Chapter 2093 The Aftermath of Heavenly Punishment at Hachiman Palace
三揖三 Let this process go through, that is, it is easier to ask God than to send Him away.
Just as the lyrics go, you asked me to come, so I came, but now you want me to be bad and tell me to get out of here.
Love is not a business, and politics is not a game. Behind seemingly ridiculous actions, there must be deep-seated needs.
As the ancients said, if the name is not correct, the words will not be correct.
But on the other hand, once the name is justified, it is difficult to be ousted.
The ancients also said that propriety, justice, integrity and shame are the four dimensions of a country. If the four dimensions are not maintained, the country will perish.
The island country learned from the Celestial Dynasty for eight hundred years, and brought back countless cultures from the Tang to the Song Dynasty.
There are many etiquettes, and the interpretation of righteousness has its own island country characteristics. Only the word "honesty" seems to have been completely forgotten.
The Nine Virtues of Light enshrined in the Jinduo Hall in Tawen Mountain City represent the nine virtues of the island country, benevolence, justice, propriety, trust, wisdom, loyalty, filial piety and forbearance, but one thing missing is shame.
Therefore, even Buddhism, which occupies the core interpretation power of the island country’s culture, knows that the island people have no shame.
The island country is barren, the environment is harsh, and the islanders' unique small-group, mountain-top doctrine makes it difficult to form a moral foundation of shame.
In this place where everyone talks about teamwork, how can you play with your friends if you are upright, honest and shameless?
Bad currency eliminated good currency, thus forming a culture of shame unique to the island country.
If China's integrity is more inclined to self-discipline and self-examination, then the island country's shame culture means that one cannot embarrass one's own family or one's own small group, and is more disciplined.
A society where everyone is repressed will inevitably lead to perversion.
The result of the four-dimensional indifference is that the justice of the Wu family's regime is very poor, and the only thing that restrains the relationship between monarch and ministers is the contractual spirit of public reward.
You give me benefits and I sacrifice my life for you. How can there be long-term peace and stability with just this moral basis?
Therefore, the most urgent thing for Yiyin now is to have a legitimate name, use his status as a living god, do his best to solidify the foundation for the world of Sibo, and strive to win the favor of the public.
When there is a lack of integrity, divinity can only be used to fill it, and a stable theocracy can be built with the noble species respected by the island society as the core.
Before that, Yiyin first had to obtain the orthodoxy of the direct lineage of the Genji family in Kawachi in order to have a legitimate name.
Although the thunder struck Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the white flag of Ashikaga, the sword of the general conquering barbarians, and the golden seal of the Japanese king were crushed into powder, the Ashikaga family still has a close branch like the Kanto shogun.
Not all members of the Ashikaga family are dead yet, and Yoshigage is now taking the initiative to replace them, which is somewhat inappropriate and destroys his own character.
He shook his head.
"The affairs of the world are decided by the people. The Ashikaga Shogun family has no heirs and has its own close relatives to succeed it.
The Shiba family has been separated from the direct line for hundreds of years, and now it suddenly inherits the lineage of the Kawachi Genji family. It will inevitably attract criticism. It is best to leave it to the general council to discuss it first, and then ask the Kanto general for his opinion.
Working together, this is in line with the principles of the Wu family and the spirit of collegiality and common prosperity of the Wu family."
Akechi Mitsuhide smiled slightly and bowed.
"The saint is wise."
———
A divine punishment flattened Otokoyama by three feet, burned all the trees on the mountain, and reduced the 600-year-old Ishikimizu Hachimangu Shrine to ashes amid lightning and thunder.
The Ashikaga shoguns who participated in the sacrifice and the top officials of the shogunate died at the same time. The imperial white flag, imperial sword, and golden seal representing the Ashikaga world were all wiped out in this heavenly punishment.
The Great Reconciliation of Azulispo, which had attracted much attention, ended in a way that left all the samurai clan stunned.
People outside Nanshan who were paying attention to the matter quickly spread the news.
The legend about Shiba Yoshigina being a living god who descended from Bishamonten was vigorously promoted by the New Shinto religion led by the Takada sisters, and its influence expanded countless times.
Some conspiracy theorists secretly speculated that this was an arrangement arranged by Yoshihiro Shiba, who took the opportunity to massacre the entire top shogunate.
However, instead of interrupting the boiling of legends about living gods, this conclusion only added fuel to the fire.
If a person looks like a god, has a temperament like a god, stays young forever, and can control the wind and rain, you can tell him whether he is a god!
No matter how conspiracy theorists belittle Yoshigan Shiba's character and view the destruction of Ishimizu Hachimangu Shrine as a deliberate murder, they cannot avoid one reality.
Are those thunders falling from the sky divine punishment?
If so, then what’s the point of identifying whether this matter was deliberately arranged by Spo Yiyin?
Regardless of whether the thunder and lightning in the sky was caused by the gods in the sky or by the earthly god Shiba Yiyin, it was still a punishment from heaven.
If Shiba Yiyin really has such ability to control the wind and rain, who among the martial arts families in the world would dare to make an enemy of the Sibo family?
Then, an interesting scene occurred.
The first people to jump out and deny the conspiracy theory were the enemies of the Spall family.
Both the Ichijo family and the Mori family believed that God had rejected the Ashikaga shogunate, so he sent down divine punishment to overthrow the Ashikaga shogunate.
As long as Ichijo Hideyoshi and the Mori family are still brain-dead, they will never admit that this matter was deliberately arranged by Shiba Yoshigan.
If it were admitted that Yoshigan Shiba could really control the wind and rain, Hideyoshi Ichijo and the samurai family under the Mori family would immediately become turbulent and fall apart.
Who would be willing to follow Ichijo Hideyoshi and go against a living god who can control the wind and rain?
While the Nishikuni Ichijo family and the Mori family tried their best to deny the divinity of Shiba Yoshigan and focused on linking the Ishikimizu Hachimangu Shrine incident to heaven's punishment, someone in Kanto was even more frightened.
———
Furukawa Castle, Imperial Palace.
Ashikaga Yoshiji was pacing around the room, panicking like a headless fly.
Beneath her, Harusuke Kada is also gray-haired. Things have not gone well in the past two years, and she is too preoccupied. She seems to have aged by more than ten years.
Back then, Harusuke Neda was still able to influence the northern part of the Shimo-sou Kingdom headed by the Furukawa Territory.
As a result, she was accidentally deceived by Satake Yishige, accepted bribes from the people of the East, and invited the saint to come to Furukawa for a spring outing.
Unexpectedly, the people from the East led by Satake Yoshige turned out to be rebellious and tried to use the saints who came to visit Furukawa City as bargaining chips to negotiate with the Kanto Palace.
But what a powerful figure the saint was. After hearing the news of the rebellion of the people in the east, he went south alone, gathered the defeated troops of Hojo, broke through the Satomi rebels on the southern front, and turned back to make an emergency landing at Satake Yishige.
The battle lasted only more than 20 days, but the intensity was fierce. The whole country was devastated, and the samurai family of Shimoso Province hated the man who caused the war.
Ashikaga Yoshiji, the Kanto general, was originally unworthy of his position. After this battle, he was even identified as a puppet of Harusuke Adena, and his influence became increasingly weak.
After the General War, the sage sealed Lord Kai who had made meritorious service in Kansu Castle.
This move not only succeeded in taking away the water transport hub of the middle and lower reaches of the Tone River, but also took away the hereditary territory of the Kada family, breaking Kada Harusuke's back, and she never recovered.
Even Ashikaga Yoshiji is becoming increasingly dissatisfied with her and is about to lose control of her.