In Kanayama Castle in Ueno Province, the elder of the Genji clan, Yoshigan Shiba, officially recognized Yuyoshi Shige, a member of the Kawachi Genji family and a descendant of Nitta, and awarded him the honorary status of the United Front of the Kanto Palace.
From then on, in addition to choosing sides between the Uesugi and Hojo families, the Kanhachishu Fence, headed by Yura Narishige, had another choice.
That is to obtain the identity of the United Front, deeply participate in the coordination mechanism of the Wu family composed of the United Front, the local people, and the brotherhood, and supervise the public welfare and charity activities of the Wu Jiayi Promotion Association.
With the platform of the Wushu Association as the background, he got out of the dilemma of having to choose between the Uesugi and Hojo families, and became a prominent local family that was praised by people from all over Kanba Prefecture and focused on charity and public welfare.
Backed by the strong financial resources of the Hokuriku Dou Trading Road, Yi Bank used the charity and public welfare undertakings of the Samurai Warriors Promotion Association to gradually control the public opinion of the Samurai clan in Kanhachi and guide the civil rights trend.
We should then make use of the hard work of powerful martial artists from Liangchengfan and other places, and use the Wushu Association as a supervision platform to deeply rooted in the hearts of the people the new Spoken idea of peaceful development.
At this point, Yiyin has one hand, the Wu Jiayi Promotion Association, and another, the Three-Party Wu Jia Coordination Mechanism, with two hands, both hands must be hard, and it has fully penetrated the Guanbazhou area with an absolute advantage of soft power.
At this time, the official operating rules of the Kanhachishu were the Kanto system headed by the Kanto general Ashikaga Yoshiji and the Kanto governor Uesugi Terutora, but the samurai were unable to truly rule this land.
In the dark, the Samurai Giri Promotion Association and the tripartite samurai coordination mechanism are constantly changing folk thinking, replacing the Kanto system step by step, and spiritually trying to control the will of the local samurai.
Yiyin used money and food to create a rope for public welfare and charity in the eight states, and tightened the rope by controlling public opinion and expanding civil rights, until it completely tied up the famous names who had split the eight states for a century.
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Just as Yiyin worked hard to develop soft power in Kanto, it was oriented towards public welfare and charity, promoted peaceful development, took care of the heirs of the Wu family, protected the Wu family's right to survival, and safeguarded the rights of the husband.
Just when he was gradually building the hypocritical benevolence, justice, propriety, trust and wisdom of the Wu family into practical people's livelihood in Guandong, bridging the gap between the entire Wu family group and forming common interests.
In recent years, the innovative Oda forces have completely defeated the conservative shogunate forces. Ashikaga Yoshiaki was beaten to a pulp by Oda Nobunaga. He could only kowtow and call his mother, recognizing Oda Nobunaga as his royal mother.
With the fall of the old archway of the shogunate, powerful samurai from all over the country suddenly discovered that Oda Nobunaga, who had taken over the center, did not follow the rules like traditional samurai and was content with the vanity of taking charge of the shogunate.
Oda Nobunaga's ambition did not stagnate for a moment because the shogunate bowed his head and admitted defeat. Instead, it was like adding fuel to the fire, getting hotter and hotter. Her ambition to sweep the world was just beginning to accelerate.
But this time, without the shield of the shogunate center, all conservatives who were unwilling to change the status quo began to bear the impact of the Oda family's innovative power and felt obvious pressure.
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Kyoto, Shiba Residence, Tea Room.
Akechi Mitsuhide once again received Hosokawa Fujitaka who came to negotiate. The two of them were still seated on the left and right, and the last meeting seemed like yesterday.
Unfortunately, only a few months have passed, but the situation outside is already very different.
Mibuchi Fujihide's raid on Takaki Castle immediately aroused the vigilance of Ashikaga Yoshiaki. Oda Nobunaga went to Kyoto, and the Mibuchi army in control of Fushimi Castle fled without a fight, leaving Mibuchi Fujihide in a difficult situation.
