The long-lance and iron-cannon tactics of the Oda family were the Spanish military technology brought by Yamashina Katsunari. How could Yoshihiro not be interested in it?
He smiled slightly and said.
"The story told by the Nanman people like Yamashina Katsunari must be a lie to slander Buddhism. The Nanman religion is not compatible with Buddhism. Your Majesty Oda must not just believe it."
Oda Nobunaga raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Tsudadon, are you going to listen or not?"
"All ears."
Oda Nobunaga nodded with satisfaction, recalled the story, and spoke slowly in organized language.
"This story is about the Western Paradise. One day, the Buddha casually glanced and saw a sinner in hell, being tortured and wailing.
The Buddha calculated with his fingers that although this sinner was full of sins, he once had a single benevolent thought and let go of a small spider.
Therefore, the Buddha dropped a thin spider thread from the Paradise, all the way down to the eighteenth level of hell, where it could hang over the head of a sinner.
The sinner was overjoyed and climbed up and up along the spider's thread, hoping to use the spider's thread to climb out of hell.
But just as the sinner was climbing, countless sinners began to grab this life-saving spider thread below him, trying to climb up.
The already slender spider silk is already crumbling under the weight of one person, not to mention that there are countless sinners in hell, all of whom want to escape.
The sinner was impatient, she shouted.
This is my spider silk! Not your spider silk! Let go! Let me go!
The Buddha, who was watching all this in the Paradise, thought that the sinner had no compassion, so he withdrew the thread and let the sinner fall into hell again.
Tsutaden, what do you think of this story?"
Yiyin said calmly.
"His Majesty Oda deliberately told me this story, so naturally he asked for your advice."
Oda Nobunaga looked at Yoshigan with a smile and said.
"How arrogant."
"arrogant?"
Oda Nobunaga's eyes gradually became cold, and he turned to look in the direction of Mount Hiei.
"Jin Duoden, the cruelest thing in the world is to give a desperate person a glimmer of hope and then take away that glimmer of hope.
A casual glance from the Buddha, a random piece of spider thread, can be withdrawn because the sinner's words do not suit his heart.
But was the sinner wrong?
No, it was indeed his spider silk. He didn't even attack the sinner who was trying to climb, he just used words to stop him. What crime was he guilty of?
But the Buddha can judge a person's goodness and evil and take it as he pleases. This is not arrogance, what is it?
The moment the sinner lost his thread and returned to hell, how desperate must he have been?"
Yiyin remained silent.
Oda Nobunaga seemed to be talking about the Buddha, but he was actually satirizing the arrogant high-ranking nuns on Mount Hiei.
This story sounds like it is an exhortation to believers, criticizing self-interest and guiding altruism, but if you think about it carefully, it is another story that is endlessly memorable.
The Buddha stood aloof, used a piece of spider silk to identify the sinner's character, and then threw him into hell again with peace of mind. This is such a cruel act.
Just like Emperor Hui of Jin who asked why he didn't eat minced meat, he was naive and terrifying.
Whether it is the Buddha in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or the high-ranking emperor, they are seriously out of touch with the masses and cannot see the suffering at the bottom. They really think that the courier who runs the first order has a golden helmet.
Although they look like ordinary people, they are not actually the same species as ordinary people.
The story of Oda Nobunaga comes from Katsunari Yamashina, a knight of the Order trained by the Nanman Cult, the elite of the elite.
The story she chose is naturally derived from Buddhist scriptures, which can be compared to murder and heart-breaking. As expected, the person who knows you best is always your enemy.
With such people accompanying Oda Nobunaga, if Oda Nobunaga still has a good impression of Buddhist forces, that would be the greatest disgrace to the world.
Yoshigan was deeply touched and moved by this story, but he could not stand with Oda Nobunaga to criticize those superior nuns.
Because the temple is really rich, a lot of investment in the Hokuriku Road Trading Road came from the warehouses that managed the temple's wealth.
Yiyin needs the nun's money and needs to develop the Hokurikudo trade route. Even if it knows that the nun is a moth or a leech, so what?
The nuns are the richest people on the island. They are completely different from the martial arts family. They understand how money begets money.
How can we attract funds from temples by talking about ideals and beliefs? When attracting investment, we can’t talk about doctrine, we can only talk about compounding profits.
It's not that Yoshihiro wants to support those nuns, but they are too rich. He can't offend his sponsor just because of Oda Nobunaga's words, right?
He's not like Oda Nobunaga, who thinks that what's yours is mine, so he'll take it all away.
Yiyin was silent for a long time, and then uttered a sentence without conscience.
"The most miserable people in the world are the most miserable, but I still don't regret nine deaths and falling into dust.
Since you are a sinner, you should be reformed in hell. Once you are reformed, you can come out and start a new life. Don't think about taking shortcuts. You will not be let down if you work hard, and your efforts will eventually be rewarded."
After finishing speaking, Yiyin felt that the back of his tongue was bitter and he couldn't help but add something.
"Everything in the world is suffering, and the only way to overcome it is by oneself. Praying to God and worshiping Buddha are all delusions.
There has never been any savior, and we do not rely on gods or Buddhas. We can only rely on ourselves to save ourselves."
Oda Nobunaga glanced at Yoshigan and couldn't help but chuckle when he saw that he didn't mean what he said.
Chapter completed!