"Yes." I bowed my head in response.

Since Nobunaga said so, it was the only way to do it.

"Then that's fine." Nobunaga smiled approvingly.

At this time, the chief of the close attendant Sugaya Lai reported outside the door: "My lord, His Royal Highness Mikawa Shou asks to see him." ”

"Invite him in." Nobunaga agreed, pointing down with his right hand, and motioned for me to sit down and take up the duty of courtesy.

I propped my hands on the floor and moved to the right side and sat upright. Then, Tokugawa Ieyasu, with a mellow face, walked in and sat down to greet Nobunaga: "Ieyasu has come to meet my brother. Now that Yizhao Gong has successfully succeeded to the position of general, and his brother Shangluo has completed the great cause, it is really gratifying! ”

"Ieyasu, you don't have to say anything when you see the outside. If there's anything you want, just bring it up! ”

"Yes," Tokugawa Ieyasu bowed his head slightly, "dare to ask my brother, do you want to go to meet the new prince and pay homage to the position of leader?" ”

Indeed, according to the convention, Kamira, a powerful local powerhouse, served as the deputy of the governor and acted for the affairs of the shogunate together with the governor. Such as Ouchi Yixing, Miyoshi Changqing, and Hexagonal Dinglai are. Of course, how to coordinate between the management leader and the management leader generation, that is their business, there are those who cooperate happily like Hosokawa Takakuni and Ouchi Yoshiko, and there are also those who turn against each other like Miyoshi Nagakei and Hosokawa Harumoto.

Nobunaga did not show much interest in this question.

"Hmm......," Nobunaga replied vaguely, "please continue." ”

"So, now that the shogunate has been re-established, should the rebellious be punished?"

"What do you mean?"

"It's the Imagawa family!" Tokugawa Ieyasu gave a deep salute, "At that time, Imagawa Yoshimoto, who had no name and no share, dared to go to Luo without permission, so as to disturb the place, it was really crazy, and everyone in the world looked sideways. My brother and my subordinates were both persecuted by him, so should I ask the Imperial Court and the Shogunate to make the Imagawa family an enemy and call on the daimyo to fight together? ”

I understand that the Tokugawa family has reached an agreement with the Takeda family to divide up the Imagawa family. However, the Tokugawa family and the Imagawa family were enemies, and if they wanted to send troops, they didn't need to find any more names. On the other hand, the Takeda family, because it is an alliance and kinship with the Imagawa family, if they attack each other without authorization, it will be a great injustice, not only will the faith be lost, but the family may also have disputes because of this, such as the Hojo family, a daimyo who has formed an alliance with the two families, can have a reason and name to interfere in the actions of the Takeda family.

Therefore, this proposal is mostly from the Takeda family.

This is a relatively obvious thing, and since I can see it, Nobunaga can naturally see it too. However, Tokugawa Ieyasu is not such a stupid person, is he? Actually risking Nobunaga's suspicion and taking the blame for the Takeda family?

I couldn't help but shake my head slightly. Looking up at Nobunaga, he was really suspicious, and his eyes were firmly fixed on Tokugawa Ieyasu's face.

"Takechiyo," Nobunaga changed his nickname back, "that's not what you meant, right?" Are you speaking for someone? ”

"Why does my brother think that?" Tokugawa Ieyasu asked rhetorically.

"Isn't that obvious?" Nobunaga laughed, "You have to do something to the Imagawa family, the national feud and the family feud are ready-made names!" ”

"My brother is very right." Tokugawa Ieyasu exclaimed, but avoided Nobunaga's previous question.

"Tell me, is it the Takeda family or the Hojo family?" Nobunaga continued.

"This ......" Tokugawa Ieyasu was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "What does it matter?" Anyway, my Ieyasu's words were indeed brought. ”

"Haha, that's good!" Nobunaga laughed too, "Thank you anyway, Ieyasu!" ”

"Don't dare, my Ieyasu just did what he promised." Tokugawa Ieyasu bowed, "Brother is thoughtful, it's really admirable!" ”

"You're a kind person," Nobunaga praised, and the subject changed, "but I don't think it's a good time to attack the Imagawa family...... With your family's current strength, you can't compete with the Takeda and Hojo families, and I can't spare troops to help your family at the beginning of the current period. In this case, if you reach an alliance to attack Imagawa, your family will only be reduced to a foil role, and you won't be able to get much benefit, which is really useless! ”

"Yes. My brother's words, my Ieyasu understood. Then leave it at that. Although the request was denied, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not show a look of frustration. He bowed to Nobunaga and got up and walked out of the room.

