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Mikawa Butterfly Chapter 528 Suruga's Shadow

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    The New Year's Kai is covered in silver, and the Uzakikan is bustling with people in the first month. The Takeda family's samurai celebrate last year's victory. Many young samurai celebrate with wine, singing and dancing, praising the wise and divine martial arts of the family governor Takeda Shingen.  , leading the Takeda family out of predicament and welcoming new glory.  After all, the people of the Suruga country were still no match for Takeda Shingen's methods. The surrender of the Suruga people marked the great victory of the Takeda family's Suruga invasion, which greatly boosted the morale of the Takeda family, which had just experienced a series of huge military and political defeats.  , and also marked the completion of another strategic transformation of the Takeda family.  The surrendered people of the Suruga Kingdom were organized into the Suruga Front Clan, with Asahina Nobuyuki, the former Imagawa family member, serving as the leader of the Front Clan. Takeda Shingen had a very tolerant attitude towards the Suruga Front Clan, even if he once assumed a confrontational stance.  Instead of making any resolution plan, they immediately issued security technology licenses to them, hoping to use this method to save them from the negative impact caused by Junfu's random seizure.  At the banquet, people were drinking wine and drinking wine, chatting and greeting each other. Their faces were filled with joy. The young people infected by the warm atmosphere at the banquet were also very excited. They were all in high spirits like warriors with high morale, even if they were dignified.  Bringing tea and water does not prevent them from walking briskly and feeling happy.  Takeda Shingen has been in a good mood recently. The asthma that has troubled him for many years has rarely caused him too much pain this year. The death of his legitimate son Takeda Yoshinobu did not bring too much negative impact to him. He originally supported Yoshinobu.  The party members dispersed immediately under heavy punishment, and the retainers once again stood in his camp to support him. This was a beautiful turnaround for him.  Winning Suruga Country is of great significance to the Takeda family. Its political and economic significance even far exceeds all the influence of Shinano Country. In Kai, almost every samurai can understand the difference between Suruga Country and Shinano Country.  , the difference between them lies not in the amount of territory but in the huge difference between the only way to the Tokaido and the impoverished mountainous areas.  The prosperity of Suruga Country does not lie in the stone height of only 170,000 koku, but in the important transportation hub role of Tokaido. The center point of the hub is Suruga Castle, which was built with great efforts by the Imagawa family. After nearly two hundred years of efforts by the Imagawa family,  Work hard.  The reputation of Sunpu Castle has long spread to the Kanto Kinai and even to places as far away as Kyushu Yuyo. Although its role as an economic and transportation hub is not that of several big cities in the Kinai, it is definitely unique in Tokaido.  A Sunpu Castle is as powerful as Kai and all the castle towns combined would be twice as large. The economy of the weak castle town of Yuzakikan cannot be compared with that of Sunpu at all. It is not even as economically developed as the castle town of Hishima Castle in the far river. After all,  The Kai Basin is too remote. The Takeda family's samurai have always been famous for being rude and barbaric, and many businessmen don't like to do business in Kai.  Shinano Country looks like it has a lot of high rocks.  It used to be about 400,000 koku, but after several developments by the Ashikaga clan, it has reached an astonishing output of nearly 600,000 koku. However, this cannot change the weakness of Shinano country's relative remoteness and large area and relatively sparse population. Suruga country's  The territorial area of ????the territory is about half that of Shinano Province, and although Ishigao is less than half, it is not much different.  Ruler of the huge territory of Shinano Country requires huge manpower and material support, and the road from Northern Shinano to Minami Shinano is about to be knotted in nine twists and turns.  In comparison, Suruga Country does not have so many troubles. Whether you choose to take the Tokaido Road or the sea route, you can directly reach the territory you want to reach. The most developed areas of Suruga Country are also on a few small plains along the coast.  Suruga has the Takeda family¡¯s favorite Kanayama, while Shinano only has Mount Asama, which erupts from time to time. Suruga has a prosperous castle town and an enviable commercial port, while Shinano only has Mount Iizawa and Mount Togakushi.  In the spiritual mountain of Shugendo, Suruga's annual business income is enough to offset all of Shinano's food income and there is still a lot of savings.  Suruga's dense population makes it easier to rule.  