In March of the 11th year of Eiroku, spring comes again. When spring comes, flowers bloom and everything revives, Kyoto turns into a beautiful giant garden. At every scenic spot, you can see cherry blossoms blooming brilliantly.
Walking on the two main roads in Kyoto, you can feel that the spring in Kyoto always carries a sweet youthful atmosphere.
The children cheered and flew around like happy birds, the elderly smiled happily and enjoyed the rare spring scenery, and the young lovers took a boat ride along the river to cruise around the beautiful Lake Biwa and the Flower City beside the lake, or went for an outing in the quiet countryside together.
Looking for traces of spring in the mountains and forests.
In the tranquil pagoda forest in Kyoto's Shukoji Temple, two plainly dressed samurai, one middle and one green, stood. Judging from their appearance, they must be a father and son. They were sweeping the tombs and offering sacrifices to several altars in the pagoda forest. They were Matsunaga.
Hisahide and Matsunaga, father and son, came to visit the graves of Miyoshi Changqing and Miyoshi Yoshihiro in advance.
Matsushita Nagahide knelt down in front of the altar and bowed respectfully, just like he had done when he met Miyoshi Choqi and Miyoshi Yoshihiro. He said with a complicated expression: "My lord, Young Master, I'm sorry, I'm Jiuxiu."
I can only express my shame and regret by sweeping the grave in advance. Now that the direct lineage of the Mihaoshi family has been cut off, my lord will not feel too guilty about killing Dongkangdian!"
Even if the friendship between monarch and ministers for many years is entangled and scheming, after all, the friendship between monarch and ministers for many years will always have kindness and righteousness. With a little sadness on his face, Matsunagahide said: "My sins are serious, and I should not have confessed to the young master in the first place."
After offering the tonic, I thought that the young palace’s illness was just a few chronic diseases and not serious, so he encouraged the young palace to take more tonics so that he could have an heir to protect the family as soon as possible. I didn’t want to kill the young palace with this supplement.”
Matsunaga comforted him: "Father, don't be too sad. My lord can definitely understand my father's good intentions. As long as your intentions are good and you do wrong things, you will probably be forgiven!"
Matsuhisa Nagahide said heartbrokenly: "Everyone in the world says that I, Hisahide, am the most treacherous minister of the Miyoshi family. I have slandered and falsely killed Toyasu-dono, and killed the young master and my lord with vicious hands. Even Mikyuden was killed by an old man who was fighting in Yamato.
I have been dissatisfied with him for a long time! The slander and false accusation of killing Dongkang Palace is indeed true. But this matter cannot be done by me alone. If there are no friends, it will definitely not be possible. It is even more unreasonable to poison the young palace and kill the lord.
Let’s talk about it. Killing the Young Master will do no good to me, Jiuxiu, it will only bring harm!”
The father and son rushed over to visit the grave before the Dharma ceremony held on the anniversary of the anniversary, just to vent the pressure in their hearts. Who told him that he had been doing some shameful things in Sanhao's house full-time in the past few years. He arranged for assassinations and frame-ups, etc.
He uses all kinds of tricks, and he plays the role of a feared and disgusted scavenger in Miyoshi's family.
Bodai who claims to be loyal hates him, and samurai who claims to be brave are afraid of him. People always subconsciously hate the clawed hawks and dogs, preferring samurai with noble morals and courage, to the wise and gentle Miyoshi Yoshihide who treats others kindly and humbly.
The kind-hearted Anzhai Dongkang and his Song Jiexiu are just like the rocks in the pit, smelly and hard.
There are only a few people who like him. His interpersonal relationships are poor and there are almost no true friends in the system. Every colleague who interacts with him is cautious with various thoughts. In Miyoshi's family, he is also an isolated and direct minister.
Only by being isolated can Sanhao Changqing use him with confidence, and he is a pawn for Sanhao Changqing to practice the method of trade-offs.
Matsunagahide is only a small part of this system. He is still a relatively isolated minority in the Miyoshi family. Even if he has excellent execution ability, Yamato, who has made many military exploits in recent years, is very impressive and is willing to integrate into the Miyoshi family system.
Lowering his seniority to become Sanhao Changqing's son-in-law still cannot conceal his background as a merchant rather than a warrior.
