Outside Xiamei City, there is Changlin Temple.
This is a Hokke sect temple. The abbot, Tsuneashi Shizai, and Kashiwahara Michizane, the abbot of Kyogoku Iehara Bodhiji Temple, Seitakiji Temple, are from the same sect. They practiced together, so they specially received Kyogoku Takamasa and others.
At night, there were no clouds in the sky, and a bright moon stood in the sky.
Kyogoku Takamasa and the accompanying Hatayama Chonobu and others sat in the courtyard of Jorinji Temple and talked.
"My lord, I think this trip to Wakasa was very fruitful!"
"First of all, it is confirmed that Takeda Nobutaka and Kuriya Mototaka's objections are indeed true."
"Secondly, having a general understanding of Wakasa's current internal situation will be of great help to our family's next actions." Among the group of people, Lin Zhengxin said rather pretentiously, holding a folding fan.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded in agreement, and then said: "What Zuohei said is absolutely true, but from today's meeting with Takeda Nobutaka, I also saw something unusual."
"Lord, are you referring to what Nobutaka Takeda said today when he was fishing?" Lin Zhengxin said with a smile on his face.
Kyogoku Takamasa looked at Lin Masanobu, then nodded and said, "It seems that Zuohei also noticed it?"
Kyogoku Takamasa and Hayashi Masanobu looked like "everyone understands", while Hatayama Asanobu looked confused.
"Lord, what are you talking about? Why can't you understand the next sentence?"
"Naizou Suke is too sincere!" Kyogoku Takamasa sighed. Among the retainers, the one with the most mediocre abilities was Hatayama Chonobu.
His martial arts skills are not outstanding, only at the level of an ordinary warrior. He is not good at government affairs, nor is he good at military strategy. He has almost no special skills, but the important thing is that he is honest, loyal and hard-working.
Otherwise, how could Kyogoku Takamasa keep Hatayama Chonobu with him all the time.
"Today Takeda Nobutaka once said that the fish he caught is for his own enjoyment. If Ukyo Ryo and I want to eat it, we have to catch it ourselves."
"Listening to his words, it seems that he is talking about fish, but in fact he is referring to the Wakasa territory!"
"It seems that Takeda Nobutaka also knows that the Kuriya family has no good intentions in assisting the rebellion. He is taking this opportunity to express his attitude to Kuriya Mototaka! By the way, he is also warning me that we should not have any wrong thoughts!"
"It's a pity that this move is really ridiculous!"
"Whether it is the Kuriya family or the Kuriya family, they are stronger than Takeda Nobutaka! Takeda Nobutaka does not have any strength at home. If he wants to fight against Takeda Nobutaka, he must rely on the support of the Kuriya family and the main family. In this way, Takeda Nobutaka is in a very passive situation. , because he is just a puppet supported by the Kuriya family!"
"It's just that this person is very ambitious. He wants to get the support of the Kuriya family, but he doesn't want to be controlled by the Kuriya family!"
"However, this is just wishful thinking on the part of Takeda Nobutaka!"
Lin Zhengxin on the side also said, "After Takeda Nobutaka said these words today, I saw Kuriya Ukyo Ryo feeling dissatisfied. It seems that the relationship between the two is not as close as we imagined!"
"Listening to what my lord and Zuohei said, I seem to understand!" Hatayama Asanobu said with half-understanding at this time: "But in this way, since Takeda Nobutaka and Kuriya Gentaka are not of the same mind, then my family should Who are you helping?”
"Of course they don't help each other!" Kyogoku Takamasa said with certainty: "Neither Takeda Nobutaka nor Kuriya Mototaka are good people!"
"We help them rebel, just to make Wakasa chaotic so that we can profit from it!"
"So, we just need to add fire to Wakasa's situation and make Wakasa chaotic! As for Takeda Nobutaka and Kuriya Mototaka, let them dog eat dog. In the end, I will step in to clean up the mess!"
At this time, Lin Zhengxin suddenly said with some caution: "The Wakasa Takeda family has ruled Wakasa for a long time, and the relationship with the shogunate is also very good!"
"Even if our family captures Wakasa, I'm afraid the shogunate will not agree!"
"Even if the shogun loses power now, as long as the shogunate issues a crusade order, with the Rokkaku family as the leader, many of the surrounding lords will probably attack our family!"
"Even if the Hosokawa family comes to the rescue, after all, the distant water cannot save the nearby fire, so it will be in vain!"
"So I believe that after Wakasa is captured, this place cannot be directly managed by my family. Instead, I support a member of the Takeda family to be the nominal leader and become a puppet of my family!"
"In this way, Wakasa is actually still under the control of the family, and the shogunate has ways to deal with it."
Kyogoku Gaozheng deeply believed in what Lin Zhengxin said.
To put it bluntly, Wakasa is the territory of the Takeda family and has nothing to do with your Kyogoku family.
Even if civil strife broke out in Wakasa, the banner your Kyogoku family used was just a pretense of "helping suppress the rebellion," and the land they won would still belong to someone else's Takeda family. If the Kyogoku family takes over, let alone the shogunate, even the surrounding Asakura and Rokkaku will not agree.
Before, the Kyogoku family only had troubles in Kitaomi. This was the territory of the Kyogoku family. No matter what you did, it was the Kyogoku family's family affairs, and no one would say anything.
The invasion of Ise was just that Ise was in chaos and no one cared about it, and the Kitahata family had been on the wrong side in the fight between Hosokawa Takakuni and Hosokawa Harumoto, so they could only suffer a loss.
But the Wakasa Takeda family was different.
So this matter cannot be like the previous fight against Ise, it has to be done in a different way.
The best way is for the Kyogoku family to adopt an adopted son, but this is not easy to do. After all, the Takeda family is also a famous family. Even if the Kyogoku family is adopted, it will not be the Kyogoku family's turn. The other Takeda family has not yet cut off its heirs.
Another way is to support a puppet again, and then add a princess from the Kyogoku family to secretly control everything about Wakasa.
"Saubei's words are very agreeable to my liking, but the candidate for support must be carefully considered!"
Lin Zhengxin immediately said, "I have already considered this before. This person needs to be someone who has no status in the Takeda family and has no interest in the relationship with the retainers. This will not only facilitate the control of the family, but also prevent the Takeda family retainers from joining forces with him."
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded slowly. It would be best to find someone who has no sense of existence. It is easier to control and he must be someone without any ambition.
People like Takeda Nobutaka are not in Kyogoku Takamasa's consideration at all.
After all, even if such an ambitious person is unwilling to be subordinated to others, even if he reluctantly submits to the Kyogoku family due to the situation, he must always be thinking about causing trouble and becoming independent.
Kyogoku Takamasa didn't want to spend a long time to get himself a hot potato. This was simply a move that outweighed the gains and losses!
"I heard that Takeda Motomitsu had several sons. The eldest son was Takeda Nobutoyo. The second son was adopted into the Takeda family of Aki (Takeda Nobuyoshi). The third son was the adopted son of the Naito family (Naito Masanobu). The fourth son was the Yamaguchi who had just entered the Jishan Prefecture family. Sheng Xin, and the other one is Takeda Nobugao.”
"I don't know these people very well. In the past few days, Zuohei and Uchizo Suketa have gone to various places in Wakasa to find out the information about these people. It is important to understand the situation of these people clearly!"
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As Kyogoku Takamasa's order was issued, a conspiracy against the Wakasa Takeda family officially began!
