Asai Nagamasa, together with Yoshihiro and his entourage, worked hard and rushed back to Otani Castle, Asai Hisamasa's residence, in a few days.
Odani Castle is located on Mount Otani, with the Anegawa River Basin nearby. The land is fertile and commerce is developed. A large number of retainers moved into the castle town, gathering wealth and people's hearts, making the Asai family replace the Kyogoku family and become the center of Kita Omi.
On this day, Nagamasa Asai entered Otani Castle holding a letter from Fujitaka Hosokawa, and Yoshihiro Shiba held the white flag of Ashikaga.
With the support of powerful retainers Akao Kiyozuna, Isono Emasa and others, the governor of the Asai family, Hisamasa, was forced to retire and passed to the young master Asai Nagamasa.
The first thing that Asai Nagamasa did after becoming the governor of the family was to spread the news throughout the Omi Kingdom about Rokkaku Yoshihide's robbery and murder of the shogunate's envoy who was mediating the war between the two families.
That's right, Yoshigan suddenly changed his identity. The envoy sent by the shogunate to help the Rokkaku family became an envoy to mediate the war. It's really gratifying, gratifying.
Public opinion was in an uproar for a while, and Rokkaku's retainers questioned their master about this matter. Of course, Rokkaku Yoshihide would not admit it.
I'm not, I haven't, don't talk nonsense.
But the news from the west stunned Rokka Yixian.
General Ashikaga Yoshiteru mobilized the Ashikaga warriors, pointed out that Rokkaku Yoshihide was an enemy of the samurai family, and threatened to conquer Omi personally to seek an explanation.
This series of changes stunned the Sanhao family.
Sanhao Changqing is hesitant. She holds the huge power of the seven or eight countries. She is strong, but it is not so easy to coordinate and mobilize these forces.
On the one hand, the various factions in the family need to coordinate and be impartial, on the other hand, it also takes time to raise weapons for long distances.
After thinking about it, I couldn't catch up on the advantage of taking advantage of the enemy's internal strife to attack. I can only use 666 from a distance to cheer up. I hope you guys will be smart.
The Miyoshi family was happy to hear about it, but the shogunate ministers and Rokkaku retainers were unwilling to fight.
Fighting requires death and consumes a lot of money, food and materials. Warriors are not fools, they just know how to kill people all day long.
There are people who can do things that make people lose their heads, but who is willing to do things that are useless?
The reason why the shogunate went to war with the Miyoshi family was because the Miyoshi family invaded the neighboring country and took away Sakai Port. Now they are spying on the Izumi Kingdom, the Kawachi Kingdom, and even want to get involved in the affairs of the Yamashiro Shogun family.
The shogunate ministers either had territories in these places or were living on the general's salary, so naturally they would fight the Miyoshi family to the end.
But it's different on the Omi side. The Ashikaga shogun in Minami Omi couldn't digest the Rokkaku family's defeat for hundreds of years, so he didn't want to think about it for a long time. The commercial interests of Lake Biwa also shared a large share of the pie with Kyoto through the Seta River.
What else are you fighting for? Just to vent your anger?
Rokkaku's retainers also don't want to be enemies with the shogunate. In the past few years, Rokkaku and the shogunate have been at peace, which is a rare good life for the Rokkaku family in a hundred years. They engage in business and beat Asai, and they live a happy life.
Rokkaku and Asai will definitely have a fight.
The Rokkaku warriors have made huge profits from attacking the Asai family in recent years. Now they occupy the land of nine counties in Omi, and they are looking forward to Shu to eat more.
The Asai samurai family were beaten by Rokkaku until they were left with only three counties. They also thought that one day they could take back their own land and trading towns by sleeping hard and trying hard.
Both sides are eyeing the food in the other's bowl, so naturally they will fight each other to death.
But why did Rokkaku Yoshihide make the general unhappy? Is he sick? Rokkaku's retainers also murmured in their hearts.
Therefore, Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Rokkaku Yoshihide were both under pressure.
Rokkaku's retainer is famous for his toughness in recent times. This toughness is not only external, but also against the family governor, forcing Rokkaku Yoshihide to bow to the general.
