Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 18 His survival challenge is a bit big

Yuanye's curiosity was satisfied. At least he knew that "Owari's Big Fool" was a bad homophonic joke. He thought for a while about how Oda Nobunaga evolved from a "crazy prince" to the "number one person in the Japanese Warring States Period." However, he had not systematically studied the relevant history and could not figure it out. He turned to look at Aman and asked, "Is there anything else about Oda Nobunaga? Apart from these street gossips... well, street gossips."

Ah Man was chewing a piece of tea in his mouth, and seemed to be very curious about this luxury item. He said casually, "He just talks a lot and tells a lot of jokes. The rest is just some ordinary information. Do you want to know?"

"of course yes."

"Well, I really don't know why you care about him so much!" Ah Man chewed tea leaves, thought for a while and said, "He seems to be born in Tianwen Grade 3, and his childhood name is Master Ji. When he was two years old, he was sent to the city of Gunye by his father to be the city lord. At that time, his father assigned him a group of retainers to support him and take care of government affairs.

Not to mention those messy people, the main ones are the four elders.

The first one is Taira no Chugoku Hidemasa, who was mentioned before and was his teacher. It is said that he was proficient in the tea ceremony, renga and Chinese studies. Even the bigwigs from Kyoto praised him. He was the most knowledgeable person in the Oda family. He often went to Kyoto on behalf of Oda Nobuhide to pay homage to the emperor and offer money, horses and swords. He was also very prestigious within Oda Danmasatada's family, had a long history, and was the closest and most inseparable to Oda the Great Fool.

The second one is Hayashi Shingoro Hidemasa, who was born into a powerful family in Mikawa. He was a powerful figure in Furuno Castle and also the military force of Furuno Castle. He was the chief writer of Oda's retainers and had the right to appoint all the retainers except Hirate Hidemasa to do things.

The third one is Aoyama and Sanyoumengwei Nobumasa. You don't need to care about this person. He died in Mino. It was when Oda Nobuhide led 8000 people to attack Inabayama Castle, but was defeated by Saito Dosan. This unlucky guy didn't come back. I don't know whether he was beheaded or drowned.

The last one is Naito Hyoe-no-Katsusuke. You don't need to care about this guy. The Oda family was fighting with the Imagawa and Matsudaira families at Azuki-zaka. This guy went to fight on behalf of the big fool and never came back. I heard that he was shot and turned into a hedgehog. "

Yuanye nodded and wrote down the names of the two surviving elders.

He remembered that Hirate Hidemasa seemed to have committed suicide by cutting his belly, so there seemed to be no need to worry about him. Hayashi Hidemasa lived a long life and persisted until the later period of Oda Nobunaga, but it seemed that his end was not very good. He should have been exiled and lived a miserable life in his later years, but there should be no problem for him to stay with him in the early and middle periods.

Regardless of how he recorded it, Ah Man continued to recall, "Then came his coming of age ceremony. He came of age at the age of thirteen. Because he was not popular, there was no big ceremony. He just abandoned his childhood name of Yoshifushi and used the common name Saburo, which had been passed down from generation to generation by the heirs of Oda Danzhengchu. He changed his name to Oda Saburo Nobunaga, and then he continued to act crazy everywhere, doing all kinds of frivolous plagiarism and strange things. Like you, he didn't know how to wear clothes and did nothing serious all day. He went from raising dogs and fighting cocks to playing with hawks and cannons. He became an Owari fool."

She had mentioned Oda Nobunaga's absurdities before, so she just mentioned them briefly here, and then talked about his family situation, "He has three brothers with the same father and mother, Nobuyuki, Hidetaka, and Nobukari, and half brothers, Nobuhiro, Hidetoshi, Nobutoki, Nobuharu, Nobuyuki, Hidenari, Nagayoshi, Nagatoshi... Anyway, there are so many, and half sisters, Atan, Atun, and many others. It's a mess, and they don't get much attention, so there's no need to care about them."

"Wait!" Yuan Ye was writing furiously, and looked up in surprise, "Why did the Oda family name their daughter so strangely? How come pigs and dogs came out?"

"I didn't give birth to the child, so who knows what Oda Nobuhide was thinking." Aman didn't care. Anyway, her name wasn't Azhu or Agou.

Yuanye pondered for a moment, could it be that it is easier to live with a humble name?
There seems to be such a tradition in ancient Japan. There are many names such as Inu so-and-so, and so-and-so pill. These names like dog and egg are considered vulgar names, but calling a girl dog or pig is a bit too much, right?
I haven't heard that in ancient Japan, daughters were also given humble names. Many people raised their daughters in wealth, hoping that they would serve the daimyo, give birth to sons, and make the family prosperous overnight.

Or maybe Oda Nobunaga's mother was a jealous woman. It was not her turn to name the boy, so she started to give insulting names to the daughter born to her concubine to vent her anger?

Pig Princess? Dog Princess?
The more I listen, the weirder it gets. Oda Danjo Tadashi is really not afraid of losing face...

Yuanye wrote down Oda Nobunaga's pig-dog sisters, and suddenly remembered something, and asked Aman: "Is there one missing? Isn't there another city princess?"

Aichi is still quite famous in later generations, and has appeared in many novels, comics and Taiga dramas. It is said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Shibata Katsuie, Ikeda Terumasa and others had a crush on her. She first married Asai Nagamasa and then Shibata Katsuie. Her daughter Chacha was Monkey's concubine, and indirectly helped Tokugawa Ieyasu to conquer the world. She was known as the most beautiful woman in Owari and the most beautiful woman in the Japanese Warring States Period.

