Ashikaga Fujimasa's friends and many small surnames' perfect performances really frightened many Kanto samurai, making them mistakenly think that several powerful daimyo in Kanto had secretly reached some kind of ulterior secret agreement, and because this generation of Furukawa Gongkata was a famous big straw bag, the Kanto samurai were more willing to believe that this ploy must have come from the Hojo clan's handiwork.

Many samurai couldn't help but marvel at the Hojo family's forbearance methods, and they were willing to use 20,000 troops to perform a big drama in the Kamiku country, just to paralyze the vigilance of the Kira family.

Nasu Ziyin was also successfully bluffed by him, especially when he heard the messenger's emotionless analysis of the script, which vividly explained the predicament that the Nasu family is now encountering, which made him feel that his backbone was constantly trembling, and he only felt a cool breath rising from the tail vertebrae to the back of his head, and the heart of the six gods was very flustered.

Although the level of the Furukawa envoy is not high, and he can't even do the most basic forbearance of a diplomat, his memory is still very good, and he finally said something: "In the early spring of this year, Nasuden won a draw in Kokurahara, and then won a small victory in the Nango Battle two months later, and Nasuden personally took the enemy who had injured Nasuden, and the Ashina family's Sase Tachiro Tonehide reported the hatred of the injury, which shows that Nasuden's martial arts and military strategy are very good.

It's just that the arrogance of the Oseki Misaku Shouden and the Otawara Yamashiro Shouden is a little out of place, and they even tried to contact the Satake Ukyo Daifuden of Hitachi Province to welcome an adopted heir as the governor, so the behavior of turning his arms outward completely deviates from the loyalty that he should have as a retainer of the spectrum. What's more, one of the seven parties of Nasu touched the world's heroes with his loyalty and bravery. In doing so, they are blaspheming and trampling on the reputation of their father, His Highness Otawara Bizen Shou Ziqing! ”

"That's a good point!" The old man of the Peshiro family, Nono Shimune, agreed: "Otawara Bizen Moriden is an excellent samurai admired by the people of the Kanto Martial Arts. He has made an indelible contribution to my Nasu family, without the strong support of the Bizen Shoudian, there would be no Nasu family's status today, the two boys of the Otawara family are too much, and they want to use their kinship to suppress the family governor and elevate themselves, which is really a bit unbelievable! ”

Nasu Shiyin and the close samurai of the house all showed very approving expressions, obviously Otawara Shikiyoshi has a very strong reputation in the Kanto region, especially in Shimono Province, and the Nasu family's transformation from weak to strong has a direct relationship with him, just like the famous wise general Hagiwara Masakatsu, who brought prosperity to the Takeda family. The teaching cultivated two generations of excellent family governors, Takeda Shintora and Takeda Shingen, and established a solid foundation for the strength of the Takeda family.

The envoy of Furukawa began to read according to the book again: "The meaning of His Royal Highness is very simple, since the Misaku Guardian Hall of Seki and the Yamajo Castle Guardian of Otawara took the initiative to join the Oterochi Satake Ukyo Doctor Palace, then why can't the Suden join the Hojo family to make an active confrontation posture?" I believe that with the strong support of Hojo Sagami Shouden, it will inevitably change the one-sided situation in the family!

In addition, the situation of the enemy of the Nasu Palace, Utsunomiya Shimono Shouden, must also be known to all the monarchs, Utsunomiya Shimono Shouden returned to Utsunomiya Castle with the support of many parties, and during this period he married the daughter of Satake Ukyo Daifuden as the main wife, but later Utsunomiya Shimono Shouden still stood on the side of the Ashina family and the Shirakawa Yuki family, and fought against Nasuden and the Satake family, Yuki family, and Koyama family. The so-called kinship and hatred are sometimes just a thin line, as long as it is something powerful to one's own family, even if it is disgusting, it will be done! ”

"It's not unreasonable to say that...... Nasu Ziyin said hesitantly, "It's just that Utsunomiya Tsusuna guy won't agree easily, right?" That alliance was actually a means for him to pull up against his own family. The Utsunomiya family has never faced the attack of the Satake family, and the Satake family is just borrowing the main family to deal with the Ashina family and the Shirakawa Yuki family. ”

This question made the Furukawa messenger a little stuck. There didn't seem to be any mention of this in his recitation, but fortunately, Nasu Ziyin didn't intend to get any useful information from his embarrassed expression, and after a while, he listened to the messenger repeat the muttering: "His Royal Highness the Princesses of my family have contacted the important ministers of the Utsunomiya Shimono Moriden, His Royal Highness Takada, the right guard captain of Yoga, and His Royal Highness the Sho Shunzong of Mikawa Yamajo.

