The three-meal-a-day system promoted by the Kira family was corresponded to to a certain extent in the Samurai family of Echigo, and the Kasuga Yama Castle was the first to serve three meals a day, and the samurai of the Nagao family gradually became accustomed to this kind of life.

There is a quiet room in the castle tower, which was originally a place where Nagao Jinghu meditates and meditates on a daily basis, but now it has gradually become a small tea room for drinking tea and talking, and it is not as complicated as the popular traditional tea ceremony, and the decoction of clear tea with the above good purple clay pot is definitely a wonderful thing.

There was a plate of soothing incense burning in the room, and in the corner of the room there were a few books that he often liked to read, the top one was the famous "Vain Grass", which reminded him that this brother was also a literate and martial arts person, proficient in Buddhism and songs, and seemed to want to seek spiritual solace from the impermanence of fate in the book.

The two of them quietly tasted tea very comfortably, picked up a cup of strong tea, watched the green tea leaves float quietly in the steaming hot water, and in their hearts, the warm and humid Suruga Province also produced tea, and the treatment of alcohol withdrawal for more than a year also made him develop the habit of drinking tea.

"Chrysanthemum, jasmine, wood, rose, plum blossom, orchid, gardenia, osmanthus can all make flower tea, when the spring flowers bloom, I will let the maids make flower tea, and then please ask my brother to taste the taste of Mingguo flower tea."

Nagao Keitora didn't respond, but turned to another topic: "What does Yoshitoki think of Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru's intentions?" He is Shinano's guardian, and in the past few years, he has been working to restore Shinano's dominance over Shinano as a descendant of Shinano Genji. Enemy of the Takeda family. Why don't you choose to support Mamoru Shinano to regain his old collar? ”

Kira Yoshitoki smiled and asked, "Why do you want to support him?" ”

The tiger eyes of the long-tailed Jinghu opened. The two sword eyebrows furrowed slightly, emphasizing his identity: "Why support?" He was appointed by the shogunate to protect Shinano, and he was driven out of his territory by the Takeda family, and as a famous shogun, you should support him! ”

"I understand what my brother meant, and the shogunate appointed him without depriving him of his guardian position, so I have to protect his rights and interests from being violated, right?" Kira Yoshitoki has become accustomed to the temperament of the long-tailed Jinghu. Anyway, he must be the son-in-law of the Nagao family, and this Echigo military god is a person who cares about family affection very much, and he is not afraid of his eyes being suppressed at all.

"That's right! That's it. Nagao Jinghu's tone was firm and his expression was serious, as if he was thinking, "Why do people live?" "Such a heavy question.

"So did the elder brother ever think about why he should let others support him to regain his old domain? It is important to know that the axiom of the world is that there is a reward for paying, and the Ogasawara clan lost his territory, lost Shinano's protection, and lost the dignity of his famous family not because of us, and it was up to him to restore his territory, guardianship, and reputation! No one can replace him in this regard. Supporting him to seize the family can only be regarded as supporting a puppet, is this Shinano Mamoru ready to be a puppet? ”

"Why a puppet? He can fight with his own hands. Keep your own inheritance, just like you and I have struggled! Nagao Jinghu disagrees with this statement, and directly uses their own experience as an example.

"The question is, can he hold on? Murakami's Yubayashi Nakaro Army is slightly extraordinary, twice defeated the previous generation of famous generals of Takeda Harunobu, but even so he failed to keep his own foundation, and he has not set foot in the original leadership for four years since the burning of Katsutail Castle, if it weren't for the brother's proper arrangement, he won a big victory in Kawanakajima when he was righteous last year, can Yulin Hall regain the original territory so smoothly? ”

"......" Nagao Jinghu was silent, of course he knew how much Murakami Yoshikiyo had to do, and it was definitely not an exaggeration to call him the first general of Shinano, if it weren't for the ghost talent of Sanada Yutaka and a group of pit teammates of the Murakami family, it would be a fool's dream for the Takeda family to defeat the North Shinano Wealthy Alliance and win the North Shinano in one fell swoop.

"The world is changing, and so are people's hearts! I know this very well in Kyoto! Just imagine, fifty years ago, what samurai would have dared to bully the shogunate? How many samurai daimyo have been downcast? But today, such as the three good people also dare to ride on the head of the shogunate to spread wild, there are countless samurai on the lower gram, what is the reason? Because people's hearts have changed! ”

Kira Yoshitoki didn't pay attention to his expression, if you look closely, you will find that the corners of Nagao Jinghu's mouth are twitching slightly, his father Nagao Weijing is Xia Ke Shang De Guo, and he has always been taboo from childhood to adulthood Xia Ke Shang is also derived from this, but no matter how taboo he is, he can't avoid this fact.

"Now that the Kanto region is in turmoil, the Furukawa Princesses have lost power, the Kanto Governor has lost power, and the unhealthy wind is blowing, what the family wants to do is not to restore the power of the Ogasawara clan, but to support the great cause of the shogunate and maintain the backbone of the Kanto samurai! Deter the petty who covet power. ”

"So what are you going to do? How to maintain the backbone of the Kanto samurai? ”

Kira Yoshitoki replied, "Ogasawara is asking for nothing more than the restoration of the territory, and if he can figure out his situation, he will know what to do." ”

"Forget it! You think differently than I think. Nagawei Jinghu shook his head and didn't intend to continue the debate, but instead cared about his life: "Go back and comfort Hu Ji, she is not ready to accept three side rooms at once, in this regard, Yoshiki's arrangement is really inappropriate!" ”

"Yes! This mistake is really inappropriate, and I will try my best to correct it. "There is still a bitterness in carrying a black pot, even if he claims to be smart, he is helpless.

