Yiyin pretended to be coy in front of the Pu Sheng clan, tricking this innocent child into continuing to look after him.
Although Kamojigo was smart, at the age when love was just beginning, even the smartest person would be dazzled by love, so Yoshigami deceived her with just a few words.
Yiyin's pitiful words are 30% true and 70% false.
To say that Takeda Uesugi used him was to use each other and to complement each other. Saying that Yamanakajima is not loyal enough to him, Yoshigami actually believes in their loyalty, and Rena's incident was an accident.
Emotional matters are emotional matters. Politically, Yoshigami is already the leader of the conservative samurai family. His power, prestige, and status have surpassed the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki in Kyoto who is not worthy of his name.
Yiyin said that he was pitiful, but in fact, most of the time, others relied on him to live their lives, so how could they dare to despise him and disobey him.
But even so, the co-leader of the Wu family is not a centralized monarch, and Yoshigan's camp is still full of hidden dangers. Whether he can successfully mobilize a hundred thousand troops to confront the Oda family is still unknown.
Because of this, while Yoshigan went to Sakai Port to raise military expenses and steal artillery, Akechi Mitsuhide left the capital again and took Saito Ryuuki to Azuchi Castle to meet Nogun's cheap cousin.
It is a lie that Mitsuhide Akechi visited relatives, but it is true that he infiltrated the Oda camp to manipulate public opinion. She always believed that the key to defeating the Oda family was not military strength, but starting from within the Oda family.
There are many hidden dangers in Yiyin. Is Oda Nobunaga’s subordinate just a piece of iron? If it was really a piece of iron, why would the old Owari warriors send so much money to Takada Haruno to find a way out?
In these troubled times of the Wu family, who is not on both ends of the spectrum, always thinking about their own interests?
The conflict between Shiba and Oda has not yet reached the point of irreconcilable sharp opposition. Akechi Mitsuhide wanted to join the Oda camp to promote her Genpei Convergence philosophy.
The battle between the two lords is just a battle of spirits. Why can't a man and a woman join forces to conquer the world? This argument is very attractive to the Oda camp.
Especially when the war is in a stalemate and there are heavy casualties, I believe many people will take the initiative to come forward and persuade Oda Nobunaga to give up the idea of destroying everything.
Perhaps this decisive battle, which was said to involve hundreds of thousands of people and decide the fate of the world, ended up being an anticlimax, with the martial arts on both sides holding back, so they had no choice but to settle.
If this result can be achieved, Akechi Mitsuhide would be happy to hear it.
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Azuchi Castle, castle tower.
Oda Nobunaga was talking to Niwa Nagahide when suddenly there was a loud noise coming from the direction of the inner courtyard, which even affected them.
Niwa Nagahide didn't know why and looked at Oda Nobunaga. Oda Nobunaga waved his hand and said indifferently.
“It’s the mayor who is chasing people away.
Akechi Mitsuhide brought Saito Ryuuki over to see No-kun. You know that since the death of Asai Nagamasa, Ichi-kun hated Tsutado-don and Hideyoshi, and was also extremely disgusted with Akechi Mitsuhide. "
Niwa Nagahide nodded.
Speaking of which, Akechi Mitsuhide is also a great person. Seeing that the Shiba Oda family is at war with each other, a war is about to begin.
Akechi Mitsuhide, however, had both sides, and was reused in front of Shiba Yi Ginza. Oda Nobunaga also valued her quite a bit.
Saito Ryuuki is the daughter of Saito Yoshiryu. At that time, Saito Yoshiryu killed his mother to seize the throne, occupied Mino Country, and fought with Oda Nobunaga to death, but the two families were actually related.
No-kun is the younger brother of Saito Yoshiryu, and Saito Ryuuki, the escaped heir of the Saito family, is No-kun's biological niece.
Oda Nobunaga has now completely engulfed Mino Country, the Saito family's foundation in Higashi Mino has been uprooted, and Saito Ryuuki is no longer a threat to Oda Nobunaga.
Therefore, Akechi Mitsuhide used Saito Ryuuki's niece as a link and claimed to be Nobun-kun's cousin. He had a very close relationship with Nobun-kun, and Oda Nobunaga didn't care.
For No-kun, a man from the samurai family whose husband's family power has been destroyed and who is helpless, Akechi Mitsuhide and Saito Ryuuki are indeed her support and foreign aid, and they are naturally close to her.
Oda Nobunaga also needs a sensible person like Akechi Mitsuhide to influence Nogun, hoping that Nogun can take the initiative to make way for the future Genpei merger.
After Ichi-kun's wife died, he hated Shiba Yoshigan and Hashiba Hideyoshi, so he lived with No-kun.
How could he not be angry when he saw that Akechi Mitsuhide, an important minister of the Shiba family, had been speaking for the merger of the Shiba and Oda families in front of Lord No?
His own wife was obsessed with Shiba Yiyin until her death. Now her sister wanted to separate from her good friend Nong Jun for Shiba Yiyin, leaving the vacant position for Shiba Yiyin.
Ichikun's temper is very similar to that of Oda Nobunaga. If she hadn't been powerless, she would have had Mitsuhide Akechi's head cut off and played as a ball.
Niwa Nagahide was actually very aware of these internal affairs of Oda, but as a foreign minister, she couldn't say anything, so she could only sigh.
Oda Nobunaga glanced at her.
"Why are you sighing? Do you have a good relationship with Akechi Mitsuhide?"
Niwa Nagahide shook his head.
"It's just a nod of acquaintance, I can't say whether it's a good relationship or not.
I just think that Akechi Mitsuhide is able to enter Kyoto for the first time without any problems. It must be that Tsutado-den does not reject the merger of Genpei.
Since the merger of the Shiba and Oda families is not out of the question, what's the point of us working so hard to plan this battle now? "
Oda Nobunaga shook his head.
"You are smart all your life, confused for a while, and worried about spending money and food, right?
Tsudoden is not an easy person to get along with. He has always been independent, perseverant, and self-reliant.
Akechi Mitsuhide is just a chess piece that he acquiesced to destabilize my retainers. If I don't give him some advice, do you really think he will come to me to negotiate peace and make a bed?
If he can't win this battle, how can Tsudo Hall be willing to bow his head easily? Only if I let him know how powerful I am, will he take the initiative to come to me and let me do whatever I did like he did at Owari. "
Oda Nobunaga's words were a bit frivolous and resentful. Niwa Nagahide knew that she had always been worried about the past when Shiba Yoshigage resolutely went to Luo and soared into the sky.
But without Shiba Kamoraku, there would be no Shiba Tsudo-den that is famous all over the world today. Oda Nobunaga is haunted by his dreams, unable to let go, and wants to conquer Yoshigan Shiba again wholeheartedly.
Therefore, human nature is full of contradictions.
Niwa Nagahide smiled bitterly.
"Since the main palace knows that Akechi Mitsuhide's promotion of the Genpei Convergence at home will shake the hearts of the family, then why do they allow her to show off?"
Oda Nobunaga was silent for a while and sighed.
"Mi Wu Niang, do you know how the Shiba family was reduced from Ashikaga's direct descendants to common people?"
Niwa Nagahide nodded.
"Probably know something.
The Kamakura shogunate had no heirs. As a powerful imperial family member of the Kamakura shogunate, the Ashikaga family was also the closest branch of the direct line of the Genji family in Kawachi. It posed a considerable threat to the Hojo family before the shogunate came to power.
In order to resolve the hostility of the former Hojo family, the Ashikaga family governor took the initiative to divorce her husband and married the son of the former Hojo family. The divorced husband and his children were reduced to commoners, and they were the ancestors of the Shiba family. "
Oda Nobunaga looked at Niwa Nagahide without speaking, and Niwa Nagahide suddenly nodded, somewhat understanding Oda Nobunaga's complicated mentality.