If there is anything about Shinano Country that is stronger than Suruga Country, it is probably that Shinano's samurai are more brave and tenacious. Their martial prowess is not inferior to that of Kai's samurai, and they are a lot better than the pampered Suruga samurai. It is precisely because of Suruga's samurai.  After more than 20 years of peaceful life, the River Samurai gradually wore away the fighting will of the Imagawa family, even forgetting that the genes of violent blood still flowed in their bones, so Takeda Shingen was able to successfully take over the Suruga Kingdom.  The acquisition of Suruga Country means that the strategic adjustment of the Takeda family is extremely correct. This not only relieves Takeda Shingen from the moral shackles of imprisoning and killing his legitimate son Takeda Yoshinobu.  The survival pressure placed on the Shodai family retainers has also been lifted. Now no one will threaten the authority of the Takeda Shingen family governor. The Shodai retainers are closely united under the Takeda family's banner. As for the dead samurai, they don't care at all.  , the Takeda retainers group will not be completely destroyed just because of the dead spots.  The victory of the war brought astonishing dividends. Every surviving samurai made a fortune from the war. Sunfu's excessive extortion reflected the Kai samurai's urgent need to make profits.  No profit?There is no so-called loyalty. A governor who has no one loyal to him is just a polished commander. If Takeda Shingen is given another chance to choose, maybe he will let Takeda retainers take things randomly.  He would rather spend time appeasing the Suruga ancestors than look at his own genealogy and then question him.  After all, Takeda Shingen is not the invincible Tiger of Kai for more than ten years. The successive tragic defeats have almost reduced him to Ashikaga Yoshitoki's cash machine. The forced payment of fame, territory and wealth again and again has brought countless negative effects, making him in the  His reputation among the great names in the world has been declining, and he was gradually replaced by the newly emerged Oda Nobunaga.  "Speaking of Oda Danmasachu, he actually thinks of his plan to marry my Takeda family. It seems that this person has great ambitions." Takeda Shingen pinched his beard in thought. He had reason to believe that Oda Nobunaga was a  An ambitious samurai. From the Oda family's intervention in Mikawa Kikuichi's rescue of the dying Matsudaira Ieyasu, it can be seen that this man's ambitions and ambitions are not bound by family ties, even when that family relationship is Ashikaga Yoshi.  One day just two months ago, Oda Nobunaga appointed Oda Sobu Auxiliary Tadahiro to come to Tsuguzaki Hall to meet Takeda Shingen, and proposed a marriage proposal to the Tiger of Kai who had returned in triumph. The object of the marriage was Oriji.  The niece of Tian Nobunaga, the concubine and the legitimate daughter of Toyama Naonen, a native of Higashi Mino Riki, and the adopted daughter of Oda Tadahiro. The husband is Takeda Shingen's fourth son, Takeda Katsuyori.  Takeda Shingen was very interested in this proposal. Oda Nobunaga's pioneering in Mino was very bold and powerful. On the surface, it was still a confrontation between the Oda clan and the Saito clan in Nishi-Mino, but the actual situation was that in East America  Most of the samurai have been quietly recruited by Oda Nobunaga, and this military deception is very good.  If he could point out the situation from the perspective of a bystander, he did not dare to say that he would definitely be able to see through Oda Nobunaga's cunning methods.  Oda Nobunaga has been trying to find a support point near Suguma Castle (Sumamata Castle) on the Sumama River, and actively moved the residence from the relatively developed and peaceful Qingju Castle to Komakiyama Castle. This has become less simple. Perhaps this is no longer the case.  As simple as reducing logistical pressure, there are also some military deception hidden in it.  At the same time, when Sanhe Kingdom and Mei Nong, they could gain good gains, and it was definitely not comparable to ordinary martial arts.  At least no one in their Takeda family except Takeda Shingen himself can do it. The silent Takeda Nobushige seems to have this ability, but unfortunately, he is kind-hearted and relatively taciturn, which makes his talent mostly covered up.  "But this is fine. It's not bad to let that boy Shiro marry the daughter of the Toyama family. We don't care about the origin of the Toyama family. As long as we can give birth to healthy and outstanding grandchildren for our Takeda family." Takeda Shingen doesn't care about Origraphy.  Tian Nobunaga made many small calculations.  In any case, he had no intention of cooperating with Oda Nobunaga's plan honestly. It would be a good choice to get a helping hand for the time being. As for how much dissatisfaction Ashikaga Gishi would have against Oda Nobunaga, it didn't matter. People didn't care what he needed to care about.  The Imagawa clan is really still trapped in Kakegawa Castle, unable to advance or retreat. Takeda Shingen has no time to deal with this useless governor for the time being. It doesn't matter if he lets him live a decadent life in Kakegawa Castle for a few months. The whole of Suruga Kingdom is better than a useless Jinghei.  