Chapter 34 fourth quarter
The cherry blossoms in Kyoto are all in bloom, but the three Minamoto Lamasa are still hesitating whether to raise their troops.
--How to do it?
He questioned himself day and night.The expert Shingong Juro continued to carry out strategizing activities for a moment, and even incited his eldest son Nakazuna.
"A wise man has no courageous decision." Said the expert.
Lai Zheng is a wise man, so he is too concerned about winning or losing.Experts believe that in order for a wise man to make up his mind, there must be conditions that make him have to make up his mind.
Zhong Gang also agrees.
So the two ran around, and finally got the order of the underappreciated prince Yirenwang.
Inspired by the expert's three-inch tongue, Nioh believes that if Genji wins, he can become a prince. He is excited about his prominent future, and he is even more enthusiastic about this plan than the Juro expert.Finally, King Yi Ren summoned Lai Zheng and reprimanded him:
"Laizheng, what are you hesitating for?" He tapped his knee and said, "If you don't want to fight, I'll pick up the bow and arrow myself and lead the Genji uprising in various countries."
Since King Yi Ren said so, Lai Zheng had no choice but to ignore all consequences.
Laizheng draws up a strategy: First, distribute the order of King Ni to the Genji of the Eastern Kingdom, asking them to rebel first, and then the Heike family will organize a crusade army and leave Kyoto.At this time, there is no one in Kyoto, and Lai Zheng can lead the Genji uprising in Settsu and Hanoi to control Kyoto.
Yi Ren Wang was very happy, but Lai Zheng was not excited about the strategy he had drawn up.When talking about war on paper, it is still a winning strategy, but this strategy has a fatal flaw: in the process of inciting Genji of the various countries, will the conspiracy be leaked?As soon as the incident leaks out, everything will disappear immediately, and the heads of Nioh and Laizheng will be separated from their bodies immediately.
"The old man really likes to worry." The expert smiled.
He tried his best to dispel Lai Zheng's worries, saying that if he was worried to this extent, he could do nothing!Moreover, Dongguo's population is very tight, so it should not be leaked casually.
The secret envoy to convey the decree was personally acted by the expert Juro Shinmiya.There is probably no one better suited to the task than he.He has a brilliant tongue, is a Genji celebrity, and grew up in Kumano, with the qualities of a monk.
"It's all up to me!" he said cheerfully.
King Yiren thought that the expert had no official position, and the local samurai would not fear him, so he worked secretly to help him obtain an official position called Hachijoin Tibetan.The so-called Tibetans are the work of the General Affairs Section in the palace.From then on, this strategist called himself "Xingong Tibetan Expert".Before this, experts all used Genji's word "Yi" and called themselves "Yi Sheng", but this would make people suspicious, right?So after he got the official position, he used the name "Expert", which is not very similar to Genji.
Wearing persimmon clothes and a black turban for monasticism wrapped around his forehead, the expert left Kyoto.If he had gone to Dongguo immediately, maybe things would have turned out differently, but he went to Kumano, where he was born first.
"Listen, I am also a Tibetan."
He secretly told his woman.
The woman was surprised, can exiles also become Tibetans?She asked this suspiciously, and the expert then said:
"There is an inside story." Then he leaked Yi Renwang's decree.
Then, he went directly to Dongguo, which was April of the fourth year of Zhicheng.
The expert was very careful on the road. Mino, Owari, and Suruga had Genji's former subordinates everywhere, but he was afraid of leaking the story, so he didn't go there.Especially in Kai there is the Takeda family, the last grandson of Shilla Saburo Yoshimitsu, who has a great momentum. If he wants to raise troops, it should be a powerful army.But he thought:
(Everything will be discussed after seeing Lai Chao.)
He went to Izu wholeheartedly.
Although Yoritomo did not have an army, Yoshitomo had already passed on Gentasanugi (armor) and the 髥切太刀, which symbolize Genji's son, to him.If Genji wants to revolt, Yoritomo must be the commander-in-chief.
It was April 27th in the fourth year of Jisei when the experts came to visit Yoritomo at the Hojo Mansion in Izu.
"Who is the Xingong Tibetan expert?"
Lai Chao felt that the visitor was suspicious, and Adachi, who wanted to report it, asked.