Presumably, Nasuden also knew that these two were powerful genealogical retainers of the Utsunomiya family, especially the Yoshiga Right Guard Captain Hall as the humerus minister of Utsunomiya Shimono Mamoru who made great contributions to Utsunomiya Mamoru for the smooth return of Utsunomiya Castle, in addition, he also contacted Oseki Misaku to assassinate Nasuden's cousin Nasu Gaozi, and also made some influence for Nasuden to ascend the throne of the family governor, and these two were powerful samurai who were pro-Hojo, and advocated a friendly relationship with the Hojo family to establish a stable domination system for the Utsunomiya family, I believe Nasuden should understand what this means? ”

Nasu Ziyin sighed and said, "This is the answer that the family just wanted to get...... Sure enough, is it a planned plan for the Hojo Sagami Shouden? The Utsunomiya family's governor is pro-Satake anti-Hojo, and the genealogy of the Utsunomiya family is pro-Hojo anti-Satake...... It looks like it's quite interesting, but if the family is pro-Hojo and anti-Satake, can they also get the same effect? ”

Although he was not good at strategy, he could still see that there were some untraceable doubts in this set of analysis, so he said worriedly: "It seems to have a similar effect, right?" It's just that the anti-Kira who is so sloppy always feels a little unsteady in his heart! ”

"It turns out that Zizong Hall also thinks so! My family also feels very uneasy! Nasu Ziyin gently tapped the floor to show his uncertain complex heart, and after hesitating for a long time, he still said with anxiety: "My Nasu family and the town government have no grudges in the past and no enmity in the near future, it doesn't seem to be a very appropriate thing to offend so rashly, I always feel that doing so will have a very adverse impact on my family!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Princesses of my family hopes that Nasuden will make a gesture of joining the anti-Kira Alliance, and that a small number of troops can be sent to join the Kanto Alliance, and the main force will unite with the forces of the Utsunomiya Shimono Moriden to deal with the anti-Hojo Kunimen in Shimono Province! Presumably, such a choice must have allowed Nasuden to let go of the worries in his heart! ”

The envoy of Furukawa let out a long breath after chanting this sentence, as if he had finished reciting all the words, and Nasu Ziyin fell into deep thought again. So he boldly asked: "How is the Sudian thinking about it?" Regardless of Nasuden's final decision. Shouldn't you release it first and go back to your life next! ”

"Then ask the angel to go back and restore his life! He told His Royal Highness Furukawa Gongfang...... "Nasu Ziyin hesitated for a long time. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "My family will definitely go to the Furukawa Imperial Palace to participate in the grand event!" ”

Midsummer in June has not passed, a storm hit heralded the beginning of the long rainy season, I don't know if it was last year's rain was too little and deliberately given compensation, this year's rain seems to be extraordinarily abundant, from the beginning of the year is the blizzard continued to April and May should have been a slightly dry season has not lacked rain, until the typhoon hit in June and continued heavy rain.

However, it was impossible to fight in bad weather such as rain and snow, and both the Kwantung samurai and the people of Hokuriku could only sit at home and stare at the continuous rain in a daze, and many retainers in the Echigo domain were busy reinforcing the river defense and inspecting the embankment. The so-called thousand-mile embankment is destroyed in the anthill, and no matter how good the embankment is for three or five years, it will inevitably collapse.

Hosokawa Fujitaka's wife Numata Musk is also pregnant with a child, because it is the first child to be pregnant, so that the Kanding Commission is busy serving his wife, and the pregnant Numata Musk is also very close to her sister Numata Sandalwood, and every once in a while she runs to the palace with a big belly, and happens to chat and kill time in the palace with a group of ladies such as Aju, Princess Aya, and Nagao Axu, who has been married.

This small imperial palace seems to be about to become the main battlefield of Echigo's Lady diplomacy, and the wife of Nagao Keinobu who joined later, Sanada Yutaka's wife, has also become the eldest sister in this small group. In addition, Ah Lang, who represented Uesugi Teruto, also participated in the event and served as the convener of the newly added "Decameron Talks" event. Although it didn't make Ah Lang and Uesugi Huihu get together, there was something to do that made her live a very smooth life.

