Pillars of the Wu family

Just after the new year, there was a bad news from the Imagawa family. It was the backbone of the Imagawa family, the mentor of Yoshimoto Imagawa, the old Fuzheng residence Taiyuan Xuezhai died of illness suddenly. It is said that the old man passed away very peacefully. I was happy to write a few wakas to praise the spring, but when I opened the door the next day, I found that the old man had passed away.

Taiyuan Xuezhai's sudden illness and death dealt a heavy blow to Imagawa Yoshimoto and even the entire Imagawa family. All the layout of the Imagawa family needed to be overthrown and restarted. It was only at this time that Imagawa Yoshimoto realized how much the Imagawa family relied on this teacher. Losing Taiyuan Xuezhai will bring much harm to the Imagawa family.

In terms of military affairs, Taiyuan Xuesai is in charge of the full power of the formation. In terms of diplomacy, Taiyuan Xuesai is in charge of promoting the peace of the Jiaxiangjun Alliance. The role of the Imagawa family is far beyond the role of Tokyuki Yamamoto of the Kira family. The impact of his departure on the Imagawa family cannot be eliminated in the short term.

For this reason, Imagawa Yoshimoto had to give up his offensive plan against Owari, and instead majored in internal affairs to appease his retainers and people, maintain the Imagawa family's dominant position in the Kosho Jun alliance, strengthen the alliance relationship with the Kira family, and improve the relationship with the Kira family. The level of enshrining of the Kyoto court and the shogunate to gain greater influence.

The plan to attack Owari was ten years ago, before the surrender of the Mikawa Kira family. The original plan was to use five to seven years to consolidate and digest the territory of Mikawa after the capture of the entire Mikawa, and ensure that several The main cities are in the hands of Imagawa Yoshimoto, ensuring the Imagawa family's territory in Sanhe, as well as the lord's litigation, inspection, taxation, taxation and other control rights.

Then came Owari.Step by step to win over the Tiaoweizhang people.Then borrow the Owari people as the guide.The Imagawa family led an army to conquer the entire territory of Owari in one go, in order to achieve the strategic goal of replicating the complete strategy of the Mikawa Kingdom.

But now Taiyuan Xuesai has died of illness, and the important general who perfected and executed the plan has been lost. There is no general in the Imagawa family who can replace him. As the deputy general, Motonobu Okabe is currently the number one general of the Imagawa family, but there is still a distance from the general.

The Imagawa family was gloomy and gloomy.Kira's house was brightly lit, Kasuga Yamajo was full of joy inside and outside Kasugayama Castle, Nagao Tohime held up the wine, and Numata Sandalwood, Ii Naotora, and Mochizuki Money Bag followed suit, holding the wine cups with them. With a joyful smile, he said, "I wish Your Highness good health, and wish the Ashikaga family good fortune in martial arts!"

Several girls raised their wine cups with smiles and said, "I wish the Ashikaga family a long life in martial arts!"

"Okay! I'll drink this cup to the brim!" Ji Liangyi said happily when he saw that the relationship between the girls had begun to become harmonious.

Wine is still a high-end product. There are neither suitable oak barrels nor advanced brewing methods. Wine fermented with grapes and white sugar has a weird taste.The sweetness is tinged with sourness, which made the eyebrows of several first-time women and young girls tangle up.

"Pfft! It's so hard to drink!" Mochizuki Chiyomi spat it out in one gulp.Fortunately, Jing Yi Naotora, who was sitting opposite her, reacted quickly and dodged it. It was embarrassing for the wine stains on the maids, and the eyes of the younger maids were red, and they looked like they wanted to cry but did not dare to cry. look.

"I tell you not to drink too much, you see how wasteful it is to vomit, Your Highness has worked so hard to brew a few more urns..." Hu Ji blamed and called the maid to clean up the messy wine stains.

"It doesn't matter, just sprinkle a little wine, and it can be brewed anyway... This time the wine is really bad enough." Yoshiki Kira swallowed the wine with a wry smile. Slowly improved.

At this time, a maid hurried over and whispered a few words in Longtail Tiger Ji's ear, the girl frowned and hurriedly got up and said: "Your Highness, my elder sister is about to give birth, I will go and see it first." Elder Sister, would you like to accompany His Highness again?"

"Go quickly! Sister Ayahime's place is more important. You can drink this wine at any time." Yoshitomo Kira watched her leave safely. Nagao Ayahime became pregnant within a few months since she came to Kasugayama Castle. If this child is a boy, it is likely that the legendary "Silent General" Uesugi Kagekatsu will win.

