Three days later, we arrived at Pingsi Castle.
Kyogoku Takahiro sat dejectedly on the main seat without saying a word, and Mrs. Kotokawa could only sit silently next to her husband with a worried look on her face.
The marriage between Mrs. Kotogawa and Kyogoku Takahiro was a typical political marriage. At that time, Kyogoku was competing with Kyogoku for the position of house governor. In order to win over the people of Omi, Kyogoku Takahiro married Kyogoku. The princess of the Akao family, and also the principal wife.
To be honest, even if the names of the Kyogoku family were to be married, it would be good for a woman who was a retainer like the Akao family to be a concubine, but she became the main wife. This also proves from the side how unpopular Kyogoku Takahiro is.
"Your Highness, you have been looking so sad since you came back from Ogami Castle. Did something happen?" After a long time, Mrs. Kotokawa finally couldn't help but ask.
Although it is a political marriage, I still love Mrs. Kotokawa Kyogoku Takahiro very much.
"Aqin, it's not convenient for me to tell you this, but I'm really annoyed!"
"Three days ago, I met with Asai Ryomasa and Asami Sadatori at Ogami Castle. During the meeting, I proposed that I would like to move my residence to Imahama Castle. Unexpectedly, Asami Sadatori not only disagreed, but instead sent his retainers to station in Imahama Castle in advance."
"It's clear that you don't take my lord seriously! How is such behavior different from treason?" Kyogoku Takahiro has obviously not adapted to his current status as a puppet, and still has the mentality of "the head of the Kyogoku family". For Asami, Zhenze's behavior is simply intolerable.
Imahama Castle is located in Sakata County, on the shore of Lake Biwa. Historically, Nagahama Castle built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi was built on the original site of Imahama Castle. Not only is the scenery far more beautiful than Kamiheiji Castle, but the castle town is prosperous and the land nearby is also very fertile. This is why Kyogoku Takahiro wants to make Imahama Castle his residence, but Asami Sada is unwilling.
Obviously, Asami Sadanori does not want to see the strength of the master family increase, so he will not agree to Kyogoku Takahiro's proposal at all. And this also completely shattered Kyogoku Takahiro's glass heart.
Previously, Kyogoku Takahiro thought that after banishing his father, he would be able to firmly assume the position of head of the Kyogoku family. However, although the former guardian Kyogoku Takahiro was exiled, and Kyogoku Takahiro also received nominal support from Asami, Asai and other people, there was no way to stabilize the situation in Omi at this time.
The most important thing is that Kyogoku Takahiro has no real power at all now, and all the power in the family is in the hands of the Asami family!
Moreover, there are many people in Omi country, and not everyone supports Kyogoku Takahiro. Secondly, the former guardian Kyogoku HD still has many die-hard loyalists in Omi. Faced with the betrayal of his own son, Kyogoku HD naturally cannot give up, so Omi is now facing a counterattack by Kyogoku HD and Kyogoku Takayoshi's father and son.
No one is willing to hand over power honestly, Kyogoku HD is like this, Kyogoku Takahiro is naturally the same. It didn't take long for Kyogoku Takahiro to discover that Kyogoku HD was already showing signs of counterattack, and discordant voices were also selected among the people of Kitaomi.
It was not easy for him to obtain the position of governor of the Kyogoku family. Even though this governor had no real power at all, he still had a name. If Kyogoku HD re-enters the Kyogoku family, then he may not even have a name left. Therefore, in the face of Kyogoku HD's counterattack, Kyogoku HD can only place its hope on the two people of Asai and Asami who support them.
The current head of the Asai family is Asai Bizen Moriyomasa, who was born in a branch of the Asai family.
Ryomasa Asai was born into the Asai branch family, but he married Mrs. Kuraya, the daughter of Naomasa Asai, who was the direct descendant of the Asai family, and inherited the Asai family as his son-in-law and adopted son. The Asai family, like the Asami family, are retainers of the Kyogoku family, but they are all ambitious. If we say that when the Kyogoku family was strong before, then it would have been good for everyone to be the retainers of the Kyogoku family in peace and contentment. But since Kyogoku showed his preference for his second son Kyogoku Takayoshi and despised his eldest son Kyogoku Takahiro, Asai Ryomasa's mind naturally became more active.
