To be honest, in fact, Imagawa Yoshimoto's heart was excited. This time, although it was forced by the situation, it was not because Imagawa Yoshimoto himself was competitive.

In fact, although the strength of the Tsugawa family at this time can be called the best in the world. However, because the Tsugawa family was located in the land of Ou, they were not at the center of the political and military struggles on the island of Honshu. In other words, although the name of the Tsugawa family has spread far and wide, the world only knows that there is a powerful Tsugawa family among the world's great names, but how powerful the Tsugawa family is, the world actually has no spectrum in their hearts.

On the other hand, the Suruga Imagawa family, although the strength is not as good as the Dehana Tsugawa family, but the fame is not small.

Let's not say that the Tsuruga Tsugawa family is a famous family, after all, the sentence "Ashikaga has no heir Kiraji, Kira cut off Imagawa replacement" is not just talking. In addition, Imagawa Yoshimoto is the first daimyo of Tokaido, and it is also known as "Tokaido's first bowtori" (in fact, Tokaido Daiichi Yutori does not refer to the most NB samurai, but refers to the strongest force. In other words, Tokaido's first bow does not refer to Imagawa Yoshimoto, but to the entire Imagawa family. ）

The Imagawa family is now in the land of Suruga and Enoe, and even the three rivers of the Matsudaira family are also in the Imagawa family's sphere of influence. In addition, since Imagawa Yoshimoto succeeded to the throne, various unstable factors in the territory have been pacified. During the Hanakura Rebellion, Imagawa Yoshimoto eliminated many diehards, such as the Fukushima family, in the name of counterinsurgency.

It's a pity that he ran a Fukushima Tsunari, and finally gave the Hojo family a Hojo Tsunari for nothing, and Hojo Shikang smiled at this.

After that, Imagawa Yoshimoto continued to improve and improve the "Imagawa Kana Catalogue", the "Zoning Law of the Country" promulgated by his father, the Imagawa clan, during the reign of his father, the Imagawa clan, and withdrew from the Imagawa Kana Catalogue and Additions, which greatly stabilized the Imagawa family.

In addition, Imagawa Yoshimoto attached great importance to the development of agriculture as well as the development of commerce. During his reign of more than ten years, the business in the Imagawa family was unprecedentedly prosperous, and although the Imagawa family only had a height of about 700,000 stones, it had the strength of millions of stones.

There is money, food, and armaments, and the retainers are united, and the near and far are surrendered! It can be said that the Imagawa family has the military strength of Kamiraku.

Second, let's look at diplomacy.

Although the Tsugawa family's intervention did not appear due to the "Koshogun" alliance that was originally established in history, it did not affect the foreign policy of the Imagawa family.

Historically, the biggest role of the Koshojun Alliance was to eliminate the worries of the three old enemies of Imagawa, Takeda, and Hojo, who had been grudges for decades. And now, the two CPs of the Takeda family and the Nagao family are still fighting for life and death around Shinano. The Hojo family was dragged down by the psoriasis in the Kanto region, and with the "Goke Revival" rebel army of Uesugi Kenmasa, Hojo Shiyasu was unable to deal with other things at all.

In other words, although there is no alliance with the Prime Minister, these three have all chosen to "ignore each other." In this way, the Imagawa family has the external environment of Kamiraku.

Let's talk about the political factor.

The Imagawa family is the first to go to Luo, and has already hit several areas. And judging from the various situations coming from the front, it seems that the Tsugawa family has the absolute upper hand (the news that fell into the ears of the Imagawa family may not be true). In addition, the Imagawa family has always had a very important position in the hearts of the ministers in Kyoto, so some ministers who don't want to see the Tsugawa family occupy Kyoto began to support Imagawa Yoshimoto.

