At the first Sakamoto appraisal meeting in August, Kira Yoshitoki was discussing construction matters with his retainers when he saw a young monk rushing into the appraisal room and looking around arrogantly in front of many retainers in the appraisal room. At a glance, everyone in the room shouted loudly: "Ji Liangyi will kneel down to receive the decree!"
"Asshole!" Mikawa's samurai were angered by the monk's rude behavior, and they all yelled: "Get out!"
The monk was startled by a group of angry warriors. He took a few steps back in panic. Feeling that he was too cowardly, he held his head high and threatened: "Jiliang Yishi! I am here on the orders of Prince Yao Zunfa, the master of Tiantai! Do you want to refuse to convey the decree? You must have thought clearly! This is the decree of the Lord of Tiantai!"
"Seeking death!" A flash of rage flashed in his eyes. Seeing the unkindness of the monk who barged into the assessment room, Kira Yoshiki just snorted: "I, Yoshiki, are a believer of the Rinzai Sect, not the Tiantai Sect. I have no obligation. When I see your envoy during the Great Prostration, if you have anything to say, just say it directly!"
"How brave! I will remember you!" The monk had never been so angry before. He stared at Kira Yoshitoshi and sneered: "According to the decree of Prince Yao Zunfa, the master of Tiantai, Kira Yoshitoshi is ordered to kill Sakamoto within one month. Jian Tianyi should stop all expansion and construction, and all buildings should be demolished within three months. Anyone who disobeys will be severely punished!"
"What a loud tone!" After hearing such an arrogant and domineering decree, not to mention Kira Yoshiki couldn't bear it, even Yamamoto Tokiyuki and Hosokawa Fujitaka also changed their expressions. No one thought that Enryakuji Temple would dare to blatantly attack the Kira family. Even though His Highness Gongfang and the Manchu ministers were polite to him when he issued the decree, the Enryaku Temple actually asked him to "stop immediately" in a commanding tone, otherwise he would be "severely punished."
"When did Hiei Mountain come into contact with my Kira family?"
"Aren't you Enryakuji Temple too overbearing? Why do you have to stop when you say so?" Watanabe Takazuna got up in anger and stopped the monk. He shouted: "You want to demolish it? Is this the responsibility of Mount Hiei? Yes Don’t you think I, the three thousand warriors of the Kira family, are easy to bully? Om?”
"What are you going to do? Get out of my way... Kira Yoshitoki! Take care of your men!" The monk took a few steps back guiltily. It seemed that he didn't expect that the Kira family was not afraid at all. He quickly put down the decree and shouted, turned around and ran away. : "The decree has been read out, you can decide for yourself!"
"Huh! Scum!" Kira Yoshi emphasized the two words, and glanced at the ministers with a sullen face. The warriors of Mikawa shouted that they wanted to fight with Enryakuji, while Hosokawa Fujitaka and other new shogunate council members all shouted. There was silence, and the evaluation meeting discussed for a long time but no charter was produced.
"Okay! Didn't he ask for a stop? Then stop!" Kira Yoshitoshi announced on the spot that the expansion of the castle town was to be terminated, and he kicked the decision overturned and left angrily.
"Master!" Tokiyuki Yamamoto limped after Kiragi and said, "Enryakuji's decision is indeed too much. But please be patient for the time being and ask His Highness Fujitaka to serve as our intermediary. Let’s appeal to the imperial court and shogunate!”
"Appeal? Is it useful?" Kira Yoshihi coldly snorted: "The master of Mount Hiei was one of the three unsatisfactory people in the world during the Shirakawa-in era! What do you want me to appeal for? Waiting for the monks of Mount Hiei to carry the mountain king's Will Shen Yu go to the court to complain?"
Shirakawa-in is the famous Emperor Shirakawa, who pushed out the Fujiwara family to take charge of the government, and pioneered the institution of government. In "The Tale of the Heike", it is recorded that Emperor Shirakawa called the world three unsatisfactory things. The original words are: "The water of the Kamo River, Shuangliu's gambling game and Master Shan, these are the only three things in the world that are not what I want!"
