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Back in Kyoto, there are many things to do, Oda Nobunaga is sure to see them, colleagues on the side, can not be lazy, and the retainers who stayed in Sakamoto must also go to condole.

As for the other seven aunts and eight aunts and the like, I don't want to make them too ugly, so I can deal with everything I can handle.

After staying for seven or eight days, I finally set out on the road to Mikawa with Oda Nobusumi and Gamo clan.

I've never been to Mikawa before, and from a longitude point of view, the most "eastern" place I've been to in all of Japan is only Kaga Province.

Probably because this is not a glorious thing, it is difficult to say how much movement the three of us can have before and after leaving.

The route we took was relatively simple, from Kyoto to Omi, from Omi to the Noo Plain, and then south to Mikawa Province in Tokaido.

Since Oda Nobunaga pacified Omi, there has been no war on this route, and it has become a completely open road, with houses on both sides of the road, a variety of department stores in front of merchants, and passers-by with clean clothes and expressions.

The Gamo clan has a lot of feelings: "I remember when I was very young, there was no peace at all in this South Omi, guarding the hexagonal family here, only caring about the fish and meat people, where to care about the life and death of the people, they always turned a blind eye to the fights between the lower wealthy clans, at that time, every few days, a few corpses could be found on the road......"

"So," Oda Nobusumi said, "it is not possible to unify the world, there must be a strong man like the lord to manage it, only in this way will those small people not dare to make trouble in the countryside and dominate the party." ”

I was the only one who was silent.

"Your Highness, you can also say a few words."

"Hehe," I laughed dryly, not knowing what to say.

Unlike them, I was not in the slightest interest in singing praises to Oda Nobunaga, but the bustling crowd in front of me attracted me.

There is such a passage in "Heaven and Earth" that I read in my previous life: Human life is as resilient as weeds, and it has been repeatedly ravaged by power, but it still does not lose its vitality. As long as it lasts for a short period of well-off, green shoots will immediately emerge and flourish.

It seems that this is the case.

We didn't go slow along the way, but even so, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was far away in Mikawa, still sent people to urge us again and again.

If we put it on hold, the three of us will definitely not be too happy, after all, being urged by others will always make people upset.

But if you think about it, it seems that it is not us who should be really upset, but the old turtle (in fact, he is not yet forty this year, and he is still very young).

To be honest, my brain is a bit messed up too.

Historically, there is no accurate conclusion on whether Tokugawa Nobuyasu really intended to rebel, and even after the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, this was still a "headless case", and the shogunate only described this matter in a warm and regretful tone, but did not have the slightest move to rehabilitate Tokugawa Nobuyasu.

So whether Tokugawa Nobuyasu really had bad intentions, I have no way of knowing.

Forget it, don't think about it anymore, let's take one step at a time.

By the time we arrived at Mikawa Okazaki Castle, it was already noon on the third day.

Tokugawa Ieyasu is waiting there.

Although Okazaki Castle is the "Ryukoji Treasure Land" of the Tokugawa family, it is not a high-end place, not to mention Gifu Castle and Nijo Castle, and I even think that even the Hosokawa family's Katryuji Castle is wider and grander than this castle.

On the 22nd day of the seventh month of the 6th year of Tensho (1578), Tokugawa Ieyasu left Hamamatsu Castle and held a grand Noh performance in Okazaki Castle in order to welcome the three of us.

Afterwards, Oda Nobusumi said to the two of us in private: "I really didn't expect the Tokugawa family to be so tasteful, it seems that they must have been influenced by the lord." ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu, of course, wanted to let the "distinguished guests" enjoy themselves.

"If the three of you like it, every day you will perform like this as a small gift from our Tokugawa family."

The dinner was also luxurious, with the abundance of ingredients and the delicacy of the flavors, which was not easy for the Tokugawa family, who lived in the Tokai Sea.

"Tokugawa Ieyasu doesn't have to be polite," taking advantage of this gap, the three of us finally had a chance to speak, "We will definitely handle the affairs of the middle affairs fairly, and we will definitely not destroy the good relationship between the lord and your two families because of selfishness." ”

"Then I'll leave it to the three of you." Although he was not yet forty years old, I could feel that he was now older and haggard than a sixty-year-old.

After the dinner, the three of us did not go back to rest, but gathered in the room that Tokugawa Ieyasu had arranged for the Gamo clan.

The first to speak was Oda Nobusumi, and he said, "Tell me about the two of you, does this Tokugawa Nobuyasu really want to rebel?" ”

The Gamo clan stall said, "Who knows this, at least we have to wait until we meet Tokugawa Nobuyasu to know." ”

Oda Nobusumi smiled: "Kamo-sama, what you said is really strange, could it be that when you see Tokugawa Nobuyasu, people will honestly tell you the truth?"

In the face of Oda Nobusumi's sarcasm, the Gamo clan was unimpressed.

