Chapter 8: Kuroda's Confession
"Father, how do you know that it is possible that the Takeda family is only sending one person over to preserve their bloodline, rather than wanting to continue their family name with this person at the same time?" Yoshitaka Kuroda asked.
"I don't know that! Matsujumaru ......," Kuroda said calmly.
"My father didn't know how this was possible, but my father was obviously ...... just now."
"I just really brought their ideas out, right? To be honest, the Takeda family is a very powerful family, there is no doubt about it, but they are our enemies now.
And in this case, since such a request is still made for the family, it is impossible that there is no reference, and a family like this, in many cases, pays more attention to their own bloodline, rather than the family name Miao, which is essentially different from other big names, and the Takeda family is such a family, I just asked one more sentence. I'm not sure, are they just trying to save their own characters? ”
"I see, I was taught."
"It's nothing, what are you going to do with the Takeda family!" Kuroda asked him.
"Father, since the Takeda family is not ready to submit to this family, there is nothing to say, just exterminate the clan. As for the wealthy families and countrymen in the Kai Kingdom, such as the Kiso family, it seems that they are very loyal to the Takeda family in the current situation."
When Yoshitaka Kuroda said that the Kiso family was very loyal to the Takeda family, Kuroda laughed! Kiso Yoshimasa was a two-five boy in history, and when the Oda family attacked the Takeda family, he was the first to surrender.
On the surface, he is a member of the Takeda family, and he is also an important figure of the Takeda family in Shinano Province, so Kuroda Yoshitaka has such an idea!
"You're wrong."
"Wrong...... Is it ......?"
"That's right, there are some things you don't just see on the surface, but also see the deepest part of the substance, although Kiso Yoshimasa is indeed a member of the Takeda family, but in the final analysis, he cares more about the interests of the Kiso family in Shinano Province. So as long as the family fights hard, the Kiso family is likely to surrender to the family. ”
"Once the Kiso family submits to the main family, then there should be many people under the command of the Takeda family who will also be shaken!"
"If I tell you that the Anayama and Koyamada families, known as the Takeda family's two-mountain system, may also surrender to the main family, would you believe it?"
"My father mentioned before that the Koyamada family is a wall grass that sways between the Hojo family and the Takeda family, and in the current situation, it means that they are more focused on their own interests than the so-called loyalty. Such a family surrendered to the family, and there was no surprise in the next, this was originally a wall-like existence.
But this Cave Mountain family is a member of the Takeda family, and at the same time, the head of the family, Cave Mountain Nobuyan, is the clan brother of Shin Xuangong, would he do something to betray the Takeda family! ”
"Then we'll see."
"Hey!"
"Also, if I plan to vacate Kuroda Castle Honmaru in a few days, you will go directly to Kuroda Castle Honmaru to live, and I will build a new annex in Kyoto after that, as my future retreat. In about half a month, I will go straight to Kyoto. ”
"Father, why do you want to do this, isn't there an annex in Honmaru in Kuroda Castle? It's not enough for you to live in it, and the child needs you to teach it all the time. ”
"Going to Kyoto was ordered by the Emperor."
"The Emperor, the Emperor is just a false name, and now he doesn't have much power in the entire Wa Kingdom, just a nominal monarch, and if my father wants to disobey him, he can't do anything."
That being said, that's just the superficial reason. Now that you have become the head of the Kuroda family, the Kuroda family has been handed over to you, and your mother and I are going to Kyoto to rest for a while.
Now that Jiro (Kuroda Toshitaka) is leading the men and horses to attack the Takeda family, the problem should not be particularly big, as long as the Takeda family is down, the most stubborn force in the entire eastern country will only be the Hojo family, and when the time comes, with your ability, you should be able to deal with the current situation!
And you are already twenty years old, you should be able to afford this family business, the Kuroda family is the same as other families, it needs to be passed on, not a monarch has been leading the Kuroda family down, so this requires you even more, continue to hone yourself, you must know that I was only sixteen years old when I inherited the family. ”
"But I can't compare with my father, who is a natural asset, and I ......"
"Okay, don't say these words, my mind has been decided, and then I will go to Kyoto, and the entire Kuroda family will be handed over to you. You have to have confidence in yourself, and at the same time you have faith in the entire Kuroda family.
For the first batch of samurai, you can still reuse them, after all, they are now the mainstay of the Kuroda family, but for some of the older samurai, it is better to give some care, and if you are over sixty years old, try not to fight again, let their children and nephews go in their place, and continue to fight for them! ”
"Hey!"
"And among the training courses like Jiro, the first batch of people to go out are the people who will be on the front line in the next few years, and you are familiar with many of these people, so I hope you can reuse them. Of course, it is very important to balance the relationship between them and those old ministers before them, and I hope you can do a good job.
And those who are now in the school, if you have the ability, someone will naturally tell you that these people will also become the future of the Kuroda family. At the same time, a large number of children who behave relatively mediocre will become the future officials of the Kuroda family in various places. Don't ignore them too much, after all, the Kuroda family's future management of various places will still need their strength. ”
"Hey!"
"Among your brothers, it's best to take some precautions against the second child, he is quite ambitious, if you don't take precautions, I'm worried that there will be civil strife in the Kuroda family itself in the future.
But if he doesn't do anything, don't touch him, after all, you're all brothers, and I don't want to see the Kuroda family have so-called fratricidal jokes.
The third child, I am going to make him a daimyo in the Ming people living in the southern part of Harima Province, and when he matures, all the Ming people in his family domain will be under his management. ”