In the middle of summer, Okayama Castle, built in the Aushikawa River, is refreshing and pleasant, and even on dog days, there is no feeling of scorching heat. Zhengheng is an active person, he will be happy in every battle, no one expected that after the capture of the mountain city, and then recuperation and hibernation.

It is now June of the first year of Eiroku, and the emperor has also been replaced, Emperor Chihito collapsed, and the name Hou Nara, also known as Emperor Nara, was succeeded by Emperor Fangren. Continuing to carry forward the style of loyalty to the imperial court, Shoheng offered 600 kan as funeral expenses after the collapse of Emperor Go-Nara, so that Emperor Go-Nara did not stay in the Kuroto Imperial Palace for two and a half months as in history. After Emperor Hashihito succeeded to the throne, he was grateful for the merits of the Date clan and was promoted to the rank of Dazai Daibi, and the previous official appointment of Daizai Daitaka had died of a winter storm three years earlier, leaving him with infinite regret.

The official position hanging on the head of Zhengheng is from the fourth place under the Dazai Daji, the shogunate is the topic of the Western Kingdom, and there is also a large list of guardian positions, a total of thirteen guardian positions, Date Ling is now a total of 2.7 million stone Shi Gao makes Zhengheng proud of the others.

After three years of hibernation, Zhengheng fell in love with fishing, and he sat on a stone by a huge pond, dressed in coarse cloth, and holding a bamboo pole that was not long. His face was much more mature than three years ago, but it was much fairer, and if it weren't for the black blindfold, he would look like a quiet young fisherman.

Behind Zhengheng stood a thin young man about seventeen years old, the young man was wearing a full suit, especially a yellow silk thread on the placket, and he was the best of Zhengheng's guard camp. This thin young man is the little surname Hattori Masanari who officially became Zhengheng three years ago.

For three years. Hattori Masanari gradually took over the class of his father, Hattori Baochang. Now he is an important member of the Hattori congregation. Since Ah Mo became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter and lived in Okayama Castle, he stood out from his surname, took over Ah Mo's class, and entered the guard camp.

Zhengheng obviously trusted Hattori Masanari, didn't care about his arrival, and didn't take him to heart, and gently picked the carp off the hook. Slowly put it in the fish basket next to you. It wasn't until he threw the hook out again that Zhengheng glanced back at Hattori Masanari behind him, and said lightly: "Is there any news in Kinai?" ”

Since Hattori Baochang set up a ninja force of more than 100 people to be responsible for the intelligence network in Kinai, the Tozawa people are more of an internal reconnaissance, and as the earliest ninja force of the Date family, Kusama has now gradually become an important part of the police force, and Kusama Shibei has also officially changed its name to Kusama General Division.

Hattori Masanari looked at Zhengheng respectfully, his eyes were full of awe, and he was unusually respectful when he spoke, and said, "Back to Your Highness, not yet." After Emperor Akigami succeeded to the throne, Miyoshi Chokei's change to shogun was delayed due to the funeral and enthronement matters. However, with three good Changqing today's power. Changing to Li Yiqiu as the new general of Zhengyi, I believe that there will be no problems. His plea to the current emperor is just a matter of righteousness, and it does not give people the feeling of giving or receiving it privately. ”

Zhengheng heard that Miyoshi Changqing was going farther and farther on the road of madness, without any expression on his face, nodded noncommittally, and said lightly: "Miyoshi Changqing let the brother of the Tsuruga Gongfang Ichijoin Jueqing return to the vulgar, changed his name to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and succeeded him as the general of Zhengyi, which makes sense in law, and the Tsuruga Gongfang has been away from the mountain castle for a long time, and he can't deal with the affairs of the shogunate, so he will be based on the throne of Toshiaki." Miyoshi Changqing is a good calculation, what is the attitude of the Tsuruga Princess? Since three years ago, Rokkaku Yoshiken succumbed to Miyoshi Chokei, agreed to all the conditions of Miyoshi Chokei, and changed his legal name to Seijo, Ashikaga Yoshiki went to Echizen Province to seek refuge in Asakura Yoshikei and stayed in Tsuruga Prefecture.

