Chongchuan and Tianhai were both stunned. Chongchuan glanced at Tianhai, and Tianhai asked respectfully.
"The sage is saying that New Shintoism does not involve reincarnation?"
Yiyin said straightforwardly.
"New Shintoism does not do funerals. The island country's tomb affairs will be fully managed by Buddhist sects, and only the tombs of Buddhist sects will be recognized and protected by the temporary shogunate.
Therefore, no matter what status a person has while alive, whether she is a New Shintoist or a Nanban Christian, after death she will only be buried in a Buddhist cemetery and receive the salvation of Buddhism.
This is the biggest concession that New Shintoism is willing to make."
Chongchuan and Tianhai gasped after hearing this. The saint's thinking was really crooked...but it didn't seem unacceptable.
Religious belief is not a child's play, it has a complete set of logical and self-consistent dialectical systems, such as the classic question of philosophy, where do people come from and where will they go.
The saint's withdrawal of New Shintoism from death is tantamount to castrating part of the teachings of New Shintoism. Only when combined with Buddhism can New Shintoism have logically complete values.
Therefore, as long as the Buddhist sects accept this suggestion, the dispute between gods and Buddhas will become the fusion of gods and Buddhas.
The castrated New Shinto religion cannot do without the theoretical support of the Buddhist sects, which solves the biggest concern of the Buddhist sects: will the rise of the New Shinto religion kill Buddhism?
Religious disputes have always been a matter of life and death, but if the two realms of God and Buddhism can be integrated and achieve mutual success, then that is a different matter.
The sage also mentioned that only corpses buried in Buddhist tombs can be recognized and protected, which posed a big problem to the Nanman Sect, the mortal enemy of the Buddhist sects.
When Nanman believers die, should they be buried in Buddhist cemeteries and should they accept Buddhist salvation?
No? Yes, the body will take care of itself and will not be protected by the political power.
This is tantamount to Sibo’s divine power actively endorsing Buddhism, supporting the integration of gods and Buddhism, and safeguarding the religious status of Buddhism in the island country from being replaced by Nanman religion.
From the perspective of faith struggle, Buddhism cannot reject this suggestion, and from the perspective of practical interests, Buddhism cannot reject this suggestion even more.
Because death itself is a big gold mine, funeral, salvation, grave, which one doesn’t cost money?
The saint is tantamount to packaging and selling the future funeral industry of the entire island country to the Buddhist sects. The price is that the Buddhist sects support the new Shinto religion to gain a foothold in the secular world.
Yiyin looked at the two people who were meditating and said calmly.
"I descended from Bishamonten, but I will return to heaven one day. My descendants cannot accept the interpretation of my scriptures by Buddhism.
Let me reiterate one last time, New Shintoism is the undeniable bottom line of Shiba's theocracy.
Therefore, it is up to you to decide whether the Buddhist sects wish to be friends or enemies of the new Shintoism.
But I have to remind you not to let those short-sighted, fat-headed nuns destroy the thousand-year foundation of Buddhism in the island country.
That’s all I’ve said, don’t say it was unpredicted.”
———
After talking to the two elder nuns, Yoshigami left Daitoku Temple, leaving the place for the nuns to quarrel. He returned to Fushimi Castle and planned to stay for another two days.
This time, Yiyin holds a knife in one hand and a date in the other, waiting for the final answer from the Buddhist sects.
He believed that both Chongchuan and Tianhai had clearly understood what he meant.
It would be best if they could suppress those short-sighted idiots in the Buddhist sect.
If they can't suppress it, Yoshigan has no choice but to ask Takada Yukino to come forward to do bloodletting for Buddhism and get rid of some bald fools with insufficient IQ.
Everyone thinks Yukino is a lunatic, and Yoshigan thinks so too, but he never thinks that intelligence and lunacy are incompatible.
Yukino is the smartest lunatic that Yoshigan has ever seen in her life. As long as Yoshigan tells her what is best, she will kill with wisdom and selectively complete the goal.
Of course, if you can avoid bleeding, it's best not to bleed.
There are clouds in the sky, and a broken mirror cannot be rounded.
Every drop of blood is a rift between Shintoism and Buddhism, which brings no benefit to the future peaceful coexistence of both parties, but only harm.
Violence is the basis of rule, but a true ruler must understand that violence cannot be abused.
Although Yiyin is not a wise ruler, he never likes to abuse violence and understands that violence cannot solve the fundamental problem.
