different warring states of japan

Chapter 1822: Returning principles to their origins
Yoshigan rested in Ueno Castle for two days and felt that he could no longer rest.

Maeda Toshiie and Maeda Yoshie are both warriors with strong martial arts skills. They are wolves in front and tigers in the back, fighting one after another. No matter how hard Yoshigan is, he can't withstand their torment like this.

Although Yiyin's male figure is much stronger than the female figure, there is still a clear gap between him and Samurai Ji. Even with the permanent 16-year-old halo protecting his body, he feels like he can't stand it any longer.

Yoshigan hesitated to stop for a day and let himself rest, but Maeda was very interested in it. Yoshigan wanted to say that he couldn't do it, but he couldn't say it.

A man’s boring self-esteem.

Fortunately, Yiyin didn't need to speak on his own. On the third day, someone came to see the saint, which made him feel relieved.

The person coming was none other than Otani Yoshitsugi. Her territory was in Minami-Iga. She was also a close ally of Maeda's interests and her deputy in the army.

Of course Maeda wanted to inform her about the saint's return, and she quickly came to see him.

Maeda Yoshitsugi, Ohtani Yoshitsugi, and Toudo Takatora were all closely related to Yoshigan. After the restoration of the Shiba family, the three girls formed a party, with Maeda Yoshitsugi as the leader and taking care of each other.

Unwilling to be lonely, Takatora Fujido left the Shiba family after his mother's death and climbed up another branch.

I originally thought that I was like a dragon that entered the sea and traveled across the world from then on, but who knew that I had gone through many ups and downs and changed my owner several times. Now I am living with Hideyoshi Hashiba's sister Hideyoshi Hashiba, and I am living in a very unsatisfactory life.

Hideyoshi Hideyoshi wanted to abandon the Kita-Omi family and go to the West to develop again. Todo Takatora's family was all in Omi, and his reputation was not good. It would be wrong to follow the Hashiba family, and it would be wrong not to leave.

On the other hand, Otani Yoshitsugi doesn't have so much fuss, and he doesn't compete for the limelight or benefits these years.

Although she seems low-key, she is a powerful helper for Maeda's interests. Her position in Kinki Shiba is as stable as a mountain, and Yoshigan also praises her character and demeanor.

As soon as Otani Yoshitsugi arrived, Maeda had to give this old guy some face. He could not continue to indulge in male sex, focusing on sex over friends.

So a small tea party was held for the saint and Otani Yoshitsugi to taste it. At the tea party, Maeda also invited an unexpected guest of Yoshihiro, Lin Nosugatsu.

Several people at the tea party watched the tea man's performance. Yiyin glanced at Lin Xinsheng, who was sitting at the bottom. Unexpectedly, she had a relationship with Maeda Benefit.

You must know that Lin Nobukatsu was a Confucian scholar recommended to Yoshinobu by Akechi Mitsuhide. Akechi Mitsuhide and Maeda's interests had always been at odds with each other and they looked down upon each other.

Yiyin only knows one, but does not know the other.

Maeda was at odds with Akechi Mitsuhide, but Maeda was a well-known cultural person. Although she was the general of Kinki and held military power, she actually had a higher reputation in the cultural circle.

Whether it is the Rinzai sect of the Tendai sect in Kyoto or the Shingon sect of Mount Koya, many Koni are willing to associate with Maeda for their own benefit.

This important minister of the Shiba family is one of the few intellectuals among the high-level martial arts family who truly understands culture.

Since the Emperor was uprooted by the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and Shintoism was destroyed, half of the island country's cultural circle has been cut off.

After the demise of Shintoism, the culture of the island country can only be dominated by Buddhist sects, and most of the literati have a Buddhist background.

Although Lin Xinsheng was a disciple of Confucianism, she also had a deep relationship with Buddhism. Akechi Mitsuhide recommended her to meet the saint at the temple.

