At the end of February, an evaluation meeting was being held in the Yamagata Castle of Dewa Country, and the people who participated in the meeting were all serious, staring at the envoys of the Takeda family in a daze, they were indeed just in a daze, staring at a piece of golden brilliance and motionless, it was a full five hundred taels of gold, and the Takeda family had made a bloody investment in order to win over the allies, and the local tyrants of Dewa almost did not see such a large amount of money.

"As long as the Supreme Minbu Hall nods and participates in the anti-Vietnam Alliance, these five hundred taels of gold will be the most upper, please think carefully and leave first!" Kasuga Toranobu, who had changed his name to Masanobu Takasaka, caught a glimpse of the expressions of the Mogami retainers, smiled and put away the gold glowing with gold and got up to leave, dozens of eyes moving with the gold until he walked out of the evaluation room.

The old and frail Tiantong Lai Dao did not participate in the meeting, replaced with a young and vigorous Tiantong Lai Zhen as the heir to the family governor, he is the second son of the family, the eldest brother Tiantong Lai Chang is more than ten years older than him, and has died of illness a few years ago, this time Tiantong Lai Zhen first appeared as the heir of the family governor to give the people and the lord a period of adaptation, and the next time he appears is the governor of the Tiantong family.

"This gold must be kept! The lord must have thought so, right? Tiantong Lai Zhen squinted at Mogami Yoshimori, and a look of disdain flashed on his face.

Mogami Yoshimori is just the stepson of the Nakano family of the Shuliu, and the status is similar to the Tendo family, in the eleventh year of Eisho, the last family governor Mogami Yoshisada was defeated by the army of Date Minoru in the Battle of Hasedo Castle, and more than 1,000 troops were killed on the spot, and Hasedo Castle was also captured, and after the war, Mogami Yoshisada accepted Date Minoru's marriage request, married the daughter of the Date family and gave birth to a son-in-law, but fortunately, the sister-in-law died soon. Give the people of the country a short respite.

So the local people led by Mogami Hachiyu stood up. It was decided to introduce a lord who belonged to the native origins. The most thoughtful is naturally the head of the eight of the Tendo Lai Dao, their family was originally the Oshu Spo clan, and later the family turned into the Satomi clan to inherit the family, and a few generations ago it was repercussed back by the most senior family, so he has the greatest chance.

But the most basic eight people were worried that the Tiantong family would become a strong monarch because of this, so they strongly opposed the then very young Tiantong Laidao as the governor, and finally after a dispute decided to set up a relatively weak son of the Nakano family to inherit the family governor, in the eyes of Tiantong Laizhen, this governor should be the Tiantong family. If his father had been the governor of the most supreme family, he would now be the heir to the superintendent of the supreme family.

There is this kind of thinking in making Tiantong Lai Zhen look at this family governor is particularly unpleasant, if there is no strong support from the most senior eight trees, he will never be the family governor, the most senior Yoshimori is the most senior eight to deal with the infiltration of the Date family erected the flagpole, but now the most senior Yoshimori is trying to be strong, after experiencing the Echigo invasion three years ago, he has successively surrendered several Chinese people to have a Zhongxing posture that makes him very unhappy.

"Of course I want to take it down, but the family is more interested in this plan, and the Takeda family has actually pulled half of the Kanto power this time. There is also the general who Kaga has always been a general, and there must be an Ashina Mori clan in Aizu. Looks like there's a big chance this time! Mogami Yoshimori closed his eyes with a look of fascination, as if he was fantasizing about the wonderful feeling of eating the whole Shimoetsu in one bite, and there was a look of satisfaction on his face.

Three years ago, the invasion of the feather and return is true, the loss of the most senior family is actually very small, the most upper eight at most a trip in vain, the Dabao Temple family suffered a little loss is also happy to see, the most senior Yoshimori once caught two hundred taels of gold, in addition to taking out half of the most expensive eight to pay the troops as a hardship fee, as the governor of the family to enjoy half of it, this time he also played this abacus, sent troops to fight after the victory everyone enjoyed the fruits of victory, lost he can also get two hundred and fifty taels of gold is not a loss.

"As we all know, Echigo's wealth is eye-watering, and it would be great if we could get a little cheap...... But what if you encounter the last situation again? "The meaning of Shouyi County is very simple, everyone loves to eat fatty meat, but you can't break your teeth in order to eat fatty meat, and the last time you ate a little loss and returned in vain, it made him very unhappy.

Shimizu Hizen Shouyi Gao is not happy, the main force of Hachikari did not move, but he and the Kazuoka family were sent to Echigo, and he was knocked on the head by the Kira family and still remembers it vividly, it looks like Mogami Yoshimori has a meritorious plan, and he tried to find out the roots of Echigo in a war with little loss, in fact, he knows the reason.

