Once the idea of a "five-character reserve" was proposed, it attracted more attention than originally imagined.

It is said that the aspirations of the people of the world are different, some are greedy for money, some are lustful, some are famous, some are profit-seeking, and few bait can catch all the fish. However, the retainers and soldiers of the Pingshou Army all showed great interest in the unique military flag and the name of independence, and secretly competed with each other.

Probably because I see less.

For example, Keiji thinks he is the chief "brave", but he also feels that he is qualified. Kazutoyo Yamauchi fell in love with the word "letter", while Kato Kato and Kimada Keikane had the same goal.

Tie Fan Xiu didn't care about this for the time being.

As long as internal competition is controlled to a more or less benign degree, there is no need to worry.

The banner and horse seal in the style of "wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness" quickly made a simple sample. The five Chinese characters are surrounded by a five-pointed star, and the military fan is tattooed in the middle, and it is vaguely embellished with mysterious symbols such as the five elements of yin and yang, the nine characters, the mantra, the twenty-eight constellations of the heavenly stem and the earthly branches.

On the whole, it looks like it is elegant and vulgar, and the style is still good, at least it is comparable to the Liuru battle flag of the Takeda family - after all, it is all made from Sun Tzu's Art of War.

In the late autumn, Heite Hoshu reunited with his family for two days at Honjo Castle in Awaji Prefecture, and then sailed across the sea, escorted two "Ichijo adults" back to the imperial court with 300 personal guards, and by the way, inspected the territories and business of Ibankinai, and then went to the imperial palace to meet the shogun.

When I went to the outskirts of Beijing, I don't know if it was by chance, I met two familiar young ministers who advised Shuji Qingfeng and Yamashina Yanjing, revealing that the imperial officials were very satisfied with the affairs of Nakamura Castle and were ready to let Ichichi Neiji "go further". On the other hand, it was also learned that Yamashina Bunkyo became the nominal quasi-father-in-law of Hirate Yan Chiyomaru because he was the adoptive father of the daughter of Honganji Shōru, and considering this relationship, he was exceptionally promoted to "from the three senators".

After a moment of joy, the tie was overjoyed, and he did not hesitate to be a fortune boy, and gave each of the friends present a small red envelope containing ten taels of gold.

I have to say that the price of buying these people is really low. Ten taels of gold for a samurai is only enough to buy a delicate iron cannon, or two or three inferior earthen products, but when it is handed over to the government, it can support the life of dancing and writing for two or three months.

Bidding farewell to the minister, he came to the palace and met with Ashikaga Yoshiaki and told him about the success or failure of the trip.

On the whole, Lord Gongfang was pleased with the success of the crusade against Shikoku, and he was even happier when he heard that he did not directly seize the new territory, but only sent a deputy to control the situation in a simple manner.

Now it seems that the Tieshou Honhide gave a large number of territories to his retainers, and although the direct leadership did not increase but declined after winning the war, he only relied on commercial profits to support military spending. It seems that he is strong on the outside and capable in the middle, unable to break away from the control of the shogunate, which is completely different from the countrymen like Asai and Oda who are desperately trying to unify themselves.

As for the governance of Izumi in the past, the policy was relaxed at first, but later it was "forced" to tighten more and more, and the people of the country and the temples and shrines were played with the old things between applause......

Ashikaga Yoshiaki subjectively ruled out conspiracy theories, believing that they had happened by accident.

This is undoubtedly a suspicion of self-deception.

However, in this chaotic era of the Warring States Period, how can he survive as a general who does not match his name and reality, in the face of the accumulated shortcomings and weaknesses passed down from his ancestors, and without a bit of self-deception?

As for the situation in, there does not seem to have changed significantly.

Judging from the rewards of the ninjas of the Heite family, the Asai family and the Oda family have not used large-scale troops in the past few months, but have engaged in fierce open and secret battles against the anointed land of Minami Omi and North Ise.

