Autumn, the ninth year of astronomy.
Just when the Kyogoku family and the Kitahata family broke out in Yinshi, the Kinai area was also in chaos.
First, Miyoshi Nagakei, the head of Awa's Miyoshi family, led his troops to Luo and surrounded the residence of Hosokawa Harumoto. He seemed to be trying to kill Hosokawa Harumoto and avenge his father.
However, the two sides reached a compromise, and Hosokawa Harumoto pardoned Miyoshi Nagakei's transgression and returned Miyoshi Gencho's old territory to Miyoshi Nagakei.
Immediately afterwards, Miyoshi Nagakei's identity as the elder of the Hosokawa family was recognized, and Miyoshi Nagakei's dominance over the Miyoshi family was recognized.
After receiving the recognition of Hosokawa Harumoto, Miyoshi Nagakei quickly returned to the Shikoku region and united all the pro-Miyoshi wealthy people in Awa, Sanki, Danlu and other places.
For a time, Miyoshi Nagakei's reputation in the Shikoku region was as high as it was when his father Miyoshi Motonaga was in power.
Seeing Miyoshi Nagakei's strong rise at home, Kizawa Nagamasa, who was also a powerful retainer of the Hosokawa family, quit his job. Because when Hosokawa Harumoto killed Miyoshi Genaga before, Kizawa Nagamasa played a big role in it.
Now Miyoshi Changqing is in power, and he has made it clear that he is deeply worried about the death of Miyoshi Motocho. Now that Hosokawa Harumoto has given Miyoshi Nagakei such great power and status, why should he not seek revenge on himself next?
Kizawa Nagamasa was technically a retainer of the Hatakeyama family.
During the Onin Rebellion, the Hatakeyama family split into two factions due to the conflict between Hatakeyama Yoshinari and the Chief Hatakeyama, namely the Soshu family of Hatakeyama Yoshinari and the Oshu family of the Chief Hatakeyama.
After the split of the Hatakeyama family, due to the long-term confrontation and fighting, the strength of the main family continued to weaken, while the strength of the retainers continued to increase. Under the circumstances, the Hatakeyama family completely lost control of their home.
Now, both Hatakeyama families have been sidelined by their retainers, and Kizawa Nagamasa is the retainer of the Hatakeyama family in Soshu.
After the collapse of Omono, Kizawa Nagamasa and Hosokawa Harumoto worked together to kill Miyoshi Genchang and the head of the Soshu Hatakeyama family, Hatakeyama Giyuaka, and Kizawa Nagamasa obtained the actual dominance of the Soshu Hatakeyama family.
The Hatakeyama family in Weizhou was also ignored by the retainer Yuzuo Changjiao.
Although Kizawa Nagamasa gained control of the family, there was no head of the Soshu Hatakeyama family at this time. Even if he blackmails the emperor to order the princes, he still has to have a puppet in hand.
So Kizawa Nagamasa found Yuzuo Nagasaki next door, hoping to jointly support Hatakeyama Aizhang, the head of the Hatakeyama family in Weizhou.
This has two advantages.
For Kizawa Nagamasa, after having a new head, Kizawa Nagamasa's control over the Hatakeyama family was justified.
As for Yuzuo Changjiao, with the help of Kizawa Nagamasa, he also has more say in the Hatakeyama family.
The two sides hit it off immediately, and the two families of Weizhou and Zongshu were unified.
After the two joined forces, in order to further consolidate their power at home, they quickly exiled the newly elected Hatakeyama Ainaga and supported Hatakeyama Ainaga's younger brother, Hatakeyama Nagasune.
However, Hosokawa Harumoto was not satisfied with this choice, so at the behest of Hosokawa Harumoto, Hatakeyama Nagasune, who had just become the head of the Hatakeyama family for a few days, was also exiled.
Kizawa Nagamasa and Yuzuo Nagasaki supported Hatakeyama Masakuni, the younger brother of Hatakeyama Aizhang.
Under the operation of Kizawa Nagamasa and Yuzuo Nagajiao, they quickly took control of the two countries of Hanoi and Jiyin under the Hatakeyama family.
The high-spirited Kizawa Nagamasa quickly set his sights on Yamato next door. It happened that Junkei Tsutsui, the head of the Tsutsui family in Yamato, died at this time. This allowed Kizawa Nagamasa to find an opportunity and soon sent troops to conquer Yamato.
