Chapter 529

The Ashikaga Family's Son-in-Law

Chapter 529 The Ashikaga Family's Son-in-Law
Hideyoshi Ogasawara expressed her gratitude to the Hide family from the bottom of her heart. When she heard the phrase "brother" from the Hide family, she felt extremely warm in her heart.

Just as I was about to express my gratitude to the Xiu family, the Xiu family asked: "The incident happened in a hurry that day, and Tamura Zongxian was killed by them just like that. But afterwards, I was always a little bit weird. Who gave him the courage to calm down Ding Yu? When O's army crossed the border, did they make trouble?"

Xiujia dared to discuss this issue with Xiuzhen. He was not surprised that Soken Tamura raised his troops. After all, there were riots in Osaki, Kasai and other families in history.

What was strange to him was that the timing of the Tamura riot was exactly when the Uoku army gathered in the Northeast, and even the troops of Gamo Shigo, Ogasawara Hidetada, and Satake Yoshinobu were there.

Even though they were just regional daimyos, they still had more than 2 troops gathered at this moment, which is a force that cannot be ignored in any place, and the Tamura family only mobilized more than 2000 people at their limit.

How dare they?
Xiuzhen didn't expect this, she was taken aback when she heard the report from the Xiu family, and said to the Xiu family with a smile, "Brother is too nervous, even if the rich families in these places haven't been changed, it's their daily routine to set off rebellions. "

Looking at Xiuzhen's indifferent expression, Xiujia thought for a while that perhaps he was too sensitive. After all, the thinking of the warrior class in this era really cannot be judged by the eyes of later generations, and sometimes they are often so impulsive.

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On July 18th, Tenzheng Year 7, Daimyo Hidekalian Jue Yuo finally returned to Iwafu Castle.This time is very rushed, because Xiujia and Shiji's wedding was originally scheduled for the end of July.

The Xiu family handed over the big names to Changfuen Zhenqin to take them down to settle down, and then listened non-stop to Mingshi Jingqin and others' report on the wedding in a few days.

The Xiu family walked along the corridor surrounded by attendants to the inner hall, but saw Xiang Chuanjing walking towards him.

He walked up to the Xiu family, knelt down in front of the Xiu family, and said to the Xiu family, "Master, Goro Jiro fulfilled his mission and completed the task you arranged."

After finishing speaking, he took out a beautifully wrapped wooden box from his bosom and handed it to Xiujia. Just the material and carving work of this wooden box can tell that it is not ordinary.

After Xiujia took it, he unfolded it and found that inside was a hosta repaired with gold ornaments. It was Narita Kai's hairpin that Xiujia had given to Kagawa Keinori before.

Although it was originally a hosta, the carvings were very simple, but now it has been decorated with gold and looks much more gorgeous.

Especially the golden hosta flower on its head, the carving is so lifelike, it looks so cute, even Xiujia couldn't help but praise, "Well done, Gorojiro, I didn't expect you to have such aesthetics."

"My lord, I don't have such a good attention. You asked me to go to Kyoto to find someone to restore the jade hairpin, but after thinking about it, my wife and Da Nayan are both in Kyoto. After thinking about it, I still took this jade hairpin to Sakai Port for restoration." .

Fortunately, I met Mr. Tsuda Tenshin in Sakaimachi. After hearing my appeal, he took the initiative to help me find the hosta repaired by the craftsman. "

When Xiujia heard this name, he couldn't remember who it was for a moment, and asked him in confusion: "Does Tsuda Tianxin?"

The Tsuda Tenshin mentioned by Xiangchuan Jingze is Tsuda Zongji, his name is Tenshin, and his name is You Gengzhai.

Sometimes Xiujia is really troubled, why there are so many titles in Japan, in addition to normal names, there are official titles, common characters, and self-titles. How can normal people remember so many.

"It's Tsuda Zong and his lord, the great merchants of Tennoji House."

Hearing Kagawa Keinori's explanation, Hideya realized that he was the owner of Tennojiya, a wealthy businessman in Sakamachi, and a tea master as famous as Sen Rikyu, and even left a strong mark in history.

Hideka did not have much contact with Tsuda Zongji, after all, he himself was not good at the Japanese tea ceremony, and other daimyos knew about it, so Hideka was rarely invited to the tea party.

Moreover, Hideka has Naya as his trading partner in Sakaimachi. Since the last time he bought Nanban girdles and iron cannons from Naya, Hideka has been supplementing his own lack of forged weapons from him.

In Sakaimachi, the bosses of two wealthy merchants, Naya and Tennojiya, are friends, but they are in business competition.

Now that he heard that Tsuda Zongji had offered to help Kagawa Jingze, he couldn't help wondering what kind of medicine this Tsuda Zongji was selling in the gourd.

"Did Boss Tsuda tell you anything?"

When Kagawa heard Hideka's question, he raised his head to look at Hideka blankly, thought for a moment and said, "Boss Tsuda said that it is his honor to serve His Highness."

Kagawa Kei quoted Tsuda Zongji's words as official words, but in this era it could be interpreted as "I hope to make friends with Hideka", and it was only because of the difference in identities between the two that he said "willing to work for Hideka".