Just like many ordinary samurai families during the Warring States Period, this is a clan with the Miyoshi clan as its Miao name. The Awa, Ogasawara clan, Settsu Akutagawa clan and other clans have a lot of human resources. Even the retainers of the generation are mostly
The imperial family members are closely related to each other, which makes it difficult for family members who are not from the Miyoshi family to get along well.
Matsunaga Hide is not as good as Iwanari Tomomichi among the Miyoshi trio. He is also the son-in-law of Miyoshi Nagakei, and the difference is not small. At any rate, Iwanari Tomomichi is from Kyoto Shokan and is a well-known cultural figure. He knows many people in Kyoto and Sakai Town.
They are wealthy businessmen and cultural figures. Both of them initially followed the official route, but their personal experiences were very different.
As Miyoshi Nagakei's son-in-law, Iwanari Tomomichi knew that his abilities were limited and chose to follow Miyoshi Nagakei's footsteps. His behavior was relatively stable and he was not too scrupulous. Matsunaga Hisashi was more ambitious and unwilling to be lonely. He felt that sooner or later, he would fall into the trap of pursuing his ideals.
As a person of no importance, he changed his career and strived for military exploits to become a general.
His strategy was very successful. In the past ten years, his status in the Miyoshi family has increased rapidly, which further aroused the fear and hostility of everyone in the Miyoshi family. Kinai's cake is only so big. If you give Matsunaga Hide more, you will have to give less.
The Miyoshi family is a united one. The stronger Matsunagahide becomes, the more people hate him. Matsunagahide has been marginalized in recent years and it is difficult for him to intervene in government affairs. He is forced to take the upper-level route and hug Miyoshi Yoshihide's lap to stabilize him.
status.
It is the best thing for him that Miyoshi Yoshihiro survives, because he is very familiar with Miyoshi Yoshihiro, the successor of the family governor. In the past ten years, he has been serving as assistant minister and has a deep relationship with Miyoshi Yoshihiro. Miyoshi Changkei also
Don't worry, let your legitimate son establish a deep friendship with this lonely minister. It's better to get close to a lonely minister than to get close to the three good and wise men. It's more reassuring to have a long-standing and powerful pedigree like An Zhai Dongkang.
The sudden death of Miyoshi Yoshihide in the Battle of Kumeda was one of the biggest joys of that year, but in fact, this incident only affected Miyoshi Chokei. It was nothing more than a major reduction in Miyoshi Chokei's ambitions and the preparation for a few years.
Time is used in a semi-retired state to smoothly help his legitimate son through the adjustment period of taking power. As long as his legitimate son is alive and healthy, Miyoshi Nagakei can safely abdicate and become a monk, live in seclusion at Nansong Temple, practice meditation, and occasionally go to Sakai Town to participate in a few events
Aren't leisure activities such as tea parties and singing parties very chic and comfortable?
Matsunagahide can also follow him. Miyoshi Yoshihiro's role as the family governor will definitely be inseparable from his loyal eagle dog to protect him. Now Matsunagahide is an old man in his sixties. It will not take long for him to retire and replace his legitimate son Matsunaga.
Nagatoshi ascended to the position, relying on the good personal relationship between Matsunaga and Miyoshi Yoshiaki, as well as the achievements he has made over the years. It will not be difficult to achieve the status of an important minister and family elder in the future.
As the lone minister in the Miyoshi family tree, Matsunagahide has long been tied to the chariot of the Miyoshi family. The future of the Miyoshi family and Matsunagahide's profits are inherently related to both prosperity and loss.
The bright future he got was exchanged for Miyoshi Yoshitsugu to pursue an unknowable and uncertain future. No matter how you look at it, this deal looks like a loss.
The death of Miyoshi Yoshihiro was an accident. Since the turmoil in Kyoto in the sixth year of Yonglu, Miyoshi Yoshihiro lost the opportunity to marry the daughter of the general family. Miyoshi Chokei selected young, beautiful and healthy Wu family girls at home to serve as his maid.
This is actually a relatively normal situation in this era. This is how many samurai came to be who were not born into the royal family but were still direct descendants.
For example, the biological mothers of many emperors in the imperial family were female concubines instead of empresses. Because the empress or the concubine could not give birth to a child, the concubines were allowed to have children. There are many examples of this from ancient times to the present.
, Ashikaga family is a direct descendant, Ashikaga Yoshitsune, Ashikaga Yoshitsune's mother is also Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's daughter-in-law.