You know, Oda Nobunaga longed to conquer Shiba Yoshigan, to use force to convince him, and to make him marry him willingly.
The Shiba family has an extraordinary origin. Looking back at history, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Shiba family is the true direct descendant of the Kawachi Genji family, and the Ashikaga shogunate has always established the Shiba family as the first direct branch of the Ashikaga family.
The Isehei background of the Oda family was made up by Oda Nobunaga himself, but the Kawachi Genji background of the Shiba family is true. The political significance of the Genpei merger was very important to Oda Nobunaga.
On the one hand, Oda Nobunaga can legitimately replace Ashikaga Shogun and become a member of the new world.
On the other hand, she was able to reduce the hostility and resistance of the traditional samurai towards her by marrying the most powerful leader among the traditional samurai, Shiba Yoshigan.
To put it bluntly, Oda Nobunaga wanted to climb high, but he wanted to eat swan meat.
There are so many benefits to taking down Shiba Yoshiyin, so much so that even if Oda Nobunaga's hidden love for him is removed, it is still a huge benefit that Oda Nobunaga cannot give up.
Oda Nobunaga's current position is just like that of the Hojo family before the shogunate took power. He has strength, but his background is too low, and he is anxious about the existence of the famous Ashikaga family.
At this time, marriage is the best way.
But back then, the Ashikaga family governor took the initiative to divorce and separated from her husband, leaving room for the Hojo family. So what about the Oda family today?
Oda Nobunaga is already married to a husband, and this husband is also a political bargaining chip for her to occupy Mino Country.
Without marrying a son of the Saito family, and without a reason to avenge her mother-in-law, why did she, Oda Nobunaga, take over Mino Country?
Now, Mino Country has been completely digested by the Oda family. Oda Nobunaga wants to kill the donkey, divorce Nobu-kun and marry Shiba Yoshigan. Isn't this too ugly?
Akechi Mitsuhide's identity is very important to Oda Nobunaga. She is an important minister of the Shiba family, Noun-kun's cousin, and an advocate of the Genpei fusion.
If Akechi Mitsuhide came forward to promote the Genpei merger and forced Nogo to voluntarily join forces, the political harm to Oda Nobunaga would be minimal.
As for the uneasiness at home that Niwa Nagahide mentioned, that was the price Oda Nobunaga had to pay for his separation from Nogun.
Niwa Nagahide sighed.
"No wonder those people in Simion insist on fighting the Shiba family. They are worried about Nong Junli... After that, the status of the people in Simion will be suppressed."
Oda Nobunaga sneered.
"The war between me and Tsudo-don has not officially started yet, but all the monsters and monsters are so impatient that they all jump out.
Shibata, Takigawa, Sakuma, those guys, do they think I don’t know they are buying real estate in the nearby Shiba Territory?
All that money and food went around Takada Haruno's side and became military expenses for the Shiba family. I was really angry.
As for the Simeon samurai family, what do you think they are clamoring for?
No-kun is the son of the Saito family, and Higashi Mino of the Saito family has been swallowed up by the old samurai of Owari. Simino was worried that if Nogo-kun retreated, the Owari old warriors and the Shiba family would join forces to infringe on their interests.
Maeda Yoshie, Maeda Toshiie, Takada Haruno, these Shiba ministers were all from Shimo-Owari County, and had good relations with the old Owari samurai family.
In addition, when going to Sakai Port from Tsutaden Temple, don’t forget to visit Ishiyama Honganji Temple.
Those people in Simino have a lot of interests in northern Ise, and Nagashima has always been a pain in the throat. I feel uncomfortable, and so do they. The better the relationship between the Sibo family and the Yixiang clan, the more uncomfortable they become.
I also didn't expect that when I went to war with the Spo family, the people in the family who supported me the most were the people in Simeron, which was also interesting. "
Niwa Nagahide sighed and shook his head.
The Oda family is now a big family, and naturally dragons and snakes are mixed together, making many things more and more difficult for people to understand.
