"Yes, it has been almost 20 years, and I have been exchanging letters recently. At that time, Xuezai was still a handsome young talent, and now he is an old man over fifty years old." Asakura Soutei sighed again, as if
As people get older, they are always extra sentimental: "Back then, Ukyo (Takakuni Hosokawa) asked me to go to Luo to help him fight, and I also helped him defeat the current commander (Hosokawa Harumoto) and capture Kyoto. But Ukyo, he
I was afraid that the Asakura family would become more powerful in Kinki and secretly planned to deal with the Asakura family. Then I had no choice but to join forces with the governor to expel him from Kinki and gain some status and peace for the Asakura family in the shogunate and the imperial court.
Benefits.
"Where are you going to Luo this time? Are you here for the benefit of the Asakura family?" Rokkaku Sadayori converged his eyes and lightly tapped the table with his knuckles twice, "Don't come here for the sake of the Asai family.
Is it okay?"
"No." Asakura Sotechi briefly gave Rokkaku Sadeyori a confirmation, then changed the subject and gently placed the wine glass on the table and said: "But even if it is, I don't have to worry about you, Shiro (Rokkaku Sadeyori).
worry."
"Haha, how dare you." Rokkaku Sadayori burst out laughing when he heard this, "When I was fighting with Asai Bizen (Asai Ryomasa), I originally asked you to come to Omi to help in the battle. Soutei, although you helped me retreat.
enemy, but after the war, they made an alliance with the Asai family, which has been as solid as a rock for 20 years. Isn't this because they are afraid that you will come to support the Kitaomi guys again? If I had known this, I would not have asked you to help. Ukyo (
Takakuni Hosokawa) asked you for help, and you formed an alliance with the leader later. My Rokkaku family asked you for help, and you formed an alliance with the Asai family. These two double-dealing people are really hard to win over."
"It's all for the benefit of the family. Everyone knows it, so why make fun of it? What's personal reputation in front of the family's benefit? What's more, as long as you win every battle, who dares to say anything wrong with you? In this world, no one dares to say anything except you.
Am I, Asakura Sotechi, treacherous?" Asakura Sotetsu didn't look guilty at all, and drank a glass of wine magnanimously, "In terms of geography, compared to your Rokkaku family, it is obviously the Asai family of Kitaomi that is against our Asakura family.
Family is more important. How could I let go of the opportunity to form an alliance with the Asai family?"
"Haha, Zongdi said it well!" Taiyuan Xuezhai laughed loudly, tapping his chopsticks briskly on the bowl and chopsticks, "Wonderful words."
"I'm afraid the younger members of the Asakura family don't understand your good intentions, Sotechi." Rokkaku Sadarai also took a big sip of wine, and then said with emotion: "Your grandnephew (Asakura Takakage) is quite wise, but it is said that
His health is not as good as that of an old man like you. In the past few years, he has begun to arrange for your great-nephew (the future Asakura Yoshikage) to come forward. But it is said that he is arty, obsessed with public culture, and does not know much about family affairs.
Take it seriously."
"Yes, they are really enemies." Talking about the younger members of the Asakura family, Asakura Soutei's hair seems to have turned grayer. "My lord (Asakura Takakage) likes Waka poems and paintings, and is keen on Ichijo Valley."
The city promoted these and built Ichijogaya City into a "little Kyoto". Countless officials and scholars came here to see it, which made it quite lively. But he still had this string in his heart, knowing that in this troubled world, the relationship between families
It's full of ugly things, and you have to do something dirty and bad."
"But that kid, Young Master (Asakura Yoshikage), it doesn't matter that he likes culture. I don't care even if he indulges in drunkenness, sex, dogs and horses. I'm afraid, since he was a child, he has been influenced by the officials and literati who only know how to read.
