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The appointment of Ashikaga Yoshito to Masara this time is naturally to win over the Luo family.For this reason, Ashikaga Yoshito also ordered someone to send a letter to Shenglong.Let a piece of Shenglong be handed over to Zhengliang.The general meaning of the letter was to invite Zheng Liang to meet him in Kyoto.

Although there is no obvious word against Miyoshi's family in the letter, Zhengliang can see the strong ambition of this young general from the lines in the letter.Thinking about it carefully, what happened to this young general in the past few years was indeed quite tragic.

In the 17th year of Tianwen ([-]), his father Ashikaga Yoshiharu reconciled with Hosokawa Harumoto and returned to Kyoto.Hosokawa Harumoto also immediately recognized Ashikaga Yoshito as a general.However, fate did not allow Ashikaga Yoshito to live a stable life. The next year, because Hosokawa Harumoto's youngest Miyoshi Sosan intended to plot and assassinate Miyoshi Changqing who came to help him, Miyoshi Changqing defected to Hosokawa Utsuna in a rage, and Yusa Changjiao A joint force is sent to attack Miyoshi Sozo. Hosokawa Harumoto leads his own army and the Hexagonal Army to rescue Sozo but is defeated by Miyoshi Changqing and his younger brother Shihe Yicun.

Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Ashikaga Yoshito, and Hosokawa Harumoto fled Kyoto together, and once again came to Sakamoto, the Omi country where the shogun's family took refuge several times, and lived in Tsunezai Temple.In the 19th year of Tianwen ([-]), Ashikaga Yoshiharu died of illness in Omi. In order to protect his family, Ashikaga Yoshito endured the grief in his heart and moved to Kuchiki under the shade of Rokkaku Sarori.

Last year, Hosokawa Harumoto, who wanted to restore his power, led the army to fight Miyoshi Chokei again, but lost again. In the end, he had to accept the mediation of Rokkaku Nayori, and at the beginning of this year, he fled to Wakasa with his hair cut and became a monk. Ujitsuna took over the position of leader, and Ashikaga Yoshito returned to Kyoto to officially start the shogunate administration.But his actual power has been fully controlled by Miyoshi Changqing.At this time, he is actually just a puppet of Miyoshi Changqing's retainer Matsunaga Hideo.

And Ashikaga Yoshito, who is determined to restore the authority of the shogun, will naturally not be willing to be a puppet.So he began to devote himself to building a good relationship with powerful names from all over the world.The most typical example is that Ashikaga Yoshito appointed Niko Haruhisa as guardians of Inaba, Hoki, Bizen, Bichu, Bingo, Misaka, Izumo, and Oki in February and June of this year respectively.The intention of wooing Nizi's family is very obvious.Similarly, the appointment of Zhengliang also has the intention of wooing him.After being appointed as the guardians of Chikuzen and Buzen, plus the Hizen, Higo, and Chikugo guardians appointed by the shogunate, Masara is already the guardian of the five countries recognized by the shogunate.

In fact, Zhengliang hopes to get the post of guardian of Bungo more. After all, most of Bungo country is already under the control of the Luo family. If he gets the guardian position recognized by the shogunate in this area, it will be more beneficial to the Luo family. The management of Bungo country.It is also conducive to the division of the rest of the rich families in Bungo who are still in the hands of the Otomo family.It's a pity, it is estimated that Ashikaga Yoshito still remembers the help Otomo's family gave to his father back then, and Otomo Yoshijin, who was the guardian of Bungo, has not died yet, so it is naturally difficult for him to start.

This time, the detectives of the Luo family not only sent back Ashikaga Yoshito's handwritten letter, but also escorted Nakamimon Nobuhide's daughter back.Since the marriage agreement with Zhengliang was agreed upon during the last mission to the Luo family, due to the busy schedule and the constant fights between Harumoto Hosokawa and Changqing Miyoshi near Kyoto, he married Nobuhide Nakagomon The matter was temporarily delayed.

But Zhengliang is not in a hurry, but the Zhongyumen family is in a hurry.Especially in the past two years, after being ordered to support several times by Shenglong, the official of Luo's family stationed in Kyoto and Sakai Town, the Nakayumen family really felt the benefit of being in favor of the rich man Luo's family.So their family was afraid that their marriage with Luo's family would fail accidentally.So this time, he simply took advantage of the situation in Kyoto to stabilize.The daughter who was going to marry Zheng Liang was sent directly to the backyard of Zheng Liang, the daimyo of the Luo family, in the city. As for when Zheng Liang would marry this daughter.Zhongyumen Xuanxiu just let go, anyway, the daughter will be sent to you, as long as the Luo family admits this marriage.Poor Zheng Liang, as the groom, was sitting in Xiaocang City, Buzen Country at this time, so he didn't even know how old the bride was or what she looked like.Fortunately, the housewife, Ju Ji, was considerate, and quickly explained the situation to Zheng Liang through letters, and made him feel at ease about government affairs. She would arrange the future life of this new sister.However, Zheng Liang knew through Ju Ji's letter that this time he had taken in a 13-year-old little loli, and it would take at least a few years to raise her into the house.

In addition to sending his daughter to Zheng Liang, Zhongyumen Xuanxiu also knew that he had something serious to explain to Zheng Liang, so he also asked the detective of the Luo family to deliver a letter written by him to Zheng Liang.The main purpose of the letter is to tell Zhengliang about the progress of obtaining the royal companions for the Luo family.It was about to come to fruition, but since Miyoshi Changqing and his son are also quite interested in this, there are now variables.Although Ashikaga Yoshito, who is a puppet, also intends to give the family status of the royal companions to the Luo family, he must also consider the Miyoshi family's ideas.So it was put on hold for now.In the letter, Nobuhide Nakagomon expressed his apology to Zheng Liang, and also expressed that he would continue to work hard to facilitate this matter.