Kamo River is Kamogawa. It is named after it is located next to Kamo Gozu Shrine. Kamo Gozu Shrine is also called Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto. Therefore, people in Kyoto usually call it Kamogawa. The Kamo River in Kyoto is flooded. It often brings disasters. At the same time, it also has an advantage. A flood is a general cleaning. Because the source of the river in Kyoto is an ancient execution ground and a place where corpses were discarded. Once the flood washes away these corpses, the problem of filth accumulation is solved. .
Shuanglu is a famous chess game at home and abroad in ancient and modern times. It was passed down from the Tang Dynasty. The specific system is to use Shuanglu chess pieces in the shape of a horse, with fifteen or twelve black and white chess pieces each. Two people throw dice and play according to the points until one side has all the chess pieces. The first chess piece to reach the opposite side is the winner of the game. It is somewhat similar to flying chess. It was a famous gambling game in medieval Japan and was loved by the nobles, so it was banned by the imperial court for a long time.
The last Master Shan was the armed monk soldier of Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei. The master of teaching entered the Tang Empire to study Buddhism. He returned to Japan the next year and was pardoned by the imperial court to establish Enryaku Temple and create the Tendai Sect. Ryokudera Temple has also been used as a gate to suppress the ghosts of Kyoto, and together with Gokoku Kyoouji Temple, it has been a dojo to protect the capital.
The abbot of Enryaku Temple is called the Tendai Master. Before the 13th generation, most of the Tendai Masters were disciples of the Zhizheng sect, so the sect had a great reputation. Later, the 18th Liangyuan tried his best to expand the power of the Cijue sect, and When Yu Qing of the Zhizheng sect was appointed as the 20th head of the throne in the first year of Yongzuo, he was resisted by the disciples of the Cijue sect, so the Yongzuo Announcement Rebellion broke out.
The disciples of the Enzen sect evacuated Enryakuji Temple in the fourth year of the Sholi calendar and made Enjoji Temple their new base. From then on, Sanmen Enryakuji Temple and Temple Gate Enjoji Temple were in complete opposition and fierce confrontation, much like the two ruins of Kofukuji Temple. In other words, Enjoji Temple was later burned down by the monk soldiers of Enryaku Temple, and a large number of garlands in the temple were destroyed. It remained an abandoned temple until the Warring States Period.
At that time, the monks of Mount Hiei recruited private monk soldiers to protect the manor at the foot of the mountain. They were called Yamaboshi. They often fought with the monks of Enjoji Temple and Nara Master of Kofukuji Temple. They were merged and became a nuisance to the Gyeonggi Province, which caused great distress to the successive imperial courts. The powerful existence of Kurasakufu was unable to defeat these mountain mages.
During the time of Emperor Shirakawa, these mountain masters were lawless. They would go to Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine if they felt aggrieved, and carry the mikoshi with the authority of the Sanno to Sakyo, Kyoto to block the road. The mikoshi was not accessible to ordinary people, and the authority of the Sanno could not be allowed to do so just for such a trivial matter. It was exposed to the public, and even parked in the open air in the wind and rain, so in the end Emperor Shirakawa always compromised and asked the monks to carry the mikoshi back.
This method was also used during the Tokusei Ichiku period that broke out after the Kaji Rebellion. The imperial court and the shogunate were forced to take over Kyoto and had no choice but to agree to the Tokusei decree to protect the interests of these village groups, but on the issue of repaying the land It also made the leader of the monks and soldiers of Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei dissatisfied, so they took the portable shrine to Kyoto and made a fuss. Finally, the shogunate was forced to amend the Tokusei Decree. It was promised that the Kanda occupied by the temple would not be within the scope of the Tokusei Decree. .
Such an exaggerated power. How could he fight against Mount Hiei when Kira Yoshi was there? Did he imitate a certain demon king and burn down Mount Hiei? That was seeking death, and he didn't want to die.
Kira Yoshishi was hit by the sudden decree from Enryaku Temple and lost his energy all day long. After a night of tossing and turning, he summoned important ministers to discuss the solution. After repeated discussions for a long time, he could not make a decision.
"What a great Enryaku-ji Temple on Mount Hiei! No wonder Oda Nobunaga burned down your mountain! Others are afraid of your Sanno Shrine, but I am not! I really think that I am made of clay!"
