Nanzenji Soden of the Rinzai Sect and Tenkai Ren of the Tendai Sect have been fighting openly and secretly in Kyoto for the top spot as the leader of Buddhism in the island country.
Two generations of shogunates successively supported the Rinzai sect and established the Kamakura Five Mountains and the Kyoto Five Mountains. In fact, the samurai regime wanted to establish rules for the Buddhist sect, and the shogunate formulated a new system of nuns.
As for the Rinzai sect, they were the leaders selected by the shogunate to rule over the various sects of Buddhism.
The Tendai Sect is the leader of traditional Buddhist sects, and Mount Hiei is also known as the father of Buddhism in the island nation. It has nurtured and strengthened Buddhism in the island nation in the past thousand years.
Since ancient times, the exclusive privileges of temples have been one of the most troublesome problems for rulers.
The monastery leaders neither paid taxes nor accepted legal restrictions, becoming a country within a country.
After the rise of the samurai family, the temples took advantage of the political chaos of the shogunate and continued to encroach on the land, making the conflict between the samurai family and the temple leaders increasingly fierce.
The Kamakura shogunate founded Kamakura Gozan in order to regulate the power of temples. However, not long after the nun system was implemented, the Kamakura shogunate itself failed, and the measures to restrain the temples naturally came to nothing.
When the third generation of the Ashikaga Shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, had overwhelming power, he turned around and tried to restrain the power of the temples, which led to the establishment of the Kyoto Five Mountains.
But after Ashikaga Yoshimitsu passed away, the Ashikaga shoguns became worse with each generation, and the samurai family no longer looked after the Ashikaga shoguns. Can the nuns take you seriously?
The Rinzai Sect grew up due to the shogunate, but also declined due to the shogunate. Over the years, it fell apart and its influence was far less than before, allowing the Tendai Sect to gain the upper hand.
But at this time, the Nichiren sect returned to Kyoto with Oda Nobunaga and set fire to Mount Hiei, which severely damaged the Tendai sect's vitality. Even the leader of the sect, Lord Kakushu, died inexplicably.
Although the Rinzai sect has been torn apart, Nanzenji Temple has a noble temple style and is even more talented in presiding over Nanzenji Temple's teachings, with the intention of reviving it.
The Tiantai Religious Group also introduced the pro-Spo Master Tianhai as its new master, quickly moved closer to the Sibo family, and stabilized its position.
The Nanzen Temple Chongchuan was unwilling to be followed by others, and also continued to show its favor to the saint, creating a situation where the two factions competed to flatter each other.
The most intense confrontation between the people of Tianhai and Master Chongchuan was the dispute over the saint's divine name.
Both the Tendai sect and the Rinzai sect are kneeling to the Shiba family, and they are also advocating that the saint is a living god who descended from Bishamonten.
However, people in Tianhai believe that saints come to the world with their power, while Master Chongchuan believes that saints come from the gods.
The dispute between the two parties seems to be a disagreement in religious doctrine, but in fact they are fighting for the right to religious interpretation of the coming of Bishamonten.
And now, the new Shinto religion is also coming to the table to compete for food, and the situation is even more chaotic.
Although neither the Tenkai people nor Master Soden were willing to stand opposite the Takada sisters and directly accuse the Shiba family, the new Shinto religion was overbearing and left no room for them, which made them very embarrassed.
The Buddhist sects share the same hatred, and whoever retreats at this time will lose popularity and take advantage of the other party. Therefore, neither of them dares to retreat and can only bite the bullet and take the lead for the Buddhist sects.
However, under the protection of the Takada sisters, the New Shinto Church was used to running rampant and domineering, and when their missionary mission suddenly encountered obstacles, they naturally felt unhappy.
The conflict between Buddhist sects and the new Shinto sect in Kyoto immediately intensified. If not handled properly, it may affect shrines and temples in various places.
The more Yoshigami thought about it, the more he felt his chest tightening, and he hated her so much that even Takada Yukino's Kage Samurai Tachibana Kanade was an eyesore, and he couldn't help but vent his anger on her.
But Tachibana Kanou left with a nonchalant look on his face. Yoshigan's heart jumped up and down even more, and he ordered again.
"Lihuazou."
"Hi."
"Come in."
"Hi."
"Take off."
"Hi."
Man, huh.
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Do urgent things slowly, and do slow things urgently. Although religious disputes are imminent, reform and reform are at a critical moment. Which thing is not extremely urgent?
After Yoshigami vented all his evil fire on Tachibana Kanade, his already sore waist and legs lost even more strength.
The fire has gone out, people are lackluster, and the eternal sixteen-year-old can't bear the overindulgence. I can only slow down, put aside the mess of religion for now, and focus on the most important things in front of me.
A few days later, the Provisional Shogunate's first general meeting of all representatives of the United Front, the Spring Review, was held as scheduled in Fushimi Castle.
Most of the United Front members in Kanto, Kinki and other places within Spo's sphere of influence chose to attend in person to participate in the grand event.
However, the mothers of the Sibo God descendants of each family chose to avoid the meeting and sent representatives to attend.
Yiyin also only silently followed the grand review scene in the council hall in his residence, and did not show up to turn the grand review into the Sibo family's speech hall, implementing the grand review spirit of the Wu family's joint discussion on Wu family affairs.
It was not until the closing day of the conference that Yiyin attended the closing ceremony and said a few words.
The grand review system was first established in Kanto, and the United Front members have long been familiar with it. This time, the old man led the newcomers to engage in private political transactions, and the outcome of the issue was often determined before it was raised.
This is just like the principles of the Wu family, which is all about loyalty in words and interests in heart, which is perfectly in line with the true meaning of serving the public and being rewarded with kindness.
To paraphrase a later saying, procedural justice is higher than consequential justice.
Everyone agreed on a set of procedures. As long as you follow the rules and complete the procedures, you will have completed your obligations. This complements the nature of the Wu family that values small rituals but not great righteousness, making all participants satisfied.
After the collapse of the imperial family system in the Kamakura shogunate and the failure of the guardian system in the Ashikaga shogunate, the samurai regained the consensus system.
Although everyone knows that the Sibo family is the mastermind behind the Grand Council, and that the saint's hands actually control the passage and even the proposal of all proposals, the United Front members do not care about this.
The martial arts admire the strong, and the saints of the Sibo family are strong and willing to follow the tradition of the martial arts. Naturally, everyone is willing to join in and fight for their own interests within the rules of the game set by the strong.
No matter how bad the order is, it is better than no order at all.
This major review, which successfully completed the process, mainly completed two major political events.
First, the United Front unanimously approved Ashikaga Yoshiji's request to change the title, and the Ashikaga shogun's family was officially moved to the Kiren River, and the Miao name was changed to the Kiren River.
Legally speaking, when the Ashikaga Shogun family is extinct, the direct line of the Kawachi Genji family should naturally pass to the nearest branch of the Shiba family.
Second, the United Front unanimously approved the provisional shogunate executive bill. The five chief executive officers, Ozo Choan, Ohkuma Tohide, Ishida Mitsunari, Ina Chuji, and Hansawa Naoyoshi, will be responsible for the daily government affairs of the shogunate.
These five people respectively represent the Kanto followers, the Kinki followers, the loyal fund followers, the Samurai Giri Promotion Association followers, and the honest government followers.
At this point, the internal affairs system of Shiba and the internal affairs system of the Provisional Shogunate were integrated, laying a solid political foundation for the next step of opening and changing dynasties.
Through the first major review of the Provisional Shogunate and the General Assembly of the United Front, Yoshigan completely solved the legal basis and political basis for the Shiba family's ascension.