At the Hosokawa Residence, Hosokawa Fujitaka received Mitsuhide Akechi, who came to inform him of the news, and could hardly help but want to curse.
If he hadn't been unable to curse Yiyin, he would have kept uttering filthy words, which would have embarrassed his old father.
Hosokawa Mibuchi's family and the Shiba family worked together, and almost all local powerful factions stood together.
The general was willful, and the Mihao and Liujiao families encountered changes. The ministers were frightened and uneasy, and they were also dissatisfied.
Sibo Yiyin is now in an invincible position, and if he only needs to remain silent for another ten days and a half, the general will definitely not be able to hold on.
But at this time, Yiyin chose to bow his head!
The three parties of the shogunate, the Ashikaga Shogun family, the shogunate faction, and the local powerful faction.
For the first time, local powerful factions were completely united and gained absolute upper hand.
As the shogun neglected his duties, the Ise family and the Ninagawa family within the shogunate were in conflict.
Local powerful factions will occupy a more favorable position in the shogunate and gain greater initiative.
At this critical moment, this damn man Shiba Yiyin actually gave up!
Hosokawa Fujitaka's teeth were itching with hatred, and he wished he could be executed on the spot and slapped.
Before Shiba Yigen came to Japan a few days ago, the powerful local faction in the shogunate stood beside the general to act as a deterrent to the shogunate.
The shogunate occupied about 350,000 koku of Yamashiro Kingdom and its surrounding areas.
There are two powerful local factions, the Hosokawa family of Izumi Province has 140,000 stones, and the Hatakeyama family of Kawachi Province has 240,000 stones.
The strengths of both sides are relatively balanced.
The shogunate used the platform of the shogunate to obtain donations from local samurai families and business profits from the center of Kyoto.
Local powerful factions used the status of Ashikaga kin to intimidate the local area and consolidate the foundation of their rule.
To sum it up, the local powerful faction needs the general's prestige to remain intact, and supports the general's leadership position in the guardianship system more than the ministers.
Therefore, in recent wars, the shogunate ministers can accept Miyoshi Nagakei as the leader of the shogunate, as long as the ruling institution of the shogunate still exists.
The local powerful faction will never compromise and are willing to fight to the end for the general.
This is due to the fact that the two sides have different demands for the shogunate, and the interests of local powerful factions and the generals are more consistent.
After recent wars, Yoshigan Shiba tried to integrate into the alliance of Hosokawa Mibuchi and his family.
After Hosokawa Fujitaka kicked out his mother Hosokawa Mototsune, Hosokawa Mibuchi and his family completely sided with the Shiba family.
The already declining Kawachi Hatakeyama family only had tens of thousands of shi, which was not worth mentioning.
Shiba Yiyin has become a representative figure of the local powerful faction, and is willing to lead the local powerful faction to continue to be loyal to the general and maintain the guardian system.
However, the Ashikaga family's marriage proposal was vetoed by Yoshigan Shiba, and Hosokawa Fujitaka was secretly happy.
This is an opportunity. If she can marry Sibo Yiyin, the local powerful factions will be more united, which will be conducive to the continuation of the alliance and even merging into one.
Therefore, she used her position as a powerful person in Hosokawa Mibuchi's family to support Shiba Yiyin with all her strength.
In fact, doing this puts her under a lot of pressure.
The local powerful faction is willing to maintain the guardianship system headed by the Ashikaga family because they want to use their identity as Ashikaga relatives to rule the place.
The battle between the Shiba family and the Ashikaga family will weaken the prestige of the Ashikaga shoguns and is inconsistent with the fundamental interests of the local powerful factions. The Hosokawa Mibuchi clan is not without opposition.
Hosokawa Fujitaka hoped that the Shiba family could overwhelm the Ashikaga family, allowing local powerful factions to gain more benefits in the shogunate, and also silence the opposition.
Yiyin chose to give in at the critical moment before victory, which made her quite angry.
Akechi Mitsuhide saw through Hosokawa Fujitaka's thoughts and said calmly.
"The Lord's choice is also based on considerations of the overall situation. The shogunate is in trouble internally and externally. What is needed at this time is unity, not internal fighting."
Hosokawa Fujitaka sneered.
