On their way back to Kyoto from Mt. Fuji accompanied by Ami, Xia Xun and Zheng He had already begun a series of upheavals in Kyoto

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu accepted the appeal of the elders of the major temples in Echizen, dismissed the Oda clan from the post of hereditary priest of the Kenjin Palace, relieved the Echizen guardian Asakura clan loyal to the Si family, replaced the Ishibashi clan loyal to the Hosokawa family as the guardian, removed the Owari guardian from the post of the Oda clan, and replaced him with someone sent by the Hosokawa family, and at the same time transferred Ashikaga Yoshitsugu's maternal grandfather Settsu Nohide to Wakasa Guardian under the control of the Si B clan, which was actually weakening the Si B clan's rule over the area under his control.

The temple organization in Kyoto was also outraged by the news sent by Echizen, and in this case, Shogun Shogun had to accept Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's reward and punishment, but then he gathered Ninomiya, Imagawa, Uesugi, Yamana and other daimyo who were close to the Šib clan, as well as guardians loyal to the Šib clan, to gather forces and form an attack on Kyoto.

At the same time, Hosokawa Mitsumoto's fourth brother quickly concluded a marriage with the youngest daughter of Tayama Kikuni, and the two families formally formed an alliance, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ordered the daimyo of Hokuriku, Mino, Omi and other daimyo to gather more than 6,000 troops, and pressed the stabbing in the slanted spur to the Etsuma assembled by the general of Si B, and the war was about to break out.

At this time, a message from Xia Xun was sent to Kyoto: Feeling that the Japanese side was effective in suppressing the Kou, he decided to formally conclude a tributary trade treaty with Japan on behalf of the Ming Emperor, and made a list of the proposed surveys, which was the list that the Ming Dynasty was ready to issue directly to the major Japanese names. This list not only has the daimyo of the Ashikaga Yoshimatsu faction, but also the daimyo of the Si Yi Shogun faction.

As soon as this list was made public, Kyoto, which was originally like a volcano about to erupt, immediately calmed down, and the daimyo of the Si B family, who were originally worried about Ashikaga Yoshina's strong troops, were under pressure and had money at the same time, and immediately retreated.

Within a few days, some people complained to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu about the mistakes of the consul in political affairs, and he was dismissed from the post of deacon of the shogunate and ordered to return to the kingdom of the Si clan. This political battle ended with the defeat of the general.

On the way back to Kyoto, Zheng He asked Xia Xun with some puzzlement: "Since this Si Yi general is quite hostile to my Da Ming, why don't you take this opportunity to defeat him?" Although the list of Guogong has temporarily calmed down the situation, it has caused endless troubles. ”

Xia Xun smiled and said, "I just want it to be infinitely troubled!" ”

Seeing Zheng He's puzzled face, Xia Xun explained: "My father-in-law doesn't know much about the current situation in Japan, Japan is now like our age Warring States, the daimyo and guardian are the princes of one side, and the shogun is equivalent to the overlord of the princes, and the so-called emperor is naturally Zhou Tianzi." In Kyoto, these rulers and shisho heads, including those daimyo and guardians, all have a family and a territory behind them, and killing them personally will not solve any problems, and it will be very difficult to annex their territory.

I have already learned that for a long time, between the shogun and the daimyo, and between the daimyo and the daimyo, it is very common to make peace in time for war, and after no one controls and destroys the other party, they can still have enough strength not to be swallowed up by others, so their gains and losses mostly indicate whether they still have the right to speak in the court, and it is a long process to weaken any prince, and it is not possible to take the means of Ji Lie.

Therefore, even if we don't intervene, the two sides will bargain for a while, and it will be over. The result then was not much different from what it is now, and if the tide of the battle was in Si B's favor, he could even regain the position of deacon and consort as long as he hinted that he would continue to be loyal to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and that we would be in charge of the situation. ”

Xia Xun said with a smile: "What's more, if I can really completely defeat or even eliminate General Si Byi, I am not willing to do it." He is alive, more useful than dead, and there is always a potential threat by his side, and he will be more deferential to me than a shogun who dominates Japan and holds great power. ”

On the same day, Emperor Go-Komatsu visited Kitayama Hall to inquire about the recent regime change in Kyoto. The next day, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's beloved son, Ashikaga Yoshitsugu, entered the palace on behalf of his father and was treated like a prince by the imperial family. The original Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was already a general existence in the eyes of the emperor, but now Si B Yoshimitsu will be expelled, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is more powerful, and the emperor is even more restless about him.

