Chapter 165: I Can't Hold It
The twenty-six-year-old Zhengheng was full of energy, and when he put down the music in his hand, his face was not heavy, but there was not much joy, and there was even a kind of soothing that only those who saw it would have. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info But this look will not make the attendants with the surname who are waiting next to Zhengheng relax in the slightest. With the improvement of status, the composition of small surnames has become more and more mixed, but most of the small surnames that can enter and leave the inner court are from the children of close retainers, and they will be assigned by the political balance to manage the world when they become adults.
Zhengheng didn't expect Saito Yoshiryu to be sick, it seems that he is not lightly ill, it has been twenty-six years since he came to this era, and most of his memories of his previous life have been blurred, and he doesn't know when Saito Yoshiryu died in history.
But what shouldn't have been dead is also dead, and Masahiro doesn't think that Saito Yoshiryu's illness is not light, and it's a big deal that he can't stand it. The meaning of Ankokuji Huiqiong, Zhengheng understands, for Saito Yoshiryu and his people, he also has disgust and murderous intentions.
The biggest failure of Saito Yoshiryu in his life was the murder of his father, and for whatever reason, he could not wash away the stain of killing his father. Masahiro hated Saito Yoshiryu's character, but admired his father, Saito Michizo, the thief who was regarded by the world as a pit viper.
Michizo Saito was able to seize power step by step from an inconspicuous son of a down-and-out ronin, and eventually expelled Mino to protect the Toki clan and replace him himself. The way in which Masahiro rose was much more direct and violent than that of Saito Michizo, but he knew that in fact, if he wanted to succeed, his success was full of chance, but it was also dignified, and it was created by countless victories. Saito's success is to maximize his power and scheming, without being bound by any traditional moral and political rules. From entering the merchant to leaving Shi Minong, every step is carefully calculated, and others are used as bait, pawns and prey at any time. When others meet their needs, they can be saved by him regardless of their lives and bought at any cost, but once they do not meet the needs of interests, they will be ruthlessly sacrificed, no matter what kind of kindness the other party has had to him, or they have family and friendship with each other. This is also the reason why the world envies and praises the former and hates and hates the latter.
Zhengheng admired Saito Michizo's achievements, disgusted with him as a person, when he first heard about Saito Yoshiryu, he had a feeling of killing and then fast, but with the deepening of his understanding, he didn't have the feeling at the beginning, but showed a trace of admiration.
For Saito Yoshiryu and his people, from disgust to admiration, the psychology of Zhengheng is very contradictory. When he heard the news that Yoshiryu Saito was critically ill, his first reaction was not that he was well. On the contrary, there is some pity and sympathy, at the age of thirty-three, at the best time of his life, Saito Yoshiryu has come to the end.
There is not much content in the cantata written by Ankokuji Huiqiong, and more content comes from Hattori.
Minokoku has long been infiltrated by Hattori like a hornet's nest. This is very different from Owari Province, Oda Nobunaga of Owari gives outsiders a feeling of a big fool, but he does live up to his name in controlling the interior, and Owari does not penetrate deep enough in the country, and the exact news is unknown.
Zhengheng was a little suspicious at first, thinking that it was a fake news released by Saito Yoshiryu, but Hattori confirmed the correctness of the news, so that Zhengheng had other ideas, of course, he didn't know that Saito Yoshiryu actually had the idea of trusting the country.
Under the current situation, Saito Yoshiryu is critically ill, and he will not oppose the peace negotiation no matter what, which is in line with Saito Yoshiryu's interests, and only by making peace with his greatest enemy can he rest assured that Mino will be handed over to his young son.
Zhengheng pondered for a long time, and he instructed his subordinates to let Anguosi Huiqiong continue the order. If it weren't for the events of the previous year, he wouldn't have let go of this very beneficial thing for the Date family so easily, and in the case of the sudden changes in the situation in East Asia, he could only deal with the changes in Kyushu and Shikoku as soon as possible.
The main strategy is in Kyushu and Shikoku, then the eastern country will become a secondary target, so that Mino and Owari will become important buffer areas, as long as Mino and Owari and other areas are subordinate to the Date family, then the Date family does not need to mobilize a large number of soldiers and horses to be deployed on the front line.
Zhengheng's reply soon reached the hands of Huiqiong of Anguo Temple, and the content of the reply was also not much, but the real intention was hidden between the lines, and irrelevant people couldn't see why, and relevant people interpreted some other content from it.
