The Ashikaga Huizhu, the Hime Samurai Order formed by the third generation shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, was once synonymous with the shortcut to Zhongnan. furrow
After opening up trade with the Ming Dynasty, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu accumulated a large amount of wealth and began to divide the powerful samurai who threatened the shogunate, centralize power, and stabilize the status of the Ashikaga shogun.
The method she chose was to pull one faction to fight another, using checks and balances to weaken the threat of the powerful samurai family to the Ashikaga shoguns, so that the Ashikaga family could become co-leaders of the samurai alliance and truly become people of the world.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu used the wealth from the Kankai trade to recruit the second daughters of the samurai family who had no inheritance rights, and branched out to the common people to form a huge corps of 3,000 Hime warriors.
Then, when there was a succession change in each family, the Ashikaga General's decision-making power was used to send the Ashikaga Hui clan's cronies back to support them in their fight for inheritance rights.
Some samurai chose to surrender. For those who were unwilling to surrender, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu would personally lead Ashikaga horses back to the crowd to shock them.
The finances are not as rich as the general's, and the military force is not as strong as the general's. If you beat the stubborn warrior a few times, the remaining guys will know how to choose to obey, and the master will send the person who the general likes to take office.
As a result, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gained the admiration and loyalty of a large number of young samurai warriors, and accomplished the hegemony that even a generation of generals, Ashikaga Takauji, could not accomplish. The Ashikaga family finally conquered the world for two hundred years. furrow
However, no matter how grand the hegemony is, it will come to an end sooner or later. Ashikaga Kaizu, who once made the samurai all over the world bow their heads in fear, has now become a child of a beggar gang who cannot even get a salary.
As early as the death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the Ashikaga family's Kanhe trade was usurped by the Hosokawa family and the Ouchi family.
Later, these two families competed for tribute in Ningbo and caused Japanese rebellion, which angered the Ming Dynasty and cut off the trading rights that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had finally obtained from Ming Chengzu.
Having lost this economic pillar, the Ashikaga family's finances have shrunk. Coupled with the continued encroachment of the Ashikaga shogun's imperial palace by samurai families from various places, the financial income of the Ashikaga family has continued to deteriorate.
In the hands of the thirteenth shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the Ashikaga family's finances had long been unable to make ends meet. Only 500 of the three thousand Ashikaga Kaimen who were once powerful in the world were left.
But even if it shrunk to 500 Hime samurai, the Ashikaga family actually couldn't afford it. Their salary and salary stopped for a while, and they could barely maintain the loyalty of the Hime samurai by relying on the afterglow of the Ashikaga shogun.
By the time of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the life of the Ashikaga Hui clan became even more difficult. It was no longer a question of whether one would be paid or not, it had never been a problem before. furrow
Before Ashikaga Yoshiaki came to Raku, military supplies relied on the Shiba family and the Oda family. After she secured her position as shogun, she caused a scandal that tainted Yoshigan.
Yoshihiro retreated to his residence, Yukino was seriously injured and fell into a coma, Haruno became furious, and the Kyoto shogunate never received any benefits from the Hokurikudo trade route.
The feud between Oda Nobunaga and Ashikaga Yoshiaki took away the Sakamoto Castle controlled by Hitoshi Yoshimasa, and took away the Ashikama Hui's last base for military supplies.
Niki Yoshimasa did not dare to return to Kyoto, so he went directly to Iga country, and was protected by Yoshihiro by virtue of the kindness he had transferred to Yoshihiro Iga as the guardian of Iga.
But Ashikaga's return to the generals was miserable. Ashikaga Yoshiaki showed off as a general in Nijo Castle, sent out several imperial letters, and set up Nobunaga's siege twice, which seemed majestic.
But this poor princess, who was hated by the Shiba family and the Oda family, was trapped in Kyoto by Oda Nobunaga and was forced to accept the terms of being called the royal mother. The Ashikaga family's finances collapsed and they could not get a penny.
The Ashikaga Kaishou not only have to serve as watchdogs for Nijo Castle, but they are also wild dogs that cannot even get a salary and bring their own dry food. furrow
Ashikaga Yoshiaki served as a shogun for three years, and Ashikaga Huishou worked in vain for three years.
In these troubled times, the landlords' families have no surplus food, and the families of many Hime samurai members of the Ashikaga Hui clan have long been unable to solve the problem, and their lives are extremely miserable.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki also knew that during her three-year career as a general in Kyoto, she had never been kind to him, and the Hime warrior below had a lot of resentment.
Therefore, when Ashikaga Yoshiaki ran away, he did not dare to take the Ashikaga Huimen with him. He just took the person who usually took care of him and ran away secretly.
Now when talking about the experience of the Ashikama Hui people, Yoshigage is not very sad.
Maeda Toshiie also sighed.
"I didn't expect that the former No. 1 Princess Warriors, the Ashikaga family that shocked the world's smallest and most powerful armies, would have fallen to this level. 瘘
Saint, now that they have come to ask for help, how are you going to reply to them? "
Yiyin sighed.
