Chapter 219 23. Tosho-No-Omi-Kun Appears

After settling down, Kodaira heard that the long-extinct Musashi clan, the famous Ogigayatsu Uesugi clan, had revived. Uesugi Kenshin, who succeeded the Ogigayatsu Uesugi clan, had entered Kawagoe Castle, an important city in Nanmu, and was "assisted" by Daidoji Masaharu and Ueda Asanao (yes, he shamelessly took Matsuyama to join the Hojo clan again).

The name of the Ogigayatsu Uesugi clan was really useful. The local nobles in the Musashi region who had two minds all joined Uesugi Kenshin at once, which was a scene of rise and fall.

That was not all. Uesugi Kenshin, under the auspices of the Hojo clan, played the title of Musashi Shugo and Kamakura Butler. At the same time, the news of the next Kanto Kanrei, who had no sign at all, was spread everywhere. The Uesugi Terutora forces or pro-Uesugi Terutora forces in Ueno, Shimotsuke, Shimosa, Kazusa, Hitachi and other countries were in great chaos for a while.

The biggest proof is that the lord of Hitachi Oda Castle, Oda Sanukimori Ujiharu, who has the same blood as the Ashikaga Shogun in Kyoto, turned to the Hojo clan through Oishi Ujiteru and Koyama Takatomo. (The main reason was to get support from the Hojo clan and attack the pro-Uesugi lord of Hitachi Ota Castle, Satake Yoshiaki.)

Uesugi Terutora was so strong that he was so angry that he went to Kyoto to confront Ashikaga Yoshiteru. He was asked to issue an imperial edict to spread the eastern country immediately. From today on, the position of Kanto Kanrei can only be inherited in the Kanrei Uesugi family, and the successor, that is, Uesugi Terutora's adopted son, will be decided by himself.

Presumably, the bickering will not end in ten days or half a month. After all, the Hojo family also sent a lot of gold to Kyoto. In order to disgust Uesugi Terutora, the Hojo family spent a lot of money.

However, this matter has nothing to do with Koyata for the time being. No matter how chaotic Kanto is, it will not reach Totomi. Koyata's primary consideration is the governance of Totomi and the placement of Imagawa Yoshichika.

After all, as the legal son of Imagawa Yoshimoto and the biggest excuse for attacking Suruga in the future, Imagawa Yoshichika must declare his presence in a place close to Suruga.

Of course, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu also had instructions. His son was still young, and Asahina Taisho had just surrendered. He must not be at ease to assist Imagawa Yoshichika.

Iwase Motomasa was loyal, but unfortunately he was not strong enough, so he could only help Imagawa Yoshichika. Uncle Tsunayoshi had good prestige and power as Futamata Castle Lord and Imagawa Yoshichika's successor. Koyata was also the successor of Uncle Tsunayoshi in Ejiri, and was placed in stages.

In this way, Imagawa Yoshichika, who had entered Takatenjin Castle, was considered safe, and he would launch the fukuei after the autumn of this year to expand the castle. He would disgust Takeda Harunobu at the border of Suruga Province anytime and anywhere, and allowed to use 3,000 kan every year to secretly support and win over the old Imagawa retainers who were dissatisfied with the Takeda clan in Suruga.

Everyone was very good at doing this, you do it on the first day and I do it on the fifteenth. The superficial peace with the Takeda family would not last long, this was the consensus of both parties.

Imagawa Yoshimoto's legacy was not just these, he also had a Mikawa Province that was still in chaos. The retainers of the Yamanouchi family were now struggling to rule almost the land of the two countries, and they would not try to expand their territory for a while. The territory that was full of countrymen and had no direct retainers was equivalent to nothing.

Kobayata's eyes must have also turned to Mikawa Province, and the situation in East Mikawa calmed down unexpectedly quickly. Udono Nagateru united the countrymen of East Mikawa to form an offensive and defensive alliance of the countrymen, and avoided the centralization of power through the collegial system, so that the countrymen temporarily cooperated closely.

