At the Hosokawa Residence, Hosokawa Fujitaka received Mitsuhide Akechi, who came to break the news, and could hardly help but want to curse.
If he hadn't been unable to curse Yiyin, he would have kept uttering obscene words, embarrassing his old father.
Hosokawa Mibuchi's family and the Shiba family worked together, and almost all local powerful factions stood together.
The general was willful, and he encountered changes in the Sanhao and Liujiao families. The ministers were frightened and uneasy, and they were also dissatisfied.
Shiba Yiyin is now in an invincible position, and if he only needs to remain silent for another ten days and a half, the general will definitely not be able to hold on.
But at this time, Yiyin chose to bow his head!
The three parties of the shogunate are the Ashikaga Shogun family, the shogunate faction, and the local powerful faction.
For the first time, local powerful factions were completely united and had the absolute upper hand.
As the shogun neglected his duties, the Ise family and the Ninagawa family within the shogunate were in conflict.
Local powerful factions will occupy a more favorable position in the shogunate and gain greater initiative.
At this critical moment, Sibo Yiyin, this damn man, actually gave up!
Hosokawa Fujitaka's teeth were itching with hatred, and he wished he could be punished on the spot.
Before Shiba Yigen came to Japan, the local powerful faction of the shogunate stood beside the general to intimidate the shogunate.
The shogunate occupied the Yamajo Kingdom and its surrounding territory of about 350,000 koku.
There are two powerful local factions, the Hosokawa family of Izumi Province has 140,000 stones, and the Hatakeyama family of Kawachi Province has 240,000 stones.
The strengths of both sides are relatively balanced.
The shogunate used the platform of the shogunate to obtain donations from local samurai families and business profits from the center of Kyoto.
Local powerful factions used the status of Ashikaga relatives to intimidate the local area and consolidate the foundation of their rule.
In summary, the local powerful factions need the general's prestige to remain intact, and support the general's leadership in the guardianship system more than the ministers.
Therefore, in recent wars, the shogunate ministers can accept Miyoshi Changqing as the leader of the shogunate, as long as the ruling institution of the shogunate still exists.
The local powerful faction will never compromise and are willing to fight to the end for the general.
This stems from the fact that the two sides have different demands for the shogunate, and the interests of local powerful factions and the generals are more consistent. .
After recent wars, Yoshigan Shiba tried to integrate into the alliance of Hosokawa Mibuchi and his family.
After Hosokawa Fujitaka kicked away his mother Hosokawa Motonsune, the Hosokawa Mibuchi family completely sided with the Shiba family.
The already declining Kawachi Hatakeyama family only had tens of thousands of shi, which was not worth mentioning.
Shiba Yiyin has become a representative figure of the local powerful faction, and is willing to lead the local powerful faction to continue to be loyal to the general and maintain the guardian system.
However, the Ashikaga family's marriage proposal was vetoed by Shiba Yoshigan, and Hosokawa Fujitaka was secretly happy.
This is an opportunity. If she can marry Sibo Yiyin, the local powerful factions will be more united, which is conducive to the continuation of the alliance and even merging into one.
Therefore, she used her position as a powerful person in the Hosokawa Mibuchi family to support Shiba Yiyin with all her strength.
In fact, she was under a lot of pressure to do this.
The local powerful faction is willing to maintain the guardianship system headed by the Ashikaga family because they want to use the identity of the Ashikaga family to rule the local area.
The battle between the Shiba family and the Ashikaga family will weaken the prestige of the Ashikaga shoguns and is inconsistent with the fundamental interests of the local powerful factions. The Hosokawa Mibuchi clan is not without objections.
Hosokawa Fujitaka hoped that the Shiba family could overwhelm the Ashikaga family, allowing local powerful factions to gain more benefits in the shogunate, and also silence the opposition.
Yiyin chose to give in at the critical moment before victory, which made her quite angry.
Akechi Mitsuhide saw through Hosokawa Fujitaka's thoughts and said calmly.
"The Lord's choice is also based on considerations of the overall situation. The shogunate is troubled internally and externally. What is needed at this time is unity, not internal fighting."
Hosokawa Fujitaka sneered.
