In the assessment room of Cheongju City, all the retainers looked at Oda Nobunaga with a look of disbelief, they could never have imagined that Oda Nobunaga would be so ruthless and so careless. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Well, in general, this reward is actually very fair, all the meritorious people are promoted, and the reward is rewarded, especially the families of those who died in the battle for defending Cheongju, and they have received a large amount of consolation. And what about those who have passed? From the old family down, no one has been spared.

Except for Yamada Masamura's high reward, it can almost be said that the four words of reward and punishment are completely achieved. It's just that...... From ancient times to the present, no matter which country or power, it is impossible to really do this. After all, all rewards and punishments, in addition to merit, also need to consider a lot of political factors.

In particular, most of the people who were rewarded were small families and individuals, while those who were punished were basically large and medium-sized families. This situation, to be honest, can be said to be very unfavorable for the reign of the daimyo. After all, in this era, many times the daimyo is more like a co-leader elected by many families. Otherwise, there would not be such a thing as a so-called monarch who cannot interfere in the internal affairs of the family of his retainers.

However, although most of the people were disgruntled and even angry, they didn't jump out and say anything, they just looked at Sakuma in unison. As the most punished retainer among the neutrals, it is clear that Sakuma's solemn attitude can decide a lot of things.

It's just a pity that Sakuma disappointed them, only to see him respectfully bow to Oda Nobunaga, and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness's rewards and punishments are clear, which is really a blessing for my family!" "This is obviously the decision to choose to support Oda Nobunaga.

Well, he must support it, after all, now that the battle for the governor is over, if nothing else, the Oda family will be under the rule of Oda Nobunaga for the next few decades. If you don't stand in line at this time, Sakuma Morishige is purely joking with his family.

And seriously, the reduction of 200 stone is not a painful number for the Sakuma family, who has been in business for many years in Owari. In his mind, the reason why Oda Nobunaga gave such a punishment was at most to warn himself. Coupled with the abilities shown by Oda Nobunaga and his immediate retainers in the Battle of Inayu, how to choose...... Sakuma is not stupid.

Seeing that Sakuma Morishige knew each other like this, Oda Nobunaga nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Shibata Katsuie and Hayashi Xiuzhen. "Singer, Xiuzhen, do you have any opinions?"

Although these two are undoubtedly the main accomplices in this civil unrest, there is absolutely nothing to say about making them seppuku. But Oda Nobunaga pardoned them, but after the pardon, he confiscated all the territory.

Well, the main reason is that the prestige of these two in the Oda family is too high, even if they are guilty, their thoughts have to be considered.

"Your Highness's rewards and punishments are clear, and the guilty ministers have no opinions." Shibata Katsuya and Lin Xiuzhen bowed to the ground and whispered.

Both the neutrals and the opposition bosses agreed, so would anyone else dare to have an opinion? Apparently did not dare. Because they don't want to anger Oda Nobunaga, otherwise what if Oda Nobunaga gets angry and confiscates their territory or even directly exterminates their family? They believed that at that time, there would never be any family on their side.

As for the families who were rewarded, they were naturally elated, and their faces were full of excitement and praised Oda Nobunaga's wisdom and martial arts.

"Well, it's decided! Zhengcun, Changxiu, Lijia, Chengzheng, and Hengxing stayed. Oda Nobunaga said with a wave of his hand.

After all the retainers left with different faces, Yamada Masamura immediately laughed and said, "Master Jifa, there is really you, those people are obviously unwilling, but they don't dare to let go of a fart~"

"That's it~ Look at my father's face, tsk, I'm really worried about whether he will drop things when he goes back~" Maeda Toshiya echoed casually. Hawkers,Although he understands Maeda Toshimasa's approach,But he doesn't agree with it.,He was still very dissatisfied with his father for not supporting Oda Nobunaga in this civil strife and supporting Oda Nobuyuki.。

"But my lord, have you given me too much reward this time? It's easy to get dissatisfied. Niwa Nagahide said with some concern.

Although Yamada Masamura took the lion's share of this reward, the rewards of Niwa Nagahide and others were also scared to death. Just like Maeda Toshiya and Ikeda Hengxing, 200 koku doesn't seem like much, but you must know that the entire Maeda family is only 6,000 koku. What's more, Yamada Masamura first broke the Shibata Katsu family, then captured Oda Nobuyuki, and finally ran back to support Kiyoshu, almost all the credit was taken by him alone, so why did the Maeda Toshiya get so many rewards?

