Stay one night at Tsuruga Castle. The next day, Yoshihiro and his party will head north to Fukui Plains. Asakura Kageki will accompany the team to Ichijodani Castle.
With Sodiko's sign, the road was smooth, until the envoy she sent reported back. Asakura family governor Yoshikage was not feeling well and did not see her.
Asakura Kageki was suddenly embarrassed. She didn't come to ask for a meeting with the family governor. She came to introduce Shiba Yiyin.
Asakura Yoshikage didn't give any face to Asakura Zong and refused directly.
Fortunately, the crossing was not hindered. Yiyin smiled and pretended that nothing happened and continued on his way.
Uesugi Teruhu looked on with cold eyes. After the two talked yesterday, they also had a knot in their hearts. At this time, they felt a little relieved.
I regard you as a treasure, but you abandon me like a piece of shit. See what others take you for.
Yoshihiro was also shocked. The internal conflicts in the Asakura family were more serious than imagined. He didn't know how long the sea route in Tsuruga County could be maintained.
I hope that Asakura Sotechi will live longer. With her as a giant Buddha, Asakura Yoshikage will not dare to reach out to Tsuruga County, and this channel will not be cut off.
———
Yichenggucheng, the castle tower.
Asakura Yoshikage sat on the main seat with a gloomy expression, and next to him was his younger sister Asakura Kagekage.
Yoshikage glanced at his sister and said displeased.
"You also think I did something wrong?"
Jing Jing bowed his head and said.
"Don't dare."
Yoshikage said angrily.
"Is that because I don't dare? I know what you all think.
I was mediocre and incompetent. I clung to Echizen and refused to forge ahead. I relied on my mother's blessings and did nothing.
But I have my own difficulties. The Asakura family has ruled Echizen for five generations. How many direct collars are left in the main family? How many people are willing to listen to what I, the governor, have to say?
It's easy to go to war abroad. If you win, you will be rewarded, making them even more swollen and difficult to control.
Losing the battle weakened the main family's strength, leaving me weak and unable to restrain them. It was really a good calculation! "
The Asakura family had no choice but to use relatives to rule the country. In addition to the retainers, the Asakura family was mainly divided into two types of samurai families.
One is the descendants of successive family governors, such as the Tsuruga Asakura family and the Ono Asakura family.
The second is that Echizen protects his subordinates, but they are not Asakura retainers, such as the Maara family and the Horie family.
These local forces all have strong military strength, and the Tsuruga clan and Ono clan are even more elite Echizen soldiers.
If they start a war with foreign countries, if they win, they will be rewarded and know how to do it. If they lose, Asakura Yoshikage will take the blame and waste armaments. Who is willing to fight such a war.
Asakura Jingjing was silent for a long time and said.
"Gong Zongdi is of high moral character and high prestige after all, so this bit of face should be given to her."
Asakura Yoshikage paused and said.
"It's not that I don't want to give her face, it's just that she went too far this time and even cooperated with the Spo family.
Shiba Yiyin passed by the Makana area. Has anyone ever visited him? "
The Manara area is at the southern end of the Fukui Plain, where the Manara family, the Horie family and other Echizen people are located.
When the Shiba clan was protecting Echizen, they were already members of the samurai family under their command.
After that, the Asakura family defeated the superiors. They could not defeat the first generation of Asakura family governor, so they had no choice but to bow down and play small.
Afterwards, the shogunate held its nose and recognized the Asakura family's Echizen guardian, and these samurai families surrendered to the Asakura family.
However, they were not Asakura's retainers, but Echizen's guardians of the samurai family. They only shouldered part of the military and food services, and their presence was very conspicuous.
Asakura Jingjing sighed.
"The Asakura family has dominated Echizen for five generations and has been recognized by the shogunate as a guardian daimyo in the guardian system.
Even if Shiba Yiyin was born in the Shiba clan, they would not go to work in a daze! "
She is helpless towards her sister, has a keen mind, and is sentimental. As a house governor, she is really mediocre.
This is not a matter of talent, but of lack of mind and magnanimity, it is difficult to achieve great things.
Seeing that his sister was a little angry, Asakura Yoshikage didn't want to say anything anymore and shook his head.
"If you don't see me, then you will see me. The Shiba family is a few days away in the south. They are just passing through Echigo as an envoy. It is difficult to have any interactions in the future.
If I don't give him face, what can he do?
You work hard to win over the general public, this is the top priority. "
Asakura Jingjing narrowed his eyes and gave up the persuasion.
My sister couldn't listen. Did she really not understand that she had offended Mr. Zongdi, not Shiba Yiyin?
