On the first day of January in the second year of Eiroku, it was supposed to be a time to celebrate the New Year, and the assessment meeting room of Akutagawa Yamajo Honmaru was supposed to be a lively place, but it was so empty and silent that it was so cold that people froze to death, and the charcoal in the brazier around it had already turned to ashes, but no one came to add it, and there was no one in the conference room.

Miyoshi Changqing's face was very ugly, his hair was scattered, the pain and resentment in his heart were accumulating in his body, and there was a crisis that would erupt at any time, and he felt as if he had fallen into boundless darkness, as if he was surrounded by countless hideous faces, as if he was being pulled by invisible hands.

Awa turned his back on him, and now the people of Kinai have also abandoned him, and what makes him even more embarrassed is that Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who has been played with by him, directly defected to Ishiyama Honganji, replacing Ashikaga Yoshiei, whose life and death are uncertain, to become the agent of Ishiyama Honganji.

Miyoshi Changqing couldn't help but want to howl and completely spit out the endless grief and anger in his heart. He had lost his way, lost his true nature, once a feared beast in his neighborhood, but now he was a lone wolf imprisoned in a cage.

In just half a year, Miyoshi Changqing, who fell from the peak of power to the abyss, suffered successive blows, which made him mentally deranged. In a few days, there were more than four or five people who died of hatred under the mad knife of Sanhao Changqing.

The people who added charcoal were so frightened that they fled outside the city, preferring to live in the countryside and become a thug that had always been a thug than to stay by Miyoshi Changqing's side and live a trembling life. The subordinates did not dare to resist, and the generals with knives refused to serve.

Miyoshi Nagakei stood up abruptly, and he rudely ripped open the partition door towards the hallway. An icy cold wind rushed in. Gazed at the pine trees outside for a moment. He began to pacing back and forth restlessly in the room. Muttering as he walked.

At this moment, the only one who dares to serve Miyoshi Changqing next to him is the old aconite, he began to serve the Miyoshi family in the Miyoshi Changxiu era, Miyoshi Yuanchang was forced to commit suicide, it was he who protected the young young masters who fled back to the Awa country, and has always been regarded as a family member by Miyoshi Changqing.

Today, with tears on his face, the old aconitum is crying alone in the house next door. The door was rudely torn open, and the old dizzy man raised his head to look at the visitor, and saw that it was Sanhao Changqing with a cloak of hair, and he was even more sad and sad when he was crawling on the ground.

Miyoshi Changqing glared at the old man angrily, he thought that the old aconitum should not cry, should not cry in front of him, and did not wait for him to reprimand. The old aconitum suddenly cried out: "Young master, the little young master is dead, the little young master has been dead for seven days, and today is the night of his soul." ”

Miyoshi Changqing yelled: "What did you say? "Because of the excitement in my heart. He trembled and could barely speak. Under his questioning. The old aconitum had to tell the truth of the matter. Every word he said echoed in Miyoshi Changqing's mind at this moment.

Miyoshi Yoshihei died, but he still died under his orders, and he had been dead for seven days. He put Miyoshi Yixing under house arrest, but because Miyoshi Yixing persuaded him not to dispose of Anzhai Dongkang, and he was implicated in anger, and he would be released when the matter passed.

It's just that I didn't expect that after Miyoshi Shixiu and Shihe Yicun heard the news that Anzhai Dongkang was under house arrest, they would act so fiercely, and they suddenly beat him up, and they were even more angry with Anzhai Dongkang.

Miyoshi Changqing suppressed the pain in his heart, and finally spoke: "Old aconite, this is not true, who ordered the young master to be executed?" "His heart is terrified, and under the betrayal of his relatives, the most important thing he wants to be by his side is his family.

The brothers have turned away from him, so the only son will be his dependence, the support of his heart, but he heard today that his only son is dead, has been dead for seven days, today is the night of his soul, and the order to execute was given by him, and he just learned that Miyoshi Yoshixing has left him.

The old aconitum is old, and there have been too many blows during this time, he cried and nagged, first talking about the things that happened when the five brothers of Miyoshi Changqing were children, and then talking about the current disintegration, the suicide of Anzhai Dongkang, and then the death of Miyoshi Yixing.

