"For the future of the shogunate! Because a very dangerous situation was found in the next, there was no place for the shogunate to forge ahead in the entire Ki, such as the Toichi in the Cargill period, and the hexagonal high-ranking people in the civilization year, the shogunate was still unable to crusade, but now it is even more different, and the shogunate is unable to crusade against the unsubordinate, which is the biggest crux of my shogunate.

Although the crisis of the shogunate has been temporarily resolved, the foundation of the Miyoshi family has not been lost, and it will definitely make a comeback in the future. In the past, there were Hosokawa and Ouchi and Ouchi who fought in the Ginai to make the power of our shogunate decline greatly, and today there are three good and six corners to fight for hegemony in Kyoto, and in the past there were Hosokawa and Ouchi, and today there are three good and six corners, maybe there will be some careerists in the future, and if the shogunate is not strong, such careerists will emerge in endlessly, so resist day after day, year after year, when will they be able to survive? Your Majesty can't sleep at night every time you think about it! ”

Kira Yoshitoki's face has already been honed, not to mention the trivial matter of the light black hexagonal family, even if it is not much of a problem to talk nonsense to his face, but it is still a little uneasy to talk nonsense in front of the general, but fortunately, the shogunate did not notice this detail.

Ashikaga Yoshiki frowned and thought about the meaning of these words, thinking about it carefully, he had never seriously thought about this kind of question, every day he was either planning to defeat Miyoshi, or planning to restore the foundation of his ancestors, how could he have the kung fu to think about such a complicated thing, but looking at the words of Kira Yoshishi, there was a bad omen, and he hesitated for a moment and asked: "What should be the meaning of Yiyishi?" ”

"Before that, His Majesty was still unable to do it for several years, and it was not until the moment when His Majesty encountered the main hall of the Long Tail Bullet that he realized it recently! The reason for this is that the shogunate itself is not strong, and the daimyo who guards the distant country does not support it, so that the hard work can only ensure that the shogunate is isolated in a corner of the mountain city country and temporarily safe. But will the Miyoshi family let me go of the shogunate? Sooner or later, they will make a comeback. At that time, there will be no internal support, no external support. I can only rely on the hard resistance of my shogunate's roots, and the cost of a tragic victory outweighs the loss, and once it fails, it will be a complete loss, and the foundation will be scattered!

Can I ask if the shogunate has been devastated? His Majesty did not dare to say that he could still win undefeated against Miyoshi, and the samurai who were carried away by one or two victories would only face destruction, so His Majesty thought of going down to Echigo to establish support for the shogunate in the distant country, but it was not enough to simply go down to Echigo, without the support of force, and the minister was just an empty shell. But going down to Echigo with a large army will be taboo by the countrymen, so I thought of marrying the sister of the main hall of the long-tailed bullet......"

"What did you say!" Ashikaga Yoshiteru suddenly jumped up, threw the folding fan in his hand and almost smashed it on Kira Yoshitoki's face, and the anger in his heart turned into a voice that suddenly rose a large distance, eager to kick over this bastard who angered him.

"Do you know what you're talking about? You're going to betray the shogunate! Betrayal Yu! If you fall in love with the woman of the Nagao family, you will abandon the righteousness of the shogunate, you traitor who forgets his righteousness! Where did Yu apologize for you, so that you thought about abandoning the shogunate? You make it clear to Yu! ”

Ashikaga Yoshiteru's anger was not unexpected, he could only meet the angry roar of the strong public party motionlessly, and the hot pain on his cheek was smashed by the flying folding fan, but fortunately, there was an involuntary backward just now. only to dodge the fatal blow that hit the eye.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru knew better than anyone where the shogunate's prosperity depended came from, not the flattery of the shogunate or the ornate pleadings. It is the military guarantee provided by the Kira family, which is the desperate fight of the nine thousand elites in bloody battles, and the shogunate army and the Hosokawa Harumoto department are vulnerable in front of the Miyoshi family, and only the nine thousand troops of the Kira Yoshishi can win three consecutive battles to kill Yingye.

Even if he was a natural jealous minister of the shogunate, and he especially wanted to suppress Kira Yoshi, he didn't dare to let him go, because the Kira family had become the talisman of the shogunate, and before the shogunate's own strength was not strengthened, could he throw away the talisman casually?

So how could Ashikaga Yoshiteru allow this shogunate's minister to leave him? No matter what the reason! He must stay in Kinai and be honest and safe to be the shogunate talisman, if it weren't for the fact that the daughter of the Ashikaga family is too young, Ashikaga Yoshiteru would force him to be his brother-in-law now, this is beyond doubt!

