Maybe I should be glad that I discovered Takataka Kuroda's lurking in advance. Otherwise, if he is allowed to plan slowly, and wait until next year when Kinai pours out to conquer the Kanto region, and then incite the forces of the Kinai temple society and the down-and-out samurai to make a big attack, it will inevitably bring an unbearable blow to the shogunate, and at least my Kanto expedition will have to be abandoned halfway, and if it is more serious, maybe even Kyoto will fall to the enemy.

But if it's just the Neraiji family uprising, and only the down-and-out samurai of Inaba, Tajima, and Northern Omi respond in a hurry, and Jingxiu also stays out of the matter, the matter is not very serious, I only need to use the army of the Shikoku side, and I can completely control the situation, and when all these rebels are suppressed, Kinai will be harmonious, and even if there are still a few people who have bad intentions, they will no longer be able to get any forces and people because of the overthrow of the previous car.

I even sent a letter to Kei telling him to take Yamanaka Castle and disband the army with a victorious attitude, so as to dispel the luck mentality of the Hojo family and the Kanto lords. In response to this, Shinkage was also a leader of the heart, and soon replied with a letter of agreement, and let Shimazu and Takikawa on the Ueno side continue to march and invade the neighboring Musashi Province in the south. Later, Ishitani Nobumasa launched a strategy, and through Yura Kunishige, the lord of Kanayama Castle in Ueno Province, he rebelled against Kunishige's righteous brother and the chief of the Narita clan, the lord of Ninja Castle in the northern part of Musashi Province, and he became the first daimyo of the Kanto Eight Clans, and the eleven-year-old eldest daughter Kaihime, who was born to the late Shomuro Yura, became the second scheduled side room of Shinkage after the Tenma Hime of the Mori family.

Not long after, the defenders of Yamanaka Castle, who had suffered heavy losses, could not support it, and the main general Hojo clan Katsumoto yù was martyred in the city, but was dissuaded by his younger brother Hojo clan Nari who needed to garrison his own jade rope castle, so he took the initiative to abandon the castle and return to Odawara Castle to report to the head of the family, the Hojo clan, on the appearance of our army.

Seeing that the results had been achieved on both fronts, Xinjing gave the order to withdraw his troops, and then completely demolished the castle in the mountains, and led his close shì and his subordinate Chao Meibei to Shinano to take the town. The Tokaido Army was disbanded on the spot, and each returned to its territory, and the Kinai Army was brought back by Keimasa and Ii Nobunai" to help suppress the rebellion of Kita Omi.

In fact, at this time, Kita-Omi's Ichijo had almost subsided, and even the leader Ichiyanagi Yazoemon and his brother-in-law Kato Mitsuyasu were captured by Zhou Jing and sent to Kyoto Rokujo Kawara to be executed together.

Perhaps thinking of my first pre-battle affair, the afternoon before my execution, Hidekei and Wasuka Masakatsu went to Tofukuji Temple Katsurin-in Temple with me to make an exception to visit Kato Mitsuyasu in the temple.

The shogun and the two shogunate elders jointly visited the prison, which was not treated by Oda Nobuo when he was captured, and the entire temple was shocked, and even the abbot Takagaku Lingmatsu, who had not asked about secular affairs for a long time, came to accompany him. He is nearly eighty years old this year, "Shenglin Temple is the Tatou Annex, which he founded thirty years ago, located in the location of the ghost gate of Tofukuji Temple, and worships the northern guardian god Kunsha Mentian, which was originally intended to be used to suppress the ghost gate, and now it is used as a prison by Xiujing, just as Nobunaga used to put death row prisoners in the Myohyun Temple on the main mountain of the Hokke sect that he believed.

With such a visiting lineup, even Kotai Kato, who has always been at odds with us, couldn't help but feel a little bit and behaved very cooperatively.

It wasn't until I asked him about Jingxiu's whereabouts that he kept silent, apparently worried that I would be unfavorable to Jingxiu.

"Then forget it!" I was very generous and didn't continue to ask, "I also know that he doesn't want to see me, but I really have no ill will towards Jingxiu, whether he is in seclusion or out of the Tokugawa family, I just hope he can be safe." "Maybe it was this statement that made Kato Kotai relax his guard a little," he said like me: "Méng Renki Isemori's rumors are given, when the young lord captured North Hanoi, he accepted the princess of the Takeda family at the behest of the lord, and officially married before the expedition to Harima, and the princess is currently pregnant. Some time ago, His Royal Highness Nagamasa of the Kuroda family came to plead with the young lord to preside, "The young lord refused without hesitation, perhaps this is also one of the key reasons............ As for the Tokugawa family, the young lord had no such plans, "The last time I met with His Royal Highness Mikawa at the Shino Tea Party, I was just at the request of the princess" to inquire about the current situation of his sister Lady Xué Yama and his nephew His Royal Highness Takeda Shinji. That His Royal Highness is the current governor of the Takeda family, and His Royal Highness Zuofu also knows about this matter. "I see," I nodded, feeling a little more relaxed, "Jing Xiu has a future, it's really gratifying." ”

Speaking of which, this is Xiujing's first grandchild! 's mother is the daughter of Takeda Shingen, and this background is also worthy of Xiujing's current identity, and when this child is born, whether it is a man or a woman, he may be able to use it as an opportunity to give him a family business. Even if Xiujing himself has a grudge and is unwilling to bow to the shogunate, he will never want his children to fall for the rest of his life.

