Compared with Maeda's true intentions, Nizi Katsuhisa was more worried about how Kyoto's general would react when he learned about this.
Rokkaku, Miyoshi's civil strife before and after is a good thing that Ashikaga Yoshiteru is ecstatic about. Maybe he is sharpening his knife and preparing to cut his flesh.
Maeda's interest in helping Rokkaku and his daughter stabilize the family business will turn the general's doubts about the rumor that Shiba's retainers are not related to him into hating and wary of Shiba's retainers.
Mitsuhide Akechi in Kyoto doesn’t make people worry either.
On the pretext of assisting the Houriku Road trade route, she coordinated with the general and Matsunaga Hide respectively and helped Imai Munehisa obtain the Yodogawa concession.
Maybe Ashikaga General will be proud of his strategy of hitting a stick and giving a date. But Nizi Katsuhisa knew very well that Akechi Mitsuhide secretly gave Takada Harano a trick and asked her to donate money to Miyoshi Choitsu to pass the test.
What would she think if the general knew that the Shiba Shinsengumi was in conflict with the interests of the Miyoshi trio?
The Shiba Shinsengumi's mission in Sakai Port is to alert the Miyoshi family from invading Koki again. This is a naked betrayal by Takada Haruno!
Nizi Katsuhisa didn't understand, what exactly did Akechi Mitsuhide want to do?
She was submissive to General Ashikaga in Kyoto, and she turned her back on him, but through Matsunaga Hide, she helped Takada Yono connect with the Miyoshi family, acting like a two-faced person on the outside.
On the surface, it is said to be a helpless move to help Kanto for the Hokurikudo trade route. She also reported the matter to Nizi Shengjiu, leaving her speechless.
This is the same trick as Maeda's interests, using the Shiba family's interests as an excuse to block Nizi Katsuhisa's mouth and force her to hold her nose and admit it.
However, Mitsuhide Akechi had close contacts with Tsutsui Junkei. The head of Kofukuji Temple had already written to Nizi Katsuhisa asking about the attitude of the Shiba family.
What can Nizi Shengjiu do?
Beida and Yamato's original military strength followed Shima Shengmeng to Kanto, and most of the young warriors were taken away. Due to the Minami-Omi War, a large amount of local financial resources were transferred to the Maeda interests in Iga.
If Katsuhisa Nizi hadn't used the name of Nizi's family to call on the old Western Kingdom tribes to invest, and Takada Yono of Sakai Port would have supplemented the money and food, Peking University and the territory would have collapsed long ago.
Kanto Transport and Iga War are two major events. Peking University and the territory of only one hundred thousand stone can withstand such a blood draw?
Even if Nizi Katsuhisa wants to help Kofukuji Nagasaki stand, does she have the strength to intimidate Tsutsui Junkei?
Maeda's interests were consolidated with military service accounts, almost stripping Iga of its power. Peking University and the territory could only barely support it due to the long-term loss of manpower and material resources.
Nizi Katsuhisa knew something was wrong, Akechi Mitsuhide, Maeda's interests, and Takada Haruno were all trying to seize power intentionally or unintentionally.
Nizi Shengjiu could not wait to write a letter to complain to Shiba Yiyin and expose all the scandals of these people to his master.
Don’t you all like to pretend to be obedient and loyal, and want to get married? I will tell you, my lord, what your true face is like!
But then I thought about it, although these people did things in a shabby way, they still repeatedly jumped around the edge of their own power, and they couldn't say anything that really undermined the overall situation.
How can she complain about this? What would be the effect of filing a lawsuit?
If she only received a few words of rebuke from the master, she would be reduced to a villain and hated by others. It will be difficult to get along with each other in the future, so I will mediate the relationship between all parties.
Kyoto, the Rokkaku family, the Miyoshi family, Kofukuji Temple, Nizi Katsuhisa always felt that some changes were slowly coming out of the cocoon.
But she is already unable to support Peking University and the territory, so what can she do? She put down the pen and threw away the paper, closing her tired eyes.
