After the Onin Rebellion, taking advantage of the weakening of the Ashikaga clan, Hosokawa Masamoto, the governor of the Hosokawa clan, as one of the three leaders, seized the real power of the shogunate in one fell swoop, and since then he has held the shogun hostage to command the world. After that, several shoguns changed like a marquee, and there were even two people from the Ashikaga family competing for the throne, but in fact, most of these Ashikaga family people, whether they were victors or losers, were puppets in the hands of the Hosokawa clan, and the political changes in the Wakoku were just internal struggles within the Hosokawa clan.

Originally, Hosokawa Masamoto had a good chance to unify the world, and he also had the strength, ability and opportunity to unify the world, but unfortunately he failed to unify the world, which was mainly because he made two big mistakes in his life.

The first big mistake is that although Hosokawa Masagen is in a high position, he believes in a religion called Shugendo, and it is said that after successful practice, he can fly freely in the air like the legendary tengu in Japan, and in order to practice, Hosokawa Masagen disappeared at every turn, resulting in his subordinates often not being able to find him, and even a few times leading to chaos in the shogunate, but even so, he was still obsessed.

If it's just that he can't find someone often, it's just a trivial matter, after all, Hosokawa Masamoto has a lot of talents, which is enough to make up for his mistakes, but after believing in the Tao of cultivation, Hosokawa Masamoto has never married, has been a bachelor for a lifetime, and he is usually not close to women, and naturally he has no son, which is his most fatal first big mistake.

The second big mistake should be regarded as a continuation of the first mistake, Hosokawa Masagen himself did not have a son, so he passed on a son to someone else, originally the Hosokawa family had a large population, just follow a child of the Hosokawa clan. But he succeeded a child who was not related to the Hosokawa clan as his son-in-law. Named Sumiyuki Hosokawa. As a result, this naturally caused his subordinates to be very dissatisfied, and later he found that he didn't like this child either, so he simply abolished Hosokawa Sumiyuki's status as a concubine, but unfortunately he didn't know what to do, and it was this move that laid the root of his own trouble.

After the abolition of Hosokawa Chung, Hosokawa Masagen succeeded another child as his heir and named Hosokawa Chunmoto, but this is not the end. Hosokawa Masagen may have been addicted to his stepson, and he later succeeded to a third child, Hosokawa Takakuni, but both of these children were from the Hosokawa clan, so although he did not have a biological son, he had three stepsons.

As the saying goes, if you don't die, you won't die, Hosokawa Masamoto's reversal on the issue of heirs, and finally paid a huge price after the three stepsons grew up, Hosokawa Sumiyuki, who was abolished as a son-in-law, was naturally very dissatisfied with Hosokawa Masamoto, a cheap father. In the fourth year of Yongzheng, that is, in 1507. Hosokawa Sumiyuki sent his men to infiltrate the hot springs, and then hacked Hosokawa Masagen to death. This is the famous "Eisho Disorder" in the history of Japan's Warring States period.

After the death of Hosokawa Masamoto, the three stepsons fought endlessly for the position of family governor, and Hosokawa Sumiyuki, who first assassinated Hosokawa Masamoto, was eliminated, after all, he had no blood relationship with the Hosokawa clan, and many Hosokawa generals opposed him, so he committed suicide in defeat in the battle with Hosokawa Chengyuan.

However, the victorious Hosokawa Sumimoto was not happy for long, and his brother Hosokawa Takakuni suddenly rebelled, and as a result, he drove him out of Kyoto, but he still had a considerable part of the army in his hands, so the two factions of Hosokawa Sumimoto and Hosokawa Takakuni were fighting endlessly. Among them, Hosokawa Sumito supported Ashikaga Yoshisumi as a general, and Hosokawa Takakuni supported Ashikaga Yoshisai as a general, but now Hosokawa Takakuni and Ashikaga Yoshisai have an advantage, and Hosokawa Sumimoto has failed to raise troops several times.

The above is the general political situation in Japan now, simply put, it is a battle between the general Ashikaga Yoshisai and the former general Ashikaga Yoshisumi, but in fact it is a battle between the two brothers Hosokawa Takakuni and Hosokawa Sumimoto.

Speaking of Hosokawa Sumimoto after defeating Hosokawa Chung, he has become the governor of the Hosokawa clan, and he also controls most of the strength of the Hosokawa clan, but he was defeated by Hosokawa Takakuni after the most, not only was he driven out of Kyoto, but also lost the position of the governor of the Hosokawa clan, the reason for this result is mainly that Hosokawa Takakoku united with the other two powerful figures, that is, Ouchi Yoshiko and Tayama Naoshun, although the strength of these two people is not as good as the Hosokawa clan, but if they are united, plus there is the call of Hosokawa Takakoku, Only then did he surpass Hosokawa Sumimoto in strength, and in one fell swoop reinstated Ashikaga Yoshisai, who had been deposed as a general.

Ashikaga Yoshisai restored the position of shogun and appointed Hosokawa Takakuni and Ouchi Yoshiko to serve as the stewards at the same time, in fact, there is no way to do it, because now the two of them are the strongest in the entire shogunate, and the reason why Ashikaga Yoshisai let them serve as stewards at the same time also hopes that they can contain each other, so that they can benefit from it.

