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Mikawa Butterfly Chapter 491 Fake Ashikaga Becomes Real Ashikaga

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    In early spring, in February, the ice and snow melted, and the rivers thawed. It was another beautiful spring with flowers blooming, grass growing, and warblers flying. Echigo, which had been frozen for several months, seemed like a giant slowly waking up, radiating powerful vitality at a speed visible to the naked eye.  In almost every village in the Echigo wilderness, there is a group of young children carrying wooden guns and diligently practicing assassination in front of the grain drying field at the head of the village.  This is the reserve force of the Kira family. Young men between the ages of thirteen and twenty from each village must serve as reserves for one to three months in accordance with the regulations. The outstanding ones will be selected by the old priests of each village based on their performance.  The young people were undergoing secondary intensive training. This secondary intensive training was not held at the head of their own village, but gathered at the military camp outside Kasugayama Castle.  There are hundreds of large and small villages like this, with as small as three to four thousand people and as large as tens of thousands of people, forming a village network, covering 70% of the nearly 800,000 people in Echigo. How big is the reserve military service provided?  There are 85,000 people. Of course, the Kira Army does not need so many little kids to go through life and death.  The original intention of having these young people take one to three months of reserve service every year is to maintain strong morale and combat effectiveness. Anyway, the Kira family has too much food to eat, so feeding these young people for a few months should be used to strengthen their physical fitness.  Life in Echigo has been getting better and better in recent years, but it is still rare to see meat and fish in peasant families. For Kira's homework reserve, he can at least eat some meat and fish every now and then, and it is very satisfying to eat every meal.  Yoshitoki Kira took a boat to inspect the construction status of Niigata Town, and encouraged Nobuyuki Matsui to continue the development of new fields. In the past few years, the development of new fields was stopped due to the total population of Echigo and lack of fertilizers. However, as these years passed, the development of new fields was stopped.  Echigo's national strength is increasing day by day, life is prosperous and a new round of population explosion is ushering in. With the growth rate of two to thirty thousand newborns every year, the problem of eating will become a problem for Echigo in the near future.  At this time, developing farmland has become an indispensable link.  Even if the population is insufficient, we must continue to open up wasteland. As long as half of the 200,000 machibu Echigo plains are used, it will be an additional land of 1 million. Calculated according to the average Echigo standard of three kilo per day of grain production, this will increase production by 300  Ten thousand shi of grain, even if the supply of fertilizer is insufficient, it does not matter much. Relying on two-season crop rotation and a small amount of fertilizer to maintain an output of more than two shi, this is an increase of two million shi of grain.  This number can be called astonishing.  It is one thing to have insufficient manpower and insufficient fertility to cultivate high-yielding fields. It is another thing not to cultivate the land but to be satisfied with the existing stone height. People who do not have long-term concerns must have short-term worries. The followers of the Kira family have already understood this.  The rapid growth of population has warned that at this rate, the population will exceed one million in less than ten years.  The total population of Japan during the Eiroku period was only over 10 million.  What is the concept of a country occupying one-tenth of the total population of the sixty-six countries? It is equivalent to saying that one of its territories is more powerful than six territories. If it needs to recruit military service, it can easily raise an army of 100,000, although doing so is in the eyes of the lord.  It is completely meaningless, but for the Wu family in this era, population and land are resources.  Echigo has both a population and a large amount of land. It also has strong homeland defense advantages, making it an extremely difficult opponent.  During the reign of Kira Yoshitoki, Echigo suffered only a few small-scale invasions.  The clowns of the Ashina family, the Mogami family, the Date family, and the Echichu Jinbo family rushed into Echigo without exception and fled in embarrassment. The people of Echigo were sincerely proud of their own strength, and had no respect for the Kira family.  A sense of belonging is also quietly established.  Kasugayama Castle Castle Tower.  Kira Yoshishi sat by the terrace, looking at the green mountains and green waters outside the window, and talked with Konoe about the past and the present for a long time. A small incense cauldron in the room exuded wisps of green smoke, which made people relax. Holding a tea bowl in hand, smelling the fragrance and drinking tea, it was something special.  