Two years later, on September 3, Tenmo 9 (1540), Imagawakan Castle Tower was visited.
"Mom, are you hungry? I need some food."
The little baby opened its arms and staggered towards Ginkgo, who had just returned. Ginkgo wiped the sweat with a towel, smiled, bent down, hugged the child, and said softly: "Okay, Goro, be good, mom will call someone right away."
Made for you."
"Dad, I'm kicking Cuju too!" After seeing Imagawa Yoshimoto returning to the room behind him, Imagawa Goro broke away from his mother's arms again and threw himself at his father - and the Cuju in his father's hand.
"My father and mother play Cuju without me."
"I don't dare to take you with me anymore these days. Your grandma will talk about it to death." Imagawa Yoshimoto laughed and squatted down, holding Imagawa Goro on his shoulders. "You forgot, I took you to play Cuju the day before yesterday, and you were
Your grandma bumped into us and gave us a severe scolding. She said that if we don't teach you good things, and if we lead you around all day long, we will teach the next generation bad things."
"I don't care, I want to play Cuju, and I don't want to listen to grandma's reasoning." Imagawa Goro has learned to frown at a young age, "Grandma's reasoning is boring. Cuju is fun!"
"Haha, he is my biological son, he looks so much like me!" Imagawa Yoshimoto heard this and laughed with satisfaction.
"Huh, father and son look alike." Ginkgo rolled her eyes at Imagawa Yoshimoto, but she couldn't help but laugh, "But if you were playing football with Goro in the room and the noise was too loud, your mother would find out.
Another good meal."
"My mother always likes to talk about things, so I might as well go handle official business with the old man during this time." Imagawa Yoshimoto laughed and complained.
"You brat! You didn't come over to help, but you're still laughing there!"
It seems that because Imagawa Yoshimoto's voice was too loud, it spread to the office next door. Taiyuan Xuezai's angry complaints came from the corridor, "Gengoro (Sena Ujitoshi) and I have been approving for a long time, and you just
You know how to have fun outside!”
"As promised in advance, all government and military affairs are yours, old man, don't be ridiculous!" Imagawa Yoshimoto also laughed and replied, then leaned back comfortably in his seat.
"Dad, Cuju!" Imagawa Goro held the Cuju in his hands and staggered towards Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"Dad is tired and needs to take a break. Ask mom to play Cuju with you." Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't want to be criticized by Suguini, so he found an excuse and kicked the "ball" to Ginkgo.
"Mom is already asleep!" However, Imagawa Goro protested. Imagawa Yoshimoto turned around and saw that Ginkgo had just sat down and had fallen asleep leaning on the mattress and pillows.
But she is such a sleepy woman who can't wake up like a pig once she falls asleep. Whenever her child cries in the middle of the night, she always wakes up immediately to comfort her - this may be the mother's nature.
"Then let Miao Miao play with you." After one plan failed, another one came up. Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Miao Miao who was eating at the side. After Miao Miao heard Imagawa Yoshimoto calling him, he also turned around -
—Now it is a fat orange cat.
"Go!" Imagawa Yoshimoto took the Cuju from Imagawa Goro's hand and froze in the corner. Miao Miao immediately flew over, chasing the Cuju and started beating it. Imagawa Goro also followed up with a smile, and Miao Miao
Miao and Miao competed together for the possession of Cuju.
"You can take a rest for a while..." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at his sleeping wife, the playing children and the orange cat. He felt that happiness almost overflowed from his heart. He opened a volume of Japanese songs and started reading. The evening breeze blew, bringing a burst of happiness.
There was a chill and the aroma of food wafted from the kitchen downstairs.
What if life could continue peacefully like this?
However, the sounds of fighting in the corridor remind Imagawa Yoshimoto all the time that there are still many troubles ahead.
"Hey, you two." Imagawa Yoshimoto reluctantly got up and came to the corridor, and turned to Asahina Taitomo (Asahina Kikuchiyo Yuanfu name) and Okabe Motsuna (Okabe Jiro Yuanfu name) who were fighting downstairs.
(name, Motonobu Okabe in history) scolded, "What's the reason for the fight again? You'd better find a better reason for me this time."
"He stepped on my shoes!" Asahina Yasushi punched Okabe Motsuna in the face, but Okabe Motsuna, who was several years older than him, easily caught him.
"Tell me a joke, Your Highness. He insisted on comparing the size of his feet with me in the morning. If he didn't win, he would have to wear a larger shoe. Who should blame him if he lost it?" Okabe Momotsuna was wrestling with Asahina Yasuto.
said sarcastically.
"Fart! That shoe is not big at all, you just stepped on it!" Asahina Yasutomo refused to admit it and hit Okabe Motsuna with all his strength.
"Let me tell you a joke, no samurai who has reached the age of going into battle still likes to play these children's tricks." Okabe Momotsuna pushed Asahina Yasumi back hard, and then patted the dust on his hands,
"Stop making trouble, polish your martial arts skills and protect His Highness when going into battle. That's what we should do."
"Okabe is much more mature than you, Asahina!" Imagawa Yoshimoto walked downstairs, waved to Asahina Yasuo who was knocked to the ground, and said with a smile, "You too, please become more mature soon.
"My father is so great, you can't just inherit your drinking ability."
At this moment, the sound of crutches sounded at the top of the stairs. Needless to say, Imagawa Yoshimoto also knew that it was Shouguini coming. He hurried upstairs, only to find that Shouguini was already surrounded by Ruilin Kotaro and Chang.
