Smuggling Daming

After the Onin Rebellion, taking advantage of the weakness of the Ashikaga clan, Hosokawa Masato, one of the three leaders, took control of the real power of the shogunate in one fell swoop.Afterwards, the shoguns of the shogunate kept changing like a revolving lantern, and there were even frequent disputes between two Ashikaga clans, but in fact, whether they were winners or losers, most of these Ashikaga clans were in the hands of the Hosokawa clan. Puppets, the political changes in the Wa Kingdom are nothing more than internal struggles within the Hosokawa Clan.

Originally, Masato Hosokawa had a good chance to unify the world, and he also had the strength, ability and opportunity to unify the world, but unfortunately he failed to unify the world, mainly because he made two big mistakes in his life.

The first big mistake is that although Hosokawa Masatoshi has a high position and authority, he believes in a religion called Shugendo. It is said that after successful practice, he can fly freely in the air like the legendary Japanese tengu. Chuan Zhengyuan disappeared at every turn, causing his subordinates to often find him, and even causing chaos in the shogunate a few times, but even so, he still remained infatuated.

If it's just that you can't find someone often, it's just a trivial matter. After all, Hosokawa Masamoto has a lot of talents, which are enough to make up for his mistakes. Moreover, he is usually not close to women, so naturally he has no son. This is his first and most fatal mistake.

The second big mistake should be regarded as a continuation of the first mistake. Hosokawa Masato had no son himself, so he adopted a son from others. Originally, the Hosokawa family had a large population.It is enough to adopt any child of the Hosokawa family, but he chose to adopt a child who has no blood relationship with the Hosokawa family as his son, and named him Hosokawa Sumyuki. As a result, this naturally caused great dissatisfaction among his subordinates. He didn't like this child himself, so he simply abolished Sumyuki Hosokawa's status as the first son. Unfortunately, he didn't know that it was this action that planted the seeds of disaster for him.

After Hosokawa was abolished, Hosokawa adopted another child as his heir.It was named Hosokawa Sumimoto, and it turned out that this is not the end. Hosokawa Masato may have been addicted to his adoptive son, and finally adopted a third child, Hosokawa Takakuni, but these two children are both from the Hosokawa family. So although he has no biological son.But he has three stepson.

As the saying goes, if you don’t die, you won’t die. Hosokawa Masato’s inconsistency on the issue of heirs finally paid a huge price. After the three stepsons grew up, Hosokawa Sumyuki, who was abolished as the first son, naturally treated Hosokawa Masato Yuan, the cheap old man, was very dissatisfied.Yongzheng four years, that is, 1507.Hosokawa Sumyuki's men sneaked into the hot spring, and then hacked Hosokawa Masato to death.This is the very famous "Yongzheng Chaos" in the history of the Warring States Period in Japan.

After the death of Masato Hosokawa, the three step-sons fought endlessly for the position of governor. First, Sumyuki Hosokawa, who assassinated Masato Hosokawa, was eliminated. After all, he had no blood relationship with the Hosokawa clan, and many generals of the Hosokawa clan were He opposed him, so in the end he was defeated and committed suicide in the battle with Hosokawa Sumimoto.

But the victorious Hosokawa Sumato was not happy for long, and his brother Hosokawa Takakuni suddenly rebelled.As a result, he was driven out of the capital again, but he still held a considerable part of the army in his hands.Therefore, the two factions of Hosokawa Summoto and Hosokawa Takakuni are fighting endlessly.Among them, Hosokawa Sumimoto supports Ashikaga Yoshisumi as the general, while Hosokawa Takakuni supports Ashikaga Yoshinai as the general, but now Hosokawa Takakuni and Ashikaga Yoshisai occupy the upper hand, and Hosokawa Sumimoto failed to succeed several times.

The above is the general political situation in Japan now. To put it simply, it appears to be a battle between the general Ashikaga Yoshiki and the former general Ashikaga Yoshisumi, but it is actually a battle between the two brothers Hosokawa Takakuni and Hosokawa Sumato. I understand. Only by this can we better understand the chaotic situation after the Onin Rebellion in Japan.

Speaking of which, after defeating Sumi Hosokawa, Sumimoto Hosokawa has become the governor of the Hosokawa Clan, and at the same time controls most of the power of the Hosokawa Clan, but in the end he was defeated by Hosokawa Takakuni, not only was he driven out of Kyoto, At the same time, he also lost the position of Hosokawa's family governor. The main reason for this result is that Hosokawa Takakuni united two other powerful figures, that is, Ouchi Yoshiko and Tayama Naojun. It is not as good as the Hosokawa family, but if they are united, coupled with the call of Hosokawa Takakuni, this will surpass Hosokawa Sumimoto in strength, and in one fell swoop will restore Ashikaga Yoshiki, who was abolished as a general.

Ashikaga Yoshiki resumed the position of general, and appointed Hosokawa Takakuni and Ouchi Yoshihing to be in charge at the same time. In fact, there is no way to do it, because now they are the two most powerful in the entire shogunate. Moreover, the reason why Ashikaga Yoshisai let them serve as management leaders at the same time also hoped that they could restrain each other so that he could benefit from it.

