In the words of Yoshitoki Kira, good behavioral habits are based on effective systems and management. Now that all businesses are waiting for success, the governor of the family needs to take more care. The difficulties encountered today may serve as a warning for the future. The so-called samurai family
The law is to agree on some rules and gradually implement them without any regulations at all.
After the internal affairs were almost settled, the discussion on military arrangements continued. Since the Kira family's residence was moved from Kasugayama Castle, Echigo's military strategy also changed from strategic attack to strategic defense. Only 10,000 city guards were left in Echigo's main defense force to continue.
Guarding various areas, they will stabilize local security with the cooperation of the people in various areas of Echigo. The remaining military services will either be disbanded on the spot or reorganized as reserves and moved to Ueno Country as the second echelon.
Since the Kira family's residence was moved to the left to Ueno Province, Kira Yoshitoshi's control over Ueno Province suddenly increased by several levels. The garrison points in each castle were heavily guarded. The familiar Japanese flags of the two wars could be seen almost everywhere.
Flying, fortunately, Ueno Kingdom has completed the territorialization of its flag in advance, otherwise Kira Yoshiki would not know how to face the embarrassment of having an Ueno Kingdom lying between two important territories.
As 300,000 Echigo farmers gradually moved south to the Musashi Country, a new round of village consolidation and land preparation and embankment construction began spontaneously, and the expenses required also increased exponentially. It took Kira Yoshitoki and the Huradai family elders to discuss for a long time before deciding on the relevant
expenses, as well as tax exemption for up to two years starting next year and a tax reduction strategy in stages for the next three years.
Ever since Kira Yoshitoshi came to Musashi Country, the originally peaceful atmosphere was broken in just a few months. A lot of people suddenly appeared and a lot of things were added, causing the Musashi Country to be disturbed by chickens and dogs. Every village
You can all see followers of the Kira family working hard in the villages to persuade Mr. Su to send more young men to serve in the general labor service, and to provide them with money, food and accommodation during labor, etc.
No matter how dry my mouth is, I can't persuade Su Lao's underground people to actively cooperate. These stubborn underground servants usually reply with two words "no". It's not that easy to test the foundation of their villages. The relationship between the indigenous residents and the new conquerors
The deep-rooted hostility is very strong. It took the Hojo family many years and a lot of means to initially win over the people. In contrast, the Kira family still has a long way to go. People's support cannot be won overnight.
Just when Kiragi was busy and confused, the shogunate envoy sent from Kyoto came to Edo Castle in a simple carriage. This young samurai with elegant temperament and extraordinary appearance rode a black horse and carefully looked at the huge city outside Edo Castle.
What surprised him was that the farmers who had to bear the burden of the general labor service did not show the familiar pain and helplessness.
On the contrary, everyone was full of emotions and momentum. The men were carrying wooden stakes and the women were busy weaving blocking nets, or using small chisels to tap the wooden beams spliced together with mortises and tenons. There were scenes of enthusiastic struggle to build new homes everywhere, and young people were busy.
The warrior rode his horse slowly, looking around and muttering strange words, as if he had discovered something interesting.
He had long heard that Kanto was the most chaotic place in the world, where the farmers lived the hardest and most tired lives. The samurai there were the most paranoid and the most violent. The symbol of the Kanto samurai had brought infinite glory to the martial arts family in the past.
The Kamakura samurai quickly declined and disintegrated into a brutal and chaotic samurai group.
Disrespecting the general, not obeying orders, being unfaithful and unrighteous is the image that the Kanto samurai have given to the world in the past 150 years. Although they are still powerful and powerful and can still influence the changes in the world, these samurai are no longer the Kamakura samurai. They are not
Unity, disloyalty, and lack of reverence for spiritual pursuits such as righteousness and virtue as a martial artist.
Having no ideals or ambitions, only respecting desires and acting arbitrarily. Being able to betray the master and even kill the master and usurp the throne has become the new symbol of this era. Many unknown young warriors quietly changed their ambitions and goals to these successful people, and all of this
The originator of this is Soun Hojo from Kanto, Nagao Shikei.
