The Troubles of the Holy Maiden [Comprehensive]

Chapter 118

In the seventh year of Yonglu, the Muromachi shogunate's No. 13 general who conquered barbarians, Ashikaga Yoshiki, his political opponent Miyoshi Changqing, who had been tit-for-tat and finally eased, died of illness.Sudden loss of restraint, the resolute Ashikaga Yoshiki took this opportunity to restore the majesty and real power of the shogun Nishiyama.

At that time, the power of the Miyoshi family was usurped by the retainer Matsu Yongxiu, who was deep in the city and full of ambitions, and he was a "viper" Saito Dosan and his ilk.Song Yongxiu had long been dissatisfied with Yihui, who had a strong personality and tried to make a fortune, and saw Yihui's frequent actions, and began to restore the general's power.

Thus, in the eighth year of Yonglu, the "Yonglu Rebellion" that shocked the world's lords quietly happened. Miyoshi's retainer Song Yongxiu colluded with the "Three Goods and Three People" and led the army to besiege Yihui's mansion, intending to depose Yihui, set up another puppet, and tear down Yihui. The last layer of "fig leaf" of the Ashikaga shogunate.

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"Your Highness!" In the general's mansion surrounded by groups like a lone boat in the water, several loyal retainers kowtowed:

"For your safety, surrender!"

"As long as you voluntarily surrender and abdicate, those traitors may spare your life!"

"Yes, Your Highness, please make an early plan!"

Ashikaga Yoshiki sat at the head dignifiedly, silent, in a critical situation, with his life hanging by a thread, he still worked hard to maintain the dignity of his general who conquered barbarians.With his eyes closed tightly, scenes flashed in his mind:

The father, who was bullied by his subordinates, led his young self to flee in a hurry, followed by Hosokawa's pursuers, the triumphant ridicule and playful sarcasm hurt his young self.It doesn't matter if you are born noble, and it doesn't matter if you sit in the world, it's just that the minister is strong and the ruler is weak, and he ends up being bullied and controlled by his ministers.

When he was young, he secretly made up his mind that he must be a strong person. Only by being strong can he deter his subordinates and revive the glory of the Ashikaga family.Therefore, I didn't have a sword that was too tall, and I picked up a small wooden knife, chopping, chopping, stabbing, striking, over and over again, even if my hands were full of blood and wounds, I kept practicing diligently.Therefore, I, who had just learned my full hiragana, held the boring and difficult military history book, and studied those complicated Chinese characters bit by bit, even though my hand holding the pen was so swollen that I could barely hold it.

In this way, everyone in the Ashikaga family pinned their hopes of revitalizing the family on themselves. Even the father who should be the child's support, he couldn't wait to put the position and responsibility of the family supervisor on himself when he was 11 years old.

Today, he has been a shogun for nearly twenty years. These twenty years have been spent in tug-of-war with his subordinates. He is already a mature man with gray hair on his temples.But ah, so what can a person be strong, after all, he can't match the general trend of the world and can't turn the tide.

"After all, I can't turn things around by myself..."

Ashikaga Yoshiki opened his eyes suddenly, and said, "Order, let's prepare a banquet."

A retainer raised his head and asked in surprise, "Your Highness, banquet, now?"

The retainer behind him tugged at the hem of the person who spoke, and said in a low voice, "Just follow His Highness's orders. Maybe His Highness wants to make peace with Matsunaga-kun."

Ashikaga Yoshiki ignored the whispers of the retainers below and left directly.

To the surprise of the vassals, Matsunaga Hideo and Miyoshi, who were besieging the mansion, were not invited to the banquet, but only the near officials and samurai who stayed at home.

Yihui's wife also appeared at the banquet, pouring wine for him by Yihui's side.General Yihui drank one cup after another, without any intention of talking to everyone.

"Your Highness, what exactly are you thinking? Those traitors will attack soon." An impatient retainer broke the silence at the banquet.

Yihui stopped drinking and put the glass heavily on the table.

"What do you think? Then I'll tell you..."

"There are only sword hero generals who died standing up, not former generals who died kneeling!"

Ashikaga Yoshiki stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "Warriors who are still willing to follow me, follow me to the end."

The warriors in the hall looked at each other, and finally thirty or so warriors fell down and bowed down: "May I follow the general to a hundred deaths!"

Ashikaga Yoshiki nodded: "Very good, you are all loyal warriors!" After speaking, he got up and left.

"Your Highness!" Yihui's wife grabbed him by the corner of his clothes and pleaded, "Please let this concubine stay with you, even if you die, you will have no complaints!"

