"Father, Your Highness, we are leaving!" The full house of children, wives and concubines knelt down in front of me and saluted me respectfully.

"Go back, all of you! Rest well! "I waved my hand from the central seat, and the remnants of the feast on the table in front of me had been removed.

"Yes!" After receiving my answer, everyone retreated under the leadership of Xianzhi.

Looking at the empty restaurant in front of me, I suddenly felt a little lonely, shook my head and stood up, opened a small door and walked out.

Lately, for some reason, I've been making a bit of a sentimentality from time to time, but as my status has improved and my family's population has increased, the feeling of loneliness has come to me more often. The so-called "high place is not cold", maybe this is the feeling that all high-level people will have.

In the past, the comrades-in-arms who were born together like this no longer say a lot to me, and the love of the family members is more hidden in awe. "Jun", what a prominent word, among the five Lun, it is only ranked after "heaven" and "earth", but it stubbornly suppresses the word "pro". "Heaven" is of course nothing, and "earth" must be eternal, but this "king" also needs people to look up and is difficult to touch.

I don't want to complain about anything, because this is an objective fact, it's useless to complain, in the final analysis, this path is my own choice, who can complain? However, as long as people are longing for spiritual communication, this is also something that cannot be suppressed.

I walked through a hidden hallway, up several winding flights of stairs, until I came to a small fine room, which was actually a suite in the study. Because the study is often used to entertain guests, the furniture will inevitably be contaminated with some earthly impetuousness, but I still need a place where I can clear my mind, so I have this place.

I walked slowly to the small wooden balcony, where the damp smell of the sea and the salty wind blew in my face. Most of the stars in the cyan dome in the sky have already come out, and they complement the dense lights of Ishiyama Town in the distance.

"Don't think about it, even the worst outcome is a hundred times better than back then!" I comforted myself like this after pulling my clothes, and my mood really improved.

"Who?" I suddenly heard the sound of light footsteps behind me, and subconsciously asked.

"Hiding here alone?" Xianzhi stepped out of the dark shadows and said to me with a smile.

"It's nothing, I suddenly want to see the stars!" I took a step to the side and made room for her. "I remember when I was in Owari in the past, we used to look at the stars together when we were fine. Later, when there were too many things, I was just busy, and I didn't have that thought. Now I don't have many things in my hands, but I have a lot of things in my head, but I have regained the feeling I had at the beginning! ”

"Actually, you don't have to push yourself too hard at all, just listen to His Highness Takenaka and their opinions on everything!" Xianzhi sat down beside me and took one of my hands. "The stars can have today's situation, and all your highnesses have made great contributions. Since entrepreneurship depends on them, Shoucheng can naturally rely on them, and they will naturally do their best! ”

"Of course, it's good to be able to rely on them, but I'm afraid that they don't agree with each other, and even contradict my ideas. For example, Keiji ...... "I gently closed my eyes and felt the warmth of the little hand in my palm." Only in front of her can I be completely relaxed and have no worries about saying anything.

"Your thoughts and those of His Highness Takenaka and Gamo are certainly safe, but the worries of His Highness Maeda and others may not be unfounded!" After listening to me, Xianzhi was silent for a long time, then raised his head and said softly. "I think His Highness Maeda is a little uneasy, because there are still people making trouble in the four places to this day. They fear that if there is any turmoil, all their previous efforts will be wasted. But it's no wonder that His Highness Maeda, they are all people with thick nerves, and they don't recognize your greatness yet......"

"Great? How great is it? I couldn't help but laugh, pulled her hand in front of me and patted it.

"At least it's much greater than Lord Nobunaga!" She laughed too.

"You really think of me!" I laughed a little self-deprecatingly, I didn't expect that I would have such a high position in her heart.

Her words reminded me of Oda Nobunaga, with his two falcon-like eyes. Throughout my life, I had a heartfelt fear of Oda Nobunaga, and I never dared to confront him with confidence. No matter how advanced my ideas were, and no matter how powerful I wield, Oda Nobunaga's attitude of treating all life like ants will always terrify me, because I will never reach that state at any time. The most accurate evaluation of Oda Nobunaga is: For Oda Nobunaga, there is never a need to worry about the choice, because in his eyes there is no difference between killing one person and killing a million people!

"If you need to prove it, it's because Lord Nobunaga built Azuchi, and you built Osaka!" Xianzhi said confidently.

