"It's mainly for the convenience of doing some practical things, and it doesn't matter what is condescending or not." I smiled and said goodbye to Hideyoshi and left. Behind him, there was Hideyoshi's thoughtful gaze.

However, whether he believes it or not, this is indeed what I think. With the name of the Kyoto office, I can do a lot of things in the name of the director, but it will certainly not be limited to the scope of the position.

The so-called terms of reference are not fixed in fact. For some people who lack credibility, even if they serve as the representative of the Kyoto Institute, the scope of their authority will inevitably be greatly reduced because they cannot convince the public; However, if I take up this position, the scope of my authority can be said to be almost unlimited, and I will be able to handle all the affairs of Kyoto in the name of the Oda family.

When the former Kyoto office was in office, Murai Sadakatsu, the office was located in Shijo, Kamigyo Ward, which was very close to Myokenji Temple, where Nobutada was staying on the night of the incident, so he rushed to Myokenji Temple nearby, and in view of the shortcomings of the temple's weak defenses, he suggested to Nobutada to go to the Nijo Imperial Palace to garrison. However, even though Nobutada had left, all the buildings in the vicinity of Myohyun Temple, including the office of the Shoji, were burned down. So after I took over, I simply set up the office of the deputy director in the Rinkoin Temple of the Shokokuji Temple, and handled the affairs of Kyoto as the center.

The most important thing to do after taking office was to help the suffering townspeople and rebuild Kamigyo Ward. I took a closer look and decided to take a cash-for-work approach, combining these two things together. I immediately summoned Kazutoyo Yamauchi, Takatora Fujido, Nagamasa Asano, and their followers to Kyoto to assist me and Shinkei in our work, and I ordered Tsuya to come forward and gather dozens of powerful and prestigious townspeople in Kamigyo Ward and draw up a plan for the reconstruction of Kamigyo Ward with their opinions in mind.

According to the plan, the entire reconstruction project of Shangjing District is divided into three phases. The first phase was the improvement of roads and the reconstruction of private houses and houses, which was financed by Tsuya under my name. The second phase is the reconstruction of the facilities of the Craftsman's House of the Miniya, which was subscribed by various merchants and craftsmen and paid for by the Tsuya Advance Loan; The third phase is the reconstruction of the temple shrine, which was funded by the major names, wealthy families and wealthy merchants. The third phase was obviously the most time-consuming and cost-intensive, and I was afraid that it would not be completed in a moment, so I first set up temporary shelters on the sites of these temples to take in the homeless townspeople, and registered them, and selected skilled and young people to participate in the reconstruction work and restore their ability to support their families.

Thanks to the concerted efforts of everyone, the reconstruction work was quickly carried out and slowly got on the right track. Seeing this, I ordered Keisei to return to the territory first, and gradually arranged for the ministers to leave Kyoto, and Yamauchi Kazutoyo went to the Higashi-Iyobetsu Copper Mine to rebuild the nearby money seat where the Tensho Treasure was minted; Asano Nagamasa and Fujido Takatora went to Sakai to assist Hidekei in managing the affairs of the survey trade and in presiding over the construction of Quanzhou Castle, respectively.

Although almost all the members of the family have left, the Lin Guang Yuan Office is still very lively, gathering almost the entire Shangjing District of the ministers and upper-class monks. Their burned dwellings and monasteries, because of their large scale and high cost, are in the third phase of reconstruction, even if they have money, because the old sites have been turned into refugee camps. They may have complained about this, but I put the construction of the private house and the miniya's craftsman's house in the early stage in order to restore the livelihood of the people in the town first, and they didn't have much to say, so they moved into Sankokuji Temple while the refugees were leaving, and then hung around me every day.

Among these people, there is the fourteen-year-old Prince Bangfang of Fushimi Palace, and the Bodhi Temple of Fushimi Palace is the first tower of Xiangguo Temple, Daguang Temple; There is a Qinghua family's minister in the sunny season of Izukawa, although his family is not disturbed by the rebels because it is on the edge of Xiangguo Temple, but because of the proximity, he often comes to visit; In addition, there are the minister's Masajin Town, the Habayashi family's samurai trail, Oshikoji, Yuanchi, Kujia, Siqian, Xisiqian, etc., and the famous family's exploration of Yukoji, Risong, Kitakoji, etc., the reason why they are here can be understood by listening to the Miao character - those place names that are Miao characters are all located in Kamigyo District.

Perhaps my surname is Ge Renhou and my reputation for working in Sinology, the ministers are much closer to me than the rest of the martial arts, and after a long time together, they slowly began to get acquainted with me, and accepted my practice of restoring people's livelihood first.

At the same time, the war in Tamba was coming to an end. Although Akechi Mitsuhide tried his best to hold on, the general situation was set, and he was powerless to return to the sky, just as the Hatano family was unable to resist his attack back then. In the first month of the following year, Fukuchiyama Castle, Kuroi Castle, and Yagami Castle were captured one after another, and the Jujo Yagi Castle was surrounded by regiments, and even Shibata Katsuie of Hokuriku forcibly sent troops and advanced to Kita-Omi Province. Seeing that the general trend had gone, Akechi Mitsuhide and his sister-in-law, who was less than twelve years old, Akechi Fifteen Lang Mitsukei, and his son-in-law Akechi Zuoma Hidemitsu, were seppuku in the city.