Hattori Masanari did not have any good influence on the indecisive Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the good idea given to him by the political balance back then, Ashikaga Yoshiteru has no sign of using it to this day, and he also ran to Echizen Province, which made many people in Date's family feel indignant, and if they want to run, they have to run to the more powerful Date family. Hattori Masari shook his head and said, "The Tsuruga Gongfang is still the same as before, but recently I have become obsessed with the Nakajo-ryu, and every day I invite the Nakajo-ryu master Tomita Segen to the Gongfang Pavilion." ”

Zheng Heng smiled, didn't say anything, the fishing line of the bamboo pole in his hand shook, the fish was hooked again, he put his mind on the fishing line, but after a while, the fishing line shook a little, the fish unhooked, he threw the hook out again, and said: "After three years of hibernation, my heart has not calmed down." ”

Hattori Masanari did not pick up, and he continued to report: "Rokkaku Seijo, the guardian of Omi Province who succumbed to Miyoshi Nagakei, gave up the position of family governor to the prestigious sister-in-law Shiro Yoshiharu some time ago, but from all indications, Rokkaku Seizhen still holds a real power. ”

Zheng Heng heard about his military exploits, sneered, and said: "Tsk, a fourteen-year-old doll is embarrassed to say that she has prestige, but Guanyin Temple City is going to be in chaos." He suddenly thought of the historical Kannonji riots, which were nothing more than an avalanche of power caused by the irreconcilable contradictions between the important ministers and the young lords, which led to a serious decline in the power of the Rokkaku family, so that Oda Nobunaga, who occupied the Nobi Plain, collapsed the Rokkaku clan without even fighting and seized Omi Province.

Zhengheng did not have any good influence on the hexagonal Yixian, Yizhi father and son, they were all the way, and they only knew that the arrows of the two of them shot well, and the other governing and military strategies were very trendy. In the past three years, the only thing Zhengheng has done to build Okayama Castle is to repair and repair roads.

Zhengheng heard the news of Miyoshi Changqing, but he was not in the mood to fish, especially after the two decouplings, he took his eyes off Hattori Masasari's body and glanced at Shimizu Soji, Yamanaka Shikasuke, Kuroda Kanbei, Hiraga and others who were waiting on the side.

Zhengheng said lightly: "After Ashikaga Yoshiaki succeeds to the throne, Miyoshi Nagakei is afraid that he will raise troops, and it is self-evident who he will be next." Before he finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up, and they obviously thought of who would be Miyoshi Changqing's next opponent.

Kuroda Kanwei is not very old, but he gradually has a little bit of a minister's belly, he glanced at his lord, and said with a smile: "Your Highness." Since the Battle of Yama Castle. Hibernate for three years. The heart of war in the army is getting stronger and stronger, and I am afraid that these are all in your belly. ”

Listening to Kuroda Kanwei's words, Zhengheng saw that he was much more cheerful, since Kuroda Kanwei's family was slaughtered and depressed for a long time before he came out of the shadows, it would be a great sin to lose a famous general in history.

Zheng Heng laughed, smiled confidently, and said, "Since the Battle of Boqi Kingdom three years ago. The use of muskets on the battlefield has become more extensive, and various forces are vigorously expanding their musket units, and my family is naturally not inferior, and now the number of muskets in my family has reached 3,500. Of course, if only the number of muskets can achieve victory on the battlefield, there is no need to fight, as long as the two sides compare the number of each other, and the less side surrenders. ”

Qing Shui Zongzhi knew some inside information more than others, and he raised his head and asked, "Your Highness, there are more than ten bronze cannons that are being vigorously cast now!" "Bronze cannon. Yes, the sharpest weapon of this era. Without one, Zhengheng sits on the first copper mine in the country, so he naturally will not let go of the casting bronze cannon.

It can be said that at this time period, there are so many bronze cannons used as salutes in the entire Wa Kingdom, except for a few bronze cannons used as salutes in Otomo Town, which are called national collapses, and no other forces have bronze cannons. However, the cast bronze cannon could not be completed overnight, and now there are only twelve qualified products.

The number is small, but it is enough to affect the course of a war.

The casting of the bronze cannon brought another dream of Zhengheng one step closer, and the bronze cannon was installed on the ship, not a small boat, nor a common house ship used by the Wa Kingdom today, but a real big ship, a galleon capable of sailing on the ocean.

This era is the beginning of the modern era of the Western world, and the Age of Discovery is in full swing, bringing countless opportunities and wealth to the West.

Of course, Masahiro denied the behavior of the Japanese pirates, and the strategy he implemented in his territory was to prohibit the Japanese pirates, which caused some financial losses to the Date family to a certain extent, but in the long run, the benefits outweighed the disadvantages.

