Chapter 15: The Decline of Ida
Iyuanzhe glanced to the side and saw Matsumae Sakurahime peeking with one eye exposed, he smiled at her, Matsumae Sakurahime was so frightened by his sudden look that he immediately closed the crack of the door. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Seeing this, Iyuanzhe shook his head, and then Matsumaezawa thought for a moment and said, "My lord, there is something to tell you below!" ”
"Please!"
"We're coming all the way from the south of Mutsu, and the Soma Daizen and Date families are in tension in the south, and the Date family and the Soma clan have become irretrievable. The Date family has been greatly damaged since the 'Father-Son Rebellion', and is currently unable to suppress Ashina, Soma, etc., and this year's civil strife has stopped under the orders of the Shogun, and Harumune has succeeded him as the family governor. Ida and the others broke away from the Date family, and the younger brother of the Osaki clan Harune, who was not far from the adults, was defeated and fled, and the Date family is currently in a hurry...... "After listening to Matsumae Zegao's words, let Igen Tetsu's worries dissipate in the past few days, I will say that the Kurokawa family is destroyed, how can the Date family and other wealthy families be so quiet, the Date family has only gone through such a long period of civil strife, and it is obvious that its strength has been greatly damaged. The merchant was really well-informed, and it seemed that he had to pay more attention to the intelligence side.
"Hmm. Thank you, Brother Matsu. Iyuan Zhe thanked.
Matsumae Zegao didn't expect the other party to meet such courtesy, although the other party is young and sharp, but it is commendable to be able not to pamper it.
may be due to the small age difference, and the two also talk happily. After Iyuanzhe left, the troops also withdrew immediately. The town seems to be back to normal, and the terrible gods don't make beauty.
The sky, which had originally had a glimmer of light, still began to rain lightly, and the water droplets hit the hut and fell like a curtain of water along the slope. Yi Yuanzhe had already left and returned to the museum.
"Brother." Matsumae Sakurahime changed back into her daughter's outfit and gently woke up Matsumae Sawataka who was contemplating.
"Oh~" Matsumae Zegao came back to his senses: "It's a little sister!" ”
"Is there anything on my brother's mind?" Sakurahime could see that Sawataka was thinking.
Matsumaezawa looked out and watched as the police were helping the people pack up their goods, and some were covered in mud and water to help push the wooden carts that had fallen into the mud pit.
"What do you think of this Imotoche?" He asked, still looking outside.
"Huh?" Sakura Hime didn't understand why her brother asked: "The first two **** went out to see the surroundings, and the people were very grateful to the Yiyuan family, presumably he must be a benevolent hall owner." ”
"No, it's not all ......" Matsumae Sawataka turned back to Sakurahime and said, "It's a letter to be able to get the support of the people in such a short time!" The standing army here is training with high morale every day, and it is a momentum! You can't see the samurai raging in the city here, it's righteousness! The army can love the people, and the people can support the army. This young man will definitely not stay in Tsugaru in obscurity in the future. ”
Matsumae Sakurahime pouted, although he didn't hate Yi Yuanzhe, and it seemed that he and his brother also got along, but the world's famous generals are like clouds, who knows if the Yi Yuan family can survive.
"Brother, is he looking too highly of him? Even the little sister knows that the strength of the Iyuan family may not even be as good as the declining Osaki clan. It's just that she didn't know that Yi Yuanzhe had more than a thousand standing reserves, otherwise she would never have said that.
"Huh! Possibly. Matsumae Sawataka shook his head and smiled: "We'll go back in a few days!" ”
As soon as Matsumae Sakurahime heard that she was going back, her eyes showed helplessness, and Sawataka saw it in her eyes, she knew that her sister didn't want to marry into the Soma family. If it weren't for the fact that the Matsumae family had some power in the Higashiyama Road Merchant Inn, maybe my sister would have been invited into the Soma Clan Pavilion a long time ago.
