Hearing the loud announcement at the door, everyone in the room hurriedly returned to their predetermined positions, bowed down and solemnly waited for the guest of honor. Led by Kikutei Sunny Season, he slowly walked in side by side with Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga. Behind them are Hosokawa Fujitaka, Kyogoku Takayoshi and several others.

The chrysanthemum pavilion is still the same as when I came to Kyoto a few years ago to "run the official", the bright and gorgeous court clothes, the high erected yarn black hat, a **** face and blackened teeth, but it seems to be fatter. He looked around as he walked through the passageway, nodding to the people around him from time to time. Admittedly, this is a greedy guy, but after a few contacts, I don't think I really like to put on a show.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga, who followed behind, talked a few words from time to time as they walked, and for some reason they both showed a confident look.

Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki was already a general recognized by the imperial court, and Oda Nobunaga was the de facto overlord of, the imperial court system had to be considered in public. The general of the Seiyi belongs to the foreign officials, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's current rank is from three, and Oda Nobunaga is now just the fifth Dan Zhengzhong, which makes them formally want to let the Kikutei Haruji of the second position take a step, not to mention that he also implies the identity of the emperor's envoy at this time.

Oda Nobunaga came to the first seat on the left, while Ashikaga Yoshishowi and Kikutei Harumi sat side by side on the main seat.

"Your Highness Nobunaga, please be seated!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki made a gesture of invitation to Oda Nobunaga, and then said to everyone in the main hall: "All of you are meritorious ministers in this rebellion, don't be restrained, please take a seat!" ”

"His Royal Highness General Xie!" Led by Oda Nobunaga, we answered in unison, and then we returned to our seats.

"The revival of the shogunate is thanks to your loyalty! I would like to toast you all! Ashikaga Yoshiaki raised the glass in his hand and looked around, then drank it all.

"His Royal Highness General Xie is gracious, I dare not be ashamed!" Once again, we bow and thank you. Next, Kikutei also said a word of gratitude and praise on behalf of the emperor and the imperial court, and we were honored as usual.

"His Royal Highness Oda has worked tirelessly and not avoiding hardships and dangers, and resolutely led his troops to sweep away the rebels and help the shogunate, which is an example of heroes and heroes in the world! The first person in the world to be brave and brave! I'm here to toast you! "After three rounds of drinking, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's first thinker, Hosokawa Fujitaka, raised his glass to Oda Nobunaga, but I think his most important purpose is to remind his master.

"Hosokawa-sama is exalted, Nobunaga doesn't dare to be!" Oda Nobunaga simply agreed, but drank the glass of wine anyway.

"Fujitaka is right!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki was also "excited" and "grateful" at this time. "Since my brother His Royal Highness Yoshiki was unable to come, I have been on the move from place to place, and although I have endured many hardships, my desire to revive the Muromachi shogunate has been far away, and I don't know how many people dare not move forward for fear of the tyranny of the traitorous party. At this time of crisis, His Royal Highness Nobunaga resolutely stepped forward and took the lead in advocating volunteers! This made the world still on the right path, and the shogunate was able to regain its glory! His Royal Highness Nobunaga is truly the father of my Ashikaga Yoshiaki's rebirth, please drink this cup to your heart's content! ”

"Your Highness the General must never say such a thing!" Oda Nobunaga Masasei said, and put the wine glass in his hand back on the table. "I, Oda Nobunaga, am nothing but a vulgar man in the mountains, and His Royal Highness the Shogun will not abandon the important task entrusted to me, and I should serve the shogunate with all my heart, and I will not give up my heart and brains! What he did was just doing the duty of a courtier, and he really couldn't afford to be so praised by the general! Besides, His Royal Highness the Shogun bears the heavy responsibility of managing the state affairs on behalf of the Emperor, and he should love and educate the hearts of the people of the world with the heart of his parents! I really can't, and shouldn't be, grateful to Nobunaga alone. I also hope that Your Highness will not have private thoughts, and everything will be the first in the world? In the last few sentences, the meaning of the lesson has been faintly brought out, and at the same time, it is tactfully told to Ashikaga Yoshiaki not to get carried away.