Since ancient times, heirs have been the top priority of every force. And abolishing the elder and establishing the younger is a taboo!
Ryomasa Asai and Sadadori Asami made good use of this. Under the banner of Kyogoku Takahiro, they not only exiled Kyogoku Takahiro and his son, but also took advantage of Kitanomi's supporters of Kyogoku Takahiro, such as Nobumitsu Uesaka, etc. The people were also exiled together. Once the dissidents have been eliminated, the next step will naturally be internal fighting.
At this time, the Asai family is just a small wealthy family that is relatively powerful compared to other countries. The Asami family, which participated in the exile of Kyogoku and his son together with the Asai family, is even stronger than the Asai family in terms of strength.
Let’s compare the stone heights of the two families.
The stone height of the Asai family is only 30,000 to 40,000 stone, while the stone height of the Asami family is more than 70,000 stone.
However, although the Asai family is lower than the Asami family in stone height, in terms of reputation in Omi, the Asai family is higher than the Asami family.
In fact, the heads of the Kyogoku family in the past generations have despised Kitanomi, and it is this contempt that has led to the Kyogoku family's control over the territory becoming increasingly declining.
At the end of the Muromachi period, the Asai family, the Akao family, the Hori family, and the Nikaido family all served as officials of the Kyogoku family. Even just over twenty years ago, the Kyogoku family still held absolute power in Kitaomi. However, due to a turmoil, the Kyogoku family gradually lost control of Kitaomi.
Speaking of which, this turmoil was caused by Kyogoku HD.
At that time, the head of the Kyogoku family was Kyogoku Mochikiyo, who was known as the Lord of ZTE. As mentioned briefly in the previous article, this chapter focuses on the bad things about Kyogoku HD!
Kyogoku Mochikiyo was appointed after his uncle Kyogoku Takasatsu (Kyogoku Takasatsu was also the successor to Kyogoku Mochikiyo's position after his brother died) was killed when he went to the Akamatsu family residence with Ashikaga Yoshitsune during the Kagichi Rebellion. The head of the Kyogoku family.
At that time, Kyoto was in chaos. Kyogoku Mochikiyo was entrusted with the important task of "guarding Kyoto", and then went out to Harima to make military exploits. Subsequently, the Kyogoku family reached its peak, and Kyogoku Mochikiyo served as the "head of the service" for 20 consecutive years, commanding the imperial family.
This position is equivalent to the agent of the shogun, who can command all samurai armies during wartime and is responsible for the security of Kyoto. Generally speaking, the four famous families of Yamana, Isshiki, Akamatsu, and Kyogoku take turns to serve, but Kyogoku Mochikiyo has been in office for 20 consecutive years, which is unprecedented and unprecedented!
As the saying goes, everything that prospers must come down, and the Kyogoku family soon suffered.
After Kyogoku Mochikiyo's death, civil strife broke out in the Kyogoku family over the heir. This civil strife, known as the "Kyogoku Riot", lasted for a total of 30 years, and the huge Kyogoku family was directly beaten to pieces.
The Izumo Kingdom was also completely captured by Nizi due to this civil strife, while the Kyogoku family only had some say in the Kitanomi area.
Since ancient times, it has been a taboo to abolish elders and establish young ones!
It stands to reason that Kyogoku, who has experienced this great change, should learn a lesson. However, unfortunately, Kyogoku's mentally retarded behavior once again ruined the Kyogoku family.
"Forget it, I'm too tired to talk about this today. By the way, where is Master Saburo?" Kyogoku Takahiro turned around and asked.
Mrs. Qinchuan quickly replied, "Master Saburo has been running out all day these days. I just heard his voice coming from the backyard. I guess he was playing in the backyard, right?"
"Well, I haven't seen him for many days and I really miss this brat. Let's go and see what Master Saburo is doing!" At this point, Kyogoku Takahiro's eyes revealed a touch of love.