Hideka put away the hairpin, thanked him and said, "You should know, Katsuchiyo has become an independent feudal clan, and Genjiro has also worked hard to go out independently, so I will temporarily serve as the captain of the attendant."

Hearing that he could become the captain of the attendants, Kagawa Jing said excitedly, "Ha Yi, I thank you, my lord."

After saying that, he got up and stood beside the Xiu family, and said to the Xiu family, "Lord Yiyoshou is arranging the layout of His Highness's banquet ahead, please Your Highness to lead the way."

Led by Kagawa Jingnori, Hideka came down to the evaluation room, which has been decorated with a lot of atmosphere. This is the largest room in Iwafu Castle, and it is usually used as an evaluation room.

Even so, Iwafu Castle was only the evidence of the Hojo clan's house before, and the area of ​​the assessment room was not large, and it could only accommodate more than [-] people.

The time given by the Xiu family was too short, and it was obviously not enough time to complete the construction of a new hall in just 2 months, so Akashi Jingqin could only carry out repairs on the basis of the original evaluation room.

How to accommodate more people in a limited space is a headache for Akashi Jingqin.

Due to the simplicity of the surrounding wooden doors and the age, Akashi Jingqin directly removed the surrounding wooden doors and cleared out the flat ground before the evaluation room. Here, a high platform flush with the main hall was built with wood, and paved on it. The wooden roof for wind and rain temporarily expands the area of ​​the evaluation room.

Although this project looks very simple, in this era, it is not easy to complete the steps of picking wood and repairing the building within 2 months.

When "Sikuyi" saw the project here, Xiujia couldn't help sighing, "Iyoshou is really amazing, to complete such a building in a short period of time."

Hearing Xiujia's voice, Akashi Jingqin turned his head to look at Xiujia and saluted Xiujia, "I see my lord. I'm really sorry that the time is tight, and I can only do this."

After that, he turned his head and looked behind him and said, "Because of time, it is really difficult to close the wooden door in such a short time.

The minister thought that it was midsummer now, so why not just open it up like this, so that the summer wind can pass through the hall, and cooperate with the small ditches dug around the city to cool down the heat. "

Xiujia followed his words and looked around Tuojian, and found that he had indeed dug a narrow ditch around it, which hadn't been filled with water yet, but judging from his affiliation, by that time, it would be filled with clean water to reduce the surrounding heat.

The Xiu family was very satisfied with Akashi Jingqin's arrangement, nodded and said, "It's really right to entrust this matter to you. I'm very satisfied that you can think of this."

The two of them couldn't just stand while chatting, Xiujia walked into the hall and signaled Mingshi Jingqin to sit down.

Akashi Jingqin looked at Xiu's family and said, "The matter of my lord marrying a flat wife this time is really difficult for me. There is no such precedent before, and I follow it.

Now some things need to be decided by His Highness, His Highness Ashikaga's parents have passed away, who should be in charge of the woman's side?The elders on His Highness's side are no longer here, so who is in charge of your side? "

The Xiu family couldn't help raising their brows when they heard Ming Shijing's falsehood, as if they were miserable after hearing what he said.

But when I think about it carefully, it seems that I am indeed similar to Ashikaga Jihime. Both of her parents died, and the Xiu family’s own father also passed away. Both her adoptive father and uncle are relatives of Ju Ji. ?
Moreover, the Xiu family has no good way to solve this problem now, so they can't recognize their father on the spot, so they can only look to Akashi Jingqin for a solution.

"My subject discussed with Misaku and the others, planning to let Qiqudian attend His Highness Ashikaga's wedding on his behalf. After all, she is His Royal Highness Ashikaga's aunt."

"Qiqu Hall?" Someone who had come into contact with the blind spot of the Xiu family's knowledge asked Mingshi Jingqin.

Akashi Jingqin nodded and said, "Well, she is the daughter of Hojo Ujiyasu, Hojo Ujimasa's younger sister, and Hojo Ujishige's wife."

Hearing the origin of the Qiqu Palace, the Xiu family said in surprise, "Is the Qiqu Palace still built now? Didn't the people from the Hojo clan be taken to Kyoto together?"

"Not all of them, like Hojo Anfangshou (Hojo Ujibun) was preserved by Maeda's attendant (Maeda Toshiie) because of the bowl-shaped kaicheng, and it seems that he has already served in the Maeda attendant's family.

The Hojo clan's Katsu three brothers were able to save their lives because of the jade rope opening the city, and were allowed by His Highness Kanbai to close the door in Kanto. "

The Hojo Ujikatsu three brothers refer to Hojo Ujikatsu, Hojo Shigehiro, and Hojo Uji Cheng three brothers. You may be unfamiliar with these three names, but you must remember their grandfather, that is the man called Dihuang Hachiman—— Hojo Clan.

As we all know, the Ashikaga family is the last person after the Kamakura Ashikaga family, and that little Kamakashi Toshi family has long been "cracked down" by the Xiu family

And Ashikaga Jihime’s mother, Jokoin, has long since passed away. Even among the 12 brothers and sisters of the Hojo Ujimasa generation, only Hojo Ujiki, Hojo Ujibun, Qiquden and Hayakawaden are still built.

