Pillars of the Wu family

The first lunar month of the fourth year of Hongzhi was very lively. People from all walks of life in Echigo, Ueno, and Shinano gathered here, including Etchu Shiina, Shimono Sano, Shimoso Chiba, Aizu Ashina, Dewa Mogami, etc. The daimyos of all parties sent envoys to congratulate them. The banner they played was to congratulate the newly released three ministers, but in fact they came to take the initiative to establish a good relationship with the hot Echigo.

It’s okay for other Chinese people to come over, but Ashina Shengshi and Mogami Yoshishou also sent envoys to the city to celebrate. Flattery words were sprayed out like they don’t want money, and they want to stick their faces to them. It’s so disgusting that even other envoys look at it. But in the end, everyone is from the Wu family. How can there be such a drop in price? Most of the Chinese people who came to congratulate do not understand the fear of these two families.

For the envoys of these two families, the measures taken by the Kira family are to open the door to welcome guests. As long as you dare to come, I will welcome you, and you will accept all gifts as ordered, but you will not discuss any issues with you. Everyone laughs and eats and drinks as a New Year party. For a moment, the ambiguous attitude turned the two envoys around anxiously, but there was no better way to deal with it. They could only eat, drink and have fun with everyone with a look of wanting to laugh but not laughing, wanting to cry but not daring to cry.

Kasuga Mountain Castle is decorated with lanterns and festoons, creating a festive and lively atmosphere. The banquets have not stopped since the first month of the first month. Since the imperial court announced that Kirayoshi was promoted to the third rank, the name of Nagao Tiger Princess has also changed. Cheng Hu Yutai, the maids of Kasuga Mountain City no longer have to worry about the awkward titles of the two Hu Yuqian.

The envoy officially announced by the imperial court is still Imidegawa Haruki, accompanied by the middle court Tongmi.This cousin came to Vietnam on business for the imperial court and spent a few days eating and drinking. Now he is living a life of desire.Lieutenant General Nayan and Zuo Jinwei were very satisfied.

The few commercial houses in Kyoto dare not say that making money every day is definitely better than guarding a few farms in the past and worrying about making troubles. He and Kuga Yoko's married life is also very happy. The pungent sister-in-law is already pregnant and expecting to give birth with peace of mind. The happy smile revealed in the words makes Kira Yoshitoki very jealous. Reflecting on himself, he has not been touched by women until now, which is really a failure.

He also told Kira Yoshishi that the imperial court intended to move the position of the middle court Tongwei, probably the position of the Minister of Internal Affairs, but the middle court Tongwei has no plans to follow up for the time being.Because the imperial court wanted to use the price of the inner minister to replace the right minister of the middle court's father-in-law Haruichi Kuga, and the person who moved this appointment was the former Kanbai Nijo Haruyoshi.

It can be seen from this that there is still a lot of voice in the imperial court for the newly emerging group of public officials. The Kujo and Yiyi series of public affairs groups represented by Nijo Haruyoshi have always been Konoe, Konoe, and Konoe. It is not surprising that the political rivals of the Yingji Gongqing Group have won and lost each other for three to four hundred years, but in recent years, the trend is clearly leaning towards the Konoe family.Many neutral ministerial families were pulled into the carriage of the Konoe family, and the hidden force behind this came from the Shangsuo Ashikaga family in the shogunate.

Nijo Haruyo soon discovered that the political factions of the Kamiso Ashikaga family were very complicated. A new dignitary who was far away from the center of power in Kyoto for several years still maintained absolute influence in Kyoto, such as Konoe, Kuga, Sanjo, Imadegawa, Tokudaiji, Sanjo A large number of Gongqing families such as the West and the Middle Court have very close contacts with the Kamiso Ashikaga family. [

The more he checked, the more terrified he became. Guan Bai's left minister was Konoe's former heir, who was Kira Yoshitoshi's righteous brother, and the right minister was Kuga Qingtong, who was Konoe's former heir's uncle.At the same time, he is also the in-laws of Nagon Nagon Nakain, who is also the uncle of Yoshitoki Kira. If this layer of relationship is substituted, it becomes a new powerful group that far surpasses the original faction.

Therefore, if Haruyo Nijo wants to destroy this power net, he must first clean up the most powerful link, Harumichi Kuga. His method is to use his in-laws as the bait to serve as the internal minister.The strategy of forcing the Zhongyuan family to sell the interests of Harutsu Kuga in order to bite the bait is neither secret nor clever.But very attractive enough.

