The Settsu attack went so smoothly that the relationship between the Ashikaga and Oda families quickly broke down.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki feels that he is very good. The Oda family has turned from a help to a threat. Naturally, he must use the method that the Ashikaga family is best at to rebalance the power of the external vassals and not allow the Oda family to become dominant.
And Oda Nobunaga is not a good person. With a mobilization power of two million koku, he is the only powerful one among the great names in the world. How can he be easily manipulated by the shogunate?
As soon as the two sides started fighting, all kinds of small problems popped up one by one.
Matsunagahide, the little lord of Yodo City, dares to complain to the shogunate. Who is supporting her? How did Ibaraki Castle fall into the hands of Araki Murashige? Does His Highness Oda have distribution rights in Settsu Kingdom?
You must know that Ibaraki Castle is located in the center of Settsu Country, at the intersection of the three guardian forces of Settsu, and across from the Oda family forces in Sakai Port. This location is not chosen casually.
And the situation behind the Oda family suddenly became unstable.
When the Oda family attacked Kitaise, due to the Kyoto Incident, Oda Nobunaga chose the Huairou Kitaise samurai family to concentrate on seizing the opportunity to settle in Konki.
The Kitaise samurai family was able to preserve themselves and was not completely conquered by the Oda family. Now that the Oda family is more powerful, the Isebu family has become more ready to take action? Who gave them courage?
The Rokkaku mother and daughter tried to stop the coalition forces led by Yiyin from going to Luo, but were beaten and fled to Shibu City. They were in panic all day long. The Oda family has now suppressed Minami Omi, how dare they jump out and seek death?
Ashikaga Oda, it seems that neither of them is idle, and they are both working hard to cause trouble for the other party.
Akechi Mitsuhide sneered at Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but Honda Masanobu was thinking about it in private. What was the intention of this poisonous man who brought me here and said so many mean words?
She knew very well that Akechi Mitsuhide's nature was to speak outright in front of her, and she must use herself to do something.
Just like the mysterious death of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who is Akechi Mitsuhide's target this time?
Honda Masanobu cautiously probed.
“The general is at odds with His Highness Oda, and Tsuta-den is far away in Kanto.
You are deeply trusted by Tsuta-den, and it is really hard for you to be stationed in Kyoto to handle affairs on behalf of the Shiba family. "
Akechi Mitsuhide raised his eyebrows and looked at Honda Masanobu. He saw her looking straight at her with a respectful look on her face, seemingly loyal and considering herself.
The corners of his mouth curled up, and Akechi Mitsuhide couldn't help but want to laugh. Honda Masanobu was bitten by a snake once and feared the rope for ten years.
Last time, Akechi Mitsuhide planned to kill Ashikaga Yoshiki and tricked her into a trap. She was also hated by Yoshiki Shiba and abandoned her.
If it weren't for Ashikaga Yoshiaki's ungratefulness, he would disgrace the shameless Yoshigan in Kyoto. If Takada Yukino hadn't acted without permission to regain ground for Yoshigan, he would have been assassinated and made Yoshigan furious.
It is not easy for Mitsuhide Akechi to regain his power.
All in all, it was all thanks to the support of his peers that Yoshihiro realized that he could not do without a poisonous man like Akechi Mitsuhide as a white glove.
If you want to be an upright and benevolent king, you have to have someone responsible for doing dirty things, smashing black bricks, and doing all the dirty and shameless things. However, one learns from every experience, and Yoshihiro is also wary of Mitsuhide Akechi.
Now, the person in charge of the Shiba collar in recent years is Nizi Katsuhisa, and Yiyin has been granted full power. If Mitsuhide Akechi wants to mess around like before, Katsuhisa Nizi will not turn a blind eye and tolerate her messing up again.
Honda Masanobu seemed to be complimenting Mitsuhide Akechi, but he was actually reminding her that today is different from the past, so don't go too far.
Regarding Honda Masanobu's overt and insidious sarcasm, Akechi Mitsuhide was able to tolerate a few arrogant words from her. After all, there is still something she needs.
Akechi Mitsuhide said with a smile.
"The bullock cart of the Shogunate is going downhill. Someone has to step up and give the bullocks a hard whip on the buttocks to speed up.
Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. A hundred years of troubled times have been long enough, and the martial arts families in the world have endured too much. "
Honda Masanobu glanced at Mitsuhide Akechi, who was sighing, and couldn't help but curse. He can secretly engage in conspiracies and pretend to be so compassionate. Heihou is also a capable person.
On the surface, Honda Masanobu pretended to feel the same and sighed.
"I just don't know who should whip this whip and who it will hit."
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.
"Who to smoke?
Of course we can't smoke our mighty Ashikaga General. She has no money and can't afford it. Once she fell over, I was afraid she would never get up again.
When two tigers compete, it is best if they are evenly matched. If the strength and weakness are clearly defined, and one move determines the outcome, what else is there to see?
