A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Oda Nobunaga rubbed his chin, trying to figure out why the Yamauchi family was so easy to talk to.

It's natural to call him Ashikaga Yoshinaga, but Oda Nobunaga actually doesn't have any objections, and he's quite happy inside. After all, it is the Yamauchi family. There are still many discerning people in the family. They know that they cannot defeat me, Oda Nobunaga, and are willing to bow their heads.

"Did the Yamauchi family accept their fate and prepare to be a virtual king in the future? Or did they do this on purpose to paralyze me?" Nobunaga's mind was a little confused. The Yamauchi family didn't play according to the routine, but they were able to do it here. Play tricks.

The name Ashikaga Yoshinobu is even more flattering to Oda Nobunaga than Ashikaga Yoshinobu. If it were seen through the eyes of some people who didn't know the inside story, there's no telling what it would look like.

Our Oda Nobunaga is no longer a three-year-old child! Starting from the four counties of Owari, you have been troubled internally and externally, brothers have betrayed you, and your wife and uncle have killed each other. What kind of big scenes have you never seen? When Imagawa Yoshimoto's 45,000 people came rolling in like a mountain, it was not resolved by Oda Nobunaga's sacrifice of his life.

Now he dominates Ji Nei, has a huge family fortune of one million yuan, and is famous as the best in the world. Did he come for nothing? They were all achieved with one sword and one gun, and with life and death. Even if there was an element of luck, Oda Nobunaga's own struggle was real.

I don't want to accept this from you!

"Yamauchi is so aware of current affairs, I never thought of it." At this moment, the Oda clan's patriarch is Lin Sado Mori Hidesada. As the lord of Qingsu City, he led Yamauchi's army to Luoyang, and he was naturally in Luoyang at this moment.

"It's true that I never expected that I would take the initiative to use my elder brother's name." The second-in-command elder was Nobumori Sakumaemon, who was responsible for accompanying and hosting the guests.

Nobunaga thought so in his heart, but he knew that being courteous for nothing would be either adultery or theft! There is a high chance that the Yamauchi family will eventually fall out due to the shogunate system! Oda Nobunaga felt like he had a clear mind, but now there were still a few clowns around him who had not been killed. He needs to stabilize the Yamauchi family until he is free.

The overlord of the world can only be Oda Nobunaga!

"His Royal Highness is so knowledgeable about current affairs, he is really a dragon and a phoenix among men!" Kinoshita Hideyoshi was at the end, but he was still among the important ministers.

"I'm afraid it's not Fujiwara Danmasa's strategy!" Shibata Katsuie is not a pig samurai, nor does Shibata break the bottle just by relying on his muscles. Furthermore, Shibata Katsuie has seen Odaira's wisdom and strategy more than once and admires him very much.

"Koheita?" Oda Nobunaga muttered.

"Why didn't Koheita come this time?" Nobunaga suddenly realized that as Yamauchi Taro's servant, Koheita did not participate in the trip to Luo.

"It's true that I've never seen Fujiwara Dansei!" Everyone turned around and found that Heita Xiao had not been seen at all in the past few days.

"Well……"

Koji Tsunai, the legendary wise general of Tokoku who is unparalleled in the world, did not appear, but the Yamauchi family made such a suggestion. Could it be that Kodaira was hiding behind the scenes and had some ulterior secret?

"Katsuzo! Send someone to check carefully to see if Heita is in the ranks of the Yamauchi family!" Heta was full of bad ideas, and Oda Nobunaga never dared to underestimate him.

After listening to the order, Mori Nagako immediately went out and ordered Oda Fang in the capital to set up posts everywhere and try to find out the specific location of Xiao Heita.

"Your Highness, are you ready?" Niwa Nagahide asked carefully.

"Goro Zuo, go to the Yamauchi residence in person and tell Mataro that the zhang character is very good, so use the zhang character!"

