With the deaths of Hosokawa Takakuni and Urakami Muramune, Kinai returned to peace again.
Hosokawa Harumoto returned to Sakai with great satisfaction and officially declared to the world that he became the head of the Hosokawa Kyōcho family.
The biggest contributor to the defeat of Takakuni Hosokawa this time was undoubtedly Awa's Miyoshi Gencho. If it hadn't been for Miyoshi Gencho coming to support, with the little fighting power of Hosokawa Harumoto's command, Masasuke Akamatsu might have switched sides before he could. Hosokawa Harumoto was easily defeated.
The first achievement of the joint battle was Miyoshi Gencho. Everyone in the Hosokawa Harumoto camp had no objection to this. After all, Miyoshi Gencho's Awa Corps was just outside the city, and no one wanted to offend such a big boss at this time.
The second success was Harima's Akamatsu family. This time they were able to successfully defeat Hosokawa Takakuni. The Akamatsu family's efforts to bring order to order were particularly important, so they were always praised by everyone.
But everyone was quite critical of the Omi Kyogoku family who had achieved the three joint battles.
Because of this joint battle, the Kyogoku family only has about a hundred ashigaru, so why can they win such an honor?
It was not until Hosokawa Harumoto recounted the Kyogoku family's contributions in this battle that everyone suddenly discovered that the Kyogoku family actually played such an important role in this battle.
First of all, at the beginning of the battle, Kyogoku Takamasa put forward the theory of "ten victories and ten defeats", which strengthened the determination of the Hosokawa family to fight against Hosokawa Takakuni. Secondly, it was Kyogoku Takahiro who persuaded the Akamatsu family to switch sides, and Kyogoku Takahiro was in the Cao camp and his heart was in the Han Dynasty. When he was lurking in the Hosokawa Takakuni camp, he also sent a large amount of enemy intelligence to Hosokawa Harumoto.
In the end, Hosokawa Takakuni was captured by Kyogoku Takamasa.
To sum up, this third skill given to the Kyogoku family is truly well deserved.
At the Sakai Palace, the nominal leader of the Muromachi Shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiki, was sitting in high spirits, listening to the detailed report of Hosokawa Harumoto in the palace on the crusade against the rebellious "Hosokawa Takakuni".
After Hosokawa Harumoto finished speaking, he handed a document in his hand to him, "Sir General, this is the list of meritorious service in this battle. The evaluation held today is mainly to discuss the achievements in this battle. What reward should be given to the meritorious officials!"
Ashikaga Yoshiki pretended to ponder for a moment, and then took the document from Hosokawa Harumoto.
After a cursory glance, Ashikaga Yoshimi raised his head and looked at Hosokawa Harumoto and said, "As for the rewards, Dr. Ukyo's list has already been written very clearly, and I deeply agree!"
"But I feel that the reward for Miyoshi Chikuzenshou is not enough to reflect the contribution of the Miyoshi family in this battle!"
"Then what do you think, General?" Hosokawa Harumoto looked at Ashikaga Yoshimi expressionlessly.
Ashikaga Yoshivi thought for a while, "I intend to accept Miyoshi Chikuzenmori as the shogunate leader, and how about running the shogunate together as the right-hand man of Dr. Ukyo in the future?"
"Wow!"
Ashikaga Yoshimi's words immediately caused an uproar in the palace.
Yes, Genchang Miyoshi did have outstanding merits, but by taking on the post of shogunate leader, is it too praising the Miyoshi family?
However, Ashikaga Yoshimi also has his own considerations.
No one is willing to be someone else's puppet, and the same is true for Ashikaga Yoshimi. Both Hosokawa Takakuni and Hosokawa Harumoto are the same in the eyes of Ashikaga Yoshimi. If he wants to regain his power, he can only place his hope on Miyoshi Motonaga.
In the past, when Hosokawa Harumoto and Miyoshi Genaga were closely related, it was difficult for him to make a move. Now that the two are obviously at odds with each other, Ashikaga Yoshiki believes that this is the best time for him to win over Miyoshi Genaga.
