Kira Yoshi's angry voice spread far away: "Are we punished by the gods and Buddhas? I have to say absolutely not! This is just a test from the gods and Buddhas! I think Echigo is a good place, Shining Water
The folk customs are simple and honest, and the hard-working farmers work hard with their hands. During my three years in Echigo, I have never seen civilians who are doing nothing but good food. So what is lacking in Echigo? It is knowledge and a broad vision!
The Lord of Echigo is also my sworn brother. Nagao Tanshoden was worried about the survival of the 300,000 people of Echigo and traveled thousands of miles to Kyoto to seek a cure. This prompted my decision to go to Echigo. Since then,
From then on, my sworn brother and I worked hard every day on planning, but unexpectedly a disaster made my sworn brother fall ill, and it has been three full years now!
Three years! In line with the ambition of my sworn brother, I led thousands of Echigo samurai to go to the countryside many times to investigate and study methods of agricultural reform. Little by little, Echigo changed in our hands. It gradually escaped from famine and poverty to the present day. It only took three years.
In just three hundred years, I have completed the unfinished business of three hundred years. I can proudly say that Echigo is a samurai and his subjects are the best! The samurai who have fought day and night for three years are the best in the world.
!”
The solemn declaration heralded a complete summary of Echigo's great achievements. As the majestic voice spread throughout the square, the hundreds of thousands of people in the audience burst into cheers. People cheered and celebrated the huge harvest of three years, except Mutsu.
, the first country to achieve one million koku, and easily surpassed Mutsu Kingdom to become the first country to achieve two million koku.
Nagao Kagetora choked on his inflammatory rhetoric and turned red in the face. An uninformed samurai would have thought it was because of excitement, but in fact he himself knew that this was not the case. But who doesn't like fame in this world? Nagao Kagetora
Okatora is certainly no exception.
"The achievements of more than 400,000 people of Echigo who worked hard for three years have allowed us to live a happy and peaceful life. The whole of Echigo is looking forward to living a life without famine and poverty, without war and killing, but all this has been
They destroyed it! They are called Yixiang Yikui!
They burned down the houses that you had worked so hard to build, killed your relatives and compatriots, and trampled on the fruits of your labor. They were thieves who got something for nothing, and they were robbers who were full of evil. They wanted to kill all the warriors who defended their homes and trampled on them.
The belief that you fight for. I seize your wives, daughters and food. Fortunately, they are in the hands of my sworn brother. My Echigo Army has always collapsed wherever it went. Now is the time to judge their crimes!
Tell me loudly what to do with them!"
"Kill them! Kill them! Kill them..." The anger of hundreds of thousands of people was terrifying. When they burst out in one sentence, even the hard-hearted Echigo generals would change their expressions.
.
The criminals who had always been on the side of Yi Kui all had pale faces, as if they were mourning for their heirs. They never expected that a well-prepared Yi Kui would end up like this. They got nothing except killing hundreds of fish that slipped through the net. For this, they had to take advantage of themselves and others.
More than five hundred lives were lost. In their opinion, everything was lost.
The civilians of Echigo did not feel that they were at a disadvantage. More than 7,000 soldiers were killed on the spot by the army led by Nagao Kagetora. More than 1,800 people fled all night and died one after another. They hid in Tibet and were finally found one by one.
Another five or six hundred people died.
In addition, there were about 5,000 more people who had not had time to gather together to make a fuss. They were dispersed to other areas of Joetsu and were quickly eliminated. Now more than 500 die-hards are to be executed.
Of the more than 13,000 Yixiang believers, only about 7,000 are truly worth "saving". The rest are either dead or waiting to be executed.
Ishida An Yunshou yelled crazily: "You can't kill me! Shengxing Temple will not let you go! I, the Yixiang Sect, will not let you go..."
The little sound he made was drowned in the rolling tide without even making waves. Fortunately, the voices of hundreds of thousands of people were loud enough to drown out his threat. Otherwise, this person would have been killed by the angry Echigo civilians on the spot.
Tear it into pieces.
Faced with the roar of the mountain and the tsunami-like sound coming straight at him, the deafening loud noise made many samurai watching the ceremony on the high platform weak in fear. Uesugi Kenmasa was one of them. If it weren't for the quick eyesight and quick hands of Xiao Lihara who was standing beside him.