"Now with the intervention of the main family, there has been such a big change in the Nagao family! Joetsu and Chuuetsu have completely mastered it. Nagao Zhengjing lost the suppression of Nagao Jinghu and lived in Kasuga Mountain City very well. This time, he even has children. Being dismembered by the family is not a good thing, so should the family look forward to a further goal?" Yoshitoki Kira picked up the unpalatable wine and squeezed his throat to swallow it.

Bei Shinano initially decided that the initiative of the Ueno country and even the entire Uesugi family is also in his hands. Whether it is to attack Shinano or send troops to Ueno, there is no shortage of names. Now the Kira Army has [-] tigers, mainly composed of the original team of the headquarters. There are more than four thousand people, two thousand people from Xiayue country, and two thousand people from North Shinano country.

These [-] new troops have good fighting power. After more than a year of reorganization and training by Yamamoto Tokiyuki, it has begun to take effect. His master is best at training soldiers. He has never worried about this, especially now that he has a junior Tokiyuki Yamamoto is very fond of Yumitsu Numata's intelligence, diligence, modesty and practical character, and he has a great plan to inherit the legacy of his skills.

Strictly speaking, Yoshitoki Kira is not the heir to inherit Yamamoto Tokiko's military strategy, fortification skills, and political methods. Yamamoto Tokiko's education to him is more instructive education, and he often asks a few questions. Or deliberately put forward a wrong idea to let him think about the feasibility by himself.

When the answer is negative, throw out the correct answer to let him think in reverse why it is feasible to do so, and what are the blind spots he ignores?This kind of exercise is the foundation laid as early as the Sanhe era, and the benefits it brings are enough to benefit him for a lifetime.

After many years of observation by Yamamoto Tokiyuki, he found that Yoshito Kira had his own complete values, superb judgment and ability to interpret and grasp the situation, so he dared to use this heuristic education method, this teaching method It is also a category of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude.

And Numata Yumitsu is another kind of person. He doesn't have the "natural wisdom" of Kirayoshi's time. At present, his understanding of military and political strategies is still very shallow.But his learning ability is not bad at all.Quick to learn and strong imitation ability.It is also very important to grasp the details.

His temperament is also very similar to that of Tokiyuki Yamamoto when he was young. Every time the battle situation is deduced, the basic strategic goal is to seek victory while maintaining stability. Bing also likes it very much.

This feature predestined him to be Tokiyuki Yamamoto in the future, which did not meet Yoshitoki Kira's psychological expectations. In recent months, he planned to drop Shima Tokikatsu and Numata Yumitsu into the newly established staff group. Shi Sheng learned the archery from Naito Masanari and he is also a talented samurai who is good at figuring out the battle situation.It's a bit of a waste to put it in the red.

At the same time, there will be a new round of adjustments. Chibi General Shile Sadatsu will be transferred to Shinanobi General, and the other general will be Kato Koaki of the original grenadier team. The two of them parachuted to the mountain without any entourage In the Shinano backup team, with their excellent wrists, they easily overwhelmed the [-] Shinano people who had no backing.

The general of Chibei is appointed by Takikawa Tokimashi, and the grenadier team still maintains the strategy of elite soldiers. The overall size has doubled to become a team of 200 people. All from Omi.And coincidentally, one is from Kuniyou Village, and the other is the son-in-law of Kuniyouhebei.The two are also worthy candidates.

Recently, I have been studying the experiment of using iron cannons to strengthen long-range attacks. According to the information fed back by the iron cannon general Takikawa Masushige who cooperated with the experiment, matchlock guns cannot guarantee the safety of the grenadier team. The burning match is like a fire from the sky, whoever plays will die sooner.

"Your Highness, Shinano Ogasawara of the front hall has something important to see you!"

"Understood!" Taking a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth, Kira Yoshishi said to the girls with a smile, "I still have something to do, you guys have dinner first!"

"Farewell to Your Highness!" The girls stood up and sent him away. Mochizuki Chiyo held Ii Naotora's arm and said, "Sister Naotora, Chiyo wants to watch you practice your gun. Let's go play together for a while?"

"Okay, I'm going to change my clothes first. Is Chiyo girl coming too?" There was a faint smile on Jingyi Naotora's face. The little girl was cute and lacking in scheming, and she was loved by everyone including her. In the eyes of Ii Naoko, who was raised as a boy since childhood, Mochizuki Chiyo is just an innocent little sister.

"Okay!" Seeing Mochizuki Chiyo and Ii Naotora leaving hand in hand like good sisters, Numata Tanka Hideo frowned slightly and turned to leave the hall.

As soon as I got back to the room, I saw an old maid with an unfamiliar face approaching quietly, gently closed the door and leaned over in a low voice, asking, "His Royal Highness, has the Master not touched your body yet?"