"Master Samurai, Edo Castle is ahead. I can only take you here." A child of twelve or thirteen years old stared at him with big, revealing eyes, fearing that he would be deceived by others this time and would not be able to guide you.
Fortunately, this young man doesn't look like those ronin warriors who came here to try their luck.
"Take it!" The elegant young warrior threw him the Yongle money, and then turned around and patiently told the little boy: "No need to change. Keep the money so that no one sees it, and give it to you carefully.
It brings disaster."
"Well! Thank you! You are a kind-hearted samurai master!" The child knelt down and kowtowed respectfully, and then jumped away excitedly like a little bird. The young samurai did not think he was disobedient, but shook his head and laughed.
Said: "It seems that Guandong is quite interesting!"
After several procedures such as showing his name and a warrant to prove his identity, the young samurai finally arrived at the high-walled Edo Castle. Seeing the large bare wilderness lying idle everywhere, the young samurai couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart. Fortunately, he
With his good professionalism, he quickly adjusted his mentality and followed the attendants into the heart of Edo Castle with unhurried steps.
In just a short time, the young samurai extracted some seemingly insignificant information from the attendant. He learned that large-scale construction of Edo Castle did not begin until summer. The original Edo Castle was not suitable for planning because of its narrowness.
It was demolished casually by Kira Yoshitoshi, and the exquisite building in front of us was actually rebuilt using the building materials of the original Edo Castle castle tower.
After chatting with this attendant for a while, he had an intuitive attitude in his heart, that is, the Kira family has a very big plan and the Kira family is very rich. More importantly, it didn't take long for Kira to know that he came to Kanto.
He is now so invincible in Kanto that Kira Yoshitsune was once called "the only war he doesn't want to fight and there are no wars he can't win."
Gradually, the pace of the two of them quickened. The young samurai learned many details about the Echigo Army and even the Musashi Army from this attendant. His feelings about the Kira family formed a preliminary impression in this one-sided conversation. Before the young samurai had time to
After thinking about deeper issues, the attendant led him outside one of the relatively secluded rooms.
Finding that the large room was full of people sitting together and talking happily about something, the young samurai gritted his teeth and stood in the corridor and said loudly: "Akechi Jubei Mitsuhide comes to see His Highness the Lord of the Town."
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Akechi Mitsuhide, a man who will be famous all over the world some time in the future, suddenly appeared on the land of Kanto in a completely unexpected way, giving Kira Yoshitoki a sudden sense of absurd dislocation, which triggered the Honnoji Temple War
Why did the changed guy appear here? Why did he come here? A whole host of questions flooded into his mind.
Mitsuhide Akechi looked at the astonished general of the garrison in confusion, and then bowed and informed him of his name. At this time, Namioka Totobo coughed and brought him back to his senses: "Well, the Toki clan's style
Akechi Jubeiden! Speaking of which, when I went to Luo, I heard that there was a talented Jubeiden in Mino, but I didn't expect to meet him here after more than ten years."
"I was fortunate enough to be well-known when I was young, and it is truly a blessing to be remembered by His Majesty the Lord." Akechi Mitsuhide secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He probably understood that when Kiragi was in a trance just now, he must have recalled the old events of the Tianwen years. He also
He vaguely remembered that he had accidentally heard about the Kira family going to Luo. But at that time, he was standing in Saito Dosan's camp and was busy cleaning up his family's late lord, Toki Raiun, so he didn't take it to heart.
Akechi Mitsuhide has no perspective. He would never have thought that the little prince of the Kira family more than ten years ago could rise to great heights in the blink of an eye. Every year, there are countless samurai and caravans passing through Tokaido and entering Kyoto from Meino.
They have lofty ambitions and amazing talents, but are eventually lost in the vast crowd of people in Kyoto. How many people can thrive in Kyoto?
The vast majority of samurai who went to Kyoto to try their luck were like pebbles thrown into the turbulent sea. They splashed a little bit and sank into the water without a trace. The few who rose up based on their personal talents were not brought under a certain force.