With a little help, the Kanto leader was probably going to be embarrassed. When he looked at Kiragi again, his eyes were a little more awe-inspiring.
Nagao Kagetora never expected that he would use this move. He turned to look at the group of Kira retainers. Apart from being a little surprised at the huge noise, there was only an expression of excitement on his face, and everyone looked similar, which made him very happy.
Confusion: "Why are they not surprised at all by such a bizarre method?"
Honjo Mino was also puzzled. He did not have the identity restriction of Nagao Kagetora, so he shamelessly approached Yamamoto Tokiyuki and asked a few questions. As the head of the Kira family's genealogy, Yamamoto Tokiyuki's statement was in a sense Kira's.
The embodiment of the will of justice.
"Don't be surprised if you are a guardian of the temple! Our Lord's words and deeds are always unexpected. We have long been used to it."
"Is it that simple?" Honjo Shino still didn't believe it.
"Yes! It's that simple!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki's smile was impeccable, and his tone and movements were very natural. Without waiting for Honjo Mino to continue asking, he signaled: "Hurry up and look ahead!"
"...Everyone has said that they can be killed, so I will give this verdict again! Thirteen people including Ishida An Yun Shou, the chief criminal, will be burned at the stake, and thirty-five other main accomplices will be beheaded, and all the remaining accomplices will be hanged! Execute immediately!"
The Echigo samurai who were in charge of the execution escorted Ishida An Yunmomo slowly up the steps and walked to the most conspicuous wooden stake. Only then did people suddenly realize that this big wooden stake was a rack used to execute the execution. Watching the samurai use rough
A hemp rope as thick as a baby's fist was wrapped around Ishida An Yunshou's body, and the 100,000 spectators burst into enthusiastic cheers.
"You can't kill me! I will never let go of Xiangzong, wuwu..."
The executing warrior thought he was verbose, so he pulled out a piece of rag and stuffed it into his mouth. Several warriors tied him up tightly, then walked down the steps and took out the firewood, saltpeter, grease, and sulfur that had been prepared in advance.
When the tinder was ignited, a raging fire quickly broke out, and half of the torture rack was ignited in just a moment.
The high flames jumped up to the criminals on the torture rack little by little, watching them gradually being swallowed up by the fire, wailing, cursing, begging for mercy, and finally turned into ashes one by one. At this moment, no one felt fear, no one
I find it disgusting. When people's right to live and pursue happiness is violated, they can do any cruel thing, even if it means killing hundreds of people on the gallows.
Kozai Souyi stood under the shade of the trees in Myokakuji Temple in Naoetsu Town, looking at the blazing fire in the distance and the cheers of hundreds of thousands of people. He sighed and then recited the "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra": "...
At that time, the Buddha told Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva: All sentient beings who have not been liberated have uncertain nature and consciousness. Bad habits and good habits are the result of good deeds and evil deeds. They are born in different situations. They cycle through the five paths without rest. They move through the worldly kalpas with confusion and obstacles, just like swimming fish.
The net will be a long stream, and it will be caught in the net again..."
Kira Yoshitoki sent people to inform the temples near Naoetsu in advance that they could choose whether to attend the public trial according to their own wishes. Gochi Kokubunji Temple happily went because they also received a lot of impact during the trial. There were three to four hundred people in one group.
A group of troops rushed around the temple and burned and killed them. They almost broke through the temple, but in the end the Echigo army came to save them.
Kurita Kanyasu of Echigo Zenkoji Temple also expressed his pleasure to go. His branch, Kurita Tsurugu, was killed for rebellion and his territory was confiscated by Kira Yoshitoki. The power of the entire Zenkoji Temple was also taken into his hands. Now he is staying in Shinano.
Zenkoji is his younger brother, and Kurita Hiroaki is responsible for guarding the honkyu of Shinano Zenkoji. This time, Echigo Ikki failed to get into Naoetsu Town, but he still decided to take this opportunity to increase his impression points in front of several big shots in Echigo.
Looking at the blazing pillar of fire devouring more than a dozen lives, Kiragi stood at the front and witnessed all this and remained silent for a long time.
"In fire everything will end!"
In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun gradually dissipated, and the noisy streets in Naoetsu Town gradually returned to tranquility. The mass execution in the morning stimulated people to be particularly excited, and then they were busy all day long. In the evening, the number of pedestrians became very rare, and they probably returned due to excessive excitement.
