Luozhong, the royal palace. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yanji, you are most familiar with the Oda family, do you think the Oda family can win?" Emperor Masakimachi asked worriedly. Nowadays, all kinds of talk about the decisive battle are spreading, and even if he is in the deep palace, it is impossible for Emperor Shokincho not to know about it. After all, the outcome of this decisive battle will not only affect the commoners, merchants, and even samurai, but also the imperial court, strictly speaking, the impact will be even greater.

Although no matter what the outcome of the decisive battle is, it is impossible to affect the status of the imperial court, but obviously, only the Oda family in this world will give the imperial court a fixed monthly offering, so that everyone from the emperor to those ministers do not have to worry about life.

Before the Oda family went to Raku, the imperial court did not even have the money to hold the funeral of Emperor Go-Nara. Sounds miserable? But there's something even worse. Before the Oda family went to Luoluo, many ministers of the imperial court had to sell their own calligraphy and paintings and even explain the Tale of Genji to people in order to earn a living. And those maids of the court had to sell their bodies for a bite of food.

This is the Imperial Family, the Imperial Family of Japan's thousand-year-old family. It is conceivable that with the help of the Oda family, Emperor Shokincho, who is able to eat, drink and have fun every day, does not want to return to the miserable days of the past.

It's just that all this is obviously not due to him, because since Minamoto Yoritomo established the samurai regime, except for the occasional opportunity to appear because of the decline of the shogunate, most of the time, the emperor can only concentrate on playing the role of a mascot. They have no rights, and they can't even get orders out of Luozhong. In the whole of Japan, except for the nominal king who belongs to the emperor, how many people really care about this imperial family?

Emperor Masamicho knew very well that once the Oda family lost power, the imperial family would definitely return to the previous period of looking at people's faces. And the biggest possibility is to look at Ashikaga Yoshiaki's face. After all, after the defeat of the Oda family, Ashikaga Yoshiaki would definitely return to Kyoto to reopen, and at that time, the nominal commander of the samurai family would become the shogunate again, and the status of the imperial court would naturally plummet again.

And with the relationship between the imperial court and the Oda family over the years, how could Ashikaga Yoshiaki be friendly to the imperial court? Although it is impossible for Ashikaga Yoshiaki to do anything to the emperor, as long as the financial aspect is reduced to a certain extent, it will be enough to take revenge on the entire imperial court.

Hearing the words of Emperor Masakin-cho, Yamashina Yanji showed bitterness on his face, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know." The strength of the Oda family is indeed the best in the world, and it can even be said that since ancient times, there has never been such a powerful samurai in the country. But now the Mori family has dominated the western country, the Uesugi family has also dominated the Kanto region, the Takeda family and Honganji are both powerful in the world, and the Miyoshi family, although it has been lonely, its connections in are incomparable to other samurai. ”

"I'm asking you if the Oda family can win! Don't talk about those useless ones! Emperor Masakincho suddenly shouted angrily. Obviously, he didn't mean anything about Yamashina's explanation.

Hearing this, Yamashina Yanji opened his mouth, and finally whispered under the hideous expression of Emperor Masakin-cho, "I can win." ”

"Really? That's good...... That's good......" Emperor Masakincho muttered to himself.

Looking at the appearance of Emperor Masakin-cho, how did Yamashina Yanji not know what he was thinking? It's just that he just wants to find comfort, and the reason for this is obviously because Emperor Shokincho is not optimistic about the Oda family. Well, in fact, except for a few people, the vast majority of others are not optimistic about the Oda family.

Just as the Ukita family would choose the Mori family, in the face of siege from all sides, and it is also a combination of many forces in the western country and the Kanto region, even if the Oda family has the world's best economic and military strength, and Oda Yoshinobu, who is known as the world's first samurai, who will really be optimistic about it in the face of the siege of most of Japan?

You must know that in history, there has never been a force that has been able to resist the attack of the western and eastern countries at the same time after occupying, in fact, most of the time, it is the Kwantung that attacks, and the western side sends troops to support, or vice versa. The two sides are always fighting against each other, not together.

