Chapter 193 The Imagawa family's plans (four thousand chapters)
The total number of Omi's old and new troops is 4,235, and the cost of uniform re-equipment is less than 20,000 Yongle money. As long as it is used to replace weapons and armor, the inferior horses prepared by the Omi samurai are not included in the re-equipment range. They can also understand this reason. After all, the Mikawa samurai are completely
After being released from work, the Omi samurai were still a wealthy family who retained their land. They were land servants. If they were unwilling to give up their land, they could only accept relatively unfair treatment.
A total of more than 7,000 people from these two armies underwent a large-scale change of armor and weapons. 5,000 of the replaced armors and weapons were selected and kept in good condition, and the other 2,000 were half-sold, half-gifted, and packaged to the shogunate, which just solved the problem of the Ashikaga Uprising.
The problem that Teng is worrying about is that only 30% of his 2,000-strong army is made up of wealthy and powerful servants. Most of them come from the soldiers recruited from the villages.
On the one hand, this is based on Kira Yoshitoshi's suggestion, and he is determined to develop an elite force that is completely free from work and trained by the shogunate. On the other hand, the wealthy land servants are not very willing to participate in the shogunate's new army. He wants to recruit more self-armed wealthy land lords.
It was also difficult to serve as a servant. With the 2,000 sets of armors and weapons supported by the Kira family, the burden on the shogunate was greatly reduced. It only had to bear the supply of military food and send the directly subordinate shogunate to provide public training and manage the shogunate's army.
As usual, the Kira family did not hold a New Year's greeting, but held a New Year appraisal meeting instead. Okawachi Kunitsuna took over the Ina Tadaka family's position and became one of the main members of the family. For more than a year, Okawachi Kunitsuna has participated in the entire inspection process, and Ninagawa
The elders cooperated well, and Matsui Yuzhen also performed well in the preparation process of Biwaya and Zenya. He was very active as Mitsui Toraka's assistant when arranging for the general recruitment of the townspeople.
Tokihide Nakajo rushed back to Sakamoto Castle at the end of the first year to attend the first evaluation meeting of the new year. After not seeing him for a year, Tokihide Nakajo has grown taller. His image has also changed from the pretty boy to a darker and stronger one. During the evaluation meeting
After the show ended, he also had a long battle with Yunlinin Mitsuhide.
"please!"
The two are considered brothers in the same discipline. They were very cautious in the first contest. They stood in the field and faced off with wooden knives wrapped in bamboo strips. The purpose of using special wooden knives was to prevent injuries. It is difficult for a master to keep his hand after using all his strength with each knife.
, After a while, Yunlinyuan Guangxiu suddenly smiled: "I heard that junior brother has realized the meaning of Shinto-ryu at a young age. If Guangxiu wants to see it, junior brother should invite him first!"
Nakajo Tokihide nodded slightly. He quickly stepped forward and slashed with the sword. His movements were gentle and without any warning. Yunlinin Mitsuhide took a step back and quickly moved forward to draw the sword. Chujo Tokihide swung the sword to match, striking three times in a row.
Pushing it open again, this match only lasts for a split second. If you blink your eyes, you may miss the subtle changes in movement and footwork. Even Kira Yoshitoki, a rookie, can see the difference.
Honda Miya sat in the corner with a small wooden gun, and whispered to Gengoro Watanabe: "It doesn't look as good as the one I shot last time!"
"I think so too..."
"Idiot! Don't talk too much during the game!" Yamaoka Tokinaga interrupted the whispers of his friends without shame.
Yunlinin Mitsuhide held the wooden sword at an angle and walked as fast as a galloping horse. He faced Nakajo Tokihide with a heavy slash. Nakajo Tokihide blocked it with a scratch, and Yunrinin Mitsuhide slashed with heavy swords one after another. The speed of each sword was cut at an angle.
They were all perfect, with continuous slashes that were both false and real, forcing Chujo Tokihide to use his secret technique.
"Hey!" With a loud shout, Nakajo Tokihide suddenly raised his sword and slashed away Yunlinin Mitsuhide's attack, and then blocked his counterattack with a heavy slash, causing Yunlinin Mitsuhide's middle door to open wide. Chujo Tokihide Xiu seized the opportunity and made a sharp move with his sword. He twisted his left wrist and exerted force, turning his whole body into a black shadow and stabbing.
"This is wheel cut! Cut wheel cut followed by cut protrusion! What a genius!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki exclaimed.
"Eh? What kind of move is this?" Kira Yoshishi pointed at Yunlinin Mitsuhide, followed the trend, stepped back and turned the sword to block, and stabbed. He raised his hand and drew the sword without any haste. The blade moved without any fireworks but very quickly. He was able to get ahead of Chujo. Before Xiu Hou retreated, the wooden sword was already pressed against his chest.
Nakajo Tokihide decisively retreated and said, "Senior brother's swordsmanship is indeed superior to Tokihide. Was that the Kashima Kamin-ryu Fudo sword just now?"