However, although Ashikaga Yoshiki has a good plan, but Ouchi Yoshihide and Hosokawa Takakuni are also a generation of heroes, how can they not understand what he means, so although the two of them have some friction, but in the air of Ashikaga Yoshiki However, a consensus was reached on power, which made Ashikaga's life even more difficult than before. At the same time, this also made the relationship between him and the two leaders more tense, and he was even secretly cultivating forces to get rid of Ouchi Control of Xinghe Hosokawa High Country.

"My lord, in January of this year, Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni joined forces to attack Ashikaga Yoshisumi, but they were attacked by the Rokkaku clan and returned in a big defeat. The general thought it was a good opportunity to seize power, but Ouchi Yoshimitsu However, Xing and Hosokawa Takakuni joined forces again, which made the general fail to succeed after several efforts. Instead, Hosokawa Takakuni and Hosokawa Takakuni became stricter against the general. It is not easy for the general to come out, so I am afraid that the adults Wait here for a few days!" After introducing the political situation in Kyoto, Hirabe Kurashita finally spoke again.

However, Kazuki Ashikaga frowned when he heard the other party's words: "Cousin is too reckless. Although Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni were defeated, their strength is still far superior to ours. If we can't subdue them in terms of strength , then no matter what means my cousin uses, I am afraid it will be impossible to successfully regain the power of the shogunate!"

When Hirabe Kurashita heard Ashikaga Kazuki accuse the general of his faults, he immediately lowered his head and stopped talking. Although he also thought that the general's previous act of seizing power was a bit reckless, as a retainer, he must not be responsible for the master's faults. any comments.

"Master Hirabe, the power in the shogunate is shared equally between Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni, so what attitude do other people have?" Ashikaga Kazuki asked again at this time, he did not believe Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Gao Guo can subdue everyone, and there will definitely be people who are dissatisfied with their monopoly of power, and this may be their opportunity.

Hearing Kazuki Ashikaga's question, Kurashita Hirabe pondered for a moment and said: "My lord, when Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa were defeated at the beginning of the year, many people were dissatisfied with them, but in the end With the combination of the two of them, and Tayama Naojun also supporting Hosokawa Takakuni, many people backed down again, and this matter will be over."

"Tayama Naojun?" When Ashikaga Kazuki heard this name, a smile suddenly hung on the corner of his mouth. This guy who helped Hosokawa Takakuni win the position of Hosokawa family governor together with Ouchi Yoshiko is not simple. He turned out to be Hanoi Kingdom's half-country guardian, this time because of his contribution to helping Hosokawa Gao Country, and he himself has a relationship with Hosokawa Gao Country, so now he has become the guardian of Hanoi Kingdom, but Hanoi is very close to Kyoto, so Tian Shan Shang Shun still maintains a huge influence in Kyoto.

Then Ashikaga Kazuki asked some more detailed questions. As long as Hirabe Kurashita knew, he would answer them one by one. However, he was not clear about some things. After all, he was just a retainer guarding the house. There are some things Ashikaga Yoshiki will not let him know.

After asking about the matter, Kazuki Ashikaga asked his subordinates to help Kurashita Hirabe prepare some meals. After everyone had eaten, everyone stayed in the room and slept. Without Kazuki Ashikaga's order, anyone would Not allowed to go out, even Shibashi Saburo as the guide.

Speaking of which, since entering this house, Shiqiao Sanlang was full of doubts, such as such a big house, there was only one old man guarding it, and the old man seemed to know the caravan master, the two went into the living room and said After a long time, I don't know what they said?

What surprised Saburo Shiqiao even more was when he was eating, because so many people came at once, it would be impossible for the old man to cook alone, so he was called to help in the kitchen, but when he saw that the kitchen was not only full of bacon, and fresh meat, fish, vegetables, etc., which made him drool non-stop for a long time in a state of hunger, and when it was time to eat, he desperately ate meat and fish, and at the same time He ate four bowls of rice in one go, causing others to look at him with admiration.

At first Shiqiao Sanlang thought it was because they had just arrived, so this rich and delicious meal was just a welcome for them, and he would definitely not eat meat every day in the future, but what he didn't expect was that it would be like this in the next few days It is very rich, and there is no limit to each meal. No one cares about you as much as you want. As a result, Saburo Shiqiao ate until he was full.

What surprised Saburo Shiqiao even more was that they stayed in this courtyard without going out every day, even the caravan master, who seemed to be waiting for someone.Although this kind of life is a bit boring, but because he can eat such a rich meal every day, Saburo Shiqiao feels that he is willing to lock himself here for the rest of his life.

This day's dinner was still extremely rich, and there was Shiqiao Sanlang's favorite fish soup, so he couldn't help but drink two more bowls. As a result, his stomach was bloated and uncomfortable at night, so he sat up on the bed to go to the bathroom, and at the same time prepared to drink in the yard. He took a walk to digest his food, but just as he came out of the toilet with his pants up, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and a long knife was already on his neck. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)