If it is a poor dagger, then this sentence is the last dagger of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Before Ashikaga Yoshiaki gave Li Xiao, Noto Guardian, six exemptions, and the title of a house-level daimyo

All these high-ranking officials gave Li Xiao a name to fight against the main family on the surface, but in fact, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's intentions were.

Li Xiao snorted secretly and coldly, this Ashikaga Yoshiaki is really the master who is making waves everywhere, and now Li Xiao is the retainer of the first powerful clan under the Takeda family.

As early as the time of Shingen's death, the four ministers of Yama County, Bababa, Naito, and Takasaka were very jealous of Li Xiao's forces.

And now that Xinxuan and Shenglai are dead, Xueshan Xinjun is in his own evaluation, borrowing the jealousy of Li Xiao from the retainers to attack, and it is indeed a certain effect.

What's more, Takeda Xinhu, who is open-mouthed, even calls Li Xiao Cao Cao and Sima Yi of his family.

In this way, Li Xiao is even more suspicious.

At present, although Li Xiao announced his retirement, resigned from all positions, and gave up the position of the governor of the family, in the eyes of an old politician and conspirator like Ashikaga Yoshiaki, he was convinced that Li Xiao would not give up his current position.

After all, although Nobunaga is dead, Oda is still powerful, and Hojo, Uesugi, and Oda are surrounded by strong groups, if at this moment, Li Xiao retreats, and the Takeda family will undoubtedly self-destruct the Great Wall.

Therefore, Ashikaga Yoshiaki expected that Li Xiao had calculated this point, deliberately announced his retirement, and then worked hard to make a comeback after three pushes and three resignations, and then Li Xiao's power will definitely be better than before his retirement.

Therefore, Ashikaga Yoshiaki decided to add fuel to the fire and muddy the waters of the Takeda family, and now Li Xiao has enough strength to stand on his own. But one thing is missing.

That's the name!

Just as Cao Cao usurped the throne at the beginning, he first praised and worshipped the nameless, did not enter the court, went to the palace with a sword, and then entered the country, and added nine tin. A different surname is king.

In the end, the world only knew Cao Cao, and did not know that there was Emperor Han Xian.

If the merit is high, it will shake the Lord, and if it is named, it can be usurped.

If there is no name, it is created.

For example, the Chinese dynasties have added nine tin, which has become synonymous with usurpers.

Wang Mang. Cao Cao, Sima Zhao, Shi Le, Liu Yu, Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Yan, Chen Baxian, Yang Jian. Li Yuan. These successful usurpers have all added nine tins.

Now Ashikaga Yoshiaki gave Li Xiao Noto the guard, the house number, and the treatment of six exemptions, although it was not the name of the shogunate. is equivalent to the treatment of the leader, which is the so-called title given to Li Xiao.

And Ashikaga Yoshiaki's intentions. It is Li Xiaoruo that you are loyal to me and assist the Ashikaga family Kamiluo. Rebuild the shogunate, then my Ashikaga family will give you the equal status of the main family in the name of the shogunate.

This move coincided with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's historical means of splitting the Maori family and winning over Kobayakawa Takakei.

In order to weaken the power of the Western Mori family, Toyotomi Hideyoshi extremely wooed Kobayakawa Takakei, who was inclined to him, and planned him to become independent of the Mori family, and in terms of name, arranged the seats of the five elders, so that Kobayakawa Takakei and Maori Terumoto became one of the five elders.

This kind of method can not be said to be unclever, but Ashikaga Yoshiaki is different from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he has no soldiers and no power, only the illusory name of righteousness, and has led the world's samurai family for hundreds of years in the name of the Ashikaga family.

When he first arrived at the Takeda family, Ashikaga Yoshiaki supported Nishina Morinobu and replaced Takeomaru as the family governor in order to interfere in the internal affairs of the Takeda family and raise his prestige.

And now he is pulling himself in to divide the power of the Takeda family and strengthen his influence.

Without the support of strength, playing with such means, Ashikaga Yoshiaki is definitely playing with fire. …,

However, even if Ashikaga Yoshiaki is playing with fire, it is definitely profitable for Li Xiao at the moment.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao smiled slightly, and said: "Thank you for the generous gift of the Gongfang Palace, the foreign minister is very grateful, but the foreign minister has decided to retire, and this Junfu has come to express his gratitude to His Royal Highness, and also ask the Gongfang Palace to take back his life." ”

"What?" Ashikaga Yoshiaki was slightly surprised, and said: "But Ma Shou, you must know that this is not an ordinary grace, hmph, forget it." ”

Seeing Ashikaga Yoshiaki's reaction, Li Xiao smiled and said: "Gongfang Palace, please forgive the foreign minister for being rude, this time the foreign minister heard that the Gongfang Palace came to Junfu, and the line is simple, so he once again presented 5,000 yuan of gift money to show a trace of respect to the Gongfang Palace." ”

"Five thousand?"

Even if Ashikaga Yoshiaki was once the master of the world's samurai family, he was taken aback when he heard that Li Xiao offered the gift money, before three thousand guan was already a big deal, and this time five thousand guan money, when the shogunate was still somewhat influential, Uesugi Kenshin Kamiro visited Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and he also gave so much money.

For Ashikaga Yoshiaki's current situation, tens of thousands of good words are not as useful as real money.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki re-pondered the intention of Li Xiao's move, if he really wanted to push back and be a loyal servant of the Takeda family, then this act of offering himself 8,000 yuan in one breath was no longer explained by the words of being diligent in state affairs and loyal to the shogunate.

What's more, Li Xiao is not a native.

