different warring states of japan

Chapter 2097 The Ashikaga Family Disappeared Silently

After reading the letter, Kousaka Masanobu remained silent, not knowing what to say for a moment.

She is Takeda Shingen's beloved lover, and also his doppelganger who protects his daughter. Her mission in staying with Takeda Yoshinobu is to serve as the last insurance.

If anything happened to Takeda Shingen, Kousaka Masanobu would take advantage of the saint's closeness to him to inherit Takeda Shingen's will and assist Takeda Yoshinobu in successfully inheriting the Takeda family.

Therefore, Takeda Shingen never concealed his views and plans for Kanto from Kosaka Masanobu, and even explained them to her in detail to prevent her from making a misjudgment.

Kousaka Masanobu made a misjudgment and it was his own daughter who suffered. Takeda Shingen would naturally not do such a stupid thing.

Therefore, although Kousaka Masanobu had been following Takeda Yoshinobu around in recent years, he was actually very clear about the changes in the political situation in Kanto.

The saint also understood the tacit understanding between Takeda Shingen and Kousaka Masanobu.

Rather than saying that the sage was seeking the advice of Kousaka Masanobu, it would be more accurate to say that the sage wanted to refer to the wisdom of Takeda Shingen.

Takeda Shingen was not as brutal and ferocious as Uesugi Kenshin in fighting, but when it came to strategizing, she was a hundred times better than Uesugi Kenshin because of her good calculations.

The sage's attitude is so direct that Kousaka Masanobu will not be able to hide it. If he appears to be too selfish, the sage will be disappointed in Takeda Shingen and himself, which will not be worth the loss.

Kosaka Masanobu said.

“His Majesty Takeda did discuss with me a little about the future of the Kanto Shogun.

His Highness once said in a letter that the Kanto Shogun was more sensible of current affairs and was far more reliable than the impoverished Shogun who fled Kyoto.

Rather than letting the Ashikaga Shogun act recklessly, it would be better to let the Kanto Shogun succeed the Ashikaga Shogunate and inherit the orthodoxy of the previous Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Of course, when His Majesty Takeda mentioned this, General Ashikaga had not yet suffered divine punishment, nor did he know that the General of Kanto had already decided to abdicate. "

Yiyin touched his chin.

"Let Ashikaga Yoshiuji inherit Ashikaga Yoshiteru's lineage..."

The rulers of a world dominated by women are different from the rulers of a world dominated by men. They need to give birth to their own children one by one.

As long as the male rulers who are respected by men are in good health, they can reap a lot by sowing seeds at will.

No matter how hard a female-dominated ruler tries, the gains will be limited, after all, there is a limit to the number of children one can have in a lifetime.

This difference resulted in far fewer branch families in samurai families with female leaders than in samurai families with male leaders. The Ashikaga family is a clear example of this.

The Ashikaga family, in a male-dominated world, has many branches, which adds a lot of confusion to the power struggle.

However, the female Ashikaga shoguns had fewer children and fewer branches, which limited the choice of heirs.

The first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji, had few descendants.

The Ashikaga Shogun family, the eldest of the line, was stationed in Kyoto and ruled the country. The other daughter went to Kamakura in Kanto and became the Kanto Shogun, ruling over the ten provinces in Kanto.

Originally, it was thought that the two Ashikaga families were of the same blood and could support each other, which would be a good opportunity to secure their rule over the world.

But Ashikaga Takauji was still thinking too much. There were many conflicts between Kanto and Kansai, and they had disliked each other since ancient times. How could everything go smoothly?

The Ashikaga family of Kamakura was based in Kanto and was supported by the Kanto samurai, so naturally they had the idea of ​​competing with the Ashikaga Shogun in Kyoto.

The two Ashikaga families were at odds with each other, and the sisters were at odds with each other, and eventually the situation got out of control.

According to Takeda Shingen's idea, she actually had the idea of ​​letting Ashikaga Yoshiuji of the Kamakura Ashikaga family inherit the Ashikaga Shogunate and replace Ashikaga Yoshiaki's orthodoxy. Thinking about it carefully, this method is really feasible.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru died suddenly and his successor was never announced. Ashikaga Yoshiaki actually escaped from the temple and returned to secular life, claiming to be the legitimate daughter of Ashikaga.

