On the second day of the first year of Koji, yesterday, Masahiro entertained Inoue Tomoji and Kuroda Kanwei from Harima Province in Tsurushou Castle, and today, guests from even more distant Kyoto, to be exact, the shogunate of Shogun Kenhao from Sakamoto of Omi Province.

The snowflakes have stopped raging, the weather is a little cooler, and the wind is much lighter and less cold. In yesterday's living room, in addition to Noyama Masaasa and Miyahara Masashige, there were also two more Ishikawa Hissataka and Taoshan Masayori.

Hosokawa Fujitaka's mood can be said to be a little irritable, which is diametrically opposed to the outside of the house, he looked at the young man sitting on the main seat, the same young man from years ago, and there was little change. But only a year has passed, and the shape has changed dramatically.

The shogunate is even more decayed, and the general of the sword is still wielding his love sword in Omi Province to point at Miyoshi Chokei, and there is nothing to do, Hosokawa Fujitaka has long lost his former calmness. The Date family has become a powerful man who can control the world.

No matter how decayed the shogunate was, it was still the shogunate, nominally the chief leader of the daimyo who ruled all parts of the Wa country. The visit of the shogunate Hosokawa Fujitaka represents the prestige of the shogunate, and he is dressed in the ceremonial uniform of the shogunate, straightens his waist and pole, and looks straight ahead.

Zhengheng admired Hosokawa Fujitaka's appearance quite a lot, in this era of extreme decay of the shogunate, it was already quite a good expression for a shogunate to be able to show the majesty of the shogunate outside, at least much better than the poor ministers who visited a few days ago.

Not only that, but the outfit on Hosokawa Fujitaka looks a little old-fashioned, but it is very clean and tidy. This made the face of Zhengheng, who was a little clean, full of satisfaction. Once again, the idea of including Hosokawa Fujitaka as a retainer came to mind.

Of course. Balance understands. Now that the shogunate still exists, and General Kenhao has not suffered misfortune, Hosokawa Fujitaka, who still retains a trace of loyalty, will never switch to the Date family, and Masahiro will not do this kind of self-deprecating and boring thing.

Hosokawa Fujitaka leaned forward slightly, and said in Chinese in a straight and round tone: "Lord Bizheng Shaobi, it is already very rude for the foreign minister to take the liberty to come to visit. It's great that you can take time out of your busy schedule to host you. "In this day and age. The dialogue between the upper echelons of society is all in Chinese, and the more the words are round, the more noble his status is indicated, and only the samurai in the countryside can use Japanese, which is one of the reasons why Zhengheng has been able to command the allegiance of many people, and his Chinese is in standard 21st-century Mandarin.

Zheng Heng smiled and was about to speak, when the servant had already brought tea in, put two tea bowls in front of everyone, and then stood up. He made a gesture of please and said with a smile, "Hosokawa-kun." Please use tea. What he said made Hosokawa Fujitaka slightly surprised, when he met a few years ago to take care of Date Masaki. I use Japanese, and I go back to Japanese, and I have some ups and downs in my heart today, so I want to use Chinese to express the nobility of my identity, but I never thought that Zhengheng would also speak fluent Chinese, which made him a little embarrassed.

In order to hide his embarrassment, Hosokawa Fujitaka saw that one of the two cups of tea was white water and the other was clear tea, so he first rinsed it with the white water bowl, then took a sip of the clear tea, and replied: "Good tea, it should be sencha from Mt. Hiei." ”

Zhengheng smiled noncommittally, but Tao Shan Zhenglai suddenly showed a mocking expression on his face. Zhengheng glared at Tao Shan Zhenglai, and Tao Shan Zhenglai immediately stopped laughing, but the expression on his face was quite strange. Zheng Heng then asked, "Hosokawa-kun, is the general safe now?" ”

For this question, Hosokawa Fujitaka did not rush to answer. He didn't understand the meaning of Zhengheng's words, whether he sincerely asked about General Jianhao's current situation, or asked casually with hypocrisy, but he opened his mouth, although he had considered it many times, he was still a little unconfident. Therefore, Hosokawa Fujitaka's speed of speech was not fast, and he sounded a little hesitant: "Lord Bizheng Shaobi, the foreign minister came from afar, so he naturally has a request for you." Today's world has become so decadent that the general understands that it takes a cadre who dares to do things to turn the tide. In the fifteenth year of astronomy, the eleven-year-old general took over the important task of the Yeshan Daozhao of Wansong Yuan, and now it is less than ten years, the general is cleaning up the mess while appeasing the people's hearts, which has been fruitful. I just heard that Lord Bizheng Shaobi is a hero of the Western Kingdom, so he has a confidant who wants to tell the adult. Wan Wangbi is Shaobi when Lord Bi listens. ”

The more Hosokawa Fujitaka spoke, the more he spoke, the more excited he became, and even he believed in his own words a little bit when he spoke, and his face was full of tears.

