$ Chapter 757 5. Arrange the Music Score to Replace Oyu

The war advocate Shimazu Yoshihiro took the responsibility for the defeat and cut himself off without hesitation. He was so sensible that the shogunate could not be ruthless to the Shimazu family.

In the end, the Shimazu clan's territories in Higo, Okuma, Hyuga and other countries were greatly reduced, leaving only Satsuma, two Okuma counties and one Hyuga county. At the same time, Satsuma also specially allocated 10,000 kan to Ijuin Tadatsune, equal to the Shimazu clan, and was given the title of Hayabusa.

Whether the world is generally peaceful or not depends on the order of Oshu.

Now why Ashikaga Yoshihide returned to Shinshu Yamanouchi is normal. Originally, Uesugi Kenshin, who died of hemorrhage at the age of 49 in history, lived for several more years because of the pacification of Kanto and the management of 66 countries in the world at the center of the shogunate.

Although he was not rescued from cerebral hemorrhage due to excessive drinking in the end, he kicked his legs for a while. But he was lucky. After Ashikaga Yoshihide grew up and could basically eliminate Ashikaga Yoshiaki's political influence, Uesugi Kenshin kicked his legs at the right time, which saved a lot of trouble and paved the way for Ashikaga Yoshihide to rule the country completely.

The only trouble was that the Echigo Kanrei Uesugi family's vast three-country territory (Echigo, Echichu, Sado), and the heir was still a child in his early teens. In order to demonstrate the power of the shogunate and stabilize the hearts of the people who surrendered to the daimyo, Ashikaga Yoshihide personally made the "younger brother" come of age and named him Uesugi Yoshikage, but did not let this kid return to the country to be a feudal domain.

Instead, he let the three generals closest to the shogunate, Kawata Nagachika, Takemata Yoshitsugu, and Amazasa Kagemochi, temporarily handle national affairs as family elders, and keep Uesugi Yoshikage by his side to take care of and raise him.

Uesugi Yoshikage was sent back to the country to be a feudal domain a few years ago, and now it is because Uesugi Yoshikage and Uesugi Kenshin's daughter (Uesugi Ken|Masano) gave birth to an heir. The first vassal of the shogunate had an heir, so Ashikaga Yoshihide naturally wanted to show his attention.

On the one hand, he congratulated his younger brother on having an heir, and on the other hand, he also wanted to inspect the Kanto and Oshu countries.

Previously, the shogunate was very strict in dealing with the issue of the heir of the 125,000-kan daimyo Hojo clan in Harima. Hojo Ujinao died in his prime without an heir, and the huge territory of Harima was legally uninherited. The Hojo clan's elders Imagawa Ujiki and Oishi Ujiteru went to Kyoto together to ask Ashikaga Yoshihide to appoint another heir.

This was a great opportunity to split the Hojo clan, so how could the shogunate miss this opportunity? Originally, the Hojo family's opinion was to use Hojo Ujinao's younger brother Ota Ujifusa as his heir. First, Ota Ujifusa was Hojo Ujinao's younger brother and had the same blood relationship. Second, it was Kuninaga. If a child of a few years old was brought up, with the medical level of that year, if he died again, it would be a real disaster.

After the shogunate discussed it, they thought that the world was just beginning to be settled. If the Hojo clan was immediately destroyed, it would frighten the daimyo of the world and they might do something out of line. So they accepted the request of the Hojo clan, and Ota Ujifusa changed his name to Hojo Ujifusa, became the adopted son of Hojo Ujinao, and inherited the Hojo clan of Harima.

But this was only one of the reasons. In view of the fact that Hojo Ujifusa had no experience in governing such a large territory, the shogunate "showed mercy" and separated the Hojo families to prevent unrest in Harima.

The five uncles of Hojo Ujinao, Oishi Ujiteru, Fujita Ujikuni, Imagawa Ujiki, Uto Ujiyoshi, and Hojo Ujinobu, all became independent daimyo, and each of them was granted 10,000 kan, which cut the Hojo clan's territory by 50,000 kan at once.

Although they are still a family now, after two generations, brothers will become cousins. People's hearts are separated by their stomachs, and they can't move around often. Who knows what they will be like at that time.

Such a family succession similar to the Enfeoffment Order would naturally make the outer daimyo wary.

When they heard that Ashikaga Yoshihide was coming to Kasugayama Castle, all the eastern daimyo came to pay homage. Of course, in name, they all came to congratulate the successor of the Kanrei Uesugi family. Under the shogunate law, the daimyo now need a reasonable reason and application to leave the territory.

However, in the eastern part of the country, since the Yamanouchi family has been operating for a long time and has a good reputation, most people are still quite obedient. Especially the lord of Sagami Odawara Domain, Ota Masakage, the lord of Musashi Matsuyama Domain, Uesugi Yoshinori, the lord of Shimosa Koga Domain, Ashikaga Yorizumi, etc., all relied on the reputation of the Yamanouchi family to secure their territory, and now they all survive as the shogunate's hereditary, so they are naturally loyal.

However, the daimyo of Oshu know people by appearance but not by heart. For example, Yoshimitsu Mogami of Dewa and Masamune Date of Rikuzen, although they all came to pay homage to Yoshihide Ashikaga, and Yoshimitsu Mogami even gave his daughter to Yoshihide Ashikaga as a concubine, the shogunate was still wary of these outsiders.

So after the fall of the Ashina clan in Aizu, the shogunate strongly refuted the territorial claims of the Satake clan and the Date clan for Aizu, and instead arranged for the hereditary Isshiki clan from the Yamanouchi clan to enter the country and grant him 50,000 kan in Aizu.

In addition, the son of Kanai Hideharu who died in the decisive battle of Shitarahara was re-granted 25,000 kan in Aizu Wakamatsu as the main existence to monitor the daimyo of Oshu.

Previously, when the Nanbu clan was in turmoil, the shogunate suppressed the Oura clan and Kyuho clan who had revolted, and transferred the hereditary Iwase clan to Kyuho in Mutsu with 31,000 kan. The two cooperated, one in the south and one in the north, just in time to monitor the daimyo of Oshu.

Date Masamune regretted killing his father, otherwise he could have followed Mogami Yoshimitsu's example and sent Ashikaga Yoshihide a sister or something. But now he came here alone, and others sent daughters and local specialties, but he only sent a liter of amber and a screen, which made him look very different.

Although the Date family only has a territory of 80,000 to 90,000 kan now, they were once a powerful family in Oshu, with real Mutsu no Kami and Mutsu no Shugo. If it weren't for the astronomical chaos, half of Oshu would be considered the Date family's sphere of influence.

Ashikaga Yoshihide actually thought about the possibility of transferring the Date family, but gave up on the advice of the shogunate retainers. When he sees him now, he just comforts them with gentle words and chats with them.

There are several concubines in the harem all of a sudden, and the young man doesn't know whether he knows how to restrain himself.