When the Hojo family first saw the relationship between men and women, they were naturally inseparable and did not want to be separated from Yoshigami.
Yoshigan and her stayed in Odawara Castle for a few more days, and finally left this gentle town without mercy.
If we stay here any longer, it will be winter and spring, which will really delay countless major events. Before the big review of the Kanto Chamber of Commerce in the New Year, there are still many things that need to be communicated and arranged by Yi Bank.
At this time, deep winter had passed, and the cold wind gradually became milder. Yoshigan led a group of cavalry troops through Sagamihara and Musashino, and advanced along the edge of the Chichibu Mountains.
On both sides of the middle reaches of the Tone River, he was warmly welcomed by the local samurai and had to stop for several days to receive hospitality to win over people.
The upper reaches of the Tone River is Ueno Province, and the lower reaches is the dividing line between Musashi Province and Shimo-sou Province. The situation in the middle reaches of the border between Ueno and Musashi is the most complicated.
The Numata Territory in the upper reaches has long been controlled by Uesugi Kenshin, and Nagao, the head office and Shirai, are also firmly on the side of the Uesugi family.
The core town from the upper reaches to the middle reaches is Mangqiao City, the West Ueno Land is to the west, and the Dahu Territory is to the east, which is the sphere of influence of Shiba's family.
Further south into the middle reaches is the buffer zone between the Uesugi family and the Hojo family.
The Yura family of Kanayama Castle was the strongest in the area, followed by the Narita family of Ninja Castle, and Tatebayashi Castle was handed over by Uesugi Kenshin to the Nagao family of Ashikaga Castle.
These three families are related by marriage. In terms of political stance, Ninja Castle favors Hojo, Kanayama Castle favors Shiba, and Tatebayashi Castle favors Uesugi. But in the final analysis, they still stick together to keep each other warm and maintain the independence of one of the feudal lords.
At that time, Kenshin Uesugi defeated the whole country, and the situation in the entire Kansai Province was in danger of being reversed.
When Yiyin returned to Kanto, he immediately went south to Jinshan City, and with the help of the brotherhood of the martial arts men, he made friends with Miaoyin monk, the husband of Yoshinoge Shige, who had become a monk.
With the support of Monk Miaoyin, Yiyin was able to personally go to the countryside to inspect more than 200 villages in the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River, which stabilized the hearts of the people in Guanbazhou.
In the chaotic land of Kanhachishu, no matter the Kamakura Ashikaga family, the Ryougesugi family, or the Hojo family, they all once accumulated hundreds of thousands of money and grain, launched large-scale wars, and dominated for a while.
But only Yiyin went to the countryside to personally observe the people's sentiments, promised the prospect of peaceful development, established the Wu Family Ethics Promotion Association, and spent hundreds of thousands of money and food in three years to engage in construction, charity, and education.
Money and food are always available if you save them, but if they are thrown away to be wasted by such lowly servants in the village, it will only cost you just one piece of free money.
Therefore, the reputation of the Shiba family is very good in Kanhachishu, especially Yoshigan himself, and because of the miracle of Kamakura Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine, he has long been regarded as the patron saint of the samurai family by the middle and lower class samurai families.
There are many overlords of the samurai family who spend money to fight wars, but the only Hachiman Daibodhisattva who comes to the rescue is Yoshigan, the samurai saint who advocates peace in Kanto and peaceful development as the last word.
Now, Yoshigami has embarked on the Shinto path and returned to Kanto. The legend of Bishamonten's coming to the world has spread throughout the land of Kanto, and it is a bit more mysterious, making the country fools in this land awed.
These independent and powerful samurai families in the middle reaches of the Tone River dared to jump between the Uesugi and Hojo families repeatedly, but they did not dare to neglect Yoshigan in the slightest.
Whoever disrespects Yiyin, those lowly warriors in the countryside who have taken advantage of the promotion of the martial arts' moral principles may really rush into the city with swords and kill the national thieves on behalf of the saints.
In Jinshan City, we had a banquet in the backyard of the hotel.
Monk Miaoyin looked at the smiling Yoshigan and sighed in his heart. He didn't expect that he had chosen to help Yoshigan after much hesitation, and he had actually left such a large network of connections for the Yura family.
Not only was she, a powerless old woman, highly respected, but the Brotherhood, the inner circle organization for martial arts men, also became a formal member of the Wushu Association, giving her some say.
Kai-kun, who was toasting to Yoshigan, had his eyebrows widened and his posture upright.
