Pillars of the Wu family

It may be that Kira Yoshitoki's proposal made him angry, and Nagao Jinghu continued to travel with his retainers. This is a second trip around Kinki. In his words, listening to the king is better than reading for ten years, so he wants to go out Walking around the beautiful mountains and rivers of Kinki, boating on the shore of Loquat Lake, reciting poems and composing poems, etc., it is right to digest his suggestions.

Yoshitoshi Kira didn't understand the relationship between traveling and reciting poems and composing Fu and digesting his suggestions, but he didn't dare to mess with this guy. This kind-looking young man was after all the Echigo Dragon who chose to eat people , Thinking of his sickly wife, he became troubled again.

Just when he was distressed by this, Konoe Seiji's sudden visit disrupted his rhythm, and the left minister of Guanbai almost knocked him out when he opened his mouth.

"I'm sorry Yoshitoki!" Konoe Harutsu said apologetically, "My sister's illness is difficult to recover, and I may not be able to complete the marriage contract with Yoshitoki!"

"What's the situation?" Ji Liangyi was stunned for a moment, and it took him a quarter of an hour to realize that he had encountered such a thing. The feeling in his heart was joy or bitterness: "I haven't figured out how to speak yet. Talking about the marriage contract, you suddenly said that you are not in good health and can’t fulfill the marriage contract? You are sleepy and give a pillow? Life is too hard to beat her? Or should you say that you are lucky? Or is your luck too bad? "

At this moment, he thought of several answers. He vaguely recalled that Ashikaga Yoshito had reminded Konoe Zekihime that she was in poor health earlier, and then recalled that Qu Naose Michizo had mentioned that there was a person with a very high status in Kyoto. The princess of the noble Gongqing's family is weak and sick from the womb. Whether she can live past the age of 20 depends on luck.Even if married, it is difficult to have children.

And a few days ago, Konoe Seiji suddenly left in a hurry.Then rumors spread about the princess's illness from the Konoe family.This was revealed after the news was intentionally blocked. It is really hard to say how sick it is. If it does not last until the marriage ceremony is held two years later, it will have a huge impact on the reputation of the Konoe family and the Kira family. blow.

Including Ashikaga Yoshito of the shogunate, he couldn't accept the result that his main wife died of illness before getting married. The woman who made the marriage contract died before getting married. What should the wife be called after she dies?How much harm will this cause to Kira Yoshitomo, and how much impact will it have on the Kira family and the shogunate?

The Konoe family will also be suspected of doing it deliberately.With so many relatives in the direct and collateral lines of the Konoe family, can't you choose a princess with both good health, morality and ability to marry Kira Yoshi?Why would you choose a sick young man who is about to die as your fiancé?How much damage will it cause to the Konoe family by then?

Don't forget that the Shiguan family of the Kujo family is the sworn enemy of the Konoe family. Although Kujo Tsukichi went bankrupt and lived in seclusion due to debt pressure after falling out with his retainers, the Takashi family, a powerful branch of the Konoe family, also died out. Among the most honorable Five Shoguns, the Konoe family has to face the possible attacks of two political opponents, Nijo and Yi, especially the former Kanbakuzuo Minister and the elder of the Fuji family, Nijo Haruyoshi, is his main political opponent, and he will never let it go Opportunity to attack him.

"My sister is talented, intelligent and good-looking. She and Yoshitoki are a good couple, but they are born with a weak and sick body that cannot be cured..." Konoe Qingji was also very embarrassed.My younger sister suddenly fell ill and was almost in danger of life, although Ko Naose Michizane went all out to save her.But after this blow, everyone including his father objected to continuing to fulfill the marriage contract, so he could only bite the bullet and explain: "A few days ago, she had decided to shave her hair and become a nun to pray for my guard's family, so I'm sorry Already!"

"I didn't expect it to be like this? I don't know whether it's good luck or bad luck!" Yoshiki Kira sighed, knowing that the innocent girl would be what she would be after knowing her father and brother's will. Facing the bleak life with what kind of pessimism and disappointment, he finally decided to abandon the ordinary glory and wealth, and lived his remaining life under the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng.

"That is to say... Princess Jue Ji herself asked to become a nun?"

"Although I'm a little embarrassed, I still have to say... yes!" Konoe Qingji's expression was sad, and he also felt sorry for this precious sister. Both, coupled with outstanding beauty, make this younger sister extremely favored at home.

But God is jealous of Yingcai, such a perfect woman is born weak, lingering on the sick bed all day can only be accompanied by books, and now she has just made a perfect marriage, but she can't afford it and almost separates Yin and Yang, which makes him lament Why did God and Buddha treat his sister and their Konoe family like this?Isn't he religious enough?

