Chapter 712: What a game of chess
It was the highest floor of the shogunate's family and could be eaten with the shogun.
Historically, the Haoqiang family that served as the imperial companion were the Hatakeyama family (the first governor of the Hatakeyama family, Hatakeyama Mitsukei, to the sixth generation of the family, Yoshimoto, was appointed as the imperial companion of the Muromachi shogunate), the Takeda family (Takeda Harunobu's father, Takeda Nobuta, served Ashikaga Yoshiteru as the imperial companion from the sixth year of Eiroku), the Saito family (Saito Yoshiryu once held), the Mori family (appointed to the Mori family after Ashikaga Yoshiaki took office to win over the daimyos), and the Miyoshi family. When the Miyoshi family was in the dictatorship of Kyoto, Miyoshi Chokei father and son served as the imperial companion (this time it was not a voluntary appointment by the imperial shogunate, but a forcible request by the Miyoshi general), which shows that the Miyoshi family was in a high position in the imperial court and the shogunate at that time.
Similar to the Imperial Companions, there are also the Imperial Attendants (a member of the Ashikaga Sect who has a high level of merit and is the guardian of a great power, but has not been appointed as a member of the Imperial Companion and the Leader), the Outer Companion (a branch of the Imperial Companion Clan), and the Imperial Offering (a lineage retainer since the Honji, who can dine with the shogun). Among them, the highest family is naturally accompanied by the royal family.
Don't underestimate these official positions that elevate the family. This era is an era that pays attention to the nobility and lowliness of bloodline, and the level of family personality also represents the nobility and lowliness of bloodline to a certain extent.
Taking Shimazu Takahisa as an example, after the unification of Satsuma Province, there were still many retainers in the family who gossiped about his origins, and then doubted the legitimacy of his inheritance to the governor (that is, he suspected that his blood was not noble enough to match the position of the governor of the Shimazu family), and later he obtained the position of repair doctor through the Konoe family. It was only then that he was finally officially recognized as the governor of the Shimazu Honshu family. Therefore, the higher the official position that the governor can obtain, the higher the family status of the clan where the governor is located. His retainers will respect the clan even more.
Years ago. The Luo family has been operated to allow the shogunate and the imperial court to recognize the genealogy of the Luo family, and the Luo family has also been gilded as the descendants of the Genji, and the family character has also been recognized. Now that Zhongyumen Xuanxiu suddenly mentioned that he could once again promote the Luo family's personality as a royal companion, Zhengliang was naturally interested.
"Before leaving for this trip, my father said that he strongly supported the repair doctor to take up this position as a matter of the royal companion." After seeing that Masashi was really aroused. Zhongyumen Xuanxiu immediately struck while the iron was hot and said.
"Then there is the great help of the Labor Rights Minister, and the family will be responsible for all the money and food during the period." Since everyone took the initiative to hint that they would help him fight for this position to improve his family identity, Zhengliang naturally couldn't be stingy, so he immediately said. Sitting on the side, this time accompanied the envoy of the imperial shogunate back to Kyushu, the Luo family official pursued a Shenglong and immediately saluted Masayo to express his understanding.
"I also understand the difficulties of the imperial court. In the future, I will be more respectful to the imperial court. While expressing strong support for Zhongyumen Xuanxiu and others to help Luo Zhi strive for a higher official position, Masahiro continued. This is tantamount to bribing the court envoy on the side for a long time. Since we want to support it, we must achieve comprehensive support in place, and this minister of the interior, who has a lot of influence within the imperial court, naturally cannot be left behind.
"Hehe, it's good that the repair doctor can understand!" Sure enough, after hearing Masarashi take the initiative to mention himself, Konoe Qianjiu immediately smiled. Then the voice changed, and he took the opportunity to say. "Actually, there is another purpose for this visit."
"Oh?"
"I heard that the wife of the repair doctor is not very full, and there is a fourteen-year-old daughter who can be sent to the repair doctor to serve the adult."