"Princess Ichi?" Ah Man was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and said curiously, "Where did you hear that? Oda Nobuhide didn't have a daughter named Ah Ichi!"

"No? Oda City, think about it again." Yuanye was very sure that this person existed, and this person's fame in later generations was not much less than Oda Nobunaga.

Aman tried to recall for a while, and told him confidently with the attitude of an expert: "No, Oda Nobuhide did not have a daughter named Aichi. Everyone in Suemori Castle knows how many children he had. I have heard it many times, and it is impossible to be wrong."

After that, she asked curiously, "Did you remember it wrongly? Do you want to find this person? Oda City... If you want to find him, I can help you make the trip later."

It's not difficult for her to find someone with a name, because that's what she does for a living. "Forget it, maybe I remembered it wrong." Yuan Ye didn't force it.

There should have been such a person in history, but she might not be Oda Nobunaga's biological sister, nor might she really be the "most beautiful woman in the Warring States Period". It is very likely that she was an artistic creation of later generations.

It may be hard for many people to believe, but Japan actually has no reliable history. The history books of the Edo period, the historical materials in museums across modern Japan, and the unearthed cultural relics are almost all contradictory. Even the time when a certain event occurred can be several years off, which is completely different from China, and it can make people's brains crack.

Maybe it's because there has never been an incident like "Cui Zhu killing his king". There is a lack of the spirit of historians, and all kinds of court writers appear. The history books glorify their ancestors in all kinds of ways, and they write completely nonsense, which makes modern people numb.

Therefore, instead of believing those "added history books", it is better to believe Aman, the "original ninja".

Ah Man didn't care and said nonchalantly, "It's up to you. If you want to know something, tell me and I'll help you find it. I won't charge you any money. Just treat me to a meal."

"No problem, let's continue talking about Oda Nobunaga!" Yuanye had no objection.

"There's nothing else!" Aman was increasingly puzzled as to why he cared so much about Oda Nobunaga, and said inexplicably, "The only thing left is his wife Nohime, the daughter of Saito Dosan. She was arranged for him by Oda Nobuhide for the sake of stability in the north after he lost all his money in Mino. They got married two years ago, but Oda Nobunaga didn't like her very much and had always left her at home."

Nohime is the same as Kicho, right? Oda Nobunaga's first wife. There are many literary works about her in later generations!
Yuan Ye asked with great interest, "Is their relationship bad? Is it because Saito Dosan has designs on Owari and is afraid that she is a spy?"

"Saito Dosan definitely has intentions towards Owari. He married off his daughter in order to intervene in the inheritance dispute of the Oda Danmasatada family in the future. Everyone knows this. I heard that this marriage was suggested by his teacher Hirate Masahide. Besides the fact that he lost the battle, part of the reason was also to protect the inheritance rights of the big fool." Aman gave him an unexpected answer and said bluntly, "But I don't think the big fool can think of these. He doesn't like her probably because she has a bad reputation!"

"Bad reputation?"

Ah Man's tone was full of disdain again. "Of course, what good reputation can a daughter of a viper have, not to mention that she has been engaged six times, married once, and is suspected of murdering her husband and helping her father embezzle her husband's family property. If I married such a vicious wife, I would stay away from her. Oda Nobunaga, that big fool, is not so stupid this time."

My three views have been refreshed. What a mess! In later Japanese literary works, Nouhime's image is relatively positive. She is called "one of the three ladies of the Warring States Period". Why does she sound like a shameless, slutty and vicious woman here?
He couldn't help but ask, "How old is she? Why is she engaged six times and married for the second time? How did her previous husband die?"

"Let me calculate..." Ah Man was already used to his ignorance, and was sure that he was really a loser from Saikaido who knew nothing. "She should be fifteen this year, and she has been changing fiancés since she was a child. The Akechi family, the Miki family, the Kanamori family, the Nagai family, the Toki family, the Oda family... Well, she got engaged to the Oda family after her husband died. Anyway, she was engaged six times. Then she married Toki Yorizumi when she was eleven, and her husband Toki Yorizumi died suddenly when she was twelve. Her father Saito Dosan took the opportunity to become the guardian of Mino. She was engaged to the big fool Oda when she was thirteen, and married him the following year. She has been guarding an empty house for more than a year, and now she is fifteen, so it should be correct."

After she finished speaking, her eyebrows danced and she gloated, "I guess after Oda Nobuhide dies, it will be the big fool's turn to die suddenly. The territory of Oda Danjotada's family will belong to Saito Dosan in the future, so you are sure to lose this bet, so why not give me the money now!"

Yuan Ye still found it hard to believe. "Are you sure? To murder your own husband?"

"It's hard to find evidence for this kind of thing, so it can't be confirmed, but anyone with a brain can guess who did it." Ah Man raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully, "She is Viper's daughter. Isn't it natural for her to do this kind of thing?"

According to Japanese folklore, the pit viper is ovoviviparous. When the baby snakes are born, they not only break out of the shell but also bite the belly of the mother snake, causing the mother snake to die tragically. Saito Dosan's nickname is "Mino's pit viper", and Nohime is naturally "Mino's daughter".

Yuanye was speechless. The "mad prince" married a "viper girl". This was completely different from what he had imagined about the Japanese Warring States Period. It was far beyond his psychological expectations, but this era gradually became clear in his mind.

This is an era that looks glamorous and romantic in novels and games, but in fact it is a bizarre era, an era full of intrigue, an era where it is difficult to distinguish between humans and ghosts, and an era of moral decline.

This was Japan's Warring States Period, an era that could not be measured by common sense, an era that was so chaotic that it could not be more chaotic.

His survival challenge may be a bit great.

(End of this chapter)