We must be good at seizing the opportunity in combat, and the same is true for political affairs. If you hesitate, the whole world will be plunged into war. Zhengheng believes that he has always been a person who is good at seizing the opportunity, and he has to create a career even if he has no opportunity to create the opportunity. The turmoil in Kinai can be said to be the result of Zhengheng's single-handedness, and as the events fermented, he found that some of them were gradually out of his control. Zhengheng knocked on the fuji, his face looked quite solemn, the actions of Ishiyama Honganji Temple are understandable on the one hand, and the situation is changing rapidly on the other hand. There will always be some unexpected things happening in the world, such as the situation today changes at the time of Ishiyama Honganji, the turmoil in Kinai, the turmoil and turbulence, we must not turn a blind eye to this, thinking that history is still spotless, and the history that Shoheng is familiar with has long been changed beyond recognition by him.

Zheng Heng looked at his retainers, most of his retainers were unknown in history, and they had to look for their existence in every word, and now they will leave a big mark in history, and in the next three or four hundred years, someone will create a game for them. What the game is, except for Zheng Heng, I am afraid that no one will know, and Zheng Heng will not tell people about the world he knows, making people think that he is crazy, and things will always change direction with time.

With the movement of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, the war in Kinai will gradually reach a climax this summer.

It is still the beginning of the second year of Eiroku, the snow has not yet melted, the weather is still so cold, whether it is Ishiyama Honganji Temple or the hostile forces he has to face, both in Kinai and the hostile forces he has to face are secretly surging, and most people are dormant, waiting for the arrival of the spring flowers.

The vast snowfield outside the door, corresponding to the painting of the reed geese on the screen covered by the heavy snow, makes people feel chilly. The people present sat together with solemn faces, relaxed or playfully. Flames are still dancing in the braziers all around, providing heat for this cold day.

In front of everyone, Zhengheng pushed open a map of the Wa Kingdom, drew a circle in his territory, and the two provinces of San'in and Sanyo were in this circle, and then he put three teacups on the Kinai, Kyushu, and Tokaido. Finger lightly tapped the map, and said: "Now we occupy the two provinces of Shanyin and Shanyang, which seems to be a lot of territory, but in fact the land is barren, and the output of such a vast land is only two million stones, and the real hand is only one million stones, and we have to feed a population of 1.2 million, if we don't stand a little higher, we can see a little farther." Formulate a forward-looking development strategy, once these three directions are united, we will be surrounded by many difficulties and struggling. ”

In fact, this point does not need to be reminded by political balances, everyone knows it. After three years of government affairs, everyone present deeply felt the barrenness and backwardness of San'in and Sanyo countries, the land output of the ten countries was only 2 million koku, and the population distribution was extremely uneven. But the local forces of the three countries are also the most tenacious, for three years. Although the Date family can be said to have firmly controlled the plains, in some mountainous areas it is still controlled by the Nizi and Ouchi clans, and these people are secretly reluctant to rule the Date family. If the Date family wants to develop, they must go out, but now there are strong enemies in three directions.

Continuing his strategy, he said, "If we want to grow. First of all, it is necessary to destroy the possible east-west flanking situation in Kyushu, Kinai, and Tokaido. There are actually two strategic directions, whether it is Kyushu or Kinai, and for us, there is no doubt that the first is Kinai. In the next few years, our direction of development will be Kinai, and this matter is unlikely to change. Now there is turmoil in Kinai. It's the time for us to show our strengths, as for Kyushu and Shikoku directions. Kitakyushu Otomo Yoshitown, we want to support his opponents to restrain his development, Ouchi Haruhei and Ryuzoji Takayin are the objects we want to support. ”

In history, Maori Yuan defeated Tao Qingxian and then invaded Kyushu, and fought with Otomo Town, and finally had to compromise with Otomo Town, Otomo Town unified North Kyushu unstoppable, if it weren't for Otomo Town's dizziness, the final unification of Kyushu was not the Shimazu family that is still in civil strife. A unified Kyushu is obviously not what he wants. Now, instead of eating the big cake in Kinai, it is really a thing that outweighs the loss to eat Kyushu, a territory that he thinks can be done at any time.

