After breakfast together, Yoshigan and Akechi Mitsuhide took a walk in the courtyard. Autumn is strong, the branches and leaves are withered and yellow, and they will fall to their feet when blown by the wind.
On the cobblestone road, Yoshigan was listening intently to Akechi Mitsuhide's words, and accidentally stepped on a fallen leaf.
"Saint, according to His Majesty Oda, Kitaomi Takashima County and Echizen Province Tsuruga County are under the protection of the Shiba family, but Ika County and Suzuka Pass must be taken back by the Oda family.
In addition, the northern mountainous area of Mino Province and the northern part of the Fukui Plain of Echizen Province were also returned to the Oda family. "
Yiyin sneered.
"Oda Nobunaga had such a beautiful idea. I spent two million koku in military expenses for this battle, and I had to give more than one to two million koku in food as a reward after the war. In the end, I protected the independence of Takashima County?
Kageki Asakura of Tsuruga County was originally mine. When will it be Oda Nobunaga's turn to be generous?
Even if Takashima County's Isono Umasa sells iron and steel, can he collect 300,000 koku in money and food? I spent more than three million dan in total, and it wouldn't be worth even one-tenth or two percent if I sold her. "
Mitsuhide Akechi explained.
"Saint, if the Shiba-Oda family wants to be in harmony, the Oda family must have some sense of security. His Highness Oda will also be uneasy if he is always being pressed by the tip of a knife.
The Nobi Plain and the Omi Basin are already the core territory of the Oda family. If we don't give in, the Oda family will be holding back, and this negotiation will not be able to continue. "
Yiyin remained silent. It wasn't that he didn't understand what Mitsuhide Akechi meant, but he just felt that he was at a disadvantage.
The Nobi Plain is the place where the Oda family started, and it is the forbidden area of Oda Nobunaga.
Currently, Iwamura Castle in the eastern mountainous area is occupied by the Takeda family, the northern mountainous area is occupied by the Maeda Toshiie in the east, and the western part of the northern mountainous area is invaded by Shima Katsuo's surprise troops who broke in from Ono County in Echizen Province.
Although Oda Nobunaga occupies the rich plains, the mountains are condescending to the plains, and he is eyeing him. If someone suddenly stabs him one day, he may lose everything.
The same is true for the Omi Basin.
The prosperous land of Omi Province is the large plain on the east coast of Lake Biwa. The mountains of Ika County in Kitaomi were broken through, and the plains of Kitaomi were flat, making it almost impossible to defend.
The Minami Omi Plain extends in all directions, and Oda Nobunaga built Azuchi Castle here as his residence and was more sensitive to security.
The front line of Sakamoto Castle defends Yamashiro Kingdom, and the front line of Suzuka Pass defends Iga Kingdom.
Now that Suzuka is in the hands of the Shiba family, Suzuka Mountain is full of loopholes and cannot be defended. How can Oda Nobunaga live in Azuchi Castle with peace of mind?
The Nobi Plain and the prosperous plain of the Omi Basin, with a combined total of about 1.7 million koku, are the core grain-producing mobilization areas of the Oda family.
The Oda family will never let go until the threats from these two places are removed. There is no way to talk about the future harmony between the two families, or even the two families joining forces.
Yiyin understands this truth, but he just can't get angry. It was obviously Oda Nobunaga who lost the battle, but in the end he had to take the initiative to reveal the results of the battle in order for the negotiation to proceed smoothly. Am I cheap?
As for the situation in Echizen Country, there is no reason to give in.
Oda Nobunaga married the city lord to Shibata Katsuie, listed Shibata Katsuie as a clan, and rewarded the seven counties of Echizen Kingdom with 400,000 stone in order to win over Shibata Katsuie to resist the Kanto Allied Forces.
Shibata Katsuie voluntarily abandoned the north bank of the Kuzuryu River and defended the three release lines on the south bank. Yamanaka Yukimori drove the Kanto Allied Forces to attack southward with all his strength, and only after heaping up lives did he capture half of the Fukui Plain.
Why did Oda Nobunaga make Yoshiyin spit it out? Just because she is so shameless?
Yiyin snorted and said.
"We can still talk about the conditions of the Noo Plains and Omi Basin. There is no need to talk about the Fukui Plains of Echizen Province. Let Oda Nobunaga stop dreaming."
