At the same time that the Echigo Uesugi faction was collapsing, in the roof of another curling wheel in Kasuga Mountain Castle, there was a circle of Chen Tan, the genealogy of the Nagao family, and Honjo Minoru in the center was full of sadness, and lamented: "The rebellion must be put down as soon as possible, and the news that the lord is seriously ill cannot be held for long, and there is not much time left for us." ”

"It's a pity that Echizen Shoden is not here!" Naoe rubbed his dry eyes, tried to keep himself awake, slept only two or three hours a day, and devoted all his energy to discussing how to deal with it, except for the time spent dealing with daily government affairs.

These days, they are under a lot of pressure, the young governor of the prime of life suddenly fell seriously ill, and then proposed to abdicate and live in seclusion, you can imagine how bad their life is, Nakajo Echizen Morito's status is not inferior to Honjo Minoru, if he has one more person and more strength, maybe it will be better, at least the heart will feel better.

It's just that he is now sitting in the town to deal with the autumn harvest, and the Nagao family also has more than a dozen grange territories in Xiayue, and the annual tribute and section money of these territories are all collected and transferred by Zhongjo Fujizi, and the advantage of having him in Xiayue is that Honzhuang Fanchang and Kurokawa Mori will not be able to make trouble for a while and a half, and the disadvantage is that he can also hold on to the people in the city.

"Oh, what a good sigh! I think it's not bad that the lord of the country is a martial guard! What do you guys think? Saito Asanobu hummed Tian Le with a heartless beat, his personality is a hanger, he was the most ferocious and powerful one who cried at the beginning, and now he began to hum and chirp nonsense, so that the surrounding generations had nothing to do with this guy who was running the train with his mouth.

Nagao Fujijing touched his goatee and said with a smile: "Don't laugh at Shimono Mamoru, how can such a big matter as the lord of the country be handed over to outsiders......"

Saito Asanobu pouted and said, "Is Wuweiden an outsider?" He's the son-in-law of the Nagao family! ”

Naoe explained: "That's different, my Echigo lord must be from Echigo. It must also be from the Nagao family......"

"Wait! What does this mean? Could it be that there are still people in our group who want to be the head of the country? It's Tajima Mamoru. Mamoru Toyozen or Mamoru Echizen? Saito looked at Nagao Fujikei suspiciously. Nagao Keishinobu and Nagao Masaki.

These three people are powerful members of the Fuchu Nagao family, respectively from the Shimoda Nagao family, the Suyoshi Nagao family, and the Ueda Nagao family, as for the other three Nagao families, they were destroyed by the Fuchu Nagao Nagao family governor Nagao Jinghu at the beginning of the battle, and the current family governor of the Sanjo Nagao family, Nagao Shiro Jingqiu, is the successor of the original Sanjo Nagao family, and is currently the lord of Sanjo Castle, too young is the biggest disadvantage, and he does not have the strength to challenge the family governor.

When the plague broke out a few years ago, when the governor of the Zao Hall Nagao family, the Nagao Jingjiao. Accidentally contracted the disease and died.,Now the governor of the Nagao family is his sister-in-law, Kanshiro Nagao.,A few months ago, he was just promoted to the lord of the city of Keiguan.,So far, I haven't figured it out.,Young and lacking prestige.,It's not qualified to compete at all.。

The Biwa Island Nagao family is left with a lone seedling of Biwa Island Yachiro, and he is also a rootless and rootless dependent on Nagao Jinghu as a side warrior, and he is considered the weakest and most unqualified person among the several major divisions of the Nagao family.

Nagao Fujikei leaned back as if he was very surprised, and tried to sit up straight again: "I never thought about ......"

Nagao Keishun immediately denied it: "How could I do such a thing......"

Nagao Masakai just shook his head: "I don't have this thought for a long time......"

"Really?" Saito Asanobu was still suspicious, which made Nagao Keishun very annoyed: "Zhong Kui! What the hell are you messing with, boy! We have no two hearts, do you want us to wait for us to swear to the gods and Buddhas? ”

"Hahaha...... I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything! Saito Asanobu squinted his eyes again and continued to beat him and hum his song, after Saito Asanobu's trouble. The three powerful samurai of the Nagao family became the focus of everyone, and whether they had the heart or not, they all had the ability and the possibility to replace them.

