Chapter 78 38. The New Leader Makes a New Plan
Nagao Kagetora dealt with the Hojo soldiers who were disarmed and sent out of the city after being disarmed and verified by Imagawa Yoshimoto and Nagano Yoshimasa. He sent all the military servicemen and servants home directly, and the samurai paid a few hundred coins to redeem themselves symbolically.
On the other hand, he was anxiously waiting for the inauguration ceremony arranged by Kobayata for him. Seeing that more than 10,000 Hojo soldiers had been sent out, he was notified to go, which made Nagao Kagetora anxious.
Nagao Kagetora first brought Chiba Chikatane, Yuki Haruta, Koyama Takatomo, Hara Tanesada, and Takagi Tanekichi who came to plead guilty to Kamakura, and told them to cooperate with him in taking office, otherwise he would never be lenient. As a result, this group of people immediately burst into tears and swore to cooperate with him in the performance. In this way, Nagao Kagetora slowly moved to Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine with a large team under the protection of nearly a hundred subordinates who were about to become theoretical subordinates.
At that time, there was no need to choose. Nagao Kagetora said that today was an auspicious day, and countless monks and priests came out to cooperate with him and said that today was auspicious.
Nagao Kagetora was wearing a very solemn and solemn dress, dark black, with a folded black hat on his head, and the extremely majestic Fangsheng Yuemao under his crotch (I don’t really understand why ancient ceremonies must use white horses, and pure white horses, even if the emperor was wearing a black dress. When Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang ascended the throne, he lamented that there were no four white horses pulling the carriage, as if he had committed a great disrespect to God.). Today, Nagao Kagetora did not wear a sword, but just rode his horse slowly.
First, the ceremonial procession opened the way, with two warriors in the lead, one holding a royal sword and the other holding a heavenly cup. After that, the samurai held white umbrella bags, and then eight samurai held golden halberds (according to the Tang Dynasty official system, officials of the third rank and above were allowed to line up halberds in front of the gate. Although there are only five of Nagao Kagetora now, who dares to control it?). After that, the samurai held axes, golden melons (melon-shaped hammers), golden bones, golden bows and arrows (that is, the bows are covered with gold foil), golden crossbows (same), golden hook sickles, golden spears, and golden swords. The ceremonial procession of 8864 people was set out, which was very impressive.
After that, 64 samurai held the bamboo sparrow pattern of the Uesugi family crest, each with blue, white, yellow, red, black and other colors, and lined up in front. When Nagao Kagetora arrived in front of the shrine, from the mountain gate (torii) to the front of the hall, three thousand Echigo samurai foot soldiers shouted in unison: "The military fortune of the Goyakata Palace will last for billions of years! The military fortune of the Goyakata Palace will last for billions of years!" The sound shook the sky, and all the birds in the mountains and forests on both sides were startled and flew up, as if a flying dragon suddenly rose into the sky, which set off Nagao Kagetora's amazing momentum.
Accompanied by the 128-man ceremonial guard, every time Nagao Kagetora took three or five steps forward, the samurai shouted in unison. Nagao Kagetora was very happy and walked very slowly, waving to the Echigo samurai on both sides, enjoying this glorious moment.
When Nagao Kagetora walked to the front of the hall, eight tall and strong samurai waved their long whips and smashed them hard on the ground, swinging them three times in a row. The originally extremely enthusiastic scene immediately quieted down, and then the big bell on the top of the mountain rang 9981 times in a row, indicating that the inauguration ceremony officially began.
The guards of honor were already arranged on the left and right. Nagao Kagetora climbed the stairs to the palace, and the drummers began to play the music. It was either "Worship the Emperor" or "Celebrate Victory", Xiao Ping Tai didn't understand, but it was solemn but joyful.
Nagao Kagetora walked up to the Yumiya Hachiman Shrine, stood on a high place, and looked down at the people below. The students of Ashikaga School were all driven out by the flat-headed man. There was a slight but dense sound of footsteps, and then sixty-four people gathered into a square formation and began to dance with the music. You don't say, even the rough guys were amazed at this grand scene. Dancing by one or two people doesn't feel strong. When there are more people, the scene is really cool (check out the large-scale song and dance of 100,000 people in a certain country).
Two attendants helped Uesugi Kensho to the front of the palace, and all the generals of the prince saluted him. This is probably the only time in his life that he really enjoys the pleasure brought by the majesty of the Kanto Kanrei.
