Chapter 336: The Ambition of the Dynasty
In the third year of Yonglu, February 6. The former heir of Konoe changed his name to Konoe Maehisa in the Echigo Fuchu Imperial Hall, and at the same time swore an oath with Asadachi and Kenshin. The Uesugi family will marry the Konoe family and advance and retreat together. Of course, the Uesugi family wants to hand over the territory of a country to the Konoe family in the future, and the Konoe family will fight for the maximum interests and righteousness of the Uesugi family above the court. Konoe also held a singing party at the Echigo Fuchu Imperial Pavilion and went hunting with Asadai and Kenshin, and then happily boarded a ship in Naoetsu and went to Kyoto. Shortly after Konoe left Echigo, Asadachi was summoned to the Fuchu Imperial Pavilion by Kenshin.
"Fujiwara Town, you are so bold!" Just in the large room where Chao Ding had just entered the Fuzhong Imperial Pavilion, Qianxin directly put the scabbard on Chao Ding's neck.
"What do you mean by Goya Yukiden? I don't understand. Chaoding didn't know what humble faith meant.
"The Kasai family, the governor of Oshu, and the Osaka family have all been destroyed by your retainers, and even the former Oshu governor of Hokuriku has been forced to surrender to your army!" Qianxin then said it without beating around the bush.
"It's not under my military gates, but under your military gates. I am now only one of your clansmen and a ruler, and I can be regarded as your retainer. After Chao Ding finished speaking, he gently brushed away the humble bean Changguang.
"How many famous samurai families in Oshu are left now?! If you continue to disregard the face of the Ashikaga shogun's family in this way, then sooner or later the family will lose all the service and righteousness of the shogunate! "Qianxin wants to use this to force Chaoding to stop.
"A famous samurai family? What is the benefit of keeping these famous samurai families who are not able to assist the Ashikaga shogun family to restore their former glory and stabilize their own territory? Rather than handing over the land and the people to them, it is better to give it to the virtuous and talented! "Asadake is not interested in these old shogunate daimyos.
"Isn't it best to let them cut off their family names?! Once the Uesugi family becomes stronger and stronger, then the surrounding forces will be hostile and wary of the family. At worst, they will unite and attack their own family. Kenshin didn't want to see the Uesugi family encirclement reappear.
"Even if we don't, Takeda Shingen of Kofu will use the surrounding daimyo to weaken our strength and distract us, what's the difference? Rather than waiting for the other party to fall before acting, it is better for us to strike first. "Asadaki doesn't want to sit back and wait for the Takeda family to wait for the hostile forces to take action before he acts, then it will be too late.
"Let's not talk about this for a while, although the imperial court has appointed you and me as observer envoys of Hokuriku Province and Tokaido, but this is not a good thing for the Ashikaga Shogun's family. The role of the observer has replaced that of the probe, and as a result, the role of the probe has lost its meaning and the position of the shogunate has been shaken. Kenshin felt that the reason why the Imperial Court would reinstate the Muromachi Shogunate was probably because he no longer trusted the Muromachi Shogunate, believing that the Muromachi Shogunate was no longer able to stabilize the situation in various parts of the world.
"It's not once or twice that the Miyoshi family drove the Ashikaga shogun's family out of Kyoto, and the position of the shogunate has long been shaken, and freezing three feet is not a day's cold. The current Kanto Minister, Imagawa Osabe Daisuke, is very suitable for inheriting Ashikaga's Miao characters. "Chaoding doesn't think that the imperial court has opened Pandora's box this time, and the shogunate has to look at the face of the Miyoshi family for a long time, so it is better to change the Imagawa clan's real Miao character to Ashikaga now.
"Fujiwara Town, are you trying to rebel?!" Qianxin's face changed instantly after listening to Chaoding's words. 、
"It's not a rebellion, it's just an offer. It is very likely that Imagawa Jibe Daisuke has not changed to Ashikaga's Miao character, and the Miyoshi family will once again drive the Ashikaga shogun's family out of Kyoto. "The court didn't think that he was plotting rebellion, and the current Muromachi shogunate was at best a small daimyo family, and it couldn't do anything big enough to revitalize the shogunate except for being able to mediate disputes between the daimyos.
"Proposal? It's not just you, Fujiwara Town, who proposed it today, but many of the retainers of the Banner and Genealogy, including a family of relatives, have proposed to me to call themselves the Great Shogun of Seiyi in Kamakura, or to support a branch of the Ashikaga Shogun family as a general. "Qianxin has rejected all such proposals before.
"Since the Imperial Palace is deeply supported by the retainers under his command, then it should go with the flow, why veto?" Chao Ding had already begun to premeditate to support Liqian Xin as the general of Zhengyi.
"Go with the flow? You're right! Observation makes the job not so easy to get! If we don't send an envoy to Kyoto to explain to His Highness the Shogun, it is very likely that the Takeda family will succeed me as the governor of the Kanto region and the Hokuriku detective. And your duties as guardians of the Kanto region, such as Musashi Guardian, Supreme Guardian, Lower Chief Guardian, and Anbo Guardian, will also be taken back. Qian Xin shook his head after listening to Chaoding's words.