Shibata Katsuie and Takigawa Kazuyi were subjected to a variety of tricks and tricks. The former has always put on a loyal posture and refused all overtures, and only failed to stick to his principles when Mrs. Aichi invited him to go to the temple to pray for the harvest of Omi Province; The latter's attitude is a bit ambiguous, the sugar coating eats the cannonball and sends it back, and the advantage is that the comer does not refuse to accept it boldly, and he resolutely refuses to instigate his position to say a few controversial words.

Oda Nobutada was obviously a little anxious, and he also took a lot of measures to try to get closer to the two important expatriate towns. However, he doesn't seem to have heeded someone's advice to "reuse Hayashi Sado and Takenaka Shigeharu". Therefore, Tie Sho Tsutsu subjectively believes that these measures are estimated to have little effect.

And the old leader of the Minami Ise Kitabatake family may really be gradually getting rid of the control of the Oda family.

Nobunaga's favored second son, Cha Whiss, was too young, and although he rushed to the shelf and took the name "Gu Feng" and nominally became the governor of the family, not many people listened to him. The few auxiliary servants selected are indeed hardcore traitors to lead the party, but they are neither expected nor talented, so it is a blessing not to help.

With the blatant support of Asai Nagamasa and the covert cooperation of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Kitabatake Gukyo has announced the end of his forced seclusion, mobilizing his supporters to build another new castle to fight against the tea whisks of Okochi Castle.

In fact, everyone understands the truth, and without the murderous "Owari Taijun" supporting him in the back, the "Ise puppet army" will definitely be unreliable.

The situation in which Oda and Asai fought without breaking was clearly the most favorable for the shogunate at the moment.

So Ashikaga Yoshiaki was in a good mood and invited Hikawa to mediate the conflict between the two sides.

It's a very troublesome job.

With the political energy of Tie Honhide, there is indeed a chance to suppress the dispute between Omi and Ise and stabilize Shibata and Takigawa, provided that this matter is taken as the number one goal and most of the energy is put into it.

The general was going to laugh with joy.

But a tie is clearly not going to do that.

Knowing that it is an explosive box that may detonate at any time, how can you reach into it?

I don't even want to go against the yang.

If you don't deliver on what you say, it can damage your reputation.

Fortunately, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's tone was only a tentative rather than an order, and Hiteshu then excused himself: "With the status of the subordinate, it is difficult for people to believe that he is neutral. The shogunate's Hosokawaden and Wisdom Hall are all eloquent people, so why don't you let them deal with it? ”

The general was not very happy to hear this, but he was not very angry, he just shook his head: "Hosokawa has already been sent to Nanhanoi to clean up the situation, as for the wise...... He's my rare mastermind, and I can't leave him. ”

"I see......"

Tieshou Tsuyoshi carefully experienced the other party's words.

It seems that Hosokawa Fujitaka has regained trust after Nobunaga was seriously injured and lived in seclusion, while Akechi Mitsuhide is still not in a good situation.

It seems that I haven't seen Mibuchi Fujiei, Isshiki Fujicho and others serving by the general's side today, could it be that they have been degraded after repeatedly doing unfavorable things? If that's the case, it's a bit excessive.,After all, it's a loyal minister who hasn't defected in the face of Miyoshi、Oda's pressure.,Although limited by mediocre talents, there is not much credit.,But the hard work is really high.。

"Well, it's a bit embarrassing for you to mediate between Oda and Asai." Ashikaga Yoshiaki thought of another idea, "Then stay in Kyoto until the end of the year and accompany me to meet people from all walks of life!" ”

Obviously, he wanted to create the impression that the Heite family was a close confidant of the shogunate.

"As long as there are no unexpected problems below, of course you can't ask for them below."

- That's what Hiseki said, and he answered without hesitation.

Awa Kuni, Miyoshi Changzhi, that guy who is stubborn and self-serving, has a low hand, and sooner or later he will find out what is right and wrong, and then he will naturally have an excuse to stay away. Now it's okay to say a few nice words first.

"That's great!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki seemed very relieved, he felt that there should be no change in the two months by the end of the year.

The two looked at each other and smiled, pretending to be happy.

