Chapter 1809 The journey of the second generation begins with young shota
At this moment, the Sado Gold Mountain, which influenced the world’s gold history, has not yet been discovered, and the Tsuruko Silver Mountain is mainly being mined.
For the sake of Ginshan's small profit, the Uesugi family's appearance was not too ugly, so Uesugi Kenshin did not conquer the country, but only ordered the local samurai to surrender as tributaries.
Anyway, with Niigata Tsu in hand, Sado Island's external contacts are basically controlled by the Uesugi family, and they are not afraid of any trouble caused by the local samurai family.
In addition, Niigatazu is the outlet of the Agano River, which originates from Aizu and passes through the Echigo Mountains, becoming the geographical dividing line between Shimotsu and Central Etsu.
Along the river, the Echigo Plain is irrigated. The land is fertile and the grain yield is high. There is also the Narumi Kaneyama in Shimotsu. In addition, the water transportation route connects the four counties of Aizu, and the business is prosperous.
Therefore, during the Shimbada Rebellion, the rebels immediately came for the gold, silver and grain of Niigatazu. As long as they captured Niigatatsu's warehouses, the rebels would have the capital to fight for a long time.
If Naoetsu is the money-printing machine of the Shiba Uesugi family, then Niigatazu is the unique treasure trove of the Uesugi family.
As Shiba Tenka gradually takes shape, the influence of the Kanto Palace is also gradually expanding, and now it has begun to enter the Ou area. It is only a matter of time for the Ou samurai family to surrender.
Once Ou surrenders and the Ou family is brought under the jurisdiction of the Kanto Palace, the resources of the frontier will be further opened to the mainland.
Although the frozen soil in the Ou area was not conducive to farming in the medieval times, the local resources such as minerals and livestock are rich and coveted.
The shipping value between Sakai Minato and Akita Minato is greater. The Uesugi family can not only earn more profits through this maritime trade line, but also expand their influence on the Ou region.
This will allow the Uesugi family to occupy a more favorable position in the future Shiba Tenka Divine Group.
Mogami Yoshimitsu took the initiative to kneel down and offer Sakai Minato. The Uesugi retainers could not think of a reason to reject her, and they also believed that the family governor would not refuse.
Sure enough, after the analysis of the two veterans, Uesugi Kenshin was indeed moved.
she said.
"Since Mogami Yoshimitsu is so sincere, then I will meet this heroic general Izuku.
However, Miyuki has a noble bloodline, so I have to slowly prepare for her what kind of husband she will marry in the future.
As for the son of Mogami Yoshimitsu, hey, how easily does he want to marry a god and climb a high branch? She is thinking too beautifully, and I will not agree to it."
Honjo Shigenaga and Naoe Keizuna are obedient, and the Uesugi retainers want Minato Sakai. As for whether Mogami Yoshimitsu really wants to get married, they don't care.
Maybe Mogami Yoshimitsu herself didn't think so well. She just showed enough sincerity in a low profile. How much the deal can be concluded in the end depends on Uesugi Kenshin's intention.
Takeda Yoshinobu's birth was flawed, and Uesugi Miyuki, the second born, can be said to be the eldest daughter of a saint.
The governor of the Wu family tacitly agreed that the direct daughter should inherit.
The world of female supremacy is no more open than that of male supremacy. Ji warriors are mostly monogamous and give birth to their own children. Unless there are irresistible political factors such as external adoption, the eldest daughter is generally the eldest daughter.
A reverse harem like Yoshigan has never appeared in the world of female supremacy. Even the male emperor at that time did not have much real power and could not have a harem. He existed more as a political mascot.
Therefore, in the view of the samurai family, Uesugi Miyuki, the eldest daughter in a certain sense, had a unique political status among the descendants of Shiba.
This is also the reason why Uesugi Kenshin is reserved and proud, and dares to say that the Mogami family is unworthy.
On the contrary, it was Miyuki, the little girl who was on the high school student's mind, who had some expectations for Mogami Yoshimitsu's youngest son.
