Zhengheng, who had just walked across the suspension bridge, looked back and muttered in a low voice, "Where did the messenger come from?" There was no reason in my heart, and I thought of Masanari Yoshida and Fumigo Ishimatsu who were sent to Kyoto more than ten days ago. It was originally just an attempt by Zhengheng on a whim, so that Miyoshi Changqing would be more entangled in Jinnai, rather than Harima Country, it doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not, success can give Zhengheng more time to prepare, failure and loss of a few retainers, so that Miyoshi Changkei's hatred for the Date family is deeper, anyway, the two sides are obviously going back and forth in secret. This is also a kind of illusion of a time-traveler for him, and the most annoying thing when playing the four of the world's unification is the endless ninja attack before the battle.

Zhengheng could see that the people who came were quite dusty and hurried, and it was obvious that something big had happened. The most distant territory of the Date family is Himeji Castle in Harima Province, and Himeji Castle is now very safe, even if something big happens. It can be passed over by a post station, the post station system of the Date family can be said to be quite developed, originally these post stations were mostly borne by the local wealthy people, and now they are mostly loyal to the Date family. These stations themselves are also intelligence stations and bulletin stations that the Date family has planted into the territory of the subordinate Hao clan, monitoring the wind of these forces, and any new orders issued by the Date family will be transmitted to these stations, and then let these stations convey these orders to the ears of the local people, so as not to give the local forces any chance to interfere with them.

Local forces are quite resistant to these stations. But although the Date family is strong now. Once the post station was treated unfairly. Then I'm sorry, the Date family is going to send troops to come and have a good chat with you about your outlook on life and the world. Of course, in order to restrain the deception that happens in the post station, the Date family also has a secret force specially used to monitor the post station, the predecessor of this secret force was part of the Kusama people, and now the other part has also been split by the political balance to serve as a police force, and in the future, the Kusama people will become the main part of the police force, and the external surveillance will be handed over to Tozawa Hakusai, who was born in Koga, in the near future. Of course, in the future, a competition mechanism will be introduced, and some Iga ninjas will also be recruited.

The rider was soon brought to Zheng Heng, he half knelt in front of Zheng Heng, and handed the submission in his hand to Zheng Heng, but Zheng Heng did not open it directly, looked at the knight with a serious face, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?" ”

The knight said bluntly: "The villain does not dare to deceive the lord, the villain is in a hurry this time, not because of his business, but because of the riot in Kyoto three days ago." Miyoshi Chokei's general, Miyoshi Nagaitsu, was ambushed in Dozuo by the retainers of Akutagawa Katsujuro, the former lord of Akutagawa Mountain Castle. So much so that the whole army was annihilated, and at the same time it caused a fire. Miyoshi Chokei sent a large army to Shangluo, which caused a riot in Kyoto, the two sides clashed, countless casualties, and the fire in Kyoto could not be extinguished, and His Majesty the Emperor came out to mediate, which was also to no avail. The villain came to report on the orders of Katayama-sama. ”

Zheng Heng opened the submission in his hand, the content of the text was the same as that of a knight, his face became extremely ugly, and he immediately said angrily: "The traitor Sanhao Changqing actually set fire to Kyoto, and His Majesty the Emperor came forward and didn't listen, which is really a great rebellion." "The hunch in my heart has been realized, fortunately, from the cavalry and the content of the submission, it can be seen that the people who ambushed Miyoshi Nagayi are still safe, and before the Kyoto fire is extinguished, Miyoshi Nagakei does not have much energy left to pursue them, and can only hope that they can return safely. Now, no matter who caused this fire, all the sins must be counted on Miyoshi Changqing's head anyway, and even if it is not him, he must say that he did it, so as to avoid causing more trouble.

Zhengheng pondered for a moment and said, "You go down and rest first." "Saying that, let the knight take him down, and now that he encounters such a thing, he obviously has no intention of going to eat again, but since he has arrived at Shimizuzhuang, there is no need to return to Heshou City, this matter is not big, and it is not small.

