Hata-gun, which was owned by the Tosa Ichijo family, is one of the best areas of Tosa Province, with a height of 25,000 koku, accounting for more than a quarter of the country's surface height. This county was the first place to be developed in Tosa Province and is the main body of the Hataso region, with a history dating back to the end of the Heian period. In the thirteenth century, the Kujo family flourished for a time because of its close relationship with the Kamakura shogunate, and in addition to the Kujo Taoist himself as the elder of the Sekihaku, Fuji clan, and Tachibana clan, the eldest son, the second son, and the fourth son also served as the elder of the Sekihaku and Fuji clans successively (the third son, Kujo Yoritsune, inherited the position of the shogun), so they were divided into the three major regents of Kujo, Nijo, and Ichijo. The fourth son, Ichijo Shijing, inherited the hatasan and was led by the Shikichi, Bu, and Irino clans. When it came to the eighth generation of Ichijo Kaneliang, it coincided with the rebellion of Yingren, so he went to Yamato Kofukuji Temple with his eldest son Ichijo and his third son Ichijo Fukuji Temple, and took refuge in the second son who inherited the traces of the Mahayana Temple. After the death of his eldest son, he gave up the position of head of the clan to his younger brother Ichijo Fugara, and thus transferred to the branch and became the ancestor of the Tosa Ichijo family.

The successive heads of this family are very successful, needless to say, a sect room himself, to the second generation of a house family, has roughly controlled the entire Tosa country, the father of the first family, the father of the family, I was raised by the Fang family, and the Fang family came forward to restore the old collar; In the third generation of a house, the main room is the daughter of Prince Fushimi Miyabanggao of the royal family, and the daughter of Yoshixing Ouchi, the leader of the Daiuchi can only be used as a side room; By the time of the fourth generation of Ichichibaji, within a few years, he subdued the Tsuno family, eliminated the Ohira family, and formed an alliance with the Otomo family and began to attack Minami Iyo Province.

It's a pity that the third and fourth generations of the Tosa Ichijo family died too early. A house foundation of the fourth generation, only twenty-seven years old when he died, leaving a concurrent set that was less than seven years old, and the younger brother of the third generation of Fang Dong, a Fang Tong who inherited the clan family, served as the aftermath. Fang Tong is a public family, and he has served as a passer, and he is good in terms of culture, but he is not good at being a lord and teaching children. Because of his teachings, Ichijo Kanji became a famous wine bag rice bag, one of the famous "Warring States Twins". Fortunately, there are capable retainers such as Doi Soshan and Genyasuma at home, and there is also the support of his father-in-law, Otomo Sorin, in addition to the land in the collar annual tribute, he also followed Otomo and the Ito family to participate in foreign trade, and for a while he also held the shelf.

From the 10th year of Eiroku (1567) to the 11th year (1568), the battle with the Mori family in Iyo was the beginning of the decline of the Ichijo family. It was after the defeat in that battle that the head of Chosō's Ibu broke the alliance with the Ichijo family and began a unilateral operation, and then destroyed the Yasui family and seized the Takaoka County controlled by the Ichijo family. If it weren't for my sudden intervention, Ichijo Kaneji would have been under the threat of the Chozong family, and finally suspected and killed the old Tuju Zongshan of the pen family for no reason, and was exiled to the Bungo Kingdom by his retainers.

Although history has changed, a fool is still a fool after all, and now there is no threat from Changzong's family, but he fell for his sister's false report, and still resolutely provoked a strong enemy, and killed the prestigious Tuju Zongshan, provoking internal friction in the family.

When I gathered the 8,000 troops of the headquarters, Gogawa, and Takaoka and marched into the Hata County, the Ichijo family immediately panicked, and among the thirty-six local servants to which I belonged, the voices of opposition to the head of the family quickly took over. Hanyu, Weimatsu, and Anhe, together with the three elders, forced Ichijo Kaneda to go to Bungo Province to live in seclusion, and then sent someone to express his surrender to me.

When I, Kira and the others led the army to the Nakamura Imperial Palace, and the one who came to greet me outside the gate was Fujiko Shikichi, a retainer of the Ichijo family.

The Shikiji family had a very special status in the Ichijo family, and the ancestors of the ancestors, as the head of the three leaders of the Ichijo family in Hataso, ran the Soen for the Ichijo family, and after the Onin War broke out, it was the Shikiji family who sent someone to contact the clan family and welcome the Ichijo sect to Tosa Province. Fujiji Fujixing's great-grandfather, Shikiji Minbu Shaofu Fuji An, is the most trusted minister of the second-generation head of the Fang family, and the daughter and the daughter of the leader Daiuchi Yoshixing are both the side rooms of the third generation of Fang Dong, and after the death of the Fang family, he served as the assistant of the third generation of Fang Dong. It's a pity that Fang Dong mistakenly believed the slander, and soon after succeeding to the throne, he ordered the seventy-one-year-old Fuji An to commit suicide, and after reacting afterwards, Fang Dong was extremely remorseful and died of depression a year later.

