A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Heita Xiaohe was very busy here, and the Takeda family was also very noisy.

The root cause is that Iito Homasa was shot to death by Kodaira Taichi.

As the patriarch of the Takeda family, his noble status is secondary. The important thing is that the Iitomi family is also the owner of thousands of territory in Iitomi Township, Juma County, Kai Country.

Even though Iito Homasa died in battle at the age of sixty-two, his surviving son Bomaro was only fourteen years old. Obviously, a group of Takeda clan bosses also stubbornly believe that children have hairless mouths and are weak at work.

We can't hand over thousands of Iitomi Township's territory and 700 troops to such a fourteen-year-old child!

It happened that Iitomi Toromasa had a younger brother in his thirties, Iitomi Saburobei Masakei. He had served as Takeda Harunobu's imperial concubine and was quite popular. He also served as the commander-in-chief of Hatamoto and Ashigaru. He has been participating in the war for more than ten years and has made many military exploits.

According to the practice of the Warring States Period, the daimyo would not allow any lord who was responsible for military service to have a vacancy. As large as the family governor who left two thousand troops of the Oyamada clan to succeed, as small as a father and son who served in the military service.

Takeda Harunobu is also personally interested in Iitomi Masakei inheriting the name of Iitomi Toramasa. From his younger brother to Iitomi Toramasa's stepson, he not only inherits the family name, but can also immediately lead an army of 700 to fight for the Takeda family.

Everything is normal.

The bad thing is that Iitomi Humasa is Takeda Yoshinobu's servant.

The death of Iito Toromasa not only meant that Takeda Yoshinobu's teacher died. It also means the loss of a powerful supporter with 700 troops and thousands of territory.

If Iitomi Masakage was a close confidant of Takeda Yoshinobu, or a good friend of Takeda Yoshinobu, then maybe Takeda Yoshinobu would not object fiercely.

However, Iitomi Masakage is the most standard neutral faction. He only supports the Takeda family and is only loyal to the Takeda family. He will make sacrifices for Takeda Harunobu, and he will also make sacrifices for the next Takeda family governor, whether he is Takeda Yoshinobu or not.

Recently, due to the death of Mrs. Sanjo, Takeda Harunobu dotes on Suwa Kokihime. There are even rumors that in order to strengthen and stabilize Shinano's rule, the Suwa imperial official may be corrected.

Takeda Yoshinobu knew it was impossible, but there must be someone behind it to build momentum. He sought political prestige and even the status of his legitimate son for Takeda Yoshinobu's fourth brother, Suwa Katsuyori.

In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, what does a legitimate son mean? There is no need for any nonsense. The identity of the legitimate son is the guarantee of inheritance and the confirmation of the successor.

Takeda Harunobu does not only have one son, he has six sons. Faced with the huge family territory, you want to say that the other five have no ambitions and only focus on assisting the eldest brother. Is it possible?

Father is kind, son is filial, brother and brother are respectful, but this has never been the style of the Kai Takeda family!

Many of the Suruga Samurai Order have gathered under the command of Takeda Yoshinobu. Among the Kai Samurai Order, Sone Shubo, Nagasaka Genpachi, Anayama Nobuni and others have clearly aligned themselves with Takeda Yoshinobu.

The Suwa Samurai Order undoubtedly stood behind Suwa Katsuyori, and many other Shinano samurai also turned to support Suwa Katsuyori, who was considered a "Shinano native".

Either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind.

Even if Takeda Harunobu is still alive, the struggle between the two sides has already surfaced. Although they have not yet broken out into a fight, the Suwa faction is not willing to let go of such a great opportunity to weaken the Yoshinori faction.

Anyway, Iitomi Masakage is a neutral faction, and the Suwa faction can gain his thanks and lose nothing by supporting him.

Iitomi Tomasa had a son and a younger brother, so it was impossible to choose another successor. The Suwa faction could not fish in troubled waters, so it was better to follow the current and strongly encourage Takeda Harunobu to push Iitomi Masakage, who had slept with him in the same bed.

Takeda Yoshinobu immediately changed his face at the evaluation meeting. He could not lose the full support of Iitomi. Even though Iitimbo Maro was only fourteen years old, he still had to help the child up.

Faced with the fierce confrontation between retainers, Takeda Harunobu saw it in his eyes, but he could not cut through the mess quickly and made arbitrary decisions.

All aspects of the retainer group must be taken care of in order to maintain the balance and balance of rule and ensure the stability of the territory. Once there is internal strife in the Takeda clan, daimyo from all directions will swarm in and feast on the Takeda clan's flesh and blood.

Takeda Harunobu's delay also caused conflicts to accumulate and settle over the passage of time.

The conflict finally broke out suddenly, and it was just a matter of who was in the city first. The Suwa sect and the Yoshin sect refuse to give in to each other. You won’t give in to me, and I won’t give in to you.

Immediately, dozens of warriors at the city gate started to fight, and the fight was fierce. In the end, hundreds of people were involved.

Fortunately, everyone still had a bottom line. They didn't draw their swords at each other, they just used fists and kicks. When Takeda Nobushige came forward, the two parties were completely separated. How could anyone dare to be presumptuous in front of this person.

Opinions on how to deal with the matter were quickly decided, and the noise was divided into success and failure. Each party selected one person to commit hara-kiri.

Things can't be delayed any longer!

In the end, the retainers group reached consensus and Takeda Harunobu Qiankun made the final decision. Iitimbo Maro was served by Takeda Harunobu himself, and he was named Iitimbo Masatoki in accordance with his father's ideas. He became the daimyo of Iitomi Township, Juma County, Kai Kingdom, and increased his troops to 250 horses and 550 gold-bearing men.

As for Iitomi Saburobei Masakei, he inherited the famous Yamagata family of Kai and was called Yamagata Genshiro Masakei. The former chief of Matsuyama Prefecture, Shou Torokiyo, was killed by Takeda Nobutora, and the family name was extinguished, but now it is resurrected.

And Takeda Harunobu's strategy didn't stop there. Since he occupied the Koshuguchi Hachioji, which had nothing to do with him in history, such an important town must be garrisoned by a general.

Therefore, Yamaxian Masakei was granted five thousand kan from Tama County, Musashi Province. The territory that once belonged to Koheita was enfeoffed to Yamaxian Masakei. At the same time, Masakei Yamagata served as the Hachioji Castle Dai and guarded the Kai east for the Takeda family.

As for another legacy of Iito Toromasa, the position of Takeda family elder was also transferred to Yamagata Masakei by Takeda Harunobu. Although he was not immediately promoted to the position of elder of the writing family, Yamagata Masakage also rose up quickly and became the core figure of power in the Takeda clan.

As for when the emperor was rich and prosperous, he could only serve as the general's attendant. In the future, he would be ranked according to seniority to see if there was still a chance to serve as the elder of the family.

After this turmoil, Takeda Yoshinobukata's power was greatly shaken and weakened, while Suwa Katsuyorikata gained nothing. On the contrary, it was Takeda Harunobu who promoted Masaki Yamagata, who was loyal to him, and took advantage of the situation to insert him into the important territory of Hachioji.

Takeda Harunobu's power as the head of the family has increased a lot, and he still maintains his advantage over the various factions and people under his command, ensuring that he can still handle and try to unify the samurai groups under his command with a transcendent status and method.

But in the end, it is inevitable that the opposition and contradictions among the Takeda retainers group will become more and more serious as the territory expands and Takeda Harunobu grows older.