Pillars of the Wu family

()Princess Aya watched the two intimate actions with satisfaction. As the eldest sister, she has maintained correspondence with her younger brother Nagao Jinghu over the years. Of course, she also knows where the awkwardness between this young couple comes from. The two have experienced catastrophe. The reconciliation as before made her feel at ease: "Wu Wei Dian and Hu Ji are a couple made in heaven. Zheng Jing and I are looking forward to your wedding."

"I'm looking forward to it too... Uh!" Seeing Kirayoshi talking nonsense, Hu Ji hurriedly covered his mouth, and complained softly: "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense, okay? Hu Ji will feel very troubled .”

"Understood, I will definitely not talk nonsense!" Ji Liangyi nodded quickly, Hu Ji's statement also made him relieved, this feeling of seeing his parents made him a little at a loss.

The short meeting ended quickly when Guosong was unwell. Looking at the ox cart going away, Tiger Ji sighed: "When my lord was pregnant with Guosong, it happened to be the most difficult years in my Nagao family. My lord has always been very worried. Rang Guosong was born with a poor physique, and has always been sick since he was a child. His condition has been up and down over the years, and my elder sister is heartbroken because of him."

"May God and Buddha bless Guosong to grow up safely."

"Hmm!" Hu Ji took out her rosary and began to recite the "Pharmacist Liuliguang Tathagata's Vows and Virtue Sutra" in a low voice. She didn't know how to recite this scripture, but since Ji Liangyi nearly died trying to save her, she kept on day and night I copied and recited this scripture, and now I can already recite it smoothly.

Passing through Sakado Castle all the way to the north into the Shinano River, the fleet along the Shinano River passed Shimoetsu, and saw countless large and small swamp lakes in Shimoetsu, as well as some natural hot springs with strong water vapor, which made people feel It feels like being in the primitive era thousands of years ago, and there are many salt lakes and dry lagoons.

"The scenery here is so beautiful, look at it, Your Highness! There are also a group of big white birds flying up!" Hu Ji was very excited, and her two little hands danced with the white birds flying up.

Ji Liangyishi also laughed and said: "That is a big heron, that is, an egret. Hu Ji must have heard the poem of two orioles singing green willows and a line of egrets in the blue sky?"

"I've heard it! Isn't it the poetry of the poet Du Fu? Hu Ji is well-read!" Hu Ji wrinkled her small nose, raised her eyebrows and looked at him proudly, meaning that you are here to praise me.

"Oh? Then let me tell you another song, can you answer it?" It was rare to see Hu Ji's innocent expression, so he deliberately teased her, "Why are there two egrets by the water, and Wuchou's head is also hanging down? Which poet?"

"I can't help it! It's Bai Juyi's "Egret"."

"Egret punches one foot, the moon is bright and the autumn water is cold."

"The Poem Fairy Li Bai's "Fu De Bai Heg Sends Song Shaofu to the Three Gorges"!"

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The Yoshizaki Pavilion is located at the northern end of the Kofu Basin, with a fan-shaped terrain surrounded by Fujikawa and Aikawa on the east and west sides. It was first built in the 16th year of Yongzheng. Juguan is actually a small fortress-style city with an area of ​​[-] square meters. After Murakami Yoshiki's scare a few years ago, the defense facilities of this flat city have been further improved, with layers of outer moats, inner moats, Kong Hao is extremely complicated.

In the Nakaku Rinju Pavilion, Takeda Harunobu is distressed by the unfavorable form of the autumn harvest. A sudden storm brings endless floods. Not to mention the severe disasters in Kanto, the situation in Kai is not very good. Hachioji, who worked so hard to build The streets were engulfed by mudslides again, and many people died and their labor hours were wasted.

Looking at the economic losses reported in the newspaper, Takeda Harunobu said helplessly: "What should we do now? The general enlisted labor in Duliu County has already been requisitioned. Do you want to enlist the general enlisted labor in other counties?"

"The subject thinks that people should still come out of Duliu County." Masao Komai said, "It's just that there may be complaints from the Oyamada Palace."

Tomasa Iitomo glanced at Masao Komai, shook his head, and said, "That's not appropriate? Izuba Shouden has made great achievements for my Takeda family. Yasaburoden is only 14 years old, and Kobaizaiden's suggestion is not appropriate."

Komai Masaobu asked back: "Then what should be done in the meaning of Bingbudian?"

"Of course they are requisitioned from other counties."

"Then what should we do with the disaster-stricken areas in the three counties? The Fuefuki River and the Kamana River are severely affected. Where will the general labor be called for after the disaster to rebuild and strengthen the embankment?"

"Isn't there someone in Shinano?"

"What happened to Shinano?"

"Gaobaizhai Palace, what do you mean?" Fanfu Huchang became furious, stood up angrily, his eyes widened and he said angrily, "Do you have any opinion on me, Huchang? If you have any opinions, you can express them in person. , don’t carry a gun with a stick, I, Huchang, am not afraid of you.”

"Enough!" Takeda Harunobu waved his hand to stop the quarrel, pointed to Iifu Huchang and said, "Sit down for me, Huchang. The same ministers must not turn against each other because of words. Have you forgotten what my family used to say?"

"Yes! I will remember it later." Iifu Huchang knew that Harunobu Takeda said the phrase "People are cities, people are fortresses, people are walls, favors are friends, and hatred is enemies!" Love the words that are on the lips.