We haven't seen each other for more than two years. The child has grown up so fast. He has already looked like a little adult. He is no longer the little boy who dared to sit in Yiyin's arms and beg for sweets.
Monk Miaoyin sat down and watched the interaction between the two beautiful men, one big and one small, and his heart was filled with emotion.
With the protection of Yiyin and the knowledge given to the territory, Kai-kun's status is no longer what it used to be.
It gave the Narita family in Ninja City ten courages to not bully the adopted son of Yoshihiro, and even his father's life in Ninja City became easier, which made Monk Miaoyin extremely grateful to Yoshihiro.
Today's banquet was held at a banquet where the brothers of the samurai family invited Yi Gin to gather together, including the husbands and sons of the powerful samurai concubines in the core area of Ueno, Shimono, Musashi, Shikoku, and Guanbazhou, and no women were present.
We are all poor people. Mothers and sisters died on the battlefield, while men bit their handkerchiefs and shed tears at home.
The folk customs of Guanba Prefecture are strong and fierce, and the local brotherhood is not as gentle as Kinki. Most of them are strong men who dance with guns and sticks. This can support the independent status of the brotherhood in the Wushu Association.
Yiyin has brought peace, food, clothing, and power to everyone, so everyone is naturally willing to get close to him. The Brotherhood can be said to be the most supportive local force among the eight states in Guanzhou.
These warrior men are not as ambitious as the Ji warriors. They are very satisfied if they can develop peacefully and let the women at home not die of war and starvation and live a good life.
After Master Jia Fei finished his toast and retired, Monk Miaoyin chuckled.
"The saint's grace is still the same, but the old woman is even more decrepit. I only hope that the good days in front of me can last a few more years, and I will be content with having children and grandchildren."
Yiyin smiled when he heard what he had pointed out.
"Peaceful development is the consensus of all parties in Guandong and is the main theme of the current political situation.
Even if there are black sheep like the people from the East causing trouble, they are just moss and mustard and cannot cause big storms or waves. Please rest assured, old husband."
Yiyin thought that Miaoyin Monk was worried that the crusade against the Dongfang people would be the beginning of a new round of fighting in Guanbazhou, but in fact he was overthinking.
The Yura family behind Miaoyin Monk and the powerful local martial arts teamed up with the Yura family, they can't wait to join the big guys in a fight.
The three powerful clans of Uesugi, Takeda and Hojo have joined forces, and with the great righteousness bestowed upon them by the Grand Council of the Eastern Palace, isn't this fat piece of meat for the Eastern people already within reach?
The three powerful vassals eat meat, and the Liwu family drinks soup in the place where the autumn wind blows. Anyone who doesn't go is a fool.
Monk Miaoyin opened his mouth to test today, not because he was worried about conquering the people of the East. Seeing that Yiyin had misunderstood, he simply made the point clear.
"Sage, His Highness Hojo arrived at Kawagoe Castle in Musashi Province a few days ago and summoned samurai families from all over East Musashi to meet, saying that they had important matters to discuss.
During the review, His Highness Hojo listed the twenty major crimes of Ota Yasushi, captured him on the spot, and beheaded him in public.
Do you know this?"
Yiyin was stunned for a moment.
The Hojo clan moved really fast. Just as she nodded, she immediately rushed to Kawagoe Castle and found an excuse to kill Ota Yasushi without giving herself the chance to regret it.
Yoshigan was angry and funny, but at this time in front of outsiders, of course he would not undermine the Hojo clan politics, he would just smile slightly.
"What does it matter whether I know or not what His Highness Hojo is doing to his subordinates?
How did those Tomusashi warriors react when they saw Ota Yasushi committing suicide?"
Yiyin's words were so partial that Monk Miaoyin was speechless for a while.
Although the Tomusashi Bushi family nominally belongs to the Hojo family, the Hojo family's control over these people has long been no longer what it used to be, and they are almost independent.
Hojo Ushimasa deceived these people into Kawagoe Castle and killed one of them directly with his quick hands and feet. The others saw this and were naturally panicked.
This was done in a rough and unruly way, was it to force people to rebel?
This incident had just been reported, and Monk Miaoin was 100% sure that Yoshigan didn't know about it. But judging from Yoshigan's attitude, it seemed that he was bent on protecting the Hojo clan, and Ota Yasuji's death was truly unjust.
Miaoyin monk sighed.
"Of course, the public sentiment was aroused and the people of Tomusashi were fierce. At that time, His Highness Hojo had to give an explanation, otherwise he would never give up.
