Great name!

Chapter 269: Araki is frightened, quarrel at the annual meeting

In the eyes of others, this farce would make the Oda family lose face, but for Nobunaga, he never cared about the Oda family's face. What was the Oda family's face? As long as Nobunaga was there, who would dare to laugh at the Oda family?

So Nobunaga didn't care about these things, he just thought that Shibata Katsuie and Hashiba Hideyoshi were very good-looking. It was a pity that he was stopped by his son Nobutada, so he had to let everyone continue drinking.

Who knows, everyone might get drunk and start making noise again, and that would be fun to watch.

He didn't like watching the fun of ordinary people and low-level warriors. He liked the fun of his high-ranking ministers and princes and nobles. Such fun was much more interesting than that of ordinary people.

Moreover, Nobunaga could see that Shibata Katsuie was jealous of Aichi and Hashiba Hideyoshi for his favor. This was really funny. How could Aichi like a monkey?
People say that Shibata Katsuie has no brains, but he even uses the nickname "Bazhu Shibata". People say that he has brains, but he ends up competing with a monkey for favor. How mediocre he is.

The fight between these two was boring, so Nobunaga gave it a push and asked Nobutora to join the battlefield. It just so happened that Aichi lived in northern Ise, and Nobutora's largest territory of 100,000 stones was in northern Ise.

Therefore, most people thought it was reasonable for Nobunaga to ask Nobutora to escort Aichi.

But in the eyes of the two bootlickers, Hashiba Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie, he is a love rival!

"Hahaha!"

Nobunaga thought about the farce that would happen in the future and burst into laughter.

Everyone thought that Nobunaga was happy to see the Oda family's grand occasion and did not notice anything unusual.

Nobutora was only busy eating and drinking, and chatting with Niwa Nagahide and a few others behind him, and didn't notice Nobunaga laughing.

At this time, some princes began to toast Oda Nobunaga.

Soon, Araki Murashige came forward with a glass of wine and saluted, saying, "I am Araki Murashige, and I wish Nobunaga-dono a happy new year!"

Nobunaga looked at the burly man below and said with a smile, "Araki, how can your performance at the Honganji battlefield make me happy?"

Araki Murashige immediately expressed his loyalty and said, "Nobunaga-dono, I will work harder this year and redouble my efforts to achieve good results!"

"Oh?"

Nobunaga looked at Araki Murashige as if examining him. He stood up and drew the famous sword from Mori Ranmaru beside him.

This scared most people, and many of them were stunned. Araki Murashige's eyelids twitched and his Adam's apple rolled.

This is different from what Lord Jingzhao Yin said!

He didn't dare to move his head, but just turned his eyes to look where Tsuda Nobutora was, but he only saw Tsuda Nobutora drinking happily.

He didn't dare look for too long, just glanced at it and looked at Nobunaga again.

Nobunaga ignored the panicked ministers. He stabbed the rice cake on his table with a knife, walked up to Araki Murashige, and handed it to him: "This is a reward for you."

Hashiba Hideyoshi quickly eased the atmosphere and said, "Lord Araki is so lucky that he can be fed by Lord Nobunaga himself."

Many people laughed along.

However, Ye Shi and the others looked on nervously.

Araki Murashige looked at the rice cake on the tip of the knife in front of him, his eyes widened, revealing a lot of white of his eyes. Even people far away could see the red bloodshot in his eyeballs.

He watched Nobunaga looking at him with interest, and the cold sweat on his forehead began to flow even more.

The silence at this moment made the atmosphere in Hiroma extremely depressing. Araki Murashige could not stand these few seconds of silence, so he mustered up the courage to step forward, bite the rice cake, and pull it out.

Seeing that Nobunaga did not kill him with a single blow, he felt relieved and chewed the rice cake in his mouth.

"Hahaha!"

Nobunaga laughed happily a few times, then turned back to his seat and put the sword back into the sheath.

At this time, the atmosphere in the hall became lively, just like ice and snow melting.

Nobunaga returned to his seat and said with a smile, "Murashige, you are still very courageous. I will leave the Honganji Ikki group in Settsu to you. Don't let me down."

"Ha ha!"

Araki Murashige responded excitedly, his face flushed.

Fortunately, he was not beaten nor killed by Nobunaga, it was all just a false alarm.

Nobunaga, who was sitting at the main seat, continued, "The spread of military power throughout the country is what I, Nobunaga, want to accomplish. Judging from the current situation, this matter will not take too long. When you attack Honganji, you all need to be careful."

