Looking at Kotani Castle in front of them, Hosokawa Nobumoto and his entourage were ordered to come to Omi Province, and when they saw the people in the castle town smiling, they knew that the Shinji of the Asai family was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Crunch, the gates of Kotani Castle opened, and a monk came on horseback: "In front of you, is Hosokawa-sama of the Oda family?" ”

"Exactly, may I ask your Excellency?" Hosokawa Nobumoto urged the horse out of the queue and asked politely.

"The poor monk Anyang Temple has been waiting here for a long time." Anyang Temple made a Buddha voice through the world, which can be regarded as a salute.

"It turned out to be the Lord of Anyang Temple, an important minister of the Asai family, who has been looking up for a long time." Hosokawa Nobumoto also nodded in return immediately.

"Hosokawa-sama, please." After speaking, he got out of the way of the main road, waited for Hosokawa Nobumoto to pass, and then began to chat with the horse: "Lord Hosokawa is really young, the poor monk heard that the lord had the reputation of "the unparalleled general of the Eastern Kingdom" four years ago. ”

"Hehe, my lord has won the award, but I heard that my lord is the chief minister of the Asai Palace, and he is good at diplomacy and internal affairs, and he is a genius of the world." Hosokawa Nobumoto was also a sycophant, and the intelligence showed that the authority of this Anyangji temple was very heavy in the Asai family.

"Haha, adults are really good at talking, what kind of genius is not a genius, it is all the wisdom of my lord, and we are just doing our duty." Anyang Temple has been so happy that he can't keep his mouth shut, and he pretends to be modest.

"Yes, I also heard that the Asai Hall is both civil and military, and it is a generation of masters. Since succeeding to the governor, the territory has been expanded, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, creating a prosperous era in the near river. Hosokawa Nobumoto borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and praised Asai Nagamasa.

"Hahaha, but then again, Hosokawa-sama has a long way to go. To tell you the truth, the opposition within the family is not small, and if the Oda family doesn't have enough sincerity this time, I'm afraid that Hosokawa-sama will have to run for nothing. Anyang Temple Jingshi suddenly whispered, for fear of being listened to by others.

"Lord Anyangji, please rest assured, my Oda family is sincerely allied with your family, and there will be no hypocrisy." Hosokawa Nobumoto knew that this Anyang Temple was also a kind reminder, and it seemed that he also very much wanted to join forces.

After a while, I arrived at the large wide room in the castle tower, which was full of retainers of the Asai family, and on the main seat sat a beautiful man with a lofty spirit, a handsome and handsome spirit, and a standard beautiful man, Asai Nagamasa.

"Foreign Minister Hosokawa Rokuro Nobumoto pays a visit to the Asai Palace." Hosokawa Nobumoto enters the palace to meet Asai Nagamasa.

"Hosokawa-sama has worked hard from afar, I have heard of Your Excellency's name a long time ago, and when I see it today, I am even younger than I imagined." Asai Nagamasa looked at Hosokawa Nobumoto, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and sighed with emotion, wouldn't it be four years ago...

"The Asai Hall is falsely praised, and the foreign minister is just a little bit of my lord's afterglow, on the other hand, the Asai Hall is a heroic boy......" Hosokawa Nobumoto has said all kinds of great achievements since the debut of Asai Nagamasa, which is even more comprehensive than his own records.

"Hahaha, Lord Hosokawa is polite, it's all thanks to the loyalty and dedication of all of you." The so-called people who don't stretch out their hands and don't hit the smiling face, Hosokawa Nobugen himself is also telling the truth, which makes the atmosphere of the Asai family more pleasant, not as tense as when he first came in.

"Presumably Hosokawa-sama is also tired, so I prepared a dinner party to show a little gratitude." The first meeting was successfully concluded, and as for the specific matters, it was necessary to draw up a charter with Anyang Temple Jingshi in private.

At the dinner, Hosokawa Nobumoto took the opportunity to observe the situation of the Asai family, and quickly understood their respective positions by drinking and having fun.

First of all, Anyoji Jingshi is very much in favor of the alliance, and the first fierce general of the Asai family, Isonohara Masa, is tepid, looks indifferent, and belongs to neutrality.

As for the old man Akao Kiyotsuna, who blows his beard and stares, he is obviously a representative of the opposition, and the two factions are almost equal in terms of number and right to speak, so clearly and orderly that Hosokawa Nobumoto wonders if he is singing a double reed.

"Well, the alliance in history was established, and I think Asai Nagamasa himself should agree with it." Hosokawa Nobumoto, who returned to his residence, began to silently analyze the information he had observed during the day.

"Although Saito Ryuko's mother is Asai Nagamasa's aunt, when Saito Yoshiryu was still alive, he even united with the Rokkaku family to attack the Asai family, so the relationship between the two families is not unbreakable. As long as there are enough interests, a strategic alliance can be reached. ”

Hosokawa Nobumoto slowly unfolded the alliance treaty that Oda Nobunaga handed over to him, and the inscription on it has been stamped with the seal of the Oda family, indicating that this is the bottom line of the Oda family.

Hosokawa Nobumoto carefully considered it word by word, and the content of this was full of the principle of treating each other equally, and in some places even the Oda family made concessions.

Especially the last one, in order to make an alliance between the two families, the Oda family is willing to marry Princess Aichi to Asai Nagamasa, the governor of the Asai family, as the wife of the main room, which can be said to be a hostage in disguise.

"How will we negotiate tomorrow? Damn, I've never done this, if I had this ability, I would have been an executive of a large company in my previous life. At the same time that Hosokawa Nobumoto was worried, Asai Nagamasa's inner room also entered the peak of discussion.

"My lord, my lord still thinks that he shouldn't form an alliance with the Oda family, and he turned to the alliance with his own family because he couldn't capture Inabayama Castle. When the time comes, if he captures Mino, will he also be an enemy of his own family again? After all, he Hosokawa Nobumoto is the cousin of Rokkaku Yoshiji, and the two families have also had the behavior of the alliance. Akao Kiyotsuna said with a frown, he was not optimistic about the alliance between the two families.

"My lord, it is precisely because of the relationship between Hosokawa and the Rokkaku family that if the family puts it out of the door, the Oda family will definitely form an alliance with the Rokkaku family to fight against the family ~~"

"What's the matter, is it possible that you are afraid that they will not succeed? The main family also has the Saito family as an ally. Before Anyang Temple finished speaking, Akao Kiyotsuna interrupted.

"Akao-sama, please listen to the next sentence, not because I am afraid, but because I feel that this is meaningless. The current situation is that the Oda family and the main family are currently among the rising daimyos, while the Saito family and the Rokkaku family are the last daimyo of the sunset Nishiyama. If you don't form an alliance, I'm afraid that the two families will only be fighting endlessly, wasting national strength in vain, if they form an alliance, the Oda family will attack Mino, and the main family will attack Omi, first come, first served, and in the future, the family will unify Omi, and he Oda family will not be able to help the family. "It turns out that Anyangji Temple is fighting this idea.

"There is some truth in saying this, it depends on who dominates first." Isonohara Chang on the side said, "The four of them are plotting together tonight."

"Haha, haha. It must be the family that won the hexagonal family first! Asai Nagamasa said confidently: "You must know that there is a powerful Asakura family behind the main family, and what about him behind the Oda family?" Hehe, it's a little Matsudaira family that drags oil bottles. Therefore, whether it is the right time, the right place or the people, the family has an absolute advantage, and I decided to sign an alliance with the Oda family, and quickly captured Omi Province, cutting off his westward path! ”

It's really you singing, I'll appear; There are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests.