Seeing that Murai Sadakatsu was still going to continue, he only heard the clan sect speak: "Okay, what I want to tell you is that at present, because this faction is dominant, the lord is slightly unfair this time in order to support a faction and balance this faction, but on the whole, it can still be said that it is in the past."

This time the lord is determined to support Kinoshita Toyoshiro to take the throne, if anyone stands up against it at this time, I am afraid that it will definitely cause the lord to be angry, and maybe he will be marginalized by the lord, so I hope you don't be impulsive at the evaluation meeting, I believe that the lord will not suppress us for too long, and once Kinoshita Toyoshiro and his faction stand firm, then even if the lord wants to treat everyone equally. Is there anything else you have to say? ”

Hearing this, what can the retainers of Takayama Shibata's faction say more, what Takayama-sama said just now is already very clear, if he stands up in a meeting for a while, it is completely a joke about his own future, who would be stupid enough to do this.

As for those middle- and lower-level samurai in the faction, don't worry, it is obvious that this time the lord is only targeting the high-level warriors in the faction, after all, only they are qualified to participate in the daily assessment, and they are far from being qualified to be suppressed by the lord.

It didn't take long for Hasegawa Shuichi to run out of the castle tower and say loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, please go to the assessment room immediately, the lord will be here soon." ”

After all, a small number of the hundreds of retainers were qualified to enter the assessment room, and the other retainers sat in the open space outside the assessment room as usual, listening to the teachings of the lord.

The previous seat of the clan has always been in the Shibata Katsuya. After Sakuma Nobumori, and when he was about to sit in his seat, he saw Hasegawa Shuichi walking over quickly, first smiling awkwardly at Shibata Katsuya, who was beside the clan, and then said to the Takayama clan: "Lord Hida Mamoru is now the head of the retainers regardless of his status, so the lord sits in the first place." ”

"This ......," the clan finished. Turning his head to look at Shibata Katsuie.

Shibata Katsuya had already thought of such a result before he came, so there was no surprise or dissatisfaction on his face, and he just said lightly: "Senbei." This is the Lord's letter to you, don't think about it, the meeting is about to begin. Sit down. ”

As he spoke, he saw Shibata Katsuya move his steps and sit in the second position, and he could still treat him calmly at first, and when he sat down, the clan could still see the melancholy in his eyes.

Since it was the lord's order, the clan sect was not easy to shirk, so he had to sit on the right side of the first place that originally belonged to the Shibata Katsu family.

And Sakuma Nobumori is more than the clan, Shibata Katsuie arrived in the assessment room one step late, and when he walked to the front, he found that Shibata Katsuie, who was supposed to be sitting first on his right hand, was actually sitting in his place. And the clan sect that sat behind him before is now in the first place, and it is obvious that not only is he sitting in the back position, but I am afraid that even his position in the heart of the lord should have dropped a lot.

Sakuma Nobumori is in a class of its own. However, he knew that because the Kinoshita faction had not yet been formed, although he could not compete with the Takayama Shibata faction, every time the lord assigned a task, he could also get a piece of the pie for the samurai in the faction.

But now that Kinoshita Toyoshiro's faction has risen strongly, I'm afraid his own faction will not be like the original again. If you don't join one of them, it is estimated that it will not be long before the samurai who were originally united around you will leave you one after another, after all, you can't help them, you can't help them get tasks, why are they still by your side, so it has become an inevitable trend to join one of them.

As for who to throw to, there is no need to think about it for him, although Shibata Katsuya often has quarrels with himself on weekdays, but his relationship with him is still very deep, not to mention the clan, not to mention, not only has he had a good relationship with him before, but also Aihara is his own daughter-in-law, it is said that now the Takayama clan has begun to prepare to marry him, so that he and Shibata Katsuya are the same, isn't it also his father-in-law.

This is a good opportunity, it seems that good people really have good rewards, at that time, if he didn't see Lin Tongsheng miserable at the tea party, he couldn't bear to accept love as a woman, so that the other retainers knew that although Lin Tongsheng lost power, it was by no means without support, and it would not be exchanged for the current return.

Thinking of this, he had already made up his mind, that is, the Sakuma faction moved closer to the Takayama Shibata faction in an all-round way, and found a bright path for the samurai who followed him.

Sakuma Nobumori is also a person who dares to think and dare to do, I saw him walk quickly in front of the clan, and said with a smile: "Lord Hida Mamoru is not only the first of the retainers of the family, but the old man heard that he will marry Aihara soon, this is really a double happiness." ”

At first, the clan thought that Sakuma Nobukatsu was just borrowing his own politeness, in order to ridicule the Shibata Katsu family, but when he mentioned Xiao Ai, the clan felt that things were not so simple, although Xiao Ai was the daughter of Lin Tongsheng, but at the tea party that day, this Sakuma Nobumori had accepted Aiyuan as a righteous daughter in public, and he was about to become his father-in-law, but now that he married Aiyuan, it has not yet been announced, so I will congratulate now, is it a little early?

Although it's just a daily congratulation, but when it comes to Sakuma's identity, every word he says, it's basically not said casually, since he is speaking now, then there must be some information contained in it, is it that he plans to take advantage of his little love to lead the crowd to his camp?

After all, if he doesn't do this, the road of Sakuma's faction will be very difficult to walk after that, although he is his father-in-law, but the factions are different, in order to fight for more benefits for the samurai in the camp, then even if there is this relationship, but in the right matter, he must not be soft, otherwise the samurai in the faction should have complaints, and the monkey has no possibility of keeping his hand, so that Sakuma Nobumori's faction can only be squeezed continuously until it collapses, so no matter what point of view, take refuge in one of the factions, It was his only option, unless he wanted to bring about his own destruction, which was another matter.

And the matter of marrying Aihara by himself, isn't it just an opportunity for him, Sakuma Nobumori is old and fine, how could he not think that if this is the case, then the three important ministers of the Oda family in the early days will all throw themselves to themselves, this is a good deal sent to the door, of course there is no reason to refuse is ......)

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