Although this trick of "praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind" is very ingenious, Okubo still sniffed out some shortcomings from it: "Has the lord ever thought about how to incite these two families to make a move?" Although Maori Nayan is not as good at strategy as his grandfather Yuan Zhugong, according to his cautious character, it is still difficult to impress, and there is no fundamental conflict between Nayan and Youfu, so it is really not easy to let him come out, right? As for Aizu's Nayan, it started with the talk, and there were many gaps between the family and the Uesugi family since the time when they were confident that they were the eldest fathers, and even swords and soldiers faced each other, and besides, the Uesugi family's powerful minister Naoeyama Castle Mamoru was a close friend of the Ishida Jibu, and the family and the Jibu have always been at odds, so it seems that it is really difficult to provoke the most"

Regarding Maori Terumen's analysis, Tokugawa Ieyasu was noncommittal, but when it came to Uesugi Keikatsu, he couldn't sit still: "Loyal neighbor, you use 'close friends' to describe the governance department and the mountain castle guard is really a bit inappropriate Ai Fourteen years ago, the Koshisui Castle, Taiko and Aizu Hall set a subordinate relationship, that is, since then, the governance department and the mountain castle have been in contact, although it has been so long, but the relationship between the two is not as close as you say, who is the mountain castle guard?" Can he get the reputation of 'the world's first courtier', and sit on Yonezawa's 300,000 stone Zhixing, will he simply favor the ministry because of the so-called 'friendship'? The reason why he made friends with the Ministry of Governance at the beginning, according to the old man, was it just to borrow him to get close to Taige, the status of the Bo Shangsugi family, and now that Taige is funeral, the upper echelons of Yingluo are torn apart, and the Ministry of Governance has long lost its power and status, and even the boudoir of the Northern Political Office can't resist it, but it is such a hairy boy like Youfu who has the upper hand, in this case, do you think he will have any benefits to unite with the Ministry of Governance? Therefore, the old man felt that compared to the Maori family, the Uesugi family, which was suitable for him, was a good choice."

"But what reason does Aizuzhong Nayan have to go against the Right Mansion, there is no major conflict of interest, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to take risks, right?" Although Tokugawa Ieyasu analyzed it very reasonably, Okubo Tadashi was still a little worried

"Some resentment is not a one-time outbreak, but slowly accumulated" Tokugawa Ieyasu said with a smile: "Three years ago, when Taiko decided to transfer the Eitsuden to Aizu, he wanted to assign the three counties of Shonai to him, but he didn't expect the right house to get in the way, and he simply allocated the North Shonai, including Sakata Minato, to his father-in-law, Mogami Yoshimitsu, which made the Aizu Hall very angry, not only resented the right house, but also satirized the ability of the governance department, saying that he failed to fulfill his duty to protect the Uesugi family, and since then, the Uesugi family has distanced himself from the management department, The implications of this event are far-reaching

Not only that, but since Aizu-Yonezawa and Shonai are not connected, it is necessary to pass through the Murayama area of the Mogami family to get from Aizu to Shonai and Sado, and every time a military force and retainers are sent to Shonai, they must inform the Mogami family in advance, which makes the always arrogant Aizuden very embarrassing. Therefore, listening to the detailed work placed in Aizu, not long after Taiko's death, Yamashiro Mamoru secretly arranged manpower with the tacit consent of Aizuden to try to lay a military road on the Asahi Peak that connects the two places, of course, Yamashiro Mamoru did not intend to let the Mogami family know that such a huge project could be carried out, and it was carried out in the territory of the Mogami family, so did not let the Mogami family know that it was possible? Just started less than half a month, it was stopped by Yoshimitsu Mogami, this old fox said nicely, what to say, "There are many holy mountains in the Asahi Lianfeng generation, it is not suitable to dig, and the mountain road is rugged, it is time-consuming and laborious to build a mountain road, far less convenient than the official road, Wangshan Castle guards back to the Huijin Palace, temporary Tonggong, The specific matter is to be resolved by the two families', which means that it is very clear that they do not want the Uesugi family to find another way, so that the lifeblood of Tsuden is firmly in their own hands, so that it will be difficult for the Uesugi family to bargain with themselves on the issue of Kitashonai; ”

