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Chapter 254: Rebuilding Ritual and Music
The people below had different expressions when they heard this. Those who didn't know Nobutora's background were secretly in a mood to watch a show, but those from the Oda family who knew Nobutora's talents were excited.

Nobunaga was now completely relaxed. Since Nobutora had already taken action, the academy's opening ceremony was a sure thing, and it might even have miraculous effects.

He even looked up at Xinhu above with some anticipation.

Nobutora had anticipated this situation long ago, and he had a plan in mind before coming. This was a good time to promote the Oda family.

By the way, his reputation will be further enhanced because of this accident.

He remained calm, looked at the crowd below, and said loudly: "Everyone, since the Onin era, due to the succession issue of Ashikaga Shogun and several kanrei of the shogunate, the world has been in chaos and rituals have collapsed.

Sons overcome their fathers, ministers overcome their rulers, and the trend of the lower class overthrowing their superiors is prevalent. There is no humanity or ethics anymore in the world.

At this moment, under the leadership of Danjo Tadadoshi, the Oda clan swept away a number of vassal states such as Asai Rokkaku who did not respect the orders of the court, and also overthrew the Ashikaga shogunate, the culprit for the inability to govern the world and the chaos.

Dan Zhengzhongdian is committed to pacifying the world and restoring peace.

However, force alone is not enough to rule the world. We must regulate people’s behavior and restore rites and music, so that we can completely stabilize the world.

Therefore, the Oda family founded the academy, which shows that our Oda family is not for temporary stability, and the rebellion of Masatada-dono is for eternal peace!"

When many Oda warriors heard this, they were very excited and applauded. Even Oda Nobunaga thought that what Nobutora said was very good.

Nobutora's words revealed the ambitions of the Oda family. Not only that, compared to overlords such as the Hosokawa family and the Miyoshi family, the Oda family also had an additional political program.

This political program is telling everyone that the Oda family has made arrangements for what to do after the unification of the world, giving everyone hope.

The world has been at war for more than a hundred years, and most people are tired of this endless war.

The Oda family promised peace to everyone, which naturally made it more attractive than other princes.

Ankokuji Keikyo was shocked when he heard what Nobutora said. The Mori family had never thought of such a thing.

Since the death of Mori Motonari, problems began to arise in the Mori family. As the head of the family, Mori Terumoto followed Mori Motonari's teachings and intended to maintain the status quo.

However, in order to expand their power, Yoshikawa Motoharu and Kobayakawa Takakage continued to develop eastward and conquer the countries of Bichu and Bizen, even at the cost of making enemies with the Oda family.

So far, the Mori family has not thought about unifying the world.

Even Mori Terumoto was thinking of inviting Ashikaga Yoshiaki to come to the Mori family. He wanted to enter the capital in the name of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Now that he had heard what Nobutora said, he felt that the Mori family was a little short-sighted!
He decided that he would persuade Yoshikawa Motoharu and Kobayakawa Takakage after returning.

On the podium, Xinhu continued to speak. He picked out some words of sages to explain and further fooled everyone.

Konishi Mikuro in the audience was very excited. All he wanted originally was to get into the academy and make a name for himself. Now Nobutora was on the stage talking about ending the war-torn world and creating a new world, which made him very excited.

Konishi Yakuro secretly vowed that he would learn something and help the Oda family unify the world and create a new world.

Nobutora's speech lasted for more than half an hour, and everyone was still eager to listen. However, Nobutora already felt the pain in his throat, so he could only quickly end his speech and return to his seat to rest.
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The open class ended and everyone who listened to the class was shocked. The political reputation of the Oda family soared, and Nobutora's reputation also rose.

Akechi Mitsuhide and Hayashi Hidetada looked uglier. When Nobutora sat down, Oda Nobunaga said, "Nobutora, you did a great job. You touched my heart. Kiyohara Eden will leave it to you later."

Nobutora laughed and said, "Kiyora Eden brought disgrace upon himself this time. Killing him will only tarnish the reputation of our Oda family. We will not kill him, but let him return to Kyoto alive, and then publicize his deeds."

Upon hearing this, Hashiba Hideyoshi was surprised and said, "I heard that face is very important to these Confucian scholars. If the news of Kiyora Eden's disgrace spreads in Kyoto, I think Kiyora Eden will be ashamed and angry to death."

After listening to this, Akechi Mitsuhide could not help but tremble all over. The fear of being tricked by Nobutora before crept into his heart, and he thought to himself: This time, Kiyora Eden is living a fate worse than death.

Nobunaga laughed and said, "That's how it should be. My Oda family is not someone that anyone can plot against. It would be good to teach them a lesson."

