"Kyoto's scenery is much stronger!"

Fanxiu rode on a horse and entered Beijing along the avenue, followed by hundreds of personal soldiers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Compared to a few years ago, the streets and houses of Yamashiro Province have not changed much, and they are still quaint and old, but the people are gradually thriving. The abandoned house was re-inhabited, the weeds on the roadside were properly cleaned, and the dry bones would never be seen again. On the way west, you can sometimes see villagers haunting.

"Your Highness, this is all the work of the Zuo Mansion." Yumitsu Numata responded in a deep voice. The old left house in his words is Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who was posthumously presented as the left minister after his death. Many people have a very high opinion of this "strong man" who is good at swordsmanship, including wise men like Oda Nobunaga.

And Numata was also a person who believed that Ashikaga Yoshiteru could restore the prestige of the shogunate, so he joined his disciples in the past.

Fanxiu smiled lightly and did not answer. For the weak, the way to preserve oneself in a situation surrounded by strong neighbors is to have the enemy destroy him, and the cost is far greater than the benefit that can be obtained. But if the truth is the other way around......

"Therefore, if Zuofu was born a hundred years ago, it would definitely be able to shock the world." Honda Masanobu seems to be a compliment, but it also alludes to Ashikaga Yoshiteru is not a person suitable for this era. The shogunate's hard-line style even when it had lost its authority was the reason for its downfall.

Fanxiu glanced at him sideways, noncommittal. After several years of training, Honda Masanobu has initially possessed the ability of a strategist, but he is not calm enough, and sometimes he seems too sharp, but it is not a bad thing. As for Numata, although he is not lacking in wisdom, he is often stuck in the way of thinking of traditional samurai.

Numata Yumitsu vaguely felt that the meaning of Honda's words was not simple, but it was difficult to understand the meaning, so he could only smile, and the power was unsolved.

Since the end of May, Kannonji Castle has gone down without a fight, and then the Oda family has won successive battles, forcing the Miyoshi and the three others to retreat to Shikoku, and the Miyoshi retainer Shinohara Nagabo left without a fight, surrendering the two castles of Koshisui and Takiyama under his rule, and leaving a letter of extreme humility, vaguely revealing the intention of hoping for peace talks as a temptation.

Katsumasa Ikeda of Settsu Province was the only retainer of the Miyoshi clan who resolutely resisted. To this end, Nobunaga mobilized ten times as many troops to surround the castle, cut off all foreign aid, and declared that he would protect the territory by surrendering, and Ikeda Katsumasa was intimidated by his strength and magnanimity.

At the same time, Hosokawa Fujitaka, Akechi Mitsuhide and others waved the banner of the shogunate to persuade the nearby wealthy forces to change the direction of the wind and "abandon the darkness and turn to the light". However, whether he threw himself into the Ashikaga family or attached himself to the prestigious Oda family, he did not say too clearly. When singing triumphant songs along the way, people will always ignore these seemingly unimportant issues, consciously or unconsciously.

Since Kiso Yoshinaka, the imperial court has almost completely lost the capital to play with the samurai, and the samurai will no longer easily become enemies of the entire minister's class, but will look for some scapegoats as a sacrifice for victory. For example, this time, Konoe Maehisa, who held the post of Sekihaku, was dismissed and exiled from the same party who was regarded as a "traitor", and the predecessor Nijo Harura took over the position, so all the unreasonable phenomena of the previous era were the conspiracy of this guy, and the imperial family was deceived to make a wrong judgment, and the hundred officials were also coerced. Taking advantage of this, the imperial court rank of the brigadier general was also promoted four ranks in a month, from five to four, and he also served as the lieutenant general of the left guard and the senator - these two officials were the most honorable of the rank from the fourth, and were generally reported by more than three people.

In the end, the time to welcome Ashikaga Yoshiaki into Beijing to inherit the shogun was chosen in mid-June. It was obviously impossible for tens of thousands of troops to march into Kyoto, and there were not enough people in that place, and it was still only a few important ministers who could really meet the imperial court.

