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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 330 Conspiracy in the Shadows

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    In late February, an evaluation meeting was being held in Dewa Province's Yamagata Castle. All the people attending the meeting had serious faces, staring at the Takeda family's envoy in a daze. They were indeed just in a daze, staring motionless at a golden brilliance.  A total of five hundred taels of gold, the Takeda family spent a lot of money to win over allies. As a local tycoon in Deyu, it is rare to see such a large amount of money.  "As long as the Mogami Minbu-dono nods to join the anti-Echigo alliance, these five hundred taels of gold will belong to the Mogami family. Please consider it carefully and take my leave now!" Kasuga Torasuna, who changed his name to Kosaka Masanobu, caught a glimpse of the expressions of the Mogami retainers.  , smiled and put away the glowing gold and stood up to leave. Dozens of eyes followed the gold until he walked out of the evaluation room.  The old and frail Tendo Yoriichi did not participate in the meeting, and a young and vigorous Tendo Yorisada was replaced as the successor of the family governor. He is the second son of the family. His eldest brother Tendo Yoricho is more than ten years older than him. In a few years  He had died of illness before. This time, Tendou Yorizada appears as the successor of the family governor to give the people of the country and the Lord an adaptation period. The next time he appears, he will be the family governor of the Tendou family.  "This gold must be kept! My lord must also think so, right?" Tendo Yorisada squinted at Mogami Yoshimori, a look of disdain flashed across his face.  Mogami Yoshimori was just the stepson of the commoner Nakano family, and his status was almost the same as that of the Tendo family. In the eleventh year of Eisho, the previous family governor Mogami Yoshihide was severely defeated by the Date Aizhu army in the battle of Hasedo Castle, and he wanted to die on the spot.  The army exceeded a thousand people, and Hasedo Castle was captured. After the war, Mogami accepted the Date Aizumi's request for a marriage, married the Date family's daughter, and gave birth to a legitimate son. Fortunately, the legitimate son died in infancy.  The Dewa people had a brief moment of respite.  So the local people, headed by Mogami Hachio, stood up and decided to introduce a local lord. The most thoughtful one was naturally Tendo Yoromichi, the head of Mogami Hachio. Their family was originally from the Oshu Shiba clan, and later the family changed to  The Satomi clan inherited the family, and was adopted by a clan of the Mogami clan a few generations ago, so he had the best chance.  However, Mogami Hachio was worried that the Tendo family would become a powerful monarch because of this, so they strongly opposed Tendo Yoriichi, who was still very young at the time, to serve as the governor of the family. After a final dispute, they decided to appoint the son of the relatively weak Nakano family to succeed the family governor. In Tendo Yorisada's view,  This governor should be from the Tendo family. If his father became the governor of the Mogami family, he would now be the successor to the governor of the Mogami family.  This kind of thinking makes Tendou Yorisada particularly dissatisfied with the governor of the house. Without the full support of Mogami Hachijo, he would never be the governor. Mogami Yoshinori was the one who erected the house governor Mogami Hachijo to deal with the infiltration of the Date family.  Flagpole, but now Mogami Yoshimori is striving to become stronger. After experiencing the Echigo invasion three years ago, he was very unhappy when he successively surrendered several Japanese people and showed great rejuvenation.  "Of course we have to take it down, but my family is more interested in this plan. This time the Takeda family has brought together half of Kanto, as well as Kaga's always-famous general, and presumably the Ashina Mori clan from Aizu. It seems like  The opportunity is great this time!" Mogami Yoshimori closed his eyes with a fascinated expression, as if he was imagining the wonderful feeling of eating the whole thing in one bite, with a satisfied look on his face.  It is true that the invasion three years ago failed. The Mogami family's losses were actually very small. The Mogami Hachimon's trip was in vain at most. It is also welcome for the Dabaoji family to suffer some losses. Mogami Yoshimori made two hundred taels of gold in one trip.  In addition to using half of the top eight coins to pay for the troops as labor expenses, as the governor of the house, he would only enjoy half of it. This time he also had this plan. After sending troops to fight against Echigo, everyone would enjoy the fruits of victory, and if he lost, he would also get two  One hundred and fifty taels of gold is not a big loss.  "As we all know, Echigo's wealth is very coveted. It would be great if we could take some advantage But what if we encounter the same situation as last time?" said Toyooka Mori-gun, Toyomae.  The meaning is very simple. Everyone likes to eat fat meat, but he can't lose his teeth just to eat fat meat. He was very unhappy when he failed to make a small loss last time.  Shimizu Hizen Mori Yoshitaka was also unhappy. The main force in Hachigori did not move, so he and the Masaoka family were sent to Echigo. He was hit on the head by the Kira family and is still fresh in his memory. It looked like Mogami Yoshimori was successful in his planning.  