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As the saying goes, the Warring States period was actually a drama of hundreds of distant relatives and thousands of retainers of these relatives vying for power and profit, because most of the daimyos, if you push up from their family tree, you will find that they are all one family. A small number of them are not, and they are also closely related to these families. The Ryuzoji family is one of the most of that.

The lineage of the Ryuzoji family is generally believed to be the descendants of Takagi-kun, a close minister who once managed the magistrates of Hizen Province, but they are only separated. And Takagi-kun's family line is a branch of the Fujiwara family. Although it is difficult to distinguish whether it is Fujiwara Hidego or Fujiwara Takaka, there is no doubt that it belongs to the Fujiwara lineage.

Well, the four major Japanese surnames of Fujiwara, Taira, Gen, and Tachibana, except for the Tachibana clan, look like three big stallions, as if everywhere are their descendants. However, since it is a very common thing in Japan to give surnames and inheritance, it is difficult to really distinguish whether these people are the same ancestor or not.

However, if you really want to talk about the same ancestor, it must be that the Fujiwara clan and the Hei clan are closer, after all, the Fujiwara clan is the surname given by Emperor Saga to those princes and princesses, and the Taira clan is the surname given by Emperor Hengmu to the princes and princesses. Since the emperor's family has been intermarried within the group for generations, there is reason to believe that the vast majority of the Fujiwara clan and the Heira clan share the same ancestor.

Speaking of which, it seems that Oda Yoshinobu has more than 30 children combined, if they all have the surname Oda and continue to maintain this surname to spread out, then in a few hundred years, will Japanese people all become descendants of Oda Yoshinobu? Well...... It seems to be a matter of genetics.

Ahem, pull it back.

Ryuzoji Takanobu was a remarkable figure as the governor of the Ryuzoji family, and after his father and grandfather were killed by the young family's retainer Baba Yorishu, he followed his great-grandfather Ryuzoji family and fled to the Kachichi family in Chikugo Province. And at this time, the dragon temple in the village of the family did not know why, and did not come forward at all.

If it is an ordinary person, this time basically means that the family is completely finished, in fact, there are not too many such examples in the Warring States Period.

Of course, thanks to the Ryuzoji family and this 91-year-old fellow, he persuaded Kamaike Kanmori, who was still a retainer of Otomo's family at the time, and the Nabeshima family, the in-laws of the Shaoji family, to send troops to help him recapture Shuijiang Castle. Tsk, even other people's in-laws can be convinced, what benefits did the Ryuzoji family give to the Nabeshima family?

It's hard to know this, but after restoring the Mizue Ryuzoji family, Ryuzoji Iekan married his own granddaughter to Nabeshima Kiyofu, the son of Nabeshima Kiyohisa, the governor of the Nabeshima family. Well...... Is it a beauty trick?

Ahem......

In short, a year after the restoration of the Mizue Ryuzoji family, the Ryuzoji family passed away and handed over the ruined Mizue Ryuzoji family to Ryuzoji Takanobu. At this time, the governor of the Longzao Temple is the governor of the Longzao Temple in the village.

Does it sound familiar? In fact, if you study carefully, you will find that there are many countries with a variety of families with the same name as the prefix. The most famous is naturally the Oda family, and Oda Nobunaga's family was basically known as the Koto Oda family at that time.

If it follows the normal development, Ryuzōji Takanobu, who is a separate family, will have no chance to inherit the clan at all. But fortunately, his opportunity came, Yinrong, the family governor of Longzao Temple in Zongjia Village, died, and most importantly, the heir! That is, no children, at least no boys!

So, Takanobu of Ryuzoji seized the opportunity and immediately married the surviving person of Ryuzoji Yinei, that is, Mrs. Masamuro inherited the family. I have to say, this kid is very ruthless.

After becoming the governor of the family, Ryuzoji Takanobu won the support of Ouchi Yoshitaka and suppressed those dissatisfied retainers in the family, although after Ouchi Yoshitaka was killed by Tao Qingxian, Tsuchihashi Eiyi, a major minister of the Ryuzoji family, united with the wealthy families of Hizen Province who were close to the big friend family and drove Ryuzoji Takanobu out of Hizen, but in the end, with the help of Chikugo's good teammate Kamaike Kanmori, Ryuzoji Takanobu killed it again.

Subsequently, Ryuzoji Takanobu carried out a series of military expansions and successfully won the ruling power of Donghizen. And now, after tying the big thick legs of the Maori family, he took Chikugo in one fell swoop and sent troops to Higo Province, although the war with the Aso family did not achieve any advantage, but it also took Nanguan and Tanaka Castle, and successfully settled in Higo Country.

However, although the territory was expanded, Ryuzoji Takanobu was still not satisfied, just when Mori and other forces were concentrating on preparing for the war with the Oda family, Ryuzoji Takanobu quickly launched a series of wars, first exiled the young two Masako, completely wiped out the young two families of Hizen Province, and then sent troops to the Omura family and the Arima family, forced the two families to surrender, and completely ruled the Hizen country. Subsequently, he successively took Tsushima and Ichizaki countries, and the power of love expanded to the sea.