Uesugi Kenshin asked all the generals to stand up, and then Nagao Kagetora saluted him. He handed over the atlas that recorded the Uesugi family lineage since the Fujiwara clan changed their surname to Uesugi, and gave him the taboo character "正". officially became his adopted son in law and in name, and changed his name to Uesugi Masatora. Afterwards, the Uesugi family's famous swords, armor, seals, and treasures were carefully carried up by the attendants and handed over to Uesugi Masatora, and the position of Kanto Kanrei was officially handed over to Uesugi Masatora.
After the handover, the music changed to "Kanto Taiping". All the generals of Kanto, including Yoshiaki Satake, Shigetaka Iwaki, Shigemichi Edo, Harutsuna Shirakawa, who had not come before but now came very sensibly, all knelt on the ground: "We are of one mind and wish to congratulate the Emperor on his appointment as Kanrei!" Except for the court representative Karahashi Zaishi, the representative of the shogunate Isshiki Fujinaga, the guardian of Suruga Imagawa Yoshimoto, and the shogunate of Koga Ashikaga Yoshiuji who could still stand and bow their heads or smile to watch the ceremony, thousands of people bowed their bodies at this moment and prostrated themselves at the feet of Masatora Uesugi.
So as the Kanto Kanrei, Nagao Kagetora first presented a katana to the shrine, praying for a long military fortune. Then he presented a plate of rice cakes, praying for good weather. Finally, he presented 1,000 taels of gold, praying for peace in the world and the well-being of the shogunate. (The so-called first offering, second offering, and final offering)
Then the ten captured Hojo warriors were naked except for their loincloths, tied up symbolically, and knelt in front of Uesugi Masatora. He symbolically hit each of them with a stick, indicating that he had defeated Hojo and achieved his wish.
As for Chiba, Yuki and other generals mentioned earlier, they came to him with canes on their backs to apologize. Uesugi Masatora righteously denounced their crimes of treason, and then reduced some of their fiefs. Considering that they were famous families from generation to generation and could repent, he pardoned them. This showed his leniency and fairness as the new Kanto Kanrei.
Uesugi Masatora then announced as Kanrei that Kogumi Yoshizumi would be re-inducted into Kogumi with 20,000 kan (without helping him gain any status), Satomi Yoshiyasu added 2,000 kan to Soshu Funabashi, Nagano Yoshimasa added 15,000 kan to Musashi Matsuyama, and Ota Sukemasamoto and the three Ota families occupied Edo, Iwatsuki, and Kawagoe (not Kawagoe Castle) with 30,000 kan. Narita Nagayasu, who had angered him in history, was very sensible this time and was able to completely occupy Kisei 2,000 kan (in the past, Narita Nagayasu's brother Kisei Asaoki could only be said to have been secretly controlling, but now he has openly turned Kisei Oda into a retainer).
Uesugi Kenshin received 50,000 kan of Yoro-ryo-ryo in Ueno Tatebayashi, Hirai, and Langbashi. The original Langbashi castle lord Hojo Takahiro was granted 11,500 kan of Musashi Kawagoe as a supervisor of Musashi, to monitor the surrounding areas. Kawada Nagachika succeeded Hakone Gongen and was promoted from an ordinary samurai to a powerful lord with 7,120 kan. On the surface, he monitored the Hojo retainers in Sagami and Izu, but in fact he was also on guard against the Imagawa clan.
The most trusted and loyal member of the Yangbei clan, Nakajo Fujisuke, took control of Shimosa Katsushika County and Musashi, totaling 21,100 kan, to monitor the people of Shimosa and serve as the retainer of Ogumori Yoshizumi (Satomi Yoshiyasu's flag was stolen).
The other generals had received more or less rice and gold as rewards before, and now they either had to secure their positions or change their territories by a few hundred kan, so I won't go into details one by one.
At a glance, Koheita thought that the arrangement was comprehensive and that the traitors would not revolt again once Nagao Kagetora left. Although Nagao Kagetora's own retainers actually only occupied a few tens of thousands of kan of territory, they were all quite powerful. Even if they were suddenly attacked, they could protect themselves until Nagao Kagetora came to rescue them. The chaos in Kanto should be able to settle down a little.
Who knows?
A new week, go for it!