After reading the letters of Ashikaga Yoshito and Nakamimon Nobuhide respectively, Masamori immediately looked at the news from various parts of the Wa country collected by the Information Office in the Kyoto area.Due to the backwardness of communication methods, and the distance between Kyoto and Kyushu, unless it is extremely important news for the Luo family, it is basically collected by the local detectives. They were sent back to the territory together for Zheng Liang to check.

Among the retainers, such as Yamamoto Kansuke, Togo Heiji, etc. actually don't understand why Zhengliang cares so much about the situation in various parts of the Wa country. In their view, it is enough to just pay attention to the situation in the surrounding areas of the Luo family.But again, they will be very happy.Therefore, it can be seen from Zhengliang's actions that his family's ambition to be a governor is not small.As long as you follow this family governor, your family will definitely be well-fed.

How could Zhengliang know what these retainers were thinking down there?Now he is carefully reading the situation in various parts of Wa country since this period of time.

In the Ezo area at the other end of the distant Wa country, the peace talks between the governor of the Oyezaki family, Oyezaki Jihiro, and the Ezo tribe ended, and the war between the two that lasted for more than [-] years finally came to an end. "Fadu", a part of the tax levied on merchants was given to the Ezo chiefs.

Looking a little closer, he returned to the Kanto region.Since the victory over the Uesugi Alliance Army in the Kawagoe Night Battle, the Hojo family has continued to expand its territory in Musashi and Sagami.Last year, Hojo Ujiyasu sent troops to attack the northern Musashi and Ueno territories of the Yamauchi Uesugi family.And at the beginning of this year, Utake Castle, the avant-garde stronghold of Hirai Castle, was captured, which led to the surrender of today's city lord Anbao Taiguang and Taizhong father and son Kaesong.However, the retainers of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi were greatly shaken by this, and many people have secretly transferred money to the Hojo family.Soon after, Uesugi Kensei, the governor of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi, was exiled by his retainers in Hirai Castle. Hou Guo was finally taken in by Nagao Jinghu (later Uesugi Kenshin).The Yamauchi Uesugi family's rule over the Ueno country came to an end.After obtaining the Musashi Kingdom, Hojo Ujiyasu extended his hand to the Xiaso Country area next to the Musashi Kingdom, forcing the Furukawa Lord Ashikaga Haruhi to take the position of family governor. In fact, it has been controlled by the Hojo family.The massive expansion of the Hojo family has naturally aroused the vigilance of the tyrants all over the Kanto. Soon, the tycoons, mainly the Satomi family, will unite to fight the famous Kofutai battle with the Hojo family.

In the Kai and Sunfu regions, Takeda Shingen fought fiercely with Ogasawara Nagato in Komoro and other places in the Shinano region, and at the same time concluded an alliance with Imagawa Yoshimoto, and Imagawa Yoshimoto's daughter married Takeda Shingen's direct son Takeda Yoshinobu As the main room.Having solved the worries of the east, the Tigers of Kai can finally deal with the Murakami and Ogasawara families in the Shinano area with all their strength.In Echigo, the Dragon of Echigo, Keitor Nagao, who gradually took control of the power in the family, held peace talks with the lord of Echigo Sakado Castle, Masake Nagao, in order to settle the internal troubles in the family, and married his sister Sentoin to Masake Nagao.After pacifying the internal troubles, Nagao Jinghu can finally look at areas outside the Echigo Kingdom, which naturally includes the Shinano region adjacent to the Echigo Kingdom.The battle between dragon and tiger in history is about to be staged.

As for the Owari country, Oda Nobutomo of Qingzhou City, who had inadvertently become the target of Oda Nobunaga's prestige in history, had been killed by Oda Nobunaga's father Oda Shinhide in advance, but the other one was used by Oda Nobunaga to The object of establishing prestige in the family appeared, that is, Sakai Daitsuki and Sakai Jinsuke father and son who communicated with the Imagawa family.Because he took control of Qingzhou City earlier than in history, in fact, Oda Nobunaga's strength at this time is stronger than in historical times, not to mention that Oda Nobunaga brought Sasama Naruma, Kawajiri Hidetaka and others into the One's own camp, so the "cup" Sakai Daitsu, Sakai Jinsuke and his son's residence were quickly captured by Oda Nobunaga, and Sakai Daitsu, Sakai Jinsuke and his son were also beheaded for public display.Oda Nobunaga has since established his prestige at home.

Of course, there is information about another person related to Oda Nobunaga, which Zhengliang didn't know at this time, that is the monkey Kinoshita Fujikichiro (that is, Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the future).In order to find him and bring him to fruition ahead of schedule, Zheng Liang spent a lot of manpower and material resources, but he still found nothing. In fact, at this time, he had just started his official career with Matsushita Changze, the city lord of Toutuo Temple in Yuanjiang.

In Kyoto, during the process of assisting the No.13 general who conquered barbarians, Ashikaga Yoshito and Miyoshi Nagkei, Rokkaku Sadayori, governor of the Rokkaku family of the Omi Kingdom who had always been friends with the shogunate and the emperor, passed away at the beginning of this year, and Ashikaga Yoshito died because of this. There is one less powerful arm to counter the Miyoshi family.But Ashikaga Yoshito was not reconciled to being a puppet of the Miyoshi family. In addition to showing favor to powerful names such as the Niko family and the Luo family, he even sent people several times to attempt to assassinate Miyoshi Changqing.The most famous assassination incident was Jinshi Xianguang's assassination of Miyoshi Changqing by the order of General Yoshito, Miyoshi Changqing was injured, and Jinshi Xianguang committed suicide after being arrested. He did not say who was behind the scenes until his death Ashikaga Yoshito. (To be continued..)