After everyone had finished their greetings and polite remarks, the conversation got to the point.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki looked at Ise Sakyo, the chief minister, and said calmly.

"It's been really hard for Mr. Ise these days."

Ise Sakyo's heart trembled, knowing that the drama was about to happen. In the Kyoto Incident, the minister was guilty. She was the mastermind behind the scenes, which made the crime even worse.

When Ashikaga Yoshiaki first arrived, he must settle old scores and establish his prestige.

Ise Sadakyo knew that the survival of his family business depended on this, so after taking a deep breath, he spoke.

"My servant is guilty and his crime is unforgivable. How dare you call him hard?"

Ashikaga Yoshiaki said with a smile.

"Why do you say this, sir?"

Oda Nobunaga smiled and said nothing.

The female soldiers of the Oda family are by her side, and Kyoto is already under her control. Today's Shangluo Zhiyi still has a few lives left to decorate the lintel and scare Xiao Xiao.

It's not complicated to say. The wisdom of the predecessors is to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga have already reached a tacit agreement that the ministers must pay the price for their actions.

Oda Nobunaga was busy sharpening his sword, his eyes were like a cat playing with a mouse, watching how Ise Sadaji struggled, and taking a look at the quality of this veteran shogunate.

Ise Sadakyo fell to the ground and kowtowed, expressing his sorrow and sadness.

"The old minister is old and has no interest in worldly affairs for a long time.

When my ancestor was still alive, he cared about my lack of energy and handed over the affairs of the government office to Lord Ninagawa.

Lord Ninagawa is reliable in her work and is highly trusted by the ancestors and the imperial court, so I can trust her with peace of mind.

During the Kyoto Incident, His Excellency Ninagawa happened to be away. Miyoshi's rebel party was entrenched in the capital, causing panic among the people, fearing that rebellion would run rampant and destroy the thousand-year-old capital.

As a last resort, I stepped in to deal with them, perfunctory the Sanhao family, and did many things that went against my conscience.

Although the situation was helpless, it was indeed an act of disloyalty to our ancestors. I sincerely request His Highness Ashikaga Yoshiaki to severely punish me so that all the ladies in the shogunate will take a warning."

Ise Sadakyo knew that he had done too much and it was useless to quibble, so he simply admitted it.

Yes, she did a lot of things for the Miyoshi family, but they were all to protect Kyoto. If the Ashikaga Shogun family wanted to pursue her for her disloyalty, she would plead guilty and face the law.

But there was something else in her confession, which was that she secretly revealed that Ninagawa and Yoshigan Shiba had a very good relationship.

Ise Sadakyo was gambling. The two highnesses on the gambling table cared more about the immortal Odaisho, Yoshigan Shiba, than the already cool ancestor, Yoshiteru Ashikaga.

The only chance left for the Ise family is whether Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga are willing to see the political office, the core institution of the shogunate, controlled by ministers close to Yoshihiro Saba.

Sure enough, Ashikaga Yoshiaki frowned slightly, and Oda Nobunaga pretended to be curious and took over the conversation.

"That Lord Ninagawa has an old relationship with Lord Kenshin? But how come I heard that the relationship between Lord Kenshin and the ministers is not harmonious."

Yoshigan Shiba came to Kyoto from Owari and had many conflicts with the ministers.

The imperial family system was restarted after the War of Norada and the imperial family status was given to the Todo family members, which touched the interests of the shogunate.

To take down the guardianship of Iga country, let the founding of Iga country return to the guardianship system, so that the ministers lost a huge financial source of seclusion in Iga.

There were also shogunate ministers who contacted Miyoshi Nagakei and served as a wall during the war. After the war, they tried their best to prevent the rise of the Shiba family, fearing that it would affect the check and balance of the shogunate's power.

It can be said that Oda Nobunaga's intelligence was correct. The rise of the Shiba family was constantly harming the interests of the ministers, and the relationship between the two parties was therefore quite cold.
Chapter completed!