Anguoji Huiqiong is a person who can decipher other content, even if there is no content, he can decipher some content. What's more, this is a reply from Zhengheng, and whoever can read Zhengheng will be able to thrive in the new regime. With his understanding of Zhengheng, there must be something hidden behind this simple reply that he has not yet understood, as long as he understands the content, he will be able to better complete Zhengheng's task and hand in a perfect transcript.
Ankokuji Huiqiong came to Inabayama Castle with a grand mission, but Saito Yoshiryu is not what it used to be, not the giant snake that can capture and kill the pit viper, but a sick snake, the giant snake has the interests of the giant snake, and the sick snake naturally has the interests of the sick snake. However, how to understand Zhengheng's reply, in order to get greater benefits from it, this is the interest appeal of Ankokuji Huiqiong, as long as he can make Saito Yoshiryu's interest appeal and Zhengheng's interest appeal similar, he can be considered to have completed the task perfectly.
After reading the letter, Huiqiong of Anguosi combed, deduced and pondered the information revealed in the letter, and gradually made up some clues in her brain. Since Masahiro has confirmed the news that Saito Yoshiryu is critically ill, he has not given up mediation.
In this way, what Ankokuji Huiqiong had to consider was how to ensure the implementation of the peace agreement in the post-Saito Yoshiryu era, yes, after learning the news that Saito Yoshiryu was critically ill, he inquired about the life of Saito Yoshiryu's heir.
This third generation of national thieves obviously does not have his grandfather's scheming, nor his father's ruthlessness, and he is only thirteen or fourteen years old, if Saito Yoshiryu is not at all like his father Saito Michizo in appearance, then Saito Ryuxing looks similar in appearance, but it is far from being in the world. In fact, that is to say, if he is not the master of the people, at least now he can't see that he can manage the huge Mino Kingdom, in fact, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, without the assistance of a group of loyal retainers, no one has such great ability.
The father and grandfather of the three generations of national thieves, his grandfather used to be just an oil seller, and then he relied on conspiracy and calculation to grab it step by step, the upper beam was not right and the lower beam was crooked, and his father seized the family business by killing his father, and he could count on who could faithfully assist him.
Anguo Temple Huiqiong bowed slightly, knowing it in her chest.
Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, outsiders know that Saito Ryuxing cannot inherit his family business, so there is very limited what Saito Yoshilong can do in a short period of time, either completely solve any potential enemies that may be defeated, or find a bigger backer.
When Saito Yoshiryu came to power, he mainly relied on Ximino to suppress Dongminon, so now he may be able to defeat the potential enemies on the side, seventy or eighty percent of them are from Ximinon, but to solve Ximino is to destroy his martial arts, and he does not have enough time to distinguish who is an enemy and who is a friend. Moreover, although there are internal contradictions among the people of Nishimino Country, they are still united in the face of Inabayama Castle, which is why Saito Yoshiryu calculated and used Takenaka Shigeharu.
There is no way to abolish martial arts in a short period of time, so there is only one way left for Saito Yoshiryu, to find a reliable backer. Anguo Temple Huiqiong knew that this was the reason why Zhengheng personally replied to the letter, and the matter of personally replying to the letter shows the importance of Zhengheng.
Now, which mountain in the country is more reliable than Zhengheng, Ankokuji Huiqiong really can't see it, so his role is reflected, as the messenger of Zhengheng, his original task was to mediate the relationship between Mino and Owari, but in fact, it was to play the front station.
Mediating the relationship between Mino and Owari is bound to be a protracted affair, at least both parties put forward conditions, and then sit down and sign a contract under the mediation of the political balance, which is of course a valid agreement signed under the proof of the political balance.
After Ankokuji Huiqiong figured everything out, he became relaxed, he knew that it should not be him who should be anxious now, but Saito Yoshiryu and Minoren of Inabayama Castle, although their interests are different, the only thing they have in common is to rely on the strong.
Who is the strongest, the Date family, then who is the representative of the Date family, Ankokuji Huiqiong is also, since Saito Yoshiryu and the people of Mino are in a hurry, then Ankokuji Huiqiong naturally doesn't need to be so anxious, not to mention that Zhengheng didn't give a specific time, which is enough for him to play freely.
Ankokuji Huiqiong relaxed, and Saito Yoshiryu, who had been paying attention to him, fell into anxiety. Ankokuji Huiqiong was missing an entourage, Saito Yoshiryu knew, but did not stop it, and after a few days, the retinue reappeared in the mission, and he also knew.
