After Akihei accepted Suzuki's request for peace talks, the war in Kii came to an end for the time being. Yu Qiuping did not allow the people of the country to return to their respective territories, and no one dared to leave without permission at such a time, so everyone waited in the camp around Saga Castle. It was not until November 29 that Akihei finally sent an invitation to the leaders of the various countries and the owners and abbots of all the temples, inviting them to meet with Akihei at Saga Castle on December 1 to discuss the future of Kii.

The reason why Akihei had to wait so many days was to negotiate with his subordinates to come up with a peace proposal that would balance the demands of the Diet, Oda Nobunaga, and the people of Kii. Oda Nobunaga demanded that he not make peace with the forces of Honganji and that he should physically kill those who did not obey the religious cultists. The National Assembly demanded that the people of the country and the territories of the temples be taken back, and that the labor force above be liberated to work in their factories. In other words, it should be modeled after the treatment scheme of Hanoi and springs.

However, under the temptation of Yu Qiuping, no one in the entire Kii was willing to accept this proposal except for the Genlai people and two or three small wealthy families. And Amano Keitoku also questioned this proposal - whether the troops of the Kii people should be retained as the Kii garrison. The reason why the deployment of the Hanoi and Quan Xiaohao clans was reserved for them was because they had completely surrendered to the Yuqiu family and accepted the Yuqiu family's system; And their strength can't make any waves in front of the Red Leaf Army; In addition, with the Hanoi guardian Hatakeyama Takamasa and Yu Qiu Ping, the guardian of Hanoi, the Yu Qiu family has a righteous reputation, and the small wealthy families do not think that the Yu Qiu family is an invader, but regard it as a part of Kawachi Izumi. Therefore, the Yuqiu family was relieved to leave the military power in the hands of the Xiaohao family.

However, Kii's unruly people are not the same as the small wealthy families of Hanoi and Izumi. They do not recognize the Yuqiu family, think that the Yuqiu family is an invader, have a strong hostility towards Yuqiuping, and think that Kii has been their place since ancient times; The second is that the strength is strong, and the combat effectiveness is far above the small hao clan of Hanoi and Quan, and the Red Leaf Army has to win by adjusting the discord when the whole army comes, if their troops are retained, it is not to let a robber sleep soundly on the side of the couch. If you really want to make a fuss, who can stop it? Is it still necessary to consume a lot of troops, money, and food to pacify once?

Amano's question caused Yu Qiuping to think, and he had to reconsider the promise he had made to the people at that time. After obtaining Yu Qiuping's promise, Amano Keitoku temporarily broke the agreement with the Nelai people and other compromised small wealthy clans on the grounds that "the other people were opposed to this proposal", allowing Yu Qiuping to construct a new order from scratch.

At the same time, when Oda Nobunaga learned that Yuqiuping was about to start peace talks, he also sent Yoshiyuki Sawaki to personally come over and give an order, informing Yuqiuping of his arrangements for Kii: first, Yuqiu's family will get the four counties north of Kii, and the rest of the counties in the south will be divided into Oda Nobubuchi and other relatives, and the position of Kii's guardian will be returned to Hatakeyama Takamasa, and Yuakihei will receive the title of Kii's guardian generation - it seems that it is completely bound to Hatakeyama Takamasa; Second, it is absolutely forbidden to make peace with the followers of the same sect. If Akihei wanted to negotiate peace, then all the people of Kii and all the people of the territory must immediately convert, otherwise Oda Nobunaga would never approve of any agreement reached by Akihei.

"It's a headache." After listening to Oda Nobunaga's request, Yu Qiuhei then crumpled up the draft that he had been working with his subordinates for several days and threw it into the waste paper pile on the side.

Yu Qiuping originally thought that Oda Nobunaga's words were just talking, but he didn't expect him to be so firm this time, and the matter would be troublesome. This is because there are a large number of followers of the Ichijo sect among the people of Kii, and with the exception of a few families such as the Nerai sect, the main people of the country basically believe in the Ichijo sect. Honganji has a deep-rooted power here, and wants to force thousands of people to convert, and what awaits Yu Qiuping may be a never-ending battle.

Now so many Kii people who believe in the Ichikoji sect are willing to negotiate peace with Yuakihei, probably because they don't know the bottom line that Oda Nobunaga gave Yuakihei. Because many of the people of the country, including the Saga people, started their lives with Honganji, they would not betray Honganji and the Lord under any circumstances.

However, as time dragged on, the Kii people who had been left behind around Saga Castle had a faint sense of unease. In order to prevent them from connecting with each other, the ninjas of the Raven cut off communication and communication between them, which put everyone in danger for the little tycoons. In desperation, Yu Qiuping had no choice but to adopt the proposal that he had not yet obtained the consent of his subordinates as the core framework of the negotiations.

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December 1, inside the castle tower of Saga Castle.

