Chapter 431 34. Shocked by the Big News From the Three States

"A Ling, do you know Doctor Hosokawa Kyoshio?"

"Which Kyoshio?"

A Ling, who was packing up Koyata's cotton robe, was a little confused. Although she was born in the Hosokawa family, there were too many people in the Hosokawa family who had served as Kyoshio doctors. Their family had been famous for hundreds of years. There were so many powerful Hosokawa Kyoshio doctors in history, how could she tell them clearly.

"Daishin-in-dono Yukkan-koku Daizen-dijon." Koyata said this slightly difficult name.

"You mean Doctor Hosokawa Kuro Kyoshio (Hosokawa Masato), I know."

"Then do you think it is appropriate for him to adopt three sons when he has no children?"

"Of the three adopted sons of Hosokawa Kyoshio, Sumiyuki was born in the Kanpaku Kujo clan, Sumimoto was born in the Hosokawa clan of the Hashu shugo, and Takakuni was born in the Noshu Hosokawa clan. You know all this, right?"

Koyata gave a rough account of the situation. This was all what A Ling knew. The Hosokawa clan in her family was very humble, a bastard of a bastard, equivalent to the Yamauchi who was half-exiled. For the Hosokawa clan who was in charge of the shogunate, it was a far-reaching distance.

"Hosokawa Kyojo's fault was all his own. If he didn't believe in Shugendo and just gave birth to a son, how could it be like this!"

Although A Ling was not from the Hosokawa Kyojo family, she was born in Hosokawa after all, and she was still very angry when she mentioned this. The great family business of the Hosokawa family was all ruined because of the mutual fighting between the three brothers Hosokawa Sumiyuki, Hosokawa Sumimoto, and Hosokawa Takakuni.

"In addition to this? Suppose Hosokawa Kyojo is infertile and must adopt a stepson?"

"Hmm?... No! You have something to say!"

A Ling reacted, Xiao Ping Tai usually didn't talk to her about official affairs. After all, serving the government day by day was tiring enough, and it was hard to have a chance to be warm when she went home, so how could she have the mind to mention these bad things.

But this time it was very strange. Xiao Pingtai used a "vivid" example and asked her what she thought about the matter when the result had already been written into the history books.

To put it in a literary way, "The previous descriptions are complete!"

A Ling is a very smart woman and has already understood what Xiao Pingtai meant. It's just that her contact surface is relatively narrow. She is either the wife of the East Family or the daughter of the West Family, and they talk about all kinds of things. She doesn't have Xiao Pingtai's information source, and she doesn't know who Xiao Pingtai is referring to.

"Hey, don't rush to ask anyone, just continue to answer my question."

Xiao Pingtai smiled quietly and coaxed A Ling to continue answering.

"Well...if you must adopt a child, first of all, he can't be an adult! There is a saying that the grace of raising is greater than the grace of giving birth, and you have to raise him in your lap to be close to him!

Secondly, he must come from a family, preferably one that is respected by the public! You must not adopt him from another family with no blood relationship, even if it is a famous family in the world. Only in this way can the important officials in the family accept him, so as to avoid "village party" disputes. [Note 1]

Finally, you must make arrangements in advance. Whether it is a battle of heroes or a young ruler, in such a period of time, it is a sign of the country's demise."

A Ling finished speaking in detail, and it coincided with Xiao Pingtai's opinion. Sure enough, this is the truth.

How many daimyo in the world have lost their country and family because of the issue of succession and the turmoil of the imperial family?

Like a stream of carp crossing the river, like sand in the Yellow River!

"Our A Ling can be compared to Huang Yueying in the Three Kingdoms, hahahahaha..."

Xiao Pingtai hugged A Ling in his arms and laughed out loud. Even A Ling can see clearly what Uesugi Terutora will definitely not fail to see, unless he loses his mind.

Of course, there is also a saying in history that Uesugi Kagekatsu was the guardian of Echigo and divided Echigo Province, Uesugi Kagetora was the Kanto Kanrei and divided Ueno Province, Uesugi Kagetora was the flag bearer of Oku-Shinano, Shiina (Nagao) Kagenao was the governor of Echichu, and Uesugi Masaharu was in charge of Noto.

The central idea of ​​this saying is to divide the family! They are not biological sons, so each of them gets a country, no one is missing anything, and each can be the eldest brother.

Kobayata does not believe this saying, he is desperate to become a retainer, a hereditary, and a single family. He wants to hold all the territories in his hands and eliminate all the national nobles and big names.

Uesugi Terutora will not go against the trend of the times and think of splitting the Uesugi family, which has the potential to be a king, into several pieces. What's more, before his death, the power of the Oda family expanded to more than 1.5 million kan, and his strength was only enough to beat Shibata Katsuie in Hokuriku. Separating the family at this time? That's a joke!

So it's definitely not a coincidence that Takanari's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came together this time. Uesugi Terutora must be behind it. It's hard to guess his choice, Kobayata, but he must have put the child in Suzy's belly on his chessboard.

...

The snow is getting heavier day by day, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Kobayata feels the horror of the Little Ice Age. The snow in the fields is said to be a full meter thick. It is said that some people have frozen to death at home because of the severe cold this winter.

Kobayata is not a county governor or a town magistrate, so he can't manage the lives of the lower-class people. He can only suggest that the accountant who stays in Yamauchi organize the townspeople to remove the snow in the town and check every household to see if anyone has frozen to death.

At the same time, he also ordered the local servants of each village to check the situation of the local farmers. There are many poor farmers who don't have enough heating materials and heating measures who will die in this severe cold.

The situation in Fuzhong City is slightly better. Everyone should understand that the temperature in towns is always two degrees higher than that in rural areas. After all, there are nearly 30,000 people in Fuzhong City, and the population is considered dense.

No one has frozen to death yet, but due to the lack of fuel during the cold night, there are quite a few people who have been frostbitten. There is no way to deal with this. It snows heavily and it is difficult to transport such heavy goods as firewood or charcoal.

Now we can only try our best to ensure the fuel demand in and outside the city, which all depends on the storage in autumn.

As for the farmers in the four villages, the disaster situation has not been reported yet, but it is the same in the city, and the situation outside the city is even worse, so the result can be imagined.

Xiao Pingtai finished inspecting the firewood yard in the city, finished a day's work, and returned home, just after drinking a sip of hot tea.

A Ling brought Aji, who came in hurriedly from outside, into the house. Aji's face was shivering with cold, but he did not immediately take the teacup handed over by Xiao Pingtai.

Before he could even sit down, he said, "Tanzheng, an urgent letter from Lord Yoshida of Sanshu."

"Speak!"

"Matsudaira Mikawa-no-kami saw the winter snow and was sure that the rebels would retreat and fight again next year. He was careless and neglected to take precautions."

"Their home castle, Okazaki Castle, has been lost! Mikawa-no-kami fled for his life!"

[Note 1]: In ancient times, in feudal society, people from the same hometown and party were the most reliable. Relatives within the five degrees of mourning were called Lang, and those outside the five degrees of mourning were called Dang. The ties of local culture and blood ties made it easier to use the hometown party than outsiders.