"Mr. Tian Chen, can you teach me the move you mentioned right away?" Yu Qiu Shang made this request to Kentaro Tian Chen in a hurry during the next day's training.
"Young man, you still can't bear your temper." Tian Shen Kentaro looked at Yu Qiu Shang's anxious look and smiled kindly, "If you don't practice the basic skills well, you can practice other moves first, but you can only encourage others."
"Sir, that's not the case." Yu Qiu Shang shook his head and retorted, "To be honest, Sir, His Highness Hatakeyama summoned Mr. Hao last night and agreed to attend the martial arts conference at the end of the year. Therefore, I want to learn that move quickly."
"Oh? That's it." To Yu Qiushang's surprise, Kentaro Tianchen was not too surprised when he heard this, "Ignorance of current affairs, this is indeed Hatakeyama's repair style."
"Okay, then I'll teach you." Tian Shen Kentaro stroked his white beard and nodded reluctantly.
"But Sir, there is only less than a month left. Is it really too late?" Yu Qiu Shang asked in a low voice, still a little uneasy, "After all, according to Sir, that is an invincible move. Only Can I really learn it in one month?"
"It's okay. It only takes one day." Kentaro Tian Shen laughed loudly after hearing this, and patted Yu Qiu Shang's shoulder kindly, "Trust me."
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On December 20, three days before the Oda family held a tea party in Kyoto, Morita Yasho took dozens of guards and personally escorted Yu Qiu Shang to Kyoto. According to his agreement with Yu Qiu Shang, Yu Qiu Shang could not You can return to Yuqiu's home alone, and you cannot have individual contact with the people of Yuqiu's family. You must always be under the control of the Hatakeyama family guard. Even if the Yuqiu family and the Oda family have evil intentions, Morita Yasho can still kidnap Yuqiu Shang as his wife. Hostage, Yu Qiu Shang is not allowed to escape. Now, Yu Qiu Shang is sitting in the carriage driven by Morita Yoshio.
"Master Yuqiu, don't blame me. My lord is a good man who doesn't understand current affairs, but I am not." Morita Yoshio turned around, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and said to Yu Qiu Shang: "Every family must have someone. There are a few people who do dirty things. Especially when we encounter a master like this, our subordinates should worry even more."
"This is your duty, sir. How can I dare to blame you?" Yu Qiu Shang replied calmly, "Your Excellency and His Highness are so generous. I am very grateful to you."
"That's true. Compared with your younger brother, Young Master's luck is already much better." Morita Yaxiang chuckled twice when he heard this, "Don't mention your younger brother coming to participate in the martial arts meeting. I don't know if he can even take a step outside Sakai Town. Woolen cloth."
Yu Qiu Shang nodded politely towards Morita Yoshio, but felt a pang of distress in his heart. With Ayou's temperament, it must be uncomfortable to be under house arrest for so long.
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Meanwhile, Kyoto.
The reconstruction of Kyoto, the Imperial Palace and Nijo Castle, under the charge of Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide, has been basically completed.
Oda Nobunaga sown a large amount of funds with a wave of his hand last year. Mitsuhide Akechi personally formulated the construction plan for the new palace and handed it over to the emperor. After reviewing it, the emperor and the palace ministers expressed their opinions on Akechi. Mitsuhide was full of praise for his taste, and he even personally wrote to Oda Nobunaga to praise Akechi Mitsuhide.
After getting the approval of the emperor and palace ministers, Akechi Mitsuhide began to rebuild Kyoto and the imperial palace. At the same time, Kinoshita Hideyoshi also began to rebuild Nijo Castle.
This huge project required a lot of labor, so Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide offered a lot of remuneration, not only to attract people in the Kyoto area, but also to provide disaster relief.
Those people had just suffered from the fire and war in Kyoto, and were forced to become homeless and lose most of their property. Due to the surge in prices in the Kyoto area due to the coming and going of the army, the lives of these people have become unsustainable. Originally, many of them would have been forced to
Becoming a refugee or becoming a bandit poses a huge threat to the security of Kyoto.
However, this move by Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide killed two birds with one stone. They not only recruited enough laborers to complete the general petition, but also provided these homeless victims with jobs so that they could support themselves, eliminating safety hazards. The Oda family was in
The situation in Kyoto suddenly stabilized. The two outstanding internal affairs talents also impressed the Kinki samurai family. General Ashikaga Yoshiteru also personally came out to provide disaster relief many times, which allowed him to regain many hearts.
When Yu Qiuping led a group of guards and cronies back to Kyoto, it was completely different from the ruins after last year's war. The magnificent palace, the bustling castle town of Kyoto, and the solid Nijo Castle all made people feel that they were in front of them.
About the changes brought to Kyoto by the Oda family.
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However, before Yu Qiupei had time to appreciate the beautiful scenery of Kyoto, he was called directly to Honnoji Temple where he was staying by Oda Nobunaga. Yu Qiupei arrived at Honnoji Temple tremblingly, and what greeted him was indeed a scolding from Oda Nobunaga.
