A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Masatora Uesugi greeted the two people who were so happy that they almost turned into fools with joy. Continuing on, the Echigo guardian Nagao clan's ancestor Harukage, who is also considered a famous family, has a daughter, Hanahime, who is already thirteen years old. Masatora Uesugi wants to take the initiative to marry this girl who is both a sister and a niece to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu. to establish a thorough alliance.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Uesugi Masatora fought side by side, and everyone had long been impressed by Uesugi Masatora's stunning heroic appearance on the battlefield. When he heard that he was going to marry into the Uesugi family, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was very willing and didn't think much about it. He was about to agree first.

Koheita saw that Yamauchi Yoshikatsu opened his mouth to agree to Uesugi Masatora, so he quickly tugged on the hem of his clothes. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu turned his head and looked at Xiaopingta in confusion. Xiaopingta thought to himself that your brain circuit is quite slow. You can't forget about your father just because you can marry your idol's sister. Xiao Pingtai hurriedly asked, "Does the master have any plans for the young master?"

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu frowned and thought for a moment. Feeling unsure: "It seems there is." Koheita asked him to go back and discuss it with his father first. Maybe Yamauchi Yoshiharu had other arrangements, which is unknown. If he agrees to Uesugi Masatora, and his father agrees to a powerful and famous Genji family, the joke will be big.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu thought the same thing, and Uesugi Masatora also knew that this matter would be decided through his father. Of course, marriage is an important matter that is originally ordered by the parents and the matchmaker. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu certainly had no way of being his own master. His father, Yamauchi Yoshiharu, was still the imperial accompaniment of the shogunate, Major General Shinano Mamoru of Sakonoe under the rank of No. 4, and the patriarch of the famous Yamauchi clan in Minami Shinano. He himself has no say. As the young master, his marriage must be done according to his father's strategic plan, and he cannot do anything he wants.

Uesugi Masatora didn't have so many scruples. After Nagao Harukage handed over Echigo to him, he went directly to the Echigo mansion to stay with Echigo's guardian Uesugi Sadumi. Within a few years, the two died one after another. There were no orphans or widowers left, after all, Nagao Harukage had no son.

There is still a daughter here. The marriage of this little princess who was born in the Nagao clan and is now an Uesugi clan must be decided by Masatora Uesugi. You must be mentally prepared to sacrifice your own lifelong happiness for Uesugi Masatora's great cause of supporting the shogunate and guiding the world. So as long as Uesugi Masatora said yes, Uesugikata would have no problem at all. On the contrary, Uesugi Masatora did not need to make an immediate decision. He was going to send Naoe Yamato Mamoru (Kage Tsuna) to return to the country with Yamauchi Yoshikatsu to discuss the matter.

After talking about these two things, I thought it was almost done. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was also very satisfied with the benefit of having such a huge iron cannon, and there was also the possibility of marrying Princess Uesugi. It means a double harvest in career and love, which is even more joyful. But Masatora Uesugi didn't mean to end it. He didn't serve the tea to see the guests off, he took a sip of water and moistened his throat.

He said that his sister's dowry would not be despicable. With his current status as the leader of Guandong, he would naturally have a matching dowry. Otherwise, how could he show his power and nobility? According to his intention, he wanted to use fifteen thousand guan as a dowry.

Kodaira was as surprised as Yamauchi Yoshikatsu at first. Fifteen thousand rouge collars (rouge collars are not a rare thing. Kyogoku Takatsuji once took charge of his sister Kyogoku Ryuko's rouge Zenji. Thousands and five hundred koku. After Maeda Toshiya became famous, his wife Osomatsu also had more than three thousand koku.) Oh my God! Is the Uesugi family having a hard time? What do you mean, you have a total of just over 100,000 koku in Echigo (400,000 koku, which was later actually cultivated to more than 700,000 koku), and you want to give one-seventh of it to your sister?

Uesugi Masatora looked at the surprised two people and knew that Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Koheta must have misunderstood. After all, this news is a bit shocking, and it is not impossible for people to lose their minds temporarily. He looked at the two of them, shook his head and said it was not in Echigo, but in Tama County.

"Tama County? Which Tama County? There is no Tama County in Shinano." This is what Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Koheita thought at the same time.

"Today, Tama County can also be called the Hachioji Territory." Uesugi Masatora said calmly.

"Hachioji! Koshu Street enters the main thoroughfare of the Kanto region. The Koshu Port is the most important among the mouths of the Kanto. The Hachioji is facing the Takeda Daisen doctor!" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu asked urgently and quickly, as if someone was forcing him with a knife.

"Exactly." Uesugi Masatora's answer was unexpectedly certain, even categorical.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and Koheita felt dizzy, that was Kai's big tiger. Before Uesugi Masatora could stop, he pointed with his hand: "The Eighth Prince still has five thousand guan, so I'll give it to you. Zi Xiaolu will be straightened out!"

Xiaopingtai was shocked, happy, frightened and panicked all over his body, and he started to tremble visibly. "To reward you for your achievements in Odawara, you do not need to be transferred to my family. You only need to be among the people of other countries and respond to military service."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Dan Zheng, for your kindness. This reward is too much. I shouldn't be so, so please give it to the young master." Xiao Pingtai just turned around in his mind and immediately declined. Five Thousand Guan Zhixing is too tricky, and it is impossible for Xiaoheita, who has no knowledge of it, to eat it alone.

"There are very few trustworthy generals in the Kanto region, many of the Echigo generals are unparalleled in bravery, and few are unparalleled in their loyalty. Kawada Toyozenshou (Nagakin) was suddenly promoted to 7,000 kan, which is already a super promotion, and the others cannot be trusted for a while. . We can only rely on Zuoma to help us!" Uesugi Masatora said sincerely.

You must know that the current ability of the Yamauchi family is only slightly more than 50,000 guan. Now that the territory of 20,000 guan is in front of them, even the poisonous Yamauchi family will swallow it in one gulp. But Kai's Takeda Harunobu is not easy to get along with. Once he opens his mouth, this big tiger may not even leave you with any bones or dregs left.

"Kawagoe's Hojo Tango shou (Takahiro), Sagami's Kawada Toyozen shou and Yasuda Hakishu, and Shimoso's Nakajo Echizen shou, etc., can interrogate you after the Yamauchi clan. They can hold on for at most one month, 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 surpasses that writer’s weekly recommendation will be updated next Tuesday with 25,000 words!