Chapter seven hundred and twentieth chapter Fuji Takaya difficult choice
Mother and daughter Mibuchi Haruwa and Hosokawa Fujitaka returned to Mibuchi's mansion and sat separately indoors.
The two of them waited for the waiter to serve hot tea, and then they started to talk.
Mibuchi Qingyu closed his eyes and said tiredly.
"Fujihide wrote a letter, talking about the general's private message to her, expressing his appreciation for her hard work in Kitakawachi this year. He encouraged her to take good care of Kitakawachi and share the worries of the shogunate."
Hosokawa Fujitaka smiled.
"Did your eldest sister also receive a letter? I have one right here. It is a letter from the general that Yuanchang's mother, who is resting in Shengryuji Castle, received. She is concerned about her recovery."
Mibuchi Haru opened her eyes, stared at Hosokawa Fujitaka, and said sadly.
"What is the general going to do! Fujitaka, don't think so wildly."
Because Hosokawa Mototsune was unwilling to accept Shiba Yoshigan, he joined the Hosokawa Mibuchi Alliance and was ostracized by the Hosokawa retainers group.
With the support of Mibuchi Haru, Hosokawa Fujitaka took over her power and drove her to Shoryuji Castle to rest.
Now the general has written letters to Hosokawa Motonsune and Mibuchi Fujihide. What does this mean? Is it a threat?
If Hosokawa Fujitaka disobeys, is Ashikaga Yoshiteru prepared to pull out Hosokawa Motonsune and Mibuchi Fujihide to seize power and let the Izumi-Hosokawa family take the initiative to cut off from the Shiba family?
Mibuchi Haru's anger is because he is afraid that his sister and daughter will be instigated.
Hosokawa Fujitaka can replace Hosokawa Motonsune, and Mibuchi Haru's position as the governor of the Mibuchi family is not the key. The real reason is that the Hosokawa retainers group chose to abandon their master.
The Izumi Kingdom was beaten to a pulp during the Miyoshi invasion. If Yoshigan Shiba had not insisted on defending the Izumi-Hosokawa family during the negotiations, her family's rule over the Izumi Kingdom would have collapsed long ago.
Izumi Province is the front line where the shogunate directly faces the threat of the Miyoshi family. The Hosokawa retainers hope to unite with the Shiba family and use the prestige of Shiba Yoshigan to frighten the Miyoshi family.
Hosokawa Motonsune was kicked out because of his ignorance. The retainers supported Hosokawa Fujitaka, who was close to Yoshigan Shiba, to come to power.
If the general wanted to cause trouble within the powerful local faction and encourage Hosokawa Motonsune to come out and seize power, he would be afraid that Hosokawa Fujitaka would be forced by the retainers to do evil things that he did not want to do.
The Mibuchi family was not strong among the shogunate. It could control 100,000 koku in Kitakawachi and relied on the Hosokawa retainers group. If the Hosokawa retainers group was offended, Mibuchi Fujihide's fate would be unpredictable.
Mibuchi Haru was very angry at the general's behavior. He was trying to kill his own brothers!
Hosokawa Fujitaka shook his head and said.
"Mother, you can all think of things. Yuanchang's mother should have thought clearly about it long ago while she was resting in Shenglong Temple City for a year.
The current situation is that the Izumi-Hosokawa family needs the Shiba family, and Mototsune's mother has made her attitude clear by handing me the general's letter."
Mibuchi Haru felt a little relieved and said angrily.
"General, you have gone too far. The Hosokawa Mibuchi family has always been on her side. Why are you treating us like this?"
Hosokawa Fujitaka listened to his mother's whining and shook his head in his heart.
My mother's life was going very smoothly. For the sake of the Shogun, the Mibuchi family, the Hosokawa family, and the Shiba family, the ministers did not kill her.
Politically, she is very naive.
Izumi Province and Kitakawachi were the front lines in the conflict between the shogunate and the Miyoshi family. The Hosokawa retainers group supported Hosokawa Fujitaka and Mibuchi Haru in accepting Shiba Yoshigan because they had their own security demands.
