The purpose of marriage is to serve the interests of the family. The children of the martial family, even more so, from the moment they were born, the future marriage has become a bargaining chip for the interests of the family, which cannot be changed.

This is the case with Masahiro's marriage, where his wife is from Izumo Province, and the relationship between the two deteriorates even more as relations with Izumo Province become tense. If the Date family had always lived under Izumo's umbrella, Masahiro would only be able to endure Mrs. Uyama's various unreasonable demands.

Zheng Heng was born in a small clan, and he had no right-hand man in his family, so he could only marry Guò and marry one side lady after another to make the powerful forces in the territory his help.

There are gains and losses, the rules of heaven and earth.

Seeing that Zhi Songzi was serious about the overall situation, he agreed to be the matchmaker between the two sides, and obviously agreed to this family affair for his lord Xiangxi Yuancheng. Zhengheng was obviously very happy, laughed, and said: "Lord Uematsu, you can go back and sue Sù Echizen Shou, and there is nothing wrong with taking Goro's wife as a concubine." ”

Zheng Heng knew in his heart that the so-called concubine wife should be the wife of Xiangxi Yuanqing, but Zheng zhì is so ugly, under the strength, if you are a concubine wife, then you are a concubine wife, if you obediently agree to be able to save a Qingqing's life, if you show a little dissatisfaction, I am afraid that you will immediately attract a roll of bamboo mats from the backyard and throw it into the Seto Inland Sea.

Marriage and women in the Warring States period were both means and tools for the survival of the family. It is a very normal thing to send a woman to resolve the conflict between the two parties, strengthen the relationship between the two parties, and try to sow their own seeds within the other party.

Zheng Heng clearly did not feel the slightest hesitation because he had deprived a young man of his marriage. This era has long assimilated him. If it is twisted and pinched, I am afraid it will be considered an alternative. Away from him, he looked at Uematsu Zimasa and said: "The matter has been decided, since our two families have reached a marriage relationship, then it doesn't matter whether this document is signed or not, if you feel at ease, then I will sign it and press the drawing." After a pause, he continued, "If Uematsu-sama wants to go back. I will send messengers with you to bring with you the sincerity of my family. ”

Uematsu Zizheng listened to Zhengheng's words, and hurriedly bowed his head and praised: "The foreign minister respects your lordship. He bowed his head and smiled slightly, for him, there was nothing more successful and meaningful than this marriage, once the marriage with the powerful Date family was reached, the rule of the Xiangxi family would be very stable for more than ten years in the first and second generations. It would be even better if the daughter of the Date family could give birth to a son.

Of course, Uematsu Zimasa considered whether the daughter of the Date family would annex the Xiangxi family if the daughter of the Date family gave birth to the son of the Xiangxi family. However, the Warring States period was originally an era when the weak depended on the strong. Now the Date family is strong, and the Xiangxi family is weak. The Xiangxi family is attached to the Date family, which is understandable. A son born to the daughter of the Date family will inherit the Shosai family, and these people will be safer under the powerful wing of the Date family.

Zheng Heng smiled slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, he knew that the matter had been done, in the eyes of outsiders, maybe this was a means for the Date family to meddle in the disagreement, but could it really be so simple?! Zhengheng said with a smile: "I like to go straight, the Xiangxi family is beneficial to me, I am also beneficial to the Xiangxi family, this is the same place between our two families, since my niece Jing and Yougoro's family affairs have been reached, I will ask Lord Uematsu to take care of Shizuko in the future." ”

Of course, Uematsu Zimasa knew what it meant to take care of a lot, and he knew in his heart that even if the Date family sent a retainer to accompany Shizuko to Katsuga Castle as an entourage, he still needed the support of these important ministers of the same clan to be able to secure the position of Mrs. Masamuro.

Of course, Uematsu Zimasa will not refuse to agree to this, he is the messenger who came to talk about it today, and he is about to become the messenger of the media, and it is inevitable that he will be connected with this young lady who is about to enter Katsuga Castle, and he hurriedly responded: "Yes, the foreign minister understands. ”

Zhengheng seems to be in a good mood, and the haze of Maori Yuan's death has dissipated a lot, and he has negotiated a general matter with Uematsu Zimasa, and he does not need to come forward for the specific discussion below, and it will be handed over to the retainers to discuss a set of covenants.

Masahiro looked back at Aono Shigeki, the Kagawa clan, and let him change the name of his base to become a clan in Kagawa Prefecture, which naturally has its proud capital, and the Kagawa clan is divided into two branches, one is the Yasui Kagawa clan, and the other is the Kagawa clan, which fought in the old time and space Kagawa clan until the late Warring States period, and was finally changed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

He knew that Aono Shigeki was calculated by Uematsu Zimasa, but he said without feeling: "Aono-sama, I heard that in the twenty-first year of Astronomy, Miyoshi Toyomae Mamoru replaced the Hosokawa clan as the guardian of the Zanqi Kingdom, and when the generals signed the subordinate pleading, the Kagawa War Department did not sign it, which is really courageous. "The three good Fengqian in the text are the three good real rest, and the official position is Feng Qian. View of Kagawa, Daisuke of the official military department.