This time, one and the same killing of Doi Soyama is almost a copy of his grandfather's killing of Fuji An. As Teng An's great-grandson, Fuji Xing's heart must be very complicated. In public, he remained silent, but now that I led my army into Nakamura Town, he came to greet him, as if to show his attitude.

"At the invitation of Hanyu, Weimatsu, and Anhe, the three elders of the family, came to greet Awaji Hall." He bowed and said.

Ministers...... I knew in my heart that he still had a heart for home.

"Good work. Lord Minbu, please don't be polite. I smiled and picked him up.

Later, when I entered the palace, I met more retainers and servants, and the three elders of Hanyu, Weimatsu, and Yasu, and the three elders also came to Jin. However, several important ministers never appeared.

"Excuse me, which one is Lord Yasuma, the young assistant of the Genji Department?" I asked with a smile from the throne.

According to Hattori Masanari's information, Minamoto Yasumasa was the most important retainer of the Ichijo family besides Doi Sozan. He was born in the Daigo Genji clan and was one of the great doctors of the Ichijo clan, and when Ichijo Bodori served as Kaneda's adoptive father and afterma, he brought him to Tosa and served as the head of the family. After the death of Botsu in Tosa, Toi Soyama was in charge of military affairs and diplomacy, and the government affairs were still presided over by Minamoto Yasumasa.

"Report to Your Highness, Lord Yasumasa is not feeling well, so ......" explained Matsuwakasa Mamoru Mori.

"That's right! It's a shame. I have long wanted to meet him," I said with a tone of regret, "What about Lord Saemon Shushu and Lord Izumo Shosho Kojima?" ”

Iekumi Zongzhou is the lord of Iekumi Castle and has a very high prestige among the thirty-six servants. Soshu's great-grandfather, Iekumi Sotaka, was the one sent by the Shikichi family to Kyoto to contact a sect, and later served as the head of the Ichijo family, and was appointed as the fifth Shimotosamori. Kojima Masaki is the lord of Kazui Castle, and he is a person who is very trusted by Ichijo Kaneda, and Wai Castle was taken from the hands of the ground servant and Isai Renyou by the order of Ichijo Kanada. Both men are die-hard supporters.

"Lord Soshu and Lord Masasho stayed in the castle to guard against the Iyo Saionji family." The answer to me is still for the sake of loose rules.

I nodded approvingly, "Yes, Minami Iyo's Saionji family has to be guarded against." ”

"If Awaji Hall is interested, you might as well go to Bungo Province, and Lord Yasumasa will be with you by the side of Lieutenant General Zuo," Fujiko Fuji suddenly spoke, "As for Lord Iekumi and Lord Masamu, it is not necessarily the Saionji family ...... who is on guard."

"Fujiko-sama!" Hanyu Dangomori interrupted him and shouted, "In front of His Highness, what do you mean by saying this!" ”

"It doesn't mean anything," Fuji replied with a blank face, "just telling the truth to Awajiden." ”

"Bastard!" A few of the ground attendants couldn't help it, shouted and cursed, and glared angrily at Fuji Xing. If it weren't for the fact that all the knives were left outside the assessment room, it is estimated that they would immediately draw their knives and step forward to cut down the Fuji Xing.

"Everyone, please wait, in front of Your Highness, how can you be so out of shape?" For Songyou, he hurriedly persuaded everyone. This exile was a tie, and he was the dominant one in it. Seeing that the situation had become like this, he was so anxious that beads of sweat broke out on his forehead, and he bowed to Fuji Xing from afar and said: "Lord Fuji Xing, Lieutenant General Zuo has no way, not only broke the alliance without authorization and invaded the allies, but also killed Lord Shaofu of the Tuju Military Department and annexed the territory of the Tujia family for no reason...... Now that the external situation of a family is critical, everyone in the family is in danger, and if you don't take action, will you all wait for death together! ”

"Exactly! Lord Bingbu has always been loyal, but he was treated like this...... "Someone immediately agreed with the opinion of Wei Song Youze, and complained about the grievances of Tuju Zongshan."

"I'm not against banishing Lieutenant General Zuo," Fukichi Fujiko sighed.

"So, what else is Fujiko-sama dissatisfied with?" Wei Songyou hurriedly persuaded him, "Your Highness was born in Tosa, has excellent intelligence, and the name of benevolence spreads throughout Shikoku, and even Awa's Shimoyagata Hall is deeply impressed, isn't it the master of our waiting?" ”

"However, although Lieutenant General Zuo has no way, the young master Wan Qianyo is still there!" Fukichi Fujixing turned to the main seat and solemnly bowed down to me, "It is precisely because of the benevolent reputation of Awaji Hall for a long time that the foreign minister stayed to greet him, hoping to use the power of Awaji Hall to support the main family and keep the name of the main family...... Awajiden, please! ”

"Lord Fujixing......" Wei Songyou sighed, unable to say any more. Judging from the samurai's righteousness, Fujiji's approach is obviously correct, but in the case of a strong enemy outside, instead of hard work to support a doll less than ten years old, it is better to cling to my ready-made big ship, and the latter path will definitely be much safer. Although he understood the stakes, he could not openly disregard justice, otherwise his exile would be a complete act of rebellion.

