In the past half month, Kansuke Yamamoto has not mentioned inviting him to watch the military training. Of course, Kira Mansomaru has no interest in going to watch any military training on a hot day. Apart from the daily lessons, Kansuke Yamamoto is always busy inside and out.
He was so busy that he didn't know how much he had to do. He always came and went without a trace.
Of course, Nobusada Ohuchi, who is even busier, is not only busy with the autumn harvest of his own territory, but also supervises the payment of the autumn harvest of the Kira family. This year is good. Although it cannot be said that the weather is good and the grain is plentiful, at least there is no flood in the Yahagi River and no rain.
It is abundant but not overflowing. According to Okouchi Nobusada's initial estimate, the annual tribute received by the Kira family is equivalent to 18,800 guan of gold.
This is the calculation of the Yonggao system. It is not that the Kira family can really collect so much money. It is roughly equivalent to 18,800 guan of rice, mountain delicacies, and seafood. Kira Mansong Maru has been promoting it in the past few years.
Soybean planting and simple fertilizer application, although I was too young to be blocked by my family and could not personally supervise it, it still had some effects, such as a steady increase in grain production. In the past, the annual salary was less than 30,000 guan, and the annual salary was less than 30,000 guan.
Fluctuating around 16,000 guanwen, production has increased by one-eighth this year.
The Saijo Kira family has an income of 32,000 kanfu. The reason why they have been able to collect so many years of tribute is because of Japan's harsh tax rates from ancient times to the present. Three public servants and two citizens are the normal tax standards set by the imperial court. If you include the subordinates of the wealthy family, half of them
There are more than 70,000 Kanbun subordinates, and of course there are many of them. For example, some in Bihai County have joined the Oda family, many in Natsuda County have subordinated to the Matsudaira family, and some have simply joined the Imagawa family. In fact, there are also many people who are subordinate to the Imagawa family.
The control power is less than 50,000 Guanwen.
There are only 32,000 kanfu directly under the control of the Kira family. Most of the direct territories are in Hatzu County and part of Bihai County. This is due to the great decline of the Kira family. More than thirty years ago, he
When his father, Yoshihiro Kira, first took charge of the household, the Kami-Kira family actually controlled half of the Mikawa Kingdom. The family's direct subordinates were more than 50,000 kanfu, and they also controlled part of the territory of the Ene Kingdom. Their income was definitely not much worse than that of the wealthy local man Oda Nobuhide.
The Shimo-Kira family is roughly the same as the Isolord family. Except for Tojo Castle in Hatzu County, most of the territory is in Nuda, Hoimi County and other territories close to Mikawa Bay. These territories are not in the Toyokawa Basin because they are located in it.
It is a fertile land in the Sayahachi River Basin, but because the two Kira were initially unified, Manshomaru and his half-brother Kira Yoshian have not yet figured out how to deal with their relationship.
The relationship between Kira Mansomaru and his elder brother is very delicate. He is obviously the second son of a leading family, but he was adopted by his father and became the heir to the Kira family. Then his father married a princess of the Nakain family from Kyoto and gave birth to a child.
Wansongmaru easily took over the Kira family's fortune, and it is impossible to say that Kira Yi'an didn't have any resentment at all.
Kira Yoshian is five years older than Manshomaru, and he is a serious samurai in the eighth-century Yuanfu. Starting from the late Heian period, the custom of the samurai family is to treat 13-year-old children as adults, such as the Nine Years of War in the late Heian period.
Among them, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, the second generation leader of the Kawachi Genji clan and the general of the garrison at the time, beheaded Abe Chiyo Doji who had shown bravery on the battlefield at the age of only thirteen.
It was even more common in the Genpei era. For example, a famous general of the Genji family in Kawachi, Minamoto no Yotomo, who was very active in the Homoto Rebellion, was exiled to Kyushu by his father Minamoto no Yoshitsune at the age of thirteen. Later, Minamoto no Yoshitomo died in the Heiji Rebellion.
Thirteen-year-old Minamoto Yorishio was captured in Rokupora, Kyoto, and was later exiled to Izu Country. Only then did the aftermath of the rise of the Kamakura shogunate begin.
If Kira Mansomaru hadn't been too young, the retainers wouldn't have minded imitating the ancient method of giving him Yuanfu first. It's a pity that he, the governor, is only nine years old, and there is no way to regain his age disadvantage. As a leader of a clan
As the family governor, he was unable to restrain the Shimo-Kira family. What was even more worrying was that someone in the Shimo-Kira family would make a fuss about their bloodline, so they could only remain in a stalemate.
Nobuzada Ohuchi is very busy, but no matter how busy he is, he never forgets to take time out every few days to supervise Kira Manshomaru's studies. Perhaps he is worried that he will waste his knowledge. Every time he takes the test, it becomes more and more difficult, and it also involves dozens of cheating methods.
The knowledge in hundreds of books is simply more painful than being punished. Kira Mansomaru feels that he cannot continue like this. If he continues to educate him, he will sooner or later turn into a nerd or a nerd. But what should he do? Kyoto? Kira
Wansongmaru shook his head, it was a sacred place of Japanese culture, and his two brushes were not enough to see it.
In late July, the Kira family welcomed an unexpected guest, the Bodhi Temple of the Kira family, Nishiyama Sonobu, the abbot of Mikawa Kuni-san Prime Minister Ankoku Zen Temple. Unexpectedly, he also brought a letter from Taiyuan Xue Zhai and met with Kansuke Yamamoto.
Witnessed by Nobuzada Ohuchi, Kira Mansomaru opened the clay seal and read the letter.
