After a day of gathering, everyone set off for Komakiyama Castle to attend the evaluation meeting. However, since seeing Shinsuke Maori that time, Yuqiuhei has been absent-minded. He always felt that he had missed something important, but he didn't know what it was. Ikeda Hengxing and Maeda Takiya noticed that Yuqiuhei was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong with him.

After all the important officials of the Oda family arrived at Komakiyama, the assessment meeting officially began. According to convention, Takigawa Ichie still reported to everyone the important information in the world recently at the beginning of the meeting. Two of them attracted Yu Qiuping's attention.

The first one is naturally the news from the Imakawa family, and it is also the news that makes Yu Qiuping worried.

After Asahina Taehyung took the hand of Izumi Naomoto and Izumi Naomoto, the relationship between many Tohoe's exotic families and the Imakawa family became increasingly tense. The Asahina family, who had long been wary of Tohoe's exotic families, sent heavy troops to various key areas to guard against possible abnormal movements of Tohoe's exotic families. In such a tense situation, the city lord Ma Castle, Anita Ren Ryu became active. He accepted Mahira Ieyasu's eloquence and announced that he would leave the Imakawa family and join the Mahira family.

The Imakawa family also responded quickly and ordered the Asahina family to go to quell the rebellion immediately. The two brothers Asahina and Asahina Taehyung were not vague. On the second night of the rebellion of Mito Renlong, they fought to the Imakawa City and surrounded the Imakawa City. On the third day, the outer city of Mito Renlong was also captured by the Aahina family. Because the offensive was too rapid, the Matsue family had no time to send people to support him. Mito Renlong had to humiliate and seek peace and send his wife and children as hostages to Kagawa City. The Imakawa family originally wanted to kill them all, but Shouguini firmly advocated making concessions and let Mito Renlong continue to serve as the lord of Mito Renlong.

After hearing this news, Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly. His short three years in the Imakawa family seemed to have not affected the development of the Imakawa family. They gradually lost their hearts in the 1960s. The Torii tribes rebelled one after another, and the Imakawa family also consumed little strength left in the suppression of rebellions again and again.

The second news comes from Kinki, which is what makes Yu Qiuping very depressed - every time he hears that the Miyoshi family has made some major progress, he will be so angry that he regrets why he talks too much and makes predictions.

Last October, the Hexao family governed Yoshiji, murdered the three Goto Kento and his son, who had always been incompatible with him. Kento Goto, who had always been an important retainer of the Hexao family, and had great prestige throughout the Mioni. His sudden death immediately aroused the indignation of the Nanoe family. For a time, the Nagata family, Mikami family, Ikeda family, Mutto family, Hirai family and other wealthy families rebelled and besieged Guanyin Temple Castle. Seeing that the situation was not good, Yoshiji and Yoshijiji were hurriedly fled to the Pusheng family's territory for protection. Under the mediation of the Pusheng family, the rebels stopped their military activities and returned to the Hexao family's rule. However, as a condition, a large number of directly-controlled territories of the Hexao family were divided up by the Hexao family. While the Hexao family lost all their faces, their strength was also greatly weakened, and it was almost difficult to control the wealthy family under their command.

When they learned that their old opponent, the Rikigao family, had no time to take care of others due to civil strife, the Miyo family quickly launched an action. Their target was the Sezu Kingdom. The Sezu Kingdom was nominally under the Miyo family, but the Ikeda family, who was the guardian of the Sezu Kingdom, had outstanding strength, which made the Miyo family quite afraid of it. In the history of Yu Qiuhei's previous life, when Oda Nobunaga attacked Kyoto, the Ikeda family and many small families of the Sezu Kingdom did not resist with the Miyo family, but quickly surrendered to Oda Nobunaga, which led to the rapid collapse of the Miyo family's Kinki defense line.

And this time, the Sanhao family wanted to take action and completely incorporate the country of Sujin under its own control.

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Time went back to last fall, and Ikeda Castle was taken by Tsukikura.

