Pillars of the Wu family

Kira Yoshitoki's angry voice spread far away: "Is God and Buddha punishing us? I want to say absolutely not! This is just a test for us by God and Buddha! I think Echigo is a good place, Shining Water Xiumin is simple and honest, hard-working farmers work hard with their hands. I have never seen civilians who eat well and cook well in Echigo in three years. So what is lacking in Echigo? It is knowledge and a broad vision!

The lord of Echigo is also my brother-in-law. Nagao Danshoden was worried about the survival of the 30 people of Echigo, and traveled thousands of miles to Luojingdu to seek a cure, which led to my decision to go to Echigo. Since then My brother-in-law and I have worked hard to plan every day, but unexpectedly a disaster caused brother-in-law to fall ill. It has been three years now!

Three years!Adhering to the ambition of a righteous brother, I led Echigo's thousands of samurai to the countryside many times to investigate and study the methods of agricultural reform. Echigo has changed little by little in our hands, and gradually got rid of famine and poverty to the present. It only took three years. I can proudly say that the samurai and the leaders of Echigo are the best after completing the unfinished business in the past 300 years!The warriors and leaders who have fought day and night for three years are the most outstanding in the whole world! "

The solemn announcement heralds a complete summary of Echigo’s great achievements. As the majestic voice spread throughout the square, the 10,000+ people in the audience burst into cheers. People cheered and jumped to celebrate the great harvest of three years. Except Mutsu, The first leading country to hit a million stones, and easily surpassed Mutsu to become the first leading country to reach 200 million stones.

Nagao Jinghu blushed from his provocative words, and an uninformed samurai thought it was because of excitement, but he himself knew that this was not the case.But who doesn't like fame in this world?Long Tail Jinghu is certainly no exception.

"The achievements of more than 40 people in Echigo have achieved three years of hard work. Let us live a happy and peaceful life. The whole of Echigo is looking forward to a life without famine and poverty, and without war and killing, but all of this has been suppressed by them. Destroyed! They are called Yixiang Yikui!

They burn down the houses that you have worked so hard to build, kill your relatives and compatriots, and wantonly trample on the fruits of your labor. Their thieves who get something for nothing, robbers full of evil, they want to kill all the warriors who defend their homes, trample on Your belief in fighting for it.Occupying the wives, daughters and food of the lords, fortunately they are worshiped in the hands of my righteous brother. The place where my Echigo army has been has always been crumbling, and now is the time to judge their crimes!You gentlemen tell me loudly, how to deal with them! "

"Kill them! Kill them! Kill them..." The anger of 10,000+ people was terrifying. When they burst out with one voice, even the hard-hearted Echigo general would change color.

The criminals who have always been on the side of Yikui are as pale as mourners. They never expected that a well-prepared Yikui would end up like this. They got nothing but killing hundreds of fish that slipped through the net. More than 500 lives.In their view, it was a complete loss of blood.

The civilians in Echigo didn't think they were at a disadvantage. More than 7000 Ichikui troops were killed by the army led by Nagao Jinghu on the spot, and more than 800 people were killed.After fleeing overnight, 800 people died one after another, and after hiding in Tibet, they were found one by one, and another 600 people died.

In addition, there are more than 5000 people who have not had time to gather to fight against each other. Their scattered branches to other areas of Joetsu were also quickly wiped out. Now more than 500 diehards are to be executed. There are more than 3000 Yiyi sect believers, and there are only more than 7000 people who are really worth "saving". The rest are either dead or waiting to be executed.

Ishida An Yunshou yelled frantically: "You can't kill me! Shengxing Temple will not let you go! I will never let you go..."

The little sound he made was drowned in the rolling tide without even turning a wave. Fortunately, the voice of 10,000+ people was loud enough to drown out his threat, otherwise this person would be killed by angry Echigo civilians on the spot shredded.

Facing the roar of mountains and tsunami-like sound waves, the deafening noise made the legs of many warriors watching the ceremony on the high platform weak. Uesugi Xianzheng was one of them. With a little help from him, the Kanto leader would probably make a big fool of himself, and when he looked at Kirayoshi again, he looked a little more in awe.

