Neither Lin Xiuzhen nor Maeda Toshimasa wanted to come, one was unhappy and the other wanted to avoid suspicion, but Hideyoshi Hashiba shamelessly came to watch the ceremony.
She is as quiet as a person. If Niwa Nagahide hadn't helped to speak, she wouldn't be qualified to appear here. She was hanging at the back of the queue, with an expression that seemed to be happy or sad.
I am happy that I can see Shiba Yiyin again. I am sad that the gap between the two is getting wider and wider, and they are already a world of difference.
Hideyoshi Hashiba couldn't help but lament that the feminine ambitions he heard in the corner of Kyoto while drinking tea now seemed like a joke.
Oda Nobunaga, who was at the front of the queue, looked ahead and was filled with thoughts. Under her arrogant appearance, there was a trace of sadness hidden in her heart that no one else knew.
Back then, when he was in the midst of blessings and didn't know how to be blessed, he let him go easily. This time, he must know that he can never escape from his grasp.
Oda Nobunaga's breathing gradually became heavy, his cheeks turned sickly rosy, and his eyes were bright.
Behind her, Shibata Katsuie and Niwa Nagahide looked at each other with worry in their eyes.
At this moment, Ikeda Hengxing shouted.
"coming!"
Everyone's eyes were dazzled, looking at the small black dot in the distance, where a cavalry army was galloping towards them.
———
Not long ago, Sibo Yiyin, who was on his way, suddenly slowed down his horse speed and turned his eyes to the creek beside the road.
Tokugawa Ieyasu came closer and asked.
"Odaisuo?"
Si Bo Yiyin pointed at the stream with his riding crop and said.
"This creek is the water source for irrigation in the nearby village. That village is called Xicun, and it is the hereditary village of the Sibo family."
Tokugawa Ieyasu's heart tightened, she remembered something.
Rumor has it that when the Shiba clan was exterminated, the Odaisho broke out of the siege alone and went to Qingsu Castle to ask for help, and borrowed troops to kill Oda Nobuto.
And the price is...
Looking at Yoshigan's handsome profile and innocent temperament, Tokugawa Ieyasu sighed in his heart. The new tea came on the market and came out on top. Oda Nobunaga was blessed with great beauty.
Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to say something to ease the inexplicably depressed atmosphere, but Yoshigan Shiba spoke first.
"Your Majesty Tokugawa, do you know why this ancestral land passed down from generation to generation is not called Shiba Ryosho, but Kiki Village?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu was stunned and shook his head.
"I am stupid, please give me a clear explanation from the emperor."
Yiyin said with a trace of sarcasm on his lips.
"Because the Spozong family can't afford to lose this person.
The three leaders of the shogunate, who once had all the power in the world, were reduced to 1,500 koku, living under the supervision of the Oda family.
How could the Shiba family, a dignified nobleman of the shogunate and the head of the Ashikaga family, afford this man?
But even if the Spo family has buried its head in the soil and is willing to wallow in the mud and survive, it will still inevitably lead to the destruction of the family."
Tokugawa Ieyasu felt sad when he thought of his own family. The samurai family had its ups and downs, and there were few examples of prosperity for more than three generations.
Had it not been for the chance of Okehazama's surprise attack, the Tokugawa family would have been completely swallowed up by the Imagawa family by now, and Tokugawa Ieyasu would not have been able to lead the revival of both countries.
Tokugawa Ieyasu also felt some sympathy and said emotionally.
"Imperial Office, please show me your condolences."
Sibo Yiyin looked back at her and smiled.
"My condolences? What are your condolences for? Family business is like a boat, sailing against the current. If you sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat!
I am telling you this not to make you sympathize with the Spo family. I just want to tell you that I will not give in.
I, Yoshihiro Shiba, enter the path of Kenshin, the legitimate son of the Shiba clan, the husband of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and the direct descendant of Kawachi Genji, holding a sword and carrying a white flag.