"Yoshichi is an adult, he should do something!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu sat on the tatami mat and said to Hosokawa Mitsumoto in high spirits.

The tatami under his buttocks was embroidered with a cloud green pattern that only the emperor of Japan could use, and no one dared to point it out, and everyone was pretending to be deaf and dumb.

"Now that Kyoto is moving a little, Hosokawa-kun, let him patrol around Kyoto with you and learn to maintain security affairs!"

Hosokawa Mitsumoto will respectfully promise, and the dignified general Ashikaga Yoshimoto, because of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's words, was driven out of the Flower Palace, followed by Hosokawa Mitsumoto's ass to maintain security in Kyoto. Originally, he didn't have real power, but at least he still lived in the mansion that symbolized the shogun, and now he didn't even want to give him a false name, "General, Yang Xu, the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, is about to return to Kyoto!" ”

The spring bureau hurriedly walked in, full of spring breeze, and the nourishment of power played a role like love rain, making her more glorious.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu smiled and stood up: "Oh? I'm going to meet them myself! ”

While arranging his robe for him, the Kasuga Bureau said with a smile: "This person is very powerful, as soon as he came, he helped the general to complete what he had always wanted to do but couldn't do." ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu snorted lightly, "Isn't the result still being used by me?" ”

He lowered his voice and said to the Kasuga Bureau: "Declare myself a vassal to the Ming Kingdom and accept the title of the king, I will have a further possibility, if I can borrow the help of the Ming Kingdom, our hope of success will be greater." ”

He shook the hand of the Kasuga Bureau and said, "We need to maintain a good relationship with the Ming Kingdom and this Ming State envoy now. When the heir becomes the emperor, I will be the emperor, and you will become the queen mother! I, the Ashikaga clan, will become the orthodox emperor of the Japanese family for all generations! ”

"Your Excellency, General!"

Kasuga Bureau Jio snorted and threw himself into his arms ...... forgetfully.

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu personally greeted Kitayama to pick up Xia Xun and Zheng He, who had returned from Mt. Fuji, Si Byi would pack up his collection and was about to leave Kyoto gloomily.

In the courtyard, under the stone steps, Oda Tsunematsu touched the ground with his forehead and could not kneel.

General Si Yi walked out of the room, and the four samurai immediately followed, General Si Yi's face was a little haggard, and when he walked to Oda Tsunematsu's side, Oda Tsunematsu's body fell lower, but General Si B Yi did not stop a step, and walked directly in front of him, as if he didn't see a person kneeling on the ground at all.

The four samurai also walked over, the sound of small footsteps fading away, and then the door slammed shut from the outside.

Oda Tsunematsu knelt on the ground and did not move, and after a long time, the wind blew gently, and a few petals of dull cherry blossoms blew in front of him, and Oda Tsunematsu slowly straightened up and pulled out the "ribs".

There are three types of seppuku, one is a horizontal cut from the abdomen from left to right; Then cut a straight knife from the bottom to the top to become a cross shape, reaching the heart for the degree. The second type is to make a cross-cut in the abdomen and immediately cut off one's throat, and the third is to make a cross-cut in the abdomen, immediately use the knife to pierce the heart socket, and then pull it down forcefully to form a cross shape, and to endure the pain without making a sound.

In order to avoid pain, it seems that the second type of posture is the most appropriate, but after seppuku, the body can only prostrate, if the back is facing the sky, it is a very unruly move, and the knees must always be closed and not let go, otherwise it is not enough to cultivate, and at the same time, the knife that killed the self must be placed properly This is decent. Whether he can do all this after cutting his throat, Oda Tsunematsu really has no control.

Suicide is only once for anyone, and he has no experience in this area, so he can only do it with a strong will. After a moment's hesitation, Oda Tsunematsu decided to choose the first option, although the death was relatively slow and painful, but he could have enough time to complete the aftermath.

The knife stabbed into the abdomen, Oda Tsunematsu immediately frowned, the muscles in the corners of his eyes twitched because of the great pain, he endured, slammed the knife horizontally, and then quickly pulled it out, stabbed it vertically into the heart, and when he was about to slash down hard, his intestines flowed out of the knife with the gushing blood. Oda Tsunematsu immediately let go of the knife inserted in Xing's mouth and hurriedly tried to stuff the intestines back.

The depth of the knife into the abdomen is measured, too shallow, too deep, so that the intestines flow out of the abdomen, which is called "regret abdomen." "It would be a pity to lose the demeanor of a samurai.