Allowing Otomo Yoshizhen to unify Kyushu, history has changed, who knows if Otomo Yoshizhen will capsize in the gutter as dizzy as in history, and Masahiro will not bet on this probability. In the case that the Date family is not able to do it themselves, supporting the opponents of Otomo Yoshijin and letting them fight with Otomo Yoshijin will be the main strategy of the Date family in the next few years. If necessary, thousands of men and horses can also be sent through the strait into Kyushu to help them resist the invasion of Otomo Yoshijin.

Ouchi Haruei and Ryuzoji Takayin will be the two key objects of the Date family's support, Kyushu's strategy is to support the weak and fight the strong, weaken the strongest, and bind them in Kyushu and cannot move, this is Date Masato's strategy. At the same time, it is also the strategy of the Maori family in history, but after the death of Maori Yuan, the situation in the world changed, and Oda Nobunaga rose strongly, so that the Maori family was bound in San'in and Sanyo and could not break through the cage. In the end, he was dismembered step by step by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and other people in the world, and ended up struggling.

Zhengheng pointed to Kyushu's finger and moved to the direction of Shikoku, and said: "After Miyoshi Shikyu and Shikawa Ichiku, with more than 10,000 elites who have survived the war, withdraw from Kinai and return to Shikoku, they can still rely on the wealth of Sakai Port to feed more than 20,000 troops in the short term, but Miyoshi Shikyu, Tokawa Ichikun and others will not sit on the mountain, they want to rely on disagreement alone, and the Awa country is less than 200,000 koku, I am afraid that it is declining day by day, and the only way out is the unification of Shikoku." Miyoshi Changqing went crazy, Anzhai Dongkang was forced to commit suicide, and now the head of the Miyoshi family, Miyoshi Shixiu, is sitting in Apo, and Shihe Yicun is in disagreement, and the two brothers are still harmonious. Shikoku seems to go west to Kyushu, north to the hinterland of the Date family, and east to Kinai, but in fact it is a big cage, as long as the water army is firmly controlled, it can be trapped in Shikoku and cannot live in peace. ”

Speaking of this, Masaki's hand drew a line between the sphere of influence close to Ishiyama Honganji and the territory of the Date family, and said, "This year's spring blossoms are the time when Kinai is at its climax. At the same time, it is also a day of struggle for three years of dormancy. At this point, it was quite obvious that he would launch a military operation this year, and everyone present was excited to hear it, and everyone knew that once the chariot was launched. The chances of gaining merit will come exponentially, and their prospects will become busy and happy.

The retainers in the conference room were all smiling, but Noyama Masaasa asked, "What the lord means is that when the climax of Kinai is approaching, we will send troops to eat all the buffer zone between the Date family and Ishiyama Honganji, which may cause the Ishiyama Honganji Temple to turn against you." ”

Zhengheng frowned slightly and said, "Our attitude towards Ishiyama Honganji has never changed, and the development of Ishiyama Honganji should be beneficial to the Date family. Of course, favoring the Date family will inevitably cause concern for Ishiyama Honganji. In the past, we had some buffer zones between us and Ishiyama Honganji, but they were not intentionally promoted, but in fact, they were set up for the Miyoshi regime at the beginning, not intentionally for Ishiyama Honganji, but now that the Miyoshi regime is gone, there is no need for a buffer zone. Moreover, once the Kinai riots ended, if Ishiyama Honganji won the victory of Yamashiro Province. Will he not set up monasteries in these areas and occupy these territories because he will cause us to turn against them? ”

Noyama Yoshichao heard the dissatisfaction in Zhengheng's tone. With the passage of time, the power of Masahiro in Date's family can be said to have reached the point where no one can contradict him, and the power in Date's territory can be said to be in full swing, and no one dares to question his decision, he quickly explained: "My lord, I am worried about the evaluation of Ishiyama Honganji for us to do this. At least so far. Ishiyama Honganji Temple has a high opinion of us. If we take all this land, Ishiyama Honganji will not be happy. ”

