"I only wonder about one thing now." Taiyuan Xuezhai took a few steps back, returned to the house, and asked Imagawa Yoshimoto and his subordinates: "I just finished questioning the elders of the Okuhira family.
Three (Okuhira Yoshimasa), he said that someone suddenly attacked Nagashino Castle that night. They mistakenly thought that our Imagawa family was going to seize the city at night. Under the misunderstanding, they took the risk and decided to rebel. Later, when they found out that they had made a mistake, they once sent an envoy to
Surrendering, but discovering that the hostages have been executed, there is only one way to go. So what happened to the attack on Nagashino Castle that became the trigger for a series of rebellions? Who attacked the Okudaira family?"
"I've already checked, but there are currently no clues. The attackers have all withdrawn and left no traces. They look very professional." Ohara Jinmi reported immediately.
"Continue to investigate and see if any of the opposition forces are causing trouble again, or if it is directed and acted by the Okuhira family." Taiyuan Xue Zhai sat down in front of the desk, and then knocked hard with his knuckles and said: "And this
Behind the attack, there must be a traitor. How did he know that Chengfang would go to Nagashino Castle that day? This was Chengfang's temporary change of itinerary. Even you, Ohara, didn't know, how many others could you know? It must be
If someone close to you leaks a secret, we must get to the bottom of it!”
Taiyuan Xuezai's words suddenly cooled down the air in the room - this means that there may be a traitor among Imagawa Yoshimoto's closest confidants. Even if he is not an absolute confidant of Imagawa Yoshimoto, he is still one of the bodyguards and ninjas.
If there is a traitor in such a sensitive position, it means that the family's information will be continuously leaked.
It is even said that the few people in the house now may not be reliable. Obara Jinmi, Amano Keitoku and Tsuchi Atonsuke, who may know the relevant information, all looked solemn at this moment and fell into silence.
"Could it be the Takeda family?" Hayasaka Nao, the only one who had no scruples because he was not present, put forward a guess, "The Takeda family's delegation traveled with His Highness and knew His Highness's whereabouts. Nagashino Castle is close to Shinano.
It is also within the scope of activities of the Takeda family ninjas."
"How is that possible?" Imagawa Yoshimoto heard this but retorted without even thinking, "The Takeda family is our ally."
"Can't allies betray you? The Hojo family were also our allies before." Taiyuan Xuezai seemed to be amused by Imagawa Yoshimoto's words.
"But if the Takeda family wanted to attack me, there were so many opportunities in the wilderness along the way. How could they have to wait until I entered the city before attacking? Why bother?" Imagawa Yoshimoto recalled their experiences along the way and shook his head.
He shook his head and said, "Moreover, His Highness Takeda was injured trying to protect me, and almost everyone was killed. A person with his kind of character would definitely not do such a thing to put himself in danger."
Of course, there is another reason, in fact, this is the main reason - that is, Imagawa Yoshimoto does not believe that his friend Takeda Harunobu will betray him - of course, he cannot say this reason in front of Taiyuan Xuezhai, otherwise Taiyuan will inevitably
A meal of ridicule from Xue Zhai.
"Indeed..." However, Taiyuan Xuezhai was convinced by Imagawa Yoshimoto's words. After thinking about it, he said: "In any case, the rebellion of the Okuhira family is a small probability event caused by multiple misunderstandings, and the attacker himself could not have predicted it.
If his purpose is to attack you, he must not know that attacking the Okudaira family can lead to a chain of rebellions. It is more reasonable to attack in the wild than in the strong city of Changshino Castle."
"Then what if the attacker just wanted to attack the Okudaira family?" Hayasaka Nao raised another conjecture.
"Attack the Okuhira family? Then besides the neighboring Takeda family, can't you find anyone else with a motive?" Taiyuan Xuezai nodded slightly, and then he laughed, "Attack the Okuhira family and then take advantage of the chaos to seize the city? The Takeda family
Do they want to break the alliance with us? If they really want to break the alliance, they must have been fully prepared. How could they have made it so embarrassing that even His Highness Takeda himself was injured? It doesn't make sense. If it is the Takeda family, I can't think of any of them
The reason for the attack."
"Okay, let's check this matter slowly and talk about it later. We have more important things right now." Taiyuan Xuezhai snorted twice, put his hands behind his back, and walked out of the house slowly: "Let's clean up those things.
traitor."
On May 10, the twelfth year of Tianwen (1543), after the Imagawa family's bannermen and genealogy leaders arrived one after another with their troops, Taiyuan Xuezhai vigorously punished the wealthy families in Yuanjiang and Sanhe for their rebellion.
The Okuhira family, the first culprits of this Tōe chaos, although Okuhira Yoshimasa has identified the causes and consequences of his rebellion as stemming from a misunderstanding, the Okuhira family's attack on Imagawa Yoshimoto and the subsequent incitement of rebellion are also unpardonable, and they are punished.
A punishment close to reform was given - Shi's territory was directly reduced to 3,000 koku around Zushou Castle, and the confiscated territory was handed over to the Imagawa clan for management. The family governor, Okuhira Sadakatsu, was beheaded, and was succeeded by his son, Okuhira Sadano. Before the Yuan Dynasty, he was
Okuhira Sadakatsu's third brother, Okuhira Yoshimasa, served as a posthumous officer.
Next is Asahina Chitoku of the Suruga Asahina clan. What he did was even worse than that of the Okuhira family. He attacked Yoshimoto Imagawa without any scruples. In consideration of the Asahina family's past achievements, Asahina Chitoku was allowed to commit seppuku.