Who would have thought that His Highness Hojo would announce in public that he would dedicate the land of Tomusashi to you, the saint, and all the Tomusashi samurai were overjoyed, and no one would care about His Highness Hojo's personal revenge and anger and murder."
Monk Miaoyin and Yiyin looked at each other and both smiled bitterly.
The territory of the Shiba family is known as the lighthouse of the Wu family, and its wealth is like a chosen country. Since Yiyin put forward the slogan of three whites, white rice, white radish, and white tofu have become the symbols of wealth in the Shiba family.
In these troubled times, the world's samurai families don't even have enough to eat, but the Shiba family warriors have the leisure to grind tofu.
This is so damn annoying!
If given the choice, who wouldn’t want to join Spurling, enjoy Spurs’ establishment, eat Sanbai food, and live a good life like a lighthouse?
The Tomusashi Bushi family heard that the Hojo family had transferred their belongings to the Shiba family. From now on, they would be members of the Shiba family. They were too late to be happy. Who cares about this unlucky guy like Ota Yasushi?
Ota Yasushi led the battle in Sano to frame the Hojo army, rebelled and became independent, and the Hojo clan wanted to kill her whole family. Everyone knew this.
The Hojo clan's random killing of powerful local warriors would have caused an uproar in normal times.
But after she announced that the Higashi Musashi land belongs to the Shiba family, while the local samurai family were excited, who had time to think about Ota Yasushi, the unjust dead man?
At this time, the Higashi Musashi family wanted to make the Hojo clan happy. The transfer of the Higashi Musashi area to the Shiba family was related to everyone's interests, and they could not be disturbed by a trivial matter like Ota Yasushi's.
Monk Miaoin and Yoshigan looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They both understood Hojo Ushimasa's thoughts.
Yoshigan is now certain that the murder of Ota Yasushi was carried out so crudely. It was not a sudden move by Hojo Ujimasa, but rather a deliberate move.
Daidoji Temple was prosperous in the Kagotsu Castle era, and under the jurisdiction of this veteran minister, the immature governor of Hojo Ujimasa would not be allowed to do whatever he wanted.
Therefore, it was the consensus of the Hojo retainers group to kill Ohta Yasushi humiliatingly like a wild dog. They were demonstrating to the outside world.
Demonstration for what?
Yoshigan estimated that the news that he had slept with the Hojo Ujimasa would soon spread through various channels and be known to all the martial arts families in the world.
The Hojo family paid for the land of Tomusashi and the Imagawa clan, and it was not given in vain. Otherwise, if all the samurai families in the world knew that the Hojo family was a candidate for divine descent, how could the old fox like Hojo Genan give up?
Yoshigan smiled bitterly and had a headache. He didn't know how to face Uesugi Kenshin in the first place. Now the Hojo family tried their best to show off that they had surpassed Yoshigan, and Uesugi Kenshin didn't know what they would think.
How could she tolerate Kenshin Uesugi's possessive and petty mind?
Unlike Yi Gin, Miaoyin Monk got the answer that the Yura family didn't want from Yi Gin's answer, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Just like the rumors from the outside world, the saint Yiyin is really soft-hearted and especially protective of his shortcomings.
As soon as Hojo Umasa climbed onto Yoshigan's bed, he turned around and killed his enemy with one knife. Yoshigan didn't even want to show any pretentious reprimand.
Is it great to have slept with a saint? The Hojo family proved it to everyone with his actions, yes, it is amazing!
You must know that Ota Yasushi is not a small player. The Ota family of Edo Castle is the head of the Ogidani Uesugi family. He is a direct descendant of the Ota family. The Edo leader is also a prince with considerable strength.
Just like this, a famous and powerful local martial artist was slaughtered like a dog, without even a trace of repercussions, leaving others with lingering fears.
The saint is really a protector, and it is really nice to go to bed with the saint.
This divine descendant of the Hojo family hasn't even been born yet, and the Hojo clan has not yet even revealed its horoscope, but the Hojo clan has already dared to be so domineering. It's really enviable.
Monk Miaoyin sighed in his heart.
It's a pity that Kai-kun is a boy. Otherwise, given the saint's love for Kai-kun, the Yura family would definitely find a way to kill Kai-kun... What a pity. What a pity.
As Yiyin embarks on the divine path and descends the seed of the god, the status of the master of the god's family will become more and more obvious. Those who have the ability desperately climb onto the holy bed, while those who have no ability are thinking about relying on the god.
All in all, times have changed.
Nowadays, the most noble person in the world is no longer the Ashikaga clan, but the living god Shiba Yoshigan and his divine bloodline.