Gamo Dingxiu entered the hall to meet Yoshinaga, took out a letter written by Rokkaku Yoshiken from his arms, and said: "In Shimogabu Shimono Dingxiu, meet His Royal Highness Ogasawara."

This is a letter written by my father-in-law, and I would like to ask His Highness Ogasawara to read it. ”

Tokujiro stepped forward to pick up the letter and handed it to Yoshinaga, who knew that it was Rokkaku Yoshiken saying good things for his brother-in-law Toki Yorigi.

Yoshicho opened the letter and looked at it, and sure enough, Rokkaku Yoshinora hoped that Yoshicho would look at his face and accept Toki Laiyi as a retainer and reward him with a piece of land, so as not to cause a famous family like the Toki family to decline.

After all, the Rokkaku family is the overlord of Minami Omi, and the Asai family of North Omi is now being suppressed by him, and they are miserable.

And if they want to go to Luo, in addition to North Ise, they will take the South Omi route, Ise is known as a small warring state, and the situation in North Ise is even more chaotic, and people from all walks of life are fighting back and forth.

If Yoshicho goes to North Ise, it is estimated that he will have to fight all the way, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Then the best way to go is Minami-Omi.

Yichang didn't want to make extraneous branches, so he naturally wanted to give Hexagonal Yixian a face.

The ancestor of the Toki clan is the son of the Seiwa Gen Manchu clan, and the source of the legend of the great river and mountain wine swallowing boy retreats from the rule.

Yoriko's fifth grandson, Gen Guangheng, settled in Toki Township, Mino Land and Qi County in the early Kamakura period at the end of the Heian period, and changed the Miao character to Toki, which is the ancestor of the Toki clan.

Yoshicho said: "The Toki family is also a famous family, and it is the same member of my Ogasawara family, so naturally I will not watch the decline of the Toki family."

As long as Tokiki is willing to become my retainer, I will naturally reward Tu Qishu with a piece of land.

The ancestral land of the Toki family is in Toki Township, Toki County, and my Yoshicho likes the beauty of adults the most, as long as Toki comes back, he can return to his ancestral land. ”

Gamo Dingxiu originally thought that this time the matter would be more difficult to do, and it would definitely take a lot of words, but he didn't expect Yoshicho to agree too quickly, so fast that he was caught off guard.

Gabu Dingxiu looked surprised and said, "Is Your Highness confirmed?" I won't regret it. ”

Yoshicho smiled, "Urabu Shinomoru, please believe my promise, as long as Toki comes back, he can get his ancestral land."

The reason why the Imperial Court and the shogunate asked me to serve as Mino's guardian was to stabilize Mino, and I had no hostility towards the Toki family.

Of course, I have an ugly quote ahead of me. After returning to his ancestral land, he had to work hard, manage the place well, pay taxes to his family on time, and not try to commit the following crimes.

Saito Michizo has already been killed by me, and the head is spread all over the world, so I hope Toki will do it himself. ”

Gamo Dingxiu breathed a sigh of relief, he understood what Yoshicho meant, but Yoshicho was already magnanimous to be able to do this, so what did Toki Yoshii have to complain about?

He paused and said, "His Royal Highness Ogasawara is really too broad-minded, and I feel admiration from the bottom of my heart. Your Highness's advice will be brought to Your Highness Toki in the future. ”

Yoshicho smiled: "When Toki returns to Mino, I will let him serve as the head of Toki County, so it will not be an insult to the Toki family." ”

Pu Sheng Dingxiu said with a smile: "Your Highness is really merciful, and you will definitely be grateful to Your Highness." ”

Yoshicho restrained his smile and said with a somewhat serious expression: "Originally, I was going to send an envoy to find the Rokkaku, but now that the Rokkaku has sent you, then I just have something to say."

You also know that I and the Kanto Governor Uesugi Hall led the army King Qin, and because of Miyoshi Chokei's indulgence retainer Matsunaga Xiu bullied His Royal Highness, we naturally hated it.

A few years ago, His Royal Highness took refuge in Omi, and it was your family who contributed, so this time King Qin's righteous deeds, presumably the Rokkaku family will also contribute, right? ”

Gamo Dingxiu nodded and said, "I have also heard about Matsunaga Xiu's bullying of the shogunate, and before I came down, I had heard that the Miyoshi family was gathering troops to besiege Kyoto. ”

Yichang suddenly slapped the case and said angrily: "What a big boldness, Sanhao Changqing is going to be a traitor!" Such a thief will not be forgiven this time! ”

He immediately said bitterly: "Alas, there are too many such thieves in this world, who do not respect His Royal Highness and wantonly launch an unjust war to invade other countries, which has plunged the whole world into war.

Uesugi made a grand wish that he must pacify the war in the world and return power to the shogunate, and I was also moved by Uesugi Palace's ambition to devote myself to the great cause of Kamiluo.

