Chapter 668
As an envoy to the Nizi family, one must be both wise and brave. We must neither let our family get at a disadvantage in the later alliance negotiations with the Nizi family because of being weak, nor can we let the alliance fail because we are too tough.
The original candidate in Masacon's heart was Yoshioka Nagaoka, the retainer of the former Otomo family who had just joined the family, but this proposal was opposed by Yamamoto Kazusuke and others. The reason for their opposition was also very simple. Although Yoshioka Nagaoka Nagao played a great role in the process of the Luo family's strategy to guide the Fenghou Kingdom, it was the old minister of the Otomo family after all. This mission was related to the overall situation of the Luo family, Yoshioka Nagao was not suitable to take on such an important task. Obviously, the retainers of the Luo family did not trust these newly joined retainers very much.
At this time, Duanmu Qingzheng, who had been silent when he returned to the Luo family, suddenly offered to take on this important task. As a hostage to the Luo family and the Da Nei family, Duanmu Qingzheng was the guest of the Da Nei family. However, when the Da Nei family decided to tear up the alliance with the Luo family, Duanmu Qingzheng, who was gradually fascinated by the Da Nei family's wine and sex, did not respond. Not only did he fail to issue a warning to the family in time, he could not even escape and was directly under house arrest.
His mistake this time almost made his family's governor Zhengliang be killed in an ambush. He has always been very guilty of this. Even after returning home after a peace talk between the Luo family and the Da Nei family, he almost locked himself up at home to reflect on it. If it weren't for the foreign diplomatic issues of his family, he would not have come on his own initiative. Now he decided to take the initiative to take the responsibility of serving the Nizi family and make up for his merits.
Everyone agreed after a little discussion on Duanmu Qingzheng's request. At the same time, Zhengliang would also be familiar with the Southern Barbarians. The Ming people who were good at interacting with the Southern Barbarians were also the public who was responsible for diplomacy with the Southern Barbarians. Chen Tianjie accompanied Duanmu Qingzheng to serve as an envoy to the Nizi family.
The main reason why Chen Tianjie was sent to the envoy at the same time was that the fleet of the Southern Barbarian Zhu Qinfeng, a merchant from the Luo family, and the Ming Dynasty merchant Zuo Moyang, were also visiting the Mibo Port in Izumo. Although the Nizi family was a powerful man in Izumo, they inevitably lacked the means to deal with the Southern Barbarians and Ming Dynasty merchants.
Sending Chen Tianjie over, on the one hand, can help the Nizi family deal with the Southern Barbarians and Ming merchants to gain the favor of the Nizi family. On the other hand, it shows the strength of the Luo family from the side (even there are retainers who work with the Southern Barbarians and Ming merchants. And they are Ming people, which will definitely shock the Nizi family). Finally, Zhengliang wrote a letter and asked Chen Tianjie to hand it to Zhu Qinfeng on his behalf, asking him to help the Luo family support the local area and increase the power of the Luo family during negotiations. In return, the Luo family will naturally help him make a lot of money in the local area.
After discussing the external strategy, Masara turned his goal to the domestic. The so-called "Asara" must first be the "Asara" of Masara this time was the temple shrines in the country. After the lessons from the pre-Kuang, Masara was worried that these local temple shrines would collude with the foreign Otoga forces to create unrest in the country. So Masara simply cut off the mess quickly, letting two cavalrymen of Isono and Masara Takasaka as the main force. With the assistance of the Inner Master Cabinet, they forcibly implemented the temple shrine management rules of the Luo family, and all those who resisted were killed.
Although the retainers were a little worried about Masara's decision on temples and shrines, they also knew that when they had just experienced the rebellion of the pre-Kuchi Rebellion, no matter how they advised him, they were just boring. So they did not directly raise objections, but instead proposed the suggestion to let Masara marry Otomo Yoshiki's daughter.
In fact, the retainers made such suggestions. Masara also felt that it was normal. In the Warring States Period, it was very normal to use marriage to strengthen rule and protect the interests between the lord and the retainers (for example, Yoshitaka Ouchi recently gave his adopted daughter a short time ago. That is, the three daughters of Momoto Naito Shinono Momoto, who was the eldest son of Momoto Momoto, entered into a marriage contract to become a wife).
If Masayoshi marry the daughter of Otomo Yoshiki, the former ruler of Fenggo, at this time, there are two benefits. First, it can be pacified by the local people, so that they feel that the Luo family will ban the Otomoshiki family and begin to rule Fenggo. The Luo family's behavior of marrying the previous king was to express to them that they would continue to rule them as before, and then allow the Luo family's rule in Fenggo to have a great reputation. Second, the surrendered Hachi Otomoshiki's retainers will transfer their loyalty to the previous sect leader through Otomoshiki's daughter, and at the same time, they will feel that loyalty to Masayoshiki, that is, the son-in-law of the previous sect leader, will become at ease.
Zhengliang did not object to the advice of his retainers. When he first came to this world, due to the influence of his previous life, he thought in his heart that he could just marry a wife. But as a family governor, it was obviously impossible in such an era.
As the Luo family continued to grow, and Masaru was only twenty-five years old at the time, he would always actively or passively get a lot of women because of interests and the need for rule (compared to Oda Nobuhide, there were 17 women in total, with a total of twenty-four children; Imakawa Yoshimoto, who had inherited the Imakawa family for several years, had more than ten women). Masaru had completely adapted to this situation, not to mention that for a man, having more women is a good thing in itself.
Of course, under normal circumstances, if conditions permit, Masarara would ask the woman about her opinion first. The only three daughters left when Ototo Yoshiki stayed at Ototo’s house before his death (the others were married). The eldest daughter was only fourteen years old at this time, the second daughter was thirteen years old, and the younger daughter was less than one year old. The younger daughter was the biological daughter of Shishimamaru’s mother, and the other two daughters were born to Ototo Yoshi Town mother. They were both living in the city of Yushan Castle, and at this time they were all living in the city of Yushan Castle, the youngest daughter was the biological daughter of Shishimamaru, and the other two daughters were born to the mother of Ototo Yoshi Town. They were all living in the city of Yushan Castle, and at this time they were all living in the city of Yushan Castle, the youngest daughter of Shimamaru, and the other two daughters were born to the mother of Ototo Yoshima Town.
Shimochimaru and his son were at home. After receiving the remarks from Hiraki Togo, their eldest daughter Otomomatsu took the initiative to express her intention to marry Masara and would assist Masara to inspect various places in Fenghou so as to help the Luo family to appease Fenghou territory as soon as possible. However, she also put forward a condition, that is, she hoped not to disturb her sister Otomo Ning's life and let her sister settle in Shimochou Town, Kiyoshiyama Castle. It seems that she took the initiative to sacrifice herself to protect her sister.
Masara naturally agreed to Otomo Matsu's request, and even told the other party that if the other party was unwilling to do so, it could be regarded as a superficial marriage, and the other party could completely retain a life of living alone after marrying Masara.
Chapter completed!