"Why can't you say it? Isn't Omi-Shiga and Takashima not satisfying your appetite? How about the mountain castle guard? Should you be in charge? And what about the lieutenant general? Could it be that you still want to replace Yu as the general of Zhengyi? Anger was accumulating in Ashikaga Yoshiki's chest, and the general, who was obviously already dazed, kicked over the case, and smashed the bottles and cans all over the ground.

In a hurry, he picked up the vase on the side and threw it towards Kira Yoshitoki, only to hear a "bang", Kira Yoshishi fell straight to the ground, and the broken vase rubbed his head and flew out, fortunately the head was not smashed and the blood flowed, but a big bag bulged out of the head still frightened the little surname who served outside the hall.

Seeing Kira Yoshitomi being smashed like that and still trying to sit up, Ashikaga Yoshiki suddenly began to regret his recklessness and madness, this smash can't say that he has to smash most of the love of the monarch and ministers, how can the two people establish a close relationship without kindness? Looking at Kira Yoshishi's stubborn eyes again, he already understood that he was powerless to obstruct him.

Kira Yoshitoki's face was distorted, the sharp pain on his forehead was not as fast as the convulsions in his heart, how could he never have thought that he would be thrown twice, folding a fan to hit his face, a vase to his head, what did he do wrong? Let Ashikaga Yoshiteru treat himself like this? At this moment, there was only a cold feeling in his heart.

"It's a good deal! I can leave without any regrets! Kira Yoshitoshi pressed himself to hold the hot and sore wound, and said in a more firm tone: "Your Majesty has no intention of betraying the Shogunate, and Your Majesty's loyalty to the Shogunate and His Royal Highness can be seen by the sun and the moon, but the Shogunate is too weak and needs the help of strong reinforcements!"

All I can do for the shogunate is the thousands of elite divisions to fight to the death, and so far there is only so much that the ministers can do, more than half of the nine thousand elites can be destroyed next time can win the three tsuki is still a question, once the ministers are defeated, then the shogunate will be cut off, not only will His Royal Highness be forced to leave Kyoto for refuge, but the ministers will also lose the possibility of recovery, so the ministers should take advantage of the time when there is still strength to spare, go out to seek support from other forces.

The main hall of Nagaodan, loyal to the shogunate. As long as there is me Jiliang righteous time to help. Kai Takeda can be defeated in five or seven years. In another five or seven years, he defeated Echichu and Koga Yiyi, and together with the Asakura family, he swept away the three good things for the shogunate. ”

"So you're leaving, aren't you? But what should you do when you leave the shogunate? Without your guardian, what can I do to defend against the iron hooves of the three tsukis? Ashikaga Yoshiteru looked at him coldly, listening to him paint a beautiful picture, but there was not the slightest hint of excitement on his face.

Now that the affection is gone, Ashikaga Yoshiteru doesn't plan to do more to appease, and sarcastically says as if he is broken: "What about the shogunate? You have five or seven years on the left and five or seven years on the right, how can the shogunate survive so many years? Do you want to let Mitsuki force Yu back to Sakamoto to be an imperial general? Tell you! Yu will never go back to Kyoto this time! Death will not go back! ”

I felt that the wound on my forehead didn't seem to hurt as much as it did just now. He took a deep breath and smiled reluctantly: "Please rest assured, Your Highness will not leave the shogunate and leave, according to Your Majesty's knowledge, Hatakeyama and Rokkaku have secretly formed an alliance, and the main content of their covenant is that Miyoshi retreats and shares the Kinai, Hatakeyama and Rokkaku are each other's surfaces and inside, and the foundation of the leader and the leader will continue to be passed on!"

Of course, this covenant is based on deception, the strength of the Hosokawa family is not as strong as before, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and there are many people in the country who have received the affection of the Hosokawa family in Kinai, and now Hosokawa Harumoto and his wife are claustrophobic at Pumen Temple. Rokkaku Yoshiken has to defeat Miyoshi no matter what, one is to save his sister and brother-in-law. The second is also for territorial expansion and the revitalization of the family, as for who the Hatakeyama family's high house hall is, presumably His Royal Highness also knows something. ”

For his proposed plan, Ashikaga Yoshimasa can only respond with silence, half a month earlier, the shogunate did receive an oath from Hatakeyama Takamasa, the content is nothing more than to say that the Hatakeyama family has been loyal to the shogunate for generations, and he Hatakeyama Takamasa will sweep away the shogunate Sanzuki, and also ask Ashikaga Yoshiteru to continue to fulfill the previous agreement, as long as the Miyoshi Nagakei is swept away, he will be crowned as the leader.

He didn't pay much attention to this oath before that, can a guy with an abnormal head believe what he says? The last time he made that big oolong, the shogunate felt a big loss of face, and he was a dignified shogun who had to play with a second goods, which was a great shame.

