Chapter 80 40. Unexpected Reward After the War
Uesugi Masatora greeted two people who were so happy that they were almost fools. Continuing, the Echigo guardian Nagao clan was also a famous family. The predecessor of Harukage had a daughter, Kajime, who was already thirteen years old. Uesugi Masatora wanted to marry this girl who was both a sister and a niece to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to completely establish an alliance.
Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Uesugi Masatora fought side by side, and the whole person had long been impressed by Uesugi Masatora's stunning heroic figure on the battlefield. Hearing that he was going to marry the Uesugi family, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was willing in his heart, and he didn't think much about it, and was about to agree to it first.
Koyata saw that Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was about to agree to Uesugi Masatora, and quickly pulled his clothes. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu turned his head and looked at Koyata in confusion. Koyata thought to himself that your brain circuit is really slow. You can't forget your father just because you can marry your idol's sister, Xiao Pingtai hurriedly leaned over and whispered: "Does the master have any arrangements for the young master?"
Yamauchi Yoshikatsu frowned and thought about it for a while. He felt unsure: "It seems that there is." Xiao Pingtai asked him to go back and discuss it with his father first. Maybe Yamanouchi Yoshiharu has other arrangements. If he agreed to Uesugi Masatora on this side, and his father agreed to a powerful and famous Genji family on the other side, this joke would be a big joke.
Yamauchi Yoshikatsu thought so too. Uesugi Masatora also knew that this matter had to be decided by his father. Of course, marriage is originally a matter of parents' orders and matchmakers' words. Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu certainly couldn't make his own decision. His father Yamanouchi Yoshiharu was still the imperial attendant of the shogunate, the left guard major general Shinano no Kami under the official title of the fourth rank, and the head of the famous Yamanouchi family in southern Shinano. He himself had no say. The marriage of his young master must be made according to his father's strategic layout, and he couldn't be careless.
Uesugi Masatora didn't have so many concerns. After Nagao Harukage handed Echigo over to him, he went directly to the Echigo Palace to accompany Echigo guardian Uesugi Sadamisa. A few years later, the two men died one after another. There was no orphan or widow left, after all, Nagao Harukage had no son.
Fortunately, there was still a daughter. The marriage of this little princess who was born in the Nagao clan and now belongs to the Uesugi clan must be decided by Uesugi Masatora. He must be mentally prepared to sacrifice his lifelong happiness for Uesugi Masatora's great cause of supporting the shogunate and rectifying the world. So as long as Uesugi Masatora said yes, the Uesugi side would have no problem at all. Uesugi Masatora didn't have to decide immediately. He was going to send Naoe Yamato-no-kami (Kagetsuna) to return to the country with Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to discuss the matter.
After these two things were said, I thought it was almost done. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, who got such a big benefit as the iron cannon, was also very satisfied, and there was also the possibility of marrying the Uesugi princess. It was equivalent to a double harvest of career and love, double happiness. But Uesugi Masatora had no intention of ending the conversation. He did not serve tea to the guests, but drank a mouthful of water to moisten his throat.
He said that his sister's dowry would not be sparse. With his current status as Kanto Kanrei, he naturally had to have a matching dowry. Otherwise, how could he show his power and nobility? According to him, he wanted to use 15,000 kan of territory as a dowry.
Kobayata was surprised at first, just like Yamauchi Yoshikatsu. 15,000 kan of rouge territory (rouge territory is not something rare. Kyogoku Takatsugu once managed 2,500 koku of cosmetics money for his sister Kyogoku Ryuko. After Maeda Toshiie became successful, his wife Osomatsu also had more than 3,000 koku of cosmetics money.) Oh my God! Is the Uesugi family having trouble making ends meet? What do you mean, you have a total of more than 100,000 kan in Echigo (400,000 koku, and later it was actually cultivated to more than 700,000 koku), and you want to give one-seventh to your sister?
Uesugi Masatora looked at the surprised two people and knew that Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Kobayata must have misunderstood. After all, this news was a bit shocking, and it was not impossible for people to lose their minds for a while. He looked at the two people, shook his head and said that it was not in Echigo, but in Tama County.
"Tama County? Which Tama County? There is no Tama County in Shinano." This was what Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Kobayata thought of at the same time.
"Now Tama County can also be called Hachioji Territory." Uesugi Masatora was not hurried.
"Hachioji! The main road from Koshu Kaido to Kanto, the most important Koshu Pass among the Kanto passes, facing Hachioji, the doctor Takeda Daizen!" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu asked quickly and urgently, as if someone was forcing him to speak with a knife.
"That's right." Uesugi Masatora's answer was also unexpectedly certain, and it could even be said to be decisive.
Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Kobayata felt dizzy, because that was the big tiger in Kai. Uesugi Masatora had no intention of stopping, and pointed his finger: "Hachioji still has 5,000 kan, and it will be rewarded to you, Zixiaoji Danzheng!"
Koyata was shocked, happy, confused, and panicked, and he trembled visibly. "Rewarding you for your contribution in Odawara is not to transfer you to the main family. You just need to be listed in the foreign country and respond to military service."
"Thank you for your kindness, Danzheng Lord. This reward is too much, too much, it should not be like this, please give it to the young master." Koyata just thought about it and immediately declined. The five thousand kan Zhixing was too harsh, and it was impossible for Koyata, who had no background, to eat it alone.
"There are very few trustworthy generals in Kanto, and many of the Echigo generals are brave and unparalleled, but few are loyal. Kawada Toyozen-no-kami (Nagachika) was suddenly promoted to 7,000 kan, which is already a super promotion. Others can't rely on it for a while. I can only rely on the Sasuke family!" Uesugi Masatora said sincerely.
You have to know that the Yamanouchi family is only a little more than 50,000 kan now. Now that the 20,000 kan territory is in front of them, the Yamanouchi family will swallow it even if it is poison. But Takeda Harunobu of Kai is not easy to deal with. Once this big tiger opens his mouth, he may not even leave you with a bone residue.
"Kawagoe's Hojo Tango shou (Takahiro), Sagami's Kawada Toyozen shou and Yasuda Hakishu, and Shimoso's Nakajo Echizen shou are all available to interrogate you after the Yamauchi clan. They can hold on for a month at most, and the Echigo Heavenly Army arrives. , unstoppable.”
Uesugi Masatora seems to have already made a clear plan to divide Musashi into several parts. It not only ensures that no one can grow big quickly, but also ensures that each share can mobilize a certain amount of combat power to stabilize its rule. As long as Musashi remains in such a fragmented state, he can slowly turn Musashi into retainers, until he finally completely absorbs Musashi's wealthy people.
The arrangement for Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to go to Koshuguchi Hachioji obviously did not come randomly. The Yamauchi clan in Shinshu was actually bordering the Takeda clan who owned Suwa. The Yamauchi family is strong enough to keep an eye on the Takeda family. Even if Takeda Harunobu attacks with all his strength, it is impossible to defeat the Yamauchi family immediately. Now that the Eighth Prince is handed over to the Yamauchi family, he can attack the Takeda clan from both east and west. It can buy time for Masatora Uesugi to digest Kantō and avoid direct contact with Takeda Harunobu. The arrangement of this location is quite a thief.
In short, the news was too explosive, and the two of them bid farewell to Masatora Uesugi in despair. He led more than a thousand Yamauchi troops and followed Imagawa Yoshimoto in a confused way back through Donghai Street.
The Stallion article that has surpassed that writer’s weekly recommendation will be updated next Tuesday with 25,000 words!