To be willing to stick to one's tail means to be aloof and arrogant, turning into a meteor that flashes the brightest light and then disappears. This latter person has the same properties as the pebbles thrown into the sea, but the results are different.
"Maybe I can barely be considered an outstanding samurai!" Akechi Mitsuhide suddenly recalled the difficult days over the years. It is true that he is a member of the Toki clan. But his aunt, Mrs. Omi, is Saito Douzan's official wife.
In this room, Sonshiro and Kiheiji, who were once killed by Yoshitsune, are the sons of Mrs. Omi, that is, Akechi Mitsuhide's cousins.
For this reason, Akechi Mitsuhide initially chose to help Saito Douzan seize Mino Country. Later, he became a powerful assistant to the Mino Saito clan and made many contributions. During the Tenmon years, Akechi's family was very proud of Mino Country.
He suffered from horse hoof disease, let alone not having the time to take care of Kiragi, who left home in panic and went to Luo. Even if he accepted his visit, he would not necessarily stay with him.
A few years later, Kira Yoshi's prosperity in Kyoto became a famous shogunate. Akechi Mitsuhide lamented that he had missed a good opportunity to make friends with a famous family. Then he heard about this famous shogunate and couldn't think about it.
Going to the remote Echigo, he even lamented that this Ashikaga clan would completely fall.
But he never expected that all this would go away as quickly as it came. Kira Yoshitoshi did not fall into the dust as he expected. Instead, his proud uncle Saito Michizan was killed by his traitor Saito Yoshiryu.
Killed in the Nagara River, the thief who killed his father turned around and led tens of thousands of troops to rush towards Akechi Castle. Faced with the formidable and powerful military force, Akechi Mitsuhide chose to retreat. Looking at the whole of Mino, it is Saito Yoshiryuichi.
The Party, if he doesn't surrender, he won't even have a chance to stand up.
After the surrender of Kaesong, he had to abandon his family and business and escape from Mino Country with his wife, family and retainers and dozens of people. Of course, this can also be described as exile. Saito Yoshiryu did not allow Mitsuhide Akechi to return to Mino Country.
This was a reward for his smart choice to open the city and surrender. Mitsuhide Akechi, who saved his life, could only wander around the country, just like Kansuke Yamamoto did when he was young.
However, he still couldn't compare with Kansuke Yamamoto, who was alone and without anything. Although Kansuke Yamamoto was lame, blind, and full of problems, he always regarded himself as an ordinary werewolf. When he was poor, he worked all day for a meal.
He doesn't feel there is anything to be ashamed of. After all, he is only poor for himself. He is a typical person who has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry.
Akechi Mitsuhide was not like this. He took his retainers, his wife Tsumabuki Kikiko, and their children, especially his wife Tsumiki Kikiko, who was originally a beautiful woman. She suddenly contracted a strange disease just before getting married because her family had no money.
After treatment, his face was disfigured, and in the face of Tsumaki's request to break off the engagement, Akechi Mitsuhide still insisted on marrying his wife home and became an example of a good couple.
I want to take a chance with Luo Jinjing, but the cost of food and clothing for a family is not a small amount. How can I abandon him when all his family members have even given up their territory to follow him? He also claims to be proficient in the art of bow and horse in Waka Tea Ceremony.
He is an elegant man, and even the latest iron artillery introduced to Japan has developed a set of corresponding training methods for its use. It is definitely not possible for such a person to face eating chaffy vegetables.
In fact, even though Akechi Mitsuhide lived in poverty during the period when he lived in Omi, in order to expand the reputation of Mino Junior High School to the Kinai area, he had to slap the fat man in the face and often hold waka songs at Shounenji Temple.
The tea party invites nearby lords from the country to attend the tea party, hoping to attract the attention of the nearby lord and make him a retainer.
However, there are a few samurai who are willing to rashly accept a large number of outsiders who have inherited their retainers. The small lord does not have so much territory to support the big lord, but there are a lot of retainers who reject him. This means that all actions of Mitsuhide Akechi are in vain. Instead, because
If you have no income, holding tea parties repeatedly will waste your little money. If you have no money, you can only sell clothes and jewelry to survive. The longer time goes by, the poorer you become. The disappointed family members left one by one, and those who stayed were hungry.
