In the early morning of February 4th, the 14th year of Tenmon (1546), in the castle tower of Awaji Kunisu Castle, Anzai Toyasu was kneeling in front of his adoptive father Anzai Shixing, thinking about how to speak. But unexpectedly, Anzhaizhixing was the first to speak:
"Kantaro..."
Anzhai Zhixing sighed helplessly halfway through his words. He was dressed like a typical sea-seeker, his skin was tanned and red, his bun was somewhat messy on the back of his head, and he was wearing clothes that could be tied up easily. Although he is also a famous person, his appearance is the same as that of an ordinary water thief. Compared with him, the fair and elegant An Zhai Dongkang in front of him seemed to be from another world.
"Father?" Anzhai Dongkang suddenly called out like this due to Anzhai Zhixing, and his hands trembled imperceptibly.
"Your brother, he brought people to Sumoto Castle yesterday..." Anzhaji said casually as if nothing had happened, while gently playing with the tea set in front of him with his right hand, "We water thieves are very well informed, there is no need to hide it. I."
"Yes." Anzhai Dongyasu took a deep breath and admitted in a low voice without hiding anything.
"That is to say, if I don't agree to surrender to the Miyoshi family today..." Anzhai Zhixing did not raise his head, but continued to talk to himself: "Will there be no tomorrow for me?"
"Why did the father say this?" Anzhai Fuyang hurriedly kowtowed after hearing this: "How could the child have any reason to kill his father? If the father was still unwilling to abandon the Hosokawa family, the child would still have arranged sailors and ships to send his father and his family home. There will never be any embarrassment for the family and friends to leave! The child is willing to guarantee it with his life!"
After saying that, Anzhai Dongkang took out the ribs he carried with him from his arms, raised his hands in front of Anzhai Zhixing's face and said: "If the father cannot trust the child, please hold the child hostage until you leave!"
"Haha..." Anzhai Zhixing looked at Anzhai Fuyang's reaction and laughed twice with pleasure. He stretched out his hand and pushed the ribs that Anzhai Fuyang held back to Anzhai Fuyang's chest: "It's not like this, Kantarou , I don’t want to make it difficult for you. The day I adopted you as my adopted son, I naturally had the consciousness to go to the Sanhao family, but it was a little difficult to make up my mind. Now that your brother is here, I have naturally made my decision as well. . Whether it’s the Anzhai family or the Awaji navy, I’ll leave it to you.”
"Father..." Anzhai Dongkang sighed with relief after receiving this answer, then leaned over again and saluted: "Thank you!"
"However, your temper is really worrying... In the future, you can't say whether you will suffer a loss or even die because of this." Anzhai Zhixing raised his head and glanced at Yashiki. He looked at the Seto Inland Sea outside the window, "If you don't have the consciousness to send yourself and your subordinates to hell, you can't survive in this troubled world. I know that I am not this material, so I am so free and easy. Just let go."
"Of course, there is no shortage of people in your Sanhao family who are decisive in killing, including your two brothers. Youdao is strong but easy to break, and you need a softer temper to reconcile and persuade them." An Zhai Zhixing stood up slowly, took off the sword passed down from generation to generation by the Anzhai family from the knife holder on the wall, turned around and handed it to Anzhai Dongkang's hand: "Take care, I don't ask you to grow the family, I just want you to Can have a happy ending."
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"Is it done?" Miyoshi Yoshiken, who was waiting next to the Honmaru Yashiki, asked in a low voice after seeing Fuyoshi Anzai with a sword hanging on his waist and walking out of the castle tower.
"Father has agreed to pass on the throne to me." Anzhai Dongkang responded with mixed emotions, "I hope that my second brother will not embarrass my adoptive father again."
"No, I am not a person who kills indiscriminately. I kill everyone for a purpose. I don't want to touch any of the extra people." Miyoshi Yixian answered calmly.
"Why are you so anxious? In a few years, second brother, you will be able to eat Apo safely, and I will be able to accept the Anzhai family and the Awaji Navy smoothly."
"There has been an accident in Kyoto." Miyoshi Yoshiken's expression became complicated, and he squinted at Kinki, which was far across the sea. "The plan is going to be advanced, and we didn't expect it."