An Zhai Dongkang died, Miyoshi Yixing also died, and it was themselves who let them die. Miyoshi Changqing suddenly felt that there was a bright red in front of him, and an inexplicable figure dangled in his sight, turning into the face of Anzhai Dongkang for a while, and Miyoshi Yixing for a while, all of them turned into faceless faces. They seemed to be saying something, but Miyoshi Changqing couldn't hear anything clearly.

He couldn't see or hear clearly, his head was dizzy, and he suddenly felt a pang of irritability in his heart, and he turned around and ran out of the door, leaving only an old voice behind him that seemed to be calling his name. He carried a knife and hurriedly walked aimlessly around Akutagawa Mountain Castle.

In a corner of Nimaru, seven or eight figures swayed like ghosts under the swaying of the brazier, and Matsunaga looked at everyone with a weird smile on his face, and said coldly: "Now that we have no way out, it's time to make a decision." ”

Of course, everyone knows that there is no way out, Miyoshi Yixing and Anzhai Dongkang were forced to kill by their joint decision, if there is a way out, they will not be so crazy and unscrupulous, at this time, they can only follow Matsunaga Xiu to the end.

Iwasari Yutong hurried back and said, "The lord knows about the young master and Settsumori, and he is looking for something everywhere with a knife?" ”

Matsunaga Shu turned his head and glared at Iwasari Yutong, his eyes were gloomy, and said: "He is crazy, he must be cured well, find a quiet place in the city, don't let people disturb his cultivation, and the safety and diet will be taken care of by the main tax lord." ”

Iwanari Yutong glared angrily at Matsunaga Xiu, he was a member of the three of Miyoshi, he was regarded as a member of the Sanyoshi family, and he could use the surname Miyoshi, Matsunaga Xiu actually spoke to him in a commanding tone, if it was normal, he would have already brushed his sleeves and left.

Matsunaga Shu looked back at Iwanari Yutong, Iwanari Yutong gradually couldn't stand the gaze, and retreated slightly, he was timid, he remembered that Yasutaka Fuyasu and Miyoshi Yoshiko were all the masterpieces of this gloomy man in front of him, and he looked at the others with a pleading gaze.

The others originally wanted to see the excitement, and if Iwanari Yutong stood up to it, they would support him mentally. Then stab him hard in the back. Iwanari Yutong flinched. They felt sorry in their hearts, and at the same time, they expressed their love in action.

Iwasari Yutong clenched his fists, then lowered his arrogant head, and replied stiffly: "Yes! ”

Matsunaga Shu knew that everyone in the room was colleagues in the past, and some of them had a much higher status than him, but now they had to act according to his orders, all of which were forced by the situation, and it would take time for this kind of order to penetrate into the hearts of the people.

But they don't have much time to waste in the political game of deceit. Matsunaga Shu took over the topic just now and said, "Ashikaga Yoshiki returned to Sakahonkan, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki decided to take refuge in Ishiyama Honganji, leaving us with little time. ”

At the beginning of night, in Okayama Castle, the Honmaru is brightly lit, and a small table is placed in the huge hall, of course, there will be no delicacies on the table, and there is really nothing delicious in the Wa country, and it is a country that prohibits meat.

In private, no one cares if you eat shiny. No one will jump out and accuse you of misconduct, knowing that all the people present are samurai with swords. A martial artist who doesn't agree with each other. Don't be afraid of blood splashing on the spot, jump out and try to see if it's their knife sharp, or your neck is hard.

Of course, as an island country, fish is not indispensable, but now it is a cold winter, but there is still a plate of grilled dried fish on each table, which is a small luxury.

Martial arts drink to make trouble, especially the samurai in the countryside are not educated, plus the wine is very poor, not to mention today's Date family dinner, some people were old enemies who fought and died in the past, but now they have become colleagues, hatred should be held in the stomach, if there is a fight and killing, it will ruin the scenery.

There is a small pot of hot sake on the table.

Today is the first day of the new year, so everyone is not here to eat and drink, but to greet Date Masahiro, and to state their recent situation in the past year, of course, it is impossible for everyone to come forward to speak.

The content of each person's statement is very different, and the only thing that is the same is the central idea, it is time to fight. Three years ago, it can be said that there were wars every year, and at that time, everyone hated wars, and hoped that one day they would not have to live the days of running around. But really idle, I want the personal life of this group of martial artists, most of them are the last generations promoted by Zhengheng, not those who have been passed down from generation to generation, there is a big difference between the samurai and the samurai, the samurai can be said to be the nobles among the samurai, the literate samurai, familiar with poetry and etiquette, and able to write a good hand, while the samurai are more like vulgar nouveau riche.

