Chapter Eighty-Eight: Military Discussion
Kuroda Yoshitaka has a high reputation in the Kuroda family, but in the entire Kuroda family, there is not much presence, which is definitely not conducive to his inheritance of the Kuroda family in the future.
If you want to become the head of the Kuroda family, as long as the Kuroda family supports Kuroda Yoshitaka, it is indeed enough, but if you can't get the support of the people, at most it will be a small boat sailing on the sea, and there is no ruling foundation, and even serious may be due to various rumors, which will lead to a break in the Kuroda family's territory in the end, or even until the collapse of the regime. There are still many such things in history, and it is not alarmist.
Now, Kuroda Yoshitaka himself has created such a good opportunity, Kuroda Vocational High School is very happy to do a free publicity for Kuroda Yoshitaka, after all, Kuroda Vocational High School is already considering giving up his position to this reliable eldest son, and he is just a great emperor, after all, he has given a motor that never stops, and it has been running at high speed for more than 20 years, and it is time to take a break.
Kuroda is not afraid of his own transfer of power, because only the above-mentioned Kuroda Yoshitaka is already a qualified heir, at least he doesn't know where he is higher than Oda Nobutada. And he was also able to get the recognition of most of his family's retainers, wealthy families, and countrymen. Now the last test, the test of the people's heart, he seems to have passed, so there is really nothing to consider.
Think about it, even if Kuroda Yoshitaka sits in the position of family governor, because the center of the Kuroda family still has Kuroda Vocational High School in charge, he only needs to do his mascot work in the rear, just like this time, someone can naturally solve the war for him.
The older generation of samurai such as Imate Tomoji, Tsuchihi Yahachi, Miyata Mitsuji, Hanabo Masayuki, and Kai Muneun were also able to storm the Kuroda family, and when Shigeharu Takenaka, Takatomo Musatomo, Sasaki Nagahide, and Sanada Masayuki were in the prime of life, Kuriyama Riyasu, Otani Yoshitsugu, Shimazo Kon, Inoue Nobo, Hanabo Masasari, Konishi Yukina and other small characters also slowly received various experiences in the Kuroda family.
After Kuroda's painstaking collection, the current retainers of the Kuroda family are actually quite strong. What's more, you have to count the retainers under the command of the Maori family and the Niko family, and they are also considered to be the characters of the Kuroda family.
Some people are relieved, and some people must be depressed, Kuroda Nagamasa knows what his brother Kuroda Yoshitaka has done in the castle town, and has won the support of the people, and now the entire Kuroda family is in the prestige of the whole territory, how can he be happy, this is not in line with his ambitions. The higher Kuroda's prestige, the smaller his chances.
So Kuroda Nagamasa made up his mind, in this war, he must find a way to get the support of some of the Kuroda family's retainers.
When Kuroda Vocational High School received the news that Kuroda Yoshitaka was reorganizing the castle town, it was actually only three days after the change of Honnoji Temple, and at this time, Kuroda Vocational High School had only been in Yagi Castle, the home city of the Koji family, for a day.
Kuroda Vocational High School showed that after watching his sister Miaochun and his little nephew carp balls, carp balls are only more than a year old, and the milk voice is just over a year old, it is the naughty but endearing time, and his appearance really makes Kuroda Vocational High School happy.
This carp ball is the only heir of the Kotera clan, and then Miaochun was not able to leave another child for the Kotera clan, but for being able to have such an heir, the Kotera clan is already very satisfied, and the relationship between the two couples is very good, Miaochun has repeatedly mentioned that the Kotera clan will remarry to increase the heirs, but the Kotera clan has been rejected.
Fortunately, this carp ball was also very competitive after that, and he became a qualified head of the Kuroda family's big man's family, and he was indeed able to take on such a heavy responsibility, and assisted until the fourth generation of the Kuroda family, before he left his job due to physical reasons. This is all an afterthought, so I won't show it here for the time being.
On the same day, Kuroda Vocational High School summoned all the samurai of the rank of general and above under his command and held a meeting in the Honmaru Castle Tower in Yagi Castle.
Kuroda Jobaka sits on the main seat, and on his left hand side are Kodera Clan, Miki Tsuaki, Ando Mori, Endo Takakei, Tsuchihi Yahachi, Miyata Mitsuji and others, Kuroda Nagamasa only sits in the seventh position on the left, and this is because he is the concubine of the Kuroda family, otherwise he is not eligible to participate in this meeting.
In the back, there are also Nobuhara Keino, Hattori Hisaka, Okamoto Shihide, Akashi Keikin, Iga Kutaka, Tayuno Terumo, Yagi Nobu, Iji Chishigeko, Yuki Shigenaga, Harada Yoshitane, Umino Nobuyoshi and others.
The position of Terunobu and Yagi Nobu was originally an important example of the Kuroda family, and the retainers Tayusso was Yoshishi and Yagi Toyonobu, but earlier, they had both passed away, so their eldest son inherited the position of the family. The tasks of the older generation of the Kuroda family are slowly passing away. Metabolism is a law of nature, and it is indeed inescapable.
The first one on the right is Sanada Masayuki, the right military division of the Kuroda family, followed by Kai Soun, Yamamoto Takatsu, Kinoshita Hidenaga and others, relatively speaking, there are many fewer people on the civilian side, after all, most of the ministers have to stay in the territory to be responsible for various affairs, and it is impossible to just expect Kuroda Yoshitaka to complete all the rear work alone!
There are only a few people who can serve as military advisors in the Kuroda family, such as Shigeharu Takenaka, Masayuki Sanada, Muneyun Kai, Mori Takakei (Kobayakawa Takakei), Kodera Clan, Ota Hara Munetoki, Otani Yoshitsugu, Inoue Nobo, Kuriyama Riyasu, Akashi Junto, Kinugasa Keinobu, and Oda Shigetsu.
Shigeharu Takenaka is in the army of the Imate Tomoshi clan, after all, the opponent they will face Matsunaga Hideno is an old fox who has always been extremely cunning, and even Oda Nobunaga was killed by him, and in the case that the Matsunaga family also has 15,000 elite soldiers, Kuroda Vocational High School is not worried that the Imate Tomoshi is in charge of the army himself.
Kii Province is relatively easy to attack, and the only big trouble is the Kumano Water Army, but the Ming State Water Army of the Kuroda family is personally out of the horse, and I believe that it is not a problem to solve the Nine Ghosts, so it is enough to have an intelligence worthy of eighty Ota Hara Sect here, plus Matsui Shigetaka's own military strategy is still good.
Mori Takakei is currently fifty-seven years old, which is not a small age in the Wa Kingdom, and he will serve as the military advisor of the Kuroda family's North Road Army, assisting Musato Takayu in the conquest of Hokuriku Province.