However, the Imagawa family is not the only choice, for example, the weight of the Sena family is equivalent to the Sekiguchi family, Sekiguchi Qinaga is the second son of the Sena clan, and was passed on to the same clan Sekiguchi clan as an adopted son, as a powerful family of Imagawa Yoshimoto, his brother Sena Shunya, from the Ie-Imagawa family, the Horikoshi clan, if it is replaced by the daughter of the Horikoshi family, it will be worse, and Sekiguchi Qinaga is not willing to say more.

Yamamoto Shixing thought for a moment, and then said with a little understanding: "So it can only be a retainer, and it can't be a high-ranking retainer of the genealogy, it's hard to guarantee that you won't hear the news in the future, once it is leaked out by this family, won't His Highness Sekiguchi be even more embarrassed?" At that time, Ling Yuan and her future husband will also feel ashamed! ”

Sekiguchi was frightened by his description, and couldn't help but shudder, "Yes! It will be more troublesome if you are genealogized! ”

"So what's the alternative? Mikawa Province is all the vassals of my Kira family, and Suruga Province is all the retainers of the Imagawa family, and only the people outside of Suruga can choose...... The weak countrymen have lost the identity of the Imagawa family, so how many powerful people are there? It's up to His Highness Sekiguchi to think for himself! ”

"I'm afraid the people of the Three Rivers Country can't!" Sekiguchi Qinyong quickly glanced at the expressions of the two, and then said: "There are a few powerful people in Yuanjiang, but they are just women of the right age...... Hey! There really is such a one! ”

Sekiguchi Qinyong suddenly came to his senses and said: "Ii Naomori of Iiya Valley in the distant river has no children, and there is a female named Master Jiro who is the same age as His Royal Highness Sakamoto, if I remember correctly, it should be the twelfth year of astronomy, and the age must be no problem!" It's just that this Jing Yi Naomori has never had a child, so he has the intention of passing on the family business to his daughter. The young name 'Jiro' in the form of a family governor was added to his daughter's body. And the Jing family has always been suspicious of my father-in-law. I'm really not sure how to convince the main hall! ”

Sekiguchi Qinei looked at the two eagerly, but Kira Yoshitoki looked uninterested, and Yamamoto Kansuke had to continue to say when he saw that it was not good: "Speaking of which, my Kira family also feels that His Royal Highness Sekiguchi has repeatedly worked hard to go to Luo, and it is very unfair to go back and be punished because the mission is not done, this Taoist ideal must be understood by His Royal Highness Sekito!" ”

"His Royal Highness Sakamoto's kindness, I will always remember it!"

Yamamoto Tokiyuki immediately clapped his head and said: "Since His Royal Highness Sekiguchi mentioned this Jiro Master of the Ii family, then choose her!" His Royal Highness Imagawa Jibu will definitely have a way to move, and as for the lord of Iiya, he will definitely understand Imagawa Jibu's painstaking efforts, and it is not a problem to have no heir. Adopting one from one of the sects is, what does His Highness Sekiguchi think? ”

"I see! Jing Yi Naomori does have a few younger brothers, among which the oldest Kameno Cheng has been living in Shinano, two years ago, the Yuan Fu was named Jing Yi Nao, as long as he persuaded Jing Yi Naomori to adopt him as an adopted son, there should be no problem! Sekiguchi Qinyong thought about it, and there was no better way to agree.

No one cared about the next chat, and if there was something in his heart, he left in a hurry, and the two of them in the room were still thinking, and after a while, Yamamoto Tokiyuki said: "The lord of this Iiya, Ii Naomori, also knows that his ancestor Ii Naohei once formed an alliance with the Okochi clan of the Toe clan and the Tajima Shou family to fight against the Imagawa clan, and was surrendered in the tenth year of Yongzheng. Subsequently, Ii Naohei was forced to retire, and his son Ii Naomune transferred to the Imagawa family. It has been under suspicion for 40 years. ”

Kira Yoshishi pondered: "Well, but Ma Shoudian also told his family some old things about the Yuanjiang Kingdom!" In the thirteenth year of astronomy, Imagawa Yoshimoto sent into the Ii family and the power of Ono Michi Takajin slandered the Ii family to rebel, so Ii Naomune's younger brother Naomitsu, Naoyoshi was called to the Sunfu to be executed, two years later, Ii Naomune in order to save his reputation and trust, died in battle under Mikawa Tawara Castle. ”

A few years ago, Ono Michigao died of illness, and his son Ono Michiyo became the elder of the Iyi family, the son-in-law of Ii Naomune, and the current family governor Ii Naomori was able to return to the ranks of the Imagawa family's retainers, but this family has not been favored, and the status of the Imagawa family is also very unstable."

"Well, speaking of which, Naohei is still alive now! It is a miracle that the three sons of the old governor have passed away one after another, and that he is still in good spirits after being free from illness and disaster in his seventies. ”

"The misfortune of the Jing family may be related to the fact that this old family governor has lived too long." Yamamoto said mercilessly.

