different warring states of japan

Terutora Uesugi said lightly that I'm pregnant, but in the ears of Honjo Mino and Naoe Ketsuna, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue, making the two of them burn on the outside and crisp on the inside.

Because Uesugi Terutora was obsessed with Shiba Yoshigin and always refused to marry, no one in Uesugi's retainer group dared to speak out, fearing that trouble would come out of their mouths.

At the beginning, Nagao Masaki had selfish motives and created a bit of a romantic scandal, putting Usami Dingman's son on the head.

As a result, Uesugi Teru didn't even bat an eye, and directly forced Nagao Masaki and Usami Dingman to death.

Usami's son was killed by herself, and Usami's family, a well-known family in Kashiwazaki Plain, was exiled, and her fate was miserable.

If it weren't for Nagao Masaki's husband being Uesugi Terutoro's older brother, it would be difficult to say what happened to Ueda Nagao's family.

Since then, the Uesugi retainers have kept the family governor's marriage a secret, and no one dares to speak casually, but the issue of family business inheritance has always been in everyone's mind.

On the bright side, no one dared to talk nonsense, but there was already a dark tide raging within the retainer group.

In troubled times, human life is worthless, even if you are Terutora Uesugi, who is in charge of the Kanto, who knows when something unexpected happens and people will be gone.

Uesugi's retainers are united under the name of the family, and naturally it is impossible to fall apart because of the death of the family governor, and life must continue.

In fact, there are already two people who are qualified to inherit Uesugi Terutora's family business.

Uesugi Terutora was born in Fuchu Nagao's family, and the other two of Echigo San Nagao, Ueda Nagao and Koshi Nagao, are now in charge of Uesugi Keishobu.

Uesugi Keishin is the governor of Koshi Nagao's family. He was bestowed by Uesugi Terutora, and he used Uesugi Miao characters in the style. He is the leader of the Echigo Nagao clan.

In place of the dead Nagao Masake, she helps Uesugi Kekatsu, the daughter of Nagao Masake who has not yet grown up, manage Ueda Nagao's house.

Uesugi Kagekatsu is the daughter of Nagao Masaki and Uesugi Terutora's elder brother. She is the closest person to Uesugi Terutora in terms of blood, and was gifted by Uesugi Terutoro, so she used the Uesugi Miao character.

In the eyes of the Echigo Nagao clan headed by Uesugi Keshin, Uesugi Kekatsu is the most suitable heir of Uesugi Terutora.

And another heir candidate is Uesugi Keita who was adopted by Uesugi Terutoro as his adopted daughter.

Uesugi Kagetora is the heir of Yasushi of the Hojo family. During the Kanto Raiders campaign, he was sent to the Numata family by the Hojo family to inherit the Numata family business.

However, the Echigo army went south ahead of time, disrupting the deployment of the Hojo family, and Uesugi Kagetora was also captured by the Echigo side.

Shiba Yoshiyin took pity on this child, so he asked Uesugi Terutora to adopt her as an adopted daughter, so as to divide the fighting spirit of the Hojo family in the ensuing war.

It's a pity that the Kanto Raiders had twists and turns, and in the end Uesugi Jinghu still failed to come in handy.

But the child himself was conspired by Uesugi Kensei, who had a hatred for the Hojo family, and almost died in the Imperial Palace.

Yoshihiro Shiba took advantage of this to make Uesugi Terotora accept the adopted daughter in a true sense, and ordered Honjo Shino to be her teacher.

This time when he returned to Kanto, Shiba Yoshigin adopted Uesugi Keigoro as his adopted daughter, which further raised her status.

Today's Uesugi Kagetora is Uesugi Terutoro's legitimate adopted daughter and theoretically has the right to inherit.The faction of direct ministers headed by Honjo Shino is close to her, and has the background of Shiba Yoshigin's adopted daughter.

Compared with blood relationship, the Wu family cares more about the common interests under the family name, and it is not uncommon for adopted daughters to inherit the family business.

If Uesugi Terutora died suddenly without leaving a last word, Uesugi Jinghu would even have an advantage in inheriting the family business than Uesugi Jingsheng.