Speaking of which, Xinjing's child is about to be born, and counting the days, it should be at the beginning of next year. If it is a boy, then as my grandson and Nobunaga's external cut, this child will inevitably represent the shogunate and gain further heartfelt support from the former retainers of the Oda family, such as Maeda Toshiie, Takigawa Kazuki, Sawaki Yoshiyuki, Oda Nobuyige, Ikoma Parent, Beeya Yoritaka, Kawajiri Hidetaka, Mori Nagako, and Sasa Narumasa, and I can also take advantage of the New Year to gather all the daimyo of the Western Kingdom to Kyoto to congratulate this child, so as to firmly establish his position as the heir of the third shogun of the shogunate and further consolidate the foundation of the shogunate.

There are many smart people in the world who can understand the weight of this child. Even though the due date is still more than a month away, Fuyuhime has already surrounded the main rooms of the daimyo in Beijing, and the Yuryu-in Temple, where she is located, has recently attracted attention second only to Nijo Castle, the center of the shogunate, and the Rokuenji Temple, where I am located. And the closest to Fuyuhime,Naturally, it is the Yu family as the shogunate imperial daisho.,Tokuhime, as the sister of Fuyuhime.,It's also very simple to stay in Kyoto Daitokuji Temple with Oda Nobubu.,Trip to visit the Jade Dragon Temple.,In addition, there is Akitsu who married Wasuka Keikatsu.,Nobuyi's rǔ mother Shao Nayanju.,Wasuka Masakatsu's main room Yasui Amatsu,Maeda Toshi's main room Maeda Amatsu,Sasa Naimasa's main room Murai Achun,Maeda Genei's main room (Ah Chun's sister, Murai Sadakatsu's second daughter),Oda Nobushige's main room (Si bō Yoshigin's daughter) and so on。 The attention of these noble ladies made Dong Ji, who was waiting to give birth for the first time, very nervous, but fortunately, most of them came over and knew how to take care of and enlighten Dong Ji, and they didn't need too much attention and explanation from me.

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The following month was the end of the year, and Shinkage handed over government and military affairs to Shimazu Iiehisa and Takigawa Kazuki, and led Ishiya Nobumasa, Narita Kaihime, Sanada Masayuki father and son, Musashi Province Ninja Castle Lord Narita Clan,

Masatsuki Naito, the lord of Ueno Minowa Castle, Takahiro Hojo, the lord of Covered Bridge Castle, Yura Kunishi, the lord of Kanayama Castle, and others came to Kyoto to congratulate the New Year and stayed at the abbot's hall at the headquarters of Senkaikokuji Temple. Soon, "he took everyone to pay homage to me at Nijo Castle, and went to the Forgotten Sorrow Temple to pay homage to his deceased mother" and then visited Dong Ji again and again, showing special attention, and almost all of the military affairs were entrusted to Xiujing and Jingzheng.

I understood his feelings, and I was relieved of Xiujing and Jingzheng's ability, so I didn't interfere with him much. It's Xiao Xia, who originally visited Jing Zheng's Bodhi Temple, and her mood gradually improved, but when she saw that Dong Ji was about to give birth, she was inexplicably sad: and De Ji, who was originally very enthusiastic about this matter, may have thought of her regrets recently, and gradually became a little lonely. In order to comfort them, I took advantage of the fog and snow and the winter plum blossom season, and specially used the two of them as hosts, and held two appreciation meetings at Luyuan Temple and Shino Daitoku Temple, which was regarded as a chat to relieve their loneliness.

In the early morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month, Shinjing's Jinshì and Donghime's shì girl came to Luyuan Temple together to report to me the news of Donghime's imminent labor. I heard the news of the shì women, very carefully left Xiao Xia's room, and went to Xiangguo Temple Yulong Temple, the whole Yulong Courtyard is now busy, shì women are led by Xinjing's rǔ mother Shao Nayan Bureau, holding copper stoves, fine charcoal, hot water, incense candles, incense, etc. into the delivery room, on the corridor outside the delivery room, there are also shì women holding a silver basin for washing the child's body, swaddling clothes painted with gold silk family patterns, etc., and the rest of the baby clothes, supplies, etc. are also divided into two styles, men and women, very well prepared.

Shinkei had been waiting in the front hall for a long time, but as a samurai, he couldn't enter the backyard where he was going to give birth, so he had to walk back and forth in the front hall. He seemed relieved to see me coming, and said happily, "Father, you're finally here!" ”

"What's the difference? Can I help with this kind of thing? I couldn't help but laugh dumbly, "Okay, calm down!" Just sit and wait! ”

Jing said yes and sat down on my right, but his expression was still very nervous.