"Stupid!" Yamada Masamura looked at Niwa Nagahide with disdain and said, "Master Yoshihoshi is obviously doing it for everyone this time, which means that as long as you follow me loyally, you will definitely not be treated badly." On the other hand, if you have to go against me, then Oda Nobuyuki, Shibata Katsuie, and others are your role models. ”

"Not bad! That's why. Oda Nobunaga echoed, "Moreover, this civil strife has also made me realize that there are too few families who really support me, so I hope to strengthen your strength." Oda Nobunaga said helplessly.

How did he not know that such a promotion would definitely make his retainers dissatisfied? But what can he do? This civil strife made him really feel that the strength in his hands was too little and too little.

"Please rest assured, my lord, my father has already told me before, and at the end of this year, he will hand over the position of governor of the Niwa family to me." Niwa Nagahide was the first to speak.

"Lord, although I am the only one left in the Zuo family, the Zuo family will definitely become a powerful arm of the lord in the future!" Sasa Chengzheng said in a deep voice with an expressionless face. In other words, since the death of his two brothers in battle, this kid's personality has become much quieter.

"The same is true of the Ikeda family, and soon my father intends to pass on the position of governor to me." Ikeda said loudly.

"I'll go, you guys did it on purpose, right?!" Toshiya Maeda complained loudly. Well, he is the only one who can't inherit the position of family governor, who let him have a brother named Maeda Toshihisa above him?

sighed twice, Maeda Toshiya suddenly looked at Yamada Masamura as if he had found a guiding light, "Overlord Maru, I know that you are the best~ will not abandon me~" Maeda Toshiya had a happy expression of luck to have you as a good brother.

It's just a pity that he seems to be rejoicing too early. "Ah Dog, your kid's IQ is worrying, I have been named the lord of the city, and there is a territory of 3,000 stones, although there is no one, but it is also a family patriarch~" Yamada Masamura looked at Maeda Toshiya with disdain and said, with a hateful look of disdain for being with you.

In a word, Maeda Toshiya wilted in an instant, shrugged his head, his fingers kept drawing circles on the floor, and he didn't know who he was cursing.

"Ahem...... Okay, let's get down to business. Oda Nobunaga coughed dryly twice, interrupting Maeda Toshi's juggling. This time, there is another purpose for appointing you one by one as the city representative or city lord. ”

"I know! It's to spy on Nobuyuki Oda! Maeda Toshiya said first, and after speaking, he glanced at Yamada Masamura triumphantly.

"Damn, what the hell is going on with me." Yamada Masamura looked at Maeda Toshiya helplessly, and finally determined one thing in his heart, that is, the reason why Maeda Keiji is so funny is definitely not because of him, but because of family inheritance.

"Prince Nobuyuki has now been limited by the lord in terms of military and financial resources, even if he still has any ideas, there is no need to worry." Ikeda said with a strange smile.

"Yes, presumably the reason why the lord is like this is for the Iwakura Oda family, right?" Niwa Nagahide skimmed the Toshiya in front of him and gave him the final blow.

Sasa's coup d'état is silent, but it doesn't mean that the Maeda Toshiya will be able to get the sermon, to be honest, among their brothers, all of them can make the Maeda Toshiya speechless.

"Yes, Oda Nobuyan, the governor of the Iwakura Oda family, has two sons, and some time ago I heard that the competition between those two boys for the position of the governor is very fierce......" Oda Nobunaga said this, his expression suddenly darkened, presumably thinking of himself and Oda Nobuyuki.

However, he soon recovered, "So I ask you to hurry up and train your troops during this time." Meantime...... Katsuzaburo, please contact Oda Nobukiyo of Inuyama Castle more. Oda Nobunaga said finally, turning to Ikeda Tsuneko.

"Don't worry, my lord! I'm good at it! ”

"Xiuchiyo, you're in charge of monitoring those two boys, it's best to add fuel to the fire."

"Yes!"

"Uchizosuke, during this time, you pay a little attention to the Sakuma family, Sheng Zhong He doesn't have any ideas, but it doesn't mean that everyone else is the same."

"Yes!"

