After Matsunaga Hide finished speaking, seeing his daughter at a loss, he glared at her again and cursed.
"If you hadn't been deceived and committed such a catastrophic disaster, why would I have made such a move!
Now that things have happened, are you afraid? Are you hesitating? Oh, it's too late! The survival of the Matsunaga family depends on that seal, you can make your own decision!"
Matsunaga looked helplessly at his mother and asked.
"Mother, what do you want from His Highness Miyoshi Yoshitsugu?
I can force the three good people to attack the city, and I can deceive the people of the world into believing that the three good people committed regicide. But I can't hide the fact that I issued the order asking the three good people to attack the city."
Matsuhisa Nagahide said quietly.
"Of course you can hide it from her. If Miyoshi Yoshitsugu believed in the three of them, why would he give you this power?
Send the envoy secretly and issue the order with the seal and the seal. You still need to use the excuse, but the seal and the seal cannot be given to them. When the envoy comes back, deal with them directly.
There is chaos in Kyoto today, who can tell the truth clearly? Even if Miyoshi and the others argue in front of Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, they have no evidence, so we will not admit it.
In times of chaos, anything can happen. Even if Miyoshi Yoshitsugu is suspicious of us, he is also full of doubts about Miyoshi and the three others, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
My Yodo castle gate guards the border of Yamashiro country and is the only way for Miyoshi's family to get to Luo. If he wants to force him to rebel against me, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu can give it a try.
Among the ministers there are the Ise family and the Ninagawa family, and locally there are the Rokkaku family, the Shiba family, and the Hosokawa family. She is in a lot of troubles and will not fall out with me at this time.
The Miyoshi family has committed regicide today and will surely become the enemy of the samurai family. Miyoshi Yoshitsugu attacked me without evidence. Do you believe that the retainers will be so sad that the Miyoshi family will fall apart first?
As for who will attack whom first in the future, it’s really hard to say.”
Matsunaga was sweating profusely after hearing this. His mother didn't even use honorific words to His Highness Miyoshi Yoshitsugu. She was determined to trick the Miyoshi family.
Matsunaga Hide talked for a long time, but when he saw that his daughter was still hesitating, he was extremely angry.
"If we don't survive today's events, the Matsunaga family will be shattered to pieces. Think about it yourself!"
After saying that, Matsunaga turned around and left. Matsunaga grabbed her sleeve in desperation.
"Mom, calm down! I...I will do it!"
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At the Nijo Castle Castle Tower, Ashikaga Yoshiki gazed at the noisy Miyoshi army below the castle, with spears like a forest and flags like a sea.
Behind her, Feng Gong, who was responsible for the duties of the head of the family, was dressed in white and was sitting upright on his knees with his head held high and his chest high.
She kowtowed to the ground and shouted.
"I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!"
After saying that, she stood up and lifted up her clothes, revealing her flat abdomen. She held a sword in her backhand and made a decisive cross cut on her abdomen.
The pain of seppuku made her expression distorted, but she still stared at Ashikaga Yoshiki in front of her, not caring about her own pain.
Ashikaga Yoshiki sighed, turned around, walked up to her, and said.
"I understand your loyalty."
Feng Gonggong squeezed out a relieved smile on his painful face and shouted with his last strength.
"Goshoden! Onboard!"
Ashikaga Yoshiki pulled out his katana, cut off her head decisively, and personally helped her end the seppuku ritual. The fallen head turned around on the ground, and you could even see her last ray of joy.
The surrounding warriors knelt on the tatami, watched the ceremony with solemnity, and bowed together to show respect for the deceased.
After killing the current Omatsuke, Ashikaga Yoshiteru felt no joy in venting his anger, but instead became even more depressed.
she said.
"She is a true warrior Ji who bravely shouldered her responsibilities.
Daimufu is the general's eyes and ears, supervises the Wu family, and hears about everything. Miyoshi's family went to Luo and besieged Nijo City, and she was not exempt from the blame!
But is this really her responsibility? I know, no!
Ninagawa himself hid in his territory, and Mitsuhide Akechi guarded Fushimi Castle without any movement. From Yodo Castle to Kyoto, no one in the shogunate territory in Yamashiro sent a message to warn!
No one from Isshiki at the Kyoto Palace, Hosokawa from Katsuryuji Castle, or Shiba from Yamato and Iga came forward to tell me that the enemy was attacking!
I'm not surprised that the Rokkaku, Miyoshi, and Ise families teamed up to deal with me. But those shogunate warriors who spoke openly and silently about their loyalty in front of me made me feel sick!
They betrayed me, they all betrayed me!"
Ashikaga Yoshiki's voice was full of grief, anger and despair. Today, she, who was dazzled by power, finally saw clearly the truth behind her own strength.
The Ashikaga family has never been revived in her hands, and nothing has ever changed! When loyalty and interests conflict, everyone chooses interests.
She is a pillar of the military family and a shogun, she is just a joke!
Facing the angry general, a member of the public came out and bowed and said.
"Master Gongfang, things are not that bad. Even if the Sanhao family succeeds in going to Luo, they will not dare to be disrespectful to you.
There is a cloud in the sky, it is better to lie down and taste courage. The Ashikaga family is the master of the world, and the samurai family in the world are all your retainers. As long as you pass this test..."
"Shut up!"
Ashikaga Yoshiki interrupted the man's speech rudely, looked at her coldly and said.
"I will never collude with these rebellious people! If they want to get the Ashikaga world, they will come in and grab it themselves!"
The man smiled bitterly and shook his head. No matter how messed up the Miyoshi family were, they would not dare to have any evil thoughts about the general's life. The most they could do was follow the example of the previous generals and expel Ashikaga Yoshiteru from Kyoto.
If you lose in a political struggle, you are defeated. It is only right to admit defeat and wait for the opportunity to rise again.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru was far more staunch than her predecessors. She refused to listen, and in the end, everyone was unable to step down. This would only cause the Ashikaga family to lose more political capital.
Of course the Miyoshi family would not attack the city, but there was not much food in the city. When Ashikaga Yoshiki was too hungry and had no strength, they could only let them do whatever they wanted.
Just when the man was about to persuade him again, someone in the crowd suddenly exclaimed.
"Look! Why is there a fire?"
"No! That's the direction of the Imperial Palace. Could it be that the Imperial Palace was on fire?"
"Impossible! It's impossible for the Miyoshi family to attack the Imperial Palace! Are they crazy?"
Seeing the thick smoke billowing gradually expanding in the direction of the imperial palace, the public became a mess and began to quarrel among themselves.
How do these bumpkins in the Sanhao family do things? Do they know the rules?
The Ashikaga Shogunate has occupied the world for two hundred years, and the political struggles in the center of Kyoto have never stopped. The Ashikaga shogun has been reduced to a puppet many times, or was driven out of Kyoto.
But no matter how much fighting goes on inside and outside the shogunate, the signboard of the direct descendants of the Genji family in Kawachi cannot be smashed. Whoever succeeds in going to Luoyang will use the structure of the shogunate to rule the world, and naturally they will need to provide the Ashikaga family with this memorial arch.
Feng Gonghong discovered that Miyoshi's army was besieging the city. Although he was depressed because the Ashikaga family had once again lost the power of the shogunate, he was not worried about the safety of the Ashikaga family itself. It was just another reincarnation.