Chapter five hundred and forty-ninth now is not the past
Nimu Yoshimasa said with a smile.
"Fuji Takahime are you kidding me? You two have been friends for many years."
Hosokawa Fujitaka secretly cursed in his heart, who is friends with that smiling tiger? Bah!
A serious look on his face.
"If you have personal friendship, don't dare to forget official matters."
Nimu Yoshimasa smiled bitterly and shook his head, unwilling to respond.
Akechi Mitsuhide is no longer the samurai of the past. When he lived in Kyoto, he became friends with Hosokawa Fujitaka.
For the sake of the Izumi-Hosokawa family, and because the Akechi family was a branch of the Toki family and their family status was not humble, they reluctantly treated her as a human being.
Now, the Shiba family has risen. Akechi Mitsuhide has been authorized by the leader of the powerful local faction in the shogunate, Shiba Yoshigan, to be responsible for the foreign affairs of the Shiba family.
She is a high-ranking martial artist who can discuss major political affairs with the general. How dare Niki Yoshimasa dare to offend her?
The Niki family's territory is located on the border between Yamashiro Province and Iga Province. The Kita Iga territory assigned to Akechi Mitsuhide by Shiba Yoshigan is close to the Niki family's territory.
Niki Yoshimasa, just tomoyo from a few villages, spying on Mitsuhide Akechi, a great lord who is very close to him? Is he crazy?
Although Hosokawa Fujitaka often returns to Kyoto, her base is in Izumi Province, and she is not aware of the current changes in Akechi Mitsuhide's status in Kyoto.
The Shiba family is now the powerful local leader of the shogunate. In recent years, the Shiba family has been dominated by Iga and Peking University.
In the old days, the local samurai, the young warriors of the Iga clan and the Hokuda Kazu clan, all followed Yamanaka Yukimori and Shima Katsuo to Kanto, and their power was marginalized by the Shiba clan.
The three giants in Spo's kingdom have different powers.
Maeda's family background was the lowest, so she mainly attracted the samurai from Owari's hometown to join her, and then recruited Otani Yoshitsugi and Toudo Takatora, people from Omi, to become her helpers.
Nizi Shengjiu was born in the Nizi family and was a famous man with a million stones in the Western Kingdom.
After the decline of the Yamano family, the strongest sixth house among the four families in the Western Kingdom, the Ouchi family and the Nishi family rose successively.
These two families were fighting for hegemony in the Western Kingdom, and the result was a snipe and clam fight, which took advantage of the common Maori family of the Oe family and the fisherman of the Maori family of Aki Province.
Under the plan of Motonari Mouri, the Maori family dominated the Western Kingdom. The Nizi family's business declined, and many officials lost their territory and lived abroad.
Nizi Shengjiu, as the legitimate daughter of Nizi's family, called on these people to come to her territory and enrich her basic base.
Unlike these two people, the Akechi family was wiped out in Mino, Akechi Mitsuhide had no family support, and not many Mino warriors took refuge with her.
She was a good dancer in Kyoto, made good friends with many martial arts families, and gathered a large number of landless nobles into her territory.
Although these people are not very capable, they have many bloodlines. Who doesn’t have a few poor relatives who are down and out?
Akechi Mitsuhide gave them a bite of food.
On the one hand, it has made her famous in the martial arts circle in Kyoto. On the other hand, it has also made her very well-informed.
Kyoto samurai masters completely accepted Akechi Mitsuhide, and Hitoshi Yoshimasa was very unwilling to offend this hot new star in the Kyoto circle.
Hosokawa Fujitaka's family is prosperous and noble, so he doesn't need to take Mitsuhide Akechi seriously, but Yoshimasa Niki still has to make a living in the samurai circle in Kyoto!
What's wrong with her?
"Hosokawa-hime, can you tell me anything you have to say with Akechi-hime? She is gentle and easy to talk to."
Hosokawa Fujitaka looked at Niki Yoshimasa in shock, how could you open your eyes and tell lies? Have you forgotten about Iga's guardianship?