"This ......" Ashikaga Yoshiaki unnaturally put down his glass, and Oda Nobunaga's words made him feel a little unable to get off the stage. He slowly glanced at Hosokawa Fujitaka again.

"His Royal Highness Dan Zhengzhong is really too humble!" Hosokawa Fujitaka said to Oda Nobunaga. "This time, His Royal Highness led troops into Beijing to revitalize the shogunate, and he overcame obstacles and hardships along the way, and his generals fought bloodily! This is all an immortal achievement, how can Your Highness just laugh at it? ”

"Hosokawa-sama said so, it's a shame to be in the next place!" Oda Nobunaga had no choice but to speak. Hosokawa Fujitaka's statement is clever, because if Nobunaga continues to be modest, it's as if he and his men have nothing to do!

"His Royal Highness Dan Zhengzhong is really bold!" Hosokawa Fujitaka said with relief, and gave Ashikaga Yoshiaki a look in time. "With His Royal Highness's high style and bright festival, the court and the shogunate will have more to rely on in the future! I also hope that His Royal Highness will think of the common people in the world, and don't push it back! ”

"For the current righteousness of the world, I, Oda Nobunaga, naturally take the lead and move forward!" After Oda Nobunaga said this, he also glanced meaningfully at Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

"Good! That's great! Ashikaga Yoshiaki may not have heard the meaning of Oda Nobunaga's words, and nodded his head frequently with excitement. I'm relieved that His Royal Highness Dan Zhengzhong can have this kind of attitude! Now that the shogunate has decided that everything is in ruins, although the puppet general Ashikaga Yoshiei who was set up by Miyoshi against the party fled to Izumi Mori Castle, his thief heart is not dead, and he always thinks about counterattacking and returning to Kyoto! I wonder if His Royal Highness Oda Danmasadashi is willing to help me stabilize the world? ”

"It is incumbent on me to be effective!" Oda Nobunaga replied very briskly.

"Good! In that case...... Ashikaga Yoshiaki straightened his face and said, "I want to appoint His Royal Highness Oda Danmasata as the head of the princes, but I wonder what His Highness wants?" ”

"Leader?!" Many people in the main hall exclaimed in surprise (not including me, of course), and I saw irrepressible excitement on the faces of many of the Oda retainers. It is no wonder that the position of the leader has always been held by only the three branches of the Ashikaga clan, Hosokawa, Hatakeyama and Spo, in the entire shogunate period, and the Uesugi family cannot be considered orthodox, with this name, Oda Nobunaga can justifiably dominate the management of the group, which is undoubtedly a qualitative leap in the status of the Oda family! But...... Will Oda Nobunaga be satisfied?

"His Royal Highness the General, you must not do this!" Oda Nobunaga really said righteously. "Nobunaga, I don't have any selfish intentions for recovering the shogunate this time, how can I ask His Royal Highness the Shogun to give such a favor? Besides, there are many people in the world who are better than me in ability, and if I only lead the troops to Shangluo to be entrusted with important positions, I am afraid that it will cause misunderstanding among the people of the world, and it will also make those with ill intentions have the ambition to seize power by force, thus causing unnecessary trouble to the shogunate and the shogun! His Royal Highness General Qing should not think of the following, and he must take back his life! ”

"In that case, I don't know the position of the deputy general......" Ashikaga Yoshiaki is obviously not dead yet.

"There is no need to mention this matter again!" Oda Nobunaga replied in a firm tone.

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"You also said that the lord has other ideas!" When I came out, Ikeda Hengxing picked an opportunity to talk to me about it when no one was on the side. "The lord doesn't even accept such a high position as a leader and deputy general out of public intentions, where can he covet other things?!"

"I don't know if you're really stupid or fake!" I looked him up and down.

"Is there something wrong?" I saw him a little vaguely.

"Really! How could the lord accept the position of being subordinate to Ashikaga Yoshiaki? With that, I left him there and continued to walk forward, stunned.