The General Court of the Central Court considered it for a long time and still rejected this proposal. He knew very well that once he became a minister of the interior with his family status, he would have to resign automatically for at most two or three years. He still wants to wait for a few more years if he does not leave the position of Minister of the Interior. Jiuga Qingtong has just become the Minister of the Right, so he has to wait until his prestige in the position gradually increases before thinking about it.

As soon as Tongwei Zhongyuan left, Haruki Odate led a huge team to Kasugayama Castle. He came to announce the latest appointment of the shogunate. Ashikaga Yoshiki's imperial teacher did not have the habit of the old lady binding her feet. In just a few lines, The general idea is that Kira Yoshishi was appointed as the guardian of Ueno. Under his duties, the people of Ueno should abide by the law and make more efforts to revitalize the cause of the shogunate.

The decree announced that Ueno people cheered regardless of their true feelings or hypocrisy. This is the latest guardian appointed by the shogunate. Regardless of their feelings, they must express their support. In fact, the shogunate official Ashikaga Yoshiki is still very excited. It was also the first state of the Kanto state, and it was also the first comprehensive penetration of the shogunate into the Kanto region. If the ancestors of the past dynasties knew about this news underground, they would definitely be excited.

When people mention the Muromachi shogunate, people’s impression is that it is full of turmoil. It is almost comparable to the congenital Kamakura shogunate. Although it did not kill the generals like the Kamakura shogunate, the behavior of killing generals and exiling generals to manipulate inheritance rights is still serious. Muromachi shogunate The most serious internal trouble is the eight kingdoms of the Kanto outside the independent shogunate. The difficult Kanto government has several generations of family governors who never forget to go to Luo to usurp the position of the general who conquered the barbarians, which has always been a major concern of the shogunate.

Since the Onin Rebellion, the authority of the shogunate has been declining, and the Kanto government has become a marionette in the hands of the Hojo family. When the shogunate killed a rare genius Ji Liangyi, he insisted on taking the Yamashiro country in the hands of the Miyoshi family. To keep it, to leave a piece of pure land for the shogunate, and to conquer Shinano and Ueno by their own means in the next few years, which is a total of 80 shi. Such means are called supernatural powers!

The ups and downs of Kirayoshi in Echigo not only caused the Kanto to shake up and down, but also went west to north in Uo, Hokuriku, and Tokai. It was rumored that there were two military gods in Echigo.One is Nagao Ping Sanjinghu, the military god of Bando Ping clan, who lived at the turn of summer and autumn in the third year of Hongzhi.The two staged a big drama in Dongguo.

Nagao Jinghu defeated the 66 army of Hojo Shiyasu with a division of [-], killed [-] and captured [-] alive. This battle completely destroyed the courage of the Kanto heroes. From then on, people don't know the name of the dragon of Echigo, " The titles of "Chaotic Dragon Banner" and "Black Dragon Cavalry" are widely spread, and the names of the princes from all walks of life in the [-] countries of the world are also shocked by it.

Legend has it that Echigo gathered a group of indestructible legions in the underworld. The general Zhong Kui of the Black Dragon Cavalry was three feet tall and had green faces and fangs.He was powerful enough to resist Mount Fuji, captured Guandong Gongfang and Hojo Shige alive with one hand, and beheaded [-] cavalrymen in Hojo with one hand. According to rumors, various rumors described Echigo as extremely bizarre.

During the period of Kira Yoshitoshi, the army of ten thousand and four killed 1 people in the Takeda army and captured more than [-] alive, and killed more than a hundred famous samurai including Takeda Noburen.Thousands of famous people, including Takeda Yoshinobu and Takeda Nobushige, were captured alive, and Shinano and Ueno were all in the pockets of the Kira family for a while. sleep soundly.

It is said that the battle was extremely fierce, and the weeds on Kawanakajima were all stained red with blood. Takeda Harunobu was in danger of being stabbed in the body and escaped to Kai to recuperate behind closed doors.Veterans such as Komai Masaobu, Kobaizai, Imai Sagami, and his younger brother Imai Toraobo were not so lucky. They passed away shortly after returning to Kai, declaring the decline of the Takeda family.