Before Hosokawa Harumoto could say anything, Miyoshi Genchang who was sitting beside him couldn't help it anymore, "Sir General, how can I take on the position of the leader?"
"There is no need to be humble when building a front office. Who are you to take charge of the office?"
"this"
This is the position in charge of the shogunate, which is equivalent to the position of the director of the GW Academy of the Celestial Dynasty. It is so good that it is good or not. How could Miyoshi Yuanchang not be tempted! But Miyoshi Genchang knew that he could never agree at this time, or at least verbally refuse.
Otherwise, you will definitely become the target of public criticism.
However, Miyoshi Genchang still underestimated Ashikaga Yoshira's determination to win over him. No matter how much Miyoshi Genchang refused, Ashikaga Yoshira still insisted on his opinion! Until the afternoon, the matter still did not come to a conclusion, until Hosokawa Harumoto left Ashikaga Yoshimi's residence with a dark face.
"My lord, today the shogun-sama and Chikuzenmori really don't take my family seriously! Could it be that Ashikaga Yoshivi has forgotten that he can sit on the position of shogun and talk loudly in Sakai Port only because of my family's support!"
"Now that Hosokawa Takakuni is dead, Ashikaga Yoshiki wants to cross the river and burn the bridge. This is so chilling!" In Hosokawa Harumoto's residence, Hosokawa Mochitaka and others gathered around Hosokawa Harumoto and said in unison Today’s incident expresses dissatisfaction.
Hosokawa Harumoto was also extremely angry, "I'm not angry because the shogun asked Chikuzen to take charge of the matter. What I'm angry about is that the shogun didn't discuss it with me in advance!"
"Today in the main hall, all the ministers and ministers are here. Could it be that we are allowed to openly oppose the general?"
"Hosokawa-dono, what happened today is not trivial. If you allow the shogun to continue like this, things may change!" Beside Hosokawa Mochitaka, a middle-aged samurai said with a flattering look.
The person who spoke was Kizawa Nagamasa, a retainer of the Hatakeyama family who was previously appointed by Hosokawa Harumoto as Acting Magistrate of Kyoto. This person disappeared when Hosokawa Takano went to Luo, but he took the initiative to move closer after the victory of the battle. Too obvious.
However, Hosokawa Harumoto needs to win over the wealthy people in the Kinai region to maintain his rule, so he will forget the past mistakes of Kizawa Nagamasa and others.
"I wonder what Sakyo Ryōden has to say?" Hosokawa Motaka, who was sitting opposite Kizawa Nagamasa, didn't have such a good expression.
Kizawa Nagamasa quickly said with a flattering smile, "Looking at the previous heads of the Hosokawa family, whether it is Masamoto Gong (Hosokawa Masamoto) or Hosokawa Takakuni, although they were able to dominate the Kinai for a while, they also Rapid decline.”
"Without exception, it is all because the close relationship with the shogun and the shogunate has not been maintained! Therefore, I believe that if Hosokawa-den wants to stabilize the Kinai region, the relationship with the shogun must be properly handled! "
Kizawa Nagamasa's words seemed like nonsense at first, but Hosokawa Harumoto had some thoughts in his heart.
Hosokawa Harumoto is a person who believes in fate, which usually sums up the reasons for the chaos within the Hosokawa family in recent decades. After careful consideration, Hosokawa Harumoto finally found an answer - retribution!
Both Hosokawa Masamoto and Hosokawa Takakuni have wantonly abolished the shogun, and as the leader of the shogunate, this move will undoubtedly lead to retribution (although it is ridiculous, but it is true, Hosokawa Harumoto That’s what I was thinking at the time.)
Therefore, Hosokawa Harumoto has always had a plan in his mind these days, which is to welcome back Ashikaga Yoshiharu, "make up for the previous mistakes committed by the Hosokawa Kyōcho family", and restore harmony with Ashikaga Yoshiharu.
It was just a thought before, but after today's incident came out, Hosokawa Harumoto's heart became more urgent.
Anyway, don’t you Ashikaga Yoshimi want to cause trouble?
Then I'll kill you first!