Although the people of Yamato are scattered at home, they are still quite united externally. The people of the country, led by the Ochi family and the Yagyu family, united to fight against Kizawa Nagamasa, but there was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and they could only barely hold on to the city under the pressure of Kizawa Nagamasa.
Seeing that the situation was so unfavorable, the people of Yamato turned to the Tsutsui family for help.
Although everyone has been working in Yamato for so many years, they all eat from the same pot. Now that someone wants to destroy their jobs, the Tsutsui family will naturally not stand idly by.
But the problem is that Tsutsui Junxing happened to die, leaving the Tsutsui family without a leader.
The Tsutsui family hopes to let Tsutsui Junxing's son succeed to the throne (tsutsui Junaki), but the head of the Ochi family, Ochi Iemasu, has other ideas. The Ochi family and the Tsutsui family were related by marriage. The original head of the Tsutsui family, Junxian Tsutsui, wanted to unite the Yamato people rather than go too far in war, but this policy did not receive support from his retainers.
In the end, it was Junki Tsutsui who took the lead.
Tsutsui Junkei died, and if his successor took over, then the Tsutsui family's attitude towards the people of Yamato would definitely be the same as his father's, which was something Ochi Iemasu didn't want to see.
Therefore, in this situation, Yuezhi Jiazeng thought of a candidate.
.......
Inside Kiriyama Imperial Palace.
Saburobei Ochi, the envoy of the Ochi family, knelt respectfully in the palace and explained his purpose of visit to Kyogoku Takamasa who was sitting on the throne with a flattering look on his face.
After listening to Ochi Saburobei's words, Kyogoku Takamasa weighed the pros and cons and then said, "I understand what your master means. It's just that the succession to the Tsutsui family requires Shun Lian's consent."
"Besides, there is no news about Shun Lian's succession to the Tsutsui family."
"It would be unreasonable for me to rashly intervene in the succession of the Tsutsui family's governor, right?"
Hearing Kyogoku Takamasa's words, Ochi Saburobei panicked, "When Sakyo enters the palace, Shun Lian is the successor of the Tsutsui family recognized by our Yamato people."
"In the past, when Shun Lian's father was in power, we and the people of Yamato all worshiped him. If Shun Lian can uphold his father's ambition, it will no longer be difficult for the Yamato people to unite and resist Kizawa Hanoi."
"As for the Tsutsui family, if the Kyogoku family can support Shun Lian, what can the Tsutsui family do?"
"Besides, members of the Tsutsui family, such as Matsukura and others, have always been loyal to Shun Ren. As long as the Kyogoku family can openly support Shun Ren, then there will be retainers inside and strong support from outside, and Shun Ren's succession will be a matter of course."
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded slightly, how could he not understand this.
Shun Lian's mother is the aunt of Yue Zhi Jiazeng, which is why the Yue Zhi family tried their best to support Shun Lian to rise to power. The attitude of the Yue Zhi family also represents the attitude of other Yamato people.
Within the Tsutsui family, Tsutsui Junxian's rise to power was not justified, and some of the retainers who were loyal to Tsutsui Junxian had to compromise due to the situation.
Now that Junkei Tsutsui is dead, if the Kyogoku family can give Shun Lian a platform, then Shun Lian can really succeed as the governor of the Tsutsui family.
To be honest, this temptation is a bit too big for Kyogoku Takamasa to refuse.
Kyogoku Gaozheng only needs to enter Yamato with a strong force and hold high the banner of supporting Shun Lian. Then the people of Yamato and the retainers of the pro-Shun Lian faction within the Tsutsui family still don't eat pots of pulp to welcome the king's division?
Moreover, Shunlian is a member of the Kyogoku family. Shunlian inherited the Tsutsui family, which is equivalent to bringing Yamato into the sphere of influence of the Kyogoku family without spending a single soldier.
There's something going on!
Kyogoku Takamasa pondered for a moment and immediately decided not to miss such an excellent opportunity.
"Naizangsuke, immediately send someone to escort Shun Lian back to Wushan Imperial Palace."
"Forget it, you go there in person with my flag, and be sure to ensure Shun Lian's safety!"
"ha!"
Hatayama Chao Xin didn't say much, and soon set off with dozens of Hatamoto.
"The young assistant in the palace, gather our troops in Yinshi and Zhimo, prepare food, and prepare to send troops to Yamato!"