Lin Xinsheng once prepared a political line for the Yi Bank after the world was pacified, but the Yi Bank rejected the emperor's path.

Because Yiyin wanted to make the island country follow the Chinese Empire and was only willing to follow the route of the Japanese king who was subordinate to the Chinese Empire.

Although Lin Xinsheng made a miscalculation when he first appeared, Yiyin still respected him and recruited Lin Xinsheng as a professor of Confucianism in the Sibo family. He was paid a lot of money and participated in the construction of the Sibo family's laws.

Yiyin gave him face, but Lin Xinsheng secretly regretted it.

In Lin Xinsheng's view, what she needs is not a personal job, but Confucianism to take root and develop in the island country.

After learning from the painful experience, Lin Xinsheng began to reconsider his ideas, thinking about how to impress the saints and pave the way for the prosperity of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in the island country.

In the past two years, Lin Xinsheng carefully pondered the Holy Heart's will and weaved a set of rhetoric, and then decided to take action again and find an opportunity to meet the saint again.

Lin Xinsheng was a well-known cultural figure, and he was one of his own who ate Shiba's Lumi. Maeda was interested in being close to intellectuals, and Lin Xinsheng was determined to sell well, so the relationship between the two was naturally good.

Leaving aside the recommender Akechi Mitsuhide, Lin Xinsheng's own cultural heritage, magnanimity and insight also impressed Maeda.

Therefore, Maeda's interests gave her this opportunity. When she knew that the saint was coming to Iga country, she sent someone to notify Lin Xinsheng.

After Lin Xinsheng received the invitation, he naturally hurried over and finally caught up with the tea party.

Seeing the sage who was radiant and elegant on the throne, she secretly made up her mind that she must impress the saint's heart today, carry on the unique learning for the saint, and let Confucianism flourish in the island country.

The tea man finished his performance, offered tea and left.

Yi Gin was grinding the tea soup in his hands and chatting with Otani Yoshitsugi in warm words. The monarch and his minister had not seen each other for a long time, and now they were reminiscing about the past together. It was a real pleasure.

On the Kinki side, the retainers who gave Yoshigami the most peace of mind were Nizi Katsuhisa and Otani Yoshitsugi.

Kinki Shiba Territory was the first territory established by Yoshigan, and the important ministers who followed him had a deep friendship. Except for guys like Toudo Takatora who ran away inexplicably, they basically followed the Shiba family's chickens and dogs to heaven.

Just because the time was early and the friendship was strong, most of the important ministers maintained a deep relationship with Yiyin that went beyond the friendship between monarch and minister.

But those who really strictly abide by their duties as kings and ministers and do not dare to overstep their bounds are Nizi Katsuhisa and Otani Yoshitsugi.

Nizi Katsuhisa was made a little nauseous by the fact that Yamazaka Yukimori had an affair with the sage, and the concubines were fighting openly and secretly for the sage, so he had been strictly abiding by his duties over the years.

The reason for Otani Yoshitsugi was simpler. She had a skin disease, and pus was constantly forming on her face and body. She wrapped herself tightly all day long, and she had long since given up on the possibility of coveting the saint's beauty.

She was just a member of the Minami Omi family, and her family business had declined in her early years. The Otani family was already content with being where they were today, and had no extra thoughts.

Even though Maeda has many shortcomings, she is qualified as the leading eldest sister, and her acting style is to protect her shortcomings. Yoshitsugi Otani follows her in a low-key manner, and her life is smooth, and she reaps a lot of benefits.

At this moment, Yiyin and Otani Yoshitsugi were chatting and laughing happily, and even Maeda's interests were ignored, let alone Lin Xinsheng who was accompanying them.

Lin Xinsheng spent more than a few years studying the thoughts of saints, hoping to become a blockbuster in the future.

Now that the saint is right in front of him, but he turns a blind eye to him, he is suddenly very anxious.

She didn't know how long she would have to wait for her next opportunity and how big the variables would be.

