Longing is the furthest emotion from understanding. Uesugi Kenshin was once so obsessed with Yoshigan Shiba that he was even willing to give up half of Echigo's country, determined to spend his whole life hand in hand with him.
But as time goes by, no matter how beautiful the emotions are, they are all scarred by the impact of reality. Uesugi Kenshin, who has gradually lost his charm towards Yoshigage, now cares most about her daughter, Uesugi Miyuki.
When Kenshin Uesugi learned that Yoshigage Shiba had served Uesugi Miyuki in advance, and asked Yoshikage Uesugi to go north to Kyoto after he had served Miyuki, he had to face a strong enemy with a weak enemy in the first battle, and go head-to-head with the powerful Ichiri Corps.
This good mother, she was completely angry.
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Kasugayama Castle.
The weather in midsummer is always unpredictable. A heavy rain comes and goes quickly. The sun is shining brightly in the courtyard, but the dewdrops on the leaves are still wet.
Uesugi stood in the yard, looking into the distance. Behind him, Naoe Kanetsugu knelt down and kowtowed, regardless of the mud on the ground.
"Your Highness, please think twice."
Uesugi Kenshin didn't even look back and just kept talking to himself.
"Think twice? I just think too much in the past few years, so others don't take me seriously anymore.
You Sibo Yiyin, my daughter is yours, but she is also mine. You are willing to let your daughter take risks without even asking me a question..."
Uesugi Kenshin's tone was resentful, as if he was speaking to the air in front of her, but behind her, Naoe Kanetsugu was sweating profusely and had to intervene to persuade her.
"Sage, this is also for the good of Your Highness."
Uesugi Kenshin turned back to look at Naoe Kanetsugu, his gaze was like a thorn, which made Naoe Kanetsugu's scalp numb and he lowered his head subconsciously.
"Of course I understand what he means. He wants Miyuki to gain enough military merit in the battle to unify the world so that he can more smoothly inherit the future Shiba world.
But has he ever thought that Miyuki is only eleven years old this year! Both he and I have been on the battlefield, and he also understands the truth that swords and guns are blind on the battlefield!
Even if he intends to support his daughter and let her serve as the general, then I should be allowed to serve as her daughter's successor. There is no reason to push her into the pit of fire!
Yes, he has many daughters, but I only have one daughter!"
The Wu family does have a tradition of letting their children go into battle in advance to earn seniority, but the general's reputation is false. The one who truly controls the army is the generation chosen by the general.
Uesugi Kenshin was proud of his military talent, and she was willing to fight for her daughter, but Yoshigan Shiba seemed unwilling.
The line of Kanto Goddess has deep roots. If Uesugi Kenshin is allowed to fight for his daughter again, Miyuki will not necessarily be the daughter of Miyuki in the world of Shiba in the future, and she will definitely be restrained by others.
While Kenshin Uesugi was worried about his daughter's safety, he felt wronged that Yoshihiro Shiba didn't believe in him.
You, Yoshigami Shiba, have many women and daughters, but I, Kenshin Uesugi, only have a single seedling of Miyuki. If anything happens to me, how can I live?
In fact, as long as Uesugi Kenshin calms down and thinks about it, she should know what the Uesugi retainers are like, and she should know that Yoshigan Shiba's worries are not unfounded.
The Uesugi retainers were a traditional samurai group in the true sense, a loose samurai alliance, a looser hodgepodge than the Ashikaga Shogunate.
If Shiba Yoshigan hadn't trained the retainers group several times for Uesugi Kenshin and wiped the butt of this politically ignorant woman, the Uesugi retainers group would have been even more disorganized and chaotic than it is now.
But putting aside the facts, Uesugi Kenshin is just aggrieved, unhappy and worried. Doesn’t Yoshihiro Shiba have no responsibility at all?
Once people are unreasonable, especially those in high positions who are unwilling to be reasonable, there is really no way to persuade them.
People know your brain better than you, but people just want to be willful and do whatever they can to do it.
Naoe Kanetsugu smiled bitterly and didn't know how to persuade him.
The Naoe family has a special status in the Uesugi family because they are the pro-Shiba faction of the Uesugi family. With the coming of Shiba's world, the Naoe family's status will also rise with the tide.
