"It seems that the master of the museum appreciates Iwamiden very much, so I can rest assured!" Kansuke Yamamoto showed a look of relief again, and before Kira Manshomaru could think about it, he added: "Hattori Iwamiden has decided to lead the Hattori clan to defect.
I will serve you loyally, the master!"
"Nani? The Hattori clan has decided to defect to our family?" Kira Mansomaru was shocked by the news. Just now he was so excited that he spilled the beans just because he saw Hattori Chief. This time, even bigger news was revealed by Kansuke Yamamoto.
He was so frightened that he could no longer calm down. He fanned the fan in his hand desperately and said in a quick voice: "Isn't Ishimiden working for the Matsudaira family? How could it be..."
"Master!" Yamamoto Kansuke interrupted him with some dissatisfaction, and said with one eye slightly narrowed: "My Kira family is the powerful branch of the Ashikaga Kōden, the pillar of the Kawachi Genji samurai family, and the imperial family of Jishoin.
And the master of the hall, you are Oyakata with a high status. Ishimiden admires the reputation of the master of the hall and has come to join us. Is it so strange?"
The so-called yakata name is a kind of honorific title for important figures in the shogunate and samurai families. His highness, the shogunate, allowed the Ashikaga clan, as well as the guardians of various countries, important officials of the shogunate, or national lords who have made great achievements, to use the house where they live as a symbol.
In terms of title, the Kira family enjoys the treatment of Yakata, and it is also the highest-ranking Oyakata, becoming the highest title after Kōkata.
"How could the Hattori family defect to me so easily! There is definitely something wrong here! But this old man didn't even tell me! Today he said he wanted me to participate in government affairs, and yet he fooled me like this not even half a day later! This is absolutely intolerable!"
Kira Mansomaru was very dissatisfied with his way of fooling people. What's the use of a good reputation? In this era, strength speaks for itself. Doesn't Yamamoto Kansuke know how many pounds his Kira family has? But it's hard to interrupt in front of outsiders.
Although he was slandering Yamamoto Kansuke in his heart, Kira Mansomaru still had to respond positively: "That's it! On behalf of the Kira family, I welcome the Hattori clan... But as far as I know, Iwamiden was originally the three great ministers of Iga country.
I don’t know why the Chigaji clan of the Ninja family came to my Mikawa countryside? And why did you join this family?"
"Yes! My family left Iga for some reasons and wandered around other countries. I once served as an official in the shogunate for the Imperial Palace, but I was really naughty back then... So I was recruited by Duke Yasuo of Mengqing to come to Mikawa to serve the Matsudaira family!" Hattori Chief seemed to be seduced by his words.
Recalling his memories, he briefly introduced his more than ten years of experience in vague terms.
Reminiscing about his more than ten years of youth, Hattori Bouchou cheered up and said: "It's just that I had to leave the Matsudaira family recently due to some reasons, so I decided to join the imperial family through the intermediary of His Highness Yamamoto!"
"Why is this? Isn't the Matsudaira family very good? Although Matsudaira Hirotada has passed away, there is still a successor to the Matsudaira family, right?" Kira Manshomaru is telling lies. What kind of chaos is the Matsudaira family in?
He also knew a little bit about it, but just to get the truth out of Hattori Bouchou, he didn't mind talking nonsense.
Hattori Chief seemed unwilling to mention the past, and just knelt down respectfully. Seeing this, Kansuke Yamamoto came to his rescue and said: "Since the Mori landslide, the situation of the Hattori clan has been deteriorating. Some people in the Matsudaira family think that Matsudaira Kiyoyasu
The death is related to Shi Jianden’s neglect of duty..."
"I remember it was clearly called Moriyama Bend, so why did it become Moriyama? But there really is Moriyama in Nishi Mikawa, is it called something different? Forget it, let's not worry about these details!" Kira Manshomaru thought to himself, Matsudaira Kiyoshi.
Yasuyuki's death was a very famous event, and Kira Manshomaru also remembered it, but he never thought that Matsudaira Kiyoyasu's death could also involve the Hattori family.
Kira Manshomaru wondered: "Speaking of it, the Mori landslide happened four years ago in Tenmon. Wasn't Matsudaira Kiyoyasu stabbed to death by a retainer? How did this matter involve the Hattori clan?"
"Because Hattori Iwamiden, who was Mononomiya, failed to monitor well, he held the Matsudaira family accountable afterwards. The new owner, Matsudaira Hirotada, was weak, so Hattori Iwamiden could only endure such criticism!" Yamamoto Kansuke sighed,
The Mori landslide happened fifteen years ago, which means that because of what happened fifteen years ago, the Hattori clan was deeply implicated, but Kira Yoshitoki was thinking about something else: "Speaking of the situation where a retainer drew a sword and stabbed the governor to death in rebellion.
Can things be monitored? Hattori Chief was shot even while he was lying down!"
He couldn't help but sympathize with this middle-aged man. He persisted in living in the Matsudaira family despite fifteen years of criticism. Life must be very difficult. Kira Yoshitoshi asked again: "Why would he leave the Matsudaira family just because of this?"
What? If you want to leave, you must have left long ago in the past fifteen years, right?"
"Yes! I have completely forgotten what happened more than ten years ago." Hattori Chief looked at Kansuke Yamamoto gratefully, and then replied: "The reason why I left was because of the Anjo battle in March this year. The Matsudaira family
General Honda Tadakaden was wanted to die, and then Duke Hiroutada died suddenly. There was a rumor in the family that Duke Hiroutada was also killed, so the Matsudaira family was left without a leader, and the next generation had to bear the sin of dishonor, and there were already some
I haven’t received a single salary in the past six months.”
"Nani? Isn't this too much?" Kira Mansomaru looked at him with regret, but he was happy in his heart. This year's Anchor battle was particularly fierce, and Kira Mansomaru was also lucky enough to be with Yamamoto Kansuke.
Watching the battle from a distance, the Matsudaira family's vanguard general Honda Tadaka was surrounded and killed by the Oda army because he charged too deeply. The actual commander of the vanguard died in the battle, causing the Matsudaira army to collapse. Matsudaira Hirotaka heard that
This sad news made me angry and anxious, so I died.
Then when the Imagawa family saw that this was not going to work, they simply retreated, so the situation in the Matsudaira family became interesting. Matsudaira Takechiyo, the heir to the Matsudaira family's family governor, was robbed by Matsudaira Hirotada's other father-in-law Toda Yasumitsu a few years ago.
Let's go and sell him to Nagoya Castle for 40 kan Yongle money to become Oda Nobunaga's playmate. Toda Yasumitsu's original intention was to send Matsudaira Takechiyo away so that the child born to his daughter could be the heir to the Matsudaira family.
As a result, his daughter failed to live up to expectations and failed to give birth to a boy, so the Matsudaira family was left without a governor and an heir to the governor, and there would be ghosts if things were not in chaos.
Because Matsudaira Takechiyo's life and death were unknown, different voices emerged within the Matsudaira clan. Regarding the question of whether it was necessary to establish a new family governor, more than a dozen branches of the Matsudaira family started to confront each other again, and they spent several months in noisy ways.
, and I don’t know when it will stop.
The Honda clan fell into anger and sadness because of the loss of Honda Tadaka. Sakai Tadanobu, the important minister of the Matsudaira family, took the opportunity to expand his power in the Matsudaira family and suppress some former hostile forces. Among them, the Hattori clan became
The unlucky persimmon became a sacrifice for Sakai Tadanobu to consolidate his power.
