Pillars of the Wu family

With the rapprochement between the shogunate and the Miyoshi family, the imperial court made rewards for meritorious works. First of all, Konoe Haruji, who presided over the collegiality, was transferred to be the second minister of the left. However, the imperial court greatly recognized Konoe Harutsu.

In a sense, Konoe Haruji was the biggest winner in this war, because his two righteous brothers Ashikaga Yoshito and Kira Yoshitoki performed well, and the shogunate they represented achieved an epic victory. The in-law relationship between the Konoe family and the Ashikaga Yoshito, as well as the marriage contract between Yoshito Kira and the daughter of the Konoe family, it is not surprising that the imperial court reciprocated to enhance the influence of the Konoe family.

Then there is Ashikaga Yoshito, the official of the shogunate finally promoted to the official rank, and the left middle general who served as a councilor for many years was promoted to the three right-handed Nayan and the right guard general. The authority and status of the shogunate have been fully recognized by the court, at least he can die with him His father, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, had the same official rank when he was alive, which is also a sign of the increasing authority of the shogunate.

Then the next reward is the greatest hero of the collegiate meeting, Ji Liangyishi, who was promoted to the fourth rank of the left soldier guard. With his promotion to the fourth rank at the young age of only 12 years old, he can already catch up with the promotion speed of the minister's family lineage. Of course, this also aroused the envy and jealousy of many people, not only the reputation in the shogunate, but also the reputation in the imperial court is also rising, becoming a well-known samurai in the country.

The shogunate wanted to offer something to reward Kira Yoshitoshi, but they had no choice but to be shy in their pockets. They had some money and kept thinking about forming an army directly under them. Ashikaga Yoshito immediately said that in a few years, Kira Yoshitoshi would be the honorary officer. He is a deputy general in nature, perhaps it is this kind of empty promise that makes him a little sorry.Later, he was allowed to use the Ashikaga Nibiri Ryomon flag seal, which is the same as the Ashikaga Shogun's family.It is tantamount to the full recognition by the shogunate of the special status of the Ashikaga family.

After the war, the Kira family was in a state of turmoil.The excessive number of wounded soldiers filled all the medical centers in Kyoto, and the Kira family urgently dispatched doctors from Sakamoto to help treat the wounded soldiers. In addition to the 5000 kan coins given by Miyoshi Changqing, the Kira army also used the three battles Obtained during random arrests, there are 530 and [-] pairs of complete armor and military equipment, more than [-] well-made long handles, and [-] three Ozhou war horses, equivalent to about [-] guan.

To reward meritorious ministers.The Kira family simply took out all the ransom money from the Miyoshi family to reward the three armies. The 300 pennies were distributed to 5 people on average, with an average of less than 3 pennies per person. , each ashigaru can be allocated [-] kan money, even if the money is small, it is enough to make them feel satisfied.

Pick out the best [-] sets of armor and weapons and seal them up. In this way, there are [-] sets of complete sets of weapons and equipment in the Kira family's inventory. These weapons only need to be taken out to dry, and then repaired and painted with matching paint. color can continue to be used.The amount of armed equipment is also a benchmark for measuring the military strength of a samurai family. The Kira family belongs to the powerful daimyo who do not need to bring their own weapons and equipment.

As long as there are enough elite soldiers.Then you can pull up a terrifying army, and other equipment will be handed over to the pipa house for sale. This large amount of equipment is beyond the reach of ordinary merchants and daimyos, and daimyos in Kinai, such as the Liujiao family, do not have an urgent need for military expansion. Obviously, only the Miyoshi family who was seriously injured.

As soon as this batch of equipment was launched, it was packed up and eaten by the royal businessman of Sanhao Family, and he did not hesitate to pay a high price of 3 guan for this, so that the pension will be available, and 3 guan will not be left. All the widows of the more than 700 war dead will be shared. On average, each widow of the deceased will receive ten pennies.

Such a high proportion of pensions is even higher than the rewards of living people, but there is no voice of opposition in the entire Kira family. Everyone is from the village and it is not easy to serve as a soldier for the lord. If you die on the battlefield for no reason , the family’s wives and children are not settled, the best result is to remarry someone else, the less self-reliant struggles below the poverty line, and the worse is only family ruin.

But no matter how it is calculated, it is a loss. This is the reason why there are high-level battles in the Warring States Period. Ashigaru can’t focus on nothing. When fighting, the first thing is to think about how to survive. People are selfish and they are afraid of themselves. Once you die, your whole family will be gone, so run slower when charging, stay back when fighting, turn around and run when encountering headwinds, and finally become the culprit for the destruction of thousands of miles of dams by ant nests.

The biggest effect of the high pension is to allow these people to charge bravely. They don’t have to be afraid that their wives and children will not be found after death. Even if your wife remarries someone else, your son will inherit your blood when he grows up. The son of a samurai can be allowed to recover. Family name, it doesn’t matter if farmers don’t have Miao characters for their surnames.

