Pillars of the Wu family

The Sakamoto Castle Town was completed first in mid-April, followed by Nakao Castle. Compared with Nakao City, where the Shogun’s family had a hard time giving birth for half a year, the castle town of the Kira family has already attracted thousands of residents to and from Gyeonggi. Perhaps it is because the conditions offered by the Kira family are too high. Well, it may be that the newly built town is neat and beautiful. In short, the new town has been divided with little effort.

As the weather gets warmer and everything revives, the land is covered with green sprouts, and there are all good things in this beautiful season when the grass grows and warblers fly. Finally, Itami City can’t withstand the pressure of food shortage. Kaisong, Itami Qinxing surrendered Miyoshi's family, and Miyoshi Changqing wiped out the last stabbing head, and the day when Shangluo was armed is not far away.

Miyoshi’s family Shangluo has already had the idea of ​​going to Luo again after rushing to Luoyang last year. This time, he does not need to cover up his ambition to eliminate the last hidden danger in Settsu. The first goal of Shangluo is to clean up the obstructive buildings next to Kyoto. For example, the newly built Nakao Castle is too obtrusive. Of course, Miyoshi Changqing understands the truth that sleeping on the side of the couch is not allowed. His Royal Highness, who is not interested, needs a lesson to let him know who owns Kinki.

Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Kira Yoshitoki for the time being. The next news will be different. I don’t know if it’s bad luck or what happened. He just beat him, but he was accidentally asked to die by Etsuchu Takashima, and of course that head was hung outside the Takashima family's Qingshuishan City.

Ashikaga Yoshito seemed very annoyed at the fact that his trusted retainer was killed for no reason, and he directly ordered Hosokawa Fujitaka to bring his imperial teacher to Sakamoto Castle, which read: "Ming Ji Liangyi led the headquarters to the public to attack the rebellious minister Takashima Koshi The Zhongshou family, life or death do not matter!"

Hosokawa Takayoshi said sternly: "This is naked contempt for His Royal Highness! Contempt for my shogunate! As the shogunate, Takashima Etchushou is already treasonous to serve the public and refuses to be loyal to the shogunate. Now he dares to treat the dead wood of the shogunate Your Highness has done such a rebellious thing! Our shogunate must send troops to fight against it! Otherwise, who will be convinced by the authority of the shogunate?"

"That is to say, it must be fought?"

"Yes! It must be fought! The majesty of the shogunate needs to be defended! His Highness Kira must send troops to fight against the Takashima family!" Hosokawa Fujitaka was classified as the liaison officer between the shogunate and Kira Yoshitoki for some reason, and he also worked very hard to complete this task tasks.

"It's really troublesome! But we still have to do it, then gather the army!" In short, the meaning of this order is to let Kira Yoshitoki send troops to destroy the Takashima family, and by the way, it can also fulfill the previous promise to Kira Yoshitoki, Takashima County into his hand.

Yoshitoki Kira put forward his own suggestion: "It takes time to assemble a large army, and this Takashima Etchu is also a public servant of the shogunate. In any case, first send the shogunate public to investigate the illegal affairs of the Takashima family. If he is willing to plead guilty Obeying the law is easy to solve, if you refuse to accept it, you will be famous for dealing with it, and contact the Liujiao family to prevent the Takashima family from disobeying orders. Takashima County is still under the Liujiao family, and the Takashima family is also a branch of the Liujiao family Family, you must notify the Liujiao family if you are emotional or reasonable."

"His Highness Kira's proposal will be conveyed to His Highness Gongfang on your behalf."

Hosokawa Fujitaka hurriedly returned to Nakao Castle to report on his work, and soon Ashikaga Yoshito sent diplomat Haruki Odate to contact the Rokkaku family, and another diplomat, Ninagawa, went to Takashima County to do persuasion and education work. A mobilization order was issued, and 500 people quickly assembled, because this was the first battle of Kira Yoshishi, and in case the Kira family made careful preparations for this, the Hattori ninja immediately dispatched to sneak into Takashima County to investigate intelligence.

The Takashima family was well-known in Omi during the Kamakura period. With six branches of their own, they united the seven heads of Takashima, and later became a powerful family of Omi royal family in the Kamakura shogunate. In addition to the Takashima family in Qitouri, the other six families are the Kuchiki family, the Nagata family, the Hirai family, the Yokoyama family, the Tanaka family, and the Yamazaki family. Based on these seven families, they form a powerful Xiangdang group on the west bank of Lake Biwa. They unite in Fight against the pressure from the clan Liujiao and Kyogoku together.

