A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The honeymoon thing always has an end, and the seven-year itch can easily become a reality.

Kodaira will not force Oda Nobunaga to send money to Ashikaga Yoshiaki and the court. This kind of thing can only wait and see what happens. With Oda Nobunaga's wisdom, he can distinguish the important from the important.

This matter was not discussed openly at the public meeting, and naturally it was impossible to discuss it openly, but everyone had such a book in mind. Koheta wrote a letter to his eldest brother-in-law, Hosokawa Fujitaka, inquiring in detail about the current situation of the shogunate. Hosokawa Fujitaka, who is currently serving as the guardian of Kitaiizumi and the evaluator of the shogunate, is definitely convinced of the situation in the shogunate. .

After waiting for half a month, Hosokawa Fujitaka's reply arrived.

There is no complaint, and there is no excessive focus on the relationship between Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga. The main focus actually falls on Akechi Jubei Mitsuhide.

This middle-aged man who was previously just a soldier in Shirakawa, a small shogunate, quickly rose to prominence after Oda Nobunaga and Ashikaga Yoshiaki joined forces. From a small servant with only 20 to 30 soldiers and horses, he has risen to the lord of Omi Takada with a territory of 2245 kuen.

If calculated by stone height, Akechi Mitsuhide is indeed the Master of Ten Thousand Stones!

Currently, he serves as the chief minister of Oda Nobunaga in Kyoto and as the chief minister of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the shogunate's imperial minister.

Legally speaking, Oda Nobunaga was a retainer of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and Akechi Mitsuhide was also a retainer of Ashikaga Yoshiaki. Akechi Mitsuhide could "cross paths" between the two families by virtue of his status as a borderline.

Although Hosokawa Fujitaka and Akechi Mitsuhide had a good personal relationship, he noticed that Akechi Mitsuhide, a glue-like existence, seemed to have greater ambitions.

Relying on the credit of carrying Ashikaga Yoshiaki barefoot out of the enemy's siege in Shimokusa to escape, Akechi Mitsuhide worked hard to persuade Ashikaga Yoshiaki to respond to Oda Nobunaga's strategy and endorse him as the shogunate. On the other hand, he was very close to Oda Nobunaga. He participated in Oda Nobunaga's wars in various places and made suggestions for them. He won the love and trust of Oda Nobunaga.

In the constant dealings between the two, Akechi Mitsuhide seems to have become the link between the shogunate and the most powerful person in the world. After being confirmed by Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Akechi Mitsuhide's Toki Genji identity was confirmed and he became a high-ranking member of the Muromachi shogunate.

In the imperial court, Oda Nobunaga also came forward to appoint him as Shoryoku Kamyoubei Captain. Judging from this official career, there is also the intention of pursuing the Toki clan's right soldier guard.

Other than that, there are just fragments left.

The finances of the shogunate are still in a situation that can be met for the time being. Ashikaga Yoshiaki himself is not a person who enjoys himself, and he does not like to collect famous items from all over the world like his brother.

But one thing is that these two brothers really come from the same father. They both want to save face!

Even though Ashikaga Yoshiteru wore a patched undergarment under his gauze robe, he still insisted on painting the door with high-quality vermilion paint every year. Ashikaga Yoshiaki is the same. He would rather dry fish every day than buy the most luxurious and expensive vertical.

Therefore, in addition to supplying three thousand people, the income of the shogunate mainly went to the shogunate's face. Ashikaga Yoshiaki also continued to send envoys to various places, re-appointed local powerful people as guardians, and granted them the status of companions and state ministers.

Finally, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's side wife gave birth to a child, yes, just born, biological child.

The child doesn’t have a name yet, but it’s confirmed to be a boy. If you don’t believe me, read on!

This is a ridiculous letter! Koheita hurriedly ran to inform Hosokawa's father-in-law and Uncle Tsuna!

His Highness, Taro Mataro, has a younger brother, a more legitimate and reasonable contender for succession. Although this younger brother was just the son of an unknown concubine, he was indeed the biological son of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

There is a big difference between biological and non-biological!

Naturally, the judges discussed this matter at the meeting. At this moment, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, as the general who conquered barbarians, must be focusing on the overall situation of the entire world.

The most powerful daimyo who supported the shogunate were mainly Uesugi Kenshin, Yamauchi Taro, Oda Nobunaga, and Mori Motonari (the old man not only survived but also just gave birth to a son, awesome!).

And the ones who are definitely hardcore are definitely the Yamauchi family, a family that both prosper and suffer. After all, Uesugi Kenshin was separated by a belly, and Oda Nobunaga was a fiercely ambitious man who saw it.

With the wisdom of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, he would not have done anything to abolish Taro Yamauchi's status as heir and choose such a biological son who had just been born.

But you really can’t tell when it comes to people!

Otherwise, why would there be such an idiom as "beneficial or blinding"? It is actually because the things in people's minds are too complicated, and there is no way you can say it with 100% certainty.

Although everyone believes that Ashikaga Yoshiaki is a smart person, they can't stand the word "biological"! Everyone thought about it and decided it would be better to go and see it.

This matter was related to the fundamentals of the Yamauchi family. Chief Accountant Yamauchi was particularly hard-working and volunteered to go there on the spot. Yamauchi Yoshiho thought about it and wanted to visit Luoyang. It just happened that their uncle and nephew went to the shogunate to pay homage to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, so they would wish to celebrate the August Festival in advance and bring some fruits or something to visit.

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While they were discussing here, Kenshin Uesugi, who was in the Shimono formation next to him, finally retreated after being plundered, preparing to return to Echigo to harvest this year's rice. The soldiers under his command no longer wanted to fight. They relied on this crop of Echigo rice to survive throughout the year. By July, everyone wanted to go home.

Uesugi Kenshin also achieved the established strategic goal of this Kanto battle, so he also decided to retreat. The army walked to Ueno Hirai Castle, and news of mourning came from the Kwantung Allied Forces, which was about to be disbanded.

Lord of Ueno Province Minawa Castle, Nagano Shinano Moriye passed away!

The old man could not withstand this year's heat, so he originally asked his son Nagano Yamori to go out in Kantō on his behalf. As a result, as soon as Nagano Yamori stepped into the door of his house, the old man breathed his last.

Nishi Ueno mourned all of a sudden. Nagano Yamasa, who was the father-in-law (and possibly brother-in-law or brother-in-law) of almost all the masters, died, and almost all the masters' families had to pay filial piety.

Although everyone had expected it, the death of Nagano Yamasa was still unacceptable to many people. After all, my father died suddenly after calling him for decades. From now on, we have to listen to the orders of Nagano Yashimai, a hairy-footed boy who was only a teenager. No one can accept it.

It may not be appropriate to have people panic, but it is true that people are shaken.

With no other choice, Uesugi Kenshin personally entered Minawa Castle to help Nagano Ye hold a grand funeral. On his behalf, he reported to the shogunate his duties as guardian of Ueno, and to the court his official duties as Uenosuke.

Last but not least, Uesugi Kenshin was not unselfish. He announced the adoption of Afunune, the second daughter of the important minister Naoe Yamatomomoru, and decided to marry Afunune to Nagano Yoshimori, becoming the father-in-law of Nagano Yoshimori!