Eat well and then suffer.
Once, he was so poor that he could hardly eat, but in order to report a banquet, he still had to invite guests to hold it as scheduled. He quietly told his wife, Nozomi Tsumabuki, about this, hoping that his wife could pawn some more jewelry.
Xizi agreed wholeheartedly, but she already had no jewelry in her hand to pawn, so she thought about it and had no choice but to cut off her long shawl hair and pawn it to raise some money for the banquet.
This matter was not discovered by Mitsuhide Akachi until after the banquet. He found that his wife had been wearing a headscarf during the banquet, so he admired his wife's virtuousness and asked what was going on, until Nozomi Tsumabuki asked in silence.
Mitsuhide Akechi was shocked when she took off the headscarf that covered her hair. It turned out that Kiko's long and beautiful black hair had disappeared long ago.
Akechi Mitsuhide hated and regretted his wife's behavior of selling hair to support her husband. He hated that he had not used his wife to sell his hair to satisfy his desire to get ahead. He regretted that he was so careless that he didn't even know that there was not even a grain of rice left for cooking at home.
Akechi Mitsuhide cried and apologized, but his wife advised him not to worry, as his hair would grow back one day.
From that day on, Akechi Mitsuhide vowed to change his past, left the sad place of Shounenji with his wife and loyal family members, and went to Kyoto to join the shogunate to obtain qualifications for recruitment. With his talents and good family background, he was very successful.
He soon got the position of Shinjizhong in the shogunate. This time he was sent to Kanto as an envoy of the shogunate.
Kira Yoshi noticed that Akechi Mitsuhide was also a little distracted, so he said: "Akechi Jubeiden is here to serve as the envoy of the shogunate, right? How is Odatezaemon Monzo doing these days? I haven't seen him for so many years, and I really miss the days when we worked together with the shogunate!"
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"Yes! The Odate Mutsu Shrine is in good health. He resigned last year and was transferred to serve as the imperial minister. This time I am sent as envoy to Kanto because of the strong recommendation of the Mutsu Shrine." Mitsuhide Akechi said in a few words that Odate Harmitsu was the official officer.
Let me tell you the story of Okumori and how he first entered the shogunate and was greatly appreciated by him.
"So Odate Mutsu Mamoru has been promoted! I've been a little neglectful in recent years. The wars have been going on every year and I haven't paid attention to the trends in Kyoto for a long time." Kira Yoshitoki randomly found an excuse to cover up his negligence. At this moment, he
I also remembered that I had seen relevant information, but I didn't take it seriously and forgot about it.
After discovering that Akechi Mitsuhide was a diplomatic envoy recommended by Odate Seimitsu, the conversation that followed became much more relaxed. Kira Yoshitoki also discovered that Akechi Mitsuhide had a strong desire to make friends with him, and he complied with the edict of passing on the shogunate.
It's almost the same thing. 80% of the time there are some similar thoughts.
His guess was correct. Akechi Mitsuhide didn't want to be just an ordinary diplomatic envoy. He suffered so much in Omi that he vowed to make a difference. A strong-willed and ambitious samurai like him would not do anything once he set a goal.
Change, the strongest force in the shogunate system is Kira Yoshi, Akechi Mitsuhide believes that without him, there would be no revival of the shogunate in the past ten years, and it is not strange for someone in the shogunate system to cling to him.
Akechi Mitsuhide bowed and said: "I have come here to do two things. The first is that the order of expedition requested by the shogunate has been issued. His Highness was very indignant at the murder of the Mikawa Kira family and immediately ordered
Mikawa Mikawa has been ordered by the public to attack Matsudaira Tibetan Ieyasu, and I believe that this evil thief will be punished as he deserves in the near future."
"Well! I would like to thank His Highness Gongfang for his kindness. I will bear in mind every kindness of His Highness Gongfang. My deceased brother will feel at ease in the underworld." Kira Yoshito was not happy because the crusade order was issued.
In fact, I was fully confident that the shogunate had issued an order to conquer the enemy, but I didn't know why the imperial court did not issue an order to conquer the enemy.