No matter what, there's nothing I can do about it.
———
In Mino Country, Maeda Toshiie finally waited for Oda Nobunaga's call and came to Gifu City to meet the newly minted million-koku daimyo.
As the wife of Saito Nobunaga and recognized by the Mino samurai family, Oda Nobunaga entered Mino country in the name of revenge for his mother-in-law Saito Dozo.
What's ridiculous is that as a direct descendant of Saito Dosan's lineage, Saito Ryuuki was regarded as the remnant of Saito Yoshiryu and was hunted down.
Politics is such a fantasy. I wonder what Saito No-kun feels in his heart. Will he sympathize with his niece? It is also to preserve a trace of blood for the Saito family.
The Wu family has been in the same country for a long time, and their blood relations are complicated. The Akechi family, which was exterminated by Saito Yoshiryu, is also related to the Saito family.
The Akechi family surrendered to Saito Douzan, who married into the Saito family, and they were married. Akechi Mitsuhide and Saito Nogun were still cousins.
The world of the Wu family is a cold world where people near and far kill each other.
Oda Nobunaga looked at Maeda Toshiie who was bowing respectfully with a smile, waved his hand and said.
"Get up, I heard what Quan Liu said, you are the one who helped her conquer Jianshan City. No need to be polite, you know I always value you.
Inuchiyo, you did not disappoint me. "
Oda Nobunaga emphasized the word disappointment.
Maeda Toshiie kowtowed to the ground and squinted his eyes slightly, wondering what the unruly Oda family governor was thinking about.
"Don't take it seriously. His Majesty Oda is strategizing everything. I'm just a pawn charging into the battle."
Oda Nobunaga laughed and said.
"You also learned how to say compliments, there is no need for this between us.
I called you here this time because of your heroic service to the public. I want to reward you, but I am a little embarrassed.
You know, Owari Shiba is under the name of Kenshin after all. I wonder if it would be inconvenient for me to change my territory? "
Oda Nobunaga spread his hands, seemingly helpless, but his eyes were fixed on Maeda Toshiie's reaction.
Maeda Toshiie raised his head and said decisively.
"Owari Shiba Territory is the territory of the Oda family's foreign domain. Of course His Highness Oda can change it."
"good!"
Oda Nobunaga couldn't help but laugh out loud, seeing Maeda Toshiie even more pleasing to the eye.
The issues in the Owari Shiba Territory are very complicated. The stone height is only more than 10,000, which is not a big number for Oda Nobunaga and Shiba Yoshigan, but the political attributes of this territory are very special.
When the Shiba clan was exterminated, Shiba Yoshigan slept with Oda Nobunaga, and he just tricked her. She took back the thousand and five stones that Si Bo had prepared to swallow in the form of a crowd of Chinese people.
Afterwards, Yoshigami made meritorious service in the Oda Civil War, and was officially accepted as a direct minister by Oda Nobunaga, and was also awarded Okazama 1,500 stones.
Later, Sibo Yiyin went to Luo and skyrocketed from then on. Now Oda Nobunaga dare not mention that she had accepted Shiba Yoshigan, a direct minister, because this violated the principle of the guardianship system, using the humble to get the noble.
You can play whatever you want in the Owari countryside, but at the level of the shogunate, Oda Nobunaga doesn't want to cause trouble. She wanted to use the special characteristics of Owari Shiba collar as a stepping stone to make friends with Yoshihiro.
Later, she also received a return gift from Shiba Yiyin. Helping the Oda family broker a marriage alliance with the Kitanomi Asai family, and pry open a corner of the curtain on Oda Nobunaga's involvement in recent politics.
By this time, the Shiba family's usefulness to Oda Nobunaga had become unclear, and Owari Shiba's collar had become a historical issue, a bit of a hot potato.
Maeda Toshiie performed well in Okehazama, and Oda Nobunaga simply followed the trend and gave her the Okehazama Manseki territory, making Owari Shiba Territory a buffer zone between Owari and Mikawa.
