Although the Ashikaga Shogun family has suppressed the shogunate for more than a year and regained most of the power of the shogunate, there has been no large-scale expansion in military strength.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru's basic base is still the 500 Hime Samurai from the Ashikaga Hui clan.
She mainly seized the military food service in the shogunate's territory, allowing the Ashikama Hui people to have enough supplies and transport farmers and soldiers, and military operations were no longer subject to the logistical constraints of the shogunate.
In Yamashiro Kingdom, where the center of the shogunate is located, Kyoto is the undisputed core of controlling Yamashiro Kingdom. From the beginning of the Emperor's court, Kyoto has been the central capital for nearly 800 years.
In the beginning, the capital of Kyoto was modeled on the left and right half of Chang'an and Luoyang of the Celestial Dynasty. Later, the capital of Chang'an was destroyed, leaving only half of Luoyang. From then on, Shangjing was also called Shangluo.
Afterwards, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu massacred the emperor's court, and the emperor's palace and the minister's residence in the northern part of Luoyang Kyo were destructively looted and fell.
The core of the Ashikaga Shogunate is in the Muromachi area in the central part of Luoyang Kyo, so it is also called the Muromachi Shogunate.
Around the time Ashikaga Yoshiteru came to power, the Ashikaga shogunate family had declined terribly. There were only 500 Ashikaga warriors left, and they mainly controlled Fushimi Toba in the southern suburbs of Kyoto, using Fushimi Castle as a military station.
Over the past year or so, Ashikaga Yoshiki has been expanding his power aggressively, and there are already three military cities.
They are the newly built Nijo Castle not far to the north of the Imperial Palace, Fushimi Castle in the southern suburbs, and Sakamoto Castle southwest of Omi Lake Biwa.
Ashikaga Yoshiki's expansion is too fast, and the money and food cannot keep up. The expansion of soldiers will have to wait for the grain and grass from this autumn's harvest to be stored in order to fill the skeleton of the military city.
Niki Yoshimasa was very worried.
Nijo Castle is located in the north of the Imperial Palace, and Fushimi Castle is in the southern part of the Imperial Palace. They are the north and south ballast stones for the Ashikaga Shogun to suppress Kyoto and even the Yamashiro Kingdom.
All the Ashikaga Horsemen were transferred to Sakamoto Castle in Omi, and there would be a military vacuum in the Ashikaga Shogun family's rule over the Yamashiro.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru certainly understands Hitoshi Yoshimasa's worries, but she really doesn't want to miss this opportunity.
The prestige of the Rokkaku family has plummeted, and the Rokkaku retainers group and the Koga clan have violent conflicts. This is a God-given opportunity.
If we don't take advantage of this moment to further divide the Rokkaku family and attack him, Ashikaga Yoshiteru will definitely regret it in the future.
Since the establishment of the Ashikaga Shogunate, the Rokkaku family has been a thorn in the side of successive Ashikaga shoguns. Her family is located around Kyoto and has a prosperous family business, but they are not direct descendants of the Ashikaga shoguns.
Don't let others snore and sleep on the side of the bed. Unless the Rokkaku family dies, the Ashikaga family will not be safe.
Although there was a honeymoon period for the alliance between Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Rokkaku Sadeyori, what happened afterwards also severely warned Ashikaga Yoshiteru to be wary of the Rokkaku family.
She thought for a while and said.
"I will put Ninagawa in charge of Nijo Castle temporarily, and I will hand over Fushimi Castle to Akechi Mitsuhide for a while.
Once the autumn harvest of grain and grass is put into storage, we will expand the Ashikaga community. By next spring at the latest, we will be able to take over the two cities.
I'll leave it to them for the time being, so you don't have to worry too much."
Ashikaga Yoshiki turned to Wada Weimasa and said.
"Wada-hime, please come back to Koka County again and reiterate my support to the Koka people.
Tell the Mochizuki Mountain House families that I have mobilized heavy troops in Sakamoto Castle. If the Rokkaku Retainers Group wants to start a new round of war in Omi Province, the shogunate will not sit idly by and ignore it.
