The three meals a day system implemented by the Kira family was echoed to a certain extent by the Echigo samurai family. Kasugayama Castle was the first to provide three meals a day. The samurai of the Nagao family gradually became accustomed to this kind of life.
After the very public lunch, Kira Yoshihi followed Nagao Kagetora to the castle tower for a secret talk.
There is a quiet room in the castle tower, which was originally a place where Nagao Kagetora daily meditated and practiced Buddhism. Nowadays, there is no distinction between a quiet room and a quiet room when returning to nature. It has gradually become a small tea room for drinking tea and talking. There is no traditional tea ceremony that is popular today.
With so much complexity, brewing tea paired with a good purple clay pot is absolutely a wonderful thing.
A plate of incense was burning in the room to soothe the mind. In the corner of the room were several books that he often loved to read. The top one was the famous "Tu Ran Cao", which reminded him that his brother was also a talented writer.
Wu's cultural people, proficient in Buddhism and singing, seemed to seek spiritual comfort from the unpredictable fate in the book.
The two of them enjoyed tea quietly. They picked up a cup of strong tea and looked at the green tea leaves floating quietly in the steaming hot water. In their hearts, the warm and humid Suruga country also produces green tea. They have been abstaining from it for many years this year.
Alcohol therapy also helped him develop the habit of drinking tea.
"Chrysanthemums, jasmine, sweet-scented osmanthus, roses, plum blossoms, orchids, gardenias, and sweet-scented osmanthus can all be used to make scented tea. When spring comes and the flowers bloom, I will let the maids smell the scented tea. At that time, I will invite my brother to taste the top-grade scented tea from the Ming Dynasty.
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Nagao Kagetora did not respond, but turned to another topic: "Yoshitoki, what do you think of Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru's purpose? He is Shinano Mamoru, and he has been running around in the past few years dedicated to restoring Shinano's control over Shinano.
Quan, as a direct descendant of Shinano Genji and an enemy of the Takeda family. Why didn’t you choose to support Shinano Mamoru in regaining his old territory?”
Kira Yoshishi smiled and asked, "Why should you support him?"
Nagao Kagetora's tiger eyes opened. His two sword eyebrows wrinkled slightly, emphasizing his identity: "Why do you support him? He is the guardian of Shinano appointed by the shogunate. He was expelled from his territory by the Takeda family. As a famous shogunate general,
You should support him as you should!"
"I understand what my brother means. The appointment by the shogunate did not deprive him of his guardianship, so I must protect his rights from infringement. Is that what you mean?" Kira Yoshitoki has become accustomed to Nagao Kagetora's temperament. Anyway, he must be.
The son-in-law of the Nagao family, the Echigo War God was a man who cared very much about family ties and was not afraid of being suppressed by his eyes at all.
"Yes! That's it." Nagao Kagetora's tone was firm and his expression was serious, as if he was thinking about such a heavy question as "Why should people live?"
"Then, brother, have you ever thought about why he should let others support him in regaining his old territory? It must be noted that the justice of the world is that there is a reward for what you give. The Ogasawara clan lost its territory, lost Shinano's guardianship, and lost the dignity of the famous family. It was not because of us.
He has to work hard to restore his territory, guardianship and reputation! No one can replace him in this regard. Supporting him to seize the family territory can only be regarded as supporting a puppet. Is this Shinano Mamoru prepared to be a puppet?
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"Why is he a puppet? He can fight with his own hands and defend his own foundation, just like you and I have fought!" Nagao Kagetora disagreed with this statement and directly used their own experience as an example.
"The question is, can he hold on? Murakami Habayashi Nakaro's military strategy is extraordinary, and he twice defeated Takeda Harunobu, the famous general of the previous generation. But even so, he failed to hold on to his own foundation. He has not set foot on the plains for four years since the burning of Kuzuo Castle.
Take the lead, if it weren’t for my brother’s proper arrangements and our victory last year at Kawanakajima, how could Habayashi-den be able to regain the original territory so smoothly?”
"..." Nagao Kagetora was silent. Of course he knew how much Murakami Yoshikiyo was capable of. Calling him the number one general in Shinano is definitely not an exaggeration. If it weren't for the genius of Yukitaka Sanada and a group of Murakami's rebels who deceived his teammates.
Water, the Takeda family wants to defeat the Northern Shinano wealthy alliance, and taking Northern Shinano in one fell swoop is simply a fantasy.
"The world is changing, and so are people's hearts! I felt this very clearly in Kyoto! Just imagine, fifty years ago, which samurai family would dare to bully the shogunate? How many famous samurai families have been defeated? But
To this day, people like Sanyoshi still dare to ride on the head of the shogunate and run wild, and there are countless samurai families who are under control. Why is this? Because people's hearts have changed!"
Kira Yoshi did not pay attention to his expression. If you look carefully, you will find that the corners of Nagao Kagetora's mouth are twitching slightly. His father, Nagao Kagetora, conquered the country by conquering the top. This is also the reason why he has always been taboo about conquering the top since he was a child. But no matter what,
No taboo can avoid this fact.
"Now that there is chaos in Kanto, Lord Furukawa has lost his power, the governor of Kanto has lost his power, and the evil winds are blowing, what I want to do is not to restore power to the Ogasawara clan, but to support the great cause of the shogunate and maintain the backbone of the Kanto samurai family!
Deter the young people who covet power."
"Then what are you going to do? How to keep the backbone of the Kanto Warrior Family from falling?"
Kira Yoshitsune replied: "What Ogasawara-don wants is nothing more than to restore his territory. If he can understand his situation, he will know what to do."
"Forget it! What you are thinking is different from what I am thinking." Nagao Kagetora shook his head and did not intend to continue the debate, and instead turned to care about his life: "Go back and comfort Torahime, she is not ready to accept three side chambers at once.
