Chapter 55 14. Discussing the World Through Hand-Painted Paintings

Accompanied by the sound of the messenger, accompanied by several escorts, the Echigo guardian, Taira no Aoi, Nagao Dansho Shobiki Kagetora, has arrived at the Imperial Palace.

At this time, do you think that a tall and mighty angry King Kong with a monk's scarf and a rosary in his hand has descended to the world?

Kobayata thought so too, but through the illusory morning shadow. The originally radiant and colorful mythical figure walked towards the crowd, but he was just a young man in his twenties who was only a little over 1.5 meters tall, wearing a folded black hat and a Wufu. Although his face was a little majestic, it was still very ordinary.

The only difference was probably the confident temperament exuding from his whole body, a temperament that no one else could do better than me. This gave him a lot of points. Sure enough, a high temperament can make people handsome to a certain extent.

Anyway, according to Kobayata's opinion, Nagao Kagetora looked like a very ordinary young man at first glance, but he had a sense of being well-read and elegant, and the first impression was quite good.

Nagao Kagetora came to the outside of the Great Hall, and he carefully tidied himself up, not as if he was acting, and then walked slowly and solemnly to the front of the lord, kneeling down and worshiping with great respect, and the whole process was quiet and solemn.

After the lord asked him to stand up and sit down, Nagao Kagetora knelt down with his clothes on. Then the lord introduced Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu and Kobayata to him. Nagao Kagetora showed a happy face and said that there were fewer and fewer people like the major general and the father and son of Samasuke who were loyal to the shogunate. Then he thanked the Yamanouchi family for sending troops to Joshu to open up the road to Kanto.

Then the two sides began a pleasant meeting, and the venue was changed to the outer corridor. The attendants brought wine and fruits. In this form, everyone was much more relaxed and they were all young people with high spirits. The age difference was not very large, and there was no one who relied on his age to bully others.

During the banquet, Nagao Kagetora drew a picture with his hand again, saying that the shogunate had 3,000 public servants (this number is questionable), 500 people from various families loyal to the shogunate, and he had 2,200 people. Rokkaku Yoshitaka of Minami-Omi could at least provide 10,000 assistance, and then mobilize the forces of temples and shrines (the bomber of Matsunaga burned down the Daibutsu Temple, and some monks who wanted to chop him to pieces were killed), so at least 20,000 troops could be gathered.

Then cooperate with the 40,000 soldiers of the Kawachi Hatakeyama family to attack together, and all the power of the traitor Miyoshi in Kinki can be completely eliminated, and the Miyoshi clan will be forced back to Shikoku.

Then the shogunate integrated the power of Yamashiro Province and temples and shrines, and won over the Yamato Tsutsui clan, the Jimeiji clan, the Settsu Itami clan, the Ibaraki clan, the Ikeda clan, and the Hatano clan, the Araki clan, and the Akai clan of Tamba. Gather this group of hooligans and completely seize Izumi Province.

Then, he set up military forces in Kishiwada to guard against the harassment of the Awaji navy. After waiting for a few months, he could get tens of thousands of kan of town fees from Sakaimachi. Then he incited the Awa guardian Hosokawa, the Sanuki guardian Kagawa, the guardian Dai Kanishi, and others to rise up.

In this way, the Miyoshi clan, which has lost the financial resources of Kinki and whose base in Shikoku is in turmoil, will not be able to make any big moves for at least two or three years.

After listening to this, Kobayata said: "Okay, big brother's overall strategy is very strong, and he is good at painting big cakes." It's just that some places are idealistic.

In Kobayata's opinion, if Rokkaku Yoshitaka of Omi really wants to beat Miyoshi Nagayoshi, he can easily pull out 20,000 or 30,000 people. He and Miyoshi Nagayoshi have been fighting for so many years without a clear winner, and he has shifted his attention to the Asai clan in northern Omi. It's hard to say whether he can send tens of thousands of people, but if he is sure to win, Rokkaku Yoshitaka will definitely be happy to come and beat him hard.

It's a pity for the Wakasa guardian Takeda clan. Back then, Takeda Daizen Daifu Motomitsu had a fierce battle with Miyoshi Nagayoshi's father Miyoshi Motonaga in the battle for Kanrei. If he was still there, he could at least pull five or six thousand people over. But now Takeda Motomitsu is dead, and Wakasa Province has been invaded by the Asakura clan, and he is in danger.

As for the gangsters in Kinki, many of them follow whoever comes. If Miyoshi Nagayoshi is overthrown, it is indeed possible that they will follow the shogunate.

Among them, Hatano Harumichi of the Hatano clan in Tamba Province, the most powerful one, will definitely come to help the shogunate. Because Hatano Harumichi's father Hatano Uemichi and Miyoshi Motonaga had a fatal conflict.

Hatano Uemichi was a serious Tamba guardian. When Hosokawa Harumoto and Hosokawa Takakuni competed for the Kanrei position, Hatano Uemichi and Miyoshi Motonaga were both generals of Hosokawa Harumoto's side, almost the left and right arms.

