The Shinjo family is a wealthy family in Omi. Their ancestor is Hidego Fujiwara. They originated in the Shinjo area of Omi's Sakata County, hence the name Miao.
Unlike other wealthy families in Omi, although the Shinzo family has little reputation and average strength, they are loyal supporters of the Muromachi shogunate, even though their nominal lord is Kyogoku Takahiro.
From the time of the ancestors of Shinjo Jun, the Shinjo family began to serve the shogunate. Until Ashikaga Yoshiharu succeeded to the throne, the heads of the Shinjo family, Shinjo Yoshihiro (Shinjo Naohiro), took the initiative to move closer to Ashikaga Yoshiharu.
This time Asai Ryomasa attacked Takashima County, Shinjo Naohiro used Ashikaga Yoshiharu who lived in Kuchiki Valley as a shield to block Asai Ryomasa's attack. Although Ashikaga Yoshiharu has no deterrent power in the eyes of Hosokawa Harumoto and others, he is the shogun after all, and a small wealthy family like the Asai family still dare not make mistakes.
However, news suddenly came recently that the new shogunate leader Hosokawa Harumoto intends to reconcile with Ashikaga Yoshiharu and will welcome Ashikaga Yoshiharu back to Kyoto. This suddenly made the new banker panic.
Once Ashikaga Yoshiharu leaves, the Asai family will inevitably make a comeback. What will the new banker do to resist the Asai family?
At this time, Shinjo Naohiro finally remembered his nominal boss, the Kyogoku family. In the past two years, the Kyogoku family and the Asai family had just faced each other, and they had just won. Although there are endless descriptions of that battle, it is an indisputable fact that at least the Kyogoku family gained the upper hand.
So Shinjo Naohuan could only place his last hope on the Kyogoku family.
Takadao County, Xinzhuang City.
Xinzhuang Naokuan sent a middle-aged samurai wearing hunting clothes out of the city with a respectful look. When he turned around, he was sweating profusely.
"Father, what did you say to Mamoru?" When Shinjo Naokuan returned to his house, Shinjo Naokuan's eldest son, Shinjo Naomasa, couldn't wait to ask.
Xinzhuang Naokan happily drank the cold water placed on the table, and then said with a smile, "Tsima Mamoru is here to convey the Lord's order. The Lord has promised to send troops to support our family. However, it will take some time to mobilize the troops, so let's I must stick to this job for a while longer.”
"Shogun-sama doesn't know when he will leave. Could the Asai family attack the Kyogoku family at any time?"
"Shut up! I told you not to call the master by his first name in the future. Don't forget that we have someone to ask for now!" Before Xinzhuang Zhichang could finish speaking, Xinzhuang Zhokuan scolded loudly.
Xinzhuang Naomasa quickly changed his words and said, "The Asai family may attack my family again at any time, and I don't know when the lord's reinforcements will arrive. Can this family just sit back and wait for death?"
"Should we ask our family to ask for help from the Kuchiki family and the Takashima family? We're lucky they don't come to take advantage of us!" Shinjo Naokan waved his hand, "There's no need to mention it at this time. Just wait for the reinforcements!"
Xinzhuang Zochang opened his mouth, but still no sound came out.
In the fourth year of Xianglu's reign, it was September 20th.
The autumn harvest has just ended, and everywhere in Omi there is a scene of "the fragrance of rice flowers means a good harvest". At the same time, in the Kyogoku family's headquarters in Shangheiji Castle, an evaluation to rescue the new banker was also going on lively.
"Sakyo entered the palace. My family has sent envoys to Odani Castle several times before, ordering the Asai family not to use troops against Takashima County. However, Asai Bizenmatsu neither expressed any objection nor obeyed the order, and did not give up the order of the family at all. It’s in my eyes.”
"Nonsense, it's strange that anyone in Sakata County can listen to the Kyogoku family's orders! I know very well what kind of person Asai Ryomasa is." Kyogoku Takamasa thought in his heart.
"Takashima Prefecture cannot afford to lose anything in Tsushima's defense, and the new dealer cannot give up easily. At this point, we can only send reinforcements into Takashima Prefecture." Kyogoku Takamasa said in a deep voice.