When he was about to say goodbye, Hirata Hirate remembered something again, and asked before leaving, "I wonder what happened to Oda Guanling?" Is it allowed to visit in the next room? ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki's face immediately sank by three points, and he waved his hand and said, "Lord Guan Ling is seriously ill, I'm afraid it's not suitable to see people." ”

Seeing this, Tieshou Tsuyoshi was helpless, so he could only bow down and respond: "I understand below." ”

I guessed that it was Nobunaga's unexpected recovery of health and his gradual ability to deal with things normally that made the shogun unhappy?

Or—

No longer alive? Ashikaga Yoshiaki had a headache because he lost this signboard that held Oda Nobutada hostage?

In short, I don't dare to think deeply.

After saying goodbye, according to the agreement, Heishou did not return to his skills for the time being, but went to the northwest corner of Beijing to borrow the Donglin Zen Temple of Miaoxin Temple.

This is the main mountain of the Rinzai sect enshrined by the Heite family, and it covers a large area with many monks, and Toraya Soyi, who taught Yan Chiyomaru, is quite famous here - to be precise, the influence of his teacher.

The monks are very friendly, and regard the tie as a guest hospitality, and they do not tire of neglecting it.

It's just that between the words, the thoughts expressed are that I hope to bring Chiyomaru to worship when I want, and when the time comes, all the virtuous and virtuous people will be there, and they will pray hard, and the sesame oil money will be given to them.

Obviously, people were afraid that the heir of the Heite family would be taken to the ditch of the Ichijo sect after marrying the eldest lady of Honganji.

In this regard, the tie can only smile and pass by noncommittal.

From the perspective of personal feelings and aesthetic orientation, of course, it is inclined to the Rinzai sect.

But for now, we must maintain a harmonious relationship with Honganji Temple, and we must not be too partial in the choice of sects.

After some flattery and flattery, the flat hand finally settled down and was assigned four courtyards, which was enough for the three hundred soldiers to live in the house without sleeping in the open.

And then—

After dinner, I was bored and wandered around, only to find that the next-door neighbor was actually an acquaintance.

Why did Mibuchi Fujiei, an important minister of the shogunate, wear a monk's robe and a rosary, and look like he was shaving his hair and practicing?

If it weren't for the other party's eyes, I really wouldn't recognize it......

Fortunately, if he stared at Hisho Hisho and looked at it, he had a sword in his hand instead of a wooden fish, and the guards and ninjas who were secretly on guard would have been regarded as assassins and killed immediately.

Tieshou Fanxiu couldn't help but sigh: "Sanyuan Palace...... It's been a few months, and you've changed unexpectedly......"

The guy in front of him is a die-hard hawk of the shogunate, and his attitude towards the Oda family in the past was very unkind, so naturally there is no possibility of any friendship. But this person has always written hostility on his face, not for intrigue and trickery, so there is no personal enmity between them.

Mibuchi Fujiying smiled bitterly when he heard this, turned sideways, forced himself to be calm, and replied: "The vicissitudes of life, the world is unpredictable." I have to do an evening class next, so please feel free to do it yourself. ”

Then he hurried away.

Hirate was a little shocked, and planned to go back and let his ninjas take a good look at the personnel changes within the shogunate.

As a result, before he could give an order, the next morning he met a middle-aged nun with good looks - said to be a nun, but in fact she was a young lady from a wealthy businessman, who was sent over to raise her because of her "Buddha fate" since she was a child, and brought hundreds of sesame oil money, so the rules and precepts were not so particular.

is always at a teacher's wife, and I can hear what happened:

"Su Wen is a talent in the Pingshou Criminal Department, and he really lives up to his reputation, and if he wants to come to the Ping'an noble son in the Purple Style Department, it's just that...... What do you mean about Mibuchi-sama? Alas, what a blessed man he is. Two months ago, he accompanied Gongfang to the temple to pay homage to incense, and said something like "The revival of the shogunate is not only the result of our unremitting efforts, but also the protection of the gods and Buddhas." On the spot, let him shave his hair and apologize in seclusion...... Anyway, the poor nun has a little experience in vegetarian food, can you be interested in tasting it tonight......