Sakuma Nobumori looked a little unhappy. He defended himself, "Nobunaga-dono, we fought hard last year, not because we were afraid of the enemy. This was mainly because Honganji is very powerful and has too many believers. There are also believers of Honganji in our army, and they will provide convenience to Honganji.

Not only that, because our navy was destroyed by the Mori clan, we were unable to stop the Mori clan from sending food and supplies to Honganji, which resulted in us fighting hard for half a year without making much progress.

Please understand, Lord Nobunaga, it is not that our army did not fight hard! "

As the commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi Army, Sakuma Nobumori had to come forward to defend the soldiers of the army when Nobunaga blamed him for the battle of Honganji. Otherwise, the people under him would lose confidence in him.

"Shut up, Sakuma!"

Nobunaga shouted angrily.

"You still have the nerve to defend yourself? The reason you got beaten like this is mainly because you're incompetent!
I ordered Gonroku to attack the Ikki clan in Kaga in Hokuriku, and now they have occupied two counties in Kaga. I ordered Nobutora to attack the Takeda clan, and he defeated Takeda Katsuyori three times in a row, and the elite troops of the Takeda clan were almost all wiped out.

And what about you? You haven't achieved any outstanding results since you took over as the legion commander. How dare you explain this to me?"

Sakuma Nobumori wanted to refute, but what Nobunaga said made so much sense that he blushed and couldn't think of a reply.

Nobunaga no longer paid attention to Sakuma Nobumori and started chatting with other people instead.

Nobumori Sakuma looked up at the others. Many of them glanced at him, then quickly lowered their heads to chat with others.

Nobunaga, who was sitting diagonally opposite him, happened to be looking at Sakuma Nobumori. Oda Nobunaga chuckled and said, "What are you looking at, Lord Sakuma, with your eyebrows lowered?"

"It's none of your business."

Sakuma Nobumori replied cheerfully.

Oh, such a bad temper, is it cool?
This really irritated Sakuma Nobumori. The relationship between Nobunaga and Sakuma Nobumori was already bad. When he saw Sakuma Nobumori taking his anger out on him, he immediately became angry and said in a sarcastic tone: "Oh, Lord Sakuma is really arrogant. Can't you afford to lose?"

Sakuma Nobumori was already angry, and when he saw his junior Oda Nobunaga coming to scold him, he felt very embarrassed.

He frowned and said, "Lord Xinlong, what does this have to do with you? Don't mess with me."

Xinlong smiled nonchalantly and said, "What if I provoke you? What if I don't provoke you? What, are you Sakuma so powerful? Others are afraid of you, but I am not."

Sakuma Nobumori was furious and shouted, "You are just lucky. Without your brother, what are you?"

Xinlong looked unscrupulous and continued to taunt: "So what? My brother can help me, but what about you? Can you help your brother?" "You...you are so shameless!"

Sakuma Nobumori was left speechless, and this was the only sentence he could utter.

"Hahaha!"

Nobunaga laughed heartily, “In the final analysis, Lord Sakuma, you are just too mediocre.

Lord Sakuma, I advise you to work harder. If you still don't achieve any results this year, I think you will have to step down as the commander of the corps."

"Bastard!"

Sakuma Nobumori was furious and he looked at Nobutora on the other side.

Xinhu was already full, and was now sipping his wine and watching the show.

He saw Sakuma Nobumori looking over and smiled, "What's wrong, Lord Sakuma?"

Sakuma Nobumori said with a sullen face: "Lord Jingzhao Yin doesn't care about Shoushan Palace. His arrogance is not a good thing!"

Xin Hu said calmly, "It's OK. That's what happens when you're young and frivolous."

Sakuma Nobumori shouted, "He's already over thirty!"

Nobutora's expression changed instantly, and he shouted back, "Since you know he's already over 30, why are you still asking me what to do? Why, just because you're a corps commander, you think you can order me around? Are you getting old and confused?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of old ministers such as Shibata Katsuie and Hayashi Hidetada turned ugly, while the others watched nervously and slowed down their eating speed.

Only Nobunaga was interested.

Nobutora looked around and said in an imposing manner, "Not to mention now, even in the past, what are you, Sakuma, in front of me? What's wrong with my brother scolding you? Did you, Sakuma, achieve any outstanding results last year? Looking at the entire Oda family, who can match my Nobutora's results?"

Nobutora's continuous questioning left Sakuma Nobumori speechless, and the other old ministers also looked unhappy, but they could not refute.

Nobutora looked around at everyone with a proud look in his eyes, feeling very happy in his heart. Damn it, I tolerated you before because I was afraid of arousing Nobunaga's suspicion. What should I be afraid of now?