"I am your uncle." The expert replied.
They met.
The expert hopes that Lai Chao can respect him, so he speaks crudely.He said that he is Yoshitomo's younger brother, which is equivalent to Yoshitomo's uncle. He was arrested in the past war and exiled to Kumano. No wonder Yoshitomo doesn't know himself...
"So it is, so it is."
Raitomo nodded heavily, but didn't even answer a word.
(The man is arrogant.)
The expert became anxious, and the more anxious he became, the more he talked, and in the end, whether it was words or expressions, he seemed to be flattering and flattering his nephew, even he himself was helpless.
Finally, the experts finally mentioned the conspiracy between King Yiren and Laizheng.He said:
"I'll show you the decree." Then he immediately reached behind his back and carefully took it out.
"Sadon, please look!"
The expert ordered Lai Chao with the authority of the decree.Raitomo was originally a reserved and straightforward man, he said to himself:
"I didn't even notice!"
He left the banquet immediately, took a bath, fasted, put on his formal attire, and called the owner of the mansion, that is, his father-in-law Hojo Shizheng, and the two returned to their seats together.
(This man is really meticulous in his work.)
Yoritomo is indeed as rigorous as the experts think.Before opening the box of the decree, he also paid homage to Genji's ancestor, Oyama Hachiman Shrine.
"Father-in-law please first." He said with a low smile.
Raitomo's every gesture and gesture is planned.Hojo Shizheng was on par with Ito Yukin, and was the largest wealthy family in Izu. If he wanted to raise troops in the future, he would not be able to fight any battle without borrowing Shizheng's military power, although he has not yet made up his mind to raise troops.
"Please!"
He urged again.Shi Zheng stretched out his ruddy and thick palm, placed it on the box naturally, and took out the decree.
The article is very concise, just listing Kiyomori's crimes, urging Genji to make a comeback, and finally listing the name of the person who delivered the decree:
——Naka Tsuna, the former Izu Morizheng five lower courtiers.
"Zhong Gang is the eldest son of the three Lai Zheng, right?"
Raitomo once again confirmed what he already knew.
"yes."
The expert nodded.He felt that Raitomo's expression seemed a little suspicious, as if he was asking:
(what's going on?)
However, Raitomo didn't speak, just lowered his head.He was thinking that if he succeeds in one fell swoop, then Lai Zheng and his son Zhong Gang, who are beside King Ren, will become the mainstream of Genji, and he will have to succumb to them.
"Do you want to take orders?"
"Yes." Lai Chao replied, but he didn't express whether he agreed or not.
"Let's go to Takeda of Kai next! Please tell him that I have already taken orders." Raitomo said to his uncle.
Even if Yoritomo didn't give such an order, the expert was planning to go to Kai Takeda, but when Yoritomo said that, the expert went to Kai under Yoritomo's order.
"Yes!" said the expert.
After everything was done, the expert stayed at the Hojo mansion for one night that day, and headed towards Mount Fuji the next day for Kai.
Later, Yoritomo did not act immediately.
(Let's see the situation.)
he thought so.He actively sent people to inquire about the wishes of the powerful families in various places, but he remained calm on the outside, and only said to Anda Sheng who was beside him:
"I don't think this matter will succeed. Even if it will, we don't have any troops. We have to see how things change in the future!"
He explained his policy: not to act rashly, but to fully see the changes and find the best way to respond.
