Uesugi Kenshin and Maeda Toshiie each looked unhappy.
Although Uesugi Kenshin holds a million koku and has all the power, and Maeda Toshiie is just a small name of the Shiba family with fifty thousand koku, but when it comes to emotional issues, actual status may not be effective.
If all you need to do in love is to compete for power and status, then love affairs will be simple.
From a political point of view, Shiba Yiyin chose the best route. His love rivals all understood his difficulties and became a slut, which was not what he wanted.
But reason can be considerate, but it does not mean that based on personal emotions, one can accept a love rival entering and leaving the body of one's lover.
We are all normal women in the world of femininity. How can we calmly accept sharing a partner?
Even if politics is the ugliest and most absurd quagmire in the world, and there is no shortage of precedents of male emperors' bed politics in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, the conflict in the heart exists objectively and cannot be eliminated.
Thousands of words can be summed up in one sentence: I have no choice but to endure the humiliation and bear the burden, and endure it for the sake of the country.
For their own small interests and for the greater interests of the world, the love rivals could only hold their noses and admit it.
To stab each other a few times or threaten with a knife is already the limit when we meet, and we can't go beyond that.
Uesugi Kenshin took out a breath and said.
"Let's get down to business."
Maeda Toshiie nodded slightly, they just stabbed each other, both of them were hurt, so why bother. Since you choose to accept the reality, then don't rub salt on each other's wounds, it will do no good to anyone.
Uesugi Kenshin asked Maeda Toshiie to sit down. The two of them bowed one after another and talked about real business.
Rubbing his temples, Uesugi Kenshin said thoughtfully.
"The Oda family has always been reluctant to attack Kaga, and I originally didn't want to get involved.
But His Highness Oda was so arrogant that he reached out to Vietnam, China and Noto, and sent envoys to issue arrogant orders.
You should know that since Vietnam and China entered the war, Kaga, Vietnam, China and Noto parties have signed an agreement to shelve disputes and develop together.
This matter was personally witnessed by the saint, and it was signed by me. In other words, Vietnam, China, Noden, Kajia, and the Three Kingdoms were safe and under my protection. This was the saint's tacit approval.
The Oda family attacked Kaga without informing me. I didn't say anything, and I already gave Oda-dono a face. It was her arrogance that reached out to Vietnam, China and Noto, causing panic in the two countries.
What's wrong with me sending troops to Kaga to drive away the Oda troops who crossed the border without authorization?
If you think I'm going to war without declaring it, did you inform me of the Oda army's expedition against Kaga? Why didn't you say that His Highness Oda was going to war without declaring it against me?"
The core focus of the dispute between Uesugi Kenshin and Maeda Toshiie is actually the authorization of Yoshihiro Shiba.
Yoshihiro Saba cooperated with Kenshin Uesugi in Kanto to form the Echigo duopolitanism, and the participation in Echigo was one of the political achievements of the two men's joint efforts.
As for the Fushimi Castle system where Oda Nobunaga and Shiba Yoshigan joined forces, Shiba Yoshigan actually acquiesced in Oda Nobunaga's attack on the Ichikai clan and went to Kanto to temporarily avoid the limelight.
But what was the result? SPOSI Bank still failed to avoid this political whirlpool.
Because in this area of Hokurikudo, there were boundary overlaps and conflicts between the Echigo dual-headed politics and the sage authority of the Fushimi Castle system.
Both sides have the Sibo family involved, and both have Sibo Yiyin as guarantee. This is called public opinion being right, mother-in-law saying mother-in-law is right, and both sides insist on their own opinions.
The reality is that the Oda family had the upper hand at the beginning, so Oda Nobunaga chose to pretend to be confused, act rogue, and extend his hand a little more.
But Uesugi Kenshin was not a soft persimmon, and he slapped Oda Nobunaga into confusion.
Now that the Oda family is at a disadvantage, they sent the Maeda Toshiie to reason with them, so why did the Oda family go there earlier? If they don’t suffer, they don’t complain. They are clearly bullying others!
In the eyes of many samurai, Oda Nobunaga, an anti-traditional guy, is a lunatic. Wherever she can be unreasonable, she will never be unreasonable.
Only when she is beaten until she is helpless will she be able to selectively reason, and the time for reasoning is limited to the period when she recovers.
Isn't this just being a hooligan?
Maeda Toshiie carefully considered Uesugi Kenshin's words and looked for loopholes in the other party.
