？ 199 "The Lord Treats Me at the Foundation of the Stone Canal" After Oda Nobunaga and his entourage entered Kyoto, they were warmly welcomed by the ministers along the way from Yamashina onwards, and finally arrived at Honnoji Temple, which is located in the east of Shimokyo Rokkaku Tsuyuki Trail.

This Honnoji Temple is not the Honnoji Temple that we later saw when we traveled to Kyoto, Japan, and the real Honnoji Temple had been burned down in the rebellion of Akechi Mitsuhide (it seems that Toyotomi Monkey later rebuilt a new Honnoji Temple, but it collapsed in the "Keisaka Earthquake").

Oh, it's too far away, let's talk about this Honnoji Temple at that time.

Since Oda Nobunaga was staying here during his stay in Kyoto, he ordered a deep trench to be dug around the temple and built a strong castle and a strong gate.

Honnoji covers an area of about half a square kilometer, surrounded by moats dotted with bright red water lilies, and the temple is covered with towering ancient trees, like a forest.

In such a vast space, it is absolutely not a problem to accommodate one or two thousand soldiers. What's more, the small guards and personal guards brought by Oda Nobunaga from Azuchi, including the Moriranmaru brothers, were only fifty people in total.

Although the 15,000 men of Wise Kogoro (not including the forces of the country) were stationed in Yamazaki in Kyoto, Yamazaki was more than 50 miles away from the Imperial Palace and Nijo Castle, and 80 miles from Oda Nobunaga's "Imperial Palace", so if something happened, it would take two or three hours to dispatch troops.

Therefore, Murai Sadakatsu also thought that Oda Nobunaga was too careless, so he sent 250 men from the office to strengthen the guard. However, even with the addition of these many people, it is still insignificant for this vast monastery.

"It's okay, this is Kyoto, nothing can happen, and even if there is, it's just a bunch of little thieves, why are you so careful...... Since you are all so scared, I will simply transfer Kogoro's army into the city, but how about you to take charge of the alarm of the imperial court? ”

Oda Nobunaga began to play scoundrels again.

Before dinner, Oda Nobunaga took turns playing a game of Go with his father, Nankobo Amami, and the invited Honinbo Susa, and finally returned home.

If it were usual, this guy would definitely have to play repentance, but now that his wife and concubine and daughter are watching, it is inconvenient for him to do these things that can't be put on the table.

After a dumb drink, Oda Nobunaga said:

"It's fun to play chess with people like you, but you're ...... at all."

At this time, Senran Maru's younger brother Senrimaru came to report.

"My lord, Lord Akechi has gone to Nijo Castle to meet with Lieutenant General Gifu and His Royal Highness Prince Seihito, and Lieutenant General Gifu has sent someone to ask if I can come to Honnoji Temple to meet my lord at this point in time."

Father Nanguang Fang Tianhai, who was sitting on the side, frowned.

According to the correct etiquette, Prince Seihito should be placed in front of Lieutenant General Gifu, but Mori Rimaru reversed the order, this is by no means because he is young and ignorant, but because of his master, and at the same time, it is also the influence caused by his former master.

Oda Nobunaga has never had any respect for the emperor and the imperial court, and this was the case when he met him, even after more than ten years.

If it was before, he would definitely stand up and blame Mori Rimaru for a few words, how could he not speak like this and be rude to Prince Seihito?

However, now he won't do anything more, first, he is no longer a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, and there is no point in making any kind of advice. The second is that in recent years, the imperial family, with the financial support of Oda Nobunaga, not only did not have any cheer up, but on the contrary, they were even more reluctant to forge ahead and indulged in glory and wealth, which really disappointed him, the "old school".

"Oh? Are both Lieutenant General and Kogoro ready? Then hurry up and let them come! I'm hungry, and everyone is waiting to eat. ”

Oda Nobunaga changed into slightly lighter clothes and stood on the high cloister of the guest hall, waiting for his son and son-in-law.

"This corridor is very old, and I think it will break with a little bit of force." He deliberately stomped on the planks that had begun to decay, looking up at the carvings on the ancient railings.

"Ahh

"What do you command?"

"You come and prepare, tonight I'm going to drink with Nobutaka and Genzaburo, and Kogoro, he's about to go on an expedition, I have to say a few words of encouragement to him."

"Yes, I'll go down and make arrangements...... By the way, my lord, tonight's cocktail party at Honnoji Temple is actually a family feast. ”

"Well, yes, do you have any questions?"

"Since it's a family banquet, you can be casual, please allow the concubine to have a few drinks."