"Retracted? If Ashikaga Yoshiteru really dares to take back my guardianship of the Kanto Kingdom, then I will dare to support Imagawa Osabu Daisuke as a general and lead the Daimyo of the Eastern Kingdom to fight against him. "Chao Ding doesn't mind starting a new stove right now.
"Fujiwara Town, you are the head of the family and the ruler, and what you do affects the movements of the entire Uesugi family and the movements of the eastern country. At present, the Soma family, the Tamura family, and the Onodera family of Okuwa have all become powerful daimyo under the command of the family, but they follow your decision, not me. Kenshin hoped that the relationship between the Asada and the Muromachi shogunate would not be too stiff at this moment.
"At the beginning, the Genji almost wiped out the Taira clan, even the toddlers. Imperial Palace, you have the blood of the Hengwu Ping clan in your body. "Asaha doesn't plan to stay too long on the broken ship of the Muromachi shogunate.
"Now that I have inherited the surname of the Uesugi family and the head of the Uesugi family, I can only call myself 'Fujiwara Uesugi Danmasa Yin Hei Sankeihu Kenshin'. If it weren't for the presence of the Ashikaga shogun's family, the Fuchu Nagao family would have been cut off long ago. Kenshin immediately remembered that his father, Nagao Weijing, had sent people to seek the support of the shogunate and the imperial court when he was in the lower Katsugai.
"Let's not talk about that, I'm going to return the Ueno Ichikoku and let you send a direct minister to manage it." After Asadami Kenshin was still unwilling to fight against the Muromachi shogunate, he changed the subject.
"Ueno handed it back?! Fujiwara Town, I heard you right, right? After hearing the court's decision, Qianxin couldn't believe it.
"Yes, since Hitachi Ichigoku has only been pacified for a short time, and there are still a large number of territories in the two countries of Ou, such as the five prefectures of Osaki and the seven prefectures of Kasai, which have not yet sent powerful retainers to guard the town, we can only hand over the Ueno Ichikoku to the management of the Goya Palace." Chao Ding nodded and said.
"Shangshu is the place to help you recapture Musashi and Sagami's old territory, the Shangzhou soldiers you recruited are also selected from the territory of Shangzhou, and some of your important ministers' territories are also in Shangzhou, have you thought about it?" Kenshin didn't understand why Asadachi took the initiative to hand over Ueno Ichikuni to him.
"Having said that, but the Imperial Palace, most of the relatives and important ministers of the lineage under your command have not been given the seal they deserve, if this matter is not resolved as soon as possible, I am afraid that the second and third Nagao Toe Shogun will still appear, and Echigo will fall into war again." Asadachi himself didn't want to see the powerful lords of Echigo's country being omitted by the Takeda family.
"I see, then it's just right to send Okushinano's Saito Shimono Mamoru and other generals to Kamishu to assist Keimitsu in preventing the invasion of the Takeda family." Kenshin didn't intend to let Uesugi Keimitsu leave Ueno, on the one hand, he was still the guardian of Ueno recognized by the shogunate, and on the other hand, he was still his own 'maiden family (Suyoshi Nagao family)'.
"It's okay, Okushinano has been repeatedly warned, and it is not easy for Saito Shimono and other Okushinano generals to hold on to this day, so it is better for the family to take this opportunity to give up the Okushinano counties and throw this chicken rib to the Takeda family. The generals of Okushinano were immediately transferred to Ueno, Echichu, Sado, or Minamiideha. Asadachi also agreed to keep Uesugi Keimitsu in Ueno. He thinks that instead of fighting with the Takeda family for the ownership of Okushinano Prefecture, it is better to give this chicken rib directly to the Takeda family, after all, the current Uesugi family is no longer worried that the Takeda family will send troops to Echigo. Because Ueno Kazukuni is already firmly in the hands of the Uesugi family.
"Most of the generals of Okushinano are families that have been friends with the Fuchu Nagao family for decades, and this family can't treat them badly." After listening to the words of the court, Kenshin felt that it was also a good idea to transfer the generals of Okushinano, after all, at the moment, Okushinano was already dilapidated, and it was not much use to keep it, and the Uesugi generals of Ueno Ichikoku alone could contain the Takeda family's military operations in the entire Northern Shinano.
"It's not difficult to do this, it's just whether Kakizaki and Izumi Mamoru and Usami Suruga Mamoru can pacify Noto and Vietnam, and whether they have enough ability to launch an invasion of Kaga." Chaoding was still more concerned about the war on the Western Front. If Kakizaki Keika and Usami Jomitsu can suppress the three kingdoms of Noto, Echichu, and Kaga, then the Echizen Asakura family will also obediently become the daimyo of the Uesugi family, and the Uesugi family will be able to take advantage of it and do their best to deal with the Takeda family.