Hojo Ushimasa smiled slightly, touched his belly, and said with a gentle expression.
"The disputes in Kinki have nothing to do with me. I only hope that Kanto will be peaceful and give my unborn child a prosperous and stable Kanba Province."
The three-month-old baby has not yet shown her pregnancy, but the Hojo family's political outlook has already revealed the light of motherly kindness.
Even if they are love rivals, their children's futures still need to compete, but at this moment, Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen feel the same way. They are both mothers with children, and their thoughts are quite similar.
Takeda Shingen sighed.
"The trees want to be still but the wind doesn't stop.
We are not greedy for anything in Kinki, but Kinki is ready to take action. After the New Year, the Oda family will make new moves.
Shibata Katsuie of Echizen Province began to attack the Kaga Ichiku clan, Ikeda Tsuneaki returned to Settsu to attack again, and Araki Murashige and Honganji Temple seemed to be in panic.
The Oda family's current territory already has three million koku from the Five Kingdoms. If we take over Kaga and Settsu, it will be four million koku. One-fifth of the world's koku will be controlled by His Highness Oda."
Uesugi Kenshin sneered.
"So what if one-fifth of a stone is high? The prosperity of a family depends on the gun in hand and the horse on horseback. The Ji Warriors are not afraid of death.
If the winner can be determined by scaring people with Bibi Shigao, then what's the point of having swords and guns in hand?"
Takeda Shingen curled his lips, and Hojo Ushimasa smiled helplessly.
Among the three women, the one who is most obsessed with violence is Uesugi Kenshin, but this guy is really invincible in the field and has never lost.
Even if Xiazong suffered a disastrous defeat back then, it was because of the inability to attack the city and dampen morale.
If we really have to open up our battle array and fight in the field, apart from the saints, there is no other person in the world that Uesugi Kenshin is afraid of.
Uesugi Kenshin was good at fighting, while Takeda Shingen was good at planning. Naturally, their ideas were completely different and they couldn't agree on anything.
The Hojo family has always been excellent at internal governance, penetrating and dividing enemy forces, and defending the city to defend and counterattack.
The Hojo clan chose to mediate the conflicts within the Kanto Palace and allow the Hojo family to occupy a favorable position, which was in line with Hojo's consistent thinking.
Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen had some differences in their views on Oda Nobunaga, but Hojo Ushimasa bridged the gap with a smile.
"Kanto has never been afraid of challenges. If Her Majesty Oda doesn't want to find trouble, we will naturally be on the same page with her.
But if she provokes, we must resolutely fight back, not only for ourselves, but also for the future of our children.
Kanto must be united and cannot suffer from internal strife."
Uesugi Kenshin nodded.
"Well said."
Takeda Shingen slapped the table and said.
"good."
The biggest conflict between the three girls and Oda Nobunaga is not the friction and friction for hegemony, but the relatively simple fear, for the sake of their children.
Shiba's divine power is beginning to take shape, and the saint's intentions are already clear. Once the Shiba world is established, the divine descendants will be the noble species of the new era, occupying the top of the samurai society.
Oda Nobunaga wanted to conquer more territory and monopolize the saint, so naturally she also wanted to let the children she gave birth to with the saint become the sole leader of the family and control the world of Shiba.
The rise and fall of the family business may be discussed by talking about success and failure, bowing their heads and surrendering, but once the matter involves the life and death of their children, the three women will not dare to give in easily.
Takeda Shingen's child is the eldest daughter, but because she forcibly humiliated a saint, her status was compromised and she was not a good candidate for the lord of the world.
What she fears most is that the bloodline of the Sibo God is purified internally, and her child cannot pass the test first. The political struggle is extremely cruel, and there is a possibility of being tortured to death after cleaning up the impurities.
Although Uesugi Kenshin's child is the second daughter, she is in love with the saint and has legitimately obtained the divine seed. Arranged in order according to age, her children can be regarded as the first candidates to inherit.
Oda Nobunaga is not pregnant yet, and her child is even ranked behind the children of Hojo Ushimasa and Shimakatsu Takeru in terms of age.
Can that surly Oda Nobunaga be tolerated? If it hinders her desire for power, her own sister Oda Nobuyuki can be hacked to death in public, let alone the bastard of her love rival.