Went home to catch up on some sleep.
In a certain tavern on the corner of the street, the two funny guys who appeared earlier were sitting in the tavern eating and chatting. The two of them were noisy for a while and couldn't stop. The drinker who wanted to keep quiet asked the owner to persuade him after two attempts.
Seeing no effect, I had to get up and leave angrily.
After the shopkeeper sent away the last customer with a grimace, he quietly closed the shop door and turned around with another expression: "How are you doing in the investigation? Is it the Murasame?"
The two guys who were laughing and joking suddenly changed their poker faces and said quickly: "There is no doubt that it is the famous Murasame sword that was lost in Furukawa's house! I also saw Honjo Shigenaga show it off with my own eyes. There is absolutely no mistake!"
"Well! I will tell you as soon as possible, thank you for your hard work!" The shopkeeper nodded and turned around and walked into the inner room. The two of them didn't say much, quickly finished their meal, got up and left in a hurry.
He quickly wrote down the information in the inner room, sealed it with mud and handed it to the deaf-mute servant at the side. The shopkeeper paced quickly and whispered: "It was indeed the Kira family who stole Murasame! The leader was right in sending me to lurk for three years.
, so it seems that we need to collect every bit of Echigo with all our strength. The more we contribute to our lord’s great cause, the more stable the position of our Fuuma clan will be!”
A few days later, in Mochizuki Castle in Saku County, Sanada Yukitaka, Yazawa Yoritsumasa and Mochizuki Shengshi were having a drink. They were just chatting about their parents' quarrels and old stories in Shinano. The relationship between the Sanada family and the Mochizuki family was close. The reason was Umino, Mochizuki, and Nezu.
(Nezin) These three families are all members of the Shino clan, and the Sanada clan is originally a branch of the Mochizuki clan.
It was thanks to this relationship that Yukitaka Sanada was able to instigate a large number of Japanese people in Shinano all the way, because they all came from the same clan. Yukitaka Sanada's father, Norimasa Sanada, was the son-in-law and adopted son of his maternal grandfather Totsuna Umino. Yukitaka Sanada's father died early, and Yukitaka Sanada
He was single-handedly raised and trained by his maternal grandfather, Umino Totsuna, as his heir.
As a result, he ignored the objections of Umino Totsuna, left the Umino family and joined the Takeda family. From then on, he rose to prominence and became the actual master of half of Shinano. The successful Yukitaka Sanada invited his grandfather to be hired again, but he was summarily dismissed.
He refused, and now he is living in such a miserable state. The Takeda family he is loyal to has also attacked Nishi Ueno Country where Umino Totsuna is staying. It is even more impossible for his grandfather to come over.
Mochizuki Shengshi is more than ten years older than Yukitaka Sanada and about the same age as Tokiyuki Yamamoto. His old face is matched with a head of gray hair and a messy beard. He looks skinny and looks like a man in his sixties or seventies.
The old man was cursing while drinking: "It's all that Kira Yoshi who ruined my good deeds! You bastard!"
Yukitaka Sanada asked with interest: "Huh? How do you say this?"
When Mochizuki was in full swing, he looked around and saw no outsiders. He waved to the two brothers, got closer and whispered, "You should know that I have a branch family in Omi, right?"
Yazawa Yorizuna immediately came over and gossiped: "I know! It seems to be quite famous. His name is Mochizuki Izumomomo, right? What does this have to do with Kira Yoshitoki?"
"As you all know, I am almost sixty years old and have no children. My first wife died in childbirth while giving birth to a child for me. As a result, my children were not saved, and then there were years of war and famine, and it was difficult to make ends meet.
I suddenly missed a great time. A few years ago, I sent people to Omi to contact the branch family. I wanted to have a second marriage and give birth to a son and a half daughter for me, but he ruined the marriage that I had planned to negotiate! It is really disgusting.
!" Wang Yue Shengshi cursed angrily.
"In that case, adopting Takeda Norimu's second son as his adopted son a few years ago was a last resort!" Yazawa Yorosuna smacked his lips, thinking about how badly he would be scolded by his brother if he laughed out loud now.
Mochizuki hammered the table angrily: "I don't even have a son-in-law. It's too late to adopt a daughter. I can only watch the ownership of the Mochizuki family being taken away by the Takeda family. I, the Shino clan, have worked hard for hundreds of years.