"Yes! This is the Kashima Shinryu Fudo Sword. I can only use three points. The teacher told me that I need to practice this style for ten years." Yunlinin Mitsuhide nodded and admitted that he had used the secret technique, which was newly circulated. Tsukahara Boku, who came from the two major schools of Katori Shinto-ryu and Kashima Shin-ryu, and combined the achievements of the two schools to create a new one, is naturally proficient in the secret technique of Kashima Shinto-ryu, Fudoken. As Tsukahara Boku-den's disciple, he is also the closest to the extreme. A person who has both thoughts and ideas will naturally learn not to move the sword.
"My swordsmanship is still much inferior to that of my senior brother. It will be difficult for me to master this style without using the sword in a few years."
Yunlinyuan Mitsuhide said: "Junior brother, there is no need to be depressed. With my junior brother's understanding, I must have understood it to some extent, right?" The two looked at each other and smiled.
At the end of January, the Mikawa Kira family sent people to donate money. The ten thousand gu money was exactly half of the Kira family's income after the enlargement of the seal. Excluding various expenses, it was about the same amount. Ohuchi Motaka talked about the situation in the Mikawa Kira family. Since the Kira family Since Nghe An was detained in Sunfu, the so-called Mikawa Kira family was the original members of the two Kira families who continued to live their lives.
All these retainers were driven to Omi, and the samurai who had nothing to do all day were busy giving birth to children. In the past year, old guys, whether they are thirty or forty years old, have ushered in a new peak of fertility, which is euphemistically called... After the family had multiplied and it had only been two years since the Imagawa family had been subdued, many of the retainers had degenerated into greed for enjoyment. They had mentioned going to Kyoto to follow the master, but they had gradually stopped mentioning it in the past year.
Hearing this, Kira Yoshi smiled nonchalantly and said: "That's not bad. A group of ambitious and talented people are a headache."
The Toe Asahina family where the important minister of the Imagawa family, Asahina Taino, was originally a prisoner of the Kira family in Toe, was later absorbed by the Imagawa family. Asahina Taino, who had just entered the Yuan Dynasty, became a direct samurai of the Imagawa family, and moved to the left due to his military exploits. As the elder of the family, he was appointed as the successor to the Kira family, so he naturally had the intention of winning over the Kira retainers.
The retainers who received Mikawa Kira had to learn from the Imagawa family's envoy. The Imagawa family's envoy was Sekiguchi Chinaga, who donated money to the shogunate. This gentleman was also an old acquaintance of Kira Yoshihiro. After some courtesy and a generous gift as usual, Sekiguchi Okinaga then said: "I am following the order of my lord to seek a marriage agreement with His Highness Sakamoto."
Kira Yoshishi was stunned for a moment and asked with a strange expression: "You mean, Imagawa Osamu wants to marry me? Marrying one daughter to my brother is not enough, but you also plan to marry another one to me?"
"Yes! His Highness Sakamoto is a leader of the Kira family. If I, the Imagawa family, can forge a marriage with you, the relationship between the two families will be even stronger!" said Sekiguchi Kanaga.
Yoshiki Kira felt that the Imagawa family's self-esteem was a little too much. He glanced at Yamamoto Tokiyuki, who understood and said: "Ahem... Although it is a bit presumptuous, I still have to say that my lord has already
I have made a marriage decision with the sister of Konoe Youfuden, and we will get married in the near future. The Imagawa family is still a step too late!"
"What? How could this happen?" Sekiguchi Shinaga's expression could no longer be tense, and he said in a panic: "What can we do...what can we do!" It seemed that he had never thought about this kind of thing before it came.
, or maybe he is too confident in the Imagawa family and really thinks that Kira Yoshi will definitely choose them.
"I, the Kira family, can only say that I am very sorry for this..."
"No!" Sekiguchi Chikinaga suddenly shouted: "Please take back His Majesty Sakamoto's orders. My family sincerely wants to marry you!"
"Huh?" Kira Yoshi frowned and took out the bat fan with a unhappy expression. He stared at the fan and frowned in thought. He didn't know whether he was admiring the scenery or thinking about countermeasures.
Yamamoto Tokiyuki knocked on the case and said with displeasure: "Your Highness Sekiguchi! Please pay attention to your identity! As a samurai, it is unbecoming to do this! Come here! Your Highness Sekiguchi is tired..."
Sekiguchi Chikinaga said in a hurry: "I'm sorry! Your Highness Sakamoto! Although it's a bit too much to say this, but please think about it again. My lord is sincerely marrying His Highness Sakamoto!"
"What is the relationship between the woman whom the Imagawa family intends to marry and Sekiguchi-den?" Kira Yoshitoki stared at him with a cold face, making Sekiguchi Shinaga feel as if he was the prey of a hawk. Hearing Kira Yoshitoki's cold words
He asked in a tone of voice: "Isn't she the daughter of Guankou Palace?"
"How can this be..." Sekiguchi Chiyunaga subconsciously wanted to refute, but he was frightened by the terrifying eyes before he spoke half of the words, and stammered the truth: "It is indeed my little girl, but my little girl has been there for a long time.
