Yagyu Soen inherited Nobutsuna Kamizumi and succeeded him as the shogunate swordsmanship teacher. He carried forward the Shinin-ryu and called it Yagyu Shinin-ryu.
However, she never imagined that she would have to rely on the protection of her young daughter Yagyu Munomi to survive in her later years.
Yoshigan Shiba and Nobunaga Oda came to Luo to support Ashikaga Yoshiaki to become a general, but Ashikaga Yoshiaki repaid his kindness with hatred, resulting in unrest in Kinki.
Takada Yukino completely caused a big mess in Kyoto Tenchu, Shiba Yoshigan returned to the leadership and kept a low profile, Ashikaga Yoshiaki could only face the coercion of Oda Nobunaga, his wings were cut off, and he was left in a mess.
Yagyu Soen served two generations of Ashikaga shoguns successively, and was named Kenshu Shihan. In fact, he served as the chief intelligence officer of the shogunate.
Oda Nobunaga took care of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, so Yagyu Sogan was naturally implicated by Ashikaga Yoshiaki and almost lost his way of survival.
Fortunately, the Yagyu family was hedging their bets. Since the Battle of Yamato, Yagyu Munenomi has followed Shiba Yoshigan, served the Shiba family, and taken charge of the Shiba Mufu Yagyu group.
Even if Yagyu Soen is frustrated in politics, he can finally find a way out and return home to retire.
Now that Ashikaga Yoshiaki is hunting in the west and Oda Nobunaga has passed away, the Kyoto shogunate has long been a puppet of the Shiba family. With the help of the Shiba family's tiger skin, the Yagyu family has been doing well in these years.
Yagyu Sogan also opened a kendo hall in Yagyu Village with peace of mind, and continued to teach Yagyu Shininryu, stabilizing the prestige and achievements of the Yagyu family in kendo.
This old woman seems to be indifferent to worldly affairs and has a pure heart, but in fact she is not at peace in her heart. After all, she has seen the scenery of the shogunate, how can she endure loneliness.
When she heard that the sage had reorganized the secret censor, her thoughts were immediately moved. If Yagyu Munomi was handled well, he would be the great eldest son of the world in the future!
The swordsmen of the Yagyu line have ascended to heaven, and it is not impossible for her, Yagyu Souen, to rise again and take control of one side.
The spring scenery is really strong at this time, the Nara Basin is already very busy with farming, and summer is about to enter.
In Yagyu Village, Yagyu Munegan and Yagyu Muneki faced off in the kendo hall, both wearing bamboo sword protective gear when facing each other.
The swordsmen around him had already been driven away. This was a private exchange between mother and daughter.
The stagnant air made people so nervous that they didn't dare to blink, until the moment they couldn't help shaking their eyelids, the bamboo swords of the two people were like poisonous snakes coming out of their holes, crossing each other quickly.
Taking off the mask, Yagyu Soyan turned back to his daughter and said.
"Your mind is very confused."
Yagyu Munaki took off his mask, bowed deeply and said.
"I lost."
Then the two of them sat across from each other, Yagyu Sogan looked like a strict mother and said solemnly.
"You've regressed a lot. Is it due to lack of practice recently?"
Yagyu Muneki glanced at his mother and knew very well the thoughts behind her image as a great master.
"Hi, I'm very sorry. I've been very busy recently and I've indeed lacked practice."
Yagyu Soyan nodded.
"Remember, no matter what happens, we must never forget to practice swordsmanship. This is our foundation and the foundation of our loyalty to the lord."
"Hi!"
After Yagyu Munenuki said his high-sounding words, seeing that Yagyu Munenuki was still in a nonchalant state, he finally couldn't help but raise the topic.
"What have you been busy with lately?"
Yagyu Munenomi looked at his mother calmly and asked.
"Isn't my mother very aware of my current situation? Otherwise, she wouldn't have recruited me back."
Yagyu Muneyan said angrily.
"Ba Ge Ya Lu! What kind of attitude do you have! Is this the daughter I raised?"
Yagyu Munenomi sighed and said.
"Mom, I'm really busy. If you have any ideas, please tell me. I'll stay here for another two hours at most before rushing to Duowenshan City."
Yagyu Soyan's expression changed.
"The saint wants to summon you?"