It is said that this event is to bring together the wives of the Kasuga mountain town every ten days to discuss some topics, such as life, clothing, things, art, literature, writing, songs, etc., including all the material aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation, as well as the spiritual and cultural aspects, this platform was established in the name of enhancing understanding, strengthening solid relationships, improving the quality of wives, and providing better help for the education of the next generation.

Tiger Ji also deliberately built a small courtyard on the south side of the palace, and also named it Listening to the Rain Courtyard by Tiger Ji herself, which is said to be taken from the solution of leaning on the fence to listen to the rain, and opened a side door as a meeting place for ladies.

As the head of the courtyard, the tiger Ji has nothing to do with a big belly and goes around a few times, and also tells the straight tiger, sandalwood, and Yoshino to go there at different times, and they also take their daughters and sons to play in the rain courtyard by them, and every day you can hear a burst of cheerful laughter from the spring palace, so that Kira Yoshitoki's palace is left out in the cold and alone, and the troubles of happiness are probably like this, and there are always some little things that make people worry.

Matsui Yukan's wife is also the eldest sister of the Numata Seven Sisters, Mingxiang, who gave birth to his sister-in-law Matsui Shintaro at the beginning of last month, and set an in-law with Hosokawa Fujitaka early, saying that he recognized that the eldest daughter of the Hosokawa family must marry their sister-in-law as the wife of the main room, and Hosokawa Fujitaka is also happy to prepare an in-law relationship first, which can be regarded as a relationship between brothers-in-law.

The so-called Numata Seven Sisters are the seven daughters born to Numata Mitsukan and the step-room Chong'an Temple, and were nicknamed the Seven Golden Flowers by Kira Yoshitoki, the eldest sister of the Seven Sisters Akika is the main room of Matsui Yukan, the second sister Enoka is the main room of the Nanaoka Pavilion, the third sister Sandalwood is the side room of Kira Yoshito, the fourth sister Musk is the main room of Hosokawa Fujitaka, and the fifth sister Kunika, the sixth sister Rue, and the seventh sister Yuxiang have not yet married.

There are signs that Numata Mitsukan intends to marry Kunika to Watanabe Moritsuna, his father Watanabe Takatsuna because of his merit promotion to a general, in the Mikawa faction samurai is a samurai with strong real power, very famous and willing to act as a Bole to support many Mikawa samurai, although Watanabe Shoutsuna is not visible, but with his father's connections, he can easily inherit huge resources.

In addition, he also plans to marry Rue Xiang to Murakami Kunikiyo, who is just in the Yuan suit, as the only surviving son-in-law of Murakami Yoshikiyo, Murakami Kuniyoshi is incorporated into the Akaga Ashikaga family's direct Ma Hui Zhong to receive all-round training, and his father Murakami Yoshikiyo is also a very special person in the system of the Ashikaga family, although he is not the elder of the spectrum family, but he enjoys the honor of the first person under the Agaga family, and is higher than another special person, Nagano Yemasa.

The marriage net of Mitsukane Numata has quietly opened. Almost including many lineage ministers of the Ashikaga family. His actions were seen by the Longtail as ill-intentioned. Such a blatant marriage of the genealogy of any famous family is a very dangerous act, and it is easy to evolve into characters like Date Minorune, Nagano Yoshimasa, and Otawara Shikiyo, which will induce great danger.

Including Nagao Keishinobu and Nagao Masaki have mentioned it several times intentionally or unintentionally at the evaluation meeting, Kira Yoshitoki is very aware of the Nagao family's jealousy and dissatisfaction with the Numata family's behavior, and he even knows that Uesugi Terutora is somewhat dissatisfied with the Numata family, especially Numata Mitsukane has circulated some dangerous words related to the issue of concubines in private, which makes the Nagao family feel that this person is very restless.

