Takeda Shingen and Kosaka Masanobu circled Reina, and the atmosphere between the three was warm.
After a while, Takeda Shingen pointed at the child and said proudly.
"Masanobu, Reina is only two and a half years old."
Kosaka Masanobu was stunned and looked at Takeda Rena fluttering in his arms. The child was muttering something unknown, but she did have her own thoughts and ideas.
Kosaka Masanobu, who had not reacted just now, was immediately amazed.
While other children of the same age have just learned to walk and cannot even speak clearly, two-and-a-half-year-old Takeda Reina can already waddle, run, identify relatives, and express wishes clearly.
Takeda Shingen looked at Kosaka Masanobu's shocked eyes and couldn't help but feel proud. He pinched Reina's cheek, making the child's face bulge in anger.
Kosaka Masanobu was stunned for a while and sighed.
"As expected of you and his flesh and blood, he is a very talented person, and the Takeda family will have no worries about his successor."
Kosaka Chang's confidence was still a bit sad, and his stomach was really disappointing. At that time in Yantian City, she was always dragged along by her master to humiliate Sibo Yiyin, but in the end only her master got pregnant.
Come to think of it, this is life.
Takeda Shingen didn't know that she had inadvertently hit Kosaka Masanobu's heart. She just wanted to show off.
Back then, she insisted on giving birth to Takeda Reina, which caused the retainers to be dissatisfied with her appearance.
But as Takeda Reina grew up, the retainers had to admit that the Takeda family might have taken advantage of Yoshigoshi Shiba's extraordinary blood.
Reina is wise and intelligent at an early age, and has a strong body, as if she has combined the genetic advantages of both the male world and the female world, unlike a mortal body.
The culture of the island country firmly believes in the theory of blood, which emphasizes that dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and mice's sons can dig holes. Unlike people from the Celestial Dynasty, those who dare to shout would rather have the guts.
The excellence of Takeda Reina has plunged the Takeda retainers into a tangle of contradictions.
Takeda Shingen humiliated Shiba Yoshigan and snatched his seed and bloodline, which may cause huge trouble for the Takeda family in the future.
But Rena is too good a child. If the Takeda family can really improve under her hands, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing.
With expectations for the future, it seems that it is not unacceptable for the family governor Meng Lang to take advantage of the opportunity to have a daughter.
Shiba Yiyin's reputation is growing day by day, and he has become a heavenly figure that martial artists all over the world look up to. If the Takeda family could get his flesh and blood, they would enjoy it secretly.
Even if this happens in the future, Yisbo Yiyin's benevolent nature will not kill his own child, right? The worst result was Takeda Shingen's personal misfortune.
From the Takeda family's perspective, if the family governor can resist all sins and let this child, who is not as smart as a mortal, lead the Takeda family to a more glorious future, this deal is worth doing.
Kosaka Masanobu glanced at Takeda Shingen worriedly. She was very aware of the psychological changes in Takeda's retainers in the past two years, and she became even more worried about Takeda Shingen's future.
Takeda Shingen now no longer thinks about housework and is always by Reina's side. Has he foreseen that his future is not optimistic, so he wants to spend more time with his proud daughter?
Takeda Shingen felt Kosaka Masanobu's gaze and asked.
"What's wrong?"
Kosaka Masanobu shook his head, suppressed his worries, and changed the subject.
…
"Nothing, Your Highness, do you really want to use that imperial letter to send troops to Luo to make enemies of the Oda family?"
Takeda Shingen took Reina off Kousaka Masanobu, patted Reina on the head and said affectionately.
"You're all sweaty and dirty from playing. Come here, take Reina to drink some water and change clothes."
The valet came forward, bowed, and took the child to wash up. Takeda Shingen looked at Rena's back and said.
“Oda Nobunaga disrespected the shogunate, humiliated the Ashikaga shogun, and tried to gain control of the samurai world.
As a descendant of Kawachi Genji, I, Takeda Shingen, have the great trust of the general to grant the imperial letter, how can I sit back and ignore it? "
Kosaka Masanobu looked at Takeda Shingen's righteous look and shook his head helplessly.
Takeda Shingen rolled his eyes at her.
"Am I wrong?"
Kosaka Masanobu asked in a low voice.
"Your Highness, do you miss Jindo-don?"
Takeda Shingen's eyes narrowed.
"Why do you think so?"
Kosaka Masanobu said seriously.
"The way you looked just now was just like the upright and awe-inspiring Tsudado in front of us back then."
Takeda Shingen took a deep look at Kosaka Masanobu and said to himself.
“It’s not that I want to be an enemy of Oda Nobunaga, it’s that I have to be an enemy of Oda Nobunaga.
Changxin, I have no choice.
In the past few years, my Takeda family seems to be peaceful, but there is an undercurrent. The samurai families of the Kai clan, the Shinon clan, and the Suruga clan don't get along, they look down on each other, and there are many conflicts.
