Pillars of the Wu family

The deep night is the end for the Miyoshi family, but it is far from the end for Hattori Yasunaga. In the middle of the night, he stood alone with an umbrella in the devastated Nijo Imperial Palace, watching dozens of ninjas in the rainwater Excavating corpses here, seeing the beautiful imperial palace turned into ruins a few hours ago, and the death of the shogun, even a hard-hearted man would be moved by it.

"It's too miserable! It's really too miserable..." Hattori Baochang silently stared at the ninjas placing the bodies of the dead in the puddle one by one, and sighed secretly: "The cruelty is beyond the tolerance of my Baochang, Muromachi It is such a pity that the 200-year foundation of the shogunate was destroyed in the hands of that idiot who murdered his brothers and kings!"

The shogunate is over, this is what every samurai thinks after seeing the ruins at the scene, no matter how glorious the Muromachi shogunate was, it will end at the moment of Ashikaga Yoshiki's death, no matter how much ability Ashikaga Yoshiaki has in the future to revive the reputation, Nothing can cover up his notoriety of killing brothers and kings. His reputation is over, his descendants have lost their legitimacy, and he has lost the basic morals that should be a general.

This is indeed the case. When Miyoshi's family found that the corpses in the Nijo Imperial Palace were missing early the next morning, everyone knew that they had been severely slapped. After tossing and tossing on the tatami for a long time, in the end, I still couldn't bear the symptoms of cold, wind pathogens, fever and headache, and there was nothing I could do except lying in bed and coughing non-stop.

Hideo Matsunaga also fell ill. He was more dedicated than the Miyoshi trio. He did not choose to hide despite the heavy rain, so he enjoyed the treatment of Ashikaga Yoshiaki who was sick and sympathetic. This was originally a good opportunity to get close to Ashikaga Yoshiaki.However, his son Song Yongtong made a big noise.Need to directly bear the notoriety of "assassinating" the general.The harsh situation made it difficult for him to stay in bed and rest with peace of mind.

At the same time, the tragedy of the Nijo Imperial Palace finally spread. Hattori Baochang used his well-developed intelligence network to quickly attack the Nijo Imperial Palace with the army led by Ashikaga Yoshiaki yesterday in an attempt to usurp the position of general, and personally forced his elder brother Ashikaga Yoshiki to death. I watched the news of my mother's suicide in Qingshouyuan spreading.

What's even better is that this is not a rumor, but a fact based on actual evidence, Ashikaga Yoshiki, his mother Keishuin, and his concubine attendant.Hundreds of corpses, including family members of Pu Dai, were all buried in the Tatou Guangyuan Courtyard of Xiangguo Temple in Kyoto. The abbot of Xiangguo Temple went to the Guangyuan Courtyard in person to hold a water and land ceremony for the dead General Zhengyi, which further proved the authenticity of this incident.

When the dizzy Miyoshi family realized that the situation was wrong and prepared to refute the rumors, Emperor Masakimachi of Kyoto Ouchi issued an edict to condolences to poor Ashikaga Yoshiki and his widow Konoe Kenko. Headed by Wei Qianjiu, hundreds of civil and military officials went to Guangyuanyuan to mourn the deceased general.

Probably because of the bitterness of lips and teeth, the opinions of the ministers in Kyoto were surprisingly united this time. Even Haruyo Nijo, Konoe’s long-time political opponent, did not choose to give him eye drops at this time. The benefits are innumerable.Emperor Masakimachi did not need to learn from his father, Emperor Nara, to support his family by selling characters, and the majestic Gondai Nagon did not need to sell fresh vegetables from his own vegetable field all over the street.It is one thing to live a good and comfortable life, and more importantly, the dignity of the ministers has finally been preserved.

Loyal men and women from all walks of life in Kyoto, ministers, warriors, monks, and cultural people who have received great favors from the shogunate spontaneously came to Guangyuanyuan to pay tribute to the general who died. Someone once wrote a eulogy: "You are a general who is famous all over the world and is a hero everywhere. , In the prime of life, the foundation was destroyed in the war, and the glory and glory were scattered."

The precept that Ashikaga Yoshiki obtained was named Guangyuanin Rongshan Michien, and this precept was regarded as an imperfect end to his life.

In the process of expressing condolences, more and more samurai came from all directions. It is inevitable that there will be people who satirize Ashikaga Yoshiaki's evil deeds inside and outside. In the current chaos, end the "turmoil" caused by the accident at the Nijo Imperial Palace as soon as possible.