"Then just keep your head down at the beginning. Why bother bothering you for so long and causing chaos in Kyoto?"
Akechi Mitsuhide glanced at her and said.
"Then my lord has to marry the general. Are you willing?"
Hosokawa Fujitaka choked and was rendered speechless by Akechi Mitsuhide.
She asked herself, was it not for her own petty reasons to support Yiyin that she would not let him marry the general?
He said in anger.
"Anyway, it's too inappropriate to compromise at this time!
All the previous efforts were in vain, wouldn't it be better to do it later?
The Ashikaga family can't hold on anymore. If we persist for another ten days and a half, we can get better results."
Akechi Mitsuhide counterattacked coldly.
"If you wait another ten days and a half, Lord Kokata will have to bow his head, and the dignity of the Ashikaga General will hit rock bottom.
Our purpose is to dispel the shogun's unrealistic marriage idea, not to shatter the prestige of the Ashikaga family.
Whether it is the Shiba family or the Hosokawa family, they are both Ashikaga relatives. The third-in-command leads a high family, and the general's prestige has fallen to the ground. What good does it do to us."
Hosokawa Fujitaka lowered his head and said nothing, indeed he was a little confused by Yoshigan's high-spirited integrity.
The Wu family only strives for their own interests, and there is no reason to take the overall situation into consideration and push the benefits outward.
When Yoshigan Saba had the upper hand, he chose to reach a compromise with the Ashikaga family. This was indeed conducive to the stability of the shogunate, and no one could fault it.
She sighed and said.
"This is incredible."
Akechi Mitsuhide nodded solemnly.
"I also find it incredible. Maybe this is the charm of the Lord.
I always feel ashamed in front of him."
The two shook their heads together, and Hosokawa Fujitaka said.
"So he chose to go to see the general in full force and with great fanfare?"
Akechi Mitsuhide replied.
"My Lord is disgusted with the Ashikaga family and the shogunate's petty tricks.
He didn't want to dwell on this anymore and decided to be honest with the general."
Hosokawa Fujitaka nodded.
"In this case, I will go to the Sanyuan Mansion now and contact the Sanyuan family together.
The various families in the shogunate are also disgusted with the current situation and should end it as soon as possible.
Launch the shogunate review and bring everything back to normal."
Hosokawa Fujitaka was persuaded by Akechi Mitsuhide and began to communicate with various companies.
The Ashikaga family was also shocked by Yoshigage's unusual performance and couldn't grasp his thoughts for a while.
In a meeting hall of the Imperial Palace, the General and the Imperial Palace looked at each other.
Ever since the news about the Miyoshi Rokkaku family reached Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshiteru knew that he had lost.
Shiba Yiyin didn't need to do anything else. As long as she waited silently, she, the general, would be crushed by the pressure from all sides of the shogunate and had to give in.
Even though Ashikaga Yoshiteru is bitter, he can't blame Shiba Yoshigan.
From the beginning to the end, it was the Ashikaga family who were plotting against him, and he was just fighting back.
The Ashikaga family had no way out and had no choice but to bow their heads.
But after compromising, I am afraid that my prestige will be greatly damaged, and I will not know how to maintain the Ashikaga world in the future.
While she and Odaisu were speechless, Shiba Yiyin actually took action.
Although the swords and guns of the Tongxin people are hung on their bodies and their postures are very strong, it is just a gesture.
No matter how hard they can fight, there will only be thirty Ji warriors, and the Imperial Palace cannot be taken down by just thirty people.
If Yoshigan Shiba was willing to come, he expressed his willingness to negotiate, and was willing to give the Ashikaga family a step up and maintain the prestige of the shogun.
This was such an unexpected surprise that the father and daughter couldn't believe it, and they quickly ordered someone to bring him in.
Yoshigan was wearing a formation haori, and although his war horse and spear were left outside the imperial palace, the murderous aura tainted with his battle formation still charged towards him.
After he came in, he kowtowed to the ground where the general and the emperor were lying, and said bluntly.
"Shiba Yiyin came to say goodbye to Lord Gongfang."
After saying that, he sat upright and waited for the general's attitude. It didn't look like giving in, but forcing him to go to the palace.
Tell me what the terms are. If we can't agree, I'll leave without looking back.