"Actually, you have forgotten one thing, that is, the secret of Echigo's wealth, as long as you master the secret of Echigo's high-yield crop cultivation, I can be as rich as Echigo, can the Date family still threaten us? It is precisely because of this that the people of Vietnam, Koshin, and Kanto will do it! ”

The Mogami Appraisal Association reached a preliminary intention in the intrigue and arranged the information in the hands of Takasaka Masanobu in the Yashiki of Yamagata Castle, which is the latest information sent by Takeda Toru on a regular basis, and since Kaga Kazumune made the choice to join, he will travel all over Hokuriku and Yuao countries in the past few months.

At the end of February, when the ice and snow melted and the temperature was even colder than the first month, the fire pit in the house was bursting with red flames to dispel the cold in the room, and Takasaka Masanobu casually threw a piece of letter paper into the brazier, and the red coals instantly engulfed the thin piece of paper, burning the little handwriting on it to ashes.

Since the collapse of the situation in Kita-Shinano, as Takeda Harunobu's love transferred him from the front line of Kita-Shinano to the diplomatic envoy of the Takeda family, he knew that this was the lord's love and ardent expectations for him, and resisted the strong criticism of the family genealogy, and the grace of repeated promotions made Takasaka Masanobu swear to repay this kindness.

Now that Echigo's actions are getting bigger and bigger, the Takeda family is gradually having a tendency to be unsupportable, Takeda Harunobu immediately ordered him to quietly contact the daimyo in the direction of Echichu, Dewa, and Mutsu, and Takeda Harunobu's original words requested: "Fight against Echigo with the cooperation of the eight directions, and strive to win a war!" ”

"My lord's request for my Changxin has basically been fulfilled! Date Harumune has agreed to send 3,000 troops to support Mogami Army, but only if a new alliance must be made with Mogami Family, it seems that it will take a lot more work, but it is not a big problem! The Ashina Mori clan has already said that it will move, and now there are Date Harunzong, Mogami Yoshimori, and soon the lord's plan will succeed! Even if the Kira family has three heads and six arms, they will not escape defeat! Sooner or later, the shame given to us will have to be returned! When the last piece of information was thrown into the fire and turned to ashes, Takasaka Masanobu's gaze became more and more clear.

In the next half month, Takasaka Masanobu moved around to solicit the support of Mogami Hachi. Submit Date Harumune's request to Mogami Yoshimori. Looking at almost outrageous demands. The whole body of the most righteous and defensive spirit trembled, and he said angrily: "Alliance, marriage, and borrowing to send troops!" Is this to treat one's own home as if it were nothing? The arrogant demands are simply hateful! This family must not agree! ”

"Excuse the way to send troops? What's going on? The expression of Mogami Hachiyu was also very exciting, and they suddenly realized that this was not the same as the previous agreement, and through alliance marriage, they solved the external troubles of the eastern Date family and the southern Ashina family, how could it become a pretext to send troops? The most eight-point fox looked at him suspiciously.

"You can discuss sending troops by borrowing the way, and even if it doesn't work, you can borrow it from the Aizu Ashina family, so please don't worry." Masanobu Takasaka explained unhurriedly.

"So, are Date and Ashina going to be involved?" One of the top eight, Nobu Sawa Nobun Shou Manzhong passed a glance with a few companions. Then he said to his lord: "Then I can only choose one way to participate in the top family!" I don't know what the lord means? ”

"Well, the marriage will be decided when the envoy of the Date family arrives!" Mogami Yoshimori stood up and turned away with a grim face, and Mogami retainers also retreated, and when Takasaka Masanobu was about to retreat with the group, he accidentally caught a glimpse of an eleven or twelve-year-old boy baring his teeth at him and scaring him, as if he was muttering swear words like "bastard" in his mouth, and then turned around and ran away.

In the castle tower of Yamagata Castle, Hakuju, who had changed his name to Gengoro, had a fierce argument with his father, and Gengoro, who was only twelve years old, was not afraid of his majesty at all, and argued: "Father. Why did you want to marry your sister to the bastard of the Date family! The path of those tigers and wolves will surely infiltrate our top family like controlling the Michinoku Lords! We have a deep enmity with the Date family, so we can't let those bastards get their way! ”

Mogami Yoshimaru was furious and said, "Gengoro. Shut me up! Who allowed you to shout in front of your own house! Get back to your room! ”

Little Gengoro knelt down under the porch with a puff and begged bitterly, "Father! Yoshihime is your only daughter, my only sister, and my most noble family is a descendant of the Ashikaga Ruspo clan of the Genji clan of Kawachi, and I must not bow to the Date family! ”

"You!" Mogami Yoshimori glared at his eldest son angrily, speechless in anger.