As for Western Mikawa, when Okabe Motonobu left, a huge power vacuum was left behind. Imaoka, Kutsukake, Ikei, and even Okazaki Castle were all abandoned or handed over to the Oda family at will.

Unfortunately, there was no lord with prestige and strength in Western Mikawa who could stand up and take the lead. There was no eldest son among the short men. In addition, Nobunaga's brother Oda Nobuhiro was too incompetent. Even though he was given such a good opportunity, he was unable to expand his strength based on Anxiang and win over the ownerless people in Mikawa.

Although Nobunaga was happy to see his brother's incompetence in not being able to grasp such a good opportunity, he was also very troubled by the chaotic situation in Mikawa. After the death of his father-in-law Saito Dosan, the huge territory of Mino was waiting for him to seize, and he really looked down on the territory of Mikawa. Unfortunately, if Mikawa was in chaos, it would also affect the southern part of Owari, and it could not be ignored.

So after several considerations, Oda Nobuhiro was transferred from Anxiang Castle. Hirate Lord's good son Hirate Hanhide entered Anxiang Castle and became the lord of Anxiang Castle.

In addition, among a bunch of noobs, Nobunaga chose a young man who was eight years younger than him, a weakling named Matsudaira Ieyasu. As the lord of Okazaki Castle, since Matsudaira Ieyasu was the grandson of the great traitor Matsudaira Kiyokasa, his reputation in Mikawa had long been stinking, and he could not rule without Oda Nobunaga. So Oda Nobunaga was very confident in this man, and even helped him to get a small official position as the governor of Mikawa.

In addition to the fact that Matsudaira Ieyasu came from a traitor family and had a very bad reputation, another point is that their Matsudaira family was just a local tyrant with 300 kan of dry land on a hillside in Mikawa Province. Neither the Minamoto clan nor the Taira clan, they were just the blood of the low-class people. In Mikawa Province, where the atmosphere of the samurai was strong, he was a commodity that everyone saw and rode.

The last and most important point is that the internal strife of the Matsudaira family was extremely serious. When the great traitor Matsudaira Kiyokasu was alive, he used the golden rice of Imagawa Ujikina and Imagawa Ujiteru to suppress the various Matsudaira clans, allowing his branch of the Matsudaira clan to stand out.

But this branch of the Anxiang Matsudaira clan even lost its main castle, Anxiang Castle, so everyone can understand what the scene was. The remaining Matsudaira clan is divided into Nomi Matsudaira, Taketani Matsudaira, Fujii Matsudaira, Sakurai Matsudaira, Fukami Matsudaira, Katahara Matsudaira and Okie Matsudaira. As for the smaller and thinner Matsudaira branches, there are countless of them, which is really fertile.

After the death of Matsudaira Kiyokasa, the reason why the Matsudaira clan quickly disintegrated and was trampled on by ten thousand feet is also obvious. In addition to the golden rice of the Imagawa family being cut off, there are also the suppressed Mikawa Matsudaira families who suddenly rose up. Why do you Anxiang Matsudaira clan become the boss? We are all from the common people and eat by our own ability. The godfather of your Anxiang Matsudaira family, Imagawa Ujida, doesn't want you anymore, so we are not afraid of you.

So Nobunaga continued to appoint Sakuma Nobumori as the lord of Narumi Castle, and after Hirate Hanhide and Matsudaira Ieyasu who monitored Mikawa, he completely let go of Mikawa.

Matsudaira Ieyasu, an unknown country warrior with only two or three retainers and a salary of 300 kan, entered Okazaki Castle and summoned the traitors who had rebelled with his grandfather in the past to serve as a qualified backdoor watchdog for Nobunaga.

Nobunaga could not see the level of this rookie for the time being, but could Kobayata not see it? Upon hearing the news that Matsudaira Ieyasu had entered Okazaki, Kobayata was so shocked that his bowl fell to the ground.

Tosho-no-Omikami appears!