Ashikaga Yoshiki is seizing on the opportunistic behavior of the shogunate in recent wars, beating the shogunate, and shrinking the power in their hands.
The shogunate was originally an Ashikaga retainer, and he gained a lot of benefits from the gradual decline of the Ashikaga shogunate.
Now it has reached a terrible point where without them, the Ashikaga clan's horseback clan has no support.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru used disloyalty as an excuse to deprive the shogunate of some of his territory through fines, reduction of seals and other means.
Then claim to establish a new Nijo Imperial Palace, build Nijo Castle, seize the surrounding land, and establish logistical supplies controlled by the Ashikaga family.
Once successful, the Ashikaga family, freed from the coercion of the shogunate, can leverage the mobilization of the entire shogunate with a little logistics.
In this way, the mobilization power of millions of stones in the shogunate, which was originally a pile of loose sand, will be stimulated and controlled by Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
At this favorable time, place, and people, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
In order for the Rokkaku family to focus on dealing with the Asai family, Rokkaku Yoshihide personally went to Beijing to kneel down and show weakness to Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
Although Miyoshi Changqing pacified the four kingdoms, Miyoshi Yoshihide passed away, and there were signs of civil strife in the family again. He was so anxious that he had no time to visit the shogunate.
The Ise family's pro-Miyoshi family stance in recent battles was caught by Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who pursued and beat them fiercely.
Taking advantage of the Ninagawa family's closeness, he divided the shogunate among the shogunate, captured the shogunate of the Ise line, and tried to squeeze out their wool.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru was able to achieve such a favorable situation, and the Shiba family was indispensable.
Shiba Yoshigan's alliance with Hosokawa Mibuchi's group, and Hatakeyama Takamasa bowed his head and gave in, completely integrating the power of local powerful factions.
The mobilization power of the ministers and local powerful factions is four to five million shi.
Outside, the Miyoshi and Rokkaku families are not causing trouble, and the divided ministers have nothing to rely on. As long as Ashikaga Yoshiteru gets the full support of local powerful factions, she can steadily advance her plan.
Seizing the land and population from the hands of the shogunate allowed the Ashikaga family to regain direct control and have a foundation to breathe, unlike the rootless tree it is now.
Therefore, at this important juncture, nothing can happen to Spo Yiyin.
Shiba Yiyin is a man, and the Shiba family has no heirs yet. Once he has a problem, the Shiba family will fall apart.
Then the local powerful factions will return to the state of fragmentation, and the ministers will have no pressure and will dare to take risks to resist the oppression of the generals.
In the final analysis, Ashikaga Yoshiteru does not have the strength to force the ministers to bow their heads, so he can only rely on the cooperation of powerful local factions to rectify the ministers.
Before Yoshigan Saba left Konge, he established the strategic goal of supporting the general, which Mitsuhide Akechi himself explained to Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
Therefore, whether it was Ashikaga Yoshiteru out of love or Ootai out of interests, neither of them wanted anything to happen to Yoshigan Shiba at this time.
Ashikaga Yoshiki glanced at his father and motioned to bring people in.
After a while, Akechi Mitsuhide hurriedly walked into the hall, fell to the ground and kowtowed, and everyone broke down in tears.
"My Lord, the shogunate's envoy was in danger on the Hokurikudo and was trapped in Vietnam and was in a dilemma."
Without saying anything else, she first emphasized the four words "shogunate mission".
Although Yoshigan went to Echigo as an envoy out of his own volition, he also received the order from the shogun and was an official envoy on behalf of the shogunate.
Although the power of the shogunate has shrunk to within a few days, it is still invincible. When envoys are outside, the samurai will still give them due courtesy.
What supported the shogunate was not only the interests within the guardianship system, but also the ethics of the samurai society that had operated for hundreds of years.
The shogun is the elder of the Minamoto family, the pillar of the samurai family, and the source of samurai society.
The respect given to Ashikaga General is also an acknowledgment of the merits of the ancestors.