A little girl of more than ten years old appeared in the other corner of the cloister, with a beautiful silk satin hair ornament on her head, big eyes and a small nose, two beautiful dimples when she smiled, a beautiful pink gown, a few small flowers in one hand, and a skirt in the other.

Seeing his father and brother facing each other under the porch, he asked in a low voice, "Father! What is Oni-chan doing? ”

"Yoshihime!" Gengoro looked back and saw his sister's innocent eyes flutter for a moment, and then turned back to realize that Mogami Yoshimori had already strode away, and in a few steps, he threw Gengoro who was kneeling under the corridor far away, and disappeared at the end of the corridor before he could react.

"Father!" As soon as Gengoro wanted to catch up, he was stopped by his mother, Major General Ono, who had rushed over, and the woman had already understood her husband's decision, so she hugged Gengoro with a sad face and said, "Bai Shou, don't bother your father, it's not good for your father to make such a decision......"

Major General Ono hugged Gengoro with a sad expression and whispered softly: "But you must know that as the daughter of a samurai family, her destiny is to contribute to the family marriage!" ”

“…… Why? Why is this happening! Why does my martial artist have to carry such a heavy burden! We are the Genji clan and the Ashikaga clan, so why are we still oppressed? Mother, please tell Gengoro what I did wrong. What did Yoshihime do wrong? Why do the gods and Buddhas punish us? Why! Gengoro cried hysterically, and he would only cry when he was in his mother's arms.

"Bai Shou! This is our atoning for the sins of the world! Major General Ono closed his eyes in grief, tears streaming down the corners of his eyes.

"O'...... Ni-chan! Mother-sama! What's wrong with you guys? The little girl fell to the ground with a small flower shower in her hand, and looked at her mother and brother hugging each other and crying, and the panicked little girl hurriedly walked over and knelt down and begged: "Did Yiji do something wrong?" What about making Mother and Oni-chan angry? Yoshihime will change! Yoshihime is the most obedient, so please don't cry with your mother and Oni-chan! Yoshihime is wrong! ”

The little girl's tears flowed down, this kind child has not left Yamagata Castle for half a step since she was a child, and her greatest wish is to see the outside world. I always like to squat under the high wall to take care of those immature flowers. Today he saw a few more lovely flowers. I couldn't help but pick it up and show it to my brother, but I didn't expect it to be like this.

At her age, she still doesn't know where her fate will go, marriage is still too far away for her, every day she watches her brother study hard and will say some strange things that she doesn't understand, every time she talks about the distant Gonzo, he always has a hint of envy and fascination, and his wish is to go to that beautiful Kyoto to meet His Royal Highness the Shogun.

Also, be sure to visit the magical Kasuga Mountain Castle, where it is said that there is a legendary figure who became a famous shogun of the shogunate at the age of 10, and everyone in the Ashikaga clan is the envy of this Ashikaga general. I have never heard him talk about the legendary story of His Highness, and the little Yiji always listens to it with relish, even if she has heard it a hundred times, she will not get bored.

The little girl also had some hazy thoughts that she would find a husband like His Highness in the future, a secret that even her mother did not know, only her brother could guess something.

Yoshihime was afraid that she would make a mistake and hurt her family, and she still remembers when she was very young when she was playing hide and seek with her brother, accidentally breaking a valuable vase and being scolded by her father. It was her brother who stepped forward to take on this responsibility, and was given twenty rattan strokes by her father for this. The entire back was drawn with blood.

Since then, the little girl has vowed never to make her family sad again, and has been trying to be a well-behaved and obedient child, she is reverent and guilty of her brother, that time for her guilt has been hidden in her heart, she attaches great importance to the brotherhood between brothers and sisters, carefully obeys the brother's arrangement, when the little girl sees her mother and brother crying, she is scared of her siblings, can only sit on her knees and tears and keep flowing.

"Yiji is not wrong, it's not you or me who is wrong, it's this troubled world that's wrong! What is wrong is that the shogunate is declining and treacherous is everywhere! Gengoro wiped away his tears and stood up from his mother's arms, walked over and pulled up his sister, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from her face.

"I vow to emulate the Zhenfu Palace, lift the three-foot sword to level the enemy, and defend my mother and righteous concubine!"

……

In a secluded tearoom in Sagami Odawara Castle, Hojo Shiyasu personally met with Takeda Nobuyo, as an alliance This time the envoy sent by the Takeda side is the most popular member of the Takeda family, and he looks quite like Takeda Harunobu Takeda Criminal Department Shaofu, he is the younger brother of Takeda Harunobu and Takeda Nobushi, only the three brothers from the line of Mrs. Oi can use "Takeda" as the Miao character, so he also serves as the Takeda family royal gate like his other brother Takeda Nobushige.

