Wise Mitsuhide sat down and thought about it, and he felt that this matter might not be so easy, first of all, he said that the retainers who could become the chief general of the legion before were all old family members, and he was only a general now, if the gap in identity can be ignored, then what about the merits, which of the retainers who can be appointed as the chief general of the legion by the lord is not brilliant, and the merits are outstanding, even if it is Kinoshita Toyoshiro, although the ability was not obvious before, but in recent years, the momentum has been rapid, and the merits have surpassed that of Lord Sakuma and Takigawa Kazuki, And looking at myself, since the allegiance to Oda, there are very few decent credits, and I am afraid that this alone is not qualified, and now that the family army is attacking from all sides, there is no need to establish another legion, I am afraid that the lord points out that he has something else to order.

Sure enough, as he thought, Nobunaga did not mean to appoint the legion again, but said: "Since you came to the family, you have always been conscientious, and you have been constantly fighting for the interests of your family, and you can be rewarded for your merits this time, in this case, I will seal the mountain city country more than 100,000 stones." ”

Wise Mitsuhide was not overjoyed after hearing this, although he was not appointed as the commander of the legion, but he was also rewarded, and as soon as the lord opened his mouth, it was 100,000 stones, and he didn't need to attack other places by himself, nor did he have to take any risks, such a good thing had never happened to him.

Thinking of this, I saw him hurriedly salute and say, "Thank you......"

Before he could finish speaking, Nobunaga waved his hand and interrupted: "I am not finished speaking, except for the reward, I have appointed you as the commissioner of Kyoto, responsible for all matters related to the family and the government." ”

"This..."If it had been placed in the past, Akechi Mitsuhide would have been delighted with such an appointment. After all, the public family has declined. But after all, it is also nominally the co-lord of the world. Being able to deal with the public family has a bright face, but now it is different, especially after knowing the attitude of the lord towards the public family, this Kyoto commission is not so easy to do, and he knows that the lord appointed himself as the Kyoto minister to prepare for the abolition of His Majesty the Emperor, and he knows that this matter will definitely be handed over to himself to complete at that time, and at that time, he will be a sinner in the world. Everyone has the object of punishment.

Nobunaga saw that Akechi Mitsuhide was a little ambiguous about this, and couldn't help frowning: "What? Do you have any complaints about this arrangement? Nobunaga didn't say this inquiringly, but in a very cold tone.

Seeing that the lord's attitude is not good, how dare he hesitate for half a minute, if he refuses now, the lord can do anything, so this matter can only be discussed in the long run, and it should be done for the time being, if it is really at that time, it is not too late to make a decision. So I heard him hurriedly say: "My subordinates don't dare." Thank you, Lord. ”

"Humph! Forgive me for not daring. ”

After he stepped back, he only heard Nobunaga say, "Where is Matsunaga Hide!" ”

"The subordinates are here. Please command. "Matsunaga Hide, unlike the retainer who had just been appointed as the commander of the legion, when he heard his name from the lord, not only did he not look excited, but he showed trepidation.

When he came out of the ranks, he only heard Nobunaga snort and said, "Hmph, the Kii Raiders have been carried out for several years now, and I want to hear what you have done in the past few years!" ”

"I also ask the lord to atone for his sins, not because his subordinates are careless, but... It's that the people of Kii are complex and very united, especially Shigehide Suzuki, who is both brave and brave, relying on the advantages of the terrain......"

"Shut up! That Suzuki Shigehide has both courage and courage, is it true that all the things raised by my Oda family are waste? ”

"My lord, please punish my subordinates for their crimes." Since Oda Nobunaga had just appointed Takigawa Kazuki as the commander of the legion to attack Kii, Matsunaga Hideki knew that even if he proposed to attack this place, the lord would never agree, so he could only ask for guilt. However, although he lost some face, he was really relieved, as long as he didn't let himself attack Kii, such a small punishment was nothing, and now the lord handed over the task of attacking this place to Takigawa Yiyi, and he could just get out. And I'm afraid that in less than two years, I will be able to watch Takigawa Kazuyi's jokes, and by then I will be able to correct my name, and it is too normal that even the famous Takigawa-sama of the Oda family can't take it down.

