Teruhora Uesugi's understatement of "I'm pregnant" sounded like a bolt from the blue to Honjo Mino and Naoe Keizuna's ears, causing them to become charred on the outside and brittle on the inside.
Because Uesugi Teruhora was obsessed with Shiba Yoshigan and always refused to get married, no one in the Uesugi retainers dared to say anything for fear of causing disaster.
At first, Nagao Masaki had selfish motives and created a scandal, putting Usami's son at the top of the scandal.
As a result, Teru Uesugi didn't even blink, and directly drove the two important ministers Nagao Masaki and Usami Sadami to death.
Usami Sadamitsu's son was killed by her own hands, and the Usami family, a famous family in the Kashiwazaki Plain, was exiled and met a miserable end.
If it weren't for the fact that Nagao Masaki's husband was Uesugi Teruhora's biological brother, the fate of the Ueda Nagao family would have been hard to say.
From then on, the Uesugi retainers kept the governor's marriage secret, and no one dared to talk about it casually. However, the issue of the inheritance of the family business has always been on everyone's mind.
On the surface, no one dares to talk nonsense, but there is already an undercurrent within the retainers group.
In troubled times, human life is like a piece of grass. Even for Uesugi Teruhu, who is the commander of Kanto, who knows that something unexpected will happen one day and his life will be gone.
The Uesugi retainers are united under the name of the family, so naturally they cannot fall apart because of the death of the family governor, and life must go on.
In fact, there are already two people who are qualified to inherit Terutora Uesugi's family business.
Uesugi Teruhora was born in the Fuchu Nagao family, and the other two of the Echigo Three Nagao families, Ueda Nagao and Furushi Nagao, are now in charge of Uesugi Kagenobu.
Uesugi Kagenobu is the governor of the Furushi Nagao family. He was gifted by Uesugi Teruhu and uses the character Uesugi Miao in his title. He is the leader of the Echigo Nagao clan.
She replaced the deceased Nagao Masakei and helped Nagao Masakei's daughter, Uesugi Kagekatsu, manage the Ueda Nagao family.
Uesugi Kagekatsu is the daughter of Nagao Masaki and Uesugi Teruatora's elder brother. She is the person closest to Uesugi Teruatoru by blood. In addition, she was gifted by Uesugi Teruatori to use the character Uesugi Miao.
In the view of the Echigo Nagao clan headed by Uesugi Kagenobu, Uesugi Kagekatsu is the most suitable successor to Uesugi Terutora.
Another candidate for heir is Uesugi Kagetora, who was adopted as his adopted daughter by Uesugi Teruhu.
Uesugi Kagetora is a descendant of the Hojo family Yasushi. During the Kanto Campaign, he was sent to the Numata family by the Hojo family in preparation for inheriting the Numata family business.
However, the Echigo army moved south ahead of schedule, disrupting the Hojo family's deployment, and Uesugi Kagetora was captured by the Echigo side.
Yoshigan Shiba took pity on the child and asked Terutora Uesugi to adopt her as his adopted daughter in order to weaken the fighting spirit of the Hojo family in the subsequent war.
It's a pity that the Kanto Strategy had many twists and turns, and in the end Uesugi Kagetora still failed to come in handy.
But the child himself was plotted by Kenmasa Uesugi, who hated the Hojo family for extermination, and almost died in the palace.
Yoshigan Shiba took advantage of this and got angry, causing Terutora Uesugi to accept his adopted daughter in a real sense and ordered Honjo Mino to be her teacher.
Returning to Kanto this time, Shiba Yoshigan adopted Uesugi Kagetora as his adopted daughter, further enhancing her status.
Today, Uesugi Kagetora is the legitimate adopted daughter of Uesugi Teruatora, and theoretically has the right to inherit. The Naoomi faction headed by Honjo Minoru is close to her, and there is also the background of Yoshigan Shiba's adopted daughter.
The Wu family cares more about the common interests under the family name than blood ties, and it is not uncommon for adopted daughters to inherit the family business.
If Teruhora Uesugi died suddenly and without leaving any last words, Kagetora Uesugi would even have the advantage of inheriting the family business than Kagekatsu Uesugi.
