A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Koheita asked Tokichiro very bluntly, if Oda Nobunaga had any bottom line for him to come here? Or a bargaining chip? Is it okay to risk your life and give your biological son to someone else?

When it comes to other people, Heita would still try and test them again and again, using stories about someone like Ashikaga or someone like Hosokawa to make innuendoes. You also have to turn left and right to find out if there is any support for the child in the family.

That is Tokichiro, a friend of the poor and the lowly. He has not yet fully developed, but he is still very sincere to his friends at this time. The most obvious example is Haesuka Masakatsu. Even if Tokichiro scolds Tokichiro for his mistakes, Tokichiro will not be angry.

If he takes over the world in the future, even a veteran minister like Maeno Shoemon, who is over sixty years old and has served the dragon well, will be killed if he should (involved in the Hidetsu incident). At that time, Tokichiro was a bit mean and unkind, even suspicious.

Of course, this was all known to Kodaira ahead of time, so there was no need to avoid talking to Tokichiro at this time. Be sincere, pure friendship, no exchange of interests.

Fujiyoshiro listened to Koheita explain everything roughly in a few words, and was not surprised that Koheita proposed that Yamauchi Chief Accountant adopt the son of Oda Nobunaga as his successor, and at the same time both parties enter into a covenant.

Giving a son and making a covenant is not a strange thing. Historically, Uesugi Kagetora gave Uesugi Kenshin as his son.

Not to mention the Yamauchi clan, the Ashikaga clan also gave sons to others, the Furukawa Kōkata family gave sons to the guardian Uesugi family, and the Horikoshi Kōkata family also gave sons to the guardian Oda family. You can receive whatever you can give, as long as it's appropriate.

Even the Uesugi Kagetora we mentioned above was not only given to Uesugi Terutora in history. He was first given to Hojo Nagatsuna as his adopted son, and later Kazumu Kabuta was given to Takeda Harunobu as his adopted son. Finally he returned and was sent to Echigo.

He can be considered to have rich experience in giving away people, and of course there are others with richer experience (not to mention Tachibana Muneshige). For example, Ashina Hiroshi, who gives four gifts to one person, is his most famous name. At the beginning, he was the son of the Satake family, the second son of Satake Yoshige. His brother Satake Yoshinobu was stable, so he would definitely give it away.

First, he was sent to the Mutsu Shirakawa family and his name was changed to Shirakawa Yoshikatsu. Later, when the Ashina family had no heirs, he was sent to the Ashina family and named Ashina Yoshihiro. However, he was beaten away by the Ashina retainers who had been together for twenty years.

He became Satake Morishige again, and finally died in Akita Kakunodate, but he enjoyed his old age peacefully.

How unpredictable things are!

The other one was Koheita's request that he must be Oda Kimaru's half-brother. Fujikiro didn't find it strange either. Anyway, the family property will only be passed down to one son, no matter how close the brothers are, the family will be divided. Instead of giving it to a small wealthy family who doesn't know where to go, or going to a temple to become a monk, it's better to come to the mountains and become a monk.

"But right now, Mrs. Ikoma only has two boys." Tokichiro scratched his head.

"Only two? Apart from Miracle Maru, there are others?" Koheita knew that Mrs. Ikoma had given birth to several sons, but he didn't expect that there were only two sons.

"The other person is His Highness Chashenmaru."

"Chazhen Maru? That His Highness who looked like Chazhen after birth?" This name really resonated with my ears.

"Well...how you look, this is not something that I and my ministers can discuss at will."

Fujikichiro must have seen the tea spoon before. It is hard to imagine how "ugly" it would be for a little boy to look like a tea spoon after he was born. If I had to use an adjective to describe it, it would probably be a "big-headed doll". The head is big and the body is small.

It is difficult to connect this appearance with the images that have been passed down. Xiaoping Taidao is really curious about this child who looks like Chazhen.

But the reason why I remember this name is not because of the two images of popular faces that have been handed down.

Firstly, it was because Oda Nobunaga was very bad at naming. The eldest child who looked strange was called Kiwimaru, the one who looked like a teacup was called Chahanmaru, and the one born on March 7 was called Sanqimaru.

Second, Chasakimaru will be known as "Oda's most stupid person" in the future! My name is Nobuo Oda!

The great talent of Oda Nobunaga is in front of us. From a piecemeal Owari to the four counties, he finally became a man of the world. No matter what kind of luck, knowledge, ability, strategy...it will definitely be the best choice.

But except for the eldest son Oda Nobutada, the other sons are really mediocre. In particular, Oda Nobuo Chasumaru made a miscalculation in grabbing the top position. He was forced to kill his younger brother Oda Nobutaka, betrayed his teammate Tokugawa Ieyasu, and left Osaka to join the enemy.

Each one of them was an earth-shattering stupidity at the time, especially his brother Oda Nobutaka, who was used by Hideyoshi and ordered to be executed. Komaki and Nagasaki joined forces to fight, but the Tensho earthquake occurred behind Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and victims were everywhere. The alliance between him and Tokugawa Ieyasu had obvious tactical and strategic advantages. As a result, this guy got scared! He sold out his teammate Tokugawa Ieyasu and negotiated a peace on his own.

Finally comes the Battle of Osaka. If you die in the last battle at an old age, you may still be known as a person who is both loyal and loyal until death. As a result, I was still unsettled at my age, so I learned from Gotosai, left Osaka, and went to join Tokugawa Ieyasu again.

If you say this person is stupid, then he looks really stupid. But he happened to be the one who lived the best among Oda's sons, and even lived the longest.

Not only did he rank as a daimyo, his two sons also acquired a domain (Tendou domain, Kashiwara domain), and finally passed on happily to the present.

Thinking about it again, this person probably fits the saying that fools are blessed. If you exaggerate a little more, you can probably be called a wise man like a fool.

Hahahahaha! Anyway, Xiaoping doesn’t believe in great wisdom and stupidity.

However, if Chief Yamauchi brings Chashinmaru back as his stepson, I wonder if Chashinmaru will receive a careful education and change the trajectory of his history.

"Your Highness Chasakimaru is the son of Lady Ikoma, and he has always been favored by his lord, but I think it won't be a big problem to form an alliance with Yamauchi."

"Everything turned around thanks to Tokichiro. This matter is good for both our families."

Fujiyoshiro, as the Oda clan's general-in-command, Mobuta Joyoro, is already the highest-ranking general in the Oda clan's ranking. At the same time, he was born as a soldier serving Oda Nobunaga, and his relationship with Oda Nobunaga's master and subordinate was closer.

Therefore, Tokichiro was probably well aware of Oda Nobunaga's strategy and attitude. If he thought it was not a big problem, then it should really not be a big problem.

Sure enough, not long after Tokichiro returned, he returned to Yamauchi and expressed his willingness to give Chasakimaru to Yamauchi's master plan as his son, and the two parties formed an alliance. They also agreed to jointly send troops to Sanhe in the spring to help each other.

The Yamauchi family also successfully sent Uesugi Teruhora back to Echigo, but some overt and covert confrontations and the promise to help send troops to Takeda were inevitable.