Nagao Jinghu never expected that he would use this move, and turned to look at Kira's retainers. Apart from being a little surprised at the huge noise, there was only an excited expression on his face, and everyone looked similar, which made him very happy. Puzzled: "Why are they not surprised at such an incredible method?"

Shino Honjo was also very puzzled. He didn't have the identity restrictions of Nagao Keigatora, so he had the audacity to ask Yamamoto Tokiyuki a few words. As the elder of the Kira family's genealogy writer, Yamamoto Tokiyuki's statement is in a sense Kira The expression of the will at the time of righteousness.

"Don't be surprised by the beauty of guarding the palace! My lord's words and deeds are always unexpected, and we have long been used to it."

"It's that simple?" Benzhuang Shino still didn't believe it.

"Yes! It's that simple!" Tokiyuki Yamamoto's smile was impeccable, his tone and movements were very natural, and he motioned without waiting for Mino Honjo to continue to ask: "Look ahead!"

"...All the lords say they can be killed, so I will judge again! The chief evil Ishida An Yunshou and other 13 people were burned at the stake, and another 35 main evil people were beheaded, and the rest of the accomplices were all hanged! Execute immediately!"

The Echigo samurai who was in charge of the execution escorted Ishida Anyunshou up the steps slowly, and walked to the most conspicuous wooden stake. Only then did people suddenly realize that this big wooden stake was used for the execution of the fire. The hemp rope as thick as a baby's fist was wrapped around Ishida Yasumoru's body, and the [-] spectators burst into cheers.

"You can't kill me! I will never let you go, woo woo..."

The samurai who executed him thought he was nagging, so he took out a rag and stuffed it into his mouth. Several samurai tied him up tightly, and then went down the steps to collect the firewood, saltpeter, grease, and sulfur he had prepared in advance. When the kindling was ignited, the raging fire quickly burst into flames, igniting half of the stake in just a few moments.

The tall flames jumped up to the criminals on the stake, watching them gradually being swallowed up by the fire, wailing.cursed.begging for mercy.In the end, they turned into ashes one by one. At this moment, no one feels fear or disgust. When people's right to life and the right to pursue happiness are violated, they can do any cruel thing, even if the gallows discharges a few Hundreds of lives are at stake.

Standing in the shade of a tree in Myokaku-ji Temple in Naoetsu, Zongyi Torazai looked at the raging fire in the distance and the cheers of 10,000+ people. After sighing, he recited the "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra": "... The Buddha told Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva: All sentient beings who have not been liberated have no fixed nature and consciousness. Evil habits end their karma and good habits result. They are born for good and evil. It will be a long flow, slipping in and out temporarily and then caught in the net again..."

Kira Yoshishishi sent someone to inform the nearby temples in Naoetsu in advance, and they could choose whether to attend the public trial meeting according to their own wishes. Gochi Kokubunji Temple gladly went, because they had also been greatly impacted by Yiyiyikui. A group of 400 people A Kui army rushed around the temple and burned and killed them.It also almost broke the temple, and finally the Echigo Legion came to rescue.

Kurita Kanyasu of Echigo Zenkoji Temple also expressed his willingness to go.His own family, Kurita Tsurumi, was killed for rebellion, and his territory was confiscated by Kira Yoshitoki, and the power of the entire Zenko Temple was also taken into his hands. Now the Zenko Temple left behind in Shinano is his younger brother, and Kurita Hiroaki is in charge of guarding Shinano Honjo of Zenkoji Temple and Echigo Kazuki did not get into Naoetsu Town this time, but he still decided to take this opportunity to increase his impression points in front of several big shots in Echigo.

Looking at the burning pillar of fire devouring more than a dozen lives, Ji Liangyi, who stood at the front and witnessed all this, remained silent for a long time.

"In the fire it will all end!"

In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun gradually dissipated, and the noisy streets in Naoetsu Town gradually returned to tranquility. The people who were stimulated by the mass execution in the morning were extremely excited, and then they were busy all day until the evening pedestrians became very few, probably due to excessive excitement. Went home to catch up on sleep.