As a samurai, Mibuchi Fujihide's greed for Takaki Castle was against the rules, but it was understood by everyone.
The shogunate has never lacked ambitious warriors, and the center of Kyoto is the stage where everyone competes with each other.
Mibuchi Fujihide's move was just one more piece of government affairs for everyone to argue about on the platform of the shogunate.
Even if Ashikaga Yoshiaki breaks up with Mibuchi Fujihide because of this, it will be difficult to get rid of Mibuchi Fujihide who is backed by the Hosokawa Mibuchi family.
However, it was difficult for Mibuchi Fujihide's troops to escape from Fushimi Castle without fighting.
Oda Nobunaga regarded himself as the leader of the shogunate. When he first arrived, he naturally wanted to kill chickens to scare monkeys and frighten the samurai family of the shogunate. Mibuchi Fujihide is good at provocations, and the matter of occupying Gaogui City is once again put on the agenda.
This time, Oda Nobunaga not only asked Mibuchi Fujihide to withdraw from Takaki Castle, but also imposed a heavy fine on her and deprived her of her duty as a guardian of Kitakogenchi.
The Fushimi defenders fled without a fight, leaving Ashikaga Yoshiaki of Nijo Castle no time to react. The gateway to Kyoto had already fallen into the hands of the Oda family.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who was forced to bow his head and recognize his mother, hated Mibuchi Fujihide to death. She was neither incompetent nor willing to help Mibuchi Fujihide out of the siege, which immediately put the Hosokawa Mibuchi family in crisis.
It was just a matter of withdrawing from Takatsuki Castle. Hosokawa Fujitaka had never supported Mibuchi Fujihide's military adventure. It was only the greed and short-sightedness of the retainers that led to this dilemma.
Oda Nobunaga caught him for being provocative, and wanted to remove Mibuchi Fujihide as the guardian of Kitakawachi. This was something that the Hosokawa Mibuchi family could never accept.
Since Yoshigan Shiba gave the land of Kitakawachi to the Hosokawa Mibuchi family, and the two parties formed a new alliance of local powerful factions in the shogunate, the land of Kitakawachi has been regarded as forbidden by the Izumi-Hosokawa family.
The strength of the Mibuchi family cannot control the territory of Kitakawachi. Mibuchi Fujihide's real confidence in maintaining his rule is to rely on the retainers sent by the Izumi-Hosokawa family to assist in governance.
Once Mibuchi Fujihide's guardianship of Kitakawachi was deprived by the shogunate, Oda Nobunaga would definitely send someone to take over the land of Kitakawachi and make it his own.
The territory of Izumi Hosokawa's family shrank by half in an instant, which was devastating to the family business.
However, the Izumi-Hosokawa family was unable to confront Oda Nobunaga, so Hosokawa Fujitaka could only bite the bullet and come to Akechi Mitsuhide.
No matter how much she hated Mitsuhide Akechi, her family business was in crisis and she couldn't care about that much at the moment.
The tea man offered tea and said goodbye. Mitsuhide Akechi held the tea soup with a smile and seemed to be concentrating on tasting the tea. In fact, he was waiting for Hosokawa Fujitaka to ask for help.
To be honest, Akechi Mitsuhide did not expect Oda Nobunaga to move so quickly.
Before, she was worried that the rise of Mibuchi Fujihide would threaten Hosokawa Fujitaka's position in the Hosokawa Mibuchi family, and she even secretly prepared to help Hosokawa Fujitaka.
But Oda Nobunaga's quick attack on Luo brought Mibuchi Fujihide back to his original shape, and the situation took a turn for the worse and became precarious.
At this time, it is no longer a question of helping Hosokawa Fujitaka suppress Mibuchi Fujihide, but a question of whether Hosokawa Mibuchi and his family can pass this level.
Hosokawa Fujitaka gritted his teeth and looked at the entranced Akechi Mitsuhide, feeling extremely helpless.
She let out a heavy breath and said sincerely.
