Nimu Yoshimasa said with a smile.
"Are you kidding Takahime Fuji? You two have been friends for many years."
Hosokawa Fujitaka secretly cursed in his heart, who is friends with that smiling tiger, bah!
His face was serious.
"If you have a personal friendship, don't dare to forget about official matters."
Nimu Yoshimasa smiled bitterly and shook his head, unwilling to respond.
Akechi Mitsuhide is no longer the fallen samurai princess he once was. When he first lived in Kyoto, he became friends with Hosokawa Fujitaka.
For the sake of the Izumi-Hosokawa family, and because the Akechi family was a branch of the Toki family and their family status was not humble, they reluctantly treated her as a human being.
But now, the Spo family is on the rise. Akechi Mitsuhide was authorized by the leader of the powerful local faction in the shogunate, Yoshigan Shiba, to be responsible for the external affairs of the Shiba family.
She is a high-ranking martial artist who can discuss major political affairs with the general. How dare Niki Yoshimasa dare to offend her?
The territory of the Niki family is located on the border between Yamashiro Country and Iga Country. The Kitaiga territory assigned to Akechi Mitsuhide by Yoshigan Shiba is adjacent to the Niki family territory.
Niki Yoshimasa, with the knowledge of several villages, was monitoring Mitsuhide Akechi, a great lord who was very close at hand? Go crazy!
Although Hosokawa Fujitaka often returns to Kyoto, her base is in Izumi Province, and she is not aware of the current changes in Akechi Mitsuhide's status in Kyoto.
The Shiba family is now the powerful local leader of the shogunate. In recent years, the Shiba family has been dominated by Iga and Peking University.
In the old days, the local samurai families, the young warriors of the Iga clan and the Hokuda Kazu clan, all followed Yamanaka Yukimori and Shima Katsuo to Kanto, and their power was marginalized in the Shiba clan.
The three giants in Spo's kingdom have different powers.
Maeda's interest was from a family with the lowest status. She mainly attracted the samurai family from Owari's hometown to come and join her, and then roped in Otani Yoshitsugi and Toudo Takatora, people from Omi, to become her helpers.
Nizi Shengjiu was born in Nizi's family and was a famous man worth millions of stones in the Western Kingdom.
After the decline of the Yamano family, the strongest sixth of the four clans in the Western Kingdom, the Ouchi family and the Nishi family rose successively.
These two families competed for hegemony in the Western Kingdom, and the result was a snipe and clam fight, which took advantage of the common Maori family of the Oe family and the fisherman of the Maori family of Anyi State.
Under the plan of Maori Yuanju, the Maori family dominates the Western Kingdom. Nizi's family business fell into decline, and many of his officials lost their territory and were living abroad.
Nizi Shengjiu, as the legitimate daughter of Nizi's family, called on these people to come to her territory and enrich her basic base.
Unlike these two people, the Akechi family was wiped out in Mino, Akechi Mitsuhide had no family support, and not many Mino warriors took refuge in her.
She was a good dancer in Kyoto, made good friends with many martial arts families, and gathered a large number of landless nobles into her territory.
Although these people are not very capable, they have many bloodlines. Who doesn’t have a few poor relatives who are down and out?
Akechi Mitsuhide gave them a bite to eat.
On the one hand, he has achieved his reputation in Kyoto's martial arts circle. On the other hand, it also makes her very well-informed.
Kyoto martial artists completely accepted Akechi Mitsuhide, and Niki Yoshimasa was very reluctant to offend this hot rookie in the Kyoto circle.
Hosokawa Fujitaka has a prosperous family and a noble family, so he doesn't need to take Mitsuhide Akechi seriously, but Yoshimasa Niki still has to make a living in the samurai circle in Kyoto!
She is confused.
"Hosokawa-hime, can you tell me anything you have to say with Akechi-hime? She is gentle and easy to talk to."
Hosokawa Fujitaka looked at Niki Yoshimasa in shock, how could you open your eyes and tell lies? Have you forgotten about Iga’s guardianship?
