"It's not a matter of two cities, and once these two cities change hands, Hanoi and Hoa Quan will be difficult to defend." Miyoshi Yoshiken stared into Yu Qiuping's eyes and said in a deep voice: "After losing Kyoto and the ally Matsunaga family, Hanoi and Izumi are the strongholds that the Miyoshi family cannot abandon in. Kishiwada Castle and Takaya Castle are absolutely impossible to give up. ”

"That's just wishful thinking." Yu Qiuping also shook his head very resolutely, "Kyoto was lost by you, and the battle of Zhiji was also lost by yourself. Since you lose, you have to pay the price. Didn't we just say that this negotiation is based on your admission of defeat. How can there be a reason that the losing side does not have to give up anything? is no longer under your control. ”

"If you don't agree to this condition, Your Highness Shixiu will be handed over to Gifu City by me. When you get there, what the lord has is the means to torture and extract the information of the Miyoshi family from your mouth. And without you, the country of Awa will be unstable, and the remnants of your former master, Hosokawa Mochitaka, may take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos. Yu Qiuping snorted coldly and pressured Miyoshi Yoshixian: "As for the 1,700 people we have captured, I'm afraid that many of them are deployed by His Royal Highness Miyoshi Masayasu and His Royal Highness Iwanari Youtong." His Royal Highness Miyoshi Masayasu and the elders of the Iwacheng family, won't they put pressure on you to let people back? Whether it's to get information, fight or destroy morale, these 1,700 people are enough for us to write an article! If those ashigaru members of the Miyoshi family realized that their main family was reluctant to use even one or two cities to save them, I am afraid that the troops of the Miyoshi family would be disheartened in the future. ”

"Are you threatening me?" Miyoshi Yixian sneered and looked at Yu Qiuping with disdain.

"No, I'm just stating to you, Your Highness, our follow-up measures." Yuqiu continued without changing his color and heartbeat, "Otherwise, how can I let you sit down and make concessions?" ”

"As I said, if the conditions agreed to exceed the bottom line of the Miyoshi family, my eldest brother will not agree." Yoshiken Miyoshi smiled and shook his head, "It's useless to say anything. ”

"It's really not interesting to be opportunistic by the repair doctor." Yu Qiuping was a little unhappy when he heard this, and sarcastically said: "Let a person who has no freedom of action negotiate, you can't do anything, and you don't have any sincerity at all." In that case, let's not talk about it. Either let His Highness Shihe, who can be the master, come down to talk, or pause. Even if you don't negotiate, you have to deal with the three good families. ”

Yu Qiuping's words made the atmosphere in the room cool down all of a sudden, and the air seemed to be suddenly quiet. Yu Qiuping looked at Miyoshi Yoshiken without fear, as if he could see something from each other's eyes.

For a long time, Miyoshi Yixian and Shihe Yicun glanced at each other. Subsequently, Shihe Yicun said in a deep voice: "There is still compensation for funds, grain and grass in Anhetian City, which is the biggest concession that the Miyoshi family can make." ”

"Are you kidding me? His Highness the Ten Rivers? Yu Qiuping laughed angrily when he heard this, and tapped the knuckle of his right index finger on the table angrily, "Kishiwada Castle is more than seventy miles away from the North River I control, and the territory of the Miyoshi family is separated by it, how do you tell me to defend this enclave?" You're almost the same as giving me Takaya Castle! ”

"Since you think you can't defend it, why did you ask for Kishiwa Tajo before?" Miyoshi Yoshiken raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were already sharp, "Because your target has always been Takaya Castle, Kishiwada Castle is just a bargaining chip." Now that Hatakeyama Takamasa is on your side, the minds of the wealthy people in South Hanoi have changed. As long as you control South Hanoi and rush to Gaoya City, the whole of Hanoi will fall into your hands. Miyoshi Yoshiken paused, looked at Yu Qiuping's eyes with satisfaction and glanced to the side a little unnaturally, and pursued after the victory: "When the time comes, with Hanoi in hand, I will use the shore and Tian Chengli to join forces with the outside and take down Izumi in one fell swoop." Yuqiu Zhibu, this is your wishful thinking, I didn't guess wrong. ”

"Yes and what, and what is not?" Yu Qiuping took a deep breath, and then refocused his eyes on Miyoshi Yoshixian's face.