But it would be difficult for Uesugi Teruhora's true blood relatives, the Nagao clan, to accept the heirs of the Hojo family occupying the Echigo estate.
Therefore, in the invisible corner of Uesugi Teruhora, Uesugi Kagenobu and Honjo Minoru each represent the interests of the Nagao clan and Naoomi's side of the Hatamoto clan, and they have somewhat distinct meanings.
But before all these contradictions intensified, in the face of the reality that Terutora Uesugi was pregnant, everything had to be overthrown and started over.
Honjo Minoru and Naoe Keizuna looked at each other, not daring to speak for a moment.
Teruhora Uesugi loves Shiba Yigin very much, but she suddenly becomes pregnant. Could it be...
No wonder that after Shiba Yoshigan returned to Kanto, the two masters did not have differences due to the failure of the Kanto strategy, but instead became more united.
It turned out that Uesugi Teruhu had already made Shiba Yiyin and made a doll.
The eyes of the two Uesugi family ministers were bright and their spirits were high.
If Teruhora Uesugi and Yoshigan Shiba really had a physical relationship and had a child, there would indeed be no need to mention the matter of the Kanto Secretariat, and the Kanto system could be discarded.
Once Uesugi and Shiba merged, the Uesugi retainers didn't even care whether the future heir was called Shiba or Uesugi, because the Echigo duopolies were already integrated.
Regardless of whether they are from the Shiba family or the Uesugi family, everyone is the servant of this child. The fat water does not go to outsiders, and the good meat rots in the pot.
The Wu family is gathered under one family name, and they care about the interests of the entire Wu family group. As long as this child can inherit the family business of the two masters, the retainer group does not need to change its title to Miao.
Terutora Uesugi exterminated the Nagao family in the house and inherited the Uesugi family in Yamauchi. The retainers did not object, but were very supportive. This is the reason.
What the two important ministers now want to be sure of most is that the child is really Sibo Yiyin's son. The second thing is to pray that the child will be a girl.
But no matter how impatient they were, they didn't dare to ask Terutora Uesugi directly if she was pregnant with Shiba Yoshigan's child.
Honzhuang thought about it for a while and tried to test it.
"May I ask my lord, does Jinduo Palace know about this?"
Uesugi Teruhu shook his head and said.
"I'm not ready to tell him yet."
Hearing what Uesugi Terutora meant, the two important ministers were overjoyed at first. This child was really the blood of Shiba Yoshigan. That was great.
It's still the master Niu X, who gets on the bus first and pays for the ticket later. No matter how much trouble the people at the Kanto Waiting Office make, the Uesugi family has the king bomb in their hands, so they can naturally sit back and relax.
Then the expressions of the two changed drastically. They couldn't understand why Uesugi Teruhora didn't have a showdown with Shiba Yoshigan? Wouldn't it be beautiful for the two of them to use this as their offspring to bond and complete the merger of Uesugi and Shiba?
Naoe Keizuna couldn't help but ask.
"This child is the eldest daughter of Tsudo-don and a direct heir of the Shiba family. Why did Your Highness want to hide it from Tsudo-don?"
Naoe Keizuna couldn't help but regard this child as a female fetus and fantasize about the good days in the future.
She couldn't believe why Terutora Uesugi refused to confess to Yoshigan Shiba. This was the best opportunity for Uesugi Shiba to join forces.
Teru Uesugi shook his head and said.
"This is a troubled autumn in recent times. Jinduoden has already planned to return to recent times, and the trip will be after autumn.
The shogunate is in chaos, and his status is sensitive. If he marries me at this time, it will be detrimental to his position in handling recent affairs."
This was not Uesugi Teruhora's real thought, it was just used to deal with the two important ministers.
Before Yoshigan went to Oda Castle, he did talk to Terutora Uesugi, saying that he wanted to return to Konji after autumn.
With everything in the Kanto Chamber of Commerce on track, the Grand Council and the Standing Council have been able to operate independently, replacing the Yoshi Bank who is not in Kanto to promote Kanto's strategic goals.
In recent years, the situation has been chaotic and changeable. Although Akechi Mitsuhide hoped that Yoshihiro would not go back, he would wait until Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga decided the winner before stepping in to clean up the mess.
