different warring states of japan

Chapter 1811 The lively winter in Kinki

Shiba Yoshigan walked slowly towards Kinki on the Tokaido Road. Anyway, there was nothing wrong with him when he went back, it was just mugwort.

Not only Oda Nobunaga, but other Hime warriors also had to get their hands on the rain and dew. With the outbreak of Kanto divine descendants, Kinki cannot be too far behind.

The load on Yiyin's crotch was very heavy, so he had to work hard.

At this time, Kinki has already ushered in the first snow of early winter. Oda Nobunaga is not idle here. He is waiting at Azuchi Castle for Yoshihiro to deliver birds to his door.

She had already set off for the Ishiyama front line to completely drive Sakuma Nobumori into the abyss.

Oda Nobunaga, who arrived at the front line, counted Sakuma Nobumori's nineteen crimes in detail, completely denying Sakuma Nobumori's achievements over the years.

In the end, Sakuma Nobumori was exiled to Mount Koya. The followers who were attached to Sakuma fled away and dispersed. Only two or three retainers accompanied him to Mount Koya.

The depressed Sakuma Nobumori was depressed and died of illness in Mount Koya the next year, which made all the Oda retainers feel sad.

The exiles of Lin Xiuzhen and Sakuma Nobumori made the Oda retainers even more afraid of Oda Nobunaga, and the concubines were as quiet as ice.

Even close ministers like Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Tsuneaki, they no longer dare to speak frankly to Oda Nobunaga, let alone other retainers.

Oda Nobunaga finally turned the Oda family into his own. Her wise and martial side was infinitely expanded, while the mistakes made by Ganzuna's dictatorship continued to deepen.

As the old saying goes, when things flourish, they will eventually decline.

The Oda family is currently in the midst of a raging fire, but it seems to be rapidly sliding towards a cliff.

As for the Shiba family, the biggest impact of Sakuma Nobumori's exile was the sudden surge in real estate in Kinki Shiba's territory. Even Takada Yono was stunned by the rise in housing prices.

In order to ensure the stability of the value of Shiba real estate, Takada Yono only slowly sold the property rights of a small part of the street shops, warehouses, and houses in Shoucheng.

Although Shiba Real Estate has also increased in value over the years, the growth rate is far less exaggerated than that of Hokurikudo Trading Stock.

But this time, it seems that a large amount of cash flow has poured into the Spa real estate market, quickly creating a scarcity of properties and causing housing prices to rise sharply.

After investigation, Takada Yono discovered that these sudden funds basically came from the Oda retainers group, and the largest buyers were the old Shimowari warriors and the upstart Nishi Mino.

Over the years, the Oda family has developed rapidly. From a territory of 10,000+ koku in Shimo, it has spread all over the world. So far, it has acquired a territory of 400 million koku, making it the most powerful clan in the world.

In this expansion process, Oda Nobunaga was naturally the biggest beneficiary, but the Owari and Mino two warrior families who first followed Oda Nobunaga also benefited greatly.

Over the past seven or eight years, many martial arts families have accumulated huge family fortunes that could not be earned by generations of hard work, and their thinking has also begun to change.

In the past, I thought my family was poor and just wanted to go out and grab more.Now that I am rich, I am thinking about how to keep my things.

The last time Oda Nobunaga expelled Lin Xiuzhen and Ando Mamoru, the evidence was considered conclusive.

Although everyone is scared, as long as they abide by the rules, they are not afraid that the governor will suddenly turn against him and return to before liberation.

But this time, things were very different.

Although Sakuma Nobumori is a foul-mouthed man, he likes to play devil's advocate in the circle of the Shimowari old samurai family.

But she did have outstanding achievements. She was the first confidant to follow Oda Nobunaga to conquer the world. She shed blood and made meritorious service for the Oda family.

Such a close minister, even Oda Nobunaga, can be ruthless, fish for law enforcement, and beat him until the end. Who has any sense of security?