The Suruga Asahina clan was reorganized, and all the territories it belonged to were merged into the Toe Asahina clan, which had contributed to the suppression of the rebellion. At the same time, all the warriors of the Suruga Asahina clan were also released, and those who knew about the rebellion were all committed seppuku, and those who were not involved were allowed to go far away
The Easahina family became an official - this was the end of the separation of the two Asahina families.
The Kannuma family and the Ii family, who also rebelled and took explicit measures to attack the Imagawa clan, also suffered severe punishments. The governor of the Kannuma family, Guanma Taira, committed seppuku and was succeeded by his son Kannumadamura.
His younger brother Kanuma Sadamoto was taken as a hostage, and had been executed together with Ohara Zhenmin in Tahara Castle). The territory of the Kannuma family was reduced to 7,000 dan, and the confiscated territory was directly controlled by the Imagawa clan. At the same time, the Imagawa clan was transferred from the Toe area.
The territory directly under the jurisdiction of the government allocated 3,000 koku to the territory bordering the Udono family and awarded it to Udono Changchi as a reward for his role in protecting the family.
The current governor of the Ii family, Naomichi Ii, and his younger brother Naoyoshi Ii were ordered to commit seppuku as the main conspirators. Naomori Ii, the son of the late former governor Ii Naomitsu, succeeded him, and the retired Ii Naohei served as a posthumous official. The stone territory of the Ii family was
The territory was reduced to Shi, and the deprived territory was awarded to the neighboring Osawa family as a reward for their aid in protecting Imagawa Yoshimoto. The territory of the Osawa family jumped to Shi, becoming the pen of the people of the West Far River, and even overtook
The number of territories held by the old Miura family of the old pen family.
As for the Iio family, Horikoshi family, Saigo family and other people who participated in the rebellion but were not enemies of the Imagawa clan in name or in fact, although they were each punished to a certain extent, the head of the family was not ordered to commit seppuku.
Or retire. Of course, Taiyuan Xuezhai did not miss this opportunity. He asked each wealthy family to introduce a group of anti-Imagawa retainers as scapegoats to be punished on behalf of the main family.
And those retainers who were pro-Imagawa faction - many of them were Taiyuan Xuezhai's spies within various wealthy families, such as Ono Masanao, Horikoshi Sadatoyo and others - seized this opportunity and, under Taiyuan Xuezhai's instructions,
, officially moved from behind the scenes to the stage, and began to influence the internal affairs of various wealthy families. With the support of the Imagawa clan, and the pressure of public opinion brought by the suppression of this large-scale rebellion, the master family was also powerless to expand their power.
After the liquidation was completed, the group set off back to Imagawa Hall.
On May 30, the twelfth year of Tenmon (1543), Imagawakan Castle Tower.
"Finally, these wealthy people have been completely repaired." After Taiyuan Xuezhai returned to his room, he immediately sat on the futon and stretched out comfortably, "No matter how much he secretly monitored and beaten, he never directly let himself go.
People take power effectively. From then on, it will be difficult for them to cause big troubles."
Imagawa Yoshimoto followed Taiyuan Xue Zhai into his room and looked around at the messy paper balls, bedding, pens, inkstones and leftover food scraps in his room. He was a mysophobic man and suddenly felt nauseous. He had been brewing for a long time just now.
I couldn't even say an apology for a moment.
"However, rule maintained by force and power can never last long. Because every power will weaken one day. Even if it is not weakened, but only has intermittent fluctuations in strength, it will lead to a backlash. If your minister
I am not convinced by you from the bottom of my heart, and I dream about how to oppose you every day, so sooner or later he will find an opportunity to overthrow you." Taiyuan Xuezhai waved his hand to Imagawa Yoshimoto, motioning for him to sit down and listen, like
That's what I did when I gave him a lecture when I was a kid.
Imagawa Yoshimoto lowered his head and looked around, finally picked a relatively clean piece of tatami, carefully pushed aside the garbage in a small area with his feet, and knelt down there.
"So, if you want to really establish a stable rule, you cannot rely on military force. You must make your retainers recognize your rule from the bottom of their hearts and recognize the Imagawa family as their master family." Taiyuan Xuezhai continued to preach:
"To put it bluntly, you either talk about feelings or interests. Those who talk about feelings are Genedai and Ichimen. They have served your family for generations, so naturally they are reluctant to part with it. Those who talk about interests are the newly joined foreigners, and others are interested in them.
You have no loyalty. You must think that you can bring benefits to them before they will recognize you. Or you can expand your territory and give them land as a reward. If you don't expand, you can only find a way to improve the territory's economy and
Once the population becomes more prosperous, we will give them more autonomy and voice."
"Of course, you can also talk about your feelings with foreigners. If you are a once-in-a-century famous general and a sage who cares about the country and the people, everyone will be attracted to you and follow you voluntarily. Or you and these wealthy families will
Build a good relationship between the head of the family and the important ministers, whether it's a banquet, courtesy to the virtuous minister, or having fun, whatever you do, just interact with them more, and you can make them sincerely willing to follow you."
When Taiyuan Xuezhai said this, he himself laughed, and said to amuse Imagawa Yoshimoto: "Of course, I know that your disciple is not interested in these things at all. Didn't we also make an appointment to leave all government affairs to my master?
You just need to travel around and enjoy the sights. But it’s not a big problem, as long as you have my teacher here..."
"Teacher." However, Imagawa Yoshimoto raised his head, seriously interrupted Taiyuan Xuezhai, and whispered: "This is also what I want to talk to the teacher this time."