"I'm just making an analogy, even if I see Tokugawa Nobuyasu, he will definitely only say something that is beneficial to himself," the Gamo clan said slowly, "However, out of ten falsehoods, there will always be two or three that are true, so tomorrow's 'arraignment' of him, you must devote 120,000 points of attention." ”

"Well, after all, Gamo-sama is indeed more thoughtful than I thought," Oda Nobusumi nodded, and looked at me on the side again, "Wise-sama, don't you have anything to say?" ”

I had been silent, just listening to the two of them.

"You've said all that I'm going to say," I said hurriedly when I saw someone talking to me, "what else can I say?" ”

Oda Nobusumi felt a little strange, "Wise lord, from the time you came to Okazaki to the present, you seem to have been very silent, unless someone else talks to you, you won't speak easily, what's wrong, what's on your mind?" ”

"Hehe, Oda-sama, you're really observing," I shrugged, "I haven't slept well in the past few days, so I'm a little lacking." ”

Oda Nobusumi suddenly realized: "I see, but listening to you say this, I'm also a little sleepy, well, no matter how much, I also have to sleep well, I'm tired from riding a horse for the past two days...... Gamo-sama, excuse me, let's take our leave. ”

"Well, no."

In fact, my silence has nothing to do with physical exhaustion, and my brain has not stopped working since I entered Okazaki Castle.

I try to think back to the whole thing that I recorded in my previous life when I read history books.

Historically. It turned out that Oda Nobunaga had married his second daughter Tokuhime to Tokugawa Nobuyasu's eldest son, Tokugawa Nobuyasu, but the couple did not get along, especially Tokuhime and Tokugawa Nobuyasu's biological mother, who was also Tokugawa Ieyasu's main room and Imagawa Yoshimoto's niece Tsukiyama Lady Tsukiyama.

When Tokuki returned to Azuchijo Province, she wept and told Oda Nobunaga how mean Tsukiyama was to her, and reported that Tsukiyama was secretly having an affair with the Kai Takeda clan.

Oda Nobunaga sent someone to investigate the matter, and the report was that Mrs. Tsukiyama really secretly communicated with the Takeda clan and was ready to force Tokugawa Ieyasu to abdicate and let his heir, Tokugawa Nobuyasu, inherit the Tokugawa family.

Of course, what I haven't figured out is that Tokugawa Ieyasu, as a landlord, didn't find out why, how did you Oda Nobunaga get the truth?

Undoubtedly, if the rumors were to be true, and the rebellion did occur, the Tokugawa clan, Oda Nobunaga's strongest ally, would have fallen to the side of the Takeda clan, and there would be no more peace on the Eastern Front. Oda Nobuta, who had received the retribution, was furious and wrote a letter to Tokugawa Ieyasu, asking him to give death to Mrs. Tsukiyama and Tokugawa Nobuyasu, who dared to rebel and plot.

Tokugawa Nobuyasu also had a problematic temper.

He was arrogant and irascible, and many of his retainers held a great dislike for him, especially old ministers like Ishikawa Shumasa and Sakai Tadashi.

It was precisely after listening to the opinions of these Tokugawa retainers (it is generally believed that Sakai Shin was slandering) that Oda Nobunaga decided to give Tokugawa Nobuyasu a death. However, although these retainers were dissatisfied with Tokugawa Nobuyasu's temperament, they had no intention of deposing him or killing him.

Let's say that Oda Nobunaga's letter was delivered to Okazaki Castle, and Tokugawa Ieyasu fell from the sky, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded. He hurriedly replied: "I don't know about the construction of the mountain, but the child Tokugawa Nobuyasu will definitely not participate in the rebellion, and I ask the adults to take back their lives." ”

At this time, Oda Nobunaga's ruthless side was once again revealed.

Even his son-in-law's answer was so cold: "If you kill her mother, how can you expect her son's loyalty?" As long as Mrs. Tsukiyama's guilt is confirmed, the mother and son are guilty of the same crime, and the loan cannot be forgiven. Don't worry about the little girl, please do it as soon as possible. ”

After repeated ideological struggles, Tokugawa Ieyasu was forced to kill Mrs. Tsukiyama in tears and force Tokugawa Nobuyasu to commit suicide in order to preserve his alliance with the Oda family and thus maintain the family's well-being.

Later generations have differed about this vicious incident, with some believing that Tsukiyama was indeed secretly in touch with the Takeda clan, while others believe that it was just a countermeasure by Takeda Katsuyori to divide and disintegrate the Tokugawa family, but most scholars agree that Tokugawa Nobuyasu was not involved in this matter.

There is also a theory that Oda Nobunaga saw that Tokugawa Nobuyasu was fighting bravely and was stronger than his heir Oda Nobutada, so he did not participate in this matter.

There is also a theory that Oda Nobunaga took this opportunity to kill Tokugawa Nobuyasu because he saw that Tokugawa Nobuyasu was fighting bravely and was stronger than his heir Oda Nobutada, and he was afraid that the position of the world's hegemon of Tokugawa Nobutashi would be usurped by Tokugawa Nobuyasu after his death.

Hehe, the last statement is not credible at all, if Oda Nobunaga, who rules more than 20 countries in the world, doesn't even have this bit of equipment, then he is not qualified to be a man of the world.

Anyway, I'll see Tokugawa Nobuyasu tomorrow