In Owari, inside the Iwakura Castle Castle Castle Tower, Oda Nobunaga is waiting for information from Hosaku. But the retainers below were whispering.

Lin Xiuzhen was the first to speak: "My lord, are you going to sever relations with the Ogasawara family now?" ”

Oda Nobunaga played with the fan and said, "Now is not the time for the family to make a decision, just wait." ”

Sasa Narumasa was a little worried: "Is the lord waiting for Shinano Mamoru's reaction?" The subordinates thought that Shinano Mamoru would not give up. ”

Lin Xiuzhen snorted coldly: "What about Ogasawara, he is still at war with Daisuke Imagawa Jibe, even if his family wins the upper four counties, he can only watch." ”

Niwa Nagahide nodded and said, "That's the case, but if the Imagawa family is also annoyed, the family will be in danger, and this is a swing between the two forces." ”

Oda Nobunaga knocked on the tatami mat with a fan and said, "Okay, don't worry so much, the reason why I won the upper four counties is something that has already been considered."

I've been planning since I gave Inu and Ichi to Ogasawara, but fortunately, the situation is in my family's favor, and Ogasawara Yoshinaga has to do what my family envisions. ”

Sasa Narumasa was surprised: "My lord, why did Shinano Mamoru do what you thought?" ”

Oda Nobunaga smiled: "This is Yomoo, and the north side of Owari is Mino, which happens to be the route of Kamiraku."

If the Imagawa family captures Owari, with the relationship between Ogasawara and Imagawa, will Shinano Mamoru still have a chance to go to Luo?

As long as Imagawa is in Owari for a day, Shinano Mamoru will not be able to go to Luo, and as soon as he goes to Luo, Imagawa Yoshimoto will send troops.

That's why my family wrote to Shinano Mamoru asking him to send troops to support, and I also wrote to Inu, asking her to say good things in front of Shinano Mamoru and let me be Owari Guardian.

Shinano Mamoru will definitely be jealous of me, so he will definitely send troops to destroy Oda Nobuyan as soon as possible and seize the upper four prefectures. ”

Niwa Nagahide was puzzled: "Lord, since Shinano is jealous of you, why did he send troops?" Wouldn't it be good to let Mamoru ise continue to involve you? ”

Oda Nobunaga sneered: "Is Oda Nobuyasu my opponent?" If Shinano Mamoru can become a million-stone daimyo, he must know that Oda Nobuyan's ability is not good.

I always felt that this Shinano Mamoru was a little jealous of me, so I revealed my intention to plot Owari, and made him anxious to send troops to eliminate Oda Nobuyasu. ”

Sasa Narumasa was surprised: "I see, but how does the lord know that Shinano is afraid of you?" ”

Oda Nobunaga was silent for a while, and said: "From the moment he asked the family to marry the two princesses, he was deliberately making things difficult for me, as long as I refused, he would stop going to Luo and destroy the family first."

Like Saito Yoshiryu, he stayed, without humiliation, and Shiina Yasuin's side was much gentler after only accepting a princess.

But only when it comes to treating the family, the attitude is not good, and even a little cold, but the family has sent two princesses, why does Shinano Mamoru treat me like this?

So, I decided that Mamoru Shinano was jealous of me and afraid of me. That's why I decided to take the risk and take the upper four counties.

The battle between the Ogasawara family and the Imagawa family is the best chance for the family to capture the upper four counties, and if Shinano Mamoru takes the upper four counties, the family will have to cry out in vain.

Fortunately, all the plans are progressing steadily, and the upper four counties have already arrived in the hands of the family, and I will have to talk to the Spo guardian later, and let him appoint me as the Owari guardian.

As for Shinano Mamoru on his side, let the Spo guardian write a letter to him, and send some gifts when the time comes, so as to ease the relationship. ”

Sasa Narumasa was a little worried: "My lord, although my family has taken the upper four prefectures, how can I face the attack of Shinano Mamoru?" ”

Oda Nobunaga smiled: "It's up to Daisuke Imagawa Jibe, if he can't win Shinano Mamoru, he will have to win me over, if he wins Shinano Mamoru, Shinano Mamoru will not turn against me." ”

Sazuo Chengzheng nodded and said, "In this way, the family is worry-free for the time being." ”

Oda Nobunaga took out a hardcover copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from his arms and said: "This book, although it is different from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is extremely interesting, and now this Tokaido is the trend of the Three Kingdoms."

Ladies and gentlemen, the risk in the future is very high, but this is also an opportunity for us, as long as the family can resist the pressure of the Ogasawara family or the Imagawa family, the family will be as strong as them in the future! ”

Shibata Katsuya said excitedly: "Lord, please say, what should we do?" ”

Oda Nobunaga said with a radiant look: "In the past few months, I have asked Hosaku to look around in Shinanomori's territory and found something very interesting.

