Yiyin lay in Dao Shengmeng's arms. At first, he wanted to pretend to be asleep to avoid Dao Shengmeng's embarrassment, but as soon as he lay down, he was so tired that he fell asleep.
It's funny to say that a loyal and loyal general like Shima Katsuo, who is both wise and brave, would be unintentionally set up by a mediocre person like Yamanaka Yukimori who he looked down upon.
Facts have proven that people tend to make mistakes if they are pushed too hard. Shima Shengmeng hasn't seen Yiyin in two years, so it's not like the press made a mistake.
If she didn't want to compete with Yamanaka Yukimori, why would she have made this mistake. Yiyin was exhausted and Pu Sheng was offended, but as a result, Shanzhong couldn't come because of something.
The more Yiyin thought about it, the funnier it became. He couldn't help but laugh out loud even in his dreams. It was so clever that he was mistaken for his cleverness.
Because Date Masamune ran to Tomi Castle, Yamanaka Yukimori sent a message requesting instructions. Yiyin immediately sent an envoy to the north and asked Yukimori Yamazaka to take Date Masamune south to Dahu City for an audience.
Treating Date Masamune favorably is not because Yoshigan likes this ambitious one-eyed dragon, but because the relations in the Ou area are complicated, and he must be cautious when dealing with Date Masamune.
The Ou area is remote, bitter, cold, vast and sparsely populated. Before the industrialization era, it was impossible to fully develop the Ou area.
The northern permafrost, which lacks fuel, only has some development value in the south.
The Date family is a local leader in southern Ou. After gaining the trust of the Ashikaga shogunate, they have actually succeeded the Shiba clan sent by the shogunate earlier and become the overlord of the Ou region.
This hegemonic position is not only based on force, but also a complex network of marriages between generations.
If Yiyin wants to suppress the Ou area, there are two most labor-saving ways.
First, use the local Shiba relatives to create a balance within the local samurai family, and use Yiyin, an external big brother, as the arbiter to mediate the disputes among the local samurai families and restrain the vassals.
Second, give Kanhachishu and Echigo the status of powerful samurai families, allowing them to encroach on the southern territory of Ou, creating an artificial buffer zone to block the local samurai families in Ou and restrict them from going south.
Previously, Yiyin chose the first option because he was from the Shiba clan.
Oshu Osaki and Ushu Mogami, these two local wealthy families are essentially the Shiba branch sent by the shogunate to maintain stability in the Ou area.
They took the initiative to ask for help, and Yiyin was also willing to support them through a general leader's method to restrain the ambitious Date Masamune.
But Yoshigan was disappointed in the end. Osaki Mogami and other Shiba relatives simply treated him as a fool. They asked for him when they needed him, but ignored him if he didn't.
During the Shiba-Oda War, the Osaki Mogami family made it clear that they wanted to be on the sidelines and sit back and watch the central battle. They had the same thoughts as the people of the East, and they were all disloyal and unjust people.
Yiyin was very angry, but he couldn't spare the time to teach him a lesson, so he could only let it go first.
Who knows, evil people will be punished by evil people. Yiyin had no time to take care of it, but this became an opportunity for Date Masamune.
Date Masamune took advantage of the opportunity when the Kanto Allied Forces formed by the Kanto Secretariat were advancing westward and had no time to look at Ou's direction. He attacked the Osaki family in one fell swoop and occupied the entire Minami Sendai Plain.
Then, Date Masamune went south with all his strength, preparing to swallow up the four Aizu counties that he cherished.
In the Ou area, the most valuable farmland is in the south.
Among them, the Minami Sendai Plain and the Aizu Basin in Oshu are the gateways to and from the eight states of Sekishu. On the other side, in the southern part of Yushu, there are mountain basins such as Date County and Mogami County, which are also rare fertile fields.
Date Masamune killed the Osaki family and frightened the Mogami family so much that they repeatedly called the Kanto Palace for help.
The Kwantung Allied Forces were at war with the Oda family in Hokurikudo, so they had no time to pay attention.
On the contrary, Hitachi Kuni Satake Yoshitaka, one of the people from the East, led his troops northward and went to war with Date Masamune in the four counties of Aizu, shattering Date Masamune's wishful thinking.
