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Azuchi Castle has been built by Niwa Nagahide three years ago, employing more than 10,000 skilled workers, and it has been completed for three years. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Built on the 199-meter-high Mt. Azuchi, the entire castle is blended into the mountain, with narrow winding mountain roads and strong walls, making Azuchi Castle a huge fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At the same time, at the foot of the mountain is the town of Azuchi, where Oda Nobunaga's retainers, many commoners, and trade places were located. With a wide and flat continent leading to Mino, Ise, Iga, Yamashiro Kuni, and Lake Biwa, it is clear that it will not be long before it will become a huge commercial town alongside Kyoto, Kai, and Osaka.

"Rub, I just talked about it at the beginning......" Looking at the huge castle tower on the top of the mountain, Oda Yoshinobu was speechless.

When building Osaka Castle, Oda Yoshinobu was very resentful of Oda Nobunaga because of his pursuit of bigger, wider and more spectacular, after all, how could a retainer build his castle bigger than the monarch? If you put it in the Ming Kingdom, you will definitely be directly beheaded by Ann on various charges.

So in the face of Oda Nobunaga's complaints, Oda Yoshinobu directly instigated Oda Nobunaga to build a bigger city. It's just that he didn't expect to say so casually at that time, Oda Nobunaga really built the castle tower on Mt. Azuchi.

"Humph! What do you think? Isn't it spectacular? And compared to your broken city that is directly surrounded by stones, this city is undoubtedly closer to nature and more artistic. And compared to your circle of stones, relying on Mt. Azuchi for defense will undoubtedly make this castle the most difficult to take in the whole world......" Oda Nobunaga kept barabala, and at the foot of the mountain, Oda Yoshinobu kept boasting about various things about Azuchi Castle that were stronger than Osaka Castle.

However, strictly speaking, Oda Nobunaga did not lie, this castle was designed by a group of famous craftsmen who Oda Nobunaga searched all over the world, and he also consulted Qin Kui and others. So from the perspective of design alone, it has far surpassed the castle towers in Japan and Osaka Castle of Oda Yoshinobu.

And when he walked up and down, he saw the huge city gate towering in front of him, "Hey, are you wasting too much iron on this broken city gate?" Don't you think that if you use this iron to build equipment, you can arm at least a force of more than 100 people? Oda Yoshinobu looked at the pure black gate in front of him and said speechlessly.

The gate in front of you is at least 5 meters high, and its thickness of nearly half a meter makes it look almost impossible to knock open by a crash wood. And the 7-meter-high city wall connected to the mountain range can make all the siegers fearful. It's just that...... As Oda Yoshinobu said, it seems quite wasteful, after all, as Oda Nobunaga's residence, what forces can fight here? In other words, if it really hits here, it basically means that the Oda family has completely failed. What, then, is there any use in building a city no matter how magnificent it is?

Hearing this, Oda Nobunaga glanced at Oda Yoshinobu angrily, "In that case, why did you build Osaka so big?" It is said that they have already spanned three counties? Don't stones need money? ”

"At least stones can't be used as equipment......" Oda Yoshinobu muttered when he heard this.

"......" Oda Yoshinobu heard Oda Yoshinobu's words, looked at him without saying anything, and finally gave him a big roll of his eyes, but did not say anything more. After all, Oda Yoshinobu's words were so reasonable, and he really didn't know how to refute them for a while.

As soon as you enter the gate, a set of curved steps stretch all the way to the top of the mountain, and on both sides, the chrysanthemum is tall and wide with thick walls. However, compared to the other walls, this wall is a little different because it has two floors. In the middle is also a long staircase, and the two layers of the city wall are lined with rows of small holes.

"These are all shooting holes, and once the city gate is broken, then soldiers can enter both sides and shoot at the enemy troops in the city from the shooting holes." Oda Nobunaga said proudly. "Further up, there are all kinds of sophisticated mechanisms, which I spent a lot of money to hire a famous mechanism master, and cooperated with the third wife and Changxin to finally build them. It can be said that this long staircase alone can stop thousands of troops! ”

"......" Oda Yoshinobu shook his head, he didn't know how to complain about Oda Nobunaga anymore. Do these things really work? Well, it does work, but like I said above, while these are useful, what good are they? It's not a city to play in the game, no matter how awesome the fortress is, when the enemy army attacks here, it means that the Oda family is finished. At that time, as long as the city is besieged, after a year and a half, even if the city is full of institutions, it will still be captured.

