In particular, what Nobunaga said was not in line with the concept of this era at all, let alone practice, even if he said it, it was enough to shock the world, and the clan could see that Nobunaga's attitude was very resolute, and there was no possibility of changing his mind at all, so the clan could only listen, and he knew that if Nobunaga really wanted to do this, even if he abolished the emperor and did not cause the world to rebel, then when the reform was carried out, it would cause strong resistance from various forces, and the clan was definitely one of them.

Of course, if he wants to complete these reforms, then the first step is to seize the world, and now he has done it, and the second step is to abolish the emperor......

On July 1, 1578, three days after Nobunaga had asked all the retainers to arrive, Nobunaga chose a day for a full evaluation. Since this time it was a home assessment, the vassals did not attend the meeting, but surprisingly, Tokugawa Ieyasu came.

When the retainers saluted, the retainers present couldn't help but be stunned, because the voices coming from everyone's mouth were extremely consistent, including Tokugawa Ieyasu, they all called their subordinates, which made the retainers feel a little surprised, even the clan who came a month earlier didn't hear about it, when did Tokugawa Ieyasu become the minister of the Oda family?

Of course, Nobunaga didn't intend to explain anything more to these retainers present, and after everyone saluted, he only listened to him say to himself: "Today, I am under the full control of my Oda family, in order to achieve the goal of distinguishing the military and the government, so I decided to appoint Kinoshita Hideyoshi as the minister of the Taizheng Dynasty, the general account of the country's internal affairs, and appoint the Takayama clan as the general of the Seiyi general, and the general in charge of the world's military ......."

"The lord can't, since ancient times, officials and positions have to ask for the approval of His Majesty the Emperor, and the lord will be ridiculed by the people of the world if he rewards him like this, and he also asks the lord to take back his fate." Niwa Nagahide, who is the chief patriarch of the Oda family, didn't wait for Nobunaga to finish speaking, and directly interrupted, if it was something else, he wouldn't touch Nobunaga's brow, but this matter must not be left to the lord to act recklessly, this is really too unruly.

And the clan clan who is the party concerned, after hearing that Nobunaga actually named himself a shogun, was also dumbfounded, is this a joke, such a big thing, it's like playing a family, it's too casual, and besides, why did Nobunaga give himself the position of shogun, and even if he received it, it is estimated that no one will admit it except Nobunaga.

And Kinoshita Hideyoshi's idea is different from that of the clan, the Imperial Minister's official is not a position, this is just a matter of the lord's words, as long as the lord agrees, then how can His Majesty the Emperor disagree, so there is nothing wrong with him at all, the only thing that makes him wonder is that if he becomes the minister of the Taisei himself, what will the lord do himself? Don't......

When he just thought of this, he saw Nobunaga's face sank, and then said: "If I have completely controlled it today, what is the need for the emperor to exist, and if the country wants to be strong, then it must make changes, not to mention a mere general, I tell you, I will make my country the largest power in the world, and the first step is to change the pattern of my country first." ”

"My lord, by all means, even if the lord wants to make reforms, but His Majesty the Emperor has no power and no power now, it will not affect the lord's actions at all, please think twice." Kinoshita Hideyoshi can't care about being happy now, as a samurai born as a peasant, in his heart, the status of the emperor and the status of the lord can be said to be equivalent, the lord is equivalent to the king, and the emperor is equivalent to the head of the sect, and he himself is a religious minister, so at this time he did not hesitate to stand up.

And after he finished speaking, the other retainers also expressed their attitudes, and the clan knew that it was too late to persuade now, because Nobunaga was not idle in the month when he summoned the retainers to come, although he did not go to the emperor of the palace, but he did not let go of those royal families, and in this month, Nobunaga sent a large number of ninjas, whether they were scattered all over the place or out of the palace, they all disappeared for no reason, and the clan knew that their disappearance was inseparable from the ninjas sent by Nobunaga.

While the clan was recalling, the other retainers in the assessment room also began to persuade them, and the opinions of the Takayama and Kinoshita factions were unanimous on this matter, and many of the retainers who were not keen on supporting the emperor also opened their mouths to persuade them in order to make themselves look more gregarious.