That is, the separation of soldiers and peasants, the identity of the samurai, ashigaru, farmers, and merchants is clear, and the farmers only need to farm with peace of mind, and the merchants only need to buy and sell with peace of mind.

The samurai were not directly involved in the affairs of the peasants and merchants, and all management was required to be carried out in accordance with the decrees issued by Shinano Mori himself.

Shinano adhered to the agricultural regulations and commercial regulations promulgated and instructed farmers and merchants on how to do things, and the farmers who followed the regulations reaped a good harvest and the merchants made money.

The peasants could hand over more grain after a good harvest, and they could also exchange their surplus grain for other supplies to the government, which ensured the reserve of military rations.

The more money the merchant made, the more taxes he could pay, which allowed him to recruit more soldiers.

Samurai and Ashigaru are training every day, and their killing skills are becoming more and more proficient, and their force is getting stronger and stronger, which is what the family needs to emulate! ”

Yoshinaga's policies were all aimed at stabilizing the security of the territory, and only when the territory was stable could he rest assured that he could fight everywhere and demarcate the scope of each class, so as to prevent the growth of the samurai.

For example, Yoshinaga's retainers were not allowed to do business, they could only choose a trade between samurai and merchants, and if someone in their family was in business, then that person had to separate from the family.

As a result, the retainers could only get income from him or the land, which greatly limited the development of the retainers' power.

In order to strengthen the standing army, Yoshicho also appropriately reduced the military service of the retainers, reducing the burden of the retainers, which also made the retainers have less complaints.

Coupled with the fact that Yichang is a newly rising force, and there are no too strong old forces under his hands, these terms can be easily implemented.

Oda Nobunaga also wanted Yoshinaga's model, but his resistance was greater than Yoshinaga's.

Oda Nobunaga had just finished praising Yoshicho's system, and Lin Xiuzhen was the first to speak: "My lord, such a rule is too rigid!" It is not conducive to the development of this family at all, and I hope that the lord can consider us retainers more. ”

Oda Nobunaga glanced at Lin Xiuzhen and said, "I want to be considerate of you, but once the family is defeated by Shinano Mamoru, do you think Shinano Mamoru will keep the territory for you?"

Or do you think Imagawa Osamu Daisuke will believe you to be his retainer? Most of you are genealogical retainers of my Oda family, and you share weal and woe with my family.

Only when your family is strong, your position will be stable, and if your family has nothing, you will also have nothing! ”

Shibata Katsuya echoed: "What the lord said is too right, Lin Ji, you better obey the lord's arrangement." ”

Lin Xiuzhen saw that he was the only one who was refuting Nobunaga's opinion, and immediately said: "The lord misunderstood, and the minister just mentioned it slightly, not against the lord's approach." ”

Oda Nobunaga then said, "As for the regulations of the Ogasawara family, after thinking about it, the family came up with regulations that were suitable for the family and then implemented them. ”

After saying this, he left, and then summoned Sasa Narimasa, and after the two had a conversation, Sasa Naimasa left Iwakura Castle and returned to Cheongju Castle to meet with Spo Yoshigin.

It didn't take long for Sasa to go to Mikawa with a letter written by Spo Yoshigin.

Yoshinaga temporarily stopped fighting with the Imagawa family because of Oda Nobunaga's capture of the upper four prefectures, and the Imagawa family's attempts to launch a counterattack were repelled by the Ogasawara family, and now the battlefield has quieted down.

Sasa Narumasa rushed to Basang Castle with a letter.

Yoshinaga was thinking about whether to crush the Imagawa family in one wave first, and when he heard his subordinates say that Oda Nobunaga's retainers were visiting, his head immediately became angry, but he quickly calmed down.

Yoshinaga met with Sasa Narumasa in the main hall, and he said in a very unkind tone: "Oda Nobunaga sent you, did you come to send you to death?" ”

Zuo Zuo Chengzheng paused and said: "Please calm your anger, the lord is not his intention to capture the four counties, this is an order under the protection of Sibo." ”

Yoshicho said with a mocking smile: "Hehe, Oda Nobunaga still knows his status, and he also knows how to find a step down this matter." ”

Sasa Chengzheng paused: "The lord is very grateful to the main hall for being able to send troops to contain Oda Shinyasu, and after learning about this, the temple also wrote a letter to thank the main hall. ”

As he spoke, he took out the letter written by Yoshiin from his arms, and the half-guard of Takenaka immediately stepped forward and put the letter in Yoshicho's hand.

Yoshicho opened the letter and glanced at Spo Yoshigin's letter, the words on it were all, this thirteen-year-old child was now in the hands of Oda Nobunaga.

It can be seen from the letter that this Spo Yoshiin has been fooled and lame by Oda Nobunaga, but it is a pity that he does not have anyone from the Spo family in his hands.