In a tavern on the corner of the street, the two Doubi who appeared before were sitting in the tavern and chatting while eating. There was no effect, so he got up angrily and left.

After the shopkeeper sent the last customer away with a sad face, he quietly closed the shop door and turned around with another expression: "How is your inquiry? Is it the village rain?"

The two giggling guys turned back to their poker faces, and said quickly, "It is undoubtedly the famous sword Murasame lost by Mr. Furukawa's family! I even saw Honjo Shigecho showing it off with my own eyes. There is absolutely no mistake!"

"Mm! I will tell this as soon as possible, you have worked hard!" The shopkeeper nodded and turned to walk into the inner room. The two didn't say much, they quickly finished their meals, got up and left in a hurry.

Quickly wrote down the information in the inner room, pasted the seal and handed it over to the deaf-mute servant. The shopkeeper walked quickly and said in a low voice: "Sure enough, the Kira family stole the village rain! The leader sent me to hide for three years, there is nothing wrong with that." , so it seems that the later we have to collect every bit of it, the more contributions we make to the Lord's cause, the more stable the position of my Fengmo clan will be!"

A few days later, in Mochizuki Castle in Saku County, Sanada Yutaka, Yazawa Yorimasa, and Mochizuki Shengshi had a drink and chatted about family affairs and Shinano's old affairs. (Nizu) These three families belong to the Shino clan, and the Sanada clan is originally a branch of the Mochizuki clan.

It was because of this relationship that Sanada Yutaka was able to instigate a large number of people in Shinano all the way, because they all came from the same clan. Sanada Yutaka's father, Sanada Yoshimasa, was the son-in-law and adopted son of his grandfather Totsuna Umino. It was brought up by his grandfather Totsuna Umino single-handedly and raised as the heir.

In the end, he disregarded the opposition of Totsuna Unano, and left the Unino family and joined the Takeda family. From then on, he became the actual master of half of Shinano. Sanada Xingtaka, who had become famous, went to invite his grandfather again, but was flatly rejected. Refuse, now he is in such a miserable situation, he is loyal to the Takeda family and attacked Nishi Ueno country where Totsuna Umino is staying, it is even more impossible for his grandfather to come over.

Mochizuki Shengshi was ten years older than Yukitaka Sanada, and about the same age as Tokyuki Yamamoto. With his old face, gray hair and messy beard, he looked dry and thin like an old man in his 70s and [-]s. , cursing while drinking: "It's all because of that Kirayoshi who broke me! You bastard!"

Sanada Yutaka asked with great interest: "Huh? How do you say that?"

Mochizuki Shengshi looked around and saw no outsiders, waved to the two brothers, approached and whispered: "You should know that I have a branch family in Jinjiang?"

Yazawa Yorima immediately came over to gossip and said, "I know! It seems to be quite famous. It's called Mochizuki Izumo Mamoru? What does this have to do with Kira Yoshitoki?"

"I'm nearly [-] years old and have no children. You also know that. Back then, when my married wife gave birth to a child for me, I died of dystocia. As a result, the adults and children were not kept, and then there were years of wars and famines, and it was difficult to maintain my livelihood. I missed a good time. A few years ago, I sent someone to Omi to contact the branch family. I wanted to continue Yifang and give birth to a son and a half for me. I never wanted to talk about a good marriage. !" Mochizuki Shengshi cursed angrily.

"In this way, adopting Nori Takeda's second son as an adopted son a few years ago was a last resort!" Yazawa Yorima smacked his lips, thinking how badly he would be scolded by his elder brother if he laughed out loud now.

Mochizuki Shengshi angrily hammered on the table: "I don't even have a son-in-law. It's too late to adopt a daughter, so I can only watch my Mochizuki family's family handle being taken away by the Takeda family. My Ziye family has worked hard for hundreds of years. When someone else makes wedding clothes, do you think I should hate Naji Liangyi?"

"That's pretty miserable!"

