"We can no longer hold back, Master. The Imagawa family has made it clear that they want to kill everyone. If we hold back any more, the entire Shanggong Temple will be lost!" The officials who had fled back in embarrassment were kneeling in front of Shanru almost in tears and begged.
He said, "Order to fight back with weapons! We cannot allow the Imagawa family to continue like this!"
"No, we have already lost most of our defenses. If we use force at this time, wouldn't it give the Imagawa army an excuse to use weapons?" Shanru gasped for air and kept shaking his head.
"What are you afraid of? We have tens of thousands of believers in Sanhe, and these Imagawa troops are not enough to fill our teeth! Just use weapons!" All the officials were as eager to fight as if they had been beaten to death.
"Even if we win, Shanggong Temple will be gone, and the family business that Shanggong Temple has worked hard to pass down for many generations will be gone, so why fight?" Shanru, however, was reluctant to part with his bottles and jars, and faced his subordinates.
They cursed: "Keep the door of this hall tight. When it gets dark, the Imagawa family will have to retreat. At that time, send envoys to find out what is going on! Did someone give the order to attack behind the back of Imagawa's subordinates?"
He mobilized the whole army? But he didn’t dare to actually attack us, so he was not allowed to use weapons? We need to find out!”
Zenyū's weakness gave the Imagawa family the opportunity to further expand their victory. Most of the buildings outside the main hall of the Jogiya Temple were occupied before sunset. A few angry Ichiki followers privately used weapons to resist, but most of them did not cause any trouble. The Imagawa army
He was also very restrained and did not mean to quarrel. He just expelled the believers from the temple and did not make any trouble. After a whole day of melee, except for the death and injury of more than a hundred people due to fighting and stampede, there were no
Massive bloodshed occurred.
When night fell, the Imagawa army had surrounded the remaining monk soldiers in the main hall. Zenru fully thought that the opportunity for negotiation had come, but who would have expected that the auxiliary soldiers of the Imagawa family would arrive one by one.
Weapons bow and arrow on the front line.
"What do you mean, is this coming for real?" Shanru was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He hurriedly sent the messengers out of the hall one by one. However, before the first messenger came back, he
I have seen sparks igniting in the queue of the Imagawa family outside the main hall - the Imagawa family plans to set fire to the temple with rockets.
"It's over, it's over." Shanru felt all hope was lost. At the last moment, a surge of courage surged in her heart, "Let's fight. Open the door and fight them hard. Damn, this is really bullying!"
But at this critical moment, bursts of noise suddenly came from outside the main hall. @精品/书馆*Update~~ I saw some movement behind the formation of the Imagawa Army. The troops dispersed into two rows, and an aisle was opened in the middle. One person
A galloping horse rushed towards the main hall. The archers of the Imagawa family at the front line did not know what order they heard, and extinguished the sparks on their arrows one after another.
"It's Master Xue Zhai here!" After confirming the visitor, several guards at the entrance of the hall ran over to report.
"Please come quickly!" Shanru ordered tremblingly as if he had seen a life-saving straw. Not long after, he saw Master Xue Zhai striding into the main temple, escorted by several followers.
"Master Shanru, long time no see. How are you?" Taiyuan Xuezhai sat down on the futon opposite Shanru, but Shanru was so anxious that he couldn't sit still, and hurriedly stopped being polite:
"Master Xuezai, you can't control so much right now. What is the situation of the Imagawa Army outside? Is His Highness Jibu himself here?"
"The poor monk has ordered them to stop, Master Shanru, don't worry, the attack will not happen for the time being." Taiyuan Xuezhai calmly gave Shanru a reassurance, Shanru immediately sat down with relief, and the surrounding monks and soldiers also
They were all sighing as if they were surviving a disaster.
"Thank you Master Xue Zhai, thank you Master Xue Zhai, otherwise this Shanggong Temple would have been almost destroyed by the war!" After Shanru came back to his senses, he quickly bowed and thanked him, without even bothering to pay attention to the Buddhist rituals.
"But my disciple is so angry now that he wants to take you to the temple for surgery. The poor monk tried to persuade you for a long time before he stopped him. I don't know when he got angry, and I'm afraid he will attack again!" But Taiyuan Xuezhai is like this!
The conversation changed and he spoke in a flurry of accusations: "He came to Sanhe with his entourage to visit his old friend's house. Who would have thought that a group of bandits robbed his horses and killed his old friend's family. My disciple immediately gave chase.
