Chapter 10 The cunning rabbit is trapped and the fox is sad

Originally, Gao Shisheng thought that he was making himself the prosecutor of the Escort Inzuo County in order to try his best to help the Jing family deal with the Jun Mansion's questioning, but he never expected that he would let himself attack the Jing Yi family.

He felt that something was wrong, and he started to embezzle Wanxing in Insa-gun, which was just a personal act, and he could even sophistry that it was a helpless move under the instructions of the county keeper Asahina Motocho.

If the I's family sends someone to question, the family has their own excuse to pass the buck, and whether the other party believes it or not, they won't be burdened with the notoriety of capriciousness.

But now looking at my grandfather's intentions, it seems that he has a plan to attack the Jing Yi family in an all-out way, and he really can't understand it, the deep meaning behind this move, is it from the Junfu Mansion?

Even though I know that I can get the support of my family behind my back, and it will be more comfortable to fight against the wealthy family of Insa-gun, I still think that my family should not take a stand out.

Otherwise, if it is spread out, it will inevitably cause damage to the reputation of the Yuanjiang Gao clan, and some of the gains outweigh the losses.

Gao Shisheng doubted, "The Jing Yi family has been based in the Yuanjiang Kingdom for nearly 600 years, and the tree has deep roots. Isn't the alliance between the family and the other party trying to use the other's fame in the country to fight against the Asahina clan, the Matsui clan, and the Amano clan? ”

Among the 36 people in Yuanjiang, there are not many who can really be called strong soldiers.

In addition to the Hikuma Castle Takashi clan and the Ii family of Inasa Gun, it is the Kakegawa Castle Asahina clan, the Inui Castle Amano clan, and the Futama Castle Matsui clan, these five wealthy clans are the most powerful, serving as the banner head of the country and county, occupying the key fortress, it can be said that these five wealthy clans are the real pillars of the Imagawa family's control of the Enoe country.

Originally, there was also a high heavenly god castle Fukushima clan, but in the Hanakura Rebellion, he supported Genhiro Keitan, and after the defeat, he was wiped out, leaving only Hojo Tsunari, the 'Jihuang Hachiman' who fled to the Hojo family in his early years, survived.

The territory of the Fukushima clan was also divided among the five wealthy clans led by the Asahina clan, the so-called retainers of the Umegaku faction, as a reward for supporting Imagawa Yoshimoto's ascension to the throne of the family governor.

"What you said is right, but the current situation is changing, the Jing Yi family already has a cavalry surveillance, and the leader of the county prosecutor is not a disobedient person or a member of the Matsui clan, if the two sides collude in one place, I'm afraid it will really collapse." Gao Shiguo took a sip of tea, and did not have the slightest sense of sadness for the misfortune encountered by the Friendship League's family, but rather gloated.

"The Ii family is a person who doesn't know the number of days, and now the Imagawa clan is popular in the East China Sea, even if you resist it in your heart, you should obey it in every way on the surface, but the Ii family wants to do the opposite, Spo, Kira, Oda, Matsudaira, these daimyo who used to divide a country, have all accepted the surrender of the Ii family, and now they are all ruined."

In recent years, Shingen Takeda, who colluded with the Ii family, has also been mired in the quagmire of Kawanakajima and cannot extricate himself. If I want to look at it, it is better to serve the Imagawa family all the time, maybe the fall of Sunfu will soon be something that is still unknown. ”

"That's what my grandfather said." Gao Shisheng looked at his grandfather, who was rarely in a good mood, and actually had the heart to laugh, and replied.

I thought in my heart that with a body as tough as my grandfather, I could probably see the day when Sunfu fell, but Yinma Castle also fell into the hands of the Matsudaira family at that time.

In this way, the future of the Yuanjiang Gao clan, which is allied with the Jing family, now seems to be unpredictable, and I can't help but be speechless.

"The Matsui clan is located in Toyota County, which is closely adjacent to the Inasa County occupied by the Ii family, and the disputes have always been continuous, and the relationship has been long, and he has coveted Igu for many years, and this time he took the lead in tearing up the alliance signed in secret, which made the Asahina family very dissatisfied. The main family and its separate family, Asahina Motocho, came forward to assist the Ii family in the fight against the Matsui clan, not simply to covet Wanxing or maintain the covenant, but to be instructed and instructed, and even if the Ii family was damaged in the end, it was not resentful of the main family. ”

Hearing the meaning of Gao Shiguo's words, the Jing Yi family obviously paid a lot of price to exchange for the Yuanjiang Gao family and the Asahina family to come to the rescue.

Although most of the county city guards are appointed by the Junfu as direct ministers, the people who are specifically responsible for the affairs below are not the children and friends of these five wealthy families.

Externally, if the county's law-abiding degree is slightly unsatisfactory to their wishes, it will inevitably be violated by yin and yang, or even attacked by a group; Internally, they formed alliances to support each other's children, and at the same time, it was inevitable that more contradictions and disputes arose when Wanxing and the division of spheres of influence.

At the same time, the other party will tacitly avoid invading the county occupied by the other party.

The essence of power is doomed to make it impossible to truly achieve a high degree of concentration in the hands of a certain daimyo, or even a family with a single surname, and it is inevitable to appoint a trustworthy deputy official to exercise power to the people in the township.

Where do these manpower come from?

In this Warring States Period, which relied on the name of the family and the complete monopoly of family classics, it was not necessary to rely on the children of famous martial families such as the Yuanjiang Gao clan to govern the place, and the wealthy families not only supported each other, but also suppressed the newly promoted samurai retainers from humble backgrounds and excluded dissidents; Or by marriage they are taken into their disciples.

The troubles of the local wealthy families have been going on for a long time, and the Junfu can only let this kind of bold move that is beyond the scope of the target, and has to adopt gentle means to slightly divide them, otherwise these retainers will not raise troops to make a rebellion.

Choosing a good day, such as when collecting the annual tribute, can make the Tokaido under the Imagawa family fall into a situation of 'lawlessness'.

Gao Shisheng has always disliked the tail of the wealthy clan in the township, but he didn't know that the Yuanjiang Gao clan was the most important target in the eyes of Junfu.

The large and small wealthy families in the Yuanjiang Kingdom are all headed by the above five families. Within these five wealthy families, except for the Ii family, which has been isolated and suppressed for a long time, they are divided into the Asahina faction and the Matsui faction.

Because the Gao clan has the most shallow foundation, it can only be condescended to the last position, attached to the Hinashi clan of the Kakegawa Dynasty, and because he was born in the Kanto region and served as the Yokome generation who supervised the Tokaido, there has always been a certain gap with the wealthy families in the country of Yuanjiang.

The sphere of influence occupied by the Gao clan was very narrow, Wanxing was suppressed within the Sanfang Plain, and only occupied the entire territory of Hamana and Iwata counties, which were only about a thousand stones, and although the concentration of skills reduced the cost of operation, the influence on the wealthy families in the country was also reduced a lot.

"Seeing that the reduction of the seal was inevitable, Jing Yi Naohei sent someone to pass on a message to me, intending to cede part of Wanxing to the family and the head of Asahina in exchange for the two of us to come out and turn around the Junfu, otherwise you are really trespassing into the county to build a manor, and the other party can give up?"

Gao Shiguo explained to his two grandchildren that the unsightly guns and arrows and the exchange of interests hidden in the shadows of Junfu were hidden.

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