Naturally, Yoshida Masanari and Ishimatsu Fumigo and others returned safely, this matter can be concealed, and after a year or two, even if someone says that it was the Date family who did it, no one will believe it, anyway, the relationship between the Date family and the Miyoshi family is quite bad, and what the Miyoshi family said can be classified as a false accusation, there is no evidence, especially no witnesses, how can it be proved that the Date family did it, and I also said that you want to be the emperor, and you want to burn the emperor by setting fire to the thief by shouting to catch the thief.

It's not small to say that it's not small, the Kyoto fire, no matter whether Miyoshi Changqing can clear his sin or not, he will inevitably find a scapegoat for this fire to strike a strong blow and divert people's attention, which is the reason why internal contradictions arise and must be solved externally. As long as you don't put your anger on Date's house, no matter who it is, Zhengheng has no opinion, and he raises his hands and feet to support it. However, as the Date family, which is loyal to the Emperor, especially the Date family, who was respectful some time ago, now that this kind of thing is encountered, if you ignore it, it is really unreasonable.

Zhengheng was just about to turn around and leave, when he saw Ah Mo in military uniform following him, he said: "Ah Mo, you immediately tell Bai Yunzhai to immediately mobilize the members of the Tozawa people in Kinai to set off for the vicinity of Kyoto, immediately find out what happened, and do a good job of answering it." ”

Amo responded, although she didn't know what the last sentence meant, and the actions of Yoshida Masanari and Ishimatsu Fumigo were only known to Masahiro, Tozawa Baiyunsai and the parties, and the rest of the people were still hidden, and no one knew that this incident was caused by the Date family at the beginning.

After a pause, Masahiro said to Tsuda Sukegoro again: "You immediately go to Kurashiki Port, bring a letter to your father, and tell him to buy a large amount of rice, flour, and grains, as well as charcoal cotton clothes in Kaigang, and send them to Kyoto in batches for disaster relief as soon as the fighting stops. ”

Sukegoro Tsuda immediately left.

Zhengheng issued two orders in succession, which immediately attracted the praise of all the retainers, and first ordered the ninja to investigate the specific situation. to make specific preparations. No matter what the situation is, you can be prepared.

Then let Tennoji House buy rice, flour, grains, and charcoal cotton clothes for heating. Don't forget, it's March, it's still the warm and cold season of spring, of course, you also have to ask about the fire to keep warm, which is the same reason as why not eat minced meat. As for using the emperor's name to come out for disaster relief, it can better promote Date Masahiro's character of being dedicated to the public and not having the slightest selfishness. By sending them to Kyoto for disaster relief in batches, they can maximize the benevolence of the Date family and let people know that everything distributed by the emperor was sent by the Date family.

Nowadays, although the name of the emperor is declining. However, in the minds of many people, there is still some status, especially in the minds of middle- and lower-ranking samurai and ordinary people, although you don't look down on it in ordinary times, but when it comes to real emergencies, you always think of the emperor. Originally, when a disaster occurs, only prayers can be used to bless the people's safety, but now they come forward to provide disaster relief, which is obviously a meritorious thing for the declining imperial court. Second, the Date family thus preached benevolence, and promoted Date Masaki's kindness among the court and the people of the world, and at the same time, it was also able to spread the word in Date territory. It was greatly beneficial to the rule of the Date family. Thirdly, it is also a good thing for the people of Kyoto, who are waiting to be fed by the war.

On the other hand, it can also dispel the reason why Miyoshi Changqing attacked the Date family. Who can believe that a great good man who sent money and food as soon as he heard about the fire in Kyoto, the great sage, and the great loyal minister would be the great evil person in the mouth of Miyoshi Changqing.

On the contrary, Miyoshi Changqing was originally in this fire, and his butt was a pile of shit and urine.

If he had gone to Beijing to extinguish the fire as soon as possible, Miyoshi Changqing would have been able to stand on the moral high ground and make irresponsible remarks to others, but now it has caused a second riot in Kyoto, and there has been a serious conflict with the mob in Kyoto.

No matter what the truth of the matter is, Miyoshi Changqing wants to quell the troubles caused by this riot, it is impossible in a short time, at least in a short period of time, there is no need to live in peace, and now the only thing that Zhengheng can do is to pray that Yoshida Masanari and Ishimatsu Fumigo and others can return safely, and second, to sit next to watch Miyoshi Changqing take care of one and the other, as for the third, what should I do, spring ploughing is not over yet. Of course, on the surface, Mashiro still has to pray for the fire in Kyoto.