When others make wedding clothes, do you think I should hate Kiraragi?"
"That's really miserable!"
Yukitaka Sanada made some calculations and said softly: "I heard that Mochizuki Izumomomomo's daughter was taken in as a sidekick by Kira Yoshitoshi? I don't know if it's true or not!"
"What? This could happen!" Wang Yue was shocked and angry when she was in her prime, and then turned depressed and decadent. The old man who was originally dry and thin is now even more shriveled, lamenting: "I would rather that woman marry an ordinary warrior, so she doesn't have to suffer so much!
"
Yazawa Yorizuna saw the look in his brother's eyes, and immediately said with a smile: "The matter has been over for a long time, so don't mention it again. Let's talk about something else! For example, the Echigo public trial, I don't know how he came up with it.
Idea. Revealing the crime in front of hundreds of thousands of people, and then executing him in a public trial and quickly, is really awesome!"
"I just don't know what my lord's plan is, how he will deal with it! It's such a pity for such a great opportunity..." Sanada Yukitaka saw that Mochizuki Mori was struck by what he just said and had no intention of talking, so he immediately cut off the conversation and slowly stood up.
He said to him: "Thank you for the warm hospitality of Toe Mamoru. It is true that I am too drunk to continue drinking with Toe Mamoru! I have something to go back to tomorrow, so I will say goodbye here first! I will go to Ugasakikan another day.
Let’s reminisce about old times!”
"Oh! Okay! You guys should have a rest early! I'll see you off!" Wang Yue took three steps at a time and then two steps to send them off.
…
Since the sacrifice of Nagao Kagetora, Echigo's military and political style has suddenly changed from gentle and gentle to vigorous and vigorous. At the April review, the dragon of Echigo solemnly promised to Uesugi's constitutional government that he would go into battle in the Ueno to expel the invading Hojo clan within a few months.
, and at the same time promised to provide 50,000 koku of Kinki rations to Ueno to help Ueno people tide over the difficult season of drought.
Uesugi Kenmasa was so excited that he almost cried. Compared to the indifferent Kira Yoshi, this man was truly warm-hearted. He then said that he would transfer the handle of the Yamauchi Uesugi family and the governor of Kanto to him, and all he had to do was become his adopted son.
It's from the Nagao family. I'm getting older and I really can't stand being frightened. I need to take care of myself.
Nagao Kagetora was in a bit of a dilemma. Both he and the Nagao retainers were very interested in the Kanto governor. The most fundamental problem why the Nagao family could not suppress the Echigo people was that they did not have enough status. Nagao
The family was from the Kamakura Party of the Bando Hachihei clan, and most of the large number of retainers in Echigo were also samurai families from the Bando Hachihei clan or the Fujiwara clan Hidego clan.
There are even famous Genji clans such as the Uta Genji Sasaki clan and the Kawachi Genji Nitta clan. Their family backgrounds are no worse than the Nagao family. Some samurai families are even worse. They look down on or are jealous of the sudden rise.
The Nagao family hates the Nagao family, and they deny the Nagao family's legal power to govern.
If there were no external intervention, this stubborn disease that has troubled Echigo for many years would continue for more than ten years. It took several rebellions to establish a relatively stable Sengoku daimyo power system. The current situation is very different. The emergence of Kira Yoshitoki has made Echigo's power system more stable.
The situation took a turn for the worse. The traditional samurai groups in Central Vietnam and Lower Vietnam were broken up and dispersed one by one. The development of new fields and strong force suppression greatly improved the order of Echigo.
In just a few years, a threshold that could not be crossed in hundreds of years was crossed. Echigo's dissatisfied Nagao family members were defeated one by one, and other samurai families also surrendered under the strategy of using a stick and a carrot. Even if there were those who were greedy for Arata's interests,
The Chinese people should also consider how much strength and appetite they have to take advantage of these benefits. If they accidentally face the devastating attack of the Kira Legion, they will be the next generation of Big Bear Asahide.
Judging from the current situation, Nagao Kagetora does not particularly need to command the Echigo retainers in the name of Kanto Governor. With the support of Kira Yoshitoki's name, it is much easier to lead Echigo now. The only thing to worry about is Honjo Minoru.
, Nagao Kagenobu and other members of the public are worried. In recent years, they have openly and secretly expressed their concerns about the Kira family's growing strength.