It is true that the Mori who defeated Otomo cannot be said to unify the western country, and the Uesugi family is much worse than dominating the Kanto region, but even so, counting the power of the Oda siege network, I am afraid that most people will have difficulty in having confidence in the Oda family.

Seeing the emperor like this, Yamashina thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you go to Gifu to meet Oda-sama?" ”

"So much for the best! Well, not only to see him, but also to let him come to the palace! I'm going to encourage him personally! When Emperor Shokincho heard this, he immediately said.

A few days later, Oda Nobunaga followed Yamashina to Kyoto.

"Please rest assured, such as Maori and Uesugi are not taken seriously by the ministers. It won't be long before the ministers will return His Majesty to a peaceful and prosperous world! Oda Nobunaga said in a firm tone in the face of Emperor Shokincho's concerns.

"Really? Aiqing is so confident, it is really wonderful news. However, I am still a little worried, after all, the samurai families such as Mori and Uesugi are all powerful samurai families on the other side...... "Although Emperor Shokincho was satisfied with Oda Nobunaga's confidence, he still couldn't dispel his worries. But it's also normal, after all, the emperor of Shokincho doesn't know anything about war or anything, and it's obviously impossible to let him rest easy with just a few words.

"However, just in case, the minister hopes that Your Majesty can issue an edict and designate Uesugi and other forces as enemies of the court." Oda Nobunaga said in a deep voice.

Gaining the support of the Imperial Court to fight against the Shogunate's righteousness, although neither the Imperial Court nor the Shogunate will play a role in the frontal battlefield, once the frontal battlefield is in a stalemate, the two existences will play a huge role. Because at this time, those small wealthy families whose positions are not clear will begin to choose to stand in line again.

And at this time, if one side has great righteousness and the other side has no great righteousness, it will definitely affect the bias of these small wealthy families. Although their individual strength is not enough, when they are gathered, it will also be a decisive force, especially when the situation is stalemate.

Speaking of which, Oda Nobunaga had raised this matter earlier, but at that time, the imperial court did not agree. Emperor Shokincho naturally had his reasons, he didn't want to offend the Uesugi and Takeda families. In fact, during the long era of the samurai regime, most of the time, the imperial court only played the role of peacemaker. Even if there were, it was mandated by the overlord who controlled, but at that time, it was basically issued along with the enemy and the crusade order.

But apparently Oda Nobunaga doesn't want the imperial court to continue to make peace with the mud now, at that time there were only Uesugi and Takeda, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki also ran to the Maori family, and everything was not ready, so Oda Nobunaga was not in a hurry to turn the other forces with the Uesugi family.

But now, everything has become clear, and it is only necessary to put it directly on the surface, so Oda Nobunaga naturally will not agree to the imperial court to continue to maintain a neutral attitude. Otherwise, why did Oda Nobunaga give so much money to the imperial court every year? Is it true that his money is blown by the wind?

Seeing Oda Nobunaga's serious expression, Emperor Masakincho, who wanted to continue to perfunctory, held back his words back into his stomach. It is true that he does not understand war, but he is very sensitive to politics, after all, it is something he has been learning almost since he was born. Although Oda Nobunaga only requested, Emperor Shokincho knew that if he refused this time, the honeymoon period with the Oda family would come to an end.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Masakincho said helplessly, "Since this is the case, it will be according to what Aiqing said." "Does he have any other options? It seems that there are also those who are members of the emperor family for thousands of years, no matter how they stand in line, it is impossible to shake the emperor's position, it is just a better life and a worse life. Right? This kind of thing can be reminiscent of the past. Anyway, Emperor Masakincho would not believe that the Oda family would return to power after the unification of the world.

Leaving the Imperial Palace, although he got a satisfactory result, Oda Nobunaga was still full of worries, "I can't imagine that even the emperor is so unoptimistic about the family, so those local wealthy families and commoners ......" Originally, he always thought that the imperial court would firmly stand on the side of the Oda family, but it seems that he seems to be ignoring the traditional concept a little too much.