——Don't act rashly. The three Lai Zheng thought so too.However, the fate of the old man made him choose the way of mania.He waited with bated breath in Kyoto. (Will Yoritomo raise troops?) Lai Zheng waited.The first person to raise troops is the most unfortunate, because the Heike army will go to crusade, and he can take the opportunity to occupy Kyoto. This is Laizheng's strategy.In his strategy, Yoritomo is a stepping stone. (Raitomo will die!) Lai Zheng even saw this.If Yoritomo dies, the mainstream of Genji in the world will be owned by the Raimasa of the Raikou system.For Lai Zheng, the enemy is not so much the Heike family, but rather the Genji of the same clan whose blood is thicker than water. But history does not necessarily favor the far-sighted.The rashness of experts has brought many variables to the current situation. An urgent envoy arrives from Kumano to Roboro, Kyoto, where the Heike private residence is located. "Use King Ren to plan a rebellion!" The urgent envoy conveyed the above secret report. Oe Hoyan of Kumano was very surprised when he heard the news from his sister, so he urgently reported it to Liupoluo. Everyone in the Ping family was shocked, but the other party was from the royal family, so they couldn't be arrested immediately. They first draw up a policy—— In order to gradually attack Genji who occupies an important position in various countries, King Nio must first be demoted to a minister, and then exiled to Tosa.The downgrade process took several days. Lai Zheng was unaware of this sudden change, and the Heike family never dreamed that the masterminds turned out to be Minamoto Lai Zheng.Because Kumano's informant only mentioned King Nio, not Laizheng at all. The Heike family was also very careless, and even ordered Laizheng's second son, Kanatsuna, to arrest King Yiren.Kane Tsuna is the Chief of Police in Kyoto, so of course he should carry out this task. "A major event has happened!" Kane Tsuna, who is in charge of inspecting non-violation officers, urgently reports to his father. (Expert guy!) Lai Zheng immediately thought of the person who leaked the secret, and at the same time knew his own fate: sooner or later the Heike family will know that he is the mastermind, and the Heike army will break into his mansion. "Even if there is no chance of winning, I still have to raise an army. Everything depends on God's will." In the middle of the night, Lai Zheng secretly summoned his subordinates to meet King Yiren and left the capital. He led three hundred lone troops and wanted to go to Omi to join Yuancheng Temple.Laizheng prepared to use siege tactics, and mobilized the monks and soldiers of Ruishan to merge with him, waiting for the day when the Genji uprising in various countries. "Ruishan will definitely help us." Lai Zheng believed. Ruishan originally hated the Heike family, and secretly formed a group against the Heike family forces. But the Heike family was more astute than Lai Zheng, and immediately offered rich gifts and bribes to Ruishan, including 10,000 stones of Omi rice and 3,000 pieces of Mino silk.Ruishan was very moved, so he rejected Lai Zheng's request and kept a neutral attitude. Lai Zheng became a lone force, and he decided to join the disciples of Kofuku Temple and fled to Nara.On May 26, when his army left Enjo-ji Temple in Omi and was about to go to Nara, it encountered the Heike army near the Uji River and was defeated in World War I. Laima and Nakazuna died on the lawn of Byodoin place, committing seppuku.Later, King Yiren was shot by a stray arrow and died.
At this time, the expert didn't know that things had changed, and he was still on the journey. Yoritomo of Izu doesn't know either.When he knew it was already June 19 of the following year, it was told to him by a correspondent in Kyoto, Sanzen Yasunobu.Kang Xin must have been flustered. Instead of asking a messenger to deliver a letter to the east as usual, he sold his clothes as travel expenses and asked his son Kang Qing to make the trip. Kang Qing reported Lai Zheng's failure, but the more important thing is: "The Hera family wants to attack Genji, and Genji's son-in-law is of course you, hurry up and escape from Izu!" If you want to escape, you can only flee to Ozhou.Hearing that Hidehiro Fujiwara of Oshu would generously let the local exiled politicians hide, Sanshan Yasunobu asked his son Yasuki to tell Lai Chao: "Go to Ozhou immediately." Raitomo is embarrassed. (Even if I escape to Oshu, the Heike family will not give up hunting me, they will still ask Hidehiro to catch me, right?) he thought so. He finally decided to raise an army, with Hojo Shizheng's subordinates as the main force. Although there were only two or three hundred people, it was better than sitting still and waiting to be killed.For this raising of troops, Yoritomo took advantage of the decree of King Nihito who had become a dead man: "Accept this decree and attack the Heike family." In his own name, he circulated this decree among people with Genji's blood or Genji's former subordinates in Dongguo.