Come, but you people who went to the temple sheltered and protected the bandits in front of him. He came to negotiate in person over and over again. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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You scolded me all the time, and it is said that you even made rude remarks and humiliated me."
"My disciple has been pampered since he was a child. He is the governor of the family. How has he ever been so angry? In anger, he mobilized the elite of the Imagawa family and said that he would destroy your Shanggong Temple even if he wanted nothing! That anger made the poor
The monks are all so frightened! You are so ignorant, how dare you be so rude to the Imagawa family governor?"
"Ah? It turns out that the victim is an old friend? It turns out that the person who came to the temple gate to ask for someone was His Highness Zhibu himself?" Shanru was so shocked by this information that he could hardly speak. He was stunned for a long time before he could hold back these words.
"It's over, it's over... No wonder... How could such a thing happen? His Highness Najibe has never revealed his identity before. Otherwise, if we knew about his rich body, how could we dare to neglect him? We must be honest and obey him!"
"It's too late to say anything now. My disciple is stubborn. He must have decided to pay attention. Even ten cows can't be pulled back." Taiyuan Xue Zhai was still spitting and describing the seriousness of the situation, "The poor monk
I persuaded him to withdraw his troops, which almost made him angry. Even the teacher dared to scold him! He clamored to amend the law, abolish the right of guardians to be inaccessible, severely punish you for going to the temple and Master Shanru, and also want to kill the gang of thieves.
Cut to pieces! What on earth did you do to make him become like this?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "It's over..." Shanru himself knew how they fooled the insulting messenger who came to the door, and now that he realized that it was actually Imagawa Yoshimoto himself,
I just feel that all my thoughts are lost, "Master Xuezai, can you mediate? Is there still room for change? You don't want our Jodo Shinsect and the Imagawa family to cause trouble for both sides, and take advantage of the Oda family, right?"
"After all, it's not the poor monk who has the final say..." Taiyuan Xuezhai poured out his bitterness again and skillfully began to shift the pressure, "To put it bluntly, the poor monk is just a housekeeper, although my disciple entrusts me with everything.
, but the decision-making power at the critical moment is definitely still his. If the poor monk refuses forcefully, wouldn’t it make everyone in the family think that the poor monk is a sycophant who is arrogant to the Lord? "
"Then..." Beads of sweat began to form on Shanru's forehead, "We will hand over the murderers immediately, and your family will punish them..."
"It's not enough... If I can't calm down my disciple, there is probably no chance of him being kind." Taiyuan Xuezhai pretended to think hard, took out the rosary and started rubbing it back and forth. "He couldn't help the "guardian"
"I was particularly angry about the "entry" thing, almost saying it every sentence, and it is probably that it has been abolished. @ essence / bookstore·wucu~~ Did you use your privileges to offend him at that time?"
"Yes..." Shanru recalled his aggressive appearance at that time, and felt that his back was covered with cold sweat.
"Then we can only abolish all the power of "guarding envoys from entering" within the Imagawa family." Taiyuan Xuezhai sighed, "I'm afraid it will disturb the purity of Buddhism... The poor monk is also a monk, why don't you understand?
."
"I'm afraid I can't handle this alone. There are so many temples... I can't just say yes." Shanru suddenly looked embarrassed after hearing this sensitive topic.
"You have to do it even if you don't, otherwise my disciple will have to poke a hole in the sky and become the enemy of Buddha..." Taiyuan Xuezhai tightened his face and looked solemn, "But in fact, the biggest pressure is the Pure Land Shinsect.
The temples. The temples in Suruga and Toe have been basically open to the Imagawa family since the old master's time, and they have no troops to resist. If Master Zenru can convince other Pure Land Shinshu temples in Mikawa, this matter will be solved
Can become."
"How can I open my mouth? I'm afraid someone will point their fingers at me and scold me..." Shanru shook her head when she thought about the seriousness of this problem.
"In fact, in the "Imagawa Kana Directory" during the old lord's time, it has been stipulated: "Although the Imagawa family recognizes the privileges of the shogunate and the imperial court that the guardians cannot enter, if the problem is caused by the lord's own negligence and mistakes, the samurai family can
It’s just that the Imagawa family has never used this law. Think about it, has it never been used in all these years? Even if my disciple came to you at the gate of the temple this time, he never mentioned it.