Especially with Takeda Noburen's acquiescence, Anayayama Nobujun and Tokugawa Ieyasu started a smuggling business, which seemed to have brought us a lot of profits, but also laid greater hidden dangers.
The benefits of the Tokaido trade route are not as good as before, but they are still profitable. The Kaibi people are greedy and insufficient, which makes me very embarrassed.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, this person is not simple.
While she was doing business with Nobu-kun Anayama, she gave benefits to the Kai clan and excluded the Suruga clan from the benefits of the trade route.
On the other hand, she made good friends with the Surugas, and secretly used her share of the proceeds from the trade route to give the Surugas a little benefit.
Now, the Kai people are happy to cooperate with the Tokugawa family, and the Suruga people also feel that the Tokugawa family is more suitable to be the ruler of Suruga country than the Takeda family.
Pity the idiots in the Kai family, they were used as a weapon by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and they still thought she was a good person.
Especially Nobu-kun Anayama, I am afraid that he is deeply involved with Tokugawa Ieyasu. Who knows if there is any shady deal behind the two of them.
But the Aneshan family has a special status, and I can't easily touch Nobu-kun Aneshan. "
Kosaka Masanobu frowned.
"His Highness should not have agreed at that time and let Anayayama Nobu-kun privately take charge of the Tokaido trade route and communicate with Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Now, even if Nobu-kun Anayama is wanted to be punished for collaborating with the enemy, the Kai people who have benefited will definitely have a backlash. "
Takeda Shingen sighed.
"Although the income of the Tokaido Trade Route is declining year by year, it is still a piece of fat. Who is not greedy? If I insist on stopping it, can I stop it?
Being able to look at it but not eat it will only arouse the resentment of the Jia Fei people, and the gain outweighs the loss.
Now, the people of Jia Fei claim to be conquerors and have enough to eat and drink. The Suruga people colluded with Tokugawa Ieyasu and got a piece of the pie.
The most dissatisfied are the Shinano people. They live in poverty in the mountains and their lives are always difficult. Since you are still suffering from poverty, why should you surrender to me?
…
Masanobu, our Takeda family seems to be in a stable situation, occupying the land of the Three Kingdoms, and has a huge momentum. In fact, it is already full of crises and cannot be optimistic.
If I don't move a little bit, I will die in a daze in the future. "
Kosaka Masanobu was silent for a while, sighed and nodded.
It is difficult for Takeda Shingen to be the head of a family.
The Kai Kingdom was small and weak, but it was able to fight its way out of the mountains and capture the Shinano and Suruga Kingdoms, which were far more powerful and wealthy than itself. It was all thanks to Takeda Shingen's strategic planning, and the odds of winning were huge.
However, the nature of the mountain people of Jia Fei is hard to change. The most is that they cling to groups and are exclusive and domineering.
They always believed that their conqueror despised and suppressed the Shinano clan and Suruga clan, which caused many conflicts.
It was because Tokugawa Ieyasu saw this clearly that he would give benefits to the Kai clan and win over the Suruga clan, trying every means to aggravate the division within the Takeda family.
Takeda Shingen has been tolerating it because behind Tokugawa Ieyasu stands Oda Nobunaga, a two million stone daimyo.
Compared with the Oda family, the Takeda family is too weak, so they can only endure temporarily, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity.
Nowadays, Oda Nobunaga has gone too far in recent days, which has caused dissatisfaction from many forces.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki took the lead in writing the imperial letter, and everyone formed an alliance to besiege the Oda family. This was a God-given opportunity for the Takeda family.
The best way to resolve conflicts at home is to export them to the outside world.
As long as he can defeat the Tokugawa family, successfully backstab the Oda family, and allow the Takeda family to occupy the entire Tokaido, Takeda Shingen will have enough land and trade route interests to win over the hearts and minds of the Takeda family.
Kosaka Masanobu thought for a while and said.
“Your Highness has a far-sighted vision, which I am ashamed of.
But Oda Nobunaga came to the fore in just a few years and conquered a territory of two million koku. He was by no means an ordinary person.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was able to bend and stretch in his work. He worked step by step and was full of resilience. He was not an easy person to deal with.
If anything goes wrong in the battle of Shangluo, the consequences will be disastrous. Why don't we choose enemies that are easier to deal with to expand our territory and ease internal conflicts? "
Takeda Shingen smiled bitterly.
"Of course I don't want to fight Oda Tokugawa unless I have to. If I don't fight Oda Tokugawa, in which direction can I break through?
Hida country? The mountains there are higher and the land is poorer and useless.
Unless I intend to conquer China and take advantage of Hida Country. But Hokurikudo is managed like an iron barrel by Tsutadoden. Why should I go looking for that unpleasant experience?
The same goes for Nishi-Ueno.
When Nagano Yamasa died of illness, there was a good opportunity to intervene in the Kanto Plain, but it was a pity that Sanada Nobushige took the lead.