Among the eight kingdoms of Kanto, Ueno Kingdom is regarded as a first-class big country. Ueno Kingdom was the upper country in the Heian era, and only the prince of Ueno could concurrently serve as the guardian of Ueno.Since the establishment of the Muromachi shogunate, it has belonged to the core territory of the Kanto government and the Izai Yamauchi Uesugi family. It is an indisputable fact that the shogunate lacks actual control over the Ueno country.This time it was taken back lightly by the Kira family, which can be regarded as fulfilling the wish of more than a dozen generations of shoguns.

Although Yoshiki Ashikaga emotionally does not want to see Yoshiki Kira win one after another, but this kind of private little idea can't be used to explain things. He is even more worried that doing so will cause an uproar in the world and leave the world with a vicious hero. The bad image of love, the revival and support of the shogunate cannot be separated from the support of Kira's family, and he still can't do the stupid thing of self-destruction of the Great Wall.

Even if all of this is not that important, just looking at the regular and regular payment of money and food every year is quite timely and thoughtful. He actively communicated with the shogunate and sealed a large sum of money when he asked for officials and reassignments. He is very satisfied with the management. He, the shogunate, is now more and more authoritative, and the expenses for ushering in and sending him are quite expensive. He just spent [-] yuan to help the emperor with the funeral of the former emperor. If he left Kiragi, the money and food support him. Where are the next ten thousand kanwen to support the emperor, not to mention the scene where the shogunate welcomes all kinds of daimyos and wealthy families to meet the public and send money. [

Odate Haruhiko lived in Kasugayama Castle for a few days, and explained the complex forms of Kinai in detail to Kira Yoshin, focusing on the influence of the Kira family in Shiga and Takashima counties on Kinai, and the increasingly obvious actions of Rokkaku Yoshin. The implication is that I hope Ji Liangyi will make more preparations, and be careful that this person will attack the two counties at any time.

This is what Odate Haruki told him in private. Ashikaga Yoshiki did not ask him to share the information. This kind old man is now one of the four Shimotsutsu Mori. At that time, he exhorted him with all his heart and soul, hoping that he would pay more attention to his behavior in Kinai. After all, he came from Kinai, which is the root of the shogunate.

Kira Yoshitoshi was very happy with the old man's advice, and he wanted to persuade him to stay in Echigo as a diplomat of the Kira family. The old man was very happy with his invitation but said that he was getting old and would retire in a few years He came down to live in Kyoto for the elderly, but his son Odate Hikari is 22 years old this year. The young man does not have much status in the shogunate. He can come to Etsu and help the Kira family. After all, the same line of the shogunate can help each other to make the shogunate better .

Daguan Qingguang left in a hurry. In fact, he had already grasped the information he gave. Let Toki Yamamoto recruit another [-] new troops in Vietnam to train on his behalf, and use these [-] new troops to replace the remaining [-] new Omi troops.

After two years of hard training, half of them died after only a few months of fighting. It would be a lie to say that they don't feel distressed. Without the desperate persistence of this group of new troops, an army of [-] people would definitely not be able to defend Songcang City.They have experienced a lot in just a few months, and they know how to defend the city and fight.Every battle must be fully prepared. In case of emergency, don't rush or rush, and successfully complete the transformation from recruit to elite division is the biggest gain.

These two thousand and 500 people will return to Omi by boat when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. Nakajo Tohide needs this batch of elite townships. This kind of samurai from the frontline battlefield will guard the stall. At the same time, he also plans to transfer another [-] soldiers from Omi to rotate the defense, so as to hone the fighting will of Omi warriors.By the way, find some soldiers for yourself.

In the first month of the lunar year, there were continuous big banquets. Yoshishi Yoshitoshi only showed up a few times in the first few days, and the rest of the banquets were presided over by the genealogists. Nagao Jinghu's announcement that Yoshiki Yoshitoshi was the master was just the beginning, and the reversal of Echigo The mentality of the Chinese people still needs a process. The agricultural development of Shinano and Ueno cannot be summed up in a word by following the model of Echigo.It was so overwhelming that it gave him a headache.

When I was having a headache for the development of Niigata Nitta, river defense construction, and rice-wheat rotation trial for a year, something annoying happened. Saito Chaoxin came to him with a sad face and begged: "The town Fugong, please make the decision for me! Aju is living a very hard life now, but today she has the idea of ​​committing suicide. If the maid hadn't found out, she would have left me long ago! Woooo..."

Ji Liangyi stood up abruptly, and hurriedly asked: "Hold on! Calm down and tell Yu, what happened? How is Sister Aju now? Is there any danger? Do I need Mr. Shiliuwen Qian?" Come for a diagnosis and treatment? Where is Sister Aju now?"

