The name is a useful thing, especially in the Kinai area. Although the Ashikaga family and the steward family have long since declined, for the large and small wealthy families in Kinai, the names of shoguns and stewards still have great appeal. Matsunaga Shu is very clear about this, and the three of Miyoshi also see it in their eyes. In recent decades, there have been numerous disputes and wars in Kyoto, where the imperial court was located, the position or control of the shogun, and the title of the governor or governor. And the two sides of the dispute, no matter how much they despise the shogunate, will use the banner of justice for the shogun or any former shogun.

When Matsunaga Hide's struggle for control of Yoshiei failed, he was beaten as the culprit in the murder of the former general Yoshiki, and immediately became a street rat and was completely isolated in Miyoshi's house. In order to save his reputation, he could only attack Yamato and look for a monk Jueqing who was more qualified to inherit the position of general; It's a pity that although he drove away Tsutsui Shunqing, he still couldn't find Jueqing. When Kakukei changed his name to Ashikaga Yoshiaki and appeared in Minami Omi, he hurriedly invited back Hatakeyama Takamasa, who was exiled to Kii by himself, trying to get Yoshiaki's support, but he didn't expect that Yoshiaki was driven to Wakasa Country by the Miyoshi Sanren in a blink of an eye, and he and Hatakeyama Takamasa were also defeated by the Miyoshi Sanren and Tsutsui Shunkei, and had to flee to Sakai Town to hide.

In order to redeem the defeat, Matsunaga Shu contacted the Miyoshi family's family governor Yoshitsugu Miyoshi, and Yoshitsugu Miyoshi, a child in rebellious adolescence, also wanted to get rid of the control of the trio. So the two hit it off. With the support of the governor who had fled to his side, Matsunaga Hide's forces were successfully resurrected, and he defeated the Miyoshi Trio in the Battle of the Great Buddha Hall and took the lead in Kinai.

Although he knew that the three of Miyoshi still had a second-term general in their hands, Matsunaga Hide, who had the support of the family governor, was not too worried. Now that there is not only one general in the second period, and the three people of Miyoshi cannot dominate Jinai, in this case, the imperial court will not take office with the general of Yirong, and the name of the three people of Miyoshi will naturally be impossible to talk about.

However, the Oda family is different. The huge strength combined with the name of the second general Yoshishu is enough to subvert the situation in the real country.

After receiving the news that the Oda family was preparing to go to Luo, Matsunaga Hideya had no choice but to make peace with the Miyoshi family, and then promote Yoshiei to the throne together, so as to obtain the title of general to stop the Oda family.

I have to say that this trick is still very useful.

Although they were also second-term generals before, once someone succeeded to the throne, the rest of the second-term generals would immediately lose their status.

At the time of the Onin Rebellion, around the position of the next general, the Hosokawa and Yamana families each held one end, and finally formed the two camps of the Eastern Army and the Western Army, and the entire Senben was involved. However, when Yoshisho officially succeeded him, the two families soon reached a rapprochement, and the war gradually subsided, and another second-term shogun finally died in Minokoku and took refuge in Toki Nari, the guardian of the time.

Just like buying a lottery ticket in modern times, once the lottery is drawn, the unwon lottery becomes a piece of waste paper...... As a result, the news of Ashikaga Yoshiei's inauguration as a shogun reached the Oda family, and when self-confidence grew, the originally ambitious people in the family were immediately poured cold water.

Without the righteous name of Kamiraku, even if Nobunaga was able to mobilize the wealthy clans in the territory to participate in the war, the morale of the active surnames and military forces of the people would definitely be greatly affected. More importantly, even if they invaded Kinai, they would not be able to successfully obtain the support of the local wealthy clans and end the war as soon as possible.

During the Yongzheng period, Ouchi Yoshixing Kamiraku, who supported the former general Ashikaga Yoshiki's reinstatement; During the Yonglu period, the hexagonal Dinglai Shangluo was to help the general Yiqing return to Beijing; Both of them became the rulers and for a time held the dominant power of; Another governor Daiyoshi Changkei, who took advantage of the position of the leader Hosokawa Harumoto, and at the same time had already obtained most of, so that the general had to bow his head.

At the time of the Battle of Tsukisama, Imagawa Yoshimoto's so-called "Kamiraku" was not supported by any rank of general or governor other than his family. It is precisely because of this that they cannot completely convince the wealthy families of Zhiduo County. This is also one of the reasons for Yiyuan's failure. Otherwise, without the barrier of Chita Ichi-gun and the cooperation of the local wealthy clans, Nobunaga would not have the capital to resist at all.

