Chapter 1718: The Hojo family who expresses disdain for their integrity
As soon as Hojo Ushimasa became pregnant with the divine descendant, the retainers headed by Hojo Genan started to tremble. Behind the seemingly helpless attitude towards the governor, there was secret joy among the retainers of Hojo.
The core of feudal rule is blood relationship. In the distribution of power, blood relationship is an important part that cannot be bypassed.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Quwo Daiyi occurred within the Jin State, and Xiao Zong replaced the Dazong. From then on, all Jin Gongs took strict precautions against their official offices.
The political consequence of this was that the three families of Zhao, Wei and Han were divided into Jin. It was obviously the most powerful country in the Spring and Autumn Period, but the Jin Kingdom disappeared in such an aggrieved way, which is really surprising.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Celestial Dynasty gradually stepped away from feudalism and eventually formed a unique unified dynasty.
Especially after the Tang Dynasty, the unique selection system formed by the imperial examination became the source of modern civil service systems in various countries around the world, completely changing history.
In a sense, with the help of the imperial examination system, the emperor's dependence on royal blood relatives has been declining.
But island countries are different.
Although the island country is deeply influenced by the culture of the Celestial Dynasty, the scattered geographical features of the small plains on the island are more similar to the feudal features of Western Europe. Blood relatives are still an important part of feudal rule.
In the history of the samurai regime, there was a political ecology similar to that of the Jin state, and that was during the Kamakura shogunate period.
The problem of the Jin State is that the small clan replaced the large clan. The Duke of Jin did not trust the public office, so he relied on the ministers to govern, which caused the ministers to become powerful.
After the Gongqing became powerful, the Dukes of Jin in the past dynasties had no reliable blood relatives to check and balance the Gongqing because the official office had weakened. They were gradually replaced by the Gongqing. In the end, the three Gongqings of Zhao, Wei and Han divided the Jin Kingdom.
The problem of the Kamakura shogunate was simpler, that is, the first shogun Minamoto Yoritomo did not believe in his blood relatives and eradicated his sisters.
The Kamakura shogunate implemented a royal family system similar to the co-governance of nobles, which enabled the royal family to discuss affairs together and assist the general in governing.
As the shogun family declined, the power of the powerful imperial family increased greatly. Eventually, the power of the shogunate fell into the hands of the powerful imperial family headed by the Hojo family, resulting in the extinction of Minamoto Yoritomo's line.
The Ashikaga shogunate learned the lessons of the Kamakura shogunate and used the Ashikaga Ichimon Oyagata as its wing to guard Kyoto and maintain the rule of the Ashikaga shogunate.
Although blood relatives also have the intention to seize power, the stumbling block has been maintained for two hundred years. After all, it is better than having the foundation usurped by outsiders.
Today's saints have made it clear that chariots and horses will replace Ashikaga's world.
He married various powerful daimyo and gave birth to divine descendants. Politically, he was analogous to the role of the Ashikaga Ichigaya Okata in guarding the Shiba regime.
Just because of Yoshihiro Shiba's male body, the pile driver of the Shiba regime during its founding period was able to drive the foundation harder and deeper.
The rise of the Ashikaga Shogun family relied on the assistance of blood relatives, but they have been separated for many years. In fact, the interests between them are no longer close enough, and they can only be regarded as the leaders of the Genji samurai alliance.
But Yiyin is different. As long as he gives up the reserve and reputation of a man, he can take advantage of male physiology and spread his wings quickly.
Give birth to an heir with a powerful martial name, use blood to connect the divine family, and then use religion to strengthen the relationship of interest between them.
In the eyes of the military experts, Shiba Yiyin was really a political genius, but it was a pity that he was a beautiful man, but he was a duck. In future historical evaluations, the word "slut" will be indispensable.
For the sake of inheriting the family business, it is rare to see him bear such humiliation and burden to such an extent. Shiba Yiyin is truly a unique man.
In this ideological environment of feudal society, when the Hojo family had a blood heir of Shiba Yoshigan, the whole world suddenly became clear and there was no need to worry about anything.
From now on, the Hojo family will no longer be the outsiders who seduce the Kanto shogunate, kill the two Uesugi families, pretend to be Hojo Miao, and bear countless infamy.
Rather, it is on par with the Yamauchi-Uesugi family inherited by Uesugi Kenshin and the Kai-Takeda family inherited by Takeda Shingen. It is the undisputed top famous family in Kanto.
The alternation between troubled times and peace is the best time for rebel thieves to clear their names and become powerful.
The Yamauchi-Uesugi family and the Kai-Takeda family that shone brightly under the Ashikaga shogunate system are the tears of the old era and will soon be swept into the garbage heap of history.
In the new era in the future, the bloodlines of the three families, Uesugi, Takeda, and Hojo, are the noblest among the nobles. The Hojo family will naturally no longer be inferior to others.
