different warring states of japan

Chapter 296 Decisive
Hosokawa Motochang is also at a loss, the Ashikaga family can't hold on anymore, what should the Izumi Hosokawa family do.

The local powerful faction of the shogunate, before the war, was the Kawachi Hatakeyama family and the Izumi Hosokawa family standing side by side, as the relatives who most supported the Ashikaga family's rule of the shogunate.

Now the Hatakeyama family is in a state of collapse, leaving only about [-] shi of Zhiling scattered across Hanoi in the north and south, lingering on their last legs.

The Izumi Hosokawa family received strong support from the Shiba family, and took back the entire Izumi territory, which was also devastated.

Miyoshi's family is not a fool, if you can't get it, it will be ruined.Hequan was burned and looted, and his vitality was seriously injured.

And the Sanyuan family's newly acquired land of Beihanoi is the main battlefield of this recent war, and it's not much better.

Hosokawa Moto was often haggard and unavoidably shaken.

In the martial arts society, one fears authority but does not fear morality, and if one does not have enough strength, one is a fool, and everyone can be bullied by it.

If Izumi was lost this time, the Hosokawa family would have been thrown into the abyss.

Thinking of this, I think of Shiba Yoshigin who pulled the Hosokawa family out of the quagmire.

She was still thinking, but Hosokawa Fujitaka brought it up first.

"Mother, have you ever heard the rumors from Kyoto?"

Moto Hosokawa knew what she wanted to say, but he didn't want to answer.

"There are all kinds of rumors in Beijing every day, and they are disturbing one after another. Who knows if they are true or not."

Hosokawa Fujitaka's eyes were fixed, knowing that his mother was avoiding and didn't want to mention this matter.

Both of them knew in their hearts that the capital was chaotic, but there were not many things related to the Hosokawa family.

As a veteran aristocrat and a powerful local faction, the Izumi Hosokawa family never participated in the entanglement of the Kyoto vassals, and the Mibuchi family came forward to mediate.

Her family only needs to be loyal to the Ashikaga family, and the management of the place is more important than the intrigue in Kyoto.

It's just this matter, Hosokawa Fujitaka had to mention it.

"There are rumors in Beijing that the general intends to elevate the Shiba family's family status and return to the three-management leader's family."

Hosokawa Motochang frowned slightly.

If it was before, she expressed the meaning of refusing to communicate, Hosokawa Fujitaka would definitely keep silent.

Even if we talk about it in the future, we will pick the right time and mention it tactfully.

But today, she ignored her attitude and strongly expressed her intention to continue to her mother and the family supervisor.

Ever since the mother and daughter met Shiba Yoshigin, Hosokawa Fujitaka has undergone some slight changes.

She seemed to have doubts about her mother's ability to judge, not as blindly as before.

Moto Hosokawa is often in a complicated mood. Every mother hopes that her daughter will be successful, but often the performance of being successful is disobeying herself.

Shiba Yoshigin is very good, but is it so good that you resent my mother?

To be honest, Hosokawa Motosung also had regrets in his heart.

If I knew Shiba Yoshigin was so fierce, I should have acquiesced in Mibuchi Haruto and let Fujitaka marry him.

At that time, Yoshihiro Shiba was isolated and helpless, and it was the time for the two sides to form a bond.

But out of environmental considerations, she stopped Haruyu Mibuchi, because Shiba Yoshigin was too staunch and didn't seem like a good son-in-law for the Hosokawa family.

Who knows, extraordinary people do extraordinary things.

In just half a year, the Shiba family has swelled to become the leader of the local power faction, and they even pulled in the Hosokawa Mibuchi family.

This silly little sister of Sanyuan Qingyuan is really lucky. She kindly helped the bereaved son of an old friend, and she actually got a relationship with such a shocking talent.

My clever older sister survived this calamity only by relying on my younger sister's blessing, it's really embarrassing to think about it.

Moto Hosokawa has a complicated attitude towards Yoshiyin Shiba. Although he reluctantly agreed to Mibuchi Hosokawa's alliance with the three families of Shiba, he is emotionally estranged.

Akechi Mitsuhide's vision is vicious, and he grasped the entry point of Mibuchi's family from the very beginning, leaving Hosokawa Motochang helpless.

With Mibuchi's family around, it is necessary to talk about feelings in the alliance. This is the trouble that Hosokawa Motochang has.

She intends to turn the three alliances into an alliance of interests, get together if you have something to do, and clean up the door if you have nothing to do, and at most be more polite when meeting.

