novelraw Chapter 117 Alliance and Marriage
Chapter 117 Alliance and Marriage
In the fifth year of Yonglu, the 20-year-old Matsudaira Motoyasu led a team of people from Okazaki City, the city he lived in Mihe Kingdom, to Qingzhou City, the capital of Owari Kingdom, just to meet the weavers who were childhood companions and youth enemies. At the invitation of Tian Nobunaga, the alliance between Mikawa and Owari was concluded.
Since the Battle of Ozama, Dashan Imakawa Yoshimoto, who has been suppressing Yuan Kang's head, died in battle.Imagawa Yoshimoto's nearly [-] old tribes also fell and scattered, and they fled back to the Imagawa clan's jurisdiction.Matsudaira Motoyasu, who accompanied the army to attack Owari, also suppressed the faint excitement in his heart, and brought the warriors of Mikawa Kingdom back to his hometown that he had been dreaming about at midnight.The years of being protons in the Suruga Imagawa family for more than ten years are finally coming to an end.At that time, Yamada Shinemon, a retainer of the Imagawa family who was stationed in Okazaki Castle, was afraid of Motoyasu's revenge, so he abandoned the city and fled.Therefore, Matsudaira Motoyasu, who returned as a deserter, got Okazaki Castle without any effort, and regained the dignity of the master of Mikawa Kingdom.
Matsudaira Motoyasu, who has always been under the control of Imagawa Yoshimoto, even after Imagawa Yoshimoto's death, still has a deep fear of the former owner of the Imagawa family, let alone rashly become independent from the Imagawa family that he hated deeply in his heart.Because of this, he repeatedly asked the new governor of the family, Imagawa, to attack the Oda clan, and volunteered to be the vanguard to avenge Imagawa Yoshimoto.However, the true incompetence and weakness of the Imagawa Clan made the Suruga Kingdom, which was already in a transitional and weak period, even more chaotic. The former Imagawa and old ministers fled and defected one after another.
The scheming Matsudaira Motoyasu didn't move on his face, but in fact he secretly started to take over the power of the Mihe Kingdom, testing the bottom line of the master Imagawa family bit by bit, until he found that the Imagawa family really had nothing to do with him, and then he became big Courageous, began to operate the independence of Sanhe.At this time, Yuan Kang received a letter from Nobunaga, expressing his intention to seek peace and alliance.Matsudaira Motoyasu was half happy and half worried. He was happy about the olive branch of the Owari Oda clan who was stronger than himself, and he was also worried about whether the long-standing hatred between the two countries could be resolved smoothly.
However, in the precarious Warring States, the small Three Rivers Kingdom is nothing. If you can't choose your own position, you can only linger in the strife of the big powers, or disappear in thin air.
Yuan Kang fell into deep thought, thinking of the childhood friendship between himself and Nobunaga, thinking of Nobunaga's defeat of Oda Nobutomo of the Oda master's family, sitting firmly as the governor of the family and unifying Owari, and then defeating the mighty daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto... He always turns the situation around when most people are not optimistic about him, and he can be regarded as an outstanding man of his generation.Compared with the weak and incompetent Imagawa Shima, Matsudaira Motoyasu gradually had a decision in his heart.After a period of communication with his retainers and negotiations with Owari, the Mikawa daimyo Matsudaira Motoyasu showed his sincerity and went to meet Nobunaga in Cheongju City in person to discuss the alliance.
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"My lord, Qingzhou City is ahead." Hearing his subordinate's report, Matsudaira Motoyasu restrained Feiyang's thoughts and corrected his demeanor.
Yuan Yasushi was greeted at the gate of the city by Takikawa Kazuyoshi, the important minister who was sent as Nobunaga's envoy to Mikawa. Long means:
"Nobunaga misses his younger brother Takechiyo who is far away in Mikawa, and I hope you can take the time to go to Cheongju to reminisce about the past."
Takikawa Kazuyoshi took Yuan Yasushi directly to Nobunaga's mansion, and when he arrived at the door, Nobunaga greeted him enthusiastically with a smile on his face. She grabbed Yuan Yasushi's hand, her eyes were full of gentleness and nostalgia, and the other hand was naturally easy-going He patted Yuan Kang on the shoulder and said with emotion:
"It's been more than ten years since you left, and you have grown so much. Now you are a mature and stable man, and you are a famous name to protect one side! I am really happy for you as a brother!" Nobunaga's tone was very sincere, as if the relationship between the two There is not the slightest discord between them, it is really like brothers who have reunited after a long absence.