Both the Oriental People and the Ou Warriors chose to stand aside during the Shiba Oda battle, but in the end they failed to preserve their strength and started fighting on their own.
What made them even more dumbfounded was that the Shiba Oda family's 200,000-person battle only lasted one battle and then hurriedly settled, ruining the wishful thinking of all bystanders.
Yoshigan and Oda Nobunaga just shook hands for a while, then shook hands and made peace, intending to join forces to conquer the world.
It's like the boss and the second brother were at war for a long time, and finally decided to join forces to fight the third, fourth, fifth and sixth, which confused all the famous people watching the show in Saikoku, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Ou.
The Kwantung Allied Forces have returned, and the Yiyin has returned to Kantung. The people of the East have been judged as unjust, and they are waiting to be bled with knives and feasted on by the Kwantung Palace.
As for the Ou area, Yoshigage couldn't care about it for the time being, but he was very disappointed with those Shiba relatives, so his thoughts on winning over the relatives and restricting the local area faded away.
Because of this, Yoshigan would not hesitate to promote Tozawa Moriyasu, sleep with her, give her resources, and trick her into continuing her efforts, hoping that this potential stock can help her develop influence in Ou.
Just because Yiyin can't take care of the Ou area for the time being doesn't mean that the Ou family is happy. Seeing that the people of the East were about to be beaten, the Ou warriors were also panicking.
But Yoshigami didn't read any of the flattering letters sent from Ou. There was a lot of things in Kinki Kanto waiting for him to sort out, and he really didn't have the time or the heart to care about Ou's wallflowers.
But he never expected that Date Masamune was also a ruthless person and would go to Echigo Kingdom to plead guilty.
Compared to those hesitant Ou warriors, and compared to the Mogami family, a member of the Shiba clan, Date Masamune was indeed ruthless.
It was impossible for her to lead troops across to Torowei City. The only possibility was to disguise herself as a merchant just like Tozawa Mori'an did when he came to Luo.
There are many people who want Date Masamune to die. This girl is not old, but she is very courageous and dares to do something.
You know, even Mogami Yoshimitsu, a relative of the Shiba clan, was still hesitant about going south. He only dared to write a letter asking to see Yoshigami and wait for news.
However, Date Masamune ran straight over, completely ignoring that he was the first person responsible for starting the war. Yoshigan had every reason to kill her with a knife.
Regarding this bold Date Masamune, Yoshigami was undecided for a moment. He would wait for her to come over and see what she had to say.
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While Yoshigan was stranded in Dahu City, waiting for Date Masamune to come to plead guilty, the wind and snow began to subside in Echigo Country at the end of winter, and he was already looking forward to the new spring.
Kasuga mountain city, residence.
The hall was as warm as spring, and the braziers in the four corners of the room were burning hot. Uesugi Kenshin was holding a small rattle and kept beating it.
In front of her, the almost two-year-old Uesugi Miyuki opened her round eyes and kept trying to touch the rattle, but Uesugi Kenshin avoided it again and again, making the child angry and shouting that his mother was bad.
Under the throne, Honjo Minoru and Naoe Keizuna, two veterans, looked at Kenshin Uesugi's drama with joy and admiration.
The seeds of a saint are different. This baby girl was born last spring. She is only one and a half years old now. She can already crawl and walk. She also knows that her mother is playing with her and knows how to scold her.
Yiyin's modern male physique from the male world, coupled with the super physical fitness of Ji Samurai from the female world, one plus one has an effect greater than two.
His children all showed intelligence, strength, and rapid growth that were different from ordinary people since childhood, which is almost the best proof of the feudal blood theory.
The warriors recognized Yiyin as a god not only because of his power, but also because the facts were before their eyes and could not be denied.
A great man who is 1.83 meters tall, has an ageless sixteen-year-old face, and has an outstanding son beyond the imagination of ordinary people. How could he not be a god?
In addition, with his vow to always change the weather at critical moments and his invincible deeds, even if Yiyin wants to deny his godhood now, many people may not be willing to agree.
You can despise the Wu family's character, but you can't underestimate the Wu family's IQ! Everyone is not a fool, and seeing is believing. You are so awesome, you must have a reasonable explanation!
You say you are not God? Then what are you?