Now, seven years later, the same problem is in front of the Oda family.

- Actually, in my opinion, this is not a problem at all. Nobunaga was not a man of convention, and now he has concerns, mostly purely for military reasons, because he is afraid that he will be trapped in Kinai. However, Yirong has a vicious illness and is dying soon. Once Yoshiei died, Yoshishu's second-term shogun's signboard was reinvigorated to help Nobunaga pacify Kinai.

Historically, by the time Nobunaga went to Raku, Ashikaga Yoshiei was already seriously ill and soon died. As soon as he died, the rule of the Miyoshi family in Kinai immediately collapsed, and the Miyoshi trio fled to Shikoku, and Matsunaga Hide surrendered to Nobunaga.

In other words, Nobunaga was eventually able to support Yoshishu's ascension to the throne and thus pacify Kinai. I even suspect that Nobunaga has already made plans, and according to the news from Gifu, it seems that Nobunaga has been preparing to go to Kita-Omi recently, presumably to repair his relationship with the Asai family!

None of this has anything to do with me now, though. All I have to do is wait for Nobunaga's call and be ready to send troops at any time.

This waiting time was very leisurely. As I have different responsibilities for my family, I have a lot of free time to spend with my family and take care of some household chores.

Mie Castle is a flat castle surrounded on three sides by Waibori, which is up to 20 meters wide and has a water depth of more than 10 meters, and is bordered by a wall more than two meters high, with the only land passage facing Ise Bay. The castle is divided into three parts, the first is the Higashimaru inside the main gate, also known as Sannomaru, which is said to be the place where affairs are often handled, and the samurai yashiki of the important ministers is also located here. Then, through a stone path, it leads to Minamimaru, which is divided into two sides, the outer one, the pond, the garden, the martial arts field, etc., which is the place where the party gathers, and the inner one has a small castle tower, and there are large and small Kurashiki, which is the residence of the Shukei family. After that, I also passed through a stone path, and I arrived at Honmaru, where I lived, and there was a five-story main castle tower. The terrain of the main castle tower is almost like a mountain castle from low to high, and there are two stone walls at the bottom of the main castle tower, so that the entire large castle tower is located in the castle, and even on the ground floor, you can see the entire castle.

The entire castle was extremely well defended, and there was only one way to attack Honmaru. In the case of Sannomaru, the passage in the front section is folded and stacked, separated by a wide stone wall up to two meters high, and a defensive turret is built on the stone wall, which can be used to attack the enemy in the passage from a high position. The later samurai warrior group was divided into several sections of reading power, and when resisting the enemy, it was very easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The garrison of the castle was handled by Hidekei for Sannomaru and Ninomaru, and the Honmaru was arranged by myself. However, generally speaking, the garrison depends on Xiao Xia, and the internal affairs rely on Yu Jia, and I don't interfere much in the affairs of Honmaru, and it's enough to have them for similar things. In addition, sometimes the dish will also do some decorative things.

Because of her, a lot of scenery has been added to the city. The two stone walls under the main castle tower have been transplanted with a lot of flowers and trees, and the Otedo Road, which leads to the Ninomaru stone path, is lined with green trees, and stone lanterns and Buddha statues are dotted every other section. The middle section of Otedo was dug down by more than 20 meters, and then a wooden verandah with an observation pavilion was built, and the lower layer was brought in from the living water of Outer Hori to form a shallow river three or four meters wide, and some rocks were arranged on both banks. On both sides of the verandah, there are also trees planted all over the place. Unfortunately, due to the short time, the trees have not yet grown, and they are a little desolate, lacking some of the charm of green trees.

I know it's not that Caicai likes to toss, she's just looking for something to do when she's bored.

Just recently, with her as the host, Mitsu officially performed the bun ceremony, marking that she has grown up to be Seinhito. Since she has a marriage contract with Chiyo Tsuru of the Gamo family, Nana decides to teach her herself and prepare for her marriage.

"Teach what? Etiquette? Hearing Nana mention this, I asked suspiciously.

Nana snorted: "That kind of thing, the concubine hasn't learned it...... It's just to take her with you and grind her surname. She doesn't look like a person to marry. ”

"Actually, I think it's good. As long as she's happy herself. I sighed.