"If I'm not mistaken, Gaoya City is your bottom line." Miyoshi Yoshiken chuckled, snapping his fingers on the ground, "Kishiwa Tiancheng is the chip you opened when you asked for the sky, and I didn't plan to ask for it from the beginning. And you originally wanted to fight for Kishiwada Castle in negotiations, but in the end you reluctantly relinquished it and demanded Takaya Castle instead. You intend to create the illusion that the Miyoshi family will mistakenly think that it is already a good condition to just give up the high-rise castle, so as to succeed. ”

"Everything is just His Royal Highness Shixiu's own passion." Yu Qiuping shook his head nonchalantly, "In a word, with the compensation of money, grain and grass from Gaoya City, I will release His Royal Highness Shixiu and these more than 1,700 captives." ”

"I also said that in the current situation, giving up Gaoya City is giving up Hanoi, and it is absolutely impossible." Miyoshi Yixian snorted coldly, and the tip of the needle pushed back like a wheat.

"South Hanoi is already at my fingertips, if you don't give it to me, I can still fight myself." Yu Qiuping forced his eyes into Miyoshi Yixian's eyes, "Can you really hold it?" ”

"If you really fight, how can you withdraw from the army to negotiate?" Miyoshi Yixian smiled contemptuously, "Don't bluff, Yuqiu Zhibu." Your bottom line has been figured out, and the outcome of the negotiation has been decided. ”

"If the Miyoshi family is unwilling to hand over the castle, the negotiations will break down. Your Highness, don't you want your own life? Yu Qiuping took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"Don't." Miyoshi Yixian nodded quite easily, and the ten rivers on the side also bowed slightly.

The atmosphere in the house froze again, and the three of them were silent. Just when Yu Qiuping was about to lose his life and was about to take the lead in speaking, Miyoshi Yixian suddenly waved his hand and suddenly said, "That's it, you don't want Gaoyao City." I will give you the 40,000 stone territory of Otori County in Kitawazumi, what do you think? ”

When Yu Qiuping heard this, he only felt that his whole body was shocked by the concentration of electricity, and he couldn't speak in a hurry. He looked up, trying to maintain his composure, trying to peek into Miyoshi's eyes—only to find that those eyes were unfathomable.

Is it seen through?

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The reason why Akihei is so panicked is because Otori Prefecture has the largest trading port in Japan, and it is also the most important partner of Akihei Akihei's plan this time-Sakai Town. Sakai is almost the same size as ports such as Ishiyama and many merchants under Uakihei, and without Sakai Machi, Umoakihei's plan to make money with the help of the Diet would be impossible.

Therefore, in this negotiation, Yu Qiuping's goal has always been to cede Sakai Town. This is also the promise he made when he formed an alliance with the merchant and Hatakeyama Takamasa, and he must ensure that Sakai Town has the safety of cooperating with Akihei. If Sakai remained in the hands of the Miyoshi family, those businessmen would not have dared to form a parliament, make laws, and manage the budget with great fanfare. The basis for the operation of the mechanism of "separation of powers" is that Sakai Town should be controlled by the Yuqiu family. If Yuqiuping could not guarantee the safety of Sakai Town, those merchants were simply unwilling to hand over 500,000 kan of money as the treasury of Yuqiu's family.

Therefore, what territory, Kishiwada Castle, and Takaya Castle are actually all pretenses for negotiations, and only Sakai Town is what Yu Qiuping really wants. Yu Qiuping wanted to pretend to give in after a violent dispute, and no longer demanded Takaya Castle and Kishiwada Castle, but instead wanted Otori-gun and Izumi-gun in Kita-Izumi. But he didn't want to, Miyoshi Yixian actually said his bottom line before him.