But I have to say that Azuchi Castle can be said to have integrated all the cutting-edge technology of the whole of Japan, layout, construction, and all kinds of mechanisms and secret tunnels, and in the end, Oda Yoshinobu can no longer pretend to be ruthless, but keeps chasing and asking who the maker of these things is.

Well, he desperately hopes that these things can be built in Osaka Castle, although it still doesn't work, but it's style! Cities with these and without these are of a completely different grade, okay?

After entering the castle tower, Oda Nobunaga was still enthusiastically introducing various things. In particular, the works of those famous artists for Azuchi Castle made Oda Nobunaga feel very happy. But in this regard, Oda Yoshinobu is not interested, he is not an elegant master, so he can only appreciate and appreciate the **** and other painting collections.

Seeing Oda Yoshinobu's bored look, Oda Nobunaga pursed his lips in disdain, but eventually stopped boasting about these works of art and took Oda Yoshinobu to the observation deck on the top floor of the castle tower instead.

"How? Nice view, right? Oda Nobunaga grinned as he leaned against the railing.

Walking to Oda Nobunaga's side and looking at it, Oda Yoshinobu couldn't help but nodded, "It's really good, you can see Kyoto at a glance, as if it's in the palm of your hand." Oda Yoshinobu stretched out his hand and compared, and the tiny Kyoto happened to be grasped by him.

"Hehe, that's a good point! Kyoto is the center of the world, and I am here, so I can completely control this center. That's why it's called the Catholic Table! Oda Nobunaga said with a smile that he never needed to hide anything in front of Oda Yoshinobu.

"The Lord's Table?" Oda Yoshinobu looked at Oda Nobunaga speechlessly, "Why don't you call it Demon King's Terrace?" It's much better than your main stage that day, right? ”

"Your demon king represents peace, huh?" Oda Nobunaga scolded angrily.

"Hmm...... When you still use this name after you unify the world, then the demon king will naturally become the orthodox ruler noun~ It's like a shogun or ...... The Emperor ......" Oda Yoshinobu said meaningfully, looking at Kyoto.

Hearing this, Oda Nobunaga turned his head abruptly to look at Oda Yoshinobu, his eyes were full of disbelief, shock, joy and other complex expressions, and after a long while, Oda Nobunaga sighed, "Everyone used to say that I was a fool and always did some outrageous things, but now I have found out that the most outrageous person should be you kid!" ”

took out a cigar and threw it to Oda Nobunaga, and then Oda Yoshinobu himself took out a cigarette and lit it and smoked, in the smoke incense, Oda Yoshinobu said lightly, "Do you kid know?" I thought you already knew. Say, when did you have such a dangerous idea? If it spreads, the family will be finished in an instant. ”

"Haha, that's why I didn't say anything~ And what you said was just your own, I didn't admit anything~" Oda Nobunaga laughed, and then said in a low voice, "Since you came back from Mingguo, I have had this thought." I remember you said a long time ago that the prince will be a kind of Xiangning, right? I think this sentence is pretty good~ And on the side of the Ming Kingdom, I obviously don't care whether the ruler of my country is the emperor or someone else......"

After Oda Nobunaga finished speaking, the two fell silent, and they looked at Kyoto in the distance, from which they could only see a vague outline. But even so, it has a very strange feeling. Just like Oda Yoshinobu did before, Oda Nobunaga stretched out his hand and shook it gently in the direction of Kyoto.

"Kyoto, it's all in my hands, but if I really unify the world, why do I keep such a mascot?" Oda Nobunaga said in a low voice, not knowing whether he was talking to Oda Yoshinobu or to himself.

Turning his head to look at Oda Nobunaga, Oda Yoshinobu didn't speak, and in fact he didn't know what to say. Because he himself does not understand this question. One lineage? Although the emperor claimed to be the son of Amaterasu, apparently, it was simply impossible for an understanding ruler to believe such frivolous words. Otherwise, how could the emperor not have rights? How could it be so miserable before the Oda family went to Luo? You must know that the vast majority of people in this era have faith.