Rokkaku Yoshiken wrote letters of defense one by one, followed by teams of money, food and military equipment to Beijing, which gave the shogunate enough face.
The shogunate minister also pulled the furious Ashikaga Yoshiki and tried to persuade him again and again.
Sister, forget it.
Hosokawa Motonsune specially wrote a letter to blame his daughter for being troublesome. She is not a good old person like Mibuchi Haru and is easy to fool.
The Izumi-Hosokawa family bore the brunt of the struggle against the Miyoshi family, and it was a tense time. Hosokawa Fujitaka instead directed Ashikaga Yoshiteru's attention to Omi, who was really not a woman.
In addition, he also wrote a letter to scold his sister Haruka Mibuchi. What kind of beauty is Nasaba Yoshigan? It has charmed the always wise Fujitaka Hosokawa so much that he does not know how serious it is. This kind of man who brings disaster to the country and the people is not allowed to enter the Hosokawa family.
Mibuchi Haru and Hosokawa Fujitaka were both scolded. One was the elder sister and the other was the mother. Speaking of which, Izumi Hosokawa, the governor of the family, was still in control and majestic.
Mibuchi Haru was just submissive, but Hosokawa Fujitaka was unconvinced.
The shogunate is also corrupt. It only wants to maintain the status quo and has no courage to go out and do something great. Today it can appease the Rokkaku family, and tomorrow it can be the Miyoshi family.
If this continues, will the Ashikaga family ever be revived? Not to mention the Ashikaga family, where will the Hosokawa family go?
Although she was resentful in her heart, she was still just the young head of the Izumi-Hosokawa family, and it was not her turn to make the final decision.
I just want to rebel against Gin's perseverance and determination, but I can't help but feel melancholy. After Hosokawa Motonsune vetoed it, the two of them also lost their fate. Thinking of the strange man's face, my heart ached, I couldn't sleep, and I had no choice.
Since both sides want to compromise, things will be easier to deal with. The most troublesome thing now is the Ashikaga white flag in Yoshigan Shiba's hand.
As for Hosokawa Fujitaka's letter, Hosokawa Motonsune could tell lies and nonsense.
But the imperial flag has great significance, it is the face of the Ashikaga family that cannot be discarded. Even if Ashikaga Yoshiteru wipes out the family and commits suicide, he will not go against his conscience and say it is fake.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru has a strong temperament. In order to maintain the family business these years, he has been a grandson for too long.
Although she was persuaded by the ministers to agree not to mobilize to attack Rokkaku, if she was asked to say that the imperial flag sent out was a forgery, she would really be able to flip the table.
Mibuchi Haru has been scolded like shit by a group of ministers. If she hadn't been kind-hearted, had made many friends over the years, and was a member of the Hosokawa family, she would have been hacked to death long ago.
It wasn't you who sent the Ashikaga white flag in a troubled manner, why are you so passive? Now that the Asai family's royal flag is in hand, how can the shogunate deny it?
Sanbuchi Haru, throw away your old father!
In the Imperial Palace meeting room, Ashikaga Yoshiteru looked at the persuading ministers with cold eyes.
The shogunate ministers are the wings and shackles of Ashikaga. They have their own interests and demands, and they are not unconditionally obedient and loyal to the Ashikaga shogun.
For example, right now, they want to force the general to stop his crusade against the Rokkaku family.
Ashikaga Yoshiki had seen through this a long time ago, and after venting her anger, she sadly felt her powerlessness again.
The Ashikaga family's mobilization has stopped, and she has no way to bypass the ministers and attack Rokkaku Yoshihide.
But she also has her own dignity and bottom line as a general. She will never claim that the imperial flag is fake, and she will never take back the enemy of the Wu family who is Yoshihide Rokkaku.
Lord Gongkata gritted his teeth and persisted, leaving the shogunate at a loss. They have all been vested interests in the shogunate for generations. It is already embarrassing to force the general like this. Should he go further... I am afraid that he will die a good death.
The situation was deadlocked, and for a while there was an awkward silence between Kyoto and Minami Omi.