These mourning widows will soon welcome their new husbands. The newly recruited samurai and ronin come from Kinai, Omi, and Mikawa countries. As long as they pass the strict review of the Kira Household Fujian, they will be included in the reserve team for three months. After training, they are qualified to take the lead in marrying wives. The temptation to marry a wife is too great. You must know that in the Warring States Period, ordinary people rarely got married before the age of 26. If they can marry a wife, they will become farmers. motivation.

These widows not only satisfy their desire to marry wives, but also the adopted sons of the widows can also solve the problem of the heirs of these bachelors. The Wu family also has a family inheritance competition, so it doesn't matter between farmers. Being alone is much stronger.

The remarriage of the widows of the war dead and their acceptance by new samurai has also become a rule in the Kira family. The original intention of this rule is to take care of the families of the dead and guard against being robbed and bullied by wild ambushis and bandits wandering in the countryside. This policy is regarded by Kinai as a good policy. Many big names, including the Liujiao family, followed suit. Of course, the Kira family who initiated the crime had the best reputation, after all, only he was willing to pay a high pension.

Both the shogunate and the Miyoshi family stopped, only Rokkaku Yoshiken clamored to continue revenge, and went to the shogunate to discuss revenge with Ashikaga Yoshito. Can Ashikaga Yoshito agree?Nominally, Harumoto Hosokawa was one of the conditions for the peace talks.

In fact, it was Ashikaga Yoshito who kicked him out, in order to let Rokkaku Yoshiken continue to trouble Miyoshi's family and share the excess pressure with the shogunate.So in the face of Liujiao Yixian's proposal.Ashikaga Yoshito kept complaining.There are no soldiers and no food, and the people who have just finished fighting the battle must not be in a hurry to go to war, so if they don't get the answer they want, Liujiao Yixian can only leave angrily.

He went to Takamasa Hatakeyama of the Hatakeyama family in Hanoi, and tried to persuade him to join in the great cause of resisting Miyoshi's family, but he was rejected on the spot. Yoshihide Rokkaku couldn't understand, and asked: "Why did Takayaden refuse? Miyoshi Changqing Harmony with the shogunate. It is necessary to attack other countries in Kinai. Tanba must be the first, and Hanoi is bound to be among them. What's more, Gao Yadian fought against Miyoshi Changqing last year, and he has long hated him. If Takaya You can't make preparations early, it will be too late to regret later..."

"Don't tell me this! I was deceived by someone, and I'm very sad now, don't tell me anything!" Hatakeyama Takamasa covered his head and ignored his words, which almost made Rokkaku Yoshiken go crazy.

"... Gao Wudian just said that he was deceived? What's going on?"

"Because His Royal Highness lied to me! This is what Matsunaga Tanseiden of the Miyoshi family told me..." Hatakeyama Takamasa finally found a suitable object of complaint.Then Barabala sprayed out Song Yongxiu's persuasion and a bunch of complaints.

"What? Takayaden believed what Song Yongxiu said?"

"What? He's right, why don't I believe him?" Hatakeyama Takamasa looked at him suspiciously.The heart says you will not be stupid.

"You red deer! Look at me! You are stupid and you suspect that others are as stupid as you?" Liujiao Yixian seemed to spit on this guy, but fortunately he was well-mannered and endured it. I find it incredible, first of all, he dares to believe what Miyoshi Changqing's confidant minister said, no matter how true the words are, he can only say that this guy is stupid.

He didn't expect the government of the shogunate to be so smart, and the promise to be in charge is indeed very tempting. If it wasn't for his brother-in-law and nephew, even Yoshihide Rokkaku would have to consider whether he could help this guy .

It seems that this Hatakeyama Takamasa is quite easy to deceive, Rokkaku Yoshiken thought of how to deceive him back, so he said against his conscience: "That guy Hosokawa Harumoto has been locked up, and now the new leader of the shogunate is Hosokawa Utsuna, the former lackey of the Hatakeyama family, if you defeat Miyoshi Changqing, the position of leader will really be yours."

Liujiao Yixian made a heartbroken expression and said: "So His Royal Highness did not lie to Gao Yadian! It is indeed Gao Yadian who mistaken Matsu Yongxiu! You must know that Song Yongxiu is Miyoshi Changqing's confidant and important minister. He What you said must have an ulterior motive! The intention was to drive a wedge between the Hatakeyama family and the shogunate, and Takaya was deceived by the Miyoshi family!"

"What? I was cheated by Matsunaga Hideo? Could it be that I misunderstood His Royal Highness?" Once Hatakeyama Takamasa heard that Ashikaga Yoshito hadn't lied to him, he couldn't calm down at once. He was needed most by the Shogunate and His Royal Highness. He chose to stand on the sidelines and miss the best opportunity to help the shogunate. How much self-blame and remorse he felt in his heart, and he hated Matsunaga Hideo who deceived him even more.