In desperation, he set his sights on me. Now, it's up to me to decide.

And I'm thinking fast, weighing the pros and cons in my heart.

If I must destroy a family now, there is no problem in terms of status, it is a family that betrays the alliance and invades first; In terms of strength, it can also be done, almost all the retainers in the assessment room will follow me, and the rest of the opponents will definitely not be able to stop my military momentum. However, the Iyo Saionji family and the Kono family next door have long been hostile to the Ichijo family, and behind them is Kobayakawa Takakei, one of the two rivers of Maori, and the reason why the Ichijo family can still hold on is thanks to the assistance of the Otomo family. If I directly annex the Ichijo family, I will also have to deal with Iyo's invasion, and the Otomo family's assistance will be gone, and I will even have to face a Ichijo Kaneji counterattack supported by the Otomo family. In that case, my energy and military strength will be involved here, and I will have to face the robbery of the Changzong family in the west.

If you support thousands of generations, Otomo shouldn't turn his face. They married the Ichijo family in the hope that the Ichijo family would contain Kobayakawa Takakei in Iyo, so that the Mori family would reduce their investment in Kitakyushu and facilitate their own struggle for hegemony in Kitakyushu. A few years ago, the Ichijo family had just been defeated by Kobayakawa Takakei in Iyo, and the Otomo family immediately defeated Mori Motojo in Kitakyushu Tatarahama, killing more than 3,500 people. As long as I can keep the name of the Ichijo family and partially contain Takashi Kobayakawa, I may be able to get in touch with the Otomo family...... Thinking of this, I made a decision.

"Ladies and ......gentlemen," I said slowly, instantly drawing all eyes in the room.

"Like all of you, I am deeply saddened by the death of the Toi Soldier. Lieutenant General Zuo killed the virtuous ministers and betrayed the alliance for no reason, and he was indeed a man of no way, so the exile of Hanyu, Weisong, and Anhe did not violate the righteousness of being a samurai. I said slowly.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for speaking up!" Hanyu, Weimatsu, and Yasuchi leaned down together to thank them.

"However, Fukiji-sama has a point," I continued, "and the Tosa Ichijo family is a truly famous family, and the previous heads of the family have been conscientious in resisting the invasion of Iyo, which has contributed greatly to the peace of Tosa Ichi. "Zhou Yi" has a saying: 'The house of goodness, there must be afterglow'. Now that Lieutenant General Zuo has retired, I am willing to do this good retribution, no longer pursue the betrayal of the alliance, and keep the name of a family. ”

Hearing these words, Fuji Xing excitedly bowed to the ground: "Awaji Hall is a real person of great virtue!" And very knowledgeable, really admirable! ”

"Then, it's up to me to hold the Yuan Costume Ceremony for Wan Qianyo in advance!" I smiled and nodded to Hanyu, Weimatsu, Yasuma, and Fujiko Shikichi, "Since Lord Genyasuma is following Lieutenant General Zuo, I hope that the four of them can replace Yasumasa and assist the new head of the family in handling political affairs." In addition, how about this Yuan Costume Ceremony, how about you take on the shaving and dressing of thousands of generations? ”

"I'll wait." The four of them received their orders together.

Two days later, as a black hat pro, I held a crowning ceremony for thousands of generations. Manchiyo changed his name to Ichijo Keibo, and became the sixth head of the Tosa Ichijo family, with Shikichi, Hanyu, Weimatsu, and Yasuko as assistants, and I also added my representative in Tosa, Kishira Kinsada, and Ichijo Keibo's brother-in-law, Tsuno Takatsu. Among them, Fujiji Fuji Xing and Tsuno Dingkatsu served as the aftermath at the same time, responsible for teaching a Jingfang, Shikiji Fujixing's righteousness can be trusted, and Tsuno Dingsheng is Jingfang's closest relative. Together, Kira and Yusanori Matsu served as military representatives, responsible for fending off invasions from the northern Iyo Province and possible from the east.

In addition, I also restored the reputation of Doi Soshan, but unfortunately he had no heirs, and the confiscated land was not inherited, so he could only be given to the four of them as a reward for assisting in a view house. At the same time, 9,000 kan was contributed by Ichijo Jingfang and distributed to the three families of Satake, Ike, and Tsuno in Takaoka County to compensate for the losses in their territory.

After doing this, it was already November, and I disbanded the forces of the Takaoka and Ogawa clans, and led the headquarters back to Kira Castle.

(To be continued)