When Ieyasu left, Nobunaga asked in a deep voice, "Xuanjing, what do you think?" ”

What do you think? Is it this thing, or is it Tokugawa Ieyasu the person? If it were Tokugawa Ieyasu the person, I can only say that he was not just a turtle (why one?). 10,000-year-old giant tortoise? And it's a tanuki. He not only informed Nobunaga of the news that there was a change in the East and the possible collapse of the Koshogun Alliance, but also won a loyal impression in Nobunaga's heart - to say that Nobunaga is not an easy person to fool, but Tokugawa Ieyasu is relatively smart, and Nobunaga has never been too lazy to consider other people's thoughts, just acting by his own surname, which has been the case since childhood.

If this is the case, it is obvious that the Takeda family is about to make a move against the Imagawa family. However, as mentioned earlier, Imagawa and the Takeda family were allies. Takeda Shingen is the true uncle of the Imagawa clan, the sister-in-law of the Takeda family, Yoshinobu, who married the daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and at the same time reneged on the covenant and kinship, which is definitely an extremely unwise thing. It's just that Shingen was originally a person who valued profit over righteousness, and he may have been stimulated by Nobunaga's success in Kamiro so easily, and he finally stopped fighting with Uesugi in Shinano, reached an alliance with the Tokugawa family, and planned to attack the Imagawa family.

The reason why the proposal to designate Imagawa as an enemy of the DPRK was probably due to the consideration of reducing resistance at home...... I have to say that his suggestion is very reasonable, the Oda family and the Imagawa family are mortal enemies, and it stands to reason that they should be happy to see the Imagawa family being beaten to death! And the timing is also good, at present, the Oda family wants to stabilize Kinai and cannot support the Tokugawa family, so most of the territory of the Imagawa family will be occupied by him.

However, there is a question, even though it was suggested through the Tokugawa family, couldn't Nobunaga guess? At present, Oda is an alliance with Tokugawa and Takeda, and as long as he crosses the Imagawa family, he can theoretically go straight to Kyoto. So, would Nobunaga be happy to get the Takeda family involved in Kinai affairs?

With Takeda Shingen's ability, he can definitely think of this. Then he should also know that this proposal is unlikely to succeed. In that case, why did he bring it up? Will it even forcibly break the alliance at the end of the year?

Then there is such a possibility: Shingen already knows that he is running out of time, so he is so urgent to leave a better situation for the Takeda family!

Historically, there have been speculations about the cause of Shingen's death, such as old injuries, lung cancer, and stomach cancer. It is true that these injuries had obvious signs more than three years before death...... I thought about it quickly, but I noticed that Nobunaga's eyes were looking at me all the time, so I bowed down and replied, "Your Majesty thinks that this must be at the behest of the Takeda family...... The Tokugawa family, it seems, made an alliance with the Takeda family. ”

"Why?" Probably seeing that I thought about it for a while, Nobunaga continued to ponder.

"Because the goal of the Hojo family's strategy in the past dynasties was in the Kanto region, they risked the Miao character of Hojo, just to control Kamakura, the samurai capital, like the Hojo Tokumune family, and then plot against the eight states of Kanto...... For them, having the Imagawa family as their backs is a very advantageous thing, and they will not easily break the alliance no matter what. ”

"Yes, that's right," Nobunaga nodded approvingly, "So, I won't give the name of the Takeda family...... You once suggested to me that you send Ashikaga Yoshishu to Kai so that the Takeda family could meddle in Kanto affairs, but it seems that Shingen has other plans! ”

"Yes. It was His Majesty who misunderstood the intentions of the Takeda family. I bowed my head and said, "Then there is no need for Kingo-sama (Yoshishu Guanju Saemon Governor, Tang name Kingo General) to go to Takeda's house." ”

"Of course," Nobunaga nodded, "Since the Takeda family has other plans, Yoshishu will stay in Kinai first!" ”

……，…… Although everyone thought that Nobunaga should take the initiative to meet the new general, he did not make any moves, just doing his own thing. Dealing with military aircraft, arranging defense, meeting with wealthy families, etc., the day before yesterday even held a large-scale tea party, inviting Imai Munehisa and Lian Geshi Satomura Shaoba to preside, and several important ministers were all recalled to Kyoto to participate in this rare event.

On October 23, the shogun's patience was lost, and Hosokawa Fujitaka took the initiative to come and invited Nobunaga and several important ministers to Honkuji Temple, which was the imperial palace of Yoshisho, to enjoy a Noh performance.

I know that this is Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Hosokawa Fujitaka taking the initiative to meet Nobunaga and want to find out his intentions.

If Yoshiaki is to be said, he is a man who knows how to repay his kindness, and although there have been a few unpleasant incidents recently, his gratitude to Nobunaga is real. At the beginning, after Miyoshi Nagakei's death, the Miyoshi family tried so hard to get the position of managerial representative, he sincerely wanted to hand it over to Nobunaga, and Nobunaga would help him govern Kinai.

However, Nobunaga and his ideas were very different. Nobunaga wanted to completely unify the whole book by force, but Yoshiaki only wanted to maintain the old pattern of the Muromachi shogunate, maintain the status of the Ashikaga family as the pillar of the samurai family in the world, and return the shogun to the shogun, and the daimyo to the daimyo, preferably to the state before the Onin War. As for the complete unification of the Shogunate, it was a task that even the most outstanding Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate failed to accomplish.

