"My lord?" Yu Qiuping was stunned when he heard this, "Does the lord want to depose the Ashikaga shogunate and open the mansion himself?" ”

"Who told you that Yu Xihan was the general of Zhengyi?" Oda Nobunaga slowly turned around and knocked Yu Qiuping on the head with a folding fan, "There is no general in the world, can't it be turned around?" ”

"The lord wants to completely abolish the shogunate?" Yu Qiuping was taken aback when he heard this. However, he immediately reacted that in the history of his previous life, didn't Oda Nobunaga exile Ashikaga Yoshiaki and destroy the Muromachi shogunate, but did not establish a new shogunate? From the fall of the Muromachi shogunate to the establishment of the Edo shogunate, there were decades in between, and there were no shoguns in the whole world.

"What? Aren't you a ferryman from the Ming Kingdom, how can you react with those subordinates of Yu? Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga laughed a few times, and knocked a folding fan on Yu Qiuping's head several times in a row, "People from the Ming Kingdom don't have some unique insight?" ”

"It's not that I'm worried about this, but because I'm an outsider, I may think a little more detached than my colleagues." Yu Qiuping scratched his hair and said in a low voice, "If the lord abolishes the old institutional framework and can't give a new institutional framework, all the people in the world will feel confused and confused because they are at a loss and have nowhere to put their place, which will lead to chaos in the world." In my opinion, most of the surprise of my colleagues stems from this. They are accustomed to having a general here, because a general is not only a person, but also a system that governs the world. Even if the general has become a puppet that has been set aside, his existence still represents the existence of the system. As long as you control the general, you can control the world. ”

"But if the general is gone, who is the lord of the world? Without the shogunate, what kind of system should be used to maintain order in the world? Yu Qiupei spread out his hand and threw this series of questions to Oda Nobunaga. This is also a problem that has plagued the Chinese people for a long time when China abolished the imperial system.

"Who do you think is the lord of the world?" Oda Nobunaga did not directly answer Yu Qiuping's question, but asked rhetorically with a smile.

"His Majesty the Emperor?" After hesitating for a moment, Akihei gave an answer given by the politicians of the Meiji Restoration, "Overthrow the shogunate under the slogan of returning the emperor to the government, and then impose rule on the whole country by controlling the emperor and the imperial court." ”

"What's the difference between that and controlling the shogun and the shogunate?" Oda Nobunaga shook his head. However, his words with a strong hint made Yu Qiuping speechless in shock.

He understood the position of the emperor in the hearts of the Japanese.

Could it be that Oda Nobunaga wants the emperor too...?

"Haha, Yu casually said that it was fun." Oda Nobunaga laughed twice with satisfaction after seeing Yu Qiuping's expression, and casually inserted the fan into his waist, "What system should be used to correct the world, didn't Yu say it a long time ago?" ”

Oda Nobunaga strode down the stairs of Honmaru, and the horses of Akihei and Oda Nobunaga hurriedly followed. Oda Nobunaga took a big step and said aloud without looking back: "The world is Buwu." ”

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When Oda Nobunaga led the crowd to feel that Ashikaga Yoshiteru's residence was next to it, there were already many corpses of Ashikaga Yoshiteru's ministers and Oda soldiers lying around. According to Maeda Toshiie, who was commanding here, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was now the only one left in the room, and his arm had been wounded. However, due to the extraordinary bravery of this sword general, the Oda family tried to break into the house and capture him many times, but failed, and instead were hacked to death dozens of people.

After noticing that the Oda army outside the house suddenly quieted down, Ashikaga Yoshiteru realized that it might be Oda Nobunaga who had arrived. He cleared his throat and stood up and shouted, "It's the traitor Oda Nobunaga!" ”

"What's that?" When the Oda family's stables heard this, they were furious, "How can you be humiliated?" ”

"The traitor is your thief, and you aiders and abettors are just a group of traitors!" Ashikaga Yoshiteru seems to have completely lost all his scruples, and continues to scold unceremoniously. He scolded the Oda family one by one for all the misdeeds since Shangluo, and scolded Oda Nobunaga and the people of the Oda family to the blood, which made the Oda army outside the residence a little embarrassed for a while.

"Does anyone want to claim the honor of a general?"

However, Oda Nobunaga only spit out this sentence lightly.

This sentence was silent, but it was an unusually resolute word, and it suddenly stopped Ashikaga Yoshiteru's scolding.

"Does anyone want to claim the honor of a general?" Oda Nobunaga saw that no one responded to him, and asked again in a loud voice.

"This..."Everyone in the Oda Army was at a loss when they heard this—Oda Nobunaga, was this going to openly kill the general? This is the most audacious move since the Onin Rebellion! According to the practice of the samurai, even if the general loses in the political struggle, the most he can do is to drive him out of the wilderness and live in seclusion and imprison. Kyoto has changed hands so many times over the years, and the shogun has been displaced, but there has never been a precedent for killing the shogun!

"Didn't you?" Oda Nobunaga shook his head slightly disappointed when he saw the performance of his men.