With the suicide of Akechi Mitsuhide, the rebel party was all pacified, and Oda Nobutaka left Hosokawa Fujitaka to garrison Tanba Province, and led the army to return to Beijing with Hideyoshi of Hara, Nobuyo Kira, and Nagahide Niwa. After that, Shibata Katsuie continued to lead the army to advance to Minami Omi, handing over the military power to his adopted son Sakuma Morimasa, and Nobuo of Azuchi Castle, his own lieutenant Takigawa Kazuki, the guardian of the Echichu Bankoku Sasa Narumasa, the Noto Bankoku guarding Nakagawa Shigemasa, and the Hida guarding Kanamori Nagakin led the close servants into Kyoto. At this point, all the important ministers of the Oda family have arrived.

Soon, under the chairmanship of Niwa Nagahide, Hideyoshi Hara, Nobuyei Kira, Katsuie Shibata, Kazuki Takigawa, Tsuneko Ikeda, Ikoma Parents, Narimasa Sasa, Toshiie Maeda, Shigemasa Nakagawa, and Nagakin Kanamori gathered at the Nijo Imperial Palace for the first collegiate meeting. Although I have stepped down from the post of governor and am nominally not qualified to participate in the affairs of the Oda family, I was also able to attend the meeting because of the unanimous election of Hideyoshi Yura, Nobuyei Kira, Nagahide Niwa, Tsuneko Ikeda, Patriarch Ikoma, and Toshiie Maeda, as well as my position as the representative of the Kyoto office. However, Oda Nobutaka and Oda Nobuo had to avoid going because the collegial discussion was likely to decide the heir of the Oda family.

On the way to the meeting, Shinjing asked me, "What position should the family take for this meeting?" ”

"Listen to what His Highness Hideyoshi has to say!" I replied.

"To echo the opinion of His Highness Hideyoshi?" He seemed to feel something strange.

"Well, the current position of the main family is roughly the same as that of the Yura family, so just let him come forward," I nodded, "Moreover, you have just succeeded now, although you are the son-in-law of the lord, you don't have much prestige in the Oda family, so it is not suitable to be strong." ”

"Yes." Shinjing agreed.

"Actually, it looks good," I smiled, "I dare say, it's going to be very exciting!" ”

As I expected, it didn't take long for the collegiate to start and soon became engulfed by heated arguments. The two sides of the controversy, led by Hideyoshi Yura and Katsuie Shibata, respectively, represent the two sides that participated in the rebellion and those who did not. Shibata Katsuya is very strong, as if he wants to make up for his lack of credit with momentum:

"First of all, we must continue to punish the rebels!" He pounded the floor and shouted, "Although Yizhou and Guangxiu have been ambushed, the matter is not over yet!" And the court that conspires with them! They openly support Yi Zhou, and they can't let it go easily! ”

"The imperial court was also coerced by Yi Zhou, so it had to rebel. When we entered Kyoto, didn't they take the initiative to exile the former Seki Hakujo Kanetaka? Hideyoshi Hara immediately raised his voice and retorted-for-tat.

"You're shielding the rebels!" Shibata Katsuie shouted again, "The Great Shogun declared, what a level of support this is!" Can it be enough to end with a sentence of coercion? ”

"That's right," Takigawa Kazuyi, who was under him, also echoed, "If you tolerate them, how can you be worthy of the lord who died?" ”

"Don't be impatient, everyone, don't be impatient!" Niwa Nagahide hurriedly started a round. He probably didn't expect that the collegiate discussion would be so fierce from the beginning.

"In short, I don't think it's appropriate to list the imperial court as a rebel," Hideyoshi's voice calmed down, but he pierced the intentions of the Shibata Katsu family and the two of them, "So, the rebellion is over." The two of them have only come now, obviously they didn't take this matter to heart, and now what position do they have to point fingers? ”

His words were recognized by many people, and Shinkei immediately expressed his support for Hideyoshi according to my arrangement, and then Ikeda Hengxing and Ikoma's parents also spoke in agreement. This made Shibata Katsuya extremely embarrassed, and his face darkened all of a sudden.

"So, I think the first thing to do is to hold a funeral for the lord," Hideyoshi said, and then threw out the plan that he had discussed with me, "Originally, according to the lord's beliefs during his lifetime, burial in Honnoji was the most appropriate. But now that the temple has been burned down and has become a place of evil, I suggest that the lord be buried in Daitokuji Temple, and that we and others jointly fund the construction of a grand relics hall for the lord. ”

"Do you want to think about it again? …… Daitokuji Temple is Zen Buddhism, but the lord believes in the Lotus sect. It's unreasonable to act like this! Kanamori said with a deep groan.