Nobunaga is getting angrier and angrier the more he listens now, if he even works so hard to abolish the emperor, then how will the reform be carried out in the future, of course, there are still two people who have not opened their mouths at this moment, one is the Takayama clan who is stunned, and the other is Matsunaga Xiu.

Nobunaga is still quite satisfied with the attitude of these two people, but because there are too many opponents, just the support of the two of them can't turn the situation around, so Nobunaga has an idea, that is, to do it first and then say, once the emperor is gone, and the bloodline is cut off, even if these retainers are opposed, what is the use, thinking of this, Nobunaga first looked like the clan, but he didn't stay for too long, and all of them still fixed their eyes on Matsunaga Xiu.

Compared with the clan, Matsunaga Shu is the most suitable object of sacrifice for the great cause of the family.

This assessment meeting was held in a grand manner, but the result was unhappy, and this was the first time that this happened in the Oda family, because of the suddenness of the incident, so that night, all the important ministers of the Takayama faction came to the samurai mansion of the clan, but no one spoke for a while.

After a long time, I heard Shibata Katsuie say, "Clan, the lord has made the decision to abolish the emperor today, how should we deal with it?" ”

When Shibata Katsuya finished asking, all the people present focused on the clan, hoping to get an answer from him, of course, the thoughts of these samurai present were also different, among which Akechi Mitsuhide, Uesugi Keikatsu and others hoped to get an answer to the opposition from the clan's mouth.

As for the others, they feel that it doesn't matter, after all, as a samurai born in a samurai, although they are still more afraid of the gods, but with the continuous decline of the imperial family for hundreds of years, they no longer think that the emperor is a descendant of the god of sunshine, after all, they feel that if they are the descendants of the gods, how can they be so miserable, and Sakuma Morimasa, who has just inherited the family business of Sakuma, is undoubtedly the representative of these people.

Due to the reluctance of the Sakuma family to retreat after the battle of the ashbara a few months ago, Sakuma Nobumori was really shameless to face the clan after pacifying the territory, so after that, he immediately asked Nobunaga to give up the position of family governor to Sakuma Morimasa, and Morimasa and the clan are also old acquaintances, so after inheriting the family governor, he still stood firmly by the side of the clan.

In addition to these people, such as Takenaka Hanbei, Asai Nagamasa and others put on an indifferent attitude, after all, the emperor has been dispensable for hundreds of years, since this is the case, whether it is abolished or not does not affect the overall situation.

And the clan was asked by Shibata Katsuie, and he didn't know how to answer, because no matter what angle he was from, he would support Nobunaga's decision, but if he said it like this, then wisely, how should Uesugi and the others face it, maybe these two families will become their enemies from now on, which is definitely not what he wants.

When he had this idea, the clan did not answer it positively, but pushed this problem to Takenaka Hanbei, since later generations said that he was incomparably intelligent, presumably this matter should also be difficult for him, and since joining the Takayama faction, he has never played any role, and now is an opportunity.

So I only heard the clan ask me, "What does Takenaka-sama think I should do?" ”

Takenaka Hanbei already had a case in his heart, but he didn't say it explicitly, but couldn't help but look around, and after reading a circle, he still didn't speak, but continued to look at the clan, in this way, how could the clan not know what he meant, now in the samurai mansion, are all their own irons, and those middle and lower levels of the Oda family's own faction and even some high-level samurai are not qualified to appear here.

"Takenaka-sama, but it's okay to say, I'm sure everyone present won't pass on the next words."

With the affirmation of the clan, the half-guard of Takenaka did not hesitate, but only listened to him say lightly: "May I ask what is the ambition of Lord Takayama?" ”

When he asked, the clan was really embarrassed to say that his ambition was to seize the world, so he could only ask: "What does this matter have to do with whether the lord abolishes the emperor or not." ”

Although the clan didn't say it directly, but I don't know that the Takenaka half-guard, most of the people present also heard the extraneous voice, after all, if the clan only wants to be a capable minister, then he will say it directly, he doesn't say it, it is enough to prove that he still has a heart to seize the world, and when it comes to the status of everyone, it is not surprising that the clan has such an idea.

