Asai Nagamasa, together with Yoshihiro and his entourage, worked hard and rushed back to Kotani Castle, Asai Hisamasa's residence, in a few days.
Odani Castle is located on Mount Odani, near the Anegawa River Basin. The land is fertile and commerce is developed. A large number of retainers moved into the castle town, gathering wealth and popularity, making the Asai family replace the Kyogoku family and become the center of Kitaomi.
On this day, Asai Nagamasa held Hosokawa Fujitaka's letter, and Shiba Yoshigan held the Ashikaga white flag and entered Otani Castle.
With the support of powerful retainers Akao Kiyozuna, Isono Emasa and others, the governor of the Asai family, Hisamasa, was forced to retire and passed to the young master Asai Nagamasa.
The first thing Asai Nagamasa did after becoming the governor of the family was to spread the word throughout the Omi Kingdom about Rokkaku Yoshihide's robbery and murder of the shogunate's envoy who had mediated the war between the two families.
That's right, Yiyin has transformed. The envoys sent from the shogunate to help the Rokkaku family became envoys to mediate the war. It's really gratifying, gratifying and congratulatory.
Public opinion was in an uproar for a while, and Rokkaku's retainers questioned their master about this matter. Of course, Rokkaku Yoshihide would not admit it.
I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense.
But the news from the west stunned Rokka Yixian.
General Ashikaga Yoshiki mobilized the Ashikaga warriors, pointed out that Rokkaku Yoshihide was an enemy of the samurai family, and threatened to conquer Omi personally to seek an explanation.
This series of changes stunned the Sanhao family.
Sanhao Changqing was undecided. She holds the huge power of the seven or eight countries. She is strong, but it is not that easy to coordinate and mobilize these powers.
On the one hand, the various factions in the family need to coordinate and be impartial, on the other hand, it takes time to raise weapons for long distances.
After thinking about it, it was too late to take advantage of the enemy's internal strife to attack. I can only cheer up by calling 666 from a distance. I hope you guys will be smart.
The Miyoshi family was happy to hear about it, but the shogunate ministers and Rokkaku retainers were unwilling to fight.
War kills people and consumes a lot of money, food and supplies. Warriors are not fools, they know how to kill people all day long.
There are people who can do things that make people lose their heads, but who is willing to do things that are useless?
The shogunate went to war with the Miyoshi family because the Miyoshi family invaded Koki and took away the Sakai Port. They were now spying on the Izumi Kingdom, the Kawachi Kingdom, and even wanted to get involved in the affairs of the Yamashiro Shogun family.
The shogunate ministers either had territories in these places, or were living on the general's salary, so they naturally had to fight with the Miyoshi family to the end.
But it's different on the Omi side. Minami Omi's land, the Ashikaga Shogun, had beaten the Rokkaku family for hundreds of years and couldn't digest it, so they had long since given up. The commercial interests of Lake Biwa also shared a large share of the pie with Kyoto through the Seta River.
What else is there to fight? Just to vent your anger?
The Rokkaku retainers did not want to be enemies with the shogunate. In the past few years, Rokkaku and the shogunate have been at peace, which is a rare good life for the Rokkaku family in a hundred years. Engage in business, beat Asai, and live a happy life.
Rokkaku and Asai are bound to have a fight.
The Rokkaku warriors have made huge profits from attacking the Asai family in recent years. Now they occupy the land of nine counties in Omi, and they are looking forward to Shu to eat more.
The Asai samurai family were beaten by Rokkaku until only three counties were left. They also wanted to take advantage of their courage and get back their own land and merchant towns one day.
Both sides are eyeing the food in the other's bowl, so naturally they will be beaten to death.
But why did Rokkaku Yoshihide make the general unhappy? Is he sick? Rokkaku's retainers also murmured in their hearts.
Therefore, both Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Rokkaku Yoshihide were under pressure.
Rokkaku's retainers are already famous for their toughness in recent times. This strength is not only external, but also against the family governor, forcing Rokkaku Yoshihide to bow to the general.
