Chapter 289: A Missionary from Portugal

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Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the general of the Seiyi Army, was attacked by the Miyoshi Sanren and Matsunaga Shu at night, and was killed on the spot after resisting for a long time. Regarding this matter, whether it is Matsunaga Shu or Miyoshi Sanren, the three people did not hide it, in fact, even if they wanted to, they couldn't hide it. After all, who else can lead troops into Kyoto to kill Ashikaga Yoshiteru, but the Miyoshi family?

For a while, the world shook, and countless forces were shocked after learning the news, and they were obviously a little unable to accept this fact. But what about after that? The only difference is that some people who still have the shogunate in their hearts will pay a little tribute to Ashikaga Yoshiteru-san at some point.

Yes, it's that simple, as Matsunaga Shu said, even if they kill Ashikaga Yoshiteru without any secrets, no one will come to trouble them. Because now, it's a world of chaos! Those powerful forces are either busy fighting in the east and west like the Mori family, or they are like the Oda family, who have just occupied the enemy country and are busy recuperating.

And those who don't have anything to do with either are basically small forces that are not worth mentioning. And these forces were obviously not taken into account by Matsunaga Xiu.

It's just that the attitude of many daimyo may be understandable, but the attitude of the imperial court is really incomprehensible. The day after Ashikaga Yoshiteru's death, the imperial court sent an envoy to Iimori Castle. The purpose is very simple, the imperial court hopes that the samurai group will quickly put forward a general to be elected. Oh, and by the way, the messenger who came expressed his condolences for the assassination of Ashikaga Yoshiteru......

Well, it's such a simple sentence, it can be easily seen that the imperial court didn't have any feelings about Ashikaga Yoshiteru's death at all, but just felt that the vacancy for the position of Shogun was not very good. And why do you want to be launched by the Samurai Group, but you are only looking for three good families? Obvious things.

In this regard, Matsunaga Show naturally immediately launched the candidates who had been prepared for a long time. After returning to the world, he was named Ashikaga Yoshiei, the grandson of the eleventh shogun Yoshisumi. And for this candidate, the imperial court expressed its satisfaction. The reason is not clear, but the fact is that this Ashikaga Yoshiei immediately became the 14th shogun. Although there was no formal succession ceremony, the imperial court recognized it, as did the Miyoshi family, the overlord of...... And that's it.

Gifu Castle.

"Tsk, His Royal Highness the General is dead...... It's not worth it~" Oda Yoshinobu shook his head and sighed. For Ashikaga Yoshiki's death, he still has a little bit of melancholy, after all, he still has a little bit of a good impression of Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

"Who's to say it isn't? The imperial court did not react to the death of the shogun at all, but immediately accepted the new shogun introduced by the Miyoshi family......" Oda Nobunaga also sighed.

"Hehe, but isn't that better? If the shogun had always been Ashikaga Yoshiteru, we wouldn't be able to handle it well, would we? Oda Yoshinobu chuckled when he heard this.

"That's what you said, I'm a samurai loyal to the shogunate!" Oda Nobunaga said angrily with a glance at Oda Yoshinobu.

"Cut!" Oda Yoshinobu gave Oda Nobunaga a middle finger with disdain, obviously disdainful of Oda Nobunaga's inappropriate words.

Well, as Oda Yoshinobu said, Oda Nobunaga wanted to go to Luo, but the general who didn't want to go to Luo was a person like Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Why? It's simple, it's hard to control! In fact, which of the heroes of the past generations who waved their armies in Shangluo was really loyal to the shogunate? No! Not a single one!

All they did was to control the shogunate, the imperial court, and the prosperous Kinai. And Oda Nobunaga, naturally, will not be an exception.

Of course, in the troubled times, there were not no daimyo who were loyal to the shogunate, such as the Asakura family, the Uesugi family, the Niko family, and the current Mori family......

In this way, the great rebellion known as Yongroku, which was quite shocking even in history, subsided in this calm state. It can even be said that this incident did not cause any waves at all in other places except Kyoto. Of course, for most civilians, this matter is a big gossip that can be talked about for a year.

Nakono Castle.

"My lord, this is Mr. Luis Philos, a Catholic missionary from Portugal." Lilu said respectfully.

"Oh~ is it the religion that practices Jesus?" Oda Yoshinobu asked casually, and his fluent Portuguese directly stunned Luis.

