Chapter 2070 Good sisters who love and kill each other
Akechi Mitsuhide took advantage of Hosokawa Fujitaka's first love to continuously deepen her love for Shiba Yoshigan, and used both soft and hard tactics to completely tie the Izumi-Hosokawa family onto the Shiba family's warship.
Hosokawa Fujitaka now has no choice but to follow the Shiba Goddess Group all the way to the dark side, but she has received political education from the shogunate since she was a child, and the selfishness in her bones cannot be changed.
If Shiba hadn't risen too fast, and if he hadn't been too tightly tied to Akechi Mitsuhide, Hosokawa Fujitaka would have sold Akechi Mitsuhide in a matter of minutes. It was truly a plastic sisterhood.
And Mitsuhide Akechi doesn't tolerate any concessions. Has she deceived Hosokawa Fujitaka enough?
This pair of wise sisters really knew each other's trump cards very well. They both smiled on their faces and laughed at each other in their hearts. The day went by day by day.
Faced with Hosokawa Fujitaka's complaints, Akechi Mitsuhide changed the subject.
"Tamba Country is the old territory of the Hosokawa family, so the Izumi-Hosokawa family can also find some old friends there, right?"
Hosokawa Fujitaka narrowed his eyes.
"what you up to?"
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.
"You and I, sisters, are of the same mind. How can I forget you if it is good for me?
The saint has already acquiesced to the surrender of the Tanba country samurai family, and asked me to hold this gateway to Kinki as a buffer to prevent Kyoto from facing the edge of the Hashiba army.
You also know how troublesome those mountain people are in Tamba Country. Please think of a solution for me. I would like to follow the old story of Tango Country, where Tamba Country is shared by the Akechi family and the Hosokawa family."
Hosokawa Fujitaka lowered his head and said nothing, weighing the pros and cons.
The Hosokawa family has occupied the Tanba Kingdom for 150 years. As the governor of the branch family, Hosokawa Fujitaka naturally hopes to revive the female style, take back the old territory belonging to the Hosokawa family, and inherit the clan as the head of the family.
But Tamba Country is a difficult place to deal with, as it is similar to the geographical location of the Koshishin Mountains in Kanto.
The Koshin Mountains lie in the center of Honshu Island, and the Shinano Mountains in particular extend in all directions, making their strategic location extremely important.
And because the mountains are rugged and the mountain people stick together, it is difficult for external forces to conquer and effectively manage the local martial arts families.
The same goes for Tamba Country. It is an inland highland located in the northwest of the Kyoto Basin. It is connected in all directions, but it is surrounded by mountains, and the people in the mountains are unruly and impoverished.
The rule of the Hosokawa clan in the Tanba Kingdom was not very comfortable. The powerful local warriors such as Naito, Hatano, Akai, etc. were all unruly people.
The Hosokawa clan was weakened and eliminated in the battle with the Miyoshi clan, and the Tanba country samurai family became independent.
Later, the Naito family was exterminated in internal fighting, and now the protection of Tanba falls in the hands of the Hatano family, while the Akai family is an ally of the Hatano family.
The Hatano family had enemies with the Miyoshi family, the Oda family, and the Hashiba family. The Tamba Kuni samurai family had been closed for many years. Although outsiders could not break in, the life of the mountain people was also difficult.
There is a lack of daily necessities in the mountains, and the local martial arts family has no end to their hard times, so they switch to the Shiba family, which is not a true surrender.
If Akechi Mitsuhide only wanted to be a nominal leader, everyone would just kowtow to him for a bit of face, but if he really wanted to take over this strategically important land, he would probably cause a violent backlash in the local area.
Hosokawa Fujitaka felt that it was difficult to navigate this muddy water, but she was unwilling to shake her head and give up.
Not to mention that Tanba Kingdom was the old territory of the Hosokawa family, but she couldn't help but be tempted to split this 260,000-koku country in half, which was close to Kyoto.
The Izumi-Hosokawa family has been doing well in these years. In addition to the 200,000 koku of Izumi Kingdom and Kitakawachi, they also obtained Tango Half Kingdom from Mitsuhide Akechi.