Yamamoto Tokiyuki sighed and said: "Marrying the adopted daughter of the Imagawa family is indeed a good way, it depends on how big Sekiguchi Qinei's ability is...... The old minister retires! ”

"Hmmm! The master has worked hard! Pay more attention to your body! Kira Yoshishi watched him leave with a smile on his face, and pondered a little: "What a good Ii family, Master Ii Jiro is a daughter?" Isn't that Naotoko Ii? Things are getting more and more interesting! ”

At the evaluation meeting in early February, Hosokawa Fujitaka made a proposal: "I respectfully ask the owner of the museum to issue a recruitment order!" ”

"Recruitment order? What is it? Meritocracy? ”

"Because of the expansion of Shinmachi, there are not enough ronins to recruit to maintain law and order, so I'll discuss and draft a plan for the owner to see!"

I took a small note and saw that it was written in cursive script: "All talented and virtuous people are not limited to their backgrounds, regardless of their past, they are hired with a lot of money." ”

"Cut, what did I think...... Just do what you say! ”

He didn't expect this paper recruitment order to bring a lot of turmoil to the Kinai, for a time in the Kinai looking for a good opportunity of the ronin, have defected to the Kira family, hoping to find a good background through the selection, for the rush to the various wanderers, the attitude of the Kira family is to raise the virtuous and not avoid family enemies, as long as the widows in the opposition are hired with high salaries, anyway, the rules are set, who is the recommender who will be responsible, and every three months an assessment system, and in strict accordance with the high talent reuse, mediocre demote, inferior refusal to use the standard implementation.

All the ronin samurai are divided into various positions for the first time according to their past experience and ability, and they are really assigned to the ronin samurai regiment if they have no special talents, anyway, this kind of thing has been done by all the major names, such as the predecessor of Takeda Chibei, which is very active at this time, and the Red Reserve Army is a ronin samurai regiment, and the combat power is quite good.

In mid-February, Sakamoto Castle is located in the Ohiro room. Kira Yoshitoki. Tokiyuki Yamamoto. While Hosokawa Fujitaka was sitting upright, two young people kneeling opposite him, and the older one of them knelt down excitedly and said loudly: "I, Numata Hiramitsu, will do my best to be loyal to His Highness Sakamoto!" ”

"I, Yumitsu Numata, will definitely serve His Highness Sakamoto," another boy of fifteen or sixteen years old also knelt down with his brother.

"Hehe, the two of you will be members of my Kira family from now on, and you don't have to be too formalized in the future!" Kira Yoshishi soothed a few words, and then asked seemingly casually, "What are your ambitions?" I'm not talking about ambition, I'm talking about ambition. A singer, a tea man, or a sword man or something. ”

"I want to be a fierce general!" Numata Hiramitsu replied loudly, "A brave man like Gun Hanzo!" ”

Kira Yoshitoki was relieved: "Not bad! My Kira family needs a fierce general, so let's ask Gun Hanzo for advice in the future! ”

Numata Yumitsu hesitated for a moment before he said sullenly, "I...... I want to be a commissioner. ”

"Pursued?" Kira Yoshishi was a little surprised and asked, "Are you going to be a commissioner?" ”

“…… Be! Numata Yumitsu avoided his brother's cowardly gaze and replied in a low voice, "It's the military commission...... I want to imagine Yamamoto Sadomori-sama as a strategizing military officer. ”

"Hehe, it seems that the old decay is also thin and famous!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki looked at the somewhat cowardly Numata Yumitsu with a smile, and turned to Kira Yoshitoki and said, "Congratulations to the hall master, on adding two more generals!" ”

Ji Liang Yishi waved his fan and nodded at the two of them with a smile, but he was secretly relieved in his heart, "Whew...... Luckily, this guy is okay. My ideal is to pursue internal affairs like Hosokawa Fujitaka. ”

But looking at the performance of the two brothers who were strong and weak, they couldn't help but shake their heads secretly. "This is the legendary famous military advisor who crisscrossed the Northeast? It's incredible. ”

"The two Numata halls can go down and rest!"

"Yes!" The two of them bowed their heads again before they got up and left.

Seeing that the two of them gradually walked away, he turned to Hosokawa Fujitaka and said: "Hosokawa Hall's relatives seem to be good, and if there are any good relatives in the future, please recommend them to this family!" ”

"Well, there are only so many relatives in the family, and the status of the subordinates in the Hosokawa family is insufficient, so they can only rely on Jiayue more, and speaking of which, Jiayue's life is also very difficult, so I still have to help with what I can." Hosokawa Fujitaka said with a wry smile.

"Speaking of which, Numata Uenosuke is also a member of the Shogunate, so why don't you send your son to the Shogunate?"

