The first lunar month of the fourth year of Koji's reign was particularly lively, with people from all walks of life from Echigo, Ueno, and Shinano gathering here, including the Echu Shiina clan, Shimono Sano clan, Shimonosechiba clan, Aizu Ashina clan, Dewa Mogami clan, etc.
The daimyo from all over the world sent envoys to celebrate. Their nominal purpose was to celebrate the three newly minted ministers, but in fact they came over to proactively build a good relationship with the popular Echigo.
Other people from the country came over, but Ashina Mori and Mogami Yoshimori also sent envoys to come to the city to celebrate. They spewed out flattering words as if they wanted no money and wanted to have their faces pressed against them. It was so disgusting that even the other envoys looked at it.
But go ahead. After all, everyone is from the Wu family. How could they have such a low price? Most of the Chinese people who came to congratulate did not understand the fear of these two families.
Regarding the envoys from these two families, the Kira family's approach is to open the door to welcome guests. As long as you dare to come, I will welcome you. I will accept all the gifts as ordered, but will not talk to you about any problems. Everyone laughs, eats and drinks, and treats it as a happy New Year party.
For a moment, the ambiguous attitude made the two envoys anxiously turn around, but there was no better way to deal with it. They could only accompany everyone to eat, drink and have fun with a look that wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh and wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry.
Kasugayama Castle was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, creating a festive and lively atmosphere. The banquets had been going on since the beginning of the first year. Ever since the imperial court announced that Kiragi was promoted to the third rank, the title of the Tora Princess, the Naga-tailed Tiger Princess, had also changed.
The maids of Chenghu Godai and Kasugayama Castle no longer have to worry about the awkward names of the two Tora Godai.
The envoy officially announced by the imperial court was still Imedekawa Haruyuki, and he was accompanied by Nakayuan Tongmi. This cousin came to Echigo on the opportunity of doing official business for the imperial court and spent a few days eating and drinking. Now his life is really miserable.
There is no desire. Lieutenant General Sakonoe was very satisfied with the three words.
The several business houses operating in Kyoto can't say that they make a lot of money every day, but they are definitely better than guarding a few farms in the past and worrying about the land servants causing trouble. His married life with Yoshiko Kuga is also very happy. It is said that Kira Yoshitsune was like this
A sister-in-law with a lively personality is already pregnant and expecting to give birth safely. The happy smile revealed in her words makes Kiragi feel very jealous. He reflects that he has never had any sexual intercourse with women, which is really a failure.
He also told Kira Yoshiki the news that the imperial court intended to move the position of Nakayuan Tongwei, probably to move it to the position of internal minister. However, Nakayuan Tongwei had no plans to move forward for the time being, because the court wanted to replace the internal minister at the expense of it.
The right minister to Kuga Harumichi, the father-in-law of Chu Yuan Mitsumi, and the person who pushed for this appointment was none other than his predecessor Sekishiro Nijo Haruyoshi.
It can be seen from this that there is still a loud voice in the imperial court regarding the newly emerged alliance of public ministers. The Kujo and Ichichi-series of public ministers represented by Nijo Haruyoshi have always been the Konoe represented by the Konoe predecessors.
It’s not surprising that the two companies have been bitter political enemies of the Takashi Kokomi Group. They have fought to the death for three to four hundred years with each other winning or losing. However, in recent years, the trend has been clearly leaning towards the Konoe family. Many neutral Kokomi families have been roped in to join the Konoe family.
The family's carriage, and the force hidden behind it is from the Ashikaga family of the Shogunate.
Nijo Haruyoshi soon discovered that the political factions of the Ashikaga family were very complex. A new dignitary who had been away from the center of power in Kyoto for several years still maintained absolute influence over Kyoto, such as Konoe, Kuga, Sanjo, Imadegawa, Tokudaiji, and Sanjo.
A large number of noble families such as Nishi and Nakayuan have very close contacts with the Ashikaga family.