In short, Uesugi Kenshin is now more and more convinced that Kamishi said that the piece of heart that fell out of her body after she was ten months pregnant was a real baby.
It's not in vain that Uesugi Kenshin worked hard for ten months and was still weak for half a year after giving birth before giving birth to this truly precious child. It was very different from the pregnancy process of ordinary Hime warriors. It was really a suffering.
When a Hime Samurai is pregnant, she usually feels uncomfortable for three days before and after giving birth. She can usually ride a horse, shoot a bow, and go into battle to kill people. How could Uesugi Kenshin suffer so much?
But after he was born, Uesugi Kenshin realized that he was not unjust.
Miyuki Uesugi was already enlightened at the age of one, learned to walk at the age of one and a half, could find melody when hearing percussion, and even started to express her emotions now.
The Wu family had never seen such a smart child, who could give birth to such a descendant of the gods. Uesugi Kenshin was naturally happy, loving the baby, and looking at it day and night.
Feeling a little tired of playing, Uesugi Kenshin hugged the child in his arms, gave her the rattle to play with, looked at the two important ministers, and asked.
"You two adults came together to see me in the twelfth lunar month of winter, just to watch me amuse the children?"
The two of them kowtowed to the ground together, congratulating their master on the birth of a daughter and the successor of the Uesugi family.
After finishing his polite words, Naoe Keizuna changed the subject and said.
"I heard that His Highness Date Masamune of Yonezawa arrived in Tomei Castle five days ago in disguise and in a simple carriage. Now it is said that he has been taken to Dahu Castle by Mr. Yukisho Yamazaka to apologize to the saint."
Uesugi Kenshin nodded.
"Dahu City, has he already arrived in Dahu City? It would be difficult for him to force his way back through the East China Sea Road."
Uesugi Kenshin didn't care about Date Masamune, but he was worried about Shiba Yiyin's detour through Tokaido.
No one is a fool. It is obvious that when the spring thaws, you can board a boat from the Hokuriku Expressway and go directly to Echigo Province, but Yoshigan Shiba has to work hard on horseback. He braves the cold wind in the middle of winter and takes the Tokaido Road. What does this mean?
Every time Uesugi Kenshin thinks about this, he can't help but feel a little resentful.
She fell in love with Shiba Yoshigan at first sight. As soon as she met him in Kyoto seven years ago, she pursued Yoshigan wholeheartedly and shared everything with him.
And what about Spo Yiyin? It was always aloof, until finally he took the initiative to send mugwort to the door, also to maintain the stability of Echigo's duopoly.
Does Uesugi Kenshin hate Shiba Yoshigan? I don't hate him, but I love him to death.
The samurai family attaches great importance to their family business, and Shiba Yiyin always puts his family business in his heart. In the eyes of Samurai Ji, it is a matter of course, and there is nothing to blame.
Uesugi Kenshin could abandon the Miao name of the Nagao family in the house and inherit the name of the Yamauchi Uesugi family. In fact, she did not care about the merger of the Shiba Uesugi family and let her descendants continue to use the Shiba Miao name.
However, Shiba Yiyin was always unwilling to marry him, and finally resolutely embarked on Shinto, pursuing the higher level of dominance of Shiba theocracy.
Uesugi Kenshin can understand, but she can't help feeling resentful. I have been a dog licker for seven years and been hanged for seven years. After all, I still can't get everything from that man.
To say that Uesugi Kenshin's selfless dedication has actually been generously rewarded.
Before Shiba Yoshigan came, the Echigo samurai group was suppressed by Uesugi Kenshin with force. Although it was said to be powerful, it also had constant civil strife and many hidden dangers.
In order to pursue a man, Uesugi Kenshin gave half of his family property to the Shiba family. It seemed that he was obsessed with it and suffered a big loss, but looking back seven years later, the Uesugi family made a lot of money!
Under the helm of Yoshihiro Shiba, the Echigo duopolitics solved each internal hidden danger and external enemy, and Uesugi Kenshin became the second person in Kanto under Yoshihiro Shiba.
Speaking of such outstanding figures as Hojo Ujiyasu, Takeda Shingen, etc., they were convinced by Shiba Yoshigan, but they were not convinced by Uesugi Kenshin, a military genius and political slut.
