Chapter 601 7. A Day in the Life of Yamauchi Yoshiyasu

(Someone asked me how Asakura could be at peace with Honganji Temple? Because they were at peace in history. Asakura Yoshikage was indeed a great donor of the Ikko clan, and the Hokuriku Ikko clan no longer launched the Ikko Ikki against the Asakura clan.)

The current situation is really incomprehensible. Yoshiaki and Nobunaga, who should have torn their faces apart, are still in a state of cooperation. The Hokuriku Ikko clan and Asakura Yoshikage, who had fought for decades and were considered sworn enemies, are now at peace.

However, this did not bother Yamauchi Shukei and Yamauchi Yoshiyasu in Luoyang. In just one year, with the cooperation of Nobunaga and Yoshiaki, Luoyang was rejuvenated.

Because Murai Sadakatsu and Akechi Mitsuhide, who served as the magistrates of Kyoto, were both capable officials who were good at handling civil affairs and had skills. Luoyang, which was once in ruins, quickly restored its appearance as the center of the world.

Oda Nobunaga may have adopted a strategy of respecting the court because of his relatively low birth. Not only did he return many of the manors and imperial residences that originally belonged to the imperial court and the regent, he also presented rice, silk, horses and other items to the nobles, and funded the repair of the Imperial Palace.

The upper and lower Kyoto began large-scale preparations and reconstruction, and even added enough drainage channels to solve the problems of drainage and fire water.

"Uncle, Luoyang is really prosperous and magnificent!" Yamauchi Yoshiyasu went to the capital for the first time. In his eyes, the metropolis with a population of 100,000 was naturally full of novelties.

"Gifu Dansho really has some kingly aura. In the past, daimyo went to Luoyang and let their soldiers plunder. Only he worked hard to restore Luoyang!" Yamauchi Shukei had been here for more than ten years, and he was impressed by the great changes in Luoyang.

"No wonder (Fujiwara) Dansho once said that Gifu was a hero in the world!"

"Koheita was really right about this point. His vision is quite reasonable."

"Hey, uncle, look, it's Maru Cross!" Yamauchi Yoshiyasu pointed to a group of people.

"Shimazu clan? Is this the envoy from Satsuma?"

The envoys who walked to the Imperial Palace together were indeed from the Satsuma Shimazu clan. After all, there were many Shimazu clans in the world, but only the Satsuma Shimazu clan was qualified to personally meet the Shogun as an independent daimyo.

When the receptionists in the Imperial Palace received the letter, they realized that it was Shimazu Yoshihisa who sent Kiiri Yoshihisa to congratulate Ashikaga Yoshiaki on his succession to the Shogun of the Muromachi shogunate.

It's late, but it's better to come than not to come!

Although Shimazu Yoshihisa is the current head of the Shimazu clan, his father Shimazu Takahisa is still alive. This time he came mainly to report to Ashikaga Yoshiaki about the unification of Satsuma and to request Ashikaga Yoshiaki to appoint Shimazu Yoshihisa as the guardian of Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga.

As for Kiiri Yoshihisa, he is also an important official of the Shimazu clan. His original name was Shimazu Tadayoshi, the son of Shimazu Tadatoshi, a vassal of the Shimazu clan. He was both civil and military, not only was he good at martial arts, but he was also very good at flower arrangement, Japanese poetry, and renga. This was rare in Satsuma, where the streets were full of rough men, so he was sent to the shogunate as the family elder of Shimazu Yoshihisa.

They were from a distant country, so Hosokawa Fujitaka personally came out to explain to Yamauchi Shukei. Give him face, we are family members, stay for dinner. As for the Shimazu family, after the meeting (after collecting the money), he was sent away.

It was naturally a happy event for the shogunate to have a daimyo come to pay homage, and Yamauchi Shukei was very tolerant of this point, so he naturally agreed.

After Kiuri Kiku entered the palace to meet the emperor, another group of people arrived at the shogunate, also to send gifts for the August Festival. They were Kobayakawa Takakage, the third son of Mori Motonari, and Nomi Munekatsu.

The purpose of this group of people was naturally not as simple as simply sending a gift. Murakami Takeyoshi of Noshima and the Mori clan formally concluded an alliance similar to a vassal relationship. (Actually, he was beaten by Kobayakawa Takakage)

This had nothing to do with the shogunate, but Noshima Murakami controlled a considerable part of the sea power in the Seto Inland Sea, and could also oppress the Kono clan in Iyo.

That is to say, all kinds of goods shipped from the western country to Sakai, Ishiyama, and Luoyang via the Seto Inland Sea would be interfered with by the Mori family. How to distribute the benefits in the middle requires Ashikaga Yoshiaki to come out and say hello to everyone, and everyone should sit down and talk about how to divide it, and don't make conflicts for no reason.

As for the invasion of Iyo, the Mori family is not simply dominating the yin and yang western country. They have launched powerful offensives against Kyushu and Iyo on the other side of the Seto Inland Sea. It is difficult for the Mori family, a large alliance of people, to suppress various internal contradictions and dissatisfaction without expanding outward.

The Mori family hopes to be appointed as the guardian of Iyo to increase the legitimacy of their Iyo strategy. However, Iyo also has the territory of the noble Saionji family, which is not small. It is indeed necessary to have talents like Kobayakawa Takakage who are "good at dancing" to go to the court and the shogunate to make some changes.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki's reception of these daimyo was just a formality, just sitting in the palace for a while and nodding. If there was a real talk, there would be a specialist from the shogunate to negotiate, so Yamauchi Shukei didn't wait long and it was his turn.

The two of them tidied up their appearance, walked to the corridor outside the palace in small steps, and called out the names loudly. After Ashikaga Yoshiaki allowed it, they walked into the palace with their knees clenched.

In the palace, they really only said some bland words, and then left the palace to say goodbye. However, Hosokawa Fujitaka came to lead the two out and notified them to come on time at 6 o'clock in the evening for dinner.

Yamauchi Yoshiyasu's first visit to the pillar of the Minamoto clan, the Shogun, his face flushed and his heartbeat accelerated. As a result, when he walked out, he realized that he had never seen what Ashikaga Yoshiaki looked like.

Just as they were walking out, another group of people entered the hall. They turned out to be the envoys of the Kyushu Tantai Otomo clan. Their purpose of coming here was straightforward. He wanted to be the Kyushu Tantai and he also wanted to be the Hizen Shugo. After the defeat of the former Shugo Shoni clan, the Ryuzoji clan rose in Hizen Province.

Now the Otomo family, with Otomo Chikamasa as the general general, has no less than 60,000 troops from all directions, and has launched an attack on Hizen Province. They have surrounded the Ryuzoji clan's main castle, Saga Castle.

The Hizen powerful families Omura and Arima have all joined forces with the Otomo clan to attack Ryuzoji, and they are just one step away from their last breath. It is said that the Otomo army has already written a document reporting victory in the Yamamoto camp, and they just need to send it out after the city is captured.

"Uncle, is this the power of the shogun?" Seeing that daimyos from all over the world came to pay homage to Ashikaga Yoshiaki in an endless stream, Yamauchi Yoshiyasu was very surprised.

"Your Majesty is in Luoyang to govern the sixty-six states, and the great names of the world should come to pay homage!"

"Before I came, I thought Your Majesty was in a difficult situation, but I didn't expect him to be so majestic."

"The righteousness of the world is all in Your Majesty, this is the inherent meaning."

Riding on the horse, looking back at the endless stream of people coming and going in the shogunate, the Ashikaga clan, representing the pillars of the world's military families. The setting sun shines on the imperial palace, and unexpectedly there is a hint of brilliance.