Chapter 1891 Strategic Determination against the Saint
Oda Nobunaga and Shiba Yoshigan were two high mountains that weighed heavily on the hearts of the samurai all over the world. The two of them joined forces to conquer the world, and they had already formed a psychological consensus in the hearts of the samurai all over the world that the island country was about to be reunified.
After a hundred years of war, the people of the island are tired of war and long for peace, and it has just reached the historical point of returning to order.
Among the two, Oda Nobunaga is easier to deal with, because she is taking a path of no return through centralized reform. As the ruling class with vested interests, the samurai family will be angry with her sooner or later.
Without Akechi Mitsuhide, there would also be dark-minded Mitsuhide. Without Akechi Mitsuhide, someone would always be able to help but attack her. Oda Nobunaga was destined to have this disaster, and it didn't matter who would carry it out.
But Sibo Yiyin is different. He represents the broadest common interests of the Wu family group.
It limits high-level chaos, subsidizes the lives of the middle and lower-level Wu family, and strengthens the Wu family group's dominance over the island country. It is deeply supported by the Wu family group.
Oda Nobunaga, a revolutionary who subverted tradition, and Yoshihiro Saba, a reformist who upheld tradition, had fundamentally different political philosophies. They could be said to be polar opposites.
Even if no one took action to kill Oda Nobunaga, after the Shiba Oda family joined forces to unify the world, there would inevitably be a general showdown over political lines.
Even though Shiba Yoshigan had already embarked on the decadent Shinto path and attempted to replace the shogunate with divine power, he was still the maintainer of order in the hearts of the samurai family.
From the creation of the samurai regime by the Kamakura shogunate to the chaotic rule of the Ashikaga shogunate, the samurai group longed for the emergence of a clear leader to bring a stable system to the samurai regime and protect everyone's interests.
Although the divine power is corrupt, it is stable enough. The strict lineage theory is actually very consistent with the samurai's orderly hierarchy of hierarchy, and has actually been accepted by most samurai families in Kanto Kinki.
Just because the samurai group recognized Shiba Yiyin's improvements to the samurai system, there were many Ji warriors seeking to obtain the divine seed, and they eagerly pursued the divine descendant.
The waves of the new era are coming one after another, and the humidity of the waves has already wetted their faces. Whoever can seize this opportunity will occupy a favorable position in the ranking of the new era.
Just like when the emperor's ministers gave birth to heirs, the Minamoto Taira bloodline spread to various places, giving local wealthy families a great opportunity to enhance their family status and bloodline through friendship.
Today's top leaders of the samurai group are either from the Genji Taira clan or the Fujiwara clan, or are descendants of followers of the three clans. At the end of the day, they have to forcibly cling to them and kowtow to recognize similar ancestors.
Now, becoming a Shiba Goddess and a follower of Shiba Goddess is the second historical opportunity for martial arts groups in various places to improve their family status.
Shiba Yiyin's own strength is no longer important. He is becoming a Tengtu of the spirit of the Wu family, deeply embedded in the absolute correctness of the Wu family system.
Those who obey me are righteous, and those who go against me are unrighteous.
At the level of Shiba Yiyin, once Shiba's divine power has gained the consensus of the martial arts family in the world, it is not a question of whether he can be defeated, but a question of whether the martial family's orthodoxy can be subverted.
Just like the first shogun Minamoto Yoritomo five hundred years ago, she made the world's martial arts reach a consensus. She is the direct descendant of the Gen clan in Hanoi, the pillar of the martial arts family, and the great general who conquered the barbarians.
From then on, the direct descendants of the Genji family in Kawachi became synonymous with orthodoxy, and their political status was unshakable.
Even though the former Hojo family was extremely powerful in the Kamakura shogunate, and they even recruited the Emperor's bloodline Miya Shogun to serve as the general of the conquest of barbarians, they could not deny the aura of righteousness of the direct descendants of the Genji family in Kawachi.
At the end of the Kamakura shogunate, the various Genji families in Kawachi fought for the status of their direct descendants, and fought more fiercely among themselves than against foreign enemies.