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In 1531, civil strife broke out between the Date family's father and son, Uemune and Harumune, and since most of the powerful families in the entire Mutsu were related to the Date family by marriage, this father-son rebellion spread to the entire Mutsu.
In the seventeenth year of Tenmon, under the mediation of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the seven-year-long father-son rebellion finally subsided, and Harunemu succeeded the fifteenth governor of the Date family. Although the civil strife stopped, the Date family's strength was greatly damaged and they could no longer continue to expand and attack other countries, and Soma and other forces, which were originally on good terms, began to oppose the relationship between the retreat of Uemune and the war, and Date Harumune only changed the expansion to a garrison to defend against the invasion south of Soma.
In order to guard against the Mogami family and rebels, who were gradually expanding in strength, Harunemu moved the castle to Yonezawa Castle.
Yonezawa Castle
In the museum, Date Harumun, who is already thirty years old, has long lost his previous impulses, and the years and children have made him more calm. Five-year-old Hikotaro is playing with puppets without turning his eyes, (this is the future Date Terumune, the husband of Mogami Yoshihime).
Date Harumuni looked at his son, and he also remembered his father when he was a child, but... Now everything is in the past.
"Your Excellency, the Pavilion." A samurai knelt down in the corridor and said, "Tsugaru news has arrived, and the Kurokawa family has been destroyed." ”
"Oh~." Harune frowned slightly, he heard that there was a war in the Tsugaru Kurokawa family, so he sent someone to investigate. Now that the civil strife in the Date family has just ended, and the rebellion of the retainers has not stopped, who is Tsugaru responsible for? "Is it someone from the direction of Dewa?"
"I don't know, I just know that it's an eagle pattern. The current control of Tsugaru is the family called the Igen clan. In addition to the Iyuan family governor, there are three other Iyuan generals, known as the Iyuan Three Tigers. ”
"Alright, let's go down!" Qingzong said slightly tiredly.
"Hey!" The samurai stepped back...... Harune still looked at Hikotaro's serious appearance and fell into deep thought. For now, it's better to put my uncle in various places. When the disturbance is eliminated and the territory is integrated, no matter what the Yiyuan family has, they will have to bow down.
"Ahh Who is scolding me, Iyuanzhe, who returned to the city, touched his nose. The nose was much more comfortable when the sneeze came out just now.
The current territory is too restrictive, as long as you take the three households of the North County, you can go straight to Date County and Yizhi County, although there are only 200,000 stone territory left in the Date family, but if Date Qingzong suddenly convulsions to destroy him, thousands of horses will kill him, he will be enough. Today, Matsumae Sawataka reminded him that while Date was fighting fires everywhere and there were Soma and other wealthy clans to contain him, he would not attack him in a big way, first take the northern gun to control the Tsugaru Strait, and then attack the three households to take the trade stack and build a dock.
"Teng Tang, immediately send someone to call Teng Zheng Teng Xin and Zhongshi Daohou to Hongqian." Yi Yuanzhe said to Teng Tang on the side: "I also immediately send a clever man to Date County and other places to investigate the current situation of Date Family. "He still has to verify the news himself, but anyway, he still has to take North County first.
"Yes, my lord." Teng Tang immediately went down to arrange manpower.
A moment later, two groups of heralds with red flags on their backs galloped across the castle town on horseback, and the light rain continued to fall, and they galloped away completely in spite of the rain. No one dared to step forward to stop the red order flag.
Matsumae Sawataka and Matsumae Sakurahime also saw it, and Sawa's high teacup smiled and said, "This adult is really unusual. ”
"What are they doing in such a hurry?" Sakurahime still looked puzzled.
"I'm afraid that the war between Kita County and Sanhe will start." Zegao then said to his sister: "Let's go back tomorrow, I promised this adult, I will also do it first." ”
"Oh~" Matsumae Sakurahime replied in a whisper, but what did she think...... He smiled and added tea for his brother.
Zegao looked at his sister, who had always been bold, and this smile had a bad premonition: "Don't run around tomorrow." ”
"Got it! Got it! Matsumae Sakurahime agreed.