As for those who whip cows with whips, the Shiba family is upright and the Tsudo hall is upright, so naturally they won't whip them. "
Honda Masanobu can now confirm that Mitsuhide Akechi is still loyal to Yoshigan Saba. This is to prepare to balance the power of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga, so that they will both lose in a fight.
But Ashikaga Yoshiaki has the name of a general, but his strength is very weak. If he really offends Oda Nobunaga, what can the shogunate with only empty frames do to fight against the Oda family with a mobilized force of two million stone?
The shogunate has its status, but if its status can really withstand everything, the world will be in trouble for hundreds of years.
The key to the problem is who has the strength to crack the whip and help Ashikaga Yoshiaki hold up the situation.
Judging from Akechi Mitsuhide's statement, the Shiba family will never end up in this fight. So where does Ashikaga Yoshiaki’s confidence come from?
Sensing the doubt in Honda Masanobu's eyes, Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.
"Honda-hime, do you think that among recent times, besides the general, who else has the biggest conflict with the Oda family, and who has the most strength and willingness to help the general suppress His Highness Oda?"
Honda Masanobu thought for a while and shook his head. This was really hard to say.
Yoshigan Shiba was stabbed by Ashikaga Yoshiaki because he wanted to unite with the shogunate to suppress Oda Nobunaga. Now that Yoshigan Saba has withdrawn, who still has the strength to fight against the rising Oda Nobunaga?
Ashikaga Yoshiaki destroyed the Great Wall and was still complacent, which is really speechless.
Akechi Mitsuhide did not continue to talk about it and gave the answer directly, she said.
“Ishiyama Honganji Temple.
Xiang Zong has the strength and the shogun has the reputation. As long as both parties cooperate, they can unite the various daimyo and organize sieges against His Highness Oda again and again.
Once, twice, three times, as long as the master of Honganji Temple is willing to keep fighting, the general will not lose, and the battle of Ashikaga Oda will not be over. "
Honda Masanobu finally understood what Akechi Mitsuhide wanted to do, and why Akechi Mitsuhide wanted to find him and say so many things.
Among all the recent forces, the conflict between Honganji Kenru and Oda Nobunaga is the most intense.
Even though Yi Gin gave Honganji Kenru a reassurance in Ishiyama, he barely suppressed Ichibune's worries about the Oda family.
But as long as Ashikaga Yoshiaki is willing to come forward for help, Honganji Kenjo will definitely take this opportunity to completely eliminate the huge threat of Oda Nobunaga.
Temples are the earliest commercial and trade centers in the island country. Religious sacrifices gather a large number of people, forming the prototype of temple fairs.
Businessmen make money through temple fairs, nobles raise funds through temple fairs, and temples make mortgage loans through temple fairs. The large flow of people leads to large demand.
Ancient times were no better than modern times. Transportation was inconvenient and local people rarely traveled far. The exchange of goods must have a definite time and place, and the emergence of temple fairs formed an effective business opportunity.
Since the beginning of the Emperor's court, Japanese temples have made a lot of money by providing trade facilitation, and have become independent commercial forces. Temples and temples have the financial attributes of deposits and loans.
The temple of Yixiang Sect is even more terrifying, because the religious teachings of Yixiang are simple and clear, and can attract a large number of low-level people and frustrated wild warriors.
After the reform of the Eighth Dynasty Master, the Yixiang Sect organized a large number of villages and formed a network all over the place.
The Yixiangzong temple has become a node and gathering place in the network, using lecture groups as the starting point to organize believers.
Therefore, the mobilization power of Yixiang Zong is even stronger than that of traditional martial arts.
In recent years, there have been a large number of temples and villages that believe in the Ichikō sect in Hokuriku and Tokaido. The master of Ishiyama Honganji Temple has also become a Buddhist daimyo bound by faith, with overwhelming power.
There are differences between villages.
The Kanto region has a conservative tradition, and Yiyin went to the countryside in Kanto mainly to win over the traditional martial arts families under the manorial economy.
There are many famous families in Kanto, and the imperial family has been given the power to develop land as a reward from the public. Most of the grassroots villages are in the hands of the descendants of the imperial family. To win over the villages is to win over the local servants.
In recent years, the manorial economy has already collapsed.
Since the days of the Emperor's court, people at the bottom have continued to flee. The fugitives have gathered together to keep warm and open up new fields, forming a nomura outside the system.
Once these villages become powerful, they will seek the recognition of their rulers.
Some villages moved closer to the Wu family's regime and became common people in the country and servants of the land. Some villages were gathered together due to their faith and became fields under the name of temples.
The conflict between the Ichiko clan and the Oda family is all-round.
Oda Nobunaga's Rakuza policy transformed rural commercial centers from temples to castle towns, weakening the status of temples in various places.
Oda Nobunaga's reform of the separation of peasants and soldiers demanded more power from the grassroots, and the autonomy of villages, including religion, was weakened.