Nobunaga didn't really want to condemn him, this time it was just to beat him, after all, Nobunaga still admired his ability very much, and the reason why he named him was also given a task. So Nobunaga didn't say much about this matter, but said, "This time I'll do it a few times, but if you can't take Iga for me within a year, and then the two crimes will be punished together, can you remember?" ”

"It's the lord." I just heard that Matsunaga Xiu reached it hard, why was he so unlucky, and finally he didn't have to entangle with the people of Kii anymore, but he didn't wait to be happy, but he had to deal with those ninjas in Iga again, and it can be said that those ninjas in Iga are much more difficult to deal with than those in Kii, especially in Igari, not only there are thousands of ninja troops, but the ninjutsu of Tamba is even more first-class in the world, if it is forced to be urgent, once the other party takes the assassination, then won't he be in danger of being headed? But for Oda Nobunaga's order, he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to take one step at a time, but he really couldn't do it, and he had only one way to rebel.

Because of the establishment of the corps just now, when the chief general of the corps was appointed, the strategy of the family in the next few years had been arranged by the way, so it was arranged again in the province, and the content of the meeting behind was basically nothing substantial, just to make a summary of last year's work, and of course Nobunaga himself did not need to speak to such a trivial matter, and this was also the last time that Murai Sadakatsu presided over the year-end assessment meeting of the Oda family, and after the meeting, he and the other nine people would follow the Takayama clan to return to Takayama Castle, And never to return to Oda's house.

Since what Murai Sadakatsu said had already been seen by Nobunaga, Nobunaga's mind was not here at the moment, but kept thinking.

The reason why he wants to abolish the emperor is entirely because the existence of the emperor has infringed on the interests of the family, and Nobunaga still has great respect for the emperor before, but since he mediated and let the family give up the elimination of the power of Honganji, this has violated Nobunaga's bottom line, and Ishiyama Honganji exists for a day, then the territory of the family is not stable, especially now that there is a grudge, if it is not eliminated, once it instigates the ignorant civilians, then the great cause of its own unification will be seriously slowed down.

Now that he is over forty years old, he has little time left for himself, and if he can't rule the world in his lifetime, will the Oda family still have hope of dominating the world?

Thinking of this, Nobunaga couldn't help but look at Nobutada, who was sitting down, although Nobutada's ability was good, but he was too modest, if he pacified the world by himself, he would still be able to reassure people, but if he was allowed to take over his own peace of mind, then such a character would be really difficult to do.

Therefore, this matter must be completed in his lifetime, and only by abolishing the emperor and pacifying the world will no one hinder him.

However, Nobunaga also knows that this is not the best time to speak out, after all, if the forces of the world unite now, it is not something that the family can resist, so it is better to wait for two years, and wait until two years later, after all the forces in the world have succumbed, he can act.

After the year-end assessment meeting, the retainers left Azuchi Castle one after another, and although Azuchi Castle was newly built, Azuchi Town was still very prosperous due to the clan's policy towards merchants.

In particular, the sparrow house closest to Azuchi Castle, which occupies 10 shops, was even more lively, and since it had become a habit for the samurai of the Oda family to go to the sparrow house for fun, the meeting ended, and many familiar samurai who had not seen each other for several years came here.

And the clan and Shibata Katsuya and other factions of several factions of course appeared here, and the dull atmosphere before the meeting, different from the dreary atmosphere, at this moment everyone basically seems very relaxed, after all, the establishment of the main army for the Takayama faction can be said to be a lot of money, not only three people served as the head of the legion, but even the wise Mitsuhide has been sealed, looking at Kinoshita Tengjiro, although there are two people, but the real benefit is only one monkey, as for the fiefdom of Takigawa Yiyi Qiji, It is impossible to win it with his own strength, so he can only rely on the help of Kinoshita Toyoshiro, but in this way, it is equivalent to slowing down the development of Kinoshita Toyoshiro, which is the result that the clan is most willing to see.

While everyone was entertaining, the clan did not participate, but brought Takenaka Hanbei and Maeno Nagayasu aside.

I only heard the clan said: "Lord Takenaka, Lord Maeno, this time you two can be sent by the lord to assist the young master, it is really gratifying, once you are recognized by the young master, then the future will be just around the corner." ”

Although Maeno Nagayasu is brave, how can this resourcefulness be with Takenaka Hanbei, Takenaka Hanbei only smiled faintly after hearing this, but he had already laughed heartily: "Takayama-sama said that it is a joke, no matter what, it is impossible to make such achievements as Takayama-sama, and I only want to make the name of the Maeno family live forever, so I am already at ease." ”

"Takayama-sama, I'm afraid I have something to hand over to Maeno-sama." After Maeno Nagayasu finally stopped laughing, he only heard Takenaka Hanbei speak. Although the Takayama clan seemed to have just come to congratulate the two of them, Shibata and Sakuma-sama had gained much more than themselves, and they did not come forward to congratulate them, but went straight to themselves, and their actions were self-evident. (To be continued......)