Chapter 129: Heyue Talks

In the 'Koji Rebellion', the Asadachi almost single-handedly confronted the Kanto and Oshu generals (except Satomi, Utsunomiya, Satake, Soma, and Tamura). However, the Uesugi family also gained more territory. Shimoso Province, which originally belonged to the successive Kamakura and Furukawa Principalities, drove the Furukawa Principality's Ashikaga Fuji clan out of Shimoso under the efforts of the Uesugi Army, and the entire territory of Shimoso became the territory of the Uesugi family.

On the Ueno side, in addition to the territories of Nagano and several of his sons-in-law, a large number of indigenous people were exterminated and confiscated. Even if Uesugi Keishin is allowed to go to Ueno, it is not impossible, and the number of guardians at most will be determined by the court. Of course, the selection of the guardian generation will naturally not be less Nagano Yemasa's 'Shangshu macula'.

As for the internal strife in the General Assembly, Chao Ding did not want to care about it at all. As the son-in-law of Satomi Yoshiyao, he helped the Satomi family restore the territory that was once in the Ueso and drove the Hojo Army out of the Ueso, which already gave Toyohime a lot of face. As for Satomi Yoshishige's later view Satomi Sakyosuke, Asadaki didn't want to pay attention to him at all. The condition that this person had previously negotiated with the Uesugi family was that the Uesugi family would assist in the defense of the Uesugi family and that the son of Toyohime would inherit the Fang Sosatomi family in the future. However, Satomi Sakyosuke joined forces with Wada Shinsuke, Kiso Shobei, Masaki Yorisadari, Masaki Tokihisa and others to support Satomi Yoshihiro's son, Satomi Yoshishi, to succeed him as the governor and head of the Satomi family.

After that, the rebellion and resistance of Genshichiro Masaki, Kai Mamoru Kurokawa, Mamoru Kato, Tsunesari Morioka, Nobukata Shirai, Saemon Tagaroro, Date Boyoshi and others were not just spontaneous. These people raised troops almost at the same time, and it is simply impossible that they are unrelated. Behind their uprising was the contact and provocation of Satomi Yoshiyori who was in the Hojo family, and it should be said that his purpose was to allow himself to return to the head of the family to succeed the Satomi family. Of course, the Hojo family also hoped that Satomi Yoshiyori would return to the Uesugi, and the Hojo clan still hoped to establish a 'buffer' zone with the Uesugi family in the Uesugi family. Although Satomi Yoshiyori is still in peace, Hojo Naotoshi will not let him eat idle meals like this all the time. Raising a soldier for a thousand days will have to use soldiers for a while, and raising a puppet for a thousand days will naturally use him for a while.

On March 18, the first year of Eiroku, the construction of 4,000 troops under the cover of more than 2,000 troops of the Hirosawa Tadashin Division began to demolish the castles of Sagami, Kunizu, and Kui. The important towns of Tsukui Castle, Shinjo Castle, Sawayama Castle, Nanasawa Castle, Fumada Castle, and Moriya Castle were demolished one after another. A large amount of wood and stone was packed and transported to the area of Takiyama Castle, Katakura Castle, and Hatsusawa Castle on the border between Musashi and Sagami, Kunizu, and Kui-gun. A large number of people in Tsukui Prefecture were also forcibly relocated to Musashi. Asadachi ostensibly followed Ashikaga Yoshiteru's order to return the occupied Sagami Tsukui Prefecture to the Hojo family. As for the castles and lords in Tsukui County, it is not said in the Imperial Decree that they cannot be demolished and relocated. Tens of thousands of people in Tsukui Prefecture have been forcibly relocated to Musashi. The people who were reluctant to leave their homeland hid in the mountains, but this gave the Uesugi army a reason to demolish the empty houses.

As for the imperial letter issued by Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the conclusion of the conclusion after discussing it with the dragon girl is - let it be. The Hokuriku side sent Usami Dingman and Kakizaki Keike to go on the expedition, while the Kanto side asked Uesugi Keishinobu to transfer to Ueno as the name of the dragon maiden to assist Asada's handling of Kanto affairs.

The Kanto governor appointed by Ashikaga Yoshiteru as the representative of the Hojo clan and Satake Yoshiaki as the subordinate officials of the Kanto governor must go to see the dragon girl in person, and it is necessary to say that Satake Yoshiaki dares to go. However, the Hojo clan does not necessarily have the courage to do so. If the Asadaki had played the 'cup throwing' in Kawagoe Castle, the Hojo clan might not have been able to escape with a hundred lives. Ashikaga Yoshiteru only said that he could not fight with the Hojo clan, and did not say that he could not assassinate his family governor and the master. Chaoding is very happy to take advantage of this loophole.