But isn't that what he wants?

After Yu Qiuping came back to his strength, he almost didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly agreed, for fear that the three good righteous sages would change their hexagrams. The latter, however, did not mean to break the treaty at all, but worked out in detail with Yu Qiuping the specific chronology of the transfer of territory and the release of the prisoners. At the same time, Akihei also demanded that the Miyoshi family not obstruct the normal operation of Sakai Town's trading ground on the Seto Inland Sea. In exchange, Sakai would give half of the annual trade volume to the Miyoshi family (which was already astronomical). When all the negotiations were over, Yu Qiuping was anxious to let Miyoshi Yoshiken and Shihe Yicun postpone the painting, and slipped away like a child who had picked up candy.

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"Second brother, what do you mean by this?" After Shihe Yiyu left, he asked Miyoshi Yixian in a low voice: "Although I am a rough person, I probably understand it. The rainy autumn autumn leaves agreed so happily, which shows that what he wants is Sakai Town, and what Takaya Castle and Kishiwada Castle are all disguises. ”

"The fourth brother is right." Miyoshi Yoshixian smiled and nodded, "You can be regarded as a little advanced, and you can see these twists and turns." ”

"Since the second brother knows in his heart, why did he cede Sakaicho to him, isn't this his intention?" Shihe Yicun asked in a cold voice, "How can you let the enemy succeed?" ”

"Fourth brother, you still don't understand. Stratagem is not simply a matter of calculating one side. As long as the other party is a master of the same level, it is impossible to succeed in such a simple calculation. Miyoshi Yixian glanced at Shihe Yicun, sighed slightly, and said: "The really clever strategies are all two-way mutual development, and even integration. It is not simply to lure the enemy into their own trap, but to calculate with each other, and even reach a consensus in the calculation. ”

"I don't understand, please explain to the second brother." Shihe Yicun frowned and thought for a moment, then asked in a low voice.

"Our Miyoshi family can't give up, I still have more than 1,700 people, and he is bound to win the rain and autumn and autumn leaves in that Sakai Town. In that case, it is better to make an exchange. Miyoshi Yoshiken analyzed in an orderly manner: "Didn't you notice? Because I guessed that his bottom line was Sakai Town, I deliberately insisted that his bottom line was Takaya Castle, and I repeatedly argued with him here. Then he suddenly made an unbelievable concession and gave him Sakaimachi. Yuqiu Hongye must have thought that he had deceived me, and our Miyoshi family had already panicked in order to keep Takaya Castle, and he picked up a big bargain, so he agreed without bargaining. In fact, according to the chips in his hand, it is only appropriate for us to cede half of Izumi (Otori-gun, Izumi-gun) to him. But because I guessed his bottom line in advance, he didn't dare to continue negotiating, so that he could get such favorable conditions and keep Hequan County. ”

"I see." Shihe Yicun nodded suddenly in understanding, but then his face sank, "But although we have half of the trade volume of Sakai Town, wouldn't it give him wings to give such a hen that can lay golden eggs to Yuqiu and autumn leaves?" I don't understand this, but the second brother has been dealing with Sakai merchants for so many years, how rich they are, doesn't the second brother know? ”

"I know, but to this day, I still don't understand something." Miyoshi Yoshiken pursed his lips and looked at the maple bird flag flying high above Maple Mountain Castle with a somewhat subtle look, "Those Sakai merchants are so shrewd, what kind of conditions did Yu Qiuping offer to persuade Sakai Town to give up our Miyoshi family to support the Yu Qiu family?" I guess Yu Qiuping must have made a huge concession. In that case, I threw Sakaicho directly at him and asked him to honor the concessions he had made. Yu Qiuping himself may agree, but the samurai in his family, as well as his lord Oda Nobunaga, must not be willing to compromise with the merchants! When the time comes, we can sit and watch the Sakai merchants and the Yuqiu family fight among themselves, and then we will make a comeback and make a profit. ”

"This is a two-way strategy that integrates everything."