The alliance between the religious enemies of the Nichiren sect and the Oda family has made the sect like a thorn in the back.
The Oda family sent people to help Tokugawa Ieyasu suppress the Mikawa Ichikaku. There are a large number of Ichikou sect temples in the Oda territory. Will Tokugawa Ieyasu's method of converting the religion be followed by the Oda family?
You must know that Mitsui Temple in Omi Province and Nagashima in Ise Province are important strongholds of the Ichikai Sect. Now these places are within the sphere of influence of the Oda family.
In addition, the Oda family has already reached out to Sakai Port and is secretly colluding with the Nanman Sect, making the nearby Ishiyama Honganji Temple very sensitive.
In Settsu, the village vendetta between the Nanman Sect and the Yixiang Sect has never stopped. The Nanman Sect had the intention of attracting the Oda family, and the master of Ishiyama Honganji Temple thought with his buttocks, knowing that he was targeting himself.
Honganji's nerves were tense. Once Ashikaga Yoshiaki asked for help, Ichigo Mune was capable and more willing to help Ashikaga General deal with Oda Nobunaga in order to get rid of Oda Nobunaga once and for all.
Ichibuki's will to fight against the Oda family is far more determined than the samurai forces such as Asakura, Miyoshi, and Rokkaku. Because the contradiction between the two parties is more profound and cannot be compromised.
Oda Nobunaga's decisions on economy, religion, internal affairs and other aspects made Ichizune feel unprecedented pain.
With Ishiyama Honganji, the staunch anti-Oda leader, and the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki calling for it, the siege of the Oda family by all forces would never give up halfway because of one or two failures.
The reason why Akechi Mitsuhide made this clear to Honda Masanobu was because he wanted to take advantage of Honda Masanobu's identity as a religious believer.
Honda Masanobu was expelled from Mikawa Kingdom by the Tokugawa family because he refused to convert.
Through Suzuki Shigehide's relationship, she followed the path of Ishiyama Honganji Temple. Her diplomatic performance won Matsunaga's attention and she joined the Matsunaga family.
Although Matsunaga Hide now hates Honda Masanobu to death, in terms of religion, Honda Masanobu is still a trustworthy and good believer of Ishiyama Honganji Temple.
Akechi Mitsuhide hoped that Ishiyama Honganji would speed up its hostility towards Oda Nobunaga, and wanted to bring Ashikaga Yoshiaki to Honganji Xianru, a powerful ally, and Honda Masanobu was needed to thread the needle in the middle.
After all, Akechi Mitsuhide is No-kun's cousin and a relative of Oda Nobunaga, and has a deep relationship with the Oda family. She couldn't openly backstab Oda Nobunaga, she could only secretly rub him in and out.
With a bitter look on Honda Masanobu's face, he knew that Akechi Mitsuhide had called him over and that talking so much gossip must be up to no good.
Akechi Mitsuhide's plan this time is basically a replica of the murder of Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
She herself hid behind the scenes to instigate and guide, so that due to the intensification of conflicts, various forces spontaneously formed a Nobunaga encirclement network to embarrass the Oda family.
Akechi Mitsuhide covered his mouth gracefully, revealing a pair of big watery eyes, and said to Honda Masanobu with a smile.
"Honda-hime, would you like to help me?"
Honda Masanobu secretly cursed viciously, but she had no choice but to follow Akechi Mitsuhide's baton and play a disgraceful role again.
If she dared to show any reluctance at this time, Mitsuhide Akechi would kill her immediately. She knew too much, either follow or die, there was no third way.
Honda Masanobu looked solemn and bowed.
"I would like to serve you."
Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes turned into moonlight smiles as he said.
"I knew Hondaji wouldn't let me down."
As she spoke, she gently pushed the tea soup placed on the corner of the table into the table, moving it in a little to prevent it from accidentally falling to the ground.
Honda Masanobu caught sight of this scene from the corner of his eye and couldn't help but twitch, pretending not to care, with a polite smile on his face.
Outside the tea room, Saito Rizo released his grip on the handle of the knife and waved to the people behind him. The group of people slowly pushed back and disappeared into the shadows silently.
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There is a vague tendency of a breakup between Ashikaga and Oda, and Akechi Mitsuhide is ready to add fuel to the fire.
She was cautious and did not want to expose herself in front of others. She just wanted to provoke Ishiyama Honganji and rush out to embarrass Oda Nobunaga.
But in Sakai Port, there was someone more anxious than her.
Oda Nobunaga's calm stop made Lewis and Frois of Nanman Cult very uncomfortable.
In order to intensify the conflict between the Oda family and the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, the Nanman Sect has sacrificed a military expert from the Knights and even sacrificed the outstanding priest Peter and Bautista.
But Oda Nobunaga was more cunning and calm than the Nanman Cult imagined. He only took the bait without taking the bait, which immediately made Flois dumbfounded.