Hojo Genan and Daidaiji Norimasa shouted that it was not easy for their ancestors to start a business. They seemed to be dissatisfied with the reality in front of them and felt sad. It seemed that the Hojo family had failed their ancestors if they could not become the overlord of Kanto.
But these are all words to express personal integrity. In fact, they know better than anyone else that the Hojo family has a rebellious background. If they can come to shore with a clear conscience, they can have fun secretly. How can it be so easy to become the overlord of Kanto?
People, you have to recognize your own situation and know how to be content.
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The two old women from Hojo were having a secret conversation outside the south gate of the city, while Yoshihiro was currently standing on the west wall looking at the city wall that had been collapsed by the flood, and was filled with sighs.
He stood by the wall with Kai-kun, behind him were the Kamao clan, Oda clan, Miaoin monk and others who stood respectfully.
Yiyin sighed.
"The strong wind recognizes the strong grass, and the rocky ground recognizes the loyal ministers. When I saw this dangerous wall today, I realized how difficult it has been for you to defend it these eleven days."
Kai-kun smiled.
"My foster father made a mistake in his calculations. The enemy has stopped attacking the city since the day before yesterday. Yesterday, they retreated northward in a hurry. They only defended the city for nine days after the full attack."
Yiyin glanced at Kai-kun and cursed with a smile.
"You speak too honestly, and you may be resented by your subordinates. You defended the isolated city for eleven days and suffered day and night. In the end, you cut off two days of your life. The military reward is missing. Can you make up for it?"
Kai-kun touched his head and laughed.
"What my adoptive father taught me is that after we have been fighting for so long, we can't let people shed blood and tears. Please forget my abruptness. The eleventh day is the eleventh day."
Yoshigan likes Kai-kun's open-minded temperament, which is similar to the man in his previous life. If he imitates the cute tongue sticking out of men in this world now, Yoshigan will be disgusted.
Seeing Kai-kun's heroic appearance, Yi Gin became even more happy, patted him on the shoulder and said.
"When you have a son, you should be like Master Jia Fei and Master Miaoyin. You will be blessed to come from a good family."
Monk Miaoyin was kind-hearted now, smiling so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes. He was still as vicious as when he was defending the city.
He put his hands together in a salute and said respectfully.
"This is a great blessing from the saint. Kai-kun has indeed grown a lot since joining your sect."
At this moment, a group of people in the distance ran to Pu Sheng's village and whispered something in their ears.
Pusheng's village came forward and bowed.
"Sage, Lord Shima Shengmeng has arrived."
Yiyin smiled.
"She is quite impatient. She probably brought a few more people with her and ran over quickly.
Okay, let’s go back to the residence hall to discuss the matter, and send someone to the south of the city to inform all the adults in the Hojo Army to come together for the military discussion.”
"Hi."
Yoshigan and Kai-kun walked in front, chatting and laughing, while Kamao clan deliberately stayed behind. He grabbed Ii Naomasa and asked in a low voice.
"What's wrong with you today? You look so absent-minded."
Naomasa Ii forced a smile.
"You figured it out right after we met?"
Kamo Shigo gave her a blank look.
"Who can't see your bad temper? What's the matter? Have you made the saint angry again?"
Naomasa Ii was not in a good mood.
"How dare I? I was just taught a lesson by the saint.
Previously, when Satake Yoshitaka came to Taicheng, the national capital, to plead guilty, the saint actually treated her with great courtesy.
When I thought about this man's madness in starting a rebellion and destroying embankments and flooding fields, I became so angry that I contradicted Satake Yishige a few words and was severely punished by the saint."
Pushengshixiang laughed.
"You deserve it.
No matter how despicable Satake Yoshige is, he is from a famous Genji family and has a great name of 400,000 koku. What qualifications do you, a young Samurai Hime, have to condemn her?
That is to say, the saint always favors you and just scolds you a few words. If it were any other great name, asking you to commit seppuku would be a minor offense.
You are not satisfied yet and you still have the nerve to complain in front of me. You are really ignorant."
Ii Naomasa pouted.
"I naturally know how the saint treats me, and I will never be able to repay him enough by working for him in this life.
I’m just troubled by the confusion of right and wrong in these troubled times. It’s so unreasonable that people like Satake Yishige can escape culpability. I really can’t swallow this sigh of relief.”
Pu Shengshi's eyebrows twitched.
"Satake Yoshige escaped guilt? How do you say this?"
Naomasa Ii looked around and said in a low voice when there was no one around.
"Satake Yoshitaka came up with an idea for the saint to help each other, to check and balance the greedy people in the Kanto Palace.
The sage promised her that after she accomplished her mission, she would move to Yuzhou and the lintel of the 400,000-stone family gate would not fall."
Pusheng's face was solemn, but when he saw that the crowd had already gone away, it was too late to ask more questions, so he said.
"Let's get down to business first, and you can talk to me about what's going on tonight."
Naomasa Ii nodded, and the two of them quickly followed the team and headed towards the residence together.