Ji Liangyi asked unhappily: "Why didn't the imperial court issue a decree to conquer the enemy? What did Yu's sworn brother say?"
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled bitterly and said: "The thing is like this. Konoe Kanbaden tried his best to push the imperial court to issue the Darun Decree, but at the court meeting Nijo Kanbaden questioned that he wanted to use the official weapon of the imperial court for his own personal gain to avenge his old enemy and vetoed it.
Then, when the emperor mentioned it again today, he was still rejected by Nijo Guanbai, and Konoe Guanbaidian was helpless."
"Nijoguanbai... Nijoguanbai, left minister Seirōden?"
"Exactly."
Kira Yoshitoshi was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time. He also knew these Nijo Guanshi, the left minister Haruyoshi. The Nijo family governor, one of the five regents, was the political enemy of his sworn brother Konoe Maekyu. The five regents were separated in
During the Minamoto Dynasty, the Konoe family was initially the direct lineage, and the Kujo family established the lineage of Betsuryu. Unfortunately, Kujo Kanemi, who originally belonged to Betsuryu, was promoted to the direct lineage because of his closeness to Minamoto Yoritomo, especially in the past few hundred years.
The two major lineage systems compete for the elders of the Teng family.
Because the Konoe family is the direct descendant of the clan, the Kujo family split into two branches to deal with the Konoe family. The Nijo family and the Ichijo family united to fight against the Konoe family, and then the Konoe family split into Takashi to fight against these three families.
family, thus forming a stable system in which the five Shogun families dominated the imperial court since the Kamakura period.
Two against three is not fair. Counting the elders of the Guanbai and Fuji clans in the past, we can know that the Konoe family has always been at a disadvantage, which forced the Konoe family to take a risk and join the Southern Dynasties during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
After the failure, although he returned to the Northern Dynasty and was forgiven, his success in the Muromachi shogunate system was far inferior to that of the Kujo clan.
Until the Onin Rebellion broke out in recent decades, the Konoe family's current governor, Masato Konoe, saw a glimmer of hope for a comeback. The Hino family's rise to prominence by being close to the Ashikaga Shogun's family made the Konoe family's heart beat. Marrying their daughter to Ashikaga
The shogun's family became a top priority, but the Hino family's control of the shogun's marriage line made the Konoe family feel uncomfortable.
Due to the decline of the shogunate triggered by the Meigen coup and the exile of the shogunate, the Hino family lost the strong support of the Ashikaga shogun family and their status in the imperial court continued to decline. After all, they were just a famous family member who did not have the qualifications to intervene in the government. If they were not relatives, they would lose their continued glory.
Capital, a new round of turmoil after the death of Ashikaga Yoshinori, Hosokawa Takakuni once again deposed Ashikaga Yoshimi in favor of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and then the confrontation between Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Ashikaga Yoshimi gave the Konoe family a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a choice.
It is no longer in the interests of the Ashikaga Shogun that the Hino family can only act as a parasite of the shogunate. With Ashikaga Yoshimi relying on the Shubo Ouchi family, Ashikaga Yoshiharu is very afraid that he will lose power and be exiled, so he urgently needs to be supported by the court.
In order to provide support, Ashikaga Yoshiharu and the Konoe family happened to meet at this time, and there was a story about the marriage of two generations of the Konoe family to the shogunate.
The main reason why Ashikaga Yoshimi was abandoned was that he married the legitimate daughter of Ouchi Yoshihiro. There is an important family rule of the Ashikaga Shogun family. The principal wife of the Shogun family must be a minister of the imperial court. The legitimate son must be a minister of the imperial court.
The bloodline can effectively avoid the situation between Hojo Masako and the Hojo family, but this one doesn't seem to be very effective. Hino Tomiko's ability to stir things up is not much worse than Hojo Masako's.
This Ashikaga Yoshimi married the daughter of the Ouchi family, which is tantamount to violating the taboo of the Shogun family. If this alone is not enough to make Hosokawa Harumoto abandon him, because Ashikaga Yoshimi's mother is Shiba Yoshihiro.