Yihui helped his wife up, and sighed: "Please stay, and help me keep the death song." After speaking, Yihui called for a pen and ink, and wrote a line on his wife's sleeve:

"May yu は dew か 涙 か is not as good as 帰我が名をあげよ云の上まで"【1】

"Your Highness!" Amid his wife's hoarse shouts, Ashikaga Yoshiki walked out of the hall without looking back.

The impatient rebels rushed into the Nijo Imperial Palace, and the tiger and wolf soldiers quickly killed Yoshiki's guards, scrambling to kill Ashikaga Yoshiki's head for meritorious service.

At this time, Ashikaga Yoshiki stuck all the treasured swords he collected in the corridor of the imperial palace. He laughed a few times, pulled out one of the treasured swords and killed them, killing several intruders in front of him in an instant. enemy.Matsunaga's army was startled by Yihui's bravery, and quickly formed a team to besiege.But the swordsmanship is superb, and Yihui, known as the "General Swordsman", doesn't care. It didn't take long for the soldiers surrounding him to be killed one by one. The corpses fell to the ground, and the whole corridor was stained red with blood.After one knife was blunted, Ashikaga Yoshiki pulled out another treasured sword without hesitation, and started fighting with the enemy, just like this, one after another...

Boy Kirie Yasuna, Oden Tai Mitsuyo, Onimaru Kuniona, Dabao Hei...

Until the last one, Sanri Yuezong approached.

Ashikaga Yoshiki froze for a moment when he held Mikami Tsukimune in his hand, feeling that the hand felt a little wrong, but at this time he had been fighting for nearly two hours, and he only thought it was an illusion caused by his being too tired.

Facing the extremely brave Ashikaga Yoshiki, who counts as ten, the soldiers could only remove the paper doors and windows, and use them as shields to cover their bodies to resist Yoshiki's skillful slashing, and then drew out their spears and kept throwing them at Yoshiki.

In the end, Ashikaga Yoshiki, who was exhausted, was assassinated by the soldiers with spears, and a generation of "sword hero generals" perished, but it was only a year old.

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Fulan, who was far away in Qingzhou, soon received the news. She sighed, went back to the house, and woke up Sanri Yuezong.

The crescent moon that appeared in the cherry blossom rain was still smiling, watching Fran tenderly:

"Ji Jun, why did you summon me so suddenly? Is there something wrong?"

Fran shook her head and said softly: "Ashikaga Yoshiki met Matsunaga Hideo's rebellion, was besieged in the Nijo Imperial Palace, and finally died in a fierce battle. You were supposed to be the sword that accompanied him to the last moment. I think it is necessary to tell you about this. .” Then, she described in detail the history of the Yonglu rebellion incident.

"Ashikaga Yoshiki, left behind a death song: Wu Yue Yu は Lu か ぶ か is not as good as 帰我が名をあげよ云の上まで"

Sanriyue's expression remained unchanged, but her eyelids drooped slightly, and she said softly:

"Well, well, tangible things will eventually disappear, but only today."【2】

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In the tenth year of Yonglu, Oda Nobunaga annexed the Mino country and captured Saito Ryuko's residence, Inabayama Castle.She moved her residence to a place called "Inoguchi" in the castle town of Inabayama Castle, and changed "Inoguchi" to "Gifu".

What is "Gifu" is recorded in the "Historical Records" of the Han Dynasty. In the past, King Wen of Zhou came out of Qishan to destroy Yin and Shang and pacify the world. "Gifu" means Fengming Qishan, and its ambition is clearly revealed.

In Honmaru in the city, Oda Nobunaga summoned the retainers around him and ordered the little surnames on one side to hold out a mysterious box. On the other side, two young and clever little surnames walked to the case on their knees, unfolded a blank scroll and placed it on the case. superior.

Under everyone's curious eyes, Nobunaga opened the box and took out an unfamiliar seal.

The seal was overlaid on the paper, and four large characters in vermilion appeared vividly in front of my eyes.

"God! Down! Bu! Wu!"

The retainers stared wide-eyed, their hearts filled with agitation and heroism.

'Squeeze troubled times with force and rule the world...'

'Dominate the world with the regime of the samurai...'

How lucky to be able to follow such a master with lofty vision and ambitions in the world!

Nobunaga stood on the high throne, looking at the loyal ministers and fierce generals in the audience, he was full of spirit, and laughed loudly:

"From now on, this seal of 'The World Bu Wu' will be the political seal of my Oda family!"

"I, Oda Nobunaga, will conquer the world with this idea!"

At this time, Nobunaga was already a daimyo with a million stones, and her strength was firmly among the top ten daimyos in the country. At this time, she also revealed her true ambition to everyone.And the opportunity to realize this ambition is slowly approaching her.

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On the other side, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the younger brother of the former general Ashikaga Yoshiki, has been alone since his elder brother was killed by a traitor and his mother committed suicide with his elder brother.Yoshiaki, who wanted to escape for his life, was captured by Song Yongxiu and put under house arrest.The terrified Yi Zhao originally thought that he would end up being killed like his brother Zhou Hao, but how did he expect that several retainers loyal to his elder brother Yi Hui would risk their lives to rescue Yi Zhao who was imprisoned, hoping that he could recover. The glory of the General's family.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who is like a bereaved dog, wrote letters everywhere asking for help, hoping to have a loyal daimyo to help him and regain the country.However, Yoshiaki traveled to Koga County, Wakasa Country, Echizen Country and other countries, and no one was willing to help him. They just treated him as a down-and-out public servant, and even wanted to arrest him to show favor to Miyoshi's family in Kyoto.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who was bumping into walls everywhere, could only temporarily attach himself to Asakura Yoshikage's subordinates, but at this moment he met a nobleman who changed his destiny.A vassal of the Asakura family, Akechi Mitsuhide, took the initiative to find Yoshiaki who was down and out, and persuaded him to join Oda Nobunaga of the Owari country...

In the 11th year of Yonglu, Nobunaga, who had not long occupied Mino, received a letter from Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

"Lan, look at this!" Nobunaga handed the letter to Fran.

When Fulan Zhanxin saw it, it was actually the handwriting of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, younger brother of the former general, with dignified and sincere words, hoping to use Nobunaga's strength to go to Luo.

Fulan raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Such a good 'rare item', why didn't Asakura Yoshikage keep it? I begged you to come here."

Nobunaga sneered: "Asakura Yoshikage is addicted to wine and sex. It's okay to ask him to hold a banquet. If you want to entrust important matters, forget it."

Fran laughed: "You, you are still so narrow-minded. So what about this 'prince in distress', how do you plan to deal with it?"

Nobunaga stroked his chin, thinking: "This is a good opportunity to take advantage of justice, but..."

Fran smiled and said, "But you're not sure whether this Ashikaga Yoshiaki can be used well, are you?"

Nobunaga nodded, and continued: "It's okay if he is an incompetent person, but if he is really a hero, I'm afraid I will have to make wedding clothes for others."

Flan patted Nobunaga and said, "Are you worried that you will become Lu Buwei?" She chuckled lightly, "You are not a businessman, you have a knife in your hand, what are you afraid of?" She pointed to the letter on the table: "If you If you really need him, you should greet him well, treat him like a general Zhengyi, and fulfill your duty as a courtier. Only in this way can you see his truest side. If Yizhao is really a man of great talent, see If you are so humble and loyal, he will find a way to show his courage and talent in order to subdue you. If this son is an incompetent person, seeing you are so loyal, he will rely on you and entrust important things to you, then your purpose It has also been achieved, once the power is let go, it is not so easy to take it back."

Nobunaga listened carefully, and nodded emphatically: "I understand." She smiled meaningfully, "I will treat this 'general' well."

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The next day, Nobunaga sent an envoy to Echizen Kingdom to welcome Yoshiaki.A few days later, Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Akechi Mitsuhide were welcomed to Gifu City in a splendid manner.

In Risshoji Temple in Gifu City, Nobunaga entertained Yoshiaki and his party very warmly and respectfully. The banquet served delicacies from mountains and seas, delicious food, and the welcoming ceremony was extremely grand.After the banquet, precious things such as gold, silver and jewelry, weapons and armor, food and horses were presented as gifts.Every Oda retainer who came here was specially instructed by Nobunaga to treat Ashikaga Yoshiaki with respect and respect with the etiquette of the shogun.

Facing Nobunaga's hospitality, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was very moved, he just felt that after a long time of wandering, he finally found a real loyal man, and finally had the dawn of regaining the position of general.How could he know that this courtier whom he evaluated as "loyalty" was evaluating himself without any trace, and even smiled in his heart.

It didn't take long for Nobunaga to figure out Yoshiaki's background, and had a general understanding of his temperament and ability. While secretly thankful, he also turned his attention to a retainer who followed Yoshiaki.