But it is difficult to accept that the sons of the Hojo family occupy the Echigo foundation, and Terotora Uesugi's real blood relatives are the Nagao clan.

Therefore, in the invisible corner of Uesugi Terutoro, Uesugi Keishin and Honjo Mino each represent the interests of the Nagao family and the Naotomi side-close Hatamoto family, which has a somewhat distinct meaning.

But all these contradictions have not yet intensified, and in the face of the reality that Terotora Uesugi is pregnant, everything has to be overthrown and restarted.

Honjo Shino and Naoe Ketsuna looked at each other in blank dismay, not daring to speak for a moment.

Terutora Uesugi loves Yoshihiro Shiba deeply, and she suddenly became pregnant, could it be. .

It's no wonder that after Shiba Yoshigin returned to Kanto, the two lords did not disagree because of the failure of the Kanto Raiders, but became more united.

It turned out that Terotora Uesugi had already managed Yoshihiro Shiba, and even made a doll.

The eyes of the two important officials of the Uesugi family were bright and their spirits were high.

If Uesugi Terutora and Shiba Yoshigin really have a skin relationship, and there is still a child, there is really no need to mention the matter of the Kanto Office, and the Kanto system can be abandoned.

Once Uesugi Shiba joins forces, Uesugi's vassals don't even care if the future heir calls Shiba or Uesugi, because the Echigo duopolitics have already merged into one.

Whether it's the Shiba family or the Uesugi family, everyone is the child's courtier, and the fat and water don't flow to outsiders' fields, and the good meat rots in the pot.

The samurai families gather under one family name, and they care about the interests of the entire samurai family group.As long as the child can inherit the family business of the two lords, the retainer group doesn't care about changing the title of Miao.

Terutora Uesugi exterminated the Nagao family in Fuchu and inherited the Uesugi family in Yamauchi. The retainers did not object, but supported it very much. This is the reason.

What the two important ministers want to confirm most now is that this child is really Shiba Yoshigin's son.The second is to pray that the fetus is a girl.

But no matter how impatient they were, they didn't dare to ask Uesugi Terutora directly if she was pregnant with Shiba Yoshiyin's seed?

Ben Zhuang thought about it for a while, and said tentatively.

"Dare to ask my lord, does Jin Duodian know about this?"

Uesugi Terutora shook his head and said.

"I'm not going to tell him yet."

Hearing what Uesugi Terutora meant, the two important ministers were overjoyed at first, this child is really Shiba Yoshigin's blood, that's great.

It's still the master's bullshit, get on the bus first and then pay for the ticket, no matter how hard the people in the Kanto service station are, the Uesugi family holds Wang Zha in their hands, so naturally they can sit back and relax.

Then the expressions of the two changed drastically again, they couldn't understand why Uesugi Terutora didn't have a showdown with Shiba Yoshigin?Wouldn't it be beautiful for the two to use this bond of offspring to complete the confluence of Shiba Uesugi?

Naoe Ketsuna couldn't help asking.

"This child is the eldest daughter of Jindadian, the direct heir of the Shiba family. Why did His Highness keep it from Jindadian?"

Naoe Ketsuna couldn't help seeing this child as a female fetus, imagining a better life in the future.

She couldn't believe why Uesugi Terutora refused to confess to Shibo Yoshihiro, this was the best opportunity for Uesugi Shiba to join forces.

Uesugi Terutora shook his head.

"Recently, it is an eventful autumn, Jin Duodian has intended to return to recent days, and the schedule will be after the autumn.

The shogunate is in chaos, and his identity is sensitive. If he marries me at this time, it will be unfavorable to his position in handling recent affairs. "

This is not the real idea in Uesugi Terutoro's heart, but just used to perfuse the two important ministers.

Before Yoshigin left for Oda Castle, he had indeed talked to Terotora Uesugi, and he wanted to return to Japan after autumn.

As everything in the Kanto Office is on the right track, the Grand Council and the Standing Council have been able to operate independently, replacing Yiyin, who is not in Kanto, to promote the strategic goals of Kanto.