This "turmoil" is called the Great Rebellion of Yonglu, and it is not at all what Yoshiaki Ashikaga said lightly. How could Yoshiki Ashikaga be killed so big that he could cover it up alone? In the Nijo Imperial Palace, the situation in Kyoto immediately became complicated and confusing.

After all, this is not the Cargill Rebellion of more than 120 years ago. The Muromachi shogunate in the Ashikaga Yoshikō era was extremely powerful. Even if the general died, the three leaders still jointly elected the Ashikaga Yoshinori’s son as the general. The fact that the shogunate is still as stable as Mount Tai.

After all, more than 100 years ago, it was an old story. After experiencing the Onin Rebellion, the Mingyu Coup, the Battle of Funaokayama, and the embarrassment of the overlapping of the Jiangzhou Taiju and the Sakai Taiju, the shogunate kept changing like a revolving lantern. The water poured out by the shogun was forcibly taken back, and the shogunate leader abolished the shogun for his own sake, all of which shows that the shogunate is declining at a rapid pace.

An important sign of the decline of the shogunate is that the control over the local kingdoms has been greatly weakened. Many kingdoms have never appointed guardians since the end of the Yingren Rebellion. The ten-year vacancy of the guardians means that the Xudu kingdoms lack orthodox and legal authority. At this time, if the general was killed again, it would be difficult to reproduce the smooth scene where several leaders consulted with the shogunate and a few powerful guards, and the matter of supporting the general was settled.

Suddenly the people in Kyoto realized that the shogun was having a difficult childbirth, not because the shogun could not find a suitable heir, but because this suitable heir had just participated in the vicious murder of his brother. People could not accept a general with serious moral flaws, such a general It is even more impossible to make the warriors in the world feel at ease, not to mention the attitude of the giant dragon in Kanto.

Faced with this unfavorable situation, Ashikaga Yoshiaki felt very anxious. The original plan was that Ashikaga Yoshiki took the initiative to recognize him as an adopted son, and then he would take over as the general smoothly and send his elder brother to a temple to "recluse" but he didn't want to make trouble. It's painful to do such a big evil, but things still have to be done. When he recovered from a serious illness, he hurriedly went to the court to apply for the general.

As Guan Bai's guard, he refused his request without hesitation a long time ago, on the grounds that the court could not accept him, a new general who killed brothers and regicides, let alone General Zhengyi.Even the left horse's head cannot be given to him.This was Hong Guoguo's slap on Ashikaga Yoshiaki's face in front of Manchu civil and military officials.Let him immediately remember that his sister-in-law is the daughter of the Konoe family, and Konoe, a bastard a long time ago, married Ashikaga Yoshitoki's younger sister, and Hate Uji Uro hated him too.

Konoe didn't give face a long time ago, so he tried to get this Guan Bai out of the stage, so Ashikaga Yoshiaki found Nijo Haruyoshi and told him his plan. Nijo Haruyo had wanted to regain the position of Kan Bai, so the two hit it off At the same time, in the imperial court and Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshiaki surrounded the Konoe Imperial Palace.Slander him for harboring the criminal who killed the general, and force him to take Suona.

They killed Ashikaga Yoshiki by themselves, and then shouted and slandered, of course they couldn't catch any criminals. A large group of samurai made a big circle around the Konoe Imperial Palace without catching anyone, but they didn't forget to take advantage of the situation to rob The gold, silver and jewels of the Wei family were paid as "Yaqin". This "Yaqen" was as much as [-] kan, which was donated by Ashikaga Yoshitoshi over the years and the profits of the Konoe family's business house. The warriors were looted.

Konoe was trembling with anger, he never expected Ashikaga Yoshiaki to be so vicious.What's worse is that his father, Konoe Tsukiya, suffered a stroke due to anger, and suffered a stroke when these gangsters broke into the house to collect gold, silver and jewelry as "money".After spending three difficult nights at home and still dying, this blood debt was recorded on Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki has decided to clean up the relationship left by his brother Ashikaga Yoshiki, so he doesn't care how much the Konoe family is related to him, so he took advantage of the opportunity of Konoe Maekyu's family funeral to join forces with Nijo Haruyoshi to participate in his book The shogunate slandered the general and forced Konoe, who kept his filial piety at home, to resign from his position as the left minister of Kanbaku. Nijo Haruyo also took advantage of the situation to serve as Kanbaku again.

