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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 557 Undercurrent Surges

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    On May 8th, the 11th year of Eiroku, early summer quietly arrived at a brisk pace. Kyoto City was like a beautiful flower city decorated with flowers and green trees, making this ancient city exude vitality again, with the gurgling Kamo River  There are green trees on both sides, and flowers on both sides of Sanjo Bridge are fluttering in the wind. Pedestrians passing by can't help but stop and watch this beautiful scenery.  The atmosphere in Kyoto has been getting more and more weird recently. In the past, Kyoto would have been overcrowded at this time of year. Visitors from sixty-six countries around the world came here to travel, practice, meditate and worship Buddha. This year, the situation is not so wonderful. Miyoshi  The family's 15,000-strong army was stationed in Katsuryuji Castle across the river, causing panic in Kyoto. People speculated on the intentions of the new governor of the Miyoshi family.  The gate of Nijo Imperial Palace in Kyoto is deserted. In the past, all the dignitaries who often came to Nijo Imperial Palace avoided seeing them. The cunning wealthy businessmen of Kyoto used various reasons to retreat to their manors outside the city without showing their faces. Even those who stayed in Kyoto to seek connections with the shogunate  The samurai from far away countries are also scattered without a trace. The shogunate that used to be the focus of thousands of people has become a terrible place that people can't avoid. The only more than a hundred public samurai in the imperial palace are also panic-stricken, anxiously walking back and forth like a group of ants on a hot pot.  Non-stop.  Kamiizumi Hidetsuna looked at the setting sun on the horizon, frowned and said: "The evaluation meeting has been held for almost three hours. Several groups of waiters have been sent back to inquire about the meals. It seems that we have indeed encountered a problem."  Standing outside the Chang Imperial Palace, he asked doubtfully: "You guys look very nervous! I wonder why you are so?" "I heard that the Sanhao family is going to Luo." Tian Jingjian scratched his head and looked puzzled: "That's it.  Even more strange, didn¡¯t the Miyoshi family just come to Luo last year? Your Highness the General gave that Miyoshi Yoshitsugu a title and asked the imperial court for Dr. Sakyo to be appointed as an official. Why are you here?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know, I¡¯m just listening to you?¡±  That's what I said." Hayashizaki Jinsuke frowned in thought while holding his sword.  After a while, he stood still like a wooden stake. He was familiar with the scenery of the fields and shrugged helplessly. Finally, he cried and stared at the woods in the distance with a straw stick in his mouth. He was still thinking about which wine shop he should go to for a drink in the evening.  Yagyu Zongyan and Shioka Kazuha were leaning against the pillars and chatting. When they heard the conversation between the two, they turned their heads: "I heard a saying when I was out of the city a few days ago. It seems that the Miyoshi family wants to take over Awa's Hirashima.  The Lord has been appointed as the new general of the Nijo Imperial Palace in Kyoto. I think His Majesty the General is probably getting angry when he heard the news. " "I heard from the maid in the backyard that a lot of rock sugar pear water has been used in the imperial palace recently, so he is probably angry!  Come on! It's not easy to be a general!" Shioka Yiyu raised his head and shook his head, not showing any signs of nervousness.  Kagekane Watada grinned: "Oh! When did Kazuha-don realize such a profound truth! Did he have a relationship with that little maid?" Shioka Kazuha quickly denied it: "Don't talk nonsense.  I have nothing to do with him. Is it possible that we got involved with the woman in the Imperial Palace?" "That's true. I remember that there is a crime of being a servant, right?  It's a head-scratcher." Kaita Kagekan touched his chin and sighed: "It's a pity that these beautiful flowers are really annoying to see if they can be touched." Yagyu Soyan chuckled: "Not to mention, Kagekanden has been busy lately.  Are you going to hang out at the Whale House? I often see you staggering back in the middle of the night. Did you meet a woman you fell in love with in some Whale House? " "Don't talk nonsense, I just go to the bar to drink.  Drinking. You can't go to a disturbing place like Whale House. Indulging in women will ruin your swordsmanship Besides, there is already a wife in the house." The excuses of Futian Keikan will only become darker and darker, and several people have ulterior motives.  The heckles made him wisely keep his mouth shut.  "The meeting is over!" Kamiizumi Hidetsuna turned around and looked at the closed door of the Imperial Palace. It opened, and the important ministers of the shogunate filed out one by one with heavy expressions. Their faces could not see the slightest trace of the previous chic and elegant, and their footsteps were messy.  