Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Hong, was a Xianbei emperor known for his reform and sinicization during the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Middle Earth, and has always been considered to be a monarch who made a difference at that time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 In order to completely sinicize, abandon the backward elements of Hu Fengzhong, and consolidate the rule of the Central Plains generation, he moved the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty from Pingcheng in the north (northeast of present-day Datong City, Shanxi) to Luoyang in the Yellow River Valley.

However, most of the ministers at that time were from the northern Hu aristocracy, and they naturally rejected the water, soil and culture of the south. Fearing that the ministers would oppose the relocation of the capital, Tuoba Hong first pretended to propose a large-scale attack on the Qi state in the south, and despite everyone's opposition, he arbitrarily gave the order, and only a few henchmen knew his thoughts. Later, Tuoba Hong personally led the infantry army, claiming to be more than 300,000 south, starting from Pingcheng and all the way to Luoyang. At this time, it happened to encounter the continuous autumn rain, which lasted for ten months, so that the roads were muddy and difficult to pass, and the army was full of complaints from top to bottom. But Emperor Xiaowen remained unmoved, personally put on armor, rode out of the city, and ordered to continue the march.

Those courtiers who did not want to go south in the first place, took advantage of this heavy rain, and ran out one after another, exhorting with more fierce words.

Tuoba Hong pretended to be persuaded, but asked again: "This time, hundreds of thousands of teachers are raised, the momentum is huge, and everyone in the country knows it, if you give up halfway, won't it make the world laugh?" ”

At this time, his henchmen came out and suggested: "We can let the army enter Luoyang and publicize the relocation of the capital to the outside world, so that although there is no southern expedition, it can be regarded as a major event, and it will not be ridiculed." ”

Everyone listened, looked at each other, and did not speak. Tuoba Hong pretended to reluctantly agree, and made his ministers express their attitude, and declared that as long as there was one more person to support the war, the determination of the southern expedition would not waver.

Although the nobles were not happy to move the capital, they were even more reluctant to fight against the Southern Qi in this situation, and compared with the two, the former was a more acceptable choice, so they expressed their support for moving the capital.

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As soon as he mentioned the matter of moving to the city, Hirate Hoshu immediately thought of this rather legendary story. Although there are many different accounts of the details of this matter, it should be believed in general.

This place is not a place for discussion, but it happens that there are no two people next to Takigawa and Hayashi, so it is convenient to talk. In addition, it also just deepens the impression of others on the matter of "a tie and those two people are not on good terms".

After hearing this, Oda Nobunaga bowed his head lightly and said, "Then build a castle on Ninomiya Mountain now." ”

Mt. Ninomiya, located in the northern part of Mt. Komaki and very close to the front line with Mino, is a place where it is difficult to secure a castle, and its transportation is more inconvenient than that of Mt. Komaki and the altitude is higher, making it a completely unsuitable place to build a castle. This strategy was to ask the retainers to build a castle on Ninomiya Mountain, and then lure them to accept the result of moving to Komaki Mountain.

Although Nobunaga didn't mean to ask for opinions, Shibata Katsuie couldn't help but speak:

"My lord, please think twice! This is a trick that can only be used on the enemy. Handling state affairs with sophistry will inevitably not last long. ”

Fang Cai proposed to move to the city, but now he is against it, this is his way of expressing his loyalty, and he does not think about his own face.

Niwa Nagahide hesitated for a moment and did not speak. At this time, if you oppose Shibata, you will be going against him twice in a row, which will inevitably "affect unity", but if you support Shibata, it will be tantamount to refuting the plan that Hisho Tsunohide has bothered to propose, and it seems equally inappropriate.

"The so-called soldiers are treacherous."

Nobunaga said slowly, seeing that Shibata was about to say something, he waved his hand impatiently and interrupted:

"I've made up my mind, I don't have to talk about it anymore!"

Shibata sighed, shook his head helplessly, and glared at Hirata with great dissatisfaction, as if accusing him of bringing Nobunaga into a "trick". The latter did not know how to respond, so they could only turn a blind eye.

"Since this is what you proposed, then the matter of building the city will be handed over to you!" Nobunaga pondered for a moment and then commanded.