"This ...... In fact, there are two main rooms before and after the family are the Genthrin and the mother-in-law, the Genthrin died fifteen years ago, is the daughter of the former Wakasa guardian Takeda Motomitsu, the children of the Gentherine have already married, and they are all with the shogunate, Echizen only power retainers, and has always been at odds with the mother-in-law. Speaking of this, Hosokawa Fujitaka showed bitterness on his face.

"Since my mother-in-law married my mother-in-law, she was complained by my family because she gave birth to seven daughters in succession, and Kumagawa Castle was controlled by several sons of the Gent Shrine, so life was extremely difficult." Hosokawa Fujitaka finally found the object of complaint, and shook off the Kumagawa Numata clan's family like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

The Wakasa Kumagawa Numata clan is a branch of the Numata clan of Ueno Numata Castle, and their ancestors were the head of the Kumagawa region of Wakasa Province as early as the Kamakura period when Minamoto Yorishio was in power, and it is considered a wealthy family with deep roots in the fallen leaves here for more than 300 years, and this family has been up and down for more than 300 years, relying on the shogunate to survive tenaciously in the already small territory of Wakasa Province as a public.

This kind of small wealthy clan has its own way of survival, on the one hand, they serve the shoguns of the shogunate in exchange for the privileges of guarding the envoys and taxes, and on the other hand, they also marry the local people and powerful wealthy families of neighboring countries to strengthen themselves, such as Numata Hikaru married Wakasa to protect Takeda Motomitsu's daughter Enjiin, and had four sons with her, five daughters in total, a total of nine people.

The eldest son, Numata Shinzaemon Toyocho, was born in the seventeenth year of Eisho, married the daughter of his uncle Takeda Nobutoyo, and gave birth to a son-in-law in the ninth year of Astronomy, two years ago Numata Mitsunaga had inherited the position of the family governor of the Kumagawa Numata family, and inherited his father's name of Uenosuke, and also held the greatest power in the family.

The eldest daughter married Arakawa Jibu Shaofu Harunobu as the main room, Arakawa Harunobu is a distant relative of the Hosokawa family, although the family is low, but it is also a close minister of the public side, and their family is the Ashikaga shogun's family "Fanzhong", although the strength is not strong, but the influence of connections in the shogunate should not be underestimated.

The second son, Numata Yajiro Toyokane, was born in the fourth year of Oei, and married the daughter of Asakura Keiki, a member of the Echizen Asakura family, Asakura Keiki was the adopted son of the famous Asakura Sote, and succeeded to the post of Echizen Tsuruga County Commander, and was one of the most powerful people in the Asakura family of the same name, and had a strong strength equal to his brother Toyonaga in the Numata family.

The second sister is married to Ikawa Higo Shonobu Ken as the main room, Yorikawa Shinken, also known as Ikawa Shinken, is the same shogunate as the Numata family, and of course is also a colleague of Hosokawa Fujitaka, and at the same time a powerful countryman of Settsu Province.

The third sister married the second son of the Maeba family, the Genealogy of the Echizen Asakura family, Keitsugu of the Maeba family, although the reputation of the Maeba Keitsugu was not obvious at this time, but he had a father Maeba Keisei who had served as the shogunate's shin for Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and there was a powerful brother who served as the head of the pen among the direct ministers of the Asakura clan, and his future status should not be underestimated.

The fourth sister married the Yamazaki Yoshishi family, and the fifth sister married Uozumi Keigu, both of whom were also powerful retainers of the Echizen country, not only the important ministers of the Asakura family, but also held a lot of military power, even if they could not represent their husbands, it was enough to make people with bad intentions retreat.

The third male Numata can be relieved by the guard captain Mitsukiyo, the age is much younger, he was born in the fourth year of astronomy, married the youngest daughter of the Omi wealthy family Ixiang County Hao family Iguchi Echizen Mamoru Yuan to be the main room, the eldest daughter of the Iguchi Tsukito Omichi is the main room of Asai Hisamasa, so Numata Mitsukiyo has also become Asai Hisasa's brother-in-law, so even if he is more than a cut below the two brothers in the family regardless of age, status or influence, but with the support of his father-in-law and brother-in-law, he can still be invincible.

The fourth man, Numata Gonsuke Motoko, was born in the sixth year of astronomy, and at the beginning of this year, he married the daughter of the head of the Isshiki Shikibu family, Isshiki Haruko, as the main room, even if he has the weakest foundation, he can still borrow the solid position of the Isshiki family in the shogunate, and at the beginning of this year, he became a shogunate public, even if he can't stay at home in the future, he can go to the shogunate to serve the public.

The above four men and four women are Numata Hikaru and the first lady of the main room, the children of the late Enjiin, if it were not for the death of a difficult childbirth when giving birth to his youngest son, Numata Gonnosuke, there may not be a singing and crying story between Hosokawa Fujitaka and his wife. (To be continued......)

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