However, the situation in recent days has been chaotic and changeable. Although Akechi Mitsuhide hopes that Yoshigin will not go back, he will wait for Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga to decide the outcome, and then come forward to clean up the mess.

But Yoshigin still has lingering fears about Akechi Mitsuhide killing Ashikaga Yoshiki, and he dare not let this uncontrolled poisonous man go too far.

He stayed in Kanto for more than half a year, which was enough to give Akechi Mitsuhide face, and then decided to go back and watch some things, not daring to let Akechi Mitsuhide do anything wrong.

From Uesugi Terutor's point of view, she has been waiting for Yoshigin to leave.Naoe Ketsuna's words about Yoshihiro's eldest daughter deeply hurt Terutora Uesugi's heart.

Uesugi and his ministers didn't know about Yoshihiro's private Yinmi life, and regarded him as a pure and holy man.

Uesugi's important ministers didn't know that Yoshigin had an affair with Ji samurai, but Uesugi Terutora had some feeling, but the only thing that could be sure was Takeda Shingen, that beast.

Uesugi Terutoro understands that the child in her womb is not Yoshiyin's eldest daughter.

Yoshigin's real eldest daughter was conceived by Takeda Shingen by despicable means during the days when he was imprisoned by Yantian City after the Battle of Kawanakajima.

Yoshigin was about to leave Kanto in autumn, and Uesugi Terotora hadn't yet shown his bosom at that time.For the time being, don't tell him about the child.

Uesugi Terutora, who is emotionally obsessed with cleanliness, wants to get rid of Takeda's daughter first, wash away Yoshiyin's shame, and then propose to him.

Yoshigin still doesn't know that he has an evil seed in the Takeda family, and Uesugi Terotora is not going 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.

Second, she and Takeda Shingen are both illegitimate daughters, and Takeda's daughter is the eldest daughter.

If Uesugi Terutora really gave birth to a daughter, then in order for her daughter to monopolize the benefits of the eldest daughter of Yoshihiko Shiba's blood, she must eliminate the hidden danger of Takeda's daughter.

This is her love for her daughter, and she does not allow her daughter's status to be threatened in any way.

The Shiba clan has become extinct, and Shiba Yoshigin revived the Shiba family as the first son, but achieved achievements beyond the clan.

Rather than saying that the current Shiba family is the continuation of the Shiba family, it is better to say that it is a new country laid down by Shiba Yoshigin himself.

Although the samurai pay more attention to family name than blood, but as the first Shiba Yoshigin, he has power and prestige far beyond that of ordinary family governors.With his affectionate character, he would never treat his offspring harshly.

Although Uesugi Terutora didn't think Shiba Yoshigin had any affection for that Takeda Shingen who insulted her, she was very afraid of that evil son of the Takeda family.

Just because it is impossible to determine how Yoshihiro Shiba will react to the existence of this evil species, it is better to hide it from him first and clean up the Takeda family.

Seeing the twinkling eyes of the two important ministers, Uesugi Terutora said decisively.

"You don't need to persuade me anymore, I've made up my mind, let's hide it from Jin Duodian first.

During this year, Uesugi's various departments have recharged their batteries, which should be enough for next year. "

Hearing that Uesugi Terutora had the idea of ​​using swords again, Honjo was taken aback and said.

"Your Highness, the Kamakura Palace has an imperial order, and there is no war in Kanto."

She clearly said it was Ashikaga Yoshiji, but in fact she was alluding to Shiba Yoshigin.Now the entire Kanbashu land is surrounded by the politically correct atmosphere of the Kanto without war, and even the Hojo family seems to be at peace.

The Mogami family and the Osaki family far away in Ou also used this excuse to invite reinforcements from Shimoetsu, which made Date Masamune disgraced.

Terutora Uesugi said that he wanted to fight next year, but Honjo really had to persuade him, because it was really inconvenient to fight at this time.

Naoe Ketsuna also said.

"Your Highness, there has been a severe drought in the Kanto region for three years, and the various places in Echigo have income from the commercial routes of the Hokuriku Road, so life is relatively easy.