If I hadn't tried my best to excuse you, how much tension would you have had between the ministers and the general? They are not human inside or outside!
This is what you said, the gentle and gentle Akechi Mitsuhide, the bastard thing that he secretly caused!
Niki Yoshimasa lowered his head and did not dare to look at Hosokawa Fujitaka. She had thin arms and legs, so she was really not qualified to participate in the criticism of senior officials, so she could only close her eyes and pretend to be dead.
From her attitude, Hosokawa Fujitaka became increasingly alert. Akechi Mitsuhide has penetrated into every aspect of Kyoto, both inside and outside the shogunate.
Niki Yoshimasa was the direct minister of Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Although her strength was not ranked among the shogunate ministers, her status as a close confidant of the general allowed her to get along well in the shogunate.
She was asked to look at Akechi Mitsuhide, but she kept it secret and did not dare to agree. Akechi Mitsuhide has a deep business in Kyoto.
Hosokawa Fujitaka was in a state of confusion. He endured his confusion, exchanged a few words with politician Nikigi, and then left.
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Kyoto, Shiba Residence, in Mitsuhide Akechi's inner room.
Fujibayashi Xing lowered his head and waited for orders, while Akechi Mitsuhide pursed his lips and smiled softly.
"You said that after Hosokawa Fujitaka left here, he went to Niki Yoshimasa's residence?"
"Hi!"
Akechi Mitsuhide couldn't help but sigh, it was Hosokawa Fujitaka who changed the topic so naturally, but it still made her wary.
But it's useless, how could she possibly figure out what I'm going to do? What's more, I haven't even started yet.
Akechi Mitsuhide waved his hand to Fujibayashi Xing to retreat, bowing his head silently with an indifferent expression.
By the time I took action, it was too late. If the general trend is tilted, those who act as chariots with mantis arms will die without a burial place.
Hosokawa Fujitaka, please don’t be stupid.
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In Omi Country, the war after the spring plowing has subsided. The north and south Omi have returned to their original starting point, and every family is busy with the summer harvest.
Guanyin Temple Castle and Castle Tower.
Rokkaku Yoshiji sat on the main seat, his face turned pale. Next, Kento Goto had a tough attitude and refused to give in.
"Your Highness, there have been frequent wars in my family, and the military spirit of each family is exhausted. They should rest and recuperate before planning for big things.
I think that we should not expand externally in the past few years. It is better to make good friends with the surrounding martial arts families and operate with peace of mind to restore our strength. "
The surrounding retainers nodded in agreement with her suggestion.
Rokkaku Yoshiharu had no choice but to give in and shelved the strategy he had just proposed in the review to fight again after autumn.
After the retainers bowed and left, she finally couldn't hold back her temper and punched the tatami, panting like an ox.
Since his mother Rokkaku Yoshiken was ostracized by the retainers, he finally became the powerful governor of the clan, but his life was getting worse.
After she succeeded to the throne, the Rokkaku family was in a confrontation between Rokkaku Yoshihide and Gotou Kentoyo. Although she is only a weak family governor, she still has some power between the two factions.
But Rokkaku Yoshiken lost power after the Northern Expedition in the spring and was completely kicked out.
Rokkaku Yoshiharu seemed to have fully taken over the power of Rokkaku's family, but Goto Kentoyo's gains were even greater.
Two generations of family governors, Rokkaku Sadayori and Rokkaku Yoshiken, were committed to pioneering and enterprising. The Rokkaku family once suppressed Kitaomi and became an ally of the shogun, almost the overlord in recent times.
However, after the defeat of Norada, Kitaomi broke away from the annex, Ashikaga Yoshiteru gradually became alienated from the Rokkaku family, and everything returned to the original point.
Rokkaku Yoshixian was unwilling to give in and forcibly launched the Northern Expedition, which consumed the last bargaining chip of the Rokkaku family.
Today, Rokkaku's retainers are united around Goto Kentoyo and are very resistant to further development, and Rokkaku Yoshiharu's power as the governor of the family has also been restricted.