……………………

The name Ashikaga Yoshiaki was something that no one expected. When the Yamauchi family tried to make a move, Oda Nobunaga refused to respond. People watching the show found that the two families were fighting each other. Everyone thought it would be a bloody conspiracy, espionage, and officialdom drama that would last for at least sixteen episodes, but the result was decided in a long time.

Now that the parties involved have decided, what can the onlookers do? In the end, the official Masachikacho sent Prince Seihito to attend the ceremony, which gave Oda Nobunaga and the Muromachi shogunate enough face. Among the public ministers, including Kanshuji Temple, Kikutei, Ichijo, and Nijo, all came to watch the ceremony. Among the samurai lords, the guardians of the Ehoku Asai Nagamasa, the guardians of Kawachi Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, the Tanba guardians Hatano Hideharu, and the Tango guardians Isshiki Yoshimichi also came in person. Or send envoys to observe the ceremony.

The ceremony was held in the Nijo Imperial Palace Honmaru Palace, with hundreds of people watching. Hosokawa Fujitaka shaved Yamauchi Taro's forehead, Kikuttei Haruyuki braided Yamauchi Taro, and finally Oda Nobunaga personally crowned him.

From then on, Taro Yamauchi was born in the name of Ashikaga Yoshiaki!

After that, the imperial court decreed that Ashikaga Yoshiaki would be promoted to the rank of two ministers on the right and the Great Nagon, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki would be promoted to the rank of Imperial Horse Guards, Lieutenant General of the Sakon Guard, and he would be promoted to the third rank!

In the future Edo Tokugawa shogunate period, it was rare for a shogun's legitimate son to be promoted to the third rank at the age of ten or eight. Since the establishment of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiaki is the first shogun successor to be appointed by his seniority. To a certain extent, the authority of the Muromachi shogunate was infinitely elevated at this moment.

In addition, Ashikaga Yoshiaki is young, but he is handsome and majestic, like his father and ancestors. In terms of figure, he inherited the good genes of his father Yoshikatsu Yamauchi who was 1.68 meters tall. Now he has reached 1.3 meters tall and looks like an adult.

The close alliance between the Oda clan and the Yamauchi clan seemed unbreakable at this moment, with the two working seamlessly together. On the second day, Ashikaga Yoshiaki took the lead and took Oda Nobunaga and Ashikaga Yoshiaki to the imperial palace to express gratitude. The man in the palace gave some encouragement, hoping that all the martial arts families would work together to bring peace to the troubled times with the help of the shogunate.

Then Oda Nobunaga warmly invited Ashikaga Yoshiaki to visit Sakai. Koheta expected to irritate the children, saying that the three good people were guilty of heinous crimes, but it didn't happen.

Since we are going to visit Sakai, everyone in the Yamauchi family cannot refuse. No one, including Hosokawa Harime, could see clearly what Nobunaga meant by this step. Anyway, as long as they don't fight the three good people, everything will be easy.

Sakai is the most prosperous metropolis in the world, and it is in line with the hospitality of Nobunaga to invite Ashikaga Yoshiaki and his party to visit. On the grounds that he was busy with military affairs, he rode back to Gifu City, selected Owari Mino's people, and asked Mikawa's younger brother Matsudaira Ieyasu to lead five thousand troops to help in the battle.

Accompanying Ashikaga Yoshiaki to Sakai were Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka. When the news reached Honganji, Koheita was still at a loss for a while. Is Nobunaga really a good person? Just let the Yamauchi family come over for a round of fun?

But now that the matter at Honganji Temple is almost over, Kodaira simply doesn't go to the Asakura family yet, but prepares to secretly join the Yamauchi family to find out what's going on.

The Yamauchi Army set out from Luoyang and marched along the Yodo River. They were originally going to turn near Shishan. Koheita was thinking about arousing suspicion in Ishiyama, so after bidding farewell to Master Kenryu, he rushed to Sakai early to wait for the arrival of the Yamauchi family's army.