Sekiguchi kinei embarked on the journey to Kiyoshu Castle in Owari Province, and his words fell on the ears of Mrs. Sekiguchi, who was also a woman with a lot of experience, and knew what was most important to a woman, and told Atsuru directly.

Azuru didn't return for a long time, and Matsudaira Motoyasu, who had endured the amazing patience, immediately sensed the uneasy atmosphere, which made him fall into a crisis again, and even the last shelter was gone, and now how to get through the crisis became his most important thing.

Without mentioning Matsudaira's various performances or what kind of reaction Sekiguchi's ultimatum would have provoked in the Oda family of Owari Kuni, Imagawa Yoshimoto's movements forced Oda Nobunaga to stop his confrontation with Saito Yoshiryu.

Saito Yoshiryu also let Oda Nobunaga go, of course, this is not Saito Yoshiryu's conscience to find out and know the truth of the cold lips and teeth, in fact, even if he wants to send troops to follow and fight, the main generals under his command do not have the courage to continue fighting.

Of course, it's not that the people of Mino Province have been bought by Oda Nobunaga, and when Saito Yoshiryu is still alive, this kind of thing can only be done in secret, and once it is made public, it will be attacked in groups, and in fact, the direction of Sawa Yamashiro suddenly broke several of the bars located on the border side of Mino.

Saito Yoshiryu knew that this was just a tentative action to contain Mino, and the others would really not know, but they were not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, the ass decided the head. The biggest difference between Saito Yoshiryu and his father Saito Michizo is the degree to which they rely on the people of the country, while the former relies more on the people of the country, especially the people of Nishiminono. The people of Nishimino confronted Omi Province and were so frightened that they asked Saito Yoshiryu to resist the danger from Omi Province, so they naturally lifted the action of following Oda Nobunaga.

Once again, the two sides were caught in a delicate balance, and Oda Nobunaga knew that this was his biggest crisis, and he also knew that in order to get Owari to work together, everyone needed a stronger backer. Thinking of this, he had to come up with an agreement with Date Masahiro, and at the same time send his retainers to Kyoto through Ise Province to Omi Province with his favorite Wonder Maru.

The departure of the wonderful pill, on the one hand, suppressed the uneasiness in the country, and on the other hand, it also made Oda Nobunaga have no worries, even if he is ruined here, his body is dead, and his bloodline will not be completely severed. In this way, he made up his mind to fight with Imagawa Yoshimoto. Of course, he wasn't afraid of Date Mashiro. Sending hostages to Date Masahiro was, in the final analysis, to appease the unease in Owari and to have foresight of the fortunes of the world.

Date Masaki has already shown Oda Nobunaga the strength of the Date family. Of course, Oda Nobunaga can't ignore it, and if he wants not to be despised by Date Masaki, he must fully display his strength. As long as he is recognized by Date Masahiro, Oda Nobunaga and the Oda family behind him will have a place, and there will be no chance to realize his grand ambitions.

In this sense, blocking Imagawa Yoshimoto's troops is the real significance, if he hesitates at this time, it will be difficult to stop Imagawa Yoshimoto's attack, so that Oda Nobunaga is afraid that he will no longer be able to stand among the princes of the world.

It was already at the end of December that Imagawa Yoshimoto received Sekiguchi Shinaga's reply, and the possibility that Imagawa Yoshimoto and Oda Nobunaga would no longer reconcile with each other was just a small matter at the end of December, and it was only circulated in a small area.

At the end of December, the new emperor was enthroned at the enthronement ceremony, and whether the new emperor was male or female, old or young, and the emperor, who had lost his power for hundreds of years, was an irrelevant matter in the eyes of the world.

The focus of attention in the world is what kind of attitude Date Masaki will take towards the emperor, and the new emperor's enthronement ceremony can be glimpsed one or two, even if Imagawa Yoshimoto, Takeda Harunobu, Hojo Shiyasu and other forces that have made it clear that they want to deal with Date Masaki to the end have also sent envoys to attend the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, and their purpose is to observe the actions of the Date family up close.