Taste, Konoe Maekyu was a highly educated minister. He was very proficient in Chinese poems, songs, paintings, and calligraphy. What was even more rare was that he was eloquent and had a lot of research on the ancient books of the Ming Dynasty. Kira Yoshitoki felt like a gentleman for a time.  The treatment is like spring breeze.  ?????????????????????The two people in high positions are not idlers who have nothing to do.  As we chatted, the current situation always came up. Konoe Maekyu said: "Today's world is in chaos, and the prestige of the imperial court and the shogunate has been destroyed by traitors. This chaos is amidst the great changes in the Kinai Five Kingdoms.  Kinai Miyoshi Nagakei's ambition has long been known to the world. Last year, he formed an alliance with the Echizen Asakura Kingoden, Omi Asai clan and others. His power is becoming increasingly difficult to control. " Kira Yoshishi shook his folding fan and said with a smile: "The Miyoshi family!  However, Awa Issuke was born in the country and was originally a top-ranking leader of the Awa Hosokawa clan. He only relied on the bravery of a few brothers to establish the hegemony of Kinai. It is difficult for this clan to suddenly rise and die suddenly. " Konoe Maekaku said hesitantly.  : "Yi Shi means" "Yu Ke didn't say anything, just guessing a possibility! The Mihao family relies on the brothers Mihao Changqing and Mihao Yixian to support the family business, which is really unstable.  "That's great!" Kira Yoshitsune would not reveal his true thoughts, and he could not tell Konoe that the changes in the prefecture had anything to do with him.  Konoe MaekyuHe said: "There is a martial arts family in the Western Kingdom called Mao Li. The leader, Mao Li Yuan, is an unparalleled genius. As a native of An Yun Kingdom, he suddenly rose up and defeated the great names of Ouchi and Nizi in order to wreak havoc on the Western Kingdom. His Highness Gongfang has no intention of this person."  Ability is highly valued, but what do you think of it when you don＊t know your righteousness?§ ※An Yun＊s Mouri Yuanji is quite talented, but most of the Western warriors are useless. From Yamana, Ouchi, to Nizi, and Maori, all of them show that the Western warriors are of inferior character.  There are more people in Yamashiro country, maybe it is influenced by overseas factors! In short, I am not optimistic about how much this family can do. " Kira Yoshitoki is also a self-proclaimed shogunate general, and he still appreciates Motonari Mori's personal abilities.  He is not optimistic about the future achievements of the Maori family. The samurai in the Western Kingdom are as unscrupulous as the Kanto samurai. They have always been the most loyal places with great names, such as the Sixth Hall or the Onmyoji Prefecture, which are relatively conservative.  The Kanto region is simply a fantasy.  The samurai in Kanto are also unscrupulous, but what they sell is the master's desire for self-reliance. Although there are alliances, large-scale submission under the name of a samurai family has never happened. For two hundred years, the nominal ruler of Kanto has always been  The Kwantung Gongfang, followed by the Kwantung Administrative Leader, were unlike the Western Kingdom where even a single question was simply deprived of them by the shogunate.  Konoe mentioned a few more lives a while ago, but the daimyo of Kinai Tokai was dismissed by Kira Yoshitoki in a few words. He only hesitated slightly when he mentioned the name of Oda Nobunaga.  He immediately said: "This Oda Danmasadasa is a strange person. Owari Kingdom is located in the hinterland of Tokaido. I have met him once, but I really can't see through it." Konoe Maekyu thought he was joking, so he didn't.  Keeping it in mind, the two of them talked for a while before mentioning the actions in Kanto. Kira Yoshitsune took advantage of the situation and said: "Today, I will go to the Ashikaga family and bring tens of thousands of troops into Kanto in order to get rid of the chaos in Kanto. To relieve the shogunate's inability to control Kanto for two hundred years."  This battle is related to the success or failure of our family, the Ashikaga family. I need a lot of support from the imperial court and the shogunate!" "This is natural. What kind of help is needed when I don't know what to do?" This is what Kira Yoshi has been waiting for.  Then, he said solemnly: "This operation. I am determined to eliminate the scum of the Ashikaga family, the Furukawa Lord Ashikaga Fujimasa who has repeatedly provoked me to join the Ashikaga family! Completely clean up this stupid puppet, and eliminate a scum for the shogunate.  The hidden danger of causing trouble. " Konoe Maekyu originally thought that he was asking for support in the name of conquering Kanto. He never expected that he would make such an exaggerated request. He trembled in shock and said: "Yoshitoki meant to let the Furukawa family live.  The only one in the Furukawa Ashikaga clan is Ashikaga Fujimasa! Thisis not a trivial matter!" "Brother, this is not a big deal. There are actually five brothers in the Furukawa Ashikaga family.  