After lamenting for a long time, he pulled himself together, showed a smile uglier than crying, and said in a hoarse voice: "I have a younger sister who is eight years old this year, and she is also very suitable as the marriage partner of Yishi..."

"Wait! I have something to say!" He hurriedly blocked his words, jokingly asked him to continue talking and stuffed himself with a girl again, wouldn't it be a scam?So he took a deep breath and said, "Since His Royal Highness Jue Ji is unable to fulfill the engagement, I think it is still necessary to think carefully about it!"

"What does Yoshitoki mean?" Konoe Seiji immediately understood the meaning of rejection in his words, and said a little displeased: "Is my daughter of the Konoe family not in your favor?"

"No! I just feel that doing this is very unfair to Princess Jueji. If she replaces her, it will definitely make her even more sad!"

Konoe Seiji was silent. What Yoshihiro Yoshitoshi said was right. Zeehime and Ashikaga Yoshito’s wife, Kikuhime, were both his mother and sister. The three siblings got along very well since childhood. That's great, he hasn't been out much since he was a child, and the only ones he can get along with at home are his older brothers and older sisters.

And the eight-year-old sister he mentioned just now is just a concubine, and there is a lot of difference in terms of birth status and closeness. Konoe Seiji also knows that doing so will be very unfair to Juehime, and even the news itself will make her unable to accept it. Accepted, but the marriage with the Kira family was a strategy set by his father, the Konoe Teke family, which made him unable to make a decision for a while.

"How about adopting an adopted daughter? The adopted daughter of the Wu family's daughter?"

"No! It's absolutely not allowed to adopt a daughter! It's not like my Konoe family doesn't have daughters..." Konoe Qingji hesitated for a while, and then said, "You can do it."

The word Youzi originated from ancient China and originally meant the son of a brother.It means nephew.But the meaning changed after it was introduced to Japan.The earliest record about Yuko in Japanese history was in the Heian period, Gensaka was designated as Yuko by Emperor Junwa. The difference between Yuko and adopted son is that Yuko is only a contractual relationship, and Yuko does not need to change his original surname. , which is more similar to the meaning of recognizing a godfather and godmother, but the difference is that the son can enjoy the right of inheritance.

The purpose of becoming a Yuzi is to promote more smoothly in the official position, take advantage of marriage or strengthen the relationship with other clans, after the Kamakura period.The boundary between Youzi and adopted son was drawn. In the Warring States Period, the custom of Youzi became more prevalent. For example, a certain monkey was accepted as Youzi by the person in front of him, thus successfully obtaining the position of Guanbai.

"Yuzi?" Ji Liangyi said after thinking for a while: "It's okay! Then it's settled like this! The daughter of the samurai family will be handed over to me to contact!"

"Yeah!" Konoe Harutsu got up and left.

After the problem of Konoe's family was solved, he immediately sent someone to contact Nagao Jinghu, and at the same time, he returned to Sakamoto to make some necessary preparations. The first thing was to strengthen the defense force. return to Jian.The Nine Thousand Army was made up without much effort, and there were 1000 more people.Coupled with the wounded soldiers over the past few years, it is said that there is no problem with a 1 army. If the water is squeezed out, there will be [-] soldiers who can fight.

The training of the Iron Cannons is good, but the tactical advantages of the Iron Cannons themselves have not been fully utilized. In the post-war military conference, Takikawa Masashige also put forward his own opinion. The Iron Cannons are not suitable for firing in front of the formation. It is best to be on a river that cannot be approached. If there is no bombardment of [-] heavy iron cannons in the battle of Guichuan to force the Miyoshi family to dare not charge, I am afraid that the occupation will be even worse.

After the cultivation of the Kiso horse breed introduced by Kirayoshi, dozens of horses have been able to be used for riding training in the past two years. In addition, some slightly inferior Oshu horses are enough to equip more than 100 riding horses for more than [-] people. Japanese horses belong to the Mongolian horse breed. They are characterized by short stature, short and strong legs, cold resistance and strong tolerance, and they can eat poor hay and snow. However, they are not suitable for heavy cavalry horses because of their impact and speed. No, it is very suitable for light cavalry and cavalry archers.

Of course, it doesn’t matter in Japan. The red cavalry of the Kira family are not heavy cavalry. They wear less than [-] kilograms of armor and only a dozen kilograms of armor on their horses. Threat, if he hadn't been reluctant to lose a large percentage of battle losses, he could have penetrated Miyoshi's main formation, and maybe he still had a chance to kill Miyoshi Changqing.

