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Mikawa Butterfly Chapter 525 Akechi Jubei

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    In the words of Kira Yoshitoki, good behavioral habits are based on effective systems and management. Now that all businesses are waiting for the prosperity of the family, the governor needs to take more care. The difficulties encountered today may serve as a warning for the future. The so-called samurai family  The law is to agree on some rules and gradually implement them without any regulations at all.  The internal affairs were almost dealt with and the discussion of military arrangements continued. Since the Kira family's residence was moved from Kasugayama Castle, Echigo's military strategy also changed from strategic attack to strategic defense. Only 10,000 city guards were left in Echigo's main defense force to continue.  Guarding various places, they will stabilize local security with the cooperation of the people in Echigo. The remaining military services will either be disbanded on the spot or reorganized as reserves and moved to Ueno Country as the second echelon.  Since the Kira family's residence was moved to the left to Ueno Province, Kira Yoshitoshi's control over Ueno Province suddenly increased by several levels. The garrison points in each castle were heavily guarded. The familiar Niyin Ry¨­ military flags could be seen almost everywhere.  Flying, fortunately, Ueno Country has completed the territorialization of its flag in advance, otherwise Kira Yoshitoki would really not know how to face the embarrassment of having Ueno Country lying between two important territories.  As 300,000 Echigo farmers gradually moved south to the Musashi Country, a new round of village mergers, land preparation, and embankment construction began spontaneously. The expenses required also increased exponentially. It took Kira Yoshitoki and the family elders of the Horashiro family to discuss for a long time before deciding on the relevant work.  expenses, as well as tax exemption for up to two years starting next year and a graduated tax reduction strategy for the next three years.  Ever since Kira Yoshitoshi came to Musashi Country, the originally peaceful atmosphere was broken in just a few months. A lot of people suddenly appeared and a lot of things were added to the situation. The chickens and dogs in Musashi Country were in a state of restlessness, and every village  You can all see followers of the Kira family working hard in the village to persuade Mr. Su to send more young men to serve in the general labor service, and to provide them with money, food, and accommodation during labor, etc.  No matter how dry my mouth is, I can't persuade Su Lao's underground people to actively cooperate. These stubborn underground servants usually reply with two words "no". It's not that easy to test the foundation of their villages. The relationship between the indigenous residents and the new conquerors  The deep-rooted hostility is so strong that it took many years for the Hojo family to develop.  It took a lot of means to initially win over people's hearts. In contrast, the Kira family still has a long way to go. People's support cannot be won overnight.  Just when Kiragi was busy and confused, the shogunate envoy sent from Kyoto came to Edo Castle in a simple carriage. This was a young samurai with elegant temperament and extraordinary appearance. He rode a black horse and carefully looked at the huge city outside Edo Castle.  What surprised him was that the farmers who had to bear the burden of the general labor service did not show the familiar pain and helplessness.  On the contrary, everyone was full of emotions and high energy.  The men were carrying wooden piles and the women were busy weaving blocking nets, or using small chisels to tap the wooden beams that were spliced ??together with mortise and tenon joints. There were scenes of enthusiastic struggle to build new homes everywhere, and young warriors were riding horses and walking slowly aside.  He looked around and muttered something strange, as if he had discovered something interesting.  He had long heard that Guandong was the most chaotic place in the world, and the farmers there lived the most miserable and tiring lives.  The samurai there were the most paranoid in character and the most violent in their behavior. The symbol of the Kanto samurai was the Kamakura samurai who brought infinite glory to the samurai family in the past, but quickly declined and disintegrated into a brutal and chaotic samurai group.  Disrespecting the general, not obeying orders, being unfaithful and unrighteous is the image that the Kanto samurai have given to the world in the past 150 years. Although they are still powerful and can still influence the changes in the general trend of the world, these samurai are no longer the Kamakura samurai. They are not  Unity, disloyalty, and lack of reverence for spiritual pursuits such as righteousness and virtue as a martial artist.  