Zhengheng frowned while listening, he was even more satisfied with Hosokawa Fujitaka, sure enough, he was worthy of being a famous figure in history, but he was able to speak well, only to hear that he was a hero of the Western Kingdom, but it made him smile, and asked: "I don't know what Hosokawa-kun has to say." ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka immediately replied: "Lord Bizheng Shaobi, now the rebel minister Miyoshi Nagakei is living in Kyoto, attacking everywhere, and the people are dissatisfied, as long as the adult can give an order, he will definitely be able to come and obey him, and please ask the adult to raise troops in Harima and invade the Kinai, and the shogun will definitely be able to call on the heroes to help each other and clear the way for the adult." Once Kamiraku succeeded and helped the Shogun regain Kyoto, the shogunate granted all the Kinai domains to the Lord, and also granted the Shogunate to act as the Shogunate. ”

I thought I could say something new, but I didn't expect it to be a cliché, Zhengheng has some small disappointments, and Sanhao Changqing is now in its heyday. Zheng Heng is in Harima and he wrestles with his wrist is okay, but if he really wants to fight hand-to-hand, there are still some ups and downs in his heart. Besides, if Kamirako succeeds, he will take the territory of Kinai himself, so why should a shogun who sends people under the fence to grant him land, isn't it a very ridiculous thing.

In the end, what acting shogunate is even more ridiculous, and it can't be a ridiculous joke anymore.

Zheng Heng didn't laugh out loud, but he was not interested, and he no longer had the excitement just now, he said: "I understand what Hosokawa-kun means, if you immediately express Shangluo now, I'm afraid it will be a little self-deceptive, and it will also be a little bit of a fool." In the past, my family learned that Miyoshi Chokei was going to attack Higashi Harima after spring ploughing, and the Bessho clan of Miki Castle also sent a request for help to my family, not hiding from Hosokawa-kun, I didn't have much intention to meddle in the affairs of Harima Province. However, after listening to Hosokawa-kun's sincere words today, I changed my original intention, and I will definitely help Miki Castle resist Miyoshi Chokei's attack if I can. He didn't say that the Date family now had Nishi-Harima in their pockets.

Hosokawa Fujitaka understood that what Masahiro said was good, and he also got the promise of competing with Miyoshi Nagakei, which made him feel a little better. Hosokawa Fujitaka picked up the teacup in front of him and drank it all. Putting down the teacup, Hosokawa Fujitaka said, "Thank you for your generosity. ”

The crisp sound of cracking came from the master bedroom in the castle tower, followed by a hysterical roar, which frightened the patrols passing by the castle tower to leave, for fear of annoying the castle lord Koji who was in a state of madness.

The political office of the small temple grabbed the four treasures of the study on the bookcase like crazy, and smashed them around, roaring angrily, even standing on the front gate building outside the city, he could definitely hear it clearly. At the door of the master bedroom, several of his henchmen trembled and pressed their foreheads to the ground, not to persuade them, but they didn't even dare to take a breath of air. Even Zuo Jingliang, who came to slander him, didn't dare to say much, but he was not so afraid like the others, and he still had the heart to tell his subordinates to go and inform the old lord Kokuji who lived in seclusion in Kokubunji Temple to come and persuade him.

Koji never thought that his most favored Koji Jobaka would betray him, which greatly stimulated his feelings, and roared: "Kuroda Jobaka, dog thief, dog thief, I swear to kill you, I vow to kill you with a thousand knives, Ling Chi to death!" Dog thief! Traitor! Send troops immediately and kill the traitors! ”

Just when the Koji government wanted to immediately send troops to attack Himeji Castle, at this time, the long shout of Kushibashi Zuo Jingliang suddenly sounded inside and outside the castle tower: "The old lord has arrived!" "The old lord is the reclusive father of the small temple and the political office of the small temple.

The old and strong little temple was furrowed, walked to the door of the master bedroom, looked at the teacups, pen and paper and books that fell all over the room, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and asked, "Sun Shilang, who made you angry?" How did you get so angry? ”

Seeing the arrival of the old father, the political official of the small temple choked up and said, "Father ......"

Xiaoji Norishi smiled, stepped forward and sat down in the position of Xiaoji Zheng, said and took a cushion and put it opposite Xiaoji Zhengzhi, and comforted: "Son, there is no need to say it, my father already knows, it doesn't matter, I can't blame you, even your long-standing old father was deceived by that Kuroda Zhilong, let alone you?" However, this is not to blame for the Kuroda Job Taka who is honest on the outside and treacherous on the inside, and now the situation in Harima Country, I don't say it, you also know a thing or two, the wind and rain are shaking. ”

After a pause, the small temple instructed: "Let's all go out first, I have something to say to your lord alone." Kushiqiao Zuo Jingliang and the others agreed together, and hurriedly bowed and left, giving the small temple and the political father and son space to talk separately.

Koji said: "Now that Harima Country is in turmoil, Akamatsu Harumasa and Miki Tsuaki are listed as enemies of the DPRK and are considered to be removed, and now only Koji and Bessho are left in Harima Country to keep a little bit of soldiers and horses." The Bessho family and the Settsu Arima family are old enemies, and the Settsu Arima family takes refuge in Miyoshi Changqing, and obviously the Bessho family can't if they want to throw themselves into Miyoshi Changqing, so they can only rely on Date Masahiro, so only the Koji family is left. I'm afraid that Kuroda took a fancy to this, so he took the lead in throwing himself into the Date family. ”

Xiaoji nodded, deeply sympathetic to his father's judgment, and asked, "Father, do we want our family to take refuge in Miyoshi Changqing?!" ”

Noriji shook his head and said, "No, we also take refuge in the Date family, he sends an envoy, we also send an envoy, he sends the eldest son as a hostage, and we also send the eldest son as a hostage, but we have to take back Himeji Castle first while we send the envoy." (To be continued......)