The more he investigated, the more frightened he became. The minister on the left, Sekibaro, was the sworn brother of Konoe's predecessor, Kira Yoshitomo, and the minister on the right was Kuga Harumichi, who was the uncle of Konoe's predecessor. At the same time, he was also the in-law of Todai Nagon Chuin Michihi.
, Nakayuan Tongwei is Kira Yoshitoki's biological uncle. When this relationship is substituted, it becomes an emerging powerful group that far exceeds the original faction.
Therefore, Nijo Haruyoshi wants to break this power network. First of all, he needs to clear out the most powerful link, Kuga Harumichi. His method is to use his relative Nakainomiru as the internal minister as a bait, forcing the Nakain family to bite the hook.
As for betraying Kuga Harumichi's interests, this strategy is neither secretive nor clever, but it is very tempting.
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhongyuan Tongwei rejected the proposal. He knew very well that once he became an internal minister with his family background, he would have to resign voluntarily for at most two or three years. After all, the family background of the Zhongyuan family was only a ministerial family, not a Tsinghua family. He could not continue to do so.
He still wants to wait a few more years to hold on to the position of Minister of the Interior. Kuga Harumichi has just become the Right Minister, so he has to wait until his prestige in the position gradually increases before he considers it.
As soon as Nakain Doi left, Odate Harimitsu led a huge team to Kasugayama Castle. He was here to announce the latest appointment of the shogunate. Ashikaga Yoshiteru's imperial education book did not have the old lady's habit of binding feet. In just a few lines,
The general idea is that Kira Yoshitoki was appointed as the guardian of Ueno. Under his responsibilities, the people of Ueno should be impartial and law-abiding and make more efforts to revitalize the cause of the shogunate.
The decree was announced and the people of Ueno cheered regardless of whether it was true or not. This was the latest guardian appointed by the shogunate. No matter how they felt, they expressed their support. In fact, the shogunate Ashikaga Yoshiteru was very excited. This was captured by the shogunate during the time of Kira Yoshiki.
It was the first Kanto state, and it was also the first comprehensive penetration of Kanto by the shogunate. If the ancestors of all generations knew about this news underground, they would definitely be excited.
When people think of the Muromachi shogunate, people's impression is of endless turmoil, which is almost comparable to the congenitally defective Kamakura shogunate. Although the shogunate was not killed like the Kamakura shogunate, the behavior of killing the shogun and exiling the general to manipulate the inheritance is still serious. The Muromachi shogunate
The most serious internal trouble was the eight kingdoms of Kanto outside the independent shogunate. The difficult Kantō family governors had been obsessed with going to Luo for many generations to usurp the position of the general who conquered the barbarians, and it had always been a major worry for the shogunate.
Since the Onin Rebellion, the authority of the shogunate has been declining, and the Kanto public has therefore become a marionette in the hands of the Hojo family. When Kira Yoshi, a genius who has not been seen in a century, emerges from the shogunate, he just takes the Yamashiro country in the hands of the Miyoshi family.
To protect it, leaving a piece of pure land for the shogunate, and within a few years after leaving Echichi, he used his own methods to conquer the two major Zhou kingdoms of Shinano and Ueno, which amounted to a total of 800,000 koku. These methods can be called magical powers!
Kira Yoshitsune's upheavals in Echigo not only shook Kanto up and down, but also went west and north to Yu'ao, Hokuriku, and Tokai. Rumors spread that two military gods appeared in Echigo. One was Ashikaga Kamisaburo, the Genji military god in Kawachi, and the other
It was Nagao Taira Sankagetora, the military god of the Bando Taira clan. At the turn of summer and autumn in the third year of Hongji, the two staged a great drama in the East Kingdom.
Nagao Kagetora defeated Hojo Ujiyasu's 40,000-strong army with an army of 50,000 men. He killed 8,000 and captured 6,000 alive. This battle wiped out the courage of the Kanto heroes. From then on, no one knew the name of the Dragon of Echigo.
