Are the thoughts of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Uesugi Teruatoru as upright as Uesugi Teruatora says?
I'm afraid not necessarily.
Those in power are also human beings and have their own desires, but they can hide their desires in the common interests of everyone.
She is selfless, she is public, how can she be selfish?
Everyone belongs to the public, and their physical and psychological needs will naturally be decorated with dignity.
As long as Uesugi Teruhora can conquer Kanto, he will benefit the samurai under his command.
It doesn't matter whether she goes to war for Shiba Yiyin or uses Shiba Yiyin to fight.
The Wu family attaches great importance to profits, as long as the profits are sufficient, you can make up whatever principles you want.
Uesugi Teruhora needs to convince her samurai family, and she also needs to convince herself, because it is her responsibility to continue the Uesugi family business.
In the same way, the same goes for Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
If marrying Shiba Yoshigan can stabilize the Ashikaga family for three generations, she is wise.
On the contrary, the foolish king who was fascinated by beauty ruined his family business for a hundred years and could only serve as a warning to future generations.
All in all, as long as the result is beneficial to the martial arts family under his command, everything the superior does is right.
The Wu family is such a simple and boring pursuit of profit, simple and easy to understand to the point of boring.
In fact, Uesugi Teruhu himself couldn't tell which was more important, the beauty of the family, human nature is inherently complex.
But she understood that the emergence of Shiba Yiyin provided her with a path that she did not have before.
It was a much better road than the road she had planned to take before going to Luo to get closer to the shogunate.
There was one thing she did not mention to Naoe Kanetsu, that was her coveting of Shiba Yoshigan's bloodline, which also stemmed from her ambition for the people of the world.
The Wu family originated from several families with the two surnames of the Minamoto clan and the Taira clan. After the Minamoto and Taira wars, the Taira clan was defeated, and there was a general consensus among the samurai family.
Those who are not the elders of the Gen clan cannot be the pillars of the Wu family, and those who are not the pillars of the Wu family cannot be the shogun.
To put it simply, only the blood of the Genji family can open the Kaifu and rule the world.
As Terutora Uesugi was born in the Bando Hachihei clan, she was not qualified to fight.
But Shiba Yoshigan was different. The Shiba family was a close branch of the famous Ashikaga family of Genji.
She and his children will have the noble blood of Genji flowing through them.
As for whether male descendants are considered part of the Genji bloodline? If your fist is big enough, you can talk to all the martial arts masters in the world.
As long as the descendants bear the Sibo family name, it does not break the rules, and killing a few ignorant people does.
Uesugi Teruhora didn't know whether he loved Shiba Yoshigan or whether he could use him in every way.
All I know is that he is a priceless treasure that God has placed in front of me, and I must not miss it.
If you miss it, you will be heartbroken for a lifetime.
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The next morning, Yiyin took a shower and changed clothes, preparing to participate in the fraternity activities held by Dai Oitai, the Winter Buddhist Ceremony.
The suppression of men in Wu family society is so severe that it is not an exaggeration to say that men are tools of reproduction and family property.
Even a man of noble status in the Wu family has little freedom.
But human nature is hard to suppress, and the Brotherhood is the social circle formed by the men of the Wu family.
Here, they can get a breather, gain extremely weak influence, and feed back into the relationship between husband and wife where women are superior to men.
Through the brotherhood, men of the Wu family can participate in political and economic activities, slightly improving their presence in the family.
Therefore, almost all men from the Wu family are very active in the activities of the Brotherhood. This is another battlefield for them to protect themselves and their families.
The suppression of men in Wu family society resulted in very few types of activities that they could hold, such as tea parties, flower viewing parties, and Buddhist ceremonies.
What is being held today is the Winter Buddha Ceremony.
Ji warriors are called females on the battlefield, and most of them have no interest in religion.
The men of the Wu family are more enthusiastic about it because their life is boring and they need spiritual sustenance.