Having no ideals or ambitions, only respecting desires and acting arbitrarily.  Defeating Lord Rikiri and even killing Lords and usurping the throne became the new symbol of this era. Many unknown young samurai quietly changed their ambitions and goals to these successful people. The initiators of all this were Hojo Soun and Naga from Kanto.  The tail is a scene.  "Master Samurai, the Edo Castle is ahead of us. I can only take you here." A child of twelve or thirteen years old stared at him with big, revealing eyes, fearing that he would be deceived by the tour guide again this time.  Money, fortunately, this young man does not look like those ronin samurai who come here to try their luck.  "Take it!" The elegant young warrior threw him the Yongle money, then turned around and patiently told the little boy: "No need to change. Keep the money so that no one sees it, and give it to you carefully.  "It will bring disaster." "Well! Thank you! You are a kind-hearted samurai master!" The child knelt down and kowtowed, and then jumped away like a little bird. The young samurai didn't think so.  Instead, he shook his head and laughed: "It seems that Kanto is quite interesting!" After several procedures such as showing a warrant to verify his identity, the young samurai finally arrived at the high-walled Edo Castle. He saw that everything was bare.  The vast wilderness was left idle, but the young warrior couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart.  Fortunately heWith good professional qualities, he quickly adjusted his mentality and followed the attendants into the heart of Edo Castle with a leisurely pace.  In just a short time, the young samurai extracted some seemingly insignificant information from the attendant. He learned that large-scale construction of Edo City did not begin until summer.  The original Edo Castle was demolished by Kira Yoshitoki on the grounds that it was too cramped and unsuitable for planning. The exquisite buildings in front of us were actually rebuilt using the building materials of the original Edo Castle castle tower.  After chatting with this attendant for a while, he had an intuitive attitude in his heart, that is, the Kira family has a very big plan and the Kira family is very rich. More importantly, he knew about Kira not long after arriving in Kanto.  He is now so invincible in Kanto that Kira Yoshitomo is also known as "There are only wars he doesn't want to fight and there are no wars he can't win."  Gradually, the pace of the two of them quickened. The young samurai learned many details about the Echigo Army and even the Musashi Army from this attendant. His feelings about the Kira family formed an initial impression in this one-sided conversation. Before the young samurai had time to  Thinking about deeper issues, the attendant led him outside one of the relatively secluded rooms.  Finding that the large room was crowded with people sitting together and talking happily about something, the young samurai gritted his teeth and stood in the corridor and said loudly: "Akechi Jubei Mitsuhide is here to see His Highness the Lord of the Town."  Akechi Mitsuhide,  A man who will be famous all over the world at some time in the future suddenly appears on the land of Kanto in a completely unexpected way, giving Kira Yoshitoki a sudden sense of absurd dislocation. This guy is the one who caused the incident at Honnoji Temple.  Why did he appear here? Why did he come here? A lot of questions flooded into his mind.  Akechi Mitsuhide looked at the astonished general of the garrison with confusion, and bowed to inform him of his name.  At this time, Nangokang T¨­f¨­ coughed to bring him back to his senses: "Well, Akechi Jubeiden of the Toki clan! Speaking of which, when I went to Luo, I heard that there was a talented Jubeiden in Mino.  , but I didn¡¯t expect to see each other here after more than ten years.¡± ¡°It¡¯s a blessing to be remembered by His Majesty the Duke of Zhenfu when I was young.¡± Akechi Mitsuhide secretly breathed a sigh of relief.  He understood that when Kira Yoshi was in a trance just now, he must have been recalling old events from the Tianwen years. He also vaguely remembered that he seemed to have accidentally heard about the Kira family going to Luo.  It's just that at that time, he was standing in Saito Dosan's camp and was busy cleaning up his former lord, Toki Raiun, so he didn't take it to heart.  Akechi Mitsuhide has no perspective, and he would never have imagined that the little prince of the Kira family more than ten years ago could rise to great heights in the blink of an eye. Every year, there are countless samurai and caravans passing through Tokaido and coming from Mino to Beijing and Luo, and how many people are pregnant with them.  