Deep inside Echigo's grassroots servants, common people all know that today's Echigo comes from the Kira family, the powerful Kira Chibi, well-armed, enviable treatment, beautiful and neat new town, and a new village that is not inferior to the town.
, the people of Echigo gradually gathered under the banner of the Kira family. How many people in the Nagao family were shaken, and how many people joined the Kira family? No one can tell.
"If Takeideon really does that thing, can our Nagao family be immune? Can my lord stay out of it?" Honjo Minoru said those heart-wrenching words, which made Nagao Kagetora wake up from a dream, and things changed after that.
It was almost impossible to even recognize him. Walking around Kasugayama Castle, he didn't even feel familiar at all. If he were a wanderer who returned from home after three years, he would definitely get lost in a strange new town.
Unknowingly, Echigo already had a powerful national power that could overwhelm several countries. He had as many as 20,000 standing tigers and soldiers. He could arm another 20,000 reserve troops at any time. What on earth was he going to do? Nagao Kagetora thought he was just trying to help the shogunate, but
Is this to help the shogunate? Maybe, maybe not.
"Is he going to do that? No! Hasn't he always hated being submissive and rebellious? That's definitely not the case! There must be some other reason that I don't know..." If you don't stay in your position, you won't seek politics. After a few years of self-cultivation,
There are more and more things for Nagao Kagetora to think about.
When he thought of that terrible hypothesis, he couldn't help but shudder, and secretly murmured in his heart: "...What would happen if we really do that? If we succeed, we will succeed in the future. Our Nagao family will rise to the top in one step, and if we fail, we will succeed."
There is no recovery, my Nagao family has been in infamy for thousands of years, what should I do?"
Kira Yoshitoshi didn't know how intense the conflict in Nagao Kagetora's heart was, but he noticed that his face turned blue and white for a while, as if he guessed what he was thinking, so he comforted him and said: "Brother! It's hard to refuse the warm hospitality of the Guanling Palace.
, I have seen the sincerity of the commander in chief in the past few months, brother can consider the next step, after all, the situation in Ueno is inseparable from the command of the commander of Kanto."
"At first glance, it seems that Wu Weiden is testing our sincerity. If you think about it carefully, it seems that it is indeed a test, but why do I always feel that something is not right?" Uesugi Kenmasa apologized awkwardly. If there was no Kiragi,
Yes, he could have acted like a noble nobleman in Echigo, but it was a pity that the Ashikaga family had such a bad temper that they didn't even dare to interrupt. It was really hard for him to die.
"The matter of the appointment of the Kanto Governor is of great importance. Without the permission of the shogunate and the support of the Kanto samurai family, it is still inconvenient for us to make a decision, so we should wait and see!" Nagao Kagetora is still worried, and he is so worried.
There is a reason why there is no use in quietly recognizing an adoptive father in Echigo and calling himself the leader of Kanto.
The Kanto people are famous for being stubborn and conservative. If they don't go to Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine to hold a grand inauguration ceremony, those stubborn Kanto people will not pay attention to it. Such an inauguration ceremony is better than not taking office at all. The Nagao family cannot afford to lose that person.
As the Nagao family was in the background of the shogunate and the imperial court, Kira Yoshitoki could not afford to lose this person.
"The inauguration ceremony of the Kanto Governor really needs to be held at Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, but it can't be done yet!" Kenmasa Uesugi also thought of this, feeling embarrassed and anxious. He didn't find it too troublesome when he was the Governor before.
, at that time, the Yamauchi Uesugi family was still the overlord of Kanto, but now it has only been ten years since they fell from the altar and were reduced to being dependent on others.
"What should we do? We must help the Yamauchi Uesugi family in the main hall!"
"No matter what, I, Kagetora, will do my best to fulfill the great trust entrusted by the Lord Commander. Helping the Lord Commander to expel Hojo is the top priority for now." Nagao Kagetora comforted the impatient Kensei Uesugi: "I heard that there are others around the Lord Commander.
Do you know where the two samurai from Ueno are now? According to my family’s investigation, they were the first to discover that Kai Tohru had been in contact with Ichigo. They also appealed to them immediately, and I would like to thank them deeply.”
"The main hall is talking about them! I'll send someone to invite them! They'll be there soon." Uesugi Kenmasa hurriedly got up and left. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