A bunch of mediocre people dare to be so arrogant in front of me? Today I will teach you a lesson, and make you respect me, the first patriarch of the Oda family!
Xinhu's domineering attitude really made others look at him in a new light, and everyone envied Xinhu.

However, Shimada Hidemitsu, an old minister of the Fudai, said sinisterly: "Lord Jingzhao Yin is so majestic. How can the Oda family compare to you? After all, the Oda family was able to gain a foothold in the capital, all thanks to your efforts to turn the tide."

Lin Xiuzhen glanced at Shimada Hidemitsu with some doubt, but when he saw Shimada Hidemitsu's malicious expression, he immediately realized that this was a case of overpraising.

However, it was not easy for him to show up, after all, he had a lot of conflicts with the Tsuda family.

Nobutora listened to Shimada Hidemitsu's sarcastic tone and chuckled. This old guy still wants to use the trick of flattery to death.

It's somewhat useful, but not much.

At the end of last year, Nobunaga urgently summoned him to Wakae Castle for discussions. The two had actually already talked it out, and Nobunaga would make use of Nobunaga before the unification of the world.

Even if we want to cross the river and destroy the bridge, it will be after the world is unified.

It is still unknown whether Xin Chang can live to see the unification of the world, but you old bastards will definitely be finished before him.

Nobutora nodded to Shimada Hidemitsu and said, "Master Shimada, what you said sounds good, but you are saying that I am too successful to be a threat to the master.

Why, do you think that Lord Nobunaga or the head of the family is narrow-minded and cannot tolerate a meritorious minister like me?"

Xinzhong was a little embarrassed and said quickly: "I think you all drank too much and started talking nonsense. Let's stop here today."

He was very tired. There were too many troubles in today's meeting, which made other princes laugh at him.

Nobunaga felt a little regretful. With Nobutada's appearance, the fun could no longer be watched, but he couldn't say to continue, as this would affect Nobutada's dignity in the Oda family.

He had no choice but to say, "Then let's stop here and disperse."

He just got up and left.

Guidie, Ashi and others also stood up and left.

Xinhu also hammered his thigh. Sitting cross-legged for a long time was very uncomfortable for his legs, so he always sat on a chair when he got home.

With the help of Tsuda Naganobu, Nobutora stood up and left Hiroma, and then returned to the small courtyard arranged by Nobunaga.

He sat on a chair and stretched out his legs, supported by two maids who tapped Shintora's thighs gently with a small gavel.

Tsuda Naganobu sat nearby and asked in confusion, "Father, your current style of doing things is more radical than before."

Xinhu leaned back in the chair with a soft pillow on it, which made him feel very comfortable.

Hearing this, he waved his hand to let the maids leave, and said nonchalantly: "That was because I was worried about too many things before, but now there is no need.

Lord Nobunaga has already told me before that he needs me to contribute more to the Tenkafubuwu event, which means that no matter what I do in the future, as long as it does not affect the Tenkafubuwu event, Lord Nobunaga will not mind it. "

This made Tsuda Naganobu even more confused. After the world's military expansion was completed, who could guarantee that Nobunaga would not take revenge later?

He asked, "What about later?"

Nobutora glanced at Tsurusaki Naoshige, who stood up and asked the attendants outside to leave. Even the people in the darkroom left, leaving only Nagatobu.

Nobutora lowered his voice and said, "Haven't you noticed that your father-in-law has changed a lot? Look at Araki Murashige, he is the actual controller of Settsu, but today he was publicly humiliated by Lord Nobunaga.

Look at the monkey Hideyoshi, the reckless Katsuie, and the good-for-nothing Nobumori. Each and every one of them was fooled around by Lord Nobunaga.

Do you know that I will soon be taking over Sakuma Nobumori's position?"

"What? There's no news at all."

Tsuda Naganobu was horrified.

Nobutora laughed and said, "It was my suggestion. Last year, Lord Nobunaga was already dissatisfied with Sakuma Nobumori's performance in the Honganji incident, so he called me over.

I gave him some advice, and Sakuma Nobumori will naturally not be able to continue as the corps commander. I will take over when the time comes. As for Sakuma Nobumori? He won't have a good life anymore."

Tsuda Naganobu quickly asked, "Father, do you think Lord Nobunaga will severely punish Lord Sakuma?"

According to the time, Sakuma Nobumori was exiled after the surrender of Honganji.

But now it is different. He has now succeeded Sakuma Nobumori and can achieve results as soon as possible. Nobunaga may exile Sakuma Nobumori in advance.

Nobutora smiled and said, "That depends on how the battle between my father and Honganji goes, hehe."

(End of this chapter)