Even Niwa Nagahide has become cautious, not to mention admonishing, not even daring to take a breath. No matter how close and trusting other people are, how can they compare to the Migo-niang whom Oda Nobunaga calls affectionate?

In order to promote Shiba Real Estate to the Owari old samurai family, Takada Yono specially paid for the exiled Lin Xiuzhen to do a show, spend a lot of money as an endorsement advertisement, and also gave away several Shiba Real Estate properties.

Although Lin Xiuzhen was expelled by Oda Nobunaga and lost her position of power, at least she had no worries about food and clothing. She could also collect shop rent in Spo and work as an apartment in a residential compound, so that she could spend her old age peacefully.

Compared with Sakuma Nobumori who could only go to Mount Koya to eat grass in desolation, Lin Xiuzhen's retirement life was like paradise.

Moreover, Lin Xiuzhen's real estate was acquired very early and is still increasing in value, which makes Oda's retainers even more excited.

After the two bosses were expelled, the situation was like heaven and earth. Everyone was not blind, so they naturally began to think about their own way out.

As a result, Shiba Real Estate suddenly surged due to the large influx of cash flow, which even Takada Haruno felt baffled.

After understanding the situation, Takada Yono lamented that the Oda family was really rich, and immediately started to invest in new property rights. This was like pie-in-the-sky money that was not earned in vain.

These economic fluctuations did not affect Oda Nobunaga.

After she kicked Sakuma Nobumori away, she immediately took over the command of the front line and continued to attack Ishiyama Honganji Temple.

The Three Kingdoms and a Half Samurai clan, who worked hard under Sakuma Nobumori, knew for a long time that their leader was going to be unlucky, but no one expected that Oda Nobunaga would not miss his old friendship at all, and he was so cold and chilling.

Now that Sakuma Nobumori has left, Oda Nobunaga personally supervises the army. All departments of the Oda army immediately worked hard to attack. No one wants to follow in the footsteps of Sakuma Nobumori.

Ishiyama Honganji Temple has been besieged for half a year, and many of its outlying branches have been pulled out.

Winter was supposed to be a time for truce and recuperation, but the Oda family always liked to fight out of season due to their abundant capital. After winter, the offensive turned out to be more intense than before, catching Ichizune off guard.

At this time, Ishiyama Honganji Temple had been cut off by Akechi Mitsuhide's plan to cut off all foreign aid. He only relied on his own strength to hold on, trapped in an isolated city, and his morale was low.

Honganji Xianru had long wanted to negotiate peace, but Oda Nobunaga's conditions were too harsh, and the main war faction in Honganji refused to give in.

Now that the situation is beyond our control, the voice of the main militant faction is also lowering, and the negotiations have finally reached maturity.

The compromise of Ishiyama Honganji Temple was already expected by many people.

When it comes to religious beliefs, people at the bottom are often more loyal, while those at the top have few devout believers. Therefore, when the religious elites try their best to urge people not to forget their original intentions, it is often they who forget their original intentions.

Buddhism in the island country has long since completed its localization transformation, and the temple gates are occupied by nobles with noble blood.

Behind the propaganda of saving all sentient beings, the real high-level people are already inherited through blood, which is in line with the orderly social characteristics of the island country.

Assuming that the casualties were only among the lower class believers, the noble religious elite would not mind a few more deaths.

But if the blood has been splashed on themselves and the knife is close to their eyes, most of their knees will be weak.

Oda Nobunaga forced Sakuma Nobumori to survive and besieged Ishiyama for half a year, and then came to pick peaches in the winter, just because he was sure that the master would not endure for his faith to the end or even be martyred.

And Oda Nobunaga was not the only one who saw through this.

As early as the autumn, Hashiba Hideyoshi had sent his sister Hashiba Hideyoshi to Sakai Port to communicate with Tsuda Muneji and prepare for the Western Kingdom strategy.