They have lofty ambitions and amazing talents, but they end up being lost in the vast sea of ??people in Kyoto. How many people can thrive in Kyoto?  Most of the samurai who went to Kyoto to try their luck were like pebbles thrown into the turbulent sea.  A few splashes of water will sink into the water and disappear without a trace. The few people who rise up for a moment due to their personal talents are either brought under a certain force and willing to stick to their tails, or they are arrogant and arrogant and turn into a meteor that flashes the brightest light and disappears.  , this latter kind of person has the same properties as the stones thrown into the sea, but the results are different.  "Maybe I can barely count myself as a samurai!" Mitsuhide Akechi suddenly recalled the difficult days over the years. He was a member of the Toki clan.  But his aunt, Mrs. Omi, was the wife of Saito Douzan. Sonshiro and Kiheiji, who were once killed by Yoshitsune, were the sons of Mrs. Omi, who were Akechi Mitsuhide's cousins.  Because of this reason, Akechi Mitsuhide initially chose to help Saito Douzan seize Mino Country. Later, he became a powerful assistant to the Mino Saito clan and made many achievements. Akechi's family during the Tenmon years was very proud of Mino Country.  He suffered from horse hoof disease, let alone not having the time to take care of Kiragi, who left home in panic and went to Luo. Even if he accepted his visit, he would not necessarily stay with him.  Within a few years, Kira Yoshitsune flourished in Kyoto and became a famous shogunate.  Akechi Mitsuhide also lamented that he had missed a good opportunity to make friends with a famous family because of his bad luck. Then he heard that the famous shogunate had gone to the remote Echigo out of his mind. He also lamented that the Ashikaga clan would completely fall.  But he never expected that all this would go away as quickly as it came. Kira Yoshishi did not fall into the dust as he expected. Instead, his proud uncle Saito Michizan was killed by his traitor Saito Yoshiryu.  After being killed in the Nagara River, the thief who killed his father turned around and led tens of thousands of troops towards Akechi Castle. Akechi Mitsuhide chose to retreat in the face of the formidable and powerful military force.  Looking at the whole of Mino, Saito Yoshiryu is a party. If he doesn't surrender, he won't even have a chance to stand up.  Kaesong surrendered and he had to leave his family and business behind. He took his wife, family and retainers with dozens of people to escape from Meinong Country.??This can also be described as exile.  Saito Yoshiryu did not allow Mitsuhide Akechi to return to Mino Country. This was a reward for his smart choice to open the city and surrender. Mitsuhide Akechi, who saved his life, could only wander around the countries, just like Kansuke Yamamoto did when he was young.  However, he still couldn't compare with Kansuke Yamamoto, who was alone and without anything. Although Kansuke Yamamoto was lame, blind, and full of problems, he always regarded himself as an ordinary werewolf. When he was poor, he worked all day for a meal.  He doesn't feel that there is anything to be ashamed of. After all, he is only poor for himself. He is a typical person who has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry.  Akechi Mitsuhide was not like this. He took his retainers with his wife, Tsumabuki Kikiko, and their children. Especially his wife, Tsumiki Kikiko, who was originally a beautiful woman. She suddenly contracted a strange disease just before getting married because her family had no money.  After treatment, his face was disfigured, and in the face of Tsumaki's request to break off the engagement, Akechi Mitsuhide still insisted on marrying his wife home to become a model couple.  I wanted to take a chance with Luo Jinjing, but the cost of food and clothing for a family was not a small amount. How could I abandon him when his retainers even gave up their territory to follow him? He also boasted that he was proficient in the art of arching and horsemanship in the Waka tea ceremony.  He is an elegant man, and even the latest iron artillery introduced to Japan has developed a set of corresponding training methods for its use. It is definitely not possible for such a person to face eating chaffy vegetables.  In fact, even though Akechi Mitsuhide lived in poverty during the period when he lived in Omi, he wanted to expand the small reputation of Mino Junior High School into Kinai.  He would have to make a swollen face and make a fool of himself. He would often hold Waka tea parties at the Shonen Temple to attract nearby Chinese lords to attend, hoping to attract the attention of the nearby lords and include him as a retainer.  