Hojo Genan glanced at Hojo Umasa's belly and said hesitantly.
"My Hojo family has once fought against the saint's heavenly soldiers. Even though today is different from the past, we are still burdened with original sin, so it is better to keep a low profile."
Hojo Umasa shook his head and said.
"original sin?
Takeda Shingen fought against the Heavenly Soldiers in Kawanakajima. Wasn't he more vicious than my Hojo family? Where did Takeda Yoshinobu come from? Doesn't my aunt not know about it?
Uesugi Kenshin, despite the imperial order of peace in Kanto, killed the Oda family in Hokurikudo until the blood flowed into rivers. He even refused to show up to the temporary grand council of Edo Castle.
Compared with the two of them, am I guilty enough? Am I not low-key enough?"
Hojo Genan was suffocated and looked at Hojo Umasa with a calm gaze.
The once weak family governor is now becoming more and more powerful, gradually surpassing the senior ministers, and seems to have the posture to guide the Hojo family forward.
Looking at the vigorous Hojo clan politics, Hojo Genan felt more and more that he was too old and had no energy to distinguish, and he could not keep up with the rhythm of young people.
Hojo Ushimasa looked at the old woman in front of him and said in a deep voice.
"The Hojo family will be integrated into the Shiba Divine Power, and my children will inherit everything I own as a divine descendant, which is everything the Hojo family owns.
Every minute of my hard work now is to expand the Shiba Goddess and fight for the future Shiba world. The same is true for Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen.
So, don't worry about the saints.
Although he may appear to be invincible and invincible, he is actually a soft-hearted person who cannot be cruel to his women and children.
It is precisely because of his kindness that I want to fight and rob even more.
If I don't fight for it, will Takeda Kamisan and Uesugi Kamisan be humble? If Hojo Kamisan is not as strong as them in the future, they will have to be inferior to others.
Who is the Satomi family? Is Satomi Yoshiyao worthy of fighting with me? Has she ever climbed onto the holy couch? Does she have the divine seed of a saint? Is there any divine descendant to inherit the Satomi family's fortune?
Since there is none, then she must bow her head and admit defeat. Because I am taking her territory now, leaving it to my children and the descendants of the saints.
Auntie, times have changed. Everything in Kanto will belong to the Shiba Divine Power. As long as it is a family property inherited by the descendants of various gods, you can fight for it.
In a time of great strife, those who are either superior will be eliminated. When one rises, if one does not advance, one will retreat.
The status of the Goddess is only the lowest limit. The future ranking of the Goddess families has to be fought for by us mothers for our children.
Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, and even Shima Katsume, who are not working hard to fight for it? If I am humble and courteous, I will be looked down upon.
The saint's heart is like a clear mirror, but he can't care too much. Because no matter how hard we try, the expanded family business territory will eventually remain the same and belong to Spo."
Hojo Genan remained silent.
In her old thinking, the Shiba family and the Hojo family were still two samurai groups, but the Hojo clan obviously didn't think so.
The Hojo family will become part of the Shiba Divine Group along with her children. As long as the things snatched back belong to the Kamisan and the future Shiba Divine Power, then they can indeed be more domineering.
No matter how kind and righteous a saint is to outsiders, he is still a father and will always favor his children.
Seeing that Hojo Genan had nothing to say, Hojo Ushimasa continued.
"Seeing that Yiyao is stubborn and unresponsive, I have no interest in continuing to struggle with her.
I have asked Mikami Momo to prepare and send people to the Boso Peninsula after the autumn harvest to burn the fire of the Self-Qing Movement to Satomi Yoshiyao and the grass on the walls of the Boso Peninsula."
Hojo Genan was surprised and asked.
"Aren't you going to discuss it with other companies first?"
Hojo Umasa snorted coldly.
"Satake knew things by himself, and Takeda Shingen was not in a hurry. He just kept talking and laughing.
Utsunomiya is not as strong as Uesugi Kenshin and doesn't take Shimono Country seriously, so he can take it at any time.