The foundation of Echigo was explored in a war with little loss. In fact, he knew the reason.  "Actually, you have forgotten one thing, and that is the secret of Echigo's prosperity. As long as I master the secret of high-yielding crop cultivation in Echigo, I, Deha, can be as wealthy as Echigo. Can the Date family still threaten us? It is precisely because  Only the people from Echu, Koshinobu, and Kanto would take action on this!" The Mogami Council reached a preliminary agreement in the intrigue, and Kosaka Masanobu organized the information in his hands in the Yamagata Castle Yashiki. This is the latest update sent by Takeda Tohro regularly.  According to the information, since Kaga Ichika Mun made the choice to join, he will have traveled all over the Hokuriku and Yuoku countries in the past few months.  Spring sowing has just begun in Deyu at the end of February, and the melting of ice and snow has made the temperature even colder than in the first month.The fire pit in the house was glowing with red flames to dispel the coldness in the room. Kosaka Masanobu casually threw a piece of letter paper into the fire pot. The red charcoal instantly swallowed up the thin piece of paper, burning some of the writing on it to ashes.  Since the collapse of the situation in Northern Shinano, Takeda Harunobu's love has transferred him from the Northern Shinano front line to the Takeda family's diplomatic envoy. He knows well that this is the lord's love and ardent expectations for him, and he can withstand the strong family lineage.  The criticism and the kindness of being promoted many times made Kosaka Masanobu vow to repay this kindness even to pieces.  Nowadays, Echigo's actions are getting bigger and bigger, and the Takeda family is gradually becoming unable to support it. Takeda Harunobu immediately ordered him to quietly contact the daimyo of Echichu, Dewa, and Mutsu. Takeda Harunobu's original words asked: "With the cooperation of all parties,  Fight against the Echigo nation and strive to win in one battle! " "My lord, Masanobu, has basically fulfilled the request! Date Harumune has agreed to send three thousand troops to support the Mogami army, but the prerequisite is that a new alliance must be established with the Mogami family.  It seems like there will be more tricks, but the problem is not big! The Ashina Mori family has already persuaded them, and now there are Date Harumune and Mogami Yoshimori, and the lord's plan will be successful soon!  Even with three heads and six arms, we will not be able to escape defeat! Sooner or later, the shame given to us will be returned!" When the last piece of information was thrown into the fire pit and turned into ashes, Kosaka Masanobu's eyes became more and more serious.  In the next half month, Kosaka Masanobu went around to gain support from Mogami Yatsura, and made Date Harumune's request to Mogami Yoshimori. Seeing the almost arrogant request, Mogami Yoshimori trembled all over and said angrily:  "Alliance, marriage, sending troops through the tunnel! Do you want to treat our family as nothing? This extremely arrogant request is simply abominable! I will never agree to it!" "Sending troops through the tunnel? What is going on?" Mogami Hachie's expression also changed.  It's wonderful. They suddenly realized that this was different from their previous agreement, which was to solve the foreign troubles of the Date family in the east and the Ashina family in the south through alliance and marriage. How did it turn into sending troops through the same channel?  Mogami Yatsura looked at him suspiciously.  "We can discuss borrowing the passage to send troops. Even if it fails, we can still borrow the passage from the Aizu Ashina family. Please don't worry." Kosaka Masanobu explained unhurriedly.  "So, are both Date and Ashina involved?" One of the Eight Mogami clans, Noto Noto, Mitsushige Chao, exchanged glances with several of his companions, and then said to his master: "Then my Mogami family is the only one.  You can choose a way to participate! I wonder what your lord wants?" "Well, let's wait until the messenger from the Date family arrives!" Mogami Yoshimori stood up and turned to leave with a serious expression.  The regiment also retreated one after another. When Kosaka Masanobu was about to retreat with the large group of people, he accidentally caught a glimpse of an eleven or twelve-year-old boy baring his teeth at him and threatening him, as if he was muttering swear words such as "bastard" in his mouth.  Then he turned around and ran away.  In the castle tower of Yamagata Castle, Hakushou, who had been renamed Gengoro, was arguing fiercely with his father. Gengoro, who was only twelve years old, was not afraid of his majesty at all and argued with reason: "Father, why did you marry your sister to Date?"  The bastards of the family! Those tigers and wolves will definitely infiltrate our Mogami family like they controlled the Mutsu lord! Our Mogami family has a deep hatred for the Date family, so we must not let those bastards succeed." Mogami Yoshimori was furious!  He said: "Gengoro, shut up! Who allowed you to yell in front of my family! Go back to your room!" The little Gengoro knelt down on the corridor with a bang and begged: "Father!  