She wanted to meet this most poignant beauty in history, and see if she was as beautiful as the one in Kanto as written in the book.
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The next day, Kasugayama Castle.
The tea room in the hotel is filled with steam, and the tea master is performing a performance.
It was early winter and the weather was getting colder, but the teahouse was still as warm as spring. Uesugi Kenshin was afraid that his daughter would get cold, so he ordered people to light braziers in the four corners early.
Kenshin Uesugi had been away for half a year, and when he came back this time, he couldn't live without his daughter for a moment. Miyuki Uesugi was so desperate that she acted as an ignorant baby girl every day, she was exhausted mentally and could not rest for a moment.
At this time, Uesugi Kenshin was still smiling and holding his daughter, sitting on the main seat and admiring the tea ceremony.
The children of saints all grow very fast. With adequate nutrition, their growth rate is as fast as that of modern babies. They are much stronger and smarter than ancient babies.
Although Miyuki was just over two years old at this time, she already looked like a three- or four-year-old baby in this era, and she was not light.
But Kenshin Uesugi is very skilled in martial arts and has extraordinary arm strength. He still holds the arms as well as he did half a year ago, so he doesn't feel strenuous at all.
The small tea room couldn't seat many people, so there were two seats on the left and right under her seat.
On one side were Honjo Shigenaga and Naoe Keizuna who were accompanying the guests. They were greedy for the benefits of Mogami Yoshimitsu and hoped to promote cooperation between the two companies as soon as possible.
On the other side is Mogami Yoshimitsu with her young son. The boy is a little older than the rumors say, about four or five years old. He is very precocious and already knows how to sit beside his mother in a proper manner.
Miyuki was pinched between Uesugi Kenshin's arms and chest, and the soft environment made her unable to exert any strength.
She tried her best to stick her head out, trying to see Koma-kun who was sitting next to Mogami Yoshimitsu, but she fell back into her mother's soft embrace several times.
Uesugi Kenshin hugged his restless daughter tighter and looked at Mogami Yoshimitsu, who looked like a little widow, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.
The Mogami family has always produced beauties, including Yoshi-kun, Koma-kun, and even Mogami Yoshimitsu himself, who are all a touch of beauty in Kanto.
Although Mogami Yoshimitsu had married her husband a long time ago and gave birth to two girls and a boy, her figure and temperament were graceful and she did not look old at all.
Coupled with the sad look on her face, I don't know whether it's because her husband died or she was worried about the family business. In short, it's a charming and charming look that makes people lovable.
Mogami Yoshimitsu did not climb onto the holy couch because she did not want to get involved in the political whirlpool of the divine descendants. However, she had also held a sacred vessel in her mouth, which had left a ripple in the saint's heart.
Of course Uesugi Kenshin didn't know about the ambiguity between Mogami Yoshimitsu and the saint, but a woman's intuition made her dislike Mogami Yoshimitsu no matter how she looked at him.
Mogami Yoshimitsu is a smart person. She knows that she must not fight for the divine descendants, otherwise the family fortune will not be saved.
Although she had an ambiguous relationship with the saint, and Date Masamune took the initiative to extend an olive branch, the situation in the Mogami family was still not good.
The Sage's Ou policy is obviously to emphasize the south and neglect the north, and to emphasize Ideyu and neglect Mutsu.
As long as Date Masamune did not pursue hegemony and simply retreated to Yonezawa and Sendai, the worst thing he could do was to be stuck in the Minami-Sendai Plain, eating, drinking and messing around as a big landowner.
The pressure on Mogami Yoshimitsu's side is different. The extension of the Hokuriku Road trade route on the front line of Dewa Country has too much interest.
To the north is Tozawa Moriyasu, who is guarding Akita Minato, and to the south is Honjo Shigenaga, who is watching over Sakai Minato, and Satake Yoshige who may move in at any time.
