Yiyin smiled and nodded.
"I feel reassured that you are doing things safely.
Let’s stop here today. At the end of the spring plowing, all the middle and high-level martial arts masters in Sibo will hold a big meeting in Duowen Mountain City.
During the review, I will mention important matters such as the Battle of Sangluo, the Hanoi Crusade, and the Spozhong Fund, so you must be mentally prepared."
Ni Zi Sheng fell to the ground and kowtowed for a long time.
"Hi!"
After hearing these two disgusting things, Yiyin no longer felt like being polite.
After talking about business, he reluctantly took a few sips of tea soup and ended the tea party in a hurry.
Afterwards, Nizi Katsuhisa and Yamanaka Yukimori resigned together to discuss the military options for the Hanoi expedition. However, Yoshihiro had to be patient and write letters to all parties to finalize the matter.
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North Hanoi, Iimori Mountain Castle.
This city was once the home town of Anjian. The governor of this generation, Naomasa Anjian, conspired with Yuzu Nobujio to seize the Kingdom of Hanoi.
Both of these two families were under the command of Hatakeyama Gaozheng, and they tried to abandon the Hatakeyama clan, leaving the Anjian family in the north of Hanoi, and the Yusa family in the south of Hanoi.
Yusa Nobukyo killed his mother, Yusa Chokyo, and threw the blame on Hatakeyama Takamasa. He then retreated to Minamigouchi and watched the shogunate confront the Miyoshi family, reaping the benefits.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru saw the problem at that time, but out of overall considerations, he had to watch Hatakeyama Takamasa swallow this dead rat that was good at killing loyal ministers, so that Yusa Shinji could escape.
Naomasa Yasumi was not so lucky.
After Yoshigan Shiba fought the Battle of Yamato, he raised troops to rescue the shogunate army. He used the fifteenth princess to raid the gate of Iimoriyama Castle, captured the city, wiped out the rebellious Yasumi family, and shocked Xiao Xiao.
After the war, the land of Iimoriyama Castle and Kitakogenchi was transferred to the Mibuchi family by Yoshigan through the shogunate, and was controlled by Mibuchi Fujihide, the Mibuchi eldest daughter and the guardian of Kitakogenchi.
At this time, there were three people sitting in the side room of the castle residence. They were Motonsune, the governor of the Izumi Hosokawa family, Harukata, the governor of the Mibuchi family, and Fujihide Mibuchi.
Mibuchi Fujihide looked anxiously at his mother Mibuchi Haruo, who was reading a letter.
After a long while, Officer Mibuchi Haru slapped the letter on the slip of paper, pointed at Mibuchi Fujihide and cursed.
"Look at the good stuff you've done!"
Seeing Mibuchi Fujihide's subservient look made her, a mother, even more angry.
Nine girls are born from a dragon, and girls are different. The two sisters Mibuchi Fujihide and Hosokawa Fujitaka are really very different.
I don’t know whether it’s the subtle educational problems caused by growing up in two different families since childhood, or the talent gap is just too big.
Hosokawa Fujitaka is both wise and courageous, and has slick methods. However, Mibuchi Fujihide is dull and dull, far less intelligent and daring than his sister.
Hosokawa Mototsune looked on and shook his head.
No matter how incompetent Mibuchi Fujihide is, he is already the guardian of Kitakawachi. Mibuchi Haru scolded her like a granddaughter, which was too shameful.
She had to come out to smooth things over and said.
"Qingyu, don't be too angry. It's not a mistake for Fujiei to act cautiously and act first.
What did the imperial office say in the letter?"
Sanbuchi Haru sneered and said.
"Sister, see for yourself, see how much trouble this bastard has caused us!"
Hosokawa Mototsuo said it nicely, but Haru Mibuchi himself knew what he was doing.
How could Mibuchi Fujihide be cautious and move later? She simply cowered and didn't move!
Hatakeyama Takamasa was a member of the local powerful faction of the shogunate and the legitimate guardian of Kawachi. However, he was attacked because of the uprising against Samu.
She was defeated by Yusa Shinjiao in a sneak attack and fled to Kitakawachi. Even if Mibuchi Fujihide was just showing off, he should come out to support justice and say a few harsh words.
But she was good at not comforting Hatakeyama Takamasa who was on the run, and turning a blind eye to Yusa's religious beliefs, as if she was deaf and blind.
If such a big deal falls into the eyes of outsiders, something will happen sooner or later.
No, the words in Shiba Yoshigan's letter were harsh and violent, almost pointing at Mibuchi Fujihide's nose and scolding her for her poor posture.
While Mibuchi Haru was scolding her daughter, Hosokawa Motonsune had already read the letter at a glance, frowning and thinking.
The relationship between the Hosokawa and Mibuchi families is very deep.
When the Mibuchi family died out, the second daughter of the Izumi Hosokawa family succeeded the Mibuchi family and became Mibuchi Haru.