"Since this is the case, then I think that Lord Gao Shan should hold high the banner of revenge for the royal family after the lord destroys the royal family, so as to obtain great righteousness, with great righteousness, there will be more forces under the command of the lord, then there are people in the world who do not obey is a rebellion, and the lord can use this to destroy them, and the world can get it." Takenaka Hanbei's words not only gave the clan an idea, but most importantly, it blocked the mouths of Akechi Mitsuhide and Uesugi Keikatsu, after all, if they still objected, it would be on the opposite side of the Takayama family. Sure enough, when he finished speaking, Akechi Mitsuhide and Uesugi Keikatsu didn't speak, because they had nothing to say at all.

When the Takenaka Hanbei finished speaking, he saw the clan shook his head and said: "I don't want to be a rebel, after all, the lord is as kind to me as a mountain, if I do something rebellious, how should the people of the world treat my Gaoshan clan, relying on such means to win the world, it will not last long." Only a small part of these words came from the heart, for him, rebellion or not rebellion is not a big deal, but when he saw Shibata and the others, he found that they showed reluctance after hearing that they were going to overthrow Oda, which could not help but make him change his decision, although he wanted righteousness very much, but he could not ignore the thoughts of these people, and he could see that the bottom line of Shibata and others was to wait and see, if the Oda family really wanted to perish, it must not be destroyed in their own hands.

"The name of righteousness is very important, and adults need to think clearly." Seeing that the clan sect was unwilling, Takenaka Hanbei couldn't help but remind again.

However, the answer he got was still the clan's shake.

"Since the adults don't want to be righteous, then they will definitely be used by others, so I can only suggest that the adults prepare for war and be ready to be attacked."

After hearing this, the clan did not answer directly, because he had to get the support of the people present, otherwise no matter how strong his ability was, it would be impossible for him to fight the world alone, but said, "What do you think? ”

"Everything is up to Takayama-sama." Although they said this, the clan still found that Shibata and the others breathed a deep sigh of relief after they finished speaking.

At the same time, Kinoshita Hideyoshi's assessment room was also full, in addition to the people from the Kinoshita faction, there were two other people here, these two people were Tokugawa Ieyasu and Matsunaga Hide, and this time Matsunaga Hideki was undoubtedly the protagonist of this secret conversation.

Matsunaga Hide, who has always been unfazed, is now very ugly, this is all because he was summoned by Nobunaga alone after the meeting, at first he thought that it was definitely a good thing for Nobunaga to be able to summon him alone, after all, the time for his return to the Oda family was not short, even if the other party was summoned before, it was the Takayama clan or Kinoshita Hideyoshi, I didn't expect that I could enjoy such an honor today, what does this mean, it shows that his status in the heart of the lord has been greatly improved, According to his thoughts, the lord must have summoned him this time to calm the matter of Iga for himself, and wanted to reward himself.

And when he came out, he couldn't be happy anymore, Nobunaga summoned him to want to reward him, he just wanted him to carry the black cauldron, and if this black cauldron was carried out, then the Matsunaga family would really be finished, and the task given to him by Nobunaga was nothing else, it was to ask him to eliminate the emperor.

Nobunaga is not afraid of the sky, but he also knows what he wants, what he wants is reform, what he needs to reform, not only needs the support of the samurai class, but also needs the support of the civilians, and now it is obvious that the samurai class will definitely not support him, so he can only take the civilian route, but it is clear that for the commoners, the existence of the emperor is even more unshakable, they can be perfunctory to the daimyo, but they dare not perfunctory the emperor, that is the descendants of the gods, even if they borrow their courage, they don't dare.

So Nobunaga knew that he couldn't do it, once he did it, then he would be the enemy of the whole world, not only could he not carry out reforms, but also there would be the possibility of being overthrown, which was not what he wanted, so before the end of the meeting, he first looked at the clan, and the clan did not open his mouth to object, so at least he was his supporter, and he was going to let the clan be in charge of this matter, but it suddenly occurred to him that the clan was his important arm, and there were many things that needed to be reformed and relied on him, It would be too cost-effective to sacrifice him for the eradication of the royal family. (To be continued.) )