Mitsuhide Akechi, who followed Yoshiaki, looked like a middle-aged samurai with elegant demeanor and awe-inspiring demeanor.During the conversation, he was knowledgeable, extraordinary in conversation, broad in vision and quite strategic, which Nobunaga appreciated very much.This son is more strategic than Shibata Katsuie, more calm than Sasao Naruma, more courageous than Niwa Chohide, and more educated than Kinoshita Hideyoshi.

Nobunaga glanced at Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who was talking freely, and thought: "It's such a good talent, following Ashikaga Yoshiaki is really a secret investment." '

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In the 11th year of Yonglu, Oda Nobunaga was preparing to go to Luo.It took the lead in dispatching envoys to negotiate with various daimyos on the way to Shangluo in order to "give way".Among them, the Omi Liujiao clan intervened, and was later suppressed by the joint forces of the Oda clan, Asai clan, and Matsudaira clan.Afterwards, Nobunaga supported Ashikaga Yoshiaki and quickly went to Luo, sweeping Kinai.

At that time, the No.14 puppet general Ashikaga Yoshiei had died of illness.Oda Nobunaga then supported Ashikaga Yoshiaki to become the No. 15 general of the Muromachi shogunate, and his reputation was second to none.

Nobunaga, who successfully went to Luo, left behind the defenders, and with Yi Zhao's full gratitude and trust, Shi Shiran returned to the city of his own country. In the eyes of everyone, he retired and returned to his hometown. country.

This is how the chess game of martial arts in the world begins.

The author has something to say: [1] The drizzle and dew in May are still harsh, and send my name Du Juanyi, flying up to the sky

【2】Three Ritsuki Zongjin Broken Knife Lines.

Well, Nobunaga's influence has just begun to take shape, and the next chapter can start to involve the knife spirits.The baby is so angry, what the hell is the flurry of swords and swords to investigate, Nishang feels that he can't get the Daprajna long light, luck is too bad, and the key number three has not been drawn out yet.

Additional historical background:

1. Ashikaga Yoshiaki’s nickname is Chitose Maru, and his dharma name is Jueqing (the tradition of the general’s family, except for the heir, the other sons of the general will be sent to become monks. So he and his younger brother were monks in the temple during Yonglu’s rebellion. He was a monk, so he didn’t die at the hands of the rebels. Monk Jueqing was still doing well, and he was already a senior monk.) Later, he escaped and returned to lay life, and changed his name to Ashikaga Yoshiaki.Later, Asakura Yoshikage presided over the Yuan Fu ceremony for Yoshinaki (he was almost thirty before Yuan Fu), and changed his name to Ashikaga Yoshiaki (it is said that the word autumn is not auspicious).The name change was too messy, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki was used directly in the Nishang article.

2. Asakura Yoshikage was one of the people who was later killed by Nobunaga and used the skull as a wine vessel.He doesn't support Yoshiaki on the one hand because he is timid (this man has hardly been to the front as the family governor of the samurai family), on the other hand he tends to support another member of the Ashikaga family (a member whose blood is far from Yoshiki. The general's Inheriting the tradition, usually the direct relatives of the general who was elected, so the lineage is more 'noble')

3. Akechi Mitsuhide, I feel that no introduction is needed.This person is the one who betrayed Nobunaga and held a barbecue meeting at Honnoji Temple, and he is also the one whom Nobunaga's idiotic fans have spurned for countless years.As for the reason for the betrayal, since Nishang doesn’t intend to write it in the article, let’s gossip briefly:

One theory is that Mitsuhide used his mother as a hostage to persuade Nobunaga's enemies to surrender, but Nobunaga failed to keep his word, and Mitsuhide's mother was killed by the angry enemies.So, you know...

One theory is that Mitsuhide helped Nobunaga entertain Ieyasu. The fish on the table was dead fish and had a strange smell (this seems inappropriate in Japanese culture). Nobunaga felt ashamed and not only insulted Mitsuhide, but also slapped him. .

One theory is that Nobunaga wanted to confiscate Mitsuhide's territory and salary (the territory would still be given to Mori Ranmaru), Mitsuhide couldn't bear it, and acted first.

One theory is that Nobunaga wants to overthrow Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and Mitsuhide defends the imperial court in order to protect Ashikaga Yoshiaki (there is research that Nobunaga does not want to be a general, but wants to directly remove the general and become the emperor himself, yes, this is very Nobunaga 2333).

Akechi Mitsuhide moved into Azuchi Castle, which originally belonged to Nobunaga after the Honnoji incident, and was killed by Hideyoshi who was driven back within a few days. This is the famous "Sanichi Tianxia" (in fact, it is a few days more than Sanichi of)