Hirate Fanshu was originally responsible for leading troops to guard the south to prevent Yamato's Matsunaga Hide, who would do something shocking to the world, but in early June, he suddenly received an order to enter Beijing, and it is said that Matsunaga voluntarily surrendered.

………………

"The fact that the Ashikaga clan was able to return to Kyoto today and defeat the opposing parties such as Rokkaku and Miyoshi is all due to your hard work. It's a shame to sit here and enjoy a unique reputation! ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who returned to the palace, was full of color, and although he said "ashamed", he actually did not hide his emotions at all.

Reminiscent of the "glorious deeds" of hiding in the temple and refusing to go out when he was threatened at the slightest level, any man with a little bit of flesh is probably qualified to despise this nominal master of the world's martial arts.

But...... A cowardly enemy is not necessarily easier to deal with than a brave enemy.

"This is exactly the people's hearts and minds of the world, not our credit."

Oda Nobunaga sat down uncharacteristically and honestly, smiling and humbling.

Of course, in a chess game, only the player who has the advantage will have such grace. Among the 50,000 Kamiluo army, the Oda family dispatched three groups of reserves, accounting for more than 60% of the coalition army. Asai and Tokugawa did not have the ability to protest in the chamber, and Asakura was deliberately stopped outside the game circle, who was the person in charge of Kyoto Niuer, this clear-eyed person could easily tell.

"Yes, the family will protect Kyoto, so please rest assured!" Shibata Katsuya seems to have deliberately displayed a voice that is very similar to his rough appearance. It stands to reason that Nobunaga should have spoken later with Asai and Tokugawa, who were allies, and Shibata was in the front, did he really not understand etiquette, or did he do it on purpose?

Flat hand Fanxiu glanced quietly, the faces of the two were not too good-looking, but Tokugawa only smiled reluctantly, and Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but speak:

"Lord Gongfang! Since Danmasa (Oda Nobunaga) launched the rebellion, everyone from all over the world has gathered under its banner, and there are heroes such as Saemon Governor (Asakura Yoshikei), which shows that the prestige of the shogunate is still there, and the young people can only succeed for a while. ”

His words seemed to be about to bring out Asakura to fight Oda, but on the other hand, he also recognized Oda's leadership, and this ambiguous attitude was quite contradictory.

It is true that the strength and momentum of the Hokuriku Asakura family are not under Oda, but ......

"Speaking of this—" Nobunaga dragged out his tone and put on a puzzled look, "Why is Governor Asakura Saemon absent from such an important ceremony?" Could it be that he is unwell? ”

The Wakasa man, named Muto Shunhide, offered a strategy to hold back Asakura's main force, and Oda Nobunaga adopted it without hesitation. Those present at this event can guess even if they don't know. However, it is impossible to say it explicitly.

Fanxiu sighed a few times in his heart. It is no wonder that Asai Nagamasa tried to reconcile the relationship between Oda and Asakura, but Nobunaga wantonly destroyed this relationship......

Asakura Jingheng, who led two thousand Asakura troops to help, suddenly changed color, endured it a few times, and finally held back a strange sentence of yin and yang:

"Oda Danmasa is very resourceful, playing with the hexagonal, Miyoshi and so on on the applause, and conquering is as easy as exploring the bag, why do you need to ask me the Asakura family?"

Resourcefulness is probably what he really means, although the words "despicable and shameless" may be closer to his original meaning, but these two words are often synonymous, depending on which side you are sitting on.

Oda Nobunaga laughed instead of being angry, and said humbly, "Actually, I have always admired Governor Asakura Saemon very much. ”

"Then I'm going to say false praise instead of contempt."

"No, no, no, Governor Aakura Saemon is really a good strategist. Ordinary samurai fought for the first time at the age of thirteen or fourteen, but Saemon Governor was only in battle at the age of thirty-two, but the Asakura family still flourished, which shows that Saemon Governor can defeat the enemy through strategy even if he is not on the battlefield......"

It turns out that this person also has such a "black-bellied" side! Today was an eye-opener. Normally, Nobunaga would scold him when he saw something that didn't suit his liking, but he didn't expect this to be the case in diplomatic situations.

