Chapter 343 2. Takeda's Gang of Traitors
Kobayata always felt that his house was full of guests, and none of them came empty-handed, either bringing wine or snacks. There was always one meaning, food was provided!
He looked at the dozens of pounds of bacon and sausages hanging under the eaves of the corridor with ill intentions.
That day, the pig was slaughtered, and only 40 to 50 pounds of meat were left. Kobayata didn't know how to slaughter pigs, but his family had pickled bacon and stuffed sausages when he was a child, so he did have this skill.
It would be difficult for someone who had tasted meat to continue to eat vegetarian food. The idiom "eat the marrow and know the taste" is very vivid!
Anyway, even Hosokawa Saijo, who had almost no personal relationship with Kobayata, followed him with the help of his father and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu. It took him more than a week to gnaw the eight big bones of the pig. It was really cold in Shinano in winter, otherwise there would be no way to preserve the fresh meat.
According to Kobayata's estimation, before all the meat was consumed, the house would temporarily become half of the government affairs center of the Yamauchi family.
Of course, it's not without any benefits. Kobayata's place has become the place with the most up-to-date news in Yamanouchi. Men like to brag when they drink. Although they won't talk about confidential things, they will definitely talk about ordinary news.
Today, Isshiki Miyauchi and Hosokawa Harumiya came together again. Isshiki Miyauchi's chief family elder obviously wanted to discuss something with Hosokawa Harumiya, and wanted to avoid crowded places. Naturally, Kobayata, who can eat for free and is Hosokawa's son-in-law, is the most convenient place.
It stands to reason that he should have discussed it with Kitabatake University, but Kitabatake University went to Hamamatsu to build a castle and is not in Yamanouchi at the moment. The most shrewd person left must be Kobayata's old father-in-law. Who else but him?
What the two discussed was not too shocking. Everyone remembers that the Holy Emperor of Luojing once gave Uesugi Terutora the Heaven Cup Sword. It gave him a reason to fight against the rebellious thieves who had ambitions for foreign countries and an excuse to send troops.
At that time, his main target of attack was Hojo Ujiyasu, and he also received dual recognition from the imperial court and the shogunate. After he became the Kanto Kanrei, his righteousness in commanding Kanto became more solid. But before that, Hojo supported Uesugi Kenkatsu of Ogigayatsu, which was a bit disgusting.
So this time, Uesugi Terutora was ready to send an envoy to Kyoto to let the Hojo family suffer a blow from the enemy and attack. It would be best to completely discredit the Hojo family and make them despised by the world.
At the same time, Uesugi Terutora also suggested to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu that it would be a bit difficult to kill Takeda Harunobu for the time being, so why not ask him to suffer a blow from the enemy and attack. Give him a disgusting and vent his anger.
The father of Takeda Harunobu's wife, Sanjo Madam, Sanjo Konari, died a long time ago, but no matter how bad the Sanjo family is in Kyoto, they still have some face. It is much more difficult to ask them to suffer a blow from the enemy than the upstart Hojo family.
What's more, Takeda Harunobu's family has been protecting Kai for more than 20 generations, and the shogunate, that is, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, has just mediated the dispute between the Takeda and Yamanouchi families. Our great, glorious and correct Ashikaga Yoshiteru may not be willing to slap himself in the face, so he invites Takeda Harunobu to take a punitive attack.
That's fine, because Uesugi Terutora has ordered to go to Kanto in the spring, he can't leave for a while, so he hopes that Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu will go to Kyoto in person. Help him to make peace with the shogunate and the court at the same time. After all, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu had a good talk with Ichijo Kanpaku back then, and almost married Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu to the daughter of Ichijo family.
In addition, as a close vassal of the shogunate, Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu's face is not much smaller than that of Uesugi Terutora.
But the two were worried that Takeda Harunobu would come in the spring, and Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu would have to stay and command the battle whether he was willing to go to Kyoto or not.
So the two people couldn't make up their minds about Uesugi Terutora's request, and they also needed to plan well.
By the way, theoretically speaking, Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu should have personally gone to Kyoto. He has not yet been appointed to the position of the Right Major General of the Guards, which has been held by his family for generations. According to the rules, the new head of the family should go to Kyoto to apply for the position upon his accession, but Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu has been delaying for more than half a year. This is also a big deal for the Yamanouchi family, which still attaches great importance to the feudal system!