However, there are a few samurai who are willing to rashly accept a large number of outsiders who have inherited their retainers. The small lord does not have so much territory to support the big lord, but there are a lot of retainers who reject him. This means that all actions of Mitsuhide Akechi are in vain. On the contrary, because  If you don't have any income, having tea parties repeatedly will waste your little money. If you don't have money, you can only sell clothes and jewelry to get by. The longer you go, the poorer you will become.  Disappointed family members left one by one, leaving those who stayed hungry and full to suffer.  Once, he was so poor that he could hardly eat, but in order to report a banquet, he still had to invite guests to hold it as scheduled. He quietly told his wife, Nozomi Tsumabuki, about this, hoping that his wife could pawn some more jewelry.  Xizi agreed wholeheartedly, but she already had no jewelry in her hand to pawn, so she thought about it and had no choice but to cut off her long shawl hair and pawn it to get some money for the banquet.  This matter was not discovered by Mingchi Mitsuhide until after the banquet.  He found that his wife had been wearing a headscarf during the banquet, so he admired his wife's virtuousness and asked what was going on. Until Nozomi Tsumabuki silently took off the headscarf that covered her hair, Akechi Mitsuhide was shocked. It turned out that Heeki  Her long and beautiful black hair had long since disappeared.  Akechi Mitsuhide hated and regretted his wife's behavior of selling hair to support her husband. He hated that he had not used his wife to sell his hair to satisfy his desire to get ahead. He regretted that he was so careless that he didn't even know that there was not even a grain of rice left for cooking at home.  .  Akechi Mitsuhide cried and apologized, but his wife advised him not to worry, as his hair would grow back one day.  From that day on, Akechi Mitsuhide vowed to change his past, left the sad place of Shounenji with his wife and loyal family members, and went to Kyoto to enter the shogunate to obtain the qualifications for recruitment. With his talents and good family background, he was very successful.  He soon got the position of Shen Cizhong in the shogunate.  This time he was sent to Kanto as an envoy of the shogunate.  Kira Yoshi noticed that Akechi Mitsuhide was also a little distracted, so he said: "Akechi Jubeiden is here to serve as the envoy of the shogunate, right? How is Odatezaemon Monzo doing lately? We haven't seen each other for so many years, and I really miss the days when we worked together with the shogunate!"  "Yes! Odate Mutsu Shoden is in good health. He resigned from his post last year and was transferred to the post of imperial minister. This time I am sent to Kanto as an envoy, which is also highly recommended by Mutsu Shoden," Akechi Mitsuhide said in a few words.  Let me tell you the story of Mutsu Mamoru and how he first entered the shogunate and was greatly appreciated by him.  "It turns out that Odate Mutsu Mamoru has been promoted! I have been a little negligent in recent years. The wars have been going on every year and I haven't paid attention to the trends in Kyoto for a long time." Kira Yoshitoki randomly found an excuse to cover up his negligence. At this moment, he  I also remembered that I had seen relevant information.  It's just that I didn't take it seriously and forgot about it.  After discovering that Akechi Mitsuhide was a diplomatic envoy recommended by Odate Seimitsu's line, the conversation that followed became much more relaxed. Kira Yoshitoki also discovered that Akechi Mitsuhide had a strong desire to make friends with him, and he complied with the requirements of passing on the edict of the shogunate.  Things are close.  Eighty percent of the time there are some similar thoughts.  His guess was correct. Akechi Mitsuhide did not want to be just an ordinary diplomatic envoy. He suffered so much in Omi that he vowed to make a difference. A samurai like him with a strong will and great ambitionsOnce a goal is set, it will never change. The strongest team in the shogunate system is Kira Yoshi. Akechi Mitsuhide believes that without him, there would be no revival of the shogunate in the past ten years. It is not strange for someone in the shogunate system to cling to him.  matter.  Akechi Mitsuhide bowed and said: "I have come here to do two things. The first is that the crusade order requested by the shogunate has been issued. His highness was very indignant at the murder of the Mikawa Kira family and immediately ordered  Mikawa has been ordered by the public to attack Matsudaira Ieyasu, and I believe that this evil thief will be punished in the near future. " "Well! I would like to thank His Highness for your kindness. I will remember His Highness when I am loyal.  