The ocean current was not good, coupled with the delay caused by wind and waves, and by the time Yu Qiuping and his party returned to Japan by boat, it was already February 13 in the second year of Wanli (1574). When Yu Qiuping arrived in Japan, he learned that Oda Nobunaga had applied to the imperial court for a change of yuan in the second half of last year. And the imperial court actually gave Oda Nobunaga a lot of face, and directly changed the fourth year of Yuangui to the first year of Tensho, and let him decide the era name with a small bullet Zhengzhong. Oda Nobunaga chose "Tensho" this year, it seems that he wanted to take the meaning of "restlessness is better than cold, net is better than heat, and tranquility is the right thing in the world" in "Lao Tzu" - the previous Yuan turtle tossed him so much. Therefore, this year is actually already the second year of Tensho (1574).

In addition to this, the form of Japan has also changed a lot.

During the time that Yu Qiuping left, Oda Nobunaga did a lot of things. After the onset of winter in the first year of Tensho (1573), a large-scale outbreak broke out in Echizen. As a result of the massacre carried out by Oda Nobunaga in Echizen, the samurai group of the Asakura family suffered an almost devastating blow, so much so that there was a vacuum of local power. Tomita Nagashige, who had surrendered to Oda Nobunaga, colluded with the forces of Honganji in Kaganai, a neighbor in Echizen's northeastern region, to launch a raid in Echizen territory and attack and kill Maebayoshitsugu and others who were left behind by the Oda family.

Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga was unceremoniously and immediately gathered a large army to counterattack Echizen. Unfortunately, Tomita Nagashige also had a conflict with Honganji Temple at a critical time, and the coalition army, which was already at a disadvantage, had an internal strife, which was broken by Oda Nobunaga in one fell swoop. Tomita Nagashige was beheaded, and the Ichisuji forces in the entire Echizen country were almost wiped out physically by the violent Oda Nobunaga.

In order to prevent the Honganji forces in Kaga Province from counterattacking, Oda Nobunaga appointed Shibata Katsuie, who was able to fight well, as Echizen's guardian. However, the number of stone heights in the entire Echizen country is too large, close to 500,000 stones, plus the developed sea trade, enough to mobilize an army of 20,000 people, which is almost the strength of the previous Asakura family. Giving such a huge territory to one person obviously carries the risk of not being able to lose it. To this end, Oda Nobunaga also divided Maeda Toshiie, Sasa Narumasa, and Fupo Mitsuji into two counties near Fuchu, the key point of Echizen Province. As the direct force of Oda Nobunaga, the three members of Fuchu shared the territory of Echizen Province and became the overseer of Shibata Katsuie. Shibata Katsuie became the commander of the Oda family's corps in Hokuriku Province, and was responsible for conquering Kaga Ichigoku in Hokuriku Province.

Taking this as an opportunity, Oda Nobunaga carried out a large-scale division of his hard-working subordinates. Niwa Nagahide was awarded the title of Wakasa Ichikoku, and Akechi Mitsuhide, who was awarded the title of Yama Castle and Omi Prefecture, formed the Mountain ** Legion, which was responsible for the strategy of the Yama** Isshiki family and the Hatano family. Kinoshita Hideyoshi was given the old collar of the Asai family, and the three counties of Kita-Omi were given to Minami-Omi, and Minami-Omi was given by Oda Nobunaga to Naomasa and others, who were born in the mother-clothed family. On the basis of the original territory, Sakuma Nobumori added the territory that the Oda family currently acquired in Settsu Province and several prefectures of Yamashiro Province, and as the commander of the Honganji Siege Group, he was responsible for attacking Ishiyama Gobo.

And Yu Thu Binh, on the basis of the original Hanoi guardian generation, was crowned with the guardian of Izumi. In Izumi Kunichu, only Otori-gun, near Sakai Town, is currently in the hands of Amaakihira, and the rest of the land is in the hands of the Miyoshi family. Oda Nobunaga gave such an appointment, which was obviously to spur Yu Qiuhei to attack Izumi. Yu Qiuping also became the commander of the Oda family's raiders of the Miyoshi family, and the department became one of the current four major armies of the Oda family.

