If given the choice, Yiyin also likes to face everyone with sincerity and calmness. But at his position, even if he really has no idea about many things, others will give him a few more thoughts.
This is the tragedy of the superior. All his actions will be carefully observed and scrutinized under a microscope, and magnified infinitely.
Not to mention the matter of Sanada Nobushige, how much thought did Yoshigage think about.
Even if he once really wanted to do a good job in the Kanto Palace Standing Council, what has it become now?
The original plan was to set up seven directors, but in the end, the number of directors was six. Why is this?
Because there are three permanent directors: Shima Shengmeng, Yamazaka Yukimori, and Daxiong Chaohide, they hope that the total number of board members will be six.
According to Yi Yin's intention, three of the seven directors are permanent directors and four are non-permanent directors. The odd-numbered vote can directly determine the result.
But the three permanent directors are unwilling, because once the four non-permanent directors reach an agreement, the three permanent directors must use their common veto power.
As the ultimate deterrent, the veto power cannot be used every day, right? So for the three standing directors, the most advantageous option is to reduce the number of board members to six by three versus three.
In this way, there is no need for any voting confrontation between the three one-year non-permanent directors and the three permanent directors who are always in office.
Because after one year, the non-permanent directors will leave, and there is no way to fight against the permanent directors.
Because of this dispute over voting rights, the Grand Council finally selected six directors instead of the seven originally designed by Yi Bank.
In order to get more power, Shima Shengmu, Yamanaka Yukimori, and Daxiong Chaohide, whom Yiyin trusts most, cannot stop their greed. The Wu family group behind them is trying their best to strive for their own greater interests.
For their own benefit, they dare to think of ways to change even your Lord's design.
Therefore, Yiyin can only control individuals with emotions. However, Yiyin cannot control the thoughts of small mountain groups.
For example, Dao Sheng Meng.
Even though Dao Shengmeng himself was loyal to him, the martial arts group behind Dao Shengmeng still had to strive for their own interests, and Dao Shengmeng himself had to compromise sometimes.
In this case, who can Yiyin trust? He can only find a way to let the people below him check and balance each other, otherwise he will be ignored.
No matter how sincere the Hime Samurai leader who admires him is, politically, Yoshigan cannot rely on anyone. Calling him a loner is not his intention, but it is a reality he has to face.
After Sanada Nobunshige left, Niwa Nagahide respectfully greeted Yoshihiro. Yoshihiro exchanged a few words with her about their old friendship to warm up the scene.
Looking at Niwa Nagahide, Yoshigan was thinking of Oda Nobunaga. In a sense, Yoshigan and Oda Nobunaga were the same kind of people.
As a man, Yiyin is in a weak position to establish hegemony in a world dominated by women.
In addition, the Siba clan was exterminated, leaving him with no backbone elite to support the family business, resulting in a very loose foundation for his rule.
Rather than saying that Sibo Yiyin governed his family with benevolence and righteousness, it is better to say that he governed his family with Gil.
Without the affiliation of several generations, the bond between people is too fragile to bear the word loyalty. At this time, the most reliable thing is the blood relationship, followed by the relationship in bed.
The Shiba Ji Knights had no choice but to acquiesce that Yoshigage was a male cousin, because apart from using the master's body as cousins, the Shiba family had no more effective bond to connect the interests of all high-level officials.
Oda Nobunaga was also in the same embarrassment. The Oda family she inherited was just a rural daimyo from Shimo-Owari County. It was not outstanding in terms of family character or strength.
The Oda family has expanded rapidly in recent years, and its original foundation cannot support such a big business. It has accumulated many conflicts, and it only relies on continuous external expansion to barely ease internal differences.
The two giants, Yoshihiro and Oda Nobunaga, seemed to be able to mobilize millions of koku of mobilization force, and each pulled out hundreds of thousands of people to fight an all-out war that was rare in the island nation. It was very impressive.
But in fact, both of them felt guilty because they both had the same pain points.
Both of them have great power, but the core power that controls the great power is very small and fragile.
Mobilizing a large number of troops is a manifestation of great power. But the confrontation consumes one's own limited control and strength.
If the price of defeating your opponent is to exhaust your own ability to control your own forces, wouldn't it be like making a wedding dress for those who come after you? Isn't this a stupid thing to do?
In addition, Yoshihiro and Oda Nobunaga had a history of physical intimacy, and there was a love between men and women, which made it possible for the two to have a successful affair, and the two sides were even more unwilling to fight and fight to the death.
