Chapter 174: The Way of the Tea Ceremony

In the assessment room of the castle tower of Kiyosu Castle, Nobunaga looked at the Takayama clan and was very satisfied with Senbei's neat and simple promise to go to Kita-Omi to discuss an alliance and marriage with Asai Nagamasa.

However, although Nobunaga was satisfied, the retainers present were very dissatisfied with the attitude of the clan, and if the clan accepted the appointment (*) after shirking, they could still accept it, but the Takayama clan showed that he accepted it without hesitation, which could not help but disgust the retainers. The retainers of the Oda family did not dare to resent the lord for marrying Princess Aichi to Asai Nagamasa, so they had no choice but to vent the anger in their hearts on the head of the clan, and they all glared at the clan viciously, and before they knew it, he had committed public anger.

The clan had already known that this would definitely be the result in the end, so he didn't pay much attention to it, but instead met the eyes of the retainers and replied with a smile, thinking to himself, as long as he hugged Nobunaga's thigh tightly, how could these small people be afraid. And Lao Tzu is now a general, and Zhixing also has 8,000 stones, among the direct ministers of the Oda family, he can rank in the top ten, and then with Lao Tzu's foresight, there is still a lot of room for growth in the future, in this case, Lao Tzu is still afraid of a fart.

Thinking of this, the clan clan not only did not have any worries, but seemed very relaxed, after sweeping the samurai in the assessment room, the most reluctant looked at Shibata Katsuya, he did not stare at himself like other retainers, but lowered his head, silently thinking about his thoughts.

The clan sighed secretly, this cheap old man is still good to himself on weekdays, and in the future, if Asai Nagamasa betrays the Oda family like in history, then after he hangs up, he will definitely help him talk and promote good things in front of Nobunaga. Otherwise, let this matter go naturally, and after Shibata rises in price and is dying, what fun can he experience if he marries Ashi. However, if it is really like his own design, then Ah Shi will not be his own cheap mother-in-law? The relationship with Oda Nobunaga......

However, the clan thought about it again, and couldn't help but contradict it in his heart, because he didn't want Asai Nagamasa to really stand on the wrong side, after all, in his previous life, the clan still loved Asai Nagamasa very much, and this time he went by himself, saying that he would also change the thinking of most of the retainers of the Asai family, if he still didn't know what to do after his own efforts, then he could be regarded as doing his best, and it would not be too late to find a way for Shibata Katsuya to marry Ashi.

And Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro, who is also an admirer of Achi, is also moving this mind at the moment, since he was appreciated by Nobunaga, the reverence for the clan has disappeared, and when he was promoted by Nobunaga to the rank of general, he regarded the clan as the biggest obstacle to his promotion.

If it weren't for him, the credit for building the castle in Sumamata, capturing Inuyama Castle, Komaki Yama Castle, etc., would be his own, and he thought that his ability was no worse than that of the clan, but his luck was not as good as his, and now it seems that in the matter of forming an alliance with the Asai family, he has offended most of the retainers in his family, so why don't he add fuel to the fire and completely stink him, so that he has no place to stand in the Oda family?

Others don't know what to do, but he Kinoshita Tojiro is very clear, this time the Oda family and the Asai family formed an alliance and the marriage, which was promoted by his Takayama clan behind the scenes, if he spread the news, how would the retainers feel?

When the time comes, as long as the Gaoshan Clan is isolated, then he will be the biggest beneficiary, Ha Luha, just do it, as long as you are careful when you act, you will definitely not let him grasp any handles.

Thinking of this, Kinoshita Toyoshiro secretly sneered again and again while admiring his intelligence, but he missed one thing, that is, there were only four people present at the time, Nobunaga would not speak, and the clan himself would not say it, and Hori Hidemasa, who served outside (Men), did not dare to say it, so who else would say it?

The next content of the year-end evaluation meeting, no matter how exciting, the retainers are not the slightest interested. Therefore, the next time, the assessment room seemed very dull. Fortunately, the big thing has been said, and there is not much content left, so less than half an hour later, the first evaluation meeting of the new year is completely over.

"I wish you all good luck this year." After Nobunaga finished speaking, he said, "Senbei stays and dismisses the meeting." With that, Nobunaga got up and walked away quickly, followed closely by the clan, while a sigh came from the assessment room. ,

Instead of returning directly to the living room, Nobunaga took the clan to a smaller room, which was in the deepest part of the castle tower, away from the hustle and bustle of the castle town.

The clan followed behind Nobunaga, and as soon as he walked in, he saw that the room was elegantly decorated, and in the middle of the small room, there was a large tea table, and a teenage surnamed was dressed in white, mixing tea.

When he saw the lord and another adult walking in, he hurriedly put down the tea bowl in his hand, saluted respectfully and said, "See the lord." ”

Nobunaga nodded, and after sitting on the side of the tea table, he spoke, "You go ahead, leave me alone." After speaking, I saw that the little surname continued to operate after answering.