It is worth mentioning that Kinoshita Hideyoshi took the initiative to change his Miao character after being promoted to become the elder of the family. At a banquet, he took the initiative to ask Niwa Nagahide and Shibata Katsuie, who were present, to give him one of the Miao characters and let him synthesize new Miao characters, so as to motivate him to continue to dedicate his loyalty to the Oda family.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi's nondescript approach amused everyone, and the noble-born even looked down on such a practice, but Oda Nobunaga had quite an appetite and forced the unhappy Shibata Katsuya to give a word. Niwa Nagahide gave "Yu", Shibata Katsuie gave "Shiba", so Kinoshita Hideyoshi changed his name to Yushiba Hideyoshi. Upon arrival, Yu Qiuping also received a letter of apology from Hideyoshi Hashiba. said that he originally wanted to receive a word from His Royal Highness Momiji, who took the most care of him, but you were not there, so he had to regret it, which made Yu Qiuping smile for a long time. I didn't expect that he could change history like this, could it be that if he hadn't made this trip to the Ming Kingdom, Hazushiba Hideyoshi's name would have become Hachiba Hideyoshi?

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And after Yu Qiuping returned, things in Yu Qiu's family have also taken on a new look.

With the assistance of Kaede Imagawa and Gobei Yuqiu, Yuqiuji successfully completed the "post-war reconstruction" of Yuqiu's family in the months after Yuqiupei's departure. More than 1,000 newly trained recruits made up for the shortfalls of the original Tsukiwa Bun, Narumaki Bun, Hosoyanagi and Cavalry Companies, while Kohata Tsumori, Kato Mitsuyasu, and Kanematsu Masayoshi took over the positions of Anayama Nobumi, Hara Nagayori, and Aoki Kazuki, respectively. The samurai and ashigaru who made great contributions in the battle were also rewarded.

And the school plan for the children of martyrs prepared by Yu Qiuping before the expedition was also carried out smoothly. However, due to the lack of Japanese textbooks and teachers suitable for large classes, Yu Qiuyu had to use the Chinese pinyin that Yu Qiuping had previously taught to the officers, and let the officers of the Red Leaf Army take turns as teachers to teach the children of martyrs every day. This also indirectly uses Chinese as the designated language of the Red Leaf Army Martyrs' Children's School, and those children basically only speak Chinese in school. It made Yu Qiuping quite happy after coming back - he naturally would not refuse because of the strong mood in his hometown, so this became a practice and was continued.

Later, the scope of the school was expanded again, not only for the children of the martyrs of the Red Leaf Army, but also for the people under the rule of the Yuqiu family, but the children of the martyrs of the Red Leaf Army were exempted from tuition and food expenses. Yuqiu's family has also trained teachers to teach children a variety of skills that can be used in the future, such as Chinese, arithmetic, logic, etiquette, and territorial management.

Seeing his eldest son achieve such a good achievement, Yu Qiuping was very relieved. But what makes him happier is the return of Yu Qiuyou! However, this is at the cost of Yu Akimitsu going to Sakai Town as a new hostage.

Yu Qiupei later learned that this matter was promoted by Oda Nobunaga and Amano Keitoku, and it seemed that they wanted to give the merchants of Sakai Town a little color. Imagawa Kaede, Yu Qiuyu, and Yu Qiuguang couldn't bear to let Yu Qiuyou be detained in Sakai Town alone for so many years, plus Yu Qiuguang offered to exchange his second brother as a hostage, and things were decided like this. However, because Yu Qiuping, who has always supported the separation of powers, was not present and was not tough enough, the National Assembly had to agree to this condition.

Therefore, at the first dinner after Yu Qiuping returned to Japan, he met Yu Qiuyou, who he had been thinking about for a long time. I haven't seen him for almost five years, and the former child has grown into a heroic teenager. Because they are twins, he and his brother's facial features and facial features are very similar. Yu Qiuyou had more perseverance, and Yu Qiuyou's face was more radiant.