Flattery to Miyoshi Yoshihiro is self-defeating and kills people, just like flattering a horse in the leg. Miyoshi Yoshihiro originally had great hope of inheriting the family business and becoming a promising king, but it is a pity that all this happened after Miyoshi Yoshihiro's sudden death.
It was completely interrupted, and all the beautiful illusions came to nothing.
The sudden death of Miyoshi Yoshihiro ended all the beautiful visions. Miyoshi Nagakei suffered from the pain of losing his only child in middle age and once lost his normal thinking ability, forcing Matsunaga Hide who was preparing to enjoy his old age to get angry. The real crisis urgently made new political choices.
, supported the relatively weak Miyoshi Yoshitsugu to ascend the throne. It was barely in line with Matsunagahide's basic interests, but after taking this step, he had no way out.
Matsushita Nagahide bowed again and said: "My lord, Young Master, please forgive my Jiuhide's recklessness. It is inevitable that the Miyoshi family will fall into chaos and decline. The short-term balance and stability in the family will eventually be broken. I, Jiuxiu,
All we can do is protect ourselves for the benefit of my Matsunaga family. Whether the Miyoshi family's business can be saved depends on the achievements of the new lord."
He stared at the lines of writing on the offering tower without saying a word for a long time, until Matsunaga suddenly said: "Father, someone seems to be coming, let's leave first!"
After a while, several young samurai holding boxes and cages came forward, looking down at the sacrifices placed in front of the altar. Miyoshi Shinzaemon, the younger brother of Miyoshi Nagafusa, asked strangely: "Who were those two people just now? These
Why did Shi come here to offer sacrifices?"
"Perhaps it's what we thought, to avoid the commotion of Jiguangyuan and come in advance to clean up the Juguangyuan Temple Festival." Miyoshi Masamori looked thoughtfully at the two figures leaving in a hurry, always feeling that this
The figure of the old man and the young man seemed a bit familiar.
Miyoshi Yasutoshi and Miyoshi Masakatsu are cousins. They are close in age and get along well with each other. Since the death of Miyoshi Yoshihiro and Anzhai Fuyasu, the relationship between the two has become closer and closer. I saw him looking at the other side of Tallinn in a trance.
The figure gradually disappeared in the corner and whispered: "Have you noticed that the two people are Matsunaga Danmasa and his son?"
Miyoshi Masakatsu said to himself, "No wonder it looks familiar. If you look carefully, this figure really looks like Matsunagahide's walking posture. After thinking about it in his mind, he asked casually: "How can you tell?"
"A few days ago, I saw Matsunaga Danzheng in Kyoto wearing those clothes to meet friends. I must have taken advantage of the opportunity to meet friends this time when I came to Kyoto to visit this festival."
Miyoshi Yasutoshi's reminder reminded everyone of Matsunaga's actions. Miyoshi's leader Mizumasa Tsukiyoshi said: "The father and son have been very active in Kyoto in recent times. I don't know what plot Matsunaga is thinking about in the main hall."
"You are not going to kill your lord, are you?" Several warriors looked at each other with expressions of disbelief, and said with some uncertainty: "Probably not so vicious, right? After all, the powerful warriors in the family are here, so many pairs of eyes are staring at
Follow Matsunaga's straightening movements..."
Miyoshi Masakatsu coughed and said, "You guys, please don't listen to the rumors in the market. That's something you can't do."
"Haha, I also heard rumors in the market that it was because of the curse of Manshoinden (Ashikaga Yoshiharu) that my Miyoshi family suffered misfortune one after another. Do you think this is ridiculous?"
Miyoshi Yasujun grinned for a while, then noticed that several samurai looked thoughtful, so he said: "You don't really believe this rumor, do you?"
"It's hard to say... After all, the power of ghosts and gods is beyond our ability to guess. When Wansongyuan Palace passed away, there seemed to be such rumors spreading."
"The main reason is that the deaths of Son Taroden, Settsu Wardian, and Juguanginden were too bizarre. They died one after another without any notice. By the time I learned the news, the beginning and end had been dealt with. Let me wait.
The whole sect is also confused about the death of these three His Highnesses and does not know the truth."
Miyoshi Masakatsu knelt down in front of the pagoda and said seriously: "The actions of the Miyoshi trio recently have been very strange. It seems like military mobilization. I wonder what kind of conspiracy is brewing in Matsunaga Hall..."
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