But listening to Kira Yoshitoki's words, he realized that the Hatakeyama family was very likely to have colluded with the Rokkaku family, and the maximum number of armed forces that the two families could mobilize exceeded 50,000, and the countrymen lords behind them were all over half of, which was enough to wrestle with the Miyoshi family, but the shogunate did not have a talisman, so how could it maintain a transcendent and neutral position in the fight between the two powers? It's completely different to make a talisman when there is Kira Yoshi, so I still can't let him go.

Kira Yoshitoki carefully observed Ashikaga Yoshiteru's repeatedly changing expression, and knew that he was considering the pros and cons of whether to go or not, so he decided to give this powerful public party a step: "His Majesty did not leave all of them this time to Echigo, after all, the land of the two counties still has to be guarded, so His Majesty will leave 6,000 military assistants and two counties as garrisons, and this army is also subject to the orders of the shogunate, and if Kyoto is in trouble, they will take the initiative to take the responsibility of guarding Gyeonggi." ”

Now Ashikaga Yoshiteru has nothing to say, Kira Yoshitoki has already dealt with all the details, and the six thousand elites don't need him to pay for raising soldiers, and he is also the retainer of the Kira family to command, there is nothing better than this, now he regrets and blames himself even more, if he knows that he will not be so impulsive, it will not hurt the relationship between the monarch and the minister.

If you can't do it, you can only come soft, and if you want to recover the loss, you can be bound by love, Ashikaga Yoshiteru said cheekily: "In this way, it's still a bit of a loss for you to marry the daughter of the Nagao family!" Why don't you let the daughter of the long-tail family do the side room, and how about marrying her sister? ”

"No! If it weren't for this layer of in-law relationship, the main hall of the long tail bullet would not allow his subordinates to go down to Echigo with a large army, because the main hall of the long tail bullet swore not to marry in this life, and only his sister was the closest person in this world, so the main hall of the long tail bullet did not hesitate to cultivate her as the heir of the family governor, and only the daughter of the long tail family could get the full trust of the main hall of the long tail bullet. "Kira Yoshitoki didn't agree with his proposal, if you don't marry the daughter of the Nagao family, will you marry your five-year-old sister?

Now Ashikaga Yoshiki has nothing to say, Kira Yoshitoki is open to the great cause of the Ashikaga family, and instead of marrying the golden branches and jade leaves of his Ashikaga family, he went to marry a country girl as a wife, he secretly thought: "In the future, when my son becomes a general, he will have to marry his daughter as the main house, which can be regarded as compensation for him!" ”

In the end, Ashikaga Yoshiteru reluctantly agreed to his proposal, and of course Ashikaga Yoshiteru suggested that it would be better to send some loyal and reliable samurai to lead the 3,000 troops. Kira Yoshitoki said that he would hand over this army to Nakajo Tokihide to stay as commander. Ashikaga Yoshiki finally let him go satisfied.

So Kira Yoshitoki returned to Sakamoto with the general's order. First told Yamamoto Tokiyuki about this matter, Yamamoto Tokiyuki stared at him with clear eyes, and suddenly grinned: "Has the hall owner finally figured it out?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"Do you remember the oath you made in the Mijihachiman Palace?"

"This departure from the homeland will surely bring glory to the Jira clan and pacify the troubled times of the Warring States!" Kira Yoshitoki only remembered it for a moment.

"The Pavilion Master has fulfilled his first vow."

"Hmm!"

Yamamoto Tokiyuki looked at him with one eye and suddenly said, "It's time to fight for the second vow!" ”

"A second vow?" Kira Yoshitoki said seriously: "I will work hard!" ”

After the conclusion of the matters of the next Echigo, Kira Yoshishi convened a meeting of the executive non-stop to make arrangements for the sharing of government affairs between the two counties. At the assessment meeting in early December, the order to Echigo was immediately announced, which naturally caused an uproar, and many samurai said that they could not understand that the Kira family was doing well in Kinai, and everyone thought that they had found a good backer and were looking forward to a better life.

Immediately, more than a dozen samurai stood up and said earnestly: "Please think twice, Lord Pavilion!" ”

"Please think twice, Lord Inn!"

"This family has decided to do the following, you don't have to say anything more!" Kira Yoshitoki simply left the task of explaining and pacifying to Yamamoto Tokiyuki, who wanted to cultivate a sense of obedience among his retainers, and the governor's decision did not need to be approved by everyone. If you don't understand it, you must do it, and the trend of common discussion among the people of the country must not arise in the Kira family. A certain degree of arbitrariness is still necessary.

As expected, when this news is tantamount to dropping a bomb, what will Kira Yoshitoki's departure mean for? While everyone was digesting the shocking news in shock, some of them began to panic, what else could they do if they stayed in Omi without Kirayoshi? Continue to be a refuge for generals or be bullied and can't hold their heads up? This is a question worth pondering.