Akechi Mitsuhide said.
"Regarding the Fukui Plains, Niwa Nagahide conveyed a proposal from His Highness Oda, which sounds pretty good to me."
Yiyin asked.
"What proposal?"
"His Majesty Oda proposed to transfer the territory of Mino Province's Upper County under Maeda Toshiie's command to Ono County of Echizen Province.
Ono, Katsuyama, the mountain basin in Gunjo, the land is far more fertile than Gunjo. If the Owari Shiba leader is willing to move, the stone height should be doubled, to 40,000 to 50,000 stone. "
Yiyin stopped and looked at the pool of water being blown up by the autumn wind.
It's ridiculous to say that the existence of Owari Shiba is like the relationship between Yoshigage and Oda Nobunaga. They are disconnected and ambiguous to the point of being confused and confused.
The territory that Yoshigan took over as a bounty from Oda Nobunaga back then has grown bigger due to Maeda Toshiie's hard work over the years.
In addition to the inconvenient 1,500-koku Shiba ancestral land in Owari Kunikei Village, Oda Nobunaga had long thrown Maeda Toshiie into the mountains of Mino Kuni-gun to chew rocks, giving him 20,000 koku barren land.
The Owari Shiba Territory was a fiefdom of the Oda family, but it was the territory of the Shiba family. This complex ownership relationship gave Oda Nobunaga a certain degree of decision-making power in its change.
In this battle of Shiba-Oda, Maeda Toshiie used the power of 20,000 stones to cause chaos in Gifu City and shocked the Nobi Plains three times a day.
This incident obviously made Oda Nobunaga regret it. She wanted to eliminate the threat from the governor by changing the seal.
Yiyin thought for a while and said.
"Although Mino Country's upper county is barren, it crosses the mountains to connect to China and receives supplies from the Hokuriku Road trade route. Going south, it can directly threaten Gifu City at the core of the Noo Plain.
Once the title is changed to Ono County in Echizen Province, it will be equivalent to being sealed in the mountains by the Oda family, and it will be difficult to make any difference. Even if the stone height is increased by 20,000 to 30,000, it is not cost-effective. "
Yiyin has one more thing to say.
Maeda Toshiie secretly made local saltpeter in the mountains near Vietnam and made a lot of money. Once the territory is moved, the income will be lost due to the change of seal, which may not be worth the gain.
Yoshihiro doesn't think Maeda Toshiie is willing to leave unless Oda Nobunaga is willing to pay more.
he said.
“The Owari Shiba collar of Gunjo County can be re-confessed, but it is too little to only give to Ono County.
The land on the north bank of the Kuzuryu River and even half of the Fukui Plain are in my hands. Why can't it be used as the new territory of the Owari Shiba Territory? "
Akechi Mitsuhide couldn't help but shake his head. The total amount of these sites was about hundreds of thousands of koku. Shibata Katsuie would go crazy.
The total land of Echizen Kingdom is about 500,000 kudos. Excluding Asakura Keiki of Tsuruga County, the people of Minami-Etsuzen Town, Katsuie Shibata was granted a territory of 400,000 kudos, and was considered the lord of Echizen Kingdom.
Yoshigan cut off one-third of Shibata Katsuie's Chikyo land, including half of the richest Fukui Plain. How could Shibata Katsuie be willing?
Moreover, once Owari Shiba's collar expands from 20,000 koku to hundreds of thousands koku, it will directly break the balance within the Shiba family, and Akechi Mitsuhide is not willing to do so.
Although the interests of Maeda Toshiie and Maeda are somewhat conflicting, they are both descendants of the Maeda family of Shimowari Arakoko Castle, and are aunts and nieces of the same clan.
By conquering the Miyoshi family and participating in the Battle of Shiba-Oda, Maeda Yoshida has established his position as the general of Kongo.
If the Maeda Toshiie family, the territory managed by Owari Shiba's acting official, expands to more than 100,000 koku, then the two Maeda families will surpass the Nishiyama one party and become the number one faction within the Shiba family.
Although Nizi Katsuhisa and Yamanaka Yukimori are in the same party, they have been in Kanto in recent times, so it is difficult to collude when trouble occurs.