Many retainers in the palace expressed opposition to this, on the grounds that the Kyogoku family simply did not have the ability to "fight across regions." Because Takashima County and Asai County are separated by Lake Biwa, and the water transportation of Lake Biwa has always been controlled by the Rokkaku Family and Hieizan Enryakuji Temple. Even if the Kyogoku Family can transport the Ashigaru to Takashima County, the logistical supplies cannot keep up at all.
The waterway is impassable, let alone the land route, and the north shore of Lake Biwa is entirely within the Asai family's sphere of influence. Therefore, the Kyogoku family is unable to support Takashima County at all.
"With the victory in the Battle of Anegawa a few years ago, and the momentum of our family's participation in the war in Luka, the name of our Kyogoku family has been revitalized! The new Shougang family is our retainer. If a retainer is in trouble, and our clan But he didn’t go to the rescue, wouldn’t that make everyone in Omi feel heartbroken.”
"If things continue like this, who else in Omi will be willing to serve our family? If we have another battle with the Asai family in the future, who will be willing to send troops to help?"
Kyogoku Takamasa's words directly silenced Asami Sadatsune and others.
As Kyogoku Takamasa said, after several years of hard work, the Kyogoku family has finally made some progress. But if the retainers' calls for help are indifferent, wouldn't it mean that other wealthy people have completely lost confidence and hope in the Kyogoku family?
Historically, as the "anti-Asai pioneer", the new dealers have always been enemies of the Asai family. However, as the head of the family, the Kyogoku family did not provide help to the new banker, so the new banker had to defect to Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and eventually became a die-hard loyalist of Ashikaga Yoshiharu. Shinjo Naohiro even died in the battle while following Ashikaga Yoshiharu during the Tenmon Period. .
After Shinjo Naohiro's death, the Shinjo family was beaten and fled Takashima County. His son Shinjo Naomasa moved to Sakata County and built Asama Castle and continued to serve Ashikaga Yoshiharu.
When Hosokawa Harumoto and Miyoshi Nagakei were in opposition, Shinjo Naomasa went to Settsu to participate in the war to support Hosokawa Harumoto, and was eventually killed in the Battle of Settsu Estuary at the age of thirty-seven.
It was not until the sons of Xinzhuang Naomasa, Xinzhuang Naoyori and Xinzhuang Naochada, that the Xinzhuang family became famous. One of the two brothers, Shinjo Naoyori, later became the lord of the Hitachi Aso Domain of the Edo Shogunate.
Shinjo Naotada came to prominence during the Toyotomi Hideyoshi period, and later participated in the "Sea Crossing Expedition" and lived in seclusion after returning home. Later, he joined the Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara, and after the war, he was favored by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Not only did he save his life, he was also awarded the Tomoyo Ten Thousand Stones of Omi Sakata County.
By the way, Shinjo Naotada's wife is the daughter of Hori Hideshige (Hori Hidemasa's father), which means that Shinjo Naotada is Hori Hideshige's brother-in-law. The main wife of Shinjo Naoyori is the daughter of Sakuma Morishige of the Oda family.
There is no doubt that the new banker belongs to the "forgotten loyalists". Looking at the three generations of the new banker, they are undoubtedly that kind of die-hard loyalists. There is no reason why Kyogoku Takamasa would let go of such help and hand it over to Ashikaga Yoshiharu.
It can be expected that once the Kyogoku family obtains the allegiance of the new banker, their right to speak in Kitaomi will be greatly enhanced. In addition to the purpose of getting new bankers to join the Kyogoku family, another reason for sending troops is that Kyogoku Takamasa also wants to get involved in Takashima County.
Even if it doesn't succeed in the end, it can't let the Asai family get an advantage!
"Saburo is right, the new banker has to save him!" Ever since he tasted the sweetness of the civil strife in the Hosokawa family, Kyogoku Takahiro has been obeying Kyogoku Takamasa.
"The shogun has not yet left Omi, and the Asai family has not officially taken action yet, so it is not too late." Without waiting for the retainers to react, Kyogoku Takamasa continued to strike while the iron was hot, "The family should send troops as soon as possible to seize the opportunity. , otherwise it will be too late to regret it!”