The Imagawa clan is really more important.  What he needs to do is to appease the newly attached Suruga ancestors and repair Suruga Castle, which was severely damaged by war and looting.  Takeda Shingen's promise to rebuild Sunfu did not faze Takeda Shingen, and he had no plans to move his residence to Sunfu Castle. The reconstructed castle could be reduced in size and the burned-out castle towns be allocated to a few Buddhist temples. As for heavy repairs and the like,  The possibility is still very low. Takeda Shingen is not a mercantilist Imagawa family. He is more superstitious about big fists, rough arms and lots of land. The reason why he has higher expectations for Suruga Kingdom than Shinano Kingdom is nothing more than taxes and gold mountain income.  A lot of efforts have been made to appease the Suruga ancestors.  The most important of the many promises is that the people of Suruga use the laws, which can be implemented by gathering the Imagawa family's hard work of the "Imagawa Kana". In fact, the Takeda family's "Koshu Laws" is a copy of the Imagawa family's laws and some modifications.  change.  From this requirement alone, there is no need to worry about how much dissatisfaction the Takeda family will have. The Takeda retainers group also knows that the copied laws are not as perfect as the original ones after all. There are many regulations that apply to Tokaido, especially Jun Enzo, that are not used in Kai.  Yes, Takeda's copycat version of the procedure was not a big problem before, but in the future, if we want to focus on Tokaido, we cannot continue to use extensive procedures.  The more mature and complete "Imagawa Kana" system became the best choice before Takeda Shingen.  Taking advantage of the time when the Suruga sect members proposed to abide by the old rules, Takeda Shingen pretended to be obedient and fully implemented the "Imagawa Kana List". Later, he blatantly committed plagiarism and combined the regulations of the "Koshu Laws" to punish the Takeda family.  The laws will be redefined.  Sorting out new laws will further enhance the prestige of the family governor and the cohesion of the retainers group. This is another important step for the Takeda family.An invisible reinforcement.  The victory of the Suruga Kingdom brought countless benefits to the Takeda family. Of course, it also attracted many samurai to secretly criticize Takeda Shingen. The theme of their criticism was not that benevolence and morality should not attack Taro Yoshinobu, but small complaints.  We shouldn't have attacked the Ashikaga family who invaded Shinano Kingdom from the south. If we had taken the initiative to sue for peace a few years ago and saved half of Shinano Kingdom, wouldn't it have been easier to switch to Suruga Kingdom?  This statement cannot be said to be completely wrong, but hindsight is not a good habit after all. Takeda Shingen is not a magician who can pinch and calculate. He cannot calculate that he swept Shinano and captured Echigo a few years ago.  He was still unable to take care of himself after being beaten by a sap in Shinano country. Even if he was suddenly possessed by gods and Buddhas at that moment and ordered to sue for peace, the anxious Takeda family members might not be willing to let go.  Takeda Shingen also received information about the successive battles in Kanto. Ashikaga Yoshitoki's majestic power that swept across most of Kanto intimidated many samurai. An army of 30,000 on the left and 50,000 on the right almost scared the timid samurai to the point of peeing. Don't  It is said that the current strength of the Takeda family cannot withstand the domineering fighting method of hammer hammering. Even the Takeda family in its heyday a few years ago could not escape the fate of being knocked to the ground. I am afraid it will only be more miserable than before.  .   Just as the Tsuguzaki Hall was holding a multi-day celebration party, a strange scene appeared in an alley in the dilapidated Sunfu Castle Town of Suruga Country. Many samurai in ronin costumes appeared wandering into the streets outside the courtyard.  Looking around with a furtive expression.  As if he was afraid of being discovered, Luo slipped into one of the courtyards during the evening when there were few people around him.  These samurai are members of the Suruga First Party, the leading party of the Suruga Kingdom. This is their third secret gathering in the castle town of Suruga. The purpose of coming here is obviously not to worry about how to be loyal to Takeda Shingen. They are very loyal to Takeda Shingen.  The conqueror didn't even have a shred of favor, let alone Takeda Shingen single-handedly destroyed the pride of the Suruga samurai, the pearl that stood on the Tokaido.  Sunfu Castle.  A few days ago, before the beginning of the first lunar month, the Suruga clan members were also forced to go to Tsuguzaki Hall to perform a show of mutual respect between the king and his subjects. After returning to Suruga country, they took advantage of the lax surveillance of the Takeda family and sneaked into Junfu in disguise.  