When Yoshigami heard what Terutora Uesugi said, he couldn't help but smile and raised the corners of his mouth. What she said was really lacking in virtue. In order to make Yiyin happy, she actually made fun of her own family.
The Fuchu Nagao family, where Terutora Uesugi was born, destroyed the Echigo guardian branch of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi. The Go-Hojo family, where Uesugi Kagetora was born, simply wiped out the Yamauchi-Uesugi family.
As a result, one of these two people became the adopted daughter of Uesugi Kenmasa, and the other became the adopted granddaughter. They both entered the lintel of the Yamauchi Uesugi family and enjoyed the exclusive inheritance of the family name.
Thinking about it this way, it's no wonder that when Uesugi Kenmasa heard about Uesugi Kagetora's existence, he lost his mind with anger and reached into the palace to kill the child.
She felt so aggrieved to have recognized a thief as her daughter and been deprived of her family. Fortunately, Kenmasa Uesugi still knows how to act appropriately and leaves room for leeway.
She did not use a knife or poison, and her little hands and feet were hungry and cold. It can be said that the people below did not know how to serve, and the child was in poor health and would not see blood.
On the principle of political reciprocity, if she does not see blood, Yiyin will not see blood. For this low-level provocation, Yiyin could only respond with low-level revenge.
The situation was still under control, so Uesugi Teruhu was in the mood to joke, hoping that the big problem would be reduced to a small one.
Yoshigan couldn't help but glared at Uesugi Terutora and said angrily.
"You are the current governor of the Yamauchi-Uesugi family. What would it look like if your scandal spread out?"
Seeing that there was no one around him, Uesugi Teruhora boldly took Yoshigami's hand and expressed his love.
"So what if you make fun of her? Uesugi Kenmasa put her hand into the palace. I can't just let you suffer this injustice. I also want to scold her for you."
Yiyin rolled his eyes at her.
"You have honey on your lips? The dignified Guandong governor bows down to flatter you. You are not afraid of others calling you King Zhou. I am also worried that some people will say that I am Daji."
Teru Uesugi said with great joy.
"If I can stay with you for the rest of my life, why not be King Zhou for once?"
Yiyin pulled his hand back and cursed.
"You talk nonsense, but you're not afraid of being laughed at by outsiders!"
Teruhora Uesugi rubbed his hands and said.
"I see that you like Kagetora very much, why not ask you to be her adoptive father?"
Yoshigami looked at Uesugi Teruhora with wide eyes, and tapped her with trembling fingers, the word shameless flashing through his mind.
You are her adoptive mother, and now you call me her adoptive father, what does that mean? Isn’t it enough to take advantage?
Uesugi Teru's expression of sincere admiration made Yoshigan's heart tremble. This guy got involved again. The love between children and the unclear ambiguity made Yiyin wary and frightened.
He shouted, his face darkening.
"Kamoji Township!"
"Hi!"
The Hamo clan opened the door and entered, bowed, and Yoshiyin said lightly.
"Send someone to ask Daxiong Chaohide if she didn't calculate the dividends clearly for each family? Why do I think Uesugi Kenmasa is too full and too busy?"
Uesugi Teruhora on the side smiled bitterly and shook his head, knowing that Yoshihiro would not let Uesugi Kenmasa go so easily.
Kensei Uesugi fled from Sekihachishu to Echigo Country with nothing. Terutora Uesugi treated her with great respect and gave her an allowance to support her adoptive mother.
But Kensei Uesugi, who lost his family fortune, was actually living in embarrassment. The retainer who came after her could not be ignored, and Uesugi Teruhu had no obligation to help her raise anyone.
The Hokuriku Road trade route was opened. In order to win over the Echigo samurai group, Yiyin was very generous, and everyone benefited. Of course Uesugi Kenmasa, the former governor of the Yamauchi Uesugi family, also had a share.
But this time, Uesugi Kenmasa's behavior angered Yoshihiro Shiba, and the benefits of the Hokuriku Road trade route were not necessary.
After Yoshigan Shiba finished speaking, he looked back at Terutora Uesugi.
"Your Highness Uesugi, what do you think?"
Teruhora Uesugi sighed.
"I understand, I will ask Naoe Keizuna to cooperate."
Uesugi Kenmasa's infiltration into the imperial palace this time, Shiba Yoshigan only cut off her money in the Hokurikudo trade route, which was a fairly restrained small counterattack.
If Teruhora Uesugi continues to block it, Yoshihiro Shiba might be angered, and then this matter will not end well.
Therefore, she decided to order Naoe Keizuna to turn a blind eye and let Ohuma Asahide torment Uesugi Kensei.
"Mr. Qianxin, this matter is over, what do you think?"
Yoshigami nodded, knowing that going too far was not enough, and if he continued to make trouble, it would make things difficult for Uesugi Teruhora. After all, she was the governor of the Yamauchi Uesugi family, the former foster mother's governor who was mean and unwilling to give up her power in retirement, which was detrimental to her reputation.
"That's it for now."
After the two of them finished speaking, Kamao clan bowed and went out, closing the door.