The clan sect was not polite to him, and quickly came to Nobunaga to sit down opposite him, only to hear him speak: "I don't know what the lord has called his subordinates to come?" ”

Nobunaga waved his hand, but did not speak, only to see him close his eyes and tilt his head back and inhale, as if enjoying the aroma of tea emanating from the tea bowl.

The clan also followed his example, closed his eyes, and sniffed hard, but he didn't smell anything, and couldn't help but have two words in his heart: pretending to be forced.

I don't know if the little surname is too slow, or the time to make tea is too long, after a while, I saw that the little surname finally made two bowls of difference, and gently put the tea bowls in front of Nobunaga and the clan respectively. "Lord, the tea is ready."

Nobunaga slowly opened his eyes and said lightly, "Zhilu Dao, you can retreat." ”

While Nobunaga was talking to the little surname, he couldn't help but glance at the tea bowl in front of him, and saw that the color of the tea in the bowl and the soy sauce were all spelled, which was a strange thing if it could be delicious.

After the little surname left, Nobunaga cut off his tea bowl and put it to his mouth, and after drinking it all in one gulp, he said to the clan, "Come and taste the taste of this tea." ”

The clan didn't want to drink the black soup in this tea bowl, but since Nobunaga spoke, he couldn't help but drink it, as soon as the tea was in his mouth, there was a bitter taste, he frowned, and finally poured this bowl of tea into his stomach, this taste is even more difficult to swallow than Chinese medicine, and the clan is a little suspicious, Nobunaga is not masochistic, such a difficult thing to drink, he can taste it with relish, this realm is really not ordinarily high.

"Do you know why I brought you here for tea?" After the clan finished drinking, he only listened to Nobunaga ask lightly.

The clan put down the tea bowl and hurriedly said respectfully: "The subordinates don't know. ”

Nobunaga didn't intend to let him understand his mind with this bowl of tea, so he didn't get angry because of it, and still mentioned it so plainly: "You went to Kita-Omi this time to discuss the alliance between the two families with Asai Nagamasa, and the marriage should be like this tea, do you understand now?" ”

When the clan was about to say that his subordinates still didn't know what to do, it suddenly occurred to him, was Nobunaga afraid that he would treat the Asai family as harshly as the Matsudaira family, so he brought himself here to drink tea, he meant that he wanted to calm his mind?

As he thought in his heart, Nobunaga did mean this, he saw that the last time the family and the Matsudaira family formed an alliance, the clan clan made it difficult for it, and the strength of the Asai family was not comparable to the weak Matsudaira family, although Nobunaga was not afraid, but if it was really because of the clan's verbal conflict, which led to the two families fighting each other, then if he wanted to go to Luo again, it would inevitably take a lot of time, so he asked for the matter of drinking tea to mention the clan.

But Nobunaga didn't know what the clan really thought, the reason why the clan was harsh on the Matsudaira family, even to the point of getting rid of it quickly, was not because he was afraid that it would become a big tail in the future and threaten himself, and this Asai family was different, in the eyes of the clan, Asai Nagamasa was a person worthy of sympathy, and if he hadn't been swayed by the retainers, he chose Asakura and gave up Oda, and he wouldn't have ended up ruined and destroyed.

Otherwise, perhaps, the pattern of Japan's late Warring States period will also change because of this, and Asai Nagamasa will become a big help for himself to seize the world. In the eyes of the clan, Asai Nagamasa is outstanding in terms of both internal and military ability, and he is also the same as Matsudaira Motoyasu, he is very young, if he hadn't been on the wrong side later, after Nobunaga's death, he would have been able to obtain at least a territory of several million stones, after all, his starting point was much higher than Matsudaira Motoyasu.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan said: "The subordinates understand, please rest assured, the subordinates will do their best to facilitate this matter." ”

"It's good if you understand, I've already asked Murai Sadakatsu to draw up the covenant, this matter can't be delayed for a long time, let's go to North Omi in the near **." Nobunaga couldn't help but feel very satisfied when he saw that the clan understood his intentions, and he said with the corners of his mouth raised.

Clan clan thought,His home is now settled in the North American thick gunjo Hachiman Castle,This Owari really has nothing to be nostalgic about,Besides, now the ministers of the family must hate themselves very much.,Leaving this place as soon as possible is also the best choice.,The clan can't wait to leave the castle tower and set off.,But if you go to Kita Omi during the New Year.,Discuss the alliance between the two families and the marriage with Asai Nagamasa.,It's a little rude.,So I have to wait until the New Year.,Thinking of this,I only heard the clan answer,"It's the lord. , the subordinates have arranged the things in Zhixing, and they can set off after the year. ”

Nobunaga nodded and said, "Well, you can stand down." ”。