The daughter, after all, is a commoner's son with samurai blood, and Hosokawa Harumoto will not give up a chess piece because of the taboo of the shogun's family.
The bigger reason is that the relationship between the Ouchi family and the Hosokawa family has been very bad since the Ningbo tribute incident. The two families are the overlords of two regions respectively, not soft persimmons that can be easily manipulated. Deposing Mrs. Ouchi is tantamount to
Falling out with the Ouchi family and not deposing him means that Ashikaga Yoshiki will become a shogun, and his elder brother-in-law Ouchi Yoshitaka will rise in power, and maybe another trip to Raku will destroy Kinai.
This is something that Hosokawa Harumoto, who is preparing a puppet general, cannot allow. Just like Hosokawa Masamoto cannot allow Ashikaga Yoshiki to get close to Hatakeyama Mayor, it is for this reason that Hosokawa Harumoto gradually alienates Ashikaga Yoshiki.
, and took the opportunity of the death of Miyoshi Gencho to completely abandon this useless chess piece, so Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the legitimate son of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, was re-elected as a general. As a relative, the Konoe family also took this opportunity to make a leap.
He became a popular figure in front of Ashikaga Yoshiharu and gradually found some opportunities in the court to win back the Kujo clan.
This is where the Kujo family ran into problems. The current governor of the Kujo family, Kujo Nodichi, lost all the manor territory of the Kujo family because he was in conflict with his retainers. He was forced to live in seclusion and have no money to go out. The family lost all their possessions.
He focused on the troublesome issue of the successive deaths of the Tosa Ichijo family's governors.
Therefore, Nijo Haruyoshi became the actual backbone of the Kujo clan. It was because of Konoe Maekyu's active performance that he won unanimous praise from the court. Nijo Haruyoshi was taken down by the court because of his incompetence. Seeing that the court was in the position of political enemy
Guan Bai has been getting better and better in the past few years, and the feeling in his heart is like being bitten by ten thousand ants.
So he threatened private revenge, and took advantage of the Kujo family's recent adoption of his son Kujo Kaneko, and the Ichijo Neiji was still just a three-level minister. He spoke on behalf of the three families of the Kujo family. His speech alone was equivalent to taking over the three families of the Seki family.
Speaking, Konoe Maekyu was a powerful heir of the Takaji family. One person against three people could not defeat Nijo Haruyoshi.
Kira Yoshitsune was very unhappy, wondering if Nijo Haruyoshi had been eyeing Konoe Maekyu for a long time, and took advantage of him to strike at the moment when his proposal violated the imperial decree. So he entrusted this matter to Konoe Maekyu.
It would not be good if it lasted for a long time, but it would not be appropriate not to entrust it to him. After all, the late Yoshiaki Kira was still his old father-in-law. This father-in-law passed away to heaven before even meeting him. If he did not find a chance to take revenge, he would be very sorry for Katsuki.
Even if he was unhappy, he couldn't do anything to Nijo Haruyoshi. After all, he was the former minister of Sekisakuzuo. There was no problem in etiquette for picking a fight with Konoe Maekyu. Moreover, he had retired and had no official position. It was impossible to
Forcing him to resign in order to blackmail him into shutting up seems like there is no better way than sulking.
"The other matter is more important." Akechi Mitsuhide took out the brocade bag and took out the scroll framed with silk. He presented it with respectful hands and said: "This is the royal teaching book issued by His Highness Gongfang to the Zhenfu Palace. Please have it reviewed by the Zhenfu Palace.
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"Oh!" Yoshitoki Kira took the imperial education book from his junior name and unfolded it gently. When he saw it, he saw the familiar handwriting of iron and silver hooks pouring down. Kira Yoshitoki knew the handwriting of Ashikaga Yoshiteru very well.
, he can be sure that no other person in the world can learn this calligraphy that is as sharp as a sword.
PS: I bow again to thank Xiao Zimu for the reward, and congratulations to Xiao Zimu for becoming the third leader of this book! Wu Mei is working hard to compile and save the manuscript, and it is expected that it will explode in a few days.
