Soon after Takeda Shingen and Asakura Yoshikei left, the monk general, Master Chase, also quietly left Honganji Temple and hurried to Takaya Castle in Settsu Province.

At this time, they are plotting a bold plan to unite with Matsunaga Shu to murder the Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and then blame him, and when Matsunaga Shu becomes the public enemy of the archipelago, they will take the opportunity to kill him, so that they can revive their Miyoshi clan and seize the power of the shogun.

They are called Miyoshi Changyi, Miyoshi Masayasu and Iwanari Youtong respectively, and are known as "Miyoshi Sanren" by the world.

According to the plan they agreed upon, they discussed with Shuichi Matsunaga, he didn't want to spend money to send congratulatory gifts to Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and the three of them had no money in their hands, so they reached an impasse.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru's birthday is in early May, and it is almost coming in a blink of an eye, and the three of Miyoshi are as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and they get together every day to discuss, trying everything they can, but they still can't find a suitable gift, so they start the idea of a Sakai town merchant.

In order to seize the power of Hosokawa Harumoto, the lord of Settsu Province and the head of the shogunate's family, Miyoshi Chokei strongly supported Sakai's self-government and exempted it from paying taxes, attracting merchants from all over the world, and Sakai Town became a free trade port and quickly prospered.

This Hosokawa Harumoto was the father-in-law of Xianru, Asakura Yoshikei and Takeda Shingen, and as the head of the Muromachi shogunate, the Hosokawa family was unwilling to accept defeat and sent assassins to Sakai Town to murder Miyoshi Chokei, causing him to be seriously injured, and since then he has been in a state of collapse, giving the conspirator Matsunaga Hide.

With the introduction of Christianity, under the instigation of Jesuit missionaries, Sakai merchants took the opportunity to break free from the control of the Miyoshi clan and formed the Zhonghe Society, which became an independent merchant group.

Just when they were at a loss, the Wind Chasing Mage brought an unexpected surprise, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked excitedly, "Three adults, do you want to get a windfall?" ”

When the three of them heard this, they almost jumped up with joy, and asked in unison, "Where is the wealth?" ”

"Yan Shifan, the son of Guan Bai in the Ming Dynasty, converted to the Pure Land Zhenzong, he hoped to introduce a Xiangzong into the Ming Dynasty, set off a rebellion that has always helped him, and even regarded Honganji Temple as a retreat for his rebellion, over the years, he donated countless gold and silver treasures to Honganji Temple......"

Without waiting for Chasing Feng to finish speaking, Yan Chengyou said angrily: "It's really hateful! A few days ago, when we asked him to borrow money, he actually said that he relied on charity to live, which really made me angry. ”

"Don't be in a hurry when the Lord Taxes help you." Chasing Feng smiled: "Xianru is right, his current life is indeed relying on other people's charity. ”

"Don't mention these useless things to us, but tell us quickly, where is the treasure of gold and silver?" Miyoshi asked.

"The gold and silver treasures were brought in by the Satsuma pirates, and they all withheld them, and indeed they did not pass them on to Xianru." Chasing Wind replied.

Iwanari Youtong sounded that something was not quite right, and threatened: "Don't scold us, you know what the consequences will be!" ”

Master Chasing Wind replied: "Please rest assured, Lord Tax-suke, many people have come to Honganji Temple today, including the Satsuma pirate Lin Liuguan, as well as Shimazu Yoshihiro, and even the Ming Imperial Court Qincha also came, and they jointly confirmed this matter, according to the information that the poor monks have mastered, these gold and silver treasures that originally belonged to Honganji Temple are still hidden in the castle of Satsuma Akimeura, and now we must do it immediately, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

At this time, the three of Miyoshi looked at each other and shouted in unison, "God help me!" With that, all four of them burst out laughing......

Just as they were about to leave for Akimeura, Asakura Yoshikei also returned to his territory, but instead of going home, he went directly to the secret stronghold of Mt. Hiei.

In the early years, the father of Asakura Yoshikei in order to quell the rebellion of Ichizo Tsunamune, had built a secret training camp in Mt. Hiei, specializing in training killers, and was used to deal with the monks of Enryakuji Temple at that time, and in the era of Asakura Yoshikei, he and Xianru became relatives, so Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei no longer embarrassed him, and in this way, the Asakura family instead became the great tangoe (that is, the meaning of the gold lord) of Enryakuji Temple.

Later, Asakura Yoshikyo invited the founder of Iga-ryu ninjutsu, Mitsuo, and asked him to continue training ninjas in that training camp.

On the way back to Echizen from Ishiyama Honganji, Asakura Yoshikage had already formulated a plan of action, he was going to send Ranami to Akimeura Castle first, let the samurai of Echizen secretly respond, and then send a large ship to wait at sea, once the Shimazu family started a war against the pirates, Ranami took the opportunity to introduce the Echizen samurai into the castle, and after snatching the gold and silver treasures, he fled back to Echizen by sea.

At the same time, Shingen Takeda also returned to his own territory, Kai.

