Chapter 47 6. Things Manager Counts Things

After agreeing to send troops, the envoy of the Kanrei family also returned to Echigo with satisfaction.

Think about how Uesugi Kento, a defeated Kanrei of Kanto, could incite almost all the forces in northern Kanto with just a piece of imperial edict. The righteousness is really unpredictable. The glory that has been passed down for hundreds of years, even if it is not as bright as it used to be, can still stir up the situation in the world.

However, as far as Xiao Pingtai knows, the name of Kanto Kanrei has been beaten several times in Kanto. The former Kanto Kanrei was directly attacked and killed by Echigo Shugodai Nagao Tamekage. The current Uesugi Kento was first defeated in Kawagoe, and then in Odawarai, and was killed by Takeda Harunobu who invaded Saku with more than 3,000 people. Now, Hirai is so beaten that he can't sit still. He can only go to the Echigo Shugodai Nagao family, who has a blood feud with the Kanrei Uesugi family. How aggrieved and ridiculous.

However, the strong feudal hierarchy in the feudal era is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The entire Warring States period is an era of recognizing fathers. A noble family can naturally make people surrender to you and master incomparable righteousness. If you can match it with strong enough military force, you can really go anywhere.

So, a broken ship also has three pounds of iron. As long as Uesugi Ken is still on the head of the Kanto Kanrei, the second seat of all Bando samurai, he is a rare and valuable thing. It is a sweet cake that thousands of people fight for.

Putting aside this already half-cold Kanrei, similarly, the Yamauchi family's Seiwa Genji Ashikaga clan is not the top family under the Muromachi shogunate, but it is also a second-rate top family. Being at the top of the old order, it is natural to have the necessity to maintain this old order. This is also the reason why the young master Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, who has seen through the decline of the court and the shogunate in Kyoto, still serves the country safely.

No matter how clearly you know that this broken ship is rotten and can't be saved, you are still the second mate on this ship. If you change to another ship, you can only start as a sailor. So no matter how rotten this ship is, you have to force it to live and let it sail.

As long as this rotten big ship does not capsize, my Yamauchi family will still be a famous family in the world. If the ship capsizes one day, this Yamauchi family will be worthless.

After these reasons were explained, the entire Yamauchi domain slowly rolled its war machine again. In addition, the troops who went to Kyoto to contribute to the shogunate as usual every year also returned, and the young master Yamauchi Yoshikatsu also returned to Yamauchi after a year of service.

From Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, we also learned that in Kyoto, the Kanrei Hosokawa clan had previously been at a disadvantage in the struggle with the retainer Awa Miyoshi clan. Now, with the help of the Rokkaku family, they regrouped and gathered 20,000 soldiers to fight against Miyoshi Nagayoshi, but unfortunately they were defeated and died. Hosokawa Harumoto was defeated and died at the age of 40. (In fact, he died in detention a few years later)

At the same time, the famous family in the world, the Kanrei Hosokawa clan, the head of the three Kan and four positions of the Muromachi shogunate, also completely collapsed (there was also Hosokawa Ujiyasu who would succeed as Kanrei but died soon, and Hosokawa Akimoto did not become Kanrei at all), and the last buffer zone between the Shogunate and the Miyoshi clan also disappeared.

I think of how powerful Hosokawa Harumoto was at the beginning. He pulled Miyoshi Motonaga (Miyoshi Nagayoshi's father), Yanagimoto Kenji, and Hatano Tsuyoshi, three gold medal fighters, and with his exquisite micro-manipulation, he gathered the Awa people, Settsu people, and Tamba people together, and pressed the Kanrei Hosokawa Takakuni to the ground. He beat them all to Echizen Province to seek refuge with Asakura Takakage, and even beat the general Ashikaga Yoshiharu to flee.

He also appointed Ashikaga Yoshiwune as the shogun, which is basically a bad name in China. This is not the end. Later, Hosokawa Takakuni pulled in Omi guardian Rokkaku Sadajori and Bizen lord Urakami Muramune to attack Hosokawa Harumoto from the east and west. Hosokawa Harumoto beat them all the way like a cheat, and Hosokawa Takakuni and Urakami Muramune were beaten to death.

The victorious Hosokawa Harumoto took the character "Haru" from the general Ashikaga Yoshiharu and became the Kanrei happily. He dominated the entire Kinki for more than ten years, and he would attack anyone who didn't obey. Even Miyoshi Motonaga was finally overthrown by his design.

Of course, this was also the last glimmer of light for the Kanrei Hosokawa family. They didn't enjoy themselves for many years before they were successfully revenged and defeated by Miyoshi Nagayoshi, who was only 19 years old. Then he never stood up again, and he could not save his fate of defeat and death even if he asked for help everywhere.

This man's heroism also completely tore off the last bit of disguise on the face of Miyoshi Nagayoshi, the kanrei and the shogun's companions. He no longer cared about the face of the shogun in Kyoto. (Ashikaga Yoshiteru was driven out of Kyoto by Miyoshi Nagayoshi several times)

Even the Tanba shudai Naito clan was defeated by Miyoshi and was forced to adopt Naito Munekatsu (Matsunaga Nagayari, the younger brother of Matsunaga Hisahide) to inherit the family business. The entire Kyoto was already sandwiched on three sides, and the shogun's family was really in turmoil.

The Yamanouchi ministers sighed when they heard the news. They naturally supported the shogun and denounced the traitors from all directions for rebellion, which led to unrest in the world.

However, Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu also brought good news. The shogun's highness gave a blank check to the Kawachi Hatakeyama family (also one of the three kanrei) and even promised to reappoint the kanrei. Hatakeyama Takamasa heard this and thought it was too much. "I haven't been a governor in the Hatakeyama family for decades. Now that slut Hosokawa Harumoto has begged for it, who else can be the governor but me?"

That look was definitely full of confidence, and he dared to change the sun and the moon. The raging fire of ambition could melt anyone. Without saying a word, he directly called on all his accomplices to come and make a fortune together.

Now, with the support of Kii Yugawa, the Hatakeyama family has gathered forces from Kawachi, Izumi, Kii, Yamashiro, Settsu, Yamato and other countries. It is said that the army has reached a glorious 42,000 people and attacked the Miyoshi family.

Even the Yasumi clan, Kizawa clan, and Yusa clan, who were originally completely hostile to each other, have joined forces and vowed to follow the Hatakeyama clan's thighs and bite off a piece of meat from Miyoshi Nagayoshi.

It is estimated that the generals in the capital can survive for a while, and the Yamanouchi ministers are relieved. They also informed the young master about the situation of attacking the Hojo clan. This time, it is natural for Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu to take the lead in marching into Kanto.

After all, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu is about to turn 40. In this era, there is no tomorrow. In two years, either he will go to see the immortals of the Seiwa Genji, or he will retire on the surface and slowly delegate power to Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu. In short, it is time to establish the authority of Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu and recruit confidants.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was quite surprised to see Koyata sitting in on the meeting of the ministers. After hearing about Koyata's feat of breaking the city with one trick, he also wanted to win him over. He gently held Koyata's hand and told him some polite words about how he missed him after not seeing him for a long time. But the polite words were so good that Koyata almost thought it was true love.

So as the ice and snow melted, the battle of Kanto was just around the corner.

The final 1520 recommendations last week were still very happy. Tomorrow, Tuesday, to thank all the big brothers, I will guarantee six updates. Then if we can get 1,000 this week, we will update eight times as long as 1,000!