Zhoufang, Yamaguchikan.

It's still winter, but it's the end of February, and the weather is starting to get mild. In the garden, the scarlet cherry blossoms transplanted from Kyoto when Yoshiko Ouchi was in Kamirakun are already in full bloom, and the crimson petals attract many early insects. The castle lord Ouchi Yoshicho, who was thirty and three years old, had been staring at Hanscarlet Sakura in silence for a long time. Under the warm sunshine, the three-year-old Sueko Tsurujumaru staggered to the front of Ouchi Yoshinaga from time to time and looked up at his father with a sad face.

Ouchi Yoshicho is now thirty and three years old and in the prime of life, and his martial arts are strong. Every morning, he came out to practice martial arts and arrows, boiling his muscles and bones, ice and snow without hindrance, rain or shine, which is the standard military general's behavior. It would be a big mistake to underestimate him in this way, because he was a famous literati of the time.

Three years ago, he met with the old lord and forced the old lord Ouchi Yoshitaka to cross the sea, and Tao Longfang's plan to welcome the former heir of Ouchi Yoshitaka was difficult to implement and failed, and he changed his name to Ouchi Yoshicho under the recommendation of everyone, and sat on the new master of Nagato and Zhou Fang.

Since then, on the one hand, Ouchi Yoshicho has always believed that everything he has done is for the replacement of the Ouchi clan, and on the other hand, he still has deep feelings and helpless regrets for the old lord Ouchi Yoshitaka, and under the advantage of the navy, he did not cross the sea to kill the old master.

After practicing martial arts and archery every morning, Ouchi Yoshicho will look quietly under the cold cherry blossoms, nostalgic for his childhood feelings. After looking at it for a long time, I saw that Jiang Liangfangrong, an important minister in the family, was waiting in the distance early, and Jiang Liangfangrong, as a close minister, knew that his lord should not disturb when he remembered the past.

Ouchi Yoshicho turned around and asked, "Minomoru Mamoru, what's the matter?" ”

Jiang Liangfang Rong took a step forward. He bowed and said, "My lord." Hosokawa Fujitaka and Wada Yumasa have just returned to Kyoto from their children. Kinai began to spread that the shogun intended to re-set up the Nagato Exploration Question, which meant that there were no three hundred taels of silver here, and asked the lord to make plans as soon as possible. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho didn't know this news, someone had already reported it to him many days ago, and when he heard Jiang Liangfangrong's words today, his face suddenly turned cold, Jiang Liangfangrong said that there would be no one else. Only Date Masahiro, who has just fallen to Yoshinaga Ouchi's face.

Jiang Liang Fang Rong saw the sudden change in Ouchi Yoshinaga's face, and he was proud in his heart, and suddenly thought of Hongzhong Takabao.

Since meeting Date Masahiro, Hongzhong Takabao has tried his best to broker the alliance between the two families in front of Ouchi Yoshicho, and Jiang Liang Fang Rong and Hongzhong Takabao are both important ministers promoted after Tao Longfang was promoted to become the head of the Ouchi family, and they both want to become the first retainer under Ouchi Yoshinaga, so the relationship is tense. From time to time, I want to drag the other party back, and now that Date Zhengheng has made such a big mistake, if he doesn't take the opportunity to fall into the ground, there will be such a good opportunity there.

Jiang Liangfang Rong said slowly: "Hosokawa Fujitaka, what a person." Everyone knows it. This shogun sent Hosokawa Fujitaka to prepare for China, which means. A discerning person can see at a glance that it is a copy of his ancestor Izukawa Imperial Palace, and when he heard that he returned with a large number of gifts. ”

The Imadegawa Imperial Palace in his mouth was Ashikaga Yoshinori, the 10th Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate, who was exiled from various countries after the coup d'état, and lived under the disciple of Ouchi Yoshiko, and returned to Kyoto in the fifth year of Eishō (15o8) with the support of Ouchi Yoshiko, and was reinstated as the Shogun of Seiyi.

This is what Ekarabo Sakae said, and today's Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the general of the Shogunate, is almost the same as the situation of Ashikaga Yoshinori back then, both of whom lost the battle in Kyoto and fled from various countries, sending people under the fence, wanting to return to Kyoto, and sending envoys to win over local daimyos, just as he did when he won over Ouchi Yoshiko.

Ouchi Yoshicho sneered, turned his head to look directly at Han Scarlet Sakura and said, "Date Xiao'er dares to be compared with Ouchi Suke, he is also worthy!" "Without outsiders by his side, Ouchi Yoshicho doesn't have to hide the anger in his heart, the last thing he wants to hear now is the name Date Masaki.

Jiang Liang Fangrong saw that Ouchi Yoshicho was stirred up by anger, and knew that his goal had been half achieved, so he continued: "You can't say that. Today's Date children can be said to be in full swing in China, and after defeating Maori Yuan and Niko Harujiu one after another, there is a great tendency to unify China, and now Niko Haruhisa is stuck in civil strife and cannot extricate himself, and Maori Yuan is weak and unable to resist Date Koer. If Date Koji defeated Niko Haruma and Mori Motosa and swallowed the two territories, it would not be much weaker than the power of Ouchisuke back then. ”

Ouchi Yoshicho glanced at Jiang Liang Fang Rong a little strangely, only to see Jiang Liang Fang Rong's sincere face, there was nothing unusual, a haze flashed on his face, obviously Jiang Liang Fang Rong's words went to the bottom of his heart. Date Zhengheng's momentum has been smooth, and in two or three years, he has earned a foundation that others can't earn for tens or even hundreds of years. If he is given a few more years, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not unify the world as rumored outside, and in order to unify the world, it is necessary to unify the Chinese region first. Today, the fact that the Shogun sent an envoy to meet with Date Masahiro is an extremely strong signal, that Date Masahiro has registered with the shogunate, and there are rumors that Nagato will be re-established.

