different warring states of japan

Chapter 1361 The Crisis of Hosokawa Mibuchi

In Jinshan Castle of Ueno Country, Genji Elder Shiba Yoshigin officially recognized Yura Chengshige, a descendant of Nitta, who was of the Hanoi Genji family, and granted him the honorary status of the United Front Worker of the Kanto Chamber.

From then on, the Seki Yashu fence-riding faction headed by Yura Shigeru had another choice besides choosing sides between the Uesugi and Hojo families.

That is to obtain the identity of the United Front, deeply participate in the samurai coordination mechanism composed of the United Front, the local people, and the brotherhood, and supervise the public welfare and charity activities of the Samurai Giri Promotion Association.

With the platform of Wushu Association as the background, they jumped out of the dilemma of having to choose sides between Uesugi and Hojo, and became a famous local family who was highly praised by Guan Yashu and focused on charity and public welfare.

Giyin, backed by the strong financial resources of the Hokuriku Road trade route, opened the way with the charity and public welfare undertakings of the Samurai Giri Promotion Association, gradually controlling the public opinion of the Guanbashu Samurai, and guiding the trend of civil rights.

Using the hard work of local powerful martial arts masters such as Yura Chengshige, and the supervision platform of the Wushu Association, Shiba's new ideas of peaceful development have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

So far, Yiyin has one hand, the Samurai Giri Promotion Association, and the other hand the three-party Samurai coordination mechanism, grasping it with both hands, and both hands must be strong, and it has fully penetrated the land of Guanbazhou with the soft power of absolute superiority.

At this time in Guanbashu, the operating rules on the surface are the Kanto system headed by Kanto General Ashikaga Yoshishi and Kanto Governor Uesugi Terotora, but they cannot really rule the samurai of this land.

In the dark, the Samurai Giri Promotion Association and the tripartite samurai coordination mechanism are constantly changing folk ideas, replacing the Kanto system step by step, and spiritually trying to manipulate the will of the local samurai.

Yiyin used money and food to build the rope of public welfare and charity in Guanbazhou, and tightened the rope by controlling public opinion and expanding civil rights, until it completely tied up the daimyos who had been divided in Guanbazhou for a century.

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Righteous Bank has painstakingly managed soft power in Kanto, oriented by public welfare and charity, advocating peaceful development, taking care of the samurai family's heirs, protecting the samurai family's right to survival, and safeguarding the rights and interests of the husband.

Just as he was in the Kanto, he gradually built the hypocritical benevolence, justice, propriety, trustworthiness and wisdom of the Wu family into the real civil rights and people's livelihood, bridging the gap between the entire Wu family group and forming common interests.

In recent days, the revolutionary Oda forces have completely defeated the conservative shogunate forces. Ashikaga Yoshiaki was beaten all over the ground by Oda Nobunaga.

With the fall of the old torii of the shogunate, powerful samurai from all over the world suddenly discovered that Oda Nobunaga, who won the center, did not follow the rules like traditional samurai, and was satisfied with the vanity of being in charge of the shogunate.

Oda Nobunaga's ambition did not stagnate for a moment because of the shogunate's bowing his head and admitting defeat. On the contrary, it was like adding fuel to the fire, getting hotter and hotter. Her ambition to sweep the world has just begun to accelerate.

But this time, without the shield of the shogunate center, all conservatives who were unwilling to change the status quo began to bear the impact of the innovative forces of the Oda family and felt obvious pressure.

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Kyoto, Shiba Mansion, tea room.

Akechi Mitsuhide once again received Hosokawa Fujitaka who came to negotiate, the two still sat on left and right, and the last meeting seemed like yesterday.

It's a pity that time has only passed by a few months, but the situation outside is quite different.

Mibuchi Fujihide's surprise attack on Gaogui Castle immediately aroused the vigilance of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.Oda Nobunaga went to Luo Jingdu, and the Mibuchi army who controlled Fushimi Castle fled without a fight, which made Mibuchi Fujihide even more difficult.