Oda Nobunaga took the initiative to send Niwa Nagahide, his number one confidant, as an envoy. Yoshigan held a seppuku ceremony before Niwa Nagahide entered the city. It seemed like a demonstration, but it also gave an explanation to the Oda family.
Oda Nobunaga came with sincerity, and we, Yoshie Bank, also welcomed us with sincerity. The two sides finally took the first step in negotiations.
Mutual respect in politics comes from equal strength. No one can do anything to the other, so we have to respect each other.
At least judging from the current situation, the Shiba Oda family has a basis for mutual respect. In the face of huge casualties, the Gaojie Wu family of both camps no longer wants to fight.
During the Battle of Yuwu Lake, the family names of two to three hundred famous families in the Sibo camp were wiped out, not counting the Hime Warriors on other battlefields.
As Yoshigami said, if all the Hime samurai are defeated, even if the Shiba family defeats the Oda family, the whole world of the samurai family will still be useless. There is no need.
On the Oda family's side, the old Owari samurai family, who originally did not want to start a war, was pinned to Echizen Country and engaged in a war of positional attrition, resulting in heavy losses.
The main war faction of Oda, who had abandoned the war, came down from Higashino Mountain and was hacked to death by members of Shiba Yiyin's band at the main battlefield of Yuwu.
Hirate Hanhide and Ujie Naomoto, the two most powerful Owari Mino faction members, were hacked to death on the battlefield. The rest of them had seen Tsutado-den's unparalleled style.
As the core of the Oda retainers group, the Owari Mino samurai family did not want to fight at all, and other affiliated forces were even less willing to bleed for the Oda family.
Now is the best time to negotiate. After the two sides bumped fists and were bruised and bruised, they decided to peace and love. It is easier to respect each other's demands before a mortal feud has been formed at this time.
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After sending Niwa Nagahide away, Yoshigan fell into deep thought.
Oda Nobunaga's request was more cowardly than expected. Perhaps the massacre of the Sanada people put a certain amount of pressure on her. It was an unexpected gain for Yoshiyin.
Yoshigan also didn't expect that Oda Nobunaga didn't care much about the massacre itself. It's possible that most of the people who died were Kitanomi people and not direct descendants of the Oda family.
Yoshihiro was also interested in the truce proposed by Oda Nobunaga.
Despite the fact that Oda's territory is full of loopholes, it's actually very difficult for Spo's army to penetrate.
Otani Yoshitsugi didn't have many troops at his disposal. Taking Suzuka Pass was already the limit, and he had no ability to continue sending troops to Minami Omi.
The Takeda Army in Higashi Mino only had 800 people, and the Maeda Toshiie had only 20,000 koku of territory, so they could not mobilize more than a thousand people despite their desperate efforts. The harassment was okay, but when they really entered the Nobi Plains, they couldn't even gather enough people to occupy it.
Shima Katsuo was blocked in the Nishi Mino Mountains and could not move south, and he did not have many troops at hand. Yukimori Yamanaka of Echizen Province led the Kanto Allied Forces to attack Shibata Katsuie, and both sides suffered heavy losses.
All in all, Oda Nobunaga is in a lot of troubles, and Yoshinobu is under a lot of pressure. If they can stop and take a breath, it is estimated that the two sides will never fight again.
As for Oda Nobunaga's suggestion of changing course and slowly revising back policies that were unfavorable to the samurai family, Yoshihiro didn't believe a word of it.
A centralized monarch only resents the small power in his hands. How can there be any reason to push power outwards?
Once Oda Nobunaga tasted the sweetness, it would be impossible for her to give up any power unless someone used force to force her to bow her head and let go.
But how many people in the world can convince Oda Nobunaga, a big name worth three million kilograms? Yoshigan Shiba may be one, but he is no longer willing to fight. The cost is too high and it is not cost-effective.
Oda Nobunaga's talk of political reform was just an excuse to undermine the sense of justice and fighting spirit of the samurai group to form an anti-Oda alliance. Yoshihiro was also willing to follow the trend and negotiate with the Oda family.
Niwa Nagahide relayed Oda Nobunaga's conditions, and Yoshigan agreed in principle.
But he did not relent immediately. Instead, Akechi Mitsuhide actively stepped forward and acted as a peacemaker. He followed Niwa Nagahide to Nagahama Castle on the pretext of sending Niwa Nagahide back.
The Oda family didn't care about entrapment and killing. Akechi Mitsuhide finally had the courage to go to Oda Nobunaga's seat and use his sharp tongue, no longer worrying that he would be chopped off as a sacrifice to the flag.
Negotiation is like this. Both parties go back and forth, constantly working together, and finally reach an agreement.