"Huh!" Zhengliang thought that the other party had something important, but when he suddenly heard such a sentence, he immediately froze. Then he immediately said: "This is inconvenient, I'm afraid I don't deserve the daughter of an adult." ”
Just kidding, the wife's room is not full? The women in Masara's current backyard include Togo Kiku, Matsumiko, Tsuru, Butterfly, Yui Hatano, Risa Sagara, and Taijiu Ling There are already seven people, not including Nohime, Nozomi Aso, who has an ambiguous relationship with Masara, and Otomomatsu, who only has the name of husband and wife but no husband and wife. These women are enough for him to have a headache, and if he adds more people in, Zhengliang will really be a little unbearable.
"It's very convenient, it's worthwhile, you take your concubine with you when you go out, and you shouldn't refuse the repair doctor!" As the father of the main owner, Zhongyumen Xuanxiu seemed to be afraid that his daughter would not be able to sell it, so he hurriedly said.
"My lord, this is a good thing!" Without waiting for Masato to continue to shirk, Togo Heiji, Yamamoto Kansuke, Ichijo Shenglong and other Luo family retainers who were sitting on the side took the initiative to congratulate. In their opinion, the fact that the lord of the family was able to marry the daughter of the Kyoto minister was a symbol of noble status in itself, and they naturally agreed with a gesture of approval. So under the persuasion of everyone, Zhengliang had to agree to this family business. Perhaps for this woman who has not met Masahiro for the time being, even if she is sent to the Luo family as goods and tools, while taking on the tools to maintain the relationship between the Nakayumen family and the Luo family, it also reduces the expenses of the Nakayumen family, but at least it can ensure that she can live a stable and happy life in the future.
"I wonder if the doctor can know the name of the 'first bow of the Tokaido' in the Tokaido Tokaido?" After successfully becoming in-laws with the Luo family, Zhongyumen Xuanxiu seemed quite happy, and said to Zhengliang with a smile on his face at this time.
"Lord Imagawa Jibu Daisuke Yoshimoto, who dominates the three kingdoms of Suruga, Enoe, and Mikawa, is naturally famous for a long time!" Zhengliang immediately said. As long as you have played the game, almost everyone knows that Tsumichi is a hobby of Noh opera, waka and other things, and he is both civil and military, but he died in the hands of Nobunaga.
"I'm afraid the repair doctor doesn't know what to do, right? The younger sister under is the mother of Imagawa Yoshimoto-sama Daisuke Yoshimoto-sama. Zhongyumen Xuanxiu said a little proudly.
"Oh?" was mentioned by Zhongyumen Xuanxiu, and Zhengliang immediately remembered it. Isn't the younger sister of Nakagomon Nobuhide who married into the Imagawa family at the age of 19 in the fifth year of Eisho (1508) and became the head of the Imagawa clan as the seventh governor of the Imagawa family. After that, Shou Guini lived with the Imagawa clan for eighteen years, and gave birth to four sons for the Imagawa clan (the eldest son, Imagawa Clan, the second son, Imagawa Hikogoro, the fifth son, Imagawa Yoshimoto, and the sixth son, Imagawa Clan). Now it seems that Masahiro has a relationship through marriage with Zhongyumen Xuanxiu. It's also related to Imagawa Yoshimoto.。 It's just that the seniority seems to be a bit low!
"It's the same as the repairman. Lord Imagawa Osabu Daisuke Yoshimoto is also a loyal man of the imperial court! He is also ready to go to Luo to share the worries of the court! Zhongyumen Xuanxiu said again.
Zhongyumen Xuanxiu said so. Zhengliang suddenly woke up, a good game of chess played by the Zhongyumen family. Establish an in-law relationship with the Imagawa family and the Luo family respectively, and no matter which one succeeds in Shangluo in the future, the Nakayumen family will be the most profitable family. No wonder they worked so hard to encourage the Luo family to go to Luo. It's just that the Imagawa family will not officially go to Luo until at least ten years later, and they were also disturbed by Nobunaga in the middle of the road, as for the Luo family? There's no definite number yet. If the Luo family went to Luo earlier than the Imagawa family, how would this change history?