It didn't take long for him to open the letter of less than 300 words, and handed the letter to Nobusada Okawachi.
The Suruga Imagawa Administrative Palace defended Shunyuan and guarded the sea route... Today, Owari Oda Nobuhide broke into Mikawa without guarding the state boundaries and wreaked havoc on the Mikawa territory. I, the Imagawa family, were determined to help the shogunate and calm the chaotic Mikawa, so we went out after the autumn harvest.
Anjo, I would like to ask His Highness Kira to join us in subduing the Owari bandits. When the time comes, the Imagawa Administrative Department will definitely welcome them..."
After reading the letter, the room fell into a brief silence. Nishiyama Sonobu held the rosary beads in his hand and meditated. Ohuchi Nobuzada seemed to be a little unable to turn around. His face turned red and white, and he didn't know what he was thinking while holding the letter. After a while,
Then he asked: "Have you received this letter... Shimo-Kiraden? What did Shimo-Kiraden say?"
"Shimo-Kiraden was so angry that he tore up his senior brother's letter on the spot and threatened to be at odds with the Imagawa family. Why bother?" Sonobu Nishiyama looked compassionate. He was not a professional diplomat and it didn't matter if he told the truth.
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Ohuchi Nobuzada breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his stiff cheeks, and said, "I see. In this case, it seems that my family should also..."
"This family should think about it carefully! But His Highness Ma Shou will send Master Soen back first. This family still needs to seriously discuss this matter at the evaluation meeting." Kira Manshomaru interrupted him directly. This topic should not be concluded at this time.
, otherwise the evaluation meeting would be meaningless. Ohuchi Nobuzada also immediately thought of this incident, secretly cursed himself for being stupid, and quickly got up and sent Zen Master Niishan Sonobu away.
After the meeting, Ohuchi Nobuzada returned to the castle tower, picked up the letter and read it several times, lamenting: "The Imagawa administration is still going to attack our family. I wonder how the father-in-law of the Imagawa family would feel when he found out about this."
"You will probably be happy! Defeating the clan as a commoner is a great honor. I, the Kira family, will soon become a retainer of the Imagawa family. Perhaps my family will also serve under the auspices of Imagawa Yoshimoto! I wonder if he will deprive him of it.
Where is the character passed down from generation to generation in my family?" Kira Mansomaru curled his lips and gently flapped his folding fan, making the old-fashioned writer's face turn pale and his whole body tremble.
"This is defeating the superior! This is a departure from the traditions of the samurai family! Our Kira family has been a powerful branch of the Ashikaga family since the Kamakura period. The Suruga Imagawa family is just a branch of the family that rose up after waiting for Ashikaga Takauji of Mochiin. We must not let him Tarnish the reputation of our Kira family! Never!" Ohuchi Nobuzada's face was terrifying, his expression was distorted, and his voice was hoarse. It was completely different from the image of an elegant and stern elder he usually saw. Kira Mansomaru was very worried about his mental state. Feel worried.
"In this case, there is only one way to fight!" Yamamoto Kansuke pondered for a moment, and then analyzed: "The troops that our family can recruit are about 2,500 people, and there are also 800 ashigaru trained by my subordinates, who are directly under the Kira family. Two hundred imperial horses returned to the crowd, totaling 3,500 people. With 3,500 people fighting against the Imagawa family who had 20,000 troops, they resisted resolutely with a defensive attitude. According to common sense, they should be able to sustain until next spring. Maybe with luck. The only reason we can hold on until summer is because Taiyuan Xuezhai is a mediocre general, so we don’t know if we use tactics.”
"If the strategy is to be carried out, the wealthy people under my command will definitely be shaken! Once the Imagawa family's troops are directed towards Saijo Castle, most of the people in Nakata County will inevitably turn against each other... No! As long as the Imagawa family issues a military order to attack Saijo Castle, Eru Tian Jun cannot be saved. There is a traitor like Arakawa Yoshihiro in the Bamien Mountain north of Hatzu, which is like opening the door to let the Imagawa family in. After Bamien Mountain is a plain, what can the family do to resist the Imagawa family? How long can the Cage Castle hold on? Maybe ten days or even less.
Our family may be able to fight against the trapped beasts, but it will be difficult to attack Kira's Tojo Castle. Taiyuan Xuezhai will definitely divide his troops to attack the Kira family. Based on the current situation, some people from Higashi Mikawa's Hoami County have openly defected to Imagawa's side. There are many people from the country who are secretly flirting with the Imagawa family. The Imagawa army has gathered in Tojo Castle. It is needless to say how the people in the county will make a decision. If Shimo-Kira is attacked and destroyed, what is the point of holding on to the castle of our family?"
This kind of deduction has been done with Yamamoto Kansuke a long time ago. Since the battle of Adozaka, there have been countless similar force deductions. Each time, the result is that the Imagawa family ends in complete victory. The gap between the two sides is really too big. No matter how Assume that we are still facing a dead end after all.
"This...but how can the reputation of the Kira family be allowed to be tarnished by the Imagawa family! Are you going to be a puppet and be tied up in Junfu by the Imagawa Administrative Department?" Nobuzada Ohuchi struggled unwillingly, as if he wanted to use cruelty. The reality reminded him that the Kanadai family retainers and him, the family governor, were inextricably linked. If the Kira family collapsed, their status would not be guaranteed. Who would be willing to leave the honorable Kanadai family members alone and go to the Imagawa family to become a bastard? What does it look like to be under surveillance and suppressed?
"Yes! How can I let my family's three-hundred-year legacy be ruined in my own hands? I can't afford the reputation of such an unworthy descendant, so I have to think carefully!" Kira Manshomaru murmured to himself.