Nearly a hundred years of war have made the Kanto samurai family relatively slow to respond to the changes in Kinki. The samurai of the Eastern Kingdom are more focused on the development of the territory and the survival of the family business. Even if the Takeda family learns of the latest changes in Kinki, they will not make any more statements. Kira Yoshitoki
It’s not as if he has a guilty conscience and has lost his own position because of a Kinki alliance.
What is certain is that the Takeda family is really anxious, otherwise they would not take the initiative to come to Kasugayama Castle and bow their heads in submission. Just by looking at Takeda Nobushige, a powerful member of the family who has dealt with the Kira family, we can know that Takeda Shingen's
The mood at this moment is so complicated, and there is another reason to be sure that Takeda Nobushige will not let him wait too long.
This is indeed the case. Takeda Nobunaga anxiously contacted Kai to inform him of the latest news, and he himself has been working hard to do diplomacy in Kasugayama Castle, hoping to get more favorable negotiation treatment, but the reality is so cruel, the Takeda family has no
Enough chips to negotiate terms with the Kira family, but many attempts have ended in a wall.
It was not until more than half a month later that the belated messenger of the Takeda family arrived, and along with the messenger came the order to agree to the Kira family's request. Takeda Nobushige tried his best to calm down the anxiety in his heart. When he came to Kasugayama Castle to visit Kiragi, he passed by the guests and hosts.
He politely came up with his final condition: "Although my lord agrees with the request of the town master, he still hopes that the Kira family can provide certain compensation. My lord wants to follow the way of the Kira family in Litai County, Omi Province, with money and rice.
Food and medicine were exchanged for the territory of Ina County."
"Do you want to make a dignified retreat?" The Takeda family made a concession as expected. Kira Yoshi smiled and said without much thought: "I can be accommodating, then use 100,000 koku of food, 20,000 guanwen of Yongle money, and 10,000 medicinal materials.
Thousands of goods in exchange for Ina County! I heard that there have been many disasters and epidemics in Kaifa in recent years. Giving more rights to medicinal materials should be regarded as a good deed."
"Thank you, Lord Town!" Takeda Nobushige, you are stupid enough to ask why the money given to the Rokkaku family is only half of that of the Rokkaku family. You can guess that the Kira family doesn't care much about this transaction. It is already very good to give them half and half.
If the Takeda family doesn't understand current affairs, they won't mind taking it directly from the Takeda family.
As soon as the conflicts on the land disappeared, the peace negotiations were successfully negotiated. The specific terms of the peace agreement were nothing new. They were simply that the two sides would cease their troops and make a truce from now on and gradually reduce the border garrison, so as to gradually establish harmonious mutual trust and not
Corresponding targeted actions will occur again to ensure the absolute tranquility of Kai Shinano.
That night, a regular dinner was held in the west hall of Kasugayama Castle to celebrate the reconciliation between the two families. Mitsukane Numata performed superb sarugaku skills and won applause from the whole hall. When he was half drunk, Takeda Nobushige suddenly said to Kira Yoshi: "Since the town
It has only been ten years since the rise of Fu Gong in Hokuriku, but it has brought a new trend to the Eastern Kingdom. In fact, we Kai samurai and other Kai warriors admire Jin Fu Gong's civil and military skills very much. The peace and tranquility of the Eastern Kingdom will depend on Jin Fu Gong's control of chaos.
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Recently, my lord received a treaty invitation from Kinai. It was a handwritten letter written by the powerful Miyoshi repair doctor in Kinai today. The letter mentioned inviting the Takeda family to form an anti-Kira encirclement network, and said that Sagami had already been attacked.
The Hojo clan, the Dewa Onodera clan, the Date clan, the Mutsu Ashina clan, the Omi Asai clan, and the Echizen Asakura clan sent out invitations. At that time, East and West would work together to divide the Kira family. My master thought that the repair doctor Miyoshi was just thinking.
So I verbally declined his invitation and asked me to remind the town official."
Takeda Nobushige's words were not loud. But they were like a burst of spring thunder when they reached the ears of many elders of the clan. For a while, the low voices of talking, laughing and dancing disappeared. Kira Yoshitori held the wine glass and stayed at his mouth for a long time.
He didn't move, the smile on his face hadn't dissipated, but the flickering cold light in his eyes had revealed the anger in his heart.
"Crack!" The exquisite ceramic wine glass shattered. Kira Yoshitoki sat upright with a cold face. The family members also hurriedly dropped their wine glasses and sat down obediently. The Sarugaku Master hurriedly withdrew under the guidance of Numata Mitsukane.
The doors and windows in the hall were opened and an icy cold wind blew in, instantly taking away the temperature in the room.