No one in this world can make me back down, not even Oda Nobunaga.
His Highness Tokugawa, do you understand?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu was stunned on the spot. She did not expect that the good-tempered Yoshigan Shiba would actually have a showdown with her here.
Qingsu Castle was not far ahead. Shiba Yoshigan stared at Tokugawa Ieyasu and repeated.
"I will never give in. Please understand my determination."
Tokugawa Ieyasu took a breath, swallowed, and bowed on his horse.
"If the emperor has great righteousness, his military fortune will be prosperous and the world will return to his heart."
Shiba Yoshigan smiled and did not continue to force Tokugawa Ieyasu to express his position. No matter how powerful the name of justice is, it is not as useful as a knife.
Oda Nobunaga's territory was right next to Tokugawa Ieyasu, which really pissed off Oda Nobunaga, and Tokugawa Ieyasu felt uncomfortable, not to mention that the two were allies.
Shiba Yiyin's statement was just to deter her from getting involved in what would happen next.
Because Yoshigan Shiba was determined to give Oda Nobunaga a decisive blow, he first had to eliminate the possible unexpected factor of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Now it seems that the effect is very good, Tokugawa Ieyasu was frightened.
She was not willing to become a subordinate of Oda, but she was frightened by Yoshigami Shiba's surprise. She couldn't think straight for a while and didn't dare to move casually.
Sibo Yiyin smiled.
"When you revisit your former residence, you will inevitably be filled with emotions and become wild. If my words are inappropriate, please forgive me, His Highness Tokugawa."
Tokugawa Ieyasu said with a smile.
"I don't dare."
Yiyin turned his eyes to Qingzhou City, rode his horse, whipped his whip, and shouted.
"Set off!"
The cavalry's horses rolled with hooves, bringing up countless dust, and quickly left Xicun behind.
———
Outside Qingzhou City, Shiba Yiyin's war horse was in front, followed by more than two hundred horses from Tongxin soldiers, Yutai people, and Tokugawa soldiers.
Seeing a group of warriors from the Oda family, Yoshigin tightened the reins. The horse slowed down, walked slowly down the street, and finally stopped in front of Oda Nobunaga.
He said condescendingly.
"After three years of separation, is His Majesty Oda okay after seeing you again?"
Oda Nobunaga was so lost in thought as he stared at the young man on the horse that he even forgot to reply. The young man who was filled with resentment, longing, and concern in his heart could not be reconciled with the person in front of him for a moment.
At that time, Yoshigan Shiba's charm had not yet reached its peak, and he had not yet achieved the special effects of never making a mistake in his career. Although he already had an independent temperament, he still remained submissive under the pressure of Oda Nobunaga.
But now, he is no longer a fifteen-year-old boy. His height has grown from 160 centimeters to over 175 centimeters. He is a majestic and majestic man.
Oda Nobunaga was temporarily absent-minded, and Niwa Nagahide behind her coughed, waking her up.
"Oh, Siba... No, I should call you Mr. Qianxin now. It's been a long time since I last saw you."
When Oda Nobunaga spoke, his tone was a little frivolous, which made Niwa Nagahide behind him look bitter.
Yoshigan Shiba got off his horse and walked up to Oda Nobunaga. Only then did he realize that Oda Nobunaga, who was in awe at that time, was already half a head shorter in front of him.
Oda Nobunaga was not used to it either. He raised his head and looked at Shiba Yoshigan in front of him. Thousands of thoughts came to his mind. He was taller, more handsome and more elegant.
Yiyin didn't know what she was thinking, so he just snorted secretly. This guy was indeed arrogant and rude. But on his face, he pretended to be pleasant and handed the horse to the person behind him.
At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu also came up, and the three of them greeted him.
After the ceremony, Yiyin looked around pretending not to care and asked.
"There are many old acquaintances. His Highness Oda is indeed interested."
Oda Nobunaga smiled.