Along the way, Shingen Takeda, known as the "God of War" by the world, was full of emotion. There are talents from generation to generation, and a generation of new people to replace the old. He found that he had more and more enemies and that he was getting older, so after the New Year, he called Kamiasakura Yoshikei to go to Ishiyama Honganji Temple with him, and formed a strong alliance with Xianru to prepare for the future with a large army to Shangluo.

Knowing that something happened in the family, Takeda Shingen understood why the eldest son rebelled, even though he had a thousand reasons to forgive him, but he would never tolerate what he did, so after abolishing the eldest son, which son was the most suitable to set up as the heir? It made him think a lot, and he couldn't help but recall some of the past......

Ten years earlier (Tenmon 23, 1554 AD), Takeda Shingen had mediated a conflict between the Imagawa clan of Suruga Province and the Hojo clan of Sagami Province, so the three families married each other at Zentokuji Temple.

Takeda Shingen's eldest son, Yoshinobu, married the daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and his daughter married Hojo Massa, whose daughter married Imagawa Shinma.

Later, Imagawa Yoshimoto, the daimyo of Suruga Province, disregarded the overall situation and tried in vain to seize the power of the shogun, and on the way to Kamiraku, he was killed by Oda Nobunaga of Owari Province in Tsubahari Province.

After the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, the heir Imagawa clan was really a gentleman, and the Suruga Province fell from then on.

At this time, Takeda Shingen found that the gold mines in his territory were about to be exhausted, and secretly coveted Suruga's Anbei Kanzan mine, and from a strategic point of view, Suruga Province happened to be the only way for him to go to Luo, so he first broke his treachery and broke the alliance concluded by Zentokuji Temple and forcibly annexed Suruga Province.

Takeda Yoshinobu married the daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and they had a very good relationship with the couple, so the couple was extremely dissatisfied with his father's behavior, and had been secretly plotting to imprison Takeda Shingen, and Yoshinobu would take over the power of Kai Province and return Suruga to his brother-in-law Imagawa Clan.

After enduring for many years, Takeda Yoshinobu finally seized the opportunity to take advantage of his father's visit to Ishiyama Honganji Temple to gather his teacher and some retainers to secretly rebel, preparing to put him under house arrest as soon as Takeda Shingen returned.

Unfortunately, his brother Takeda Katsuyori discovered the plot of rebellion, and Takeda Katsuyori immediately summoned his retainers to discuss it, and although most of them sympathized with Yoshinobu like Takeda Shingen, they did not tolerate his disobedience, which eventually led to a catastrophe.

After a scuffle, Takeda Yoshinobu was outnumbered and imprisoned in Tokoji Temple, and his teacher Iitomi Toramasa was forced to commit suicide, and Takeda Katsuyori personally went to Ishiyama Honganji Temple to report to his father, so after the angry Takeda Shingen arrived home, he decided to immediately execute the rebellious eldest son and set up the fourth son Katsuyori as the heir.

It stands to reason that Takeda Shingen's decision should be a logical thing, but he never expected that it would be opposed by the retainers en masse.

Takeda Shingen was trembling with anger, but there was nothing he could do with these retainers, and suddenly, he remembered those hateful pirates in Akimeura, who had embezzled the huge wealth of his brother-in-law, and he came up with a plan and preached to everyone:

"Whether the fourth son Shenglai is capable of succeeding the family governor in the future, I will not mention it first. Of course, the choice of the heir of the governor cannot be decided by you. Now, let's give Katsuyori a task to see if he has the ability to succeed the family governor, and we will supervise it together, what do you think? ”

So, the retainers began to discuss, at this time, Takeda Shingen was in a state of confusion, and suddenly felt that his days were numbered, and if he could not determine the heir as soon as possible, he would have to cause a big disaster sooner or later.

Finding that the opinions of the retainers were not unanimous, Takeda Shingen continued:

"Ladies and gentlemen, although I am known as the number one general in the world, now it seems that I have no name, and I can't even take care of my own family affairs, I am really incompetent! Now, I will let Katsuyori take his own retainers and send them to Akimeura, Satsuma Prefecture, to exterminate the pirates entrenched there, and help his uncle, the monk King Xianru, to seek justice, and if Katsuyori succeeds, he will be appointed as the heir of the governor, what do you think? ”

Now that Takeda Shingen has made the task clear, the retainers have nothing to say, so they set their eyes on Takeda Katsuyori together.

The young Katsuyori hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and replied in a loud voice, "Please rest assured, Father, that I will seek justice for my uncle, the Righteous Monk." ”

Takeda Shingen stood up and swept everyone with a majestic gaze, and everyone bowed their heads.

"Which of you has any objections?" Shingen Takeda asked loudly.

All the retainers replied in unison, "Obey your lordship's arrangement." ”

So, Takeda Shingen patted Aiko on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Katsuyori, it's up to you next, you set off immediately, before the Shimazu family attacks Akimeura Castle, destroy those pirates, and recover the treasure that belongs to Ishiyama Honganji." Kid, you'll face many battles all the way to Satsuma, so be careful and take care! ”

"My son obeys his father's orders!"