The recent wars caused by the Tsugawa family's Shangluo have finally come to an end, and if there is anything that is the most popular for the retainers and younger brothers of the Tsugawa family, it is undoubtedly about the reward after the war.

In this battle, in addition to the Ichiyi retainers of the Tsugawa family, the allies and younger brothers of the Tsugawa family also contributed a lot.

Because there were too many people who needed to make rewards, Sanada Yutaka and others were busy during this time. Fortunately, the hard work paid off, and after a month and a half, the work accounts of the retainers were finally counted.

February 14 of the first year of Hongji.

The Kyoto area has not yet warmed up, and occasionally a cold wind blows, making you shiver. However, for the retainers of the Tsugawa family, who have lived in the bitter cold of Okuwa for a long time, this temperature is not a concern at all.

"Wise Lord, why are we gathering at the General's Imperial Palace?"

"Yes, why did the lord hold an assessment here?"

In front of the Ashikaga Shogun's "Flower Palace", a group of retainers of the Tsugawa family were completely confused. In the past, Tsugawa Soji lived in the mansion of the Ichijo family, and the retainers who were summoned were also in the Ichijo family, so why did he choose to be here for the evaluation today?

"You don't know that this place has been burned down due to war since the Onin Rebellion. Since then, it has undergone several repairs, but the overall structure has been so damaged that it has been in a semi-abandoned state. ”

"Now the lord has ordered someone to choose another place to build the imperial palace for the shogun, and this place will be used as the lord's residence in Kyoto from today on." Akechi Mitsuhide hurriedly explained to the retainers.

After Akechi Mitsuhide explained, some of the retainers who were active seemed to understand something from Akechi Mitsuhide's words, and their eyes suddenly burst with excitement.

"My lord has been waiting for you for a long time, and the luncheon has been prepared, so please let you in." Yajima Jimitsu walked out of the Hananomiya Palace at this time.

At the top of the list was Takeda Nobutoyo, the head of the Wakasa Takeda family, followed by Isshiki Yoshimichi, Hojo Clanmasa, Asai Kenmasa, Oda Nobunaga, Matsudaira Motonobu and other junior brothers, and the retainers of the Tsugawa family were last.

Walk through the broken gate of the Flower Palace, pass through a long corridor, and finally come to the main hall.

The original main hall has long been burned down, and the Ashikaga family has not been repaired due to their own financial problems. Soji Tsugawa ordered the renovation of the Flower Palace a month ago, and the main hall was the first to be completed.

As the residence of the Great Shogun, the main hall of the Flower Palace is quite large, and can accommodate hundreds of samurai at the same time.

Ashikaga Yoshiki was sitting in the center of the main hall at this time, looking at the Tsugawa retainers who were rushing in, his face was expressionless, and the corner of his eyes swept to Tsugawa Soji sitting in front of him from time to time, as if he was waiting for Tsugawa Soji to speak.

After everyone was seated, Tsugawa Soji turned around and said to Ashikaga Yoshiteru, "Lord Shogun, this time this time the family is in the general's imperial book to ask for thieves, and has defeated Miyoshi, Imagawa and other rebels. ”

"Now, except for a few remnants of the rebels who are still surviving in various places, most of the areas in recent areas have been pacified. Today, we have gathered all of you here to report to the General! ”

Ashikaga Yoshiki nodded slightly, and after Tsugawa Soji's gaze moved away from his body, Ashikaga Yoshiki slowly opened his mouth, "You are all warriors of my shogunate, and this time it is hard work and high merit to follow Tsugawa Hall Shangluo to fight for thieves." ”

"Yesterday, the Tsugawa Hall has already handed over the account of your merits to me, and the corresponding rewards have been drawn up, so let's read it out by the Tsugawa Hall."

After Ashikaga Yoshiteru finished speaking, Sanada Yutaka, who was standing on the side, hurriedly moved a stack of feelings in front of Tsugawa Soji.

Soji Tsugawa picked up the first impression and wanted to read it himself, but after thinking about it, he turned around and handed it to Ashikaga Yoshiteru, "Lord Shogun, it is best for Lord Shogun to read this letter of feeling." ”

Ashikaga Yoshiteru was full of humiliation in his heart, and he took this letter that he had written with a knife on his neck, and tried to restrain his emotions, and then read "There is a ........ of the right house of Tsugawa, the head of the Hatsugawa family"

"Remembering the outstanding merits of the Tsugawa family, the Shogunate has decided to appoint the Tsugawa Right House as the head of the shogunate and the head of the shogunate, and to serve as the guardian of the eight kingdoms of Dewa, Mutsu, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, Awa, and Sanki."

"I hope that I will continue to serve the shogunate ...... after that."

Ashikaga Yoshiteru was on the verge of losing his reading several times because it was too humiliating.

If it weren't for Sanada Yutaka threatening with dozens of big men with knives, Ashikaga Yoshiteru would not have been able to write about it.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru even thought about committing suicide, but when he thought of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, he endured it in the end. He must save his life and escape from Kyoto, and then contact the daimyo of the world to attack the Tsugawa River!

As Ashikaga Yoshiteru finished reading out the feelings, an exclamation suddenly sounded in the main hall.

Takeda Nobutoshi and the others, who were sitting in the forefront, were prepared for a long time, but they were also taken aback by the content of the feelings.

Let's not talk about the guardians of the eight countries, this thing is useless, anyway, as long as the territory is in hand.

Although the position of the shogunate was revered, it was already in name only with the decline of the shogunate, and it was also an inconsequential thing.

As for the position of steward, it is equivalent to Ashikaga Yoshiteru announcing to the world the legitimacy of the Tsugawa family's control of the Kinai region, which is the most important sentence in the content of this statement.

And what really shocked Takeda Nobutoshi and others was what was behind this letter.

In fact, as long as you are not a fool, you can see that Ashikaga Yoshiteru categorically cannot write such a feeling, because the reward is too rich. And all the three and four positions were offended at once.

The positions of shogunate were always born in the Hosokawa, Spo, and Hatakeyama families, and the offices of the shogunate were selected from the four families of Akamatsu, Isshiki, Yamana, and Kyogoku.

And Ashikaga Yoshiteru's feelings gave these two positions to Tsugawa Soji at once, undoubtedly giving a big mouth to the three managers and four positions.

Therefore, it is impossible for Ashikaga Yoshiteru to write such feelings.

Then there is only one possibility left, that is, this letter of emotion was written by Tsugawa Soji and Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and even more disgraceful means were used.

If this is the case, doesn't that show the wolf ambition of Soji Tsugawa?

In other words, Tsugawa Soji is preparing to take Ashikaga instead?

No matter what the people below think, Tsugawa Soji is happy to accept all this anyway. He bowed to Ashikaga Yoshiki in a fake way, and then said a few words of thanks, and Tsugawa Soji stopped paying attention to Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Now that the general trend has been set, Soharu Tsugawa can do what he wants without any scruples. As for Ashikaga Yoshiteru, it is no longer useful.

If he is obedient, he may be able to live a few more days, but if he has any ideas, then Tsugawa Soji doesn't mind sending him to Shangluo in advance.

Anyway, it's not like no one has done this thing before, and Ashikaga Yoshiki's younger brother is still in the hands of Tsugawa Soji, so it's a big deal to kill Ashikaga Yoshiki and pull Ashikaga Yoshiaki over.