If the gold is used, this official will definitely not be able to escape. Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu is also concerned about whether to build momentum from a political perspective and from propaganda and public opinion if the Takeda clan cannot be resolved by force.
The two uncles were holding Kobayata's sausages, and the more they drank, the more they wanted. Kobayata listened to their bragging and could not interrupt for the time being, so he could only pour wine.
Uesugi Terutora's idea must be reasonable. If I can't kill you, I will make you stink. Everyone understands the importance of public opinion warfare, right? It is a very important part of the war.
"Your Excellency is worried that Kai Daizen will send troops after spring, so Your Highness can't go?"
"Do you have any ideas, Koyata?" "Not yet." Koyata has no tricks to curb Takeda Harunobu's desire to conquer Shinano.
"It's not that you don't have any, Koyata, you are still young, so you may not know much." Hosokawa Harumiya has nothing to hide from her son-in-law.
We can call the rule of the Takeda clan in Kai the "Takeda Two Mountains" system.
The Takeda clan served as the guardian in the middle, but the Oyamada clan of Iwadonoyama Castle in the county, the Oyamada Echinaka no Nobuyuki of the Anayama clan of Kawachi Shimoyama Castle, and the Anayama Izu no Nobutomo were all Takeda Harunobu's uncles. They were all just scared by Takeda Nobutora and forced to surrender.
Kai Province is very straightforward, one-third of them are semi-independent people. The wind can enter, the rain can enter, but Takeda Harunobu can't enter!
That's fine, Ito Toramachi knows it. Takeda Yoshinobu's tutor, the Takeda clan elder who led the Suruga people. Do you think he is very loyal to Takeda?
No!
Between 1530 and 1532, this general of the Kai Takeda clan joined forces with Suwa daimyo Suwa Yorimitsu to launch a large-scale rebellion, and was almost a tough guy among tough guys who broke into Tsutsumizaki-kan.
Of course, he failed to defeat Takeda Shinnobu in the end, and was defeated and forced to surrender.
So in history, he supported Takeda Yoshinobu's rebellion so straightforwardly. Anyway, he and the Takeda family were not on good terms. Who knows if he had the intention of taking advantage of the fire?
In addition, we might as well name the Rinpo Ikki crowd in the early days of Nobutora's rise to power. Aburakawa, Atobe, Kurihara, Oi, and Imai were either directly involved or in a group. Even the Yamagata clan, the Naito clan, the Akiyama clan, the Nagasaka clan, and the Tsuchiya clan were not clean.
These Rinpo Ikki crowds were all determined to kill Takeda Shinnobu. Look at the surnames of the generals under Takeda Harunobu now. It goes without saying that the samurai who formed the corps under his command were all guys who wanted to kill their Takeda family with swords or his descendants.
Even the Takekawa clan (also known as the Takekawa Suji clan), who was known as Takeda's direct confidant, thought that they were of the same mind as Takeda Harunobu?
But forget it!
If they really wanted to be of the same mind, they would have stuffed Nobuyuki Ichijo into the family of Kai Ichijo clan, the flag chief of the Takekawa clan, as his son.
Let's just say that after the demise of the Takeda family, some people said that the Takekawa clan, the later Yanagisawa clan, Aoki clan, and Yonekura clan protected the Takeda family, but it is unknown which son they protected.
Only one thing is clear, they changed their masters when they changed their appearance. Not only did the above Takekawa generals not die in battle, but among the daimyo of the Edo shogunate alone, these three families had four domains.
If we dig up the bad things of the Takeda family, there are more and countless. I am too lazy to dig up even Hosokawa Harunomiya because there is no end to it.
If you want to stop the Takeda family from sending troops, you just need to give the Takeda family warriors a reason.
No matter how powerful Takeda Harunobu is, there are so many people who resist him that you can't finish writing them on an A4 paper.
Even if you don't really know who in the Takeda family will rebel, as long as you spread a little rumor and let the Takeda family's traitors smell the fishy smell, Takeda Harunobu won't even dare to stick his butt out. He must stay in the palace to prevent any changes.