Later, Hosokawa Harumoto brought a group of gold medal thugs to defeat Hosokawa Takakuni and his younger brother, and happily went to Beijing to be a governor. As a result, the two almost fought directly in Beijing. The reason is also very simple. After two years of fighting, everyone was poor. Miyoshi Motonaga took action in advance to grab the land in Kyoto, and Hatano Uemichi came too late and missed it.

Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. This made Hatano Uemichi very angry, and he went back to report to Hosokawa Harumoto. "This Miyoshi Motonaga is not a good thing. He usually relies on his military exploits to be arrogant and domineering. Now he takes the initiative to make money without your permission. Maybe he wants to get enough money and then come to kill you!"

Hosokawa Harumoto heard this and thought it was unacceptable. Although Miyoshi Motonaga was his brother in distress before, who knows if people's hearts will change. In addition, Miyoshi Motonaga was a little proud of being the Kanrei, and he was not so respectful to Hosokawa Harumoto, as if he was not relying on me to become the Kanrei.

Miyoshi Sozo and Hosokawa Yonkei, who were close to Hosokawa Harumoto, also took the opportunity to say a lot of bad things about Miyoshi Motonaga. In the end, Hosokawa Harumoto made up his mind, made some arrangements, and killed Miyoshi Motonaga within a few days.

So even if this feud was formed, it was quite big. It would definitely not be resolved without paying a price.

Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. Later, Miyoshi Nagayoshi rose up and was sure to avenge his father. The main culprit, Hosokawa Harumoto, had been defeated by him, and the accomplice, Hosokawa Yonkei, died early. The accomplice, Miyoshi Sozo, was also killed by Miyoshi Nagayoshi at Shirakawaguchi at an old age.

Only Hatano Uemichi was left. As a result, Miyoshi Nagayoshi went to Tamba to fight excitedly, but found that Hatano Uemichi was dead. Originally, it would be fine if everyone died, but Miyoshi Nagayoshi thought that the thief would not leave empty-handed, so I couldn't come here in vain.

Helping Tamba Guardian Naito Kunisada and Hatano Uemichi's son Hatano Harumichi, they had a big fight. With the help of Miyoshi's golden thigh, Naito was extremely brave and beat Hatano half to death. Of course, Miyoshi Nagayoshi did not help for free. He soon forced Naito Kunisada to retire and let Matsunaga Nagayasu succeed Naito clan and change his name to Naito Munen.

Now the guardian of Tamba Province and the guardian deputies have each pulled a group of younger brothers to confront each other. If the shogun wants to fight the Miyoshi clan, Hatano Harumichi will come to help at the cost of his life. He was bullied by the Miyoshi clan and almost spit on his face. He wanted to tear Miyoshi Nagayoshi to pieces.

With this calculation, the shogun still has some power in Kinai, but the premise is that he must be able to beat Miyoshi Nagayoshi in one go, otherwise these are a bunch of people who will not release the eagle until they see the rabbit, and they are definitely not reliable.

After Nagao Kagetora's big pie, everyone must have their own judgments and considerations in their hearts. Kobayata can only say that his plan is 50-50. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu still looks thoughtful.

But the first general Ashikaga Yoshito still shook his head, saying that today he only wanted to introduce the Nagao and Yamauchi families to make friends, and he would not talk about anything else.

Nagao Kagetora had not given up yet, saying that as long as he could temporarily strike down the Miyoshi traitor and give him some time, he would mobilize the three armies of Echigo after returning to the territory, with Kanrei Uesugi Kento as the banner, and summon the Kanto hooligans who were oppressed by the Hojo clan to fight against the traitorous Hojo clan together.

He was confident that he could completely wipe out the Hojo clan in three to five months at the shortest, or a year at the longest. In this way, he could officially succeed the position of Kanrei of Kanto and gain the righteous title of commanding all the samurai in the eight countries of Bando.

After that, he could select the elite of the daimyo and finally command at least 50,000 Bando samurai groups to go to Kyoto to defend the king, re-establish the authority of the shogunate, and fight against all the evil and rebellious people who disobeyed for the public.

At this point, Xiao Pingtai suddenly remembered a joke on the Internet.

True Saint, Tan Sitong: The world's reforms have not been without bloodshed and sacrifices, but there have been no bloodshed and sacrifices in China's reforms today. If there are, please start with Sitong.

Fake saint, Kang Youwei: The reform of the world has not been without bloodshed and sacrifice, but there has not been any bloodshed and sacrifice in the reform of China today. If there is, please start from the next generation.

Perhaps in the idealized world, Nagao Kagetora is somewhat like a true saint. In short, the broken ship of the shogunate must be supported by someone. But judging from the intention of the shogun, he wants to use the contradictions between the daimyo to accumulate strength and slowly recover, so as not to be constrained by others.

Perhaps according to Nagao Kagetora's design, the world can be restored in a few years (history proves that it failed), and according to the shogun's method, it may take more than ten years (it also failed in the end). The big ship of the Muromachi shogunate cannot be supported (the butts of the Yamanouchi family and the Ashikaga clan determine the head), which is really difficult to do.

I won't say anything else, big brothers, give me a recommendation, thank you.