I came down to the door of Imagawa Yoshimoto's bedroom. As expected, Imagawa Goro, who was playing wildly with Miaomiao in the room, was caught on the spot. Imagawa Yoshimoto had to walk back dejectedly and called out to Ginkgo in his dream.
"You two are so unwilling to make progress, but you are not even willing to teach your children well?" Shou Guini slammed the crutch on the ground, frowned and reprimanded, "Wu Lang is extremely talented.
He can speak, walk, and understand much faster than ordinary children, which is really a blessing for the Imagawa family. Instead of giving any guidance, you two led him to misbehave all day long?"
"Grandma, grandma, it was Miao Miao who took me to play, not dad and mom." Imagawa Goro seemed to be as sensible as Shouguini said, and he actually took the initiative to excuse his parents and put the blame on the cat.
Miao didn't know what Imagawa Goro was talking about, and thought he was praising it. Instead, he shouted twice as if he was taking credit.
"Tomorrow I will get up and go to Zentoku Temple to worship the Buddha, and I will also go to Fujinomiya to pray for blessings. This month, I will give Goro to me to take with me and practice with me." Shouguini ordered in a deep voice without any explanation, "Continue to let me
If you keep bringing him up like this, he will be useless sooner or later."
After hearing Shouguini's words, Imagawa Goro immediately fell down, reluctantly left his parents, and was led out by Shouguini. Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo looked at each other and smiled bitterly, but they just sighed helplessly:
"There's really nothing we can do." "There's really nothing we can do."
Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo went downstairs to have dinner. Before they could go out for a walk, Amano Keide, a disciple of Taiyuan Xuezhai, quickly came over:
"Your Highness, Master Xue Zhai is looking for you."
"Have you eaten?" Imagawa Yoshimoto glanced at Amano Keitoku, "Why are you so anxious?"
"There is a visitor from the Mikawa Matsudaira family." Amano Keitoku explained to Imagawa Yoshimoto in a low voice, "I would like to ask to see His Highness."
When Imagawa Yoshimoto came to the living room, Taiyuan Xuezhai had already sat down with the guests in the hall. The man was about thirteen or fourteen years old, quite thin, and although the samurai uniform on his body was shabby, he was very clean and tidy.
After seeing Imagawa Yoshimoto walking in, the man bowed respectfully and said: "Matsudaira Hirotada, I have met His Highness Imagawa!"
"This is the family governor of the Mikawa Matsudaira clan. I'm here to see you." Taiyuan Xuezhai introduced to Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"The governor of the Matsudaira family?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was stunned for a moment when he saw this. He vaguely remembered that when his father was there, the Imagawa family and the Matsudaira family who had extended their tentacles into Mikawa fought several battles, "Why are you here?
"
"It's really hard to talk about it." Talking about the disputes within the family, Matsudaira Hirotada was slightly embarrassed, but he still tried his best to speak without being humble or condescending: "My late father (Matsudaira Kiyoyasu) died unexpectedly, and I was still young. My great-grandfather (Matsudaira)
The eldest relative) then regained power. However, my great-grandfather favored his third uncle (Matsudaira Nobusada) and allowed his uncle to usurp the clan's territory. Then he expelled me from Okazaki Castle and usurped the clan."
"I was originally sheltered in the home of His Highness Kira Tojo, but later I was attacked by my uncle, and I had no choice but to go into exile in Ise for a while. It was a difficult time, but fortunately my family protected me to the death. I just saw that the inheritance of my ancestors was like this.
I was unwilling to fall into the hands of others, and I asked myself that I would not be able to see my ancestors. I led my troops back to Tojo Castle and wanted to make a comeback. I only regretted that I was weak and unable to compete with my uncle. Therefore, I would like to ask His Majesty Imagawa to lend a hand.
Help me return to Okazaki Castle."
What Matsudaira Hirotada described is exactly the crisis that the Matsudaira family has encountered in the past ten years. The Mikawa Matsudaira family has more than ten families, large and small. In addition to the Matsudaira clan in Okazaki Castle, there is also the Fukuoka Matsudaira family where Matsudaira is a powerful family.
, the Sakurai Matsudaira family of Matsudaira Nobusada, the Tojo Matsudaira family of Matsudaira Yoshiharu, the Fujii Matsudaira family of Matsudaira Toshinaga, the Goi Matsudaira family of Matsudaira Nobunaga, the Miki Matsudaira family of Matsudaira Nobutaka and many other powerful concubines.
The previous head of the Matsudaira clan, Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, was a man of extraordinary prowess and martial prowess. During the many years of southern and northern wars, he almost unified Mikawa. However, he was unfortunately killed by his retainers. The untimely death of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu was also a pity.
People even lamented that if Matsudaira Kiyoyasu lived to be 30 years old, he would have a chance to become the world leader.
Matsudaira Kiyoyasu's father had died of illness long ago, and his son Matsudaira Hirotada was still young. The power of the Matsudaira clan therefore returned to the hands of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu's grandfather Matsudaira Nagauchi. However, Matsudaira Nagauchi preferred him to his young great-grandson Matsudaira Hirotada.
His third son, Matsudaira Nobusada of the Sakurai Matsudaira family. Therefore, Matsudaira Nosada, with the tacit consent of Matsudaira's elder relatives, contacted Matsudaira Hirotada's uncle, Matsudaira Nobutaka of the Miki Matsudaira family, and expelled Matsudaira Hirotada from Okazaki in one fell swoop.
The city occupied the clan territory. The young Matsudaira Hirotada escaped with the desperate cover of Abe Nobuyoshi, Okubo Tadashi and other retainers.