"Master craftsman ......" Kira Yoshitoki looked at the old man who had just turned sixty this year in surprise, since Yamamoto Tokiyuki gradually faded out of the center, he had not seen this master who treated him like a son for a long time, time flew by in the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, he is no longer the carefree three-foot child, and the energetic one-eyed samurai Yamamoto Kansuke has also become a gray-haired old man.

Yamamoto Shixing said with a smile: "The old minister is already old and almost useless, the only thing that can be done for His Royal Highness is to guard the side of the Ping Domain, in the past few years, there has been a lot more time after leaving the town of Yuezhong, and every day I have been free to write down the history of the past, these years have been written intermittently to the hometown after the first year of Yongro, presumably if I give the old minister two years to write down all the things in the past few years!"

The old minister has long had the intention to go to Kinai to protect the foundation laid by His Royal Highness the princess, and by the way, he also wants to be close to the place where Kyoto is full of humanities, and collect more historical records since the Ming Dynasty for the purpose of writing books. ”

Kira Yoshishi sighed faintly, how could he not know that his master had good intentions for the Ashikaga family, but when he thought of this, he didn't know when he could meet, and he inevitably felt a little melancholy in his heart, and sighed quietly: "History books? The master really plans to write a history book in the style of "My Wife Mirror" and "Taiping Ji"! So...... Yu really shouldn't be obstructed anymore! ”

Yamamoto Tokiyuki is not a new thing in his book, since the family business of the Ashikaga family flourished during the Hongji period, the chief genealogy family elder has gradually faded out and become an invisible person, and the annual assessment almost does not say a word or set a plan. Occasionally, when there is a training task, I often call Takigawa Tokiyoshi, Shima Tokikatsu, Honjo Shiranaga and others as help.

Pingsuri likes to play with some mountain flowers and wild grasses native to Echigo. There are also a few mulberry trees and a vegetable field in the backyard of the house. The vegetable fields are taken care of by the family's small surname, and the old man admits that he doesn't have enough energy just to see the green plants, and there is only one hobby of writing books.

Yoshitoki Kira from Kyoto's countless treasured classics were read by him over and over again, Yamamoto Tokiyuki felt that his energy was not enough, and he specially asked for some quick hands and feet, knew how to read and hyphenation and was clever enough to copy on his behalf, and he himself basically wrote more than 1,000 words a day, and wrote hundreds of thousands of words over time.

Kira Yoshitoki often saw Yamamoto Tokiyuki's letters mentioning where he had written and what kind of historical materials he needed to support him. Kira Yoshitoki immediately arranged for people to find relevant historical materials, not only to ask Kira Yoshitoki to give support, but also to Myokakuji Temple to find the Tiger Ya Zongyi excerpts and discuss historical classics.

With Kira Yoshitoki's strong connections in the imperial court and the shogunate, it was easy to call on the official historical records of the past few decades, and all the documents in the Kyoto collection could be copied and sent to Echigo, except for the inconvenient transcription of the minister's notes.

The accumulation of this information for a long time has made the types of historical materials more and more diverse, so that Yamamoto Shiyuki has the idea of writing a book that far exceeds "My Wife Mirror" and "Taiheiji". Gradually, the information he accessed was slowly advanced from the years of Xianglu he had experienced to the years of Mingxi before he was born. A brief history of each era has thus become a general history of each character in each era.

Kira Yoshishi thought for a while and then said: "The book of the master craftsman takes a long time and the investment is huge, and there is really not much left to do, so I can only let Sakamoto prepare twenty smart and clever young people for the master to drive, but Yu Zhi has a preliminary idea, why not let Yuguang and Master Zongyi also make accounts in different places in the same period, and then summarize and compile a book in the future when the world is peaceful?" ”

"Wouldn't it be inconvenient for Yuguang to go out of Kaga Province now?" Yamamoto hesitated and said, "In addition, Master Tiger Ya Zongyi also holds a position of dedication......