Gritting his teeth, stamping his feet, and shaking his head, Lin Xinsheng simply put down the tea soup, covered his face and cried.

Her cry immediately attracted the attention of the three concubines present.

As the host of the tea party, Maeda couldn't care less about his interests and asked.

"Mr. Lin, did I fail to take good care of you? You are..."

Lin Xinsheng wiped away a few non-existent tears and bowed deeply.

"No, no, Maeda-sama has good etiquette. I am very grateful to Nobukatsu for having the honor of attending your tea party."

Maeda benefit smiled.

"Then why are you crying?"

Lin Xinsheng sighed.

"Seeing the saint and Mr. Otani getting along well with each other and reminiscing about the past together, I was filled with emotion. I lost my temper and begged the saint to punish me."

Yiyin waved his hand and said.

"Today is a tea party invited by interests, not a council meeting. We are only talking about personal friendships and not about dignity. How can we talk about convicts? Mr. Lin can't control himself, and I won't take it to heart."

Lin Xinsheng kowtowed to the ground and choked with sobs.

"After hundreds of years of troubled times, a saint finally came to this world, with benevolence and righteousness as his foundation and compassion as his heart. This is truly the great blessing of the world!

It's a pity, it's a pity. .well. . "

Maeda Yoshiki narrowed his eyes.

She wanted to give Lin Xinsheng a chance to perform, but Lin Xinsheng's scaremongering of the Confucian scholar's advice was really inherited from the predecessors of the Celestial Dynasty. This was too disrespectful.

Just as Maeda Yoshida was about to reprimand him, he was stopped by Yoshigan.

When Yiyin saw Lin Xinsheng present today, he knew that this Confucian scholar had another trick up his sleeve, so he deliberately ignored the temptation.

Unexpectedly, this Confucian scholar was so anxious that he even resorted to the rhetoric of "not surprising" and "dying to death", which made him laugh and cry for a moment.

The culture of the island country absorbed a lot of nutrients from the Celestial Dynasty and formed its own characteristics. However, Confucianism was not adapted to the local environment and was far less developed than Buddhism in the island country.

Therefore, although Yiyin gave Lin Xinsheng the honor of Spo's Confucian professor and allowed her to participate in the construction of the law, in fact it did not pay much attention to it.

Compared with the ability of Buddhist sects to operate at the top of the Wu family and the breadth of beliefs at the grassroots level, Confucianism really has no capital chips to discuss political transactions with Yiyin.

In other words, there is no buying value.

But even so, Yiyin will not stop others' mouths. It is one thing to use Confucian scholars or not, but it is another thing to show one's benevolence and generosity.

Yi Yin asked with a smile.

"What a pity?"

Lin Xinsheng first bowed to Maeda and expressed his apology.

She took advantage of Maeda's interests to seek favors and behave well. This was to gain the reputation of Maeda's interests. For the sake of the long-term plan in the future, she must be careful to repair it.

Then, Lin Xinsheng took a deep breath and said to the saint.

"My subordinates are fed up with the emperor's salary and dare not eat at the corpse. In the past few years, in addition to studying the law, I have also been paying attention to current affairs and worrying about the emperor.

The minister observed that the saint's benevolent government in Guandong was as sage as the benevolent monarchs of ancient times, and he was amazed.

The Wujia Yili Promotion Association's charity work for Kanto is truly benevolent, righteous, compassionate and compassionate.It's a pity that everyone is a small self and no one is a big self, which eventually leads to chaos.

I cry for the saint. The saint looks toward the sun and the moon with all his heart, but the people below him shine into the ditch.

The evil deeds of the concubines are all on display.

The minister is thinking, in the beginning, people were kind-hearted, and the Kanto martial arts family was once noble. Why did they sink into such embarrassment in troubled times?

So I turned over the old books and read all the allusions, and finally gained some insights, which I would like to offer to the saint! "

Yiyin rubbed his temples.