"Oda Nobunaga, your men are still loyal! Do you think everyone is like you? Seeing this, Ashikaga Yoshiteru laughed loudly, "Pigs and dogs are not as good!" ”

"Iron Artillery Team, Ready!" Oda Nobunaga didn't even have any intention of talking to Ashikaga Yoshiteru, so he ignored Ashikaga Yoshiteru and raised his hand directly. The Oda family's iron artillery team hesitated, but when Oda Nobunaga's sharp eagle-like gaze swept by, everyone bowed their heads in silence and began to reload honestly. A moment later, the hundreds of iron artillerymen standing around Oda Nobunaga finished their ammunition and pointed their guns at Ashikaga Yoshiteru's residence, which could not stop the projectiles at all.

Seeing Oda Nobunaga give such an order, Ashikaga Yoshiteru also knew in his heart that this was probably his last expectation. In the end, he is also the head of the world's samurai, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru showed the demeanor of a general at the last moment. He took a step forward and opened the paper door of his dwelling, facing the Oda family's iron gunners without fear.

"Traitors, shoot here!" Ashikaga Yoshiteru thrust his katana into the dirt, then pulled open his shirt with both hands, revealing his chest, "Shoot your general's chest." ”

"The drizzle and dew in March are still coming, and I will be named Cuckoo Wing."

Ashikaga Yoshiki stared fearlessly at the flames that instantly rose from the muzzle of the Oda family's iron gunner, and whispered his own farewell sentence.

"Soar into the sky."

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On March 17, 1573, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was killed by the Oda army at the Nijo Imperial Palace. Oda Nobunaga did not install a new shogun, but announced the deposition of the shogunate, and the fate of the Muromachi shogunate for 273 years came to an end. Oda Nobunaga once again risked the world's blame, but surprisingly did not receive much blame - perhaps everyone has long been numb to Oda Nobunaga's deviant behavior, unless Oda Nobunaga does something to the emperor, it should not cause any more uproar.

However, the important ministers of the shogunate were not willing to accept the destruction of the shogunate. Under the cover of Hosokawa Fujitaka and other shogunate loyalists, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was rescued from Minami-Omi, and first disappeared into the Koga Mountains without a trace. Soon after, he showed up at the Maori house. The Mori family supported Yoshiaki as a general, declared Oda Nobunaga a traitor, and formed an alliance with the Miyoshi family, asking the daimyo of the world to crusade against Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobunaga was surprisingly not furious at Ashikaga Yoshiaki's escape to the Mori family because of his neglect of protection. After thinking about it, everyone speculated that Oda Nobunaga may have deliberately let Ashikaga Yoshiaki go, so as to obtain the name of the western expedition - it was the Maori family who did it first.

"My lord, if the target is the Maori family, it may be necessary to wait until next year to resume fighting." After guessing Oda Nobunaga's strategic intentions, Yu Qiuping rushed to apologize to Oda Nobunaga and said, "The losses of the troops under the command are too great in Yuanjiang, and if you want to restore the formation, you must train at least more than 1,500 new soldiers, and the time is really not enough." ”

"You don't have to worry about this, you shouldn't do anything to the Maori family this year." Oda Nobunaga shook his head and signaled to Yu Qiuping not to worry, "There are other things to do this year. ”

"Oh? Doesn't the lord plan to disband the troops? "Now that has been suppressed, the Hatano family and the Isshiki family have fled back to their territories, the Matsunaga family has surrendered, the Ashikaga shogunate has been deposed, and the entire Yoiko has been suppressed, and Akihei Akihei does not understand why Oda Nobunaga has not disbanded the army for nothing." If the troops are not disbanded, what else can they do? ”

"Are you pretending to be stupid?" Oda Nobunaga glanced meaningfully at Akihei. That deep vision suddenly made Yu Qiuping understand what Oda Nobunaga wanted to do.

"Before you start with the Miyoshi family and the Maori family, let's pull out the thorns in the back first. Asai and Asakura, Yu has been unhappy with them for several years. Now that the trees are falling apart, it's time to settle the reckoning with them. Oda Nobunaga sneered and said in a deep voice to Yu Qiuping, "Don't try to use your credit to intercede for him. Yu knows that a large part of the reason why you work so hard is that you want to make a great contribution to intercede for the Asai family. ”

"But these are two different things, Yu won't agree, you die of this heart." Oda Nobunaga, who was still pleasant just now, became murderous in an instant, and said coldly, "Asai Nagamasa betrayed Yu, he won't end well." You take your cavalry with you, and don't even think about walking away. ”

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On April 1, 1573, Oda Nobunaga gathered an unprecedented army of 60,000 to attack Asai Asakura. The Asai family's territory has been encroached upon in recent years, and now they can barely cobble together 11,000 people. And the Asakura family was forced to die and cold, and they also poured out of the country and led an army of 20,000 to support.

However, just before the Asakura family's reinforcements arrived, Kinoshita Hideyoshi once again risked his life and went to Yamamoto Mountain Castle on the Asai side to mediate. The lord of Yamamoto Mountain Castle, Ashu Sada, was rebelled by Kinoshita Hideyoshi and opened the castle to welcome Kinoshita Hideyoshi into the city, and the battle situation changed dramatically in an instant.