"Then just keep your head down from the beginning. Why wait so long and cause chaos in Kyoto?"
Akechi Mitsuhide glanced at her and said.
"Then my lord has to marry the general, are you willing?"
Hosokawa Fujitaka choked and was rendered speechless by Akechi Mitsuhide.
She asked herself, wasn't it because she gave her full support to Yiyin just for her own petty reasons to prevent him from not marrying the general.
He said in anger.
“Anyway, it’s so inappropriate to compromise at this time!
All the previous efforts were in vain, wouldn't it be better to do it later?
The Ashikaga family can't hold on anymore. If they persist for another ten days and a half, they can get better results. "
Akechi Mitsuhide counterattacked coldly.
"If you wait another ten days and a half, Lord Kokata will have to bow his head, and the dignity of the Ashikaga General will hit rock bottom.
Our purpose is to dispel the shogun's unrealistic marriage idea, not to shatter the prestige of the Ashikaga family.
Whether it is the Shiba family or the Hosokawa family, they are all Ashikaga relatives. The third-in-command leads the high family, and the general's prestige has fallen to the ground. What good does it do to us. "
Hosokawa Fujitaka lowered his head and said nothing, indeed he was a little confused by Yoshigan's high-spirited integrity.
The Wu family only strives for their own interests, and there is no reason to take the overall situation into account and push the benefits outward.
When Yoshigan Saba had the upper hand, he chose to reach a compromise with the Ashikaga family. This was indeed conducive to the stability of the shogunate, and no one could fault it.
She sighed and said.
"This is incredible."
Akechi Mitsuhide nodded heavily.
"I also find it incredible. Maybe this is the charm of the Lord.
I always feel ashamed in front of him. "
The two shook their heads together, Hosokawa Fujitaka said.
"So he chose to go to the general in full force and with great fanfare?"
Akechi Mitsuhide replied.
"My Lord is disgusted with the Ashikaga family and the shogunate's petty tricks.
He didn't want to dwell on this anymore and decided to be honest with the general. "
Hosokawa Fujitaka nodded.
"In this case, I will go to Sanyuan Mansion now and contact each family together with the Sanyuan family.
The various families in the shogunate are also disgusted with the current situation and should end it as soon as possible.
Launch the shogunate review and bring everything back to normal. "
Hosokawa Fujitaka was persuaded by Akechi Mitsuhide and began to communicate with various companies.
The Ashikaga family was also shocked by Yoshigage's unusual performance, and could not grasp his thoughts for a while.
In a meeting hall of the Imperial Palace, the General and the Imperial Palace looked at each other.
Ever since the news of the Miyoshi Rokkaku family reached Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshiteru knew that he had lost.
Shiba Yiyin didn't need to do anything else. As long as she waited silently, she, the general, would be crushed by the pressure from all sides of the shogunate and had to give in.
Although Ashikaga Yoshiteru is bitter, he can't blame Shiba Yoshigan.
From the beginning to the end, it was the Ashikaga family who were plotting against him, and he was just fighting back.
The Ashikaga family had no way out and could only choose to bow their heads.
But after compromising, I'm afraid my prestige will be greatly damaged, and I don't know how to maintain the Ashikaga world in the future.
While she and Odaisho were speechless, Shiba Yiyin actually took action.
Although the Tongxin people all have their swords and guns hanging on their bodies and their posture is very tough, it is just a posture.
No matter how hard they were able to fight, there would only be thirty Ji warriors, and the imperial palace could not be taken down by just thirty people.
When Shiba Yoshigan came, he expressed his willingness to negotiate and to give the Ashikaga family a step up to maintain the prestige of the shogun.
This was such an unexpected surprise that the father and daughter couldn't believe it, and they quickly ordered someone to bring him in.
Yoshigami was wearing a formation haori, and although his war horse and spear were left outside the imperial palace, the murderous aura tainted with his battle formation still charged towards him.
After he came in, he kowtowed to the ground where the general and the emperor were lying, and said bluntly.
"Shiba Yiyin came to say goodbye to Lord Gongfang."
After saying that, he sat upright and waited for the general's attitude. It doesn't look like giving in, but forcing the palace.
Tell me, what are the conditions? If we can't agree, I'll just leave without looking back.