At the same time, Takeda Shingen also quickly assigned a family, relatives, and genealogical retainers to various parts of Izu Province. Ichichi retainer Kudo Masasuke (his younger brother Naito Masato) served as the lord of Nirayama Castle and the head of the Izu side; Yonekura Shigetsuki (one gate) served as the lord of Yamanaka Castle; Sone Masayo (kinship) served as lord of Shimoda Castle and commissioner of Shimoda Port; Kurihara Kando (a retainer of the spectrum family) served as the lord of Kamada Castle; Imaifuku Yukiyo (a retainer of the spectrum) served as the lord of Atami Castle; Yama County Dingchang (Hagiwara Masaaki four males) served as the lord of Kawajin Castle; Aonuma Tadayoshi (Kanjo Sho) served as the lord of Yazaki Castle; Ichikawa Masanobu (Kanjo Sho, Takeda Katsuyori Side) served as the lord of Takaya Castle and the secretary of Naga County; Iwate Nobumori (Imono Sect, Imperial Banner Officer) served as the lord of Kano Castle; Yamagumi Masatsu (a retainer of the Spectrum Dynasty) served as the lord of Kashiwa Kubo Castle.

Among these people, Takeda Shingen arranged for Takeda Katsuyori's confidant Ichikawa Masanobu to Takaya Castle in Naga County. Although there is not a lot of fertile land around Takaya Castle, it has excellent timber and harbor. In order to increase Takeda Katsuyori's voice and power at home, Takeda Shingen put the Naga County Secretary to Ichikawa Masanobu, which is really well-intentioned. Not only Ichikawa Masanobu, but also Aonuma Tadayoshi and Takeda Katsuyori, who were also the commissioners of Kandai, also had some personal friends, and he was also sent to Izu by Takeda Shingen as a 'princeling'.

Takeda Shingen's appointment of Kudo Massuke as the leader of the Izu people is only temporary, and he is paving the way for Takeda Katsuyori. If Takeda Shingen needs to go to Luo, then the two countries of Kai and Izu in the rear need to be handed over to Katsuyori to take care of and garrison.

The Hojo family has lost Izu Province at the moment, but Kamiso is still within the attack range of the Hojo Army. The large number of rebellions instigated by Satomi Yoshiyori against Satomi Sakyosuke and Satomi Yoshishige left the Satomi family at a loss. Although Satomi Sakyosuke didn't want the Uesugi family to intervene in the affairs of the Satomi family all the time, the current situation had made him have to rely on the power of the Uesugi family.

Ichikawa Gentosai, who had always been in contact with the Uesugi family within the Satomi family, was immediately summoned by Satomi Sakyosuke. Although Ichikawa Gentosai has a sinister relationship with Satomi Sakyosuke, he can only run to Kawagoe Castle again and again for the survival of the Satomi family. However, this time, Ichikawa Gentosai brought an alliance oath jointly signed by Satomi Yoshishige and Satomi Sakyosuke and other Satomi retainers.

Coincidentally, Konoe's former heir entered Kawagoe Castle on the 19th. The arrival of Konoe's former heir was nothing more than the hope that the court would fulfill his previous promise and restore the imperial family in various parts of the Kanto region.

As for Ichikawa Gentosai's reception, the task was given to Kenji Namba. There was only one order given to Namba Kenji by the Asada-drag. As long as Namba Tian Kenji is eloquent, then let Ichikawa Gentosai stay in Kawagoe Castle. There is currently no direct conflict of interest between the war and the Uesugi family. If the Satomi family loses, it will be the territory of the Satomi family that is lost; Won, and it is the Satomi family that is consolidated. For a war of this nature, there is no need for the Uesugi family to be more serious. The blood of the samurai of the Uesugi family should not be wasted for the Satomi family. Moreover, the Hojo Army did not enter the Kamisa, and there was no need for the Uesugi family to make a big deal in order to assist the Satomi family in playing some small roles.

Prior to the arrival of the former heir of Konoe, the Asadachi ordered Ota Shiko, who was stationed at Furukawa Castle (the pseudo-imperial palace was abolished and renamed Furukawa Castle), to conduct a large-scale land inspection in the surrounding area. After the completion of the inspection of the land, Ota sent his retainers to inform the court that the surrounding manors would be allocated to the imperial court at most 20,000 koku, and the remaining manors were not enough to cover the expenses of thousands of troops for a year.

Asada was not surprised by this result, and after the former heir of Konoe came to Kawagoe Castle, he was first arranged to go to the Great Wide Room to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and then Asada talked to him alone. Asadachi and Konoe sat on the floor in the aisle on the third floor of the castle tower, and they talked as they watched the night.

"The former heir, the lower official has the heart to quell the rebellion, but he is restrained by the shogunate. The Kwantung kingdoms have always known only the shogunate and the public government, but not the imperial court. Chao Ding said helplessly.