The news that the Kira family was about to go down to Echigo was not particularly secret, and within a few days it spread throughout Kinai in the form of gossip, of course, many people did not believe this rumor, but with Nagao Keitora entering Sakamoto Castle with a sightseeing group, it all seemed to be developing in an unusual direction.

Some daimyo and countrymen began to appear frequently in Kyoto, taking advantage of the time to meet the shogun to inquire about news, and some people tried to ask about rumors, but the shogunate people without exception chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and then heard that Kira Yoshitoki was secretly discussing the matter of Echigo's downward direction, which also increased the suspicion of many people.

In the castle tower of Kannonji Temple, Rokkaku Yoshiken was listening to Mochizuki Yoshito's intelligence report, and when he heard that the Kira family was preparing to go down to Echigo, he immediately rejoiced: "This is really good news, as soon as Kira Yoshitoki leaves, the two counties will be able to take it back naturally!" ”

"Your Majesty thinks it's going to be difficult!" Mochizuki Yoshito reminded: "The Kira family is left behind with 8,000 troops, of which the four main reserves are intact, and the strong support of the Kira Navy is still the first in Omi!" The most important thing is the support of the imperial court and the shogunate, and the lord should not forget the friendship between the Duke of Wu Wei and the current Guan Bai and the shogun. ”

"Damn! So those two counties still haven't come back? Hekkaku Yoshixian said in annoyance: "Is there no other way? ”

This seemed to be asking Mochizuki Yoshito, and as if he was talking to himself, Mochizuki Yoshito did not answer his question, and after a while he reported: "A letter from the high house hall in Hanoi asks ......"

……

In Akutagawa Mountain Castle, Miyoshi Chokei is playing Go with Miyoshi Yoshiken, the two of them are first-class cultural people with very high cultural literacy, even if they know that Kira Yoshitoki is about to leave at this moment, there is no doubt about it, until after a game of chess, Miyoshi Yoshiken said with a smile: "Brother's chess skills are still so good." ”

"Yes, Zhikang is distracted! You have to be distracted in the game of chess, you were distracted just now. Miyoshi Changqing shook his head and said, "Is it for the sake of Najirayoshi?" ”

"Yes! Once the enemy is gone, the life of my Sanhao family will be much better. Miyoshi Yoshiken smiled and said, "Shouldn't you celebrate?" ”

"My family thinks that things are not so simple, you and I both know the temperament of today's public side, how could he give up his mainstay at this time and go to Echigo?" Miyoshi Changqing pondered: "There must be something we don't know. ”

"Is it a hexagon? The Hexagonal family hasn't made anything this year, so it's not surprising if he invests in the public side. Miyoshi Yoshixian reminded again: "There is also a reason for his good brother-in-law." ”

"His Royal Highness has learned wisely! Throwing out a poisonous bait that the family had to eat, Hosokawa Harumoto would be claustrophobic no matter what, but in this way, it would inevitably clash with the Rokkaku family. Miyoshi Changqing squinted his eyes and sneered: "Do you really think that the Hexagonal family can do it?" As soon as Kira Yoshitoki leaves, who else is the opponent of the family in Kinai? Wait for three or two years of cultivation in my own family, take care of the group of traitors in Tanba, and then clean you up! ”

"Huh...... At that time, Kyoto will still be ours, and if the public side obeys my Miyoshi family, everything is easy to say, and if he does not obey, he will not mind letting him go to Sakamoto to continue to take refuge. The brothers looked at each other and smiled brightly.

The rumors that the Kira family is about to leave are spreading more and more, especially when the Kira family is busy with military service division, it can basically be confirmed that this matter is not far from ten, and who stays and who will take it away within the two counties has become a new topic, although the Mikawa samurai are reluctant to give up on the customs of Omi, but they still choose to resolutely support Kira Yoshito's decision, and the attitude of the Omi people has become very interesting, most of the people of Takashima County are reluctant to leave, among which Takashima Seven Heads without exception expressed their willingness to hold on to the territory for the Kira family.

Most of the people in Shiga County are reluctant to go, and only a small part are willing to continue to follow the Kira family, because the samurai who stayed behind can still keep their original treatment unchanged, so no one is willing to follow the Echigo who ran to the bitter cold to develop, of course, some people are unwilling to go, and naturally there are those who are willing to follow, such as Miyabe Jirun, who is very optimistic about the Kira family and makes it clear that he is willing to follow.

The final statistics came out soon, and there were only more than 300 samurai in Omi who were willing to follow, which also made Kira Yoshitoki breathe a sigh of relief, and he could draw more ashigaru to fill in the samurai with fewer samurai, after all, Omi's reserve team was also trained with real money, and it would be a loss if he didn't take away the elite among them. (To be continued......)

PS: Whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, there is both kindness and affection between monarchs and ministers, and it is irreparable to hurt the affection.