Echigo Country is covered in heavy snow, and both the rebels and the counter-rebels are gearing up to prepare for a big fight when the snow stops.
In Yamato, which is far away in Japan, the climate of the Nara Basin is much warmer than that of Kanto. But in the heart of Kōfukuji Changkaku, this winter is bitingly cold.
At this time, she was in the main hall of Xingfu Temple and in the side room of Zhongjin Hall, talking about Dharma and sutras with two high nuns in the temple.
By the time the three of them finished speaking, it was almost dusk.
Changjue looked at the main hall, as if she saw the worshiped Sakyamuni smiling at her, and said with a heavy heart.
"That's it for today."
The two high nuns put their hands together and chanted the Buddha's name to show their respect for the host.
One of them is an old nun with gray hair, tall and thick, short hands and thighs, and as strong as a warrior woman. But there is simplicity and compassion between his eyebrows, which is in obvious contrast with the bravery in his body.
She is the daughter of Xingfu Temple, and Yinrong is the host of Treasure Temple.
Although the other person is dressed like a nun, she has a natural beauty that is difficult to abandon. Her eyebrows are stretched out, and she is young and pretty.
If there were any samurai from Kyoto here, they would be surprised that this person looks like Ashikaga Yoshiteru, as if he had the same face carved out of the same mold.
It's just that Ashikaga Yoshiki has been practicing swordsmanship all year round and has a strong and unyielding temperament. But this nun is kind-hearted and has a kind-hearted look.
She is the host of Yichengyuan, Jueqing, and leads the door of Yichengyuan.
These two people are both high nuns of Kofukuji Temple, and their status is second only to Nagakaku, the head of Kofukuji Temple.
The nuns in the temple are responsible for guarding the treasure house, and Yin Rong of the treasure house invented the treasure house-style spear technique. In addition to today's spear art, where plain spears are the mainstream, she created the cross-word spear school and became a master of spear art.
The religious status of Ichijoin Kakukei is higher. She is one of the two temples of Kofukuji Temple.
Since ancient times, Japan has attached great importance to the order of superiority and inferiority. Whether it was the emperor's court or the current samurai family, the hierarchy was strict.
The Wu family has a guardianship system that evaluates the family's character. The sect also has its own sect system, which stipulates the height of the temple.
When the Nichiren sect was strong and destroyed the main monastery of the Ichikō sect several times, it was destroying its legacy.
When the Nichiren sect fought with the Ichiko sect, the Tendai sect was frightened and took the opportunity to destroy the Nichiren sect's main monastery in Kyoto in order to destroy the traces of her sect.
At this point, the Nichiren sect lived in Shoucheng, among craftsmen and merchants. Even if the power is not bad, the temple structure is inferior to others and cannot be ranked among the first-line sects such as Tiantai Sect, Shingon Sect, and Yixiang Sect.
Honnōji Nichigen went to seek help from Oda Nobunaga, and a few words from her aroused his anger. He lost his Buddhist heart, and was dragged down with King Kong's angry eyes. He also felt aggrieved in this regard.
Kofukuji Temple originally belonged to the Hosho Sect, but is now merged into the Shingon Sect. It may be said that the two Buddhist sects are merging together, but in fact the Faxiang Sect has been doing too poorly in recent years, and it will be over sooner or later without anyone to help it.
He might as well move closer to the Shingon Sect while his old background is still there, in exchange for lasting incense, in order to plan for a follow-up.
But the Shingon sect happily won the Hosho sect and Kofukuji Temple, but there were two problems to solve.
First, Hosō Sect Kofukuji Temple let go of secular power and handed it over to the management of the Yamato four families of the nun samurai family.
When the Shingon sect took over Kofukuji Temple, how to deal with the relationship with these nuns and samurai families was a very troublesome problem.
After several generations of lords, the Tsutsui family became the dominant family and became the biggest threat to Kofukuji Temple.
Secondly, in terms of religion, Kofukuji Temple has two gates, Mahayana and Isho-in.
The sect is relatively restrained in dealing with secular power, but it is ruthless and ruthless towards its religious counterparts, leaving no room for compromise.
The remains of the Mahayana-in Gate have been occupied by various generations of Kofuku-ji Temple lords sent by the Shingon sect, while the Ichijo-in Gate remains have been the focus of disputes for generations.
Changjue glanced at the young Ichijoyuan Jueqing. The fact that this person could successfully inherit the Ichijoyuan sect was also a sign of the religious forces' efforts to please the secular forces.
When the news that Jue Qing inherited the Ichijo-yuan gate came to Kyoto, the Odaisho was very happy for a long time.
