On October 15th, Hosokawa Harumoto was really invited out by Ashikaga Yoshitō. He thought that the young general had changed his mind and reused him. When he heard that Miyoshi Chokei was still seriously injured, the shogunate prepared to send troops to attack Akutagawa without Miyoshi Chokei. Shancheng, he immediately took over the post of general with full confidence and promised to fulfill the great trust of His Highness.
He didn't ask what Kira Yoshitoshi was doing, or how the Hosokawa clan who had driven him away agreed to cooperate with him, so he took two thousand troops of the Hosokawa family and released two thousand people from Yamashiro country. The crowd gathered together, and invited his brother-in-law Rokkaku Yoshihide to help with his five thousand troops, and then they marched all the way to Akutagawa Mountain Castle.
At the beginning of another round of fierce fighting in Kinai, the imperial court's pardon quietly arrived in early November. Two people came here, namely the samurai family's eldest son, Nagonagon Hirohashi Kunimitsu, and Ukon's lieutenant general, Chimeiin Jigui. Arriving at Sakamoto Castle with the imperial edict, Kira Yoshishi warmly entertained the imperial envoy. After the guests and hosts had a great time, Hirohashi Kunimitsu announced the latest appointment of the imperial court.
Hirohashi Kunimitsu coughed twice, took out the imperial pardon and read it loudly: "Shangqing Hirohashi Houtanayan Kunimitsu announced the decree on November 3, the 19th year of Tianwen, that Zuobei Samotoyoshi should be appointed as an attendant, and his head should be paid. Ukonoe Lieutenant General Fujiwara Motoki."
"Yoshitoki Minamoto received the order!" Yoshitoki Kira accepted the appointment without blinking an eye. The rank of five upper attendants was Kira Yoshitoki's new official position.
Hirohashi Kunimitsu and Chimeiin Jigui smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations to Your Highness Kira! You have made great contributions to the imperial court. His Majesty the Emperor and the Manchu ministers are all happy and excited. If His Majesty Kira is not still young, the official promotion set by the imperial court The laws are strict, so it won’t be a problem to rank among the four officials based on His Highness Kira’s achievements!”
"Your Highnesses, you have given me too much praise!" Ji Liangyi chatted with the two ministers for a while, and the two of them stood up and left knowingly.
In addition to Kira Yoshitoki's promotion, Yamamoto Tokiyuki was also promoted to Sado Mamoru, Shogoku Shoshichi. Naito Masashige was also promoted to Shoshichi Shimozaemon Second Lieutenant, and Takikawa Masushige was promoted to Shogun Masashige for his contribution to the death of Juga Ichino. Masashichi is the junior lieutenant of Uemon, Kuuki Shigetaka is the unification of all the naval forces. Masashichi is the junior captain of Zuohei, Watanabe Takasuna is the junior captain of Zuohei, and Kato Kyoumei is the seventh commander of Zuohei. second lieutenant.
As a famous family member, Nakajo Hidetaka's starting point was naturally higher than theirs. With his leadership in the Fukakusa battle and his outstanding performance in the Nakaoyama battle, he successfully inherited the Nakajo family's duties and was awarded the rank of five juniors. Deha Mamoru, the Nakajo family has not received the official title of Dewa Mamoru from the imperial court for nearly a hundred years. This time, being granted the title due to meritorious service is a complete achievement.
In addition, the Takashima Nanato also received some small official positions in the eighth position, which is better than nothing. For example, Yamazaki Ieyoshi, the official of the eighth position, Suiyu, who defended the last line, everyone who has meritorious service has received a reward, which can be regarded as a reward for the imperial court. A tribute to Kira Yoshitoshi for restoring the shogunate and protecting Kyoto.
Afterwards, Kira Yoshitomo was very aware of current affairs and donated 500 kanmon to the imperial court. For this donation, Hirohashi Kunimitsu rushed to Sakamoto Castle to express his gratitude. He was even happier than when he was warmly entertained by Kira Yoshitomo many times before. The imperial court's The ministers are very poor, but their moral integrity has always been good.