Honjo sat there with a calm face, not saying a word. His eyes roamed back and forth on the faces of the three people: "Echizen Mamoru has no chance, the rebellious behavior of the Ueda Nagao family at the beginning was too hurtful to be ruled out, but Ma Mamoru has rich connections but lack ambition, and the most important thing is that he is too old to be ruled out, so it seems that only Bunzen Mamoru is the most powerful contender for the position of family governor...... But with me, I will never allow the position of the lord of Echigo to slip out of the hands of the Fuchu Nagao, even if it is Bunzen Mamoru! ”

Clever people have noticed that Honjo Minoru looked at Nagao Jingxin's eyes with extreme distrust, and it would be terrible if the two pen bosses who represented the pedigree and a door made a confrontation, and Nagao Keishin also seemed to find that Honjo Minoru's eyes were wrong, and said angrily: "How can I, Jingxin, covet the position of the lord of the country, I will never do any delusions with Jinghu in one day!" That's all right, right? ”

"Huh? Wouldn't it be ...... if the lord returned to heaven?"

"Mamoru Shimono will stop me!" Honjo Minoru and Nagao Keishin drank Saito Asanobu who was talking nonsense at the same time, and looked at each other as if they wanted to explore the true thoughts of both parties from each other's eyes, and the long silence made the atmosphere in the room extremely dull and depressing, until Nagao Keinobu sighed and said: "Jinghu's body will not have problems, and I, Jingxin, will never get involved in the position of the lord of the country, this is the biggest promise!" ”

"I hope that Feng Qian will keep his promise, and I will remember every word of today with all the genealogy!" Honjo Minori's face showed a faint tiredness, this persecution will definitely hurt the close cooperative relationship between the two parties, but in order to protect the foundation that his beloved disciple Nagao Jinghu has worked so hard to lay, he can only go out and fight.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room hadn't changed for a long time, Ishikawa Shigeji took the initiative to ask Saito Asanobu and quipped: "Aren't you kid fascinated by the maids of the Wuwei Palace?" Did Wu Weidian agree? ”

The Ishikawa family is one of the four elders of the Echigo Uesugi family, and the four elders are the Nagao clan, the Saito clan, the Ishikawa clan, and the Chisaka clan, because the status of the family is exactly the same as the original guardian generation of the Nagao family, so they talk more casually, for example, the Saito family where Saito Asanobu is located was under the account of the Nagao family very early, so it is quite valued and reused by Nagao Jinghu.

And Ishikawa Shigeji and Saito Asanobu have been playing together since childhood, and they have a very close relationship with each other, almost brothers, and Ishikawa Shigeji is five years older than him. Now in his early thirties, he is already a father of two children. She is still pregnant with her third child. In contrast, Saito Asanobu, who is still beating singles, has become the object of frequent jokes.

"Hey! Don't mention it! It's really a falling flower, intentionally flowing and ruthless! That woman is not an ordinary person, she was originally the daughter of the Habayashi family in Kyoto, and she married into the Kira family with the mother of the Wuweiden! At the mention of that beautiful woman, Saito Asanobu suddenly withered, and shook his head with a wry smile: "I, Saito Asanobu, am still the number one person in Echigo, but I am still much worse than the noble ladies in Kyoto." ”

"That's not right!" Pinghe Zuo Jingliang also came over and said, "Isn't Wuweidian married the princess of my Changwei family?" Shimono Moriden will definitely succeed! ”

"Hahaha, it's the same as what I saw!" Saito clapped his hands. laughed heartlessly, and smiled appreciatively at Pinghe: "Then borrow Zuo Jingliang's auspicious words!" In the future, my good deed will really come true, I must invite Zuo Jingliang to drink! ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Pinghe Zuo Jingliang caught a glimpse of the eyes of several bigwigs to return to calm, only to breathe a sigh of relief, and after a while, someone proposed a strategy to deal with the rebellion, and gradually led the topic to the main topic of this discussion, and the fierce discussion gradually drove away the oppressive atmosphere, and the little bit of disgrace just now seemed to have never happened, so it disappeared silently, and only the parties concerned knew how many traces were left.