Is this the law?" Taiyuan Xuezhai saw signs that Shan Ru was relenting, and immediately launched a fierce attack and began to follow Shan Ru's instructions:
"Perhaps we can follow the precedent in this matter and write in the law "Abolition of guardian envoys will not enter". You people from the Pure Land Shinsect also agree on the surface. However, in terms of specific implementation, the Imagawa family will not use it as before.
this power.”
"This..." Shanru was a little moved by what he said, but still instinctively felt dangerous: "But to put it bluntly, luck. (This chapter is not finished!)
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Doesn’t it all depend on the Imagawa family’s judgment whether to use it or not?”
"Hey, it's not like you don't know that my disciple doesn't care about political affairs at all. The temple is entirely run by a poor monk. Whatever the poor monk says is what he says. If the poor monk says no, then he won't use it. The most urgent task now is to
He was fooled and calmed down so that he could say anything." Taiyuan Xuezhai moved his body closer to Shanru, and while gesticulating, he spoke faster and urged, "Master Shanru, the safety of Shanggong Temple depends on you.
It’s on me!”
"That's okay, if Master Xue Zhai is willing to promise..." Shanru glanced at the Imagawa family's army outside the temple, and finally gave in, "The abbots of Honzheng Temple and Shengren Temple were both my disciples.
, I should be 70% sure of persuading them to give them face... But I am afraid that some people will disagree and kick the young monk out of his position as abbot..."
"It's okay. The Imagawa Family Association will add another decree: "Without permission, the abbot of the temple cannot transfer the temple to others. The Imagawa family must come forward to appoint a new abbot." Taiyuan Xuezhai threw out the plan that had been planned for a long time.
"This will stabilize your position. The poor monk will do his best to persuade my disciple to calm down when he returns. As long as you here can convince the various temples of the Jodo Shinsect to accept the decree and settle the matter, the Imagawa family will naturally not be entangled. We will not be entangled.
Both parties value peace, so why bother causing trouble?"
"Well, thank you Master Xue Zhai!" Shanru leaned over again and again, and finally remembered to perform a Buddhist salute this time, "Master Xue Zhai, please be careful and never really carry out the decree! Don't do it!"
Don’t let the martial arts family and the temple community get any more clues because of the “guardian envoy inaccessibility” thing!”
"Director, I, Taiyuan Xuezhai, hereby personally swear to the gods and Buddhas all over the sky that the newly added decrees in the "Kana Directory" must be a piece of paper. The Imagawa family will definitely not interfere in the affairs of the temple, let alone step into the leadership of the temple."
Taiyuan Xuezhai clasped his hands devoutly, and said piously and plausibly to the Buddha statue behind Shanru, "If you violate this oath, you will fall into the eighteenth level of hell after death, and you will never be reincarnated!"
"Getting your guarantee is more reassuring than anything else." Seeing Taiyuan Xuezhai swearing such a solemn oath, Shanru and other monks were greatly shocked and thanked him with tears of gratitude. He had just sent Taiyuan Xuezhai away with his front foot.
He immediately sent his trusted followers to contact the Yixiang Sect temple in Mikawa to persuade them to accept the decree and not to cause trouble.
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On the other side, Taiyuan Xuezhai also returned to the Imagawa family army.
"How's it going, teacher?" Imagawa Yoshimoto saw Taiyuan Xuezhai's smiling face and knew that the matter had been settled:
"Two new items have been added to the "Kana Catalog"? (1) Now it is not the Ashikaga Shogun family that maintains order in the Imagawa family, but I, Yoshimoto. The prohibition privileges set by the Shogun family are meaningless anymore. All the Imagawa family members
All the privileges of being a guardian within the temple are abolished. @精/书馆·无码~~ (2) The abbot of the temple cannot transfer the temple to others without permission, and the Imagawa family must come forward to appoint a new abbot."
"No problem. The Jodo Shinsect has agreed to pass the decree. Withdraw your troops immediately and prepare to meet the invasion of the Oda family." Taiyuan Xuezhai laughed and waved his hand, and then summoned Ohara Zhenji and Tu Atonsuke to respond.
They ordered:
"Ohara, Tuhara, please immediately keep an eye on Mikawa and other Jodo Shinshu temples. If you get any clues, immediately send people to invade the temple grounds to interfere in the name of legal regulations!"