When Rokkaku was able to shelter His Royal Highness and Hosokawa Guanling, he must have had the intention of supporting the righteousness in his heart, right? ”

Although Gamo Dingxiu was old-fashioned, he was also deeply moved by Yoshinaga's three-point performance, and he said with tears in his eyes: "I never thought that His Highness Ogasawara and His Highness Uesugi would have such grand ambitions.

I was already excited even if I just listened to it, and now I can participate in such a big event, although I really have no regrets, His Royal Highness Ogasawara, please rest assured, of course, my lord is devoted to the shogunate, and after he goes back, he will immediately advise the lord to send troops to the king! ”

Yoshicho hurriedly wiped away his tears and said with a smile: "Okay, good, after all, there are many people with great strength, Shimono Mamoru, then I will wait for your good news." ”

Gamo Dingxiu was led to rest.

Only then did Yoshicho say: "Whose territory is Toki Township now? I won't pursue the responsibility for guarding the ancestral land before the occupation, and I'll send the information about Tuqi Township later, understand? ”

Outside the Ohiroma Gate, Yamada, Hagiwara and several other Chinese people stood up to answer.

Seeing that they had a better attitude, Yoshichang let them go, and if they dared to object, he would kill them all on the spot and make an example of them.

Yoshicho stood up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this time King Qin's Shangluo is to quell the Gyeonggi Rebellion, restore the prestige of the shogunate, and let the world settle down."

Rejoice, everyone! Participating in such a major event will surely be remembered by future generations! ”

"Oh!"

Yoshicho ordered the troops to rest for a few days and wait for the main army of Uesugi Masatora, while he also wanted to know about Mino's situation.

Mino Province has about 540,000 koku, and counting Shinano and Hida, Yoshinaga is already a million-stone daimy, and now it is compared to the Miyoshi family, the Imagawa family, and the Kanto governor Uesugi Masatora.

Although Mino has about 540,000 stones, there are not many that directly belong to Yoshina, only more than 100,000 stones.

Among them, some of the territories of the countrymen who followed Saito Michizo were confiscated.

At the same time, Inabayama Castle was also owned by Yoshinaga, and Saito Yoshiryu inherited the territory of the Saito family, and his residence was no longer Inabayama Castle, but Tetori Castle.

However, time is short, and Yoshicho is just passing by, and there is not enough power in Mino to overthrow Yoshicho.

There is hatred between Higashimino and Nishiminon, and as for the eighteen generals headed by Inaba Yoshimitsu, they are in their own faction and do not merge with Saito Yoshiryu, which is mainly to avoid suspicion.

Who knows if Yoshicho has a grudge against Yoshimyu Saito?

……

The head of Michizo Saito was transported all over Mino, and Nobuyuki Oda, who had naturally been following the situation in Mino, learned of Michizo's death, and similarly, many people in Owari knew that Michizo Saito was dead.

For Oda Nobuyuki, when Michizo Saito died, he could raise an army to kill Oda Nobunaga and become the new governor.

And when Spo Yoshito, knowing that Yoshicho had killed Mino overlord Mido Michizo without much effort, he danced happily and shouted, "The savior of my family is here!" ”

As for Oda Nobunaga, after listening to the detailed reports of his subordinates, he had a certain understanding of Yoshinaga's strength in his heart.

He asked Sasa Narumasa, "In the past few days, you have also inquired about the information of Ogasawara Shinanomoru, right?" Tell me, how should we get along with him? ”

Sasa Naruma frowned and said, "My lord, if His Royal Highness Saito dies, Nobuyuki will definitely rebel!" Now we should think about how to counter the insurgency. ”

Oda Nobunaga waved his fan, hit it on the tatami mat, and said, "Shut up and don't talk about these irrelevant things!" ”

Zuo Zuo Chengzheng hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

Niwa Nagahide on the side hurriedly said: "My lord, since His Royal Highness Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru adheres to the righteousness, he will naturally not invade Owari for no reason. ”

Oda Nobunaga frowned and said: "Stupid, the guardian of Owari is the Spo family, although the Spo family has a name, but what if Ogasawara Shinano Mamoru repeats his old tricks?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Niwa Nagahide didn't know what to say.

Sasa Naruma naturally wouldn't look at Niwa Nagahide so embarrassed, he hurriedly said, "My lord, it's better to get married." ”

When Oda Nobunaga heard this, he thought for himself and asked, "Oh, yes, tell me what you think." ”

Sasa Narumasa only thought about it for a while and said it, and when Nobunaga was thinking about things just now, he thought about it himself carefully.

Now when Oda Nobunaga asked him, he said, "My lord, I think that after the marriage between the main family and His Royal Highness Ogasawara, even if His Royal Highness Ogasawara becomes the guardian of Owari, His Royal Highness Ogasawara will not confiscate the territory of the family."

