Chapter 2176 Flower Struggle (84)

There is a little-known temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, called Fangguang Temple. Its founder is Toyotomi Hideyoshi. There is a big bell in the temple. On the bell are the inscriptions "National Health" and "The King and his Subjects are Happy".

It became an excuse for Tokugawa Ieyasu to launch the Battle of Osaka, so this bell, together with the bells of Todaiji Temple and Chion-in Temple, is known as the three most famous bells in Japan.

However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's original purpose of building Hohiroji Temple was not for the bell, but to store a large Buddha. This Buddha statue was to compete with the Nara Great Buddha built by the emperor to protect the country during the Nara period.

The Japanese call Kyoto "Luoyang", but it was actually built in imitation of Chang'an. They imitated Chang'an and built not only Kyoto, but also Nara. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan, he built a new, purely Japanese-style city in Osaka.

His son Hideyori and others committed suicide in Osaka Castle.

The process of building Fangguang Temple was not smooth. It was built from 1586 to 1595. The big Buddha inside was not even made of bronze, but wood coated with gold leaf. It collapsed in the 1596 earthquake. For this reason, Feng Feng

Omi Hideyoshi invited Tathagata from Zenkoji Temple in Shinshu, but legend has it that he suffered retribution and fell seriously ill, so he returned to his original place the day before his death.

Legend has it that Toyotomi Hideyoshi suddenly fell seriously ill while enjoying cherry blossoms at Daigoji Temple in March and died of illness in Fushimi Castle in May.

Japanese aesthetics has three cores: Monoai, Yuxuan, and Wabi-Sabi.

At least in the era of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, "wabi tea" already existed. They often held tea parties with businessmen, which was a manifestation of their emphasis on business. In contrast, although Tokugawa Ieyasu also encouraged

Merchants went to sea, but they did not really want private trade to develop freely. This trade was limited to a very small number of daimyo, big merchants, shogunate and other "royal merchants". When the Western Nagashu and Satsuma Domains grew, they threatened the Tokugawa Shogunate.

When he came to power, he immediately announced the seclusion of the country.

Nick has seen a wabi-sabi style tea cup. Rather than porcelain, it is better to say that it is a stoneware, made by humans in ancient times using simple tools. This is also the source of the beauty of wabi tea, which itself embodies

A sense of age like a rusty knife. It is meant to reflect an imperfect, rough quality, simple and plain appearance. In contrast to luxury and magnificence, the concept of wabi is poverty and simplicity, creating tranquility and silence.

world.

Both Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi collected a large number of tea sets. They seemed to be addicted to tea soup, but in fact they did not create a unique realm. Japan produces silver and copper, but the noble metal is gold. Toyotomi Hideyoshi established a castle tower in the castle tower.

In the golden tea room inside, the ceiling, walls, and tea sets are all made of gold. This is the style of the Momoyama period when Toyotomi Hideyoshi lived. The main purpose of inviting people to drink wabi tea is to invite businessmen from all walks of life to communicate. After their death,

Merchants still led the tea soup culture and developed a completely different style. But during that period, the new form of samurai forces were accepted by the merchants as companions. The Tennoji Ya clan even entered the regime of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Merchants also played a big role during the construction of the castle tower. They no longer performed corvee service and served the government for free like they did in the feudal era.

Osaka is close to the seaside. It is very convenient to transport wood from the mountains to the port and then transport it by water. However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted people to take the land route from the far northeast and deliver it to Osaka Castle at a very high freight rate. To do this

It allowed the rich people responsible for logistics to make a fortune, and at the same time, it also connected them with the transportation operators on this route and established a nationwide logistics system. A large number of people grew into rich people and effectively controlled this land logistics.

The route starts from the Toyotomi Hideyoshi regime.

Before Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan, due to the lack of control of the central government, Japanese pirates sailing on the Yawat Ship were completely out of control. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan, he immediately ordered a ban on the Yawat Ship and piracy, not just pirates.

Its existence is not conducive to business development, and will also hinder his "grand ambitions".

His dream is to live in Ningbo after defeating BJ. With Ningbo as the center, he can attack India and realize a new East Asian order.

When Japan's piracy activities decreased, the threat of "Japanese pirates" to the coast of the Ming Dynasty was also smaller. Therefore, the "Japanese pirates" used the Japanese as the main body of combat power, and armed maritime merchants such as Wang Zhi played a supporting role.

For Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, what is important is a new culture that is independent of the traditional cultural framework influenced by the emperor, the public and the "Tang Kingdom". One year before the Honnoji Incident, Oda Nobunaga

He once held a military parade. At that time, he wore a golden gauze instead of armor. In addition, he also wore a small jacket made of Shu brocade, wool fabrics made of orangutan Fei, and shoes made of Tang brocade. The purpose of this was to

Imitating the "Emperor of the Tang Dynasty", he wanted to appear in front of people as the emperor of China, surpass the emperor of Japan, and become the center of the East Asian world, as if to display the idea of ​​Azuchi Castle in front of everyone in a parade. He did not want to just be a shogunate.