"Do you want to drink it too? Hahahahaha...... Okay, well, you have quit drinking for many years since Ah Xiang got married, and today Ah Xiang is here, you mother and daughter can drink to your heart's content! ”

"Master Xie."

I don't know what's going on, but Oda Nobutada, and his younger brother, Brother Genzaburo, seem to have come by calculating Oda Nobunaga's arrival time.

"Oh, you're here, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Seeing Oda Nobutada, Oda Nobunaga deliberately jokingly half-closed the Zhongqi fan, and was greeting, and Genzaburo and his party were also walking into the middle gate.

Gifu Lieutenant General Oda Nobutada is 26 years old this year, and he is at the height of his energy. Genzaburo was still a young man who had just tied his hair, he had been a hostage at the Takeda family for many years, and now he was ordering more than 3,000 people under the command of Tsuda Matajuro, Tsuda Kanshichi, and Oda Kuro Jiro to assemble at Myokakuji Temple to prepare to join the Nankaido Army of the third brother Oda Nobutaka. His face flushed with excitement at this time, and his eyes lit up with excitement.

As for me, I don't need to introduce more, everyone is familiar with the protagonist of SB Wenqing. (Huh?) When did I become so fond of self-blackening? ）

"Ah, Genzaburo and Kogoro are here too, okay, come in." Oda Nobunaga stood up first and walked to the side of the banquet that had been set up, "The guests have arrived, Anon, hurry up and order to go down, hold the lamp, hold the lamp, the time for dinner is up......"

Although there was still a glimmer of light outside, it was already pitch black inside. The attendants trotted over, added candlesticks, and laid out the food and drinks that had been prepared long ago.

After the banquet began, Oda father and son chatted with great interest about some past events, first of all, the Kai Takeda family, which was wiped out by the two of them in one fell swoop.

At this time, Oda Nobutada suddenly said:

"Father, I ask you for one thing, and I hope to grant it."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"When my father formed an alliance with Natakeda Shingenko, Shingen planned to marry his daughter Matsuhime to me, I don't know if my father remembers."

"Of course I remember that...... Could it be that you still miss Shingen's daughter? ”

"Yes, I found Matsuhime in Kofu who had been in seclusion for many years since the death of Shingenko...... Although the Takeda family is an enemy of the main family, Matsuhime is just a weak woman, and the grievances and grievances have nothing to do with her, so I want to marry her as a side room. ”

"You want to marry Shingen Takeda's daughter?"

"Yes, please do it father."

Oda Nobunaga's hatred for the Takeda family is self-evident, and Oda Nobutada actually wants to marry the enemy's daughter!

Oda Nobutada's forehead was sweating.

"It seems that you are very persistent, then I will agree to this matter......"

"Thank you, father, for making it happen!"

"Don't be too busy thanking me yet, I here's a warning to you, even if you and Matsuhime have a child in the future, that child of the Takeda family will never inherit the Oda family! I don't want the country that I single-handedly fought to be taken away by Takeda Shingen without much effort...... Moreover, the lesson of how Takeda Katsuyori, a foreign caste, caused trouble to the Takeda family, is right in front of you, you give me and I will remember it! ”

It could be seen that Oda Nobunaga was really angry, and Oda Nobutada hurriedly kowtowed.

"Kogoro!"

"The ministers are here,,,,,, the lord commands!" "As I said before, you're also my son, aren't you?"

That being said, I can't imagine that I really have a dad like Oda Nobunaga.

"Since it's my son, then Xinzhong is your brother, right? The Oda family also has a share of yours, right? ”

"Yes......"

"If your brother dares to do something ridiculous...... In other words, if he insists on going his own way because he favors the son born to the Takeda family, you must stop it! ”

"Yes......"

"If the faithful do not listen to the advice, and the son of the Takeda family really becomes the governor of the family, I will allow you to lead the army ......"

"Lord!"

I felt like I was about to cry in a panic.

"Lieutenant General Gifu would never do such an ignorant thing, I beg you, my lord! Stop making fun of me and him......"

I'm not pretending to be polite, I'm really crying, Oda Nobunaga gave me the power to use force to interfere with the selection of the Oda family's heir, isn't this just to retreat me into the fire?

With this power, is it the biggest threat to Oda Nobutada in the future? When my father-in-law dies, will my brother-in-law let me go? …… Even if he will let me go, will his son let me go, the "sword of Damocles" who can attack at any time???

The father on one side, the Mori Ranmaru brothers, Honinbo Sa, Nohime, Kahime and others all realized the weight of Oda Nobunaga's words, and they all spoke to Oda Nobunaga.

But Oda Nobutada sat there awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

"Hahahahaha......"