By the time Yu Qiuping came to the castle tower, there were already a lot of people sitting inside. Almost all the leaders of the Kii people came here, and most of the temple abbots and owners did not remain indifferent to Akihei's actions as they had done last time, but came as promised.

However, despite the presence of so many people in the hall, it was so quiet that you could hear a pin on the ground. If nothing else, it was precisely because of the black-robed crow ninjas who were shuttling through the crowd, always warning those who tried to talk to each other. The Yuqiu family is now very worried that these people and temples will join forces to resist the Yuqiu family's policy, so they are extremely sure that they do not communicate with each other sufficiently, so that they will fall into the trap of the prisoner's dilemma.

The theory of the prisoner's dilemma, Yuqiu's family and not the first time to use it. In the ransom negotiation with the small wealthy families of Meinong more than ten years ago, Yu Qiuping made a lot of money by relying on this. The key to the prisoner's dilemma is to ensure that the information is not smooth, so that everyone's optimal choice does not match the team's optimal choice - no one knows if someone has made peace with Yu Qiuping in private and sold the big guys. In this case, it is obviously a very unwise choice to take the risk of coming out and singing white faces.

What they expected was indeed right, Yu Qiuping had already relied on Hatakeyama's relationship in this meeting to find a few supports. One is Tsuda, who had previously reached an agreement with Yu Qiuping, and the other is Satake Yoshimasa of the Nakago people. When the negotiations reached an impasse, Yu Qiuping hoped that they could come out to make a round or say something for Yu Qiuping.

After thinking about this, Yu Qiuping realized that he had been sitting in silence in his seat for a long time. He glanced at the crowd. found that everyone was a little nervous because of Yu Qiuping's silence. Yu Qiuping glanced at Shigeharu Takenaka and Amano Keito, and both of them nodded slightly towards Yu Qiuping, signaling that Yu Qiuping could start. Yu Qiuping then cleared his throat - this immediately attracted everyone's attention, and many people who were still a little tired just now instantly straightened their backs.

This is probably the deterrence of the invincible Red Leaf Army.

"Guys, I won't go around the bush any more. I would like to invite you here today to discuss the future of Kii. ”

"What's Kii's problem?" Master Nakajima, who is also the highest-ranking monk among the owners of Honganji Temple, said a little aggressively after hearing Yu Qiuping say this.

"All the problems with Kii." Amano Keide said coldly unceremoniously, and at the same time raised his head and looked at Master Nakajima coldly. That look was even stranger than the way his crow looked at the corpse.

"Kiyi's question is the matter of the Dharma Master, when will it be your turn to intervene?" Another Honganji monk was also unafraid of the sky and said, "We will not agree, and neither will the millions of believers in Kii." ”

"The atmosphere of the negotiations was not what I expected." Hearing this, Yu Qiuping waved his hand, stopping Amano Keitoku and Shigeharu Takenaka who were trying to speak, but smiled self-deprecatingly, "I thought you would give me some soft nails at most, but I didn't expect to come directly to the hard ones." ”

After Yu Qiuping finished laughing, he raised his head and glanced at the people present again. He found that the people of Kii who had fought with him, even the most unruly Suzuki Shigehide, did not say much at the moment, at most they had an expression of anger and did not dare to speak. On the contrary, the owners of those temples and shrines of Honganji Temple were eager to try one by one, and seemed to want to give Yu Qiuping a dismount.

Maybe the lord is right.

With these people, there may not be much reason to talk about.

After taking a deep breath, Yu Qiuping whispered in as calm a tone as possible:

"Do you know what happened to Long Island?"

As soon as Yu Qiuping spoke, the atmosphere in the conference hall suddenly froze. Everyone knew about Oda Nobunaga's atrocities on Nagashima, slaughtering tens of thousands of surrendered believers and strewn corpses all over the field.

"Is His Highness threatening us?" Nakajima's voice was already full of anger, "We never gave in. ”

"No, I'm not threatening you. On the contrary, I am releasing kindness. Yu Qiuping suddenly smiled, making everyone a little unable to keep up with his rhythm for a while,

"Can this also be called kindness?" The other monk whispered coldly in the corner.

"Of course." The smile on Yu Qiuping's face did not decrease, but there was a murderous aura hidden in his relaxed tone, "You must know that no matter how much I am Yuqiu Red Leaves, I am also a subordinate of the Oda Palace." If I can't fix Kii, it's not me who comes here to solve the problem, but the main hall himself. ”

"I'm willing to solve the problem peacefully, but if it's Oda Palace, I can't guarantee what the lord will do?" Yu Qiuping paused, and then glanced at everyone present again, "That's why I asked, have you heard of Long Island?" ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent, but the momentum of resistance just now had weakened a lot.

"You have to figure it out, I'm the one who can talk, and I'm the one who is willing to solve problems." Yu Qiuping stretched out his hand and tapped lightly on the table in front of him, "Sitting at the table and cooperating with me is the wisest choice for you." I was so scared that the people who came after me were not so talkative. ”