"Like my father, how easy is it to plan the overall situation? I think there are many things that are not as good as my father, such as ......"

Takeda Katsuyori sighed, put the chess pieces in his hand into the chess box, and said, "Lord Yidesai, you told me yesterday, brother...... My brother's wife, who was many months pregnant, said ......"

When Katsuyori Takeda said this, he stopped.

Li Xiao has understood the meaning of Takeda Katsuyori's words, Sanada Yutaka, the old fox, must have persuaded Takeda Katsuyori to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and get rid of Takeda Yoshinobu's unborn son or daughter, so as to avoid future troubles.

Sanada Yutaka's consideration is not unreasonable, you must know that although Takeda Yoshinobu is losing power at the moment, Takeda Shingen still has no grandchildren.

As the heir to the family governor, the grandson is also very important, if the wife of Takeda Yoshinobu gives birth to a baby boy.

Then this baby boy also has a chance to inherit the Takeda family, which is likely to endanger Takeda Katsuyori to inherit the Takeda family.

"Li Xiao, what do you mean?" Katsuyori Takeda asked.

Li Xiao understands Takeda Katsuyori's pain at the moment, although Katsuyori's status is admired by thousands of people at the moment, but the same position is not easy to sit in, for him, it is like being flooded and invaded by fire all the time.

Takeda Katsuyori has too many things to do at the moment, and although he doesn't want to do many things, he must also take care of the thoughts of the people below.

Just like when Takeda Shingen wanted to exile his father Takeda Shintora, if it weren't for the encouragement and support of several important family ministers such as Ban Heng and Gan Li, how could Takeda Shingen exile Takeda Shinhu with the strength of Takeda Shingen alone.

Of course, the final charge is still borne by Takeda Shingen alone.

Therefore, any decision made by Takeda Katsuyori now is not to take care of him alone, but to take care of the interests of his subordinates such as Sanada Yutaka, Li Xiao, Hoshina Masanaka, and Dakuma Chaoxiu.

Looking at Takeda Katsuyori looking at himself, he seemed to be expecting Li Xiao that he could give him a decision.

And what Li Xiao wants to consider at this moment is not Takeda Katsuyori's position, but his own position.

Sanada Yutaka is now actually doing the thing of instigating Takeda Katsuyori to kill his own nephew, which is definitely not the idea that a retainer should give to the lord.

And Li Xiao heard that the old fox had officially retired, giving up the position of Sanada family governor to his eldest son, Sanada Nobutsuna, and he retreated behind the scenes and concentrated on assisting Takeda Katsuyori.

In fact, after Takeda Yoshinobu lost power, the Sanada family's political investment was successful.

Sanada Yutaka is now paving the way for the Sanada family in the future and strengthening his influence beside Takeda Katsuyori, and in Li Xiao's opinion, this old fox must not be allowed to be complacent anymore, this time he instigated Takeda Katsuyori to even kill his nephew, and next time he will not kill his father.

Therefore, it is necessary to suppress the momentum of Yutaka Sanada.

Faced with Takeda Katsuyori's inquiry, Li Xiao said directly: "Your Highness, in the position of Lord Sanada, you can say this, but Your Highness can't do this?" ”

Takeda Katsuyori's expression moved, and he asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Li Xiaoyan said: "Lord Sanada, with a heart of planning for His Highness, it is understandable to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but if His Highness wants to get rid of the child in Jinya's belly, can this matter be hidden from the eyes and ears of the lord?" How can that child say that he is also the future nephew of His Royal Highness, killing flesh and blood relatives, in the eyes of the lord, His Royal Highness and His Highness Yixin, who is a rebel, what is the difference? ”

"Even if I hide it from my lord, but this child died strangely, and the retainers are panicking, I am afraid it will be detrimental to His Highness's reputation."

Hearing Li Xiao say this, Takeda Katsuyori suddenly realized and said: "Lord Yidezhai's plan almost misled me and disappointed me, but you can plan for me." ”

Li Xiao smiled slightly when he heard this, in fact, in history, Takeda Yoshinobu's wife gave birth to a girl, so it doesn't matter if the grass is cut and eradicated.

Li Xiao nodded and said: "Your Highness, although His Royal Highness Yixin is gone now, the lord still has not officially passed on his son-in-law to His Highness, for example, those who can inherit the throne, as well as Xueshan, Renke and other His Highnesses, His Highness is not without other competitors now, so at this time, His Highness has to be more cautious than before." Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, how many talented people in this world, when the great cause is about to be accomplished, but they are self-lax, and in the end they fall short. ”

"Therefore, my highness should not think that now that the great enemy is gone, you can act without care, but be more cautious than before. The more this is the case, the more it will make the retainers feel that His Royal Highness has a long-term vision, and is not confined to the inheritance of the governor of his own family. ”

It must be admitted that Takeda Katsuyori has done a very good job in accepting advice with an open mind, at least he has always been absolutely obedient to Li Xiao's words.

Takeda Katsuyori said: "You're right, I've really been a little careless and lax in the past few days, and I almost made a mistake, and now I'm in a cold sweat, and I ask my husband to teach me how to act in the future?" ”

Mr.'s words were called by Takeda Katsuyori when Li Xiao was a spear teacher at Takeda Katsuyori.