Just as the emperor is urged by the minister to get married and give birth to a prince as soon as possible, it is best to marry a few more imperial concubines and give birth to a bunch of princes, and at the same time require the emperor to be diligent and not indulge in the labyrinth.

You can't decide how many pieces of beef and fish soup you have to eat tonight, and you can't completely control what your retainers, ministers, nobles, or subordinates with similar names do, such as Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and other wise and martial lands, as well as Li Si Zhao Gao, the master father Yan Li Guangli, Tang Taizong Li Shimin also had to face waves of rebellion in his later years, and Song Taizu was even more miserable and killed by the Candle Shadow Axe.

How to grasp the context of the retainers has always been a matter of consideration for the ruler, and the imperial power technique has been heard and seen, such as the mixing of different theories, but that thing can't be used in the Japanese samurai society, a certain monkey supports the Wenzhi faction and the arbitrary faction to continue to fight infighting, and finally the two sides hit the real fire to make such a big oolong as the Sekigahara joint war, which cheapens others in vain.

Japan's feudal system established the identity of retainers as lords, they had land and food, their own armed forces, and financial and tax rights, and they bore the obligations of the feudal monarch and retained the rights of vassals, which made the two sides no longer a simple monarch and minister, but a more complex contractual cooperative relationship.

The Kira family went to the unorthodox feudal samurai system, and the direct retainers belonged to the complete and full-time samurai, they did not have the slightest bit of land to know the line, but they enjoyed the generations of Wanxing to receive a high amount of annual salary, these retainers are the backbone of the armed forces of the Kira family, with the explanation of Kira Yoshito, this is called the flag of the Genealogy of the Naotoshi, and the generations of Wanxing who enjoy it are called the flag skills, for example, the new field near the Sekigawa River is nominally the flag skills of the Kira family.

Even if he has an all-round advantage in land knowledge and action, Kira Yoshishi must also take into account the attitude of the retainers of the genealogy, just like all the samurai in the Warring States Period, the network influence and kinship of the genealogy are very jealous of the family governor, and many family rebellions are either too great or the influence of the genealogy is too great, threatening the family governor to cause riots.

Kira retainers are an important part of the Kira family, while trying to strengthen the centralization of power during Kira Yoshi, but also to ensure, promise, and appease the emotions of the retainers, and strive to deepen the bond between the two sides, to ensure that their will can be accepted by the retainers, of course, the strong will of the retainers he must accept, this is a game between each other, just as the emperors of the Ming Dynasty usually accept the collective will of the cabinet.

Last year, the battle of Kawanakajima still caused great losses to Kira and Nagao, and more than 5,500 people from Kira's family went into battle, but more than 600 people were killed, more than 300 people were seriously injured, and a total of 1,800 people were lightly injured.

Often when the Kira army began to move, they couldn't keep up with the rhythm and the overall formation deviated, simple drum changes, horns, and flags were not learned, and they couldn't distinguish the difference between feints and main attacks, making many jokes and taking a lot of lives.

The victory in this war gave many people the opportunity to learn a lesson, including Saito Asanobu, Kakizaki Keika and others who wanted to cooperate with the training when they found Kirayoshi, but seeing that the Kira family was completely out of production, the high-intensity and high-intensity exercise training was still abandoned, and sighed in his heart No wonder the Kira army had the physical strength to fight all day, and the Nagao family, the Takeda family opposite, and the Shinano people on both sides could only rely on their will to support them.

Another thing is that Ah Xu was adopted and settled, Nagao Ah Xu didn't know his identity yet, he always thought that he was an orphan and was arranged to be a personal maid for Tiger Ji, she didn't want to think that she was so stupid and often made mistakes, and almost took Tiger Ji to the ditch, and was finally forgiven because of what, without the aura of the three long tail family seedlings, she would have been kicked out of Kasuga Mountain City a long time ago.

The little girl who knew her identity cried and laughed, almost making Tiger Ji think that her head was broken, and finally she was arranged by Long-tailed Jinghu to receive etiquette training, and her wedding date was delayed until the second half of the year, after all, Long-tailed Tiger Ji's wedding date was approaching and she didn't have time to think about her problem.

The reward for this joint battle also set a new record, and the property worth 15,000 yuan was distributed to all parties involved in the war, with an average of 10 to 10 guan per samurai, and the peasants and soldiers also received a half-kan to a consistent income, which was regarded as a reward for participating in the war, and at the same time, the reward of rice, gold and silver, weapons and equipment was equivalent to about 20,000 kan.

It is mainly for a few samurai who have made great achievements, including Saito Asanobu, Honjo Minoru, Nakajo Fujishi, Katsuchi Katsunaga, Katsunaga Katsuna, Yasuda Keimoto, Arakawa Nagami and other samurai who have made great achievements, without them gritting their teeth and dragging most of the main force of the Takeda army, they would not have been able to hold out the rhythm of the counterattack in the afternoon. (To be continued......)