General, so he chose to resign when faced with the emperor's appointment.

After achieving this goal, Oda Nobunaga would conquer the "Tang Kingdom". Toyotomi Hideyoshi believed that it would be easy for the "Land of Arrows" to conquer the "Land of Long Sleeves". Based on this simple understanding, he came up with the idea of ​​overthrowing the emperor.

, the idea of ​​moving to Ningbo, China, and dominating the entire East Asia.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued the "Kanpakuden Permit", allowing missionaries to live in Japan, and their residences and missions were not obliged to be used as soldiers' accommodation. This was also the time when the incident at Honnoji Temple and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's cherry blossom viewing at Daigoji Temple took place.

Because of the reasons in the temple, the temple must accommodate soldiers to stay overnight.

But the condition was that Jesus would provide two galleons, help install cannons on each ship, provide navigational instruments and skilled sailors, because he wanted to form a large fleet of two thousand ships.

This would not only change Japan and East Asia, but the Jesuits did not dare to make decisions without authorization, saying that they needed to wait for the Pope's instructions. So in the following year, Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued the "Bantenren Posthumous Order", announcing the expulsion of missionaries and demanding that the missionaries

Leave Japan within twenty days.

At that time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was quite gentle towards churches and believers. He only levied heavy taxes on the townsfolk and did not prohibit religious belief or trade with the Portuguese. The Spanish Franciscan Church also adopted a tacit approach to missionary work in Kyoto and Osaka.

Attitude. Until 1596, the Spanish merchant ship San Felipe encountered a shipwreck after sailing from Manila, and the ship floated to Tosa. According to Japanese law, any floating objects that reach the shore are "unloaded", and all cargo will be confiscated and the crew will be detained.

However, the Spanish captain placed a world map in front of Toyo, threatened that Spain would conquer Japan, boasted of Spain's power, and claimed that they had internal agents in Japan. After hearing the report from Tosa Domain, Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Angry, he ordered the arrest of 24 Franciscan missionaries and believers and executed them in the name of traitors. From then on, Japan began a comprehensive ban on Christianity.

After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, his son continued to complete his unfinished project. The newly cast Buddha was all made of Tang bronze, and its style was that of Todaiji. Both the Buddha and the temple were larger than Todaiji. However, the Big Buddha was about to be completed.

At that time, the caster accidentally caused a fire, and the Buddha and the main hall were burned down. However, Hideyori still did not give up. He invested all the tens of thousands of taels of gold left by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to cast a huge 19-meter-high Buddha statue. Later,

A huge bell was cast, and soon the inscription incident occurred.

The giant Buddha later became the material for Kuanyong Tongbao. When Nick went to see it, the main hall was empty. Only a few monks were still guarding the temple with no believers, no Buddha, and only a big bell.

Whether it is water, sea, or land, they are all controlled by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's people, especially Otsu and Lake Biwa. There is food there, and the wood used to build Osaka Castle can be used to build siege tools. It is also the choke point of Kyoto.

Unless all these people repent and support Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Ieyasu must capture Otsu in order to obtain supplies.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi did ensure Japan's interests in overseas trade, allowing people to do business and accumulate wealth under his jurisdiction. This was also part of the system he dreamed of. When Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power, these things became more important to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

What will happen to the situation of people who have unlimited glory in this era?

Tokugawa Ieyasu did not get the support of local merchants in the Battle of Osaka Castle. Instead, he bought everything he wanted from the British and Dutch, whether it was food or ammunition, which led him to eventually exterminate Toyotomi Hideyoshi's descendants.

When the Honnoji Incident occurred, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was attacking Takamatsu Castle, and Shibata Katsuie and Maeda Toshiie confronted him in the city. The time to build Osaka Castle was also after Toyotomi Hideyoshi destroyed Shibata Katsuie.

As for why Akechi Mitsuhide betrayed Oda Nobunaga, people have analyzed many reasons. For example, some people say that Oda Nobunaga's wife, Saito Kuicho, is Akechi Mitsuhide's cousin, and she married Oda Nobunaga as a spy.

Gui Die means a beautiful butterfly, and her father is the famous "Mino Viper". It turns out that Saito Douzan was just an oil businessman, and he gained important positions by relying on his clever tactics.

She left no heirs to Oda Nobunaga, so this legendary beauty did not leave much experience, and the rest of her life remains a mystery.

But no matter what, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended Japan's Warring States Period and opened another era.

The 30 anti-smuggling boats that came to "annihilate" the pirates this time escorted the "flagship" where the admiral was located. They looked quite large. Coupled with the "hitchhiking" civilian ships like Captain Yao, they looked different in any case.

Like someone you can easily mess with.

Nick missed the admiral's farewell ceremony because he was drunk. The people in Guangzhou made him an umbrella, which shows that he is a good official in their eyes.

"Retribution" means good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil. Nick will not recite "Amitabha" like the soldiers on the ship and hope for the blessings of Bodhisattva, but he still hopes that they can cross these waters safely.

He looked up at the blue sky, wondering why it was the monk who inspired him in the dream just now, and not God?
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