At present, the power status of the two has undergone many changes compared with the past, and it is no longer appropriate to use this title.

Today, Takeda Katsuyori mentions this title again, obviously taking Li Xiao as his teacher, hoping that he can give advice for himself.

Li Xiao saw that Takeda was very sincere, nodded and said: "Your Highness, don't say that, temporary carelessness and laxity are also human nature, and you should be vigilant in the future." Since His Highness asked, then I will help His Highness share one or two worries. In the present situation, if His Royal Highness wants to successfully inherit the position of Takeda Family Governor, he must first do these three things, so that he is almost nine times out of ten. ”

"What three things?"

"First of all, His Royal Highness should marry the Oda family as soon as possible, in addition to introducing the Oda family as foreign aid, and then strive to give birth to the eldest grandson of the lord. With the eldest grandson here, Your Highness, your power in the Takeda family is a higher level, and the lord sees that His Royal Highness has a successor, and he will definitely say to His Highness in his heart that he will inherit the position of family governor, adding a heavy weight. ”

Takeda Katsuyori nodded, Li Xiaozhi's words were exactly in line with the meaning in his heart, to establish that the son-in-law inherited the family governor, not to look at one generation, but to look at the second and third generations. Li Xiao's opinion was indeed a strategy planned for him.

"Second, although His Royal Highness Yoshinobu has lost power at the moment, after this political dispute, the retainers of this family still have more or less openly and covertly supported or attached to His Highness Yoshinobu's side. They may be worried that His Royal Highness will take care of this matter and retaliate against him. If this point is not handled properly, it will become an obstacle to His Highness's ascension, and in case His Royal Highness succeeds to the governor of his own family, this is also a danger of instability. ”

Takeda Katsuyori patted his thigh and said: "Yes, my brother was made a son-in-law by his father early, and he was quite popular in the family before, so how to make the retainers who supported my brother before turn to support me is indeed a difficult place." So what should I do? ”

Li Xiaoyan said: "It's very simple, at this time, His Royal Highness should be gentle with these retainers. You don't need to do this to everyone, this will only reduce your value rashly, Your Highness only needs to think about who was on the side of His Highness Yoshishin, who had the most hatred against His Highness, and said that he was against His Highness, and then tolerated this person. ”

Takeda Katsuyori suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "Don't think about it, it's the two of them, Mitsuken Nagasaka and Katsuki Jibe, who have been helping my brother against me before." I will not tolerate these two men no matter what. ”

Nagasaka Mitsuken is the father of Gengoro Masakuni Nagasaka, who was killed by Takeda Yoshinobu before, not to mention Katsuko Shibe.

Li Xiao smiled and said, "I'm not asking Your Highness to really tolerate them, just put on a show and make a gesture." Your Highness, do you think that if you even hold the most grudge against Nagasaka Mitsuken and Katsushi Shibe, you have expressed tolerance and acceptance. ”

"And what will those other retainers who were attached to His Highness Yixin before, their disgust in the bottom of His Highness's heart should be far inferior to these two. If His Highness is tolerant of these two of them, why can't he tolerate them, so His Highness is a tolerant king in their hearts. And if His Royal Highness really dislikes these two people, he might as well wait for the position of the Takeda family governor to sit down before disposing of them, these two people still have a purpose for now. ”

After listening to Li Xiao's words, Takeda Katsuyori was indignant for a while, but finally accepted it.

Li Xiao still smiled slightly when he saw Takeda Katsuri's embarrassment.

To put it bluntly, politics is an art of compromising with each other, and if you can't compromise, you have to add your fists and kicks to eradicate the other party, killing 10,000 enemies and losing 3,000 yourself, which is the worst result.

Therefore, it is not uncommon to compromise for the time being, and settle accounts after the autumn when the strength is strong, which is also what a mature monarch must master.

"The third and last thing is naturally that His Highness will take the West Ueno for the lord as soon as possible, and after seizing this half of the country, not only will he have an explanation for the lord, but it will also be of great benefit to expand the power of his own family, and it will be of great benefit for His Highness to take charge of the Takeda family in the future, so this must be done."

After a pause, Li Xiao said again: "At the same time, I will finally give your Highness another suggestion, Your Highness is in this family, although he is excellent in military strategy, but he is inferior in political strategy. As the guardian of the daimyo, the lord of a country, must be both civil and military, if it is heavy on military and light on people's livelihood, it is equivalent to a source of Ze, there will always be a day that will dry up. Therefore, Your Highness may wish to learn from a few members of your own family in this regard, so that the queen can take charge of my Takeda family, so that the lord can rest assured that he will hand over the family business to His Highness. ”

"If Your Highness can listen to Li Xiao's words, then it will be easy to take charge of my Takeda family, and it will be enough to compete with the heroes for the world in the future."

Takeda Katsuyori listened to Li Xiaozhi's words with a solemn face, obviously digesting it carefully.

In the end, Takeda Katsuyori showed joy on his face and sincerely thanked Li Xiao and said: "Mr. Shengyori's words have been written down in everything. ”

Li Xiao laughed when he heard this, and said: "Your Highness can say this, then I, Li Xiao, can rest assured for Your Highness, and after a few days, I can go to Beilu with peace of mind and lay the foundation for my family there." ”

(To be continued)