Ishikawa Hisataka first expressed his approval of Zhengheng's actions, and then expressed his indignation at Miyoshi Chokei's behavior: "I originally thought that Miyoshi Chokei could occupy Kyoto, and he also had some skills, but I didn't expect that things would be done so badly, and the whole Kinai would mess up with him!" ”

Masahiro suddenly thought of something, he said: "I suddenly thought of the Ashikaga shogun of the shogunate, although this person is a high-eyed and low-level person, and often does some things that are out of tune, but he should also come forward in this matter, whether he should also be allowed to come forward with the imperial court to help the disaster." ”

The Internet is full of sympathy for the shogun, saying that he is resolute and also known as a strong man, but in the face of the powerful Miyoshi Changqing, he insists on trying to regain the power of the shogun by assassinating Miyoshi Changqing, and he is a little contemptuous of him in the eyes of Zhengheng.

In the fire of March of the first year of Hongji (1555), the old man of the Wa Imperial Court, who was declining day by day, finally recovered a little after surviving the Onin Rebellion, but because of a fire, he seemed to have exhausted his last physical strength and could fall at any time.

The appearance of the emperor could not make the rebels in the midst of the riot appear to alleviate the contradictions, so that people could see clearly the weakness of the imperial court, and also let people see the weakness of the emperor clearly. At the same time, the rumors circulating everywhere and the gossip that Miyoshi Chokei wanted to replace the emperor made the imperial court feel that it would collapse at any time. Under the rule of the samurai for six or seven hundred years, whether it was the rule of the Kamakura Shogunate or the Muromachi Shogunate, or the murderous powerful generals, they all recognized that the unsurnamed emperor living in Kyoto was the undisputed master of the world, and that he was only one of his countless subjects, perhaps because of the last vestiges of loyalty to this court, perhaps because of the great considerations of reality, or perhaps simply because of habit.

Now, Miyoshi Chokei, who has always been quite gentle and obedient to the imperial court, has the idea of replacing the emperor, how can this be good? Historically, when Emperor Akagami, as later known as Emperor Go-Nara, died two or three years later, because the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru lived in seclusion in the Omi Kuchigi Valley, and the governor Harumoto Hosokawa fled to Wakasa, the lord of Akutagawa Castle in Kyoto, Miyoshi Nagakei, who collected 600 kanto money as funeral expenses in Rakuchu, and the emperor's body had been placed in the Kuroto Imperial Palace for two and a half months, and since it was the height of summer, it was already stinking. Although it was a little late to mourn, it can also be seen that Miyoshi Chokei still did not reveal any intention to replace the emperor.

What's more, Miyoshi Changqing's current strength does not allow him to do so. You must know that he is still very reluctant to control the territory of and Shikoku, once he is not careful, he may be overturned, although the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru is very down, but he does not have the courage to replace him, let alone the emperor. Once he did so, he would have to be attacked by an unknown number of enemies in a matter of minutes, whether far or near, for fear that the Second Onin Rebellion would break out.

Miyoshi Chokei had 100,000 reasons why it was impossible to do such a self-destructive thing on the Great Wall, but such rumors still reached the ears of the emperor, and it was enough to foresee how chaotic Kyoto is now, and even such news reached the emperor's ears to the ministers with ulterior motives

Frightened, Emperor Chihito, who knelt down in front of the Buddha statue in plain clothes and prayed for God's blessing, sat down on the ground with a bang, he also came through many disasters, but suddenly heard such bad news, he was still frightened, grabbed the hand of Fujiwara Quantum next to him and said eagerly: "What should I do now?" ”

Fujiwara Quantum was born in the Takakura family, and his adoptive father, Takakura Eikan, was a well-known minister of the imperial court, and since the death of Fujiwara Eiko 33 years ago, she has essentially served as the first lady, and is a well-known virtuous woman in the public family.

Hearing the emperor's words, Fujiwara Quantum knew that his husband had lost his square inch, so he immediately stroked his back and comforted: "Today, things haven't come to that point yet, and I don't dare to do such a reverse thing before the amount of Miyoshi Chikuzen, relax, but I still have to take precautions, and it's better to invite the ministers to come and discuss." (To be continued......)