In addition, when you come back, go around to Kannonji Castle and express my concern about the internal strife in the Rokkaku family to Rokkaku Yoshiharu.
The recent past has been difficult, so she must know how to cherish it. Don't be led astray by the retainers below, causing the war in Omi country to resume and all life to be devastated."
Wada Weimasa fell to the ground and accepted the order, but he felt very uneasy.
The general was too anxious. While threatening the Rokkaku family, he encouraged the Koga people to cause trouble, and finally put the label of destroying peace and unity on Rokkaku Yoshiji.
She really wanted to save face and dignity, but she just didn’t let Rokkaku Yoshiharu be treated as a human being. Rokkaku Yoshiharu didn’t want to help Koga Zhong? Of course she wanted to.
But Rokkaku Shikime just announced that if she bares her armor to greet the crowd, there will inevitably be a second Kannonji riot. If it happens again, the Rokkaku family will really be doomed.
The internal affairs that could have been delayed slowly and reduced to minor matters were replaced by Ashikaga Yoshiki pouring down a pot of hot oil, causing seven layers of flames to erupt in an instant.
After this incident, Rokkaku Yoshiharu must have hated Ashikaga Yoshiteru for fanning the flames, and he probably wanted to stab her to death.
Wada Weimasa is not too worried about the deterioration of the relationship with the Rokkaku family. In the past two hundred years, the relationship between the Ashikaga Shogunate and the Rokkaku family has not been so good. They were neighbors who had different dreams.
What she is really worried about is Ashikaga Yoshiki's quick success. In order to suppress the Rokkaku family, all the military forces loyal to her in Yamashiro were mobilized.
The general was too confident, thinking that she controlled the overall situation of the shogunate, but she couldn't see that there was no one around her.
Wada Weimasa felt desolate.
Thinking back to the time when the general summoned her, who were the people who discussed politics with her? They were Ise Sadakyu, Mibuchi Haruka, Hosokawa Motonsune and other bigwigs from various forces in the shogunate.
What now? The shogun only has low-profile minions around him such as Naoomi Hitoki Yoshimasa and secret agent Yagyu Soen.
As for the foreign ministers, they could only rely on Ninagawa himself, who betrayed his colleagues, and Akechi Mitsuhide, who had ulterior motives.
When something big happens at a critical moment, can these low-key direct ministers shoulder the heavy responsibility? Foreign ministers are either as timid as mice, or they have deep thoughts, can they really do their best for the general?
Wada Weizheng felt the danger, but she could not dissuade him, nor did she dare to dissuade him. The general's power had greatly increased over the past year, and he became more self-willed and could not listen to objectionable words.
A rumor about twin girls tormented the ministers to death, and made Ise Sadakyo wait at home every day to commit seppuku atonement.
Mibuchi Haru and Hosokawa Motonsune were members of the samurai family who had clearly supported Ashikaga Yoshiteru since she came to power. They were also driven back to their territories due to rumors and were not allowed to return to the capital without an edict, which chilled the hearts of both inside and outside the shogunate.
In order to force Yoshihiro Shiba to return to Beijing, Ashikaga Yoshiteru publicly humiliated the Shiba family many times.
That was Yoshihiro Shiba who turned the tide and pushed back Miyoshi Nagakei! Who in the shogunate dared to say that his contribution was greater than Yoshihiro Shiba?
If the general treats his meritorious minister like this, even if he is his fiancé, he should consider the feelings of the military masters watching from the sidelines!
Except for Mitsuhide Akechi, who had resigned himself to it, other important ministers of Shiba had long been dissatisfied and ignored the shogunate in Kyoto.
But even the obedient Akechi Mitsuhide and Wada Weimasa couldn't understand what this elegant woman who always wore a gentle smile was thinking in her heart.
The general now seemed so majestic that no one dared to disobey him. But Wada Weimasa's heart was getting colder and colder, and she always felt like she was standing on a cliff.
It seems that as long as someone gives a gentle push, Ashikaga Yoshiki will fall into the bottomless abyss. And the Ashikaga ZTE situation, which is like a brocade of flowers, will also turn into a mess, with no chance to turn around.