"Oh~ Lord Almighty, Oda-sama actually knows Portuguese?" Louis exclaimed in exaggerated exclamation. Many years have passed since Louis came to Japan. Over the years, he had met countless Japanese who knew Portuguese, but it was at best a simple business term. Barely spoken, barely listened.

But this is not the case in Oda Yoshinobu's Portuguese, and even Luis can hear the taste of Lisbon in Oda Yoshinobu's tone. This is not something that can be explained simply by a great talent for language.

"Hehe, Mr. Louis need not be surprised, the lord's linguistic talent cannot be distinguished by the common sense of mortals." Lilujiao smiled and said, "And the lord not only knows Portuguese, but also Spanish, English, Dutch, German, and even the indigenous languages of the New World can suddenly ......" The more Lilu spoke, the more exaggerated and excited she became.

"Uh, Lilu...... How can I think from your tone and expression that the person you are talking about is not a person? Yoshinobu Oda said amusedly.

In the face of Oda Yoshinobu's words, Lilu just gave Oda Yoshinobu a very cute grimace, "My lord, you are not a human being in the first place~ Doesn't everyone in the world say that you are the reincarnation of a god named Susanoo!" ”

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Oda Yoshinobu really didn't know why Lilu's personality had become like this since she became her own woman. How so? In addition to the shyness of the little woman, she also has a little more worship for Oda Yoshinobu, as if she worships the gods. Well, Oda Yoshinobu is actually very cool about Lilu's attitude, but I don't know why, he always feels a little weird in his heart.

Knowing that if this topic continued, Lilu was likely to pull out more exaggerated things to prove that he was the reincarnation of a god, so Oda Yoshinobu simply ignored Lilu and turned his head directly to Louis and smiled, "Luis, I have heard from Lilu about your intention." ”

Hearing this, Louis's expression immediately became a little apprehensive, over the years, he has tried countless times to preach in Japan, but unfortunately he always hit a wall everywhere. Although he was pleased that Oda Yoshinobu knew Portuguese, he was unsure whether he would agree to let him preach.

Seeing this, Oda Yoshinobu immediately smiled, "Mr. Louis don't be nervous, I still agree with your proposal to spread Catholicism in the Oda family." ”

"Really?! Thank you so much Oda-sama! May God bless you! When Louis heard this, he immediately said excitedly and loudly.

"Eh, don't be in a hurry to thank me, listen to me first." Oda Yoshinobu waved his hand and said, and then his expression suddenly became serious, "Mr. Louis, I don't know much about Catholicism, but I know that your religion used to be on the continent of Europa, but there was a very famous crusade ......."

"This ......" Louis was dumbfounded when he heard this, he couldn't have imagined that Oda Yoshinobu, as a small lord under the command of a daimyo of a backward island nation, not only could he speak Portuguese, but also knew this series of allusions.

Well, for most Portuguese, Japan is actually a very backward country, at least in their eyes, it is not at the same level as the Ming Kingdom at all. Therefore, there are not many missionaries who come to Japan, and most of them want to work here so that they can return to Europa and be promoted. Uh, off topic.

Louis's expression was ugly, because he knew very well that when Oda Yoshinobu learned about the Crusades, he could not explain it in terms of Catholicism being a religion that simply wanted people to be good. And, in fact, he no longer knows what to say. Although Louis did not understand politics, he also knew that the ruler of any country would not like a religion that had waged war against other countries in the name of religion.

It's just that at this moment, Oda Yoshinobu's voice sounded again, "Don't worry, Mr. Louis, I don't have a good opinion of the Crusades, but that doesn't mean that I don't want your religion to spread here." ”

Hearing this, Louis looked at Oda Yoshinobu in shock, but in an instant, he returned to normal, "Lord Oda, please tell me clearly, if you can do it in the future, you must work hard to complete it!" Louis said respectfully, claiming that he had also changed, and he had learned Japanese etiquette, and gave a big gift to Oda Yoshinobu.

"Hehe, it's a pleasure to talk to smart people~" Oda Yoshinobu said with a chuckle, "My request is very simple, just two requirements." First, the spread of Catholicism could only be limited to the common people, and it was absolutely not spread to the samurai, and of course, if the samurai actively wanted to convert to Catholicism, that would be fine. ”

Hearing this, Louis nodded, naturally there was no problem with this, but he believed that Oda Yoshinobu would never put forward such a condition that was not a condition at all when he said so much.

"I hope Mr. Louis can help me get some new weapons, such as artillery and muskets...... Oda Yoshinobu said with a smile.

(To be continued.) )