Three years of precipitation, let them have a little more culture, more nostalgic for the days three years ago, although hard, there is also a danger to life, but the speed of rise is also very fast, today's status of everyone is a knife and a shot out of the year.

Now if they want to make political achievements, how can they be compared to those samurai who are familiar with literature and history, Zhengheng has only done some road repair work in three years, and other policies are still the continuation of the previous policies, but they are still a little powerless, and most of the samurai promoted are descendants of samurai who were born in other regions and have hundreds of years of experience.

They can't compare with them in terms of political performance, and if they are not convinced, they will do a better job than them, which is naturally useless. Now their only idea is to fight, and as long as they cut off a few more heads on the battlefield, they can get the credit for doing political work for a few months.

Of course, they don't say it's their own idea, but they come up with excuses of one kind or another. Zhengheng didn't know what they were thinking, obviously he didn't want to disrupt the chess game that he had so hard laid out in a short time, listening to the whining of Hirocho Katayama.

Since he was thrown by Masahiro three years ago to become the lord of Tatsuno Castle in Harima Province, he has lived in Okayama Castle for two and a half of his three years, and all the military affairs of Tatsuno Castle have been left to his senior brothers to take care of, and the government affairs have been handed over to the management of the scribes who came out of Okayama Academy.

Zheng Heng knew that most of the retainers he promoted were vulgar martial artists, and they knew nothing about government affairs, so he opened up a woodland near Okayama Castle and opened a academy to teach the arithmetic and administration necessary for civil service, and studied for more than half a year and then sent to various places to serve as various commissioners.

At the same time, they are the main source of the huge commissioning halls in various places, and since most of them are young people from samurai backgrounds, they can master it as long as they learn some content quickly, and it is obviously more than enough to serve as low-level commissioners. Since their salaries are distributed directly by the political balance, if there is corruption and oppression of the people, there will be a ubiquitous Metropolitan Police Department to invite you to tea.

Hattori Masanari hurriedly walked in, put a copy of the report into the hands of Zheng Heng, and then stepped aside to wait for the question, and the people sitting in front of him paused for a moment, and all looked at the report with blazing eyes. Now is the time for the banquet, and Hattori Masari has sent a report, which is obviously a very urgent matter.

Zhengheng picked up the report, opened it and glanced at it, whispered "tsk", and then handed the report to Yeshan Yoshichao, who was sitting at the bottom, and said: "Look, Jinai is divided into two camps, and if you want to fight in the mountain city, you want to make a contribution, I am too late to be happy, but this is the time to intervene?" ”

Noyama Masaki opened a glance, his eyes couldn't help shrinking, and he whispered: "Ashikaga Yoshiki returned to Sakamotokan, Ashikaga Yoshiaki defected to Ishiyama Honganji, Yataku Fuyasu and Miyoshi Yoshiko committed suicide by seppuku, Miyoshi Nagakei is crazy?" How could he do such a thing? ”

The report was transmitted among the retainers, and everyone let out all kinds of exclamations, and they could imagine what the scene would be like in Yamashiro Province once the spring flowers bloomed. In the Onin Rebellion that year, when Yamana Soquan and Hosokawa Katsumoto called friends to fight and die in Yamashiro Province, the total number of troops added up was about 200,000, and most of them were soy sauce characters. It took 123,000 men to besiege Kishiwada Castle at Ishiyama Honganji Temple, 1560,000 in the first Battle of Takaya Castle, and more than 200,000 in the Second Battle of Takaya Castle. Now that the defeat of the Miyoshi family has been decided, when the time comes, with the Ishiyama Honganji Temple in Settsu, Izumi, Kawachi, and Kii, plus the support of Hokuriku and Tokaido, I am afraid that it will not be less than four or five hundred thousand.

The Tiantai sect, the six sects of Nandu, the Shingon sect, the Nichiren sect, and even other factions of the Pure Land sect that are dissatisfied with the Pure Land Shinshu will also join, and the number of believers called by these people will not be less than four or five hundred thousand. Millions of people gathered in the mountain city country to fight against each other, what a scene. (To be continued......)