The retainers of the Edo Imperial Palace, the Tokiyo Imperial Palace, sat in the large hall, and there were no less than 500 good samurai sitting in the three camps of the east, west, and south, each of which was a well-known samurai in the Kanto region.

As is customary, the whole morning is devoted to discussing the day-to-day affairs of the government, and after noon, it turns to political discussions, and Hosokawa Fujitaka, the chief of the Imperial Judgment Council, said: "According to the latest information, the Takeda family should fight a major battle in Mikawa Province in the near future, which is the first large-scale operation against Mikawa Province since the seventh year of Eiroku, and may cause greater turmoil in Tokaido." ”

Sanada Yutaka smiled: "Takeda Daizen's recent actions are indeed not small, since March last year, the Mikawa Province has become more and more frequent, Suzuki, Tominaga, Shiraku, Suganuma, Okuhei Higashi Mikawa people have surrendered one after another, the central countrymen Matsudaira Ieji, Matsudaira Masahisa, Sakai Tadashi switched to the camp under the Takeda family's strategy, and the Oda family's dominance over Mikawa Province has gradually weakened, it seems that Takeda Daizen is determined to unify Mikawa Province and lay an opportunity for the revival of the Kai Takeda clan. ”

When it comes to the familiarity with Takeda Shingen, the samurai here are probably not more authoritative than Sanada Yukitaka, Shinano's aura of the first wise general is by no means boastful, and the achievements made in the Takeda family as a general for more than ten years are enough to dazzle the eyes of many people, since joining the Kanto Ashikaga family, he has been crisscrossing Kanto Oshu, and his prestige is only under Uesugi Kenshin and Yamamoto Tokiyuki, and gradually has the capital to compete with Hojo Shiyasu and Takeda Shingenichi.

"Somehow, I thought it was funny when I heard Takeda Daizen tease Mikawa, and I guess the Samurai of Mikawa here understand this feeling!" Kitabatake's eyes narrowed, as if thinking about something interesting. Time flies, the dashing boy of the past has transformed into a handsome man over thirty years old. The confident and chic temperament between Gu Pan is memorable. There are often little surnames with admiration in their hearts, casting infatuated eyes.

Since the death of Kitada Gujiao and Kitada Gufang, there is only one widow left in the Ise Kitabatake family, and the whereabouts of Ashikaga Yoshitoki took the opportunity to apply to the imperial court for the current governor of the Nangang Kitabatake family to inherit the title of the leader of the Kitabatake family.

Ben was angry with a few poor relatives in Mikawa's hometown, and snorted with a cold face: "One of my family members in the family is old-fashioned, and the other is loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and I don't care how many rebellious things that stupid man has done over the years. It's hopelessly stupid! ”

Matsudaira Ieyasu still stubbornly changed his name to Tokugawa Ieyasu, to the point that it was not the Tokugawa clan, a branch of the Nitta clan, a branch of the Kawachi Genji Yoshikokury, but the Tokugawa clan, an unknown tributary of the Fujiwara North family.

Before the Muromachi shogunate was finished, it was very dangerous to take the tributaries of the Kawachi Genji clan and the Nitta clan, and the Nitta clan had the Nitta clan in Echigo, the Yura Nari Shigeru of the Kamiwamatsu clan in Ueno, the Yamana clan in the western country, the Kanto Haku Arisato clan, and the Odate clan in Kinai all had serious genealogies and detailed information, and he was not allowed to force an unwarranted ancestor.

In the eyes of Hondato, the Honda clan is completely hopeless, Honda Heihachiro Tadatsu, Hondahiko Saburo Hirotaka, Honda Saemon Shigeji, Honda Higachiro Tadaji, and Heihachiro's own uncle Honda Higo Mori Tadashi, plus a group of Honka's small characters dozens of people are all hardcore loyal ministers of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

And it's brainless loyalty. Just recognize the name of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Matsudaira Tokugawa family, and the others don't care about him at all, whether it's Kawachi Genji or the shogunate. It doesn't matter if he is ordered by the shogunate to make a crusade, he is so stupid and loyal that he is admired by those who smell and admire, but Honda is not very happy.

Not only the Honto family has this situation, but Shiraku Sadatsu, Suzuki Shigeji and others also showed helpless expressions, since they left the Mikawa country, it is equivalent to a separate family, and their influence on the clan has gradually decreased with the washing of time, if it weren't for the prosperity of the Kanto clan in the past ten years, maybe they would have been forgotten in the corner by the clan long ago.