But Yoshihiro Shiba took advantage of his sophistication to hold the Mibuchi family tightly.

It is necessary to squeeze into the real circle of Hosokawa Mibuchi, so that the three families can become a community of destiny where public and private cannot be distinguished.

It's not that Hosokawa Motocho doesn't accept Shiba Yoshigin's affection, but just expresses vigilance to Shiba's family.

The local power faction and the shogunate are two parallel lines of the shogunate, and there is no intersection.

The Izumi Hosokawa family sent their adopted daughter to the Sanbuchi family, and returned to the Hosokawa family with the adopted daughter of the Sanbuchi family, two moves.

It took decades of painstaking efforts to tie up the Sanyuan family, a martial family that was not strong among the vassals, but could be considered usable.

Hosokawa Mibuchi, one outside and one inside, and the cooperation with each other is the reason why Izumi Hosokawa's family got along like ducks in water in the shogunate.

Now that the Shiba family is trying to squeeze in through the recent battles, how will the Izumi Hosokawa family continue to manipulate the Mibuchi family.

To put it more utilitarianly, the Mibuchi family is the puppet of the Izumi Hosokawa family among the vassals, a tool for easing.

With the Sanbuchi family standing in front of them, Izumi Hosokawa's family has a way to ease their attitude and exchange opinions when doing anything and conflicting with any vassals.

There is no problem with the three alliances, but if the Sibo family continues to penetrate and truly become the three as one, then who will be the head?

The Izumi Hosokawa family has painstakingly managed the layout for decades, just to let the Shiba family pick peaches?

Seeing his mother's silence, Hosokawa Fujitaka frowned.

"Mother, the general said a few days ago that Shiba is loyal and can be entrusted to Sakamoto Castle.

Recently, it has been rumored that Sibo Zong will be awarded the family status.

The wind is not right. "

Hosokawa Motochang replied lightly.

"There is nothing wrong with being honored and favored."

Hosokawa Fujitaka looked at his mother carefully, and said slowly.

"Mother, the Ashikaga family is dying, and I want to use the Shiba family to bring them back to life."

Moto Hosokawa scolded angrily.

"Bold! Who allows you to slander Mr. Gongfang like this!"

Hosokawa Fujitaka said disappointedly.

"Mother, our three families are an alliance, our lips are dead and our teeth are cold."

Hosokawa Moto often raised his eyebrows upside down.

"Hosokawa Fujitaka, you have to know that you are the young master of the Hosokawa family, and you have to consider the pros and cons from the Hosokawa family's standpoint."

Hosokawa remained expressionless.

"At the beginning, Sanyuan's mother wanted me to form a relationship with him, but you refused on the basis of Hosokawa.

Later, he took five Ji warriors to Iga, and I did not dissuade him for Hosokawa's standpoint.

Now that the Ashikaga family wants to swallow the Shiba family and continue their own family fortune, you still want me to consider Hosokawa's position.

Was he running for the Hosokawa Mibuchi family just to form an alliance with the Hosokawa family, a selfish samurai who only knew their own position? "

Hosokawa Moto often became angry from embarrassment.

"Hosokawa Fujitaka, get the hell out of here!"

Ignoring his mother's murderous eyes, Hosokawa Fujitaka slowly raised his teacup and drank it down.

"Mother, the Hosokawa family is not your Hosokawa family alone, and you are not absolutely right.

Mibuchi's mother and I agree that the Hosokawa Mibuchi family needs the Shiba family.

We are willing to accept the Shiba family and share weal and woe.

Not your kind of alliance, in troubled times, we need true friends, the kind that will never leave. "

Mototsu Hosokawa's face turned pale with anger.

The governor of Sanyuan and the young master Hosokawa were both dissatisfied with her actions, and she suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

Softly persuaded.

"Tengxiao, don't be stupid, you and him are no longer possible.

The general took a fancy to him and suppressed him with his fame.

As long as he still has the inheritance of the Shiba family in his heart, he cannot escape. "

Hosokawa Fujitaka stood up, walked out of the tea room, looked back at the moment when the door was closed, and looked at his mother with burning eyes.

"He won't give in, I understand him, he is not the kind of weak man who can be manipulated by others.

Maybe I can't get him, it's because I'm stupid, I didn't insist on myself at the beginning, and I'm at your mercy.

I regret it, I really do.

This time, I will never give up.Even if I lose, I have to lose clearly and never back down. "

(End of this chapter)