God knows, more than one of Nobunaga's brothers died at her hands.
Matsudaira Motoyasu couldn't help but pursed his lips, feeling a little moved in his heart, he didn't expect that both of them had experienced so much after a long separation, but Nobunaga's elder brother was still as kind and enthusiastic towards him as before.He shook Nobunaga's hand back, and the dignified and steady smile on his face became much more sincere.
Entering the hall, Nobunaga directly pulled Yuan Kang to sit up with him, which made Yuan Kang even more flattered. After all, his status was actually slightly lower than Nobunaga, but Nobunaga didn't care about etiquette and directly pulled himself Sitting together fully showed respect for the Sanhe Matsudaira family, so that Yuankang's confidence in this alliance was even more sufficient.During the dinner, the two chatted happily, sometimes reminiscing about childhood fun, and sometimes imagining the future after the alliance. In a harmonious atmosphere, Owari Kingdom Lord Oda Nobunaga and Okazaki Castle Lord Matsudaira Motoyasu finalized the alliance of the two forces.
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At night, Nobunaga invited Yuan Yasushi to the Oda family's family banquet to show his closeness.There were not many guests at the family banquet, they were all the closest retainers and relatives of the Oda family.The atmosphere during the banquet was just right, and Nobunaga waved his hand to invite Xiao Xing around him to prepare a show to add to the fun.
Not long after, the musicians and dancers performing Noh came on stage. The musicians set up their instruments and began to play. The dancers in gorgeous costumes wore masks covering their entire faces, held fans, and danced to the sound of the music. It is Nobunaga's favorite track "Atsushi".
Nobunaga's attention also shifted to his favorite Xingwaka Mai, while chatting with Matsudaira Motoyasu, while still beating the beat with his hand.Fran, who was sitting next to Nobunaga, looked at the dancer's figure and movements, frowned slightly, and turned her face slightly.
Nobunaga, who had been paying attention to Fran from the corner of his eye, noticed her abnormality, then looked over, and asked in a low voice, "Sir, what's the matter?" Matsudaira Motoyasu on the side also looked over curiously.
Fran sighed in her heart, with the same smile still on her face, she said softly and politely: "It's nothing, I've disturbed the lord and Matsudaira-sama." After she finished speaking, she looked at Nobunaga and hinted: " This piece of Xing Ruowu's performance is exactly your favorite excerpt, I think you can easily judge the singing skills of the actors."
Nobunaga was taken aback for a moment, he didn't understand the meaning of Fran's words, but he just nodded and stopped asking.Just as she was thinking in her heart, the dancers in the field began to sing:
"思えば这の世は常の居みかにあらず. Grass leaves ni zhi ku white dew, water ni su ru moon ょりなほはやし..."【1】
Nobunaga felt familiar at first, and then immediately reacted to Fran's hint, his face darkened.On the other hand, Matsudaira Motoyasu was attracted by the wonderful performance, and was watching Xing Ruowu's performance wholeheartedly.The more I look at it, the more I feel that the dancers are slim, their movements are graceful, and their singing voice is also melodious.Although wearing a mask, you can't see his face, but his body and singing are moving enough.
'This ignorant little girl! 'Nobunaga's face was a little dark, and he gritted his teeth in his heart.
There is nothing inappropriate for a daughter of the samurai family to perform the Kowaka dance for the guests, but on this occasion, at the moment when Owari and Mikawa are negotiating the covenant, the girl from the Oda family performed singing and dancing for the governor of the Matsudaira family. It was the Oda family who planned to marry.
But Nobunaga really never thought of marrying Matsudaira Motoyasu with his beloved sister Oda City. Even though Nobunaga himself is quite optimistic about Matsudaira Motoyasu's calmness and tolerance, in the final analysis, Motoyasu is still just Okazaki Castle at this time. The owner of the city, even the small country of Three Rivers, has not been completely taken down.Furthermore, Matsudaira Motoyasu already had a wife, and even his son was three or four years old.With Nobunaga's current status, Yuan Kang can't be forced to divorce his wife and remarry, so the alliance is completely over. Although Ashi is just a concubine, Nobunaga doesn't want her to be a concubine.