The names of "Chaos Dragon Banner" and "Black Dragon Cavalry" were spread far and wide, and the names of princes from all over the sixty-six countries in the world were also shocked.
Legend has it that Echigo gathered a group of immortal legions in the underworld. General Zhong Kui of the Black Dragoons was three feet tall and had a green face and fangs. He could swallow a thousand live cattle alive in one meal and could drink all the water of the Tone River in one gulp. He was so strong that he could withstand Mount Fuji. He was captured alive with one hand.
The Kanto Lord captured Hojo Ushige alive, and killed three thousand Hojo cavalry with just one man. He was a demon general with extremely powerful abilities. There are many more bizarre legends circulating among the people. Various rumors describe Echigo as extremely
Bizarre.
During Kira Yoshi's time, he used ten thousand troops to kill Takeda's army of 10,000 people and captured more than 6,000 alive. He killed more than a hundred famous samurai including Takeda Nobuyoshi, and thousands of unknown people. Takeda Yoshinobu and Takeda Nobutushige were captured alive.
Many high-ranking ministers, including Shinano and Ueno, were in the pocket of the Kira family. Kanto was shocked, and the "people with lofty ideals" in Utsu could not sleep at night.
It is said that this battle was particularly brutal. The weeds on Kawanaka Island were dyed red with blood. Takeda Harunobu was critically injured and escaped to Kai to recuperate behind closed doors. Komai Masatake entered the high school of Hakusai, Imai Sagami Moronobu and his younger brother Imai Tora.
The other veterans were not so lucky. They died soon after returning to Kai, announcing the decline of the once prosperous Takeda family.
Among the eight kingdoms of Kanto, Ueno Kingdom is considered to be the first-class big country. Ueno Kingdom was the kingdom during the Heian period. Only the prince could hold the post of Ueno Governor. Since the establishment of the Muromachi Shogunate, it has been the core territory of the Kanto Lord and the Yamauchi Uesugi family. The shogunate has no control over the Ueno Kingdom.
It is an indisputable fact that Ueno Kingdom lacks actual control. This time it was easily recaptured by the Kira family, which can be regarded as fulfilling the wish of more than ten generations of shoguns.
Although Ashikaga Yoshiteru emotionally does not want to see Kira Yoshitoki's successive victories, he can never bring out such ** little thoughts as an excuse. He is even more worried that doing so will cause an uproar in the world and leave a legacy to the world.
He has a vicious and ruthless bad image. The revival and support of the shogunate cannot be separated from the support of the Kira family. He is still unable to do the stupid thing of destroying the Great Wall.
Even if all these are not that important, just look at the annual regular payment of money and food, which is timely and thoughtful. When asking for official duties, he proactively communicates with the shogunate and seals a large amount of money. From top to bottom, all the officials of the shogunate are
I am very satisfied with the arrangement. His authority as the shogunate is now increasing, and the expenses for welcoming and transporting are quite high. He just spent 10,000 kiwan to handle the funeral arrangements for the previous emperor. If he had the money and food to support him when he left Kiragi
Where can I save the next ten thousand kanmon to support the emperor, not to mention the current situation where the shogunate welcomes various daimyo, and the wealthy people come to visit and send money to the official.
Odate Harimitsu stayed at Kasugayama Castle for a few days and explained the complex form of Kinai to Kira Yoshitoki in detail, focusing on the influence of the Kira family on Kinai in Shiga and Takashima counties, as well as Rokkaku Yoshihide's increasingly obvious actions.
The implication is that I hope Kira Yoshishi will make more preparations and be careful of this person attacking the two counties at any time.
This is what Odate Seiko told him in private. Ashikaga Yoshiteru did not let him tell him this information. This kind old man is now the fourth Mutsu no Mamoru. He is getting older but still energetic. To Kira Yoshiki
I gave him heartfelt advice, hoping that he would pay more attention to Kinai's behavior. After all, the roots of the shogunate were where he came from.