"Akechi-hime, the Oda family is eyeing the land of Kitakawachi. This time, Her Majesty Oda is punishing Mibuchi Fujihide, but she actually wants to take the opportunity to bring the land of Kitakogenchi under her control.
If the Oda family's conspiracy succeeds, a deep thorn will be embedded in the territory of our local powerful faction, which is very dangerous. "
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled, but when it was time to get ready, Hosokawa Fujitaka was still playing tricks on her.
Our local powerhouse? When your Hosokawa Mibuchi family was causing trouble, why didn't you remember that you were a member of the powerful local faction? Isn't this too shameless?
The main body of the powerful local factions in the shogunate are the Shiba family who occupies Iga country and Kitadato, the Mibuchi family who occupies North Kawachi, the Izumi country of Izumi-Hosokawa family, and the Minamikawachi family of Hatakeyama family.
Among them, the land of North Kawachi was given to the Mibuchi family because Yoshigage had no one in his hands at the beginning and wanted to dominate the powerful shogunate faction, so he gave it to the Mibuchi family. In fact, it was given to the Izumi Hosokawa family behind Mibuchi.
The Izumi Kingdom has 120,000 to 30,000 dans, and the North Hanoi area has almost 100,000 dans. The total mobilization force is stronger than the 200,000 dans.
Just because of their strong strength, there will always be some problems within the Hosokawa-Mibuchi family, and people will constantly come out to challenge the Shiba family's leadership of the local powerful factions.
In addition to Mibuchi Haru, a good old man, Hosokawa Motonsune, Hosokawa Fujitaka, and Mibuchi Fujihide have all had difficulties with the Shiba family.
Although it is inevitable to be suspected of being ungrateful, from the perspective of the selfish political environment of the Wu family, these small actions are not particularly badass.
However, in the face of the cruel reality, every time the Hosokawa Mibuchi family's small ideas failed, and in the end they all returned to the leadership of Yoshihiro Shiba in despair.
In this chaotic world, the strength of the Izumi-Hosokawa family is not enough for them to raise their backs and be human beings. The choice of being dogs for others is really not as good as the choice of being allies of the Shiba family.
This time, Mibuchi Fujihide's actions were actually no worse than those of Hosokawa Motonsune and Hosokawa Fujitaka.
It's just that Akechi Mitsuhide got some information that Hosokawa Fujitaka didn't know. At this time, she saw that Hosokawa Fujitaka was still racking his brains to prepare countermeasures for Mibuchi Fujihide, and she couldn't help but feel funny.
Akechi Mitsuhide asked.
"Futaka, the two elders, the Hosokawa family governor and the Mibuchi family governor, what do they think of the trouble Mibuchi Fujihide has caused this time?"
Akechi Mitsuhide answered the question incorrectly, which alerted Hosokawa Fujitaka. After glancing at the smiling Akechi Mitsuhide, she didn't dare to take this poisonous man lightly, she considered it carefully.
"The two mothers are getting old and have gradually let go of housework in recent years, and Mibuchi Fujihide and I have taken over.
Mibuchi Fujihide's behavior this time certainly disappointed them, and Mibuchi Fujihide's power will be restricted in the future.
Akechihime, you have to consider that Mibuchi Fujie is my sister after all. The relationship between Mibuchi's mother and Tsudaden is extraordinary. I hope you can put aside your past grudges and help Mibuchi Tōhide.
The internal affairs of local powerful factions should naturally be resolved by ourselves. If the land of North Kawachi falls into the hands of the Oda family, the Spur Territory will be very passive in recent times, right? "
Hosokawa Fujitaka tried every means to bring the topic back, hoping to use the importance of the North Kawachi area to persuade the Shiba family to help.
To the north of Kitakawachi is Settsu Province, to the east is Konkisuba Territory, to the west is Izumi Province of the Hosokawa family, and to the south is Minamikawachi Land of Hatakeyama Takamasa.
In the current situation, Ashikaga Yoshiaki has been defeated by Oda Nobunaga, and Settsu Country will be controlled by the Oda family sooner or later.