For a long time, Oda Nobunaga has been very confident in the so-called Oda family encirclement network, even if the Maori family seems to have joined in, he has not felt the pressure. Because he was very confident in his own strength, which was brought to him by his long victory, and also supported by the Oda family's terrifying economy and huge population. Others don't know, but Oda Nobunaga knows very well that in the end of the war, it's nothing more than money and population.

But Oda Nobunaga understands this, and Oda Yoshinobu must also understand it among his retainers, and the rest of the important ministers probably know, even if they don't understand it very well. It's just, do the civilians in the territory understand? Do the other forces understand? Maybe there will be a big question mark.

However, how can the commoners know the strength of the Oda family and their confidence in the future decisive battle? You can't have another military parade, right?

"Give the commoners of the territory and other forces confidence in their own family?" Oda Yoshinobu looked at Oda Nobunaga helplessly, he thought that this kid was urgently arresting him, but it turned out to be such a.

"Military parade, such a simple question." Oda Yoshinobu said directly without thinking about it, which of those so-called superpowers in his previous life didn't use military parades to show his strength?

"But the question is how to read it? Could it be that more than 100,000 troops were summoned to hold a military parade in Kyoto? In that case, even if Takeda, Uesugi and Mori were not fully prepared, they would definitely send troops to attack their own house immediately! Oda Nobunaga said angrily. Now that the situation is so tense, any military action could lead to an early outbreak of the entire decisive battle. Although Oda Nobunaga was not afraid, if he could be more stable, why did he bother to advance?

"Hmm...... That's just as well. Oda Yoshinobu groaned, starting a battle too early was also not what he wanted to see, at this time the cavalry was still training, although it was already able to make a simple charge, but according to Maeda Keiji's report, Oda Yoshinobu was not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of this cavalry team.

Yes, at this time those 1200 people have adapted to fighting immediately and are also able to carry out a group charge, but! That's just with no resistance and a slowdown. If you want to really gallop on the battlefield, you have to go through at least a year of brutal training.

And even so, this cavalry can hardly be called an elite unit, after all, in history, except for the nomadic civilization, which is a civilization talent, it takes a very long time for other agricultural civilizations to train powerful cavalry.

In addition to the cavalry, iron cannons are constantly being manufactured, and every month the number of iron cannons of the Oda family increases by more than 100, which is a very terrifying number. You must know that at this time, the number of iron cannons of other forces is at most less than a thousand, but what about the Oda family? Oda Yoshinobu alone is ready to form a force of 2,000 iron cannons.

Others, such as the storage of food, the construction of warships, the training of standing soldiers, all of which require a lot of time. Maybe you can develop while fighting, just like before, but both Oda Nobunaga and Oda Yoshinobu believe that after this decisive battle, they can basically decide the general trend of the world. As long as they can achieve victory, the two believe that there will be no more forces in the world that can stop their unification, and the speed of this unification will be rapid.

Thinking about it, Oda Yoshinobu suddenly remembered something, "I remember, your Azuchi Castle seems to be almost finished, right?" ”

Hearing this, Oda Nobunaga paused, "Yes, it will be completed next month." But after saying that, he muttered, "You mean, through this matter, to express the family's confidence in the future decisive battle?" ”

"Hehe, you don't have to shout to express your faith." Oda Yoshinobu pretended to be a big and small force, that light and breezy appearance, if he was given a feather fan, maybe he would be able to cosplay Zhou Yu.

"Hmm...... There seems to be some truth. Oda Nobunaga nodded noncommittally.

"We can do this, and on the day of completion, invite the ministers of the family and the ministers of the imperial court to visit, and at the same time, the Azuchi monthly newspaper will make a big deal about this matter, indicating that the family is about to turn this troubled world into a peaceful ......paradise," Oda Yoshinobu kept saying, summing up, to express the Oda family's absolute confidence that they did not take Mori and other forces seriously at all.

After thinking about it, Oda Nobunaga nodded, "Then, I'll leave it to you over for the Azuchi Monthly Report." As he spoke, he suddenly became happy, "When it is completed, you must come and see it~ This city took me a lot of effort to design!" ”