When Zhengheng was about to instruct someone to take back the fish caught today to be roasted, Tsuda Munekazu hurriedly walked in, handed a letter to Zhengheng, and then said: "Your Highness, this is a letter sent back by my father, and he said that it is a matter of urgency. ”

Zheng Heng opened the letter, looked at it at a glance, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and said with a faint smile: "I didn't expect that our Tsuruga Gongfang was pushed into the corner, and finally couldn't help it, tsk, what a skill, by exchanging swordsmanship with Nakajo-ryu to distract everyone's attention, secretly let people borrow food from the Ichijo clan temples in various places in the name of the Miyoshi clan in Settsu, Hanoi, Izumi, Kii and other places." He handed the letter to Hattori Masari, who was beside him.

Hattori Masanari said in horror: "The minister should die, he was deceived by the trick of the Tsuruga Princess, and I ask for forgiveness." "Hattori is in charge of the Kinai intelligence network, and he didn't know anything about such a major matter, and he asked a businessman to bring a letter back, which seemed quite incompetent.

Zhengheng shook his head and said: "It's no wonder to you about this matter, Sanhao Changqing is based on Li Yiqiu as the general of Zhengyi, and the next one to deal with is me. ”

Zheng Heng glanced up at the calm pond and said, "The trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop, this riot seems inevitable, I don't know what kind of outcome it will turn into." He said to himself, "It's time to settle the Izumo Kingdom." ”

Yamanaka Kasuke, who had been silent, heard the last sentence of Masaheng, his eyes lit up, his fists clenched tightly, and he thought to himself: "Are you finally going back, I must ask the lord to let me follow the battle, complete my first formation, and enter Tsukiyama Tomita Castle." ”

Since he subdued Rokkaku Yoshiken, Hatakeyama Takamasa did not come out in Kii Province, Ashikaga Yoshiki ran to Tsuruga, and for a time the whip was too long to have to base himself on Yoshiaki as the general of the expedition, and in the past three years, Miyoshi Changqing can be said to have a good time.

No, Miyoshi Changqing, who had recovered his vitality, couldn't hold back, he wanted to teach Date Zhengheng, who had made him extremely aggrieved, a lesson, and let him know why the flowers were so red, and as soon as his proposal came out, he was immediately approved by all the retainers.

The conquest of Date Zhengheng, who has two or three million stones, can not be sloppy, one accidentally bites the back, but it will take his own life, first, there must be enough troops, and second, there must be enough military rations, and be ready to fight a protracted war. Miyoshi Nagakei never dreamed that his thinking about raising military rations would lead to a great riot that swept across the entire.

In fact, Miyoshi Nagakei is not a puppet who doesn't know anything, he is a Warring States daimyo who came out of poverty, knows what not to mess with, there are two forces in that cannot be provoked, one is the emperor who lives in Kyoto, and the other is a Buddhist temple.

If the authority of the emperor is lost again, if you want to do something to abolish the emperor, then I'm sorry, you will immediately attract the attention of many people. He is now based on Riyoshiaki as the general of the expedition, although it has also caused criticism, but Ashikaga Yoshiaki is Ashikaga Yoshiaki's brother after all. When Ashikaga Yoshiki has no heirs, it makes sense in law to change his foothold to Riyoshiaki, so he will turn a blind eye and let him toss blindly, if he usurps Ashikaga Yoshiki himself as a general to try it, immediately let him know what is called an encirclement network, let him know what it means to be tired.

The Buddhist temple is also a hedgehog, and now there are people who are trying to make trouble in Kaga, Noto, and Vietnam, and Kaga has established an earthly Buddhist country, which has given those Buddhist temple sects a great shock and exemplary influence, once they are provoked, hehe, you will know what it is like to be caught in the vast sea of people's war.

August was the time of the autumn harvest, and the retainers of the Miyoshi family who collected the autumn grain obviously did not understand the warning of Miyoshi Changqing, or said that the hearts of these guys were greatly broken, and they even made a lot of nonsense in front of the bald monks, and wantonly expropriated the fields belonging to the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, moved the grain, and killed many villagers of the Ishiyama Honganji Temple.

"Since the opening of the Honganji Temple in Stone Mountain, it has been a forbidden place for military generals, and Miyoshi Changkei, who set up the general of Zhengyi without permission, dared to trespass, snatch food, and kill disciples, what is his intention?" In the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, a group of monks sprayed the young Venerable Master speechlessly.

Honganji Xianru originally wanted to calm things down, but apparently his plan was opposed by a group of young monks, and if they disagreed, they would launch a military admonition, and the old monks who hoped to be safe gradually joined in, thinking that this was a good opportunity to strengthen their strength.

The rebellion began in mid-September of the first year of Eiroku. (To be continued......)