The two priests serving in the temple came out in a panic and kowtowed to Yiyin.
They trembled and hid outside the circle of light, not daring to be stained by the brilliance of Sibo Yiyin. This miraculous scene will always be engraved in their minds and will never be forgotten.
Yiyin didn't care about them. He looked thoughtful, but in fact he was giving time to the warriors who were following him. He didn't wait for them to come to watch the ceremony. Who could he show off to?
When there were crowds of people behind him, Yoshiyin shouted towards the shrine.
"Who is it? Who brought me here?"
His voice echoed across heaven and earth, but he received no response, only the ruthless blizzard was still howling.
Of course no one would answer him, because the special effect of Tian Jian Hong Yan is terrible! It cannot be used twice!
Yiyin waited for a long time, but was destined to get no response, so he couldn't help laughing. In the end, his laughter choked up and turned into howling.
His knees went weak, and he fell to the ground and cried bitterly, his voice hoarse like a cuckoo weeping blood, which made the martial artists behind him unable to bear it.
Terutora Uesugi sighed, and was about to step forward to help him, but saw Yoshiginning raise his head and shout loudly to the shrine.
"Ancestor, ancestor! Please open your eyes and take a look!
Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the pillar of the samurai family and the thirteenth generation general of the Ashikaga family, is dead! The bloodline of Genji in Kawachi was once again cut off by the rebels!
Genji's sky is about to fall!
I've tried my best, but I can't cover everything. I really don't know how long I can hold on, I really can't hold on anymore!
Wuwuwu, ancestor, what should I do! Please tell me, what should I do!"
Yiyin cried in the snow, and the Wu family behind him felt desolate.
The direct descendant of Kawachi Genji led the samurai family to conquer the world. He ruled sixty-six kingdoms for two years and was supported as the pillar of the samurai family for more than four hundred years. He was a well-deserved shogun and the leader of all samurai families.
Three hundred years after the demise of the Minamoto Yoritomo line, the orthodoxy of the Minamoto clan in Kawachi once again faced the crisis of being cut off.
Although it is not as miserable as Shiba Yoshigan's cry, the branch of the branch family can still find someone to become an Ashikaga shogun. But the Ashikaga shogun family that can be recognized by all samurai families is indeed cut off.
The world of Genji is once again on the verge of collapse. In the next generation of shogunate after the troubled times, will it be Kawachi Genji who seizes the world, once again claims to be his direct descendant, and continues to rule this land?
Nobody knows.
For Yoshigan Shiba, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was his lord, his wife, and the chief sect of the Ashikaga clan, the samurai clan to which he belonged. Her murder was like a catastrophe.
Hojo Umasa subconsciously turned his head away, unable to bear to see him crying.
In her eyes, Shiba Yiyin, who faced many internal and external pressures, finally put down all his guard in front of the White Flag Shrine and cried in his arms.
A person's collapse often only occurs in an instant.
No matter how the martial artists behind him looked at him, whether it was pity, sympathy, contempt, gloating, or empathy.
Just when the girls were looking at Yoshigan Shiba crying in the snow with complicated eyes, and when Teruhora Uesugi's eyes were red and he wanted to persuade him.
The sky suddenly changed.
Everyone looked up at the sky, and the sunlight that had just exposed a gap and shone on Sibo Yiyin began to become thicker and larger.
The thick gray clouds seemed to be avoiding something, and began to squeeze in to the outer circle. In an instant, the sunlight quickly expanded with Shiba Yigen as the center, shining brightly on the entire Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine.
The temperature brought by the sun instantly melts the blizzard, and the alternating negative air pressure of hot and cold instantly forms a tornado-like air wave, which is violently thrown out.
The sudden strong wind scared everyone and shielded their faces. As they breathed, the wind and residual clouds swept outward, and the blizzard covering the earth stopped.
No, it didn't stop.
Looking into the distance, there is still a violent storm and snow, but Hachimangu Shrine seems to be shrouded in something. It is isolated from the wind and snow, bathed in the sunshine.
One of the Ji warriors' knees weakened and fell to the ground. This was like a signal. As she knelt down, one of the Ji warriors knelt down one after another.
They looked in awe at the back of Shiba Yoshigan and the White Flag Shrine directly in front of him.
This...is this the appearance of the ancestor of Genji?
The two priests who were guarding the shrine had their eyes wide open and their tongues were numb. The way they looked at Shiba Yoshigami was like seeing the Lord Hachiman in the palace.
Yoshiyin ignored them, just looked deep into the shrine, listened to something, and murmured.
"White flag...replace white flag..."
His pupils shrank, he straightened up and looked at the two priests next to him.
"Are you two priests serving the White Flag Shrine?"
The two of them knelt down in a hurry, and one of them stammered.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. What are the instructions from the emperor..."
Yiyin said.
