Chapter 599 5. Mitsuhide's Plan for the Lord

The situation in Kinai was changing. Not only the Yamanouchi family, but also the ambitious daimyo increased their infiltration into Luoyang.

Old man Mori Motonari sent things to Luoyang almost every month. Although they were not very expensive, the court and the shogunate had really changed their impression of this daimyo who had only risen in recent years.

After all, the things he sent were real, and he sent them more diligently than anyone else. The shogunate officials and nobles in Luoyang were on good terms with the Mori family.

The nobles and shogunate officials were also willing to be the contact persons or even spokespersons of the local daimyo in Luoyang.

Didn't you see Zixiaoji Tsunayoshi, who was so poor that he almost sold his daughter, get a high position and a horse to ride. He lived in a mansion with a large garden and a pond of 100 acres, and he had delicious food and spicy drinks every day. The tea parties and singing parties at home never stopped, with tea, wine, and snacks.

It was the Yamanouchi family who paid for him!

Using the gold that the Yamanouchi family mined from the Mashino Gold Mine, they tried their best to entertain the nobles, and they had fun every day and every night.

Who wouldn't envy the nobles in the court?

It's not that they have to sell out the interests of the court and the shogunate, but just report the daily news, and they can be happy every day. Who doesn't want to do it? Who doesn't want to do it?

There are even many people who take the initiative to show their goodwill, just thinking that they can be free for a few days by getting close to a big boss.

So the situation in Luoyang is now spread very comprehensively and quickly. In the past, it was a bit backward, but now it's just a daily report.

The Yamanouchi family naturally understands the contradictions in Kinai. The filth of Oda Nobunaga and Asakura Yoshikage has been semi-publicized. The people of Nishiwasa have come to Oda Nobunaga, which is equivalent to giving Oda Nobunaga a reason to declare war for free.

Wakasa guardian Takeda Motoaki was "captured" to Echizen, and asked the shogunate, that is, asked Oda Nobunaga, the actual ruling of the shogunate, to help Takeda Motoaki return to the country to serve.

What a great, glorious and correct excuse. Our Oda Nobunaga is a great loyal minister of the shogunate!

Although Oda Nobunaga is a little inflated now, he at least has basic judgment. He naturally accepted the reason for the declaration of war with great pleasure, but he still sent Akechi Mitsuhide to ask Ashikaga Yoshiaki about the specific views of the Asakura family.

Or let Akechi Mitsuhide persuade Ashikaga Yoshiaki to give Oda Nobunaga the official endorsement of attacking Asakura.

The second is his sworn brother Asai Nagamasa, who did not fulfill the two counties of Jiangnan promised before going to Kyoto. Only half of Aichi County was given, and it was Asai Nagamasa who conquered it himself.

That's fine. Due to insufficient military force, Oda Nobunaga forced the Asai family's army to fight in order to pacify the local nobles in Kinai and the remnants of the six corners of Koga. Asai Nagamasa led his troops away in anger.

The originally close relationship has become quite estranged. It can even be said that there is a certain degree of dissatisfaction and even resentment.

The Asai family and the Asakura family have been allies for many years. When the traitor Asai Ryomasa rebelled against the Kyogoku family, the Asakura family helped. When Rokkaku Sadayasu and Rokkaku Yoshitaka entered Jiangbei, the Asakura family came to save their lives.

If Oda Nobunaga wanted to attack the Asakura family, Asai Nagamasa would be a big uncertainty.

Akechi Mitsuhide probably saw Oda Nobunaga's intention, and personally gave him advice and ran around.

If Oda Nobunaga wanted to allocate a county to Asai Nagamasa, Oda Nobunaga could not do it. But some things that are beneficial but not costly are easy to do.

The Kyogoku family, which was driven away by the Asai family, is now living a life of idleness and waiting for death at Ashikaga Yoshiaki's place. After all, Kyogoku is a high-ranking family among the high-ranking families of the shogunate, one of the four positions, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki is happy to keep this card.