If it weren't for Sasaki Yoshikin and Oda Nobunaga backing Ashikaga Yoshiaki, it would be unlikely that the military families in the world would recognize her as a wild nun who appeared out of nowhere, and it would be even more difficult for her to ascend the throne in Kyoto.

Ashikaga Yoshiuji was the Shogun of Kanto who succeeded to the throne through formal procedures at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, and her status and position were unquestionable.

Therefore, if the Ashikaga Shogunate died out, it would make sense for the Kamakura Ashikaga family to take over as the legitimate successor.

According to the rules of the samurai family, Ashikaga Yoshiuji was allowed to recognize Ashikaga Yoshiteru as his mother and inherit the main family as an adopted daughter, which was legitimate.

This would deprive Ashikaga Yoshiaki of his legitimate identity and kick aside this foolish general who failed to understand the situation and ran to the west to play with himself.

But now, Ashikaga Yoshiaki is dead, and Ashikaga Yoshiuji has requested to remove the Ashikaga character in his surname. It is too late to talk about Ashikaga Yoshiuji inheriting the Ashikaga Shogunate.

Yiyin sighed.

"Time has passed, so let's not talk about it."

Kousaka Masanobu laughed.

"That's not necessarily the case."

"Oh?"

"Since General Ashikaga Yoshiaki is dead, there is no obstacle for the Kanto Shogun to inherit the Ashikaga Shogunate.

The sage will never forget the kindness of the previous generals, and the fact that the previous Taoist tradition has been cut off and there is no one to worship them is always a concern for the sage.

Why not invite the Kanto Shogun to succeed him, and choose a beautiful place with clear water and mountains, give him a title to rest in, remove the two characters Ashikaga, and give him a surname, so that he is a relative of Shiba. What do you think, sage?"

Yiyin felt a little dizzy after hearing this, and when he came to his senses, the look he gave Kousaka Masanobu was a little different.

This seemingly honest and mature lady is not a good person at heart. Her move is to uproot the Ashikaga family.

Let Ashikaga Yoshiuji become the adopted daughter of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and inherit the Ashikaga Shogunate, and the Kamakura Ashikaga family will become extinct.

Just like when Kenshin Uesugi inherited the Yamanouchi Uesugi family, the Fuchu Nagao family became extinct.

The military family values ​​family reputation, but the retainers are very welcome to the idea of ​​a lower-ranking family inheriting the inheritance of a higher-ranking family. This is like a company reorganization; everyone has a better future, so there is naturally no reason to object.

Therefore, if the extinction of the Kamakura Ashikaga family was due to the inheritance of the Ashikaga Shogunate, then no one can say anything bad about it.

After all, people always strive for higher positions. The Ashikaga clan in Kamakura wanted to do this more than a hundred years ago, but they were unable to defeat the Ashikaga shogunate and failed to rob it.

From the moment Ashikaga Yoshiuji became the adopted daughter of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and inherited the Ashikaga Shogunate, the Kamakura Ashikaga family naturally became extinct.

As long as no one steps forward to inherit the Ashikaga family of Kamakura, their hereditary Kanto Shogunate will naturally be gone. If Yoshigin is not clear about the situation, the influence of the Kanto Shogun, the supreme leader of Kanto for two hundred years, will be wiped out.

Without the Shogun of Kanto, the system of the Ten Provinces of Kanto under the hereditary rule of the Shogun would no longer exist, and the special political status of Koga Domain as the imperial residence of the Shogun of Kanto would no longer exist.

Ashikaga Yoshiuji only inherited the lineage of Ashikaga Yoshiteru. She was not the Ashikaga Shogun and did not go through the procedure of inheriting the Ashikaga Shogun. So she was just an ordinary head of the Ashikaga family.

As a result, the Ashikaga Shogun and the Kwantung Shogun, the two most politically influential pillars of the Ashikaga shogunate's ruling system, disappeared silently.

Since the world had no ruler, it was natural and beyond reproach for Shiba to succeed the Kawachi Genji.