"Please ask the priest to move on and use this white flag of mine to replace the royal white flag of our ancestor Minamoto no Yoshi's family."
"What...what..."
The priest couldn't believe his ears. He pointed at the white flag in Yoshiyoshi's hand and then pointed at the inside of the shrine, dumbfounded.
Yiyin said solemnly.
"This is the will of the ancestors. Are you willing to obey it?"
If others had deceived the priest like this, the priest would have laughed a long time ago. Who are you lying to? I have been working at the shrine for decades. When did I ever see my ancestors appear?
But on this snowstorm day, in the shimmering Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, the priest could still feel the warmth of the sun behind him, as if there were really eyes watching him majestically.
Her legs were so frightened that her legs became weak. She staggered up to Yiyin, kowtowed to the ground. Then, she carefully took the royal flag from his hand and turned around to walk into the shrine.
After a while, when she came out of the shrine again, she was holding another simple white flag in her hand.
Yiyin stared at the imperial white flag that he had dreamed of, and his heart surged.
Five hundred years ago, Hachiman Tai Ni Gen Yoshie held this white flag to conquer Kanto, rewarded the samurai family for their meritorious service, and started the glorious path of the direct line of the Gen clan in Kawachi.
There is no way a piece of cloth will survive five hundred years, but whether it is later repaired or specially made, it will not affect its political meaning.
Hachiman Tainiang is the royal white flag of the Minamoto no Yoshi family and the ancestor of the Minamoto family's white flag. This is the greatest justice in the world.
The priest trembled and knelt in front of Yiyin again, holding the imperial white flag with both hands. Yiyin kowtowed to the ground, took the flag, and stood up from the ground.
he shouted.
"Kamoji Township!"
"Hi!"
Kamo clan rushed out of the queue and knelt down in front of Shiba Yoshigan. Yoshigan smiled at her, handed the flag to her, and said softly.
"This time, don't lose it again."
Pu Shengshi was trembling all over. She held the royal white flag in both hands and trembled her lips. She couldn't say anything. But her tears couldn't stop flowing out. She nodded fiercely and kept nodding.
Yoshigan looked at Hojo Genan and shouted.
"Lord Hojo Genan, our ancestors told her to leave the royal flag with her! If the Hojo family has any conditions to open it, just talk to her!"
Hojo Genan's face turned pale. She was so old and sophisticated, and she didn't know how to deal with this scene. Everything in front of her was too fantastic. What had she experienced today?
The Gohaku Flag is located in Hakuhata Shrine, at the place where the Minamoto no Yoshi family's Gohaku Flag was originally enshrined. It accepts incense instead of the Gohaku Flag.
With this move, Yoshigan moved the world, but put the Hojo family on a pile of firewood, and Hojo Genan didn't even dare to let go.
The Hojo family was originally a branch of the Ise family in Kyoto. They pretended to be Hojo Miao and claimed to be the ruler of the Kamakura shogunate and a descendant of the former Hojo family.
What is the origin of the former Hojo family? They were the culprits who killed Minamoto no Yoritomo's heirs and cut off the direct line of the Kamakura shogunate and Kawachi Minamoto clan.
The Ashikaga family finally took over the world, continued the lineage, and allowed the direct descendants of the Kawachi Genji to rule the world again.
The Hojo family claims to be descendants of the ruling Hojo family. What? Do you still want to imitate the Hojo family and interrupt the direct line of Genji in Kawachi?
You really want to rebel! Go in and talk to the ancestors who are the direct descendants of the Genji family in Kawachi! By the way, Minamoto Yoritomo's royal white flag is right next to it. Maybe you can talk to Minamoto Yoritomo!
Hojo Gen'an originally didn't care much about ghosts and gods, but what happened today was too weird. She was gray-haired and didn't have long to live, so how could she not be frightened and frightened?
Yoshigan, who had been observing her, finally showed a cheerful smile when he saw Hojo Genan's cowering look. Although the negotiation hadn't started yet, the Hojo family had already lost.
I hold the imperial white flag in hand and say that Uesugi Teruhora is the Kanto governor. Do the Hojo family admit it? Does she, Hojo Ujiyasu, have the guts to deny it?
At this time, the sky became dark again, and the surrounding clouds rolled in, covering the sky and blocking the sunlight, and the earth fell into darkness again.
The blizzard blew on everyone's faces, making them wonder. Did what just happened really happen?
Afterwards, everyone looked at Yiyin with eyes filled with unprecedented awe.
From this day on, no one in Kanto dared to look down on Shiba Yiyin. Even if they were dissatisfied in their hearts, they had to hold it in their mouths.
Because the Bando Hime samurai will always be loyal to the Hachiman Tai Ni Minamoto no Yoshi family, and the Minamoto no Yoshi family appeared and gave their royal white flag to Shiba Yoshigan.
He is the guardian of the direct line of Genji in Kawachi.