The matter of the academy has been settled, and everyone has witnessed the power of the Oda family.

The financial, material and human resources required to establish an academy are not something that ordinary forces can afford. This indirectly proves the strength of the Oda family.

In addition, the political ideas proposed by Nobutora made the Oda family stand out among other princes.

This made many knowledgeable people realize that the Oda family was the future.

The Qingyuan family, which could have taken off with the wind, fell into big trouble.

Although Kiyohara Edaten was able to return to Kyoto, his embarrassing incident in Gifu spread throughout the world, and the Kiyohara family's reputation of hundreds of years was ruined in one day.

After learning about this, Kiyohara Eden was so angry that he vomited three liters of blood. He then committed suicide out of shame and anger, and the farce finally came to an end.

But even so, the Qingyuan family never recovered and was severely suppressed.

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The academy has entered a stable period, and these matters are more than capable of being handled by Oda Nobutada and Tsuda Nagatobu.

Nobutora discussed the affairs of the Echizen and Koshin Takeda clans with Oda Nobunaga.

Nobutora said to Nobunaga: "Master, the Koshin region is mountainous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. With the strength of our Eastern Corps, I am afraid that we will be in a long-term confrontation with the Takeda family and achieve nothing."

When Nobunaga heard this, he immediately said, "Well, the Takeda family is a strong opponent. I originally just wanted you to take Mikawa-no-kami to contain Takeda Katsuyori, but I didn't expect you to defeat him twice.

Xinhu, you have done more than I could have imagined. It is not easy to attack Koshin. How do you want me to help you?"

Nobutora said, "I have a plan that can lure the Takeda family into battle, and it can also help you, the master, to deal with Honganji."

Nobunaga waved his hand and said, "If you have any plan, please tell me now, don't try to be so aggressive."

Nobutora smiled and said, "This plan is very simple. I need the head of the family to announce the news of sending troops to attack the Echizen Ikki Clan. When Honganji Shonin knows about this, he will definitely write a letter to Takeda Katsuyori, hoping that he will send troops to contain them.

Before Takeda Katsuyori sends out his troops, I will first send out troops together with Lord Mikawa-no-kami to attack Takatenjin Castle, and I will deliberately leak the news to the Takeda family. I will attack Takatenjin Castle to contain the Takeda family, so that you, the head of the family, can attack Echizen with peace of mind.

In this case, Takeda Katsuyori will be worried about the loss of his teeth and lips, and will certainly respond to Xianru's call and attack our army. "

After hearing this, Nobunaga wondered, "How will this help me in attacking the Echizen Ikki?"

Nobutora explained, "The master's move to attack Echizen was fake, he just asked Niwa-sama and others to mobilize the army to scare the Echizen Ikki.

The Echizen Ikki will relax their defenses after a while, and then the head of the family will take advantage of the opportunity to launch a fierce attack and take down Echizen in one battle. "After hearing this, Nobunaga nodded and smiled, "Nobutora still has more strategies. Well, let's do as you say. I will cooperate with you to lure out Takeda Katsuyori."

After discussing with Nobunaga, Nobutora immediately returned home and wrote a letter to Tokugawa Ieyasu, telling him his plan and asking him to cooperate.

This letter was delivered to Tokugawa Ieyasu personally by Mochizuki Masahiro.

Mochizuki Chengzhang handed the letter to Tokugawa Ieyasu and said, "Mikawa Moridan, the master of the family has instructed that this letter can only be read by you and burn it after reading it."

Tokugawa Ieyasu was a little surprised. He quickly dismissed everyone, and even the young man around him had to sit in the corridor outside the door.

He opened the letter alone and was delighted. After reading the last word, he burned the letter without hesitation and did not relax until the last corner was burned.

Tokugawa Ieyasu raised his head and shouted, "Man-chiyo, come in and dispose of these ashes."

Ii Manchiyo was a young man with a beautiful appearance and awe-inspiring manner. He quickly stood up and went into the room, took the brazier out, and then buried the ashes in the ground.

He then returned to the room and reported to Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded and said, "Well, you did a good job."

Ii Manchiyo below bowed respectfully, and then he asked, "Master, is this Jingzhao Yin the famous general of the Oda family, Tsuda Shintoron?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked up at Ii Manchiyo and said, "Not bad, what's wrong?"

Ii Manchiyo bowed and said, "I have long heard of the reputation of Lord Jingzhao Yin, but have never met him. If there is a chance, I would like to talk to Lord Jingzhao Yin and learn some military strategies."

Tokugawa Ieyasu then smiled and said, "Well, this is a good idea. If you can learn even 10% of the abilities of Lord Jingzhao Yin, you will be able to become the lord of a city."