Then Ashikaga Yoshiaki abandoned his name on the grounds that the word "autumn" was inauspicious, and Nijo Haruyoshi presided over the Yuanfu ceremony in person, officially changed his name to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and invited Asakura Yoshiaki to serve as a hairdresser and crowner, officially indicating that he will continue As for the ambition of the Great General Zhengyi, when he completed this set of complicated procedures, it was already the end of June, and at this time, the public opinion in Kyoto became more and more unfavorable to Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

The public opinion in Kinai, from the imperial court ministers to the traffickers and pawns Liming people, all think that Ashikaga Yoshiaki killed his brother. This public opinion atmosphere quickly spread to the world, which is very unfavorable to Ashikaga Yoshiaki who is about to ascend the throne. , in this process, the Miyoshi family played a very bad influence.

Shangluo supporting the general is their crooked move. The Yonglu rebellion caused such a big turmoil. Of course, the blame must be attributed to the Miyoshi family. Business order, random extortion of wealthy merchants, and even plundering business travelers in Kyoto, like a group of bandits and villains swaggering through the city in Kyoto, all of these played a crucial role in the reputation of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

In the final analysis, this is the civil strife caused by the senior officials of the Miyoshi family. The turmoil that spread to the entire class made the important officials of the Miyoshi family unable to restrain the lawless low-level warriors. For a while, a group of demons danced wildly, creating a miasma and misery.

The offensive and defensive alliance between the three good people and Song Yongxiu fell out over who should be responsible for Yonglu's rebellion. At first glance, this seems to be a very strange nonsense, but in fact, both sides realized that the matter was too big. It's easy to clean up. To kill a general, there must be a murderer. Isn't it because of killing Ashikaga Yoshinaka that Akamatsu Mitsusuke was killed by a group of wolf-like daimyos.

Both sides feel that they are not very responsible. The three good people said that I don’t know anything at all, so don’t count it as my crime. Song Yongxiu is full of injustice. The general committed suicide. He didn’t even touch him. It’s unreasonable to blame him. , As for the guilt of his son Song Yongtong, he was also pushed clean.

So the situation became even more bizarre. Both sides said that they were right, so someone must be responsible for Yonglu's rebellion. Ashikaga Yoshiaki would not admit that he killed his brother and mother even if he was beaten to death, so what should we do?Only fight!Whoever has the big fist is right, and whoever is the loser is responsible for it, it's that simple.

It is obvious that the three good men who have the superior force are stronger. Even if they were attacked by Akechi Mitsuhide and suffered heavy losses, they still hold an absolute advantage. Naito Munekatsu took the Tanba people back to their hometown to guard their lair, but the Yamato people have always been not very honest, and Tsutsui Junkei attacked Shigiyama Castle several times, which made Matsunaga Hideo unable to use his full strength.

The more important point is that the house governor Miyoshi Yoshitsugu is not optimistic about Matsunaga Hideo, and is more inclined to the Miyoshi trio of the same clan, so Matsunagahide and his son were gradually excluded from Ashikaga Yoshiaki's circle.It took me a long time to make plans, suffer and be tired.He thought that he could become an important minister of the shogunate with one of his first achievements.It's not a dream to enjoy prosperity and wealth at your fingertips, but you don't want things to come to an end. Being put together by the three good people you look down on the most, Song Yongxiu is almost ready to die.

Miyoshi Changyi successfully persuaded Yoshiaki Ashikaga, and asked him to contact Haruka Nijo to apply for a decree from the shogunate to rule the enemy, pointing out Matsunaga Hideo and Matsunaga Michitsu and their sons as the "culprits" of Yonglu's rebellion. He, he was the one who attacked the Nijo Imperial Palace, he was the one who killed the general, and it was he who was going to hold Ashikaga Yoshiaki hostage to make the world's heroes.

Yoshiaki Ashikaga and Shenwu were kept in the dark from beginning to end.All three of Miyoshi were played around by his schemes and tricks, and Miyoshi Yoshitsugu was fooled by him. In short, Miyoshi's family was clean from top to bottom. The bad thing was the father and son Matsunaga Hideo and Matsunaga Totsu, including Miyoshi Yoshiko The deaths of Miyoshi, Antaka, and Miyoshi Changqing were all planned by him. Miyoshi Yoshiken's reluctance to retreat was also bewitched by Matsunaga Hideo. The decline of Miyoshi's family was all his fault.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter the cost of planting and framing Zhangkou. The general direction is to follow the path of Song Yongxiu’s choreography. In a few days, several versions evolved, and it is generally Matsu Yongxiu’s soles with pus and sores on the top of his head.From the day his mother gave birth to her, she was disgusted and wanted to throw him into the stinky ditch and drown him. The reason why he survived was because the abbot of the temple adopted him.When he grew up, he set fire to the monastery.

