On February 20, the 14th year of Astronomy (1546), Imagawa Castle in Suruga Province. Imagawa Yoshimoto was appreciating the painting that Kano Motonobu had painted for him in front of the desk, and the ginkgo sitting next to him He was playing the paper ball-throwing game with Miao Miao that he had been playing for ten years. Miao Xiaomiao and Mo Qiu were playing around, and some of their moves were quite dangerous, causing Osomatsu and Nagachiyo to let out two startled sounds from time to time. Called. As for Imagawa Goro, he had been dragged to practice kendo by Kentaro Tazen a long time ago, and I don’t know if he secretly played Cuju.
"It's such a good life like this." Imagawa Yoshimoto stretched out and smiled at Ginkgo: "Carefree, don't have to worry about anything, it's been a long time since I've had such a peaceful life. There's no need to go on an expedition or anything. Visiting the territory to amend some laws."
"Yes, it would be great if we could continue like this. Watch the children grow up and spend time with the elderly." Ginkgo also showed a happy smile, but after mentioning her father, her smile changed. It immediately turned into two sneers: "You can give him old age care as soon as possible."
"It's so troublesome to do nothing. It's better to have nothing at all." Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't care about Takeda Nobutora's life or death, but he cared more about his own leisure. However, he had not finished enjoying this wonderful morning. , the door of the room was opened.
"If you don't look for trouble, trouble will come to you. How do you still want to have some leisure time?" Taiyuan Xue Zhai laughed at the door and hooked his fingers with his finger, motioning for Imagawa Yoshimoto to come out, "Come on, something happened."
"Teacher, can you knock on the door before you come in? It would be bad if you see something you shouldn't see, right?" Imagawa Yoshimoto told a dirty joke, which immediately earned Ginkgo a fierce glare.
"Come on, you two young couple usually make a lot of noise. You can hear it in the whole castle tower. Who doesn't know that you are doing something? If there is no sound, then it's okay." Taiyuan Xuezhai leaned against the door frame, feeling a little uncomfortable. He urged patiently: "Hurry up, it's still an urgent matter."
"Come on, come on." Imagawa Yoshimoto sighed, closed the green-edged folding fan in his hand with a "pop" sound, pinned it to his waist, then got up and followed Taiyuan Xue Zhai towards his study. Only when he got there did he realize that, Close friends such as Toshi Sena, Yutaka Furuno, Amano Keitoku and Tsuchi Atonsune were already waiting there.
"What's going on?" Imagawa Yoshimoto then paid attention.
"There is news from Kyoto." Taiyuan Yuksai gestured to Toto Atomic Sutra and handed a stack of letter paper to Imagawa Yoshimoto, and at the same time explained to him: "Kongfangden (Ashikaga Yoshiharu) passed away mysteriously, Miyoshi repairs (Miyoshi Nagakei) ) and the commander (Hosokawa Harumoto) accused each other of being the murderers of the general, and respectively elected the eldest son and second son of the deceased Kōbōden as the new generals. They fought against each other and fought in the Kinki area. However, the two sides were close in strength, so For the time being, the winner could not be decided, so they all called on all the famous people in the world to go to Luo to attack the traitors."
"Kongho-den..." Hearing the news of Ashikaga Yoshiharu's death so suddenly, Imagawa Yoshimoto felt a sigh of relief. Although Ashikaga Yoshiharu and him had only met a few times, he had always cared about the Imagawa family. Imagawa Yoshimoto still remembered this kindness in his heart, but he never expected that heaven and earth would be separated from each other from now on.
"So, do you think our Imagawa family should respond to the call and go to Luo? As loyal ministers of the shogunate, we must fight against the rebels." Taiyuan Xue Zhai clapped his hands and looked around.
"Of course not." Nagoya Furunojiyo refused without hesitation, "Who cares about these false names?"