Anxious passed by several swordsmen without even raising his head.  "Lu Yu pretended not to see it. Who is it?" Kaeda Kaikan muttered a few words. He caught a glimpse of his old acquaintance Settsu Haruto who was the last one to come out and greeted him: "Thank you for your hard work, Harumon-den. It must be hard to hold such a long meeting."  ! Why not go to the bar for a while, drink some wine, relax and relieve stress? "Settsu Haruto has no other hobbies. He just likes to drink a small bottle of sake every day. Many people in the Gosho drink it every day.  But there weren't many, and Keikane Kazuda happened to be one of them. Just by chance, they met in a bar outside Nijo Imperial Palace, and the two samurai, whose status was slightly different, gradually became close drinking buddies.  People who usually hear that they can't walk when they drink alcohol, today had a sad face and said with a forced smile: "Jing Jiandian and your highnesses have also worked hard. I have been busy recently and can't drink for the time being. Let's talk about it when we have time."  A good drinking buddy actuallyUnexpectedly rejecting the invitation and leaving in a hurry, Kaita Kagekan scratched his head and looked confused: "I always feel that something is not right with everyone. What is going on? If you think about it carefully, there seems to be only one rumor about Miyoshi's family in Shangluo, but this family  We have been to Luo so many times, so it¡¯s not unusual to do it again! Is it really what the rumors say" Yagyu Sogan interrupted: "The Miyoshi family wants to support the Awa Kingdom!  "The Hirashima Ashikaga family." "Can you believe this rumor? There are also rumors that His Highness K¨­kata is the reincarnation of a god and a Buddha!" ??Kagekan Oda, sitting on the steps of the porch with his sword in his arms, boasted, "I met K¨­kata in Kanto.  His Highness's swordsmanship is indeed not as powerful as the legend says! I, Kage Kan, cannot boast of how powerful he is. At least I can deal with two or three swordsmen of His Highness's caliber." Shioka Kazuha curled his lips and said:  "You're just bragging. I've seen His Highness Gongfang's swordsmanship before. Compared to swordsmen like us who have been practicing swordsmanship for more than 20 years, it's slightly inferior. But His Highness Gongfang's height and arm length combined with his rich experience, you are the only one."  Can this head be used against two or three? They will definitely attack you with a swarm of swords. "Hey! I'm just saying that. I don't dare to compare it to His Highness. I'm just talking about swordsmanship!  You and I can't handle three or two people in our hands. " "That's hard to say. Competing skills can't reflect the true level. What should we do if we are swarmed in a real sword duel" The two started arguing about swordsmanship.  The topic was brought to the end again.  "Stop arguing. Kyuuga Saiden and Kuniyoshiden are back." Yagyu Munegen pointed at the two Shinin-ryu swordsmen who were walking in the dust. The two were ordered to go to Edo Castle to seek information from the Kanto Shogunate.  Support, it took four months since the first day of the new year to return, which had already made several warriors anxious. Fortunately, they finally came back.  The two of them stepped forward to pay their respects to their master, Kamiizumi Hidetsuna.  After a simple answer, they learned about the instructions they had brought when they returned from Edo. It turned out that they had been delayed in Edo Castle for so long because they were undergoing a simple training trial from Tsukahara Fuden at the Kendo Hall. No swordsman was willing to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  Therefore, the return journey will be delayed for more than a month.  Kagekan Oda was envious and said: "I can't believe how lucky you two are! If I had known it, I would have been the one to take the lead! Isn't it Jinsuke?" "My dream is to practice under Tsukahara Bodenden." Hayazaki Jinsuke  The heads were nodding, and the warriors smiled.  Okuyama Yukasai said: "His Highness Kyoukata's instructions are to protect the safety of the shogunate's family, and to act cheaply when necessary. I think that His Highness Kyoukata is hinting at preventing the occurrence of certain special situations." This Okuyama Yukasai is not one of them.  His real name is Okuhira Sadakuni. He comes from the Okuhira clan, the leader of the Mikawa Kingdom. He is the seventh brother of the current leader Okudaira Sadakatsu. Because he became a disciple of Kamiizumi Hidetsuna at a very early age and is very old, he created his own Okuyama Kageryu.  It is considered as a major branch of Xinyin Current.  The weight of his words is not necessarily any worse than that of Keikane Uzuda, who started at a young age, Munegan Yagyu, who became a monk in Kyoto and became a monk on the way, and Kazuha Shioka, who is not a member of the Shinin-ryu system.  