Chapter 1779 The Mogami Family and the Date Family
Faced with Date Masamune's attitude that looked like a joke, but was actually an excuse, Mogami Yoshimitsu smiled faintly.
"The saint hates people who stir up trouble for no reason, and who have a burning gaze that can see thousands of miles away.
Those who set fire should also be careful to cause fire and burn themselves, so as not to cause harm to others in the end, but to suffer the consequences instead."
Although Date Masamune threatened him, Mogami Yoshimitsu was not worried.
Because during this meeting, Date Masamune kept calling him aunt, not his highness, and the discussion between the two parties was about family matters rather than official business.
The Date family was the dominant one in Ou, and their marriage network spread across all the families in southern Ou. However, this network advantage was severely weakened after Date Masamune came to power.
This ambitious sick girl was physically disabled but strong-willed, and she had basically offended all the relatives she could get along with.
Mogami Yoshimitsu had not heard Date Masamune call him aunt for many years, and he felt quite emotional at this moment.
However, Mogami Yoshimitsu was not a good person. The reputation of Date Masamune for killing his mother spread a lot in the land of Ou, and his reputation was ruined. Mogami Yoshimitsu also had a share of the credit.
Today, Date Masamune took the initiative to call her aunt, which shows her change of mind.
Perhaps it was because of the large-scale inroads of Kanto Shisho forces into southern Ou, which put too much pressure on Date Masamune, forcing her to change her ways and pick up the kinship relations she had put aside.
Political interests come first, followed by relatives and friends. Mogami Yoshimitsu is much more mature than Date Masamune, so she does not object to getting close to the Date family again because the Date family is strong enough.
When the Kanto Secretariat enters the Ou region, great changes are about to happen. In order to resist the erosion of the outside faction, the best choice for the local faction is to join forces and join forces.
No one dares to have a hard confrontation with a saint, but a needle hidden in the cotton can pierce someone.
As far as the Ou warriors are concerned, saint, we are convinced, but if cats and dogs want to come to Ou to make a fortune, it is not very pleasant.
Mogami Yoshimitsu pointed out the saint with a backhand, while Date Masamune smiled and said soft words.
"Why did my aunt say this? You are my biological aunt, how could I hold you back?
I'm just a little envious. It would be great if the saint was willing to get closer to me."
Mogami Yoshimitsu sighed and looked into Date Masamune's shining single eyes, not knowing what to say.
Date Masamune saw the situation clearly. Today, when the Shiba family has risen and the general trend of the world has been formed, if he still wants to unify Minami Ou through force and go south to fight for the world, he is looking for death.
But while force was no longer needed, the ambitious Date Masamune did not give up other possibilities, such as divine descendants.
The saint is wise and powerful. He is an extraordinary man from the samurai family who can make all the warriors in the world bow their heads. How could he not see Date Masamune's little thoughts?
Therefore, Mogami Yoshimitsu, a harmless widow, could climb onto the holy couch, but Date Masamune, a lustful girl, had no chance.
The saint sleeping with Mogami Yoshimitsu can at least stabilize the current political structure of Ou Land and add a relatively reliable kin ally.
But if the saint sleeps with Date Masamune, he will only be exploited by this one-eyed sick beauty who is still beautiful, causing trouble in Ou.
So isn’t it obvious who should sleep with whom and who shouldn’t?
Date Masamune said nakedly that she wanted Mogami Yoshimitsu to help, which immediately made Mogami Yoshimitsu very disappointed in her.
At this time, Date Masamune couldn't let go of his personal ambitions and didn't want everyone to live a peaceful life, so there was nothing to talk about.
Thinking of this, Mogami Yoshimitsu remained silent and accelerated his steps.
Seeing her attitude, Date Masamune realized that he was too hasty and quickly stopped Mogami Yoshimitsu and said with a smile.
"Auntie, don't leave. My niece has one more request. I haven't seen my father for a long time. I miss him so much. I don't know when I can come to visit you. I want to persuade him to come back to my place to live and support me.
You know that my mother's death was not persecuted by me, it was just an accident. My father still refuses to forgive me, and even cruelly attacked me, causing me great pain."
Mogami Yoshimitsu looked at the shameless Date Masamune and was speechless for a moment.
The Date family's dominance of Ou was actually determined a long time ago, but there was a major recession in the middle.
Because Date Masamune's great-grandmother was at odds with her grandmother, which led to internal strife in the Date family, all parties in Ou chose sides to fight against each other. It was vaguely a replica of the small-scale Yatsudai Shogun Rebellion.
This makes people sigh that the name of the Little Warring States Period in Ou Land is worthy of its name.
After the civil strife in the Date family, their sphere of influence shrank and their prestige plummeted. Theoretically speaking, the general samurai family would go downhill at this time, slowly declining and being replaced by newly rising samurai families.
However, Date Masamune's mother was an outstanding family governor. She attracted powerful names such as the Mogami family and the Ashina family, once again united her in-laws and allies, and revived the Date family.
What's even more valuable is that she was a qualified mother, who taught Date Masamune well, and took the initiative to step back behind the scenes and leave the family business to Date Masamune.
But it was this kind intention of helping her get on the horse and taking her for a ride that ultimately cost her her life.
After Date Masamune came to power, he changed his mother's calm and gentle style and began to aggressively invade the surrounding samurai territories, causing fear among the local samurai families.
The Date family was powerful and had many marriages. When Date Masamune chose the strategy of aggressive attack and external expansion, no one could stop it for a while.
Date Masamune's mother died in the conflict between her daughter and the close samurai family when she was trying to reconcile the conflict.
Although her mother's death was not Date Masamune's original intention, her radical strategy was the root cause of her mother's death.
Because of her mother's death, the Ou family began to distance themselves from the Date family, became hostile to the Date family, and placed the hat of matricide on Date Masamune's head as a curse.
How popular Date Masamune's mother was, how passive Date Masamune was in this matter.
As the external environment deteriorated, the young Date Masamune chose more intense confrontation rather than relaxation.
This eventually led to the resentment of her father, who was born in the Mogami family, and wanted to poison her. However, the poison failed and she returned to the family, which further confirmed Date Masamune's reputation of being unfaithful and unfilial by killing his mother and expelling his father.
Although Date Masamune was stronger than Mogami Yoshimitsu, she really didn't have the upper hand in the confrontation with this aunt.
When his father was at home, there was a conflict between the Date family and the Mogami family, and his father stepped in to moderate the situation. When his father returned to the Mogami family, Date Masamune became even more passive.
In the end, Date Masamune had no choice but to pinch the soft persimmon first and attack the weakened Ashina family, Osaki family and other powerful samurai families in other directions.
Mogami Yoshimitsu's position was awkward, nestled in the basin group of Deyu, and it was difficult to restrict Date Masamune's attacks from all directions.
She could only watch as Date Masamune's power grew stronger and stronger, and the threat to the Mogami family grew bigger and bigger.
Now, Date Masamune has mentioned his father again, apparently because he wants to reunite with Mogami Yoshimitsu and restore the close relationship between the two families during his mother's time.
Mogami Yoshimitsu thought for a while but didn't respond. She still couldn't trust Date Masamune, this cunning little niece.