different warring states of japan

Chapter 406 Incompetence
Ashikaga Yoshiki is seizing the opportunistic behavior of the shogunate in recent wars, beating the shogunate, and gathering power in their hands.

The shogunate was originally an Ashikaga retainer, and he gained a lot of benefits in the gradual decline of the Ashikaga shogunate.

Now it has come to the terrible point where without them, the horses of the Ashikaga family have no logistics available.

Ashikaga Yoshiki used infidelity as an excuse to deprive the vassals of part of their territories by means of fines and reduction of titles.

Then he announced the establishment of a new Nijo Imperial Palace, the construction of Nijo Castle, the real acquisition of surrounding land, and the establishment of logistics supplies controlled by the Ashikaga family.

Once successful, the Ashikaga family, who got rid of the coercion of the shogunate, can use four or two methods to leverage the mobilization of the entire shogunate with a little logistics.

In this way, the mobilization power of the shogunate, which was originally a mess of millions of stones, will be stimulated and controlled by Ashikaga Yoshiki.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at the right time, place and people.

In order to focus on dealing with the Asai family, the Rokkaku family went to Beijing to kneel and lick in person, showing weakness to Ashikaga Yoshiki.

Although Miyoshi Changqing pacified the Shikoku, Miyoshi Yoshiken passed away, and there were signs of civil strife in the family again.

The Ise family's pro-Miyoshi family position in the recent battles was seized by Ashikaga Yoshiki, and he pursued and beat him fiercely.

Borrowing the approach of the Ninagawa family, they split the interior of the vassals, grabbed the vassals of the Ise line, and stroked the wool desperately.

Ashikaga Yoshiki was able to achieve such a favorable situation, thanks to the Shiba family.

The Hosokawa Mibuchi line of the Shiba Yoshigin Alliance, and Takamasa Hatakeyama bowed his head and confessed, completely integrating the strength of the local power faction.

The power of the shogunate and the local powerful faction is the mobilization force of four to five hundred thousand shi.

Outside, Miyoshi and Liujiao do not engage in trouble, and the divided vassals have nothing to borrow. As long as Ashikaga Yoshiki has the full support of the local powerful faction, then she can steadily advance her plan.

Seize the land and population from the shogunate, let the Ashikaga family regain their direct leadership, and have a breathing foundation, unlike the current rootless tree.

Therefore, at this critical juncture, Shibo Yoshihiro must not have any accidents.

Shiba Yoshigin is a man, and the Shiba family has no heir yet.Once he has three good things and two bad things, the Sipo family will fall apart.

Then the local power faction will return to the state of fragmentation, and the vassals will dare to take risks to resist the oppression of the general without pressure.

In the final analysis, Ashikaga Yoshiki did not have the strength to force the vassals to bow their heads, so he could only rely on the cooperation of local powerful factions to rectify the vassals.

A few days before Shiba Yoshikin left, he established a strategic goal of supporting the general, which was explained by Akechi Mitsuhide to Ashikaga Yoshiki.

Therefore, whether it is Ashikaga Yoshiki out of admiration or Oyodai's out of interest, neither of them want Shiba Yoshigin to have an accident at this time.

Ashikaga Yoshiki glanced at his father and motioned to bring someone in.

A moment later, Zhiming Guangxiu walked into the hall quickly, kowtowed to the ground, and the person was already weeping uncontrollably.

"Master Gongfang, the shogunate mission is in danger on the Hokuriku Road, trapped in a dilemma."

Not to mention anything else, she first emphasized the word shogunate mission.

Yoshigin's mission to Echigo Kingdom was out of his own will, but he was also an official envoy on behalf of the shogunate under the command of the shogun.

Although the power of the shogunate has shrunk to within a few days, it can't be defeated.When the envoys are away, the warriors will still give due courtesy.

What supports the shogunate is not only the interests within the guardian system, but also the ethics of the samurai society that has operated for hundreds of years.

The shogun is the elder of the Genji family, the pillar of the samurai family, and the source of the samurai society.