"Why did the Uesugi Town Government say this? Nowadays, it is not easy to restore a small number of imperial court materials. "Konoe's former heir can see it, and he doesn't mind that the royal material is a little less than before.

"The Hojo clan has disrespected the imperial court since ancient times, and now even the shogunate calls itself the Hojo clan after stealing Izu and Sagami after the public Ise family! If it weren't for the shogunate's imperial subordinates, the lower officials would have led their troops to destroy those thieves. "Asada's is just lip service, the Uesugi family's perennial almost saturated mobilization army is fighting in various places, and even if a large army is assembled, it can only capture most of Sagami, and it cannot destroy the Hojo clan at once.

"The town government has the heart to crusade against the rebels for the imperial court, and the world can see it, and the Beijing princess probably saw the shadow of Uesugi Zenxiu from the town government." Konoe smiled.

"Former heir, the lower official has a request, I don't know if to talk about it or not." Chaoding suddenly asked the Konoe heir seriously, which made the Konoe heir stunned for a moment.

"Tell me, town." The former heir of Konoe couldn't guess what Asadashi wanted to say, so he could only let Asada's request be spoken.

"Lingzun is an elder of Fujiwara, and the lower official wants to change the Miao character to his original surname Fujiwara, and use the lower り藤 (Fujiwara family crest)." Asadaki has long wanted to distinguish between Echigo Uesugi and Echigo, so although there is some betrayal of the dragon girl, it is also ready to be sent on the bow.

"Does the town government want to attack the Hojo clan as a daimyo?" Konoe's former heir woke up instantly. He had also seen the contents of the imperial letter issued by Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and once the court no longer had the status of a daimyo, then the shogunate would not be able to govern him. In addition, the court offered the imperial land, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru was unable to apply for a document from the imperial court to identify the court as an enemy of the court.

Asadachi did not immediately answer Konoe's former heir, but nodded to him.

"Yu understands, my father and the imperial court will send someone to inform me immediately, I believe they will agree." The former heir of Konoe knew very well that as long as the imperial court did not want to lose the imperial land, then the request made by the imperial court would still be accepted. Even if Ashikaga Yoshiteru is against it, then he is doing useless work.

"Could it be that the former heir is not going to return to Kyoto in the next few days?" As soon as Asadachi heard that Konoe's former heir was sending someone instead of going in person, he was a little puzzled.

"Well, Yu will stay in Kanto for a while. Yu's Guan Bai still has some effect, and I believe it can bring convenience to the town government. "Konoe's former heir is probably one of the few people in the past who can travel long distances to Kanto and use his status and official position to make things easier for others.

"Thank you, ex-heir." Asadaki immediately respectfully toasted the former heir of Konoe.

"No need to thank Yu, you have to understand that as long as the imperial court has the imperial land, there is no longer any need to rely on selling officials and selling lords to get by. On the contrary, it is Yu who wants to thank you. Konoe picked up his glass and touched it with Asada.

Next, Asadaki and Konoe's former heir drank until late at night. The residence of the former heir of Konoe was arranged in a mansion near the castle, and this mansion was named 'Konoe Hall'. The Konoe Pavilion was originally the residence of the Ota family, but since the court decided to be unable to build a mansion for Konoe's former heirs in a short period of time, he had to sacrifice the temporary residence of Ota Shimasa.

By the next day, Ichikawa Gentosai had been left hanging out all day. Because he drank too much, he was directly carried by Sanada Masayuki and other small surnames to the nearest Ii Naoto, and Ii Naoto, who was raised as a boy since he was a child, still has the ability to take care of the drunk Asada.

"What time is it?" Chao Ding opened his eyes in a daze.

"Your Highness, it's almost time for lunch." Ii Naohu was carefully maintaining his longbow on the side, and said without looking back.

"What?!" After the court got up, he covered his head, and he felt that he really couldn't drink more in the future, and he made a mistake when he drank alcohol, although he didn't really make a mistake.

"If Your Highness doesn't mind, you can eat here with the concubine." After putting away the longbow, Jing Yi Naohu said to Chaoding, who was still massaging his head.

"Yes." It was also the first time that Asadaku had lunch at Naotoko I.

After finishing lunch, Asada's order asked Namba Tian Kenji to stop arguing with Ichikawa Gentosai, and asked him to go directly to Ueno to disband the tens of thousands of crusading troops. In this way, the Okushino forces such as Murakami Kunikiyo and Kiyono Kiyohide returned to Okushinano, and the only remaining indigenous people in Ueno such as Nagano Yoshimasa were also considered to have ended their days of stationing at Kanayama Castle (due to the order of Ashikaga Yoshiteru's imperial order, the court had to let them stand by at the junction of Ueno and Shimono). As for Saito Michizo, he is about to return to Hawa Castle to be the 'counselor' and 'adviser' of the court.