"My lord?" Yu Qiuping was stunned when he heard this, "My lord, do you want to depose the Ashikaga shogunate and open your own shogunate?"
"Who told you that Yu Qihan is the general who conquered the barbarians?" Oda Nobunaga slowly turned around and hit Yu Qiuping on the head with a folding fan, "If there is no general in the world, how can we still survive?"
Is it possible to stop turning?"
"My lord, you want to completely abolish the shogunate?" Amakihei was surprised when he heard this. However, he immediately realized that in the history of his previous life, Oda Nobunaga exiled Ashikaga Yoshiaki and destroyed the Muromachi shogunate.
Is there a new shogunate? From the demise of the Muromachi shogunate to the establishment of the Edo shogunate, for several decades, there was no shogun in the world.
"What? Aren't you a ferryman from the Ming Dynasty? How can you react to Yu Qiuping's subordinates like this?" Oda Nobunaga laughed a few times when he saw this, and hit Yu Qiuping's head several times with a folding fan, "
Don’t people from the Ming Dynasty have some unique insights?”
"That's not what I'm worried about. Because I'm an outsider, I may think a little more detached than your colleagues." Yu Qiuping scratched his hair and whispered, "If the lord abolishes the old institutional framework, what will happen again?"
If a new institutional framework cannot be given, all the people in the world will be confused and confused because they have no place to place themselves, which will lead to chaos in the world. I feel that most of the surprise of my colleagues is also due to this. They are already used to it.
The general is here, because the general is not only a person, but also a system that governs the world. Even if the general has become a puppet, his existence still represents the existence of the system. As long as you control the general, you can control the world."
"But if the general is gone, who will be the master of the world? Without the shogunate, what kind of system should be used to maintain order in the world?" Ame Qiupei spread his hands and threw this series of words to Oda Nobunaga.
This is also a problem that has troubled the Chinese people for a long time when China abolished the imperial system.
"Who do you think is the master of the world?" Oda Nobunaga did not directly answer Yu Qiupei's question, but asked with a smile.
"His Majesty the Emperor?" Yu Qiupei hesitated and gave an answer given by the politicians of the Meiji Restoration, "Overthrow the shogunate with the slogan of returning power to the emperor, and then exert rule over the country by controlling the emperor and the court.
"
"What's the difference between that and controlling the general and the shogunate?" Oda Nobunaga shook his head. However, his deeply suggestive words made Yu Qiuping speechless in shock.
He understood the emperor's status in the hearts of Japanese people.
Could it be that Oda Nobunaga wants the Emperor to also...?
"Haha, I was just joking." Oda Nobunaga laughed twice with satisfaction after seeing Yu Qiuping's expression, and casually inserted the fan into his waist, "What kind of system should be used to rectify the world? Yu
Didn’t you already say that?”
Oda Nobunaga strode down the stairs of the Honmaru, and Amakihei and Oda Nobunaga's horsemen hurriedly followed. Oda Nobunaga took long steps and said loudly without looking back: "The world is armed.
"
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When Oda Nobunaga led everyone to visit Ashikaga Yoshiteru's residence, there were already many corpses of Ashikaga Yoshiteru's subordinates and Oda troops lying around. According to Maeda Toshiie, who is commanding here, now
Ashikaga Yoshiki was the only one left in the room, and his arm was injured. However, because of this
The swordsman general was so brave that the Oda family tried many times to break into the house and capture him but failed. Instead, dozens of people were hacked to death.
After noticing that the Oda army outside the house suddenly became quiet, Ashikaga Yoshiteru realized that it might be Oda Nobunaga who had arrived. He cleared his throat, stood up and shouted, "The person coming is the traitor Oda Nobunaga!"
"What is it?" The horsemen of the Oda family were furious when they heard this, "How can you humiliate me, my lord?"
"You are the traitor, and those of you who are helping the tyrants are just a bunch of traitors!" Ashikaga Yoshiki seemed to have no scruples at all, and continued to curse unceremoniously. He listed all the misdeeds of the Oda family since going to Luo. He scolded Oda Nobunaga and everyone in the Oda family until they were bloody, and for a moment it made the Oda army outside the residence a little embarrassed.
"Does anyone want to claim the honor of General?"
However, Oda Nobunaga just said these words lightly.
These words were quiet but unusually firm, and they immediately stopped Ashikaga Yoshiki's yelling and cursing.
"Does anyone want to ask for the honor of being a general?" Oda Nobunaga asked loudly again when no one responded to him.
"This..." Everyone in the Oda Army was at a loss when they heard this - Is Oda Nobunaga planning to openly kill the general? This is the most audacious move since the Onin Rebellion! According to the practice of the samurai family, even if If the general failed in the political struggle, the most that can be done is to drive him out of office and live in seclusion and imprison him. Kyoto has changed hands so many times over the years, and the general has been displaced, but there has never been a precedent of killing a general!
"No?" Oda Nobunaga shook his head slightly disappointed after seeing the performance of his men.
"Oda Nobunaga, your subordinates still have loyalty in their hearts! Do you think everyone is like you!" Ashikaga Yoshiki laughed loudly after seeing this, "Pigs and dogs are worse than others!"
