Chapter 232 6. Yamane Is Not a Monolithic Entity

When the chief accountant of Yamauchi heard what his uncle said, he was stunned, "Koyata, this is my uncle, Izumo no Kami Motoyoshi."

Koyata knew that he must have been a powerful figure in the past when he saw that the old man was called Yamauchi Motoyoshi. The word "Moto" has a lot of origins. It is possible that the previous shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi gave it to someone, and who passed it on to this old man. Think about how many generations ago that was, and it is true that people are rare in their seventies.

"Greetings, Izumo no Kami." No matter what he is, after all, his status is there, and his status is probably the highest among the Yamauchi retainers. If he is not too old, maybe he is still the head of the imperial family.

The old man did not avoid it. He waited for Koyata to kneel on one knee and respectfully performed the ceremony before asking Koyata to stand up.

"I'm asking you, where are you from?" The old man didn't say anything nonsense like the wheat harvest is very good this year and the weather is really sunny today. He just asked Kobayata about his hometown.

Kobayata was about to say it out loud, but after so many years in the samurai circle, he was surprised to find a different atmosphere after just a little thought. It's just like asking others about their origins. Are you from the Genji? Taira? Fujiwara? Kawachi Genji or Kanmu Taira? Kanshuji-ryu or Kanin-ryu?

This is full of serious samurai class discrimination and exclusivity. Asking about hometown is of course more straightforward. With the same surname Takeda, there are Takeda in Aki, Takeda in Wakasa, Takeda in Kai, and Takeda in Soshu, who has a low sense of existence. Takeda in Wakasa is close to the shogunate and has a high political status. Takeda in Kai comes from a famous family and has great social prestige.

By the time of Kobayata, the Yamanouchi family, in addition to the Shinano domain, also controlled the entire Totomi province, and also had Suruga Shita County and Musashi Tama County. The territory was huge, and the origins of the samurai were mixed everywhere. Many samurai from Kanto and Kaido filled in, and gradually showed conflicts with the samurai of the Yamanouchi domain.

And this Yamanouchi Izumo no Kamiyoshi obviously rejected those samurai from other places, and Kobayata happened to be one of the people with a high salary. With an annual salary of 350 kan and a knowledge and practice of 1,300 kan, he was one of those who rose to prominence quickly.

At this time, if you are an xenophobic person, you will not care whether you have made any great contributions in the past, but only ask whether you are from the local area. The hometown party is the most important, and it is the same in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

"Yamauchi Township, Uchida County, Shinshu, Renchuan Riverside Village, many generations of military service." Kobayata said his hometown slowly.

When the old man heard that it was both Uchida and Yamauchi, his eyebrows immediately relaxed. The plain expression on his face changed to a bit of appreciation. Now everyone could see that the old man was xenophobic and only liked locals, not outsiders.

"Danzheng is from this Yamauchi village. How many generations have your family enlisted in the military? Who is your father?" Yamauchi Motoyoshi's attitude and tone changed, as if he was chatting about family matters.

Xiao Pingtai knew that it was time to perform, and he bit the tip of his tongue with a little force. In an instant, the intense pain was transmitted to the brain, and tears rolled down completely uncontrollably.

"My father died on the battlefield in the Battle of Uehara more than ten years ago, and no remains have been found so far." Xiao Pingtai said in a sad voice that the original owner's cheap father joined the army to assist Suwa Yoshige in resisting the attack of the Takeda clan. As a result, more than 2,000 troops were defeated by the Takeda clan, and 600 soldiers died in the military. The story of the Yamauchi family was defeated miserably.

When the old man heard this, he seemed to be touched and sympathetic. "I didn't expect that Danzheng's father was loyal to Yamauchi and died in the service of the king. I shouldn't have mentioned your sad story."

The attitude changed quickly. At first, he seemed to question Koyata. Later, when he heard that Koyata was a local of Yamauchi, his attitude immediately softened a lot. When he learned that Koyata's family had served in the military for three generations and his father died in battle for the country, with no remains left, he completely regarded Koyata as his own.

After all, Koyata's family background was fine, and three generations were loyal to their Yamauchi family and worked hard to serve the public. Yamauchi Mochiyoshi just had an inherent prejudice and didn't like outsiders to share the power of the Yamauchi family. But he was naturally caring for his own people in the Yamauchi family.

When Koyata saw that the old man had settled it so easily, he stopped crying. He said thank you for the old man's concern and expressed his gratitude to Yamauchi Mochiyoshi.

But the old man seemed to like this young man very much after confirming that Xiao Pingtai was his own.

"Is Danzheng married? Has your family ever made an engagement?" So the drama of caring about young people was immediately performed.

This scene changed too quickly, and Xiao Pingtai couldn't accept it for a while. It's not the New Year or the festival, why did he suddenly start asking if you have a partner?

I don't believe you! The old man is very bad!

"There is no one in the family to hold the broom, as for the engagement" Xiao Pingtai has nothing to hide about not being married, and this kind of thing can't be concealed. It's obvious that he is a bachelor. But the two big brothers, Hosokawa Harumiya and Naoe Keitsuna, both have daughters at home. Although they are still young, the two big brothers seem to have some intention of marrying Xiao Pingtai. It's just that the matter has not been put on the surface, so it has not been made public.

"It is also important for a man of the Wu family to have children. You have more than a thousand kan of knowledge and deeds, so someone must take over. But if there is a woman that someone is interested in, I still have some face, so I will help you to introduce it." When the old man heard that Xiao Pingtai had no wife, he became three years younger and opened his mouth to help Xiao Pingtai find a match.

Seeing that his uncle was so gossipy, the chief accountant of Yamauchi immediately pulled the old man, "Wait, chief accountant, you have a daughter, right? The age is just right, are you interested?"

The chief accountant of Yamauchi was embarrassed now, "My daughter has been promised to Hosokawa Sai-no."

It turns out that the wife of the muscular man who is the wife of Hosokawa Sai-no is your daughter. You made the bet really early. Koyata heard another piece of gossip and made a mental note.

"Promised to someone? The boy from the Harumiya family? He is a good match and will not bring disgrace to the Yamauchi family." The old man saw that his eldest nephew's daughter had already been settled, and he commented and expressed satisfaction.

Koyata did not want to let the old man match him up again, "I am busy with military affairs, and I have no time for love."

The reason is very noble and glorious, the world is not yet united, and I have no time for love.

The old man did not stop, "Your eldest brother has another daughter at home, right?" Yamauchi Yoshiharu also has a daughter, and Koyata also knows this.

The chief accountant of Yamauchi never thought that Yamauchi Motoyoshi suddenly thought of Yamauchi Yoshiharu's little daughter, and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands, leaned close to the old man's ear, and mumbled something.

The old man muttered to himself: "So he has set his eyes on the daughter of the Chun Gong doctor."

What the hell! There is a traitor among us!