When I heard Oda Nobunaga's trademark laugh, my heart suddenly tightened.

"Really, it's just a little joke, it scared a group of you like this, hahahaha......"

A "joke" finally made people breathe a sigh of relief.

But for me, the joke was absolutely scary.

"His Royal Highness the Lieutenant General!"

I turned and bowed to Oda Nobutada.

"Oh...... Oh! What do wise adults have to say? ”

"The lieutenant general is the young master of the family (in fact, he is already the lord), and he is also the future of the world, the future of the Oda family is the future of the world, and he will not dare to have any deviant heart in any way, please believe me!"

"I ...... I've always ...... I've always believed in you, wise lord......"

My tears filled Oda Nobutada's wreck.

"The young master is wise and capable, and the heir of the Oda family decides for himself, how can an outsider like me gossip...... If I dare to be a soldier for the future young masters, let me ......"

"That's it!"

Just as I was about to swear an oath, Oda Nobutada finally interrupted me.

"Lord Akechi, you and my brother, of course I will believe in your loyalty to the Oda family, if you say this kind of thing again, it will make outsiders suspect that you and my brother have deviated from morality, so please think twice in the future!"

"Yes! Thank you for your trust, and I am grateful! ”

I lowered my head and finally put my mind at ease.

Because of the relationship between bowing my head, I didn't see it at all, and Oda Nobunaga's eyes flashed with a look of smugness similar to the success of the conspiracy (with my ability, it seems that I can't find it).

This was not the end of the matter, and shortly after the dinner one day, I made an oath to Oda Nobunaga and his son, and of course I took the initiative to do so.

Many years later, I mentioned this incident when I was drinking with Moriranmaru by chance, and Moriranmaru, who was almost drunk, told me that this matter was actually "arranged" by Oda Nobunaga's stomach in advance.

From this, I finally know that the saying "a companion is like a tiger" is true.

Having put pressure on me in a different way and having me hand over an oath of allegiance, Oda Nobunaga's political tactics are really frightening!

Fortunately, I was careful at the time and listened to the words clearly, if I was not sensible at the time, and recklessly regarded myself as a "lonely minister", and said something like "the minister must live up to the trust of the lord", hehe, it is estimated that there will be another tragic figure in history.

The atmosphere that followed was much better.

Everyone talked about the monkey and the Maori clan again, and when it came to the Maori clan, because I didn't talk to my father before, I didn't talk about it before (who called you cheap, you have to talk about your mother-in-law?). So this time I was going to ask Oda Nobunaga about his strategy in this regard, but Oda Nobunaga looked like "Lao Tzu doesn't talk about state affairs today, only about Fengyue", and he skipped the matter in a few words.

However, the story of the monkey is very interesting.

"That's when I met monkeys...... Well, I was about twenty-two years old, and the monkey was twenty.

As you all know, the reason why the monkey is called a monkey by me is because he has a monkey face, and when I first met him in the castle town, I asked him, how old are you, a person who looks like a monkey, this year?

The monkey said to me, "Lord of the city, you can think of me as twenty years old, or you can think of me as thirty years old." ”

Xiang Ji asked, "What?" How could Hajiba-sama have two ages? ”

"Yes, that's what I asked him at the time, but he explained to me that he was actually only twenty years old, and because he had been running around for a long time and his face was wrinkled, he was always thought to be thirty...... Hahahahaha, you say, isn't it funny?! ……”

"Haha, let's have a drink first."

200

(Aha, this book is 200 chapters!) It's hard to imagine that a half-hearted person like me didn't give this book to TJ! ）

"Big brother, big brother ......"

I sat in the sedan chair and slept in a daze, barely knowing what was going on outside.

Just when I was in my sleep I dreamed that I met Engels, and I was telling him the old man:

Hey, bearded, your Capital is still quite correct, although I don't even understand what the "theory of surplus value" is...... Hey? What, you said it wasn't you who wrote it?! It was written by your good friend, are you "shaking" me......

(I'll you, a black two...... ）

Before I had time to strangle this bearded man who had been with me for a long time (I doubted whether this Engels was of Russian descent and liked to have a beard so much), the people outside the sedan chair woke me up.

"Alas...... Oops, my head hurts......"

I gently stroked my forehead a few times with my hand.

I'm really not feeling good right now, last night at the banquet at Honnoji Temple, I drank a full eight taels of sake, you don't have to doubt my amount of sake, Japanese sake tastes similar to the Suzhou rice wine I drank in my previous life, the fragrance is full but light like water, it tastes like no taste, if it's a traditional Chinese liquor, I can drink three taels at most it's great, but this sake? Hehe, I finally drank the alcoholic Oda Nobunaga.