"Come on, give Daddy a hug!" After Yu Qiuping saw Yu Qiuyou, he wanted to hold his long-missed son in his arms without saying a word, but he didn't want to be flexibly avoided by Yu Qiuyou.

"Father, how can you be a little woman when there are so many people?" Yu Qiuyou glanced at his brother, sister and mother sitting next to him, and retorted seriously.

"Yo? You kid, I haven't seen you for a few years, have your wings been stiff! I don't let my dad hug it. Yu Qiuping feigned anger when he heard this, but he was secretly happy in his heart. He was originally worried that Yu Qiuyou would have personality problems because he hadn't seen him for many years and had been under house arrest, so that he would alienate them, but looking at his appearance, he was still as optimistic and cheerful as ever.

Yu Qiuping didn't notice the hidden haze under Yu Qiuyou's usual smiling face.

"Father, my brother has made great contributions to the battlefield with you, and now he has become a sergeant who is always prepared, and he can handle national affairs alone, but I haven't done anything, so arrange something for me!"

"Hahahaha, it's time for you to do something." Yu Qiuping smiled and touched Yu Qiuyou's head, "Come, tell your dad what you have done and learned in Sakai Town in the past few years." ”

"It's basically just reading books and practicing swords, and there's nothing else you can do." Yu Qiuyou was stunned when he heard this, and shook his head a little lonely, "What can I do if I am locked up in a hut all day?" ”

Yu Qiuyou's words made Yu Qiuping feel guilty all of a sudden. At that time, because of the urgency of the situation, he had to send his children as hostages, and this matter has always been a pain in his heart. A father can't even protect his own children, but wants his children to suffer such a big sin.

"After that, you two will continue to study with the half-guards and the power guards." Yu Qiuping hesitated for a moment, and decided to let their previous teachers continue to take them, "You were still young before, but now the two adults can teach you some real skills, remember to humbly ask for advice." ”

"Yes, father." Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiuyou should be the Tao in unison.

At that moment, there was a sudden knock on the paper door of the castle tower. Senranmaru opened the door, poked his head out, and said to Yu Qiuping, "Your Highness, Brother Dengping asks to see you." ”

"Oh? Sung Yuan Pill is coming? "Yu Qiuping was very surprised that Naoe Dengping came here at night to do something, there should be no training task for the artillery today.

After a while, Naoe Dengping sneaked into the door, handed Yu Qiuping a memo that was obviously to be handed in tomorrow morning, and then turned to leave. Yu Qiuping stared at Naoe Dengping with suspicious eyes, and found that the latter quietly winked at Yu Qiucen when he turned around and closed the door. Yu Qiuping immediately turned around to observe Yu Qiucen's reaction, and found that his baby daughter's face was red, and her strange appearance had a charm from Imagawa Kaede's childhood.

"Cen Er, what's going on?" Yu Qiuping asked in a somewhat subtle tone, watching with satisfaction as Yu Qiucen's cheeks became even redder. This little girl is getting more and more beautiful, and when she grows up, she must be the same beauty as her mother. Yu Qiuping found out a long time ago that Yu Qiucen and Naoe Dengping often played together, he thought that the two were just playmates, but he didn't expect that they seemed to be secretly in love?

"No... Nothing, huh? What does it have to do with me that he came to deliver a memo! Yu Qiucen stammered a little in defense.

"Oh? How do you know it's a memo? How did you see it when you were so far away? Yu Qiuping teased with a smile and waved the pile of paper in his hand. Yu Qiucen was speechless for a moment, and shyly slipped into Imagawa Kaede's arms, causing everyone to laugh.

"Second brother, you're embarrassed to laugh at me!" After seeing Yu Qiuyou smiling very happily, Yu Qiucen, who was blushing, said angrily, "You post it to Sister Chacha all day long!" Do you think I don't know! ”