When the news of the signing of the Yamashiro Peace Treaty and the assassination of Ashikaga Yoshimori reached Kyushu Island, Ouchi was a little sad in addition to joy.

Ouchi Morimi's sadness was due to sympathy for the assassinated shogun Ashikaga Yoshimori. People in the world often judge heroes by their success or failure, but Ouchi Morimi believes that Japan can be governed well by being abandoned by various forces.

Even a person as wise as Ashikaga Yoshinori can see the situation clearly, but he does not necessarily have a way.

Ouchi Morimi recalled the time of "Kamiro" before the war, and met Yoshito's younger brother Yoshien; Suddenly, I saw Yoshien, Ouchi and Morimi, and felt a little abrupt. It was only then that he realized that General Yoshichi seemed to have realized the consequences of today a long time ago; Yoshichi wants Yoshien to be the heir, and can be supported by some powerful guardians.

General Yoshichi had clearly foreseen the consequences, but he was still forced to choose to go to war, and then took responsibility. Ouchi Shengjian inevitably sighs a lot every time he thinks of this situation. At the time of the war, the withered cherry blossoms may be an image or a kind of Zen opportunity......

At the beginning, after the Hakata War, Ouchi Morimi pretended not to receive an order from the Spo Department, and quickly fled south with the remnants of the samurai. Everyone had to turn to the "friendly army" for help to tide over the difficulties temporarily.

However, the relationship between the so-called "friendly forces" and the Ouchi clan is not friendly with the Ouchi clan.

The Guy Ouchi family started in Zhou Fangguo, which belongs to the "Chinese" Honshu Island region in the north; As they expanded into the Kyushu region and gained a foothold, they inevitably clashed with local Kyushu families, and fought many battles in the past.

The Otomo clan and other families did not fall into the well for a while, but it was because of the so-called righteousness that they were a little hesitant for the time being; Among them, the most critical mediator is the head of the Qiuyue clan in the ancient mountain city.

The reputation of the Akizuki clan in recent years is not very good, because they survived in the cracks, and their position wavered during the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan, and they have a bad reputation of "Ashikaga yesterday, Miyagata (Emperor Minami) today". However, the Akizuki clan is a local family in Kyushu and has a close relationship with the major names of Kyushu, so it can be said.

In addition, the Akizuki clan has also had a good relationship with the Mori clan, a retainer of the Ouchi family, in recent years, and the two families have already agreed to marry.

In a pinch, the Akizuki clan helped Ouchi Morami and allowed them to make a smooth detour back to Bunzen Province (east of the Hakata region).

The Akizuki clan did not dislike the defeat of the Ouchi clan today, after all, in addition to the Chikuzen country occupied by the Ming army, the Ouchi clan also has the territories of the three kingdoms of Fengzen, Zhoufang, and Nagato.

When the remnants of the Ouchi Army were in the ancient mountain castle, the Akizuki clan not only provided food and drink, but also gave the famous beauty of Kyushu Island, Kaori Akizuki, to the Maori family as promised. Because the two families had already made an agreement, let Kaori Akizuki be the daughter-in-law of Maori Zhenchang, and this time she happened to accompany Zhou Fangguo.

Kaori Akizuki is the niece of the head of the Akizuki clan, and her father is a monk. Because she grew up in a temple, she is not only beautiful but also well-educated (the best place in Japan is in the temple).

On the sea north of Bunzen Province, there are warships of the Ming army. Ouchi Morimi didn't dare to cross north for a while, and he had been stranded in his territory of Fengzen Country for a long time.

At this time, when he heard that the two countries had negotiated peace, Ouchi Morimi was immediately relieved and decided to send an envoy to Hakata Bay as soon as possible to communicate with the Ming army, so as to alleviate the dangerous situation at this time.

Originally, the Ouchi clan was not the main battle faction, but on the contrary, Ouchi Morami tried many times to persuade Muromachi Hall to avoid war. However, as soon as the war began, Ouchi Morami still led his troops to participate in the war, and he was really unwilling to betray this kind of righteousness and suffer from the exclusion of the whole of Japan.

At this time, since the Muromachi Hall had already negotiated peace, Ouchi Morimi made overtures to the Ming army, and the situation was completely different.

Ouchi was very urgent, and he was very pleased with the news that the two countries had negotiated peace.

Because the Ming army was based in Hakata Bay, if the war continued, the territory of the Ouchi family would be the first battlefield. The Ming army must have taken the Zhuqian, Fengqian, and Zhoufang areas in the north and south of the Guanmen Strait first, so as to ensure the retreat route and grain route. If the Ouchi clan's territory is lost, the family's fortune will be ruined.

However, Ouchi Morumi's chosen messenger turned out to be Mori Sadacho.

Maori Zhenchang is the one who received Qian Xili and his party in Zhaiwu County and deceived the envoys of the Ming Kingdom. Of course, Mori Sadacho was very dissatisfied with the errand of going to Hakata Bay at this time, which was like "sending him to death".

In the eyes of Maori Zhenchang, he offended the people of the Ming Kingdom, and everything he did was to obey the wishes of the governor, and he was an errand runner, very innocent. What's more, he has always been loyal and conscientious to the governor, but now he is going to be pushed out to carry the black pot, which is very chilling.

So Ouchi was in the residence and summoned him alone.

After seeing the ceremony, Ouchi Sheng saw it and said: "The niece of the lord of Qiuyue, after I met it once, I only felt that I was shocked, and her fame was indeed worthy of its name. ”

Maori was a little confused when he heard this, but immediately responded: "This is all a blessing for dogs, and the autumn moon is indeed not thin on my family." ”

Ouchi Morimi glanced at Mori and knew in his heart that this person was taking the opportunity to show his merits. The help of the Akizuki clan to the Ouchi family is indeed based on the affection of Maori Sadacho; The so-called Autumn Moon is not thin on the Maori family, which means that it is also meritorious to the Ouchi clan.