Komagawa Kuniyoshi is much inferior. The seventeen-year-old shy boy is nine years younger than Hayazaki Jinsuke. If he didn't have outstanding swordsmanship talent, he might not be qualified to appear in the circle of these great swordsmen. This shy boy is said to be studying  Komagawa's self-created love affair has secretly tried many times with Hayashizaki Jinsuke, and the two who are closest in age have become close friends.  A large group of masters and disciples from the Shinin-ryu sect gathered together.  Shioka Kazuha is not embarrassed to be an outsider. Just because he is the disciple of the Kashima Sword Master Tsukahara Fuden can make people look at him a few times, not to mention that his background is the ancestor of the Chujo-ryu renaissance, guarding Sakamoto.  Nakajo Dewa Tokihide, whose own swordsmanship can also hold down Kagekane Sukada, is almost the same as Yagyu Muneyan, who has made a breakthrough in swordsmanship, and Okuyama Yugasai is probably on the same level as the two of them.  Kagekan Uzuda is almost on the level of Fuyoshi Kaden. Those who are worse than him are not considered masters of the sect. Those who are better than him must be the master of the sect. If he can work harder and be more serious, he may be able to compete with him.  The first few people are pretty much the same.  For example, Marume Nagae, who returned to Kyushu last year, has good talent and is more diligent than him. He seems to be qualified to start a sect. It is said that he plans to open a dojo to formally teach disciples when he returns to Kyushu, which will make Kagekan Saudada envious for a while.  A few years ago, when Uizumi Hidetsuna came to Nijo Imperial Palace to demonstrate the new Yoshiki swordsmanship to Ashikaga Yoshiki.  The younger Marume Nagae was given the task of demonstrating how to use the sword in swordsmanship. The lazy Uzumida Keikane thought it was a good thing to refuse this task, but Ashikaga Yoshiki was so happy that he wrote a letter of appreciation to the master and apprentice on the spot.  Kagekan Yatada was so angry that he felt so regretful that his intestines were almost green.  Swordsmen are probably one of the simplest groups in this era. They are called warriors but rarely take care of other things. Scholar monks also need to be busy imparting knowledge and performing diplomacy. Swordsmen only need to play with what they like.All it takes is food, which is the main reason why many samurai flock to join it.  Kagekan Hida yawned and suddenly said: "Hey! I remembered a rumor a few days ago. It was said that Mr. Hirashima seemed to have a physical problem, so the Miyoshi family stayed put." "You heard the rumors in the market.  There are so many. Didn't you believe it just now? " "That's true But I always feel that this rumor is not as nonsense as those rumors" Unknowingly, the sun has quietly set, and there are only a few rooms in Nijo Imperial Palace.  With the candlelight still on, Ashikaga Yoshiki sat in a quiet room and stared at hundreds of tachi in a daze. He reached out for the famous tachi Boyoshi Kiri Yasutsuna and slowly pulled it out, revealing the sharp blade and the back as smooth as a mirror.  The thin and delicate face was reflected in the mirror.  The swordsman general sighed quietly: "After five hundred years, the tachi is still as bright as new. It is true that the tachi is more reliable than people." There is a stack of letter paper in front of Ashikaga Yoshiteru's seat, and the iron paintings on the letter paper can be vaguely seen.  The handwriting of the silver hook seems to be a letter of advice sent by Ashikaga Yoshitoki to the shogun. It seems that the thick stack of letters should be the three types of letterheads Ashikaga Yoshitoki said, and they were sent to the shogun through different channels.  This letter of advice did not seem to impress Ashikaga Yoshiteru. There was always something wrong with his expression and attitude.  Pulling out a stack of white silk and gently wiping the smooth sword, the cold light in his eyes flashed with anger, and he said: "There will be a turmoil in Kyoto. The Miyoshi family may have a rebellious heart. I respectfully invite Yu Dong to kill Sakamoto The high-sounding words are true.  That sounds good. Why are you so afraid of Yu falsely accusing you of being a loyal minister if you send them in three copies? " "Or do you want to detain Yu in Sakamoto Castle and hold the general hostage?" Ashikaga Yoshiki frowned and thought for a moment before rejecting this.  A ridiculous possibility.  Not to mention how far the distance between Kanto and Kinai is, even if you go to Sakamoto, you may not be detained. There are powerful samurai stationed on all sides of Kinai. A mountain ridge away is the Miyoshi family who controls Kyoto. Even if the general is detained, there is no way to fall into it.  Ashikaga Yoshitoki is in control.  What's more, detaining the shogun will not have much effect on the Kanto government. He already has the status to compete for the general, so why bother to go through the formalities to do such a stupid thing.  "Then what does he mean? Do you want me to leave Kyoto in the hope that the authority of the shogunate will fall and the reputation of the Kanto government will be replaced by Hikari?" Ashikaga Yoshiki looked around blankly, not knowing whether what he was thinking was correct.  Most people who are insecure are like this. They are suspicious and like to think wildly and lack a basic sense of trust.  Ashikaga Yoshiteru¡¯s childhood was terrible.  From the time he was born in March of the fifth year of Tenmon to the end of the fifteenth year of Tenmon, when he succeeded his father Ashikaga Yoshiharu as the General of the Conqueror, Ashikaga Yoshiteru's life in these ten years can simply be described as miserable. He went on vacation with his father every two days.  Escaped from the resort Sakamoto, and calculated that the time spent in Sakamoto and another resort Kuchikidani was longer than in Kyoto.  From the time he was born to the arrival of Ashikaga Yoshitoki from Mikawa Kamiro to Kyoto, the shogunate in the past ten years has successively experienced the leadership of Hosokawa Harukuni, Kizawa Nagamasa, Hosokawa Harumoto, Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Yusa Nagakaku, and Miyoshi Nagasaki.  The turmoil provoked by Qing and other groups, and the interlaced evidence made the general's attitude erratic.  At one point I didn¡¯t know which famous name to bet on.  The harsh living environment has created Ashikaga Yoshiteru's paranoid character of being insecure and not trusting anyone. He likes to be arbitrary but lacks sufficient foresight. Every time he makes a major decision in these years, it is always difficult to get good results. He should be promoted to Ashikaga Yoshiteru.  It was considered one of the most glorious events in his life.  The more proud he was, the angrier he became. He always felt that when he trusted Ashikaga Yoshi so much, he gave him five exemptions such as his family name, guardianship, and sashimi. He even promoted him to a member of the Ashikaga Shogun family and granted him permission.  As the Duke of Kanto ordered Dongguo, he paid so much for him but in the end he only sent a letter lightly.  There were still three letters sent from different channels, as if he was afraid that others would not know his righteousness and righteousness.  "Hypocrisy! It's just those high-sounding words, but it's so sanctimonious at heart that it's disgusting! If I hadn't been deterred by Yu Nafeng's imperial letter, he might have gone to Kinai to show his power!" Ashikaga Yoshiki spread his anger wantonly and cursed.  He became more and more cruel and even once described him as a villain of the Ashikaga family.  Just like his ancestor Ashikaga Takauji made a similar comment.  In recent months, the situation at the Nijo Imperial Palace has been very bad. The Miyoshi family's restrictions on the seven people in Kyoto have become more and more stringent day by day. Some of the Kyoto security tax collection rights originally controlled by the shogunate have been gradually deprived of them. The military changes of the Miyoshi family have been blatantly demonstrated.  Attitude, the situation of the dignified shogun is already very dangerous.  The more he worried about and feared the military strength of the Miyoshi family, the more Luo controlled and abolished Tatetsu, the more Qiangqing Gongfang hated Ashikaga Yoshitoki. He hated him for secretly seeking Echigo for his own sake instead of staying in Kyoto to support the shogunate. He hated him for sitting in Kanto.  The territories of more than a dozen countries turned a blind eye to the military threat of the Mihaoshi family.Without saying a word, it was even more regrettable that he allowed the riot in Kyoto to break out but did not want Yamamoto Tokiyuki to invade Kyoto and turn the tide.  In his view, the relationship between monarch and ministers should be infinitely closer to the superior-subordinate relationship between the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty. The swordsman general read poetry and books in his spare time while practicing swordsmanship, especially Zhu Zi, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty.  He was quite accomplished in Neo-Confucianism and once regarded Ashikaga Yoshitoki as the Han Xin and Li Jing of the shogunate. Unfortunately, he found out that Ashikaga Yoshitoki really planned to learn from Han Xin and become a "king" on his own, not to mention how annoying and awkward he felt.  Zhu Zixue was a standard aristocratic doctrine in the Muromachi period. It was circulated among high-ranking ministers and samurai families, and treated them as conversation pieces at banquets. Its role was just like the scholars of the Ming Dynasty who occasionally made some foreign rumors as conversation topics to brag about.  The same thing has not yet reached the point where it is regarded as a way of governing the country.  From the perspective of the world, it is understandable to look at Ashikaga Yoshitoki's behavior. Being rewarded and loyal to the Lord is in line with the current evaluation standards of Enfeng Gong, but in the eyes of Qianqing Gongfang, what he did is far from enough.  