If the land of North Hanoi is lost again, a large piece of the connection between the local powerful factions will be taken away from the middle, and the connected O-shape will become a U-shape, and the strategic depth will be thin.
As Ise Country, Minami Omi, Yamashiro Country, and Settsu Country were successively occupied or infiltrated by the Oda family's forces, the eastern and northern parts of the Swa Territory have become the Oda family's sphere of influence in recent times.
If Mibuchi Fujihide loses the land of North Kawachi, the entire Kinjispa Territory will be surrounded by the Oda family on three sides and will be very passive militarily.
Hosokawa Fujitaka wanted to use this to persuade Akechi Mitsuhide to let the Shiba family come forward to help Mibuchi Fujihide.
But she didn't know that Mitsuhide Akechi wanted to connive with the Oda family, intending to drive away the wolf and swallow the tiger, so that Yoshigami Shiba could complete the strategic goal of collapsing the Ashikaga Shogunate while being innocent.
Therefore, it is impossible for the Spo family to stand out and take the lead at this time. Even if the Shiba Territory has been forced into a military blind spot by the Oda family in recent years, the Shiba family will never fight back.
Akechi Mitsuhide's plot is far bigger than Hosokawa Fujitaka imagined, and he must be put to death before he can survive.
Looking at Hosokawa Fujitaka's eager eyes, Akechi Mitsuhide just smiled slightly, took a sip of tea soup, and asked leisurely.
"It's getting late. Are you going to rest at the Hosokawa Residence in Kyoto when Fujitaka returns?"
Hosokawa Fujitaka narrowed his eyes and felt very angry that Akechi Mitsuhide twice avoided his words. But forced by the situation, she could only suppress her temper and speak.
"The two mothers are waiting for news about me at Shengryuji Castle. I will rush back later."
Akechi Mitsuhide looked at the sky and said.
“Although Shoryuji Castle is not far from Kyoto, it will probably be dark now if we ride back.
Oda Kamiro, the mountain city is in a state of chaos again, it’s not safe after dark, you’d better hit the road early. "
What Akechi Mitsuhide said was completely incomprehensible to Hosokawa Fujitaka. She stood up angrily and glared at Akechi Mitsuhide who had been circling around.
Akechi Mitsuhide stood up and said.
"Don't be impatient. Go back and ask the two family governors for their opinions on how they plan to deal with Mibuchi Fujiei.
Come, let me see you off. "
Hosokawa Fujitaka stood up, which in itself put pressure on Akechi Mitsuhide. Who knew that Akechi Mitsuhide was so thick-skinned, he just took advantage of the opportunity to see the guest off.
At this point, Hosokawa Fujitaka's face darkened. In fact, she didn't want to leave. In fact, she wanted to stay.
But Mitsuhide Akechi said this, and Fujitaka Hosokawa could only speak firmly.
"Then I'll take my leave first."
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled and saluted, and watched the angry Hosokawa Fujitaka leave the courtyard.
When she looked back again, there were two people standing behind her, one was Honda Masanobu and the other was Fujibayashi Mukuro.
Akechi Mitsuhide looked at Fujibayashi Mukuro, his elegant mask-like smile remained unchanged, but his eyes became as cold as ice.
"Are you all ready?"
Fujibayashi bowed deeply.
"Hi!"
Akechi Mitsuhide rubbed his temples with his delicate fingers and said calmly.
"Hosokawa Fujitaka must be protected. I want her to be unharmed."
Fujibayashi said solemnly.
"Don't worry, sir, our people have been monitoring the ambushers, and the confidentiality team in Beijing has complete control of the entire ambush site.
From the moment Mr. Hosokawa Fujitaka left the house, he was already under the protection of the confidentiality team. "
Akechi Mitsuhide nodded.
"You should go as well. If you don't set off, Fujitaka will go far away."
"Hi!"
After Teng Lin Ming saluted, he fled out like a bird into the forest and disappeared from sight in a few seconds.
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