Yoshigan sighed. He came back to the Imperial Palace to contact Hokurikudo and arrange the process of returning to Koki. Unexpectedly, after a meeting, he accidentally discovered that Uesugi Kagetora was not in the right state.
If he hadn't helped, this child would have lived a miserable life and died a useless death.
Uesugi Kenmasa's actions were despicable. As long as Uesugi Kagetora didn't die from the glaring act of poisoning and pushing the pond with a sword, but died of a weak constitution lingering on the bed, Uesugi Kagetora would never care.
The left and right are just a heir of the Hojo family, randomly placing an idle piece on the chessboard. If you die, you die, no big deal.
Yoshigan Shiba saw through this and was angry at Kenmasa Uesugi for ruthlessly killing innocent children. Launching a counterattack may seem refreshing, but in fact, it makes Kenmasa Uesugi, the former governor of the Yamauchi Uesugi family, an enemy.
The rift between the two has been buried, and I don't know how many waves it will cause in the future.
Uesugi Teruhu saw Shiba Yoshigage frowning and was unwilling to continue to dwell on this matter. The Uesugi family was in a mess.
The direct ministers and genealogical retainers of the Nagao family in the mansion, the two clans of the Nagao family in China and Vietnam, and the old Yangbei clan who were attached to Xiayue.
There are also the former guardians of Echigo who were exterminated, the former governor of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi brought new retainers, and the Kanto governor's Kanbazhou surrendered to the samurai family.
Uesugi Teruhu was unable to do this messy pot of stew.
If Shiba Yoshigan hadn't helped her keep the core of the Nagao clan during the battle on Kawanakajima, her current situation would have been even more passive.
Uesugi Teruhora said, unwilling to mention the matter of Uesugi constitutional government again.
"Mr. Kenshin, are you going to take the Hokuriku Road when you go back this time?"
Yiyin knew that she was asking questions knowingly and changing the subject, but he still followed her words.
"Yes, I plan to wait until the snow melts in spring and the Houriku Expressway port closure period ends, and take a boat from Naoetsu directly to Tsuruga Port.
Asai Nagamasa of Kitaomi has an old relationship with me, so passing through her territory is not a problem, it is the safest route. "
Yiyin's return to recent times is different from when it came.
When I came to Kanto, the Hokuriku Road trade route had not yet been opened. Now that we have friendship and trade interests, of course we can all be accommodating.
It's just that the martial arts families in Vietnam, China and Noto are okay. Yiyin is really not sure whether those lunatics of Yixiang Zong will have a brain attack.
Moreover, he had no friendship with the Echizen Asakura family, and Kageki Asakura of Tsuruga County, who had a close relationship, was fed by the benefits of the Hokuriku Road trade route.
Therefore, the safest route is to wait for the port to open, go directly from Naoetsu to Tsuruga Port, and then take Kita Omi back to Konki.
Uesugi Teruhu nodded as he listened. At this moment, there was a knock on the door from outside.
"Come in."
Kamojigo bowed into the room and said.
"A letter from Mino, Odaisho. It's an urgent message from Lord Toshiie Maeda, the acting commander of Owari Shiba."
Sibo Yiyin frowned, stretched out his hand, and asked.
"What's so urgent in the dead of winter? How did the sender get here?"
Kamojigo kneeled down and handed a letter with his hands and said.
"I heard from someone that he was a businessman disguised as a buyer of mountain goods. He took the Nakasendo Road over the Shinano Mountains and entered Joetsu from Hokushin."
After hearing this, Yiyin frowned even more.
The three main channels of Kansai and Kanto, Tokaido and Hokurikudo are on the coastlines on both sides of Honshu Island. The Nakasendo is the most difficult to walk as it passes through the mountains.
Mountain roads are difficult to travel in winter, so what happened to the Oda family deserves the Maeda Toshiie's urgent dispatch of people across the mountains to report the news.
Yiyin opened the letter, glanced at ten lines, and couldn't help but take a breath.
His expression was uncertain. Uesugi Teruhu, who was standing next to him, noticed something was wrong and asked tentatively.
"Mr. Kenshin, what happened to Owari Shiba?"
Shiba Yiyin didn't want to hide it from her and handed her the letter directly. Uesugi Teruhu took it with both hands and looked at it carefully.
After reading it, he couldn't help but exclaimed and said.
"How come the Oda family is in contact with the recent ministers? They actually want to go to Luo before you return. They have really ulterior motives.
Dare I ask Mr. Qianxin, is this letter guaranteed to be true? Is the agent Owari Shiba who delivered the message reliable? "
Yiyin said.
"I carefully checked the handwriting and signature. It was indeed written by Maeda Toshiie himself. This letter is authentic. As for Toshiie's character, I can trust him."
Ina Chuji of the enshrinement office was from Mikawa, and was the companion sent by Maeda Toshiie. In the past two years, although there have not been many letters from Maeda Toshiie, he has asked for instructions on many important matters.
Her career as an official was somewhat shocking, and she wandered between the Shiba family and the Oda family, but Yoshigami could still understand her difficulties.
Back then, Shiba Yoshigan went to Luo, leaving behind the three thousand koku territory of Owari Kingdom. In just over three years, Owari Shiba's territory expanded to 20,000 koku.