Nobuaki Atobe quickly smoothed things over, and said with a smile: "The two Highnesses are also working hard for my Takeda family, so please be considerate of each other! Speaking of this year, the situation is really bad! A big flood is in your hands The harvest has been reduced by more than [-]%, and your family has suffered some losses? To be honest, the loss in Qianzuka's territory is not light!"

"That's right! My family has suffered a lot too!" The topic was quickly brought up to the loss of the autumn harvest. This made Masao Komai heave a sigh of relief, and quickly expressed his gratitude to Nobuaki Atobe. In the era of Takeda Nobutora, the genealogy generation family elders, and both of them are close retainers of Takeda Harunobu, Atobe Nobuaki is the performer, and Komai Masaobu is the Yubi, and they are usually the most eloquent spectrum around Takeda Harunobu generation.

Iifu Hushang belongs to a sect of the Takeda family. The Takeda family relies on the huge branch of the family developed over hundreds of years to maintain the status of the lord of Kai. , originally a large manor owner in various parts of Kai, with land and armed forces.

And the original Kai's powerful genealogy has been almost killed by Takeda Nobutora. A large number of people died in the war in Shinano a few years ago. Now it is not enough to fight against Takeda's family, so there will be all kinds of people The friction between the door and the genealogy generation happened, such as this quarrel is a small microcosm of the internal struggle of the Takeda family.

Both parties are fighting for the right to speak in the family, and Iifu Huchang obviously feels that as Taro Takeda Yoshinobu's hindsight, he should have a certain right to speak in the family's government affairs. The issue of domestic affairs is a not-so-successful attempt.

The gray-haired Imai Sagami Mamoru Nobuo, and his younger brother Imai Torao, nodded at Iifu Toromasa. The difference between the two brothers is only one year, one is 68 years old and the other is 67 years old. They followed closely when they raised their troops, and later followed the Zong family to fight against Takeda Nobutora and also made efforts. After the Zong family surrendered, they also won the two terms of Takeda Nobutora.

On the other side, Imai Nobumoto and Imai Nobuchang's uncle and nephew also nodded at them. They belonged to the direct line of the Imai family. Father and son, together with Kurihara Nobushin, Kurihara Hyogo brothers, and Iifu Toromasa, fought against Takeda Nobutora. After the defeat, Imai Nobumoto surrendered to the Takeda family and was forgiven.

Imai Nobumasa is the eldest son of Imai Nobumoto's younger brother, Imai Nobuo, and also the most trusted sect of Takeda Harunobu. He serves as the head of the Takeda Clan Banner Warrior. The old and high-ranking Takeda family.

A group of people including Zhujiao Torada, Zhujiao Toreng's father and son, Amari Torochu, Hisami Nobuki, Oi Toromasa, and Takeda Nobukatsu's son-in-law, Takeda Nobutora's righteous brother Asaritora, all love Harunobu Takeda. The public expressed serious concern and dissatisfaction with the reusable genealogy, and even hated the old and new genealogy reused by Takeda Harunobu.

Especially within a few years after Nobukata Itagaki's death, Harunobu Takeda used an excuse to kill Nobuken Itagaki, Nobukata Itagaki's son-in-law. This made many disciples seriously doubt whether Harunobu Takeda would follow his father's old path. His father, Takeda Nobutora, chopped off a bunch of Tomoyo's heads in order to kill Kagami Hitomitsu, and later cut off a bunch of Tomoyo's heads when he was going to fight the Imagawa family, and was finally exiled by a Tomoyo and Takeda Harunobu.

Takeda Harunobu is naturally aware of all this, but there are some things that you still have to do even if you know that you will face strong opposition, such as promoting your trusted retainers, gradually abandoning the family that defended the Takeda family in the era of his father Nobutoro Takeda, The Pu Dai family, he is now using the Pu Dai family elders to suppress a group of people, and he will use the new Pu Dai family elders to suppress these Pu Dai family elders in the future. This is a necessary step to strengthen the centralization of power.

Nobushige Takeda saw that the expressions of the ministers were not right, so he stood up and said: "My lord, there is no need to worry too much. The foundation of my Takeda family is not damaged, but it is nothing more than building roads and repairing dams. As long as some of this year's military expenditure is fully enough. used."

"Well, my family also has this intention, but what should I do about Oshinano? If Echigo's Nagao Army takes the opportunity to enter Shinano to make trouble, how should my family respond?" Harunobu Takeda raised his new question.

"Please rest assured, my lord! This subject was just about to talk about it." Komai Masaobu said with a smile: "Although something went wrong this summer, and the important minister of the Nagao family, Okuma Bizenmori, failed to rebel and fled to Echchu, but the mediation of this subject The strategy still plays a big role, they have already stated that they will raise the flag of rebellion at the right time, probably after the autumn harvest."

"Oh? Is that so? That's really a good thing! Hehehe..." Takeda Harunobu calmed down, smiled and said to the ministers: "Our powerful enemy in the north is in chaos. This is a precious gift left to us." The time is right, repair the road embankment as soon as possible, and prepare for the battle of Oshinano in the coming year!"

"Yes!" Regardless of their thoughts, nearly a hundred retainers in the town leaned on the ground and bowed down to express their submission to the master of Kai. (To be continued.)