The respect given to General Ashikaga is also the recognition of the meritorious deeds of the ancestors.

Without the service to the general, there would be no reward from the ancestors, and there would be no cornerstone of power for the samurai to rule the place.

Therefore, in the case of no real interests involved, the attitude of the local samurai towards the shogunate is relatively gentle and respectful, and there are few situations where it is difficult to embarrass the ministers.

Ashikaga Yoshiki was also surprised when he heard that Yoshigin and his party were in trouble in Hokuriku, and asked.

"What's going on, which company blocked the mission from going to Echigo?"

"Kaga, Vietnam and China have always enshrined the country, and the Vietnam-China Shenbao family sealed off the border, intending to harm the mission."

Ashikaga Yoshiki frowned after listening.

The shogunate had already heard about the troubles that Yixiangzong had in Hokuriku Road, but these years, Master Zheng Ru suppressed Yixiang Yikui, and barely reached peace with the samurai family.

The Etsuchu Shinbo family is one of the three guardian generations of Etsuchu. Although it is in the guardian system, the Hatakeyama family has been withdrawn from Etsuchu for many years, and it has long been actually independent and has become a big name.

These two are the kind of forces that can give or not give face to the shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiki really can't force them to make concessions.

she asked.

"Master Zhengru has always kept a low profile, why is the Hokuriku Dao Ichiko sect active again?"

Akechi Mitsuhide replied.

"A few days ago Venerable Zhengru sat in Hongan Temple in Shishan, and her daughter Hongan Temple, who appears to be in high position, is now the patriarch of the clan."

Ashikaga Yoshiki squinted his eyes, thinking about the changes after the change of master, and snorted coldly.

"These nuns are really wicked."

The samurai society is full of wars and chaos, and the people at the bottom are suffering and hopeless, and they often use religion to numb themselves.

Faith is the sustenance to soothe the soul, but Yixiangzong, regardless of the Dharma or the transmission route, has sunk to the grassroots where the suffering is deep, and has won the hearts of the people and made the samurai fearful.

Ashikaga Yoshiki was also wary of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, but he was bothered by everything and never cared about those nuns who deliberately kept a low profile.

Unexpectedly, the Yixiang sect would change owners at this time, and it was replaced by the ambitious and ambitious Honganji Xianru. It seems that there will be troubles in the future.

Ashikaga Yoshiki continued to ask.

"What's going on with the Shenbao family? Why did they block the mission?"

Akechi Mitsuhide said.

"I heard that the governor of the Jinbo family had a rift with Terutora Uesugi, the governor of the Kanto region, and he intended to harm her by taking advantage of her leaving the country.

The Lord coincides with the meeting, which is a disaster for the fish in the pond. "

Ashikaga Yoshiki heaved a sigh of relief, it turned out that the local samurai was fighting for profit, waiting for an opportunity to kill Uesugi Terutora.

She was annoyed in her heart, as expected no one took the shogunate seriously.

Terutora Uesugi was the governor of the Kanto region recognized by the shogunate just now, and Shiba Yoshinho followed him as an envoy and went to Echigo to announce the edict for him.

This group of people was blocked in Yuezhong and beaten in the face of the shogunate. How could Ashikaga Yoshiki not be angry.

But face is given by others, face is lost by oneself.

The shogunate is in such a mess, and the local samurai family that involves their own interests, of course, will not take her as a general seriously.

Hate, I can only hate myself for being incompetent, not deterring these mercenary bastards.

The matter was figured out, but Ashikaga Yoshiki realized that he really couldn't help.

If this happened in recent days, the Ashikaga family would still have the influence to come forward to help with the help of more than a hundred years of prestige and countless interests.

Now that things happened in Yuezhong, and it was a thorn in the side of Xiangzong, and the Jinbao family's important matters related to their own interests, the general's speech was no different from that of letting go.

Ashikaga Yoshiki glanced at Akechi Mitsuhide, thinking that this girl came to beg me, is she trying to make things difficult for me?

It's embarrassing for the Ashikaga family to fall to this level.

(End of this chapter)