The Ashikaga family exterminated the Nitta lineage because the Nitta family, like the Ashikaga family, had the legitimacy of being the direct descendants of the Kawachi Genji family, which could shake the foundation of the Ashikaga family's righteousness in ruling the samurai world.
Today's Shiba Yoshigan, what he is doing is actually not fundamentally different from Minamoto Yoritomo five hundred years ago.
Once the orthodoxy of the Shiba theocratic replaces the orthodoxy of the direct descendants of the Genji in Hanoi, the descendants of the Shiba theocratic will become the most noble family bloodline in the island country, and the world can expect it in five hundred years.
Hashiba Hideyoshi dared to place his hope in Akechi Mitsuhide killing Oda Nobunaga and then seek to seize Oda's inheritance, but it was difficult for her to develop the strategic determination to fight against Shiba Yoshigan.
Sibo Yiyin spent ten years to build a military invincibility, political theocracy, and a religious saint. He also used his own body to closely unite the Sibo Goddess group.
The Sibo family is a mountain that is difficult to cross, and we can only climb it slowly.
Both Hashiba Hideyoshi and Kuroda Takataka knew that using food stamps to attack the Shiba family's economy, which was in crisis, would only put the Shiba family into temporary trouble and leave the saint with no time to take care of other things.
But it will be a long-term game to truly defeat the theocracy established by Spo Yiyin.
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Late winter and early spring, a new year and a new beginning.
The land of Kanto has been plunged into the wave of anti-corruption. The Kanba Shu family is tremblingly waiting for the approval of the Sanada inspection team, while other samurai families are silently watching this fierce storm.
In the Western Kingdom, Hashiba Hideyoshi suddenly launched all his strength, mobilized Harima and Bizen, and used the military strength of the Three Kingdoms to quickly advance into Bei China.
Bei China is in turmoil. The Mimura family that once ruled Bei China has been attacked and destroyed by the Maori family and the Uki family, leaving them without a leader.
Shimizu Muneharu, the former important minister of the Mimura family and the lord of Takamatsu Castle, stepped forward and took the initiative to write a letter to the Mori family to express his loyalty and would never turn against Hideyoshi Hashiba.
Hideyoshi failed to persuade him to surrender many times, so he began to attack the outskirts of Takamatsu Castle with all his strength. The defense of Takamatsu Castle was in danger, and Hashiba's army was eager to kill chickens and scare monkeys.
At this time, the Maori family is riding a tiger, and Shimizu Muneharu has already stated his position. If the Maori family refuses to save them, the Western samurai family under their command will be confused, and the Chinese samurai family will definitely surrender to the enemy first.
As a last resort, Terumoto Mori, Takakage Kobayakawa, and Motoharu Yoshikawa decided to attack with all their strength. The three leaders of Maori and Ryokawa personally led 30,000 Maori troops, known as 80,000, to prepare for China to support Shimizu Muneharu.
Maori Yuchai fiercely prepared for China, which seemed to be a decisive battle that would determine the fate of the Western Kingdom.
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While things are not peaceful in both the eastern and western parts of Kanki, the spring in Kinki is extremely peaceful.
Hosokawa Fujitaka was the first among the Kinki princesses to become pregnant. She had already started giving birth to a divine descendant in the early autumn of last year, and it was almost ready to bear fruit at this moment.
As early as winter, Hosokawa Fujitaka left Kishiwada Castle in Izumi Province where the winter was cold, and came to Shoryuji Castle in Yamashiro Province to rest and prepare for childbirth.
This place is the traditional territory of the Izumi Hosokawa family. It is close to the bustling areas of Kyoto. Both the quality of life and medical conditions are far better than those in Kishiwada Castle.
Mibuchi Haruman and Hosokawa Motonune lived here after they retired.
Now, they are extremely happy to see that Hosokawa Fujitaka has made the family business prosperous and has also taken over two new prefectures in Tango Kingdom.
The little unhappiness caused by the transfer of power back then has long since disappeared.