The Owari Shiba leader and the recent Shiba leader are not far away. If the two Maeda families secretly join forces, who in the Shiba family can check and balance the uncle and nephew?
Akechi Mitsuhide was unwilling in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. He just tried to persuade him.
"Your Majesty, His Highness Oda is not completely demanding, but he is also sincere.
Niwa Nagahide conveyed her intention that the Oda family would not be involved in the interests of the Hokuriku Road trade route for the time being, and would only take Ichimura's share in the future. "
Yiyin narrowed his eyes.
"Yixiang Zong?"
Akechi Mitsuhide nodded.
“Your Highness Oda not only wants Echizen Kingdom, but also Settsu Kingdom.
What she meant was that as long as the sage was willing to give it, the Ichigo clan's problems would be solved by the Oda family themselves, and the Shiba family only needed to remain neutral and not make things difficult for the sage. "
Yoshigan shook his head, Oda Nobunaga was greedy and cruel enough.
Economically, the Oda family now controls Lake Biwa and is certainly eligible to take a share of the Hokuriku Road trade route. But Oda Nobunaga didn't ask for it. He just wanted to kill Ichibuki and take his share.
Politically, Yoshigan can remain neutral and does not need to be harshly accused of betrayal by the master of the Ishiyama Honganji Temple. The blame will be shouldered by the Oda family themselves.
Militarily, the Echizen Kingdom faced the Kaga Ichikui and the Echichu Ichikui directly. The Settsu Kingdom faced the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, the headquarters of the Ichibuki clan. The Oda army went to fight, and the Shiba family only had to sit back and watch.
Although Oda Nobunaga opened her mouth a lot, she wanted more and did more, so she was indeed sincere in cooperating.
Yiyin thought for a while and said.
"I have to ask Maeda Toshiie for his opinion on the matter of Echizen Country."
Akechi Mitsuhide said.
"Sage, why don't you ask Lord Toshiie Maeda to come to Luo for an interview? I'll show you my interests. I believe she will take the overall situation into consideration."
Yiyin glanced at Mitsuhide Akechi and sneered secretly, Xiaoyi is good or bad? Is it to allow myself to give Maeda Toshiie a little bit of the sweetness of being a god?
The existence of Owari Shiba collar is very unique among the Shiba family.
Regardless of whether it is the recent Spur Territory or the Kanto Spur Territory, Yiyin has played a leading role in the establishment process.
Only Owari Shiba led Yoshigan, who only had three thousand koku when he left. It was Maeda Toshiie who single-handedly expanded the territory to twenty-one thousand five hundred koku.
The Owari Shiba Territory is not so much Yoshigan's territory as it is the Maeda Toshiie's own territory. The Hime Warriors under his command are all direct descendants of the Maeda Toshiie, and Yoshigan is not familiar with them.
Therefore, Maeda Toshiie has a great say in the affairs of Owari Shiba, and Akechi Mitsuhide is also worried that Maeda Toshiie will object, causing the negotiation to not proceed.
In this case, don't write letters, call people to come to Kyoto to sleep for a while, and make a promise from the divine descendants. This is more reliable.
The anti-justice Gin has been slept with and turned into a slut. Not only is Maeda Toshiie his bed partner, but Akechi Mitsuhide's mentality has long been distorted, and he can express this idea casually.
Over the years, everyone has seen Maeda Toshiie's thoughts on Yoshiyin.
Maeda Toshiie took the initiative to turn most of the land in Owari Shiba territory into Shiba Reservoir, which clarified his intention to compete for his wife.
Now, the members of the Yiyin Formation vowed not to marry and officially embarked on the Shinto. Once the marriage has been proven false, no one will have to fight anymore.
Mitsuhide Akechi thought it was a good deal to exchange the loyalty and admiration of the Maeda family for many years with the promise of a divine heir. Holding onto the Maeda family would be equivalent to holding onto the Owari Shiba territory.
Yiyin curled his lips and couldn't help complaining in his heart.
I have been around for so many years, from Shiba Gozen, Godaisho, Daigodaisho, Tsudo-den, to the current saint. Even if the Ji warrior shouts respectfully, it is far less reliable than physical attraction.