"Ha, what the head of the family said is right." Ii Manchiyo immediately praised Tokugawa Ieyasu for his good advice.

Tokugawa Ieyasu liked the young man in front of him very much and gave him some more advice.

After a while, Ii Manchiyo finally stepped down.

Wan Qianyo walked out of the room with a stern face. He saw the change in Tokugawa Ieyasu's expression just now. If he showed any hatred towards Tsuda Nobutora, he would be finished.

Although the Ii family was revived two years ago because of a word from Tsuda Nobutora, the family had suffered a lot of misfortunes more than ten years before that because Ii Naomori was killed by Tsuda Nobutora.

He lived a very hard life when he was young.

He had sworn to avenge his grandfather, but two years ago his adoptive mother Naotora warned him to forget the hatred.

Now he has tested the influence of Tsuda Nobutora here with Tokugawa Ieyasu.

"Take another look at his strength. If he is very strong, then I can only give up."

Ii Manchiyo didn't expect that this day would not last long.

In early May, Nobutora arrived at Okazaki Castle with an army of 10,000 and met with Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa Ieyasu was delighted and received Nobutora warmly.

During the feast, Nobutora saw a handsome young man who was very efficient, so he asked, "Sir Mikawa-no-kami, this young man is quite good."

Tokugawa Ieyasu quickly said, "This is the attendant I took in in the last few months. He is the adopted son of Ii Naotora."

Nobutora was delighted when he heard this, as this young man was actually Ii Naomasa, one of the future Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa.

Tokugawa Ieyasu immediately waved his hand and asked Ii Manchiyo to come forward: "Sir Jingzhao Yin, Manchiyo told me before that he wanted to listen to your teachings."

Xinhu was a little proud in his heart, and he said: "Well, you are a young man who is valued by Lord Mikawa-no-kami, which shows that you have great talent. It just so happens that there is an opportunity this time. I will lead the troops to attack Gaotianjin Castle. You can watch and learn from me then."

Ii Manchiyo hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Excellency Jingzhao Yin. I am very grateful."

Tokugawa Nobuyasu, who was drinking with him, was a little moved when he heard this. He asked, "Lord Jingzhao Yin, are you going to capture Takatenjin Castle?"

Xin Hu seemed to be drunk, and said with a smile: "Gao Tian Shen City is a strong city, easy to defend but difficult to attack, how could I do such a stupid thing.

This battle was just to cooperate with the head of the family to contain Takeda Katsuyori and prevent him from supporting the Echizen Ikki.

Tokugawa Nobuyasu thought to himself: This is happening again. Do you, the Oda family, regard my Tokugawa family as your subordinates? Humph, I just don't do what you want.

Nobutora glanced at Tokugawa Nobuyasu's stern face and didn't care. He thought that Tokugawa Nobuyasu was really cooperative. Now the Takeda spy hiding in the Tokugawa family should know about this and report it back to the Takeda family.

However, neither Nobutora nor Tokugawa Ieyasu expected that the first person to pass the news to the Takeda family was Tokugawa Nobuyasu.

Because of Tokugawa Nobuyasu's identity, Takeda Katsuyori did not dare to believe it for a while until the news came from a spy planted in the Tokugawa family and was confirmed by the news from Tokugawa Nobuyasu.

Takeda Katsuyori was somewhat confused and asked, "Is Tokugawa Nobuyasu going to betray the Oda family?"

Atobe Katsusuke immediately praised: "Master, this is a good thing! If the Tokugawa family and the Oda family split, then our pressure will be much less."

Takeda Katsuyori smiled and said, “Well, that’s a good thing, we can continue to contact him.

But distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. The trouble now is Tsuda Shintora. He is here again. What do you think we should do?"

Atobe Katsutoshi said quickly: "Master, Takatenjin Castle must not be lost, otherwise Master Takasaka and the others will..."

Although the latter part of the sentence was not spoken, Takeda Katsuyori knew it was not pleasant to hear. He snorted coldly and said, "Takatenjin Castle is not so easy to take down."

Muto Kibei, who was sitting at the end of the seat, said quickly: “Master, I think we can deploy some troops in Takatenjin Castle to let the defenders contain the enemy.

When the enemy is exhausted at the foot of Gao Tianshen City, our main force can then attack Sanhe. Even if the enemy wants to support us, they will not be able to fight again. "

Takeda Katsuyori was delighted when he heard this, and nodded, saying, "Kibei, come up with a specific plan."

Atobe Katsutoshi said with some jealousy: "Master, Kibei is too young."

Katsurai waved his hand and said, "I believe in Kibei's talent."

Muto Kihei was overjoyed and immediately accepted the task.

(End of this chapter)