As a samurai, Mibuchi Fujihide's greed for Gao Guicheng is not in compliance with the rules, but it can be understood by everyone.

The shogunate has never been short of ambitious samurai, and the center of Kyoto is the stage where everyone competes with each other.

Mibuchi Fujihide's move was nothing more than one more government affairs on the platform of the shogunate for everyone to argue about.

Even if Ashikaga Yoshiaki broke with Mibuchi Tohide because of this, it would be difficult to get Mibuchi Tohide who was backed by the Hosokawa Mibuchi family.

However, it was very difficult for Mibuchi Fujihide's troops to flee without a fight in Fushimi Castle.

Oda Nobunaga regards himself as the leader of the shogunate. When he first arrived, he naturally wanted to make an example of others and deter the shogunate samurai.Sanyuan Tengying is good at provoking frontier quarrels, and the occupation of Gaogui City has been put on the agenda again.

This time, Oda Nobunaga not only asked Mibuchi Fujihide to withdraw from Takatsu Castle, but also imposed a heavy fine and deprived her of the guardianship of Kita Hanoi.

The Fushimi defenders fled without a fight, leaving Ashikaga Yoshiaki of Nijo Castle with no time to react, and the gate of Kyoto has already fallen into the hands of the Oda family.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who was forced to bow her head and admit her mother, hated Mibuchi Tohide to death. She was neither incompetent nor willing to help Mibuchi Tohide out of the siege, which immediately put the Hosokawa Mibuchi family in crisis.

It's all right to withdraw from Gaogui Castle, Hosokawa Fujitaka has never supported Mibuchi Fujihide's military adventure, it's just the greed and short-sightedness of the retainers, which led to this dilemma.

Oda Nobunaga caught the handle of provoking border quarrels, and wanted to exonerate Mibuchi Fujihide's guardian of Kitagawachi. This is something that the Hosokawa and Mibuchi families will never accept.

Ever since Shiba Yoshigin sent the land of Kita Hanoi to the Hosokawa Mibuchi family, and the two sides formed a new alliance of local power factions in the shogunate, the land of Kita Hanoi has been regarded as forbidden by the Izumi Hosokawa family.

The strength of the Mibuchi family could not control the land of Beihanoi, and Mibuchi Fujihide's real confidence in maintaining the rule was to rely on the retainers sent by the Izumi Hosokawa family to assist in the governance.

Once Mibuchi Fujihide's guardian of Kitakanoi is deprived by the shogunate, Oda Nobunaga will inevitably send someone to take over the Kitakanoi land as his own.

The territory of Izumi Hosokawa's family shrank by half in an instant, which was a catastrophe for the family business.

However, the Izumi Hosokawa family was unable to fight against Oda Nobunaga, and Hosokawa Fujitaka could only bite the bullet and come to Akechi Mitsuhide.

No matter how much she hated Mitsuhide Akechi, she couldn't take care of that much for a while because of the crisis in her family business.

The tea man offered tea to leave, and Akechi Mitsuhide smiled and held the tea soup, seemingly concentrating on tasting the tea, but he was actually waiting for Hosokawa Fujitaka to ask himself.

To be honest, Akechi Mitsuhide did not expect Oda Nobunaga to move so fast.

Before, she was worried that the rise of Mibuchi Fujihide would threaten Hosokawa Fujitaka's position in the Hosokawa Mibuchi family, and she even secretly planned to help Hosokawa Fujitaka.

But Oda Nobunaga's quick trip to Los Angeles knocked Mibuchi Fujihide back to his original shape, and the situation took a turn for the worse, precarious.

At this time, it is no longer a question of helping Hosokawa Fujitaka to suppress Mibuchi Tohide, but a question of whether the Hosokawa Mibuchi family can pass this level.

Hosokawa Fujitaka gritted his teeth, looking at Akechi Mitsuhide in a trance, feeling extremely helpless.

She let out a heavy breath and said sincerely.

"Akechihime, the Oda family is eyeing the land of Beihanoi. This time His Highness Oda is called to punish Mibuchi Fujihide, but he actually wants to take the opportunity to bring the land of Beihanoi under his control.