Avoiding the important and taking the easy is just to deal with her. In the final analysis, it is just to get angry with Zong Digong.
There is nothing you can do about that old man, he is disgusting and happy, he is really narrow-minded.
Asakura Jingjing shook her head. No matter what happened to the Asakura family in the future, she would first hold on to the public.
Yoshikage, the elder sister, treated her well and actually won the Ono County Sheriff and handed it over to her, giving her the capital to settle down and live.
There are two strong armies in Echizen, the Tsuruga people in the south should deal with the Kongo, and the Ono people in the north should deal with the Kaga Ichimu clan.
Now that she has obtained the power of Ono County Sheriff, she must capture the Ono people.
No matter what the situation at home is in the future, she will be able to move forward and retreat freely.
Asakura Yoshikage is bent on taking back domestic power to his master, but he doesn't know his sister's deep thoughts.
These two people, one thinks of sisters as one, and the other thinks of assessing the situation, which is also interesting.
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Before Echizen, Shiba Yiyin encountered a cold reception.
In Kyoto, the tea party organized by Akechi Mitsuhide was a scene of flowers and brocade, and a fire cooking oil.
The grand tea party was held in the atrium of the imperial palace. It was the imperial tea party that the general favored the Shiba family and allowed Akechi Mitsuhide to prepare.
Hosokawa Fujitaka never expected that Mitsuhide Akechi could be so nimble in his skills, that he could even pull out a general and make a tiger skin out of him during a social gathering, and it was so impressive.
When the two met at the tea party, she said with a smile.
"I didn't expect that you would ask the general for support. It was obviously you who planned it, but now you are acting for the public."
She knew best Akechi Mitsuhide's greed for Shiba Yoshigan, and she should be extremely disgusted with the general who wanted to marry his master.
Akechi Mitsuhide gave her a gentle smile and said.
“This is the first grand event held in Kyoto after the restoration of the Shiba family, and it cannot be underestimated by the samurai families.
I went to plead with the general, and she had the same idea, so she went on a bigger scale and killed two birds with one stone. "
Hosokawa Fujitaka looked up, where the warriors were vying to flatter the general, and the sounds of flattery could be heard endlessly.
Not only the ministers, but also Rokkaku Yoshihide and Kamao Kenhide were among them, and even Matsunagahide of the Miyoshi family was among them.
She snorted and said.
"It's really a killing two birds with one stone. The Shiba family and the Ashikaga family had some unpleasant quarrels a few days ago.
Now, the general wants to take back the territory of the erring ministers and build two new imperial palaces to station troops. Everyone knows his ambition.
Everyone needs to see that I am on her side before I can use my methods. "
Ashikaga Yoshiteru happily agreed to support Mitsuhide Akechi at the Shiba family tea party, which also made all opponents see clearly that powerful local parties supported her.
After Hatakeyama Takamasa expressed his stance, Shiba Hosokawa Mibuchi and his group have unified the attitude of local powerful factions.
This huge interest group that accommodates four families and has an actual income of nearly 500,000 koku is on the side of Ashikaga Yoshiteru. The internally divided ministers can only serve as the general's prey.
The external environment does not allow them to take chances.
Rokkaku Yoshiken came to Kyoto in person and made it clear that he did not want to conflict with the Ashikaga family and was bent on scheming against the Kitanomi Asai family.
The death of Miyoshi Yoshihide gave Miyoshi Changqing a splitting headache. He didn't know who should manage the two countries of Settsu and Tamba.
The Four Kingdoms were not yet stable and she needed to be in charge, but she was unable to do anything else.
My house was in such disarray that I had a headache, and I was unable to peek into the shogunate.
Ashikaga Yoshiki's current position is more stable than when Rokkaku Sadeyori supported him.
As long as he can win over the powerful local factions, he can safely attack the ministers headed by the Ise family, gather power, and work hard to govern.
Therefore, it is not surprising that after Yoshihiro Saba left the capital, Mitsuhide Akechi, the person in charge who stayed behind, would be favored by the general.
Akechi Mitsuhide ignored Hosokawa Fujitaka's cynicism and looked at Rokkaku Yoshiken, who was very deferential to the general, and Ise Sadakyo, whose face was ashen, and showed a hidden smile.
Then, she walked towards Matsunagahide and Tsutsui Junkei, who were chatting happily, and joined in the chat with a cheerful face.
Let’s start here.
The high-spirited general was still saying words of comfort that he did not believe, and was weighing in his mind how to wrest more power from the ministers.
Behind her, a pair of almond-shaped eyes revealed murderous intent in a hidden corner.