The eldest son of the Ashikaga Fuji clan was killed by the Hojo clan, and the second son, Ashikaga Ume Chiyo Omaru, was killed by the Kada clan. The third son was Ashikaga Fujimasa, and he killed his two younger brothers with his own hands not long after he became Lord Furukawa.  What qualifications does a vicious person have to be a puppet of the Hojo family who killed his father and brother, how can he command the Kanto samurai to be loyal to the shogunate? "In fact, the things this Furukawa did are too weird.  There are many, and there is no need for Kiragi to collect information specifically to attack.  He did stupid things and advised the Hojo family to rebel and was considered a "gift" and was sent back. Later, he felt that his love for the Hojo family was not deep enough, so he took the initiative to hook up with the Miyoshi family to form an anti-Kira alliance, which almost made the Hojo clan pass out from anger.  The Chinese people who were included in his alliance also hated this Gongfang who only shouted slogans but had no real ability. They were originally anti-Kira, but he was forced to stop doing so.  Such a weirdo is simply a pig teammate of the Kanto samurai family, and this time he is going to lead the Kira family to victory.  Kira Yoshi felt that in attacking Kanto, we must focus on the key points. Whether it is targeting the Sagami Hojo clan or other Kanto daimyo, we cannot directly attack them. Choosing Ashikaga Fujimasa is a very good target, and dealing with Ashikaga Fujimasa depends on personal morality.  Taking action is the best way to attack him.  Ashikaga Fujimasa's innate hostility towards Kira Yoshitoki had long aroused his strong dissatisfaction. This idiot's military and political strategy can be described as scum. The anti-Echigo alliance ended in an anticlimactic manner before it was even formed. Kira Yoshitoki had long disliked it.  He was standing in the position of Lord Kanto, so it was reasonable to deal with him this time.  "Although there is nothing wrong in saying that, it is Mr. Furukawa after all. Isn't it a little bit to kill him like this" Konoe shook his head for a long time. As a traditional minister, he did not support his behavior, but it was just a hindrance.  It's not convenient to talk about the relationship between brothers and in-laws.  Kira Yoshitsune didn't have so many worries. After Claudia gave him a comprehensive spiritual baptism, he no longer cared about the threat of violating the rules. If all the martial arts names in the world followed the rules, he should be in Kyoto.  Serving His Highness the Duke honestly, being a well-known man from Taiping is more comfortable riding horses and walking dogs all day long, but the world is reallyIs it as simple as just following the rules?  If everything was done according to the rules, why would there be the Onin Rebellion and the Ming'an Coup?  "Brother, I was mistaken. Lord Furukawa was originally the great enemy of the shogunate. The remnants of the Ashikaga Mochi clan's Eternal Rebellion. It is up to me to kill the remnants of the Ashikaga Mochi clan today. It is to fulfill the ideal that has been unfinished for many years for the shogunate. If I hadn't considered  Assassinating that loser will bring disgraceful accusations to the Ashikaga family. This loser has been dead for several years." Kira Yoshitoki's contempt for Ashikaga Fujimasa has reached the point of nakedness, and he completely looks down on Furukawa in his words.  The public even treated him as a dead person.  Konoe Maekaku now understood that he was obsessed with killing, and Ashikaga Fujimasa was bound to die. He sighed: "I won't ask more about this matter I just have to say that Yoshitoki has thought about the consequences of losing K身k身 in Kanto."  What kind of consequences will there be? After all, the Eight Kingdoms of Kanto are the birthplace of the Wu family. Your killing will add some new turmoil to the world." Ji Liangyi raised his eyebrows and said with a sly look: "This is Yu.  I have to say that the Furukawa family will be extinct, but the Kanto family will not disappear. I need my brother to do a big thing for my family, the Ashikaga family. When it is completed, it will not only be good for me, but also the Kanto family and even the ministers of Korea and China.  The nobles of the shogunate have benefits." Konoe Maekaku leaned forward involuntarily and asked, "What's the big deal?" "I want to turn this fake Ashikaga into a real Ashikaga!"  Ashikaga family." Kira Yoshitoki's eyes were bright and he was smiling as if he was telling a very beautiful thing.  The words came out of his mouth easily.  But when it fell into the ear of Konoe Maekyu, it was no less than Hongzhong Dalu. The shock made him tremble all over and almost fell down. Konoe Maekyu looked at him in shock and said: "You what are you doing?"  If His Highness Gongfang will never agree! Absolutely not!" Ji Liangyi smiled disapprovingly, and suddenly retorted: "His Royal Highness will definitely agree, and he must agree!  There is no merit but hard work in conquering the East Kingdom. In the past ten years, he has fought bloody battles to turn the tide. Without the full support of Yu Fang, His Highness might still be doing the same thing in Sakamoto or Kuchiki Valley!  