different warring states of japan

Chapter 696: Treasure Court abandons martial arts

The Echigo Kingdom was covered by heavy snow, and both the rebels and the counter-rebels were gearing up for a big fight when the snow stopped.

As far away as Yamato, the Nara Basin has a much warmer climate than the Kanto.But in Xingfu Temple Changjue's heart, this winter is bitterly cold.

At this time, she was in the main hall of Xingfu Temple, in the side room of Zhongjin Hall, talking about Dharma and scriptures with two Gaoni in the temple.

By the time the three finished speaking, it was nearly dusk.

Looking at the main hall, Changjue seemed to see the enshrined Sakyamuni smiling at her, and said with a heavy heart.

"Let's be here today."

The two Goni put their palms together and recited the Buddha's name to show their respect for the host.

One of them was a gray-haired old nun, tall and thick, with short hands and thighs, as tough as a warrior woman.But there is a simple and compassionate look in his eyes, which is in stark contrast to the bravery on his body.

She is the sub-institution of Xingfu Temple, Yinrong, the presiding officer of Baozangyuan.

Although the other person is dressed as a nun, she is naturally beautiful and hard to give up, with stretched eyebrows, young and pretty.

If there is a samurai from Kyoto here, he must be surprised that this person looks like Ashikaga Yoshiki, as if the same face was carved out of a mold.

It's just that Ashikaga Yoshiki has been practicing swords all the year round, and he has a strong and indomitable temper.But this nun is kind-hearted and bookish.

She is Jueqing, the presiding officer of Yichengyuan, and leads the gate of Yichengyuan.

Both of them are Gaoni of Xingfu Temple, second only to Changjue, the head of Xingfu Temple.

Baozangyuan is guarded by nuns in the temple, and Baozangyuan Yinrong created Baozangyuan's spear technique.In addition to the current spearmanship where the plain spear is the mainstream, she created the crusader spear genre, and she is a master of spearmanship.

The religious status of Ichijoin Jueqing is even higher, and she is one of the two temples of Kofukuji.

Since ancient times, Japan has paid attention to the order of dignity and order. Whether it was the emperor's court or the current samurai world, there are strict classes.

The samurai family has a guardian system, which evaluates the status of the family.The sect also has its own gate system, which stipulates the height of the temple.

Back then when the Nichiren Sect was strong, destroying the main courtyard of the Ichiko Sect several times was destroying its traces.

While the Nichiren Sect was fighting with the Ichiko Sect, the Tendai Sect was terrified and took the opportunity to destroy the Nichiren Sect's main courtyard in Kyoto, also to destroy the traces of her sect.

So far, the Nichiren sect lived in Shangcho, working with craftsmen and merchants.Even if the power is not bad, but the temple status is inferior to others, and it cannot be ranked among the first-line sects such as Tiantai Sect, Shingon Sect, and Yixiang Sect.

Honnoji Nichigen went to beg Oda Nobunaga, and was aroused by her few words, the Buddha's heart was lost, King Kong's angry eyes were dragged into the water, and he was also aggrieved in this regard.

Xingfuji Temple originally belonged to Hosho School, but now it is merged into Shingon School.It is said that the two Buddhisms merged, but in fact, the Fa Xiangzong has been doing too badly in recent years, and sooner or later no one will help.

He simply took advantage of his old background and moved closer to the Shingon sect in exchange for an undying incense, in order to follow up.

But Shingon Sect was happy to win Hoxiang Sect and Xingfu Temple, but there were two problems to be solved.

First, Hoshozong Xingfu Temple let go of secular power and handed it over to the management of the Yamato four families of the nun samurai family.

Shingon sect took over Xingfu Temple, how to deal with the relationship with these nuns and samurai is quite a headache.

After several generations of patriarchs, the Tsutsui family became the biggest threat to Kofukuji.

Second, in terms of religion, Kofuku-ji Temple has two gates, Mahayana-in Temple and Yijo-in Temple.

Sects are fairly restrained towards secular power, but towards their religious counterparts, they are ruthless and there is no room for compromise.

The gate of the Mahayana-in Temple was occupied by generations of Kofuku-ji masters dispatched by the Shingon sect, while the gate of the Ichijo-in Temple was the focus of disputes throughout the ages.

Changjue glanced at the immature Yichengyuan Jueqing. This person's success in inheriting the Yichengyuan's legacy is also a favor of the religious forces to the secular forces.

At the beginning, when the news of Jueqing's succession to the Ichijo-in Temple spread to Kyoto, Odaisho was very happy for a long time.