Aono Shigeki was quite nervous, he was afraid that Zhengheng would ask if the Kagawa clan and the Xiangxi clan acted in unison, and when the time came, he would answer yes and no, and he was in a dilemma, but he didn't expect to ask about the twenty-first year of astronomy (that is, 1552), he was not surprised why Zhengheng knew about this, this matter can be said to be a matter that Kagawa has always been proud of, there is a lot of publicity, it is not a secret, so he replied: "Is there such a thing?" ”

Glancing at Aono Shigeki, Masahiro said slowly: "Miyoshi Toyo Maemoru is also a master-killer, who killed Hosokawa Mochitaka in the June Miyoji Temple incident in the 22nd year of Astronomy, and after killing Hosokawa Mochitaka, he killed all the thieves of Kume Yasui, Sano Tango, Hinata Nishiki, Noda Uchizosuke, and Ogura Mino of the Chitaka faction. Kagawa was able to refuse Miyoshi Toyoshima's unreasonable request, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he had the courage! Now that Awa Ichikoku has completely fallen under the hands of Miyoshi Toyomae, Miyoshi Chikuzen's war in has also flattened, and Tamshu has fallen into the pocket of Ataka Settsu, and I don't know what the Kagawa military department has to say. ”

Aono Shigeki heard about Miyoshi Shikyu's evil deeds, and beads of sweat involuntarily overflowed his forehead, obviously he thought that since Miyoshi Shikyu was the master of killing the lord like killing chickens, would he be angry with the Kagawa clan because of this, but he didn't think about whether he would let the Kagawa clan go even if there was no such thing.

Zhengheng said this not only to intimidate Aono Shigeki, but also to beat Uematsu Zimasa, and occasionally to beat the various powerful countries and people who oppose the Miyoshi brothers.

The next step of the Sanhao clan is to make a move against the three good brothers, even if they stand in the camp of the three good brothers, they may not be able to be stable, the three good brothers are all small-bellied chicken intestines, and there are many Chinese people who have big and small contradictions with them, are they not afraid of settling accounts after the autumn.

Aono Shigeki had to be yes.

Zhengheng saw that the effect had been achieved, and if he continued to talk about it, he said: "Let's talk about this here today, and then go to have a meal with me later, and in the afternoon, Miyahara Tanba, the foreign affairs commissioner, will discuss with you in detail, okay." ”

After a nap in the afternoon, Miyahara Masashige, Ishikawa Hissataka, and Hosokawa Tsumasa arrived together, wanting to listen to the specific opinions of Zhengheng on disagreement, Zhengheng looked at their respectful attitude, and said lightly: "Do you know the wonderful use of people's hearts? ”

Miyahara Masashige, Ishikawa Hisataka, and Hosokawa Tsumasa were a little confused, but they said: "Please also ask the Lord to publicize it." ”

Zheng Heng glanced around at everyone and said with a faint smile: "The people of the troubled times hope that peace will come soon, the samurai expect war exploits, and the shogunate hopes to restore the glory of the Fù Zun clan." In any case, the attachment of the weak to the strong is the desire of the people of the world. I don't care what kind of calculations the discriminating Chinese people play, and I don't care if they really belong to me, we just need to grasp the people's desires. ”

Miyahara replied: "Yes, the ministers understand. ”

Masahiro stood up, opened the wooden door, blew the spring breeze, looked in the direction of the Seto Inland Sea, and said, "There are a large number of small islands scattered between Kibi Shikoku and Sanki, such as Shodoshima, Toshima, Naoshima, and Shiosa, which have been gathering places for pirates since ancient times. The Xiangxi family only saw the immediate benefits, but did not pay attention to the changes in people's hearts, and the reason why the salt and water army supported them was nothing more than to bring them safety and benefits. Now that the Xiangxi family is subordinate to us in name, then the salt-saturated water army can justifiably abandon the Xiangxi family. This is the greatest use of my acceptance of the Xiangxi family. ”

The three of them replied and left.

Nowadays, the Date family can be said to be rampant on land, especially after the sword hunting order, the establishment of the standing army has made the Date family have the guarantee of long-term foreign wars, but the navy has increasingly shown its shortcomings, to have a navy, not only need a boat, but also need a person to drive the boat.

Since the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the people of the islands have been able to establish close and direct relations with those who held great power at the time.

During both the Muromachi and Edo periods, the Muromachi Shogunate was the imperial ship of the Shogunate, but it was only in the Warring States Period that the Muromachi Shogunate declined, and the Salt Satsui military broke away and turned to support Hosokawa Masamoto, and in the alliance of the local people, they established a close relationship with the Kosai family.

Once the Xiangxi family is subordinate to the Date family, and the news that the Date family is marrying a princess and going to the Xiangxi family spreads, the hearts of the people of the Salt Filled Water Army will change, and it has always been a common practice for the Salt and Water Army to be attached to the strong, and they will immediately be thrown into the umbrella of the Date family.

The investment of the salt and water army not only gave the Date family an additional naval force that could be relied on, but also had a qualified base for recruiting sailors, contributing to the construction of the Date family's own naval army.

A few days later, in Katsuga Castle, Uematsu Zi was talking eloquently, and Xiangxi Yuancheng was ecstatic, but the young lord Xiangxi Yuanqing couldn't help but show a painful expression. (To be continued......)