"Aju is not in danger, she just hid a dagger in her hand and was about to commit suicide, but was bumped into by a few maids who happened to be cleaning the house. She was not injured but her spirit was very low, and she kept crying and crying while holding the child. My heart is crying to pieces! Woohoo..." Saito Chaoxin said incongruously, and it took him a long time to explain clearly.

Just after speaking, this man started to cry again, and Kirayoshi was disturbed by his crying at the top of his voice. Who would have thought that this seven-foot high-spirited man who kills people on the battlefield and counts as Megatron Kanto would be like a little boy? The baby cried like a dead old woman with snot and tears.

"Stop crying! Look at what you look like, tune in and listen to me!"

Saito Chaoxin stopped crying immediately, pulled out an embroidered handkerchief from somewhere, wiped his face randomly, and said in his low and hoarse voice: "Didn't you tell the town government about this two months ago?" Is it? Isn’t it because Aju gave birth to a pair of twin girls! They have been saying that twin girls are unlucky these few months! Aju is depressed these days, but she doesn’t want to commit suicide!”

Yoshishi Kira frowned: "You talk about your precious daughter! Yu knew about it, and Yu asked Ah Hu to bring a gift to see the two little princesses of Saito's family. Ah Hu told Yu these two The little princess is very beautiful and cute, she doesn't look like you at all, so why are twin girls unlucky?"

"They say twins are unlucky, and so are twin girls..."

"Wait!" Kira Yoshitoki growled murderously: "Which one of them? Who said it all? Report your name, and I want to ask them face to face, who is so bold to tell stories behind their backs? Is the tongue a crime against the precepts?"

"..." This time it was Saito Asanobu who didn't dare to speak. He didn't dare to say who it was, but Yoshimitsu Kira could guess it. Most likely it was Echigo's gang of idle bastards talking cheap again.

Thinking of this, Kira Yoshishi's face darkened: "The bastards talk too much again, right? You can't find out if you don't tell me? Just wait, I can catch all these bastards in half a day. Dare to talk about whether Sister Aju's daughter is not, and even Sister Aju almost died, is Dang Yu, the general who guards the mansion, a muddlehead? Hmph!"

"But it seems that there is no such thing as controlling words and deeds in the duties of the town government official." Saito Chaoxin subconsciously continued, and then he lowered his head facing the sharpness of a knife and muttered: "They don't dare to talk about the town government. It's my fault, it would be bad if the minister's housework damages the reputation of the Lord of the Town. I am not a person who does not know good and evil. The Lord of the Town's doing so has both advantages and disadvantages. If there is any big criticism, she will definitely have a very unhappy life."

Saito Chaoxin's last sentence touched on the crux of Kirayoshi's time. He knew Aki's sister's temperament too well. A silly girl with a rough personality likes to live a simple and peaceful life. Such punishment will not only help solve the problem, but also It will make things more complicated, and the family members of the samurai who have been punished may spread more rumors, causing her to bear a psychological pressure and bear the heavy burden of Kira Yoshitoki's sister-in-law against a crime. .

Kira Yoshishi was silent for a long time, and sighed: "...you are right, I can't do this, I have to consider the opinions of my retainers and warriors, I have to consider the burden on Sister Aju's heart, and the person who should be punished can't do it, just Like Yu's experience of ups and downs in the past few years, how many times should I do it but I can't do it because of such and other scruples. In troubled times, people are bound by the old rules left over from this prosperous age, which makes me unhappy and unhappy. This is the chaotic world, this is the reality!"

"The town government official..."

"I'm fine, I'm just expressing my feelings...Let's talk about your matter. It's very good that Sister Aju gave birth to twin daughters. This is a blessing accumulated by your Saito family for several generations. It's not an unlucky thing. Yu It is the legend that does not believe in evil spirits and demons the most. Twins must die or both must die. These are superstitious nonsense. Pointing to a stone and saying it is a god, pointing to a big tree and saying it is a god, what a cat or a dog Even if you can become a god, you are not afraid that Gao Tianyuan will be overwhelmed! Why can't they have a twin god when they have created so many gods?"

"Prince of the town! Please be careful!" Saito Asanobu shivered in fright. How dare he imagine that Kira Yoshitaka would spray the entire Shinto teaching with a single mouth, and the twins are the incarnation of demons and the like. The rumors are also said to come from Shintoism. The folks in the countryside don't know if it is true or not. Anyway, they all believe what the priests say. (to be continued...)