Taking refuge in Miyoshi's family, betraying his colleagues, and framing his boss, he went all the way up and down, and finally became the son-in-law of Miyoshi Changqing by virtue of ghost tricks, and began to extend his claws to the entire Kinai. He also aimed at the innocent government of the shogunate, poisoned Ashikaga's stepmother and assassinated Ashikaga Yoshiki, all planned and executed by him. He did this in the hope that one day he would be the leader.

The grade of this rumor is not high and lacks connotation. People with a discerning eye will quickly find many flaws in the rumor. But they can't stand the gossip mentality of public opinion in Kinai who loves to hear about sensational events. Back then, they actively cooperated with Hattori Ninja to draw a bad image of Miyoshi Changqing. This time, of course. He would not let go of an opportunity to smear Song Yongxiu. The working people need entertainment spirit, and the more secrets of the palace, the more they feel fresh and curious, so messy folk rumors spread quietly.

A long time ago, Konoe simply used the excuse of mourning to stay behind closed doors, and only retained the false name of a nephew given by the imperial court to stay at home. Because he was also forced to resign from his official position, he left Kyoto and went to the Kanto with more than a hundred relatives within a few days.

Konoe was busy taking care of his father's offspring a long time ago and did not leave. The ministers of the faction of Ashikaga were hit hard. Most of the ministers were either forcibly hibernated or resigned voluntarily. Those who refused to dismiss should find a reason to dismiss them. The brothers and sisters, the two Gondai Nagon, General Ukino, and Genji Elder Kuga Tsutsuken, were framed by Nijo Haruka as a servant, and forced the emperor to issue an imperial reconnaissance order to deprive Kuga Tsutsuken of all his reputation and chase him out of Kyoto. .

All of a sudden, the wind and rain that was stirred up and down in Kyoto was full of smog, and the entire court complained about it. Among them, Emperor Masahimachi seemed particularly dissatisfied. Ashikaga Yoshiki, who was good at the court, was killed, and replaced by Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who thought he was arrogant. He deposed many high-ranking ministers one after another in just over a month, and he didn't regard the court as a person.

Emperor Masakimachi believes that the culprit who first created Kyoto is the Miyoshi family, without this family messing around in Kyoto, there would be no Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and secondly, the political alliance between Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Nijo Haruyo, who are domineering and irrational The imperial court carried out a large-scale cleansing and wantonly rejected ministers who were not on its own side, which caused extreme panic among the people.

For this reason, Emperor Masakimachi was determined to do something. After granting Ashikaga Yoshinaki the official position of the five lower left horses, he proposed to him that the troubles in Kyoto must be calmed down as soon as possible, especially the Miyoshi family who disturbed the wind and rain, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki Akira didn't care much at first, the emperor's opinion was worthless in the eyes of the general, but the dissatisfaction of his political ally Nijo Haruyo could not be ignored.

Nijo Haruyoshi is also gradually dissatisfied with the current chaos in Kyoto, and it's okay to let him be the governor of the Gosho family and a bunch of mud legs from Shikoku as ministers, but also to exchange cups with Miyoshi and Sanyo Zhan talked about drinking and talking, and spreading the word that his blunt face was about to be ruined.

At first, they acquiesced in the Miyoshi family’s troubles in Kyoto, but they also took the opportunity to use military deterrence to force the court to submit. Otherwise, it was so easy for the guards to leave their jobs and live in seclusion a long time ago. There is an antecedent reason for these three good families to tacitly approve of their rebellion.

Now that the cleansing in the imperial court has come to an end, it is also logical to promote the courtiers and ministers who are close to the Kujo line. The Miyoshi family who needed to make trouble continued to cause trouble in Kyoto. When the voice of the court gradually passed on to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, he was forced to seriously consider how to deal with the Miyoshi family in the civil strife.

In fact, Ashikaga Yoshiaki gradually couldn't bear the arrogance of the Miyoshi trio. More importantly, he sympathized with Matsunaga Hideo. Even the notoriety of killing his brother and king was taken over by Matsunagahide. It is rumored that Matsunagahide planned to implement Shangluo Killing The series of incidents of the general just happened to reduce the pressure on Ashikaga Yoshiaki a lot of bad influence, a short respite, although these days he has been held hostage and controlled by three good people, but he is still somewhat grateful to this master of the scapegoat in his heart. (To be continued..)