Yoshihime is your only daughter and my only sister. I am a descendant of the Kawachi Genji family and the Ashikaga Ryushiba family. I must not bow to the Date family!" "You!" Mogami Yoshimori glared at his eldest son.  Too angry to speak.  A little girl about ten years old appeared in the other corner of the corridor. She wore a beautiful silk satin hair ornament on her head, big eyes and a small nose. She smiled with two beautiful dimples and was wearing a beautiful dress.  She was wearing a pink gown, holding a few small flowers in one hand, and holding the hem of her skirt in the other hand as she ran over like flying.  Seeing his father and brother facing each other in the corridor, he asked in a low voice: "Father! What is Onii-chan doing?" "Yihime!" Gengoro looked back and saw his sister's innocent eyes, and was stunned for a moment, then turned around and realized that Mogami  Yoshimori had already left with a quick stride, and in a few steps he had left Gengoro kneeling under the corridor far away, and disappeared at the end of the corridor before he could react.  "Father!" Gengoro was about to catch up when his mother, Major General Ono, stopped him. The woman already understood her husband's decision. She hugged Gengoro with a sad face and said, "Hakushou, don't disturb you.  Father, it will be hard for your father to make such a decision" Major General Ono hugged Gengoro with a sad expression and whispered softly: "But you must know that as the daughter of the Wu family, her destiny is to contribute to the family marriage.  ! ¡± ???¡­Why?  Why is this happening!  Why does my Wu family have to bear such a heavy burden!  We are the Minamoto clan and the Ashikaga clan. Why are we still being oppressed?  Mother, please tell Gengoro, what did I do wrong?  What did Yi Ji do wrong?  Why do gods and Buddhas punish us?  Why!  "Gengoro cried hysterically. He would only cry in his mother's arms. "Hakushou!  This is how we atone for the sins of our previous lives!  "Major General Ono closed his eyes sadly, and tears gently flowed from the corners of his eyes. "Oh Ni-chan!  Mother!  What happen to you guys?  The little girl's flowers fell to the ground, and she stared blankly at her mother and brother hugging each other and crying. The panicked little girl hurriedly walked over and knelt down and begged: "Did Yi Ji do something wrong?"  Did you make Mother and Oni-chan angry?  Yi Ji will change!  Yoshihime is the most obedient, please mother, Oni-chan, please stop crying!  Yi Ji was wrong!  " The little girl's tears were streaming down her face. This kind-hearted child has never left Yamagata Castle since she was a child. Her biggest wish is to see the outside world, and she always likes to squat under the high wall to protect those young children.  Xiao Hua, he saw some lovely flowers today and couldn't help but pick them to show to his brother. He didn't expect that it would turn out like this. At her age, she still didn't know where her fate would go. What a big deal it was about her marriage.  It¡¯s still too far away. Every day he watches his brother study hard and say some strange words that he can¡¯t understand. Every time he talks about anecdotes about distant places, he always has a hint of envy and yearning. His wish is to go to that place.  Visit the shogun in the beautiful Kyoto. You must also go to the magical Kasugayama Castle. It is said that there is a legendary figure who became a famous shogun at the age of ten. As a member of the Ashikaga clan, everyone envies this general of the Ashikaga family.  Every time I heard him talk about the legendary story of His Highness, little Yiji always listened with gusto. Even if she had heard it a hundred times, she still had some vague thoughts about what she would look for in the future.  A husband like that Highness, this secret is not even known to her mother, only her brother can guess some. Yi Ji is very afraid that she will make a mistake and make her family sad. She still remembers her relationship with her brother when she was very young.  When playing hide-and-seek, she accidentally broke a precious vase and was scolded by her father. At that time, she was so frightened that she cowered in her mother's arms and cried. Her mother could only hold her in her arms to bear her father's scolding. Or was it?  Her brother stood up to take the responsibility, and was beaten twenty times with a cane by his father. The blood was drawn all over his back. From then on, the little girl vowed never to make her family sad again and worked hard.  She wanted to be a well-behaved and obedient child. She respected and felt guilty about her brother. The time he took the blame for her was always hidden in her heart. She paid special attention to the brotherhood between brother and sister and carefully followed her brother's arrangements. As a child,  When the girl saw her mother and brother crying, she was so frightened that she could only sit on her knees and shed tears. "Yi Ji was not wrong, it was not you or me, it was this.  Troubled times!  What's wrong is that the shogunate is in decline and evil is everywhere!  " Gengoro wiped away his tears and stood up from his mother's arms. He walked over and picked up his sister, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from her face. "I vow to imitate the Zhenfu Palace and bring down the enemy with the three-foot sword.  , protect mother and Yi Ji!  "" In a secluded teahouse in Sagami Odawara Castle, Hojo Ujiyasu personally met with Takeda Nobuyoshi. As an alliance, the messenger sent by Takeda this time was the most popular member of the Takeda family, and he looked quite similar to Takeda Harunobu.  