Yagyu Munomi nodded helplessly and sighed.
"The Tongxin Secretariat will officially change the Yagyu-gumi to Anxing Yushi. The saint will always ask me what I mean in person and go through the motions."
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Yagyu Zongyan hummed.
"No wonder he has become more temperamental. It turns out he is about to be promoted, and even my mother doesn't care about him anymore."
Yagyu Munomi smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Yagyu Soen became more utilitarian as he got older, and he was eager for success in doing things. At that time, he formed a party with Wada Weimasa and Niki Yoshimasa under Ashikaga, and was severely punished by Oda Nobunaga.
Wada Weimasa defected to Oda and was killed by Araki Murashige.
Niki Yoshimasa was so frightened by his defeat that he fled back to his hometown, relying on the favors of the past and being protected by the saint to survive.
It was also because of the position of his young daughter Yagyu Munenuki in the Shiba family that Yagyu Mununetsu was lucky enough to survive.
To be honest, Yagyu Munenomi really hopes that my mother will cultivate her moral character, bring in new people in her hometown, and train herself a few more capable swordsmen.
But it happened that Yagyu Zongyan was old-hearted and still wanted to regain his glory.
Yagyu Munomi thought for a while and decided to have a showdown with this official-obsessed lady.
"If possible, I really don't want the Yagyu group to change the secret censorship, but this is the will of the saint, and I don't dare to disobey it."
Yagyu Muneyan did not believe it.
"The glory and wealth of the Yagyu family is right in front of you. You must not be confused. You cannot miss this opportunity."
Yagyu Munaki shook his head and said.
"I think you are really confused.
Mufu is the master's dog, and he will bite whoever the master tells him to bite. You have also been a big mufu, and you know how troublesome the dirty things at the top can be.
We hawks and dogs are inherently shady in what we do.
The spirit is conveyed above and we are responsible for executing it, but these shameful things never leave any words or formal orders, so we are just white gloves that can be thrown away at any time.
What kind of secret censor, if Mufu changes his name, he doesn't have to take the blame?
I don’t know how I survived the past ten years. Kinki Shiba only had 200,000 koku, and Lord Katsuhisa Niko, Lord Akechi Mitsuhide, and Lord Maeda Yoshihide have been scheming for a whole ten years!
Finally, Lord Nizi Yukihisa died in the Western Kingdom. His death was so mysterious that even the saint could not give an explanation to Lord Nizi Yukisho.
Back then, I was just a dog assigned by the saint to Nizi Katsuhisa for daily driving. She was so dead that no one could understand. How could I stand up to the stage?
Two hundred thousand dan alone made me tremble with fear. Now the saint is going to reorganize the head office and let the secret censor supervise the Sibo and Shen territories in various places. The total number is no less than five or six million dan.
Are you asking me to make irresponsible remarks about the affairs of the Goddess family, or to spy on the people behind their backs and report them? How can I still survive if I do this kind of thing too much!"
Soen Yagyu was so rebuffed by his daughter that he was speechless. Although she was greedy for profit and could never see the word power, she still had a good brain.
What his daughter said was reasonable, and Yagyu Soyan naturally did not want the Yagyu family to be ruined in just a few years, with the three tribes of barbarians and the nine tribes exterminated.
The unwilling Yagyu Soyan murmured.
"In my opinion, the saint is not the kind of person who burns bridges by crossing rivers. He is benevolent and righteous."
Yagyu Munomi sneered.
"Of course a saint is benevolent and righteous, but how did Nizi Katsuhisa die? How did the Kamo clan die? These big shots could die unjustly, but I, Yagyu Munomi, cannot be unjustly accused?
Do you know that those idiots in the Kyoto shogunate are contacting the poor official in Nishikari, hoping to welcome back the general, compete with the saint, and safeguard the interests of the old shogunate system.
They are simply crazy!
How dare those empty-headed bastards in the shogunate do this? Do they really think that the Shiba family's sword is not good enough to kill people?"
Yagyu Munenomi was almost driven crazy by the people in the Kyoto shogunate. They had been protected by the saint these years, eating and drinking from the Shiba family. Did they really regard the Shiba family as their lord?
Saints are benevolent and righteous, but besides saints, how many good people are there in the Sibo family?