Kira Yoshitoki was very happy with the old man's advice and wanted to persuade him to stay in Echigo and serve as the Kira family's diplomat. The old man was very happy with his invitation but said that he was old and would retire in a few years.
He came down to live in Kyoto for retirement, but his son Odate Teruhiko is twenty-two years old this year. The young man does not have much status in the shogunate. When he comes, he can come to Echigo to help the Kira family. After all, the shogunate can only help each other if they are from the same shogunate.
better.
Odate Harumi left in a hurry. In fact, he had already mastered the information he gave him. Rokkaku Yoshihide was not determined to die for a day or two. Five thousand new troops from Omi were sent to Echigo for training in order to deal with increasingly serious provocations. At the end of the year, he
Let Yamamoto Tokiyuki recruit another 5,000 new troops in Vietnam to train and train on his behalf, and use these 5,000 new troops to replace the remaining 2,500 Omi new troops.
After two years of hard training, and only a few months of fighting, half of them died. It would be false to say that you don't feel sad. Without the desperate persistence of these new troops, even an army of 10,000 people would definitely not be able to defend Songcang City.
They have experienced a lot in just a few months. They know how to defend the city and how to fight. They must be fully prepared for every battle. When encountering emergencies, they should not be impatient. The biggest gain is to successfully complete the transformation of new recruits into elite divisions.
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These two thousand and five hundred people will return to Omi by boat when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. Nakajo Tokihide needs these elites to hold down the place. These two counties have not experienced war for several years, and even the spirit of the samurai has gradually become lazy.
This kind of samurai who were killed on the frontline battlefield were needed to guard the stall. At the same time, he also planned to mobilize another three thousand soldiers from Omi to guard the place in rotation, so as to hone the fighting will of the Omi samurai through battle, and by the way, he would also find some soldiers for himself.
There were big banquets for days in the first month. Kira Yoshitomo only showed up a few times in the first few days. The subsequent banquets were all hosted by Hakudai. Nagao Kagetora's declaration of honoring Kira Yoshitomo as master was just the beginning, and turned Echigo around.
The mentality of the Chinese people still needs a process. Shinano, the agricultural development of Ueno and Ueno cannot be summed up by simply following the Echigo model. The government affairs that have been squeezed for half a year are piled on the desk, and it is really a headache for him to have so many things.
Endless.
Just when he was having a headache with the documents related to the development of new fields in Niigata, the construction of river defenses, and the one-year trial of rice and wheat rotation, something annoying happened. Saito Asanobu came to him with a sad face. He pleaded: "Suppress the town.
Lord, please make the decision for me, Chao Xin! Ah Ju is living a very miserable life, but today she actually had the idea of committing suicide. If the maid hadn’t found out, she would have left me earlier! Woo hoo..."
Kira Yoshi suddenly stood up and asked hurriedly: "Hold on! You calm down first and tell me what happened? How is Sister Aju now? Is there any danger? Do you need me to ask Mr. Qian Shiliuwen?
Come for diagnosis and treatment? Where is sister Aju now?"
"Aju was not in danger, but she was hiding a dagger in her hand and was preparing to commit suicide. However, she was bumped into by a few maids who happened to be cleaning the room when they opened the door. She was not injured but was in a very low spirit. She kept crying while holding her child.
I cried my heart out to pieces! Woo hoo..." Saito Chaoxin said incoherently, and it took him a long time to explain clearly.
Just after he finished speaking, this man started wailing again. Kiragi was mentally disturbed by his howling at the top of his voice. Who would have thought that this seven-foot tall man who was so powerful in Kanto on the battlefield that he killed people without any calculation would actually look like this?
The little baby cried with snot and tears like a dead mother.
"Stop crying! Look what you look like, and listen to me!"