At the same time, at home, Ryuzoji Takanobu married his daughter Tamazuru Hime to Kamaike Kanmori, once again cementing the relationship between the two families. For a time, the prestige of the Ryuzoji family reached its peak in Kyushu, and it was only the Mori family. But even so, is Ryuzoji Takanobu satisfied?

A city within a village.

"Oh? His Royal Highness the General and the Mori family's Ankokuji Huiqiong are here? Ryuzoji Takanobu muttered in surprise, apparently he didn't expect these two to come over suddenly. After a moment of silence, Ryuzoji Takanobu said in a deep voice, "Gather all the ministers and prepare to welcome His Highness the General." In addition, I will inform His Highness the General, and ask him to wait a while, let me bathe and change my clothes, and then go to see him!" ”

Soon after, Ryuzoji led Naoshige Nabeshima, Nobushu Ryuzoji and other important ministers to arrive in the assessment room, "Wechen see His Royal Highness the General!" ”

"Well, the name of the bear in Hizen, I've often heard about it in Kinai, and when I saw it today, it really deserves its name......" Ashikaga Yoshiaki looked at Ryuzoji Takanobu and nodded, and opened his mouth to come with a polite word. It has to be said that after the defeat in Kinai, Ashikaga Yoshiaki learned a lot, at least, he no longer knows how to look at people with his nostrils. If it were the former Ashikaga Yoshiaki, not to mention the bear of Hizen, even if it was the bear of Kyushu, I am afraid he would not look at it with a straight eye, right?

Subsequently, Ashikaga Yoshiaki said the request of the Mori family, "I hope that the Ryuzoji family can help the shogunate tide over the difficulties at this time of crisis, and the shogunate will not forget the meritorious heroes." Ashikaga Yoshiaki finally said.

"This matter is very important, although Wechen also wants to help the shogunate, but I still hope that His Royal Highness the General can let Wechen think about it." Ryuzoji Takashin said in a deep voice.

"Hmm." Ashikaga Yoshiaki nodded undeniably, and then turned his head to look at Ankokuji Huiqiong on the side. This time, he just went through the motions, and the one who was really in charge of the negotiation was naturally Huiqiong of Anguo Temple. After all, not many people will give the face of the general's family, but not many people dare not give the face of the Maori family.

And then, Anguo Temple Huiqiong told a lot of reasons why the Dragon Temple should send troops, and at the same time, threw down a cake that looked quite huge and delicious. "As long as you are willing to send troops to help the family attack the Oda family, then after success, the duties of the guardian of the Eight Kingdoms of Hizen, Higo, Chikuzen, Chikugo, Bunzen, Bungo, Ichisaki, and Tsushima will be you, Your Highness Ryuzoji."

In a word, I couldn't help but be stunned by Ryuzoji Takanobu, and Nabeshima Naoshige and other retainers of Ryuzoji Temple were also stunned. The Eight Nations Guardian sounds shocking enough. After all, in the entire history, how many can become the guardians of the Eight Nations? Hawkers,Anyway, there's absolutely no dragon temple family.。 And even with the strength of the Ryuzoji family now, Ryuzoji Takashin didn't dare to think about the protection of the Eight Kingdoms.

The first to come back to his senses was Naoshige Nabeshima, only to see him cough lightly in a low voice, the voice was not loud, but it was enough for Ryuzoji Takanobu to hear.

"This matter is very important, I hope His Royal Highness the General and Master Anguosi can let the family think about it." Ryuzoji Takanobu said respectfully after coming back to his senses. "Wechen has already arranged a banquet, why don't His Highness the General move first, and after Wechen thinks about it for a while, he will give you an answer to His Highness the General."

Hearing this, Ashikaga Yoshiaki turned his head to look at Ankokuji Huiqiong, and saw Ankokuji Huiqiong nodding to himself. "In that case, then please consider it as soon as possible." With that, he got up and left.

Ankokuji Huiqiong followed behind Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but before leaving, he looked back at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness Ryuzoji, this war will determine the future trend of the world, come to think of it, His Highness Ryuzoji doesn't want to see the Oda family dominate the world, right?" ”

After Ashikaga Yoshiaki and the others left, Ryuzoji Takanobu immediately discussed with the retainers, but in a short period of time, it was difficult for most of the retainers to give Ryuzoji Takanobu any good advice. In other words, they tend to be neutral.

Although the Ryuzoji family seems to be very powerful at this time, it is only in Kyushu after all. And strictly speaking, the territory that the Ryuzoji family really controls is only the east and west Hizen, and the rest is obtained through marriage, persuasion, etc. In particular, Omura and Arima in the southern part of Hizen have just been submitted.

In this case, people such as Ryuzoji Nobushu, no matter how stupid their brains were, would not think that the Ryuzoji family would be able to get a piece of the war between Mori and Oda.

Hearing everyone's words, Ryuzoji Takanobu looked at Nabeshima Naoshige, and seeing this, Nabeshima Naoshige said in a deep voice, "My lord, Maori is attacking the Oda family, whether it is on the side of the Oda family or the Maori family, the main family cannot stay out of the matter. As the previous master of Anguoji said, this war will determine the future trend of the world, if the family does not participate in it, then the only thing waiting for the family is destruction. ”