It's definitely going to be fought.,After all, it's a rare opportunity now.,If you don't take advantage of the fact that the civil strife in the Date family hasn't ended.,If the Mogami family hasn't really been reunified.,If you want to do it in the future.,The price paid will also increase.。

Although the Tsugawa family has begun to become stronger, it is also quite good to be able to reduce unnecessary losses.

After talking about Togo Yoshiyu's envoy this time, Tsugawa Soji's voice changed, and he suddenly smiled and said to Togo Yoshisuke, "Uncle, I don't know what the results of your envoys to Echizen, Noto, Echigo, and Ezo this time were?" ”

Hearing Soji Tsukawa talk about the last mission, Togo Yoshisuke hurriedly replied, "My lord! The previous envoy to Asakura and Shan (zai or tian) were all three tones. It is generally pronounced zai when used as an RB name. Nagao, Oystersaki and other forces not only signed maritime trade agreements with them, but also let the inferior elders gain insight. ”

"In the past, I was just in this place, and I thought that the strength of my family was already the overlord of the separatist side. But when I went out, I found that there were many forces more powerful than my own family! Togo Yoshiyu said with a sigh.

"Huh!" After hearing Togo Yoshiyu's words, Soji Tsugawa let out a good-natured laugh.

"Uncle, don't look at the fact that this family is now considered to be the top force in this Okuwa region, but the stone height of this family is only three or four hundred thousand stones, and in the near area, some forces have more territory than this family."

"Sometimes people are deceived by the illusions in front of them, so they make wrong judgments, and then they become arrogant. This is often the way to self-destruction, does my uncle think so? Soji Tsugawa chatted with Togo Yoshisuke like chattering.

Togo Yoshisuke nodded in agreement, and looked at Tsugawa Soji's eyes full of approval and admiration, "The lord can achieve such an achievement at such a young age, and the people of the country are beyond the reach of ordinary people." ”

"Alas, it was the author who made me so nb, what can I do!" Soji Tsugawa thought helplessly.

"Uncle!" Soji Tsugawa suddenly said in a tone that changed, and then he continued, "What do you think happened to my family last time, uncle?" ”

"Last time?" Togo Yoshisuke thought for a moment, and then replied, "My lord is talking about the incident that Minezawa Castle Dai, Kasai Kiyoyasu, communicated with the Mogami family and handed over the musket to the Mogami family privately?" ”

"Not bad!" Tsugawa Soji nodded, "Fortunately, this matter was detected by the family in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable." The family is developing too fast, the foundation is unstable, and many of the retainers and samurai in the domain are new to the family, or old ministers of other forces. ”

"Although on the surface they bow down to their own family, but who knows what is going on behind the scenes?" Soji Tsugawa was a little helpless in his tone.

There's no way around it!

As Soji Tsugawa said, the Tsugawa family rose too fast! In just six years, it has grown from a stone high of only 200 stones, and the "land" that is on the verge of extinction to the current Ou 400,000 stones. This is something that many forces have not done for decades or even hundreds of years.

Although the strength of the Tsugawa family is indeed strong, the foundation is not stable.

The newly conquered territory is not very stable, and the people have no sense of belonging to the Tsugawa family. And there are many people who belong to the Tsugawa family, small wealthy families, and many middle- and lower-level samurai are samurai who have just left the Tsugawa family, and the problem of loyalty is also a big hidden danger.

This time, a Kasai Qingyasu appeared, and there is no guarantee that there will be other retainers and other forces in the future?

Although the Tsugawa family has now secretly established the Blue Coat Society to monitor the movements of the retainers, the Blue Coat Society has just been established and is understaffed, so it is not possible to take care of the entire Tsugawa family for a while.

In the past, when everything was going well, Tsugawa Soji didn't feel anything, but now that something happened, Tsugawa Soji began to feel uneasy.

Togo Yoshisuke also understood something from Tsugawa Soji's words, so he said slowly, "My lord! For this matter, the family should severely punish the first evil. For traitors like Kasai Kiyoyasu, the family must be severely punished, and it may be possible for some retainers and samurai who have a disobedient heart not to have any rebellious intentions. ”

"You have a point." Soji Tsugawa nodded, "So the family decided to behead Kasai Kiyoyasu, teleport the head to all the cities of the family, and spread the matter through the situation of the proclamation. To set an example, to set a lesson for some retainers who have a heart of disobedience. ”

"The lord is very thoughtful, and I agree with it very much!" Togo Yoshiyu hurriedly said.

"I'll leave this matter to my uncle, at home, the most trusted person in my family is your uncle." Soji Tsugawa glanced at Togo Yoshiyu with a sincere face.

Feeling the gaze of Tsugawa Soji, Togo Yoshiyu suddenly said excitedly, "Thanks to the love of the lord, I have entrusted you with a heavy responsibility!" Dongxiang Yiyou must swear to serve the lord to the death! ”

"But ........" said this, Dongxiang Yoshiyu showed a trace of sadness again, "Lord, my ability is mediocre and my ability is limited, and now that my family is getting stronger and stronger, some things are a little powerless to deal with." ”

"In addition, I am now very old and my health is deteriorating, so I beg my lord to allow me to step down from my post as a foreign minister." After Togo Yoshisuke finished speaking, he set his eyes on Soji Tsugawa.

Togo Yoshiyu's words were also helpless. In the past, when the Tsugawa family was just a small wealthy family, the people who dealt with the Tsugawa family were only powerful people such as the Minato Yasuto family, and with Togo Yoshiyu's ability, he could barely make do with it. But now that the Tsugawa family has risen, Togo Yoshisuke feels a little powerless.

Originally, Togo Yoshisuke was just a retainer of a small wealthy family, if it wasn't for Yukihime marrying Tsugawa Soji, and it just so happened that the Tsukawa family didn't have any retainers at that time, Tsugawa Soji wouldn't have let Togo Yoshisuke come to "fill the numbers".

Hearing Togo Yoshiyu's words, Tsugawa Soji thought about it again and again, and said slowly to Togo Yoshisuke, "Uncle is serious?" ”

"Exactly!" Togo Yoshiyu replied affirmatively, "Now I can't accept the old man, there are many young samurai talents in the family, and I have no choice but to abdicate and make way for Xian." ”

"Since my uncle has already made a decision, my family naturally supports it." Soji Tsugawa said slowly, "It's just that if my uncle resigns from his position as the foreign affairs minister of the family, who will take my uncle's place?" Soji Tsugawa then asked.

Togo Yoshiyu thought for a moment, and then replied with a smile, "Actually, in my heart, it was precisely because someone had already chosen the person that I proposed it to the lord." ”

"Oh?" Soji Tsugawa suddenly became interested, "Then I don't know who it is?" ”

"Speaking of which, this lord should have some impressions, that is, the last time he went with the envoy with him, this person was also appointed by the lord himself as the guard of the mission." Togo Yoshiyu hurriedly replied.

"It turned out to be him!"