Unfortunately, they were disappointed, and Date Masaki showed his loyal side as before, and the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor was much grander than that of the previous two emperors, but it was still not comparable to the era when the imperial court was in power.

Since the beginning of the samurai era, the authority of the imperial court has been weakened again and again, and after the Great War of Kyoto, the imperial family has been in a state of extinction, and even now it has not survived safely, and some clues can be seen from the gender of the emperor.

The female emperor in history has never had no hope like today, and before there is no member of the imperial family to replace her position, she can only survive on the throne, and the other imperial daughter who once caused her a predicament is now caught in another turmoil, even if she survives the turmoil, she becomes a wife and loses the name of promotion, and if she does not succeed, she will completely offend the Date clan, and perhaps her fate will be even more tragic. The reason why this turmoil was able to get so much impetus was that both those with vital interests and another group of people who did not benefit from the emperor's accession to the throne were pushing for this to happen, and they also received the tacit approval of countless Date people, except that they did not consider whether the two imperial daughters agreed with their decision.

The newly succeeded female emperor was still very envious of the failed niece, she knew that once she sat in the position of emperor, her life was destined to be a miserable life, and it was impossible to appear in front of people again, nor could she have personal emotions, and even no men could watch her.

The female emperor is no longer the queen of the past, she has become the interests of a group of people, her life is still the same, although she lives in the palace that symbolizes the emperor's authority, but the people around her have all changed, all of them are strangers.

The stranger's eyes were full of vigilance, and the female emperor didn't know why she looked at her existence like this, she was just a puppet without any power, why didn't she worry about her existence. In fact, fundamentally, Zhengheng did not trust the imperial court very much, and his various performances were just a way to deceive the world. He wanted to frame the court in a small area, minimize its influence, and gradually let the world only know about his existence and forget about the court.

The female emperor did not come out at the enthronement ceremony, she remained mysterious, and in the same way, the purpose of Zhengheng has been achieved, he is still a loyal monarch in front of the world, and he has become the biggest highlight of the enthronement ceremony.

In the days after the female emperor ascended the throne, she could only put her emperor's shelf in her one-third of an acre, and when she left the palace, she could not make any sound, and even if it was transmitted, no one would obey her orders.

The entire enthronement ceremony took only half a day to complete, and after the establishment of the emperor, it was followed by a long-delayed discussion that the people of the Date family were very concerned about, and in this great discussion, the honor and disgrace would be shared with the ministers.

All the retainers who were in Beijing and nearby were more than 300 stone in a neat queue, and each of them gathered quietly together under the leadership of the big guys. These people alone are in the hundreds. But these samurai, who used to stomp their feet for a long time and make the people tremble, were now unusually quiet, without any sound, and no one wanted to be deprived of their seats in the temple before the great meeting.

In addition to the retainers of the Date family, there were dozens of representatives of the forces that had just surrendered, and they were also silent.

Today's big meeting is the first time since Date Masatoshi entered Kyoto, and it is even more important, even Miyazawa Heihachi, who is sitting in Sawa Yamashiro, rushed back with Mikumo Narichi and others, which is enough to show the importance of this matter. It is of practical significance to Miyazawa Heihachi, at this meeting he will be officially recognized as the lord of Sawa Mountain Castle, this matter has been approved by Date Masahiro, but it has not yet been made public in the Date family, which means that his current position has not yet been finalized.

Miyazawa Heihachi's eyes looked at the two people hidden behind the people, Tozawa Hakusai and Hattori Masanari, an old man and a young man, many people who knew the inside story looked at the two, in fact, Tozawa Hakusai was just implicated, and the task of investigating the private lives of the ministers was entrusted to Hattori Masanari on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was the responsibility of the Metropolitan Police Department.

The words recorded in their investigation reports will become a basis for the rise of the retainers, and determine how much they are high. Some unlucky people who are so unlucky that they have a bad luck and are secretly disgruntled can even get into big trouble because of this, and they will be found out as a model.

The Date family still maintains the same style, but it is still mixed with some things from the imperial court, which makes the original simple etiquette a little more complicated, and the venue of the big discussion is placed in the national temple, which has become the base camp of the Date family in Kyoto.

