After resting at Kinkatsu Temple, roughly counting the names of the dead and wounded, and making arrangements for the reserves with heavy losses, Hirate arrived in Kyoto on the 10th day of September.

At this time, rumors that the Heite Punishment Department had scolded Takeda Daizen to death, had spread among the townspeople, merchants, and monks, although it was not officially recognized by Kai.

However, the rumored protagonist came to Kyoto, but he did not receive the glorious treatment of the hero's return.

Because the general of the expedition, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, had already led the troops to personally conquer the Hokuriku Asakura family, and the two people who stayed behind, Mibuchi Fujiei and Ise Sadako, were not very good enough, and their mood was relatively low, even if they walked out of the gate of the imperial palace to meet Fifty Town (5 kilometers), and barely said a lot of compliments with a smile, they did not seem very enthusiastic and grand.

It's hard to be disappointed.

Of course, the identity of a tie is not suitable for actively expressing negative emotions.

However, the head of Konishi Yuki, who accompanied the precursor, was a deaf and well-eyed guy, and when he saw this, he put on a fox and a fake tiger might, pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, frowned and criticized: "Please forgive the contemptible person for overstepping!" Thanks to the two adults who went out of the city to greet each other, it was indeed a great honor for our army. And now that it's very timely, you should follow the princess and dissuade him from taking the risk himself! The son of a daughter can't sit down, let alone a dignified general? ”

His words are weird, and Piri is very young, typical of the style of a merchant in the town.

Mibuchi Fujiei was of noble birth and was accustomed to the euphemistic and tortuous way of communication in Kyoto, and his face was red by this vulgar tone, but he had nothing to say, let alone a seizure, so he could only say "hehe" twice with an expressionless face.

Ise Sadako was much more calm, and immediately refuted: "Is Your Excellency Konishiden?" What you just said is wrong. It must be known that the Echizen Asakura clan was coerced by the orphans of the previous generals as slogans, so they colluded with so many people to raise troops together. If you send someone to crusade, you will inevitably have the worry of 'throwing a rat bogey', and it will be difficult to do your best. Only the princess himself can fight unfettered! ”

Konishi Yukicho was speechless for a moment.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki snatched the nephew of unknown origin from Gifu City and sent him to Echizen as an adopted son, although it was self-defeating, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is Takeda Shingen who really leads the development of things behind the scenes.

But sometimes, even if a discerning person knows something, they can't say it in public.

Nominally, Asakura Yoshikei was the number one criminal who started the rebellion by coercing the "orphans of the previous princess", while Takeda Shingen was similar to Kitabatake Gukyo and Matsunaga Shu, but he was only a member of the "rebellion".

Ise Sadako said this, not only gave Ashikaga Yoshiaki's pro-campaign a high-sounding reason, but also vaguely belittled the exploits of Hirate Tsugahide by a few percent.

This time it was Yukicho Konishi's turn to be speechless.

If you really want to compete with the ability to "open your eyes and tell nonsense", he is a businessman in Kaimachi, where is the opponent of Kyoto politicians?

Hite-suhide disagreed, and said, "What Ise-sama said is very good, but it is Yakuro (Konishi Yukinaga) who is thinking inappropriately. ”

It's not about admitting defeat, it's about being too lazy to care.

After all, the current situation still depends on strength to speak, and the significance of the battle of words is limited. In any case, the actual achievement of killing a Kai Tiger cannot be erased, and the people of the world are not blind!

On the contrary, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's personal expedition this time, with the combat power of the shogunate soldiers, is not worth looking forward to......

At the beginning of the meeting, there were a few words, and then the two sides did not have any conflicts, but arrived in Kyoto together "happily" and talked about some meaningless topics such as "today's weather hahahaha".

Because it is only meaningful to talk about the topic that is really meaningful when the results of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's pro-campaign come back.

So it didn't take long for the flat to deliberately show fatigue and sleepiness, meaning to issue an eviction order.

Mibuchi Fujiei and Ise Sadako didn't have much to say, and immediately left.

But before they left, they said in a vague way that there are several important people who have been waiting for the return of the criminal department these days, and I hope that you will definitely meet with them.

Seeing that the two of them were talking solemnly, Pingshou Fanxiu was a little curious and would not refuse.

So Mibuchi Fujiei and Ise Sadahei went out and replaced three other people to come to meet them.

The first one is the son of an acquaintance Yamashina Yanji, who is currently from the three senators, and the other two fresh faces, who introduce themselves as Miura Yoshisho, the former official of the Ashikaga family, and Yamaguchi Hidejing.

It is said that Yoshisho Miura was stripped of his position and expelled from the shogunate due to minor faults, and Hideki Yamaguchi was involved in a conspiracy to catch the wind and shadows, and was degraded to a ronin by the princess who took away his territory.

These two little people, whose identities and status are not conspicuous, burst into tears and wept like a river, eager to say that they were more wronged than Dou E, more sad and indignant than Yue Fei, and begged "the master of the criminal department to be the master".

And each took out a joint letter, claiming that all the people who signed it were people with similar treatment.

Mori Ryotsu, the captain of the guard, took the paper and sent it to him, and then took a cursory look at it, and it seemed that more than 40 shoguns had been demoted or expelled, and more than 50 wealthy families had been deprived of all or part of their territory. These hundreds of unlucky people probably refused to accept the reality, and they didn't have the courage to join Takeda Shingen's "rebellion", so they could only run here and hug their thighs.