If the plot of the Oda family succeeds, a deep thorn will be embedded in the territory of our local powerful faction, which is very dangerous. "

Akechi Mitsuhide smiled, and when it was time to burn her eyebrows, Hosokawa Fujitaka was still playing tricks on her here.

Our local power faction?When you Hosokawa and Mibuchi families were making troubles, why didn't you remember that you were part of the local power faction? Isn't that too thick-skinned?

The main body of the local powerful faction of the shogunate is the Shiba family occupying the Iga country and Kita Yamato, the Mibuchi family occupying the Kita Hanoi family, the Izumi country of the Izumi Hosokawa family, and the Minami Kawachi family of the Hatakeyama family.

Among them, the land of Beihanoi was given to the Sanyuan family because there was no one in Yiyin's hands at the beginning, and he hoped to dominate the shogunate's power to send it to the Sanyuan family. In fact, it was given to the Izumi Hosokawa family behind Sanyuan.

There are [-] to [-] shi in Hequan, and there are almost [-] shi in Beihanoi. The total mobilization force is stronger than [-] shi, which is nearly a few Siboling.

Just because of their strength, there will always be some problems within the Mibuchi and Hosokawa families, and people will continue to challenge the Shiba family's leadership of the local power faction.

Except for Haruto Mibuchi, a good old man, Mototsu Hosokawa, Fujitaka Hosokawa, and Fujihide Mibuchi all had trouble with the Shiba family one after another.

Although it is unavoidable to be suspected of being ungrateful, judging from the selfish political environment of the Wu family, these small actions are not particularly bastards.

But in the face of the cruel reality, every careful thought of Hosokawa Mibuchi and his family would fail, and in the end they all returned to Shiba Yoshigin's leadership in desperation.

In this chaotic world, the strength of the Izumi Hosokawa family is not enough for them to stand up and be a human being. The choice of being a dog for others is really not as good as the choice of being an ally of the Shiba family.

This time, Mibuchi Fujihide's actions were not worse than those of Hosokawa Motosō and Hosokawa Fujitaka back then.

It's just that Akechi Mitsuhide got some information that Hosokawa Fujitaka didn't know. At this time, she couldn't help but feel funny seeing Hosokawa Fujitaka still racking his brains to prepare countermeasures for Mibuchi Tohide.

Akechi Mitsuhide asked.

"Fujitaka, Hosokawa Family Governor and Mibuchi Family Governor, what do they think of the trouble Mibuchi Fujihide caused this time?"

Akechi Mitsuhide answered irrelevant questions, which alerted Hosokawa Fujitaka.Glancing at the smiling Akechi Mitsuhide, she did not dare to take this poisonous man lightly, she thought about it.

"The two mothers are getting old, and they have gradually let go of housekeeping in the past few years, and Mibuchi Fujihide and I have taken over.

The behavior of Sanyuan Tengying this time, of course, disappointed them, and will restrict Sanyuan Tengying's power in the future.

Akechi Ji, you have to take into account that Mibuchi Fujihide is my older sister after all.The relationship between Sanyuan's mother and Jin Duodian is incomparable to ordinary people. Please put aside the previous suspicions and give Sanyuan Tengying a hand.

The internal affairs of the local power faction should naturally be resolved by ourselves.If Kita Hanoi fell into the hands of the Oda family, wouldn't Shiba Territory be very passive in the near future? "

Hosokawa Fujitaka tried every means to get back to the topic, hoping to use the importance of the North Hanoi land to persuade the Shiba family to help.

Kita Hanoi is bounded by Settsu Country to the north, Kinkishiba Ryo to the east, Izumi Country of Izumi Hosokawa Clan to the west, and Minami Hanoi Land of Hatakeyama Takamasa to the south.

In the current situation, Yoshiaki Ashikaga has been beaten to the ground by Oda Nobunaga, and the Settsu Kingdom will sooner or later be controlled by the Oda family.

