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Chapter 35 Tea Party

Perhaps the money for the ascension ceremony of Emperor Masato Town was not spent. Half a month after the ascension ceremony, I received a tea party from Kikuto Tsuki Haruki in the name of the Emperor's representative, in the name of the Emperor, who invited me to represent the Oda family to attend the tea party held by Kinkakuji Temple. In name, it was a representative of all sectors of society and the public to celebrate the ascension of Emperor Masato Tsuki. As a member of the Oda family, of course, the Oda family represents the Oda family. For Oda Nobunaga, it would be better to go hunting and go to handle these things quickly. My deputy, Kinshita Fujiro, was not invited to the tea party, but he had a post asking for the maintenance of the public security of Kinkakuji.

The so-called tea party is a social event held in the name of tea tasting. It’s fine. There is nothing else that makes me uncomfortable, that is, the whole tea party only uses one tea cup, and drink a little by the person sitting in the upper hand, and then pass it down in order. Everyone knows how unhygienic this is. Fortunately, I am the indirect investor of this tea party, and I represent the Oda family, which is currently in Kinki. Kuriki Kikuto said that he can give up the upper hand to me. You should know that this is a great honor for ordinary people. Kurikiki Kikuto, as a representative of the noble class, attended this tea party on behalf of the emperor. However, this also reflects that the day for who has money, food, soldiers and territory is the boss is coming.

The tea party was held in a tea room temporarily arranged in Kinkaku Temple. Opposite to the temporary tea room is the tall tower covered with gold foil in Kinkaku Temple. The entire tower is still magnificent. The tower body is reflected in the artificial lake in the courtyard, and it looks unique from afar. The tea fairy of Chirikyu, a generation of tea immortals, is used by Kuroki Kikuto, who invited Master Chirikyu.

Although it is known as a tea party, there are no more than ten people invited. I am the representative of the Oda family and sit in the first position. Below me is the representative of the emperor, Kikuto Haruki, the representative of the Shogunate Muromachi, Kyoko Takayoshi, and the Kyoko family is also a famous family among the famous families. They are collectively known as the "Four Masters" with Akamatsu, Yama name, and the "Three-Superior Leader" of the Yamatsu, Yama, before the Etsu Rebellion, it can be said that these seven families were the most powerful guardians of Japan. His Highness Tokugawa Ieyasu, this guy has been running for office in Kyoto recently. Perhaps just like what I and His Highness Ninoha Nagahide did back then, in addition to the protection of Tohose, they also want to change the Tokugawa family to Genji or Hei family's children.

Below His Highness Tokugawa is the famous Japanese monk Faren Sect, Hirashi, who also met me at that time. He had never seen the rest. After being introduced by Kuriki Kikuto, the high-sports master Qu Naose, the master of Apricot Satoshi Tashi Mikisai, Hasegawa and other famous painters from Hirokyo Town are now called artists. However, in this troubled era, everyone works hard to fill their stomachs, and the artists are miserable, and sometimes they fall to the point of painting murals for temples. This is also one of the main ways for painters of this era to make a living. The last one is Yoshioka Kenfu, the descendant of the famous Yoshioka Riku sword technique in Kyoto, who also taught the general Ashikaga Ikki Kendo.

Master Chirikyu handed me a red tea bowl called the morning boat. I tasted it a little, and the tea fragrance remained between my mouth. I gently said, "Drinking horses and experiencing autumn water." He passed on the morning boat tea bowl. As the first person to taste tea, there is another thing, which is to talk about poetry. The first person to taste tea can come out of the previous verse, Chinese poems, and harmonious songs, and then the person to taste tea below answered the most neat second verse to be the best.

The questions I asked may be a little difficult. It was not until the master of Sinology went to the mountain to taste ten thousand teas every day before he came out of the next chapter, "The water is cold and the wind is like a knife."

At the same time as the tea party started, Nijo Castle Muromachi Ashiki was also tasting tea with guests. However, the person who made the tea was Ashiki Ikki himself, and there was no such professional tea person. The general Ashiki Ikki looked very casual and slowly tasting tea with only two people.

After tasting tea at the general's house, Nobuka said, "Do you want to ask me why you don't serve the general, but you want to serve a businessman?"

Ashikaga Ichiki put down the tea bowl, 'What the master wants to tell me will definitely say, but it is useless for me to ask what the master doesn't want to say.'

Nobuzumi Uchizumi put down his tea bowl and said, "I started serving the Kudo family just because the salary given by the Kudo family was high enough, that's all. A teacher in the General's Mansion can only get two jin of money a year except for the Lumi, and the remaining Lumi rice a year is about ten jin. The Kudo family hired me for a month with twenty jin. With this money, I can open a temple as soon as possible to spread the new yin flow."

Ashikaga Ichiki filled the tea bowl of Nobuzuna Kamiizumi and asked, ‘Is that just that?’

‘Yes, not exactly. After arriving at the Kudo family, I found that the Kudo family was a newly emerging family. There was no corrupt atmosphere in the traditional daimyo family. Everyone in the family was thinking about one thing every day, which was how to sacrifice their blood for the Kudo family to die.’

General Ashikaga Ikki almost accidentally dropped the teapot after hearing Nobutsu Kamiizumi's words, "Is it so exaggerated? Isn't it just that the Kudo family has a higher salary? "Although the general also knew that the Kudo family's salary might be ten times that of the General's Mansion.

Nobuzuna Uchizumi took the tea bowl and shook her head, "It's not just that the salary is high, but what is the average daimyo for the general daimyo. The tea is a good meal. The Kudo family is a big fish and meat every day, and before Kudo Shinichi's wedding, they always eat in the same pot with the lord and the retainers. I think there is only one such lord in Japan. And when it comes to the issue of the people who died in battle, the Kudo family is very righteous. The rewarded land has never been taken back. The families of the soldiers who died in battle are also taken care of. If a widow remarries, he can marry the land he rewarded by the Kudo family. When encountering a soldier who has no family members, the Kudo family will acquire an adopted son for the family to continue the family business."

Hearing this, General Ashikaga Ichiki was also convinced, "I didn't expect that there was such a fool in the world. Ohara's Feng Shui seems to be really problematic. The subordinates of the fool are indeed also big fools. I heard that Kudo Shinichi also gave three thousand knots to hold a large-scale throne ceremony for Emperor Masato. Now even Kyushu and Hokuriku have heard about this."

Nobuzuka Uchizumi slowly sipped the tea and said, "Is it really stupid? Maybe it's the case in the eyes of outsiders. But every retainer of the Kudo family, every qiyu, would not think so. What they knew was that after they died in battle, their family and children would be taken care of and no longer had any worries. In the past few years, everyone was striving for the first place, whether in Tuosama Mountain or under Guanyin Temple. When I took 600 people to snipe Imagawa Yoshimoto two thousand flags in Tuosama Mountain, nearly one-third of my subordinates had suffered casualties, but no one wanted to take a step back. Everyone rushed towards Imagawa Yoshimoto's flag like crazy. Finally, they forced Imagawa Yoshimoto's flag to retreat."

'That's really amazing.' Ashikaga Ichiki sighed, at least as a general, he could not train such a unit. 'There is a saying in Ming Dynasty that it is a blessing to lose his horse, probably to say that your lord is the master."

Nobuzumi Uchizumi smiled slightly, "According to my lord's understanding, it should be a loss or a advantage. The 3,000 knots donated to the emperor this time have not only bought a good reputation, but also got a perfect match. Now Ohara is busy conducting Ming-National trade."
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