After the third generation of shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu massacred the imperial court, Shintoism, which was closely related to the imperial court, gradually disappeared, and Buddhism became the dominant religion.
In recent years, mainstream Buddhism has been divided into three schools, the Hieizan Tendai Sect, the Koyasan Shingon Sect, and the Ichiko Sect of Ishiyama Honganji Temple.
The Hieizan Tiantai Sect originated in the period of the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty. It was established in Tiantai Mountain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, hence the name Tiantai Sect.
This sect is close to Kyoto and takes the upper-class route all year round. It is the most prosperous among the three sects.
Civil strife broke out in Koyasan, and the new sect left Wakayama. Since then, Koyasan has been known as the old Shingon sect, and its power has been greatly reduced.
Later, due to the successful merger of the Hosō sect and the capture of Kofuku-ji Temple in Yamato, the old Tendai sect regained its footing based on the old place of Nara.
The Tiantai Sect and the Shingon Sect are both old sects, leaning towards Tang Dynasty Buddhism. The Buddhist teachings are profound and transcendent from the world.
But Yixiang Zong is from Kanto.
Since the Song Dynasty, the belief in the Pure Land has risen in Buddhism, and the concept of entering the Pure Land through belief in Amitabha, the Buddha of Ultimate Bliss, has been widely spread.
The ancient city of Kamakura in Kanto is where the Buddhist Pure Land belief spread in Japan during the Song Dynasty, known as the Pure Land Sect.
The recent Buddhist schools are too profound, but Pure Land Buddhism is concise, close to the world, more acceptable to the working people, and has a great influence in Kanto.
After that, an extreme branch was expelled from Kamakura, that is, the Pure Land Shinshu sect, which can become a Buddha by reciting Amitabha, also known as the Ichigo sect.
The Ichigo clan was expelled from the Kanto Pure Land Sect and came to take root in Konkyo.
Because the sect's Buddhist principles are simple and clear, a large number of people at the bottom attach themselves to it, and it has become the strongest secular force among the three sects in recent times.
The Odaisho has a noble status. He held a Buddhist ceremony, and naturally an important figure from the Hieizan Tendai Sect was present to preside over it.
When he arrived at the imperial platform, Yiyin realized that he was terribly wrong. The person presiding over the ceremony was actually a nun.
He was also surprised. With his status as the Great Imperial Palace, it was inconvenient for the Tiantai Sect Master to come down the mountain. He should at least send the heads of the temples on the mountain or the high-ranking nuns to come.
Who would have thought that it was just a little Ni Zheng who came.
In the eyes of ordinary people, a nun in Mount Hiei is no longer a small person, but at the level of the Ashikaga family, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is treated lightly and humiliated.
Unless it is designated by the Grand Imperial Office itself.
In the Buddhist hall in Yutai, sandalwood is surrounded, and the Buddha's light is round and round. This immersive atmosphere is most suitable for deepening religious belief.
The man of the Wu family lived a miserable life. He had no status in the family and was subject to many restrictions, unable to move freely.
Except for a few fraternity and handkerchief gatherings, they worship Buddha and practice religion in order to relieve their spiritual emptiness.
The profound Buddhist teachings of Tiantai Sect can gain a firm foothold in the upper echelons because these men do not need to know anything about Buddhist teachings.
What they practice is not Buddhism, but loneliness, emptiness and coldness.
Yi Yin can be regarded as a proud idol by the men of the Wu family because he fought hard for these poor people.
When he entered the Buddhist hall, the atmosphere around him stagnated for a moment, and many eyes turned away from the Buddhist scriptures and statues.
Ni Zheng, who was hosting the ceremony, came forward to welcome him in person. He covered his head and face with a plain headband, leaving only his two beautiful big eyes exposed.
The eyelashes are long, with more dark eyes and less white eyes. They are watery and non-aggressive, extremely soft, and have a hint of compassion.
The headband is not tightly wrapped, and through the gaps, you can see that she looks dignified and is a beauty.
"The poor nun Tianhai has met Duke Qianxin."