"Master Zongyi has no problem, since the master craftsman plans to go out of the town of Sakamoto, then Yu plans to transfer Nakajo Shixiu of the Jinjiang town guard back to serve as the general of Kaga, Numata Yumitsu is transferred back to Kasuga Mountain Castle to prepare for the south to Kanto, Yuguang mainly records the military records of the march and battle, and Master Zongyi records more of the cultural economy and civil development, and the records they make will be regularly copied and sent to Sakamoto to be compiled by the master craftsman, of course, the master craftsman can also regularly feedback a certain record as a backup." It only took a short time for Kira Yoshitoki to arrange everything, which made Yamamoto Tokiyuki feel quite feasible.

As a result, the topic of the review meeting gradually shifted from discussing the new Triple Alliance in to the history books that Yamamoto was fortunate to record, and soon the young samurai found that there were still records of their names and exploits in this unfinished history book, so they began to boast with great interest, eager to record the heads of some samurai in a certain war, how many miscellaneous soldiers were killed, and what rewards they received.

The evaluation room also suddenly became enthusiastic, so that the atmosphere that had been suppressed for a long time was gradually dispelled, the samurai all wanted to be famous in the history books, and the world is optimistic about the future of the Ashikaga family, and they can show their side in the future historical materials It is absolutely glorious and decent, since the Gendaira era, the name of the samurai family is not supported by historical materials and legends?

"I don't know if the master can think of the name of this history book?"

Yamamoto bowed and saluted, "Not yet, why don't you ask the Lord to give you a name!" ”

"What's your name? "The Tale of the Peace of the Peace" doesn't seem to be very suitable, and the "Warring States Chronicle" is a little too ordinary...... "Kira Yoshitoki had an idea: "Why don't you call it "Ashikaga Taihei"? Anyway, in the past two hundred years, there have been more "Taiping Ji", "Continuation of Taiping Ji" and "Difficult Taiping Ji", and it is not a big problem to have one more. ”

Yamamoto Tokiyuki praised: "The name of "Ashikaga Taihei" is really good, the word Taiping breaks people's desire for peace in the world, and at the same time can be in stark contrast to the dangerous suffering caused by the chaos in the world since the Mingyu coup d'état mentioned in the book. ”

Interrupted by this topic. Kira Yoshitoki also took this opportunity to quickly calm down. It is indeed inappropriate to think about the impulsive decision just now. Changing to Yamamoto to Yuki Omi is the best choice now, not to mention that once he moves the army lightly to intervene in Echizen's affairs, it will cause an unpredictable crisis, and it will not be long before the army leaves the Kanto region, and there will inevitably be chaos.

Don't look at Kira Yoshitoki's extraordinary skills and occupy a great advantage, the suppressed Takeda Shingen shrank in Kai and did not dare to go out of the mountain, and the forced Hojo clan Yasu lived in seclusion in Odawara Castle and did not ask about the world, and the people of all walks of life who held down Izuha Mutsu with his left hand did not dare to move, and with a stretch of his right fist, the famous Kaga had always been crippled, in fact, as long as the army of the Kira family left for three years or two, all this coercion would be lost.

After all, the Kira family is also an emerging force that has just risen for a few years. It is true that the ancient family of the Kira family belongs to the famous dignitaries in the shogunate, but this ancient and prestige is basically not related to the Kanto region, and it can't be related to how the Kira family was in Kanto when the Guanxi disturbed more than two hundred years ago.

The Hojo clan has always endured humiliation and enterprising downwards, and the Takeda family still does not let go despite the huge pressure of the Kira family, as well as the newly surrendered retainers of Yuo, the territory that Kaga has just subjugated is not as stable as imagined. If they hadn't gone through a few years of wind and rain to make these countrymen and lords recognize the facts, it would be impossible for them to mess with the Kira family with one heart.

For example, the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting that has only passed for a long time. It was really lively for the countrymen lords and envoys from all walks of life from several countries to gather together, but in fact, there were always many countrymen lords who found various reasons not to come to the meeting, and those who were willing to go to Kasuga Mountain Castle to receive the rewards were the new genealogies who were closer to the Kira family, and those stubborn guys didn't care about that little favor, and still kept me semi-independent.