——Don't act rashly. The three Lai Zheng thought so too.However, the fate of the old man made him choose the way of mania.He waited with bated breath in Kyoto. (Will Yoritomo raise troops?) Lai Zheng waited.The first person to raise troops is the most unfortunate, because the Heike army will go to crusade, and he can take the opportunity to occupy Kyoto. This is Laizheng's strategy.In his strategy, Yoritomo is a stepping stone. (Raitomo will die!) Lai Zheng even saw this.If Yoritomo dies, the mainstream of Genji in the world will be owned by the Raimasa of the Raikou system.For Lai Zheng, the enemy is not so much the Heike family, but rather the Genji of the same clan whose blood is thicker than water. But history does not necessarily favor the far-sighted.The rashness of experts has brought many variables to the current situation. An urgent envoy arrives from Kumano to Roboro, Kyoto, where the Heike private residence is located. "Use King Ren to plan a rebellion!" The urgent envoy conveyed the above secret report. Oe Hoyan of Kumano was very surprised when he heard the news from his sister, so he urgently reported it to Liupoluo. Everyone in the Ping family was shocked, but the other party was from the royal family, so they couldn't be arrested immediately. They first draw up a policy—— In order to gradually attack Genji who occupies an important position in various countries, King Nio must first be demoted to a minister, and then exiled to Tosa.The downgrade process took several days. Lai Zheng was unaware of this sudden change, and the Heike family never dreamed that the masterminds turned out to be Minamoto Lai Zheng.Because Kumano's informant only mentioned King Nio, not Laizheng at all. The Heike family was also very careless, and even ordered Laizheng's second son, Kanatsuna, to arrest King Yiren.Kane Tsuna is the Chief of Police in Kyoto, so of course he should carry out this task. "A major event has happened!" Kane Tsuna, who is in charge of inspecting non-violation officers, urgently reports to his father. (Expert guy!) Lai Zheng immediately thought of the person who leaked the secret, and at the same time knew his own fate: sooner or later the Heike family will know that he is the mastermind, and the Heike army will break into his mansion. "Even if there is no chance of winning, I still have to raise an army. Everything depends on God's will." In the middle of the night, Lai Zheng secretly summoned his subordinates to meet King Yiren and left the capital. He led three hundred lone troops and wanted to go to Omi to join Yuancheng Temple.Laizheng prepared to use siege tactics, and mobilized the monks and soldiers of Ruishan to merge with him, waiting for the day when the Genji uprising in various countries. "Ruishan will definitely help us." Lai Zheng believed. Ruishan originally hated the Heike family, and secretly formed a group against the Heike family forces. But the Heike family was more astute than Lai Zheng, and immediately offered rich gifts and bribes to Ruishan, including 10,000 stones of Omi rice and 3,000 pieces of Mino silk.Ruishan was very moved, so he rejected Lai Zheng's request and kept a neutral attitude. Lai Zheng became a lone force, and he decided to join the disciples of Kofuku Temple and fled to Nara.On May 26, when his army left Enjo-ji Temple in Omi and was about to go to Nara, it encountered the Heike army near the Uji River and was defeated in World War I. Laima and Nakazuna died on the lawn of Byodoin place, committing seppuku.Later, King Yiren was shot by a stray arrow and died.
At this time, the expert didn't know that things had changed, and he was still on the journey. Yoritomo of Izu doesn't know either.When he knew it was already June 19 of the following year, it was told to him by a correspondent in Kyoto, Sanzen Yasunobu.Kang Xin must have been flustered. Instead of asking a messenger to deliver a letter to the east as usual, he sold his clothes as travel expenses and asked his son Kang Qing to make the trip. Kang Qing reported Lai Zheng's failure, but the more important thing is: "The Hera family wants to attack Genji, and Genji's son-in-law is of course you, hurry up and escape from Izu!" If you want to escape, you can only flee to Ozhou.Hearing that Hidehiro Fujiwara of Oshu would generously let the local exiled politicians hide, Sanshan Yasunobu asked his son Yasuki to tell Lai Chao: "Go to Ozhou immediately." Raitomo is embarrassed. (Even if I escape to Oshu, the Heike family will not give up hunting me, they will still ask Hidehiro to catch me, right?) he thought so. He finally decided to raise an army, with Hojo Shizheng's subordinates as the main force. Although there were only two or three hundred people, it was better than sitting still and waiting to be killed.For this raising of troops, Yoritomo took advantage of the decree of King Nihito who had become a dead man: "Accept this decree and attack the Heike family." In his own name, he circulated this decree among people with Genji's blood or Genji's former subordinates in Dongguo.