Growing up, he was deceived by scholars, thinking that the world should be so clean and simple, and his mind was filled with justice, morality, credibility...only the interests of the family, only the interests of the Asakura family, he did not care about,
On the contrary, he feels dirty. He is not ruthless or bad enough in the future. When I leave, who will support him? How should he deal with a complete villain? "
The more Asakura Sotechi talked about it, the more helpless he became. Finally, he poured himself a glass of wine. After drinking several glasses of wine, he still couldn't get rid of his worries.
"Who isn't?" Taiyuan Xuezhai was also touched by Asakura Sotechi's words. He raised his glass and touched it to Asakura Sotetsu, "Here's a toast to you, and to all the old people who worry about their useless children."
"Your Chengfang, what a good child, are you still not satisfied?" Rokkaku Sadarai disagreed. He raised his hand to press down Taiyuan Xuezhai's wine glass, "I heard that there were so many people along the way.
To instigate the relationship between you and your ministers. It seems that when it comes to the Imagawa family, I only know that you, Taiyuan Xuezhai, don't know that Imagawa Yoshimoto is the family governor. When I ask, I am asking Taiyuan Xuezhai. This situation is generally open-minded.
Even a narrow-minded house supervisor would attack you directly, and even normal people would have a knot in their hearts. But your disciple is not angry at all. Instead, he is happy for you from the bottom of his heart and feels that you are a respected teacher.
He is also proud of it."
"I pooped and peed, and I raised him from such a tiny little boy to a big one. How can that child doubt me?" Taiyuan Xuezhai became happy after hearing this, and gestured with his hand to show what Imagawa Yoshimoto looked like when he was first entrusted to him.
height.
"You don't know how to be blessed when you are surrounded by blessings, Xuezhai. Even father and son, brothers who live together day and night, will turn against each other for power, and even kill each other, let alone your master and disciple who are not related by blood. Throughout the ages, how many important ministers have been because of their high achievements?
You don't know that the master was feared by all the kings, even banished and killed, right? My master and the young master were both grown up by me. But even though I always keep in mind my duty as a minister,
I give up power everywhere and don't dare to be a little domineering, but they are still quite afraid of me." Asakura Sotetsu also shook his head, standing on the same position as Rokkaku Sadayori:
"And now, your power in the Imagawa family and your reputation in the world far overwhelm the Imagawa administration. To be honest, if you want to abolish the establishment, it will be easy. But even if you do, it will be easy.
So, have you ever seen that child doubt you at all? Have you ever been afraid of you? He is not even jealous or unhappy. He sincerely hopes that you will be well, that you can make a name for yourself in the world, and that you can leave your name in history.
In his heart, the Imagawa family and the prestige of the family governor are nothing compared to you. How can you not be satisfied with such a good master and such a good student?"
The words of Rokkaku Sadeyori and Asakura Sotechi moved Taiyuan Xuezai quite. The weather-beaten old monk's eyes turned red for a moment. He lowered his head and took several sips of wine before he regained his free and easy demeanor and smiled wryly.
road:
"Haha...hey...I understand too, it's not that I don't understand. It's just what I say. As a grown man, I don't necessarily have to talk about my disciples like mother-in-law all day long, right? But he is so good,
It makes people worry. What will he do after a hundred years?"
"I've told you the truth over and over again, but they just don't listen." Rokkaku Sadayori also sighed.
"If you teach someone, you will still be stunned a hundred times. If you teach someone something, you will get it right once. No one is born to understand these. When they were young, they were idealistic and aloof. Only when they encounter things and suffer losses, will they become realistic. Only then will they become realistic.
Understand that in this world, especially in troubled times, there is nothing noble or moral between countries. Letting your family survive is the only goal." Asakura Sotetsu put a few mouthfuls of food into his mouth, and then continued
He took a sip of wine and said:
"We all fought in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. In the battle of Kuzuryu River, I personally sent 100,000 people to hell. You two also killed countless people, including countless innocent people.
Right? After killing more people and almost being killed more times, you will naturally understand the dirty truths. But these juniors are protected too well by us. They have never seen this or suffered big losses.