At the same time that the Nagao family is in a tangle. There was also a fierce dispute within the Kira retainers, and it was not an inconspicuous gift to protect a country. It is even more exaggerated to make such a big thing happen to the country than pie in the sky, many samurai never dreamed that they would encounter such a dreamy thing, but who would have thought that the governor would refuse so simply, and the retainers of Kira, who did not understand, were very angry.

Especially when they found out that they couldn't figure out what Kira was thinking, everyone locked their eyes on Yamamoto Tokiyuki, only he had the most weight in Kirayoshi's heart and spoke the most.

Yamamoto Tokiyuki didn't quite understand Kira Yoshitoki's performance, but he couldn't argue with the lord hard, so he could only ask patiently: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity, and the hall owner should seize it!" Why give up the position of lord of the country? This is not a dove occupying a magpie's nest, but a legitimate opportunity! ”

Yamamoto Tokiyuki's question also asked the hearts of many people, they don't understand why they refuse, the fastest and fastest opportunity to seize a country slipped in front of their eyes, so that the samurai of the Kira family were in pain and almost died, but the discipline of the Kira retainers is not comparable to the Nagao retainers, even if they have any problems, they will not let the governor not come to the stage on the spot, many people are staring at the governor to explain.

This is the worship of Kira Yoshitoki's ability, he has not made a mistake in the past few years, every decision has brought incomparable benefits to the Kira family, the benefits are not only personal gains and losses, but a sense of glory and happiness from the top down, the samurai of the Kira family, whether walking on the avenues of Kyoto, or in the fields of Echigo, are always holding their heads high, because they believe that they are the best in the world, which is also the samurai culture that the Kira family has always instilled.

"I'd rather not have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I don't want Tiger Ji to disappoint me."

"Her Royal Highness the princess will not be disappointed, this is the personal will of the main hall, no one is forced, why not take the initiative to grasp it? If you give up, you will be in greater danger in the future, right? "Hosokawa Fujitaka doesn't quite understand why this is happening, why give up this opportunity if it's so good? His question was echoed by many.

Kira Yoshishi coughed and said in a low voice: "This family can't live up to everyone's expectations, and I can't be trapped in the Ashikaga family and injustice, my brother is seriously ill and entrusts a country to me, this is really also a test of the sincerity of the family, if the family is really next, the elder brother will not say anything, but the Nagao family retainers will definitely oppose the family, and I, Kira Yoshitomi, will also fall into the problems that my brother encountered back then!" ”

Yamamoto knew what his concerns were, but he was still reluctant to give up the opportunity: "The old minister bets that Misaku Honjo will definitely convince others to support the decision to play the main hall. ”

"Yes! The family also knows that Misaku Mamoru will never sit idly by and watch Echigo fall apart, and may reluctantly agree, but will he be sincere? Replace your heart with the fact that you are the long-tail family tree, and I am a seriously ill brother, will you be willing to have someone occupy the magpie's nest? Will the members of the Long-Tail family such as Nagao Keishinobu, Nagao Masaka, Nagao Fujikei, and Nagao Keiren compromise? Kira Yoshitoki still shook his head.

"They will!" Yamamoto Shiyuki said eagerly: "Please believe the old minister, because the will of the retainers of the main hall and the genealogy is the same, and now there is a lord in the Nagao family. Outside, a rebellion arose. If you can't deal with it carefully. It is also highly possible that the entire Echigo system will fall apart! Neither of them could come up with a better candidate, let alone a reason for refusing, because that would make them appear selfish. ”

"So it's just me? But I've got a better choice! Kira still shook his head.

There is another important reason he didn't say, that is, he can't say anything in the name of injustice, he can be brutal or ruthless, but he can't be disloyal, unrighteous and unfilial, Nagawei Jinghu is kind to him, and now as soon as he gets sick, he turns his face and takes away the position of the lord of Echigo. What face will he have in the future to face the white flag of the Ashikaga family, and how will he claim to be a famous samurai family and the Ashikaga family? So he can't do it, and he can't do it.