Without the huge external threat of Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, and Hojo Ujimasa themselves might have fought to the death for their children's future.
But the threat from Oda Nobunaga was so great that the three women had to put aside their differences and speak out unanimously.
Hence, the ridiculous scene before us.
It is obvious that the three families are at odds with each other, it is obvious that they are three love rivals who despise each other, and it is obvious that they are three descendants of gods competing for inheritance rights, but the three women can sit together and discuss the issue seriously.
So in a sense, the biggest internal trouble is the absence of external trouble.
The Han Dynasty was destroyed by force. The Han army still suppressed foreigners until the last moment, but the internal competition among the late Han Dynasty heroes was even more cruel.
From the fourth generation of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the time of Emperor Heng of the fifth Han Dynasty, the registered population had reached 56 million. Fifty years after the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, the registered population was only 8.3 million.
Not to mention how many people have escaped without registration, but the fact that the population has dropped by an order of magnitude in just fifty years is shocking and appalling.
When there are external troubles, we can unite internally, increase the motivation for reform, and suppress internal injustice, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
Whether it is good or bad depends on the magnanimity and means of those in power.
The three powerful clans and even the Kanto Palace were forced to unite because of the huge external threat of Oda Nobunaga.
For Sibo Yiyin to integrate the eight states of Guanzhou and unite the Kanto warrior families, it would be politically beneficial.
At least, after Hojo Ushimasa mentioned Oda Nobunaga, the resistance of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen was significantly weakened.
Hojo Ushimasa proposed the political strategy of using Kamakura Gozan loans to provide counterpart assistance, and the two Uesugi and Takeda women were finally willing to put aside their differences and think seriously.
Uesugi Kenshin, who had the toughest attitude, hesitated for a moment and asked.
"Each Kantō shrine provides assistance to the Oriental People. We provide credit as collateral, and Kamakura Gozan provides money and food. After the Oriental People get through the difficulties, they will save their own money and repay the loan.
This idea sounds good, but what if the people of the East regret it in the future? The mortgage is our credit, do we have to pay back the money and food?"
The Hojo clan saw Uesugi Kenshin taking the initiative to ask. He was overjoyed to know that she was loose, so he explained carefully.
"Your Highness Uesugi, do you think the Saint protects the people of the East and really cares about them?
What the Saint cares about is the stability of Guan Bazhou. Stability is paramount to everything. At this critical juncture, even the rebels like the Eastern People, the Saint can only protect it while pinching his nose.
But if the famine crisis in the four eastern countries subsides this autumn and the saint's concerns are dispelled, will he still be so protective of the people in the east?
Counterpart assistance is unreasonable, and the saint himself knows it, but for the sake of the overall situation, he has to force it to be implemented.
Now we have found a compromise. The Kanto public houses will not contribute money, but they can guarantee the loans. As long as the great famine does not happen, we will have achieved nothing but success.
In the future, if people from the East cross the river and tear down the bridge, tear up the loan agreement and refuse to return it, what do you think the saint will think of it?
Compared with the distance between us, do those rebels and traitors from the East have the qualifications to compare with us?
Comparing their strength, do they have the courage to risk offending the saint and embarrass us?
The sage said that the Great Council of the Kanto Palace is a place for reasoning, and we should fight with words rather than force, so we will use this loan agreement to reason.
The Kwantung Allied Forces marched into Kinki and defeated the Oda Army. The Saint promised to allow us to conquer the unjust people of the East and take their territory as a reward.
Now we are persecuting too much, forcing dogs to jump over the wall, causing instability in the eight states of Guan. The saints are not happy, so they protect the people in the East.
As long as we get this loan agreement, the saint will definitely accept the reasonable request. This is our trump card against the people of the East.
These bastards took on so many loans, had to be tried for their crimes, and had their territories reduced. They were so oppressed that they didn't dare to resist the will of the saint.
Even if the four eastern countries were spared this year's famine, they were still devastated and could not recover without a few years of hard work.
We hold on to the agreement and exert pressure behind the scenes. If the loan is not repaid, we will use the land to repay it and the people who live in it. We are very compassionate and can help replace the debt and digest it bit by bit.
Without guns or knives, the land and the people will eventually come into our hands.
They will shoulder the blame and loans, work for us for free, restore the vitality of the four eastern countries, and leave us a well-constructed new territory.