If the Tanba half country is captured again, the stone height will exceed 400,000 stone, and it can be called the powerful Kinki domain.
Hosokawa Fujitaka thought for a while and said.
"In the six counties of Tamba, the Hatano family is from Taki County, and the Akai family is from Hyokami County. It is difficult for them to influence their basic base in the prefecture where they started.
But as for the other four counties, I can think of a way."
Akechi Mitsuhide clapped his hands and cheered.
"I knew you had a way, Fujitaka."
Hosokawa Fujitaka snorted coldly.
"Don't be too happy too early.
It has been decades since the Hosokawa family was expelled from the country by the local people of Tamba Country, and even the Hosokawa clan has been destroyed. I don’t know if those old connections will still give the Izumi Hosokawa family a piece of cake."
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.
"The Izumi-Hosokawa family is a descendant of Shiba Kami. It's too late to be happy that the local samurai family in Tamba can reach such a high-level relationship. How could I not give you face?"
Hosokawa Fujitaka sneered.
"There is also Ninagawa, the acting official of the political office. Her family's territory is in Funai County, Tamba Province.
As far as I know, Ninagawa himself and Hatakeyama Takamasa are secretly colluding and are planning to bring back Lord Kokata.
Are you sure that the Ninagawa family would like to see the Shiba family truly control Tamba Country? The Ninagawa family is not strong enough to accomplish anything, but they still have the ability to cause trouble in Tamba Country."
Hosokawa Fujitaka never dared to underestimate Akechi Mitsuhide. Although Akechi Mitsuhide had just been released as a demon by a saint, she did not think that the little tricks of the Kyoto shogunate could be hidden from Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes and ears.
To deliberately bring this matter out is to test and encourage.
Akechi Mitsuhide was not prepared to hide in front of her allies. She had Fujibayashi Mukuro from the secrecy team as a minion, and she was not idle during the days of being locked up. How could she not know about the changes in the Kyoto shogunate.
Listening to Hosokawa Fujitaka talking about this matter, Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes turned cold and he smiled.
"Back when Miyoshi went to Luo, Yoshihide Miyoshi took over the Tanba Kingdom. It was the saint who stood up for the Ninagawa family and preserved the Ninagawa family's territory in the Tanba Kingdom.
Ninagawa himself is old and confused, and has forgotten his grace, so don't blame me for not remembering our old friendship.
Hatakeyama Takamatsu was dissolute in her early years. If the saint hadn't cherished the famous Hatakeyama clan, she wouldn't have been able to keep the territory of Minamihanoi, and how would she have become the leader of the shogunate today.
These two people are so heartbroken that they have forgotten who has preserved their wealth for the past ten years, so they really deserve to die."
Hosokawa Fujitaka narrowed his eyes.
As one of the most famous families in the shogunate, the Izumi-Hosokawa family was well aware of Kyoto's secret tricks.
She never thought that the shogunate could overturn the world. Now only Tianling Gai was left in the shogunate, how could it withstand the mace of the Shiba family.
Compared to the tough nut to crack in Tanba Country, Hosokawa Fujitaka was more interested in Kyoto.
The island country Kazu clan originated in the Nara Basin, but their real rise came after they captured the Kyoto Basin.
The Kamogawa River comes from Kitayama, the Katsura River originates from the Tanba Plateau, the Uji River flows from Lake Biwa, and the Kizu River flows down from the Iga Basin.
These rivers converge in the south of Kyoto, turn into the Yodogawa River, flow to the Osaka Plain, and finally enter the sea on the west coast of the Seto Inland Sea.
In ancient times, logistics costs were extremely high, and the circulation of people and materials relied heavily on water transportation.
The Kyoto Basin gathers rivers from all directions. Whether you are going to Tamba, Iga, Omi, or going straight down the Osaka Plain, there is water transportation to help you.
The Kazu clan started from the Nara Basin, captured the Kyoto Basin, left Omi in the east, occupied Osaka in the west, and occupied the core economic belt of the island country. Only then could they defeat enemies from all directions and seize the world of the island country.