The balance among the samurai families in the counties of Dewa Kingdom can be broken by huge external forces at any time.
The Shonai Plain is close to the sea and is the outlet to the sea that Mogami Yoshimitsu finally secured.
The complete loss of the Shonai area means that the Mogami family's sphere of influence will be squeezed back into the mountainous Shinjo Basin and Yamagata Basin.
There are mountains all around, and there are powerful enemies outside the mountains. From then on, the Mogami family can only rely on others to live. If something goes wrong outside, the family fortune may be gone.
Although some saints scolded Honjo Noganaga for temporarily retreating, Mogami Yoshimitsu knew in his heart that Yamanaka Yukimori and his team would make a comeback at any time.
This is also the reason why Date Masamune took the initiative to find peace with the Mogami family and wanted the two families to reunite.
The two major tribes under Yamanaka Yukimori, Honjo Noganaga and Kaji Keizuna, squeezed from the north and south, putting too much pressure on Date Masamune and Mogami Yoshimitsu.
If you don't want to go back to the mountains and basin to be a savage, you have to find foreign help. The saint's blessing can only save your life. If one day Mogami Yoshimitsu is gone, the Mogami family in the basin will be no different from the bastard in the jar.
Mogami Yoshimitsu's approach to Uesugi Kenshin was not a sudden one, but he had already considered it carefully.
The Echigo duopoly composed of the Shiba Uesugi family was an unstable ecological structure from the beginning.
The Uesugi retainers admired the saint, but their relationship with the saint, such as Ohkuma Asahide and Yamanaka Yukimori, who stayed with the saint in Echigo, was very bad.
Okuma Asahide is a remnant of the old guardian. If it weren't for the protection of the saint, he would have been torn to pieces by the upstarts of the Uesugi family.
Yamanaka Yukimori is a favored minister of the saint and a deacon of the Kanto Palace. The Uesugi retainers have no conflict of interest with her and should be respected.
But the bad thing about this relationship lies with Honjo Shigenaga and Kachi Keizuna.
Honjo Shigenaga is one of the leaders of the Yangbei people in Shimotsu. He has organized the Yangbei people to fight against Uesugi Kenshin several times, which caused a lot of headaches. The core members of the Uesugi family disliked her very much.
The Sasaki lineage of Yangbei Zhong to which Kaji Jingzuna belonged caused a huge disturbance in the Xinfatian Rebellion.
The Kachi family, a remnant of the Shinbada rebels, actually integrated the basic base of the three rebel families and rose again, which naturally made the Uesugi family displeased.
Although the Yangbei Zhong has been dismantled by Yoshihiro Shiba and Kenshin Uesugi, the conflicts between the three samurai families in the upper, middle and lower Echigo groups will not be completely eliminated just because the Echigo Group is dismantled and reorganized. It will be treated as if it never happened.
Kaji Keizuna opened up territory in the upper reaches of the Agano River, eating the fat of the four Aizu prefectures. Honjo Shigenaga not only controlled the trade routes from Shimotsu to the Shonai area, but also wanted to occupy Sakai Minato.
These subordinates under Yamanaka Yukimori are increasingly greedy. Are the retainers under Uesugi Kenshin not greedy or jealous?
After the Shimogoshi clan was split into two, one half followed Yukimori Yamanaka of the Shiba family, and the other half followed the Uesugi family. In terms of the favorable location and people, the Uesugi family should also have a share in cannibalizing Ou.
Mogami Yoshimitsu came here to meet Uesugi Kenshin. It was called joint development, but in fact it was to offer Sakai Minato. This was a self-protection strategy that caused the two tigers to fight.
As early as 1,800 years ago, some people had already used this strategy during the Warring States Period.
Qin attacked South Korea's Shangdang, and South Korea gave Shangdang to Zhao, triggering a conflict between Qin and Zhao.
The Qin State was about to lose its fat and was taken away by the Zhao State, so it was unwilling to give up. In the end, the Battle of Changping broke out. As a result, both Qin and Zhao suffered losses, and South Korea's Zuo suffered for decades more.