"Thank you Dian Mangdian for reminding me. I'm not feeling well, so I won't accompany you. I'll be here today!" Kira Yoshi stood up, waved his long sleeves, and strode away. All the family members also got up and left one after another.
He was the only one left in the lively hall just now. Takeda Nobushige silently looked at this sudden change, looked back at the crowd gradually going away, and thought to himself: "Sure enough, there is still an impact? But this impact
Are they from Kanto or Kinai?"
Kira Yoshitoki's character has always been resolute and resolute and will never allow him to be blackmailed or threatened by villains. This is very similar to his adopted brother Ashikaga Yoshiteru. This time Miyoshi Nagakei had to touch his reverse scale to succeed again.
This angered him and made him determined to fight a limited war. He sent off Takeda Nobushige and his envoys early the next morning, and immediately summoned the senior ministers to hold an evaluation meeting.
Since he was angry with the thunder, he would not show any mercy. Kira Yoshitomo immediately ordered with a cold face: "I have to change my mind! The master is still out of Sakamoto as the general, and the total population of the three Omi counties is
It happens to be more than 250,000. According to the current standard of one draw out of ten, there should be no problem in recruiting military service. The master needs to train 25,000 elite troops in Sakamoto who are good at recruiting and fighting, so that they can survive the battle in Luozhong.
Let the five thousand troops who come down serve as the backbone!"
Yamamoto Tokiyuki raised his eyebrows and quickly nodded in agreement. Honda Tokimasa's eyes swept over the many samurai present and finally shook his head and said: "I have 60,000 tiger warriors in the Ashikaga clan, but it is really annoying that I can't mobilize them easily. All the generals are famous in Kanto."
The powerful general, but our strategy of going south to Kanto cannot be changed at the moment, and the generals who are familiar with Kinai's form...wait! I wonder if His Highness Kimikata can let Nakajo Deha guard the palace to make another call?"
Kira Yoshishi turned his head and asked: "Do you mean to let Tokihide continue to serve as general in Omi?"
"That's okay, but I feel that Nakajo Dewa is guarding the palace enough to sneak into Wakasa country with three thousand troops, and cooperate with our Kira navy to seize Maizuru Port, another important trade center in Wakasa Bay. In this way, I can
Wakasa Bay directly affects the dominance of the Asakura family. I believe that if we make the conflict completely public, Asakura Kingoden will definitely be worried about gains and losses and dare not act rashly!"
Honda narrowed his eyes and showed a cunning fox-like smile. Takigawa Tokiyoshi, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't help but turn his face away from him. He secretly wondered why this guy has become more and more sinister over the years.
His smile was a bit cunning and cruel, and Honda behind Takigawa Shimasu was turning his face towards his brother Honda, making a face.
Namioka Tatefang shook his feather fan and laughed: "What Tokishoden said is right. I heard that Asakura Kingoden is an indecisive family governor with very soft ears. The actual authority in the family is Tsuruga County Sheriff Asakura Kageki of the same name, and Ono County Sheriff.
Kage Kage is controlled by Asakura Kagetaka, Ashuba County Sheriff. The relationship between these three people is actually very subtle. Since the death of the former Tsuruga County Sheriff Asakura Sotetsu, the current Tsuruga County Sheriff Asakura Kageki has not received the Asakura family army.
The position of acting general.
The power of the military generation fell into the hands of the relatively weak Asakura Keitaka. You must know that Asakura Keiki is the biological uncle of Asakura Kingoden. And Asakura Keitaka is just a commoner. This general is originally from Tsuruga County.
However, the Asakura Kingo Palace forcibly took the position from my uncle Asakura Kageki and gave it to my distant cousin Asakura Kagetaka. If there is no problem in this, no one will believe it, right?"
Shima Tokikatsu hung out with Takikawa Tokimasu all day long, and his temper gradually became infected with his wanton arrogance. He raised his eyebrows and said: "Is this Asakura Yoshikage crazy? Asakura Somu's body belongs to Tsuruga County Secretary even before his bones are cold.
Is this a deliberate challenge to the Tsuruga family’s dominant position? I don’t understand what benefits it will bring to him to shake the pillar of the Asakura family like this?”
"There is a more interesting thing, that is, the great reuse of Asakura Kage, Ono County's chief minister. This person is also Asakura Yoshikage's brother. His father Asakura Kagetaka and the family governor Asakura Takakage and Tsuruga County's Asakura Kageki are
Brothers of the same mother, but Asakura Kageko felt that he was quite powerful in the family, so he competed with Asakura Takakage for the position of family governor. After the failure, Ono County Sheriff was also dismissed.
This person went to Kyoto without giving up and tried to contact the governor and ministers to seize the position of family governor. Because the confidential information was leaked, Asakura Takakage was notified by the shogunate and he was exiled from Echizen and was not allowed to return. This person still did not give up and found the Shiba clan and Honganji Temple.
