Ashikaga Yoshito has been in a particularly good mood recently. This has never been a happy day for him since he was a child. Even in his dreams, he would never have imagined that Kira Yoshito could be so powerful. He completely defeated the Miyoshi family no matter by land or water, as if he was the gift
The savior of the shogunate broke Miyoshi Changqing's undefeated record and also broke the curse of the shogunate having to retreat every time it encountered power.
The shadow cast by the Miyoshi family over Gyeonggi has also dissipated. Usually people in a good mood will become reasonable, and the same goes for Ashikaga Yoshitō. In the past few days, he has held a small waka gathering at Jishoji Temple.
Eminent monks such as Tokudera Temple and Myoshinji Temple came to participate in the Japanese singing event. At the same time, ministers such as Konoe Haritsugu, Hirohashi Kunimitsu, and Asukai Masako participated in person.
Not only that, but Omi and Yamato's saraku musicians went to Cishoji Temple to perform sarugakus. It is said that Cishoji Temple has been brightly lit at night until daytime in the past few days. For the first time, the shogunate's courtiers did not advise him to be diligent and frugal. This shows that these
The hard-working minister has been so miserable in the past few decades, and it is not easy to be so excited.
After a few days of excitement, Ashikaga Yoshitō soon accepted Kira Yoshitoki's advice and began to prepare to discuss peace issues with Miyoshi Nagakei.
"Winning several games in a row greatly increased his confidence, and he finally had the confidence to sit down and bargain with Sanhao Changqing. It's really not easy for His Highness Gongfang! It's even more difficult for me to be a professional!
" Kira Yoshi smiled bitterly as a group of unnamed retainers gathered around to ask questions.
This is already the third day after the Kamogawa Water Battle. In the past few days, Yoshitoki Kira has been dragged by Ashikaga Yoshito to attend various events in Kyoto, whether it is singing parties, tea parties, or boating outings. In addition to these informal occasions
In addition, there was also an audience with the emperor in court clothes. No matter where he went, he would immediately become the protagonist of the event.
In addition to the emperor's faint compliments during the court meeting, those high-ranking ministers and lower-ranking ministers were like tabloid gossip reporters, eager to turn the history of the Kira family upside down. He had to keep smiling at all times, and smile again and again.
His cheeks were stiff for three days, and he could only complain in a low voice when no one was around: "When will this kind of life end?"
Fortunately, the response of the shogunate was swift. Ashikaga Yoshitō sent senior diplomat Odate Harimitsu as an envoy to Akutagawa Mountain Castle to discuss the issue of peace without war. Of course, he also discussed the redemption of prisoners after the war. The redemption of prisoners was an important issue.
This is a very important thing, and it is also the main means for the victors of the war to obtain benefits.
If he hadn't been aiming to make money by winning the battle and taking prisoners, Kira Yoshitoki wouldn't have been so desperate. He would have just defeated them and escaped. This would at least save a lot of people from dying. At the same time, this was also the strategy Yamamoto Tokiyuki set with him.
, which is the so-called strategy of promoting talks through fighting. After fighting desperately, it is naturally for the sake of peace talks. It is impossible to fight endlessly and there will always be a time to stop. Therefore, the surname of Odate Harimitsu carries the important strategy of the shogunate and can
How much profit he can earn depends entirely on his words.
In the Akutagawa Mountain Castle, Miyoshi Nagakei is sitting on the main seat. On both sides are the first clan members of the Miyoshi family, and the quasi-first clan Yuuo clan from Shikoku Honjo. Then there are the Nao family sect of the Miyoshi family, Matsunaga Hide, Matsunaga
The Nagayori brothers are the leader, and the last ones are the people from Setsu, Izumi and other countries. Their status is not very high, including Itami Chixing, the surrender faction.
The two rows of retainers spread out, totaling fifty or sixty people. These people are all people who can speak to the Sanhao family. Each of them controls a territory and fights for the Sanhao family's expedition. Sanhao Changqing is like this group. He was the leader or leader of the alliance, earning benefits for everyone and increasing the prestige of the Miyoshi family. Before setting off, Odate Qingguang had already understood the situation in the Miyoshi family, and was not surprised at all.