"Haha, your grandfather can do it. During the Onin Rebellion, the Yadaime (Imagawa Yoshitaka) responded to the commander's call (Hosokawa Katsumoto), personally led the army to Luo, and joined the Eastern Army. However, "At this time, it was already
, that time." Now is not the time for the Yingren Rebellion." Taiyuan Xuezhai laughed when he heard the words, then shook his head and said:
"The prestige of the shogunate was still there, and for the daimyo, the struggle for power at the center was the key. Whoever wins the struggle at the center of the shogunate, gets the general's instructions, and has righteousness in hand, can justifiably attack political opponents. Local people
Very few people dared to disobey the shogunate, so they just surrendered. Therefore, the territory of the daimyo was just to provide soldiers and property for them to participate in the central struggle. Whoever wins the central power is equivalent to gaining everything."
"This is why during the Onin Rebellion, the chief officer (Hosokawa Katsumoto) and the initiator (Yamana Sozen) raised their arms, and all the great names in the world abandoned them one after another.
With your own territory, you traveled thousands of miles to participate in the great battle in Kyoto and compete for the dominance of the shogunate. As long as you have a ruling from the shogunate, you can pacify a country alone with the imperial book.
Who dares to disobey? Aren't you afraid that the shogunate will bring an army from all over the world to attack you? Even if you are a famous family like the third-in-charge and fourth-level family, if the shogunate wants to transfer your territory, it is just a matter of words."
"But decades have passed, and the world has changed. The power of the shogunate has been declining day by day in the wars and coups. The powerful daimyo have long been disobedient to the shogunate's orders, and have even openly become enemies of the shogunate.
The weak shogunate is unable to kill chickens to scare monkeys." Taiyuan Xuezhai smacked his lips, seeming to be recalling the changes that had taken place in the decades he had experienced:
"Although the shogunate's orders are still useful and have some appeal among the people, they are nothing compared to those days. If you don't have your own strength to make capital, you can't even hope to get anything from the shogunate with a blank piece of paper.
It's good. So, every daimyo nowadays thinks about running their own territory, which is the foundation of their lives. As for the shogunate's will, it is just the icing on the cake. Except for the Kinki daimyo, they are still competing for the control of the shogunate.
Quan, who cares about the name of the far country? You really went out to lead your army to Luo for the sake of the shogunate. When you look back, you see that the territory has been captured, but the shogunate can't help you take it back, and you can only end up in embarrassment.
Returning’s fate—isn’t Ouchi Sakyou (Ouchi Yoshihei) a lesson learned from the past?”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "So what the teacher means is... we will not respond to the call to go to Luo this time?" Imagawa Yoshimoto guessed what Taiyuan Xuezhai meant.
"We have to decide whether we want to go there or not, but the Hojo family obviously wants to go." Taiyuan Xuezai laughed a little, then motioned for Tsuchi Atonsune to pass another piece of information to Imagawa Yoshimoto, "The Hojo family also received a message from Kamikawa.
After the call was made, we immediately arranged for the Fukushima boy (Hojo Tsusunari) to prepare to go to Luo with 3,000 soldiers and horses. They claimed that they were going to support the leader and attack Miyoshi for repairs."
"Ah?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this, "The Hojo family is so far away and they still have to interfere with it? Besides, what's the use of 3,000 people?"
"Why did you come to Luo? You came to disgust us." Taiyuan Xuezai smacked his lips again and pointed back to the direction of Hedong, "That boy from the Fukushima family did not take the waterway to Luoluo, but took the land route to Sagami Country and Shun
At the junction of the River Kingdom, we ask our Hatamoto Kotobi and the Katsurayama family who are stationed at the border of the River East to make way for them and not to block them from going to Luo."
"Haha, the Sagami people are really helping old foxes." The Furunoji Yutaka heard this and sneered, "You want to use the honor of going to Luo to suppress us. Our Imagawa family has always regarded ourselves as loyal ministers of the shogunate. We must be embarrassed to stop them from going to Luo Qin, right?
As soon as we open the border, they will definitely move to Mishima and other places to set up camp, and then they will find any reason to stay away, such as lack of food and grass, and erode our strategic land east of the river. We have the same problem with the Hojo family.