Thinking about it, Ashikaga Yoshiaki used various names to promote centralized rule in the mountain city, and stretched out his hands to Hanoi, Omi and other places, it is inevitable to offend people.

Among them, those who are more bold are afraid that they will respond to the call of Matsunaga Show at the beginning of the year.

Most of the rest are timid.

From a quantitative point of view, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's centralization process is really anxious.

Not being as tough as Nobunaga was to convince the domestic opposition, but being as anxious as Nobunaga, was not a good habit, and it was possible to cause some problems......

Pingshou Tsunoxiu felt that the two crying little people were really annoying, so he ordered someone to take them down to rest and calm down, and only said to Yamashina Yanjing: "This kind of thing is asking for me, I'm afraid it's in vain!" As far as I know, most of the shoguns and wealthy families who have been cracked down on in the past year have indeed illegally occupied land and property, or set up tax cards in violation of regulations, and it is only natural that they will be punished. What's more, what identity can I use to restrain the princess? ”

Yamashina, who was a professional minister, did not distinguish carefully, and only replied to the last sentence: "The rules of Kyoto are different from the laws of the samurai, and strength does not depend on force, but on people's hearts. If most people think that you have what it takes to restrain your lords, then you do. As for identity, it's a matter of course......"

When he heard the song, he immediately asked, "Could it be that Lord Yamashina has brought any good news?" ”

Yamashina Yanjing smiled and whispered: "The imperial court has discussed with the shogunate, and intends to let you move to the right of the five lower rulers Daisuke in recognition of the merits of resisting the rebels to the west. ”

"It's an honor." Pingshou said that he was honored, but his face did not change much, but he frowned, "But this official position always reminds me of the Imagawa Division, isn't it a good sign, can you continue to let me serve in the Criminal Department?" Daisuke's title of the criminal department seems to be good. ”

"This ......" Yama Keyan tightened his eyebrows, "This is not in line with the practice of promotion of official positions in the imperial court, I'm afraid it ......"

Pingshou Fan Xiu stretched out five fingers of his right hand: "Five hundred guan." ”

"Well...... Yamashina Yanjing's face was half cloudy and half clear, "conventions are not written rules, in fact, they may not be unbreakable, but some of the older generation are more stubborn......"

Pingshou Fan Xiu stretched out a finger of his left hand again: "Add another thousand." ”

"Ah......" Yamashina said with a red face, "the contemptible people have long felt that those stereotypes and bad habits need to be reformed!" Rest assured, it's on me! ”

Finally, the guests and hosts were happy, looking at each other and smiling.

Then Yamako said: "In fact, many people in the Gongqing and the temple also have a lot of complaints about the actions of the Gongfang, but they ...... That one...... Because of the Mt. Hiei fire, they misunderstood you, so they didn't come with me to petition today, but asked me to relay it on my behalf. ”

Hearing this, he was puzzled: "Expelling the shogunate and the wealthy family, what about the Gongqing Temple?" ”

Yamako Yanjing smiled awkwardly and said, "As you said, many wealthy families do illegally occupy land and property, or set up tax cards in violation of regulations, but the reason why they can do this without receiving punishment is often because...... Regularly donate gifts to the ministers or temples to obtain asylum. ”

Pingshou Fan Xiu was a little disdainful: "Those little wealthy families are also qualified to bribe officials or monks?" ”

"Alas......" Yamashina sighed, "Kyoto is so small, but there are too many high-ranking officials and famous temples, and many people have a hard time, even if they only get ten stone of white rice and five baskets of salted fish every year, it is still a very important property income......

"In other words, the shogunate not only offended some low-level people, but also provoked a lot of ministers and temples who controlled the power of public opinion, so I found me through you. Mibuchi, Ise and others within the shogunate also felt that it was inappropriate...... "Heite Honhide thought for a while, and then asked: "It is said that officials and monks should have traveled extensively, and before they came to me, they must have found many other people to come forward, right?" ”

"I can't hide it from you." Yamashina smiled bitterly, "A hermit like my father can't get in the way of losing face and went to talk to Lord Gongfang, but I didn't get anything. Now everyone thinks that you are the only one who is qualified to solve the problem......"

“…… In this way, it is already a situation where the crowd is angry and connected everywhere. Hite's doubts suddenly filled his heart, and he hurriedly asked, "Since, as you said, the shogunate's actions are unpopular, how can it be carried out so resolutely?" ”

"This ......" Yamashina Yanjing laughed even more bitterly, "I actually don't know, I heard that there are several old Oda generals, led by Shibata and Kinoshita, who are the most supportive of Gongkata-sama." ”

"It's really wonderful...... "Hirata didn't know what expression to use to face this kind of thing, sighed for a while, and admitted: "I will advise Lord Gongfang not to be so eager." But there is no guarantee that it will work or not......"

"Thank you very much." Yamashina breathed a sigh of relief, "Just say it, whether it's useful or not, it's finally as good as I can do my best." ”

……

After the visitor left, Hirate Honshu found Hattori Hideyasu and instructed: "The dark line laid out in Kyoto can be activated, you go to receive 5,000 kan funds first, and if it is not enough, apply for supplementary ...... in time."