A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

"Congratulations to you, Tanzheng. His Highness the Prime Minister has granted you a marriage. It's such a grand occasion."

Naoe Keizuna held the tea cup and blew the hot air on the tea. Winter is coming soon, and the weather is not hot at all, but Xiaopingta's face turned red when he heard this.

He was so embarrassed that he started to sweat all over his forehead, and that was all for others. It was really hard to explain to Naoe Keizuna.

Who told me that I was too talkative and asked about someone else's youngest daughter, but someone mistook her for it.

Fortunately, it was just a casual mention at the beginning, and there was no final decision or appointment. A Chuan's innocence was still intact, and the news was not disclosed to anyone else.

"This is a gift from His Highness. I dare not refuse it." Kodaira could only use Yamauchi Yoshinori's tiger skin as a banner.

Naoe Keizuna is a little unhappy, but he can understand the current situation of the Yamauchi family. Yamauchi Yoshiharu suddenly adopted Aya and married Aya as the daughter of the Yamauchi clan to Xiaoheita. The political implications were too strong.

That enveloping aura came to my face, to put it bluntly, it was to stabilize people's hearts. To tie a capable minister and general like Koheita to the Yamauchi family's chariot, the tighter the better.

At this time, even if Xiaopingta wanted to marry a girl from another family, he might be stopped by Yamauchi Yoshiharu. As a leader among the new generation of retainers, Koheita, who is likely to be in charge of the Yamauchi clan in the future, is something that Yamauchi Yoshiharu must stabilize.

Therefore, Naoe Keizuna can completely understand the marriage between Xiaoheita and Aya. He is not a petty person. After all, Afune is still very young, not even ten years old. At this age, even in the ancient times of early marriage, no one thought about proposing marriage or discussing marriage, and it would not affect A Chuan's future at all.

However, the eldest daughter Alang was already married when she married Zhituoyi years ago. To be honest, this person has no martial arts reputation and does not have many bright spots. It seems that Naoe Keizuna, who serves as the elder of the Uesugi family, does not need to rely on marriage to improve his status, and at the same time, he can find a family that is not visible so that he can adopt his stepson in the future.

Naoe Keizuna is also very old. After giving birth to her two daughters, she has not seen them for so many years. I have given up on having a son. With Bancheng's huge family fortune, I can either recruit a son-in-law or have a grandson. These are the two ways to inherit it.

And Heita Kohe's family fortune is not much worse than that of Naoe Kagetsuna, so it is impossible for Heita Koheta to step in the door. This reason also made Naoe Keizuna less interested in recruiting Xiaoping Tai as his son-in-law, and even said that he had given up.

"What's the purpose of Koheita's visit this time?" Putting aside this past incident, Naoe Keizuna knew that Koheita didn't come for no reason.

"Actually, there are some things I want to ask about, but it's hard to ask." Xiao Pingtai put down the tea cup.

Immediately, he began to inquire with Naoe Keizuna about whether Uesugi Teruhora, who was in his thirties, had ever considered the issue of heir. After all, he has no wife, so he can only adopt his son.

Although Naoe Keizuna was surprised that Koheita was curious about the successor of the Uesugi family, the current situation was all on the surface and he could introduce it in detail.

Uesugi Teruhora is different from history. Historically, he has four completely identifiable adopted sons: Uesugi Kagekatsu (Nagao Kekei), Uesugi Kagetora (Hojo Ujihide), Uesugi Keiguni (Murakami Kunikiyo), and Uesugi Masashige (Hatakeyama). Yichun).

Due to current historical deviations, Uesugi Teruhu only has one adopted son, and that is Uesugi Masashige. This was the adopted son sent as a hostage by the Hatakeyama clan when he renewed his alliance with Hatakeyama Yoshi of the Noto Hatakeyama clan when he moved to war in Vietnam two years ago. .

Hatakeyama Yoshiharu, who was born in Noto and was the guardian of the Hatakeyama clan, was originally the second son and had a high chance of missing out on the family business. However, a pie fell from the sky and he was given to the childless Terutora Uesugi as his adopted son.

Terutora Uesugi was quite fond of Hatakeyama Yoshiharu, who came from a good background. Not only did he help him inherit the Kamijou Uesugi clan, he also gave him hundreds of knowledge and practice.

But the matter of arranging him to be the successor was never mentioned. Firstly, Uesugi Teruhu was in his prime, and secondly, Uesugi Masashige had no foothold in Echigo, and none of the young men in Echigo were convinced. He certainly couldn't suppress the scene and the chaotic situation.

So there are actually some undercurrents surging in Echigo, but they haven't exploded yet.

Now it is Sakato's Nagao Masaki who looks determined to be the future lord of Echigo. Firstly, as a member of the Nagao clan in the mansion, he has this blood lineage. Secondly, Sakado Castle is very powerful and can mobilize no less than 2,000 people. Public.

Although Nagao Masakei is a few years older than Uesugi Terutora, Nagao Masakei is not afraid. He has a son. Two generations of people don't believe that he can survive Uesugi Teruhora.

The enemy was Uesugi Keishin of the Furushi Nagao clan. He was hostile to Nagao Masakei when Uesugi Teruatora and his brother Nagao Harukage competed for Echigo, and he supported Uesugi Teruhu.

But I thought that after Uesugi Teruhora came to power, he could completely crush Nagao Masaki to death, but Nagao Masaki showed his surrender and it was no big deal. Uesugi Kagenobu, who coveted the victory and seized his territory, was very dissatisfied with this. But we can't hate Terutora Uesugi, he is treated well.

As a result, the conflict between Uesugi Kagenobu and Nagao Masaki was irreconcilable and deepened day by day. On the surface, it looks okay, but secretly, there is constant competition. But it is a pity that this dear man has not had children for many years.

But God is always joking. When Odawara was pacified, Uesugi Teruhu asked the surrendering Hojo clan to hand over hostages. At that time, Hojo Ujihide, the seventh son of Hojo Ujiyasu, was sent to the Uesugi family as a hostage. In order to show peace, Hojo Ujihide became the adopted son of Uesugi Kagenobu.

Koheita watched him being sent to Echigo back then, and many years passed in a flash.

Today's Echigo seems to be calm, but in fact it has begun to take sides. As the retainers of the former Echigo guardian Uesugi clan and the retainers of the emerging leader Uesugi clan (guardian Dai Nagao clan) merged under the command of Uesugi Terutora, this group of samurai who had previously been hostile to each other were the first to take sides.

Many of Uesugi Teruhu's close generals have actually sided with Uesugi Kagenobu. After all, they fought together to seize power. A considerable number of the old guardian retainers were hostile to him and took sides with Nagao Masakata.

This is the most superficial team. Usami Suruga Mamoru is the old guardian retainer, but because of his disagreement with Nagao Masakei (that is, the territories are close to each other, they have been torn apart before), he actually abandoned his old teammates and supported Uesugi Kagenobu.

However, Yamamotoji Keinaga, who was close to Uesugi Teru, did not support Uesugi Keishin, who was supposedly closer to him, because his wife was from Sakato, and instead went to Nagao Masaikata.

The relationship between the two parties is complex and intertwined. It was difficult to figure it out. Xiao Pingtai did not dare to speak out about what was on his mind. He was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so he detonated the hot oil under the pot lid.