different warring states of japan

Chapter 1197 Nobunaga sees Nanman

Yiyin put down the tea in his hand and asked.

"Does His Highness Oda know?"

"Hi, Niwa-sama has sent a message on behalf of His Highness Oda. The Oda family and the Tokugawa family are allies. Your Highness Oda will not interfere with my actions. It is up to me to decide."

Yoshigin tapped the table twice with his index finger, pondering the meaning of Oda Nobunaga's words.

He felt that the conflict between Owari Sanhe and Ji warriors yesterday was a bit weird.Now it seems that it does have some meaning.

Yoshigin looked at Ieyasu Tokugawa and said.

"Since His Highness Oda has no objection, then you should go back earlier.

The Tokugawa family is a member of Hanoi Genji, and the shogunate can rest assured that you are guarding the Tokaido.

As for your righteous deed of going to Luo Yu to serve the Duke this time, you should be rewarded later.The shogunate will not forget the bloodshed and sacrifice of the loyal people just because you left early.

Kira, the Imagawa family has already declined, and the land with three rivers and far away rivers still needs your attention from Your Highness Tokugawa. "

Tokugawa Ieyasu kowtowed to the ground, expressing gratitude.

"The minister is willing to share the worries of the shogunate."

Yoshigin knew in his heart that Oda Nobunaga's attempt to forcibly subdue Tokugawa Ieyasu had failed for the time being.

Tokugawa Ieyasu is not a good stubble either. Although she has requests from Oda Nobunaga, it does not mean that she is willing to become a subsidiary.

The Oda and Tokugawa families are fighting but not broken, and Tokugawa Ieyasu came forward on his own initiative and deliberately revealed this background to Shiba Yoshiyin.

Yiyin understood and immediately expressed his kindness.The ownership of the Tokugawa Miao character has long been finalized. The Tokugawa family is from Hanoi Genji. I will not regret it, so Ieyasu Tokugawa can rest assured.

The Tōkaidō has always been the focus of the shogunate. The Shiba family guarded the Owari country, the Kira family guarded the Mikawa country, the Imakawa family guarded the Suruga country, and took the Enjiang country.

These three families are all relatives of Ashikaga, which shows how much the shogunate attaches importance to Tokaido.

Now that the Ashikaga vassals in the Tōkaidō have all declined, Yoshihiro said that the Tokugawa family was classified as a party of Hanoi Minamoto clan, which was to provide her with the title of ruling the two countries of Sanhe and Yuanjiang.

The shogunate has long been unable to control the disputes among the countries in recent years, but it is still very easy to provide a few reputations and titles that are not true.

Yoshigin doesn't expect Tokugawa Ieyasu to be on his side, but as long as she is not swayed by Oda Nobunaga and has her own opinion, that's enough.

The rule of the political game is to make enemies fewer and friends more.If Tokugawa Ieyasu doesn't stand with Oda Nobunaga and embarrass Shiba Yoshiyin, then he can be friends.

As soon as Yoshigi opened his mouth, Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately accepted the kindness.

Of course Tokugawa Ieyasu did not want the Tokugawa family to become a subsidiary of the Oda family, but with her own strength alone, it was difficult to resist the increasingly powerful Oda family.

Since Shiba Yoshiyin intends to come out to fight Oda Nobunaga hard, Tokugawa Ieyasu is of course happy to remain neutral between the two to obtain the maximum benefit.

she said emotionally.

"Odaisho, when I was in Owari, I was often taken care of by you and His Highness Oda.

This kind of friendship, I dare not forget each other in my life. "

Yiyin's eyes turned red, and he sighed.

"His Royal Highness Oda and I are both for the sake of the samurai family and for the justice of the shogunate. Even if there are some differences in official affairs, it will not destroy our personal friendship.

Takechiyo, you can call her sister Ji Fashi, can't you call me brother Yiyin like before?

You don't have to be difficult between us, if you want to go, just go. "

Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help weeping and choked up, and said softly.

"Brother Yiyin."

Yiyin smiled and nodded, reaching out to hold her hand, moved.

"Sister Takechiyo."

The two recalled the bits and pieces together, and the acting was extremely touching.In fact, both of them knew in their hearts that Tokugawa Ieyasu came this time to show his attitude of sitting on the fence.

There are good reasons on the surface. She couldn't bear to get involved in the conflicts between her brother and sister, so she could only escape back to her skills with tears in her eyes, and remained neutral, just like a good sister who was in a dilemma.

Yoshihiro Shiba liked this, but Nobunaga Oda had no choice but to compromise.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was able to leave the maelstrom of Kyoto safely by putting in a few words on the scene, and his wife went back to her hometown peacefully, watching the dog-eat-dog scene in Kyoto with a cold eye.

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As soon as Shiba Yoshigin entered Beijing, Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately begged to take it back.