This time, the Kira retainers rarely stood together, and the clumsy-mouthed Mikawa samurai couldn't say a set of words, so they could only play color to the followers, Hosokawa Fujitaka nodded in understanding, and then persuaded bitterly: "The hall owner is talking about Princess Tiger Hime?" But that's obviously not going to work! How can a woman be the lord of the country, this is intolerable in the world! ”

"Who's to say no? I said yes! Didn't you have it before, can't you have it now? Kira snorted coldly, he hated it most when someone questioned his authority, especially on the issue of Tiger Hime. Suddenly slapped the case and said proudly: "Who dares to say that Tiger Ji is not?" Is it the retainers of Echigo, or those wastes in Kanto? I want to make irresponsible remarks. First of all, ask my opinion on the flag seal behind me! ”

Behind him hung four flag seals are Ashikaga two lead two, Ashikaga Kamizaburo Yoshishi, five seven tongs, chrysanthemum four flags, the first two are Genji white flags, the latter two are black flags, the first four flag seals appeared, is the battle of Funaokama, and then with the Katsura River battle in the prestige of the Ashikaga family and became famous all over the world.

Even the natives of the Kanto region have heard of the name of Ashikaga Kamizaburo, and along with his prestige, the legend of Momotaro's demon slaying gradually spread, this is the Ashikaga Kamizaburo of Mootaro, which is of course a myth that ignorant natives will believe, but the land servant originated among the natives, and the influence of this spread cannot be underestimated, for example, there are already rumors of fishermen near the Yuzawa Imperial Palace in Uonuma County that the Takeden killed the evil ghost of Yuzawa and that the Yasha sealed the gate of hell.

Speaking of these four banners, the samurai of the Kira family no longer have any dissatisfaction, they stared at the four black and white flags for a moment, if two years ago they called themselves Ashikaga Kamiko were worried about other people's opposition, now they are openly taking out the flag seal of Ashikaga Kamisaburo Yoshishi, no one will express other opinions, but will worship the deeds of this famous general of the Ashikaga family.

Sixty-five countries in the world, Kira Yoshishi is also a famous general at the forefront, and he is forced to fight the overlord Miyoshi family to fight for peace, this strength is not at all what ordinary samurai can imagine, especially those few battles that are completely unfettered and completely rely on strength to meet the hard battle is completely unexpected by the Kanto samurai, so there are many Kanto samurai who are optimistic about the Kira family going down to Echigo, hoping to bring something to Kanto, and what it will bring, they themselves are not clear.

These four flags symbolize the glory of the Kira family for three hundred years, and it also symbolizes the glory of thousands of warriors of their Kira family.

Honda Shizheng was still a little unwilling: "But the owner of the museum ......"

"Has the owner already decided? That's fine! After Echigo, no one dared to say that the owner of the hall did not say a word, so that the country did his best to guard Echigo, and this kindness was enough to repay the kindness of the main hall to my Kira family. Yamamoto Tokiyuki shook his head at his disciple, the latter immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly bowed his head and retracted, Kira Yoshitoki's attitude was so clear, and his will was as resolute as iron, and there were still people who didn't know each other at this time, so it was really to find guilt.

Kira Yoshishi squinted his eyes and scanned the two rows of retainers on the left and right, but he didn't see his small movements, and the Kira retainers comprehended the strong will of the lord at this moment, and lowered their heads one by one to show their obedience to his orders.

"Good!" A faint smile appeared on Kira Yoshitoki's face, and he asked sharply: "This family is the Ashikaga Imperial Family, and Ashikaga Kamizaburo has always done what he says, and he will do what he says!" The family said that Toraki could be the lord of Echigo. She'll be able to do it! Who dares to question? Who would dare to resist? ”

The loud cheers shocked the retainers of Kira. Out of natural reverence for the Lord. The samurai of the Kira family involuntarily fell to the ground, and shouted in unison: "We are willing to be driven by swords, guns, bows and arrows, and we are willing to serve the work of dogs and horses for the lord of the pavilion!" ”

The more and more majestic Kira Yoshishi always has an indescribable feeling, which makes every brave samurai bow their heads in fear, even Watanabe Takatsunade, Naito Masari and others are no exception, what they are afraid of is not power, even Ashikaga Yoshiteru's summons have never been so feared by them, what they are afraid of is the power of Kira Yoshitoki.