However, all parts of Guanbazhou have been reduced to human tragedies, and [-]% or [-]% of the harvest is considered good. In some places where the land is barren, the harvest is almost zero.

It is precisely because of this that the Guan Yashu samurai warmly supported Shiba's new ideas of peaceful development of Jindadian, and everyone really didn't want to fight. "

Naoe Keitsuna also gave a round-the-clock admonition, not wanting Uesugi Terutora to be confused.

Fighting is the most expensive thing to do.

It takes two stones of grain to raise an ashigaru for a year, and that's still half-starved.When the war starts, the food has to be doubled, otherwise people will be exhausted to sudden death.

Wanshi's territory only maintains a reserve team, two hundred foot light, forty or fifty Ji warriors.It's okay for ashigaru to take care of food, but warrior Ji needs salary, knowledge and action, and rewards for winning, all of which are costs.

Even if it is the land tax of six lords and four people, the annual harvest of the Wanshi territory is only [-] shi, and it may not be enough to fight a hundred days of battle, and it is necessary to mobilize troops and consume labor.

If on a good day, everyone went out to grab food, land, and men, that would be fine.

But now the land of Guanbashu is so poor that it will be used as pants. Is the war going to grab the territory or send warmth?
Shiba Yoshiyin also forbade the Echigo samurai family to go to Guanbashu to rob grain. After the land was settled, they still had to take care of the food. After the land became richer, the landlord's family in the disaster year didn't have much surplus food, so they couldn't afford such waste.

Not to mention the political correctness of the Kanto without war, the economic account is also a real loss-making business.Naoe Keitsuna is in charge of the public, and is in charge of the money bag of the Uesugi family, of course he is unwilling.

Uesugi Terutora shook her head, she naturally understood the persuasion of the two important ministers.

"You have misunderstood, I am not going to use troops against Guan Yashu, but to crusade against the unrighteous Takeda family.

Takeda Shingen's desires are hard to fill. I tolerated her when she invaded the Shinano country, and Jintaden even helped her get the post of guardian of Shinano from the Kyoto shogunate.

But what about her?Still greedy, he failed the good intentions of Jindaden, and went to attack the Suruga country, messing up the Tōkaidō.

How can I tolerate this kind of untrustworthy, unrighteous scum who wreaks havoc in Kanto!

At the beginning, I formed an alliance with Hojo Ujiyasu to jointly fight against this traitor, but it is a pity that Hojo Ujiyasu died of illness later, which delayed the matter.

However, it is said that the Hojo clan government also hated this thief deeply, and has already contacted Oda Tokugawa, intending to attack the Takeda family.

Since I have an agreement with the Hojo family, why can't I get a share of it? "

Honjo Shino and Naoe Ketsuna were both taken aback, the lord turned out to be extremely vicious today, full of benevolence and morality, full of black and shameless belly.

At the beginning, I gave Takeda Shingen the guardianship of Shinano, and gave her salt and her daily necessities. I just begged him to fight the Suruga country and split the three alliances of Imagawa Takeda Hojo.

Now that the Suruga country has been conquered, Terotora Uesugi turns his face and refuses to recognize anyone, and wants to use this reason to attack the Takeda family, isn't it a bit too shameless?
Naoe Ketsuna hesitated and said.

"Beixin's business route, Jinduo Temple has not long ago issued a strict order not to be cut off."

What she meant was that Yoshihiro Shiba wanted to maintain harmony with the Takeda family and maintain strategic pressure on the Hojo family.

Terutora Uesugi joined forces with the Hojo clan, and even Oda Tokugawa to engage the Takeda family, which did not conform to Shiba Yoshiyin's strategic conception.

Uesugi Terutora said lightly.

"Zinda Den will leave Kanto after autumn."

Benzhuang actually smiled wryly.

"Jin Duodian has temporarily left, but the Guandong Chamberlain is still there. The Standing Council will not allow us to deviate from Jin Duodian's strategic intentions."

After hearing her words, Terutor Uesugi had a strange expression on his face, and said slowly.

"I'm sure, Shimakatsu and Yamanaka Yukimori, they will support me in the crusade against Takeda."