However, Yoshigami has always had lingering fears about Mitsuhide Akechi killing Ashikaga Yoshiki, and he did not dare to let this uncontrolled poisonous man go too far.
He stayed in Kanto for more than half a year, already to show off face to Akechi Mitsuhide, and then decided to go back and watch the situation, not daring to let Akechi Mitsuhide do whatever he wanted.
From Uesugi Teruhora's perspective, she had been waiting for Yoshigan to leave. Naoe Keetsuna's words about Yoshigan's eldest daughter deeply hurt Uesugi Teruhora's heart.
None of Uesugi's ministers knew about Yoshigami's private life, and regarded him as a noble figure like a pure saint.
Uesugi's ministers didn't know how many Hime samurai Yoshigan had an affair with, but Uesugi Teruhora had a vague feeling, but the only one who was sure was that beast Takeda Shingen.
Teruhora Uesugi understood that the child in his belly was not Yoshigami's eldest daughter.
Yoshigan's real eldest daughter was the evil child conceived by Takeda Shingen through despicable means during those days when he was imprisoned in Yantian City after the Battle of Kawanakajima.
Yoshigine was about to leave Kanto in the fall, and Uesugi Terutora hadn't yet shown her pregnancy at that time. I didn't tell him about the child for the time being.
Terutora Uesugi, who is emotionally mysophobic, must first deal with Takeda's daughter and clear Yoshigan's shame, and then propose to him.
Yoshigan doesn't know yet that he has a scoundrel in the Takeda family, and Terutora Uesugi is not prepared to tell him, for two reasons.
First, she didn't want Yiyin to recall the experience of being captured and humiliated. This was out of love and protection for Yiyin.
Secondly, she and Takeda Shingen were both illegitimate, and Takeda's daughter was the eldest daughter.
If Terutora Uesugi really gave birth to a daughter, then in order for her daughter to monopolize the privilege of being the eldest daughter of Shiba Yoshigan's bloodline, she must eliminate the hidden danger of Takeda's daughter.
This is her love for her daughter and does not allow her daughter's status to be threatened in any way.
The Shiba clan has become extinct, and Shiba Yiyin revived the clan as his legitimate son, but achieved achievements that surpassed those of the clan.
Rather than saying that the current Shiba family is the continuation of the Shiba clan, it is better to say that it is the new country created by Shiba Yiyin himself.
Although the Wu family values bloodline and family name, as the first generation Shiba Yiyin, he has far more power and prestige than ordinary family governors. With his character that values friendship and friendship, he will never treat his own heirs harshly.
Although Terutora Uesugi didn't think that Yoshigan Shiba would have any affection for Takeda Shingen who insulted her, she was very afraid of that bastard of the Takeda family.
Just because we can't be sure how Yoshigan Shiba will react to the existence of this scoundrel, we might as well hide it from him first and clean up the Takeda family.
Seeing the twinkling eyes of the two important ministers, Uesugi Teruhora said decisively.
"You don't need to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind, let's hide it from Jindo-don for now.
During this year, Uesugi’s various departments will recharge their batteries, which should be enough for next year.”
Hearing that Terutora Uesugi had the idea of using weapons again, Honjo Minoru was stunned and said.
"Your Highness, the Kamakura Palace has a royal decree, and there is no war in Kanto."
She explicitly said it was Ashikaga Yoshiji, but actually she was referring to Shiba Yoshigan. Now the entire land of Kanto has been surrounded by the politically correct atmosphere of peace in Kanto, and even the Hojo family seems to be at peace.
The Mogami family and the Osaki family who were far away in Ou also used this excuse to invite reinforcements from Shimogotsu, which brought Date Masamune into disgrace.
Uesugi Teruhora now mentioned that he wanted to go to war next year, and Honjo Minoru had to persuade him. It was really not convenient for him to go to war at this time.
Naoe Keizuna also said.
"Your Highness, there has been a severe drought in Kanto for three years, and Echigo has had business profits from the Hokuriku Road trade route, and life has been relatively easy.
