Currently, the Tian Toshi family is pondering over Oda Nobunaga's ideas. At the Qingsu Castle Castle Tower, the Lord of Owari is meeting with several big businessmen of Owari.
Oda Nobunaga looked at the nuns in front of him with great interest, and glanced coldly at several big businessmen around him, causing them to sit down one after another.
"Really sorry!"
Oda Nobunaga sneered.
"Since my place has become a temple fair, you can come in if you want.
I give you face, but you don’t want it yourself. Don’t blame me for being ruthless in the future.”
Owari is a major grain-producing country, and so is Nobunaga's target, Mino.
The two countries equally share the Nobi Plain, guard Higashiyama Road and Tokaido in the east, and peek out at Omi in the west. Ise Ryogoku is the most fertile area in the surrounding areas in recent years.
However, everything has its pros and cons, and Nongwei Plain also has its shortcomings.
In a place that is too wealthy, the Wu family lacks the motivation to expand externally, and the military is not strong enough.
In addition, the rich Nobi Plain lacks mineral resources. If you want military supplies, you have to export food or develop logistics trade routes to become a part of Tokaido's trade.
Oda Nobunaga knew in her heart that if she captured the entire Nobi Plain, there would be enough food and enough people for her to deal with, but this was far from enough.
The inertia of the samurai family in the guardianship system has begun to affect the genealogical retainers who unified Owari.
After taking Mino, these little wealthy Owari samurai seeking peace will definitely become even more slack.
She must carry out reforms now to increase her strength and swallow up Meinong, or continue to force them forward.
Reform the military system to enhance the military's strength. Reform business to enhance military reserves.
On the one hand, we started by revising the Shiba Ashigaru Code to provide a channel for the Ashigaru to rise and further stimulate their combat power.
On the other hand, we win over merchants, dismantle checkpoints in various places, cancel gatherings in castle towns, reduce the tax burden and procedures for merchants, and stimulate their motivation to do business in Owari.
But she never expected that these businessmen would be so bold as to bring nuns in during her meeting to win over the businessmen.
The anger in her heart was overwhelming, but the smile on her face remained unchanged, but her eyes were cold and her murderous intent fluctuated.
Prepare to pick out a chicken and kill it, lest these merchants take advantage of it and forget their identity.
The nun looked calm, kowtowed to the ground, and saluted Oda Nobunaga.
"Honnoji Higen, I have met His Highness Oda. Please don't blame them, Your Highness. They are all here because of my entreaty.
If you want to vent your anger, order me to be beheaded, and I am willing to take the blame."
Oda Nobunaga's pupils shrank, this nun did have some background.
"Are you the abbot of Honnoji Temple of this generation?"
"That's right."
Oda Nobunaga leaned back and lay on her side on the pillow. She suddenly no longer wanted to scare the monkeys. These merchants brought her a huge deal.
It is the tradition of Nichiren Lotus Buddhism to use the Japanese character for the Buddhist title.
At the beginning, the first master, Nichiren, designated six disciples, namely Rizhao, Richiro, Richiko, Hinata, Richiden, and Richichi, as his disciples.
Later generations called them the Six Lao Ni, and they were the messengers of the development and growth of the Nichiren Sect.
The teachings of the Nichiren sect and the Ichijo sect are very similar. They both can become a Buddha by chanting just one sentence, and they compete for the lower class believers who lack cultural literacy.
In the Nichiren sect, there is a line of Namo Myoho Renge Sutra, and in the Ichigo sect, it is a line of Namo Amitabha.
It’s just that the Nichiren Sect is arrogant and strictly abides by what they don’t receive, that is, they don’t accept offerings from non-believers, and they don’t teach the teachings to non-believers.
And Yixiang Zong is even more shameless. As long as you want it, even if you believe in me, I will make you a Buddha.
Because the teachings were simple and they all preached at the grassroots level, the two sects had a fierce conflict. The original headquarters of the Ichigo sect in Echizen was burned down by the Nichiren sect.
At that time, the Ichiko sect was being suppressed by the Nichiren sect. Who knew that the leader of the Lotus Sutra sects, the Tendai sect, saw that the Nichiren Hokke sect was growing stronger and decided to take the initiative to gain strength.
The massacre of the Nichiren sect's temple in Kyoto caused the Nichiren sect's vitality to be severely weakened. However, the Ichigo sect regained its breath and became enlarged.
This Fahua Rebellion made it impossible for the Tiantai Sect to call itself the Fahua Sect, and henceforth it was called the Tiantai Sect.
After this disaster, the Nichiren sect changed its style and spread its missionary missions, mostly attracting industrial and commercial believers in castle towns, and became its own style.
Honnoji Temple is the headquarters of the Nichiren Sect's most mainstream Nichitaka sect. It was established in Kyoto by Nichitaka Shonin during the reign of the Ninth Dynasty Shogun.
As a symbol of Nichiren Sect's return to Kyoto, Honnōji Temple has a very high status within Nichiren Sect.
This Honnōji Nichigen is the leader of this generation of Honnōji.
For Oda Nobunaga, who coveted industrial and commercial interests, this was a sleepy pillow.
Although I don’t know why the Nichiren Sect came to find me, I will definitely benefit from it.
Oda Nobunaga smiled slightly and said softly.
"Master Rixuan is here. What advice do you have?"