This alone has eliminated too many incompetent rulers.
———
Two days later, Tianhai and Chongchuan led various Buddhist sects in Kyoto to Fushimi Castle to see the saint off.
Sisters Takata Harano and Yukino also met all the Taoist Kōni in Fushimi Castle by chance and spoke freely.
The cavalry of Tongxinzhong went south for more than ten miles. Yoshiyin turned around and looked at Fushimi Castle, which he could no longer see. He believed that the atmosphere there should be quite harmonious.
Major Buddhist sects such as the Tendai sect, the Shingon sect, the Rinzai sect, the Ichiko sect, and the Nichiren sect have jointly submitted petitions to the saints.
Various sects claim that mortals are not qualified to comment on living gods, and are willing to seal up the relevant scriptures involving Tawen Tianwang and hand them over to New Shinto for elaboration.
New Shinto reciprocates the favor and has also been released to the outside world. New Shinto does not care about the past or the afterlife, but only focuses on the belief in this life.
The gods and Buddhas each got what they needed. Buddhism sought the protection of Bishamonten, while the new Shintoism focused on the authority of the secular world. The two sides happily reached unity.
As for Yiyin’s descendants, we don’t know whether General Spo will turn his back and pursue a higher level of divine power in the future.
But just at this moment, the main schools of Buddhism in the island country have bowed at the feet of Yoshigan, the living god who descended from Bishamonten, and regard him as the protector of Buddhism, and do not dare to taint his secular power.
The gods and Buddhas reached a consensus, and Yiyin breathed a sigh of relief. He was able to return to his own mountain city of Duowen in peace, without having to worry about the conflict between gods and Buddhas, which would cause turmoil in various places under Sibo's command.
Yoshigan was looking back at Fushimi Castle, meditating on the reconciliation of the sects, but he didn't notice that Naomasa Ii next to him looked nervous and hesitated to speak.
At this moment, Tachibana rode his horse past Ii Naomasa and approached Yoshigan.
Amidst the snoring of the war horses, Yoshigage came back to his senses, looked at Tachibana Kanade beside him, and asked.
"What's up?"
Lihua Zuo said with a cold expression, just like before.
"Takada Yukino-sama asked me to inform you that Takada Yukino, one of the descendants of the gods, is pregnant."
Yiyin was stunned and couldn't think straight for a while.
"Yukiono? Her broken body has long been unloved. Where did it come from..."
In the middle of speaking, Yoshigami stopped, his eyes slid from Tachibana Kanade's expressionless face to her belly, and his eyes widened.
"Are you...pregnant?"
Takada Yukino was not in good health, so she had already made an agreement with Lilu, Christina and other Nanman girls that their children would all be under the family name of Takada Yukino.
As Yukino's Shadow Warrior, Tachibana Kanade, everything she gets from Yoshigami belongs to Yukino, including Mi Qing and the child.
The samurai family of the island country has the most important bloodline. If they get the descendant of the saint, they will definitely not give it to Yukino.
Furthermore, the island nation is xenophobic, and even if a saint’s divine descendant is born to a Nanman woman, he will inevitably encounter difficulties in the future.
Therefore, Yukino and Nanman Girl actually each get what they need.
The Nanman girl's child had a decent birth, and Yukino fulfilled her wish to become a divine mother.
Yiyin didn't think that way at first, but when his mind changed, he naturally understood.
Yukino’s child, isn’t it the afterlife of Tachibana Kanade!
Ever since Yukino responded to the saint's request and lifted Tachibana Kanade's task restriction of speaking only, Yoshigami has been working hard on her.
The harder you work, the better it will come naturally.
Before Tachibana Kanou could reply, Ii Naomasa had a look of shock on his face, stepped forward on his horse, and lost his voice.
"Are you pregnant too?"
Yoshihiro looked at Ii Naomasa and said in shock.
"also?"
Naomasa Ii blushed and nodded.
"I just wanted to tell the saint...it was obviously me first...it happened in early autumn..."
Yiyin was surprised and happy.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Ii Naomasa lowered his head and said shyly.
"I've been so busy lately that I found out late."
Yoshigan looked at Naomasa Ii, who was blushing, and then looked at Kanade Tachibana, who was calm as usual, with mixed feelings in his heart.
Our fourteenth and fifteenth family are here now? From now on, they will be the Shiba Goddess’s fifteenth family?