Everyone in the shogunate is not stupid, and they see it clearly.As the forces of all parties went to Luoyang one after another, some people were unwilling to get involved in the subsequent political struggle and voluntarily avoided it.

Oda Nobunaga and Shiba Yoshigin successively agreed with Tokugawa Ieyasu to leave. What can Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the widowed daughter of Ashikaga, who has no power, power and name, say?
The position of General Ashikaga is vacant, and the shogunate has not yet been restarted, so it is impossible to issue a formal reward.But before Tokugawa Ieyasu left, he had already received a firm promise.

After the shogunate is re-established, the Tokugawa family's Hanoi Genji status will be officially recognized, and the shogunate's companions will be granted the status of guardians of the Mikawa and Yuanjiang countries.

The shogunate is no longer able to give actual benefits, but the establishment of the status has allowed the Tokugawa family's rule in the Mihe and Yuanjiang countries to be endorsed by the shogunate, and there is no hidden danger in legal theory.

The Nishimikawa Matsudaira family finally got rid of the lowliness of local tyrants and became a famous local family registered in the shogunate, the Tokugawa family.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was very satisfied with this, and withdrew back to Tokaido with his own army.

At the same time, Ninagawa, Hosokawa, Asai and other vassals, local relatives, and recent daimyos have gradually approached Kyoto.

While Oda Nobunaga was in Tofuku Temple, he also unexpectedly received a great gift.

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Oda Nobunaga picked up a small gold pen, turned it upside down, and said.

"The donation of three hundred pieces of gold is really generous, just to see me?"

The merchants in front of her were trembling and did not dare to look up.

Oda Nobunaga had just killed a group of peddlers in the castle town, and his reputation was in full swing.If it wasn't for his faith, this businessman wouldn't dare to come.

But it was for her faith that she gritted her teeth and offered three hundred gold coins, just to see Oda Nobunaga.

The market price of a small gold coin is 750 Wenyongle coins, which is 1500 Wen in Japanese refined coins.

Seeking only one side with hundreds of dollars of money can be called a thousand pieces of gold.

There are many business donations, but of course the land of Kyoto is dedicated to the shogunate.This businessman actually took the initiative to donate money to Oda Nobunaga, a foreign feudal clan, and the amount of money donated at one time was so large.

No wonder Oda Nobunaga was interested, so he really invited her to come and see her.Seeing the humble and timid appearance of this businessman, Oda Nobunaga couldn't help feeling disappointed.

she hummed.

"Okay, I've seen you, you can leave now."

The businessman was in a hurry, kowtowed and said.

"Your Highness Oda, I have a message..."

Oda Nobunaga said coldly.

"Drag out!"

She has lost interest in this lowly businessman and doesn't want to know her purpose.

Seeing that he was about to be dragged away by Banner, the businessman struggled and shouted.

"His Royal Highness Oda, there is a problem with the usage of your iron cannon!"

Oda Nobunaga looked solemn and shouted.

"Wait a minute!"

Hatakemoto left the merchant behind and bowed to Oda Nobunaga.The businessman quickly climbed up a few steps, eager to finish his words.

"Someone asked me to tell you that the Oda family has many iron cannons, which are rare in island countries.

However, when watching the formation, I always felt that the training method of the iron cannon ashigaru was wrong, and it was difficult to achieve the best effect during the battle. "

Oda Nobunaga rubbed his chin a few times and asked.

"The Southern Barbarian religion?"

The businessman was shocked and kowtowed.

The iron cannon was a weapon brought to the island country by the southern barbarians. It has only been a few years since it was introduced from Tanegashima, and many samurai in the Kanto do not even know what the iron cannon is.

Who understands the military theory of iron cannons?Can anyone point out the problem with the use of iron cannons by Oda Military Force?Either Zahe Zhonggenlaizhong who is good at iron cannon combat, or the Southern barbarians.

The businessman donated money furtively, but he refused to reveal the origin.Oda Nobunaga tried to ask a question about Nanbanjiao, and when she kowtowed, he knew that he had guessed right.

Although the Dongfu Temple Sect of the Linji Sect does not care about worldly affairs, it is a member of the sect after all.This guy ran to the temple and worked as a lobbyist for the Nanman Sect. He was really tired of life.

Oda Nobunaga saw that she kowtowed loudly and her forehead was already bleeding, and asked.

"Are you a Nanban believer? How dare you come to the temple to make trouble, you really don't know what to do."

The businessman looked up at Oda Nobunaga, said solemnly.

"I don't care about what will happen to me, I just care about how to get closer to God and spread more glory of God to the world."

Oda Nobunaga squinted his eyes, unable to bear the disgust in his heart.

Perhaps it is the extreme depression trapped on this barren island country. There is a deep-rooted paranoia in the character of the islanders. Once they believe in religion, they can easily become fanatics.