The Hojo clan accompanied the Hojo clan to live in seclusion in Koyasan, the Hojo clan was taken over by the Maeda Toshiie, and the Hayakawa temple was the real wife of the Imagawa clan, who is now restrained by Tokugawa Ieyasu in Suruga.

The only elder of Ashikaga Jiji that can be found in the entire Kanto is Qiqudian.

The Xiu family was not satisfied with the fact that the female relatives attended the wedding as the elders, but this was already the best choice at the moment, so they could only nod their heads in approval.

Unexpectedly, Ming Shijing said with a look of embarrassment: "My lord, there is a request from the Qiqu Palace. I ask the lord to take care of his three sons, one and two, for the sake of the Ashikaga Palace."

"A child of the Hojo family?" Hearing this request, Hideka thought for a while before agreeing.

These three people were treated differently from the rest of the Hojo family. They were not directly taken away by Hideyoshi, and even Hideyoshi confirmed the three people's immunity against Tamanawa Kaesong when he was in Odawara.

In history, Ieyasu Tokugawa did indeed recruit three people, and Ujikatsu Hojo even became a daimyo of Iwatou 1 koku. After thinking about it, Hideyoshi has no objection to recruiting the three people now.

"No matter how you say it, it's a beginner's level wife, and it can't be justified if there is no one from her mother's family." The Xiu family replied, "Just relying on Noda Hirotomo and others really can't support the appearance.

How about this, you go and invite the two adults, Harusuke Koda and Naoto Isshiki, even though there were misunderstandings in the past, as the past masters, they are not such small-minded people. "

In fact, the Xiu family brought these two people more to meet Xiuzhen Ogasawara and match them up. It is still the same sentence: the conflict between the enemy and our class is not so easy to resolve. It was absolutely impossible before.

"Yes" after listening to the Xiu family's arrangement, Akashi Jing personally wrote down the matter, and immediately asked the Xiu family, "Then what about the lord's side? I'm afraid neither Guan Bai nor Da Nayan can attend?"

"En..." Xiujia thought for a moment and said to him, "Take the Baicheng gourd horse mark that Guan Bai Palace gave me back then, as a representative of His Royal Highness Guan Bai's presence."

"Use a horse mark to replace His Highness Guan Bai?" Ming Shi Jingqin was surprised by the Xiu family's unconstrained style, but he had to sigh that it was indeed a good idea.

Speaking of this horse mark, it was given by Hideyoshi after the Chinese and English were attacked by the followers of Nagamune's tribe in the Battle of Sanuki, and Hideyoshi's horse mark was taken away.

The so-called upside-down gourd on the mark of the thousand-year-old horse symbolizes every war that Hideyoshi deserves. In its words, every time he wins a game, a gourd will be inserted into it.

And Xiujia's Baicheng Mabiao has also followed suit. Now 4 big gourds have been inserted, referring to the Battle of the Four Kingdoms, the Battle of Sanhe, the Battle of Kyushu and the Battle of Kanto.

Akashi Jing has outstanding proficiency, and he can only arrange a pretty good wedding ceremony in such a tight time. You must know that at this time in Japan, there is no such thing as a "hira wife" independent from the concubine.

On July 7, Hideka completed the wedding with Ashikaga Ujihime with the blessings of all the daimyo and retainers, and Narita Kai joined the Hideka family with Ashikaga Ujihime.

When a Japanese samurai marries a wife, usually only the main room will hold a big banquet. When marrying a concubine, they will meet a few close and familiar friends and colleagues to accompany them.

But at the level of the daimyo or even the level of the Xiu family, it is only when marrying a regular wife that there will be a lot of fanfare. Marrying a concubine means meeting someone from the mother-in-law's family for a drink.

Now that the Xiu family has indeed created an independent level of equal wives from above the concubine and below the main wife, Akashi Jingqin has lowered the standard of the main wife by one level to prepare.

At the same time, because of Ashikaga's special identity, on the basis of the presence of the parents of both men and women in the concubine, the process of other daimyo's participation was added with reference to the rituals of the main room.

The difference from taking the main wife is that the section where the daimyo and his retainers congratulate is canceled, which is equivalent to making the matter of Ashikaga's marriage to the Kanto Toyotomi family known to the public, but it will not be the same as the marriage of Kikuhime. The other big names expressed their congratulations one by one.

Through small details, Akashi Jingqin highlighted the unusual identity of Ashikaga, and while the Xiu family showed respect for Ashikaga, they also gave their wife, Kikuhime, enough respect.

After this operation, Noda Hirotomo and others represented by Ashikaga Jihime were very satisfied, and when the news spread back to Osaka and Kyoto, even Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Toyotomi Hidecho could not find any faults.

But the wedding with Ashikaga Jihime did not end here. If you don’t go to Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, how can you say that you are the son-in-law of the Ashikaga family?

It wasn't until August 8 that Hideka and Ashikaga's princess went to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Sagami Kamakura to complete the sacrifice, and Hideka's identity as Ashikaga's son-in-law was truly realized.

(End of this chapter)