Pillars of the Wu family

"It's for the future of the shogunate! Because I found a very dangerous situation, there is no place for the shogunate to advance in the whole Kinai. For example, Tu Yikui in the Cargill period, and the Liujiao Takarai in the civilization period, the shogunate was still unable to attack, but now it is even more different. In the past, the shogunate was unable to attack dissidents, and this was the biggest crux of my shogunate.

Although the crisis of the shogunate is temporarily resolved, the foundation of the Miyoshi family has not been lost, and it will surely make a comeback in the future. How long can we resist with the power of the shogunate?In the past, there were Hosokawa and Ouchi fighting against Kinai, which greatly weakened the power of the shogunate. Today, there are Miyoshi and Rokkaku fighting for hegemony in Kyoto. In the past, there were Hosokawa and Ouchi. Today, there are Miyoshi and Rokkaku. Family, if the shogunate is not strong, such ambitious people will emerge in endlessly, so when will they survive day after day and year after year?The ministers often think about it and can't sleep at night! "

Kira Yoshitoshi's face has already been tempered, not to mention the small matter of scorning the Liujiao family, it is not a big problem to tell nonsense in person, but it is still a bit uneasy to talk nonsense in front of the general, fortunately, the shogunate government also Didn't notice this detail.

Ashikaga Yoshiki frowned and thought about the meaning of these words. Thinking carefully, he had never seriously thought about this kind of problem. Every day, he was either planning to defeat Miyoshi, or planning to restore the foundation of his ancestors. How could he have the time to think about such complicated things, but carefully There was an ominous sign in Guanji Liangyishi's words, he hesitated for a moment and asked: "Then what should be the meaning of Yishi?"

"Before this, I was worried about death for several years and still couldn't find a solution. I didn't realize it until the moment I encountered the main hall of the long-tailed bullet recently! The reason is that our shogunate itself is not strong, and the guardian daimyo of the distant country does not give support, so now Hard work can only ensure that the shogunate is isolated in the corner of Yamashiro State and is temporarily safe. But will the Miyoshi family let my shogunate go? They will make a comeback sooner or later. At that time, there will be no support from inside and no strong support from outside. You can only rely on me The shogunate's foundation is struggling to resist, and the cost of a tragic victory is not worth the loss. Once it fails, it will lose everything and lose the foundation!

How can my shogunate bear the blow of a crushing defeat?The ministers dare not say that they can still win undefeated against Miyoshi. The samurai who are lucky enough to win one or two times and lose their minds will only face perdition, so the ministers thought of going down to Echigo to build support for the shogunate in a distant country. Xiang Echihou is not enough, without the support of force, the subject is just an empty shell.But bringing a large army down to Echigo would be taboo for the people of the country, so I thought of marrying the sister of the main hall of the long-tailed bullet..."

"What are you talking about!" Ashikaga Yoshiki jumped up suddenly, threw the folding fan in his hand and almost hit Yoshitoki Kira in the face, his voice was full of anger and his voice suddenly rose a lot, wishing to kick over the person who irritated him asshole.

"Do you know what you're talking about? You're going to betray the shogunate! Betray Yu! If you fall in love with a woman from the Nagao family, Jiye will abandon the righteousness of serving the shogunate, you traitor who is ungrateful for profit! How can Yu feel sorry for you? Make you think about abandoning the shogunate? Tell Yu clearly!"

Ashikaga Yoshiki's anger was not what he expected, he could only stand motionless to meet the angry roar of the strong man, his cheek was in hot pain from being hit by the flying fan, fortunately there was an involuntary backlash just now .Only then escaped the fatal blow that hit the eye.

Ashikaga Yoshiki knows better than anyone where the source of the shogunate's ability to revive is not the flattery of those shogunate ministers nor the rhetoric of the letter.It is the military guarantee provided by the Kira family, which is a bloody and desperate fight of nine thousand elites. Win three battles to kill Yingye.

Even as a naturally fearful official of the shogunate, when he especially wanted to suppress Kira Yoshi, he did not dare to just let him go, because Kira's family has become the talisman of the shogunate, and he can throw it away at will before the shogunate's own strength is not strengthened. Amulet?

So how could Ashikaga Yoshiki allow this minister of the shogunate to leave him?No matter what the reason is!He must stay in Kinai honestly and be willing to be a talisman of the shogunate. If the daughter of the Ashikaga family is not too young, Ashikaga Yoshiki will force him to be his brother-in-law now. This is beyond doubt!