Zheng Ru attempted to launch an invasion of Echizen, but suffered successive setbacks, lost his prestige and attracted the disgust of the Asakura family, and finally died of illness in Sakai Town more than ten years ago."
Honjo Shigenaga curled his lips and said: "For such a sinful minister to continue to serve as Ono County Secretary, from my perspective, Asakura Yoshikage's political level is really worrying! Asakura Yoshikage's boyhood must have been
Asakura Yoshikage, who was locked up for close surveillance, wasn't the one who released him and re-appointed him to Ono County Sheriff, right?"
Honda Tokimasa grinned and said: "Dewa Mamoru is right, Asakura Kingoden did this indeed! It seems that Asakura Kingoden is quite proud of this move, thinking it is a sign of humility as the governor of the house and not caring about past grudges.
, maybe he thinks that rescuing his brothers from the cage and entrusting them with important tasks will definitely make Asakura Jingjing grateful to him as the family governor!"
Shima Tokikatsu sneered and said: "How touching! An ordinary samurai would definitely be grateful! But is there really no problem in using it on Asakura Keijing, who was nearly an adult when his father rebelled? He was imprisoned for a few years and released.
If he comes out, he will definitely be ridiculed by the family members! Asakura Kingoden may only be busy displaying his tactics, but he did not notice that his release will bring greater psychological burden to Asakura Jingjing.
The more Cangjinwu Palace is promoted and reused, the more it will appear that Asakura Jingjing is a sycophant, then the consequences will definitely be terrible!"
Asakura Yoshikage also had many bizarre behaviors, including using his father, Anatani Tsutomo, as his doting concubine as the prime minister, and many more absurd and bizarre behaviors. Of course, his strange behavior would cause disputes in the family again and again. Echizen was not very popular in the first place.
An Tai's external situation has become even more confusing because of the absurd behavior of the family governor.
Although Asakura Yoshikage has been working hard to trouble people, it has not actually affected the Asakura family's move to control military and political power. The Ono clan of Ono County in northeast Echizen, and the most important and prosperous Tsuruga County of southwest Echizen.
The sect of the same name led by the Tsuruga clan still has the absolute advantage, and these two families are also called the Niuchi clan.
Namioka Totobo continued: "Whether it will become very scary is still unclear, but I can guarantee that Tsuruga County Chief Asakura Kageki will be very angry, and the entire clan is the Northern Army God Asakura."
Sotechi's adopted son had succeeded Tsuruga County Chief thirty years ago, and his prestige and influence in the family were definitely higher than those of Asakura Kagetaka. As for Asakura Kagekage, that young boy was even more difficult to match.
But the more things went like this, the more embarrassing Asakura Kage's position became. Seeing that the family governor had no intention of appeasing or redeeming him, Asakura Kage announced on the Asakura Sect's 1st chapter that he would adopt the family governor to his legitimate son Asakura Kage.
Alas, he only controls the position of Tsuruga County Secretary as a temporary transition, which means that he is looking for a decent reason to give up the position of general, and then pushes his legitimate son Asakura Keiguo to the front to compete for the position of general."
At this time, even Saito Asanobu laughed out loud: "His Royal Highness Asakura Kageki is really a coward. The adopted son of the majestic Northern Army God was forced by the family governor to use this method to give in. Asakura Yoshinobu
Jing, the governor of the family, is really stupid. His uncle obviously has no objections but he still forces people again and again. He forces people into corners and refuses to step down. This is a taboo of my Wu family.
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The so-called taboos of the samurai family are established rules. Many other items don't matter, but there is only one rule that cannot be shaken. The system of "goenfenggong" established by Minamoto Yoritomo cannot be shaken. The popular explanation of the so-called "goenfenggong" means that meritorious service must be rewarded.
The ultimate goal of loyally fighting for Genji in Kawachi is to obtain new favors and rewards. The relationship between monarch and minister is a contractual relationship rather than unilateral loyalty. This is why the samurai family quickly united under the banner of Minamoto Yoritomo, and later united under Ashikaga Takauji.
Reasons under the flag.
Asakura Yoshikage is definitely not qualified to unite all samurai under his banner, but that does not mean that there is no royal favor within the Echizen Asakura clan. The contractual relationship between the monarch and his ministers has developed over hundreds of years.
and perfection, which have long been immersed in the bone marrow and blood of every warrior along with the inheritance of the family.
The Asakura Sahei Guard Inspector did an absurd act towards his own uncle without reward or punishment. This was thanks to Asakura Kageki being a loyal elder and not falling out because of this. If it had been any other samurai family, it would have been a long time ago.
Therefore, the rebellion against the master's family was raised, but Asakura Yoshikage actually ignored the olive branch extended by his uncle without realizing it, which is really incredible. (To be continued...)