“…… The attitude of the lord of my family,Presumably the Sagami Hall has been clear,The current threat to the Hojo family's great enemy of Ueno suppression is the Echigo Nagao family,If you can't eliminate the military threat of Echigo,The Hojo family's dominance in Musashi will be affected at all times,Imperial Castle has penetrated into the heart of Musashi,Ming has a proverb:"How can you allow others to snore under the couch,Presumably Sagamiden can also experience the taste! ”

Takeda Noburen has no stage fright in the face of the imposing Hojo Shiyasu, this kind of leadership temperament is very familiar to him, his brother Takeda Harunobu is such an outstanding samurai, with extraordinary endurance and indomitable will, calm judgment and extremely wise mind, it is clear that this person in front of him is also this type.

He deliberately put aside the Kira family, in order to stimulate the tight strings of the Hojo family as little as possible, the two battles that occurred last year are really difficult to explain, the successive defeats of the Takeda family and the Hojo family are difficult to hide the fact, and what is worse is that their Takeda family was brutally abducted into the heart of the heart to steal food, and they are ashamed to commit suicide, so he wants to carefully control the topic within a certain range, it seems that the Hojo family retainers also agree with this method.

Hojo Shiyasu did not speak and still sipped the strong tea slowly, the matcha method passed down from the Tang and Song dynasties was very complicated, and the tea whisk was also one of the necessary utensils in this tea ceremony, only four and a half tatami mats sized tea room sat five people, and the other three were all important ministers of the Hojo family.

They are Matsuda Shengxiu, Hojo Phantom and his son-in-law Hojo Masa, the first two are a pen head, one is a pen head, and the latter Hojo clan is a class as a sister-in-law, and he has no right to speak on this occasion, and a few people in the tea room didn't care about him secretly making a gesture of stretching his head and shrinking his neck.

Seeing that the tearoom was silent for a long time and no one answered, Matsuda Morihide interjected: "What the Punishment Hall said is quite reasonable, but unfortunately my Hojo family has just signed a no-war agreement with the Nagao family, so I'm afraid it's not easy to send troops, right?" ”

"At this time and that time, Echigo's ferocity is known to the world, and if Matsuda Hall thinks that the Nagao family will stop the army, it will be very wrong! As far as I know, Uesugi Kenmasa has already offered his own reward to recognize Nagao Keitora as his adopted son and choose a day to ascend to the throne of Kanto in Kamakura, so I think you must understand what this means, right? Takeda Nobuyoru carefully observed the expressions of several people, and found that except for the surprised and angry expressions of the Hojo clan, the other three seemed to have no reaction, and they roughly estimated the depth of the Hojo family in their hearts.

Hojo Phantom An's lips pinched the rosary and moved slightly, silently reciting the scriptures, hearing Takeda Nobuyo's words, he paused for a moment and continued to recite the Buddhist scriptures, and after a while, he put his hands together and saluted: "The Kanto Governor is to persuade the temple to flow to the Uesugi clan for generations, and it is not something that can be inherited by people with foreign surnames at will, and it is difficult for the people of Echigo to interfere in the complicated affairs of the Kanto region, and the poor monk is not optimistic about the decision of the Leader of the Palace." ”

"I agree with the opinion of the Phantom Temple, so it is imperative to crack down on the ambitious Nagao family, once it is allowed to run Ueno Country, it will not take a few years for the climate to gradually become irrepressible, and the terrible Echigo must have no place for us to survive at that time!" Takeda's slightly exaggerated description quickly resonated with the Hojo clan, whose young heir lacked a calm temperament, staring nervously at his father's face as he moved his body around and stared nervously at his father's face.

Hojo Shiyasu's noncommittal expression suddenly changed, and he said with a straight face: "What Takeda Daizen said is very right, my Shiyasu has decided to join the Echigo siege network!" Please speed up your preparations and be sure to start before the autumn harvest! ”

"My lord! Think twice! ”

"My Hojo family has no way back, only by defeating Echigo can we recapture Ueno, you don't need to say much, this family has its own opinions!" Hojo's grim expression showed that his will was resolute and there was no room for manoeuvre.

Seeing that the situation was unclear and suddenly turned around, showing a trend of willows and flowers, Takeda Nobuyoru directly ignored the subtle difference between the "alliance" and the "encirclement network", and immediately responded: "Please rest assured that Sagamiden, I, Xinlian, will definitely tell my lord the truth!" In the next farewell! (To be continued......)