The secret meeting in Fuchengxia Town, these days are like being in a prison, carrying heavy pressure all day long, not daring to say or do, not to mention how uncomfortable these days are.  Asahina Nobuki had just rushed back from outside the city. He hurriedly changed his disguise and walked into the secret room quickly.  I looked up and saw dozens of powerful samurai from all over Suruga sitting in a circle. Most of the samurai looked solemn, as if praying or meditating. A few samurai discussed in low voices the recent changes in Shun Enzo and the news of the siege of Odawara.  Ever since the Takeda family launched the Suruga invasion, life in the junior high school has been basically unstable. From time to time, some wealthy and powerful families loyal to the Imagawa clan raised a rebellion, forcing the Suruga ancestors to bite the bullet and attack their former relatives and friends, killing their own.  Trading colleagues for loyalty is like slow suicide.  Continuously consuming one's own influence in the Suruga Kingdom, and at the same time losing troops through the process of conquest will reduce its strength, and its independence and control over the territory are also gradually weakened.  If the Takeda family is allowed to continue to weaken with this method in the long run, there will definitely be only one dead end option. At that time, whether it is to change the heir or simply find an opportunity to kill, it will only be a matter of thought. This is the soft knife murder arranged by Takeda Shingen.  With this technique, everyone in Suruga's lineage also realized that this soft knife was going to kill them.  The Takeda family will not allow most of the large Suruga country to be controlled by this group of leading parties. The reason for not using drastic means to carry out a large-scale purge is because there is a behemoth next to it that makes people uneasy.  Otherwise, what fell on the heads of Suruga's predecessors would not be a soft knife, but an extremely sharp Odachi specially designed to cut off heads.  This is just the first sign of it, but it has already made everyone in the Suruga community panic. They continue to persist for ten or eight years without knowing what kind of situation it will turn into. Therefore, many people in the Suruga community hate the Takeda family very much. This time there is  Several young samurai clenched their fists and stared angrily, like a bull with red eyes, spitting fire, as if they had endless anger to vent. Needless to say, they must be cursing Takeda Shingen.  The samurai in the circle were either listening attentively or thinking solemnly, but they immediately stopped talking when Asahina Nobuki walked in.  Asahina Nobuhiro waved his hand to dismiss the approaching attendants, carefully closed the thickened door, walked over and sat down cross-legged. When he noticed that many warriors were silent, he was surprised and said: "Keep talking! I, Nobuhiro, also want to hear your opinions.  . It¡¯s not long since we met three times. We should come up with a charter as soon as possible.¡± Most of the warriors here are cautious and do not dare or want to say anything at this juncture. It is not that the warriors in this room have surrendered.  The bastard of the Takeda family is worried that what he said today will be known by Takeda Shingen who is in the Uzaki Hall tomorrow. Instead, he pretends to be deaf and mute because he speaks less and makes fewer mistakes. The current situation in Suruga Country is so bad. How dare anyone dare to do so easily?  That's the problem with taking a stand. ?The life of the Suruga ancestors was not easy. The pressure of betraying their lord Imagawa and taking refuge with Takeda Shingen was huge. Behind his back, he was scolded many times by his hometown elders, and Takeda Shingen was also a group of people.  The foreigners, who have no status, have not benefited from this rebellion. They have to bear the price of rebellion little by little. If they are not angry, they are not samurai.  There was nothing they could do about it. They were destined to pay a high price when they set out on this road. At least they would have a much better life than the remnants of the Imagawa Army who had retreated to Kawakawa City. At most, their status would be better than when they were the acting retainers of the Imagawa family tree.  It's so different, which is one of the reasons why many warriors don't want to be too busy and pretend to be deaf and dumb. If you want to talk, just say it and we'll listen. At worst, we'll just swear not to tell anyone.  But some people don¡¯t want to wait any longer. The young samurai of the Okabe family, Okabe Chujiro, is eager to try, attracting the attention of Asahina Nobuyuki.  "Let me tell you first!" the young and energetic Okabe Chujiro said angrily: "It is just a temporary measure for us to surrender the cruel and rude Takeda Shingen, but it is extremely disgusting that the Takeda family actually wants to completely destroy us!  How could Takeda Shingen have easily broken into Sunfu Castle without our help? Now that we have lost his value, we will kill him ruthlessly! Such a bastard is not worth my life at all.¡± PS: Bow and thank you!  Xiao Zimu¡¯s reward.
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