Miyoshi Yasunaga sat in the first position next to the main seat, because when Miyoshi Yixian and Anzhai Fuyasu were away, Miyoshi Yasunaga was the highest-ranking member of the family. At the same time, he also served as the head of the Miyoshi family's family, always kneeling. Matsuyama Shinsuke, who is not far behind Miyoshi Chokei, is the leader of the Miyoshi Chokei horseback clan. His father, Matsuyama An Yunshou, is the most trusted general of Miyoshi Chokei and serves as the flag leader of the Banner Chokei.
"His Royal Highness Zaemon Odatezaemon is well! After not seeing him for many years, His Highness Zaemon is still as charming as ever. I am so happy to see you again, Nagakei!" Miyoshi Nagakei is a handsome-looking man, and his personality is also good. He is very elegant, not ruthless and tyrannical at all, but more like a cultural person with a friendly smile. He likes Chinese studies, Japanese songs, has a little dabbling in tea ceremony and flower arrangement, and he also has an extraordinary understanding of Buddhism. In short, he He is a typical cultural person influenced by Kyoto culture.
"Yes! We haven't seen each other for several years, right!" Oguan Qingguang is already over fifty, a generation older than Miyoshi Changqing, who is less than thirty years old. The two have known each other as early as the eighth year of Astronomy. His father, Mr. Odate Sho, once helped Miyoshi Chokei on behalf of the shogunate and Miyoshi Prime Minister Miyoshi on the issue of the ownership of the acting official power of the Kawachi shogunate's imperial palace. Later, Odate Harimitsu represented the shogunate. Contacted Miyoshi Changqing and assisted him in his first trip to Luo in the eighth year of Tianwen.
Both of them are very elegant people, so they talked about the past in a calm and calm manner. They didn't stop talking for half an hour. Miyoshi Changqing was thinking about Taiguan Qingguang's chips. Tate Qingguang was also secretly observing the movements of Miyoshi's retainers. He had already noticed the slightly impatient expressions of some of them, and said secretly: "It should start now!"
Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Miyoshi Nagakei gradually brought the topic to the recent changes in Kyoto. As an envoy, Odate Harumi also led him back to the topic. When he heard that the shogunate intended to let the Miyoshi family redeem the defeat of the Shikoku people, , Sanhao Changqing's complexion changed.
Human hunting has always been an unspoken rule in troubled times. Defeated prisoners are captured and sold as slaves. However, as a military family, there is a code of conduct. Usually, only defeated soldiers are hunted without harming their wives and children, and the price is set. It is usually very low, usually one person can redeem it for dozens of pennies, and some defeated soldiers can allow the original family they designate to redeem it. Only a few people will break this unspoken rule.
For example, Takeda Harunobu two years ago, in the 16th year of Astronomy, during the Battle of Odaihara, the Ueno people who defeated Uesugi's constitutional government, and Kasahara Kiyoshige who defeated Shiga Castle, made all men, women, and children in Shiga Castle slaves. For sale, both men, women, and children are sold at a high price of up to ten thousand dollars. Such a high price also eliminates the possibility of redemption by their relatives, and those poor people who cannot be sold can only be sent to Jinshan. Become a mining slave.
Miyoshi Nagakei naturally knew very well about this matter, so when he heard that the shogunate wanted him to redeem the people of the four countries, he immediately realized that someone in the shogunate had a sinister idea, and the intention was nothing more than to blackmail his Miyoshi family.
If it were not a sum of money, why would the shogunate's envoys be so anxious to raise the issue of ransoming prisoners?
He stared at Otate Seiko with a gloomy expression. This loyal elder had experienced great storms after all. He had seen the world-famous Ouchi Yoshihiro in Kyoto when he first served in the Yuan Dynasty. Compared with the self-centered image of the heroic leader of the Ouchi family,
Miyoshi Chokei's momentum was still a little lacking. A cold gaze met the gentle gaze. After the two sides looked at each other for a long time, Miyoshi Chokei shook his head and said, "Tell me, how much is the price offered by the shogunate."
"One member of the Shikokus is a ryokanbun, each samurai is ten kanbun, and senior samurai are ten times to fifty times more. There are more than 3,000 people in the Shikokus, a total of 23,000 kanbun." Odate Harimitsu said calmly.
"Hiss!" All the important ministers of the Miyoshi family took a breath, and Izawa Yamato Mamoru said angrily: "This is blackmail! This is an act that is disgraceful to a samurai! How could the shogunate do such a dishonorable act? Is it possible that the official government
