Chapter 606 12. Nobunaga’s Plan to Surround Asakura

After leaving a thousand hatamoto standing guards in Kaifuchu Castle, Kobayata escorted some rice and money back to Yamanouchi.

After all, they were afraid of rebellion in Kai, and the defense of Kofu Castle was slightly weak, so they still needed to increase enough standing troops. It will be fine after this winter, Kobayata comforted himself.

After all, Konishihara Saemon was transferred from Iida, Ina County to Ishiwa 4,000 kan in Yamanashi County, Kai Province, and a total of 600 people could be pulled out. If this number of people encountered something, they would not be able to help in an emergency.

Now they are just preparing!

It is better to be safe than sorry!

After returning to Yamanouchi, the judges sat down again. This time everyone was free, and they began to discuss the relationship with the Oda family. This time they did not give Oda Nobunaga face, but the two sides did not reach the point of tearing their faces apart, and they still had to maintain at least superficial intimacy.

One was a great loyal minister who supported the shogunate, and the other was the most powerful vassal of the shogunate, and they had each other's backs. There is caution in cooperation, and cooperation is more than caution.

The Yamanouchi family has the giant Hojo on their side, and Oda is surrounded by countless people who are eyeing them covetously. Both sides understand that they need each other. It is necessary to send friendly signals to achieve temporary harmony.

The Yamanouchi side is very direct. Yamanouchi Chasamaru will be thirteen years old during the Chinese New Year. According to the custom of the Japanese Warring States Period, it is not strange to have a coming-of-age ceremony at this age.

The eldest daughter of Yamanouchi Shukei was adopted by Yamanouchi Yoshiharu and married to Hosokawa Cainü. His second daughter was originally intended to recruit a son-in-law to inherit the family. Now it just so happens that he has a relationship with Yamanouchi Chasamaru.

After everyone discussed it, they finally decided to name Yamanouchi Chasamaru Yamanouchi Yoshio, and this name was proposed by Kobayata. When everyone was discussing it at the time, Kobayata said it smoothly, after all, Chasamaru was called Nobuo on another parallel line. It is not a bad thing to change to Yoshio now, and the word Xiong is pretty good.

Hosokawa Harumiya's father-in-law cut his hair himself, and Imagawa Yoshichika crowned his younger brother. From now on, Yamanouchi Yoshio is completely a member of the Yamanouchi clan and will inherit the family business of Yamanouchi Shukei.

In order to show seriousness, the huge territory of 4,200 kan of Miyazawa in Kaikoma County was also granted to Yamanouchi Yoshio (Yamauchi Shukei enjoyed 1,200 kan of pension). On the way, he sent a letter to Gifu and asked his former father Oda Nobunaga to recommend an official position for him.

Oda Nobunaga agreed to this matter very quickly, and without hesitation, he gave his former son a good one, from the fourth rank to the lower level of the attendant. The starting point is very high, far better than the Yamanouchi clan's ministers. In the future, he can also be honored as Koshu Miyazawa attendant Yoshio-dono.

The military family of the court reported that Asukai Masaharu also sent a signal, through the recommendation of Oda Nobunaga, plus the approval of Ashikaga Yoshiaki. As a member of the Ashikaga clan and a member of the lower class, the Yamanouchi clan enjoyed the same political treatment as the Ashikaga clan, that is, the Goichimon clan.

In other words, the close relatives of the Yamanouchi clan can be directly appointed to the ranks and positions below the Junior Fourth Rank instead of the Junior Fifth Rank in the future.

Nobunaga also used this to express his goodwill to the Yamanouchi family, and in order to congratulate Yamanouchi Yoshio on his coming of age ceremony, Nobunaga also sent 100 Omi Kunitomo cannons and 1,000 kan of money as a gift.

The Yamanouchi family also gave back 10 Shinano horses as a gift to thank Oda Nobunaga for his enthusiasm.