As Jiang Liang Fang Rong said, there are no three hundred taels of silver here.

Nagato's inquiry, at the beginning, was the Nagato and Zhoufang countries ruled by Ouchi Yoshinaga, and later extended to the entire Chinese region, becoming the ruler of more than ten countries in San'in and Sanyang.

Ouchi Yoshicho glanced at Jiang Liang Fang Rong before asking, "How do you deal with Date Child's westward expansion?" ”

Jiang Liang Fang Rong looked at the change in the expression on Ouchi Yoshicho's face, and knew that his goal had been achieved, and it was time to get to the point, saying: "Date Xiaoer's eastward expansion has reached its peak for the time being, and it will definitely not go to Luo before there is a stable rear. However, the road to its westward expansion was promising, and Niko Haruhisa and Maori Yuan were all defeated by him, and countries such as Aki and Izumo were at their fingertips. To say something that the lord doesn't want to hear, can the lord really block Date Xiao'er's soldiers with his own strength? ”

Ouchi Yoshicho was not angry, and after a silence, he said: "It is indeed difficult to resist, you mean to form an alliance with Niko Harumu and Mori Mototo to fight against Date Koer." ”

Jiang Liang Fang Rong shook his head and said: "The minister didn't mean this, how can Mao Li Yuan be compared with the lord and the lord, forgive the minister for capital crimes, a few days ago, Mao Li Yuan sent his son Kobayakawa Takakei to come to see Yu Xia, and wanted the minister to introduce him, begging to return to the Ouchi family and act as a minister." ”

Ouchi Yoshicho only knew the reason why Jiang Liang Fang Rong would talk in front of him today, it turned out that he wanted to intercede for Maori Yuan. Although Jiang Liang Fang Rong helped Mao Liyuan to speak, it made him a little uncomfortable. But after thinking about it, what Jiang Liang Fangrong said was true. Date Masaki defeated Niko Haruhisa and Mori Motosaki one after another, and the vitality of the two families was greatly damaged, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist Date Masaki's attack.

What's more, listening to what Jiang Liang Fang Rong said, Mao Liyuan just asked him to introduce him on his behalf, and wanted to return to the Ouchi family and act as a subordinate, which meant that he wanted to surrender to the Ouchi family again. Although, Ouchi Yoshinaga was quite resentful of Maori Yuan's backtracking. However, Ouchi Yoshinaga was also able to understand a series of unrighteous acts by Mori Motosa, and in the midst of the various powers, the small feudal clans had to avoid fighting each other, and survived at any cost. In the case of a strong domain, let alone a small domain.

Ouchi Yoshicho pondered for a moment before he said: "Tonight, let Kobayakawa Takashi enter the city to see him, and this matter must not be spread until it is decided." ”

Jiang Liang Fangrong heard Ouchi Yoshicho's words, and knew that he had already moved Ouchi Yoshicho, so he hurriedly responded: "The minister knows!" How could he preach it? Could it be that letting Hongzhong Takashi enter the slander and destroy his own merits, naturally he will not say anything.

That night, Yoshinaga Ouchi had a good conversation with Kobayakawa Takakei, and the next morning, Kobayakawa Takakei left the Yamaguchi Museum with satisfaction. Of course, there is everything in this world, but there is no impermeable wall, and in just a few days, the news that the messenger of the Mori family had come to the Yamaguchikan spread throughout Nagato, Zhoufang, and even more and more violently to other countries.

When Yoshicho Ouchi, Mori Moto, and others calculated Date Masato, Date Masaki issued a series of administrative orders. Now that the Banner Guards have moved to defense and recuperation on the spot, the focus of Date Ryū's politics will no longer be on the military, but on local political matters such as pacifying and repatriating the fleeing population and restoring production as much as possible.

The first spring ploughing was imminent, and Zhengheng dispatched dozens of commissioners to the counties and villages in one go. Speaking of which, most of these people were born in poverty, not from Coats, but most of these people were born in Tetsuta and Aga, and they had studied in the school opened by Date Masahiro, and they were regarded as Ita Masahiro's protégés, and they followed Akagi Kaohsiung, Noyama Masatomo and others to deal with government affairs, and they were meticulous in their work and did things vigorously and resolutely, which suddenly brought a bit of fresh air to the local stagnant habit of procrastination. With their urging and efforts, Date Masaki's rule gradually became firm, and his administrative orders gradually unfolded in an orderly manner.

In February of the 23rd year of Astronomy (1554), the whole of Date was spent in this hectic and orderly atmosphere. However, the busy work of twenty or thirty days in a row is also remarkable, and finally the land inspection project has been preliminarily completed, and the survey has produced more accurate figures, and at the same time, some bridges, roads and embankments that need to be rebuilt are basically clear, and they can start construction only after allocating a large amount of money and grain, of course, these projects will be carried out after spring ploughing, and now it is only to make the local preparations.

Seeing the submissions from all over the country, Tsurujo's political balance finally breathed a sigh of relief, but at the end of February, there was an attack in the mountains and forests near Aki Country's Takayama Castle, which made An Ike's atmosphere suddenly tense, and the story about An Ike Country also began. (To be continued......)

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