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"Hongye, you are very capable! You sent your two sons out as hostages, and you also gave up most of your family's power to businessmen!" Oda Nobunaga said, still not relieved, he took out the folding fan from his waist and turned it on
Yu Qiuping was slapped hard on the head several times: "Those who don't know think that you have been ignored, and that it was someone outside the Oda family who raped you! No one in the Wu family has sold power to a businessman for so many years.
I’ve lost all my face by you.”
"Oh! That's right! You were originally a half-assed samurai, but you came from the Ming Dynasty!" Oda Nobunaga cursed, and he suddenly became happy, "You are not a samurai at all! You Ming Dynasty is not the most talkative.
How come you are so shameless?"
"There is nothing we can do about this, my lord." Yu Qiuping looked aggrieved, spreading his hands and said to Oda Nobunaga: "At that time, you and His Highness Lin threw me to the death place outside the border, and I had to survive in order to survive.
I had no choice but to make this decision. At that time, there was no food left in Maple Leaf Mountain City. If I didn’t buy food from the merchants, I would have starved to death! Moreover, I was very weak at the time, and there was no Hatakeyama family to call on Hanoi.
Even a small wealthy family cannot defeat the Sanhao family!"
"So, so you sold more than half of the power of the Yuqiu family to businessmen and that fellow Hatakeyama Takamasa?" Oda Nobunaga interrupted loudly and dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty!" Yu Qiuping saw this and complained again: "Those businessmen are smart, and Hatakeyama Takamasa is not a fool. I am so much weaker than the Miyoshi family. Anyone with a discerning eye will support the Miyoshi family to fight against me. If I am
If they don't offer enough chips, how can they help His Highness? If they lose, they will lose not only the power of the Yuqiu family, but also the entire Hanoi!"
"Forget it, forget it, I won't pursue you anymore. The situation was critical at that time, and I promised you when you acted cheaply. Besides, you also captured Miyoshi Mikyu, so this merit will be yours."
Atone for your sins." Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly and started pacing in the room very unhappy, "But now that you have beaten the Miyoshi family to the ground, you should quickly take back your power. Take away those embarrassing things.
The Diet and the Court have canceled everything! Let me destroy the Hatakeyama family, and then ask Sakai Town to pay hundreds of thousands of gu in annual tribute to me."
"This..." Yu Qiuping muttered in embarrassment and lowered his head.
"Huh?" Oda Nobunaga was very surprised when he saw Yu Qiuping didn't agree immediately. He walked up to him and asked in a deep voice: "Hongye, what are you afraid of? There are more than 50,000 troops to support you. You are on your own."
You have thousands of dollars on hand, why are you afraid of those businessmen from Hatakeyama Takamasa and Sakai Town?"
"My lord, you also know that my eldest son and second son are in their hands." Yu Qiuping raised his head, looked into Oda Nobunaga's eyes, and whispered with some fear: "What if I break the contract..."
"Hasn't Yu Qiushang come to Kyoto to compete? Hasn't your eldest son been sent back?" Oda Nobunaga looked into Yu Qiuping's eyes and whispered coldly.
"But the guards of the Hatakeyama family have been following him, holding him hostage, and using rat traps. There is no way to bring him back." Yu Qiupei heard that Oda Nobunaga actually wanted to use force, and lowered his head again, fearfully.
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"For the sake of the great cause of the Oda family and the interests of your Yuqiu family, can't you let go of your two children? Don't you have a young son?" Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly and said this sharply.
The words suddenly brought the atmosphere in the room to freezing point.
Yu Qiuping stuttered, unable to speak for a moment, and his cheeks were deeply buried in the shadows.
He knew that Oda Nobunaga had done something similar in his previous life. When Mitsuhide Akechi attacked Tamba Country, he surrounded the Hatano family in Yakami Castle. In order to persuade the exhausted Hatano family to surrender, he sent his mother to
He went in as a hostage and used his credit to guarantee the safety of Hatano Hideharu and Hatano Hideuchi brothers. However, when the Hatano brothers came out of the city to discuss surrender, Oda Nobunaga ordered that the two be executed directly. The furious Hatano family angrily accused Akechi Mitsuhide of betrayal.
, directly executed Akechi Mitsuhide's mother. Akechi Mitsuhide's father had died long ago, and it was his mother who had brought him up. Now he has lost his beloved mother, and his reputation has been ruined because of Oda Nobunaga's breach of contract. This is also
This became one of the reasons for his future break with Oda Nobunaga.
Now, doesn't Oda Nobunaga mean to let Yu Qiupei sacrifice his two sons as hostages?
People who can't give up anything can't protect anything.
In order to protect my two children, even if I have to lose the trust of my lord and suffer his suspicion, I will have no regrets.
Your Highness, the Governor, I have a choice to make.
"I reject."
After Yu Qiuping was silent for a while, he said coldly.
"A woman's kindness can't achieve great things. As a samurai, you can no longer have personal feelings!" Oda Nobunaga felt deeply embarrassed when he saw Yu Qiuping rejecting him so decisively.
Wu Guang scolded angrily.
"Ah, maybe." Yu Qiuping chuckled, raised his head, and stared into Oda Nobunaga's eyes: "But rather than achieving great things, I might want to be a good person and be able to protect important people.
Warrior of men.”
Chapter completed!