Fortunately, this sprout is still hidden in layers of fog, and Numata Mikane has never been reused. The status in the family is more than the upper than the lower than the subordinate minister.,And it's the last vice-minister who belongs to the idle work.,I don't have the qualifications to participate in the high-level assessment meeting.,So far, I haven't been recruited into the castle tower by Kira Yoshitoki.。

Its status is not said to be the first person in the genealogy family, Uesugi Teruto, that is, compared to Nagao Keishinobu, Nagao Masakai, Honjo Minoru, Nakajo Fuji is also far behind, compared to Kakizaki Keijia, Saito Asanobu, Hojo Takahiro, Kurokawa Kiyomi and others, can only be compared with young people like Takigawa Tokiyoshi, Shima Tokikatsu, and Honjo Shiranaga, who are much lower in rank.

Numata Mitsukane has not done much since joining the Kamikawa Ashikaga family, or Kira Yoshitoki has never thought of letting him do things, and most of the time is spent studying the cultivation of culture such as ape music, tea ceremony, and waka, and has little say in the internal meetings of the adherents. The closer contact was with the Eddaiji Catholic Church, who had fled from the country, but the relationship with his sons-in-law was not close. The most one help was that a few people helped Numata Mitsukane get the position of second service in Wakasa Echizen.

A wise samurai doesn't ask meaningless questions, so Uesugi Terutora didn't ask Kira Yoshitoki about the reason for his indulgent Numata Hikaru unscrupulous marriage, because he knew very well that even if he asked, he wouldn't get the answer he wanted, and as long as the Numata family was still a powerless family, no matter how big his actions were, it wouldn't affect anyone.

And Numata Sandalwood doesn't seem to like Numata Mitsukane's chattering and nagging, but instead becomes a pair of good sisters with the hostile Masamuro Lady Torakihime, and since Sandalwood's son Matsuchiyo was born, he stopped summoning his father Numata Mitsukane on the grounds of inconvenience, which was regarded by the Nagao clan as one of the manifestations of the Numata family's unhappiness.

Standing on the top of the five-story castle tower of Kasuga Mountain Castle and looking out over the railing, in the white rain curtain, Naoetsu Town under Kasuga Mountain has been lit up one by one, Kira Yoshitoki said lightly: "It is inevitable that there will be some stumbling in such a huge body of the Kamiga Ashikaga family, and it is safer to expose some contradictions in broad daylight than to hide under the water."

Yu hopes to use Numata Mitsukane's line to draw the attention of more retainers, and free the retainers from the infighting between the old and new genealogy factions, the Echigo faction and the non-Echigo faction, and also hopes to gradually replace the habit of focusing on geographical territory with blood kinship, and it is always easier to guard against visible relatives than invisible allies, and because ......"

Where there are people, there will be strife, how to measure the proportion of unity and cooperation and internal competition can never be solved once and for all, the infighting of the Ashikaga family has never stopped, even the most intelligent strategists have to fight for more interests for their own circle, everyone has relatives and friends, and the relationship between friends and relatives is not less than half a point, not to mention the complex interpersonal relationships in the Warring States period that no one can get rid of.

A few years ago, Kira Yoshishi found that there was a natural division of power between the lineages, and no other samurai would take the initiative to approach another circle, such as Shinano samurai, who could not enter the circle of Echigo samurai, and the same was divided into two circles, the old and the new ones, according to the downward direction of Echigo, each circle had a lot of complex relationships and rules that made people scratch their heads.

He felt that this kind of relying on geographical factors to establish a solidified circle of influence similar to the hometown association was very unfavorable to the rule of the family governor over the family business, so he brought out Numata Mitsukan and asked him to be a spoiler, relying on the advantages of the Numata family's daughters and the son-in-law who climbed to Kira Yoshishi, and gradually let him stir up the traditional geographical sphere of influence.

Just as the serious confrontation between the retainers of the spectrum is a disaster for the governor, the surface and harmony of the retainers of the spectrum are like a pool of stagnant water, in fact, it is not necessarily a good thing for the governor, the great Song Dynasty's housekeeping stunts and theories are stirred in his hands and gradually become proficient, and the method he uses is to treat Numata Mitsukan as a chess piece in his hand, stir up this pool of stagnant water and let it make more waves and then wait for the opportunity to move.

The rain outside the window gradually intensified, and the drizzling rain turned into a pouring rain, and Kira Yoshishi shook his neck tiredly and said secretly: "When I was in Kyoto, I didn't feel so tired as the governor, and I didn't feel the pressure increasing until I went down to Echigo, and recently I became more and more lazy and didn't like to be active, and I was busy and hid in the palace to accompany my wife and children...... This is the fate of the governor! (To be continued......)