Prepare, at this point, Yishi’s arrangement is really inappropriate!”
"Yes! This mistake and omission are indeed inappropriate. I will try my best to correct it." He was still suffering from taking the blame. Even though he claimed to be extremely smart, he could not do anything about it.
Just like the emperor is urged by his ministers to get married as soon as possible and give birth to a prince, it is best to marry more concubines and have a lot of princes. At the same time, the emperor is required to be diligent and not to indulge in mazes. There are many inconsistencies and double standards in admonishment.
, it is impossible for the person in power in any era to control all the power.
It is impossible for you to decide how many pieces of beef and how much fish soup are included in the dish you eat tonight. Likewise, it is impossible for you to completely control what retainers, ministers, nobles or subordinates with similar titles do, such as Qin Shihuang and Han Wu Emperor.
In this land of wise men and warriors, there are also Li Si, Zhao Gao, and his father-in-law Li Guangli. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, also had to face a wave of rebellion in his later years. Song Taizu was even more tragically killed by the sound of a candle shadow ax inexplicably.
How to grasp the context of retainers has always been a question that rulers consider. I have heard of imperial power and seen it used by others, such as the conflict between different opinions, but that thing cannot be transferred to the Japanese samurai society. A certain monkey
The Bunji faction and the Dogmatist faction continued to fight among themselves. In the end, the two sides fought really hard and ended up with a big oolong like the Sekigahara war, which gave others an advantage in vain.
Japan's feudal system established the status of retainers as lords. They had land, food, their own armed forces, and financial and taxation rights. They shouldered the obligations of a vassal while retaining the rights of a vassal. This made both parties no longer mere monarchs.
With ministers, it is a more complex contractual partnership.
The Kira family has developed into an unorthodox feudal samurai family system. The direct retainers are all full-time samurai families. They do not have any knowledge of the land, but they have enjoyed high salaries for generations. These retainers are the backbone of the Kira family's armed forces. With the Kira family,
According to Yoshitoki's explanation, this is called the hatamoto geneaori naomi, and the generation-to-generation wide line enjoyed is called the hata nori. For example, Nitta near Sekikawa is nominally the Kira family's hata nori.
Even if he has a comprehensive advantage in knowledge and conduct of the land, Kira Yoshitoki still has to worry about the attitude of the family members of the family. Just like all the samurai families in the Warring States Period, the influence of the connections and personal relationships that the family has are very fearful to the family governor. Many families
The riots are caused by either one of them, or the influence of the clan generation is too great, and it threatens the family governor.
The Kira retainers group is an important part of the Kira family. While Kira Yoshi tried to strengthen the centralization of power, he also had to guarantee, promise, and appease the emotions of the retainers group, and worked hard to deepen the bond between the two parties to ensure that his will can be passed down.
What the retainers accept, of course he must accept the strong wishes of the retainers. This is a game between each other, just like the emperors of the Ming Dynasty usually accepted the collective will of the cabinet.
The Battle of Kawanakajima last year still caused great losses to the Kira and Nagao families. More than 5,500 members of the Kira family participated in the battle. As a result, more than 600 people were killed, more than 300 people were seriously injured, and a total of one casualty was suffered from minor injuries.
Eighteen hundred people, mainly Hojo Takahiro, Honjo Shimanaga, and Kurokawa Kiyomizu's troops were not familiar with participating in the Kira Army's battle for the first time, so there were errors in the cooperation between the two sides.
It often happened that when Kira's army started to move, they couldn't keep up with the rhythm and the overall formation was deviated. They didn't learn the coordination of simple drum beat changes, bull horns, and flags. They couldn't tell the difference between feints and main attacks, and they made many jokes.
Saved many lives.
The victory of this war gave many people the opportunity to learn a lesson, including Saito Asanobu, Kakizaki Keie and others. They all approached Kira Yoshi and wanted to cooperate with him in training. However, seeing that the Kira family was completely out of work as a samurai, they still gave up on high-intensity and high-volume training.
, I sighed in my heart, no wonder the Kira army had the physical strength to fight for a whole day. The Nagao family, the Takeda family on the opposite side, and the Shinano people on both sides could only rely on their will to support themselves.
Another thing is that Ao was adopted and settled. Nagao Ao didn't know her identity yet. She always thought that she was an orphan and was assigned to be a personal maid for Hu Ji. She didn't want to think that she was so stupid and often made mistakes.
She almost led Torahime into a ditch, but she was forgiven in the end because, without the halo of Sanjou Nagao's only child, she would have been kicked out of Kasugayama Castle a long time ago.
The little girl who knew her identity cried and laughed, almost making Torahime think that her head was broken. In the end, she was arranged by Nagao Kagetora to receive etiquette training. Her wedding would be postponed to the second half of the year. After all, Nagao Kagetora's wedding was approaching.
I didn't have time to think about her problem.
The rewards for this joint battle also set a new record. Property worth fifteen thousand Yongle coins was distributed to all parties participating in the war. On average, each warrior received ten to dozens of coins, and peasants and soldiers also received half of them.
The income is always unequal. This money is regarded as a reward for participating in the war. At the same time, the rice, gold, silver, weapons and equipment are equivalent to about 20,000 yuan.
Mainly for several martial artists who have established great achievements, including Saito Asanobu, Honjo Minoru, Nakajo Fujishi, Amakasu Kagemochi, Irobe Katsunaga, Kachi Harutsuna, Yasuda Keimoto, Arakawa Nagami, etc. The meritorious samurai, without them gritting their teeth and holding back most of the main force of the Takeda Army, would not have been able to sustain the rhythm of the counterattack in the afternoon. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