Oda Nobunaga is very impatient now. She seems to be intolerable to Shiba Yoshigan's hookups with other women. She wants to conquer the world in the shortest possible time and achieve the monopoly power of the only holy wife.

The exploration of Tokaido and Hokuriku Road was blocked. Once Ishiyama was captured, Oda Nobunaga would definitely concentrate his efforts and rapidly expand to the four countries of the West.

Hashiba Hideyoshi took the initiative to ask Ying to conquer the Western Kingdom, to atone for his sins, and was even willing to give up the 12 koku territory of Kitaomi in exchange for a chance to give it a try.Oda Nobunaga was very satisfied with her ambition. She was one of the few retainers in the Oda family who could keep up with Oda Nobunaga's ambition, so he agreed to her request.

As for the Shikoku Strategy, there is a rumor in Oda's family that Oda Nobunaga intends to let Niwa Nagahide host it, but Niwa Nagahide's own attitude is still unclear.

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In this lively winter, Oda Nobunaga carried out special operations on the Ishiyama front, causing panic among Oda's retainers.

Hashiba Hideyoshi turned a deaf ear to this and focused on his own strategy for the Western Kingdom.

After Hashiba Hideyoshi established his front line, Hashiba Hideyoshi also came to Sakai Port this winter to meet several people who were of great help to her in the Western Kingdom.

Sakai Port, Tsuda Souke's Tennoji House.

Tsuda has been doing business for several generations, first with the Shimoma family of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and then with Miyoshi Masayasu among the three Miyoshi who guarded Sakai Port.

By Tsuda Muneji's generation, he had become one of the three major businessmen in Sakai Port along with Sen Rikyu and Imai Munehisa.

Although the three great merchants were engaged in different businesses, they were all masters of tea ceremony, and they played important roles in the Sakai Kaisho Naiya Ten People, the merchant organization of Sakai Port, and competed with each other.

Sen no Rikyu has a shogunate background and serves as the representative of Kyoto in Sakai Port. The shogunate is now in name only, and Sen no Rikyu has long become low-key.

Imai Munehisa followed Takada Haruno and boarded the Shiba family's ship.Not to be outdone, Tsuda Muneki became close to Hashiba Hideyoshi and relied on the Oda family.

However, Hashiba Hideyoshi is obviously not as trusted by the master as Takada Harno. Shiba Yoshigan can let Takada Harno do what he does, but Hashiba Hideyoshi cannot truly represent the Oda family.

So in these years, Tsuda Soji has been suppressed by Imai Sohisa.

Today, Hashiba Hideyoshi came to Sakai Port, and Tsuda Sōkai provided the backyard of Tennoji House just to meet a few people in secret.

Hideyoshi Hashiba walked in front, leading the way for Hideyoshi Hashiba. Several Hime warriors passed through the corridor and came to a small tea room.

The Hashiba family's Hatamoto opened the door, and there were two Hime samurai sitting in the room, as well as a Nanman missionary dressed as a priest. Tsuda Muneki happened to finish the tea ceremony and dispense the tea soup at just the right time.

Then, she bowed to Hideyoshi Hashiba and silently exited the tea room.

Although Tsuda Muneji was the owner of this place, she did not dare to stay. After bowing, she hurriedly left, leaving the room to the Hashiba sisters and three guests.

The Hashiba family's Hime Samurai stood guard outside the door, watching Tsuda Soji go away, completely separating the indoors and outdoors.

Seeing Hashiba Hideyoshi's arrival, the three people present bowed and saluted, Hashiba Hideyoshi smiled.

"I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting for so long."

She Shi Shiran took the main seat, while Hideyoshi Hideyoshi sat at the tea server's seat and began to distribute tea and introduce the guests to Hideyoshi Hashiba.

"This is Ms. Louise Flois, the Nanban priest with the highest status in the Kinki Diocese."

Floyce shook his head.

“All the Lord’s lambs are equal, I am just a servant who has the honor to spread the Lord’s glory.”