For this kind of person, there is no way to look at them coldly, it is impossible to get everyone's support at once, but there will always be a subjective factor of love and hatred, and Ji Liangyi is not the Yongle money that everyone loves, it is impossible for everyone to like and be satisfied, and it is normal not to get the support of some people.

If Kira Yoshitoshi leads his army to Echizen to fight, he will first have to face Kaga Ichijomune, who signed a no-war agreement, and if he wants to cross this threshold, he can only kill him by treachery, but this will have a very serious impact on the credibility of the Kira family, and he will also unite with Ichizakura to betray the Asakura family, and maybe he will have thousands of reasons to defend himself.

But it's only a few days later that I'm going to tear up the treaty and betray the Ichimune in order to fight the Asakura family, which is tantamount to invisibly offending Asakura Yoshikei and Honganji Xianru, which will make the reputation of the Ashikaga family of the famous family of the Genji family fall to the point of the Takeda family who is insulted by him, and the form will also be extremely unfavorable to Kira Yoshitoki, from Kaga to Echizen, Omi, Banyamashiro, and Setzu Izumi and other places are enemies, when will he finish fighting?

Even if he can successfully defeat Kaga Ichishomune and the Asakura family with his strong martial arts, and roll the heads of the people killed by Echizen and cry and cry, but the consequence of taking a shortcut is to make the subsequent attack extremely difficult, and the sensitivity of public opinion and the habit of ideological cleanliness in Kinai are not at all comparable to distant countries, and public opinion in Kinai may not care about the news of the slaughter of Echichu and Kaga Ichimune by Kira Yoshitoki, but they will definitely not let Kira Yoshitoki slaughter Echizen all the way, and then slaughter Omi, Yamashiro and Settsu Izumi.

At that time, the shogunate may jump out to rebuke Kira Yoshitoki's selfishness and cruelty, and withdraw the privilege granted to Kira Yoshitoki, and then he will suddenly fall from the peak of one man and above ten thousand, and his losses will be even twice as great as the loss of the three Omi prefectures, and the consequences are simply unimaginable.

But if you change the way, it will become very slow to fight a little bit, the only way is to fight Tsuruga Port with a naval army, and then unite with Ichizong to attack and eliminate the Asakura family, but there are Miyoshi Asai as allies outside the Asakura family, and it is really a small one to the old one, in case of another attack on the Asai family, maybe it will attract Asai Nagamasa's uncle Saito Yoshiryu.

At that point, it will turn into a chaotic battle in Kinai, and Kira Yoshitoki, as the initiator of all these events, will lose a huge amount of prestige in Kinai, which will have a negative impact on the positive image of his painstaking management in Kinai, and his connections in Kyoto will also change, and perhaps the Biwa House and the monopoly that governs Yodogawa and Lake Biwa may be questioned.

In short, the route of radical and violent walking cannot be chosen, and the route of slow intervention is not very good. Just as he had ever judged. Today's Kinai is a huge swamp quagmire. If you don't have enough strength and luck to get into it easily, it will be difficult to pull it out, and the same Kanto is also a very troublesome big quagmire, he can only choose one of the two quagmire, the latter is more in line with his interests of stabilizing the rear and consolidating his position, so it is better to calm down or stop the impulsive choice.

"When a master craftsman goes to Kyoto, he has to establish more communication with the imperial court, and with the name of the master craftsman Sado Mamoru and the cultural influence of the past 20 years, it should be no problem to participate in Kyoto's activities as a cultural person. The shogunate also had to exert a lot of influence, especially His Royal Highness Saharimitsu Samutsu, who was the deacon of the government office, and Daimo, who was also a high-ranking samurai who was close to the Ashikaga family. ”

Yamamoto Tokiyuki smiled and shook his head, he didn't care about the explanation of these diplomatic things, he knew that this was his apprentice who had nothing to say to explain a few words, these connections had already been practiced in Sakamoto, and it was really difficult for him, a one-eyed and lame old man, to go to Kyoto to sing waka and vassal elegance, and Kyoto might laugh at Uegaga No one in the family can find a crippled old man to fool people.

