In the Yamaguchi Castle Hall, Masayo is asking Doi Kiyomune to recruit his grandson Toi Kiyora as a small surname.

Faced with Masayo's request, Doi Kiyomune was a little embarrassed. First, because he only has such a grandson, once there is a mistake, the family bloodline will almost be broken. But he also understood that today he categorically couldn't refuse, because this was actually the Luo family because of their dissatisfaction with the previous Xitu Temple family's expression Xiàn and asked the Xitu Temple family to hand over the hostages in disguise, after all, when the two families formed an alliance, they did not send hostages to each other, and now the Xitu Temple family, as a weak and disadvantaged party, naturally wants to hand over the hostages. Thinking of this, Tuju Qingzong regretted this trip a little, although he obtained the understanding of the Luo family for the Zongjia Xitu Temple family, but in the end, the Tujia family had to hand over his grandson as a hostage for this.

Besides, the wife of the family may be furious about handing over his grandson, and from now on, there will be no peace at home. In fact, what he was most worried about was how to explain it to his wife after learning about it (Doi Kiyomune was an extremely rare samurai in the history of the Warring States period).

In history, Miaorong, the wife of the Tui Qingzong, was a famous martyr and a person who was as good at fighting as a man. When the army of the Otomo family invaded the territory of the Saitoji family and attacked the castle of the Toi family, this woman sent her grandson Toi Kiyora to Tosa Province to join another family of the Tosa family, the family of the family of the old Toi family (that is, the family of the famous general of the Ichijo family), and then she and her husband and son stuck to the castle until they were all killed in the battle and did not surrender to the Otomo family.

It's just that even if Tui Qingzong was unwilling in every way, when he returned to Nanyi Yu with Zhengliang's secret pleadings. It is still under the arrangement of the main prince Xitu Temple. sent his ten-year-old grandson, Kiyora Doi, to Masayo's side as a small surname.

On this side, the Xitu Temple family of the South Yiyu Kingdom and the giant Luo family are eyebrow-raising. On that side, the Ichijo family, which had been paying close attention to the Kyushu region adjacent to Shikoku, also received news of the First Battle of Itsukushima in the western country, and at the same time, the retainer of the Tongguò family also learned some details of the relationship between the Nishitoji family and the Luo family.

As the Luo family became stronger and stronger, the Luo family had to pay attention to the Luo family, especially when the Luo family's water army had completely controlled the Fenghou waterway at this time, and it was completely possible to get involved in Tosa Province through the guò waterway, and the whole family could not feel the threat of the Luo family to the family.

"Was it a bit rude to refuse the Luo family's request for an alliance in the first place?"

In the Nakamura Castle Hall in Tosa Kunihata County, the old Toju Soyama of the pen family spoke.

As soon as Doi Zongshan said this, he said. The faces of several retainers of the Otomo family in the council hall suddenly changed, a few years ago, when the Luo family was invading the Bungo Province of the Otomo family in Kyushu, the envoys representing the Luo family and the Otomo family arrived at the same time. The envoy of the Otomo family naturally hoped that the Ichijo family, who was an ally, would be able to go out to the Bungo Kingdom to support the Otomo family, while the Luo family hoped to form an alliance with the Ichijo family and thus prevent the Ichijo family from coming to the Otomo family to support.

Because the previous governor of the Ichijo family, Ichijo Ichibaji, suddenly committed suicide, and the main room of Ichijo was a member of the Otomo family, and this lady was the mother of the current governor Ichijo Kanedi, and the Ichijo family was an ally of the Otomo family, so these retainers naturally strongly opposed the alliance with the Luo family. With their efforts. In the end, this goal was also achieved, and the Luo family's envoy gift was given out of the territory of a family. Now, as one of the families who had strongly advocated an alliance with the Luo family, Doi Sozan suddenly brought up the matter again. Isn't that just a slap in the face? Then their faces immediately changed.

"Isn't it just a newly rising little tycoon? And it's also separated from my home by a sea area, so why bother. That's it for today, there's a banquet in the evening. ”

Just when the retainers were discussing below because of Doi Zongshan's words, sitting on the main seat, a young man in his teens dressed like a cream boy suddenly said. This person is a great god who was known to later generations, and he was named Ichijo Kande. The great god committed suicide because of his father's sudden madness, and at the age of six, as his son-in-law, he was forced to succeed to the throne of the family, where he remains until now.

"Lord, please respect yourself!"

Hearing that the family governor once again ignored political affairs, and even ended the family assessment meeting early again, the straightforward Tui Zongshan immediately frowned and reminded in a low voice.

"Alright, alright, got it."

Hearing Doi Soshan's words, Ichijo Kaneda immediately waved his hand, stood up directly, and then went out with the side door of the council hall with his close attendants. For Doi Soshan, the old man who usually nagged in his ear, Ichikan must have been really bored. So as soon as he heard the voice of Toi Zongshan, he immediately quickened his pace, and there was a beautiful little surname sent by the local tycoon waiting for him at night.