"I think it's better to hand over such an important task to Niwa Temple, who is familiar with the construction of the castle." Fan Xiu responded, "What's more, the location of the city is too far away from Xiaomu Mountain. ”

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately surprised the hearers, the construction of the main city is a great feat, and it is really unconvincing to put this low-hanging fruit, but only use geographical factors to prevaricate.

"And what do you want?"

Nobunaga is really a person who knows the meaning of the string song, and Shibata and Niwa haven't understood yet, and he has already reacted immediately, and Hirate Honshu wants to make other wishes.

"I can't escape your eyes." Fan Xiu pretended to compliment, and then said, "There is a businessman who is a good friend and has helped me a lot in rebuilding the city in recent years...... I want to find him a business opportunity to provide wood and stone for the construction of the city. ”

Although this is the case, it is clear that this is not the case, and although it is an opportunity to make money by providing materials for the fortification, it is more to test Nobunaga's attitude towards the friendship between his retainers and merchants.

But maybe it's a big fuss. Nobunaga just nodded indifferently and said:

"I've also taken three or four merchants as samurai, and that's not something to worry about."

Then he looked at the sky and decided to rush back to Cheongju City.

On the contrary, after retiring, Shibata Katsuya still has something to say.

"Businessmen are cunning and greedy for life and fear of death, so they can only be used but should not be too close to them, otherwise it is not conducive to family customs. Suruga is that there are too many merchants, which leads to the weak customs of the people. ”

The implication is that the behavior of the daughter of the merchant is very inappropriate.

Then without waiting for Fan Xiu to react, he continued:

"I think you've just had too much contact with those people to learn these tricks!"

Fan Xiu just nodded to accept it humbly, but he didn't take it to heart at all. Shibata Katsuya is really proud of the self-proclaimed arrogant Eastern samurai! It's just that I don't know if when he takes charge of a country with hundreds of thousands of stones, will it be the same as now?

……

During the period from the end of the fourth year of Eiroku to the beginning of the fifth year, the pattern of Tokaido continued to change, and various rumors spread everywhere.

Mino, who had just repelled the attack of Owari, seemed to have successfully completed the transition, but the young governor Saito Ryuxing was late for two important occasions in a row, and An Tengmori, the highest ranking among the family elders, was very dissatisfied with this, and admonished Ryuxing with a stern resignation, so that Ryuxing could not step down. Although in the end, it could not be resolved under the persuasion of the chief chief of the sect, but the seeds of contradiction have been planted.

Corresponding to this is Sunpu Castle in Suruga. Imagawa Shin listened to the persuasion of the left and right, put Matsudaira Motoyasu under house arrest, and put his father-in-law Sekiguchi Jinnaga under surveillance, who committed suicide by seppuku in order to clear his suspicion and ensure the safety of his descendants. At the same time, Naokin, a powerful countryman of Toe, was also suspected of having a relationship with Matsudaira and Oda Uchichi and was executed. These two events made the people of Imagawa's rule panic.

As for Owari's side, Oda Nobunaga launched a feint attack on the defective Inuyama Castle, and after failing to achieve success, he announced that this was due to the geographical location of Kiyoshu Castle, and then announced his decision to build the castle on Ninonomiya Mountain, despite everyone's opposition, and also ordered some of his retainers to move there in advance to garrison. It was a cold winter, and the hundreds of meters high Ninomiya Mountain was frozen to the bone marrow, and the firewood was inconvenient to transport, and there was a danger of invasion from time to time...... It can be described as angry and resentful.

However, Nobunaga leisurely held a tea party in Cheongju to entertain the "younger brother Takechiyo" from Mikawa, and officially made a covenant.

These days, Matsudaira Motoyasu was not idle, taking advantage of the slack to launch two joint battles in a row, without adopting any strategy, and relying solely on the martial arts of his retainers, he defeated the Kira family in a row and forced them to submit. Matsudaira Motoyasu, who initially occupied Nishimikawa, learned the policy of the Oda family's land seizure, but this move offended the Ichijo clan forces that were deeply rooted here. The conceited and witty Motoyasu used a stratagem to trap and kill several religious leaders, forcibly recovering land rights, thinking that he would settle down from then on.

When Fan Xiu received this information, he couldn't help but think of the word "trickery" that Shibata Katsuya said.

If you use treachery, you will not last long.