Of course, the consequences of doing so are also very serious. First of all, the exhausted red cavalry will definitely be torn apart by the Miyoshi family rushing madly, and the immortal Miyoshi family will definitely fight desperately with the Kira family. It is hard to say whether it will be a victory or a disastrous defeat. After all, the military commander of the Miyoshi family is Miyoshi Yoshiken, not Miyoshi Changqing who is in charge of politics and diplomacy.

Kira Yoshishishi meant that the side near people were also trained as cavalry reserve soldiers. Chibei killed 80 people and Ma Huizhong killed 15 people. This loss made him very sad. It will take at least three years to retrain these 95 people. Countless money and painstaking efforts have been invested during this period. To make them loyal and fight for honor is not all armor and weapons, but to let them be loyal to the Kira family from the bottom of their hearts. Brave combat and steel-like discipline are invisible. The loss may exceed [-] guan.

At the end of October, the long-lost Dutch fleet finally came to Sakaimachi again. When Yoshishi Kira received the news, he rushed there immediately. In order to arrange this meeting, he also specially requisitioned the Nanban trading house of the Tsuda family. It took more than a year , The Nanman Commercial Hall also received many Nanman businessmen one after another, and the interior decoration of the commercial hall was obviously higher than before.

After a year and a half, I met Frank Argot for the second time. At this time, he was over 1.5 meters tall, and he was considered a very handsome boy. Frank Argot, who met again, was already more handsome than last year. Obviously, in this year Life is good.

"Oh! My dear friend Joseph, we meet again!" Frank Argot seemed to notice that the young man in front of him was more calm than ever, so he took the initiative to walk over to give a bear hug, and said with a smile: "It's been a year since I met Joseph. Turned into a handsome boy, and old Frank's hair is gray!"

"Uncle!" The blond girl was wearing a beautiful floor-length dress and a gorgeous cloak, her golden hair was combed into fine braids, and she wore a small hat on her head. The most eye-catching thing is the high collar, which is decorated with a circle of lace neck flowers, which is the typical attire of European aristocratic girls.

"Oh! Beautiful Claudia! It's fate to meet again in a foreign country!" Yoshitoki Kira walked over and bowed slightly, and then said with a smile: "Claudia is really getting more and more beautiful, I can no longer imagine how radiant you will be in a few years!"

"Dear Joseph, please don't say such nasty things to a lady, I will feel shy!" Claudia gave a lady's salute with a smile.

Frank Argot shook his head and said: "Our gentlemen and ladies, please sit down first! After several months of boating, old Frank's waist is almost unbearable!"

"If you are not in a hurry to leave, I can take you to the hot springs of Kele Si in Hanoi. You must know that soaking in hot springs in the East is a kind of noble activity! It can relax the mind and heal the body, and treat Frank's physical problems. Treatment is the best!"

"Hot springs? Do you have hot springs here too? God! It's really great!" Frank Argot said with a happy expression, "Then I must try it! Do you want to try it, Little Tia?"

"Uncle!" Claudia said helplessly, "Thank you for your hospitality, Joseph!"

"Uh, you're welcome, I thought you would definitely refuse!" Yoshihiro Kira shrugged and said, "I remember that people on the continent of Europa don't like to take a bath?"

Frank Argot said with a smile: "That's true, but since the Crusades, bathing has become a favorite thing for some nobles. For example, the beautiful Queen Isabel loved bathing very much, and the great Charlemagne, too. I really like soaking in the hot springs in Aachen. Speaking of which, I have been to Aachen to look for that hot spring, and it is indeed a good place.”

"We Protestants don't follow the rules of the Holy See. The Pope doesn't let us take a bath, so we just have to do it." Claudia pouted.

"Uh...it looks very complicated." Kirayoshi was a little dumbfounded. It is a little complicated that this bath can involve history and religion, so he said again: "What goods did Frank bring this time? I have already prepared it here. A lot of valuable porcelain and high-quality raw silk, how about it? Are you satisfied with the goods last time?" (To be continued..)

ps: Which country is better than Joetsugo in terms of land and stone height?The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, where Wumei went to the foot basin, checked the information. Niigata Prefecture is currently the second largest grain base after Hokkaido, with an annual grain output of 400 million shi!99% of it is rice, with negligible amounts of wheat and soybeans grown!Echigo's stone height in the late Edo period was 115 million stones, second only to Musashi Kingdom!This is the premise that the disadvantage of planting late rice is obvious.