Saito Asanobu stopped crying immediately, pulled out an embroidered handkerchief from nowhere, wiped his face randomly a few times, and said in his low and hoarse broken gong voice: "Didn't I tell the town official about this two months ago?"
Is that so? It’s not because Ah Ju gave birth to a pair of twin girls! They have been saying that twin girls are unlucky these past few months! Ah Ju has been depressed these days, but she didn’t expect that she would commit suicide!"
Kira Yoshitsune frowned: "What are you talking about about your precious girls! I know about this. I also asked Ahu to bring gifts to visit the two little princesses of the Saito family. Ahu told Yu that these two
The little princess is very beautiful and cute, not like you at all. How come twin girls are unlucky?"
"They say twins are unlucky, and so are twin girls..."
"Wait a minute!" Kira Yoshiro growled with murderous intent: "Which one of them? Who said it? After naming them, I want to ask them face to face who is so bold as to stir up trouble behind their backs. I don't know what the two of them are.
Is it a sin to use the tongue to violate the precepts?”
"..." This time it was Saito Asanobu who didn't dare to speak. He didn't dare to say who it was, but Kira Yoshiki could guess that it was probably those idle bastards from Echigo who were talking mean words again.
Thinking of this, Kira Yoshi's face suddenly darkened: "It's those bastards who are talking too much, right? Can't you find out if you don't tell me? Just wait, I can catch all these bastards in less than half a day.
Dare to talk about Sister Aju’s daughter, and even hurt Sister Aju who almost died. Is Dang Yu, the general of the garrison, a fool? Huh!”
"But it seems that one of the responsibilities of the governor is not to regulate his words and deeds." Saito Asanobu subconsciously continued. At that time, facing the sharp eyes like knives, he quickly lowered his head and muttered: "They don't dare to talk about the governor.
Besides, this was an unintentional mistake. It would be bad if it really damaged the reputation of the governor because of the minister's housework. I am not a person who does not know good and evil. There are advantages and disadvantages to doing this. The disadvantage is that it makes Ah
If Ju bears greater criticism, she will definitely live a very unhappy life."
Saito Asanobu's last words touched on Kira Yoshi's key point. He knew sister Aju's temperament very well. A silly girl with a rough personality likes to live a simple and peaceful life. Such punishment not only does not help solve the problem, but also
On the contrary, it will make things more complicated. The family members of the punished samurai may spread more rumors, making her bear a lot of psychological pressure for no reason, and she will also have to bear the heavy burden of Kira Yoshitoki's adopted sister. Anti-mutant one
Crime and punishment.
Kira Yoshishi was silent for a long time and sighed: "...You are right, I can't do this. I have to consider the opinions of the retainers and warriors, and the burden on Sister Aju's heart. I can't punish the person who should be punished, so I can't do it."
Like Yu's ups and downs experience in the past few years, how many times I should have taken action but couldn't because of such and such scruples. In troubled times, people have to be bound by the shackles of the old rules left over from the prosperous age, which makes me unhappy and unhappy.
This is troubled times, this is reality!”
"Gong Zhenfu..."
"I'm fine, I'm just expressing my feelings... let's talk about you. It's very good for Sister Aju to give birth to twin girls. This is the blessing accumulated by your Saito family for generations. It's not an unlucky thing. Yu
It is the most unbelievable legend about evil spirits and monsters. One of the twins must die or both twins must die. This is all superstitious nonsense. Pointing to a stone and saying it is a god, pointing to a big tree and saying it is a god, what a cat or dog.
Even if you can become a god, you won’t have to worry about Gao Tianyuan being overcrowded! Why can’t they have a twin god when they have created so many gods?”
"Master Zhenfu! Please be careful what you say!" Saito Asanobu was so frightened that he trembled. How dare he imagine that Kiragi would rant about the entire Shinto religion with just one mouthful, and the rumors that the twins were the incarnations of demons?
It is said that it also comes from Shintoism. The villagers in the countryside don't know whether it is true or not. Anyway, the priests say so and they all believe it. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!