However, although Ashikaga Yoshisai has a good calculation, Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni are also a generation of heroes, where would they not understand what he means, so although the two of them had some small friction, they reached a consensus on the power to override Ashikaga Yoshisai, which led to Ashikaga Yoshisai's life being more difficult than before, and at the same time, it also made the relationship between him and the two leaders more tense, and even had been secretly cultivating power to prepare to get rid of the control of Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni.

"My lord, in January this year, Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni joined forces to attack Ashikaga Yoshisumi, but they were attacked by the Rokkaku clan, and they were defeated, and the general thought it was a good opportunity to seize power, but Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni joined forces again, so that the general's several efforts failed to succeed, but made Hosokawa Takakuni and the two of them stricter against the general's offense, and it was not easy for the general to come out, so I'm afraid I will have to wait here for a few days!" After introducing the political situation in Kyoto, Hirabe Kurashita spoke again.

However, Ashikaga Kazuki frowned when he heard the other party's words: "My cousin is too reckless, although Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni were defeated, their strength is still far superior to ours, if we can't subdue them in strength, then no matter what means my cousin uses, I'm afraid it will be impossible to successfully take back the power of the shogunate!" ”

When Heibe Kurasita heard Ashikaga Kazuki accusing the shogun of his mistakes, he immediately lowered his head and stopped talking, although he also thought in his heart that the shogun's previous move to seize power was a bit reckless, but as a retainer, he must not have any comments on the master's mistakes.

"Master Heibe, the power in the shogunate is divided equally between Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni, so what is the attitude of the others?" Ashikaga Kazuki asked again at this time, he didn't believe that Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takakuni could subdue everyone, and there would definitely be people who were dissatisfied with their monopoly on power, and this might be their chance.

Hearing Ashikaga Kazuki's question, I saw Heibe Kurashi groaning for a moment and said: "Lord Kaiyu, when Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa were defeated at the beginning of the year, there were many people who were a little dissatisfied with them, but in the end, with the two of them joining forces, and Tayama Naoshun also supported Hosokawa Takakoku, many people retreated again, and this matter was over." ”

"Tayama Shangshun?" When Ashikaga Kazuki heard this name, a smile suddenly hung on the corner of his mouth, this guy who helped Hosokawa Takakuni win the position of Hosokawa clan governor with Ouchi Yoshiko is not simple, he was originally the half-national guardian of Kawachi Country, this time because he helped Hosokawa Takakuni, and he himself has a bit of an in-law relationship with Hosokawa Takakuni, so now he has become the guardian of Kawachi Country, but Hanoi is very close to Kyoto, so Tayama Naoshun still maintains a huge influence on Kyoto.

Next, Ashikaga Kazuki asked some more detailed questions, as long as Hirabe Kurashita knew the way, he naturally answered them one by one, but there were some things he didn't know, after all, he was just a retainer who guarded the house, and there were some things that Ashikaga Yoshisai wouldn't let him know.

After asking about the matter, Ashikaga Kazuki asked his subordinates to help Heibe Kurashita prepare some meals, and when everyone had eaten, everyone stayed in the house and slept, without Ashikaga Kazuki's order, no one was allowed to go out, even Ishibashi Saburo as a guide.

Speaking of the question from the moment he entered this mansion, Ishibashi Saburo was full of questions, such as such a large mansion, there was only one old man guarding it, and the old man seemed to know the adults of the caravan, the two went into the living room and talked for a long time, and they didn't know what they said?

What surprised Saburo Ishibashi even more was that when he was eating, because so many people came at once, it was definitely not possible to rely on the old man to cook alone, so he was called to the kitchen to help, but when he saw that the kitchen was not only full of salted meat, but also fresh meat, fish and vegetables, etc., which made him drool constantly after being hungry for a long time, and when it was time to eat, he was desperately eating meat and fish, and at the same time he ate four bowls of rice in one go, which made everyone else look at him a little impressed.

Originally, Ishibashi Saburo thought that it was because they had just arrived, so this sumptuous meal was just for them to catch the wind, and they would definitely not eat meat every day in the future, but what he didn't expect was that the next few days were so hearty, and there was no limit to each meal, and no one cared about you as much as you wanted, but Ishibashi Saburo ate all the meals.

What surprised Saburo Ishibashi even more was that they didn't go out every day, they just stayed in this courtyard and activities, even the adults of the caravan were no exception, and they seemed to be waiting for someone. Although this kind of life is a bit boring, because he can eat such a hearty meal every day, Saburo Ishibashi feels that he is willing to lock himself up here for the rest of his life.

The dinner was still very rich that day, and there was also Ishibashi Saburo's favorite fish soup, so he couldn't help but drink two more bowls, but his stomach was uncomfortable at night, so he sat on the bed and got up to go to the toilet, and at the same time prepared to walk in the yard to eat, but when he just came out of the toilet with his pants, he suddenly felt a cold on his neck, and a long knife was already on his neck. (To be continued......)