"Can't you say it? Couldn't Omi Shiga and Takashima counties satisfy your appetite? How about the guardian of the mountain city? Do you want to be the leader? How about the deputy general? Is it possible that you still want to replace Yu as the general conquering barbarians? "The anger accumulated in Ashikaga Yoshiki's chest, and the general, who was obviously out of breath, kicked the overturned case, smashing those bottles and cans to bloom all over the ground.

In desperation, he picked up the vase on the side and threw it at Kira Yoshishi, only to hear a "bang", Kira Yoshishi fell straight to the ground, and the broken vase hit his head and flew out. Fortunately, he was not caught His head was smashed to pieces, but a big bump bulged on his head still frightened Xiao Xing who was serving outside the hall.

Seeing Yoshiki Kira being smashed like that and still trying to sit up, Yoshiki Ashikaga suddenly began to regret his recklessness and madness. How to build an intimate relationship?Looking at Kirayoshi's stubborn eyes again, he already understood that he was powerless to stop him.

Yoshishi Kira's face was contorted, the sharp pain on his forehead was not as quick as the convulsions in his heart, he would never have thought that he would suffer these two throws, a folding fan hitting his face and a vase hitting his head, what did he do wrong?Let Ashikaga Yoshiki treat himself like this?At this moment, there was only a coldness in his heart.

"This smash is fine! I can leave without regret!" Yoshihiro Kira forced himself to hold the wound where the burning pain came from, and said in a firmer tone: "I have no intention of betraying the shogunate, my servant The loyalty of the shogunate and His Royal Highness can be learned from the sun and the moon, but the shogunate is too weak and needs strong help!

What I, Kirayoshi, could do for the shogunate was only a few thousand elite divisions fighting to the death, and today there is only so much my ministers can do. It is still a question of whether I can win Sanzhu next time if more than half of the nine thousand elites are destroyed. When the minister is defeated, the shogunate's ZTE will be cut off. Not only will His Royal Highness be forced to leave the capital for refuge, but the minister will also lose the possibility of recovery. Therefore, the minister must go out to seek support from other forces while he still has spare power.

The main hall of the long-tailed bullet is loyal to the shogunate.As long as I have Ji Liangyi, I will help you.Kai Takeda can be defeated within five or seven years.It will take another five or seven years to defeat Yuezhong and Kohe Yiyikui, and together with the Asakura family, go to Luo to wipe out Miyoshi and establish a foundation that will never be easy for the shogunate. "

"So you want to go? But what should you do if you leave the shogunate? Without your guardian, how can I resist Sanzhu's iron hoof?" Ashikaga Yoshiki stared at him coldly, listening to him paint a beautiful picture, but There was no trace of excitement on his face.

Now that the relationship is gone, Ashikaga Yoshiki did not intend to do more to appease him, and sarcastically said: "What about the shogunate? You are left for five or seven years, and right for five or seven years. What about the shogunate?" After so many years? Could it be that Sanzhu forced Yu back to Sakamoto to become a general of the Imperial Palace? Tell you! Yu will never go back when he comes to Kyoto this time! He won’t go back even if he dies!”

It feels like the wound on the forehead is not as painful as before.He took another deep breath and forced a smile: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will never leave the shogunate. According to what I know, Hatakeyama and Liujiao have secretly formed an alliance. , Hatakeyama and Liujiao are the exterior and interior of each other, and the foundation of Guanling and Guanlingdai will continue to be passed down!

Of course, this covenant is based on deceit. The strength of the Hosokawa family is not as strong as before, but the lean camel is bigger than the horse. There are many people in Kinai who receive the love of the Hosokawa family. Now the Hosokawa Harumoto and his wife are claustrophobic. Pumen Temple.Liujiao Yixian must defeat Miyoshi no matter what, one is to save his sister and brother-in-law.The second is to expand the territory and revitalize the family. As for who the Takayaden of the Hatakeyama family is, His Highness Gongfang must also know something. "

Regarding his proposed plan, Ashikaga Yoshiki could only respond in silence. Half a month ago, the shogunate did receive an affidavit from Hatakeyama Takamasa, the content was nothing more than expressing the loyalty of the Hatakeyama family to the shogunate. Gao Zheng will clean up the three buildings for the shogunate, and also ask Ashikaga Yoshiki to continue to fulfill the previous agreement, as long as Miyoshi Changqing is cleaned up, he will be appointed as the leader.

Before that, he didn't pay much attention to this affidavit. Can a guy with an abnormal head believe what he says?The shogunate felt a great loss of face when he made a big oolong last time. It is a great shame and humiliation for him to play with a bastard.

