Izumi was in turmoil, the shogunate could not come up with a way to suppress it for a while, the dignified shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki was at a loss, and the deacon of the government office, Ise Sadako, took the initiative to ask for help...... In the midst of this chaos, the old-school shogun, Ichishiki Fujinaga, who had always been considered "rotten and useless", suddenly stood up and prevented Ise Sadako from being in front of him.

Is the reason for this to be genuinely trying to save the Muromachi shogunate, or is it a desire to find another way out of the ship's sinking? I'm afraid it's hard to even tell the parties themselves.

Isshiki Fujinaga himself has gradually understood that the two are not contradictory in the current environment. The shogunate itself has already done something strong, and now if you want to do something practical, whether it is to be loyal to the Lord's family or to plan for your own future, you need to accumulate strength first.

Although Ise Sadako is an unpleasant "surrender faction", he is also capable of practical things - such as intertwining with the Tian clan's important ministers Heite Honhide, such as gathering coalition forces to attack the disobedient small wealthy clans, such as purging the tax accounts of the shogunate's direct domains, and so on. These things proved his talent, and also gave him a certain degree of political achievements and prestige, so this guy is now free to advance and retreat - the shogunate is still there, and political affairs cannot be separated from him; In the future, if the shogunate falls, he can easily win the favor of the Oda family or other forces.

In other words, regardless of the future position, what matters now is to use the residual influence of the shogunate's golden sign to run his own stall.

The idea was decided, but the specific plan was completely unexpected.

The resources in the hands of Isshiki Fuji are so small that he can't even find out the specific details of the incident. It is only known that the shogunate officials first sent troops to clean up the illegal temples, and then the illegal temples invited the Sakaga Party of Kii Province to do foreign aid and launched a counteroffensive. As for any notable anomalies during this period, it is not known. Not to mention analyzing the cause.

When Mao Sui recommended himself earlier, the original words he said to Ashikaga Yoshiaki were-"Since Ise-sama wants to take the lead, he is not willing to be left behind!" I would like to ask Gongkata to send me and Ise-sama to investigate and resolve the incident. At that time, if you want to suppress, you will be a pioneer in the next wish. If you want to caress it, you will be a lobbyist. ”

However, as everyone knows, these two people have very different political views, and they do not deal with each other very well, and even if they reluctantly "go to investigate together," it is impossible for them to work together. When you get out of Nijo Castle, you can only come up with your own means and connections.

The current situation is that Ise Sadako has a certain amount of connections and prestige in the generation, and in recent years he has accumulated a small but elite private army, and at the same time, he has always been friendly with the draw and has a lot of chips in his hands. If he is willing to bow down and sell some of his interests to the tie, he must really be able to solve the Hequan turmoil.

If the problem is really solved by Ise Sadako, his political achievements and prestige will rise further, and it will become a situation within the shogunate. Not to mention, a considerable part of the benefits will be sold to outsiders. As an old-school shogunate retainer, Isshiki Fujicho was naturally not happy to see this situation.

So he couldn't help but recommend himself, hoping to stand up to the court.

But he himself did not have the confidence to resolve the Izumi Turmoil.

When it comes to the ability to practice military and politics, Isshiki Fujinaga knows that he is far inferior to Ise Sadako. When it comes to the influence of family lineage, the Ichishiki tributary is not as good as the Ise lineage. Not to mention the small and elite private soldiers of the Ise family, compared to the other soldiers of the shogunate, they can only be regarded as honor guards.

In addition, there is a gap in foreign aid, Ise Sadako's "backer" is Hirate Hohide, who is Oda Nobunaga's brother-in-law, who was officially appointed by the imperial court from the five lower Nakato Shojo, and also serves as the guardian of Awaji Province, with nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command, and also accounts for a large share of the trade in the Seto Inland Sea...... All in all, it is one of the few giants in the "Ashikaga-Oda" binary system.

In contrast, although Isshiki Fujinaga also has a few good friends, the quality is far from good!

Fortunately, he and Ise Sadaiko don't think the same way.

"New fashionistaries" such as Ise Sadako are focused on developing and strengthening their own strength, and foreign aid is only used as a necessary help. However, Isshiki Fujinaga, an "old-school shogun", is more accustomed to the traditional line of "using one faction of warlords to defeat another faction of warlords".

(As an aside, the Muromachi shogunate in history has always been in a state of "using one faction of warlords to defeat another faction of warlords", which is far from centralization.) ）

Foreign aid is also sought, but for a different purpose.

Ise Sadako and Tie Honhide have a real interest relationship, and the two sides have the willingness to cooperate for a long time.

What Isshiki Fujicho is good at is to use the banner of the shogunate, promise false profits, drive tigers and wolves, and do short-term transactions that are calculated one by one.

Therefore, in his eyes, there is no option to "go to the front line to settle disputes", and he does not care about the details of the investigation and the details of the armament war. For him, the whole problem can be reduced to one sentence - looking for a thigh to hug that is on par with or even stronger than the tie!

The first candidate to bear the brunt is Oda Nobunaga. If it can be said that Nobunaga helped the shogunate to relieve the siege, then the problem will be solved.

But this is obviously impossible to achieve, this person's ambition is obvious, and it is not bad not to cause chaos to the shogunate, how can he be kind enough to help?

Recently, Nobunaga has changed his mind for some reason, focusing on his interactions with the daimyo of distant countries, and assuming that he is not very interested in affairs. The Ashikaga family was very glad about this, and they didn't want to draw this guy's attention back.

As for the other daimyo in the six provinces of the four islands, there may always be a few who are willing to share the shogunate's worries (to be precise, they want to muddy the water and take advantage of the opportunity to make profits), but the water is far away from quenching the thirst of the near.

The rest of Yamato Matsunaga, Kawachi Miyoshi, Hatakeyama, Tanba Hatano, Akai, Settsu Ikeda, and the like are either too small in size, or they are not trustworthy because they are in charge, or they are more harmful than Ise Sadako and Hitetsuhide, and they cannot be convicted of the tiger.

The gathering of this group of people can form a strategic deterrent to resist the continued expansion of Nobunaga's power. But on specific tactical issues, it was impossible to expect them to contribute to the shogunate.

In addition, the daimyo near that are worth mentioning are Asakura, Tokugawa, and Asai. However, Asakura was caught in a two-front battle between the people of Wakasa Province and Hokuriku Isunmune, and Tokugawa's policy tendency was to rely entirely on Oda and not show independent will......

Speaking of which, Hirate Honhide was just a retainer of the Oda clan, but he rose to prominence immediately after Kamiraku and had great political influence. If you want to compete with it, the best thing to do is probably to find another giant within the Oda family. In this way, Nobunaga will also be very troublesome to deal with, and the shogunate can step back and take advantage of the bystander Kiyoshi.

Speaking of the words of Oda's internal giants......

Niwa Nagahide Takigawa Kazuyi is cautious and not easy to take advantage of, and Mori Konari Sakai Masashi is weak, and those who can speak on affairs are Kurita, Sakuma Nobumori of Koga Prefecture, and Shibata Katsuie, who is in charge of Nosu and Gamo Prefecture.

Shibata Katsuie was only recommended by Nobunaga last year, and was able to obtain an official position along with Hirate Tsunohide, so I am afraid that it will not be easy to be instigated at present.

And Sakuma Nobumori...... Although he was always regarded as a talented samurai, he was never known for his broad-mindedness......