In short, Yamanouchi Yoshio, one of the most important ties between the two sides, received unprecedented attention. At a young age, he was appointed as the head of Yamanouchi Taro, managing and commanding Yamanouchi Taro's friends.

The Yamanouchi family paid so much attention to and cultivated Yamanouchi Yoshio. In addition to the concept of cultivating the younger generation, it also showed that the alliance between the two sides was indestructible and would not be broken by a few trivial matters.

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In fact, Nobunaga quickly put this matter behind him. Since the Yamanouchi family was not the kind of soft-boned person who would swallow his anger under oppression, Nobunaga would naturally adjust his strategy and re-plan.

The decision to attack the Asakura family would not change, but the powerful Asai family in Jiangbei had not been completely appeased, and winter was about to come. Echizen would have a terrible snowfall, and the snow might be as thick as one meter, which was not a good time to use troops.

With Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka, who had just become Nobunaga's children, as lobbyists, Kyogoku Takayoshi finally gave up the so-called glorious name of the three governors and four positions of the famous family for generations. He accepted the 3,000 kan Zhixing Andu granted by Oda Nobunaga, and completely gave up the right to claim the position of guardian of northern Omi that their Kyogoku family had finally retained.

Before the snow fell, Asai Nagamasa, who was appointed as the Imperial Tutor of the Northern Omi Guardian, arrived at Odani. Although it was just an empty title, Asai Nagamasa was still happy.

Niccolò Machiavelli said it well, it is not the title that honors the common people, but the title that honors the brave.

Asai Nagamasa is a human being after all, and he saw that his brother-in-law still cared about him. The key point is that his wife's pillow talk was blowing day and night. Even if he was very angry before, he would have calmed down now if he didn't report it at that time.

Aichi and Asai Nagamasa are a loving couple. They have four children in nine years. At this speed, basically the next child is pregnant when the previous one is just one year old. If this couple is not close, they can't achieve such results.

The half of the county promised by Nobunaga was also allocated to the Asai family. When Asai Ryomasa started the rebellion, the people of Jiangbei who had rebelled with him were still dissatisfied, but it was the time when the land was divided. The whole year was spent in Odani Castle to show loyalty and tell stories to Asai Nagamasa.

I have made contributions to Asai, I have shed blood for Asai, I am Asai's great loyal minister!

Give me a township!

Based on the current situation, the Asai family has temporarily stabilized, and the Yamanouchi family has also stabilized. Oda Nobunaga continued to exert his strength. Isshiki Ukyo Daifu Yoshimichi, who had just been beaten by the Asakura family, was summoned to the capital by Oda Nobunaga in the name of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

After a round of deception, Isshiki Yoshimichi was filled with righteous indignation. As one of the four positions of the old shogunate that still retains a certain amount of power, Ashikaga Yoshiaki also values ​​the Isshiki family.

Through Ashikaga Yoshiaki's mediation, Oda Nobunaga promised that if Isshiki Yoshimichi could send troops to attack the Asakura family, the Wakasa guardian Takeda Motoaki would definitely reward him with 6,000 kan of territory in western Wakasa in the future.

Moreover, Oda Nobunaga also gave Isshiki Yoshimichi 50 Kunitomo cannons as a reward for his visit to Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Isshiki Yoshimichi thought, I am a retainer of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and you Oda Nobunaga are also retainers of Ashikaga Yoshiaki. It is indeed a bit embarrassing for me to cooperate with a nouveau riche like you, but that was what my superior Ashikaga Shogun said, so I will reluctantly give you Oda Nobunaga some face.

Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki was still a little hesitant about attacking the Asakura clan, he had the example of the Kitabatake clan. He believed that Oda Nobunaga was just the Obama and Tsuruga who slandered the Asakura family. The Asakura family would definitely not perish, and it was likely that they would just send a son or brother to inherit the Asakura.

Considering that Oda Nobunaga was usually "submissive", Ashikaga Yoshiaki neither explicitly opposed his move to encircle the Asakura clan nor did he provide any special help.

Nobunaga's plate was getting bigger and bigger!