Hearing Kira Yoshitoki's words made him realize that the Hatakeyama family is very likely to have colluded with the Liujiao family, and the maximum number of armed forces that can be mobilized by the two families exceeds [-], and the Chinese lords behind them spread across half of Kinki , This is enough to wrestle with the Miyoshi family, but the shogunate does not have amulets, so how can it maintain a detached and neutral position in the battle between the two powers?Making amulets with Kirayoshi is completely different, so I still can't let him go.

Yoshishi Kira carefully observed Ashikaga Yoshiki's repeatedly changing expressions, and knew that he was considering the pros and cons of whether to go or not, so he decided to give this strong-hearted public a step: "This time, the servants are not all leaving Echigo. After all, the land of the two counties still needs to be guarded, so the ministers will leave [-] troops and assistants in the two counties as guards. This army also obeys the order of the shogunate. If the capital is in trouble, they will take the initiative to take on the important task of guarding the capital."

Now Ashikaga Yoshiki has nothing to say, Kira Yoshitoki has already dealt with all the details, and the six thousand elites don’t need him to pay for the soldiers, and they are still commanded by the Kira family’s retainers. There is nothing better than this. Now he I regret and blame myself even more. If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't be so impulsive and it wouldn't hurt the friendship between the monarch and his ministers.

If you can't be hard, you can only be soft. If you want to redeem the lost love, you can be bound by love. Ashikaga Yoshiki said cheekily: "It's a bit of a loss for you to marry the daughter of the Nagao family! How about Let the Nagao family's daughter be the concubine, how about marrying the sister-in-law?"

"Not right! If it weren't for this in-law relationship, Nagao Danshoden would not have allowed his subordinates to bring an army down to Echigo, because Nagao Danshoden vowed not to marry in this life, and only his younger sister is the closest person in this world For this reason, Nagao Danshoden did not hesitate to train her as the successor of the family governor, and only the daughter of the Nagao family can gain the full trust of Nagao Danshoden." Ji Liangyishi did not take his proposal seriously. Is your sister who is only five years old?

Now Yoshiki Ashikaga has nothing to say. Yoshiki Yoshitoshi is going all out for the great cause of the Ashikaga family. Instead of marrying the gold branch and jade leaf of his Ashikaga family, he will marry a country girl as his wife. He thought to himself: "In the future, when my son is a general No matter what you say, you have to marry his daughter as the main wife, and this can be regarded as his compensation!"

In the end, Yoshiki Ashikaga worked hard and finally agreed to his proposal. Of course, Yoshiki Ashikaga suggested that it is best to send some loyal and reliable samurai to lead the three thousand troops.Yoshitoki Kira said that he would hand over this army to Tokihide Nakajo and stay as the commander.Ashikaga Yoshiki finally let him go with satisfaction.

So Kira Yoshitoki returned to Sakamoto with the general's order.Tokiyuki Yamamoto was called to talk about this matter first, and Tokiyuki Yamamoto stared at him with clear eyes, and suddenly grinned and said, "Has the master finally figured it out?"

"What do you mean?"

"Master, do you still remember the oath you made in the Imperial Blade Hachiman Palace?"

"Leaving the homeland, the Kira clan will surely flourish, and the chaotic times of the Warring States period will be pacified!" Yoshitoki Kira recalled it just a little.

"The owner of the hall has completed the first oath."

"Ok!"

Tokiyuki Yamamoto looked at him with one eye, and suddenly said, "It's time to fight for the second vow!"

"The second vow?" Yoshitomo Kira said seriously, "I will work hard!"

After deciding on the matter of going to Echigo, Kira Yoshihito held an executive meeting non-stop to make arrangements for the sharing of government affairs between the two counties.At the evaluation meeting in early December, the order to Echigo was immediately announced, which of course caused an uproar. Many samurai expressed that they could not understand that the Kira family lived very well in Kinai. Everyone thought that they had found a good backer and were looking forward to a good life. , this is going to go.

Immediately, more than a dozen warriors stood up and said earnestly: "My Lord, please think twice!"

"My lord, please think twice!"

"My family has made a decision, so you don't have to say it again!" Yoshitoki Kira simply left the task of explaining and comforting to Tokiyuki Yamamoto. He wanted to cultivate the sense of obedience among his retainers, and the decision of the family governor did not need everyone's approval.If you don't understand it, you must implement it. The trend of joint discussion among the people of the country cannot arise in the Kira family.A certain degree of arbitrariness is still required.

Unsurprisingly, when the news was tantamount to throwing a bomb, what would Kira Yoshishi's move to the shogunate mean for Kinki?When everyone digested the shocking news in astonishment, some of them began to panic, what else could they do in Omi without Kira Yoshitoshi?Continue to be the general's refuge or be oppressed and unable to hold up your head?This is a question worth pondering.