It won’t improve your memory. No matter how many times we say it, it’s useless. They will only know it when they themselves suffer a loss.”
"I just hope that when they suffer losses in the future, they won't be killed directly." Taiyuan Xuezhai muttered quietly, and he didn't know whether he was sighing or praying.
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After three rounds of drinking, all three of them were drunk, and the topics began to become irrelevant.
"You think this world can still get better?" Asakura Soutai leaned against the wall, staring at the moonlight outside the window with his eyes, and murmured: "When will the troubled times end?"
"Wait until the shogunate produces another general like the third generation (Ashikaga Yoshimitsu) to clean up the mess and unify the world. Or maybe another generation like the third generation (Ashikaga Takauji) appears to replace the Ashikaga shogunate just like the first generation replaced the Hojo family.
Rokkaku Sadarai answered casually while pouring himself a drink tremblingly.
"Wouldn't the world still be in chaos after that? In less than a hundred years, the shogunate will decline again." Asakura Sodi rubbed his white hair, "Continue to cause chaos and keep fighting, no matter how strong the family is,
Sooner or later, everyone will perish. You can't be so lucky in every generation and not have a weak king in every generation. If this is the case, won't the Asakura family's bloodline, which I have worked so hard to protect, come to an end one day?
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That's it, there's nothing we can do about it. I just hope that my family can become a guest of the shogunate in this reshuffle, spread the branches and multiply the family, and that's it. Who can control what happens thousands of years later?" Rokkaku
Tairai was more open-minded and raised his glass to Taiyuan Xue Zhai: "Xue Zhai, what do you think?"
"In my opinion, in a sense, the troubled times will never end." Taiyuan Xuezhai's face was red from drinking and his head was dizzy, but his thinking was still clear, "One country, one family."
The reason why we can be unified is because we have established foreign enemies. In order to fight against enemies and "them", "we" must unite. But if the whole world is unified, the troubled times are over, there will be no enemies, and there will be no "
"They", "we" will naturally cease to exist, and "we" will divide and fight among themselves. Human beings are born to fight. Without external enemies, we can only fight with ourselves, and the world will be in chaos again.
Unless..."
"Unless what?" Asakura Soutei asked, cheering up.
"Unless there are foreign enemies coming from outside." Taiyuan Xuezhai pointed to the west, "Unless the Meng Yuan invades again, then Japan can be unified."
"Haha, that's interesting." Asakura Zongdi laughed twice, and then he also toasted Taiyuan Xue Zhai. The red wine on his face gradually cooled down, and he asked solemnly: "Speaking of which, Xue Zhai, are you bringing it with you this time?"
Why did the Imagawa family travel thousands of miles to come to Luo? Our Asakura family has been an elite in Kinki for many years, and our interests are at stake. And the Rokkaku family is in Kinki, so naturally they have to fight for their own power. Your Imagawa family is so far away
It's so far away, so many enemy countries are separated in between, and yet the commander and the expeditionary force are allowed to take great risks at the same time and come to Kyoto to mix in this muddy water? Why?"
"Secret." Taiyuan Xuezhai smacked his lips and wagged his fingers.
"This monk is very ambitious. Don't look at what he said: "The troubled times cannot end, and the world cannot be unified." The person who wants to unify the world the most is him." Rokkaku Sadarai laughed and placed the wine glass on the table.
, "You just came alone, but you also brought the Hojo family, the Takeda family, the Oda family, the Saito family and the Asai family with you. Do you think our Kinki is not chaotic enough?"
"How can you ask me to bring them? Only people with ambitions for the world will come." Taiyuan Xue Zhai also put the wine glass on the table, pushed it over and clinked the glasses with Rokkaku Sadai, and said distantly
He raised his glass to Asakura Zongdi and said, "From now on, we will each rely on our abilities, but don't blame me for not remembering the old relationship."