Chapter Ninety-Three: The Three Rivers Riot
"Boom! Poop! There was a rhythmic sound of bamboo binding outside the teahouse, and there were three people sitting in the tearoom, oh, it should be two, and Hosokawa Nobumoto was not distressed at all.
Oda Nobunaga always felt that something was missing when he considered the feasibility of separating soldiers and peasants, but in fact it was the resources that were missing, because Hosokawa Nobunaga knew that it was only after the capture of the country of Mino that the historical Oda Nobunaga produced a group of occupations that did not produce and relied on the suffrage, support or indiscriminate arrest (that is, war robbery) to support their families.
These ashigaru combat forces far surpassed those who were temporarily conscripted and could only receive rewards from the first rank, thus giving birth to a real system of "separation of soldiers and peasants".
"The lord has no worries, as my Oda family grows stronger, all the necessary conditions that are lacking will naturally be solved." In the end, it was Hosokawa Nobumoto who broke the deadlock.
"Well~~ Actually, if you don't engage in production, it's not impossible to forcibly form a standing stand, but it will increase the expenditure of Yulu, I have made up my mind, first convert 1000 people into standing Ashigaru. In addition, increase the length of the spear to five meters, and upgrade the standing defensive equipment. "Oda Nobunaga deserves to be the number one daimyo of the Warring States, and his head is fast, although the number of people in this team has been halved, but the equipment has been upgraded by a level.
Suddenly, Hasegawa Hashisuke came outside the house, knelt on the ground and said in a panic: "Report! My lord, the big thing is not good, a large-scale rebellion broke out in Mikawa, the army was about tens of thousands, several castles of the Matsudaira family were captured, and even Okazaki Castle was surrounded. ”
"What! So serious! So has the Ichijo Sect on Long Island done anything? Oda Nobunaga was taken aback when he heard this, and the first thing that came to mind was Nagashima Ichisaki, who was close to his own territory, and his cornucopia Tsushima was next to Nagashima.
"Back to the lord, there is no action for the time being." Hasegawa Hashisuke replied.
"What's the reason? So suddenly. Although Hosokawa Nobumoto felt that he could get information after he went back, he still asked unconsciously.
"It is said that the return of Hosokawa-sama was caused by the fact that Suganuma Dingxian, a retainer of the Matsudaira family, ordered the construction of a fortress near Kamiyaji Temple and seized the grain of the monks of Kaminomiya Temple. Therefore, the abbot of the temple swore an empty oath on the grounds that the privilege of "guarding the people who were not allowed to enter" had been violated, and together with the Kaminomiya Temple and Katsukuji Temple, sent a letter to gather the disciples to attack the castle of Suganuma Dingxian. Other powerful clans such as the Matsudaira clan and the Kira clan, who were disciples of the Ichikozong clan, as well as the remnants of the Imagawa clan, also responded, and they attacked the castle wherever they went, and now they are approaching Okazaki Castle. Hasegawa Hashisuke carefully explained the details again.
"My lord, it seems that the central forces of this turmoil are the three temples of Mikawa and Honjoji, as well as the anti-Ieyasu forces such as the Sakurai Matsudaira clan, the Okusa Matsudaira clan, the Kira clan, and the Arakawa clan, and more than half of the retainers of the Matsudaira clan are also involved. Lord Matsudaira was also in a hurry, trying in vain to quickly dominate Mikawa, but this food was so ugly that even the bald donkey couldn't stand it. Hosokawa Nobumoto finally summed it up, and didn't forget to step on his feet.
"Now His Majesty is most worried about Nagashima Ichijo, this Yoshikoji has always been going to do things together, and it is inevitable that Nagashima's Ichijo Sect will loot the Tsushima of his family for the sake of profit." Ikeda Hengxing also said on the side.
"Hmm~~ Then send troops to defend Tsushima, but if you send too much, you will inevitably be suspicious of Nagashima, but it is not beautiful. If it is less, I am afraid that if Nagashima really participates, I can't resist it. Oda Nobunaga also couldn't make up his mind with a sad face, he was now 10,000 unwilling to start a war with the Ichizune.
"My lord, why don't your subordinates go to Tsushima, and by the way, visit the abbot of Nagashima Wishing Temple, maybe you can resolve the crisis." Hosokawa Nobumoto thought about it and made a request.
"Oh? Rokuro is willing to go? Any thoughts? Oda Nobunaga was overjoyed when he heard this.
"I don't have any ideas, just just go and visit and have a look, once the army of my subordinates is only two hundred, I will not be feared; Second, the minister's sister is the main room of the eleventh generation of the Lord of Honganji Temple, so she may be able to be accommodating and sell her face. "Hosokawa Nobumoto mainly thinks that there will be no danger in this trip, and this time he really doesn't look at the face of the Buddha and looks at the face of the monk.
"Hahaha! I see, if you don't say it, I really forgot about this stubble, your sister is the daughter of the Left Minister Sanjo Gongrai, the younger sister of Takeda Shingen's main room. Oda Nobunaga said this, and suddenly felt the power of marriage, and began to think about whether his own family should also marry some powerful external forces such as Takeda Shingen.
"Hehe, the lord has won the award, and the ministers have such relatives." Hosokawa Nobumoto smiled embarrassedly, to be honest, he and that sister had never met at all, and she was an adopted daughter of Hosokawa Harumoto a few years ago in order to fulfill the promise of marriage with the Honganji family.
"In that case, then you should go and visit, Long Island must not be in chaos." Oda Nobunaga said solemnly.
"Uh~~ That's it? Don't you give some money? As the saying goes, money makes the devil grind. "Hosokawa Nobumoto, what's the matter, what eyes, do you want to not even give money for a little relationship?
"What! Let me give those bald asses money? Dream! The money from the family will be used to arm the standing armament. "As soon as Oda Nobunaga heard that the money was like asking for his life, he was now short of money if he formed a standing reserve.
"Okay then, your majesty will go and try it cheeky." After saying that, Hosokawa Nobumoto took his leave, turned a corner on the way back to Devon City, and first went to Komatsu Temple to meet the abbot and Kei.
"The Venerable Master of Jiqing, I am about to go to the Wishing Temple in the next day to meet the abbot Master Kongyi, but I am shallow in my studies of Buddhism, and I am afraid that I will not be able to learn the Dharma, and I hope that the Venerable Master will teach me." Hosokawa Nobumoto bowed very sincerely, this Komatsu Temple is the Chiyama sect of the Shingon sect, and it currently belongs to the pro-Oda faction, but the future may not be.
"Hehe, Hosokawa-sama can go to this temple, it is also a kind of fate, if people have fate, everything is fate. If there is no fate, everything will be empty. "And Qingkou called the Buddha's name.
"Uh~~" To be honest, Hosokawa Nobumoto didn't understand what this meant, but he didn't help but give a happy word, always saying these neutral words.
"Xuanyi! Come in, I've met Hosokawa-sama! He Qing called in a young monk.
"Who is this master?" Hosokawa Nobumoto asked suspiciously.
"This is the Xuanyi of this temple, who has just returned from practicing at Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei, but there is a high monk." And Qing praised it.
"Master Xuanyi, Hosokawa Rokuro Nobumoto is polite." Hosokawa Nobumoto bowed to Genyi.
"Hosokawa-sama is very polite, this time the poor monk will accompany the adult." Xuan Yi was neither humble nor arrogant, and also returned a salute.