Jueqing's life experience is a secret of the Shingon sect's high-level officials, and only a few high-level officials know about it.

Even she herself thought that her Buddhist practice was valued by her master, so after her death, she inherited the mantle and the legacy of Yichengyuan.

In fact, in this island country with a strict hierarchy.Even if religion escapes the outside world, it cannot escape the fate that dragon begets dragon, phoenix begets phoenix, and the son of mouse comes to make a hole.

Master Changjue sighed, Baozangyuan Yinrong remained calm, and the young Jueqing asked impatiently.

"Why does the seat lord sigh?"

Changjue said.

"I got the news this morning.

The Tsutsui family joined forces with the Hashio family and the Toichi family to exterminate the Ochi family on the grounds that they did not respect Buddha. "

"what?"

Jueqing turned pale with shock, but Yinrong remained silent.

The Tsutsui family, the Ochi family, the Hashio family, and the Toichi family are collectively known as the Four Yamato families, and they are the leading nuns and samurai families.

In recent years, the Tsutsui family has dominated the family, making Kofukuji feel like a thorn in his back.Taking advantage of the Battle of Yamato, Master Changjue teamed up with Shiba Yoshigin to severely suppress Tsutsui Family Governor Shunqing.

After that, Changjue has been smooth sailing.Divide up and win over the other three, suppress Tsutsui Junkei, and feel complacent.

But there are secular ways of playing in the world, and she only gained the upper hand through Tsutsui Junkei's fear of Shiba Yoshigin not to resist.

But since Shiba Yoshigin went to Kanto, and Tsutsui Junkei joined the Shiba family's diplomatic service, Akechi Mitsuhide, all this has changed.

Changjue didn't even know when Tsutsui Junkei brought the Hashio family and the Toichi family together.

With lightning speed, they slaughtered the Ochi family who followed Nagajue closely, intending to make a comeback, and Nagajue was caught off guard.

Jueqing was young and didn't know the inside story, so he was still muttering.

"How could they use the name of Buddha to harm their fellow disciples?"

Yinrong at the side glanced at her with a little contempt.This kid came to power too early, too naive.

Of the four Yamato families, the most powerful are the Tsutsui family and the Ochi family.When the Shingon sect came to Kofukuji, the Ochi family was arrogant, and the Tsutsui family knelt and licked.

As a result, the first-generation seat master was overlooked.Reusing the Tsutsui family and suppressing the Ochi family led to the dominance of the Tsutsui family.

The next few generations of seat lords were unable to turn the situation back, but fortunately with Shiba Yoshiyin, this generation of seat lords had a chance to set things right.

But Chang felt that this person's Dharma was profound, but his understanding of secular politics was too shallow.

She gave Shiba Yoshiyin Peking University and Shiwanshi, thinking that she could check and balance the Tsutsui family, but she didn't know that she had completely offended Yamato's nun samurai group.

Sects are far less concerned about land than nuns and warriors. If there are believers, there will be new offerings and dedicated land.

But for the nun and samurai family, they have ruled Yamato for hundreds of years, and the land has long been their taboo, and what Changjue gave away was their flesh and blood.

The Ochi family comes from Yamato Genji, a famous family for hundreds of years.When everyone couldn't beat Shiba Yoshin, and Chang Juexu and the snake, they sincerely took refuge in Xingfu Temple.

This is blatant betrayal!

Therefore, Yoshigin Shiba left, Mitsuhide Akechi remained silent, and Ochi's family was directly wiped out by the nuns and samurai family.

We can't beat the Shiba family, can't we deal with you, the traitor Ochi family?
Changjue sighed, Jueqing turned pale with shock, but Yinrong's heart was cold.

If you don't understand politics, don't touch secular rebels. No matter how vicious Tsutsui Junkei is, she has no ambitions for religious power.

Because she doesn't understand and knows she can't get it.

But Changjue insisted that he wanted Xingfu Temple to return to the era when the Yamato family knelt and licked the temple, which was his own death.

If one day the orthodox lineage of Xingfu Temple is cut off, Changjue will be the sinner of the Shingon sect and Faxiang sect!

Yinrong sighed and said.

"Starting today, Baozangyuan will discard all weapons in the courtyard. From then on, we will not talk about martial arts but only about Buddhism.

Nuns should recite scriptures carefully, and outsiders should not participate in secular disputes. "

After speaking, she walked away.Behind Changjue's face was ashen, and the Buddha's heart was lost.

(End of this chapter)