Yi Xiang Zong is the ultimate in this state, unable to escape in reality, and can only seek spiritual comfort.And this kind of madness made the samurai who ruled the island feel fear and uneasiness.

The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death.

Yixiangzong has already caused headaches for the daimyos, and the Nanman Cult's ability to compete with Yixiangzong is naturally not a soft persimmon.

Oda Nobunaga looked at the businessman who was originally afraid of him, but once he talked about his faith, he immediately dared to look directly at him, and couldn't help snorting.

Although Oda Nobunaga is close to Nichirenzong, religion is only her tool.What she is most wary of is the backlash from these religious lunatics.

But the method of iron cannon mentioned by this person made Oda Nobunaga feel itchy again.

She has been reforming the tradition of the samurai family, economically abolishing customs offices to improve mobility, politically suppressing the independence of samurai families, and the most important thing is military reform.

To train a qualified Ji warrior, one needs to learn the art of war from an early age.From the age of three to Yuan Fu, at least ten years of work.

Oda Nobunaga can't wait so long, her military reform broke the samurai's monopoly on military privileges, and promoted civilian ashigaru to become the main force.

But the prerequisite for the success of this reform is that Ashgaru can form enough combat power to replace Ji Wushi's role on the battlefield.

Oda Nobunaga valued iron cannons because the training of iron cannons is simple.The iron cannon ashigaru who has been trained for three months can kill the Ji warrior who has been training hard for ten years on the battlefield. The price/performance ratio is really great.

Nobunaga Oda is still figuring out how to use the iron cannon. Whether the ashigaru with the long gun and iron cannon can really replace Ji Samurai still needs a mature tactical system.

If the Nanman Sect is willing to teach the Oda family military knowledge in this area, it will quickly increase the Oda family's military strength.This is a very attractive bargaining chip for Oda Nobunaga.

Oda Nobunaga could vaguely feel that the purpose of the Nanman Cult was not simple, but in the face of huge interests, it was hard for her not to be tempted.

She looked coldly at the merchant's bleeding forehead and said.

"Let the people behind you come and see me."

"She's just outside the temple, please allow me to bring her in, His Highness Oda."

"Go ahead and bring her to see me."

"Hi!"

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Oda Nobunaga looked at the four people in front of him. Except for the businessman just now, the other three were all women of different races.Two of them were white and one was black.

Peter, Bautista saluted Oda Nobunaga with a calm expression.

"Servant of the *, Peter, Bautista salutes you, Your Excellency the mighty Lord Oda."

Oda Nobunaga ignored Bautista's greeting, she pointed to the black girl with great interest and asked.

"What did she smear on her body, why is she so black?"

Bautista didn't expect Oda Nobunaga to be interested in the black servant around him, and replied.

"She is my black servant, this is her original skin color, not dyed with any paint."

"Oh?"

Oda Nobunaga stood up, walked around the black man, and asked.

"What's your name?"

The black girl looked at Oda Nobunaga who was circling inexplicably, with a confused expression.

Bautista explained.

"My lord, she doesn't understand Japanese.

She is a servant I bought on the way to the island country, and she has no name.I call her Monday because I bought her on Monday. "

Oda Nobunaga glanced at Bautista and repeated.

"Prayer... one? What a weird name, is your religious ceremony?
Are you here this time to dedicate her to me? "

Bautista was taken aback for a moment, Oda Nobunaga meant that he had taken a fancy to his black servant?Want to pass?

She smiled and said.

"She's yours if you like it."

Oda Nobunaga said happily.

"Okay, good, let her stand up!"

Bautista said a few words that Oda Nobunaga couldn't understand, and the black girl stood up slowly.

Black girls have well-proportioned limbs, soft features, and beautiful features.Except for his slightly darker complexion, he looks much taller and taller than the warrior Ji from the island country.

Oda Nobunaga nodded in satisfaction and said.

"I like this gift very much, but I need to confirm it first.

Come on!Throw her into the pool outside and let her be wiped carefully.

I want to see if she is really born with dark skin. "

The sliding door was wide open, and the black girl was driven outside by several Ji warriors.

Oda Nobunaga watched her being driven into the pool, watching with interest as she thrashed about in the water in panic.

Then, Oda Nobunaga turned to look at Bautista and asked.

"You just said, what's your name?"

Bautista replied.

"Peter, Bautista, servant of *."

Oda Nobunaga nodded and said.

"I heard that you have a way to train iron cannon soldiers?"

Bautista shook his head.

"I'm just an ordinary missionary, the military is not my strong point."

Oda Nobunaga's complexion instantly fell, and he said.

"Are you kidding me?"

Pointing to another white woman beside him, Bautista said.

"Your Excellency, please allow me to introduce you. This is Gepani from the island of Malta. She is a member of the Knights of St. John."

(End of this chapter)