In fact, speaking up for Oda Nobunaga is a very difficult thing. This guy gets carried away as soon as he gets strong. He never follows the rules. If you can beat him, then fight. If you can't beat him, then talk. After talking, you can accumulate strength and continue fighting.
Moreover, the reputation is extremely poor.
After Nagashima, there was no example of large-scale surrender to the Oda family, because Oda Nobunaga tore up the agreement and brutally massacred Nagashima Ichiku who surrendered in Kaicheng.
It was also very painful for Maeda Toshiie to help this guy who was unreasonable, talked like farts, and used the agreement as a piece of paper to negotiate with others.
The biggest bargaining chip of the Oda family is its unmatched strength in the world. Because the Oda family is so powerful, even if many people know that Oda Nobunaga is capricious, they can only hold their noses and talk to her.
There is no way, whoever is stronger is justified. In the end, the world still depends on whose fist is stronger.
Maeda Toshiie sighed.
"Speaking of a thousand words, the fact on the battlefield is that the Uesugi Allied Forces launched an undeclared war and raided the Echizen Oda Army, resulting in the Tetori River Massacre.
If you are in the same room and fighting, there is no need to worry about fighting each other.
Even though His Majesty Oda has a thousand shortcomings, he is morally upright in attacking and protecting the world of the samurai family.
During the hundred years of chaos in the Wu family, monasteries in various places secretly expanded their temple territories and resisted taxes by force. All the concubines present were elites of the Wu family. Who has not been troubled by those bald heads?
Ishiyama Honganji Temple is the most arrogant among the various sects. It has always swept across various places, expelled guardians, daimyo, and localities, built a large imperial palace to manage the village, and integrated politics and religion into a self-contained body.
As for any knowledgeable Wu family, who is not worried and worried about the future of the Wu family?
Your Highness Uesugi, I have something to say, and I won’t be happy to say it out loud.
I know that your military prowess is outstanding, but if the blade is pointed outward, you are a hero of the martial arts family. But if the blade is pointed inward, you are aiding the evil.
Kaga's evil deeds are known to all the martial arts families in the world. If you stand up for these evil thieves who do not accept the king's rule, how will the martial arts families in the world treat you?
Even if the Yuezhong Ixiang Sect has another Taoist tradition, as long as they still recognize Ishiyama Honganji Temple, they are the enemy of the samurai family. What's wrong with uniting the samurai families from all over the country to get rid of it quickly?
As long as Ishiyama Honganji refuses to surrender and is unwilling to give up the violent means of subverting the samurai's territory, then attacking the samurai is the duty of all samurai.
Even if Yue Zhong defends Xiang Zong in every possible way, they cannot clear away the fact that they are on the opposite side of the Wu family.
I don’t think Oda Nobunaga’s order to order the Vietnamese and Chinese Noto samurai families to cooperate and attack the Vietnamese and Chinese Ichibuki clan together was correct.
Your Highness Uesugi, you can use your own opinion to hinder the just crusade of the Echizen Oda Army against Ichigo, but can you stop the boundless hatred of the samurai all over the world against Ichigo?
The Oda family owns three million koku, and the Shibata Katsuie-sama who was defeated by you this time was only the lord of Echizen's 400,000 koku country.
His Highness Oda can uphold his great cause and mobilize more troops to Hokuriku at any time.
Your stubbornness will not help the Vietnam, China and Noto samurai families, but will instead plunge them into a greater vortex of war.
In order to avoid the disaster of thousands of miles of corpses and loss of life on the Hokuriku Road, I implore you to think twice and stop here."
After Maeda Toshiie finished speaking, he kowtowed to the ground and could not get up for a long time.
Uesugi Kenshin was endorsed by Yoshihiro Shiba, and his reason for protecting the Hokuriku Three Kingdoms was sound.
If Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Kenshin argue over who has greater priority in the Echigo duopoly and the Fushimi Castle system, it will only make things difficult for Yoshihiro Saba.
Therefore, Maeda Toshiie should put aside the responsibilities and obligations of the Shiba family and change the nature of this matter to a higher justice.
Uesugi Kenshin cannot deny that he has been causing trouble for many years and threatens the whole world of the samurai family, and all the ladies present feel the same way.
From the perspective of the overall interests of the samurai group, even if Kenshin Uesugi had every choice, the alliance had always insisted that the raid on the Echizen Oda Army could not be considered correct or just.