Secondly, now His Royal Highness Ogasawara is not Owari Guardian, but the family and His Royal Highness Ogasawara have a relationship, who in this country would dare to provoke this family? ”

Listening to Sasa Narumasa's words, Niwa Nagahide exclaimed, "What a clever plan! ”

Oda Nobunaga nodded and said with a smile: "It's not bad, then do you think His Royal Highness Ogasawara will agree to the marriage?" ”

Sasa Chengzheng bowed down and said, "Your Majesty is willing to go to Mino." ”

Oda Nobunaga waved his hand and said, "Okay, you immediately go to Mino to meet His Royal Highness Ogasawara, and if you talk about this, you have made a great contribution!" I'll reward you again. ”

"Hah!"

Oda Nobunaga immediately wrote a letter to Sasa Narumasa, who left Owari on the same day.

Sasa Narumasa was still on his way to Mino, and Oda Nobuyuki gathered more than 1,000 people to attack Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobunaga seemed to be defenseless, and was defeated by Oda Nobuyuki at first, although Maeda Toshimasa came to support with hundreds of peasant soldiers, but under the onslaught of the fierce general Shibata Katsuie, Oda Nobunaga's army almost collapsed.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga personally went out, he was tall himself, coupled with his bright red cloak, and for a time everyone on the battlefield noticed Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobunaga was the rightful head of the family, and the lower-ranking samurai and miscellaneous soldiers who followed Oda Nobuyuki's rebellion lost their morale for a while, and Oda Nobuyuki's side was quickly defeated.

As in history, because Tsuchida Gozen came forward to beg for mercy, Oda Nobunaga bypassed Oda Nobuyuki's life.

At this time, Sasa Narumasa rushed to Inabayama Castle.

Inabayama Castle has been taken over by Yoshinaga's retainers, and the castle is guarded by the Ogasawara family's army.

Sasa Narumasa saw the Ogasawara Army patrolling in Joshita-machi, and they were all standing on the side, so they looked well-trained.

Sazo Naruma saw it in his heart, and his evaluation of Yoshicho raised it to another level.

He stepped forward to find the guard and showed the token of the Oda family.

The general took the token and looked at it, and then asked a samurai to take Sasa Naimasa to the city.

Sasa Narumasa was cautious all the way, followed the samurai all the way to Honmaru, and after being inspected, he was taken to Miyoshina.

Yoshinaga heard the following people inform Oda Nobunaga's retainer that Sasa Narumasa had come to visit, and he wanted to meet Sasa Narumasa and Oda Nobunaga sent him to find him something on a whim.

Sasa Narumasa was brought to Yoshicho, who was only seventeen years old at this time, and Yoshicho was ten years older than him.

Yoshicho looked at the very young Sasa Narumasa and smiled, "What is the matter with Oda Uesuke sending you?" ”

Sazuo Chengzheng bowed down and said: "When my lord heard about His Royal Highness's prestige, he admired it very much, if it wasn't for something at home, the lord would have planned to come to see His Highness in person."

In order to apologize, my lord is willing to send his sister Ah Dog to His Royal Highness as a side room to show his sincerity. ”

Yoshinaga looked at Sasa Narumasa's humble attitude, and heard that Oda Nobunaga was willing to give his sister to him as a concubine, which was about to hug his thighs.

Yoshicho had a different feeling in his heart, and his heart was very comfortable.

He said, "I heard that Oda Kamisuke also has a younger sister, Aichi? Let her come along. ”

"This..."Sasa Seimasa doesn't know where Yoshicho knew about Princess Aichi, but Yoshicho said so, so it must be decided.

Zuo Zuo Chengzheng stubbornly said: "Your Highness, Princess Ashi is only seven years old this year. ”

Yichang smiled: "What's that, I'm also very young, just marry and raise it for a few years." ”

Zuo Zuo Chengzheng bowed his head and said: "This matter cannot be decided, and it still needs to be written to the lord for discussion." ”

Yichang waved his hand and said, "I'm going to go to Luo soon, and I don't have the time to wait here." In this case, I will send my retainers to Owari to deal with this matter.

I know your thoughts, don't think that if you are my brother-in-law, you can do whatever you want, the guardian of Owari is the Spo family, and if the Oda family exceeds the rules, Uesugi and I will definitely investigate the following crimes.

Of course, it is also possible for Oda Kamisuke to unify the Oda family, but remember that the Spo family is the guardian, so that Oda Kamisuke remembers his identity as a courtier. ”

Zuo Chengzheng hurriedly bowed down and said, "Ha! I bring a talk under by all means. He was very happy when he heard Yoshicho's words, and he was afraid that his joyful expression would be seen by Yoshicho, and something bad would happen.

Yoshicho instructed Youzu Katsunao to follow Sasa Naimasa to Owari on his behalf.