After the shogun stabilized the side of the shogunate, he believed that he had a mobilization force of 500,000 to 600,000 kaku that he could replace Shiba Yoshigan, and promised security guarantees to the Hosokawa Mibuchi family.
Her testing of the two families seemed reckless, but in fact it was an honest poaching backed by strength.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru is the general, the lord of the world.
As long as the strength is in place, of course you can do this. She is just a gesture now to make the Hosokawa Mibuchi family mentally prepared.
The reason Sibo Yiyin can intimidate the Sanhao family is not because of the mobilization power of 200,000 dan. The 200,000 dan received from Sibo nearby is actually not much.
The real strength of the Siba family is that Siba Yiyin is so good at hitting. No matter how powerful the land and population mobilization power is, if others can't defeat him, he still has a pawn!
What Fujitaka Hosokawa was worried about was that the general would try his best to prove that his force was enough to protect the local area in order to conquer the powerful local factions.
Will she launch aggressive oppression against the Miyoshi family? This will cause the relationship between the Miyoshi family and the shogunate to become tense again.
Hosokawa Fujitaka asked.
"Mother, if the general provokes the Mihaoshi family, what attitude should I express?
Support, neutral, or oppose?”
Mibuchi Haru was stunned, Hosokawa Fujitaka was the actual head of the two families, so what she said meant something.
Not to mention Tanba Kingdom in the north, Settsu Kingdom was at the forefront of the confrontation between the Miyoshi family and the shogunate.
Not far from Izumi Province in the south, Kitakouchi in the southeast, and Yodo Castle in Yamashiro Province is Shoryuji Castle, the territory of the Hosokawa family, all of which are the territory of the Hosokawa Mibuchi family.
Sanbuchi Haru hesitated.
"The general wouldn't do that, would he?
Although the Mihaoshi family has internal disagreements, there is no civil war yet.
Her family has a mobilization force of millions of stones. As long as there is no internal fighting, the general's power is not enough to cope with it."
Mibuchi Haru was squeaking, talking about things left and right. He didn't have a clear attitude and didn't dare to express his disobedience to the general.
Hosokawa Fujitaka looked up to the sky and sighed.
My mother was a person who looked forward and backward. Without the clear support of the Sanyuan family, how could she have the confidence to stop the general from taking risks?
If the Mihaoshi family is not in civil strife, the general will certainly not take risks. But what if someone misleads her and makes her think that the Mihaoshi family is already in chaos?
Ashikaga Yoshiki, who has a strong temper and is eager for success, will be led into a ditch.
Hosokawa Fujitaka's mind flashed to Akechi Mitsuhide's pretty smiling face. So that's what this guy had in mind.
Sure enough, how could Akechi Mitsuhide watch Yoshigan Shiba marry into the imperial palace? She wanted to make the Ashikaga family completely decline, so that the general would no longer be qualified to marry Yoshigan Shiba.
The shogunate was attacked, and the Hosokawa Mibuchi territory bore the brunt of the attack and became a battlefield. Mitsuki Akechi shows how cruel you are.
Hosokawa Fujitaka was heartbroken. In this case, Yoshigan Shiba would no longer have to marry a general who had lost his power.
Hosokawa Fujitaka looked at the hesitant Mibuchi Haru with a complicated expression. The words came to his lips, but they were stuck between his lips and teeth.
She didn't expect that Akechi Mitsuhide was crazier than she expected, and was unwilling to leave any possibility at all.
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Hosokawa Fujitaka from Kyoto just sighed, but Nizi Katsuhisa from Peking University and Koriyama Castle had a splitting headache.
Something is wrong, very wrong.
Maeda Yoshie sent a document to intervene in the turmoil in the Minami Omi Rokkaku family and help Rokkaku and his daughter return to Kannonji Castle. I hope she can understand.
Understand? You understand!
The Minami Omi Rokkaku family is the Shiba family's number one hostile force in Konge. Ever since the Miyoshi family retreated and abandoned Kamiro, the only one that can pose a threat to Konge Shiba territory is the Rokkaku family.
For such a powerful force that clings to its territory, it would be better if her family is allowed to cause trouble and be divided into pieces. Maeda's interests must have concocted a bunch of reasons to intervene, and they must be hiding their true intentions.