"Iron cannon team, get ready!" Oda Nobunaga didn't even intend to talk to Ashikaga Yoshiki. He ignored Ashikaga Yoshiki and raised his hands directly. The Oda family's iron cannon team hesitated for a moment, but When Oda Nobunaga's sharp falcon-like gaze swept across, everyone lowered their heads in silence and honestly began to load their ammunition. A moment later, hundreds of iron artillery soldiers standing around Oda Nobunaga began loading their ammunition. After that, he pointed the dark muzzle at Ashikaga Yoshiteru's residence - the paper doors around the residence could not stop the projectiles at all.
Seeing Oda Nobunaga issuing such an order, Ashikaga Yoshiteru also knew in his heart that this was probably his last chance. After all, he was the leader of the martial arts family in the world. At the last moment, Ashikaga Yoshiteru showed what a general should have. He took a step forward, opened the paper door of his residence, and faced the iron gunner of the Oda family without fear.
"Traitors, shoot here!" Ashikaga Yoshiki thrust his katana into the soil, then opened his clothes with both hands, exposing his chest, "shoot your general in the chest."
"The drizzle and dew in March are still harsh, so please give me the name of Cuckoo Wings."
Ashikaga Yoshiteru stared fearlessly at the flames that instantly rose from the muzzle of the Oda family's iron cannon, and whispered his final words in a low voice.
"Soaring up to the sky."
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On March 17, the fourth year of Gengame (1573), Ashikaga Yoshiteru was killed by the Oda army at Nijo Imperial Palace. Oda Nobunaga did not support a new general, but announced the dismissal of the shogunate.
, the fate of the Muromachi shogunate for 273 years came to an end. Oda Nobunaga once again risked the world, but unexpectedly was not criticized by Taizu - maybe everyone has already been numb to Oda Nobunaga's deviant behavior
, Unless Oda Nobunaga takes action against the Emperor, it should not cause any more uproar.
However, the important ministers of the shogunate were not willing to accept the demise of the shogunate. Under the cover of Hosokawa Fujitaka and other loyal ministers of the shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was rescued from Minamiomi and first disappeared into the Koka Mountains without a trace. Soon after, he
It appeared in the Maori family. The Maori family elected Ashikaga Yoshiaki as general, declared Oda Nobunaga a traitor, formed an alliance with the Miyoshi family, and asked the world's great names to attack Oda Nobunaga.
Surprisingly, Oda Nobunaga was not furious that Ashikaga Yoshiaki escaped to the Mori family due to neglect of protection. After everyone thought about it, they speculated that Oda Nobunaga might have deliberately let Ashikaga Yoshiaki go, thereby gaining the title of Western Expedition.
——It was the Maori family who took action first.
"My lord, if the target is the Maori family, I may have to wait until next year to resume fighting." After guessing Oda Nobunaga's strategic intention, Ame Qiupei rushed to apologize to Oda Nobunaga, "My troops
The losses in Yuanjiang were too great. If we want to restore the system, we need to train at least 1,500 more recruits. Time is really not enough."
"You don't have to worry about this. I probably won't do anything to the Maori family this year." Oda Nobunaga shook his head and signaled to Yu Qiuping not to worry, "There are other things to do this year."
"Oh? My lord, don't you plan to disband the army?" Now Kinki has been suppressed, the Hatano family and the Isshiki family have fled back to their territory, the Matsunaga family has surrendered, the Ashikaga shogunate has also been deposed, and the entire Kinki community has been suppressed.
I understand why Oda Nobunaga hasn’t disbanded the troops yet. “If the troops don’t disband, what else can they do?”
"Are you pretending to be stupid?" Oda Nobunaga glanced at Yu Qiuping meaningfully. That profound look immediately made Yu Qiuping understand what Oda Nobunaga wanted to do.
"Before taking action against the Miyoshi family and the Mori family, let's pull out the thorns in the back. Asai, Asakura, and Yu have been unhappy with them for several years. Now that the trees have fallen and the hozens are scattered, it's time to settle the accounts with them."
Oda Nobunaga sneered and said solemnly to Yu Qiuping, "Don't try to use your merits to plead for him. I know that a large part of the reason why you work so hard is to make great contributions to plead for the Asai family.
"
"But these are two different things. I won't agree. You should give up on this idea." Oda Nobunaga, who had been so pleasant just now, suddenly became murderous and whispered coldly, "Asai Nagamasa betrayed
Yu, he will not end well. Take your cavalry and follow Yu, and don't even think about taking a step away."
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On April 1, the fourth year of Gengame (1573), Oda Nobunaga assembled an unprecedented 60,000 troops to attack Asai Asakura. The Asai family's territory has been continuously encroached on in recent years, and now they can barely scrape together 11,000 people. And Asakura
The Cang family was forced to flee the country and came out with an army of 20,000 to support them.
However, just before the Asakura family's reinforcements arrived, Kinoshita Hideyoshi once again put himself in danger and went to Yamamotoyama Castle on the Asai side to make adjustments. The lord of Yamamotoyama Castle, Aguki Sasaki, was betrayed by Kinoshita Hideyoshi and opened the castle to welcome Kinoshita.
When Hideyoshi entered the city, the battle situation changed drastically in an instant.