Today's Kanto is a piece of iron. From Uesugi in Echigo to Hojo in Sagami, they are all within the framework of the Kanto Palace Council.
The great talent of Tsutaden made use of Ashikaga Yoshiji's Imperial Order of Peace in Kanto and brought all Kanto eight states samurai into the political circle of the Kanto Palace on the grounds of peaceful development.
In terms of trickery, I might be able to beat him by a few points. But in terms of magnanimity, I am far inferior to him.
I missed the best opportunity to enter the Guanbazhou land. If I go to seek the West Ueno land now, I will be the enemy of all the Guanbazhou warriors. The wise will not take it.
After all, Hokurikudo and Kanpachi are already monolithic. I can't afford to offend Tsutado-don, so I can only seek the bad luck of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu and try to break through from Tokaido. "
…
Kosaka Masanobu was speechless.
The situation of the Takeda family is much worse than that of the Uesugi family and the Hojo family.
Echigo Kuni of the Uesugi family is rich and powerful, and is the core ally of Yoshihiro Shiba in Kanto. No matter how the political situation in the eight Kanto states changes, Uesugi Teruhora will always make a profit.
The Hojo family has been in business for several generations, and even though Yoshihiro Shiba is now suppressing his enterprising spirit, the Hojo Ushimasa can still occupy a place in Kanto by relying on the family business accumulated by his ancestors.
In contrast, Takeda Shingen was very helpless.
She has neither reliable allies nor a family fortune accumulated over generations. The conflict of interests between the new and old members of the retainer group and the division of regions are not big problems that can be solved in one generation.
Kosaka Masanobu said worriedly.
"Your Highness, since it is wrong to move no matter what, it is better not to move.
Although the conflict between the martial arts in the three places is fierce, you have enough prestige to suppress them and they will not be able to overturn the situation.
As long as she manages the current territory well, waits for the young master to grow up, and gives her a stable Takeda family business, what's wrong?
Even if you can't become King Wu of Zhou, you can still choose to become King Wen of Zhou without risking going to Luo. "
The Zhou Dynasty complied with the destiny and conquered Shang Zhou. Although it was successful at the hands of King Wu of Zhou, the foundation was laid by King Wen of Zhou.
The Takeda family is facing so many difficulties now. Kosaka Masanobu feels that there is no need for Takeda Shingen to rush for success and that he can calm down and run the business.
Without the rule of Wenjing, there would be no glory of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Forefathers plant trees and future generations enjoy the shade. This is the way to long-term peace and stability.
The Hojo family was able to run the business for three or four generations and gradually developed from Izu country to a great name in Kanto, and the Takeda family can do the same.
Although the three samurai families in Kai, Shinano and Suruga are full of conflicts, how can they be Takeda Shingen's opponents?
As long as Takeda Shingen can endure it, there will be enough time to slowly clear up these troubles before Reina takes over.
Kosaka Masanobu still felt that Takeda Shingen was too impatient.
Tokugawa Ieyasu instigated the Takeda family internally because she was not sure of winning against Takeda Shingen on the battlefield. As long as Takeda Shingen sees his tricks, Tokugawa Ieyasu's alienation may not be effective.
Takeda Shingen smiled slightly and had no objection to the advice of this caring person. She knew that Kosaka Masanobu was sincerely doing it for her own good.
"Masanobu, do you know that the supply of salt from Echigo has begun to stop intermittently again, and the supplies from Naoetsu to Zenkojidaira have also become less."
Kosaka Masanobu frowned.
"His Royal Highness Uesugi blocked it before, but later on, wasn't there an order from Tsuta-dono that strictly ordered Naoe Jinguan not to have a shortage?"
Takeda Shingen scoffed.
"No matter how powerful Tsuta-don is, he is not omniscient and omnipotent. Uesugi Teruhora insists on tripping me up, what can Tsuta-don do?
Salt is distributed from the Uesugi family's salt farm, and Naoetsu is located in the Takata Plains at the heart of the Uesugi family.
Terutora Uesugi has a great influence on the transportation of supplies to Hokushin Zenkoji Temple. If she is not happy, there are many ways to bypass Tsutama Temple. "
Kosaka Masanobu said.
"Fortunately, the salt fields in Suruga Kingdom have gradually recovered a lot. Our Takeda family does not have to use the salt from Echigo Kingdom now."
Takeda Shingen sighed.
"You haven't understood yet. What I'm worried about is not the salt and supplies, but Uesugi Teru's unyielding attitude towards me.
Think about it, why does Uesugi Teruhora show hostility towards me every time Tsutado-den leaves Kanto?
The cooperation between Tsutado Hall and Uesugi Terutora in the Kanto strategy is very close, and there will never be any change of orders from day to day, or multiple political affairs.
Time and time again, Terutora Uesugi used the time when Tsutado-den left Kanto to cut off affordable supplies from Shinano Country and create dissatisfaction among Shinano people against me.
Tell me, what does she want to do? "
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