Hearing this, Okubo Tadashi finally stretched his eyebrows, and said with a slight bow: "It seems that the lord has already worked hard in the Uesugi family, this Mogami Yoshimitsu is the father-in-law of the right house, Aizu Hall and Yamashiro Mori are clear, as long as the right house is in power, this suppressed situation can not be improved, therefore, in order to maintain their own power, far from it in order to return to Echigo, they will definitely choose to fight now in the case of being forced to Nai, as long as the Tsuden is forced to a dead end, then the lord can sit back and worry"

"But has the lord figured out how to force the Uesugi family to make a move?" Honda Masashi saw the stitches and asked calmly

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded, with a smug smile on his face: "The old man has been ready for a long time, but it's not time to make a move... I heard that the Uki family has also been a little unstable recently? ”

Hearing Tokugawa Ieyasu mention Ukita, Honda Masasa, who had some friendship with Ukita's minister, Hanafang Zhixiu, shook his head and sighed: "It seems that the big tree of Ukita won't last long, just the day before yesterday, Hanafu Wakasa Mamoru (His Royal Highness Zhinori, the eldest son of Zhixiu, asked someone to inform his subordinates, saying that the Nakamura Criminal Department and Ukita Zuo Jingliang have recently become a quarrel, and the two factions are-for-tat, so they are about to fight"

"What about Prime Minister Bizen, didn't he stop it?" Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't show much surprise, but asked casually

Honda Masanobu shook his head and continued: "The prime minister seems to be accustomed to taking advantage of it, after all, it is not a day or two that the two factions do not deal with each other, he is now visiting Mrs. Yodo and the young lord in Osaka, and the affairs of the territory are still handed over to the Nakamura Criminal Department and Nagafune Yoshibei, this Yoshibei is the younger brother of Nagafune Ki Mamoru, and after Kiimori's death, the territory was all inherited by him, and he can be said to obey the Nakamura Criminal Department in every way."

"Not only that, but the old minister heard that Ishida Jibu seems to be involved in it" Okubo Tadashi said angrily: "Okatsu Mamoru told me that the Nagatsu family has been very close to Nakamura and others recently, and some retainers who are pro-Nakamura have also run through Mizuguchi Castle, so it seems that they are planning something."

"At the beginning of this year, Nakamura proposed to re-inspect the land, and the old man thought it might have something to do with it," said Tadashi Okubo

Tokugawa Ieyasu did not express his opinion, but the two of them continued to keep in touch with the anti-Nakamura forces, and they must not be in it until they had to: "The Uki family has a total of 580,000 stones, of which six family elders account for 150,000 stones, and the other more than 370 retainers and the strength of the Zhixing total 220,000 stones, that is to say, only forty percent of the territory is really in the hands of the prime minister Bizen, and the strong and weak ministers are the easiest to shake the foundation, and the Taiko is fashionable and can see the past, and now that the Taiko is dead, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain the status quo, However, it is beneficial for the family to let any faction be defeated, and now that the Nakamura faction has been filtered by the Ministry of Governance, the family can only show favor to the anti-Nakamura, but just in case, these things still have to be done in private, otherwise once it fails, the family and the prime minister will not get along."

"Your Majesty understands" Honda Masanobu and Okubo Tadashi nodded together and said yes, according to Tokugawa Ieyasu's instructions, in the next half month, the two of them successively filtered the "Ukita Three Elders" Oka Rikatsu (Echizen Mamoru Togawa Tatsuyasu (Hizen Mamoru (Hizen Mamoru (Hizen Mamoru , the two generals of the main army Akashi Kuzou Ukita Hirayoshi, and the group leaders of the Matsu people, Nagata Ukai Sei and Nakayoshi and Guard, for the important thing, the two branches of the famous Hanabo clan - Hanabo Masayuki and Hanabo Ihide all Xiang Ieyasu's agents in the Ukita family, Hideya's cousin, Ukita Tsuki, expressed his determination to eradicate the Nakamura faction, and it can be said that under Ieyasu's careful planning, the anti-Nakamura faction had united into a terrible force, waiting for only one opportunity to wipe out the Nakamura faction

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