Hideyoshi Hashiba smiled on his face, but he disagreed in his heart.

She was born as a servant, and it was not easy for her to break through the ceiling and sneak into the ranks of the ruling class in this rigidly hierarchical island society.

In this world, many things go against common sense. People who hate untouchables the most are often born among untouchables.

Just because of their humble origins, they should know best and sympathize with the sufferings of the untouchables. Once they become prominent, they will intensify their efforts to bully those poor people who were once like themselves.

Hideyoshi Hashiba came from a humble background, and the most sensitive thing about him was his inferiority.

She likes to associate with people of noble birth, and appreciates men of noble blood, but her attitude towards untouchables is harsher than that of ordinary warriors.

Buddhism has long adapted to the island country’s hierarchical system and completed its own transformation.

After all, the Nanman Sect came late and was ignorant. He always said that he was the lamb of the Lord, which really made Hideyoshi Hashiba, who cared about rank, very uncomfortable.

But now Hashiba Hideyoshi really needed the help of the Nanman Cult, so he could only suppress his disgust and nod with a smile.

"What the priest said is thought-provoking and full of wisdom."

Floyce smiled politely.

In the past few years, she was actually very dissatisfied with herself. The Nanman Sect had established a firm foothold in the Kyushu Diocese early, but it had never been able to open up the situation in Kinki.

Kyushu Island, especially Kitakyushu Hakata, has been the island country's main trading port for foreign exchanges since ancient times, and the locals are open-minded.

As long as the Nanman religion can provide enough benefits to the local martial arts lords, let alone preaching, it is not difficult for the lords to be baptized themselves.

The Kinki area is the base of the island country's Buddhism for thousands of years, which is very different from Kyushu.

The invasion of the Nanman Sect has triggered fear in the island nation's Buddhism, and the radical Yixiang Sect has actively acted as a butcher's knife, and has been at the forefront to physically eliminate the Nanman Sect's missionary space.

Frois once thought that Ishiyama Honganji Temple was the biggest obstacle to his mission to Kinki. As long as he killed the Ichizong, everything would be fine.

Therefore, when the Oda family and the Ishiyama Honganji Temple confronted each other, the Nanman Cult secretly fired the first shot for both parties.

It was originally thought that the Oda family suppressed the Ichibashi Sect, and the Nanman Sect would have room for activities, but the reality was more complicated than Frois imagined.

The Ichiko sect is declining, but Kinki Buddhism has already embraced a thicker thigh.

The appearance of Bishamonten, the patron saint of the samurai family, the protector of Buddhism, and the religious colleagues of the island nation kneeling down and licking Shiba Yoshigin was beyond Frois's imagination.

How can they modify the teachings at will to cater to the needs of those in power? This is too bottomless, right?
The Nanman people have little knowledge. Buddhism is as famous as Taoism. They have been mixed in East Asia for thousands of years. The longer they live, the more nourished they are. They understand the principle of survival of the fittest.

Are there still few teachings that Buddhism and Taoism have changed?In order to cater to those in power and the common people, various historical figures were created into gods and stuffed into books.

I don't have enough brains, so I just borrowed the settings from Fengshen Yanyi, which would be an exact copy.

Polytheism doesn't care about worshiping a few more gods, but monotheism cannot do that. Flois's current dilemma is that the island nation's Buddhism has created a new living god, blocking the way of the Nanman religion.

Even if the Yi Xiang Sect declines, the Nanman Sect still cannot break through the religious protection circle of the island nation's Buddhism, because the living god Shiba Yiyin will protect them.

This is the biggest reason why major sects join forces to kneel down and lick the saint.

While the loudspeakers of island country Buddhism fill the streets to promote the saint, the saint is also tied to the boat of island country Buddhism.

If Frois wanted to reverse the decline of the Southern Barbarians in the missionary work, he had to find new strong collaborators.

(End of this chapter)