Nobunaga gritted his teeth angrily in his heart, he understood that the purpose of this girl sneaking up to perform was probably to attract Fran, she really watched too much Genji!She noticed that Songping Yuanyasu beside her was admiring the singing and dancing with some intoxication, so she interrupted calmly: "Yuankang."
Hearing Nobunaga's call, Matsudaira Motoyasu also shifted his attention from singing and dancing: "Brother Nobunaga, please speak."
Nobunaga asked with concern: "These years, you have suffered under Imagawa Yoshimoto's hands, right?"
Hearing Nobunaga's words, Yuan Kang thought of his poor mother who was forced to give up, his father who died young without knowing why, the days when he was living under the fence all these years, and those days when he was trembling under the fence, and those who were killed by Imagawa Yoshimoto in order to welcome him back. The squeezed Mihe Samurai...the eye sockets couldn't help but turn slightly red.
"Hey, it's all over. Now, Imakawa Yoshimoto has also died at the hands of his elder brother." Matsudaira Motoyasu said in a low voice.
Nobunaga smiled, and continued: "Speaking of which, Imagawa Yoshimoto is our common enemy. Now that Owari and Mikawa have formed an alliance, Yuanyasu should also draw a clean line from Junhe Imagawa."
Matsudaira Motoyasu was a little puzzled, he didn't understand where he showed that he was inclined to the Imagawa family, but seeing Nobunaga's performance, he didn't look like he was offended, so he sat up straight and asked: "What did Brother Nobunaga say?" I don't understand what I said, what did I do wrong?"
Nobunaga shook his head and said, "It's just a suggestion from Brother Yu. Yuan Kang, the Yuan character in your name was crowned by Imakawa Yoshimoto for you, right? It's his Imakawa Yoshimoto's Yuan, isn't it?"
Matsudaira Motoyasu froze for a moment, understood what Nobunaga meant, then frowned slightly, nodded heavily and said: "Brother Nobunaga is right, I should change this name." Yuankang rubbed his chin and thought for a while, feeling I had no idea, so I asked, "Brother Nobunaga, do you have any suggestions?"
Nobunaga quickly waved his hand: "Your own daimyo can entrust your own ambitions and interests, so it's not appropriate for me to participate." Looking at Matsudaira Motoyasu, who had already fallen into the tangle of naming, Nobunaga secretly smiled inwardly, coughed lightly and said : "I remember, when you first took Yuanfu, your name was Matsudaira Motoshin, right? Why did you change it to Yuankang?"
Songping Yuanyasu explained: "It is to commemorate the family ancestor Songping Qingyasu."
Nobunaga spread his hands: "Then you can also take another character of your respected ancestor and add it to your name to express your ambition."
"Hmm..." Motoyasu looked at the Noh play that was being performed in front of him, it was made to commemorate the warrior Atsumori Hirae in the Battle of Genpei, and a flash of inspiration suddenly came to his mind.
"Original Yoshiya..."
"What?" Nobunaga asked.
Matsudaira Motoyasu looked at Nobunaga with a smile, and explained, "I want to change my name to Matsudaira Ieyasu."
"Ieyasu..." Nobunaga repeated in his mouth, and then smiled brightly: "It's a good name."
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The Cheongju League went smoothly, but Nobunaga who sent Ieyasu away lost his temper at home.
"Oda-shi! What are you doing? Did I allow you to perform Kowakamai?!" In the study, Nobunaga picked out Ashi who hadn't changed his costume yet, and reprimanded angrily.
Oda City wasn't too scared, but poked his neck and said, "What's the matter? It's not shameful for the daughter of the Wu family to perform Xing Ruowu! Brother, why are you making such a fuss?!"
"Don't you understand what's wrong with you? I really spoiled you! Why, do you really want to be a concubine for Matsudaira Motoyasu? If you want, I will fulfill you!" Nobunaga said coldly.