However, no matter how light sake is, it still contains alcohol, that is, methanol (can I say a word?). Protagonist, you really can't stop medicine! Or maybe your middle school chemistry teacher died young! Is it good that the alcohol in alcoholic beverages is made up of ethanol? Only methanol is used for industrial alcohol, well, if a normal person consumes methanol excessively, he will die, you are here to coax elementary school students who have no chemical knowledge, do your family know? ）。

I drank eight taels of wine, and while handing over the oath, I fell asleep on the tatami mat.

Originally, I thought that I would follow Oda Nobunaga into the palace to meet the emperor the next day, but early in the morning, Oda Nobunaga said:

"The monkey is urging more and more tightly, don't stop in Kyoto, hurry up, and I'll take you to face the saint next time!" …… Don't talk nonsense, if you get out, you'll rush! I've asked Matsui-sama to bring some more men to keep me safe, and I don't need you here! Get lost. ”

Until the next day, I got into a sedan chair and led the troops to the battle, and my mind was still in pain because of the hangover.

In order to alleviate the pain, I got into the sedan chair and immediately fell asleep

"Who...... Who's calling me ......"

I was called many times, but I finally woke up.

"It's Yoichiro, what's the matter?"

That's right, it's the nonsensical guy who rides a horse outside, my brother-in-law Hosokawa and Ichiro Tadashi.

"Big brother, I'll be in Milan soon."

"Oh, it's in Milan, alas, what a deal, don't bother me, let me sleep a little longer...... Nani?! What did you say?! It's so fast to get to the city of Milan! How is it possible, it's just that I slept for more than half an hour......"

Keeping saying this, Hosokawa Tadashi was almost speechless by my toss.

Although my brother-in-law has always been confused and smart, smart and confused, but it is the first time I have seen him like today, and it seems that he really drank too much, and even his brain began to make mistakes......

(If I knew that this guy dared to complain about me like this behind my back, I would have to beat him)

"Big brother, are you sure we've really only been gone for half an hour?"

"Isn't it?"

I put my hand out of the palanquin and pointed to the sky.

"Look, the sun just rose when we set off, and until now, the morning glow in the sky has not faded......"

"Morning glow??? Ahahaha......"

Hosokawa Tadashi no longer cared about his image as one of the "four positions" of the Ashikaga shogunate, a descendant of the famous Hosokawa clan in Kansai, and directly rode on his horse and laughed.

His laughter caught the attention of many.

"What's going on?"

"What are you doing with a good smile like that?"

"Yes, I don't have any grace to laugh, it's really a famous kid in vain."

"Humph! You see, the way the lord looks at him is no different from looking at an idiot. ”

Seeing him smiling so happily, in addition to being inexplicable, I didn't bother to disturb his happiness, so I asked a flag guard guarding the sedan chair directly.

"What, it's really afternoon! So why ......"

"General, you are mistaken, that is not the morning glow but the evening glow, the reason why you will mistake it for the morning glow, I guess it is because the army has been going west."

"Wow! What a shame! ”

I hurriedly retracted my head back into the sedan chair and covered my face with my hands, I kept complaining that Hosokawa Tadashi was too funny, but today I put on a big oolong myself.

The city of Milan was built when my father was the governor of the family, but it was indeed built at my suggestion, because the original "capital" of Tamba Province, Hagami Castle, was dilapidated and inaccessible, so it was necessary to build a new "capital".

It did play a big role here, because of the super transportation, not only did it soon become the most prosperous city on the streets of the western country, but also during the second Tamba crusade, it also became the base camp of the "rebel army".

But this castle is very new to me, it has been several years since it was completed, but I haven't been there a few times, and after becoming the governor, I just stayed in Sakamoto Castle.

Now that I think about it, it's a pity, I'm about to give him back to Oda Nobunaga, and I'm starting to be a little reluctant.

The people of Tanba and Tango are waiting for me here.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud at the thought of this.

At the beginning of the year, I sent my uncle, Wise Chang'an, who was proficient in internal affairs, to "scrape the ground" everywhere in the territory, and Wise Chang'an was really worthy of being the world's first internal affairs official in the Edo period, and he did his best to scrape these landlords, old money, and local tyrants in the countryside.

Now it's okay, I, the lord of the lord, is going to pat my ass and leave, how can they accept this?

I have been scavenged for all the money, how will they live in the next year, do they have to eat pickles and drink porridge...... Oh no, the Japanese don't eat salty food, they eat pickles more...... Heck, accidentally pulled away again, in short, they were not happy to tighten their belts in the next year under the direct command of Oda Nobunaga, who was quite harsh on local tyrants.