Takeda Kobu Shaosuke, he is the brother of Takeda Harunobu and Takeda Nobushige. Only these three brothers who are descendants of Mrs. Oi can use "Takeda" as the Miao character, so he is also the same as his other brother Takeda Norigu Nobushige.  Serving as the Takeda family's imperial clan "My lord's attitude must have been clear to Sagami-don. The biggest enemy threatening the Hojo family's suppression of Ueno is the Echigo family's Nagao family. If the military threat to Echigo cannot be eliminated,  The Hojo family's control over Musashi will always be affected. Ontake Castle has penetrated deep into the heart of Musashi. There is a proverb in the Ming Dynasty: How can you allow others to snore under the bed? I believe Sagami Temple can also feel this feeling!  " Takeda Nobuya showed no stage fright at all when facing the majestic Hojo Ujiyasu. He was very familiar with this leadership quality. His brother Takeda Harunobu was such an outstanding samurai with extraordinary endurance and perseverance.  Will, calm judgment and a very wise mind, it is obvious that the person in front of him is also of this type. He deliberately left the Kira family aside in order to minimize the tension in the Hojo family. The two battles that took place last year were really real.  It is difficult to explain clearly. The successive failures of the Takeda family and the Hojo family are hard to cover up. What is even worse is that the Takeda family was penetrated into the heart of the country and wantonly kidnapped people and grabbed food. They were so ashamed that they wanted to commit suicide. SoHe wanted to carefully control the topic within a certain range, and it seemed that the Hojo retainers group also agreed with this approach.  Hojo Uyasu continued to slowly sip the strong tea without saying anything. The matcha method passed down from the Tang and Song Dynasties is very complicated. The tea whisk is also one of the necessary utensils in this tea ceremony. There are only four and a half tatami-sized tea rooms with five people sitting in it.  , the other three are all important ministers of the Hojo family.  They are Matsuda Morihide, Hojo Genan, and the legitimate son Hojo Ushimasa. One of the first two is a genealogy writer, and the other is a first-class writer. The latter Hojo Ushimasa, as the legitimate son, has no say in this situation.  Several people in the room paid no attention to his secret movements of stretching his head and shrinking his neck.  Seeing that there was no answer in the tea room for a long time, Matsuda Morihide jumped in and said, "What Xingbu-dono said makes sense, but unfortunately our Hojo family has just signed a no-war agreement with the Nagao family, so I'm afraid it's hard to send troops, right?  " "At this time, Echigo's evil was known to the world. If Matsuda-don thought that the Nagao family would stop fighting, it would be a big mistake! As far as I know, Uesugi Kenmasa has paid his own reward and recognized Nagao Kagetora as his leader.  Adopt a son and choose a day to ascend the throne of Kanto Governor in Kamakura. I think you must understand what this means, right?" Takeda Noburen carefully observed the expressions of several people and found that except for Hojo Ushimasa's surprised and angry expression,  The other three people seemed to have no reaction at all, and they roughly estimated the depth of the Hojo family.  Hojo Genan pinched the rosary beads and moved his lips slightly, reciting the sutras silently. Hearing Takeda Noburen's words, he paused and continued to recite Buddhist sutras. After a while, he put his hands together and saluted: "The Kanto governor is the Uesugi clan who recommends repairing the temple."  Inherited from generation to generation, people with foreign surnames cannot inherit it casually, and the affairs in Kanto are complicated and difficult for Echigo people to intervene. The poor monk is not optimistic about the decision of the person in charge of the temple. " "I very much agree with Genanden's view, so.  It is imperative to crack down on the ambitious Nagao family. Once they are allowed to run Ueno Country, the climate will gradually become unstoppable in a few years, and there will be no place for us to survive in the terrible aftermath of Echigo!" Takeda Nobuyoshi!  The slightly exaggerated description quickly resonated with Hojo Ujimasa. The young heir to the governor of Hojo still lacked a calm temperament. He moved his body and stared nervously at his father's face.  Hojo Ujiyasu's noncommittal expression suddenly changed, and he said seriously: "What Takeda Daisen said is right, I, Ujiyasu, have decided to join the Echigo siege! Please speed up preparations, Takeda Daisen, and be sure to start taking action before the autumn harvest!" "My lord! Think twice before doing anything.  "Okay!" "Our Hojo family has no way to retreat. We can only regain Ueno by defeating Echigo. You don't need to say anything, I have my own opinion!" Hojo Ujiyasu's stern expression showed that he had no room for maneuver!  .  Seeing that the situation was unclear and suddenly took a turn for the worse, Takeda Nobuyan ignored the subtle differences between an "alliance" and a "surrounding network" and responded decisively: "Please don't worry, Sagami-don. I, Noburen, will definitely convey the original words to my lord."  ! Farewell!" (To be continued.)
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