Sanada Yutaka made some calculations, then said softly: "I heard that Mochizuki Izumomori's daughter was taken as a concubine by Kira Yoshishi? I don't know if it's true or not!"

"What? It happened like this!" Mochizuki was startled and angry at the time, and turned to be depressed and decadent. The old man who was originally dry and thin is now even more dry, and lamented: "The old man would rather that woman marry an ordinary warrior, and don't have to suffer so much! "

Seeing the look in his brother's eyes, Yazawa Yorima immediately said with a smile: "The matter has long passed, so don't mention it again. Let's talk about something else! For example, Echigo's public trial, I don't know how he came up with the idea .The crime was revealed in front of 10,000+ people, and then the public trial was executed quickly, which is really amazing!"

"It's just that I don't know what my lord's plan is, how I will deal with it! It's such a pity that such a great opportunity..." Yukitaka Sanada glanced at Mochizuki Sheng when he was hit by the words just now and had no intention of talking, so he immediately cut off the conversation and stood up slowly Said to him: "Thank you for the warm hospitality of Yuan Jiangshou. I am so lucky that I cannot drink with Yuan Jiangshou! I have something to rush back tomorrow, so I will say my goodbyes here! I will go to the Yazaki Pavilion another day. Talk about the old days!"

"Oh! Good! Rest early! I'll see you off!" Mochizuki took three steps and two steps to send them away.

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Since Nagao Kagetora’s contribution, Echigo’s military and political style has suddenly changed from a gentle and drizzle to a vigorous and vigorous one. In the grand evaluation in April, Echigo’s dragon solemnly promised Uesugi’s constitutional government that he would go out to the Ueno to expel the Hojo Clan within a few months , At the same time, he promised to provide Ueno with [-] shi Kinki rations to help Ueno people through the difficult season of shortage.

Uesugi Xianzheng was so excited that he almost cried. Compared with the indifferent Kirayoshi, this one is really warm-hearted. He immediately said that he would transfer the family handle of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi and the Kanto leader to him, and all he needed was to be his adopted son. It's from Nagao's family. I can't bear the shock when I'm old, and I need to take care of myself.

Nagao Jinghu was in a bit of a dilemma. Both he himself and Nagao’s retainers were very interested in the Kanto leaders. The most fundamental problem of Nagao’s family’s inability to suppress the Echigo people was that they did not have enough status. Nagao The family came from the Kamakura party of the Bando Happei clan, and most of the large number of retainers in Echigo were also from the Bando Happei clan or the samurai from the Hidego of the Fujiwara clan.

There are even famous Minamoto clans such as the Uta Genji Sasaki clan and the Kawachi Genji Nitta clan. Their own family background is no worse than the Nagao family, and some samurai are even worse. They look down on or envy the sudden rise The Nagao family hates Nagao's view of Xia Keshang, and even denies the Nagao family's legal ruling power.

If there is no external force to intervene, this stubborn disease that has plagued Echigo for many years will continue for more than ten years. Only after several rebellions can a relatively stable Warring States daimyo power system be established. The current situation is quite different. The situation turned sharply all the way. The traditional samurai groups of Zhongyue and Xiayue were broken up one by one. The development of Xintian and the suppression of powerful force greatly improved the order of Echigo.

In just a few years, the threshold that could not be crossed in hundreds of years was crossed. Echigo refused to accept the Nagao family, and the people of the country were defeated one by one, and other samurai also surrendered with a big stick.Under the strategy of one hand carrot.Even if there are Chinese people who are greedy for the interests of Xintian, they have to weigh how much strength and appetite they have to eat this part of the interests.Inadvertently facing the devastating attack of the Kira Legion, they are the next generation of Okuma Asohide.

Judging from the current situation, Nagao Jinghu does not particularly need the name of the Kanto governor to lead the Echigo retainers. With the support of Kira Yoshishi's name, it is much easier to lead Echigo now. The only thing to worry about is Honjo Minato , Nagao Jingxin and others expressed the concerns of the generation. In the past few years, they have expressed their concerns about the gradual strength of the Kira family.