To say that this Lin Xinsheng chicken thief is a real chicken thief, she is from Kinki, but she does not use the Kinki samurai family as an example, but talks about the distant Kanto samurai family.

Since ancient times, Kansai and Kanto have looked down upon each other. No matter how bad she said to the Kanto people in Kansai, the Kinki samurai family would still laugh and applaud her.

But is the disdain in her mouth really just directed at the Kanto warrior family?If this boomerang doesn't hit him, the Kinki samurai family really doesn't mind watching the excitement.

On the other hand, Lin Xinsheng has grasped the pain point in Yiyin's heart.

Yiyin asked himself whether he was worthy of the Guan Bazhou Wu family. Over the years, he had given him a lot of money and food, and showed more kindness. However, those unfamiliar white-eyed wolves kept tossing and messing around with their own benevolence.

The Wu family values ​​etiquette and talks about justice, but deep down they are only interested in profit, and there is nothing they can do about it.

Lin Xinsheng said that Yiyin worked hard, Yiyin liked to hear this, and Guiyin loved to hear it, but the most important thing is to find a solution to share your worries.

How did Confucianism crowd out Huang Lao's teachings in the Celestial Dynasty and become the traditional Chinese culture favored by emperors? Is it really based on the words benevolence and righteousness?
No, Confucian scholars used the theory of divine right of kings to impress the emperor and obtain the status of the state religion.

Today, Yiyin wanted to see if Lin Xinsheng could satisfy him and make him fall in love with Confucianism.

He bowed slightly and said.

"Please enlighten me, sir."

Lin Xinsheng suppressed the excitement in his heart, and after returning the gift, he said solemnly.

"Confucius said to achieve benevolence, Meng said to obtain righteousness.

Although the principles of the martial arts of the island country are derived from Confucianism, their meanings are quite different.

The word "righteousness" comes from the Book of Rites, and "righteousness" is also the text of etiquette.

Confucianism often says that subtle words and great meanings are used in the Spring and Autumn Period. Good and evil have their own historical evidence, so they sacrifice their lives for justice and leave them for future generations to comment on.

But the principles of the Wu family are not like this.

The principles of the samurai family began with sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty. The Emperor's court sent emissaries to the Tang Dynasty twelve times and brought back countless classics.

However, the emperor's court at that time valued Buddhism over Confucianism, and most of the Confucian classics were passed down from generation to generation by Buddhist disciples. There were many ambiguities, and the theory of principle was distorted because of this. It only talked about responsibility, but it was by no means a great righteousness.

The Wu family's moral principles have inherited this view, and to this day, they still only care about their own family's welfare and do not know the justice of the country, which is disappointing. "

Yiyin asked thoughtfully.

"Sir, do you mean to reform the martial arts principles?"

Lin Xinsheng shook his head.

"It's not about transformation, it's about tracing back to the roots."

Yiyin touched his chin, it was interesting.

Lin Xinsheng knew very well the background of the Wu family's moral principles. She took it out of context and removed the first half of the "loyalty and faith" section of "loyalty and faith" mentioned in the Book of Rites, and only talked about the origin of the moral principles.

This is opportunistic, but it plays into Yi Yin's hands.

The martial arts principles were originally the signature of Yiyin's career, and many of his behaviors were bound within this code, which led many martial artists to use the martial arts principles to restrict Yiyin.

This is disgusting. Giri is like a stick without an owner, anyone can pick it up and hit others.

But if this stick is made into an exclusive tool that only Yiyin can use, then others will only get beaten.

Moral transformation. .No, returning to the basics may be a good way to draw out the firepower.

Yoshigan is the embodiment of giri, and his acting style cannot deviate from the scope of giri.

But if the power of interpretation of giri lies in the hands of Yi Yin, he can completely create an interpretation of giri that is beneficial to himself, which would be great.

It's like a certain chosen country controls the right to interpret the Mingzhu. So, do others have the final say as to whether they are the real Mingzhu?
(End of this chapter)