"Master, please don't be rash! You must know that this is the place of worship for generations of royal family and ministers. Most of the ministers in the court are believers of Enryaku Temple. If our Kira family offends the Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei. Mr. Kongfang Your Highness can't keep me waiting!" Hosokawa Fujitaka urged with a headache.
The status of Enryaku Temple is too high. In ordinary temples, Dingtian is also the abbot. Only the abbot of Enryaku Temple is called Tendai Zaozhu. Every Tendai Zaozhu is either a prince of the royal family or a direct descendant of the Wushe family, although it is only in name. Although the supreme leader of the government did not actually have much real power, Enryakuji Temple still had great influence on the imperial court, which was just a step away from Kyoto.
Enryaku-ji Temple is known as the "North Ridge Mountain Gate" and also claims to be the "Mother Mountain of Buddhism". It has had great influence on the imperial court since the Heian period. It has always held the greatest power over the Kinki Five Mountains and enjoyed great religious authority. Neither the imperial court nor the shogunate dare to offend easily. They have always had strong autonomous powers internally, not to mention all kinds of exclusive privileges. They also have the power to choose the leader of the Tiantai seat, which means we choose who is in power and then rule the court. Which noble with a close relationship with the faction should be chosen as the leader of the rooftop.
"Don't you see what Mount Hiei's plan is? They want to take away the foundation of my Kira family, including Sakamoto, Katsuda, Otsu and even the entire Shiga County! Who is behind this, adding fuel to the fire? The Rokkaku family has There was no secret instigation? Enryakuji Temple's actions were so big, why didn't the Western Kyōji Temple in Otsu react at all? Don't you think it's strange?" Kira Yoshitsune was filled with indignation, and he immediately thought of several hypotheses. What a huge conspiracy behind this. A net is waiting for him! If he makes a wrong step, there will be no room for turning back! He can only be reduced to fish on the chopping board and be slaughtered.
"Could it be that all this is a conspiracy? Enryakuji Temple has long been coveting Sakamoto's wealth, and has been holding back just waiting for us to make mistakes. In the end, it used an excuse to press forward step by step and take away the entire Sakamoto and even Shiga County? What a terrible thing The conspiracy!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki suddenly realized, and the question that had been bothering him for many days suddenly became clear. Why did the Kira family repeatedly offend Mount Hiei, but the other party never made any move? It turned out that they had been planning how to seize it. Take the Kira family business.
Honda Tokimasa said angrily: "The master of the museum is right! We can't retreat! Our Kira family's rising power like the rising sun cannot be cut off! If we take a step back now, the greedy Enryakuji Temple will definitely take advantage of it. What can we do to stop it then? ?The Rokkaku family and Saikyoji Temple teamed up to capture Otsu, Enryakuji Temple captured Sakamoto, and Kenda only needed one turmoil to turn into powder. They are trying to destroy our Kira family!"
"I will never give in! How can I control the two counties if this is the case? The rise of our Kira family will also stop here!" Kira Yoshitoshi thought calmly: "No matter how strong Mount Hiei is, it cannot be invulnerable! There must be a way to solve this crisis! I believe I can do it!"
He soon thought of a way. He needed to use the power of public opinion to instigate resistance to the hegemony of Enryaku Temple. Hattori Masakiyoshi soon spread the news of the termination of Sakamoto Town's expansion, and began to create public opinion to incite dissatisfaction. At the same time, he sent Hattori ninjas Through connections, he contacted the former Ichiko sect members who were hiding in Kitaomi, and quietly spread the word that the "Ichiko sect riot" was behind the instigation of Tendai sect disciples.
Then an interesting scene appeared. The Kira family had not yet publicly announced that they would stop the expansion. It was spread throughout Shiga County and everyone knew that such a big project was arbitrarily rejected by Master Yama with just one sentence. You can imagine And we know what these local residents who have benefited from it will think, and what will the tens of thousands of out-of-town residents who have set up tents and are waiting for the new town to be built and scheduled to move in think.
Public opinion in Shiga County was in an uproar, and the news quickly spread to the prefecture due to the spreading of thoughtful people. Many people doubted the authenticity of this statement. On the other hand, the expelled Katada Ichisect disciples returned to Katada and began to visit frequently. After secret negotiations with the lord of Jiantian, everything is developing in a strange direction. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!
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