At this time, after Ashikaga Yoshiaki re-pondered, he began to test Li Xiao, and said: "But Ma Shou is from the Ming Kingdom, such as Shimazu of Kyushu, the Changzong of the Four Kingdoms, and the Hokuriku Jinbo family, all of which are crossed by the Ming Kingdom, and these three families are all successful

For my shogunate several countries, one country guards, or guards the generation, and now Shimazu, Changzong and my department are all Kyushu, four kingdoms, but Ma Shou, isn't there the slightest meaning, let the Li family follow these families? ”

Hearing that Ashikaga Yoshiaki had found the pulse this time, Li Xiao smiled slightly, and said: "Gongfang Palace, the foreign minister has this ambition, just the name of the family, isn't it exactly what our samurai family is pursuing?" ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki heard Li Xiao say this, smiled happily, retreated from his own name, but emphasized the family name, then everything was clear.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki said with a smile: "Very good, I understand, since I will recommend you to the imperial court as the fifth subordinate of the right guard, the right guard power major general, as for Your Excellency to give up the family governor to the eldest son, then I will grant your eldest son, the post of guardian of the Echichu, and the six exemptions?" ”

After listening to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, he thought that Li Xiao would agree with gratitude, but he saw that he turned silent.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki asked, "Is there any hesitation in Tajimamoru?" ”

Li Xiaobi said respectfully: "Back to the Gongfang Palace, the foreign minister wants to be a dog, and his qualifications are still shallow, so it is too fast to be granted such a position of power. Please suspend the palace for three years, and wait for the dog to make some more meritorious contributions to the imperial court, and then grant six exemptions to this

Grace. As for the guardian of the Echichu, the retainer of the foreign minister, the Jinpo Nagaxian, is the governor of the Jimbo family, and the Jimbo family has always been the guardian of the Vietaka family, and has always been diligent and dedicated to the affairs of the shogunate, so the foreign minister wants to let the Jimbo family serve as the guardian of the Vietze

I also hope for the grace of the public palace. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki heard that Li Xiao actually wanted to suspend the granting of these six exemptions.

And handing over the guardianship of Yuezhong to his own retainers, it is obvious that Li Xiao does not want to be a guardian of Yuezhong, so as not to make the main family look sideways.

All this is slowly planned, not in a hurry or slowly, so that Ashikaga Yoshiaki appreciates Li Xiao's actions even more.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki said, "Since it's Tajima Mamoru's request, let's do everything as you want." ”

Li Xiao bowed down at the moment and said, "Thank you so much for the Gongfang Palace." ”…,

Ashikaga Yoshiaki saw that Li Xiao finally accepted his conditions, and said with great satisfaction: "Very good, in the future, the shogunate will be in Shangluo, and the matter of recovering Kyoto, everything will have the power of the Takeda family, and there are good ministers like you who are loyal to the shogunate, so why worry about the injustice of the world and the unquiet of the four seas." ”

Li Xiao looked at Ashikaga Yoshiaki's complacent appearance, and couldn't help but smile, he didn't mind Ashikaga Yoshiaki being immersed in his fantasies at the moment, how could he say that he also accepted his great affection.

On the same day, Li Xiao was retained by Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and after having dinner in the temple, he returned to Kai.

Kai, the Tsushizaki Pavilion, among Li Xiao's mansions.

Shigeharu Takenaka, Masanobu Honda, Hideharu Kano, Usami Minami, Shioka Kazuha and other retainers under Li Xiao's command gathered in the house to greet Li Xiao, who had just returned.

Shigeharu Takenaka reported to Li Xiaoyu: "The Gongfang Palace's grant of Tajima Mamori, Noto Guardian, and the Six Exemptions have spread in the family in the past few days, and we have investigated and found that the people led by Anayama Nobuyoshi and Takeda Nobuyo took this opportunity to attack the adults, splash your dirty water, and continue to frame in the name of the ministers. ”

Nobuyo-kun Anayama, Nobuyomo Takeda.

After Li Xiao heard Takenaka's words, he snorted coldly and asked rhetorically: "What about the baba, Sanada, Takasaka and other adults?" ”

Honda replied, "The three lords have sent people to the palace these days to inquire whether the lord has returned, and if so, they want to ask the lord to re-participate in the assessment, so as to decide who the governor of the family belongs to." Now that the lord has returned home, how should he reply to a few adults. ”

Shioka Yiyu said: "My lord, in the past few days, in the Japanese family, because of the support of the two highnesses of Renko and King Wu, there are great contradictions and disputes among the retainers, and there have been many retainers and samurai who support both sides, and even fight because of this, and even draw swords and conflicts, and there have been no less than a dozen samurai who have died in private fights. ”

"Lord Baba, what they mean is that they want to make a decision on the matter of becoming a superintendent as soon as possible, otherwise if they continue to delay like this, the family will inevitably be in chaos, and even cause civil strife. My lord, in the opinion of my subordinates, we really can't delay any longer at this time. ”

"I see." Li Xiao nodded slowly.

Just as Li Xiao was about to make a decision, at this time, a warrior outside the door entered the door to report and said: "Report to the Lord Lord, Chaoyue Gong, and the Lord of the Criminal Department, outside the door, saying that there are 100,000 urgent matters to see." ”

Hearing that Takeda Nobufan and Takeda Nobuyoshi were in person, it was still a matter of urgency, and Li Xiao did not pretend to be sick at the moment, and now everyone knows that he went to Junfu and met Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

So Li Xiao said to his face: "Quickly invite the two adults in." ”

Soon after, Takeda Nobuhiro and Takeda Nobuyoshi broke into Li Xiao's house with their footsteps, and as soon as Takeda Nobuyo saw Li Xiao, he said loudly: "Li Danma Shou, the big thing is not good, His Royal Highness Nishina is dead!" (To be continued)