Without loyalty to the generals, there would be no rewards from the ancestors, and there would be no cornerstone of power for the military families to rule the place.
Therefore, when actual interests are not involved, the attitude of local military families towards the shogunate is relatively mild and respectful, and it is rare to embarrass envoys.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru was also surprised when he heard that Yoshihiro and his party were in trouble on the Hokuriku Road and asked.
"What's going on? Who blocked the mission from sending an envoy to Echigo?"
"Kaga, Vietnam and China have always been feudal lords. The gods of Vietnam and China have blocked the border with the intention of harming the mission."
Ashikaga Yoshiki frowned after hearing this.
The Ichikai clan was causing a lot of trouble in Hokurikudo, and the shogunate had heard about it for a long time. However, over the years, the masters had suppressed the Ichikai clan and managed to reach peace with the samurai family.
The Etchu Jinho family is one of the three guardian generations of Etchu. Although it is within the guardian system, the Hatakeyama clan has withdrawn from Etchu for many years, and it has long been effectively independent and has become a daimyo.
These two families are the kind of forces that can give face to the shogunate or not, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru really can't force them to make concessions.
she asked.
"Master Zheng Ru has always kept a low profile, so how come the Hokurikudo Ichikki Sect has become active again?"
Akechi Mitsuhide replied.
"The Master Zhengru was seated at Ishiyama Honganji Temple a few days ago. Her legitimate daughter, Honganji Temple, appears to be the Master, and is now the head of the lineage."
Ashikaga Yoshiki squinted his eyes, thinking about the changes in the Ichigo clan after changing their masters, and snorted coldly.
"These nuns are really evil."
The Wu family society is in constant war, and the people at the bottom are in poverty and have no hope, so most of them rely on religion to numb themselves.
Faith is the sustenance that soothes the soul, but both the Buddhism and the propagation route of the Yixiang Sect have sunk to the grassroots where there is deep suffering, winning the hearts of the people and making the Wu family fearful.
Ashikaga Yoshiki was also wary of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, but he was so troubled by everything that he couldn't take care of the nuns who deliberately kept a low profile.
Unexpectedly, the Ichigo Sect would change its owner at this time, and it would be replaced by Honganji Hianru, who is bent on expansion and ambitious. It seems that there will be trouble in the future.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru continued to ask.
"What's going on with the Jimbo family? Why did they block the mission?"
Akechi Mitsuhide said.
"I heard that the chief minister of the Jinbo family had a long-standing quarrel with Terutora Uesugi, the leader of Kanto, and he took advantage of her leaving the country to try to harm her.
Your Majesty, if you meet at the right time, it will bring disaster to the fish in the pond."
Ashikaga Yoshiteru breathed out a heavy breath. It turned out that the local samurai were fighting for profit and waiting for an opportunity to kill Uesugi Terutora.
She was angry, as expected, no one took the shogunate seriously.
Teruhora Uesugi was the Kanto governor recognized by the shogunate just now, and Yoshihiro Shiba followed him as an envoy to Echigo to announce the decree for his platform.
This group of people was blocked in Ezhong and was beaten in the face of the shogunate. How could Ashikaga Yoshiteru not be angry?
But face is given by others, and face is lost by oneself.
The shogunate was acting like this, and the local military family, whose own interests were involved, would certainly not take her as a general seriously.
I can only hate myself for being incompetent and unable to deter these profit-seeking bastards.
The matter was figured out, but Ashikaga Yoshiki found that he really couldn't help.
If this happened in recent times, the Ashikaga family would still have the influence to come forward with help due to their influence over more than a hundred years and their numerous interests.
Now that things are happening in Yuezhong, and it is a thorn in the side like Ichigo, it is an important matter related to the Jinbo family's own interests. There is no difference between the general's words and his words.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru glanced at Akechi Mitsuhide and thought to himself, this girl came to beg me, is she trying to cause trouble for me?
It is extremely shameful that the Ashikaga family has fallen like this.