The intervention in Kinai was half-hearted and procrastinating, but it failed to show its true ability. When the Kinai Three Kingdoms Alliance was founded, it immediately withered away. It turned out to be a treacherous villain who was only interested in profit.  Ashikaga Yoshiteru will not consider how many difficulties Ashikaga Yoshitoki encountered in Echigo and Kanto, let alone how difficult it was to fight against the anti-Kira siege. What he sees and hears with his eyes and ears will always be that Ashikaga Yoshitoki is invincible.  Invincible.  Along the way, he crushed the splendid lords of the Hokuriku, Kanto and Uno roads.  When it was Kyoto's turn, it turned out to be a completely different story. It was like a spineless coward who asked for more work and lacked responsibility. He killed thousands of people in Luozhonghe and asked for rewards from the shogunate. What if he was  What's the use when you still have Ashikaga and justice? As a minister, you should be brave enough to take responsibility at critical moments.  Why can't he pay the reward out of his own pocket? The large area of ??Kanto has been conquered by more than a dozen countries, so why is it so difficult to get him to shed some blood?  Under the influence of many factors, Ashikaga Yoshiteru became more and more disgusted with Ashikaga Yoshitoki, who was domineering in Kanto. Since the riot in Kyoto broke out in recent years due to the inheritance turmoil caused by the shogun's heirlessness, Konoe Maekyu and his wife Konoe  Xianzi once made a proposal.  He was asked to agree to adopt Ashikaga Yoshitoki's eldest son as the shogun's heir. This proposal was strongly supported by most ministers, including the shogunate.  This once made Ashikaga Yoshiteru mistakenly believe that everyone around him had been bribed by Ashikaga Yoshitoki's money to become insiders. In addition, his various negative influences on the Kanto Ashikaga family made Ashikaga Yoshiteru act arrogant and rude with little thought.  He really couldn't imagine how arrogant that guy would be when the eldest son of Ashikaga Yoshitoki became the shogun's heir, and he couldn't tolerate this arrogant and domineering guy secretly usurping the bloodline of the Ashikaga shogun family.  Ashikaga Yoshitoki, far away in Edo.  Perhaps you never dreamed that General Swordsman had such deep resentment towards him. He was a little too narrow-minded in writing a letter of advice and told it to the world, but Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who was even more narrow-minded, took the opportunity to remember him and took the opportunity to make him whole.  The image of the character is interpreted as a greedy and hypocritical scum of the Wu family. It might be more exciting if he knew the truth.  It was getting brighter the next day, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru held an evaluation meeting in the Imperial Palace to continue the difficult problems that had not been discussed with results yesterday. His sworn brother, Hosokawa Haruyuki, who had combed Ashikaga Yoshiteru's hair when he was in Yuanfu, spoke out.  : "Last night's news, Hanai-den personally consulted Mr. Awa in Sakai Town. It was determined that Mr. Awa suffered from a severe stroke and would never have the chance to stand up and walk in this life." Isshiki Fujinaga said: "I can hear you.  There is a rumor that Lord Awa secretly left Shubo Kokuyamaguchikan last year and returned to Awa Kuniheira Island because some powerful retainers in the Miyoshi family promised that Lord Awa could succeed him as the general of the conquering barbarians. Two months ago, the changes in the Miyoshi family caused chaos in Kyoto.  There was an uproar. Prince Awa suffered a stroke within three days of being in charge of Sakai Town. It was due to the sudden onset of the disease. " Mitsumasa Ishitani, a member of the Yukosode Yubanshu, said: "This is not just a rumor. If you don't experience it personally.  The samurai must not be able to make it up! In this way, Awa Koufu can be regarded as benevolent." The ministers laughed heartily, and some even whispered to each other and compiled Awa Koufu's jokes.  Ying noticed that Ashikaga Yoshiki still looked unhappy, so he comforted him: "Your Highness, please be relieved. I don't think the three good families dare to do anything drastic to the shogunate. After all, there is a town lord in Kanto."  It would have been fine if he didn't mention Ashikaga Gi. The mention of this name made him angry. He turned his face away angrily and ignored the advice of his close ministers. He, a dignified general, had to look at Lian Zhizhong's face before he could secure his seat in Kyoto.  This is nothing less than a huge humiliation for the strong-willed father-in-law who has huge self-esteem.  