She was adopted as an adopted daughter by the lord a few years ago!"
"That's enough! Your Highness Sekiguchi!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki glared at him with a sullen face and scolded in a low voice: "What on earth do Imagawa Osamu think? Do you want to use an adopted daughter to become the main wife of my Kira family? As my Kira family's wife
What kind of family is this? A country man from Sanhe? It’s so whimsical!”
"But..." Sekiguchi Kinaga said with a bitter face.
Yamamoto Tokiyuki said dissatisfied: "Nothing! Don't you know that our family's prestige is far-reaching, and that the head of our family, Kiragi Tokiden, is the number one general in the shogunate? If Imagawa Harubu still thinks about the past Mikawa era, then it will be
What a big mistake! The main wife of my family is the direct daughter of the Konoe family, the direct descendant of the Fujiwara family, do you understand?"
Sekiguchi Chikinaga said with reluctance: "But if it is a side room..."
"If it is a concubine, I can accept it." Kira Yoshi's lips sneered, he gently turned the fan in his hand, and said in a very casual tone: "But His Highness Sekiguchi will not be willing to let his daughter be the concubine of the family, right?
"
"This..." Guankou Qinyong said reluctantly for a long time, "Actually, it's not impossible..."
"So His Highness Sekiguchi's daughter should be kept to marry a child from another family!" Kira Yoshihi waved his sleeves and did not give him a chance to speak. Instead, he said pointedly: "For example, the young governor of the Mikawa Matsudaira family
, I guess his name is Matsudaira Takechiyo? It is said that he is also a disciple of Master Xuezhai of Taiyuan!"
"How is this possible! The Matsudaira family is a family of low origin!" Sekiguchi Kanaga retorted angrily: "No matter what, my Sekiguchi family is also a branch of the Imagawa family!"
"Since Your Highness Sekiguchi did not intend this, then..." Kira Yoshihi ignored his expression and said with a smile: "Let your lord decide this matter! The position of the principal wife of our family has long been decided, and your Imagawa family has decided
How should we deal with it? His Highness Sekiguchi must be carrying an important mission this time!"
"...Yes!" Seeing that he was exposed from head to toe, Sekiguchi Chikinaga admitted in a very bachelor manner: "I am very sorry for the offense just now! This time, the lord ordered me to enter into a marriage with His Highness Sakamoto.
Because the lord’s family no longer has a princess, I adopted the daughter as the princess of the Imagawa family and promised it to His Highness Sakamoto..."
Yamamoto Tokiyuki took the opportunity to threaten: "It's just that it's impossible for my family to accept this proposal, and His Highness Sekiguchi is not willing to go back and resume his life like this. So if this happens, how will His Highness Sekiguchi deal with himself?"
"This..." At this time, Sekiguchi Shinaga was very embarrassed. His face was twitching like a bitter gourd, and he was rubbing his sleeves with his hands, looking very painful. No wonder he felt so uncomfortable, because he had exposed his flaw in a moment of passion.
The way forward was blocked by Kira Yoshishi's words. At this time, even if he wanted to bow his head and resign his daughter to a side room, he couldn't do it.
But he was burdened with Imagawa Yoshimoto's strict order, and he also signed a petition himself. It would be terrible if this matter was not done. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but regret his recklessness. It seemed that he had underestimated this in the past.
He was a little baby, but he didn't expect him to be so cunning. He hit his own vital point immediately and made him lose his footing.
"I don't want to embarrass you, but this proposal is really difficult to satisfy me!" Kira Yoshitoki didn't seem to want to waste time. He changed the subject and suggested: "How about this! How about changing to someone else?"
"Change the candidate?" Sekiguchi Chikinaga was stunned, shook his head and said, "Is there any alternative candidate?"
What he meant was that the princess of his Imagawa family was not a cabbage on the street. How could he change her at any time? Moreover, his daughter did not get married because of his mistake. How should she deal with herself in the future? Is she really going to get married?
Wouldn't it be good for the Mikawa family, a family that I despise?
"That's right! Let's choose another person! Isn't the daughter of the Sekiguchi family the princess of the Imagawa family? Anyway, even if this marriage is formed, it is still a secret agreement. No outsiders know about it yet, so it is okay even if you plan to marry another family!
"Jiliang Yishi said in a persuasive way.
"That's true!" Sekiguchi Chikinaga moved a little, thinking about the candidate and hesitantly said: "But which candidate should be replaced?"
"Of course they can't be from the same family of the Imagawa family. Otherwise, how will His Highness Sekiguchi and his daughter get along with each other?" Kira Yoshi said with a smile.
"Yes! If it were the daughter of the Horikoshi family, not only would I be embarrassed, but the main hall would not be happy either!" The Horikoshi family is the most important branch of the Imagawa clan, the Toe Imagawa clan, and their ancestor is the famous deputy general Imagawa.
Li Jun, but this clan has always been at odds with the clan. From Yoshitaka, Ujikin, Ujiki, to Imagawa Yoshimoto, these four generations have never stopped resisting the clan. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, novels
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