This is the fundamental disagreement between the two.

Most of the daimyo of this era are the same as Yoshiaki, considering the status and influence of their own family. Among them, the three-pipe leader at the top, the Spo family has completely declined, and the other two families probably have the idea of relying on Yoshiaki to revive the family.

Take the Hatakeyama family, for example. Before the Onin War, the Hatakeyama family was divided into two branches, one was the clan of Kawachi and Kii, because the head of the family held the position of Saemon governor for generations, according to the Tang name, it was the general of Jingo, so it was also called the Kingo family; The other is the Noto Hatakeyama family, the head of the family has served as a repair doctor for generations, and according to the Tang name, he is a Hatakeyama craftsman writer; At the time of the Onin War, because the Hatakeyama Masaca and Hatakeyama Yoshishi of the Zong family competed for the governor, the clan was divided into the Oshu family of the Governor of Owari Mori Hatakeyama, and the Tsushu family of Kamisuke Hatakeyama Yoshisa, which has not been restored to this day, so it is also disqualified to compete for the position of governor.

Now that the Hatakeyama Shojo of the Sushu family has declined, Hatakeyama Takamasa finally sees the dawn of restoring the clan. When Yoshiaki fled to Minami Omi, he immediately sent his younger brother Masayori, who was the heir, to serve by Yoshiaki's side, and bowed to favoritism, changed his name to Akidaka, and changed his name to Akidaka with Yoshiaki a while ago, and then successfully obtained the official position of Saemon Governor, but he did not obtain the rank because he had not yet taken over as the head of the family.

The situation of the Hosokawa family is more complicated, the clan is the Kyotsu family, who is the hereditary doctor of Ukyo, and the current head of the family is Hosokawa Nobumoto, who has been a puppet of the Miyoshi family for a long time. Hosokawa Fujitaka, who has been serving by Yoshiaki's side and is like the first confidant, is just the head of the Izumi guardian family, and above him are the Awa Hosokawa family, which is second only to the Kamiyama Kyosho family and is called the Shibuya shape, and the three branches of the Warden family and the Noshu family are the branches of the Kyozhao family, and there are also four branches of the Izumishita Guardian Family, the Beichu Guardian Family, the Awaji Guardian Family, and the Oshu Family.

But now, the Sowagen family's Hosokawa Nobumoto has been a puppet for a long time, without any power and prestige; Shimoya Yuki's Hosokawa Shinyuki of the Awa family was overturned by Miyoshi Choji, and he was still hostile to the shogunate; Hosokawa Fujiken, a pawn housekeeper, works under Matsunaga Hide; Hosokawa Tsushige, who served as the guardian of the Asaguchi sub-county of the Yachu Prefecture of the Yeshu family, has lost his strength, and will soon be attached to Mori Terumoto, dreaming that he will be the leader and Terugen will be the leader; The Awaji guardian family and the Shimowazumi guardian family are extinct; The heir of the Hosokawa Terutsune of the Oshu family was the eldest son of Hosokawa Fujitaka (Hosokawa Tadashiko), who was appointed by General Yoshiteri Toshiki...... With Hosokawa Fujitaka's current status and influence, it is likely that he himself will take the position of steward, and then reshuffle the cards within the Hosokawa family and establish the clan again. And this may be what Fujitaka is thinking now.

However, the premise of all this is to put Nobunaga in the position of the ruler, and at the same time rely on him to protect him from the wind and rain, and also to include him in the ruling system of the shogunate.

Because of this, Hosokawa Fujitaka is the person who most wants Nobunaga's support at the moment, and he is also the most eager to push Nobunaga to the position of governor and leader. Since Nobunaga himself was not on his own initiative, he racked his brains and came up with the idea of using the viewing Noh to meet informally...... On the evening of 24 February, Nobunaga led Nobumori Sakuma, Katsuie Shibata, Kasenari Mori, I, Nagahide Niwa, and Sadakatsu Murai to the Honkuji Temple in Rokujo, Kyoto, to watch a Noh performance by the shogun.

From the perspective of this era, the performance is very exciting. In charge of the performance is the famous Yusakiza family, one of the four schools of Yamato Sarugaku, which was introduced to Kyoto by Shogun Yoshimitsu and has been in and out of Kyoto's noble homes for generations. And today's performance, because it is the first time that the new general has held it, the world seat attaches great importance to it, and the seventy-year-old and retired seventh doctor Yuan Shi Yuanzhong appeared again, and the eighth doctor who is the adopted son of the eighth doctor Yuan Shi Yuan Shang performed on the same stage, which can be described as extremely hard.

But I know that the best performance will be made by Yoshiaki and Nobunaga.

At halftime, the show finally began.

(To be continued)