Mogami Yoshimitsu did not expect Uesugi Kenshin and Yamanaka Yukimori to fight in a losing battle. With the saint suppressing them, it would be impossible for this to happen.
Yamazaka Yukimori was deeply favored by the saints, and she was extremely favored, and others were unwilling to seek bad luck for her.
Only Uesugi Kenshin, as the governor of Kanto and the eldest daughter of a saint, had a high self-esteem and was extremely powerful, so he dared to snatch food from a tiger's mouth.
Anyway, even if the lawsuit goes to the saint's throne, the saint can only pinch his nose and make mud.
A child's mother, a most beautiful bed partner, a widow's licking friend, what can a saint do?
Business? Impossible!
Mogami Yoshimitsu gave Sakai Minato's dominance to Uesugi Kenshin, but the Uesugi family's territory was blocked and he couldn't annex it alone.
If you go too far, it will give us the opportunity to do things advantageously.
The final result can only be that the Uesugi family takes the lead in port affairs, the Mogami family takes a share of the port business, and uses some surrounding territory to subsidize the family, so as not to be driven back to the mountainous basin.
As for the pros and cons, Mogami Yoshimitsu had weighed the pros and cons for a long time and already had a clear understanding of it. All he needed was a nod from Uesugi Kenshin.
As for the younger son accompanying him, it was just a reason. Mogami Yoshimitsu did not think that the arrogant Uesugi Kenshin would like his son.
Although the Mogami family's family background and territorial strength are not bad, it still depends on who they are competing with.
The only daughter of the governor of the Kanto Uesugi family and the eldest daughter of a saint, Mogami Yoshimitsu didn't dare to think wildly, and her dream was too beautiful.
After the tea master's performance, the tea soup was distributed.
Mogami Yoshimitsu gently patted his son's knee, and the little boy stood up obediently. He followed the etiquette taught by his mother before coming to take tea, turned around and presented it to Uesugi Kenshin's table.
Uesugi Kenshin looked at the child in front of him, a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes.
This child's eyes are like stars in the dark night, twinkling with innocence, his small face has delicate facial features, his skin is as delicate as silk, and his color is as reflective as porcelain. He is so cute that you can't help but like him.
At such a young age, he already has a bad reputation. If he doesn't grow crooked in the future, he will definitely be a handsome man who will conquer the country.
Although Kenshin Uesugi has no intention of marrying Mogami Yoshimitsu, at this moment he sincerely admires the youngest son of the Mogami family, who is indeed a man of heavenly beauty.
And as Kenshin Uesugi straightened his posture and accepted Koma-kun's offer of tea, Miyuki in her arms could finally take a good look at Koma-kun.
With just one sweep, Miyuki's eyes lit up, he looked like a handsome young man.
Her biological father Shiba Yiyin was the most beautiful man in the world.
He is as handsome as an angel descended from heaven, with an unattainable temperament and a sixteen-year-old boyish look. He is not like an ordinary thing in the world, and is sacred and inviolable.
Naturally, the little boy in front of him cannot be compared with that banished immortal, but he is handsome at a young age, has a good temperament in every gesture, and is ready to blossom.
If Shiba Yoshigan is the supreme fairy figure that mortals cannot reach, then Mogami Koma-kun is the beloved porcelain passed down from generation to generation, which is fragile and pitiful.
After a few glances, Miyuki felt a sigh of relief in her heart.
In history, this little boy would be innocently implicated and die an untimely death at the age of fifteen. It was truly an injustice of God and a miserable fate for Lan Yan.
Although Mogami Yoshimitsu eventually took revenge on the Toyotomi family, the family fortune declined rapidly with the death of the British master.
Thinking of this, Miyuki not only felt sorry for the Mogami family, but also had some thoughts of her own.
Should I, Miyuki Uesugi, start my journey towards the Japanese war with this little Shota?