"Didn't you already tell my father? Don't ask about the affairs of the inner court! And take back all the messy things my father gave me, so I don't want to listen to any family secrets." Numata Sandalwood wrinkled in disgust Frowning, turned away from looking at the maid.

The maid didn't take Numata Sandalwood's disgusted expression seriously, and still muttered: "My lord is also for the family business of our Numata family! My lord intends to marry Princess Enxiang to His Royal Highness Langoka Sapium, and Princess Changxiang to Ben Tashi Your Highness, Princess Wanxiang married His Highness Shan Gang, all of which require Her Highness Princess to put in more effort from His Highness the Hall Master..."

"That's enough! Shut up! You are just an outhouse raised by my father and dare to interfere with my Kira family's family business?" Numata Tanxiang's brows were raised upright, and she angrily reprimanded: "Leave immediately, and don't do it again later. Don't come here either! I don't want to see you again!"

"You...you!" The maid turned pale and laughed angrily: "What a sandalwood princess! You are indeed a strange woman from my Numata family! But don't forget! The blood of the Numata family, don’t forget the purpose that the lord ordered you to do for the family as much as possible!"

"I always remember what my father said...but it's not your turn to teach me!" Numata Tanxiang sneered: "Now I am His Highness's woman, a woman of the Kira family! I want to protect my Highness, protect the Kira family, not The Numata family!"

When the maid heard her statement, she shook her head with a smile. Numata Sandalwood said angrily: "What are you laughing at? What's so ridiculous! Do you think that a concubine can be compared with the concubine I, the medium, is marrying?"

"I'm not laughing at anything else, but that Your Highness is so naive! Do you really think that you can forget your identity if you climb a high branch? No matter the main room or the side room, it depends on the status to determine your status. ! Then how does Princess Sandalwood compare with other princesses?"

Facing the maid's mocking smile, Numata Tanxiang's complexion suddenly turned pale and frightening.He hung his head and remained silent.That smile seemed to say: "My status is low and not worth mentioning. Therefore, I am despised by you, so what does it matter that you are a princess?"

The maid continued: "Princess Tiger Hime is the lord of Echigo, and Princess Naotora is the adopted daughter of Imagawa Jibu. Even the lowest-ranking Princess Chiyo represents Mochizuki Ninja, and you leave the support of the Numata family. Competing for favor? Without favor, how can we ensure the status of the child in the future?"

"That's right! What should I do with my child in the future? My child can't be held back because of the mother!" Numata Sandalwood's complexion changed back and forth, like a paint plate with various colors, and colorful paints were smeared at will will evolve into more complex colors.

The maid knew that Numata Sandalwood had been persuaded.Not forgetting to chase after the victory, he said: "My Numata family is unanimously optimistic about the Kira family. Now it is not enough to have Your Highness Yuguang and His Royal Highness Princess. The meaning of my lord is to take advantage of my Numata family's advantages of having many daughters and establish an in-law relationship with the talented people in the Kira family!

Even if they can't make them lean towards my Numata family, they will have more support for Her Royal Highness and future children. If Her Royal Highness can give birth to a son for the owner in advance, the prosperity and wealth of my Numata family will be greatly improved in the future. Just around the corner!Her Royal Highness's children can also get better treatment! "

Numata Tanxiang frowned and pondered for a long time, and found that the maid was still standing quietly, and immediately said to her with a straight face: "I see, there is nothing else. Please step back! Also, don't come here again .It is not good for anyone to be known by His Highness! You should know the power of the ninja army of my Kira family."

"Well! I won't come here in the future. If there is any news, let Ah Chun pass the news on your behalf." The maid gently got up and opened the door and left.

Watching the paper door gradually close, Numata Sandalwood suddenly felt an urge to cry. After holding back for a long time, she still couldn't hold back the tears accumulated in her eyes. The big teardrops dripped down, and said sadly: " Why did my father force me? Ever since I knew I was going to marry His Highness, he has changed his ways to force me to learn things I don't like, from dancing to painting, from flattery to scheming... But His Highness's attitude towards me has changed from eagerness to indifference , Isn’t it because my father’s teachings are wrong? Why do things still force me now? What did I do wrong? Who can tell me? What do I owe the Numata family? Why do you treat me like this?”

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A wisp of green smoke floats leisurely from the incense burner. The brass hollowed out dragon and phoenix incense burner comes from the Ming Dynasty. The built-in incense comes from the high-quality spices of Kyushu, which has the effect of calming the mind and refreshing the mind. He has been sitting with Kira Yoshishi Tokiku for nearly half an hour, and the topic has not yet come to the topic.