"Is this okay?" Not only am I dumbfounded, but "love" is sometimes blind. "It's true that Osaka Castle is much bigger than Azuchi, but I'm afraid it's still up to to be seen as a basis. Don't you know, although there are not a few people who envy Osaka, there are also many people who say that I am poor and extravagant, and the stars have died for two generations! ”

"Those people are blind, that's not what I'm talking about!" Xianzhi looked at me with blazing eyes, like two twinkling stars in the darkness. "Lord Nobunaga built Azuchi Castle on the Jin River, so all he could hold in his eyes and heart was Lake Biwa. And you chose Osaka in Stone Mountain, so you can already encompass the entire sea in your mind. Ask yourself to compare, which of the two people is more courageous? ”

"If you say that, shouldn't the people of the world beg me to be the general of the expedition?" Although it was still a joke, I was very moved in my heart at the moment.

"That's natural!" She nodded affirmatively.

"It's not that simple, just being born is a hurdle that can't be crossed!" I sighed again, reality is reality after all.

"This ...... A problem indeed! Xianzhi pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement. You weren't a samurai when you were in Cheongju before, and that's something that many people know, and it's certainly possible to make up a origin, but after all, there will be a lot of funnels. Let's not say that the samurai family attaches great importance to the orderly inheritance, just giving up his identity as a descendant of Ping and Yuan to become a businessman is enough to become the laughing stock of the world. It would be fine if it were a monk, but a merchant ......" her voice became quieter and quieter, and finally she could not be heard.

"That's what I'm worried about, it's not as simple as making up a story!" I leaned against the doorframe and looked up at the starry sky. The stars also winked at me, but gave no answer.

"You...... Do you really want to be this general of Zhengyi? After a moment, Xianzhi tilted her head to me and asked.

"Yes, I really want to be!" I nodded affirmatively, I didn't have to hide it from her. "Now it is the samurai who run the country, so if you want to be right, you have to become the leader of the samurai, and the general of Seiyi is such a name. If there is no such name, my heirs and I will always lack something in the management of the world, and some of my practices will not be able to be implemented smoothly! ”

"Then His Highness Maeda's opinion, don't you want to think about it?" Xianzhi asked again.

"I won't make this move unless I have to!" I felt a little cold, cold from the inside out. "If you do this, it will definitely cause ****, although I am sure to defeat them, but it is difficult to completely eradicate them because of the large number of people. Maybe I could kill the daimyo, but kill one, and three of their sons, or people who claim to be their sons, will come out. What if they are defeated in a joint battle, they will hide in the mountains and rivers with their followers. I don't know how many samurai there are in all of Japan, but I think there are at least fifty or sixty thousand, and if I subvert their ideas, then at least a third will stand firmly against me. If a samurai could find five restless peasants to follow him, there would be a hundred thousand of my enemies in the whole country, and the most terrible thing was that these people could not be defeated in one fell swoop, and there was no common leader for me to bribe. I really don't want another farce between the North and the South, it must delay me a lot......"

I kept talking a lot, and so on until the middle of the moon. There was so much to say, and I ended up being shocked, because I still had so many words in my heart. I told her all the ideas and plans, even those that would not be implemented until decades later. I've never said so much at once, and I feel so much better in my chest when I say it.

Xianzhi just kept listening, looking at me quietly, as if I was the center of the world and everything else didn't matter.

"Even though I don't understand a lot of what you're saying, I know it's a great plan!" After a long time after I finished speaking, Xianzhi said slowly: "But it is not easy to realize these ideals of yours, and the obstacles are not only the ideas that have been formed in the hearts of all the samurai for hundreds of years, but also the calculations of those careerists who have temporarily hidden their minions!" ”

"You're really in a word, if only you could drive all the daimyo to suppress the backlash from the bottom for me!" I laughed to myself, not expecting her to solve such a difficult problem for me.

"I want to ...... I'll go back to Cheongju in the near future! Xianzhi suddenly lowered his head and said slowly.

"Back to Cheongju? Why? "My mind didn't turn for a moment.

"I dreamed of my grandfather last night and wanted to go back and sweep his grave!" Xianzhi replied in a low voice.

"It's time to go!" I feel a little ashamed that the last time I cleaned the grave of the old man was at the Cheongju Conference. After that, although I passed by Cheongju several times, I couldn't help myself. "At this time, I'm afraid that I won't be able to leave, so I'd better write to urge Shinhachiro to come and accompany you!"

"No need, I know your difficulties!" Xianzhi smiled and shook her head at me. "Anyway, Shinhachiro is also a daimyo now, so let's leave him here to help you!"