Seeing that the imperial palace was about to turn into a scolding field, Ashikaga Yoshiaki had to stand up and preside over the order.

"Although the Governor of Asakura Saemon is also a loyal hero, I am afraid that the first credit of Kamirako will still be attributed to Oda Danmasa."

Since it was he who spoke, the controversy could only end.

"Actually, I didn't do anything down there." Nobunaga was still pretending to be modest, and stretched out his hand to sweep over the dozen or so people led by Shibata, "It's the result of the struggle of the retainers, these are all generals who lead more than 1,000 troops, please take a look at it." ”

He emphasized that "leading more than 1,000 soldiers" was precisely to boast of his own martial arts. There were more than a dozen of them with more than 1,000 men alone, which was unimaginable for Asai and Tokugawa, and even Asakura might not be able to come up with the corresponding forces.

"Oh, they're all warriors." Ashikaga Yoshiaki responded casually, and then returned his gaze to Nobunaga, "Merit is rewarded, I want to appoint Oda Danmasa as the head of the shogunate, I don't know what you think?" ”

Shogunate Governor......

Many people in the audience couldn't help but exclaim, especially Shibata, Niwa and others were the most excited. In the history of Muromachi, only Hosokawa, Spo, and Hatakeyama can take on the role of the leader, and all three of them are Genji Masamune, Ashikaga branches, and the genealogy of the Owari Oda family is countless times more noble.

"I'm afraid I'll be deserved ...... below"

Even Nobunaga was a little flattered, apparently His Royal Highness the Shogun hadn't been angry with him before. His tone and demeanor didn't show much of a desire to refuse—of course, no one in the audience thought he would refuse.

Isn't that right?

From the games and novels of later generations, it seems that the Demon King has turned down this honor, right, what's wrong?

"I think Oda Dan is well deserved." At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu gave full play to the function of the role of "little brother".

"That's what I think below." Although the attitude is the same, Asai Nagamasa's enthusiasm is much lower, and it seems that he is dissatisfied with Nobunaga's wanton ridicule of Asakura just now

“…… After all, Owari Oda is just a samurai family in a remote corner......"

Nobunaga was still pretending, but he didn't say no, and it seemed like it was just that kind of trick of the scene.

"If you insist......" Ashikaga Yoshiaki frowned and thought for a moment, as if he had a brilliant idea, "how about letting you inherit the surname Spo?" After all, you and Spoo have a lot of connections. ”

How is Oda and Spo quite related? Oda was originally the official of Spo, and he was able to rise by usurping Owari Ichikuni. Inheriting the enemy's surname is not too uncommon in the Warring States, but when His Royal Highness says it, it inevitably carries some complicated meanings.

Rao was also stunned for a moment before he reacted, but his face couldn't recover for a while.

Shibata and Niwa's joy also froze suddenly, and the former couldn't help but show a hint of anger.

And the flat hand Fanxiu bowed his head deeply, trying to avoid laughing himself.

This Nobunaga should be resolutely appointed, and being enshrined as a steward, and inheriting the stewardship of the Spo family, the difference between the two is definitely not just a change of family crest.

"In this way, I am afraid that the world will mistakenly think that we are threatening the shogunate by force. Causing misunderstanding is still secondary, if people with intentions follow suit, it will cause chaos in the world! ”

Nobunaga's words are tantamount to bluntly saying that Ashikaga Yoshiaki's status today is all dependent on the Oda family, and at the same time, the "people with hearts" are naturally ridiculing Hokuriku Asakura.

Yoshiaki still didn't give up: "Then the position of deputy general ......"

"Please don't mention this matter to His Royal Highness!" With the foreshadowing ahead, Nobunaga naturally refused without hesitation.

The flat hand fan show in the audience suddenly had questions:

Could it be that Ashikaga Yoshiaki deliberately wanted Oda Nobunaga to be promoted?

So that the people of the world will have the impression that "the shogunate gave a high reward, but Oda himself refused"?

I'm afraid that only the princess himself can understand this question.

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