However, after all, she is a person who wants to be in the main room and bears the responsibility of connecting the friendship between the two families, so she must be able to calm down in order to be able to behave appropriately and win the respect of the family...... In addition, there are some things I want to talk to her about as a wife and as a main house. ”

"Indeed...... This is the fate of the daughter of the martial family," I nodded, "It's been really hard for you all these years." ”

"Your Highness has always been so considerate. Compared with the ladies of other families, the concubine body is already very satisfied. It's Mitsu, and when she thinks of His Royal Highness's leniency to her since she was a child, she will be grateful! ……”

For the next period of time, Nana kept Mitsu with her, most of the time to practice her talents, calligraphy, or sit quietly in front of the court to enjoy the scenery and polish her surname; Sometimes, she also visited nearby monasteries to lead by example and let her learn the way to advance and retreat.

For this teaching, Mitsu was extremely depressed, and after a few months, he almost sighed all his life's anger. But for this grandmother, who is only ten years older than her and has always cared about her, she is really not good at mischievous. So Nana's teaching really paid off, at least so that Mitsu could calm down.

There are some things that I have to decide.

At the end of March, the eldest son, Keitaro, turned five years old, and according to custom, it was time to ask someone to teach. I put a lot of thought into who to teach. He is not the heir of the family, and for the sake of the family's safety, his task is to assist his younger brother in handling family affairs. This understanding should be carried out throughout the teaching process. Then he needed a loyal, wise, and patient retainer to be his teacher.

In terms of ability and surname, Shigeharu Takenaka was originally the most ideal person to teach Keitaro. The historical Toyotomi Hidecho became Hideyoshi's rare helper through his teaching. However, he has more things to do now, and it is really not suitable to bother him anymore. Considering his health, it is better to choose someone else. I don't want him to die young.

Then I thought of Naota Ii. Although she is a woman, her ability is very outstanding, and she teaches well, and Naomasa Ii, who has both wisdom and courage, is what she brought out. Give Keitaro to her, maybe he will say that it is another famous general...... In addition, Naomasa Ii is just one year older than Keitaro, and the two are sharpening each other, and maybe they have made greater progress.

Thinking of this, I made a decision. And in order to show my sincerity, I personally went to the residence of Ichitora Sanomarui and asked her about this matter.

Before I could get to her roof, I heard a childish shout coming from the walled courtyard. I smiled slightly, it must be the six-year-old Toramatsu, and later Ii Naomasa. When I went in, I saw that he was practicing swordsmanship. Looking at his movements, he has a clear eye for every move, and the expression on his face is also very serious. Even when he saw me coming in from outside, he didn't stop. And I didn't interrupt him either, watching with great interest.

It wasn't until he finished a period of practice and put away the wooden knife that I asked, "Husong, where is your mother?" ”

"Mother is probably in the martial arts arena! It's time to be back soon, though. He replied.

"Oh, then I'll just wait here for a while, how about you just keep practicing?" I sat down in the porch in front of the courtroom, and casually put Haiyue and the ribs beside me.

"Your Royal Highness, I heard that you are a well-known swordsman in my family, can you please advise me?" Hu Song suddenly asked.

A number of swordsmanship? Who gave me the name of Ann? When it comes to iron cannons, I'm pretty confident, but swordsmanship isn't the kind of skill that can be learned quickly, and it requires strict instruction and honing. According to the level of swordsmanship, I think the force value should be around seventy-five, but this is still due to physical condition...... In short, he is not a master of swordsmanship.

However, the other party is just a child, and since I said that, I can't admit cowardice.

"Okay, I'll play with you for a while. But you can't cry if you're hit. I stood up and walked to the side and got a wooden knife.

"Yes!" Hu Song nodded, "However, what if I hit His Highness the City Lord?" ”

"You hit me?" I looked at his small body and small arms, and couldn't help but smile, "Then I'll give you a gift as a reward!" ”

"Really?! Then I want that! That rib bad! He hurriedly pointed to the ribs I had placed in the porch and shouted.

“…… It seems to have been premeditated! However, if you want to get a reward, you have to show your skills. I teased.

With my current status and the financial resources of my family, the ribs I wear with me are naturally not ordinary, no wonder he is eyeing them at a glance - but with his small body, it is not easy to hit me.

"Yes. Please advise His Highness the Lord of the City! He bowed respectfully, and then took a stance.

(To be continued)