Qingzhou Castle, inside the castle tower.
Oda Nobunaga put down the letter in his hand and said gently to Niwa Nagahide.
"Mi Wuniang, thank you for your hard work. You worked hard and achieved great results this time. I will not forget it."
Niwa Nagahide bowed and thanked, and then said.
"When I came back from Kitaomi, His Highness Ashikaga Yoshiaki asked me to forward this letter to you. She will move to Mino Country in late winter and early spring."
Oda Nobunaga smiled sarcastically.
"A nameless twin girl dared to write to me in the form of a royal letter.
It seems that His Highness Yoshiaki can't wait for Shangluo to succeed to the throne, should I change my name to Lord Gongfang and let her be happy first?"
The social laws of the samurai family were strict, and the imperial letter was the format used by Ashikaga shoguns to communicate with local daimyo in the form of private messages.
The military preparations of the Ashikaga shogunate have been in decline for many years. During several major rebellions, the Ashikaga shogun called on the powerful local daimyo. In the name of the imperial minister, he mobilized Kamiro to help the shogunate and serve the Ashikaga shogun.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki was not an Ashikaga shogun, and he was not qualified to call on the local daimyo to serve as a minister in the form of a royal letter.
Niwa Nagahide said with a smile.
"Three good things have gone awry, the shogunate has collapsed, and the whole world of the Wu family has shown signs of collapse of rituals and music.
That’s why loyal warriors like you, my lord, are needed to step forward and fight for the world.”
Oda Nobunaga laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, pointing at Niwa Nagahide and laughing loudly.
"Mi Wuniang, you went to Jinji once and learned a lot from those shogunate pranksters."
Niwa Nagahide didn't want to flatter him, but what he said next was a bit unpleasant, so there had to be a foreshadowing. Let Oda Nobunaga be happy first, and then he could speak.
Taking advantage of Oda Nobunaga's good mood, she tentatively said.
"Main Hall, the day of going to Luo is getting closer and closer. His Highness Ashikaga Yoshiaki is coming to Mino Country soon. I'm afraid you will be inconvenienced if you stay in Qingsu Castle for a long time."
Oda Nobunaga's smile froze, and she looked at Niwa Nagahide and snorted fiercely.
"I knew that Mi Wu Niang was not Hideyoshi. How could she be so shameless to make me happy? She was actually waiting for me here?"
Niwa Nagahide sighed.
"The main hall, today is different from the past. There are some people and things that cannot be viewed from the past."
As the power of the Oda family expanded, Oda Nobunaga's residence moved several times, from Kiyosu Castle to Komakiyama Castle, and finally to Gifu Castle in Mino Country.
This time she deliberately came to Kiyosu Castle to greet Shiba Yoshigan. She seemed to be respectful but actually had a hidden secret. She had already caused quite a commotion in the Owari Takeshi family.
When Niwa Nagahide came back for an audience, Shibata Katsuie, Maeda Toshiie and others either met or wrote letters, and they all sent messages to her overtly or secretly.
Everything he said was nothing more than a hint that what Oda Nobunaga did was too provocative and abusive, and would harm the interests of the Oda family.
It is not a secret among the Owari samurai family that the Shiba clan was exterminated by Oda Nobubu, and that Shiba Yoshigan borrowed troops to defeat Oda Nobubu.
After Yoshigan Shiba borrowed troops, he was invited to drink tea by Oda Nobunaga, and he was drunk all night long.
After Tianming left, the first thing he did was to let Takada Yono publicize the tea drinking incident to all Owari.
This was to coerce Oda Nobunaga so that she would not dare to openly swallow the Shiba family's fifteen hundred stone quarry.
Therefore, the fact that Shiba Yoshigan was drank tea twice by Oda Nobunaga is a rumor abroad, but here in the Owari Take family, it is really not the truth.
After that, Sibo Yiyin went to Luo and skyrocketed from then on.
He revived Shiba, became his unmarried fiancé with Shogun Ashikaga, and was the leader of a powerful local faction in the shogunate holding nearly two hundred thousand koku.
After that, Yoshigan Shiba went to Kanto. Echigo suppressed the rebellion and massacred all parties. Shinano and Kawanakajima destroyed the Takeda family. The Echichu attack made the Takeda family afraid of the fanaticism. They always bowed their heads and admitted defeat.
Finally, he teamed up with Uesugi Teruhora to kill the Hojo family in Kanhachishu, and performed miracles at Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, and received the royal white flag given by Hachiman Taimu.
At this time, Shiba Yiyin was no longer the poor nobleman who had lost his family and exchanged his body for reinforcements. He was now an unparalleled genius who was respected by martial arts families all over the world.
The Kanto warriors even respected him as a heavenly being and a living god. On the way back to the Imperial White Banner, all the eight great names in Guanzhou regarded him as a vassal, and dispatched a group of knights to escort the Imperial Guard back to the north in accordance with traditional etiquette.
Oda Nobunaga went all the way to Qingsu Castle to receive such a powerful Odaisho. In the castle tower where she forced him to drink tea, how special was it to receive him!
Isn't this just looking for trouble? The Oda family has already reached this level of excellence. Invincible in the world can do whatever they want?
Oda Nobunaga raised his eyebrows and said.
"According to your opinion, if such a noble person returns to his hometown, I shouldn't come to serve him?
Ashikaga Yoshiaki is a puppet with no reputation and status, but I still have to sit quietly in Gifu Castle and wait for her to come to my door. On the contrary, the unparalleled Shiba Kenshin doesn't receive my warm hospitality?
Mi Wuniang, there is something wrong with your thinking, have you lost all the loyalty of the Wu family?"
Niwa Nagahide sighed, Oda Nobunaga was acting rogue.
"In the main hall, the retainers are very worried..."
Oda Nobunaga interrupted arrogantly.
"Then tell me, who is worried? I will explain to them and make them feel comfortable!"
Niwa Nagahide was stunned and speechless. She couldn't persuade the boss to act like a rogue.
The Oda family occupies two and a half lands of Owari, Mino, and North Ise, with a stone height of 1.4 million koku. It is already one of the most powerful lords in the world. However, because Oda Nobunaga rose too fast, the retainers group was very complicated.
The Northern Ise samurai family had just surrendered, in name only. The Eastern and Western Mino people were divided, with the Western Mino wooing them, and the Eastern Mino suppressing them, and they basically surrendered.
Chapter completed!