"You have returned home with great honor, so the welcome ceremony must be grand."
Yiyin nodded with a smile and asked.
"Why didn't you see Maeda Toshiie?"
Oda Nobunaga's eyes flashed and he answered casually.
"Inuchiyo, she made a small mistake a few days ago. I asked her to go back to Junjo County to think about her mistakes behind closed doors."
Yoshigan's eyes were fixed on Oda Nobunaga's face, and Oda Nobunaga looked back at him with a smile. Tokugawa Ieyasu subconsciously stepped back half a step, looking left and right, pretending to be looking for someone.
Yiyin said slowly.
"The county is the one that Maeda Toshiie reported to me, and the new one that Owari Shiba changed his title to?"
Oda Nobunaga said.
"Exactly."
Si Bo Yiyin's face turned cold and he said.
"Maeda Toshiie is the acting official of Owari Shiba. What did she do? She actually provoked His Highness Oda to overstep her duties and teach a retainer a lesson on my behalf."
At the end of the sentence, it was a serious statement.
"Why do you punish Shiba's retainers!"
Everyone in the Oda family was worried that Oda Nobunaga would be ignorant of the seriousness of the matter, but they did not expect that the first person to turn against him would be Yoshigan Shiba.
Oda Nobunaga was not used to it either. She had been going smoothly in the past two years, her family business had expanded by a million koku, and she was worshiped and licked by concubines. How had she ever been criticized so ruthlessly?
Her expression darkened and she said.
"Just because I have been granted the seal for the past few years! Maeda Toshiie has the security certificate I gave her, so of course I can take care of her!"
Shiba Yiyin laughed and said sharply.
"Does His Highness Oda still want to take care of me?"
As soon as this statement came out, the atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense.
The Owari Shiba clan was a bad debt. When the Shiba clan was destroyed, Yoshigan Shiba served for the Oda family as the surviving son. He was rewarded for his military exploits in putting down Oda Nobuyuki's rebellion.
After that, he left Owari Kamiro, and Maeda Toshiie continued to participate in the Oda family's wars as a proxy officer, exchanging military achievements for rewards, and then he had the 20,000-koku Shiba collar of Mino Province's Kamigori.
According to the tradition of the samurai family, whoever receives the reward and eats the food is the retainer of the person. But the problem is that Yoshigan Shiba can no longer be the retainer of Oda Nobunaga.
He is now a direct descendant of the Genji family in Kawachi, the Ashikaga shogun family recognized by the world's samurai family. How can he serve as a retainer for Owari's guardian Oda Nobunaga? It is unreasonable.
However, it is the highest principle of the samurai family to be rewarded by the public. Owari Shiba received the peace certificate from the Oda family, which is irrefutable.
This leads to a dead end.
The land in the Owari Shiba Territory belongs to the Shiba family who was gifted by the Oda family to the Gaigai domain, but the Shiba family who manages this land is not a subject of the Oda family.
To put it simply, the ownership of the land belongs to the Oda family, but the samurai family that manages the land belongs to the Shiba family. Land rights and governance rights belong to two families, which creates an unexplainable paradox in legal theory.
In the past, both sides turned a blind eye and put aside disputes to develop together.
Now that the two families are in conflict because of the Shangluo incident, this deadlock has become the easiest point of conflict, which can be easily used against Gang.
The Maeda Toshiie family is not important, and the Owari Shiba family is not important either. The Shiba family and the Oda family are not short of this territory, but the dominance of Kamikawa is very important.
The two people were arguing about whether Oda Nobunaga's punishment of Maeda Toshiie was in line with the rules? Is it true that the Oda family could control Owari Shiba?
no.
Yoshigan Shiba and Nobunaga Oda showed their strength respectively, just to prove who has the final say in the matter of going to Luo.
Oda Nobunaga glanced at Yubaiqi behind Yoshigoshi, cursing in his heart. Who cares about you? Who the hell dares to claim to be qualified to care about you now?