"Overlord Maru, I just want you kid to do one thing well, and that is to train me in the army! Train an elite army out! It's okay to have a small number of people, but you must be able to fight! Oda Nobunaga looked at Yamada Masamura and said with a serious face. Since Yamada Masamura was promoted to a subordinate general and made a castle lord, it was impossible for Oda Nobunaga to let this kid still live a comfortable life.

"Don't worry~ I'm good at this kind of thing." Yamada Masamura also knew that his happy days might not be there anymore, but he still patted his chest and promised. Hawkers, anyway, it's good to throw it to Maeda Keiji and them when the time comes, it's a big deal to point out a few words by the side~ Yamada Masamura has a good calculation.

The matter of Oda Nobuyuki's civil strife went from an outbreak to a dust settlement in just two days. Oda Nobuyuki had no objection to Oda Nobunaga's punishment of him, or that even if he objected, it would be useless, because Mrs. Tsuchida, with the help of Shibata Katsuie and Hayashi Hide-sada, directly carried out the matter.

The whole process was extremely fast, and I really couldn't see that this woman Tsuchida Gozen had such courage. Maybe this is also a kind of maternal love? Worried that slowing down will cause Oda Nobunaga's displeasure?

And Shibata Katsuya and Lin Xiuzhen were even more single, and they directly took the whole clan to the castle town of Qingzhou Castle and lived in the mansion that Oda Nobunaga had already arranged. Although Oda Nobunaga punished them severely, he still gave them the best treatment in terms of mansions. At the same time, the two of them were convened for a secret conversation on the same day, although the two did not reveal anything, but judging from their respectful attitude towards Oda Nobunaga in the future, Oda Nobunaga seemed to have subdued the two men.

The mansion of Yamada Masamura.

"Congratulations to Brother Overlord Maru (lord, master) for becoming the lord of the city!" As soon as Yamada Masamura returned, the girls greeted him and congratulated him.

"Haha~ A little Nakono City Lord, it's not a big deal~ Don't care, don't care~" Yamada Masamura laughed proudly, looking like a villain. This appearance naturally brought a burst of white eyes from the women.

Subsequently, the women held a celebratory banquet for Yamada Masamura, wine, food, beauty, and the proud thing of life, right?

"Huamei, Crane, thanks to you before." Yamada Masamura raised his glass and thanked Li Huamei and Dazhu Tsuru. For the past two days, he has been staying in the castle tower and discussing various things with Oda Nobunaga and others, and he has not returned until today.

"Don't be polite, lord, isn't this what a retainer should do? And this time, we really got the status of a samurai~" Li Huamei and the two girls said with a chuckle.

"Hee-hee, how can that be? I have to thank you for the next night~" Yamada Masamura said with a smile, and the appearance of **** suddenly caused a burst of laughter and scolding.

The same thing is happening inside the castle tower of Cheongju Castle.

"Anon, Yoshino, Naoko, let you suffer!" Oda Nobunaga looked at the three girls and said apologetically.

"Don't be like this, husband, this is what concubines should do." Nohime said softly. Only when she is alone with Oda Nobunaga or only when Yamada Masamura is around, Nohime will call Oda Nobunaga Kichibo, which is much better than that kid from Yamada Masamura.

"Don't worry, I will never let you encounter this kind of thing again in the future!" Oda Nobunaga assured solemnly.

The news of Oda Nobuyuki's defeat soon spread to Mino and Suruga. After getting the news, Yoshiryu Toki and Yoshimoto Imagawa were blindsided in an instant.

"Bastard! What the hell was that bastard thinking? My family has already promised to help him get the position of family governor, and even gave me permission to act?! Imagawa Yoshimoto's face was crooked, why didn't he know that Nobuyuki Oda was such an idiot?

"Rubbish! What a piece of rubbish! With such a big advantage, you can lose it? Is this kid Nobuyuki Oda directing with his ass?! "The Earth Ambiguity Dragon is also in a terrible mood. Although he didn't want to take advantage of the opportunity to get Owari like the Imagawa family, this kind of result was definitely not acceptable to him.

However, no matter what, now that Oda Nobunaga has finally completely integrated the Oda family, Imagawa Yoshimoto and Doki Yoshiryu can only accept this result even if they don't admit it, and silently prepare the next plan.

(To be continued.) )