Let you, a saint, come into the world and be admired by the world. It is worse than a slut spreading his legs and becoming invincible in the world.
Haha, woman.
Akechi Mitsuhide was ashamed by Yoshigan's eyes and lowered his head.
Yiyin shook his head and said.
"I will summon Maeda Toshiya to come to Luo for an audience. I haven't seen her for more than a year, and I miss her a little, so I'll do as you wish."
Yiyin did not forget to stab his heart, causing Akechi Mitsuhide's expression to twitch slightly.
Akechi Mitsuhide took a deep breath, suppressed the depression of sending his loved one to someone else's bed again, and said in a deep voice.
"Master Chongchuan of Nanchan Temple admires the saint and is willing to praise the merits of the saint like Master Changjue and Master Tianhai.
The three masters unanimously believed that they had always been crude in their religious doctrines, acted violently, misled the people, and could hardly show their effectiveness in enlightenment. "
Yiyin said.
"I don't care about their sectarian disputes, but there is one thing. Master Xianru of Honganji Temple has an old relationship with me. No matter what the situation is in the future, the Shiba family will not take the initiative to become an enemy of the Ichiko sect.
As a foreign service member of the Spo family, you must respect the Sbo family's old friends, do you understand? "
Akechi Mitsuhide nodded in understanding.
The Oda family wants to have a bloody fight with the Ichigo clan, but Yoshigami doesn't care. The Shingon sect, Tendai sect, and Rinzai sect want to stick a knife in the back of the Ichigo sect, and Yi Gin doesn't care.
As long as he is a good saint who is kind and righteous, others will naturally do the bad things.
In this battle of Shiba Oda, Ichikizong devoted huge manpower and material resources and provided strong support to the Shiba family.
Yoshigan, however, turned around and had sex with Oda Nobunaga. This couple had just gotten close to each other, but they kicked Honganji Kianru away. The sight was too ugly.
But Xiang Zong's unlucky thing was that he used Xiang Yikui to grab the territory too violently and offended the entire Wu family group.
As the patron saint of the Wu family, Yiyin's refusal to deal with Yixiang Zong is already a sign of valuing love and righteousness, and there is nothing to say if he appears to be a master.
Akechi Mitsuhide bowed.
"Then the result of this initial discussion with the Oda family, does the sage think it is feasible?"
Yiyin thought for a while, shook his head.
"It's such a disadvantage."
Oda Nobunaga wanted too much. Even if she was willing to take on the responsibility of dealing with Ichibuki alone, Yoshigami still hesitated.
If the two fat pieces of Echizen Country and Settsu Country fall into the hands of the Oda family, they will be two large territorial kingdoms worth four to five million koku, which is no small matter.
In comparison, the choked mountain passes of Suzuka Pass and Gujo County are not that sensitive.
Anti-Justice Gin did not even think about attacking the core territory of the Oda family. Taking the initiative to set off Oda Nobunaga's counter scale would not do him any good. It would be unsightly to occupy these key points that threatened the Oda family.
Oda Nobunaga has already captured the four countries of Owari, Mino, Omi, and Ise. If he annexes Echizen Province and Settsu Province, how far can the strength of the Oda family expand?
Although it is said that joining forces between the Shiba and Oda families is the next step of Yoshibank's strategy, if the power of the Oda family is too strong, it may not be conducive to the union of the two families.
Mitsuhide Akechi was already prepared for Yoshiyin's worries, she whispered.
"Saint, His Highness Oda is willing to acknowledge the miracle of Yuwu Lake and praise you in the name of a saint."
Yoshigan's eyes widened, he looked at Akechi Mitsuhide and asked.
"really?"
Akechi Mitsuhide nodded.
"If you agree to the Oda family's conditions, His Highness Oda will personally come to Fushimi Castle to pay homage to the saint."
Yiyin's breathing became rough.
That Oda Nobunaga, is she really willing to kneel in front of her and call him a saint in public?
Thinking back to that winter eight years ago, I dressed up quietly, went to Ai Oda Nobunaga's grass, and knelt down respectfully in front of her.
When she thought of the proud Oda Nobunaga, who bowed her head and knelt in front of her like a saint, Yoshigage's anger that had just been vented by Mitsuhide Akechi began to get ready again.
(End of chapter)