Maeda Toshiie, the acting official, did not receive any help from Shiba Yoshigan. He relied solely on his own hands and feet to help Oda Nobunaga fight and receive rewards.
Yoshigan Shiba knew best what kind of temper Oda Nobunaga was, and the two of them had had in-depth and simple physical and mental communication.
It was really not easy for the Maeda Toshiie to maintain the semi-independent status of the Shiba Territory under the surly and ruthless daimyo Oda Nobunaga, and to participate in the expansion of the Oda family's territory.
But this time, she exposed Oda Nobunaga's plan to go to Luo, making Yoshigami prepared, and took a huge risk.
Yiyin had no reason not to believe her. After all, the two of them had a romantic moment together and were trustworthy.
he said.
"I will send my military colleagues to Meinong Country to verify this matter. This matter is easy to find out.
The Oda family's army went to Luo, and the amount of military supplies was huge, which could not be prepared overnight. At this time, Owari Mino's country must have begun mobilization. "
Teru Uesugi nodded.
"Yes, this matter does not seem like fraud. What about you? How are you going to deal with it?"
Shiba Yiyin was stunned by her question.
Originally, his plan was very simple. He would go back to Kogo and get the gold seal left to him by Ashikaga Yoshiteru. It was easy to call on several samurai families inside and outside the shogunate to counterattack the Miyoshi family in Kyoto.
Yiyin's reputation in recent years has been earned through hard work. To put it bluntly, the Miyoshi family has been frightened by him for a long time. Can Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, the new family governor, be more difficult to deal with than her adoptive mother Miyoshi Changqing?
The four sisters of Mihao Changqing were beaten to disgrace by Yiyin, and the daughter and sister of Mihao Changqing were hacked to death.
In the battle of Jiaoxing Temple, Shiba Yiyin's cavalry was equal to a thousand, and he beat Miyoshi Changyi and Matsu Nagasaki to the point of splitting their livers and gallbladders. From then on, the three good retainers retreated from Sibo Yiyin, fearing him like a tiger.
However, judging from Maeda Toshiie's letter, the recent situation is completely different from what Yoshihiro Shiba thought.
This time Miyoshi went to Luo because there was a spy in the shogunate. Miyoshi Yoshitsugi was weak and barely occupied Kyoto. Everyone could see clearly and was ready to make a move.
Ashikaga Yoshiki's old ministers pulled up a puppet and wanted to go to Luo to seek benefits and occupy the central power of the shogunate.
And Hosokawa Fujitaka was not willing to be lonely and participated. Are the Hosokawa and Mibuchi families going to abandon their friendship with the Shiba family? Yiyin is not sure.
The friendship between the Wu family is a joke, and betrayal is commonplace. Two years later, God knows who is calling the shots among the Hosokawa Mibuchi family now?
Yiyin trusts Mibuchi Haru, she is a good person. But the Hosokawa Fujitaka she gave birth to was nothing like her. He was a qualified martial artist from a famous shogunate family, and was very cunning.
As for the marriage between the Oda family and the Asai family, Yoshigan Shiba shot himself in the foot. He was the one who helped connect the two families and led to their marriage and alliance.
Yiyin rubbed his eyebrows with his fingers, trying to smooth away the wrinkled thoughts, with a depressed look on his face.
The combined strength of the old ministers of Ashikaga, the Hosokawa Miyoshi family, the Oda family, the Asai family, and the Tokugawa family was enough to overthrow the weak Miyoshi family.
In other words, if Shiba Yiyin slows down a beat, Luo Guang will be restored to the shogunate and nothing will happen to him. Of course, the subsequent redistribution of power will also suffer big losses.
Yiyin sighed.
"If we take the Hokuriku Road trade route, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with them. The port closure period is over, and it's already the time of spring and thaw. Returning to Japan is at least after spring plowing.
The letter mentioned that Oda Nobunaga wanted to mobilize in advance and attack the Rokkaku family before spring plowing, so as to catch the Rokkaku family by surprise as they prepared for spring plowing.
Moreover, the Asai family is also part of their plan to go to Luo. I am not sure whether Asai Nagamasa will obstruct and delay my crossing. "
Yoshigan is not worried about his personal safety. He is the widow of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and has deep relationships with various families.
Although Fujitaka Hosokawa and Nagamasa Asai have ambitions to get to Luo first, they will not murder Yoshigan Shiba.
Yiyin still has this bit of confidence.
He had no choice but to have a face that was harmful to the country and his people, and his temperament was so charming that he was licking dogs all over the place.
What he was most worried about was that he was still afraid of being delayed, causing the Shiba family to be excluded from the Shangluo incident, and losing the initiative to reorganize the power of the shogunate.
Teru Uesugi frowned and said.
"What should I do?"
In fact, there was not a trace of joy and extravagant hope in her heart.
Since many companies do not welcome Shiba Yoshigan to return to seize power, if he chooses to stay in Kanto and continue to develop, Uesugi Teruhu will support him with both hands and feet.
But this delusion was immediately shattered by Sibo Yiyin. Yiyin shook his head and said firmly.
"I will not let their plot succeed."