"Damn Miyoshi Changqing, hateful Matsunaga Hideo! I, Takamasa, remember you all!" Hatakeyama Takamasa vented his pent-up anger, and immediately summoned his retainers to say that he would send an envoy to Kyoto to apologize to the shogunate. After a long time, I remembered that Liujiao Yixian was still waiting patiently, and hurriedly asked: "What should we do now?"

"Don't worry! Miyoshi Changqing is an enemy that is not easy to deal with. What Takayaden has to do is to persuade all the retainers to support you." Liujiao Yixian continued to fool: "Once Sanzhu takes Danba, he will turn around and invade the old enemy. Hanoi country, presumably Hanoi people still remember the war at the Relic Temple? Speaking of which, the people of Hanoi have a life-and-death enmity with Mihao’s family, and with Sanhao Changqing’s character of vengeance, they will definitely come back with revenge!”

Hatakeyama Takamasa suddenly became excited, waving his arms and said loudly: "Yes! It's so right! Miyoshi Changqing will not let us go! It is absolutely impossible not to beat Miyoshi's family!"

"And the descendants of the Hatakeyama family must not be willing to lose their power? Even if Sanzhuyi surrendered and kept the security, he would inevitably be stuffed into the Miyoshi family's retainers to intervene in various domestic affairs and cut off power. How can it compare with the genealogy inherited by the previous generation? The old Dai family’s status is stable? Please be sure to clarify this point with Ami Mi, Tange Beichu and Yusagawachi, as long as they say that, they will definitely support Takayaden’s decision!"

Hatakeyama Takamasa patted his chest and assured: "Oh! I, Gaozheng, understand! Please don't worry, Jingzhaodian, my Hatakeyama family is united, and I will definitely overthrow Miyoshi and help the shogunate!"

"Hmph! Isn't it a bit late to shout this slogan now?" Liujiao Yixian continued with a smile while cursing: "The next step is to find a strong ally, such as the Liujiao family where Yixian lives, my father Ding Lai As the leader of the shogunate, I have made great contributions to the old Wansongyuan. Who knows that Miyoshi Changqing actually took the leader of the shogunate today. It is really unbearable! Therefore, I, Yoshihide, would like to defeat Sanzhu with the last ally of Takayaden. In the future, the leader will return to the Gaowu Palace, and I, Yixian, will be the representative of the leader. Wouldn't it be a joy for you and me to divide the three lands equally?"

"That's right! Divide the territory of Sanzhu equally, Settsu, Izumi, and Tanba... That's right! There are also Awaji, Awa, and Sanuki! As long as these countries are divided up, my Hatakeyama family can restore the glory of our ancestors! Hahaha... ..." Hatakeyama Takamasa was attracted by the beautiful picture he painted, and couldn't help but start lusting.

"...cough cough!" Yoshihide Liujiao almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. It was still out of the question to beat Miyoshi's family. He Hatakeyama Takamasa dared to calculate the territory of Shikoku, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Anyway, last year Takaya Palace was just beaten. After a battle, I need to recuperate, and Sanzhu is also hiding in Settsu and can’t hold out. This year is not a good opportunity to send troops, and everything will wait until next year. Before that, what I have to do is to recuperate, build cities, and train the army. Get ready for next year's battle!"

"Well! I, Takamasa, understand! Please rest assured, Jingzhaodian, my Hatakeyama family will definitely be able to do it!" Hatakeyama Takamasa felt that it was very reasonable, and left in a hurry with these strategies.

Liujiao Yixian got up and left Gaowu City with a smile on his face, but he sneered in his heart: "Fortunately, Hatakeyama Gaozheng is a fool, so he gave me a chance to use his strategy! Everyone said that I was secretly stupid. I am a hero of Yixian's generation. Where is Asai What can the likes of Hisamasa and Harumichi Hatano compare to? Hmph! Just wait, Miyoshi Changqing!"

Not to mention that although his brain is not easy to control, his execution ability is really strong, and he solved the problem of the Hanoi people in less than half a month. For this reason, Tange Beichu Morichi went to Kitakii to do the work of the local people. The Tsutsui family from the Yamato country that cooperated last year was also brought in. The Hatakeyama family and the Tsutsui family became allies to watch each other, and they can mobilize the people of the Yamato country in the future. It is not clear what price the Hatakeyama family will pay for this.

When Yoshishi Kira returned to Sakamoto Castle, Shiga and Takashima counties had already had a bumper harvest when he fought together. Due to the timely fertilization and weeding, this year's grain production increased by more than [-]% on average compared to previous years. They are basically high-yield areas in the plains, so the income from the autumn harvest is also extraordinarily large. (to be continued..)