She said coldly.
"If Mr. Kenshin feels it is inappropriate, I can take back the Owari Shiba collar to avoid misunderstandings between the two families."
This is a threat from Oda Nobunaga, and the recovery of the twenty thousand stone territory is not a trivial matter. Maeda Toshiie received a reward for his military exploits, so why should she take it back? What will Maeda Toshiie and his samurai family eat in the future?
Shiba Yiyin sneered.
"The Shiba family is opening up territory in Kanto, and the Maeda Toshiie is loyal to me, so I naturally have to treat her well.
If His Highness Oda insists on withdrawing from the feudal clan, I will naturally make other arrangements for Maeda Toshiie and his Shiba retainers."
Shiba Yoshigage is also tough. You, the Oda family, have millions of koku and you are awesome, but I, the Shiba family, are not soft persimmons. I can still take out 20,000 koku.
Oda Nobunaga couldn't find the words to retort for a while. His face was feverish and he felt that he had lost face. He started to speak indiscriminately in anger.
"If you want to leave, just leave cleanly, and don't leave your tail behind, Owari."
Sibo Yiyin's pupils shrank, his face tightened, and he cursed.
"Oda Nobunaga, the Shiba Reservoir in Owari is the hereditary territory of the Shiba family. What right do you have to ask me to leave!
The Maeda Toshi family received a territory of 20,000 koku as a reward from the public. If you want to withdraw from the feudal clan regardless of the tradition of the samurai family, I will not argue with you.
But Xicun, try touching it!"
Yoshigan Shiba's words made sense, and Oda's retainers also silently praised him.
Oda Nobunaga was bold and reckless in doing things, and the samurai family's traditions were used if they were useful, and discarded if they were not useful. In recent years, she had drastically changed the rules, and people in the Oda family were panicking.
The samurai family's traditional territory rarely changed, and was often cultivated for generations. But Oda Nobunaga didn't care, and moved and changed its title several times on the grounds of war needs.
This time Shiba Yiyin cursed, and I don't know how many people secretly clapped their hands and applauded, which really expressed everyone's feelings.
Shiba Yoshiyin stood firm in morality. Although the 20,000 stone Owari Shiba collar was in Mino country, it was still the original 1,500 stone quarry of the Shiba family, so it was called Owari Shiba collar.
This fifteen hundred stone was not obtained by Yoshigoshi Shiba as a favor for the Oda family. He used his own innocence to prevent Oda Nobunaga from having his ancestral land taken away.
If Oda Nobunaga wants to use the 20,000 koku of Mino Province, there is no problem. Your master's family is unfaithful and willfully usurps the rewarded fiefdom. Naturally, your own ministers of the Oda family will be frightened.
But if the 1,500 stones from Kiki Village are touched, it means that they are really preparing to go to war with the Shiba family, because this territory does not belong to the Oda family.
Oda Nobunaga knew she was in the wrong, she accidentally said harsh words, and now she was slapped in the face by Yoshihiro in public, how could she endure it.
He already had a surly temperament, and he had always been obsessed with the Yoshigin thief. Now that he was speechless by this handsome young man whom he secretly cared about, Oda Nobunaga could no longer lose face.
She laughed loudly, pointed at Qingzhou City behind her, and said with a fierce look in her eyes.
"Mr. Qianxin, you must think clearly.
I, the Oda family, occupy Owari-Mino-Kita Ise, with a stone height of 1.4 million, an army like the sea, and a forest of spears.
Do you really want to be my enemy?"
Si Bo Yiyin laughed louder than her, almost leaning forward and backward. The laughter stopped suddenly, his eyes were like ice, and he said coldly.
"Look carefully at the imperial white flag behind me, Oda Nobunaga, and tell me whether you want to be the direct enemy of the Genji family in Kawachi!
Hime warriors of the Oda family, tell me whether you want to wave your sword at this imperial white flag!"