"Has the child's mother already decided?" I asked very casually.

"It's decided. She is the main room of Xuanzheng, and she is also the eldest daughter of His Royal Highness Maeda Higomori............ Xuanzheng's child is almost a year old, and I am going to take him over and take care of him together. Xinjing replied.

I nodded. I am also very satisfied with such a candidate. Well, when Yukihime was born, the Maeda Toshiya was in Minokoku, and his mother Amatsu was young, but thanks to Yuka's care and the help of the wife of the Yamauchi Ichitoyo family, she was able to give birth smoothly. For this reason, Yukihime has always been very close to Yuga, almost equivalent to an adopted daughter, and later married Nana's nephew Nobumasa Ishitani through Yuka's peace, which can be regarded as a good relationship (historically married to Maeda Nagane, who became the third lord of the Kaga Domain, Maeda Toshitsune).

Shiyi time has passed, and the little baby girl who had a difficult birth that day is now a mother, which has to make people sigh!

"What about Yukihime? Please, are you here? I asked, looking around the hall.

"Oops! I forgot to ask someone! Xinjing patted his head, "But I told Xuanzheng a few days ago that I should have come to Kyoto from Iimori Castle now!" ”

"Why don't you come over quickly?" I was angry and funny, "As soon as the child lands, I will be hugged and fed." ”

"Understood." Xinjing agreed, and quickly gave the order. Then I had a screen set up in the hall and set up a compartment as a place for the rǔ mother to feed her for the first time. After the newborn child was brought to me and Xinjing, it would be handed over to the mother to feed, and two days later, the mother would hold her alone and receive a visit from the retainers.

Before Rǔ's mother arrived, Xinjing asked me, "When Sister Yujin was born, how did my father arrange it?" ”

"At the beginning," I carefully recalled, "At the beginning, I was just a small shì general, and I didn't have my own fiefdom, but I was just given a house by the prince of Méng. Moreover, your mother lived in the house, and the Odaisho was a side room at the time, and they usually lived in the sū vegetable house, so it was impossible to have such a battle, and everything could only be simple...... Speaking of which, this is also a fate, because Yukihime, who served as Rǔ's mother, was also born in Sū Caiya. ”

"Really?" Xinjing agreed, his face calming a little. He glanced at me and suddenly asked thoughtfully, "So, Xuanzheng and Xingji's child, that is, my child's rǔ brother?" ”

"It's the obvious thing." I replied casually.

"And he is also the head of the family, and when he grows up, he can serve as the chief middle elder or even the eldest elder." Xinjing continued.

I nodded, "According to the shogunate system, that's true. ”

"So, what about my rǔ brother? Is it possible to get this treatment as well? ”

"Your rǔ brother? Hirano Nagatai huh? I shook my head, "He is the daimyo of the Yamato Kingdom's 50,000 stone genealogy, and with his current ability and prestige, he is not enough to stand out from the many genealogies and serve as the elder of the shogunate............ As for the chief middle elder and the eldest elder, according to his family personality, it is even more impossible. ”

"Isn't that fair?" Shinkyo frowned slightly, "Kwon Ping (Hirano Nagatai common name) has followed me since I was a child, and he has always been very loyal, and his knowledge and bravery are not bad. Placed as a quasi-city lord, he has really gone through grievances. ”

"If you think you are wronged, this is also something that can't be helped" I shook my head disappre一门ly, "When you were born, I was only a general of 30,000 stones, so naturally the status of the arranging rǔ mother could not be very high...... Besides, I was transferred to Ise soon after, and the Hirano family, as a small wealthy family in Owari Tsushima, basically did not contribute much to the family. Now that he himself has been able to promote to the position of a daimyo, it is already for the sake of Shao Nayan Bureau and his mother and son who have served you since childhood, and you can't compare him with Xuanzheng's son-in-law, although they are both the rǔ brothers of the shogunate, but the book bar is completely different. ”

"So, what about when you step down and I succeed as general?" Xinjing asked a little recklessly.

"That's not going to happen," I firmly refused, "The shogunate system has been decided, and it is not allowed to be destroyed without permission, otherwise it is impossible to get the consent of the elders and the middle elders." ”

"Aren't all the elders and middle elders appointed by the shogunate, or by you?" 信景面lù不豫之sè.

"Then you are wrong," I looked at him solemnly, "they serve as the eldest and middle elders because they have the right background, ability, merit and prestige, and can be recognized by the great names of the world." I appointed them only to conform to this situation, otherwise they would not have been able to handle the affairs of the shogunate in an orderly manner, and let the rest of the daimyo and retainers obey their orders............ In the same way, I did not start from my own will when I established the laws of the shogunate and the division of feudal domains, because I had to rely on their strength to pacify and govern the present world, and I had to give them a territory, a family character, and a status equal to their merits, so that the world could be settled. As a shogun, I just occupy the highest rank and position, and get the most share of the domain as a reward, and this is what you can inherit. @。