"A stunning beauty with a noble background and a fine and innocent background, you can't find it, if you send it to the court of the Ming Kingdom, you have to be a concubine at first?" Ouchi Morimi said bluntly, "If it is a show girl sent by the Muromachi Palace, she should be crowned the imperial concubine, just like the Korean national clan." And the Akizuki clan was presented in the name of the Ouchi family, and it may have been a concubine first. ”

Maori was stunned for a moment.

Ouchi Morimi said: "The "Yamashiro Peace Treaty" has a clear clause to arrest and escort the sinners who killed the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, Qian Xili. The people who are really responsible for this may be the Muromachi den shogun, the head of the chamberlain, Akamatsu Yoshinori, and myself. But it is impossible to arrest these people, and since the Ming Kingdom wants to negotiate peace, it will not make this request.

The waiter should be looking for a few unlucky ghosts. And the Ouchi family may not have a choice, it was Mao Lijun who received Qian Xili at the beginning, and those surviving Ming people knew about this matter and could not hide it. At that time, I can only offend the Ming people and refuse to hand over Maorijun...... Fortunately, I finally came up with another good solution. ”

When Maori heard this, he seemed to understand a little, and suddenly became a little moved, and bowed: "Lord Kindness." ”

Ouchi Sheng said: "You take the initiative to go, send the Qiuyue clan to the camp of the Ming army, and say that you want to dedicate it to the Ming Emperor." With the relationship between the Akizuki clan and Mao Lijun, is the general of the Ming army still willing to treat you as a sinner? ”

The Maori chicken nodded like a peck of rice and said, "The lord is wise." However, this matter still has to be discussed with the head of Qiuyue first. ”

Ouchi Sheng said, "That's as it should be, but the lord of Akizuki will definitely agree." The Akizuki clan married the Ming royal family, and Maorijun had no opinion, which was a good thing to send to the door. As long as the Ming power exists in Japan, the Akizuki clan can take advantage of it; Even if the power of the Ming Kingdom does not exist in the future, because the matter is presided over by the Ouchi family, the Akizuki clan will not be adversely affected in any way. ”

Maori immediately began to think of a way to excuse himself: "I said that the meaning of receiving Qian Xili and his party that day came from a retainer of the guardian generation of Chikuzen Province, and blamed this on a person who deserved to die. ”

The two hit it off and immediately sent someone to contact the lord of Qiuyue. As for the party Akizuki Kaori, don't pay attention to it, the marriage of a Japanese aristocratic woman is the same as the rules of the Ming Kingdom, and it is not up to the children themselves.

…… When Mori and his entourage went to Hakata Bay, the Ming army did not become too attached to his sin; For the time being, Sheng Yong still treated the envoys with the etiquette of the envoys, received the Mori Sadacho, and was willing to reach a cooperation with the Ouchi clan as soon as possible.

And the matter of the Qiuyue clan, the general of the Ming Kingdom doesn't seem to want to pay attention to it. They were going to make Mori Sadacho an envoy of the Ouchi clan and go to the Ming Kingdom to worship in Kyoshi, just in time to send the beauty.

There is a eunuch named Zhou Quan, but he is more concerned about the affairs of the Qiuyue clan. Zhou Quan repeatedly asked the people who accompanied him; On the one hand, a cadre of people was dispatched to go to Fengzen Country and the ancient mountain castle to verify the identity of the Akizuki clan.

Sheng Yong, the general of the Ming Kingdom, was willing to repair the relationship with the Ouchi clan. Most of the promised Tsukuzen country was still managed by the Ouchi family, and the Ming army only built a fortress in Hakata Bay to make the castle. And set up the Japanese Governor's Office, Hakata Wei and other yamen.

Sheng Yong proposed that since the Muromachi Hall had agreed that Iwami Province and Izumo Province should be assigned to the Ouchi clan's territory, the Ouchi clan should cooperate with the Ming army as soon as possible and go to take over Iwami Province; He also designated Tao Jing, the guardian of Kawu County, as the guardian of Iwami Province, and asked Tao Jing to lead his troops and horses as soon as possible to Hakata Bay and go to Iwami Country with the Ming warship.

The Chinese army of the Ming army also promised that as long as the Ouchi family helped the Ming army to successfully fulfill the terms of the "peace treaty", they would release and return the captured officers and men of the Ouchi army in the future. If the captives can be saved, the Ouchi family will definitely be able to recover some of their vitality greatly.

The situation has come to an end, the conditions of the Ming army are not too harsh, at least the three kingdoms of the Ouchi family's Fengzen, Zhoufang, and Nagato are completely protected, and the Ming army forces will not participate in the affairs of these places. Nominally, the Ouchi family also expanded the territory of the two countries, Iwami and Izumo. Therefore, the agreement between the two parties was quickly negotiated.

Of course, Ming Guo also wanted to use the power of the Ouchi clan. Muromachiden did accept the conditions for the Ming army to be stationed in Iwami Province and other places, but if the Ming army rashly sent troops, there might be unnecessary conflicts with local forces. And with the soldiers and horses of the Ouchi family, things changed completely.

The local forces of Iwami Province would not dare to resist, and once they went to war, they would not only have to deal with the Ming army alone, but also have to be enemies with the neighboring Ouchi family.

After being weakened by the two major forces of Muromachi Hall and the Ming Army, the Ouchi clan is still a hegemon-like existence in the western region, and its strength exceeds that of those weak guardian daimyo.