In Ueno Province, Minowa Castle, the Kanto governor and lord of Yamauchi Uesugi Kenmasa, who was visiting Gunma County, received Keitada, Umino Totsuna, and Umino Yuitsuna and his party through the recommendation of the castle lord Ueno Yoshimasa.

Being able to meet the lord of Kanto so easily is a matter of course for Jingzhen, who is familiar with this period of history.

First, the three Shino clans were originally a wealthy clan of the Uesugi clan attached to the Yamanuchi.

In the original history, when Takeda Nobuta united with Suwa and Murakami to destroy and carve up the Umino clan, Umino Totsuna took Umino Yuitsuna and others to Ueno, and successfully sought the Uesugi clan from Yamauchi to send troops to Shinano and uphold justice. However, the Suwa clan ceded some of their interests to the Yamauchi Uesugi clan and the two families reached a rapprochement, which dashed hopes that the Umino clan would restore its old domain.

Therefore, it can be seen that the Umino clan is at least nominally subordinate to the power of the Uesugi clan in Yamauchi, but this dependency relationship is not close and cannot withstand the test of interests at all, but if you apply for an audience, it is probably enough.

Second, Uesugi Constitutional, who had just ascended to power, lacked the recognition and support of his original subordinates, and he did not refuse to come to the vassal forces who took the initiative to meet him.

In the second year of the reign of Koroku (1529), Uesugi Kenkuan, the head of Yamauchi Uesugi who was then the governor of the Kanto region, sent troops to attack the hostile Anaka clan, ignoring the request for help from the Uesugi clan, which was half an ally and half a subordinate, to resist the invasion of the Hojo clan. The Ogiya Uesugi clan, who was deeply disappointed with Uesugi Kenkuan, approached the son of the previous head of the Yamauchi Uesugi clan, Uesugi Kenbo, who is now Uesugi Kenmasa, and supported his struggle for the governor of the Uesugi clan in Yamauchi on the condition that his stepmother return to the Ogiya Uesugi clan (who was subsequently married to Takeda Shintora as a side room to lure the Takeda clan into an alliance with Ogiya Uesugi (see Chapter 47 for details).

Ogiya Uesugi's move to fight for the family property was also strongly supported by the new Furukawa Shoga Haruji.

It turned out that Uesugi Kenkan was not from the previous head of the family, Uesugi Kenbo, but the son of the former Furukawa Duke Ashikaga Takaki and the younger brother of the Ashikaga Haruki clan, and it was also the result of the Yamauchi Uesugi clan selling the inheritance in order to win the support of the Furukawa Princess. Since Ashikaga Haruki, like Ashikaga Takaki, was a "twenty-four filial son" (note 1), he clashed with his father and forced him to retire soon after Motofu, so he was opposed to his younger brother Uesugi Kenhiro, who supported his father.

In this way, with the help of the Furukawa Gongkata and the Ogiya Uesugi clan, less than a year earlier (September 1531), the then eight-year-old Uesugi Kenmasa had just succeeded to the Yamauchi Uesugi family governor and Kanto governor with the support of the Anaka clan, the Kohata clan, and the Nishi clan. At this time, any audience and allegiance are precious support for this young man who is called the Kanto Governor and is actually an old puppet.

As expected. Soon after the three of them unsheathed their sabers outside the meeting room and went in and sat down cross-legged. Accompanied by a royal family member dressed in ceremonial clothes and a samurai in costume, a young man of seven or eight years old wearing a high black hat and a fuchsia court robe walked in and sat straight on the main seat. All three of them know that this is the current governor of the Ten Kingdoms of Kanto, Uesugi Kenma.

"Wait for the ministers to meet the leader!" Jingzhen and Haiye father and son put their hands on the ground and bowed their heads deeply.

"No courtesy."

After the salute, Uesugi Kenmasa, who was sitting in the middle, suddenly spoke.

Seeing his words and deeds, he tried to make a majestic appearance from time to time, but Jingzhen still sighed secretly in his heart. Although the elders of the clan had worked hard to teach, the heavy responsibility of the ten countries of Kanto and millions of stones was still too cruel for the child in front of him, who had just passed the age of nine.

Whether it's a childish voice, the power to make no decisions, or the ability to command remotely and defeat with that Osaka otaku god in the future, it's really difficult to make those forces who are either unruly or ambitious obey!

Jing Zhen's thoughts were tumbling, but her face was respectful. After seeing the ceremony, he then took out a list of papers and put it in front of him, and only after the royal family presented it did he explain:

"My lord, the Kai Takeda clan has always been loyal to the Kamakura Prefecture. I was overjoyed to hear that the Lord was newly enthroned, and I came to see him this time. Present a gift of 2,000 yuan, 100 pieces of silk, five cars of various specialties, and hope that the leader must smile. ”

Over the past year, the wealthy families who met either asked for reinforcements or had disputes adjudicated, and the occasional tribute was only three walnuts and two dates. It was the first time that Uesugi Kenmasa had seen such a grand gift as Jingzhen, which made the young Kanto governor quite flattered, and he also had a good impression of the young man in front of him who was not a few years older than him.

However, after all, he was too young, and although he was overjoyed and eager to try, he still looked at the two people around him first.

Seeing Uesugi Kenmasa's gaze, the scribe in his thirties, dressed as a member of the imperial family, spoke:

"In the lower Nagao Kencho, the acting lord thanked Dr. Sakyo (Takeda Shintora). I don't know what you want for such a generous gift? ”

Hearing that he reported to his home, Jingzhen immediately realized that this person was the head of Uesugi Kenmasa's house, the head of the long-tailed Danma Mori Constitution.

As the head of the Ashikaga Nagao clan, Nagao Kencho sits on a large number of territories in Musashi Province Hirai, Ashikaga and other places, and is a first-class powerful faction, and has played an important role in the battle with Hojo and the peace negotiations.

"I have seen His Royal Highness Nagao Tajima Mamori, the Lord in charge is the leader of the Kanto Martial Arts, and it is our proper duty to meet Suigong. It's just that now the treacherous and evil are in power, the villain is rampant, and the civil war in Jiafei is endless, and the worship has been cut off for many years, which is really rude. ”

Hearing Jing Zhen talking eloquently and flaunting his loyalty, Nagao Kencho sneered:

"Oh, Dr. Zuo Jing is still so loyal? Then why did you refuse our friendship a few days ago, you should be in cahoots with that Odaiya Uesugi, and even humiliate the widow of the former Acting Leader! ”

Seeing that Nagao Kencho was angry and severely criticized Takeda Shintora for his betrayal two years ago (still see Chapter 47 for details), Jingzhen did not panic, but replied with a wry smile:

"But Lord Ma Shou misunderstood, although I am a Kai samurai, I was not assigned by the hall master, but was sent by my lord to meet me."

Jingzhen's words surprised Nagao Kencho, and he said curiously:

"Didn't Takeda Shinhu already possess the entire territory of Kai, where did you and other Kai warriors come out of the second lord?"

"Although the owner of the pavilion is guarding Kai, our wealthy family has long been unable to tolerate his reckless and capricious behavior, and now he has long turned to support his sister-in-law, Lord Takeda Harunobu! This trip is entrusted by Lord Harunobu to form an alliance with Lord Guan and help Kanto! ”