After a few polite words, he turned the topic back to the topic: "The old minister is also more concerned about the strategy that Ban should use, the alliance of the three families is established on the connection of in-laws, and it is unbreakable in a short time. So how should Lao Chen make a targeted strategy in Omi? ”

"Yes! What strategy should I use? Kira Yoshitoki frowned and thought hard.

In the next half month, the Kasuga Yamashiro Conference meeting was almost constantly interrupted, just when Kira Yoshitoki was still worried about the chaos in Kinai. Takeda Nobuyoshi led a delegation of more than 20 samurai to Kasuga Yamajo Castle to ask for an audience, this old acquaintance of Kamikishiro Yoshitoki, and also Takeda Shingen's most powerful right-hand man, his arrival was immediately highly valued by the Kira family.

Takeda Nobuhiro didn't do much politely, and put forward a request to reach a no-war agreement with the Kira family straight to the point, and he was not too surprised by this request Kira Yoshishi, since the Takeda family was defeated in the first battle of Kawanakama a few years ago and returned to Kai until now, the Takeda family has always gritted their teeth and was unwilling to bow their heads and submit to softness, in fact, Kira Yoshitomi has long been tired of Minami Shinano's endless tug-of-war.

In the past, the Takeda family was still a piece of meat and bones with a wonderful taste, but when Shinano swallowed most of it into the stomach, it was equivalent to eating all the meat on the bones, and the oil and water obtained by gnawing on the hard bone was not enough to pay for the loss.

The Takeda family shrank all their forces together, like a hedgehog to resist the attack of the Kira family, even if the Shinano army had the perfect combination of Sanada Yutakaka, Murakami Yoshikiyo, and Ogasawara Nagatoki, occupying the advantage of China in the general trend of force morale, in the end, the loss of troops could not defeat Suwa Prefecture.

At first glance, Murakami Yoshikiyo's performance in the Ina invasion is quite good, but in fact, those who are willing to surrender to this point have surrendered to the Kira family, and the rest are either neutral or resolutely resisting, and it is difficult to have a better effect just by relying on the prestige and strategy of the Kira family, not to mention that the master of the strategy Sanada Yutaka focused his experience on fighting against Takeda Shinshige.

There is no time to mediate the many trumpet lords of Minami Shinano, if he leaves Fukashi Castle and goes to the front line of Ina County, it is still a huge question whether Ogasawara can deal with Takeda Nobushihiro for a long time, and Takeda Shingen who is hidden behind the scenes is still a huge problem, Sanada Yutaka does not dare to act rashly and does not get more external support from Kasuga Mountain Castle, Shinano's stalemate is completely unsolvable.

In such a consumption, it is to fight several times a year intermittently, and the 17,000 troops of Sanada Yutaka have already consumed more than 4,000 people, and the Takeda garrisons in Suwa and Ina counties are also about this number and consumption, and if seven or eight thousand people die in two or three years, they may have the opportunity to consume the Takeda family to completely surrender and ask for peace without a fight, and surrender is still an impossible dream.

Unless the Kira army is willing to lead an army of 50,000 to kill Kai, it will take three years and two years to kill Kai's head from beginning to end to quickly subdue Effie, but this will cause great uneasiness and disgust to Suruga and Sagami, just like Imagawa Yoshimoto's clear statement back then, the Triple Alliance will never sit idly by and watch Kai be broken, and the Triple Alliance will remain an unsolvable quagmire as long as it still exists.

Fortunately, at this time, the Takeda family was also a little exhausted, and took the initiative to send an envoy to discuss the request to reach peace without a fight, and Kira Yoshitoki didn't want to take the Takeda family too much. lest it end up being self-defeating and causing trouble. After thinking for a while, he said: "If you don't fight and make peace, please Yu is in agreement." After all, it is not a good thing for both sides to fight to the death. ”

Takeda Nobuhiro sighed and said: "This is also the idea below, it is better for the two families to turn their rivalry into jade silk, so as to avoid the troubles of the lords of Shinano Province from being plagued by war again, and they have fought a war for twenty years on a piece of land in this Shinano country, and they have shed so much blood and killed so many people over the years, and finally returned to the original point." ”