Only Satomi here is the most difficult to deal with, so let’s do the surgery on her family first, just to see the power of the Self-Qing Movement, and to set an example for other companies to try the surgery.”
Hojo Genan frowned.
"I heard that Yua, the ghost leader of the Blue Clothes, is stubborn and that the self-Qing movement has advanced into the Boso Peninsula. I wonder if she will agree."
Hojo Genan sneered.
"Mikami Tocai received my money and food, received my promotion, and received my favor.
If I ask her to kneel, she has to kneel; if I ask her to bite, she has to bite.
I don't care what method she uses to deal with Yuya Kito, but in short, I want to see the fire of the Self-Qing Movement burn into the Boso Peninsula and let Satomi Yoshiyao have a taste of it.
After the autumn, the first batch of food aid from the loan counterparty was received, and while the locals were grateful, they tried to shake the relationship between the upper and lower levels.
Let's see if the local middle- and lower-class Ji warriors are willing to block the swords for the upper-class nobles.
If the middle and lower classes look on and ignore it, let the self-Qing movement sweep across the Boso peninsula and give the upper classes a hard beating in the name of purging decadent ideas, decadent culture, decadent customs, and decadent habits.
I’m quite looking forward to it.”
Hojo Genan thought for a long time and nodded slowly.
In order to contain the people of the East and secretly support the self-purification movement of the people in blue, the various families headed by the three powerful feudal lords of the Kanto Palace have already paid a lot of costs.
Since you have given something, there must be something in return.
With the carrot of targeted assistance in place, the big stick of the self-cleaning movement should also be put online to see how effective it is.
The post-autumn period was not only the time when the first batch of loan relief grains arrived, but also the time when the saint returned to Kinki. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the saint leaving Kanto, the Self-Qing Movement took the first step eastwards.
Hojo Genan looked at Hojo Ujimasa with increasingly complicated eyes. The new governor was indeed becoming more and more mature, but the more mature she became, the more she tried her best to completely sell the Hojo family to the Shiba family.
Regarding this future, Hojo Genan has mixed feelings in his heart, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.
Hojo Umasa suddenly shouted softly, which attracted the attention of Hojo Genan.
"Your Highness?"
Hojo Ushimasa held his belly with one hand and waved with the other, smiling.
"The little guy won't stop. He's becoming more and more active these days, and he wants to kick me, the mother-in-law, from time to time.
The matter is settled like this. Mikami Momo has several months to prepare. If this thing cannot be done well, then this person will be of little use.
The temporary committee has been arguing for a month. Seeing that the summer harvest is approaching, it should be over soon and everyone will go back to their homes and be busy with their farming.
I can see that the saint is looking forward to the birth of his child. This is also an opportunity for me to get closer to the saint.
So I won’t go back to Odawara Castle, I will continue to live in Kawagoe Castle and wait for the birth.”
While Hojo Umasa was talking, there were hurried footsteps in the corridor outside, and a Hatamoto appeared in front of the two of them, kowtowing to the ground.
"Your Highness, the Tongxin people sent a message to tell you that the saint will come to see you later."
"I know, let's go down."
"Hi!"
After Hatamoto respectfully resigned and the sound of footsteps gradually faded away, Hojo Umasa smiled and said to Hojo Genan.
"Look, I said that a saint would not favor one person over another, right? He is just a soft-hearted person. He doesn't want to let anyone down and will only wrong himself."
Hojo Umasa's eyes were full of tenderness. She was not teasing or joking with Hojo Genan, she was obviously immersed in her own happiness and couldn't extricate herself.
When Hojo Genan heard that the saint was coming, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he glanced at Hojo Ushimasa, who looked satisfied, and sighed secretly.
Ever since he climbed onto the saint's bed and became pregnant with the saint's son, Hojo Ushimasa became full of confidence.
I don’t know if it was the courage given by the saint, or for the sake of the child in my belly, or both.