"I am a surviving member of the ancestors and an elder of the Genji. I have a responsibility for the direct descendants of the Genji in Hanoi.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki did not want to be a human being, and regarded his ancestor Yu Yin as a burden, and he lost his job. But little did she know that what she lost was the people's hearts and military morale, and the respect that the martial arts families in the world had for the direct descendants of the Genji family in Hanoi.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki can stop doing human affairs, but I dare not not shoulder this heavy burden for her.
Oda Nobunaga already regarded himself as the elder of the Taira clan and wanted to establish Oda Gongyi. If the direct descendant of Kawachi Genji gave up on himself and Ashikaga Koki was lost, Oda Nobunaga would be extremely happy.
This time, it was the Ashikaga General who abandoned the loyal Ashikaga Horsemen. How desperate are those Hime warriors who have not received a salary in three years? How angry would he be with Genji? furrow
To reverse this bad influence, I must give a clear attitude.
I decided, in the name of the elders of the Genji family, to commend these five hundred Ashikaga warriors who have never given up and maintained their loyalty for free, and to recognize their loyalty.
I will officially grant them the title of Spo's martyrdom and enjoy the same treatment as Spo's establishment. "
Maeda Toshiie was shocked. She did not expect that Yoshihiro would treat these Ashikaga members so favorably.
I thought that the most the Yoshino Bank would do was give some money and food, but those Ashikaga members were actually desperate and living worse than beggars. Giving them some money and food would make them grateful.
But Yiyin was unexpectedly generous and directly gave five hundred people the title of Spo's righteous soldiers.
Maeda Toshiie was silent for a moment and said. furrow
"Saint, in recent years the coalition forces have won a bitter battle at Yuwu Lake, and the number of Ji warriors from each family who have been awarded the title of Sibo martyr is only two to three hundred.
The Ashikama Hui clan has never done anything for the Shiba family, but you generously gave five hundred Shiba martyrs and enjoyed the same treatment as the Shiba establishment. I am afraid that many outsiders will feel it is unfair. "
Yiyin shook his head.
"When I confer the title of Martyr to Spo, I will write an open letter to inform the world.
From the death of their ancestors to the current shogun Nishikari, the Ashikaga clan has not received a single cent of the Ashikaga family's reward, but they have upheld the righteousness, fulfilled their duties loyally, and never left.
The Ashikaga Horsemen were worthy of the righteousness of the samurai family, but it was the Ashikaga General who failed them.
A general can be confused, but Genji is not. As an elder of the Genji, I recognize their loyalty and the title of Shiba's righteous soldiers is not a favor to them from me, but a compensation given by the Genji to them. "畘
Maeda Toshiie somewhat understood.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki ran away, and she went to Tomo in Bingo Province. With the support of the Mori family, she reopened the shogunate and established a new central government. This made the Kyoto shogunate an embarrassing existence.
Yoshigan has always been committed to justice. This time, he must stand on the moral high ground and suppress Ashikaga Yoshiaki. If he wants to stabilize the hearts of people inside and outside the shogunate, he must nail Ashikaga Yoshiaki to the pillar of shame.
Oda Nobunaga has already begun to establish his own Oda Gonggi and Taira regime. If Yoshigan does not suppress the runaway general Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the world belonging to the Genji family may collapse at any time.
Although the Taira regime of Oda Nobunaga also respected the saint Yoshigin.
But for Yiyin, before the overall political situation of the future is determined, maintaining a balance between the two ends of the Genji and Taira families is better than letting Oda Nobunaga's family dominate.
The title of Shiba's martyr is itself used to win over the elite samurai warriors of the recent alliance families, making them love Shiba, and subtly strengthening the centripetal force of each family towards the Shiba family. furrow
Although the five hundred Ashikama Kaisers live like beggars, they are not real beggars after all. Their ancestors were once rich, and they also have many relatives and friends inside and outside the shogunate.
The fact that Hatakeyama Takamasa was willing to convey a message to them in front of Uiginza shows that these people have considerable political energy.
Although Yiyin can spend a small amount of money to win over them, to do something like showing kindness, you either don't do it, or you have to do it in one step, which is to have the impact of knocking people unconscious in that moment.
With the title of 500 Spo's righteous soldiers smashed down, he suddenly changed from a beggar with no food to a person enjoying the benefits of Spo's establishment.
The Ashikaga members will immediately become die-hard loyalists of the Shiba family in the shogunate and become the pinnacle for the Shiba family to control the shogunate.
Not to mention that the shogunate samurai had done anything bad to Yoshigami, even if Ashikaga Yoshiaki came back in person, the Ashikaga warriors would still dare to swing their swords at her.
After being lucky enough to rise from hell to heaven, who would want to go back to hell again? Even if the Ashikaga General stopped him, the Ashikaga Horsemen would still dare to kill him. furrow
Loyalty and betrayal are two sides of the Wu family. Ashikaga Yoshiaki chose to give up their loyalty, so Yoshigan happily accepted it.
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