Ah Shi was so frightened that her little face turned pale in an instant. She raised her sleeves to her lips, covering her lips that were dilated in astonishment, and said incredulously, "Brother, what are you talking about? I just..."
Nobunaga looked at Ah Shi blankly, and said coldly, "What are you? You just want to show Lan, right?"
A touch of blush instantly appeared on Ah Shi's pale face. She bit her lip lightly with her white teeth, and mustered up her courage to say: "Yes, I am Lord Emulan, Brother, please betroth me to Master Lan!"
"It's impossible!" Nobunaga rejected Ashi flatly, and his complexion became darker and more complicated.
"Why? Why not? Lord Lan is not married yet, isn't he?" Ashi asked excitedly: "Is it because Lord Lan doesn't have a surname? But Lord Lan behaves so elegantly and elegantly, he must not be inferior! Even if he He is an inferior person, and I admit it!"
Nobunaga didn't want to listen to Ashi's words at all, but refused coldly: "It's impossible for you and him, Lan will not marry a wife, let alone my sister of Oda Nobunaga. Don't think about it!"
Ah Shi widened his beautiful eyes, looked at Nobunaga who was as cold as ice in disbelief, and murmured: "Master brother...why..."
Nobunaga frowned, and said in a deep voice: "There is no reason. As for you, your marriage is already under discussion, so you can rest assured and prepare for marriage."
Ah Shi thumped at Nobunaga's feet, and begged: "Brother, please don't be like this, Ah Shi is not self-willed anymore, Ah Shi will stop pestering Master Lan, don't drive Ah Shi away..."
Nobunaga looked at his sister who was kneeling at his feet, her voice choked up, and sighed softly.
She bent down, knelt down beside Ah Shi, and patted Ah Shi's back.
"Ashi, I've already selected a marriage partner for you, Asai Nagamasa, governor of the Asai Clan of Omi Kingdom."
"He's two years older than you, doesn't have a married couple, is young and promising, and looks very good."
"Omi is in the north of Mino, and now it is rising and growing. Owari and Owari unite to form a pincer attack on Mino, which is very helpful for our Mino strategy. So, Ashi, you should understand , What does the marriage between Oda and Asai mean?"
Hearing Nobunaga's explanation, Ah Shi's body trembled slightly, and after a while, the weak and beautiful girl spoke slowly: "My lord, Ah Shi understands..."
"If it's for the Oda family..." As he spoke, two lines of tears gushed out from the girl's beautiful eyes and slid down her beautiful and pale cheeks.
"...Ashi, willing to accept the marriage..."
Nobunaga closed his eyes fiercely, and gently hugged the trembling Ashi: "Ashi, sister, I'm sorry."
Ashi, who was still able to restrain himself, suddenly clenched Nobunaga's sleeves, and cried out, "...it's okay, brother...don't need to apologize..."
"Ashi will do well...Ashi will help my brother..."
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Ah Shi, who was tired from crying, was taken back to her room by the maid, and Fran showed her figure in the empty study.
"Does it have to be like this? Sacrifice Ashi's marriage. You love her too, don't you want her to be like Gui Die?" Fulan asked softly.
Nobunaga sat cross-legged on the seat cushion, and said lightly: "For Owari's Mino Raiders, this is the best way. Asai Nagamasa is also the best person I can find for her."
Flan lowered her eyes slightly, and asked, "But, your goal is to calm down the troubled times and become a commoner in the world. The Jinjiang country... will be cleaned up sooner or later."
Nobunaga looked up at Fran, and asked back: "Are you worried about Ashi? When I take over the power in the world, as long as Asai Nagamasa is sensible enough, Ashi will live happily."
Fran sighed: "What if Nagamasa Asai becomes your stumbling block?"
Without even thinking about it, Nobunaga said, "Naturally, it will kick away the stumbling block! But it doesn't matter, Ashi can go back to the Oda family, and she will still be the beloved princess of the Oda family."
