After embarking on the journey home, Shimazu Takahisa's rebellion grew day by day, and he was even more unscrupulous towards the young minister Date Masahiro. Although he left his second son, Shimazu Yoshihiro, as a hostage in Funai Castle, he had no fear in his heart.

However, the strong military strength of Zhengheng made him tie his hands and feet, and his heart was filled with a deep sense of powerlessness, and Shimazu Takahisa was of course very angry about this feeling of himself.

What makes Shimazu Takahisa feel even more jealous is the age of Masahiro, he is over half a hundred years old, and he may pass away at any time in the Warring States Period, where life is like a dream and a fantasy like a cherry blossom, and it is difficult to guarantee that even if he will not see the sun rise tomorrow, he has no chance of winning in terms of age or military strength.

Despite Shimazu's constant self-comfort, as he got closer to Kagoshima in Satsuma Province, his chagrin and jealousy deepened.

What makes Shimazu Takahisa even more haunted is that the Shimazu family's dedication to restoring the guardianship of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga has not only not been realized, but has instead separated the Toyosu Shimazu clan and the Sasku Shimazu clan, which originally belonged to the Shimazu lineage, and clamped each other down.

Before his departure, Shimazu Takahisa repeatedly calculated with his retainers that his place of knowledge should be composed of the thirteen counties of Satsuma Province, the four counties of Kitassumi, the three counties of Minami-Hyuga Province, and a small part of Hizen Province, with a total of nearly 350,000 koku, but the final ruling result was only 120,000 koku left in the ten counties of Satsuma, Isaku, Risaku, Hiri, Ado, Kawabe, Eishawa, Ibusuki, Giri, Keizama, and Kagoshima.

"Isn't it ridiculous that the result of several lifetimes of hard work has been reduced by half?"

The Liver Fu clan, which was suppressed by the Shimazu clan and threatened to be destroyed at any time, not only obtained the territory of Andu, but also assigned the four counties of Kitasumi, such as Hishikari, Kuwabara, Shira, and Tsuyo, which were not part of the Liver Fu clan, to the domain of the Liver Fu clan, and suddenly became the Osumi Kunamori alongside the Shimazu clan.

Therefore, Shimazu Takahisa's inner jealousy can be imagined, he scolded Date Mashiro unscrupulously along the way, and he wanted to immediately break the neck of this despicable villain to relieve the hatred in his heart.

People will always see the faults of others, but not their own. When he was still in a dilemma in Kagoshima, the traitors in his eyes, Shimazu Yoshitora of the Shimazu clan of Sasku and Shimazu Tadashi of the Shimazu clan of Toyosu arrived at Funai Castle together, told the history of the Shimazu clan to Masahiro, and picked up the father and son of Shimazu Tadaya and Takahisa, who are now in charge.

said how Shimazu Tadashi, Guijiu father and son bullied the clan family with a split family, how to expel the clan Shimazu Katsuhisa, how to bully other clans, anyway, how to come so bad.

Shimazu Yoshitora and Shimazu Tadashi proved each other's claims to be true or false, and finally asked the Date family to make decisions for them and punish the Shimazu Tadhara and Takahisa father and son who bullied the clan and bullied the other families.

On the one hand, he summoned Shimazu Tadaya and Takahisa to Fuuchi Castle several times in succession, and on the other hand, he sent Hattori Hanzo to investigate the details of Satsuma, Hinata, Osumi, Higo and other places.

When Takahisa Shimazu succumbs to the last-minute fear of Masahiro's powerful army, Masahiro is determined to teach him some lessons, and subtly he is influenced by another time and space.

The four strong feudal clans that led to the collapse of the Edo shogunate, the Choshu Mori Domain, the Satsuma Shimazu Domain, the Hizen Nabeshima Domain, and the Tosa Yamauchi Domain, are now the only complete Satsuma Shimazu clan.

The Maori clan was destroyed, the Nabeshima clan was just a small feud of 8,000 stones, Tosa Province was Nagamune, and my department was shared with the Ichijo clan, and the Satsuma Shimazu clan, which was far away from the mountains, became a heart disease of Masahiro.

Generally speaking, the daimyo vassals who were close to the shogunate were near the center of government, and the farther away their territories were from the center of government. Satsuma Province is located in the westernmost part of the four islands of Wakoku, and its relationship with the shogunate can be imagined.

Zhengheng didn't trust the Satsuma Shimazu clan from the beginning, and tried his best to clamp down on the Satsuma Shimazu clan, and now the delay of Shimazu Tadashi and Takahisa father and son has given him an excuse to clamp down.

Shimazu, which originally belonged to a family, was divided into three, although the clan identity of Shimazu Tadaya and Takahisa father and son was recognized, and the independent identity of the Sasku Shimazu clan and the Toyosu Shimazu clan was also recognized. In this way, the relationship between the Shimazu clan of Sasku and the Shimazu clan of Toyosu for the sake of their independence and autonomy and the clan represented by Shimazu Tadaya and Takahisa father and son can be imagined and clamped each other.

At the same time, although the liver Fu clan is the strongest in Osumi country, it can't cover the sky with one hand, and it is even more difficult to start in the Kitassumi area, and now with the endorsement of the Date family, he wants to sit firmly in the position of the Osumi family, and he will inevitably hold the thigh of the Date family and become the-stirring stick of Minami Kyushu.

It is conceivable that Shimazu Takahisa, who had originally come to the inner castle of Funai with great ambition, would be so aggrieved when he returned to Satsuma, and his betrayal was rippling in his heart all the time, and he didn't want to raise the anti-flag as soon as he returned to Satsuma Kagoshima. But it's easy to raise the anti-flag, but it's even harder to put it down.

Shimazu Takahisa was angry, of course he knew that Zhengheng wanted him to raise the anti-flag, and once the anti-flag was raised, the entire Shimazu family would be pushed to a dead end. Next, the Date family will definitely encircle and suppress the Satsuma country and exterminate the Shimazu clan.

However, if the flag is not raised, the Shimazu family, which has only half of the Satsuma country, will become weaker and weaker over time, and it will be difficult to maintain financial pressure, and it will end in financial bankruptcy.

Date Masahiro has achieved the status of the Minister of Imperial Affairs in just over ten years, which is enough to show his amazing strength, which is not only strong in force, but also outstanding in wisdom and strategy.

This is a world where strength is everything. If Takahisa Shimazu insists on staying in Satsuma Province and staying in Kagoshima, he will have the advantage of being in a good location, and there will be no way to deal with him even if the Date family is trying to deal with him. Once he finds an excuse, his advantage is lost, and how can he survive in the world.

When Shimazu Takahisa arrived in Kagoshima, Satsuma Province, his heart was no longer complaining, the Shimazu family had been in Satsuma Country for hundreds of years, and it was impossible to fall apart without the greater interests that were enough to impress them.

However, if there is no other way out, it is difficult to ensure that the originally united Satsuma country will fall apart with the passage of time, and as long as a way out is found, the Shimazu clan can survive for a long time.

When he saw the Kagoshima City Wall, Shimazu Takahisa suddenly thought of what happened before the Funai Castle Conference, since Matsuura Takanobu can be small and big, then why can't the Shimazu clan.