"I can't wait any longer!" Ogasawara plucked up his courage and said loudly, "Please help me to regain Shinano and the lost old collar. I am willing to give you half of Shinano as a gift..."

"Hehe! Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru probably doesn't know yet? His Royal Highness, who sits in Kyoto, has issued an imperial teaching book to the family, ordering the family to be the guardian of Shinano, so taking back the Shinano family will definitely be done, but not for anyone, but for the shogunate , please Ogasawara Shinanomori don't use wrong words!"

"What! How could this happen!" Ogasawara straightened up suddenly, his voice sounded like a rooster whose throat had just been cut off, his voice suddenly changed eight notes, his whole face flushed like a red apple, and he stared dumbfounded at Xiao Xing A piece of silk was handed over in a hurry, and the strange handwriting on it jumped out on the paper.

"Today, I heard that the guardian of Kai Takeda invaded Shinano and caused great chaos. The guardian of Shinano, the Ogasawara family, fled without thinking of resisting the sudden attack. He was unable to perform his duties as a guardian. Therefore, Kira Yoshiki was specially appointed to guard Shinano. From now on, Zhen Fuxin Conquer the rebels! Ashikaga Yoshiki, the third day of the first month of the second year of Hongzhi."

Looking at this Yujiashu, he has already realized that it is the real handwriting of the shogun. Others cannot imitate it without the special silk fabric used in the Yujiashu. His ancestors also treasured a copy of the four generations of Ashikaga. It is also the touch of this fabric, which is definitely not wrong.

"My family will not engage in cheating and abduction. If Ogasawara Shinanomori doesn't believe it, you can send someone to the capital to find out if the news is true. If you don't believe it, you can wait for half a month. The news must have spread to the world, and it won't be long before the whole world Echigo and even Shinano will know..."

Ogasawara felt a sharp pain for a long time, his head hurt like a hammer, and he passed out as soon as his eyes went dark.Several surnames were taken aback by this sudden change.Panicked and not knowing what to do.

"Help Shinano Shouden to rest quickly. Please Qu Naoseden to come over and treat Shinano Shouden." Yoshitomi Kira was also startled, a strong man with Kongwu just fell down like this, and he was still worried that he would die If he hangs up like this, he won't be able to tell if something goes wrong.

In a panic, several people with small surnames drove Ogasawara to the side hall for a long time to receive medical treatment. Fortunately, Qu Naose Moruma was also in the city, and hurried over when he heard the greeting, Guanwen Wenqie came down in a hurry.Then he wiped off the sweat on his face and said with a long breath: "Shinano Shouden just fainted from anger, I'll just prescribe some soothing decoction, just pay more attention to rest."

Knowing that Ogasawara's long-term problem was not serious, he also let out a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, there is no problem, otherwise the family will have to be involved... Don't talk about that, tell me how is Guosong's health now? After recuperating so much How is your recovery?"

"The situation is fine! The situation in Guosong Temple is more complicated. Some congenital problems can only be combined with medical therapy, diet therapy, and physical therapy. The husband has drawn up a treatment plan. It will take about five years to basically return to the level of normal people." As the royal physician of the Kira family, Qu Naose Moruma is now a disciple of Nagata Tokumoto to learn authentic Kampo medicine.

Compared to the frizzy and hair-brained samurai fantasies when I first saw it a few years ago.Now this young man who has just passed his twenties is also a little more calm and rigorous.Back then, his father Konaose Michizo's painstaking persuasion failed to achieve the effect, but now he is working hard to achieve it under the training of Nagata Tokumoto.

He once lamented that when he was young and ignorant, he had a shallow understanding of medicine and career. A person from a medical family like him could not get what he needed if he gave up his ancestral business and joined the ranks of unfamiliar warriors. However, it is a great fortune for him to be able to achieve his current status through this temptation.

"Five years is five years! As long as the country can be cured, it will be worth the effort!" As early as two years ago, Kira Yoshitoshi made up his mind to save the fate of the country. Political thinking and planning.

The current situation is that in the three years since Kira Yoshishi entered Echigo, the discourse power of the original Echigo Uesugi clan has been greatly weakened, the influence in Kasugayama Castle has been greatly reduced, and the independence of the Yangbei people has been completely dismantled. Several well-known thorns were either subdued or frightened. As the knowledge and knowledge of the Kira family and the Nagao family increased sharply, more than [-]% of the influx of refugees were controlled by these two families. Threat to the foundation of Nagao and Kira's duopoly.