The retainers in the council hall seemed to be used to this kind of scene, so they just shook their heads, but they didn't react too much. The old Tuju Zongshan of the pen head family is also anxious at this time, the lord has inherited the position of the family governor for seven years, and at this age he should have focused on family affairs, but at this time he is still intoxicated with fun, especially intoxicated with women and even men, and there is no such thing as a lord at all. Thinking of this, Doi Soshan secretly glanced at Yasumasa who was kneeling there like an old monk on the opposite side.

In Doi Zongshan's opinion, the reason why the family governor has such an appearance is definitely related to this guy. At the beginning, due to the young age of the family governor, the daily life of the family governor was mainly taken care of by the family of the family governor (Ichijo Kangzheng was the uncle of Ichijo Jianding), and even part of the education was also taken care of by this old guy. As a result, the old guy took the opportunity to gradually take control of the power in the family. Could it be that this old guy deliberately let the family governor form such a style, so that it is convenient for this old guy to continue to control the power of the family? It seems that it is necessary to secretly discuss it with the rest of the important ministers in the family.

Just when Doi Zongshan was muttering to himself on the other side, Ichijo Yasuma's heart was also thinking about it at this time. Of course, he was not thinking about the rude behavior of the family governor and the talent, but about the alliance with the Luo family in the first place.

He still clearly remembered that when the envoys of the Otomo family and the Luo family arrived at Nakamura Castle at the same time to meet the ministers of the Ichijo family, the envoys of both sides tried their best to gain the support of the Ichijo family. Eventually, Yasumasa rejected the Luo family's invitation to form an alliance due to the alliance between the Ichijo family and the Otomo family, and prepared to send reinforcements to support the Otomo family.

At this moment, Ichijo Moritaka, a member of the Kyoto clan who had been away from the family for a long time, suddenly arrived from Kyoto and met him. Under the persuasion of Ichijo Moritaka on behalf of the Ichijo family of the Kyoto clan, Ichijo Yasumasa did not form an alliance with the Luo family in the end, but he did not send reinforcements to the Otomo family, and just like that, he watched the Otomo family be destroyed by the Luo family. Subsequently, the Luo family gradually became the overlord that affected Kyushu, the Western Kingdom, and even the Shikoku region.

"Now it seems that it seems to be a mistake not to listen to a Shenglong's persuasion to form an alliance with the Luo family! So what should be done? ”

For a country, once a neighboring country becomes too powerful, it will naturally become vigilant and even feel threatened. And the Ichijo family at this time belongs to the latter.

If it is said that the Luo family at this time is not a threat to the Yi family, it is absolutely false. As far as the Fenghou Waterway is concerned, because there is still a naval army of the Xitu Temple family left along the coast of Yiyu at this time, and Xitu Temple is precisely an ally of the Luo family, and from the information from the Yiyu land family, the Xitu Temple family has become a sign of becoming a vassal state of the Luo family at this time.

With the help of the Saitoji Clan's naval army, the Luo family's naval army can invade Tosa Province from the coastal areas of Tosa Province at any time, and it can also use the territory of the Saitoji family in the north of the Nanyi Yu Kingdom as a foothold to gradually invade from the land route to the south of Ichigai. Therefore, a family will be in danger of the Luo family on both the north and south sides.

"No, we must use the Yiyu Kingdom Utsunomiya family north of the Xitu Temple family to contain the Xitu Temple family, so as to reduce the possibility of the Luo family from this invasion, it seems that the marriage between the nephew and the princess of the Utsu Palace family should be put on the agenda as soon as possible." Thinking of this, Yi Kang Zheng immediately pondered, "As for the Luo family, it's time to take the initiative to make up for the mistakes of diplomacy with the Luo family." It seems that we need to send someone to contact the Moritaka Ichijo who is settling in Kyoto. It would be great if he could marry the Luo family, but unfortunately his nephew was about to marry his ally the princess of the Utsunomiya family, and his daughter married An Yun Guohu, the lord of An Yun City. "At this time, Kangzheng wanted a son without a son, and a daughter without a daughter, and the marriage diplomacy generally adopted during the Warring States period could not be carried out.

Just when Ichijo Yasumasa thought of An Yun Guohu's son-in-law, An Yun Guohu, who was in An Yun Castle in Anyu County, in the eastern part of Tosa Province, was hesitating at this time.

Not long ago, the Benshan family sent a messenger to invite the An Yun family to send troops to jointly attack the gradually rising Changzong family, but at this time An Yun Guohu hesitated, and at present, with the increasing expansion of the Changzong family, at this time, the family's power has occupied a lot of territory in Xiangmei and Nagaoka counties, which made the wealthy families in these two places tremble, and the power of the Benshan family is distributed in the three counties of Nagaoka, Tosa, and Wuchuan, and at this time the Benshan family is in Nagaoka County and Changzong I Department clashed. If the An Yun family agrees to the invitation of the Benshan family and goes out into battle, it will first enter the Yesu area of the Changzong family.

According to the current detailed report, at this time, almost all the forces of the Changzong and our family are concentrated in Changgang County to fight against the Benshan family, and the side of the An Yun family is absolutely empty, as long as the An Yun family goes out this time, it will definitely seize a lot of the territory of the Changzong family.

It's just, is this really good for the family? (To be continued......)