Hosokawa Motonsune had no children, so Mibuchi Haru adopted his second daughter Hosokawa Fujitaka to Hosokawa Motonsune so that he could inherit the Izumi Hosokawa family business in the future.
The two sisters, Hosokawa Mototsune and Mibuchi Haruto, and the two daughters, Hosokawa Fujitaka and Mibubuchi Fujihide, each perform their own duties, one is a carrot and the other is a pit.
Their positions are fixed, and no one can replace the other. Only in this way can there be less internal competition for power, and the family can truly be united and work together in the same boat.
Although Hosokawa Fujitaka originally drove Hosokawa Motonsune to Shoryuji Castle for a period of time to retire, this was the common wish of Hosokawa Mibuchi and his two ministers, and Hosokawa Motonsune also knew not to care about it.
But this time, Mibuchi Fujihide's approach was a bit stupid.
Even if you don't want to help Hatakeyama Takamasa, you have to do your best and don't let anyone take advantage of you.
It's better now. A person who upholds justice is killed by a traitor, and everyone else looks at it as a joke. Isn't this a slap in the face of the shogunate? Even if we don't send troops, we can just say a few harsh words to cover up the situation.
It’s no wonder that when the imperial office who returned to Jinji Sibo learned about this, he was so angry that he cursed regardless of his dignity.
Mibuchi Fujihide is shameless, and the shogunate must also be decent. If she acts like she does, who will take the shogunate seriously in the future?
Hosokawa Motonsune suppressed his dissatisfaction and persuaded him first.
"Qingyu, scolding people won't solve the problem.
Fujiying, tell me what happened?"
Mibuchi Fujihide was dejected, glanced at his mother who looked disgusted, and sighed.
"Miyoshi ascends to Luo, and the Yodogawa River is related to the safety of the Miyoshi army's supply line.
Miyoshi Yasunaga, who came from Shikoku to replace Miyoshi Choitsu and stationed in Settsu Province, had already heavily deployed troops to defend Akutagawa Castle. The elites of the four countries were eyeing North Kawachi to prevent me from destroying the Yodogawa water transportation.
During the Kyoto Incident, everyone inside and outside the shogunate was watching. We in Beihanoi only had a mobilization force of more than 100,000 koku. Who could be the opponent of the Miyoshi family?
I don't want to be the first person, but Hatakeyama Takamasa resolutely raised an army. Not only did she raise an army herself, she also spread the word, hoping that everyone would know that she was going to revolt and go to Luo Zuo Mu.
This guy did it on purpose. Her ability is only tens of thousands of stones, and she doesn't have much military strength if she mobilizes all her strength. Naturally, she can't kill Yodogawa, nor can she defeat Miyoshi Yasunaga.
She wanted to use the incident in Shangluo to gain fame and accumulate political capital for herself, but she caused me misery.
Her message reached Akutagawa Castle, and Miyoshi Yasunaga began to mobilize the army to press on our territory north of Hanoi.
At the same time, Yusa Nobukyo defeated Hatakeyama Takamasa's mobilization force, and Hatakeyama Takamasa ran to Kitakawachi for refuge.
You Zuo is a religious believer in the south, and there are three good friends in the north. The north and the south are looking at my land north of Hanoi with evil intentions. How can I dare to express my opinion casually?
If things go wrong and the northern and southern armies attack, even if I hold Bei Hanoi, the territory will be in a mess.
For the sake of an overestimating Hatakeyama Takamasa, the territory of my Mibuchi family was devastated, so why bother?"
Mibuchi Fujihide vomited bitterness, but Mibuchi Haru stopped scolding. Hosokawa Motonsune couldn't help but nodded, what he said made sense.
Hatakeyama Takamasa was barefooted and was not afraid of suffering losses, but the Hosokawa Mibuchi family was constantly facing strong pressure from the Miyoshi family, and they were on pins and needles.
At first, the retainers of the two families ostracized Hosokawa Motonsune and sent her away to live in retirement because she did not want to get too close to the Shiba family.
But without the shock of the Ashikaga military god Yoshigan Shiba, what could the Hosokawa Mibuchi family do to resist the aggressive Miyoshi family?
Therefore, everyone had no choice but to ask Hosokawa Motonsune, the mentally ill governor, to go to Shoryuji Castle to calm down.
What Mibuchi Fujihide did this time was also the same.
The fundamental interest of the Hosokawa Mibuchi family is to protect their own territory, so that it will not happen again like the last time Miyoshi Chokei invaded Konki, reducing Izumi country to ruins, and the Izumi Hosokawa family almost perished.
Once bitten, twice shy.
How could Mibuchi Fujihide be willing to repeat the same mistake, risking the loss of Kitakawachi, and be dragged into the water by Hatakeyama Takamasa, a prodigal daughter?
Sanbuchi Haru sighed and said to her daughter.
"It's also a pain for you."
Hosokawa Motonsune also recognized it.
The Hosokawa Mibuchi family is a traditional shogunate samurai family. In their hearts, their own interests are the first priority.
To be continued...