During this period, Ueda Nagao firmly stood in the camp of Kira Yoshitoki. He did not have political speculation like Usami Sadamit, but bet his treasure on him. a supporter.

Regardless of the reason why Nagao Masaki made such a choice, what he did would greatly increase Kira Yoshitoki's affection for Ueda Nagao. Established a very close relationship with Nagao Torahime, and gained the respect and trust of Kira Yoshitoki.

Therefore, Yoshitoki Kira also promoted Nagao Masaki step by step from an insignificant position to the No. [-] person in the Nagao family's public ranking in more than a year, second only to the Nagao family's genealogy family elder. This village is true.

This time he successfully stood out from Kasuga Yamashiro's many pursuits, which made his political stance clearer. He was also a key member of the Kira faction with a clear-cut banner in the Nagao family, and another key member was Saito Asanobu who was preparing for a big wedding.

In the second half of last year, this reckless man did an earth-shattering event. He piled up thousands of bouquets of wild flowers in front of Ji Qulun in Chunri Mountain City, shouted the slogan of marrying Atago Juji, and the people behind him There were more than a dozen tall and burly men yelling and shouting at the top of their lungs. In the end, Nagao Jinghu couldn't stand it any longer, so he sent Nagao Jinglian over, and took these troublemakers to the Tianshou Pavilion for interrogation. .

Saito Chaonobu used his ability to play tricks, first he brazenly explained his love for Aju, and then under the banner of Kira Yoshitoshi, he said that he acquiesced to him, and finally carried his dead father out. He began to talk about how his father fought for Changwei and Jinggong, how his father immediately joined the account when Jing Hugong came out of the mountain, and what contributions he has made for Changwei's family over the years.

He almost sprayed his saliva on Nagao Jinghu's face, and wrote the words "Nagao's family owes me" on his face, which made Echigo Zhilong choke for a long time, and finally watched this guy develop again If you go down, you will be throwing and rolling, and it is worth discussing countermeasures with Kira Yoshitoki with a smile and anger.

Yoshishi Kira also saw that this sister Aju and Saito Chaoxin were in love with each other, but Aju's situation was very special, this silly sister didn't know what to say, and was even more embarrassed to say it. That layer of window paper has not been pierced for several years. If Saito Chaoxin hadn't been playing tricks this time, I don't know how long it would have taken.

So I heard that Changwei Jinghu also meant to make a match, so he went along with the flow to express his support, and then asked Hu Ji to take a message to test Aju's intentions on the sidelines. I don't know if Aju was frightened by this move. At that time He covered his burning face and nodded stupidly, and then the matter was settled in a daze.

A family governor of the Ueda Nagao family. The Ueda Nagao family controls nearly [-]% of the land in Uonuma County. It is due to the advantage of being very independent.

Another family governor of the Saito family, one of the four elders of Echigo, was originally the family elder of the Echigo Uesugi family. The Saito family has the same family style as the Nagao family, and it was the first time to stand in the camp of the Nagao family. Li developed smoothly, leaving the other two Ishikawa and Sensaka families with the same family background far away, and his popularity and deep connections in Echigo are very strong.

Coupled with the influence of Hojo Takahiro, Honjo Shigecho, and Kurokawa Kiyomi in the local area, there is almost no force in Echigo that can compete with them. This is why Kirayoshi considered saving Kunimatsu back then. Another motivation to deepen the relationship between the two lies in the bond of Guosong.

Even though Echigo's dragon, Nagao Keiko, still can't let go of the rebellion of Nagao Masake, he can't change this change in the general situation. In this way, the treatment of their eldest son Kunimatsu is even more important. If the eldest son is not dead, the Ueda Nagao family's family will not change. For a Ueda Nagao family who is friendly to the Kira family, Yoshihide raised his hands in support.

But the problem came out again. With the lack of doctors and medicines in Echigo, it is impossible to treat the illness that Guosong is facing. It is difficult to treat the illness that is weak due to congenital problems. Faced with this illness, we can only use warming and tonic. Qi and blood, regulating internal organs and gradually improving.

At the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen Guosong's will to survive, so that he can be more cooperative with the other side of the treatment. The five-year strategy is only a preliminary strategy, and there may be another five-year strategy in the future to consolidate the curative effect. Of course, all of this is not a problem. Ten years old has a lot of time, as long as you can survive healthy, it is not a problem.

"Kuosong is still very young, and we can wait five years. We must strictly control this, and we must ensure the physical and mental health of Guosong, understand?" Ji Liangyishi repeatedly urged.

"Understood!" Qu Naose Shouzhen lifted his spirits, and quickly said respectfully: "Please rest assured, Lord Master, I will definitely try my best to do it!" (To be continued...)