"The Pawn Stable Hall is really a benevolent and loving general! But there is one precondition for the remainder. ”

Takeda Shinfan secretly said that he still couldn't avoid this experience, and immediately said solemnly: "Please speak!" ”

Kira Yoshinori saw Takeda Nobuyoshi's small movements, but he didn't care about his careful thoughts. He said straight to the point: "Yu wants the territory of Ina County, and Yu of Suwa County doesn't plan to ask for it, but Ina County has been taken by Yu for nearly forty percent, and I believe that there will not be much left of the Takeda Army in the county, so why don't you simply withdraw to Suwa County?" ”

"That's not going to work! I, the Takeda family, will not give up a single cent of the land, and if we reach harmony, we will divide it according to the actual occupation area now, and we must not give it up. Takeda Nobuyoshi resolutely refused, and the Takeda family occupied the area so much, and then a large piece was ceded by Kira, so there was only one Suwa Prefecture as the only foreign leader. Who can guarantee that the Kira family will not be insatiably demanding the territory of Suwa-gun in a few years' time?

Kira Yoshishi smiled: "The Takeda Pawn Stable should know Yu's strength, and Yu may as well reveal some news to the Pawn Stables Palace." As early as the end of last year, Yu appointed Yasuda Jibu Shosuke Nagahide as a general, and when spring came, the troops went out of Echichu and entered Hida to sweep away the pro-Takeda clan lords, and it is expected that this task will be completed before the summer, and then it will cooperate with the forces of Sanadan Main Hall, Murakami Habayashi Hall and Ogasawara Shinanoden to launch a large-scale attack on Ina County, and at that time it will not be just entrenched in Shinano to deal with the Takeda family. ”

Hearing such a red threat, many samurai in the Takeda family's mission showed indignant expressions, if it weren't for the fact that Takeda Nobuyoshige, who was the envoy, had not yet moved, he would definitely jump up and reprimand the Kira family for such a vicious strategy, but it was a pity that they waited for a long time and didn't see Takeda Nobuyoshi make the action they expected.

"What the town government said may or may not be true...... Wrong! Takeda Nobuyoshi's brain was racing rapidly, and he suddenly thought: "It doesn't matter whether it's true or not, the important thing is that the Kira family has the ability to successfully realize this joke, and I, the Takeda family, have no way to fight against it, and it is still unknown how long Kiso Yoshimasa can hold on, and when the surrendered national army of Hida and Ina gathers together, it will be really difficult to hold Takato Castle." ”

Thinking of this, Takeda Nobushigeru began to hesitate again, according to his thoughts, at this time, he should take the initiative to give up Ina County, which is far away from Kai and is not conducive to holding, in exchange for the final conclusion of the peace agreement without fighting, but considering that his brother Takeda Nobugenqian told him not to cede even a single cent of land before leaving, he was in a dilemma and unable to make a decision.

Kira Yoshitoki also saw that he did have a difficulty, even the Takeda family's number one lineage family elder could not decide the ownership of the land, after all, the Kai Takeda clan no longer had much territory to squander, so he proposed: "Why don't you discuss this matter here?" It is not too late to negotiate peace after the decision of the Warden Palace, but Yu Xian will keep the ugly words in front, and the military momentum of attacking Hida will not stop for a moment, and if it is delayed until the moment when the army besieges Takato Castle, there is no point in talking about ceding Ina County. ”

"I see! I will definitely contact the lord as soon as possible to make a decision. Takeda Shinshihiro bowed very dryly.

It wasn't until the Takeda family's group of more than 20 people gradually left that Kira Yoshitoki immediately ordered: "Keep an eye on this group, check out who they contact wherever they stay, and don't let them detect any disturbances in Kasugayama Castle, and create more true and false news to deceive the Takeda family, so that the Takeda family can fall into confusion and confusion, so that they can quickly negotiate this peace agreement." ”

"Yes!" Several ninjas hurriedly emerged from the corner and quickly left. (To be continued......)

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