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Two days later, on February 6, the 14th year of Tenmon (1546), at Makishima Castle in Yamashita Province, the residence of Hosokawa Harumoto, the shogunate in charge, an uninvited guest visited in the early morning.
Ask the guard to call out Hosokawa Harumoto. However, the guard asked him what he was doing, but the man refused to say a word. For the sake of his identity, the guard went to wake up the sleeping Harumoto Hosokawa.
The person who came was none other than Mibuchi Haruka - the adopted son of General Mibuchi Haruhashi and the current top confidant of General Ashikaga Yoshiharu. His biological father is Hosokawa Motoyu of the Izumi Hosokawa family, and he is related to Hosokawa Harumoto.
When Hosokawa Harumoto rubbed his eyes and got up in disheveled clothes, Mibuchi Harumoto was already waiting for him.
"Your Majesty, your Highness." Haru Mibuchi bowed before Hosokawa Harumoto, "Please stand aside."
"What a big deal..." Hosokawa Harumoto yawned, and at the same time waved his hand to signal the guards to retreat. At the same time, he turned his head to listen to the news reported by Haru Mibuchi:
"Gongfangdian died of illness in the middle of the night."
After hearing the news of Ashikaga Yoshiharu's death, Hosokawa Harumoto suddenly lost all sleep and stood up immediately.
"Gongfang Hall?" His eyes widened in disbelief, "You were obviously fine last month, how come..."
"Not only last month, but everything was fine yesterday. There must be a little frame-up by You Xiao!" Officer Mibuchi Haru cursed in a deep voice through gritted teeth, almost crushing his palms. "But there is no conclusion yet. I was also on patrol outside. , was told that Kōhoden passed away due to illness. But when I went back next time, the Nijo Imperial Palace had been sealed off. No one was allowed to enter, even me. It was probably the people of Masatora Kusunoki who did it! He spent the whole day They are all getting together with Matsunaga Hide, and they must have evil intentions. I have no choice but to come here immediately and ask you to come back and take charge of the overall situation!"
"Let's go, hurry up." Hosokawa Harumoto didn't care about his clothes anymore. He casually grabbed a piece of jinhaori and shouted to the guards in the distance outside the door: "Let's go to Kyoto! Hurry!"
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Hosokawa Harumoto, with a group of urgently assembled subordinates, hurried back to Kyoto from Makishima Castle where he was staying. However, when he arrived at the gate of Nijo Imperial Palace, what was waiting was the soldiers of the Miyoshi family who were under martial law. The Miyoshi family's third-order nail pattern flags covered almost the entire block.
"Who ordered you to come here?" Hosokawa Harumoto asked in a deep voice.
"Report to your highness, the commander." The one who answered him was the leader of the Sanhao army, Miyoshi Changyi, a senior general of the Mihaoshi family. "There are changes in Kyoto. In the name of my highness, I will lead the army to attack to prevent small disturbances."
"Oh?" Hosokawa Harumoto reined in his horse and stopped in front of Miyoshi Choitsu, "Aren't your troops stationed at Shengryuji Temple? When did they enter the capital?"
"Tonight, my Royal Highness urgently ordered me to come to Beijing, so I rushed here in a hurry." Mihao Changyi clasped his fists and responded angrily.
"Even I just learned the news. How did your Highness know about Gongfangdian's death from illness? Huh? Could it be that you did it yourself?" Hosokawa Harumoto took a step forward and asked condescendingly.
"I don't know why I'm here. I'm just following orders. It turns out it's the Gongfang Palace..." Miyoshi Choitsu pretended to be ignorant, and turned to Hosokawa Harumoto and said, "Could it be that your highness, the governor, came in advance?" Do you know this?"
"What's the point of a dispute of words?" Hosokawa Harumoto sneered at this, swung his riding crop in the air and said: "Get your people out of the way, we want to enter the imperial palace."
"I don't obey my orders." Miyoshi Changyi also simply refused: "My Highness's order is that no one is allowed to enter."