In the depths of Echigo, the grassroots servants and ordinary people all know that Echigo today comes from the Kira family, the powerful Kira Chibi, and excellent armed forces.The enviable treatment, the beautiful and tidy new town, and the new village that is not inferior to the town make the people of Echigo gradually unite under the banner of the Kira family.No one can tell.

"If Wuweidian really does that thing, can my Nagao family be alone? Can the lord stay out of it?" Honjo Shinai said those words that made Nagao Jinghu wake up like a dream. Soon even he couldn't recognize him, walking out of Chunri Mountain City and wandering around didn't even feel a little familiar, if he was a wanderer who had been away from home for three years.You will definitely get lost in the unfamiliar Shinmachi.

Unknowingly, Sino-Vietnamese Empress already has a strong national power that crushes several countries, and there are as many as [-] tigers in stock.He could arm another [-] reserve legions at any time, so what exactly was he going to do?Nagao Jinghu wishful thinking that he just wants to help the shogunate, but is this to help the shogunate?Maybe, maybe not.

"Could it be that he wants to do that? No! Hasn't he always hated subordination and rebellion? Absolutely not! There must be some other reason that I don't know..." Not in his position, not looking for his own government, a few years of self-cultivation Changwei Jinghu had more and more things to think about.

As soon as he thought of that terrible assumption, he couldn't help but shudder, and secretly murmured in his heart: "...if you really do that, what will happen? Success will last for thousands of years. My Nagao family will reach the sky in one step, and failure will lead to failure." It is beyond redemption, my Nagao family has been infamous for thousands of years, what should I do?"

Yoshishi Kira didn't know how intense Nagao Jinghu's inner conflict was, but he noticed that his face turned blue and pale for a while, and seemed to guess what he was thinking, so he comforted him: "Brother! , In the past few months, we can see the sincerity of Guanling Palace, brother can consider what to do next, after all, the situation in Ueno cannot be separated from the leadership of Guanling in Guandong."

"At first I heard this, it seems that Wuweidian is testing the sincerity of my family, but when I think about it, it seems that it is indeed a test, but why does my family always feel that something is not right?" Uesugi Xianzheng followed with an embarrassed smile. Now, he could have set up the music of the noble lord in Echigo, but it's a pity that he met the Suo Ashikaga family who had no temper, and he didn't even dare to intervene.

"The appointment of the Kanto leader is of great importance. Without the permission of the shogunate and the support of the Kanto samurai, it is still inconvenient for me to make a forced decision, so let's wait and see!" Nagao Jinghu still has a lot of worries, and he is so worried. The reason is that it is useless to quietly recognize an adoptive father in Echigo and then claim to be the leader of the Kanto.

The Kanto people are famous for being stubborn and conservative. If you don’t go to Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine to hold a grand inauguration ceremony, those stubborn Kanto people will not respond at all. Such an inauguration ceremony might as well not be in office. Because the Nagao family was in the backstage of the shogunate and the imperial court, Yoshiki Kira could not afford to lose this person.

"The inauguration ceremony of the Kanto governor really needs to be held at Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, and it can't be done yet!" Uesugi Kenmasa also thought of this, embarrassed and anxious. He didn't find it too troublesome when he was a governor before. , At that time, their Uesugi family in the mountain was still the overlord of Kanto, and now they have fallen from the altar to the days of living under the hedge of others in just ten years.

"What should I do? Tanseiden must help the Uesugi family in Yamauchi!"

"In any case, I, Jinghu, will do my best to fulfill the important entrustment of Guanlingdian. Helping Guanlingdian to expel Hojo is the top priority for now." Nagao Jinghu comforted the impatient Uesugi Xianzheng: "I heard that there are still people around Guanlingdian. I don’t know where the two Ueno warriors are now? According to my investigation, they were the ones who first discovered that Kaito had contacted Ichikui, and they even asked for help immediately. My family would like to thank them very much.”

"The Tanseiden is talking about them! I'm going to send someone to invite them! They will be there soon." Uesugi Xianzheng got up and left in a hurry. (to be continued..)