After the rewards from the imperial court were given out, the rewards from the shogunate also came. In order to thank Ashikaga Yoshitō for taking back the imperial palace of the Yamashiro Kingdom, he was given a lot of shogunate services, led to pay the chiefs, and served as the general chief. , the Sakamoto Imperial Palace police officer, also specially created a Kita Omi guardian, directly separated Omi and gave him a guardian, and was also allowed to use the three privileges of "chrysanthemum pattern, felt saddle cover, and white umbrella bag".
It was a helpless move to only give this one. Kira Yoshitoki already had the privilege of using the red-handled umbrella and the umbrella of the famous noble family, and he himself had the privilege of using the five-seven-tung pattern. It can only be used if it is covered with a felt saddle and the white umbrella bag is a guardian.
The Kira family has never had this before, and by obtaining these two privileges this time, he will become the true master of the country.
The other chrysanthemum pattern, like the five-seven-tonne pattern, is also a privilege bestowed by the emperor on meritorious officials. However, there are not many samurai families who have both the chrysanthemum pattern and the five-seven-tonne pattern. Anyone who has both the chrysanthemum pattern and the five-seven-tonne pattern is a famous samurai family. Kira Yoshitoki can possess both at the same time.
It also shows how much Ashikaga Yoshito values him.
In the final analysis, these are just cosmetic things, but the next one is different. The name of the Ashikaga family is allowed to be used in regular places. From today on, it will officially appear in the official activities of the shogunate. From now on, regular court meetings, festivals, and events will be held.
The imperial capital called the Ashikaga family the Kira family, which meant that his family was directly moved from the imperial family to the public family of the Ashikaga family.
Since this was mentioned last time, when it was officially issued to Kira Yoshi in the form of a royal teaching letter, it was equivalent to publicly telling the world that he, Kira Yoshi, was a member of my Ashikaga family, and it was also explaining that Ashikaga Yoshito
How much he admired him, he regarded him as the only person of his clan who could save the shogunate and the famous general who resurrected the Muromachi shogunate.
Along with the imperial letter, Ashikaga Yoshitō also sent a pair of horse seals and a large flag. On the horse seals, there were eight large characters written in handwriting: "Ashikaga Gosushi Saburo Yoshitoki". Judging from the handwriting, this handwriting should be Ashikaga Yoshito's ink. Ashikaga
Not only did Yoshitō love the art of war and swordsmanship, but he also had high attainments in Sinology. In his spare time, he liked to write Tang poems and chant Japanese songs. I also saw many of his calligraphy treasures, Kiryogi.
Speaking of which, the traditional Chinese characters written by Ashikaga Yoshito are even better than those he wrote himself. The lower regular letters are lively and lively, while the large regular letters are strong and straight. They have obviously been taught by famous teachers. In comparison, Kira Yoshitoki's handwriting can only be considered okay.
Let alone a master in his own right, he is still far away from Ashikaga Yoshito's level of calligraphy.
Then the other large flag is the same Ashikaga Nibiki family crest as the Ashikaga clan. This is different from the Ashikaga Nibiki ryō used by the Kira family. Although the branch family and the main family use the same family crest, the branch family still has the same family crest.
Use different color combinations, line thicknesses and various variations to express the difference between yourself and the clan.
This time, he directly took out the black and white Ashikaga fubiryō, with two black horizontal bars in a black circle on a white background, forming the royal crest of the Ashikaga family. Such a high-level gift was completely beyond his expectation.
Unexpected.
The family crest and flag were not quite beyond his expectation, but the six words "Shangzhisaburo Yoshitoki" were superfluously written on the big flag. It was like setting him on the fire. Once the news came out,
It will definitely cause an uproar.
The envoy of the shogunate did not explain anything in particular, but when he saw these two things, Kira Yoshitoki was almost frightened to death. He secretly cursed "f*ck" in his heart. Taking out these things at this time would only harm him. Maybe Ashikaga Yoshitoki is.
It was out of good intentions, but he still wanted to say: "He is really not a troublesome guy."
Yamamoto Tokiyuki came, raised his eyebrows when he saw the horse seal picture, admired Kira Yoshiki's new horse seal, curled his lips and turned around, and then said seriously: "This handwritten calligraphy
Vigorous and powerful, it was made by a famous artist."