Furthermore, the essence of the Wu family's desire to be strong is to bully the weak and fear the strong.
Are the Oda family soft persimmons? No, they are also one of the hardest rocks in the world.
If the Hokurikudo samurai family wants to live in peace, what's the benefit of offending the Oda family? Oda Nobunaga has three million koku and is the leader of the most powerful feudal clan in the world. Doesn't she want to lose face?
It really annoyed Oda Nobunaga and attracted her attention to Hokuriku. With the Oda family's wealth, regardless of whether they won or lost, the Three Kingdoms of Hokuriku would definitely be defeated.
The reason why the Vietnamese and Chinese Noto samurai families rejected the Oda family was to guard Nanao Port and continue to live a good life. They did not want to cause big trouble.
Maeda Toshiie started from the two points of the justice of the attack and the cruelty of the Oda family's revenge. In fact, he was not trying to persuade Uesugi Kenshin, but to the surrounding samurai who were present.
This is a debating skill. What she wants to convince is not her opponent, but the audience present.
The Uesugi family was in Etchu, and they only had a little protruding territory in the easternmost part of Shinkawa County. In other words, even if He Etchu and Noto Mikoku were completely defeated, Uesugi Kenshin would not be at a loss.
The greater the price she made Oda Nobunaga pay, it meant that Kanto taught Kinki a lesson, which would in turn enhance the prestige and influence of the Uesugi family in the hearts of Kanto samurai families.
But the samurai families of Vietnam, China, and Noto had different ideas. They didn't care if Kaga was beaten to pieces. It wasn't their territory anyway, so it didn't matter.
But if the Oda family really mobilized heavy troops to invade again, the battle line would not be limited to Kaga territory, and the war would definitely reach Echuchu Noto.
The prestige belongs to Kenshin Uesugi, but the price will be borne by the samurai families of Vietnam, China and Noto. Are they willing?
As soon as Maeda Toshiie finished speaking, the faces of the participating martial artists around him became solemn.
They were really afraid that Uesugi Kenshin would insist on going his own way, regardless of whether he would completely come into conflict with the Oda family.
The two samurai families of Echuchu and Noto, who had once looked down upon the Oda family because of their great victory in the Battle of Tetori River, now seem to have remembered that the Oda family was a behemoth of three million koku.
Is it worth it to be an enemy of this kind of monster and have to fight it for a long time? Is it really beneficial to my family?
On Maeda Toshiie's face lying on the ground, the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a hint of a smile.
The whispers coming from the side made her understand that her primary goal of going to Komatsu City as an envoy had been achieved.
Uesugi Kenshin could not retreat easily, spit out most of the territory of Kaga Kingdom that he had swallowed, and voluntarily give up the benefits gained from this battle.
Negotiations will be a long process, and the top priority now is to get the Uesugi coalition to stop and not attack the Daishoji City.
Daishoji Castle was the territory of the Oda family. Once the Uesugi coalition attacked Daishoji Castle, it turned from a counterattack into an invasion.
Even if Shibata Katsuie Castle is destroyed and everyone is killed, and the Uesugi Allied Forces advance triumphantly, and even take over the entire Echizen Country, the Oda family will not admit defeat.
This battle is really going to be protracted, and it will be difficult for Spo Yiyin to mediate in person.
Therefore, Maeda Toshiie must give up the idea of the Uesugi coalition continuing to attack.
Uesugi Kenshin may have the intention to expand the results of the war, but as long as Akatsuki sees the benefits, her coalition forces will no longer accompany her to madness.
To start an undeclared war, to cross the Kaga border, and to raid Oda is already an explosive provocation. If the war continues, there will be no peace in Hokuriku in the future.
The Uesugi family faces the Oda family across the Kaga Noto Echizen Three Kingdoms, so they must get the assistance of the local forces in these three countries.
Having always been characterized as an anti-samurai element, Uesugi Ken believed that she was wrong. If she lost the sincere support of the samurai families of Vietnam and China, what would she do to continue attacking the Daishoji Castle?
Uesugi Kenshin looked at the seemingly humble Maeda Toshiie in front of him with a cold face, and he had already realized the powerful means of hiding needles in this Shiba minister.
After Toshiie Maeda's words, Uesugi Kenshin wanted to urge local samurai such as Jinbo Nagasaki and Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna to follow him and take the initiative to attack the Oda army, but he was afraid of many difficulties.
What a great Maeda Toshiie, what a great move to eliminate the firepower.