Jueqing's life experience is a secret among the top brass of the Shingon Sect, and only a few top brass know about it.
Even she herself thought that her Buddhist practice was valued by her master, so she inherited the mantle and legacy of Yiyangyuan after his death.
In fact, in this island country with a strict hierarchy. Even if religion escapes from the world, it cannot escape the fate of dragons begetting dragons, phoenixes begetting phoenixes, and mice's sons coming to dig holes.
Master Changjue sighed, Treasure Courtyard Yinrong remained calm, and young Jueqing couldn't hold his breath and asked.
"Why does the Lord sigh?"
Changjue said.
"This morning I got the news.
The Tsutsui family united with the Kazuo family and the Juichi family to exterminate the Ochi family on the grounds of disrespecting the Buddha. "
"What?"
Jue Qing was shocked, but Yin Rong remained silent.
The Tsutsui family, the Ochi family, the Shiao family, and the Juichi family are collectively known as the four Yamato families, and they are the leaders among nuns and warriors.
In recent years, the Tsutsui family has become the dominant family, leaving Kofukuji Temple with a thorn in its side. Taking advantage of the Battle of Yamato, Master Nagakaku teamed up with Yoshiyoshi Shiba to severely suppress Shunkei, the governor of the Tsutsui family.
After that, Changjue has been going smoothly. He divided himself to win over the other three companies, suppressed Tsutsui Shunkei, and felt proud of himself.
But the secular world has its own ways of playing. She just used Tsutsui Shunkei's fear of Shiba Yigen not to resist, so she gained the upper hand.
But since Yoshihiro Shiba went to Kanto, Junkei Tsutsui joined the diplomatic service of the Shiba family, Mitsuhide Akechi, all this changed.
Nagakaku didn't even know when Tsutsui Junkei had won over the Kazuo family and the Toichi family.
With lightning speed, they slaughtered the Yue Zhi family who followed Chang Jue closely and planned to make a comeback, catching Chang Jue off guard.
Jue Qing was young and didn't know the inside story, so he was still mumbling.
"How could they use the name of Buddha to harm their fellow disciples?"
Yin Rong glanced at her with slight contempt. This kid came to power too early, too naive.
Of the four Yamato families, the Tsutsui family and the Ochi family are the most powerful. When the Shingon sect took over Kofukuji Temple, the Ochi family was unruly and the Tsutsui family was on their knees.
As a result, the first generation owner failed to observe. The Tsutsui family was reused and the Ochi family was suppressed, resulting in the Tsutsui family becoming the dominant family.
Afterwards, several generations of seat owners were unable to bring things back to normal. Fortunately, thanks to Sibo Yiyin, this generation of seat owners, Changjue, had a chance to put things right.
However, I have always felt that this person's Buddhist teachings are profound, but his understanding of secular politics is too shallow.
She gave Peking University and 100,000 koku to Shiba Yiyin, thinking that she could check and balance the Tsutsui family, but she didn't know that she had completely offended the Yamato nun samurai group.
The sect is far less concerned about land than the nuns and warriors. If there are believers, there will be new offerings and land to donate.
But for the nuns and warriors, they have ruled Yamato for hundreds of years, and the land has long been theirs. What Changjue gave away was their flesh and blood.
The Ochi family comes from the Yamato Genji family, a family that has been famous for hundreds of years. When everyone couldn't defeat Shiba Yoshiyin, and when they and Chang Kakuxu were in trouble, they sincerely took refuge in Kofukuji Temple.
This is naked betrayal!
Therefore, Shiba Yiyin left, Akechi Mitsuhide remained silent, and the Ochi family was directly destroyed by the nuns and warriors.
We can't defeat the Spo family, can't we deal with you, the traitorous Yuezhi family?
Changjue sighed, Jueqing was shocked, but Yinrong felt cold in his heart.
If you don't understand politics, don't touch the secular world. 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 Nagakaku insisted that if he wanted Kofukuji Temple to return to the era when the four Yamato families knelt down and licked the temple, he was seeking death.
If one day Kofukuji Temple's orthodoxy is cut off, the current head of the throne, Chokaku, will be the sinner of both the Shingon sect and the Hosho sect!
Yinrong sighed and said.
"From today on, the Treasure House will discard all the weapons in the compound. From now on, we will not talk about martial arts, only Buddhism.
Nuns should recite sutras well, and outsiders should not participate in worldly disputes. "
After saying that, she walked away. Behind him, Changjue's face was ashen, and his Buddha mind was lost.