If the land of North Hanoi is lost again, a large part of the connection between the local powerful factions will be dug out from the middle, and the O-shape connected into one piece will become a U-shape, and the strategic depth will be thin.

As the Ise Kingdom, Minami Omi, Yamashiro Kingdom, and Settsu Kingdom were successively occupied or infiltrated by the Oda Clan forces, the eastern and northern parts of Shiba Territory have become the Oda Clan's sphere of influence.

If Mibuchi Fujihide loses the land of Beihanoi, the entire Jinjishiba Territory will be surrounded by the Oda family on three sides, and will be very passive militarily.

Hosokawa Fujitaka just wanted to use this to persuade Akechi Mitsuhide to let the Shiba family come forward to help Mibuchi Tohide out of the siege.

But she didn't know that Akechi Mitsuhide wanted to indulge the Oda family, intending to drive away the wolves, so that Shiba Yoshigin could complete the strategic goal of collapsing the Ashikaga shogunate with a clean slate.

Therefore, at this time, it is impossible for the Shiba family to stand up and be the first bird.Even if the Siba clan has been forced into a military corner by the Oda family in recent days, the Shiba family will never fight back.

Akechi Mitsuhide's conspiracy is far bigger than Hosokawa Fujitaka thought, and only after death can he be reborn.

Looking at Hosokawa Fujitaka's eager eyes, Akechi Mitsuhide just smiled slightly, took a sip of tea soup, and asked leisurely.

"It's getting late, Fujitaka is planning to rest at the Hosokawa mansion in Kyoto when we go back next time?"

Hosokawa Fujitaka narrowed his eyes, feeling very angry at Akechi Mitsuhide avoiding his remarks twice.But under the circumstances, she could only speak with a suppressed temper.

"The two mothers are waiting for my news in Shenglong Temple City, and I will rush back later."

Akechi Mitsuhide glanced at the sky and said.

"Although Katsuryuji Castle is not far from Kyoto, it's probably getting dark when we go back on horseback now.

Zhitian Shangluo, the mountain city is full of chickens and dogs, it is not safe after dark, you should get on the road earlier. "

What Akechi Mitsuhide said was completely incomprehensible to Hosokawa Fujitaka, she stood up angrily and glared at Akechi Mitsuhide who had been going around in circles.

Akechi Mitsuhide stood up and said.

"Don't be impatient, go back and ask the two house governors for their opinions on how they plan to deal with Sanyuan Tengying.

Come, let me see you off. "

Hosokawa Fujitaka stood up, which in itself put pressure on Akechi Mitsuhide.Who knew that Akechi Mitsuhide had such a thick skin, so he immediately took advantage of the opportunity to see off the guests.

At this point, Hosokawa Fujitaka's face darkened, she didn't want to leave, but she wanted to stay.

But when Akechi Mitsuhide talked about this, Hosokawa Fujitaka could only speak forcefully.

"Then I'll take my leave."

Akechi Mitsuhide saluted with a smile, and watched Hosokawa Fujitaka leaving the courtyard in a huff.

When she turned her head again, there were already two people standing behind her, one was Honda Masanobu and the other was Fujibayashi Muku.

Akechi Mitsuhide looked at Fujibayashi Muku, his mask-like elegant smile remained unchanged, but his gaze became as cold as ice.

"Are you all ready?"

Fujibayashi Muku bowed deeply.

"Hi!"

Akechi Mitsuhide rubbed his temples with his delicate fingers, and said indifferently.

"Hosokawa Fujitaka must be protected, I want her to be unharmed."

Fujibayashi Muku said solemnly.

"Don't worry, my lord, our people have been monitoring the ambushers, and the secrecy team in Beijing has completely controlled the entire ambush scene.

From the moment Mr. Hosokawa Fujitaka left the house, he was already under the protection of the confidentiality team. "

Akechi Mitsuhide nodded.

"You go too, if you don't start, Fujitaka will go far away."

"Hi!"

After Tengbayashi Muku saluted, he fled out like a bird flying into the forest, and disappeared out of sight after a few strokes.

(End of this chapter)