But Kyogoku Takayoshi's life was still very ordinary, especially when his daughter Kyogoku Ryuko married Takeda Motoaki, the Wakasa guardian. He could have relied on some resources and had some money, but now he was completely dependent on Ashikaga Yoshiaki's retirement meal.

In order to make Kyogoku Takayoshi tempted, Oda Nobunaga offered two villages in Yamashiro Province and one village in Jiangbei Takashima County, totaling 3,000 kan of Chixing Andu.

The price was that Kyogoku Takayoshi completely gave up the claim to the position of Northern Omi guardian and was content to be a parasite in the shogunate.

Then Oda Nobunaga came forward to recommend Asai Nagamasa as the Northern Omi guardian, and at the same time, he also gave the remaining half of Aichi County to the Asai family.

A nominal guardian position and a new half-county territory naturally could not shut up the people of Jiangbei, but it could shut up Asai Nagamasa.

The Asai family was just a countryman in Jiangbei three generations ago, and the internal strife of the Kyogoku family gave him the opportunity to rise. But in the final analysis, the Asai family was only the leader of the people in Jiangbei.

Asai Nagamasa was supported by the people, including the three generals of Akamiu, to eliminate his father Asai Hisamasa, who could not guarantee the interests of the people in Jiangbei.

And a northern Omi guardian position can greatly strengthen the Asai family's legitimate rule in Jiangbei. For Asai Nagamasa to unify the people of Jiangbei, make the people of Jiangbei vassal, and let the Asai family embark on the path of the Warring States daimyo.

And the extra half county can at least shut up the people of Jiangbei in a short period of time, so that they can get certain benefits and temporarily support Asai Nagamasa's rule.

In addition, Oda Nobunaga took the lead in throwing out an olive branch and helped Asai Nagamasa to recommend the left guards and Omi no Kami. In the future, Asai Nagamasa will also be respectfully addressed as His Highness Kotani Yulin when he goes out.

Of course, Oda Nobunaga took the initiative to inform his ally the Yamanouchi family of this plan, otherwise the Yamanouchi renbanshu, including Kobayata, would not have known the entire plan so clearly.

Oda Nobunaga even secretly stated that the Asakura family, which controlled the two major ports of Obama and Tsuruga, had a territory of no less than 200,000 kan, or even more, and that the population in the territory was dense, so its mobilization power was very strong.

It is entirely possible to recruit 30,000 to 40,000 people. If Oda Nobunaga attacks alone, he may not necessarily have a sufficient strength advantage. If Oda attacks Asakura, I hope that the Yamauchi clan's 10,000 Toe soldiers will be able to go out to Echizen country.

Anyway, in the eyes of Oda Nobunaga, the Asakura family is a formidable enemy that must be dealt with with all their strength. Even though he was swollen, he knew that he had to plan more, and even let Asakura catch a siege net.

At the end of Nobunaga's personal letter, he also admitted that Asai Nagamasa may not be able to guarantee complete satisfaction.

He wanted to continue to try to raise the profile of Asai Nagamasa in order to win over Asai Nagamasa.

As a usurper in the Asai family, it is natural that he also hopes to improve his family's reputation. A good way to improve your family's reputation is to marry a powerful daimyo with a noble family background.

The Yamauchi family is one of the most prestigious daimyo in the world, and it is also a clan of the Ashikaga clan. It is the best thing for Yamauchi Taro to be a member of the clan.

It just so happens that Oda Nobunaga's eldest nephew, Asai Manfukumaru, is six years old this year, and the granddaughter of Yamauchi Prime Minister, the legitimate daughter of Yamauchi Habayashi-den, and Shimomataro's sister, is three years old this year!

It was truly a match made in heaven, a match made in earth. Oda Nobunaga personally secured the matchmaking and arranged for the legitimate daughter of the Shinshu Yamauchi clan to marry the legitimate son of the Ezhou Asai clan.

Let the two families become one family and share peace!