The four counties of Shimonowari are where Oda Nobunaga started his business. Many retainers of the Shiba family also came from here. The relationship between the two parties is inextricably linked.
The old Owari warriors least wanted to see Shiba Oda start a war, and they were also the main force secretly betting on both sides to leave a way out.
On the contrary, the Nishimano samurai family, which was conquered by Oda Nobunaga, stood firm.
At that time, the Oda family had just captured Mino Country. Because Owari and Mino were of similar size, Oda Nobunaga could not possibly swallow them all, so he concentrated his efforts to capture Higashi Mino.
The Nishimino samurai were sent by Oda Nobunaga to attack Kitaise, and they were not allowed to affect their digestion of Higashi-Mino. Therefore, the Nishimino samurai gained considerable territory and interests in Kitaise.
Nagashima is located at the mouth of the Kiso River and on the border of Owari and Ise. The Nishi Mino samurai family went down the Kiso River and conquered the land of Northern Ise along the way.
At this time, Nagashima was always invading the Oda family's territory, harassing them along the coast of Ise Bay and Kiso River.
On one side of Ise Bay is the Atsuta Shrine trading circle where Oda started. Along the Kiso River is Nishi Mino's new territory. The people who hate Nagashima the most are Oda Nobunaga and the Nishi Mino samurai family.
In addition, the marriage between Nobunaga and Oda Nobunaga symbolizes the political alliance between Mino and the Owari samurai family. If Oda Nobunaga wants to separate, the Mino samurai family will certainly feel uncomfortable.
They don't care about Nomon-kun, but they care about the political significance of the dissolution of the marriage. The political status of the Nishimano family in the Oda family will inevitably decline.
Ise Country, Omi Country, and Echizen Country are newly conquered places. The retainers with the most say in the Oda family are still the Owari and Mino factions, and they are also the main force of the army.
Oda Nobunaga knew that letting Akechi Mitsuhide sneak into the Oda family and make noises would not be beneficial to the subsequent Saba-Oda War, and would easily cause discord and division among the retainers.
But in the long run, Oda Nobunaga needs to condone Akechi Mitsuhide's promotion of the Genpei merger. This is a temporary pain that must be tolerated in order to dissolve the marriage with Nogun and then marry Yoshigan Shiba.
Niwa Nagahide knew Oda Nobunaga's helplessness, and she could only express relief.
"Oiden, Owari actually has voices that support the war, such as Hirate Hoshihide."
Oda Nobunaga glanced at Niwa Nagahide.
"Mi Wuniang, are you trying to comfort me? Are you still going to cause trouble for me?"
Hirate Genhide is the granddaughter of Oda Nobunaga's teacher Hirate Masahide. Oda Nobunaga has been dissolute since he was a child. Hirate Masahide committed seppuku and implored Oda Nobunaga to change his ways.
Although Oda Nobunaga was disobedient and still went his own way, he still had great affection for this teacher and looked at her descendants differently.
The descendants of the Hirate family are having a hard time, and now only Hirate Masahide's granddaughter, Hirate Genhide, is serving as an official in Oda. She was young, ambitious, and wanted to stand out, so she was naturally passionate about the war.
The Owari Young Faction headed by Hirate Genhide is different from the well-fed and well-fed old samurai families like Shibata Katsuie. They support the war with the Shiba family this time.
First, when the young people debuted, the Shiba family had already left Owari, and the two sides did not have the old-age friendship they had back then.
In both cases, the Spo family is at its peak, which is a great opportunity for young people to achieve great success through military exploits and achieve great success.
But from Oda Nobunaga's point of view, what she needs is not the lack of strength of Hirate Fanhide, but the core strength of the Owari faction such as Shibata, Takikawa, and Sakuma.
Niwa Nagahide's words were not so much to comfort her, but to let her see clearly that the Owari faction was laying flat.
Oda Nobunaga could not help but think of Hashiba Hideyoshi at this moment. He wondered how the monkey was doing in Omi Country and whether he could take on more important responsibilities.
(End of chapter)