A concubine of the Gao family, the shogunate's ministers, Haru Buharu, said bluntly: "His Royal Highness Gongkata clearly knows that the changes in the three good families today are by no means a temporary move. He will definitely not give up easily just because Awa Gongfang is seriously ill and difficult to move. As far as I know, Awa  The father-in-law has two sons.The eldest son Ashikaga Yoshinori and the second son Ashikaga Yosuke can both be supported as puppets, which is a huge threat to the shogunate.  " The ministers here have been pretending to be stupid for a long time, but they still can't get around this threshold. As a commoner, Ashikaga Yoshimi is Ashikaga Yoshiteru's uncle. Although the uncle and nephew have never met, they deeply hope that the other party will die soon.  , but this layer of kinship is always an inseparable bond, and it is an undisputed fact that Ashikaga Yoshimi is the closest collateral bloodline to the Ashikaga Shogun family.  " Ashikaga Yoshiteru was so angry that he kept banging on the tatami to vent his anger. If he is not angry about a major event related to the throne of the shogun, then it can only be said that he is really not suitable to be the general who conquered the barbarians. "Hirashima Lord Awa Ashikaga is an Ashikaga shogun.  The closest branch of the Ashikaga family, the first Kakata was Ashikaga Yoshimi, who was paralyzed by a stroke. The departure of the Hirashima K¨­kata family was regarded as a major concern for the Ashikaga Shogun family, because when the Akita coup more than seventy years ago started a period of dethronement,  At the beginning, Ashikaga Yoshiumi replaced Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the direct shogun, as a commoner. Hosokawa Harumoto also followed the example of Ashikaga Yoshivi, a commoner, and tried to replace the direct shogun of Ashikaga Yoshiharu. In a sense, he replaced Ashikaga Yoshiharu as a direct shogun.  Direct descendants are also considered to be subordinates overcoming superiors, but this can usually be treated as a family dispute. The so-called replacement of strong branches and weak trunks is relatively common in the development process of any civilization, as far back as the Spring and Autumn Period of the Central Plains Dynasty two thousand years ago.  The changes that occurred in the era are as recent as the direct lineage of the Satomi clan being replaced by Satomi Miy¨­ and Satomi Yoshiyao and his son a few decades ago, and even more ridiculously, such as the surname of Claudia's birth, which was still a few decades ago.  The York family, which once ruled England, was replaced by the Tudor family, which had no relatives. The Tudor family, whose blood relationship came from half-mother and half-father, openly used the white rose of the York family and the Lancaster family.  The red roses are combined into red and white Tudor roses. It can be seen that this behavior of the common people and the direct descendants competing for heirs is very easy to understand. There is a reason why this behavior of the common people replacing the direct descendants can be generally understood and supported.  One of them is that they have the same ancestors and come from the same aristocratic system, and they naturally have a high degree of maintenance of the existing system. That is, if they become generals, they will continue to do what they should do without worrying about retaliation or being purged by the Ashikaga Shoguns.  There have been precedents for families changing families. The time when Ashikaga Takauji replaced a concubine instead of a direct family, there were some special reasons. Ashikaga Yoshiumi's substitution of a concubine for a direct family was due to human manipulation with ulterior motives. Regardless of special circumstances or ulterior motives, it will always give the world a bad impression. Since it was done twice  Why can't there be a third or even more time? This is called the origin. The first time it can be started, the second and countless times will be started. Every time a dispute breaks out in the Ashikaga Shogun family, it will affect the authority of the shogunate.  A huge weakening. If the battle between Ashikaga Yoshitsugu, the Duke of Anaya, and Ashikaga Yoshinori, the fourth-generation general, is just the appetizer, the bloody war between Ashikaga Yoshitsune and the Ashikaga Mochi clan for the shogunate is the first weakening of the shogunate.  Ashikaga Yoshimasa's stupid mistake caused his legitimate son and his younger brother to fight for heirs and start the Onin Rebellion, which was the second weakening. Later, in the Ming Dynasty coup, Ashikaga Yoshimasa was deposed, and Ashikaga Yosumi, who was a concubine, was promoted.  The third major weakening, the most recent one was Ashikaga Yoshiharu, who represented the direct line more than thirty years ago, and Ashikaga Yoshivi, who represented the common line, collided. This is the fourth weakening. The crisis at hand will be the fifth weakening, and Ashikaga.  The authority of the general family is getting weaker and weaker, and if it continues to weaken further, you can guess that it will definitely not have good results. PS: I bow and thank my book friend Xiao Zimu for the reward. I forgot about it yesterday, so I will make it up today.
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