The Kasai family was originally originally located in Ishinomaki Township between Sendai Bend and the Oshika Peninsula, but later moved to Teraike Castle on the banks of the Kitakami River.

At the same time, in the Kasai family's main temple castle, a depressing atmosphere seems to be underway.

The current head of the Kasai family, Kasai Qingyin, sat on the main seat of the castle guard with a depressed face, quietly looking at the noisy retainers in the hall, and there was nothing to do. Since the defeat of the Kasai family by the combined forces of the Date family and the Ashina family, the popularity of the Kasai family has also fallen sharply, causing many people in the territory who belong to the Kasai family to become unstable.

Among the people who belong to the Kasai family, there are many wealthy members of the Kasai clan who are relatively independent, which is also a problem for Kasai Haruhin. In addition, the Kashiwayama clan in Kurosawa-gun, the Hakui clan in Iwai-gun, the Hamada clan in Kesen-gun, and the Motoyoshi clan and Kumagai clan in Motoyoshi-gun were all local forces that had been rooted in the area since the beginning of the Kamakura period, and it was more appropriate to say that the Kasai clan was the leader of the alliance rather than the retainers of the Kasai clan. This is somewhat similar to the southern family, but the Kasai family does not have the influence and appeal of the Minohe clan to suppress the various branches, so Kasai Qingyin is really helpless in the face of such an intricate relationship in the collar.

Although these independents were nominally vassals of the Kasai family, they did not actually obey the Kasai family's orders. The low level of dominance over the people under his command, coupled with the frequent confrontation between his retainers, became one of the important reasons restricting the development of the Kasai clan. Otherwise, with the strength of the Kasai family in the land front and land middle regions, they would not be mixed up like this.

The Kasai family also used to be NB for a while.

In the 2nd year of Daiei, Date Minoru was appointed as the guardian of Mutsu, and at the same time, Kasai Harushiro (the father of Kasai Haruhin, also known as Kasai Minoshige) also received the official position of "from the five Shimosakyo doctors and Mutsu Mori" in the 2nd year of Daiei.

Date Minoru was given a position in the shogunate, and Kasai Haru Shige was given an official position in the imperial court, and although they may not seem the same, Date and Kasai both had nominal jurisdiction over the Mutsu region. This is also the most praiseworthy thing about the Kasai family.

However, the good times did not last long, Date Minoru was dissatisfied with the confrontation between the Kasai family and himself, and the Osaki family also asked for help from him, so Date Minoru united with the head of the Aizu Ashina family Ashina Morishun (the father of the Ashina Mori family) to go to the Kasai family to do things together.

It is clear that the Kasai family was no match for the Date and Ashina coalition forces, and eventually surrendered to the Date family, and Date Minoru also succeeded his son Saruwakamaru to the Kasai family and became the adopted son of Kasai Harushige. Since then, the Kasai family has become the younger brother of Date Minoru, and his influence has plummeted!

It was impossible for Kasai Haruyin to become the head of the Kasai family, but it seemed to be a great task from heaven, Kasai Harushige and his eldest son Kasai Noshin and adopted son Sarumaru died one after another, and Kasai Haruyin, the second son, inherited the head of the Kasai family for the first time.

Since succeeding to the throne, Kasai Haruyin has faced the chaotic Kasai family, but Kasai Haruin is not willing to be a salted fish for a day, and he wants to re-establish the prestige of the Kasai family in the Rikumae and Rikuchu regions. Therefore, independence from the Date family is an urgent matter.

However, although the Date family is divided into two, it is not something that the current Kasai family can fight against, so Kasai Haruyin ostensibly joined the side of Date Minoru, preparing to take the opportunity to unite with Osaki Yoshinobu to attack Osaki, stay and other forces to achieve the purpose of strengthening themselves.

Today, Kasai Haruin held the assessment mainly for two things, the first thing is to discuss the next alliance between the Kasai family and Osaki Yoshinobu, and the second thing is that the Kasai family has a fiscal deficit!

After arguing with the Kasai family tree, Okita and the leaders of the Kawakawa clan and the other retainers, he saw that he couldn't convince the others, so he had to turn his attention back to Kasai Haruhin on the throne, "My lord, Osaki Yoshinao just married his widowed aunt to the Tsugawa Soji of Dewa as a side room, and the two families are now considered in-laws. If the family goes to attack Osaki Yoshinao at this time, in case Osaki Yoshinao asks the Tsugawa family for reinforcements, how can the family resist? ”

"Could it be that the lord wants to repeat the events of the Dayong period again?" At the end, the Kazukawa family added another sentence.

And it was this sentence that made Kasai Qingyin make up his mind, "What the Lai family said is very much in line with my wishes, the Osaki family is really not suitable to attack, since this is the case, then return to the Yoshigenden, and the family will send troops to stay at home next, and ask the Yoshigenden to send troops to support." ”

"By the way, the Guofen family also sent someone to inform me, I believe that the Guofenjia is very willing to see the family send troops to attack the left-behind family, right? Ha ha! After Kasai Qingyin finished speaking, another retainer sitting in the hall, Hamada Muzuna, a member of the country of Qixian County, suddenly spoke.

Kasai Qingyin's eyes suddenly flickered, but he quickly returned to normal, to be honest, Kasai Qingyin didn't like this feeling, that is, he seemed to have no authority at home. Like just now, before his order was announced, Hamada Sotsuna dared to interrupt his words and made another deployment.

Although I have to admit that Hamada Zongzuna's proposal is very reasonable, but this is beyond the principle of master and slave, if it weren't for the fear of triggering civil strife in the family again, Kasai Haruhin really wanted to immediately order the execution of these disrespectful bastards!

"Ahh Ahem! What Hamada-sama said is right, the Kokubu family should indeed send someone to inform them, and you will be responsible for this matter, Taro! As he spoke, Kasai Qingyin, who looked embarrassed, set her eyes on Kasai's cronies sitting in front of her.

After listening to Kasai Qingyin's words, a flush flashed on the pale faces of Kasai's cronies, and then he hurriedly replied, "Ha! ”

The matter of sending troops has come to an end, and Kasai Qingyin began to worry about the second thing again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there has been a lot of rain this year, the water level of the Kitakami River has risen, many embankments in the territory have collapsed, and all the farmland along the way has been flooded, and this year's harvest may be ......." Kasai Haruyin implied that the situation of the main family this year is very bad, should you as a subordinate say it???

However, after hearing Kasai Qingyin's words, everyone in the hall seemed to not understand, and the old monks sat down one after another, without any expression.

A fierce light flashed in Kasai Qingyin's eyes, and then he said loudly, "Yes, this family has decided to increase this year's annual tribute by 2%. Of course, the annual tribute in Kasai Qingyin's mouth was not aimed at the peasants, but at these subordinate countries. In the past, the annual tribute paid by these subordinate countries to the Kasai family was only 20% of the harvest of each family, and Kasai Qingyin's purpose was to use this year's poor harvest to extort a sum of money from these disobedient people, and by the way, let them realize who was the master.

It is reasonable for the master to levy annual tribute from his subordinates, and it is also the obligation of subordinates, and although Hamada Muzuna and others are resentful of this, they cannot find a reason to refuse. However, what no one noticed was that Hamada Muzuna's eyes seemed to reveal a strange look!