In the armistice agreement, they have the name of going to Luo, so we are embarrassed to expel and attack them, so we can only allow the forces of the Hojo family to infiltrate into Hedong again. "
"So -" Taiyuan Xue Zhai fiddled with his rosary beads, as if jingling his abacus, "I have decided that our Imagawa family will officially declare to go to Luo, and send a whole group of people to go to Luo."
"Ah?" This time, everyone was even more surprised than before.
"Master Yukisai, what is the meaning of this?" Sena Ujitoshi couldn't help but cautiously admonished: "Nearly half of the troops are suddenly sent on an expedition. What should we do with the defense of the territory?"
"Yes, Master, please think twice." Yutaka Furuno also said, "Those false reputations in Kyoto are of no use now, so what's there to fight for? Are you sending people to Luo to help the Hosokawa family?"
"I understand." At this time, Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly pursed his lips, shook his head and looked at Taiyuan Xuezai: "The teacher is more like an old fox than the people of the Hojo family."
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Sena Ujitoshi and Nakonoji Yutaka both looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"We also go to Luo, and we also claim to support Hosokawa, so our Imagawa Army and Hojo Army are both the Eastern Army of Hosokawa, and they are considered friendly forces. In this case, we can ask the Hojo family's troops to join us
We marched westward together - of course the friendly forces should move together. If they refused
If we march westward together, it means that they are not sincere in going to Luo. We naturally have reasons to refuse their entry and join their army instead." Imagawa Yoshimoto could not suppress the evil smile that kept appearing at the corner of his mouth:
"If they agree to act together, the 3,000 people of the Hojo family, who are in our territory, and accompanied by a large army, are just like hostages. What kind of trouble can they cause? We can take this opportunity to march into Mikawa and Owari, just like Hojo
We will also plot against the Oda family and declare that we want to go to Luo and let the Oda family make way. The Oda family will definitely not agree to the enemy's crossing the border, so we can justifiably attack the Oda family. And because the Hojo family has hostages in our hands, we also
If we dare not invade Suruga, we have nothing to worry about and can devote all our main forces to attacking the Oda family."
"My apprentice is smart, this is just my master's second chess move." Taiyuan Xuezhai was very satisfied with his apprentice's understanding.
"Teacher, do you have a third move?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was a little surprised, but then he had a flash of inspiration and immediately answered in an attempt to shirk the blame: "Then please ask the teacher to personally lead the army to Luo to carry out your deployment. I will stay at the Imagawa Hall.
, Sit at the rear! I’m begging you!"
"Don't even think about it. I will go there as a teacher, but you have to go to Luo in person." Taiyuan Xuezhai took a step forward and knocked hard on Imagawa Yoshimoto's forehead, "The family governor personally went to Luo to show our sincerity in going to Luo.
, this is my third move of chess!"
"Master Yukisai?" Sena Shitoshi suddenly felt worried, "You and His Highness the Governor left at the same time, and you also took away nearly half of the troops. If anything happens in the area, who will take charge of the overall situation?"
"Not just the two of us, Sena and you guys will also go with us. Not only that, I will also take away important ministers such as Asahina Bei, Okabe Bei, and Sena Bei, and of course I will also take away the Hatamoto Gosumabei and Shodunbei.
These two elites." Taiyuan Xuezhai not only refused to listen, but intensified his efforts and reported most of the Imagawa family's main force in one go.
"Ah?" Sena Ujitoshi and others were completely stunned.
"I said, showing our Imagawa family's sincerity in joining Luo is the third move." Taiyuan Xuezai once again showed a confident smile. The last time Imagawa Yoshimoto saw such a smile was during the battle for the governor of the family 10 years ago.
, when he and Taiyuan Xuezhai escaped from the Imagawa Pavilion with only a dozen people.
"Then what was the teacher's last move?" Imagawa Yoshimoto knew that he could no longer keep up with Taiyuan Xuezai's thinking, so he simply asked for the answer directly.
Taiyuan Xuezhai didn't answer, but raised his hand, turned his back to the sun, and snapped his fingers in the direction of Kyoto - that was the route to Luo for the Imagawa family.
