A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 24: Giving a name?

Changing surnames, giving names, and adopting children are some of the unique behaviors of the Nibon Warring States Period. If you are not a Nibon person, it is often difficult to understand their enthusiasm for surnames and bloodlines.

Nibon people often have various nicknames when they are young, such as Shinkuro. However, after they become adults, it is not appropriate to continue using nicknames. They will take a formal name.

Although they also attach great importance to their surnames, unlike the Cathay Empire next door who does not easily change their surnames, the Nibon people are very willing to accept the surnames given by superiors. This is an honor for them. The Nibon people value surnames. and bloodline are highly valued.

There are even many people who, after their own status has been improved, will actively ask the superiors to give them surnames, or forcibly become relatives with some nobles who were once glorious but have now declined. This is all possible.

Those with higher status may change their surnames for their own political gain.

For example, if a certain place was originally ruled by the Isshiki family, then after I changed my name to Isshiki, I would naturally gain some kind of righteousness and be able to raise troops to regain the lost territory.

Even though I have no blood relationship with the Isshiki family, the local samurai and people just do this.

Takeda Shingen, the famous Tiger of Kai in the Kanto region, relied on this method. After he wiped out the hostile forces, he then let his blood relatives or close associates inherit the family name and revive it, which shows that he did not completely wipe out the enemy's family.

This cannot but be said to be a clever method. The Takeda family relied on this to gradually subdue many powerful families in Shinano who had resisted themselves for a long time, and the situation was complicated.

In addition, accepting the name of a strong person is also considered as surrender.

As for the adopted son, if a daimyo loses all descendants for some reason, he may choose a young talent from his relatives or subordinates he trusts to inherit his identity and status. He gave his name and changed his surname.

The adoptee will often burst into tears of gratitude, and from then on consider himself the daimyo's son, and will not shy away from fighting with his biological father in the future.

Of course, this situation also contains some risks.

If the daimyo later gave birth to a son, he would definitely have to make a choice between his biological son and his adopted son. It would be better for the adopted son to be obedient, but disobedience could easily lead to civil strife in the family.

There is another situation, that is, someone's biological father has evil intentions from the beginning, and wants to exchange his son for your family business?

However, the Rokkaku family has always been the enemy of the Asai family, and the relationship between the two is not good enough to give the young master a name. The only explanation is that the Rokkaku family is trying to force the Asai family to become their vassal, completely Resolve the years-long conquest in the Omi area.

This kind of naming is basically to make the Asai family surrender.

While finishing speaking, Asai Ryochi was also a little worried, he was afraid that the young master would have another attack.

But unexpectedly, Shinkuro didn't scream angrily this time, but his expression became even colder.

"Uncle, is that all? Tell them all together. I can bear it."

Hearing this, Miyabe Jirun next to him couldn't help but lowered his head and silently recited a spell in his heart.

Although he and his master did not know each other for a long time, strictly speaking, it was only a dozen or so hours, but after being in a different place, after obtaining the inheritance of yin and yang arts from Lord Qingming and mastering the mysterious and unpredictable spells, he will still Humiliated by some mortals?
Even though the Rokkaku family occupies hundreds of thousands of koku of territory in Minamiomi, and even though they go all out and can muster an army of tens of thousands, can they really fight against the legendary Onmyoji?
I'm afraid that as long as his master waved his hand to summon a few evil spirits, most of those ashigaru would run away, right?What's more, the Rokkaku family's enemies are not only the Asai family, but also the Miyoshi family that occupies the Kinki area. It is unlikely that they will use all their strength for the northern expedition, so Miyabe Tsurujun is actually not particularly nervous about the Asai family's situation.

Ryo Asai didn't think as much as he thought. He just sighed in his heart that the upright but somewhat reckless young master he usually was seemed to have grown a lot after experiencing a real battle.

"Secondly, the other party asked you, young master, to marry his adopted daughter." After glancing at Shinkuro's face, Asai Ryoki added cautiously, "It is said that she was originally the son of Hirai Jotake, one of the six elders of the Liujia family. daughter."

Shinkuro snorted coldly: "Of course he won't let go of his biological daughter."

Making a covenant through marriage was a very common thing during the Warring States Period in Nibon. However, how long it can last and how effective this so-called covenant can be depends on the true strength of both parties.

For the sake of power and power, it is not uncommon for brothers to kill each other and even kill their own father and son. It is impossible for a foreign woman to have any decent binding force.

However, even if the status of a woman in the Wu family is low, under the current circumstances, the Rokkaku family will not send his own daughter over. Even if the woman is really the daughter of Hirai Sadatake, Shinkuro is still insisting. Skeptical.

Nibon is in the feudal era, and ordinary women rarely show up in public, and even their names are not known. Often only after they get married, they will use their husband's surname as their external address, usually XX.

Under such circumstances, it is actually very difficult to identify the true identity of the daughter of a high-ranking samurai.

If the Rokkaku family had more sinister intentions and randomly found a peasant woman to pretend to be the daughter of an important minister, the insult to the Asai family would be even greater.

Shinkuroko once again glanced at the samurai of the Rokkaku family in the distance, gritted his teeth and said: "This is really a shame for the Asai family, if my grandfather is still alive..."

Asai Ryo couldn't help but sigh, and he patted Shinkuro's arm gently: "Young Master, this is also for the continuation of our family, so please be patient for the time being. After you become Yuan server, our family will be able to add a brave general. , we will definitely have another chance in the future.”

"The future? If our family gives in this time, how can there be a future? We will be laughed at by everyone in the world!"

"Well said, young master!"

There was a loud shout from the side, and then with a series of clashes of armor, an unshaven, capable general in his thirties came out of the alley on the right and saluted Shinkuro.

Shinkuro was stunned for a moment, and then after seeing the person clearly, his cold face could not help but lighten up a little: "It's you, Naomi-sama, please sit down quickly."

Kosaburo next to him was also overjoyed, but as an attendant, it was not his place to speak in this situation. He just tried hard to puff up his chest, trying to make the other party notice him.

The other party did notice him. After patting Kosaburo's shoulder hard, the visitor was not polite. He sat on the chair opposite Shinkuro and looked at Shinkuro seriously.

"Young master, I also agree with you, we absolutely cannot agree to the request of the Liujiao family!"

(End of this chapter)