How do you regain money and food? Belch...... Farming and fishing can't be counted on, so there are not a few people mixed up at all.

Then they had to do their old job ———— fight, but the Tanbo and Tanhou where they were had already been pacified, and now that the country is safe, there is no war to fight at all...... Wait a minute! Didn't the lord of the kingdom say that he was going to give up this place and go to the west to fight the enemy? Shall we go along?

In the past, when we were fighting, we had already cooperated with the army of the lord of the country many times, and we were very familiar with each other, and the lord of the country was willing to believe us, if we won the battle and made military achievements, we could get rewards, food, money, and land, in that case, wouldn't life be better?

The only regret is that I can't give up my hometown, but it doesn't matter, can I live a good life by guarding this little land?

However, even if they were willing to "follow the revolution and follow the party", I would not necessarily accept it, but although their requests were handed over, I was too busy with Oda Nobunaga to reply to them for a while.

So they had to contact the important ministers around me, but they always needed "sincerity" to ask for help, and although they couldn't come up with the money for the time being, they still came up with something else to represent their "sincerity".

As a result, souvenirs, fishery, and other gifts were frequently sent to the residences of important ministers such as Saito, Fujita, Hosokawa, and Honda (there were many samurai of the Wise family).

Some of the old wealthy families have taken a different path...... I don't know if you still remember the Takeda Nobujin of the Tamba Hao clan who once gave me a piano (it's been more than 150 chapters, who still remembers this dead runner?) ), he married his two daughters to Keiji Maeda as a side room (there are two of them, Keijiro...... Although he is a local tyrant, he is the daughter of the Takeda clan, the descendant of the Seiwa Genji, and Maeda Keiji has been sneering at me for a while.

The retainers, who had benefited in various ways, came to my ears to blow the wind.

Chief, since people are so supportive of our great revolutionary cause, we must not cool the hearts of our comrades, so let's just take them with us.

"To be honest, I'm not too willing to believe in the strength of the people, they are not a regular army after all, but what about ...... Fighting in a different place, they may be able to fight against the water without a way out, and burst out with ten times more strength than usual...... Good! Just let them wait for me in Milan! ”

It seems that I am still quite supported, and the local tyrants all went out of the city to welcome my arrival, and that lineup really gave me a kind of Sun and Moon God Cult, which has been around for thousands of years, and the Eastern Sect Master, a ...... Phew, author, you have the feeling of a eunuch!!

I politely exchanged a few words with everyone, and then we entered the city of Milan together.

"Meet the lord of the country (lord)!"

"Thank you for your support, without everyone's concerted efforts, I would never be where I am today."

I sat on the throne and watched the crowd of people crushed below.

"I have felt all of your loyalty to the imperial court, here, I thank you on behalf of the imperial court, and at the same time, please lend me your strength again this time!"

Everyone is happy, well, their requirements have been met.

"Alright, let's all go down and rest, we're going to leave tomorrow."

The "everyone" here refers to the local tyrants and the lower-level samurai of the wise family, and I have already sent someone to greet those mid-to-upper samurai, and I will summon a meeting with you tonight, but I have a new idea now, and I want to discuss it with you......

People stared at me, wondering what I wanted to do.

"Originally, I was going to bring the army directly to Takamatsu Castle for China, and ...... with the monkeys Oh no, Hashiba Chikuzen Mamoru Hideyoshi-sama converged, and then started a decisive battle with Mori Terumoto...... But I've changed my mind now! ”

Everyone was silent until I heard what I thought.

"On my way here today, I carefully looked at the map of China (Hosokawa Tadashiko: Really? Why did I only hear someone snoring from inside the palanquin today? Although he was facing the siege of Mori Terumo, Kobayakawa Takakei and Yoshikawa Motoharu, the Maori army still struggled to move him due to the favorable terrain, and he and the Maori family were actually in a confrontational situation where no one could eat anyone...... So we didn't need to rush to Takamatsu Castle to rescue him. ”

"Do you want to turn the spearhead and attack somewhere else?"

Keiji Maeda raised his concerns,

"But the order given to us by His Royal Highness the Right Mansion is to rescue His Royal Highness Yu Chai, if you think like this, will it make His Royal Highness the Right Mansion unhappy?"

"No, the lord just asked me to rescue him, but he didn't ask me to rescue him in a positive way, besides, I also said just now, the Maori family and Lord Yuchai are actually no one can destroy anyone, Lord Yuchai is resourceful, and he is not such an easy person to defeat, so I plan to change the method and put pressure on the enemies around him."