Zhengheng replied coldly: "If we want to consider the enemy's evaluation of us, then we all have to die." When we defeat Shinmi Sadatsune, Mimura Iekin, Shotakashi, Niko Haruha, Mori Motosa, Ouchi Yoshinaga, and Ouchi Yoshitaka, should we consider what they say about us? First of all, Ishiyama Honganji has crossed the bottom line that the temple family must not interfere with the world, and their misdeeds in the Kaga area have set a very bad example. Now they want to replicate their policy in Kaga Province in Kinai. As a member of the samurai family, our Date family must not allow the temple family to interfere with the world, whether it is the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, the Tendai sect or other temple regimes, this is the bottom line, the bottom line that cannot be crossed. ”

Noyama Yoshitomo heard the deep malice in Zhengheng's words, he was one of the people who knew some of Zhengheng's plans, although it was not very comprehensive, but he knew that the Ishiyama Honganji Temple had come to the point where it was the result of Zhengheng's encouragement, and it can be said that it was under the impetus of Zhengheng that Ishiyama Honganji would jump out and become the target of public criticism. Nowadays, Zhengheng said that the temple family should not interfere with the world, which really surprised him. However, he knew that there was no problem with a little doubt, and once the bottom line was touched, he would not do anything that he was opposed to. For the sake of Ishiyama Honganji and angering his own lord, there is no direct interest relationship between Ishiyama Honganji and himself, not to mention that once he expands the territory, as the chief retainer, he will first increase his fortune.

Noyama Masato, who was well versed in politics, immediately closed his mouth.

Over the years, Zheng Heng has mastered the ability to quickly retract his thoughts, even if he is emotional and wants to burn one second, he can focus on the current matter the next second, "The next thing we want to talk about is the order of these regions, first of all, Bai Yunzhai, you will tell you about the main forces in these areas, and the places that need to be paid attention to." ”

Since the day Hattori Baocho and Masari father and son appeared in Okayama Castle, Tozawa Hakusai has been worried that his future will be the same as Kusama's general division from now on away from the political core, Kusama General Division is the former Kusama Shibei, since the arrival of Tozawa Baizai, Kusama and Tozawa have overlapped in terms of authority, and their abilities are not comparable to the latter. After Okayama Castle was built, Kusama gradually withdrew from the intelligence department and became a part of the Okayama Police Headquarters Office, and Kusama Shibei officially changed his name to Kusama General Division, and stepped into the front desk, I don't know whether to be happy or sorry for him. However, Tozawa Hakusai knew that he would not be able to hold a high position in the Date family like Kusama, and once he was surpassed by Hattori Baocho and Masari father and son, his life would not be easy, although his daughter Amo had already given birth to the bond between himself and the Date family.

Tozawa Baiyunsai didn't want Kusama to be so unambitious, otherwise he wouldn't have come to the west, Kusama was originally just a bandit, but now he is already the police chief of 8,000 stones, the captain of nearly 5,000 policemen, and he is already satisfied.

Tozawa Baiyunsai glanced at Hattori Masari who was sitting in the corner, he was quite jealous of the Hattori family, you must know that the Hattori clan was once one of the three major upper ninja families of Iga, he was just a lower ninja of Koga, secretly clenched his fists, listened to the orders of the lord, immediately moved two steps to the center, first ordered a subordinate to come up with a stack of books, and said: "My lord, my lords, the contents of these books are the contents of the books that Tozawa spent three years compiling about Inaba, Tajima, Tango, Tanba, Harima, Settsu and other places need to pay attention to objects and major castles. ”

Then it was distributed with the approval of Zheng Heng, but Zheng Heng didn't go to the book, he already knew the contents of the book, in fact, he knew it in more detail, most of the things listed in these books can be known as long as they know a little bit, there is no secret, but for most of the retainers, it can be said to be first-hand information, and I can't help but look through it. Zheng Heng tapped the desk and said, "Bai Yunzhai, you can briefly talk about the situation in these areas. ”

First of all, it is necessary to understand the main enemies to face and the matters that need attention, and know that you will win all battles. Tozawa Hakusai heard this and responded: "Yes, my lord, first of all, Inaba and Tajima, four years ago, Inaba's Takeda Takashin defeated the two countries' guardian Yamana Yutoyo in one fell swoop, seized the state government of Inaba Province, and actively dealt with Tajima Province. (To be continued......)