But what happened next made Saito Yoshiryu incomprehensible. Ankokuji Huiqiong did not meet with the endless stream of Mino people who came to visit, and second, he did not ask to meet Saito Yoshiryu, and became relaxed, which made him gradually feel that something was wrong.
In fact, with Saito Yoshiryu's shrewdness, he may not be able to see Ankokuji Huiqiong's tricks, but who made his illness really scary, who knows if he can see tomorrow's sun, in fact, he is too worried, in history he lasted until May of the second year, in the torture of illness and epidemic.
The bad thing is that the bad thing is the arrival of the disease, Saito Yoshiryu is tortured by the illness in every way, and then sees that Saito Ryuxing is young and ignorant, and urgently needs to find a strong person for Saito Ryuxing to attach to, just as Ankokuji Huiqiong thought, who is more reliable than the Date family now.
Saito Yoshiryu originally had the idea of entrusting the country, but now this thought became even deeper, and he reluctantly ordered the attendants who served him: "I want to see Ankokuji Huiqiong immediately." "He wanted to create a good environment for his young son before he died.
The news that Saito Yoshiryu wanted to see Ankokuji Huiqiong first fell into the ears of Nagai Michitoshi and Hineno Hiroshi, who knew Saito Yoshiryu's thoughts, but they did not stop Saito Yoshiryu's actions, but had a sense of fueling the troubles.
Even outsiders know that the future heir of Inabayama Castle, Saito Ryuxing, is a mediocre person, and Nagai Michitoshi and Hineno Hiroshi naturally do not know it, but their interests are tied to the Saito family, and they both prosper and lose. If the affairs of the country can be realized, then their power can be preserved as a result, which is the most important thing, and as long as their interests can be preserved, they will naturally support Saito Yoshiryu's decision. Similarly, once the Date family intervenes in Mino, in the face of the general trend, no one will do anything like a mantis arm. After a few days of thinking, Michitoshi Nagai and Hineno Hiroshi figured it out, and after learning that Saito Yoshiryu wanted to meet with Ankokuji Huiqiong, they were happy to see it happen, and did not stop their meeting.
A native of the Aki Takeda clan, the exile of his youth fostered his youth, and under the tutelage of his two teachers, he was not inferior in political acumen to his teachers. Zhu Yun Huixin switched from a diplomatic monk of Maori Yuan to the Date family, and soon made a name for himself in the Date family, which shows Zhu Yun Huixin's political wisdom. Huiqiong of Anguo Temple was taught by a good teacher, coupled with excellent intelligence and talent, and the setbacks in his early years made him change, becoming good and more than good.
Yoshiryu Saito is critically ill, no matter what kind of disease he has, anyone will have a fear of being infected, even if it is a parent or child. There was no expression of disgust on Ankokuji Huiqiong's face, and he knelt peacefully in front of Saito Yoshiryu's seat.
Anguo Temple Huiqiong introduced herself, and then said a substantive word, "The little monk was originally ordered by my lord to come to fight the front station, but judging from the current situation, the little monk's shoulders are going to be a little heavier, I don't know how the general should deal with it?" ”
Saito Yoshiryu's expression was solemn, he naturally understood what Ankokuji Huiqiong meant, the other party already knew about his condition, but he gradually calmed down, the physical pain did not confuse his mind, his mind was clear and his thinking was clear. He said: "I want to know what the intentions of the political balance are? ”
Anguo Temple Huiqiong smiled slightly, and said: "My lord's intention is obvious, he wants to reconcile the contradiction between Mino and Owari, it has not changed before, and it still hasn't changed, of course, the little monk has another task to come today, that is, to borrow from the general?" ”
Saito Yoshiryu paused and said, "Borrow? ”
Ankokuji Huiqiong nodded and said: "Yes, by the way, the general knows that Owari Guardian Oda Nobunaga intends to send his sister-in-law Wonder Pill and his sister City Princess to Beijing, and they will pass through Mino along the way, so there is a word of borrowing the road, which is also the first step to resolve the relationship between Mino and Owari?" ”
Yoshiryu Saito changed color in shock.
Ankokuji Huiqiong's move can be described as earth-shattering, and it instantly stunned Saito Yoshiryu, making him almost suffocate and almost collapse. (To be continued.) )