Oda Tsunematsu's hurried movements did not work, the rapid breath and the movements of his body made the internal organs flow out more, and when he wanted to abandon the useless efforts to complete the final sword, he had no strength to execute. It was dark in front of him, his body fell forward, the hilt of the knife touched the ground, deep into his heart, his body shook, and his breathing stopped.

The intestines flowed all over the ground, what a fucking pity.

Owari, Oda Tsunetake fled immediately after receiving his brother's secret letter, he only took two loyal shiwei with him, he could give up anything, as long as people escaped, there was still hope! There was a river in front of you, and there was a wooden bridge on the river that could be crossed, and after crossing the river, you could escape from the territory of Owari.

Oda Tsunematsu became excited, he whipped hard, and rushed to the bridge with a whip, the horse's hooves stepped on the bridge deck and made a rumbling sound, and there was a shout from the other side of the bridge, and suddenly more than a dozen figures came up from under the bridge, holding long bamboo guns to block his way. Oda Tsunematsu was shocked, and when he turned around, he saw that there were more than a dozen people at the head of the bridge he had just passed, and the straight bamboo spear blocked his way like a halberd.

As soon as he hesitated, the two snake spear warriors shouted and pointed at the three of them.

In the North Mountain Hall, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu set up a banquet and held a grand ceremony for Xia Xun and Zheng He, and important officials from Kyoto came.

At the banquet, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said to Xia Xun: "We searched for pirates throughout Japan, and the ordinary robbers we caught were beheaded on the spot, and all the robber leaders we caught were all sent to Kyoto....... ”

Xia Xun gave Zheng He a look, smiled at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and said: "Our Ming Kingdom respects Your Excellency's power and dignity in Japan very much, these pirates are Japanese, and they were captured by Your Excellency, I think ......, how to deal with it, or do it according to the laws of your country, we will report the sincerity and results of Your Excellency's suppression to His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Xia Xun said this, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in front of many subordinates, all the face is gone, he seems very happy, he thought for a while, and admonished: "Come here, with the punishment of steaming and killing, execute all the thieves!" ”

The samurai promised, and many of Erfeng escaped from the island, and after going ashore, the leaders of the Kou who were caught were dragged to the courtyard one by one, and they looked blankly at the nobles who were drinking with the door open and sitting high, not knowing what fate they would end up.

Soon, a shiver brought a large charcoal stove, an iron pot was placed on the stove, water was poured on it, and the leaders of the gangsters looked at each other, not knowing what they were doing.

Immediately afterwards, the shishi people brought a mouthful of pottery dai yong, an ancient steaming tool that came from China, but is now rare in China. At this time, some of the leaders of the retorts understood the purpose of bringing these tools, and they immediately struggled in horror, they could die, as pirates who raided for a living, they were all outlaws, who would be afraid of death? What the hell...

However, the struggle was to no avail, and they were quickly crushed by the samurai, who tied their legs and upper bodies together, so that they could not move for a moment, and then lifted them up one by one, and went into the retort, which was round, like a jar with a large mouth, and they were not too tall to fit it, and when each of the Japanese leaders was loaded into the retort, they were lifted up by the powerful samurai, and one by one they were placed on top of the cauldron, and the retort was covered with a wooden lid.

When the fire was raised, the water in the pot began to heat, and the steam ran down the mouth of the retort into the retort, and at this time any of the would-be cowards understood what punishment was to be inflicted on them, and their mouths were not gagged, and from the mouths came a desperate howl, begging, weeping, roaring, scolding, and scolding...... and the sound came from the retort a little dull.

Soon, the water boiled, and the sound from the retort all became screams and begging sounds, and the terrible sound made many people change color, although the sun was shining, but listening to the ghostly voice, there was really a hellish feeling, and it made people feel cold for a while.

Xia Xun did not lose his color, he thought about the people who were slaughtered in Xiangshan County, thinking of the old man who was disemboweled, the fu man who was humiliated to death, the baby who was picked on the pole, and the young man who was burned to death by boiling water, and listened to his screams for fun.

He filled a glass of wine, picked up the cup, and slowly walked out of the hall, standing facing the purpose of the Great Ming Mark, with a solemn expression. Zheng He immediately understood his intentions, he didn't drink alcohol, but he immediately filled a glass of wine, followed Xia Xun out, and faced Daming side by side with him, the two raised the cup high above their heads, prayed silently, and then gently spilled the wine on the ground.

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