The great chaos in Kinai was entangled for a while, and only I was advancing rapidly in the East Kingdom and achieved a series of brilliant results. At this time, if the Furukawa Imperial Palace was destroyed and the control of Kanto was seized, why couldn't the Kanto Ashikaga family be included in the battle of Rakuchu?  With the support of the Ashikaga family, can His Highness Minakata secure his position in the Nijo Imperial Palace? Although this is a bit excessive, I don't think I did anything wrong. On the contrary, it was His Highness Minakata who smashed the vase that impressed me deeply.  Thinking back on it, I still feel a twinge of pain in my forehead!§ Konoe Maekaku was restrained by his venting, and stammered: ※Yoshitoki, youyou actually said such overreaching words!  Are you going to file a complaint with His Highness?" Kira Yoshi smiled at him and said, "Brother, you won't! Our Ashikaga family is one with us, and the connection between Yu and His Highness K身kata is too close.  If the Ashikaga Shogun family is united, it will benefit them both. With the wisdom of my brother, he should know that the superficial peace of the shogunate is just an illusion. The slightest disturbance may push the fragile shogunate into the abyss. If Yu and His Highness are allowed to cause trouble at this time.  "It's a serious blow to Yu, but it will be a bigger blow to His Highness." "You must know that His Highness's self-esteem is very strong!"  Laughing, he picked up the folding fan and knocked on the case: "You are really out of your wits. Don't you know what it means to raise your family status? What is in front of you is not a dignified and righteous path. It is a bottomless road to hell!"  When he opened the folding fan, he still asked back: "How could it be? Just like my brother said, I only need to raise my family status, and don't want anything else! Isn't His Highness Gongfang going to give birth to a legitimate son? I am willing to write another one.  The oaths were given to the shogunate, the imperial court, and sent to Ishikimizu Hachimangu Shrine and Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. I swore a solemn oath to the Great Bodhisattva Hachiman to be loyal to His Highness K身kata and his legitimate sons and grandsons forever. " "You are just kidding.  Trap! What if the legitimate son and grandson are not there? "Konoe Maekaku said angrily: "You will be condemned by the heroes of the world!" Ji Liangyi sighed: "Hey, why bother?  How can we ensure that we will be loyal for the rest of our lives? Besides, the Kamakura government had several attempts on the shogunate, so how can we demand that our descendants remain loyal for hundreds of years?  If my family is prosperous, my descendants will naturally be loyal and serve the government. If the shogunate declines, even if my descendants will not replace them, how can I guarantee that the likes of Hosokawa Masamoto and Miyoshi Nagakei will not emerge again?  " Konwei thought for a long time and sighed: "That's right!  At this point, I think that your family status is too complicated. If the shogunate is strong, everything will be easy. If it is not strong, it will be difficult to maintain peace.There will be a coup d'谷tat tomorrow, or there will be a scandal between the Sakai Crown Prince and the Jiangzhou Crown Prince that will make the relatives hate and the enemies happy!  " Kirara Yoshishi then said: "Brother, you should know that the Ashikaga family I am a member of is the one promoted by His Highness K身kata. What's wrong with taking another step forward based on this lesson?  The left and right are just changing the Miao character from Kira to Ashikaga, and changing the sect of the shogun's family into the Ashikaga Rianji clan. I will never do the stupid thing of changing the Miao character today and raising the flag of rebellion tomorrow!  My status as a member of the Ashikaga family was given to me by His Highness K身kata. If I dare to rebel against my superiors and do something treasonous and stupid, His Highness K身k身ta only needs to say a word to withdraw my title and he will be able to attract the heroes of the world to punish him.  " These words are reasonable and well-founded. It is irrefutable. After thinking about it for a long time, Konoe feels that it is indeed reasonable. The current situation of the shogunate is indeed inseparable from the help of Kira Yoshitoki. Besides, the Ashikaga family is the strength of the Ashikaga family.  The Ichimon clan had made countless military exploits for the Ashikaga family during the Kamakura period. If they had not been on the wrong team during the riots, the third leader might have been forced to compete with the Shiba family for the position of the elder of the writing family.  Although the blood relationship is not as close as that of the Ashikaga Riezu, the importance of being a clan and the influence it has had on the Ashikaga family for three hundred years cannot be underestimated. The current governor of the family, Kira Yoshi, has repeatedly made outstanding contributions to the shogunate and is highly regarded.  He was given special treatment and became a new Lian Zhi Zhong, but his Lian Zhi Zhong was not a complete form. He was only given a name but could not hide the embarrassing dilemma that his Miao character was not Ashikaga.
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