Seeing Oda Nobunaga lose his temper like this, Hosokawa Nobumoto also looked at the object with great curiosity.

I saw that the appearance of this object resembles a small round eggplant, and the color is the same color as the eggplant, and the size is the same as that of a teacup. But it was such a gadget that caused Oda Nobunaga to come down from the main seat and play with it in his hand.

"Isn't this it?" Oda Nobunaga has begun to fall in love with it.

"Yes, this is the one that has been rated as the world's first, famous tea ware: ninety-nine eggplants" Matsunaga Shu replied, affirming Oda Nobunaga's conjecture.

"My lord?" Hosokawa Nobugen reminded Oda Nobunaga with his words, or to get down to business first, he didn't understand what was good about this broken tea bowl.

"Hahaha! Good! I have received your family's wishes, and I agree to form an alliance with the Miyoshi family to crusade against the common enemy! Oda Nobunaga directly decided on the alliance on the spot, which made Hosokawa Nobumoto confused on the spot, why a tea bowl has such a significant effect.

In fact, this is also because Hosokawa Nobumoto does not know much about the tea ceremony culture of the Warring States. In this era, the tea ceremony developed almost simultaneously with bushido, forming a unique phenomenon of "tea and sword" complementing each other.

For the samurai who are fighting every day and the day is precarious, the tranquil tearoom can soothe the soul, forget about killing, and leave behind the troubles of life and death.

But for the daimyo, the tea ceremony was a tool to increase political influence, and the famous tea ware was a representation of status. It is no wonder that Toyotomi Hideyoshi later dominated the world, and in order to show his identity, he specially sent a wealthy merchant Naya to help Saemon cross the Ming Dynasty and purchase a precious teapot "Luzon pot", which he used to taste tea every day. Later, I learned that the "Luzon pot" is actually a night pot for peeing.

"Thank you Oda Palace, then the minister will go back and tell the lord the good news, and let the lord personally come to thank Oda Hall and meet His Royal Highness Yoshiaki." Matsunaga Hidehide cleverly placed Oda Nobunaga's name in front of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

"Hmm." Oda Nobunaga nodded noncommittally, his mind still on this teacup.

The minister took his leave. Oh yes, I forgot to mention that Ashikaga Yoshiei just died violently a while ago. After saying that, Matsunaga Shu withdrew, leaving behind a stunned Oda family.

Ashikaga Yoshiei, dead.

"My lord, um..." Hosokawa Nobumoto wanted to open his mouth to dissuade him again, but now Oda Nobunaga is afraid that he can't listen to it.

"Rokuro, I know what you're thinking." Oda Nobunaga interrupted Hosokawa Nobumoto's later words, and continued: "Actually, the reason why I agreed to form an alliance with the Miyoshi family just now was to use this as an excuse to take the opportunity to stop the attack on Gyeonggi, and then implement the strategy that Rokuro just said. But I didn't expect Ashikaga Yoshiei to die, this Matsunaga show is really unusual, interesting. ”

"This timing is too coincidental, and the ministers heard that the heir of the original Miyoshi family, Miyoshi Yoshixing, also died of a sudden illness, so it will be the turn of the current head of the family, Miyoshi Yoshi, to succeed to the throne." Hosokawa Nobumoto always felt that there must be something strange in it, you must know that Miyoshi Yixing is in its prime, and he usually has no illness or disaster, but he died when he died.

And the current head of the family, Miyoshi Yoshitsugi, was originally the son of Shihe Yicun, but he was only passed on to the Miyoshi family, and he originally had no right to inherit, but due to the mysterious death of Miyoshi Yoshiko, Yixing's son-in-law Miyoshi Yoshiji also disappeared mysteriously, so he was able to take over the position of family governor. However, it seems that the "three good three" do not agree very much, and he seems to be particularly obedient to Matsunaga Xiuyanga, and especially relies on and trusts him.

"That's not the point, the focus is on what to do next, I thought I could stop there, but now it seems that it can't be done. According to the temperament of His Royal Highness Yoshiaki, when he learned that Ashikaga Yoshiei was dead, he would definitely think about it and be in a hurry to dominate Gyeonggi. Oda Nobunaga frowned and said, he didn't want his family to expand blindly and become fat, nor did he want to make a wedding dress for Ashikaga Yoshiaki and lay down such a large territory.

"Lord, then optimize your strategy." Hosokawa Nobumoto thought for a while and said: "First of all, Minami Omi must be firmly grasped in the hands of my Oda family, and the lord can claim the main support points of Minami Omi in the future, and the others are still led by the local wealthy families, and they must submit to His Royal Highness Yoshiaki on the surface, but in fact they must submit to the Oda family!" ”

"Now the Gamo family in Minami Omi has surrendered to my Oda family, and sent his sister-in-law Tsuru Chiyo as a hostage, and the families of Aochi, Kokura, Hasami, and Terakura, which are close to the Gamo family, have also surrendered one after another. Now is the time to immediately send an envoy in the name of His Highness Yoshiaki to Goto, Kondo, Takashima, Nagahara, and other wealthy clans close to the Kita-Omi Asai family, ordering each family to submit to His Highness Yoshiaki. In this way, the development of the Asai family was prevented. In fact, these wealthy families were all subordinate to the Oda family, but nominally they were still subordinate to the incoming shogun. If the Asai family dares to take action against the general's subordinates, then my Oda family will have the righteousness to intervene to stop it. Hosokawa Nobumoto rearranged the layout of Minami Omi in one breath, and Oda Nobunaga listened very favorably and motioned for him to continue.

"The Five Kingdoms of Gyeonggi, my Oda family can fight for His Royal Highness Yoshiaki, but it is still a strategy based on breaking the submission of local wealthy clans. And the territory of the original "Three Good Three" was divided to them, so that they would be grateful to the lord, and it also restricted the development of His Highness Yoshiaki. After all, they are all subordinate to His Highness Yoshiaki, and if they want to return the territory to the shogunate and force them to reduce the seal, they will inevitably suffer a violent backlash. After a long speech, Hosokawa Nobumoto didn't know how many birds were killed with one stone.

"Hahaha! Good! is worthy of being the first wise general in the family, and if I can think so long-term, it seems that Matsunaga shows this person, I have to get it! Oda Nobunaga fully agreed with Hosokawa Nobunamoto's strategy, and became even more eager for Matsunaga Shu to drive him to a dead end.

Having established a clear goal, Oda Nobunaga soon informed Ashikaga Yoshiaki of the split of the Miyoshi family and the submission of the heads of the family, Yoshitsugu Miyoshi and Hidehide Matsunaga. Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki was very upset that Oda Nobunaga took matters into his own hands and agreed to their submission, after all, Matsunaga Shu had hunted him down and killed him back then.

But as soon as he heard that Ashikaga Yoshiei was dead, he immediately excitedly ordered Oda Nobunaga to purge the remnants and seize the five kingdoms of Gyeonggi, and he himself hurriedly put the throne of the shogun on the agenda, and he had already seen the shogun position beckoning to him again.

"Humph! What a short-sighted person who only cares about an empty position. However, this is also good, and it is more convenient for the family's Gyeonggi strategy. Order the army to assemble and prepare for the Gyeonggi Raid! Oda Nobunaga, who had returned to his main camp, gave the order to go out.