With every bit of kindness, my deceased brother can feel at ease in hell." Kira Yoshitsune was not happy because the crusade order was issued. In fact, he was fully confident that the shogunate had issued the crusade order, but he didn't know why the imperial court didn't issue it.  The purpose of conquering the enemy was to conquer Lun.  Kira Yoshitsune asked somewhat unhappily: "Why didn't the imperial court issue a decree to conquer the enemy? What did Yu's sworn brother say?" Akechi Mitsuhide smiled bitterly and said: "The thing is like this, Konoe Sekibaden tried his best to facilitate it.  The imperial court issued the Dalun Decree, but Nijo Guanbai hall questioned it at the court meeting and rejected it because he wanted to use the official weapon of the imperial court to revenge his old enemy for his own personal gain. Today, the emperor mentioned it again, but Nijo Guanbai rejected it.  Wei Guanbaidian was helpless. "Nijiao Guanbai Nijoguan Baizuo Minister Qingliang?" "That's right." Kiragi was so angry that he couldn't speak.  He also knew that the governor of the Nijo family, one of the five shogunate families, was the political enemy of his sworn brother Konoe Maekyu. The five shogunate families were separated in the Genpei era. Initially, the Konoe family was the direct line and the Kujo family was the separate line.  What is helpless is that Kujo Kanemi, who originally belonged to the Beiryu clan, was promoted to the direct clan because of his closeness to Minamoto Yoritomo. Especially in the past few hundred years, the two major direct clan systems have been competing for the elders of the Fuji clan.  Because the Konoe family is the direct descendant of the clan, the Kujo family split into two branches to deal with the Konoe family. The Nijo family and the Ichijo family united to fight against the Konoe family, and then the Konoe family split into Takashi to fight against these three families.  family, thus forming a stable system in which the five Shogun families dominated the imperial court since the Kamakura period.  "Two against three is not fair."  Counting the elders of the Guanbai and Fuji clans in the past generations, we can know that the Konoe family has always been at a disadvantage. This forced the Konoe family to take a risk and join the Southern Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. After the failure, they returned to the Northern Dynasty and  I was forgiven, but in the Muromachi shogunate system, I was no longer as good as the Kujo family.  Until the outbreak of the Onin Rebellion in recent decades, the Konoe family's contemporary governor, Masato Konoe, saw a glimmer of hope for a comeback. The Hino family's rise to prominence by being close to the Ashikaga Shogun's family made the Konoe family's hearts beat.  Marrying a daughter to the Ashikaga shogun's family became a top priority, but the Hino family's control of the shogun's marriage line made the Konoe family feel uncomfortable.  Due to the decline of the shogunate triggered by the Meigen coup shogun's exile, the Hino family lost the strong support of the Ashikaga shogun family and their status in the imperial court continued to decline. After all, they were just a famous family member who did not have the quality to intervene in the government affairs. If they were not relatives, they would lose their continued glory.  Capital, after the death of Ashikaga Yoshiumi, there was a new round of turmoil. Hosokawa Takakuni once again deposed Ashikaga Yoshimi and supported Ashikaga Yoshiharu. Then the confrontation between Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Ashikaga Yoshimi gave the Konoe family a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a choice.  The Hino family, which can only be powerful as a parasite of the shogunate, is no longer in the interest of the Ashikaga Shogun.  Ashikaga Yoshihide has the Shubo Ouchi family as his support, which makes Ashikaga Yoshiharu very afraid that he will lose power and be exiled, so he urgently needs to get support from the court. At this time, Ashikaga Yoshiharu and the Konoe family happened to meet together, and there was  It tells the story of two generations of the Konoe family marrying into the shogunate.  The main reason why Ashikaga Yoshimi was abandoned was that he married the legitimate daughter of Ouchi Yoshihiro. There is an important family rule of the Ashikaga Shogun family. The head of the Shogun family must be a minister of the imperial court.  The legitimate son must be of the blood of Gongqing's family to effectively avoid the situation between Hojo Masako and the Hojo family. However, this rule does not seem to work very well. Hino Tomiko's ability to stir things up is not much worse than Hojo Masako's.  