To sum up, no matter what aspect the Imagawa family is, it meets the conditions of Kamiluo. In addition, Imagawa Yoshimoto is also a lord who is unwilling to be left behind, seeing that the Tsugawa family and the Miyoshi family are about to split the winners and losers in Kinai, if Imagawa Yoshimoto turns a blind eye to it, then the position of "man of the world" has nothing to do with him Imagawa Yoshimoto!

Therefore, Imagawa Yoshimoto was very panicked.

......

Okazaki Castle, at this time a large army gathered.

A total of 20,000 troops were densely assembled outside Okazaki Castle, and looking out from the castle tower of Okazaki Castle, there was a large area of black oppression. The effect of Imagawa Yoshimoto's efforts can be seen.

In later generations, many people thought that Imagawa Yoshimoto was a salted fish because of the defeat of the barrel. This is not the case.

In fact, Imagawa Yoshimoto is by no means a mediocre talent, but an extremely talented person who also has the qualities of a hero. It's just a little bit of bad luck......

"My lord, have you ever had a meal?"

"This is the river fresh fish caught from the stream outside the city, do you want to taste it?" In a temple outside Okazaki Castle, a diminutive boy carries a few small fish

Sweating profusely, he offered his courtesy to Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at the young man in front of him with an indifferent face, and then said, "Takechiyo, if you don't take care of Master Yukisai, how can you mess around here?" ”

The young man is the young master of the Mikawa Matsudaira family, and the only heir, Matsudaira Takechiyo. Or to use another, more well-known name, Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Looking at the dissatisfied Imagawa Yoshimoto, Takechiyo smiled indifferently, and then rubbed the mud on his left foot with his right foot, "My lord, these river freshness are very nourishing things." I am thinking about boiling some fish soup for Zen Master Xuezhai to replenish my body! ”

"Well, you kid has a conscience!" Imagawa Yoshimoto's face improved slightly.

Suddenly, Imagawa Yoshimoto turned his head to stare at Matsudaira Takechiyo and asked, "Takechiyo, how old are you?" ”

“13！”

"Well, it's also the age of Yuanfu." Soji Tsugawa touched his chin, then took out a folding fan from his arms, admired the fan for a while, and continued casually, "The Matsudaira family has not been in charge for a long time, what does Takechiyo think?" ”

Hearing this, Matsudaira Takechiyo's little heart beat a few times unconsciously. Then Takechiyo endured the excitement in his heart, and said indifferently, "The Tsugawa Hall is the lord of the lower realm, and he is also the lord of the Matsudaira family, and everything is up to the lord!" ”

"Hahahaha!" Imagawa Yoshimoto couldn't help but laugh, "I didn't expect that Takechiyo, who is usually wooden, also has a sleek time!" ”

Takechiyo panicked, and then continued to reply, "In fact, these are all taught by the master! After saying that, Takechiyo scratched his head with an embarrassed expression.

Previously, Takechiyo received the care and education of Taiyuan Xuezhai during his time in Rinzai Temple, so he was also a disciple of Taiyuan Xuezhai.

"You go down first." Imagawa nodded thoughtfully, and then spoke.

After Takechiyo left, Imagawa Yoshimoto turned his head to the side of the hall and said, "Call the criminal department shosuke!" ”

"Hah!"

......

Three days later, Imagawa Yoshimoto held an assessment meeting at Okazaki Castle.

After announcing the specific date of the army of Kamiraku, Imagawa Yoshimoto once again made an important decision - Matsudaira Takechiyo Motofu to succeed the Mikawa Matsudaira family. At the same time, he received the partiality of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and the name of the yuan service was "Matsudaira Motoshin" (the original name of the old turtle was Matsudaira Motoshin, and Matsudaira Motoyasu, who was changed two years after the Motofu, took the word "Matsudaira Kiyoyasu" from his grandfather. ）

At the same time, Matsudaira Motonobu will marry the daughter of the Imagawa family's Sekiguchi Shosuke of the Shosuke. This woman is Sena Hime, that is, "Tsukiyamaden".