"Imagawa Osabu Daisuke Yoshimoto's loyalty to help the Son of Heaven and reassure the people, sweep away the rape and eradicate the evil and rebellious, is really commendable!" Since the in-laws are up. Naturally, Zhengliang did not hesitate to praise it.
"Doctor Repair, in addition to confirming the marriage between the little girl and the adult according to my father's instructions, I also have another request here." Zhongyumen Xuanxiu said.
"Oh?" Masayo is now a little bit away from the idea of getting away from the two guys of Konoe Qianjiu and Nakayumon Xuanxiu as soon as possible, it's really too much of a request, a bit like a beggar who comes to the door and keeps asking for help, which makes people avoid it.
"Doctor, please, wait a minute." Zhongyumen Xuanxiu first saluted, then clapped his palms, and the entourage in the corridor immediately left. A short time later, a child who looked to be only eight years old was brought in.
"Doctor Repair, this is Hikoshichiro, the second son of Lord Imagawa Jibu Daisuke Yoshimoto. The family wanted to foster him in the Luo family, as a small surname to serve under the master of the repair doctor. Nakayumon Xuanxiu looked at the child. Then he said.
"Oh? What is this? "No matter how you look at it, Imagawa has taken the initiative to form an alliance with the Luo family. This kid is playing the role of a hostage, but there is such a thing as taking the initiative to send hostages, since it is an alliance, it is natural for the two parties to sit down and discuss before sending hostages to each other, so Zhengliang immediately asked suspiciously.
"That's right, that's exactly what Lady Imagawa and Imagawa Osabu Daisuke Yoshimoto meant." As if he understood Masahiro's question, Zhongyumen Xuanxiu immediately replied.
"In that case, let's stay as a small surname." Zhengliang immediately agreed. In my heart, I couldn't help but admire the means used by Shou Guini in this matter.
Obviously, the news of the friendship between the Nakagomon family and the Luo family was transmitted back to the Imagawa family. Since the Imagawa family and the Luo family are located in Kyoto, they do not have a direct conflict of interests, but on the contrary, they have interests in Kyoto that can be allied. In addition, the Luo family is already a million-stone daimyo, and it is naturally a good thing that the Imagawa family, who is a daimyo of the same rank, has an alliance with it. And behind the promotion of this alliance between the Imagawa family and the Luo family, it is naturally inseparable from the operation of the Nakayumen family and Shouguini during this period.
At the same time, Shou Guini also formed an alliance with the Luo family through this time, and skillfully transferred the second son of Imagawa Yoshimoto from the side room as an alliance hostage to his grandson Hikogoro (that is, Imagawa Clan), who later learned that Masarashi was very clever since he was a child, and it is said that he was appreciated by Ohara Yukiki for this, and it can be said that his performance was more suitable than Imagawa Shin as the heir to the family governor).
The Imagawa family implemented the traditional strategy of protecting the concubines, that is, in order to ensure that the concubines succeeded to the family governor smoothly and avoid causing civil strife, in addition to the concubines of the family governor, the other sons of the family governor had to choose to leave the house or leave the territory to earn a living in other places. And after the Hanakura Rebellion, the Imagawa family has long been very shy about such things. However, if the second son Hikoshichiro, who performed better, was sent to be a monk or sent away from the territory at this time, it would obviously cause dissatisfaction among some of the retainers, so Shou Guini took this opportunity to send Hikoshichiro to the Luo family as a hostage of the alliance.
Hikoshichiro can be said to be both a hostage and a hot potato for the Imagawa family, but for the Luo family, it is completely untaboo to accept him, anyway, the worst is just to eat with one more mouthful. It's just that Shou Guini's hand is really beautiful.
This meeting with Masahiro, both Konoe Qianjiu and Zhongyumen Xuanxiu have gained, and the Luo family's side has also gained a little, and both sides can be said to be very happy. After the meeting, Konoe Maehisa and Nakagomon Nobuhide, at the invitation of Masayo, decided to temporarily visit Luo's house before returning to Kyoto.
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