"I am worried about His Highness Shixiu," said Nagata, the head of the Ikeda family, who was lying on the sickbed at this moment, and said to Yoshi-hyun, who was sitting outside through the curtain. "I have been ill for a long time and I will not be able to stand up and salute. I hope Your Highness will not blame you." Because he is terminally ill and his voice is very weak. Even if Yoshi-hyun is sitting so close to him, he must try his best to listen to the slightest voice.

"It's okay, Your Highness Ikeda doesn't have to be so polite." Miyoko Yoshi-ken smiled and waved his hand, signaling his servants to retreat, "I have something important to do. I want to talk to Your Highness. I wonder if it's a convenience?"

"No problem, of course, no problem," Ikeda Nagamatsu coughed twice, then waved his hand to signal his servant to retreat. When the last few servants went out, they brought the door backhand with them.

"I don't know if your highness is really upset, what's the point of discussing?" Ikeda Nagata asked in a low voice after seeing everyone pushing them down.

"Of course it's about your highness behind you." Miyoshi Yoshimo said in a low voice: "I'm so blunt, I hope your highness won't be unlucky."

"It's okay," Ikeda Nagamasa coughed twice again, "Our martial family is not as good as that of the minister, so naturally they will not avoid death. Please speak out for the sake of your highness."

"I'm here to come, it's just for the heir of the Ikeda family." Miyoshi Yoshi-ken said this as if nothing had happened, but his eyes never left Ikeda Nagamasa's facial expression. After seeing the latter, he smiled with satisfaction.

"I heard that His Highness Ikeda has not appointed his heir yet, so I can't rest assured," Miyoshi Yoshien added with a smile, "I'm here to help you."

After hearing this, Nagamasa Ikeda suddenly froze. Indeed, he was a little hesitant about who would take over the heir. Katsumasa Ikeda, the eldest son of the Ikeda family, should have been his own successor, but Katsumasa Ikeda himself is not outstanding in qualifications and is a bit stubborn, and has a bad relationship with his retainers. What Ikeda Nagamasa most worried about is that the only retainer with Katsumasa Ikeda is the ambitious and powerful faction in the Ikeda family, Shige Arakimura, the lord of the city of Aoka Castle.

The second son, Tomosa Ikeda, has been well-educated and smart since childhood, and is very popular among the twenty-one Ikeda members, who are an important member of the Ikeda family's retainers. Tomosa Ikeda also maintains a very good relationship with the Miyo family.

Ikeda Nagamasa was hesitating between the two of them, not knowing who should be the heir, so he has not decided who to inherit the family governor until now. Unexpectedly, Miyoshi Yoshi-ken actually came to him.

"This..." Nagamasa Ikeda coughed and his mind quickly turned around. No matter who the two children passed the throne to, the Ikeda family's family business is likely to encounter a crisis. If they pass the throne to Katsumasa Ikeda, Shige Arakimura will not miss the opportunity. If they pass the throne to Katsumasa Ikeda, then the Miyoshi family will likely seize the power of the Ikeda family. And Yoshiki Yoshiki came this time, obviously because he wanted to support Ikeda Shige. If he pass the throne to Katsumasa, the entire family may just fall behind. But if he pass the throne to Katsumasa, the Miyoshi family will definitely not miss this opportunity to annex Ikeda family!

"This..." Nagamasa Ikeda coughed violently, and made a quick weighing of the trade-offs in his heart. "After all, Katsumasa, the child is still the eldest son," Nagamasa Ikeda whispered, "It's better for him to inherit the family and supervise. But the child's ability is limited, and I hope the master can support one or two more."

"Oh?" Miyoshi Yoshimi slowly stood up and sneered: "What did your highness say? I didn't hear it clearly."

"Huh?" Ikeda Nagamasa was stunned for a moment, "I will say... Li Katsumasa is his heir..."

"Ah, it turns out that you want to make Lord Zhizheng the heir," Sanhao Yixian nodded with satisfaction. "I also think this is a good suggestion. Then please rest assured that in your hundred years, the Sanhao family will definitely support Lord Zhizheng more."

