different warring states of japan

Chapter 2048: New Shintoism Restarts

If Takada Yono wanted to run Shintoism well, he had to rely on the Four Mantras, educate the masses, increase propaganda, arm the struggle, and form a united front.

Buddhism is corrupt, and all the famous sects only know how to kowtow to the powerful. The emerging forces with backbone, such as the Ikko sect and the Nichiren sect, have been broken up.

Takada Haruno disdains to learn the gloomy ways of Buddhism. She has lived in Sakai Port for a long time and is very interested in the missionary methods of Nanmanism.

Build churches, provide free medical treatment and meals, charitable education, and mutual assistance among church members.

Compared to the Buddhist sects that squeeze people’s bones and marrow, hold lavish ceremonies, and desperately collect donations, the Nanman Sect seems to be much more greedy.

Although they also accepted donations from believers, at least they knew how to give money out. Coupled with the huge profits from the trade with the southern barbarians, it was enough to support a viable charity system.

The island Buddhism of this era had not suffered too much, and did not have the kind-hearted appearance it would have in the future. Instead, its behavior was very ugly, and it survived purely by relying on the monopoly of one dominant company.

If the Southern Barbarian Religion did not have a barbarian face, it would not have been able to intervene too deeply in this closed and united island nation. Based on the corrupt practices of Buddhism in the island nation at that time, it would have been beaten to a pulp by the Southern Barbarian Religion.

Takata Yono has the advantage of being a local vassal and has the official support of Sōma. He has enough power politically and economically, and the threat he poses to Buddhism is by no means comparable to that of the Nanman religion.

It is not impossible for the new Shintoism to cross the river by following the Nanmanism and defeat the various Buddhist sects.

In addition, Takada Haruno had to go deep into the grassroots to educate the masses before the Buddhist sects could react, so that the grassroots people could understand the greatness of the saint and truly convert to the saint's Shinto.

There is a huge difference between the guardian deity of the samurai family and the guardian deity of Buddhism. We must increase publicity efforts, not only for the samurai family, but also for everyone.

Learn from the practices of Nanman religion to establish a grassroots relief system, and start free medical consultations, free meals and free schools for the new Shinto religion.

It is not enough to just spend money. If the Buddhist sect cannot defeat you, it will physically destroy you.

The decline of the Nichiren sect was caused by the Tentai sect falling out with them and going down the mountain to kill people, destroy temples and burn gates.

Master Shan, Master Nara and so on, they are all religious armed forces maintained by Buddhist sects. They are not maintained for nothing, and if they really want to take action, they will never hesitate.

Therefore, Takata Haruno had to form his own religious armed forces and persist in armed struggle.

With Mibu Wolf as the backbone, a divine guard was established to protect shrines in various places. This group of ruthless butchers are not comparable to the increasingly weak Buddhist armed forces. It is enough to educate them on how to behave.

And finally, there is the united front.

Buddhist sects have been developing in the island nation for thousands of years, but have long been divided internally. There are clear distinctions between the six Nando sects, the two Heian sects, the three Zen sects, and other sects, and the conflicts between the sects are deepening.

Among them, the Tendai sect, one of the two Heian sects, gave birth to new sects such as the Nichiren sect, the Jodo sect, and the Ikko sect, which have always been unwilling to submit to the corrupt old sects.

The Rinzai sect, one of the three Zen sects, was won over by two generations of shogunate, which established the Kamakura Gozan and the Kyoto Gozan successively, splitting Buddhist sects again and again.

To this day, the various Buddhist sects have some consensus except on the fundamental interest of rejecting the Southern Barbarian Religion. Otherwise, they just talk to themselves and cannot talk to each other at all.

New Shintoism can fully utilize the fragmentation of Buddhist sects to find its own allies, unite a group to fight one, form a united front, weaken Buddhist sects and strengthen its own power.

Looking at the four leaders who vowed to support Shintoism, Takada Haruno smiled, and the pride in his heart was about to burst out.

She wanted to let everyone in the world know that even if she never did business again, she would be good at teaching and would still amaze everyone. Just wait and see. Takada Haruno was ambitious and wanted to restore the glory of Shintoism and achieve the unique political status of the Takada family in the world of Shiba. Monopolizing faith was much more noble than monopolizing business.

The four leaders of the magistrate present were not unaware of Takada Haruno's intention, but since they were eating the food of the Sasaki family, they had to learn to share the worries of the Sasaki family.

Don’t talk nonsense about the preciousness of talent. There are plenty of talents in the island country with a population of tens of millions, but it is difficult to find a mentor, so you have to seize the opportunity with all your strength.

Those who can climb to their position are elites with strong execution ability, and naturally know what is more important.

They were eager to show up to share the king's worries, and as for Takada Haruno's plan, it was just a stepping stone for them to climb up.

Everyone uses each other and helps each other.

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In this spring when everything is flourishing, Takata Haruno gave birth to a Kirin girl, and the Takata family officially became a member of the Sasaki group.

The new Shinto plan, which had been stalled due to Takada Haruno's pregnancy, was restarted and swept the world at a faster pace.

At this time in Tamonyama Castle, Yoshikin Sasaki was sitting at the center, watching the Tongxin Secretariat headed by Naomasa Ii constantly issuing announcements of reforms and innovations, waiting for the reactions of the various forces under Sasaki's command.

In the early stages of reform and innovation, a large number of new systems were introduced to test the flexibility and then coordinate.

This is the political tactic of taking two steps forward and one step back. If you want to open a window in the house, you have to clamor to poke a hole in the roof first. Only in this way can you have room to maneuver and advance and retreat freely.

Date Masamune left Tamonyama Castle in early spring and took away the divine seed belonging to the Date family.

Yoshigane Sasaki knew how fragile a woman pregnant with a descendant of a god would be, so he intended to leave Date Masamune in Kinki to nurture the baby.

However, Date Masamune ignored the saint's repeated requests to stay and resolutely embarked on the journey back to Oshu.

She was pregnant with the divine seed, so the bumpy journey must have been extremely uncomfortable for her, but she was away from home for a whole winter, so who knew what kind of trouble would happen at home.

To be servile and subservient to the saints and to take whatever they want from them is a strategy to preserve one's own status and prolong one's power; it is not true weakness.

After getting what he wanted, Date Masamune no longer concealed his strong nature beneath his weak appearance and resolutely embarked on his return journey.

With the offspring of God in her belly, her position will be as solid as a rock. No matter how hard it is, she will go back and seek to further consolidate her power.

Power is to her like water is to fish, air is to people. Without power, she will slowly suffocate and die.

And Yoshigane Sasaki couldn't help but smile bitterly as he looked at Masamune Date's resolute back as he left.

A girl named Lin fell from the sky, like a light cloud just emerging from a mountain. Unfortunately, in this world, girls are as hard as iron. Even if death is a matter of life and death, the love affairs of young girls can only be taken care of by a man like Yoshigane Sasaki.

Shortly after bidding farewell to Date Masamune, Akechi Mitsuhide came to Tamonyama Castle to meet the king. The reappearance of this poisonous scholar attracted countless suspicions.

Less than a year after Oda Nobunaga's death, Akechi Mitsuhide, who had been ordered to live in seclusion, made a comeback. It can be seen that the saint was really angry.

Reform and innovation are the general trend. Unless local military families are determined to rebel, they can only accept it and seek to maximize their own interests within the restrictions.