The news that the Kira family was about to descend to Echigo was not kept secret, and it spread all over Kinai in the form of gossip within a few days. Of course, many people did not believe this rumor, but as Nagao Kagetora brought a sightseeing group to settle in Sakamoto Castle , all this seems to be developing in an unusual direction.

Some daimyos and people from the country began to appear frequently in Kyoto. They took advantage of the visits to the general to inquire about the news. Some people tentatively asked questions about the rumors, but the shogunate chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb without exception, and then they heard about it. The more things went down, this also aggravated the suspicion of many people.

In the castle tower of Guanyin Temple City, Rokkaku Yoshiken was listening to Mochizuki Yoshito's intelligence report. When he heard that the Kira family was going to go down to Echigo, he was overjoyed and said: "This is really good news. , those two counties can be taken back logically!"

"I think it will be very difficult!" Mochizuki Yoshito reminded: "The Kira family stayed with [-] troops, of which the main four backup teams were intact, and the strong support force of the Kira Navy is still No. [-] in Omi! The most important thing The most important thing is the support of the imperial court and the shogunate, my lord, don’t forget the relationship between Wu Weigong and today’s Guan Bai and the general.”

"Damn! So the two counties still won't come back?" Liujiao Yixian said angrily, "Is there no other way?"

It seemed to be asking Mochizuki Jidong, and it seemed to be talking to himself. Mochizuki Jidong did not answer his question, and after a while he reported: "A letter from Gaowudian in Hanoi asking..."

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In Akutagawa Mountain Castle, Miyoshi Changqing is playing Go with Miyoshi Yoshiken. As first-class cultural people, the two have very high cultural accomplishments. Even if they know that Kira Yoshi is about to leave Kinki at this moment, there is no doubt about it until after the game is over. Miyoshi Yoshihide said with a smile: "My brother's chess skills are still so good."

"Yezhikang is distracted! Play chess without distraction, you were distracted just now." Miyoshi Changqing shook his head and said, "Is it because of Ji Liangyi's time?"

"That's right! Once the enemy is gone, life in Miyoshi's family will be much easier." Miyoshi Yoshin said with a smile, "Should we celebrate?"

"My family thinks that things are not that simple, you and I understand the temper of today's public, how could he give up his mainstay at this time and go to Echigo?" Miyoshi Changqing pondered: "There must be some reason we don't know. "

"Could it be the Liujiao family? The Liujiao family didn't make any money this year, so it wouldn't be surprising if he invested in Gongfang's sect." Miyoshi Yoshin reminded again: "It's also because of his good brother-in-law."

"His Royal Highness is smart! Throwing a poisonous bait that the family has to eat, Hosokawa Harumoto will be claustrophobic no matter what, but it will inevitably conflict with the Liujiao family." Miyoshi Changqing squinted his eyes and sneered: " Do you really think that the Liujia family can do it? Once Kira Yoshitoki is gone, who else will be the opponent of the family in Kinai? Wait for the family to cultivate for three or two years, deal with those traitors in Tanba, and then deal with you as well!"

"Hehe... until then, Kyoto will still be ours. If the public side obeys my Miyoshi's family, everything is fine. If not, I don't mind letting him go to Sakamoto to continue asylum." The two brothers looked at each other and showed bright smiles at the same time.

The rumors that the Kira family was about to leave spread more and more widely, especially when the Kira family was busy with the division of military service, it was basically confirmed that the matter was inseparable, and whoever stayed in the two counties would take the lead. Walking has become a new topic. Although Mikawa Samurai is reluctant to part with Omi's customs, he still chooses to firmly support Kira Yoshishi's decision. The attitude of Omi people has become very interesting. Without exception, the seven heads of the island expressed their willingness to stick to the resolution of the territory for the Kira family.

Most of the people in Shiga County are unwilling to leave, and only a small number are willing to continue to follow the Kira family, because the samurai who stay behind can still keep their original treatment, so no one wants to follow the bitter cold Echigo Going to develop, of course some people are not willing to leave, and naturally there are those who are willing to follow. For example, Miyabe Jijun is very optimistic about the Kira family and clearly expressed his willingness to follow.

The final statistics came out soon. Omi’s samurai only had more than 300 people who were willing to follow. In this way, Yoshitomo Kira breathed a sigh of relief. If there were fewer samurai, he could draw more ashigaru to make up for it. After all, Omi’s backup team is also real money. Those who have been trained will be at a loss if they don't take away the elite. (To be continued..)

ps: No matter ancient or modern, Chinese and foreign, there is both kindness and affection between monarchs and ministers, and if the affection is hurt, it will be irreparable.