It's just that the scale of the war with a hundred thousand troops put too much pressure on the island country's daimyo's economy. Neither Yoshigan nor Oda Nobunaga can sustain it for long. An armistice agreement should be reached soon.
Yoshigan was very confident in Mitsuhide Akechi. This scheming fox would eat anything but not suffer any losses. He was very relieved to have her run against Oda Nobunaga.
After thinking about it for a while, he felt that there was nothing wrong, so Yiyin stood up and walked out. The people around him who wanted to follow him were waved by him to stay, and then Yiyin came to the courtyard inside the residence.
In the small town of Yanjin, the residences are not big and the courtyards are also small, with just a few trees and a pond.
In front of the pond, Christina was staring at the water in a daze. When Yiyin walked to her side, she woke up and bowed.
"Your Excellency, congratulations on another great victory."
Yiyin nodded.
"Thank you. You are also responsible for this. What are you looking at here?"
Christina looked at Yiyin cautiously and said softly.
"I didn't see anything. Your entourage ordered me to wait here. I was just bored and in a daze."
Yiyin asked.
"How are your men? Did you encounter any trouble after the artillery team withdrew?"
"Thank you for your concern, they are all fine, but I am very sorry.
Because our artillery shells were limited and could not play a greater role, we had to retreat after firing the ammunition."
"You have provided me with a lot of help. In addition to the gold medal given to you before, there will also be a bonus sent to Tsuruga Port in the future."
"Praise to you, generous lord."
Yiyin waved his hand and asked.
"What are your plans when you return to the ship?"
Christina hesitated and said frankly.
"Lilu asked me to bring all the cannonballs this time. Our ship's cannons have no ammunition and have lost the ability to deal with dangers during long voyages.
We need to go back to Sakai Port and negotiate with other Nanman merchants to buy some cannonballs, but we may encounter a little trouble.
The fact that I led the artillery team to participate in the island country's war cannot be hidden for too long. The Nanman Chamber of Commerce, led by Spain and Portugal, will definitely accuse us of breaking the agreement and expel us from the island country's trade lines."
Yiyin thought for a while and said.
"You go back to Sakai Port first and wait for my news. I am confident that this war will end this year, and then the shogunate will officially appoint Lilu as the general agent of Nanman.
The shogunate will only conduct trade communication with the Nanman merchant group represented by Lilu. If the Nanman Chamber of Commerce is unwilling to accept it, they will not be able to continue to stay in Sakai Port and participate in trade.
My influence cannot reach Kyushu Western Kingdom for the time being, but if one day, my army reaches Nagasaki and Hakata, they will also lose the power to trade in the local ports.
I will let Takada Yono tell the news to the Nanman priests in Sakai Port. It is up to the Nanman priests to choose whether to be my friend or my enemy.
If they choose to respect me, then they must learn to respect Lilu, the general agent of Nanman trade appointed by the shogunate."
Christina frowned.
"Lord, I thank you for your kindness and generosity, but Lilu is just a greedy and stupid businessman, and she is a Dutchman.
In the southern barbarian trade controlled by the Spanish and Portuguese, the Netherlands and England are still very weak.
In particular, their old school of Nanman religion has a profound and irreconcilable contradiction with the new school of our faith.
Your preference for Lilu may not bring her glory and wealth, but may be a dagger in the back or deadly poison."
Yiyin looked at Christina and said slowly.
"So? Are you planning to take Lilu out of this country to escape the persecution of these Nanman merchants and believers?"
Christina said bitterly.
"Lord, your war has been won. Lilu and I have completed the deal with you. We have the right to ask to leave."
Yiyin looked at Christina and said decisively.
"But I want you to stay, and I will give you everything you desire."
Christina looked at the domineering Yiyin, with a strange light in her eyes.
"Everything you desire?"
"Yes."
"Does this include you? My lord."
Yiyin looked at Christina, a tall British officer and a red-haired Celtic with a gorgeous appearance. There was a trace of desire for men in her eyes at this time.
"Of course, for my family and glory, I will sacrifice everything, including my body."
Christina looked away, as if she was stabbed by Yiyin's noble light and felt ashamed of herself.
"Lord, I have a question."
"What question?"
"That sudden heavy rain... was it really you who summoned it?"
Christina lowered her head, seeming a little afraid. Yiyin realized something in her heart and took the initiative to hold Christina's hand.
"You should know very well whether I am a god or a mortal. You have clearly experienced it once in Sakai Port."
Christina subconsciously held Yiyin's hand and was reluctant to let go.