However, all parts of Guanbazhou have become human tragedies. Fifty to seventy percent of harvests are considered good. In some places with barren land, there is almost no harvest.
It is precisely because of this that the Guanbazhou martial arts family enthusiastically supports Shiba's new ideas for the peaceful development of Tsutaden, and everyone really has no intention of fighting."
Naoe Keetsuna also gave round-the-clock advice, not wanting Teruhora Uesugi to get confused.
Fighting is the most expensive thing.
It takes two kilograms of grain to raise an Ashigaru for a year, which means he or she will live half-starved and half-fed. When war breaks out, the grain needs to be doubled, otherwise the person will die suddenly from exhaustion.
The Wanshi territory can only maintain a reserve team of two hundred ashigaru and forty or fifty warriors. It is okay for the ashigaru to take care of the food, but the warriors need salary, knowledge, and rewards for winning, which are all expenses.
Even with the land tax of six public officials and four citizens, the annual harvest of the ten thousand stone territory is only six thousand stone, which may not be enough to fight a hundred days of war. It also requires mobilizing troops and consuming labor.
If in good times everyone went out to grab food, land and men, that would be fine.
But now the land of Guanbazhou is so poor that it is necessary to wear pants. Is the war going on now to grab territory, or to provide warmth?
Shiba Yoshigan also forbade the Echigo samurai family to go to Kanhachishu to grab grain. After conquering this territory, they still had to take care of the food. No matter how rich Echigo was, the landlords in the disaster years did not have much surplus grain, so they could not afford such waste.
Not to mention the political correctness of All Quiet War in Kanto, if you look at the economic accounts, it is a real loss-making business. Naoe Keetsuna is in charge of the public and is in charge of the Uesugi family's purse, so of course he is unwilling to do so.
Uesugi Teruhu shook her head, she naturally understood the advice of the two important ministers.
"You have misunderstood. I am not going to use troops against Guan Bazhou, but to attack the unjust Takeda family.
Takeda Shingen's desires were overwhelming. When she invaded the Shinano Kingdom, I tolerated her. Tsutado-den even helped her obtain the position of guardian of Shinano from the Kyoto shogunate.
But what about her? She was still greedy, betrayed Tsutado-den's good intentions, and went to attack Suruga Kingdom, causing chaos in the Tokaido.
How can I tolerate this kind of scum who is unfaithful and unjust and causing trouble in Guandong!
When I formed an alliance with Hojo Ujiyasu, it was to jointly defeat this traitor. Unfortunately, Hojo Ujiyasu died of illness later, which delayed the matter.
However, it is said that Hojo Ushimasa also deeply hated this thief and had contacted Oda Tokugawa to attack the Takeda family.
Since I have made an agreement with the Hojo family, why can’t I get a share of the pie?”
Honjo Minoru and Naoe Keizuna were both stunned. Their master turned out to be a rare ruthless person today, full of benevolence and morality, but full of evil and shamelessness.
When I got Shinano to protect Takeda Shingen, and gave her salt and daily necessities, I was asking them to attack Suruga Country and split the three Imagawa, Takeda and Hojo alliances.
Now that the Suruga Kingdom has been taken, Uesugi Teruhu turns his back on the enemy and wants to use this reason to attack the Takeda family. Isn't it a bit too shameless?
Naoe Keizuna hesitated and said.
"Beixin's trade route was strictly prohibited from being cut off from Tsudoden Hall not long ago."
The implication of her words is that Yoshigan Shiba wants to maintain harmony with the Takeda family and maintain strategic pressure on the Hojo family.
Uesugi Teruhora united with the Hojo clan and even Oda Tokugawa to conquer the Takeda family, which was not in line with Yoshihiro Shiba's strategic vision.
Terutora Uesugi said calmly.
"Tsudaden will leave Kanto after autumn."
Honjo Minoru smiled bitterly.
"Tsuda-den has left temporarily, but the Kanto Palace is still there. The Standing Council will not allow us to deviate from Tsutama-den's strategic intentions."
After hearing her words, Uesugi Teruhora's face looked a little strange and he said slowly.
"I am confident that Shima Katsuruo and Yamanaka Yukimori will support me in my crusade against Takeda."
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