Saito Asanobu plucked out his ears and suddenly laughed: "Are we still worried that those people in Mikawa don't know the current affairs?" Probably a single edict can make Oda Kamisuke and Takeda Daizen's efforts in vain, and they will be unconvinced and fight to level those bastards. ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka disagrees with him: "The point is what if we can't leave Kanto? His Royal Highness is not fake, ordinary martial artists do not abide by the law, the Lord is now the Kanto Gongfang ordered Bandong 100,000 soldiers to shock the world, every word and deed is another world to look at, at this time, you must not be a corner of the benefit of more than ten years of accumulated prestige! ”

Ashikaga Zhenomaru, who attended the meeting, listened curiously to the conversation of the old man of the spectrum family, his uncle Uesugi Kenshin always held a rosary and did not say a word, his assistant Sanada Yukitaka was secretive, the academic teacher Nankobo Amami smiled and did not speak, and the less common assistant Yamamoto Michiki was even exempted from attending the meeting.

It is said that he traveled to the famous mountains and rivers every day to teach his adopted son Yamamoto Heitaro, and Heitaro occasionally came to the imperial palace to accompany him to learn knowledge, his father Numata Yumitsu is not only the guardian of Kaga Bankoku, but also a high disciple under the Yamamoto Road Ghost Sect, as a son-in-law was passed to the Yamamoto family to inherit the clan, and then the Yamamoto family will change from the Seiwa Genji Manmasa Yoshino clan to the Banto Hachihei clan Miura Party Numata clan, fortunately, the family crests of the two families are also very similar, the Yamamoto family is the left sanba pattern, the Numata family is the right Sanba pattern, and it is convenient to change it.

Ashikaga Zhenomaru didn't quite understand the meaning of the argument, and said in a crisp childish voice: "Uncle said that Mikawa Country is the hometown of the rise of the Ashikaga family, and my Ashikaga family has lived in Mikawa Country for generations since Kamakura. Do you dare to try my Genji sword? ”

The important ministers of the spectrum were stunned by the words of the young master, but when they heard Ashikaga Yoshitoki, he took out a folding fan and knocked on the tatami mats, and laughed: "Good sentence, dare to test whether my Genji sword is sharp, this is my Kirin'er!" ”

The ministers leaned over and showed a look of surprise, but Uesugi Kenshin shrewdly praised: "The young hall is brave and resolute, and it is quite the courage of the warriors of Genpei. This is the blessing of my Kanto region and the blessing of the shogunate! ”

Ashikaga Yoshitoki stroked the little head of Ashikaga Zhenomaru. He lovingly said, "Courage is the virtue of a samurai." But we must remember that the way to govern the world lies in Huai Rou, those who are too rigid are easy to break, those who are good and soft are undefeated, the good is like water, the water is good for all things without fighting, and the evil of all people is the virtue of humility! There is no weakest thing in the world than water, but it is as weak as water but can drip through stones. It can be seen that the virtue of water is the closest to the road of governing the world, and the road of grandeur is invincible, and water is also invincible. ”

The high virtue of water lies in the weakness and indisputability, but it can affect the flow of the avenue, the ruler should not care about the momentary gains and losses, and when he does not know how to deal with it, he must learn the behavior of the water, such as the water flowing to the low place is not a momentary benefit, but it can quietly flow to the land of the eight directions to nourish all things and wash the filth, when it is quiet, it is like ten miles of Pinghu Ancient Well without waves and unfathomable, when it is angry, it is like a wave of thousands of miles of waves swept in, and the wrath of Shenwei shocks the people for thousands of miles. This is the way of kings.

Ashikaga Zhenomaru nodded ignorantly, and gradually recalled the earnest teachings of the teachers from his father's teachings. Each of the samurai who brought together the essence of millions of people in the eastern country possessed extraordinary wisdom, and in such a privileged educational environment, they subtly influenced the values of young children.

After educating his sister-in-law for a few words, he said: "The Takeda family wants to seize the land of Mikawa and one country, and if Takeda Dashan wants to fight, let him fight it, and give the Oda family a lesson, so that my in-law ally Oda Kamisuke knows that there is no good end for disobeying the family, thinking that this Mikawa country is so easy to take, then let him know that he should be careful of indigestion when taking Mikawa country." ”

The monthly assessment was held until the evening before it ended in a hurry, Ashikaga Zhenomaru left early in the afternoon and the course was still there, and only a few dozen important ministers remained until the evening, and Ashikaga Yoshitoki left the pedigree for the important ministers to have dinner in the side hall, and then held a secret meeting in the quiet room of the permanent palace, this kind of similar closed-door meeting to discuss some important matters that should not be widely publicized, and it is inevitable to make a summary after the general evaluation meeting.

Hosokawa Fujitaka was worried, and lamented: "His Royal Highness Mingjian, now that the chaos in Kyoto is gradually growing, the people of Li are uneasy and the business is turbulent, and there is a run on gold coupons in the houses of Kyoto, Sakamoto, and Sakai Town. ”

"What the military department hall said is very true, it is not known whether there is a dispute within the Miyoshi family, but the intention to support the new general is becoming more and more obvious, and if the situation develops, no matter what the decision of the general's highness is, it will inevitably cause a monstrous disaster......" Hondo smiled with a treacherous expression, and his eyes flashed with a brilliant light, as if some unsightly plan was brewing.

