millions of years. Is it really the destiny?"

The news that Yoshiki Ashikaga raised his family again for Yoshitoki Kira, and added the dignified Kamizu Ashikaga family to General Ashikaga's family, spread throughout Kanto overnight, accompanied by the sudden fall of winter thunder that day. The rumors of the law came out, and the peasants who were busy working outside the city of Edo knew it very well. They heard that it was the thunder of a single sentence from the public palace. I hope that His Royal Highness can put down the 150 years of war in Kanto.

This news is like a bolt from the blue to the samurai who are still stubbornly fighting against the Kira family. Ashikaga Fujimasa was captured and locked up on Sado Island, which has already caused them to lose their righteous name. The options for the Kanto samurai were even narrower, and many samurai began to doubt the meaning of their persistence.

Ota Castle of the Hitachi Kingdom was solemn and solemn, and the servants of the family members sitting in rows all looked mournful and listless like eggplants beaten by frost. Satake Yoshiaki said dejectedly: "The name of the seedling is changed to Ashikaga. Three months later, it will be in the sickle. The enthronement ceremony was held at Cangtsugang Hachiman Palace... It seems that my family still made a wrong bet! The unsupportable public party put my Satake family in a dilemma."

The corners of Wada Zhaowei's mouth were slightly raised, and he grinned and said, "It's not too late for the lord to take the opportunity to correct his past mistakes. For the current plan, we should rein in the precipice and go to Edo to meet His Royal Highness and ask for forgiveness. After His Royal Highness Fang ascends the throne, if he takes action against my Satake family, there will be a danger of extermination! My lord will definitely not want to be the last generation of the Satake family governor!"

"Shooting the assistant is bold! Is it the duty of a courtier to make false comments on the family governor!" The young Satake Yoshinobu was not tall but powerful, and he scolded Wada Zhaowei, who had a strong voice in the Pudai family, for actually saying this A well-tested veteran did not dare to raise his head when he was reprimanded, and he was able to restrain the arrogant family servant of the genealogy at a young age, and he had the temperament of a tiger general in the Eastern Kingdom.

Now it's just the first roar of a young tiger, and it's not a big deterrent, at least it can't threaten the will of several important ministers of the genealogy. Seeing He Tian Zhaowei's embarrassing behavior, he hurriedly smiled and smoothed things over: "Sweep the Ministry The original intention of the help is not to disrespect the lord. My Satake family is prospering day by day under the management of the lord, but sometimes I still need to adapt it. For example, the current situation is very unfavorable to my Satake family. You must understand the difference in support!"

"Yes! Gentlemen, don't forget the lessons learned from the Battle of Yucheng 120 years ago, and the battle of Yucheng that just ended is an important revelation!" Being reprimanded in front of other samurai like this, maybe he left the meeting and went home to prepare for the big event of rebellion. The main reason why he could bear it was that the task assigned by the Ashikaga family was very important.

Satake Yoshishige said dissatisfiedly: "Yucheng Hezhan! Why are you mentioning him again! Isn't that the old calendar from more than 100 years ago? Why are you still mentioning him..."

"Hey! Shaodian is wrong to say that. I am a Kanto samurai who has forgotten his ancestors. There is a famous saying in the Ming Dynasty, the past is the teacher who does not forget the future. It means that you can't forget the past." Neriyuki interrupted Satake Gishige's complaint made this young warrior walk out of the circle of complacency.

Yoshishige Satake keenly discovered that the family members of the genealogy family were very disapproving of his statement. He was still young and did not understand the impact of the Eternal Rebellion and the Battle of Yuki on the Kanto samurai family. This impact almost changed the entire Kanto samurai family. The collective will of the group indirectly leads to the unique development direction of the current Kanto political situation.

The Eternal Rebellion is a thorn deeply rooted in the hearts of every Kanto samurai. Ashikaga is the co-lord of Kanto with high prestige. He is also the adopted son of Ashikaga Yoshichi and was promised to be a strong candidate for the general of the conquering barbarians. It can be said that He was a powerful monarch who wanted wind and rain, but such a powerful prince was strangled to death by the shogunate army, just because of an unwarranted treason charge.

The Kanto samurai hated the shogunate deeply since then. The unkind Ashikaga family raised the butcher's knife against the Kanto again and again. His prejudice, especially his malice towards Mr. Furukawa's Ashikaga Chengshi, is not reduced by half. Of course, Mr. Furukawa also hates the shogunate.

Before the Eternal Rebellion, it was the Kamakura government trying to fight for the position of shogun. No matter how deeply resentful the Ashikaga shogunate was towards the Muromachi shogunate, he never thought of raising the flag of rebellion. He just sulked like a child and replaced his son with Ashikaga Yoshihisa, and gave the name Hachiman Taro when he was in Yuanfu, and he just started to deal with his housekeeper, Uesugi Kenji.

The Battle of Yuki 120 years ago made the Kanto samurai realize that the shogunate was unstoppable. Since then, the Kanto samurai have never had the idea of ​​supporting Furukawa to compete for the throne of the general. It happened to be two Jiazi after 120 years, and another Yucheng The joint battle ended with Ashikaga Kamisaburo Yoshiki of the shogunate crushing and winning, once again revealing a truth to the Kanto samurai that the shogunate cannot be resisted by the Kanto samurai.

The significance of Ashikaga Yoshitoki's coming to the throne of the Kanto government is extraordinary. This in itself is sending a friendly signal to the Kanto samurai, telling the Kanto samurai with actions that there is no plan to completely break up, and Kanto is still the Kanto of the Kanto samurai. , the Kanto government is still the Kanto government of the Ashikaga family, the rules remain the same and the relationship remains the same, but the allegiance is changed from Ashikaga Fujimasa to Ashikaga Yoshitoki.

This is a step and an olive branch. It builds a fast passage to Kamakura for the Kanto samurai family. As long as you come to Kamakura to meet him and attend his inauguration ceremony of the Kanto government, the status of the monarch and his ministers will be established in a silent tacit understanding. , and then send an oath, and the Kanto warriors will still manage their own Kanto.

As for whether Ashikaga Yoshitoki was born as a Kanto samurai, it doesn’t matter at all. The Ashikaga Takashi’s second son, Ashikaga, is the first generation of Kamakura Gongfang. He himself was born and raised in Kyoto as a samurai. The one who was going to make a fuss and die was not that after the death of the Southern Dynasty general Nitta Yoshihing, he quickly threw himself into the Ashikaga family's flag and willingly became a eagle dog.

If you study more carefully, you will find that the Qinghe Genji and Huanwuping clan, the ancestors of the samurai family, were also descendants of the emperor in Kyoto and spread to Kinai Kanto and the whole world. The party and other samurai from all walks of life also came from Kyoto. The samurai who were purely from the Kanto were eliminated and assimilated by these conquerors long ago. What qualifications do they have to question whether Yoshitoki Ashikaga is from the samurai of the Kanto? (To be continued..)