He remembered the assassination of Yoshitoshi Spo, and Oda Nobunaga must have used some kind of means in this. It's a pity that he didn't find anything in his meticulous work.

Yoshinaga put the letter aside and said, "Go back and tell Oda Nobunaga that good luck doesn't always come your way." ”

Sasa Chengzheng suddenly said: "Ha, I will definitely bring this to the lord in the future, and I also ask the main hall to agree to the matter of the lord serving as the guardian of Owari." ”

Yoshicho smiled and said, "Hehehe, do you think this matter will be agreed to by the family?" ”

Zuo Zuo Chengzheng raised his head and said: "The main hall has already agreed to this matter, so why should you stop it?" ”

Yoshicho smiled: "Hahaha, this family will never let Oda Nobunaga serve as the guardian of Owari, he can only be the guardian of the lower four counties forever."

I want to see how long Oda Nobunaga can control Spo Yoshigin, and if the name of the Spo family is severed, the family will ask the shogunate to set up a new guardian! ”

Sasa Narumasa had already discussed the matter with Oda Nobunaga before he came, and neither of them had any hope for the outcome of the matter.

Oda Nobunaga finally waved his hand and said: "What kind of righteous name, this family doesn't care, you just need to tell Shinano Mamoru that the guardian generation of Owari is me Nobunaga." ”

Sasa Nari saw that Yoshicho had a resolute attitude, so he had no choice but to say: "No matter what the main hall thinks, the people of Owari only agree that the lord is the guardian generation. ”

Yoshicho didn't bother to talk nonsense: "Then you go back." Then he got up and left.

Sasa Narumasa did not stay any longer and returned to Owari.

Yoshinaga immediately sent people to Mino to give an order, asking Inaba Ryotsu and them to garrison troops in the area of Minamata Castle to prevent Nobunaga from invading Mino.

Just after this day, Sanada Yutaka's retainer Haruhara Wakasa Mamoru came to Hachisan Castle with a letter.

It turned out that Takeda Harunobu had gathered 5,000 men in Kai to invade Suwa Prefecture, and Suwa Manyori led 2,000 men to garrison the castle.

Sanada Yutaka also learned of the incident in Owari, so he hoped that Yoshinaga would withdraw his troops and return to Higashimino while supporting a part of his forces to return to Shinano to repel Takeda's attack.

After Yoshinaga read the letter, he was already mentally prepared for this, he looked at the map and said: "Let the Shinano people withdraw their troops and return to the country, and let Dan Masadada be the general and preside over Shinano's affairs." ”

Genjiro Sanada immediately got up and left, conveying Yoshinaga's order.

He knocked on the table, and a ninja appeared in front of Yoshinaga.

Yoshicho said, "Let Izuku come to me." ”

The ninja left immediately, and within a few moments, Izuura Kiyoshi came to Yoshicho.

Yoshicho banged on the table and said, "Imagawa Yoshimoto brought Matsudaira Takechiyo to Nishimikawa to quell the turmoil in the Matsudaira family, right?" ”

Deura Kiyoshi said suddenly: "Hey, when the hosaku were in Okazaki Castle, they saw a child under the banner of the Matsudaira family crest from a distance.

The game did sneak into the castle tower and asked a samurai who hated the Imagawa family for news, but Matsudaira Takechiyo followed Imagawa Yoshimoto to Ashosuke Castle. ”

When Yoshicho heard the news, he frowned slightly, he slowly knocked on the table with a fan, thought for a while, and said, "If you are asked to take Matsudaira Takechiyo out of Ashisuke Castle, is there any difficulty?" ”

Deura Kiyozhong shook his head and said, "My lord, Matsudaira Takechiyo is surrounded by samurai from the Imagawa family, and they are very strict with Matsudaira Takechiyo. ”

Yoshicho was a little reluctant and said: "Then can you poison Matsudaira Bamboo Chiyo and frame it for the Imagawa family?" ”

Deura Kiyojong shook his head again and said, "The diet of Matsudaira Takechiyo is also in charge of the Imagawa family, and it is difficult to poison it. ”

Yoshicho waved his hand and said, "Izuka, you can give it a try and see if you can bring Takechiyo out." ”

Izuura Kiyojo thought about it, if he could really snatch Matsudaira Takechiyo out, it would definitely be a great contribution, and he paused and said: "My lord, my subordinates will do their best!" ”

Yoshicho nodded and said, "This matter is very important, you have to plan and then act, and strive for the success of one blow, because of this matter and sacrifice the fine work, I will reward you heavily, if you succeed, you can become a samurai."

You can also get a reward of 1,000 stone territory, out of Pu, seize this opportunity. ”

Izuura Qingzhong immediately said: "Don't worry, your subordinates will do it if you die!" ”