Master Ri Xuan's eyes suddenly turned red, he burst into tears, and he fell to the ground and begged for help.
"I beg Oda-dono to save my followers of the Nichiren Sect."
Higen came to Owari out of necessity.
Although the Nichiren sect and the Ichiko sect competed for lower-level believers, after the great chaos, the Nichiren sect changed its direction.
Businesses and craftsmen were mainly developed in the castle towns, avoiding the villages where clan clans mainly developed.
The two sects have lived in peace and harmony for these decades. Who would have thought that after Honganji came to power, it would take action against the Nichiren Sect again.
At this time, the two factions were no longer evenly matched as before, and even the Nichiren Sect had the upper hand.
The Yixiang Sect developed rapidly after the reform of the Eighth Dynasty Dharma Master. It attracted the lower-level Ji warriors to launch the Yixiang Yikui, and quickly established a huge force.
The merchants and craftsmen developed by the Nichiren Sect are not the main force of the army. Even if the financial and material resources are not weak, they are not opponents of the Ichigo Sect's armed forces.
The Ichigo clan is the most powerful in places such as Settsu, Omi, Ise, Kaga, and Mikawa.
These places are also business road hubs, with many harbor towns and cities, and are also places where Nichiren sect believers gather.
This rebellion would cost the life of the Nichiren sect. The various branches of the Nichiren sect that had been divided for many years could not help but seek help from the powerful force within the sect in Kyoto, the Nichiren sect.
The main figure of the Nichiryu sect, the head of Honnōji Temple, Nichigen, was worried about the danger of the collapse of the Nichiren sect and turned his hair gray.
The Yixiang sect has grown so big that neither the two major forces of the sect, the Tendai sect and the Shingon sect, nor the secular shoguns and local martial arts families are willing to conflict with it.
When Honnoji Nichigen looked up, she couldn't find a force that could protect her followers in the past few years. She had to look outside the territory.
The two commercial routes, Hokuriku Expressway and Tokaido, are prosperous in logistics and are the best places for industrial and commercial people to settle.
However, the Echizen Asakura family took action against Ichikou Sodai and were expelling the Buddhist forces.
The Wu family is so jealous that it doesn't matter which sect you belong to, nuns are not good people anyway, so grab them all and kill them all first.
As a last resort, Honnoji Nichigen had no choice but to come to Tokaido to seek a chance.
The first person she found was Oda Nobunaga, who had just unified Owari Country and was growing in power.
Oda Nobunaga saw her crying while explaining the tragedy of the Nichiren Sect, his expression did not change, and he even became impatient after hearing too much.
Honnōji Nichigen gradually stopped speaking and looked at Oda Nobunaga.
I saw her looking coldly at the crying nun and saying.
"I deliberately ordered the music hall to be held in the city hall. Whether the Nichiren sect members can come or not."
Ri Xuan nodded fiercely.
"Come!"
"I heard that Nichiren Sect believers have many skilled craftsmen. Are there any of your followers working in the cannon workshop in Kii Country?"
Ri Xuan was stunned and answered.
"There are indeed believers, but they are protected by the Kii people, and the Ichigo clan will not persecute them."
Oda Nobunaga glanced at her and said coldly.
"I want to build an iron cannon workshop in Owari. I will provide the grain and copper coins, and I will provide the peasants and soldiers to build the workshop. The Nichiren sect members just do their work, and the reward will never be short of you and so on.
As long as you can get the iron cannon craftsmanship, I will join the Nichiren Sect and fight with you against the Ichigo Sect."
Ri Xuan was shocked all over.
"What your Highness said is true."
"If there is any untruth, heaven and earth will destroy you."
Oda Nobunaga almost went crazy thinking about iron cannons.
The iron cannon is so good that it only takes one month of training for the Ashigaru to go into battle.
Although he is not as brave as Samurai Hime, as long as he can shoot and kill, he will not feel bad if he dies.
Are you still afraid of death in troubled times? Owari Mino is full of people!
Oda Nobunaga's eyes were blazing with wildfire. As long as she perfected the Oda family's ashigaru method and equipped with iron cannons and spears, she would have the confidence to compete with the world's heroes.
But iron cannons also have disadvantages, they are too expensive.
The iron cannon is a craft that Tanegashima acquired from the Nanman with men. Each iron cannon has a hundred sticks.
Later, merchants from Sakai Port stole the craftsmanship and handed it over to Kii people for casting. The two parties cooperated to make money, and one of them fell to more than 30 gold.
But more than thirty guans are too expensive. The lower-level Ji warriors can only serve about 15 guans a year to serve as officials. One iron cannon is worth the hard work of two Ji warriors for a year.
Moreover, iron cannons also need to be equipped with gunpowder, projectiles, and match ropes. These are all consumables and most people cannot afford them.
Nowadays, except for the Neraizhong and Zaigazhong of Kii Country, other forces are unable to establish an organized iron cannon group.
Oda Nobunaga has long been coveted for the craftsmanship of iron cannons, as long as the Nichiren sect is devoted to her.
She is willing to let businessmen pay her taxes, let craftsmen make armaments for her, and steal iron cannon crafts to serve the Oda family's great cause.
She, Oda Nobunaga, is willing to believe in Nichiren Buddhism!
Not to mention beheading a few nuns of the Ichigo sect, even if we burn Mount Hiei, the headquarters of the Tendai sect, to avenge the Nichiren sect, there is no problem!