"Haha, you didn't even acknowledge the order from the leader? Are the Miyoshi family going to rebel? I didn't expect that in addition to Kizawa Nagamasa, there is also Miyoshi Nagakei, who will be even more domineering?" Hosokawa Qingyuan laughed angrily and waved his hand directly to order his subordinates to draw their swords. The two sides are at war with each other, and a fight is about to begin.
At the critical moment, I saw another group of people rushing to the city to the west. The two leaders were none other than Miyoshi Nagaki and Matsunagahide.
"Repair Miyoshi!" Hosokawa Harumoto had already used Miyoshi Nagakei's new official title to call him. He pointed at the Miyoshi Army soldier in front of him and said, "What are you going to do?"
"Gongfangdian passed away suddenly. I was worried that You Xiaoxiao would take the opportunity to cause trouble in Kyoto, so I ordered my subordinates to maintain martial law and arrest people." Miyoshi Changqing did not greet him on the horse, but directly replied: "I dare to ask
What's wrong with taking charge of Your Highness? "
"You're making trouble, Xiao Xiao?" Hosokawa Harumoto muttered Miyoshi Nagakei's words, and then looked at the surrounding Miyoshi troops, "It seems like they are already making trouble."
"Did you cause the public hall to be harmed?" Mibuchi Haru, who was behind Hosokawa Harumoto, saw the real owner coming. He pointed at Miyoshi Chokei angrily and cursed: "Miyoshi repair, you'd better explain it carefully. !」
"Are you sure you want to settle the dead man's account?" Miyoshi Nagakei sneered twice, crossed his arms and looked at Hosokawa Harumoto indifferently.
"What you did today is even worse than Kizawa Nagamasa." Hosokawa Harumoto also responded with a sneer, "And your power today is also greater than Kizawa Nagamasa back then. In just three years , actually allowed your Sanhao family to expand to this extent."
"After the death of Kizawa Nagamasa, only one of our brothers' father-killing enemy is still alive in this world." Miyoshi Nagakei put down his hand and slowly pulled half of the sword out of its scabbard, "Guan Lingdian thinks that it will be Who is it?"
"It was because your father was as domineering as you are today that I got rid of him! He deserves to die!" Hosokawa Harumoto also pressed the handle of the knife and glared at Miyoshi Chokei.
"It's true that I'm a bastard, but my father has always been loyal to the Hosokawa family, yet he ended up like this..." Hearing that Miyoshi Gencho was slandered in this way, Miyoshi Nagakei's face suddenly became angry, and veins popped up on his forehead. He raised his voice and yelled, "But it's useless to say this. It's more important for you to end up with the same fate. Aren't the people who framed Zhongliang prepared to be defeated by their superiors?"
"I can take care of Kizawa Nagamasa, and I can take care of you as well. Just go down and keep your father company." Hosokawa Harumoto snorted coldly, then walked away with his sleeves, turning around and leaving with his subordinates, "Miyoshi Nagakei counterattacked." Now, I am sending an order to all the retainers of the Hosokawa family to follow me to fight against the rebellion! I will also tell the world as the leader of the shogunate that Miyoshi Chokei murdered the general and committed treason. All the famous people in the shogunate need to send troops to fight against the rebellion!"
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On February 10, the 14th year of Tenmon (1546), the shogunate announced the death of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the twelfth generation general who conquered barbarians, and immediately split. Miyoshi Nagakei took control of Kyoto and the Nijo Imperial Palace, supported Ashikaga Yoshiharu's legitimate son Ashikaga Yoshito (ie Ashikaga Yoshiteru in the previous life) to succeed him, claimed that Hosokawa Harumoto murdered the general, and called on the world's great names to attack Hosokawa Harumoto.
On the other side, with the help of Sanbuchi Harumoto, Hosokawa Harumoto found Chitose Maru, the second son of Ashikaga Yoshiharu who became a monk at Kofukuji Temple, and changed his name to Ashikaga Yoshiaki (that is, Ashikaga in the previous life). Yoshiaki), competing against Miyoshi Changqing. Hosokawa Harumoto also announced that it was Miyoshi Chokei who murdered the general and stole the imperial palace. In the name of the leader, he called on all the famous people in the world to go to Luo to attack Miyoshi Chokei.
The Tianbun Kinki Rebellion has begun.