The whole audience will last an hour or more, and the council will continue for the whole day, with little rest for the retainers except for the evening feast, which is a great test of one's health.

The time of the Great Discussion of the Date family, which already accounted for one-third of the Wa Kingdom, was only a full day, and the meetings of many small princely forces were quite long, so that they wanted to decide in this meeting all the big and small matters of the previous year and the next year.

The Date family had never had such a long meeting, and the political balance committee set a major strategic goal at the beginning of the year, and had more freedom as to how to achieve it, which allowed the Date family to be more aggressive in expansion.

Miyazawa Heihachi glanced at Tozawa Hakusai and Hattori Masashi and didn't pay any more attention, his goal crossed everyone and looked at Noyama Masatomo and the others who were in the first group, in fact, Miyazawa Heihachi's identity was enough to enter their circle.

However, Miyazawa Heihachi sank for a time, and at the same time, his background was incompatible with these people from the ancient country, the core of the Date family was the four countries of the ancient country of Bizen, Bichu, Bigo, and Misaku, and the core of the core was Bi China, which can be seen from the composition of the first group.

When Miyazawa Heihachi looked at people, Tao Yama Masanori slowly squeezed to his side, Tao Yama Masanori was originally an important role in the first group, but like Miyazawa Heihachi, he once became a criminal minister and had to be immersed for several years. However, Tao Shan Masayai came to recover much earlier than Miyazawa Heihachi, but it was much slower than Miyazawa Heihachi's rise, and Miyazawa Heihachi's rise speed was too terrifying. The relationship between the two is not bad.

Miyazawa Heihachi also saw Tao Shan's arrival, he looked left and right, and said with a smile: "Tao Shanjun, long time no see." "The two have indeed met for the first time since they went to Beijing with Zhengheng, and they are not strange.

Tao Shan Masari said: "Miyazawa-kun, looking at your expression, you obviously know some inside information. He is in a very rough mood now, he was the first retainer to follow Zhengheng, but now he has sunk for several years because of the affairs of Tsu and Ye, and the former small characters have come out, which makes his mood unstable for a while.

Miyazawa Heihachi didn't say anything to Tao Shan Masayori, it was difficult to say this kind of predictive words clearly before the big discussion, even if he said the right thing about a speculative lord, he couldn't escape it, and he couldn't say big words. He smiled: "Who can say for sure, but as far as I guess, Tao Shanjun, as an early retainer of the Date family, will definitely have a bright future." ”

Tao Shan Masanori didn't continue to ask, he knew this kind of question, Miyazawa Heihachi said that it was already quite a friendship here, he turned to another matter, and asked in a low voice: "Miyazawa-kun, now many people have come to me to peddle the so-called combination of public and military, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Miyazawa Heihachi glanced at Tao Shan Masayori, he didn't know why Tao Shan Masanori talked about it, but even if he had been on the front line all along, he knew about it, and when he returned to Beijing, someone asked him about it and asked him what his attitude was?

Miyazawa Heihachi glanced at Taoshan Masayori's expression, knowing that the volatile Taoshan Masayori wanted to regain the trust of Date Masahiro based on this, and he knew that Masahiro had adopted a tacit attitude in this matter, so he said, "Is the public and military combined?" If it can be done, it should be a good thing. ”

Tao Shan Zhenglai wanted to speak and stopped, measured it slightly, and did not continue the topic. No one can say what will happen in the future, especially this kind of matter related to political balance, and if you do it privately without a clear answer, I am afraid that it will end up with a bad influence.

Tao Shan Zhenglai had no intention of fighting this from the beginning, he was not like Anguosi Huiqiong, he didn't know Zhengheng's character, with his qualifications, it was only a matter of time before he got back on his head, so why bother in this matter.

Tao Shan Zhenglai was thinking like this, the gates of the national temple suddenly opened, and the attendants in red cloaks had already lined up to walk out of the temple gate, and the first big meeting after Shangluo finally began. (To be continued.) )