Kitabatake pondered for a moment with one hand on his cheek and said, "It is reported that as early as the commotion in Kyoto, there was an intention to abolish the shogun in the Miyoshi family, if it weren't for the fact that Miyoshi Nagakei still had a conscience and reason under the wrath of Miyoshi Nagakei, presumably His Royal Highness the General of the Nijo Imperial Palace would have taken refuge in Higashikari Sakamoto......"

Hojo Tokimasa's expression moved, and he pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Now that Miyoshi has died of illness, the young master of the Miyoshi family is difficult to convince the public, and the family genealogy has gradually abolished the general to revitalize the ambition, what impact does it have on my Kanto Ashikaga family?" ”

The ministers either sighed or laughed without saying a word, but only the royal companion Takeda Shintora suddenly opened his tiger eyes, staring at Ashikaga Yoshishi with blazing eyes, and said, "His Royal Highness wants to fight for succession?" Want to complete the 200-year-old ambition of the Kanto Imperial Palace? Do you want to do something rebellious? ”

Suddenly, the faces of the important ministers present changed continuously, and they looked at this veteran who was over seventy years old with surprise, seeing that this old man who was often silent and in a daze had white hair and gray beard like frost, but the old Long Zhong had a ruddy complexion and clear and bright eyes, as if he was not an old man over seventy, but a brave and fearless battlefield general in his forties.

"Why is this going on!" Toki Yoriyun and Takeda Nobuhu belong to the same royal companionship, both are the famous family governors of the Genji side, and they are both the guardian daimyo of the Muromachi shogunate, and at the same time they were exiled and lost power by the retainers of the spectrum of the family.

Kitabatake's room waved his feather fan and said loudly: "Takeda Jingzhao Hall is serious! Jingzhao Hall was once guarded by Jiafei, when he knew the beginning of the troubled times of the Warring States, he was a strong and powerful warrior who bullied the weak and ran rampant, and abolished the shogunate and disrupted the order of the shogunate with private rights and brought disaster to the country and the people.

And now there is His Royal Highness the public side should rise in troubled times, this is the gate of Genji Zhengshuo, the family is distinguished and noble and admired by the world, not to the young and weak willing to take risks for the shogunate, at the end of the astronomy into Kyoto to sweep away the demons and evils, and then ordered to the Echigo to rebel and pacify the group of murderers, more than ten years into the Kanto, attack Yuao, march thousands of miles to fight in all directions, vertical and horizontal invincible, to the place of the heroes bowed their heads, Shishu support, try to ask the modern samurai can be compared to the call? ”

Takeda Nobuhu was silent, Toki Yoriyun was stunned, Hojo Shiyasu was thoughtful, Uesugi Kenshin smiled happily, Sanada Yutaka nodded his head, Hojo Tokimasa was shocked, Satake Yoshishige bowed his head in awe, and the ministers looked at Ashikaga Yoshishi with admiration or reverence, as they saw it, they were as chic and free as they saw it.

Hojo's Yasutsui exclaimed, "This is the world's number one hero!" ”

This is not the end, Kitabatake refuge: "His Royal Highness the Lord of the Holy Wisdom! In the barren suburbs of Musashi, the Thousand Town Mansion moved to live in the people, but in a few spring and autumn years, it was not easy to set up a prosperous foundation for a hundred years, and the pearl of Kanto that could not be erased by time, the heyday of the samurai of the Eastern Kingdom was fascinated by the whole family, so the atmosphere of the Kanto East changed accordingly.

Since then, the law has been respectful and humble, and the rewards and punishments are clear and graceful, but in a few years, it has made up to the Kanto samurai, down to the townspeople and farmers to be convinced and awe-inspiring, so that the wind and rain are smooth and prosperous for several years, so far there is gradually a trend of prosperity and governance. The troubled times are gradually rising, and the general is in danger of suffering, why can't His Royal Highness sit on the throne with 100,000 tigers? ”

This murderous rhetoric, like a crusade against the Quartet, shocked the samurai trembled and suddenly realized, and then looked at Ashikaga Yoshishi's eyes were erratic, as early as many years ago, many genealogy retainers were vaguely aware of Ashikaga Yoshito's ambition was extraordinary, and raised his family to the Kanto Ashikaga family to further determine the burning ambition.

When the Imperial Religion was being recited in Edo Castle, winter thunder fell from the sky and shook all directions, more like the gods and Buddhas were announcing to the world the irreversible destiny of heaven. (To be continued......)

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