In 1572, at the suggestion of Oda Nobunaga and with the consent of Emperor Masakimachi, the era name was changed to Tensho, which means that the world has returned to the right path, and it also represents that from this year, the world will be truly peaceful.

It's just that for Oda Nobunaga, the first year of Tensho began with a sad event. After 4 months of treatment, Yoshino still failed to resist the call of Izanami, the goddess of the Yellow Springs.

For this reason, Oda Nobunaga prepared a grand funeral for Yoshino. Although he should not be buried as a concubine of Yoshino, Oda Nobunaga proposed it, and Masamuro Nohime did not object, plus she was Oda Nobutada's biological mother. In this case, it is obvious that no one will say it without opening their eyes.

And strictly speaking, at this time, the focus of the vast majority of people is still on the reforms that Oda Nobunaga is preparing to promulgate, so where is the effort to mix up such things?

Yes, reform, although the specific content Oda Nobunaga did not reveal a little rumor, but to reform! This is already a definite thing, and neither Oda Nobunaga nor Oda Yoshinobu deliberately concealed this matter. On the contrary, they also took the initiative to reveal the rumors, and at the same time used the Azuchi monthly newspaper to publicize the importance and urgency of reform.

In this case, how could it not be that many retainers did not care? In particular, the big powers and ambitious retainers were eager to find out the details of the reform, so that they could prepare for it in advance. After all, everyone can guess that this reform will definitely cause a huge shock. Otherwise, how could it be necessary?

"It is likely that this reform is a revision of the decrees that Oda-sama is currently enforcing in his domain." Takashi Kobayakawa said in a deep voice. After the Mori subjugated the Oda family, Kobayakawa Takakei did almost nothing, and has been concentrating on studying the reasons for the rise of the Oda family and various government decrees. And Oda Yoshinobu, who is above 10,000 people under one person and occupies an absolutely important position in the rise of the Oda family, is undoubtedly the top priority of research.

"Oda-sama's policy?" Yoshikawa Motoharu frowned when he heard this, "That seems to be an order to weaken the family infinitely, it is said that under Oda Yoshinobu, there are no retainers who have a territory at all, even those who are currently in charge of military affairs in Kii and other countries are only acting officials." ”

Although not as thoroughly researched by Kobayakawa Takakei, Yoshikawa Motoharu clearly knew a lot about Oda Yoshinobu. After all, if you want to have a chance to further advance in peacetime, you can't do it without much preparation.

"Oh? If that's the case, don't the retainers have any opinions? Mori Huiyuan asked curiously when he heard this. He knew the least about the Oda family's decrees, because without the assistance of Mori Motosashi and the complete decentralization of Yoshikawa Motoharu, Mori Terumoto had too many things for him to do himself, and he didn't have any extra time to study those things of the Oda family.

"According to the intelligence, Oda Yoshinobu is to raise the Yulu, such as Li Huamei, Takenaka Shigeji and other important ministers have more than 100,000 stones, and these important ministers still have one right, that is, to open the government. After the opening of the government, the retainers can recruit their own retainers on their own, and they can also have private soldiers, that is, flag books. Kobayakawa Takashi replied when he heard this.

In this way, it may sound no different from owning a territory, but because you don't have to manage a territory, you can concentrate on assisting the lord. But the problem is that if this becomes the case, it means that all the territories are under the direct control of Oda Yoshinobu. If they try to deal with a retainer, that retainer has no room to fight back. Yoshikawa Motoharu said in a deep voice.

"Not bad! It is said that Oda-sama learned this from the system of his wife-sama Lee's home country, the Ming Kingdom, which was an absolute centralized state, and the emperor had supreme power! Kobayakawa Takashi said with a serious expression.

"Is there a way to stop such a decree?" Mori Terumoto asked after a moment of silence. He could see that once this kind of decree was implemented, it would turn the whole world upside down. If nothing else, the so-called samurai world will no longer exist. But he can also guess that once this kind of decree is implemented, it will inevitably attract the opposition of the vast majority of people, after all, whether it is a big family or a small family, this kind of decree is to cut off their roots.

"It's hard to ......," Kobayakawa replied in a deep voice, "I have studied all the reforms of the Oda family, and although there was a lot of opposition, they were all forcibly suppressed by Oda Nobunaga. And this time......" Kobayakawa Takakei paused, and said with a somewhat helpless expression, "At least I don't recommend that the family get involved." ”

"Could it be that the Oda family will forcibly implement reforms despite the opposition of the world?" Yoshikawa Motoharu asked with some disbelief, in his concept, reform of this kind of thing can only be done after everyone has discussed it. Once there is opposition, it can only be stranded.

"Definitely!" Kobayakawa Takakei replied decisively, "In the past, Oda Yoshinobu carried out this kind of decree in Ise, and destroyed more than a dozen families for this purpose. In the same way, the Oda family was hostile to the Ichizong in order to enforce the sword hunting order and the restriction on the temple. Kobayakawa Takakei said with a solemn expression, "I think that if there is any resistance to reform, Oda Nobunaga will definitely immediately send Oda Yoshinobu to lead an army to quell these resistances." ”

"This ......" Yoshikawa Motoharu looked at Kobayakawa Takashi dumbfounded, and only after a long time did he mutter, "It's really domineering......"

"But it was such a domineering behavior that made the Oda family finally unify the world!" Takashi Kobayakawa said in a deep voice. That's why I suggest that no matter what ordinances the Oda family makes, the family will remain silent. At least, at this stage, the main family does not have the strength to stand on the opposite side of the Oda family. ”

Discussions like the Mori family are taking place among forces such as Shimazu, Hojo, and Takeda, who are constantly speculating about how Oda Nobunaga wants to reform. Although most of them can only be analyzed from the system of Oda Yoshinobu's territory, there is only one thing that can be certain, that is, this reform must be very huge and the impact is extremely far-reaching.

Because they also know that it is only at the end of troubled times that there can be a radical change of change. If peace lasts for a few years or more and then we want to reform it, the resistance at that time will not be as easy to break as it is now.

On January 6, Oda Nobunaga, who had just personally led someone to the burial of Yoshino, had not yet recovered from his sadness, and immediately sent an order to the world, asking all his retainers to come to Azuchi Castle immediately. Those who do not arrive will be regarded as enemies of the Oda family.