"Really... Your Highness?" Ikeda Nagamasa was completely stunned, staring at Miyoshi Yoshiki and talking lies with amazement, saying that he wanted to make his second son the heir. When he wanted to refute, he suddenly felt a frustrated in his chest and coughed violently. He had been sick for so long, but he had never felt so uncomfortable. He seemed to suddenly understand something, and looked at Ikeda Nagamasa standing in front of his bed with an incredible expression.

"Yes, there is my man in your servant," Miyoshi Yoshi-chen sneered, looking at Ikeda Nagamasa with a pity, "This morning, he poisoned your medicine, you can't live until noon today."

"And I will stay here and talk to you secretly until you die," Miyoshi Yoshihiro lowered his voice and said calmly, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him: "When you die, I will announce to the public that you will last entrust your orphan to pass the position of the governor of the family to Lord Zhizheng."

"You..." Ikeda Nagamasa's eyes were already red at this moment. He tried hard to roar and called the guards outside the door in. However, the roar reached his throat, but it only turned into a few faint moans and a severe pain in his chest. People outside could not hear it at all.

"I'm asking for my orphans... How could I not find my trusted retainers..." Ikeda Nagamasa whispered intermittently, making the final struggle, "Everyone won't believe it... I won't let you succeed... I will definitely rise up and resist."

"That's natural, if it were me, I wouldn't believe it." Miyoshi Yoshino nodded indecently, "I just gave the people who supported the second son's sect a legitimate reason to seize power. The eldest son's sect will definitely not believe it, but will rise up and resist, and even the two factions will fight each other."

"But--" Miyoshi Yoshikin dragged his tone and slowly walked to Nagamasa Ikeda's bedside, looking down at Nagamasa Ikeda, "Warring between the two sides is the situation that the Miyoshi family most hopes to see, right? The Ikeda family was consumed by internal struggle. The Miyoshi family took the initiative to support the second son and stabilize the situation. Isn't it beautiful?"

As soon as Miyoshi Yoshi finished speaking, Ikeda Nagamasa understood Miyoshi Yoshi Yoshi's plan. He was so angry that he trembled all over and his whole body trembled violently.

"You... this despicable villain... I had murdered His Highness Hosokawa before... Now it's me again..." Ikeda Nagamasa almost used all his strength, biting his back teeth and uttering the final curse: "You are ashamed of the name of the Three Good and Four Brothers... You must die a good death!"

"Well, you're right." A bitter smile suddenly appeared on Miyoshi Yoshi's face.

"Three good brothers, three do big things, and one does dirty things."

"The one who does dirty things will not die well. It is just to pave the way to the world for brothers."

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Everything was as expected by Miyoshi Yoshi Yoshi. When he announced that Ikeda Nagamasa's will was to support Ikeda Shimasaki, the people of Ikeda Shimasaki's faction immediately expressed dissatisfaction. Arakimura Shige even threatened that Miyoshi Yoshi murdered Ikeda Nagamasaki when he met his old lord that day. He then raised troops in Aoka Castle and contacted many people who supported Ikeda Katsumasaki and other important wealthy families of the Itan family, Ichiki family and others, supporting Ikeda Katsumasaki ascended the throne and resisted Ikeda Shimasaki. The Ikeda family was divided into two factions to fight, which seriously fucked.

The Miyo family then marched into the country of Kazuki on the grounds of executing the order of Ikeda Nagamasa and mediating the civil strife of the Ikeda family. Miyo Yoshikyu and Miyo Yoshikyu led the army of Kazuki, and Miyo Yoshikyu led the army of Kazuki from the east and south. Although Miyo Nagaki himself stayed behind the four countries, he sent Tokawa Ichizuki and Anzai Toshiyao to Kazuki and approached Kazuki from the sea. Arakimura saw the huge gap in strength and immediately turned against him and betrayed Kazuki Ikeda Kazuki, other Ikeda family retainers and Itan family who were in contact with him, and obtained the Antuo of his territory.
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