Seeing Nobunaga's indifferent expression, Fran sighed in her heart: "Nobunaga, obviously you are also a woman, you have also refused to marry, you also know the risks and pains of political marriage, and you love your sister... But Everything still has to give way to your hegemony. '
Fran took a deep look at Nobunaga, and said: "Nobunaga, you are already a qualified superior." She looked at the little evil spirit emerging from Nobunaga's brows, and said in her heart: "Or, it is a A qualified careerist. '
In the seventh year of Yonglu, the 16-year-old Hime Jun Oda City of the Owari State Oda family married Asai Nagamasa, the governor of the Omi State Asai Family.Although it was a political marriage, the two were talented and beautiful. After marriage, they were even more harmonious and loving. Such a couple was a beautiful couple at the time...
The author has something to say: [1] Selected from Noh "Dunsheng": Thinking carefully, this world is a very inhabited place, and the speed and subtlety of floating life are better than the white dew in the grass and the lonely moon in the water.
Fran and Nobunaga have initial differences of opinion. In Fran's view, Nobunaga can choose other methods to attack Mino and avoid sacrificing Ashi.But Nobunaga still followed the customs of the Warring States Period and used marriage to strengthen the alliance in order to capture Mino as soon as possible.
If Nishang wants to speed up the progress and try to finish this volume within five chapters, then only write the key plots and important turning points.
History brief:
1. Tokugawa Ieyasu changed his name many times in his life.His surname was Matsudaira, and his childhood name was Takechiyo (the baby name passed down from generation to generation by the heirs of the Matsudaira family). After Yuanfu, Imagawa Yoshimoto named him Matsudaira Motoshin.Later, because he secretly coveted the position of the shogun, he shamelessly changed his family tree, changed his surname to Tokugawa, and called himself Tokugawa Ieyasu. (Because there are unwritten unspoken rules in Japan, the shogunate can only be served by the descendants of Genji and Heiji, and the Tokugawa family is the descendant of Genji. This is why Nobunaga himself did not become a general, but made a puppet general. It is also Hideyoshi Mingming The blood of the common people is not the reason for saying that he is the emperor's illegitimate son.)
2. Nobunaga was okay with his allies at the beginning, and he was very kind and respectful to Ieyasu. Later, as Nobunaga gained power (later, Nobunaga gradually became cruel and cruel, his temper was very bad, and his opponents often did not respect, everyone is afraid of him), Ieyasu has changed from an ally to a younger brother.Nobunaga ordered Ieyasu to kill his wife and eldest son, and Ieyasu did.
3. Regarding Ashi and Nagamasa, some say they got married in 1564, and some say they got married in 1567.Nishang took the year 1564, because if it was 67 years, Ashi would be a 20-year-old girl. In the Warring States Period, the late marriage was not a little bit late.Moreover, Nobunaga had already occupied Mino in 67, so the marriage with the Asai family was of little significance.
4. The plot that will not be written later: Nobunaga and Nagamasa did fall out later, Ashi was in a dilemma, and finally chose to help his brother, which is the famous "little bean bag" in Oda City, which saved Nobunaga's life .After Nobunaga escaped from the pincer attack, he deeply hated Nagamasa's betrayal (in fact, Nobunaga was the one who betrayed his faith first), and later sent Hideyoshi to capture Nagamasa's capital, and ordered Hideyoshi to kill Nagamasa and his two friends with Ashi. Son, only Ashi and three daughters were left alive (Ashi hated Hideyoshi, so he took his daughter to marry Hideyoshi's political opponent Shibata Katsuie. In the fire of the pavilion, they embraced each other and committed suicide. That’s right, Hideyoshi was Chacha’s enemy who killed his father, mother, and brother).It is said that Nobunaga Lingchi executed Asai Nagamasa's mother, and also turned the heads of Asakura Yoshikage, Asai Hisamasa, and Asai Nagamasa into gold leaf skulls to serve the generals (I don't know whether it is true or not).
5. However, the reason why Oda City is legendary and known as the number one beauty in the Warring States is also because she is the white moonlight of many big shots.It is said that Ashi and Nobunaga have a friendship beyond brother and sister, and Nobunaga's retainers basically have a crush on her.Ashi's three daughters, the eldest daughter Chacha married Hideyoshi, and the youngest daughter Ajiang married Tokugawa Hidetada.That is to say, one of Aichi's grandsons inherited Toyotomi's world, another grandson inherited Tokugawa's world, a granddaughter became the emperor's middle palace, and his great-granddaughter, Prince Xingzinai, even became the emperor.