"His Royal Highness Nagakin doesn't know," Hideyoshi's tone was also very calm, as Kanamori Nagajin said politely, "At the beginning of last year, the lord had the intention of converting to Zen Buddhism, and he also accepted the recommendation of Sakai Machi Senmunei and Imai Munehisa to preside over the Furukei sect of Daitokuji Temple...... His Royal Highness Changxiu also knows about this matter. ”

"That's right," Niwa Nagahide nodded, "That's true." ”

"In that case, I have no opinion." Kanamori said.

"Then it was decided," Hideyoshi said without saying anything, and immediately decided, "The funeral of the lord will be presided over by Hideyoshi, His Royal Highness Kira, His Royal Highness Niwa, and His Royal Highness Shibata, and His Royal Highness Ieyasu of Tokaido, and then His Royal Highness Nobutaka will be the mourner......"

"Why not His Highness Nobuo?" Shibata Katsuie raised another objection, "His Royal Highness Nobuo is the son-in-law of the lord, so he should be more famous. ”

"Speaking of fame, the two highnesses have succeeded other families, and now they have returned to their own sect together, and their names are the same...... However, the main general who crusaded against Wise Mitsuhide and avenged the Lord was His Royal Highness Nobutaka. Shinkyo seized the opportunity and dismissed Shibata Katsuie's opinion.

was swept away by the fledgling Shinjing, and Shibata Katsuie's face turned even darker. However, Nobuo himself is really not angry, others are leading the army for revenge, but he only cares about robbing Azuchi Castle...... As the so-called mud can't hold up the wall!

"In that case, you don't have any opinions, right?" Hideyoshi looked around the hall, nodded to Shinkei, and said with a semantic pun, "Very good, then that's it." ”

Niwa Nagahide also nodded, but looked at me and said, "What does His Highness Xuanjing think?" ”

"Me? Now that he has retired, it is naturally inconvenient for Shinjing to represent the Kira family. So you can decide," I smiled innocently, "but I have been talking with the ministers of the imperial court and the monks of various monasteries recently, but I have heard about a matter that I would like to bring up for your consideration. ”

"What's the matter?" Hideyoshi hurriedly asked.

"It's about the luck of the world...... They say that the luck of the world is tied to the stars of the year. The year of the stars crosses the zodiac, and twelve years is a cycle. At that time, the Miyoshi family replaced the Hosokawa family and changed to Yuan Yongroku, and in the last year of Yongroku, he completely withdrew from Kinai, and the lord dominated the world, which lasted for almost 12 years. Now the calendar turtle and Tensho are also exactly twelve years, so the lord's misfortune may be due to the number of days," I sighed, "Now that my luck has changed, I may be forced to withdraw from Kinai!" ”

"And that kind of statement?" Niwa Nagahide groaned, "However, if you think about it, there really is such a thing......"

"So, what does His Highness Xuanjing mean?" Hideyoshi Hara looked at me suspiciously, not understanding why I suddenly said this, this is not a matter of discussion between the two parties.

"How so? It's better to believe what you have than what you don't have! I continued, "I heard that there was a change in luck and that everyone might be kicked out of Kinai, so I asked them how to resolve it, and they said that they could change the yuan, so maybe they could change their luck again......

"Change the yuan?" Shibata Katsuie glanced at me, "Is His Highness Kira too much Meng Lang?" Is it up to us to decide such things? ”

"We really can't decide, because the lord is not here...... But what if such a thing really happens? Ikeda Hengxing frowned, "His Royal Highness Shibata's territory is not in the Kinai, so naturally it doesn't matter. However, I've only been locked up in Settsu for a short time, and I don't want to be kicked out yet! ”

"It doesn't matter if we change the yuan, if we wait for a public discussion, we can completely propose it to the imperial court," Hideyoshi listened to me and Ikeda agree, and Shibata objected, and quickly decided how to express his position, "However, since His Royal Highness Xuanjing proposed to change the yuan, is there a ready-made era name?" ”

"I've consulted them about this, and I've got a suitable one," I said, taking a pen and paper not far away, writing down the two Chinese characters "Yongzhen", holding them on my chest and showing them to everyone.

"What does this era name say?" Niwa Nagahide asked.

"It is from the forty-second hexagram of the Book of Changes, and the whole sentence is: 'Or benefit, the tortoise of the ten friends is violated; Yong Zhen Ji, the king uses it to enjoy the emperor'," I further explained as I looked at the puzzled eyes of the crowd, "The meaning of this sentence is that the benefits of giving to many friends are acceptable, as long as it is not a violation of morality, it is worth advocating, and the king of Zhou used this way to finally enjoy the throne of the emperor...... I believe that in the current situation, it is necessary for all of you to work together to maintain the Oda family, just as the princes of China helped the Zhou family. ”

"Naga Jung-ki...... The king enjoys the ...... of the emperor" Hideyoshi silently recited two sentences softly, and suddenly smiled, "I agree with His Royal Highness Xuanjing's opinion. I don't know what you think? ”

(To be continued)