However, this tacit understanding has undergone tremendous changes with the decline of the Takashima clan and the rise of the Kuchiki clan. Originally, the Kuchiki clan was a powerful branch of the Takashima clan and became famous for mastering the Kuchiki Valley. The order became the public service of the shogunate, but the Kuchiki clan threw off several other Ashikaga Yoshike who climbed into trouble, and then the development trajectory of the Kuchiki clan changed dramatically.

With the era of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Omi Sakamoto became the sanctuary designated by the shogunate for vacation and refuge. The embarrassing situation where Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Ashikaga Yoshiharu stood side by side led Ashikaga Yoshiharu to move his office to the resort of Sakamoto Anana Taigosho. Deputy long-term anti-Japanese war plus preparation for vacation travel.

Kuchiki's former family governor, Kuchiki Ketsuna immediately jumped out to support Ashikaga Yoshiharu's decision. Whenever the shogunate needed money, food, knives, or his own daughter, he would give it away without hesitation, so this local tyrant became a close minister of the shogunate. One of the most trusted close ministers of the Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Ashikaga Yoshito generals, his status is only slightly inferior to some senior ministers.

The Takashima Clan is much worse. Originally, the geographical location is closer to Sakamoto. Compared with the Kuchiki Clan in the mountains, it can be said that it is close to the water. However, the Takashima family's family governor is blind and unwilling to participate in the infighting between the two parties, so he just sits and watches. Kuchiki's family was on the rise like a rocket. It is said that because of this reason, the former governor was hated and angry, and died in depression.

The current governor of the Takashima family, Takashima Etchumorori Taka, also hates this branch, especially Kuchiki Haruna who always has a smirk on his face. Coupled with the influence of "father feud", the two families have gone from indifference to direct relationship. It has been reduced to hostility. In recent years, as the Kuchiki family has grown up, they have gradually begun to compete for the status of the number one wealthy family in the county. This is absolutely unacceptable to the Takashima family.

In recent months, the conflict between the two families has intensified. The increasingly domineering Kuchiki Haruzuna invaded the territory while prevaricating, which made Takashima Etchu feel unbearable. This time, the incident also broke out due to the territorial dispute between the retainers of the two parties. The conflict was not a big problem at first, and Kuchiki Haruzuna perfunctoryly prevaricated Takashima Etsuchu Mamoru who came over according to the usual practice, and the result was that they broke up unhappy.

Then the next day, Takashima Etchumori Yoshitaka launched a surprise attack. Of course, the unsuspecting Kuchiki Haruzuna couldn't stop the prepared Takashima family's assault, and his head was chopped off in two or three hits, and then his head was hung The scandal in front of the gate of the Takashima family, because of Takashima Raiko's very restless behavior, also brought the matter into an irreversible desperation.

Takashima Yoshitaka seems not to have expected Ashikaga Yoshito to be furious. He thought that this kind of conflict between the two families would be nothing more than a few words of scolding and a tax penalty, but the result was beyond his control. Unexpectedly, his mistakes were outrageous. Ninagawa directly brought the shogunate's indictment. Ashikaga Yoshito's order clearly stated "Seize the title and change it, order him to harakiri! Immediately execute, without error!" Eight characters , this pardon can be called harsh, and of course it also drove Takashima Raiko crazy.

Takashima Raigao drew out his own sword on the spot to kill Ninagawa Okino, shouting that Ninagawa Okino was bribed by the Kuchiki family, but fortunately he was stopped by his retainers, and Takashima Raiko, in a rage, immediately Will tore the pardon into pieces, and threatened to fight the shogunate to the end without retreating half a step, Ninagawa was so frightened that he ran out of Qingshui City.

"You mean that Takashima Yorigaka sent his cronies to Settsu to find Miyoshi Changqing to deliver an oath. This is the rhythm of betraying the shogunate and the Rokkaku family to resolutely break up with the shogunate! Why bother? Say a few soft words If things like this are going to happen, if you don’t die, you won’t die!" Yoshihiro Kira watched the information gradually turn into ashes.

"Does the Liujiao family know the news?"

Hattori Baochang leaned out half of his body from the shadows, and said in a low voice: "The subject has already leaked it, but Liujia Zuokyoden's attitude is quite ambiguous."

"Hmph! He is imitating his father to be a speculator, but it's a pity that he is not as good as his father and still wants to learn, so let him continue to be ambiguous."

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