Rokkaku Yoshiken wrote letters of defense one after another to the capital along with teams of money, food and military equipment, which gave the shogunate enough face.
The shogunate minister also pulled the furious Ashikaga Yoshiki and tried to persuade him again and again.
Brother, forget it.
Hosokawa Motonsune specially wrote a letter to blame his daughter for being troublesome. She is not a good old person like Mibuchi Haru, who is easy to fool.
The Izumi Hosokawa family bore the brunt of the struggle against the Miyoshi family, and it was a tense time. Instead, Hosokawa Fujitaka directed Ashikaga Yoshiteru's attention towards Omi. He was really not a woman.
In addition, he wrote a letter to scold his sister Mibuchi Haru. What kind of trouble is Yoshigan Shiba? It has fascinated the always wise Hosokawa Fujitaka. This kind of man who brings disaster to the country and the people is not allowed to enter the Hosokawa family.
Mibuchi Haruwa and Hosokawa Fujitaka were both scolded, one was their sister and the other was their mother. Speaking of which, the Izumi Hosokawa family governor still holds great power and is majestic.
Mibuchi Haru was just submissive, but Hosokawa Fujitaka was dissatisfied.
The shogunate is also corrupt. It only wants to maintain the status quo and no longer has the courage to go out and do something. The Rokkaku family can be appeased today, and the Sanhao family can be appeased tomorrow.
If this continues, will the Ashikaga family ever be revived? Not to mention the Ashikaga family, where will the Hosokawa family go?
Although she was resentful in her heart, she was still just the young head of the Izumi Hosokawa family, and it was not her turn to make the final decision.
Just thinking about Yi Yin's perseverance and determination makes me feel melancholy. After Hosokawa Motonsune objected, the two of them lost their fate. Thinking of the strange man's face, his heart ached, he couldn't sleep, and he had no choice but to do anything.
Since both sides want to compromise, things will be easier to handle. The most troublesome thing now is the Ashikaga white flag in Yoshigashi Shiba's hand.
As for Hosokawa Fujitaka's letter, Hosokawa Motonsune could tell lies and nonsense.
But the imperial flag has great significance and is a face that cannot be discarded by the Ashikaga family. Even if Ashikaga Yoshiteru wiped out his family and committed seppuku, he would not say it was a lie without conscience.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru has a strong temperament. In order to maintain the family business these years, he has been a grandson for too long.
Although she was persuaded by the ministers to agree not to mobilize to attack Rokkaku, if she was asked to say that the imperial flag sent out was a forgery, she would really be able to flip the table.
Mibuchi Haru has been scolded like shit by a group of ministers. If she hadn't been kind-hearted, had made many friends over the years, and was a member of the Hosokawa family, she would have been hacked to death long ago.
It wasn't you who sent out the Ashikaga white flag because of your troubles, why are you so passive? Now that the Asai family's royal flag is in hand, how can the shogunate deny it?
Sanbuchi Haru, throw away your old father!
In the Imperial Palace meeting room, Ashikaga Yoshiteru looked at the persuading ministers with cold eyes.
The shogunate ministers are Ashikaga's wings and shackles. They have their own interests and demands, and they are not unconditionally obedient and loyal to General Ashikaga.
For example, now, they want to force the general to stop his crusade against the Rokkaku family.
Ashikaga Yoshiki had already seen through this, and after venting, she sadly felt her powerlessness again.
The Ashikaga family's mobilization has stopped, and she has no way to bypass the ministers and attack Rokkaku Yoshihide.
But she also has her own dignity and bottom line as a general. He will never claim that the royal flag is a fraud, and he will never take back the enemy of the Wu family who is Yoshihide Rokkaku.
Lord Gongfang insisted with gritted teeth, leaving the ministers at a loss. They have been vested interests of the shogunate for generations. It is already embarrassing to force the general like this. Is it necessary to go further? . I'm afraid I will die badly by then.
The situation was deadlocked, and for a while there was an awkward silence between Kyoto and Minami Omi.