———
Yoshigan Shiba showed great power in Kamakura, shocking all the princesses in Kanto. As time goes by, the miracle of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine will sooner or later spread throughout the world.
Japan's sixty-six countries are more open toward the southwest and more conservative toward the northeast.
Because the overseas trade in the southwest was developed, the Kansai samurai family was more flexible in their thinking. The Kanto samurai family, which mainly relied on foraging for food in the land and immersed in remembering the glory of their ancestors, was more conservative in their thinking.
Maybe the Kansai samurai would be in awe of the miracles of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, but in fact they didn't care. But in the traditional land of Kanto, the spread of miracles would give Yoshigan Shiba a transcendent status.
Although this special status cannot help him achieve anything, it is enough to allow him to veto anything.
The essence of power is saying no. If nothing can be done because you disagree, you are a powerful person with great influence.
In Yiyin's previous life.
The bald eagle proved that no one can accomplish anything without their own approval. Therefore, everyone must consider the bald eagle's feelings before doing anything.
The Little White Rabbit's war in Korea and Vietnam proved that no one can get anything done in East Asia without my consent. Therefore, if East Asian affairs want to make progress, they must first win over the Little White Rabbit's consent.
As the miracle of Hachimangu Shrine was spread back to various parts of Kanto by the samurai who participated in it, Shiba Yoshigami gradually gained influence beyond his own imagination in the land of Kanto, and had the veto power to define the truth in one word.
The poor real life made the Kanto warrior family miss the glory of their ancestors that swept the world.
The words flowing in their blood, the Bandohime samurai's oath to be loyal to the direct descendants of Genji in Kawachi from generation to generation, are their spiritual comfort.
What's so great about the nouveau riche in Kansai! My ancestors were richer too!
The slick and repetitive Guan Bazhou warriors have a trace of unwillingness deep in their hearts, which is the desire to become the center of the world again.
Maybe in the future, somewhere in the eight states of Guanzhou will once again become the center of the world. The nouveau riche in Kansai will once again bow at the feet of the Kanto samurai family.
At this time, Shiba Yiyin was just secretly glad that he had succeeded in pretending. He had not yet realized what he had gained. It was the sincere admiration and yearning of the Kanto samurai family who had been aggrieved for too long.
Inadvertently, he has already achieved the ambition and hope of the world, and his future is promising.
———
While Shiba Yoshigan was playing tricks in Kamakura, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, a true bloodline of the Ashikaga shogun family who returned home from secular life, was suffering an unexpected humiliation.
When she arrived in Echizen Country in a hurry, she did not receive the warm support she imagined. Asakura Yoshikage, the current generation governor of the Asakura family, seemed not to be interested in her at all.
After the first ceremonial meeting between the two parties, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was placed in a residence in Ichijodani Castle and had no further communication.
No matter how hard Wada Weimasa and Hosokawa Fujitaka tried, Asakura Yoshikage avoided seeing him and never mentioned the matter of helping Ashikaga Yoshiaki ascend the throne.
As the days passed and it was already snowing in the depths of winter, Ashikaga Yoshiaki and the samurai who supported her became more and more anxious.
There is not much time left for them.
———
At the castle tower of Ichijodani Castle, Yoshikage Asakura is discussing matters with the Ichijodani Chief Executive.
Echizen Kingdom was originally a territory guarded by the Shiba family. During the Yatsudai Shogun Rebellion, the Asakura family usurped the country. Successive family governors worked hard to govern, gained the respect of the Kyoto shogunate, and finally became the guardian of Echizen.
The residence of the Asakura clan is Ichijogani Castle, and the Ichijogani retainers are the retainers who directly obey the orders of the main family.
Asakura Yoshikage put down the document in his hand and said angrily.
"Are you still pushing for military supplies? Do they know when enough is enough?"
Maenami Yoshitsugi, Uozumi Kagegu, and Tomita Nagashige looked at each other in confusion, not knowing how to answer.
The year before last, the military god of the Asakura family, Sotechi Asakura, took charge of the overall situation and launched a counterattack against the Kaga Ichiku clan, which was supported by most of the Asakura branch families.
Asakura Yoshikage was the governor of the family, but he was so humiliated by Asakura Sodi at the military meeting that he had no choice but to agree to this matter.
Although almost two years have passed and Asakura Sotechi died after the war, the aftermath of that battle still troubles the Asakura family.
The Asakura family defeated the superiors, drove away Echizen and guarded the Shiba family. In order to engulf the Echizen country as soon as possible, the then governor of the family divided the family and guarded various places.
A hundred years later, these separated families became increasingly disobedient, leading to intense internal conflicts within the family.
And this generation of family governor Asakura Yoshikage is not as talented as her mother, and his prestige is not enough to control the situation.
She has completely lost control over the two most powerful people in the Asakura family, Asakura Kageki who leads the Tsuruga clan and Asakura Kagekō who leads the Ono clan.