In his previous life, Oda Yoshinobu had seen a lot of discussion about this, and most of the reason seemed to be that the cost of replacing the emperor was too great, because not only would the congregation betray his relatives, but it would also attract a siege from all over the world. It's just that Oda Yoshinobu doesn't dare to agree with this, because it's not like no one has done it at the beginning, and the Heian period's Heishomon classmates dared to establish themselves as emperors just because they were just a land of the eight countries of Kanto, and most of his retainers still supported it. If he hadn't been assassinated by his nephew Taira Sadamori, who had a vengeance against his father in the past, God knows what would have happened in the end.

In addition, some people say that because the emperor himself no longer has any rights, it is natural that the shoguns of the past generations would not touch such an existence that can be called a mascot. According to the message that Oda Yoshinobu received from Kakushin, successive emperors have never given up their right to reclaim their right. It's just a pity that he never received help from the samurai, and perhaps for the vast majority of samurai forces, the shogunate, a ruler from the samurai, is obviously more suitable to rule the world than the emperor.

Shaking his head, Oda Yoshinobu stretched lazily, "You can think about this matter yourself, I'm too lazy to calculate this." ”

Hearing this, Oda Nobunaga couldn't help but glance at Oda Yoshinobu, and scolded with an angry smile, "I didn't plan to tell you." But then again, how did you kid guess? Don't tell me you guessed on the basis of such a Catholic platform, huh? ”

"Uh...... Isn't it obvious that you kid serves the court every day, but you don't care about the higher official positions of the court? Maybe people just think that you don't have that idea for a while, but I know that you kid really don't care. Oda Yoshinobu said after a pause.

"That's ......" Hearing this, Oda Nobunaga nodded, and fell silent again, not knowing what he was thinking.

On the other hand, Oda Yoshinobu suddenly thought of another thing. That's ...... Honnoji!

"I remember that one of the reasons why Kumquat rebelled against his brother was because his brother wanted to replace the emperor." Oda Yoshinobu looked at the scenery outside and thought to himself.

Oda Yoshinobu didn't take the Oda encirclement in his eyes, even if it was much more terrifying than the historical encirclement. But relatively, the strength of the Oda family is far from being comparable to the Oda family in history. The thing he was most worried about was that the Honnoji Temple incident had changed. Because of his arrival, this matter has become confusing.

At this time, it was only the 13th year of Eiroku, and although Oda Yoshinobu didn't remember much of the era name, he knew very well that the expansion of the Oda family was much faster than in history. And most importantly, several conspiracy theories of the Honnoji Temple did not materialize. Akechi Mitsuhide had already taken Tanba at this time, Matsudaira Ieyasu still only had Mikawa and one country, and Hashiba Hideyoshi had just become the lord of Harima. Moreover, the wine cup made of golden skulls did not seem to cause any fear or dissatisfaction among the people.

As for the killing of monks, whether it is Mikawa or Nagashima, it is Oda Yoshinobu who makes the shot. And Nabieiyama, if they really dare to rebel, Oda Yoshinobu can still bear this pot. And in his opinion, even if Oda Nobunaga really personally ordered the burning of Mt. Hiei, it would not be betrayed by Akechi Mitsuhide.

"Honnoji won't happen?" Yoshinobu Oda once thought so. But now, when Oda Nobunaga really revealed the idea of replacing the emperor, Oda Yoshinobu was worried again. It is difficult to prevent thieves from guarding against them, and if you want to do it, you really don't have too many opportunities. Moreover, Oda Yoshinobu didn't even know who to guard against.

Wise Mitsuhide? What reason did he have to betray? Royalism? Oda Yoshinobu was not convinced at all. You must know that in the past, Akechi Mitsuhide was so loyal to the shogunate, but now he is not happy to work for the Oda family? So if it's someone else...... Well, with Oda Yoshinobu's little brain capacity, I really can't think of anyone else who has this possibility.

"Let's take one step at a time......" Oda Yoshinobu thought helplessly, who made him unable to say this at all?