If I hadn't tried my best to excuse you, how much would you have suffered between the ministers and the general? You are not a human being inside and outside!
This is what you are talking about, the bastard thing that the gentle and elegant Akechi Mitsuhide did secretly!
Niki Yoshimasa lowered his head and did not dare to look at Hosokawa Fujitaka. She had thin arms and legs and was really not qualified to participate in the criticism from the top management. She could only close her eyes and pretend to be dead.
From her attitude, Hosokawa Fujitaka became increasingly alert. Akechi Mitsuhide had penetrated into every aspect of Kyoto, both inside and outside the shogunate.
Niki Yoshimasa was the direct minister of Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Although her strength was not ranked among the shogunate ministers, her status as a close confidant of the shogun allowed her to get along well in the shogunate.
She was asked to look at Akechi Mitsuhide, but she kept it secret and did not dare to agree. This guy Akechi Mitsuhide has a deep business in Kyoto.
Hosokawa Fujitaka was in a state of confusion. He endured his confusion, exchanged a few words with politician Nikigi, and then left.
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Kyoto, Shiba Residence, in Mitsuhide Akechi's inner room.
Fujibayashi Anzu lowered her head and waited for orders, while Akechi Mitsuhide pursed his lips and smiled softly.
"You said that after Hosokawa Fujitaka left here, he went to Niki Yoshimasa's residence?"
"Hi!"
Akechi Mitsuhide couldn't help but sigh, it was Hosokawa Fujitaka who changed the subject so naturally, but it still made her wary.
But it's useless, how could she possibly know what I'm going to do? What's more, I haven't started to do it yet.
Mitsuhide Akechi waved his hand and ordered Fujibayashi to retreat, bowing his head silently with an indifferent expression.
By the time I take action, it's too late. If the situation is tilted, those who act like chariots will die without a burial place.
Hosokawa Fujitaka, please don't be stupid.
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In Omi Country, the war after the spring plowing has subsided, the north and south Omi have returned to their starting points, and every family is busy with the summer harvest.
Guanyin Temple Castle and Castle Tower.
Rokkaku Yoshiharu sat on the main seat, his face turned pale. Lowering his head, Goto Kentoyo had a tough attitude and refused to give in.
"Your Highness, there have been frequent wars in my family, and the military spirit of each family is exhausted. They should rest and recuperate before planning for big things.
I think that we should not expand externally in the past few years. It is better to make good friends with the surrounding martial arts families and operate with peace of mind to restore our strength."
The surrounding retainers nodded in agreement with her suggestion.
Rokkaku Yoshiharu had no choice but to give in and shelved the strategy he had just proposed in the review to fight again after autumn.
After the retainers bowed and left, she finally couldn't hold back her temper and punched the tatami, panting like an ox.
Since his mother Rokkaku Yoshiken was ostracized by the retainers, he finally became the powerful governor of the household, but his life was getting worse.
After she succeeded to the throne, the Rokkaku family was in a confrontation between Rokkaku Yoshihide and Gotou Kentoyo. Although she was only a weak family governor, she had some power between the two factions.
But Rokkaku Yoshiken lost power after the Northern Expedition in the spring and was completely kicked out.
Rokkaku Yoshiharu seemed to have completely taken over the power of Rokkaku's family, but Goto Kentoyo's gains were even greater.
Two generations of family governors, Rokkaku Sadayori and Rokkaku Yoshiken, were committed to pioneering and enterprising. The Rokkaku family once suppressed Kitaomi, became an ally of the Shogun, and was almost the overlord in recent times.
However, after the defeat of Noragada, Kitaomi broke away from the annexation, Ashikaga Yoshiteru gradually became alienated from the Rokkaku family, and everything returned to the original point.
Rokkaku Yoshihide was unwilling to give in and forcibly launched the Northern Expedition, which consumed the last bargaining chip of the Rokkaku family.
Today, Rokkaku's retainers are united around Goto Kentoyo and are very resistant to further expansion, and Rokkaku Yoshiharu's power as the governor of the family has also been restricted.