The sage strictly ordered the Kanto clan of divine descendants not to mobilize in advance, just to wait for Ichijo Hideyoshi to fire the first shot and occupy the absolute moral high ground in politics.
Even if the territory of Kinki Shiba is penetrated by a legion of pigs and suffers heavy losses, it will not be hesitated. This is a political battle and political scores must be settled.
But Uesugi Kenshin didn't care. When he heard that his daughter was going to face a huge army on the battlefield, he couldn't help it.
She is destroying the tacit political understanding of the Shiba Godi group, which will only bring more political risks to Uesugi Miyuki, no, now it should be called Uesugi Yoshikage, who will take over the throne in the future.
No one hopes that Uesugi Yoshikage will become the master of Shiba's world more than the Uesugi retainers, but in the face of Uesugi Kenshin who is furious because of his deep love for the baby, the Uesugi retainers have no courage to oppose.
Therefore, Naoe Kanetsugu, the unlucky guy, was kicked out to admonish the lord. Anyway, given her status, Uesugi Kenshin couldn't kill her with one knife no matter how angry he was.
Naoe Kanetsugu came to persuade her while scolding her, but when she really had to face the furious Echigo no Ryū, her smart head was stuck, and she didn't know what to say for a while.
At this moment, a man hurriedly walked through the porch, knelt in front of Uesugi Kenshin, and saluted.
"Kagekatsu Uesugi was summoned and met His Highness."
Uesugi Kenshin helped Uesugi Kagekatsu up and asked in front of Naoe Kanetsugu who was kneeling beside him.
"Jingsheng, how have I treated you these years?"
Uesugi Kenshin's serious question made Uesugi Kagekatsu feel nervous.
Speaking of Uesugi Kagekatsu, she is the child of Uesugi Kenshin's brother, and they are aunt-nephew.
Back then, Uesugi Kagekatsu's mother was killed by Uesugi Kenshin because she interfered with Uesugi Kenshin's plan to marry Shiba Yoshigan.
But Uesugi Kenshin was quite gentle in his treatment of Uesugi Kagekatsu's nephew. He allowed her to inherit the Ueda Nagao family and gave her the name Uesugi Miao.
However, after Uesugi Miyuki was born, Uesugi Kenshin repeatedly hit his adopted daughter Uesugi Kagetora and niece Uesugi Kagekatsu so that they did not dare to covet the inheritance rights of the Uesugi family.
Therefore, Uesugi Kagekatsu has been obedient all these years. Suddenly today, when he heard Uesugi Kenshin ask seriously how he treated her, Uesugi Kagekatsu's legs suddenly became a little weak.
What is this aunt with an unstable temperament going to do...
Uesugi Kagekatsu was wailing in his heart, but he didn't dare to hesitate on his face and answered solemnly.
"My aunt has been as kind as a mountain to me, and I can't repay her even if I am broken into pieces."
Uesugi Kenshin nodded and said calmly.
"Okay, very good.
I don’t want you to be broken to pieces, I just want you to protect your sister Miyuki for me.
After all, if she dies, you will be the undisputed heir to the Uesugi family."
Uesugi Kenshin's adopted daughter Uesugi Kagetora married Kai-kun, and received the Furukawa Territory gifted by the saint, which was equivalent to a branch of the Uesugi family.
If something unexpected happens to Uesugi Miyuki, Uesugi Kagekatsu is indeed Uesugi Kenshin's successor with the closest blood relationship and the strongest status.
This is the truth, but when these words came out of Uesugi Kenshin's mouth, Uesugi Kagekatsu was so frightened that his face turned pale and he knelt down and kowtowed.
"Your Highness! I have absolutely no idea of coveting the Uesugi family property! If I have the slightest idea, I will be struck by lightning from the sky and wiped out!
Sister Miyuki is a descendant of Shiba Kami. She is extremely noble and will surely lead the Uesugi family to glory. How can I be qualified to replace her? Please be aware of it, Your Highness!"
Looking at Uesugi Kagekatsu who was almost scared to death, Uesugi Kenshin nodded and said.
"I don't mean anything else, and don't think too much about it. I naturally believe in your character."
Uesugi Kagekatsu was about to burst into tears. How dare she not think more about it? Answering this kind of question in half a minute could kill the whole family!