Currently, the Tian Toshi family is pondering 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 into Omi in the west. Ise and Ise are the richest areas in the surrounding areas.
However, everything has its pros and cons, and the Nongtail Plains 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 laziness of the samurai in the guardianship system has begun to affect the family members who unified Owari.
After taking Mino, these little rich Owari warriors seeking peace will definitely become 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 and improve the military's strength. Change business and strengthen 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 Hingen has 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 beheaded. 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 lot of business.
It is the tradition of Nichiren Hokke sect, the Nichiren sect, to use the Japanese character for the Buddhist title.
At the beginning, the first master, Nichiren, designated six disciples, namely Rizhao, Rirang, Rixing, Ryuxiang, Richiden, and Richichi, as his disciples.
Later generations called them the Six Lao Nis, and they were the messengers of the development and growth of 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.
The Nichiren sect has a line of Namo Myoho Renge Sutra, and the Ichikō sect has a line of Namo Amitabha.
It's just that the Nichiren Sect is arrogant and strictly observes what is received and what is not given to non-believers, that is, it does not accept offerings from non-believers and does not teach non-believers' teachings.
And Yixiang Zong is even more shameless. As long as you want it, even if you believe in evil people, 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 Ichiko sect's original headquarters 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 strike first.
The massacre of the Nichiren sect's temple in Kyoto caused the Nichiren sect's vitality to be severely damaged, but the Ichigo clan regained its breath and became enlarged instead.
This time the Lotus Rebellion made it impossible for the Tiantai Sect to call itself the Lotus Sect, and henceforth it was called the Tiantai Sect.
After this disaster, the Nichiren sect changed its style and spread its missions, mostly attracting industrial and commercial believers in castle towns, and became its own style.
Honnoji Temple is the most mainstream headquarters of the Nichiren Sect. It was established in Kyoto by the Nichitaka Master during the reign of the Ninth Dynasty Shogun.
As a symbol of Nichiren Sect's return to Kyoto, Honnoji 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, it will definitely not miss out on my benefits.
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 fell to the ground asking for help.
"I beg Oda-dono to save me, a Nichiren sect believer."
Higen came to Owari out of helplessness.
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.
In the past few decades, the two factions have lived in peace and harmony. 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 like Settsu, Omi, Ise, Kaga, and Mikawa.
And these places are business road hubs, with many harbor towns and cities, and are also where Nichiren sect believers gather.
This rebellion could cost the Nichiren Sect's life. The various branches of the Nichiren Sect, which had been divided for many years, couldn't help but seek help from the Nichiren Sect's powerful force in Kyoto, the Nichiren Sect.
The main figure of the Nichiryu sect, the master of Honnōji Temple, Nichigen, was worried about the danger of the Nichiren sect's collapse, and his hair turned 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.
Looking up, Honnoji Nichigen could not find a force that could protect her followers in recent days, so she had to look outside the territory.
Hokkaido and Tokaido are two commercial routes with prosperous logistics and are the best places for industrialists and merchants to settle.
However, the Echizen Asakura family took action against Ichikou Sodai and were expelling the Buddhist forces.
The Wu family is red-eyed, but no 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 watched her cry while explaining the tragedy of the Nichiren Sect. His expression did not change, and he even became impatient after hearing too much.
Honnoji Hikaru gradually stopped speaking and looked at Oda Nobunaga.
She looked coldly at the crying nun and said.
"I intentionally ordered the Rakuza to be held, whether the Nichiren sect followers would come or not."
Rixuan nodded fiercely.
"Come!"
"I heard that Nichiren sect believers have many skilled craftsmen. Are there any of your followers working in the iron cannon workshop in Kii Country?"
Rixuan 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 followers will just do their work, and the rewards will never be short of yours."
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.
"Your Highness means what you say."
"If there is any untruth, heaven and earth will destroy you."
Oda Nobunaga was going crazy thinking about iron cannons.
The iron cannon is so good that the Ashigaru only needs one month of training before they can go into battle.
Although he is not as brave as Samurai Ji, 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 Minon 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 in exchange for men. An 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 pieces.
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 ordinary 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, and only the Nichiren Sect would fall in love with her.
She is willing to let businessmen pay her taxes, let craftsmen make armaments for her, and steal iron cannon craftsmanship to serve the Oda family's great cause.
She, Oda Nobunaga, is willing to believe in Nichiren Sect!
Not to mention beheading a few nuns of the Ichigo sect, even if they burn Mount Hiei, the headquarters of the Tendai sect, to avenge the Nichiren sect, that would be no problem!