The Uesugi family is able to outperform the Takeda family and the Hojo family in today's political situation in Kanto and maintain its second position, not because Uesugi Kenshin is awesome, but because she has found the right allies.
A licking dog actually gave away half of his family's fortune just to lick a man. In the eyes of the Wu family, it was a sign that his brain was broken, and sooner or later he would take the pill.
But who would have thought that this man was so awesome, he would do everything he wanted until the very end, which made everyone jealous and could only secretly curse his luck.
Uesugi Kenshin was resentful of Shiba Yoshigan, and he held the child and said a few words of complaint.
But what Honjo Minoru and Naoe Keizuna heard made them feel very uncomfortable, and they looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
Uesugi Kenshin wanted to support Uesugi Miyuki to become the heir to the Shiba family. Of course, the Uesugi retainers supported it with both hands. This huge benefit really made the retainers salivate.
But if Uesugi Kenshin wanted to force Shiba Yoshigan to make a choice and use a confrontational mentality to achieve this goal, the Uesugi retainers group would panic.
Among the Kanto samurai families, the Echigo samurai family knew Shiba Yoshigan best.
Back then, when Shiba Yoshigan integrated the Echigo Kingdom, he used coercion and inducement, using carrots and sticks in one hand to slowly penetrate and train him. The Echigo samurai family had personally tasted this taste.
Confrontation with Sibo Yiyin? Just thinking about it would scare the shit out of the Uesugi retainers themselves.
If Kenshin Uesugi went too far and accidentally dismantled the Echigo duopoly, how could the Uesugi family maintain their transcendent status in Kanto and be the second in command?
The Kanto system has actually been replaced by the Kanto Samurai. The Kanto general Ashikaga Yoshiji is not even a puppet and has become a transparent person.
How many samurai families care about Uesugi Kenshin, the governor of the Uesugi family in Yamauchi, the leader of the Kanto region, and the number two figure in the Kanto system?
Sir, times have changed!
What truly maintains the special status of the Uesugi family is not the status of the Kanto leader in the Kanto system, but the special political status of the Echigo duopolies.
If Uesugi Kenshin and Shiba Yoshigan had a falling out, Takeda Shingen and Hojo Ushimasa would wake up laughing from their sleep, and they would immediately run to Shiba Yoshigan to express their loyalty and replace the Uesugi family's special status.
Of course, Shiba Yiyin is definitely not willing to do this kind of thing that destroys his own foundation. The process of integrating Echigo was not easy. Now that the foundation is solid, how can he be willing to change course?
But the root of this incident lies with Uesugi Kenshin, and it was largely chosen by Yoshihiro Toshiba.
Uesugi Kenshin is considered a good fighter in battle, but the current game surrounding the god is about bed politics, not killing people in battle. Uesugi Kenshin is far worse than Takeda Shingen.
If she fooled around and squandered the Uesugi family's first-mover advantage, the Uesugi retainers would cry to death.
On this point, Naoe Keizuna, who was the most important minister of the generation, and Honjo Minoru of Naomi's faction had a common appeal.
The interest groups behind them all hope that the master Uesugi Kenshin will not act recklessly.
The fact that Yoshihiro Shiba returned to Kanto via the Tokaido Road was a clear political signal, indicating that Yoshihiro Shiba had doubts about Kenshin Uesugi.
If Uesugi Kenshin acts randomly at this time, leading to Yoshihiro Saba's misjudgment, it will really break up the closely linked alliance of Echigo's duopolies, and it will be a lose-lose for both parties.
The most important thing is that the Uesugi family lost miserably, so the Uesugi retainers are unwilling!
But this matter is not a conflict between the Wu family in the general sense. It is impossible to solve the problem through persuasion and the traditional method familiar to the superior Wu family.
Can Kenshin Uesugi be persuaded not to compete for the rank of god? Can using a knife allow Yoshihiro Shiba and Kenshin Uesugi to continue to be close and fly leaflets?
The Uesugi retainers group can't do their best to deal with complex theocratic bed politics involving the emotional, physical, and status of men and women, and the status of children!
The Uesugi retainers group could only send two highly respected veterans to kneel down and beg the governor to stop messing around.
(End of chapter)