Tokiyuki Yamamoto asked, "Then what should be done with the crusade against the Echigo rebellion?" ”

"Of course! It's up to me to go into battle! This was the first time the family was in Echigo. You have to deal with it carefully, don't discredit your family! Kira Yoshitoki said firmly.

Watanabe Takatsuna patted his chest and confidently assured, "Please rest assured, Lord Pavilion!" I can't go wrong! ”

"Excellent! This is what the family wants! Kira Yoshitoki suddenly stood up, walked to the trail and looked around at the retainers on the left and right, and said, "Tell me, how did the prestige of the Kira family come about?" How did I get to the Ashikaga family? ”

"Of course it's typed!" Takigawa Shiyi jumped up and shouted: "My Kira family is a martial name that has been fought hard by bloody battles!" Please lead us to defeat the enemy as before, let the white flag of the Ashikaga family shine on the land of Echigo, and listen to the wailing of the enemy! ”

"Well said! Very good! ”

Kira Yoshitoki gave Takigawa Tokiyoshi a satisfied look, walked quickly to the flag mark behind him and patted the Ashikaga two on the wall, looked back and shouted, "What is the Genji White Flag?" This is the white flag of my Ashikaga family! And this is the white flag of my Ashikaga Kamizaburo! Why am I Hanoi Genji a pillar of Genji? Rely on military merit!

There is no Hachiman Great Bodhisattva to bless you. There is no protection from generation to generation of pillars of the Genji clan, and there is no generation of our Genji samurai family to fight from generation to generation. Will there be my Genji White Flag, will there be two generations of my Genji shogunate? So this family doesn't want to guard Echigo! This family is not the lord of the country, not the guardian daimyo, none of these, this family wants to revive the Genji pillars, this family wants to let the white flag fly again, all the kings fight for this ideal! ”

"White flag! White flag! Wansheng! Wansheng! The samurai of the Kira family jumped up and roared excitedly, and Hosokawa Fujitaka couldn't help but dance along, since the Ming Coup d'état for more than 60 years, the Genji family has been bullied and humiliated, the shogun has been stabbed, the shogun has been exiled, the shogun has been puppeted, and the shogun has been driven out of Kyoto again and again, like a steel needle pierced into his heart, and the blood pierced is unbearable.

Every member of the Ashikaga family has a dream of reviving the shogunate since childhood, but the reality is so cruel, the face of the Genji family, the glory passed down by the ancestors has been buried again and again, such as who else takes the shogunate seriously today? Did they dare to do that back then? They don't dare! A letter of imperial education can make them scareless, but what does it look like now? It's a shame!

Hosokawa Fujitaka shouted: "The only one who saves my Hanoi Genji family is my lord, and the mansion will collapse, only my lord!" ”

The white flag has a fatal attraction for samurai, even a simple two words can make people feel a rush of blood boiling all over their bodies, but Yamamoto Tokiyuki has a different kind of excitement, he knows what Kira Yoshitoki is alluding to, and the hidden white flag may be seen again at some point in the future.

"Has the Pavilion Master finally changed his name?" Yamamoto's eyes widened, and his eyes showed joy and expectation: "White flag! The white flag of the Ashikaga family, how many years has it not been called like this? It's been a long time ago, and I can't remember it! ”

"If only you understood! Get ready to go! Don't let me find out that you have been slacking off in a year! ”

"Please rest assured! We will never look back! "Whether it is the confident Watanabe Takatsuna, Naito Masanari, and Takigawa Mashige, or the confident Takigawa Tokiyoshi and Shima Tokikatsu, they all began to gear up and figure out how to get the biggest feats. (To be continued......)

PS: It's not easy to bring out the theme! Don't even think about it in Kinai, how can there be great ambitions without pain and suffering? He has his own way, and he has his own beliefs that he insists on! A killer Matt shouted that I want the world to be martial, in my opinion, it is the opening of the stream!