different warring states of japan

Chapter 2032 Date Masamune is a good boy

Yiyin rushed all the way back to Duowen Mountain City. He had been pondering over the details of the reform and innovation over the past few days. Now that he had revealed everything, he felt a little tired.

He first sent away Ii Naomasa, Maeda Toshiyuki and others, and then simply lay down on the main seat and closed his eyes to rest.

It was not until the sun set that Yiyin slowly opened his eyes.

The winter dusk came early and the room had already darkened. The servants on the side were lighting lamps, while Date Masamune was still sitting respectfully at the bottom.

Yiyin glanced at the sickly beauty in her youth and spoke softly.

"You've been running around with me all this time, you've been tired, go and have a rest."

Date Masamune coughed lightly and smiled.

"It is my blessing to be able to serve the saint, so there is no need to talk about hardship.

But I am not blessed enough to stay with the saint all year round. I have many things to do and will have to leave in a few days."

Yiyin looked at the weak and sickly-looking girl and knew that she was actually gentle on the outside but strong on the inside, ambitious at heart, and definitely not a good person.

How could a Wu family daimyo who was accused of murdering his mother and even despised by his father to the point of returning to his father's home be a good person?

Although Date Masamune behaves as obediently as a cat in front of Yoshigin, in the eyes of the Oshu take family, this sick tiger is a real cannibal.

But even though she was so hypocritical, she was still Yigin's woman. She served in Kanto and Kinki twice, and her body was so flexible that it was rare in the world.

Even Uesugi Kenshin, who loved Yi Gin to death, would not be so self-deprecating.

But Yiyin just fell for it, and was willing to endure the pretended weakness and submissiveness, so that's what a man should be like, haha.

Date Masamune had been with Yoshigatsu these days, and now that he had said he was leaving, Yoshigatsu couldn't help but feel a little reluctant.

he asked softly.

"I heard that your father has moved back to live in your hometown?"

Date Masamune bowed.

"Thanks to the grace of God, my father finally sympathized with my difficulties and moved back."

The biggest reason why Date Masamune had a bad reputation in Oshu was the suspicion of matricide. As long as her father did not forgive her, outsiders would stir up trouble.

The Date family surrendered to the shogunate, replaced Osaki, and ruled Oshu for a hundred years, making marriages throughout the local area.

The Date Rebellion at that time can be said to be a smaller version of the Rebellion of the Eighth Shogun Ashikaga. It was also a group of relatives killing each other, and the internal consumption eventually benefited outsiders.

Date Masamune's mother was the one who revived the Date family. She restored the influence of the Date family with her kindness, still using the old method of relatives by marriage and the same clan.

Because of this, Date Masamune's notoriety for matricide was very troublesome. It was the most powerful weapon for the Oshu warriors to oppose her and divide the Date camp.

However, this political abscess that had been giving Date Masamune a splitting headache finally saw a turning point as the Shiba forces entered the Ou region.

First of all, facing the expansion of the Kanto Samurai-sho, the two strongest samurai daimyo in southern Oshu, the Mogami and Date families, chose to reconcile.

The southern part of Oshu was originally an arena where daimyo such as Satake, Ashina, Date, and Mogami took turns to compete. However, as Satake was renamed by a saint and Ashina was destroyed, the Date and Mogami families came together.

The two families were originally in-laws. Mogami Yoshimitsu's younger brother married Date Masamune's mother. So Mogami Yoshimitsu was actually Date Masamune's aunt.

However, Date Masamune was obsessed with military expansion and offended Mogami Yoshimitsu to death. Eventually, Date Masamune's father resolutely returned to the Mogami family because of a suspected case of matricide, which completely tore apart the relationship between the two families.

But now, the Mogami and Date families chose to huddle together in the Kanto Samurai-sho Grand Council, and Date Masamune's father was persuaded by his sister and accepted Date Masamune's explanation.

  Furthermore, Date Masamune was also shameless, running to Edo Castle to serve the saint as a slave. Who else but Date Masamune, a daimyo with hundreds of thousands of koku, could do such a disgraceful thing?

But the saint fell for her trick and she actually moved the spoon onto the holy bed, which shocked countless people.

It was after this that Yoshimitsu Mogami persuaded his younger brother to return to the Date family and reconcile with Date Masamune and his daughter, completely clearing the political stain of Date Masamune's matricide.

So Date Masamune was not wrong when he said that she was blessed by the emperor. If she didn't have the support of the saint, her father might not have been willing to pay attention to this asshole daughter.

Yiyin nodded.

"Just be harmonious. There is no such thing as an overnight grudge between a father and a daughter. Go back and take good care of your father so that he can live out his days in peace."

Yiyin was speaking the truth. The biggest reason why he liked Mogami Yoshimitsu was not because of her amazing tongue skills, but because she was very good to her younger brother and son.

Although Date Masamune had a bad reputation outside, she had always been seeking her father's forgiveness, which was a rare warmth in such troubled times.

In troubled times, social order was in ruins, but the fact that there was still a glimmer of humanity in Mogami Date's heart made Yoshigane look at him with new eyes.

After Yoshigin finished asking about family affairs, Date Masamune rolled his eyes and spoke.

"As a foreign minister, I should take good care of my father and fulfill my filial duty.

The saints blessed Kanto, and the world and people's hearts gradually became peaceful. However, the Aizu Ashina family was in name only, and the local area was turbulent and always uneasy.

When I heard that Gamo Ujisato was going to divide the four counties of Aizu, I felt relieved, thinking that finally a capable person had come to suppress the local area.

Unfortunately, God is jealous of talented people. "

Yoshigane looked at Date Masamune who was sighing and regretting without any expression, and asked lightly.

"Why? You want to guard Aizu and help me with my work?"

Date Masamune quickly shook his head.

"Yonezawa, Fukushima, and Sendai are so vast that I cannot manage them all, so I had to bid farewell to the Saint and return to Kanto.

If the saint adds more burdens to me, my small shoulders will not be able to bear it. "

Yiyin wanted to laugh when he heard this.

At the beginning, Date Masamune was ambitious. Taking advantage of the fierce battle between Oda and Sasaki, he sent troops to Aizu, hoping to capture four counties in one fell swoop and open the gateway to the core area of ​​Kanto.

Satake Yoshishige was unwilling to be outdone, so he joined forces with the southern Oku samurai families and marched north, fighting with Date Masamune in Aizu. The battle was not fought until the Kanto Samurai army returned, which forced Date Masamune to stop.

At this moment, Date Masamune actually pretended to be a little girl with no ambition, which made Yoshigaki angry and amused, and he just laughed and scolded.

"If you have something to say, just say it. If you have something to fart, just fart. Don't give me that crap."

Date Masamune covered his mouth and laughed.

"No one is wiser than a sage. I, as an external minister, have the will but not the power. I have no intention of taking Aizu again.

However, the foreign ministers were worried about the chaos in Aizu and were willing to assist the Kanto Samurai Deputy Governor Sanada Nobushige to suppress Aizu and restore peace to the area.

Yigin narrowed his eyes, looked at Date Masamune with a sincere face, and remained silent in thought.

Gamo Ujisato died, and Yoshitsugu was heartbroken, but someone had to take care of the affairs in Aizu, and Yoshitsugu did intend to hand it over to Sanada Nobushige, and Date Masamune obviously also saw this.

Sanada Nobufusa had just given birth to a descendant of the God, so she should naturally take more responsibility for the Shiba regime, and her territory had always been a buffer zone in the strategy of the Yiyin.