This Ashikaga Yoshimi chose to marry the daughter of the Ouchi family, which was tantamount to violating the taboo of the Shogun family.  If only this was enough, it wouldn't make Hosokawa Harumoto abandon him, because Ashikaga Yoshimi's mother is the daughter of Shiba Yoshihiro, and it is said that he is also a commoner's son with samurai blood, and Hosokawa Harumoto will not be a general.  It is taboo to give up a chess piece.  The bigger reason is that the relationship between the Ouchi family and the Hosokawa family has been very bad since the Ningbo tribute incident. The two families are the overlords of two regions respectively, not soft persimmons that can be easily manipulated. Deposing Mrs. Ouchi is tantamount to  Falling out with the Ouchi family and not deposing him means that Ashikaga Yoshiki will become a general, and his uncle and brother Ouchi Yoshitaka will rise to power. Maybe another trip to Kamiro will mess up Kinai.  This is what Hosokawa Harumoto, who was preparing the puppet general,It is one thing that Hosokawa Masamoto cannot allow Ashikaga Yoshiki to get close to Hatakeyama. It is for this reason that Hosokawa Harumoto gradually alienated Ashikaga Yoshiki, and took advantage of the death of Miyoshi Gencho.  The opportunity completely abandoned this useless chess piece, so Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the legitimate son of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, was re-elected as a general. As a relative, the Konoe family also took this opportunity to become a famous person in front of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and gradually  Find some opportunities in the court to win back the Kujo family.  This is where the Kujo family ran into trouble. The current governor of the Kujo family, Kujo Nodichi, lost all of the manor territory because he was in conflict with his retainers. He was forced to live in seclusion with great loss of face, and the Kujo family lost all their possessions.  He focused on the troubles of the Tosa Ichijo family's successive deaths of governors.  Therefore, Nijo Haruyoshi became the actual pillar of the Kujo clan. It was because of Konoe Maekyu's active performance that he won unanimous praise from the court. Nijo Haruyoshi was taken down by the court because of his incompetence. Seeing that the court was in the position of political enemy  Guan Bai has been getting better and better in the past few years, and the feeling in his heart is like ten thousand ants biting him.  So he threatened private revenge and took advantage of the Kujo family's recent adoption of his son Kujo Kantaka, and the Ichijo Neiji was still just a three-level low-level minister. He spoke on behalf of the three families of the Kujo family. His speech alone was equivalent to taking over the three families of the Seki family.  Speaking, Konoe Maekyu was a powerful heir of the Takaji family. One person against three people could not defeat Nijo Haruyoshi.  Kira Yoshitomo was very unhappy, wondering if Nijo Haruyoshi had been eyeing Konoe Maekyu for a long time, and took advantage of him to strike at the moment when his proposal violated the imperial decree. So he entrusted this matter to Konoe Maekyu.  It would not be good if it lasted for a long time, but it would not be appropriate not to entrust it to him. After all, the late Kira Yoshiaki was still his old father-in-law. This father-in-law passed away to heaven before even meeting him. If he did not find a chance to take revenge, he would be very sorry for Katsuki.  If he was unhappy, he couldn't do anything to Nijo Haruyoshi. After all, he was the former minister of Sekisakuzuo. There was no problem in etiquette to pick a fight with Konoe Maekyu. Moreover, he had resigned and had no official position. It was impossible for him to do so.  Forcing him to resign in order to blackmail him into shutting up seems like there is no better way than to sulk.  "The other matter is more important." Akechi Mitsuhide took out the brocade bag and took out the scroll framed with silk. He presented it with respectful hands and said, "This is the royal teaching book issued by His Highness to the Zhenfu Palace. Please have it reviewed by the Zhenfu Palace.  " "Oh!" Yoshitoki Kira took the imperial teaching book from his hands and unfolded it gently. The familiar handwriting of iron hooks poured down upon him. Kira Yoshitoki was fascinated by the handwriting of Ashikaga Yoshiki.  By knowing the palm of his hand, he can be sure that no one in the world can learn this calligraphy that is as sharp as a sword.  PS: I bow again to thank Xiao Zimu for the reward, and congratulations to Xiao Zimu for becoming the third hall leader of this book!  Wu Mei is working hard to save the manuscript and expects it to explode in a few days.
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