Takada Yono didn't care about Imai Munehisa's worries. What she was thinking about now was the two letters on the slip.
A letter was sent by Lord Shiba Yoshigan, stating that Echigo would send troops to the Echichu Noto area after spring plowing.
This troop dispatch will restore and stabilize the Hokuriku Road trade route, but it is likely to cause a fierce conflict with the Ichiko clan forces in Kaga Etsuchu.
Yiyin hinted in the letter that the Yi Xiangzong Temple in Xinchuan County might be affected by the war, leaving no trace of it intact. This almost made it clear that it was the Wu family's military force that took action.
He hoped that Mitsuhide Akechi could find ways to appease the sentiments of Ishiyama Honganji from a diplomatic perspective and Takada Yono from a business perspective.
To avoid appearing to launch a new round of revenge in Hokurikudo, adopt a radical strategy to confront the military forces of the Wu family.
After reading the letter, Takada Yono knew that this was an impossible task.
Although the Ichigo Sect has been relatively peaceful in recent times, in its peripheral territories, especially the Hokurikudo, it has been aggressively promoting the strategy of an earthly Buddhist kingdom.
Even if the previous generation Zhengru Master was in office, Xiang Zong could safely digest the territory acquired by Xiang Yikui before, and it was quite peaceful. But there is also zero tolerance for the Wu family's behavior of destroying temples and killing nuns.
The core strategy of the Yixiang Sect reformed by the Eighth-generation Dharma Master Lian Rushangren was to enhance the organizational power of the Yixiang Sect and gather loose believers into a strong force. The method used was to establish the Fangguan system.
The fangguan system divides the Yixiang sect into fazhu, fanzhu, jiao, county, and group. It forms the entire sect into a pyramid structure and enhances its organizational power. The most important grassroots organization is jiao.
Each Yixiangzong temple has at least one monastery, and large temples may have four or five monasteries. The number of believers in each monastery ranges from dozens to hundreds.
It can be said that talking is the core of the grassroots organization of Yixiang Sect, and the temple is the base for spreading the faith of this grassroots organization.
Destroying the monastery will destroy the grassroots teaching, and the local Yixiang believers will become a ball of scattered sand.
It is absolutely impossible for the Master of Ishiyama Honganji Temple to tolerate this kind of behavior. This shakes the foundation of the Bōkān system and disintegrates the grassroots organization of the Yixiang Sect.
This kind of fear of the organization being disintegrated will make Master Xianru refuse any form of exchange of benefits, and no amount of benefits can be exchanged for her understanding.
Takada Yono turned his attention to another letter, this was Akechi Mitsuhide's letter.
The master issued orders to both of them at the same time. Akechi Mitsuhide first read the letter to himself in Kyoto, and then sent it along with his own countermeasures and the master's letter to Takada Harano.
Akechi Mitsuhide mentioned a person in his letter, hoping that Takada Yono could help her go to Beijing and meet General Ashikaga. This person is the Southern Barbarian priest, Louis Flois.
Takada Yono asked Imai Munehisa.
"Imai-hime, do you know a Nanman priest named Flois?"
Imai Munehisa was stunned for a moment.
She talked about the current predicament of the Hokurikudo trade route for a long time, but I bet Mr. Takada Haruno wasn't even listening! But she didn't dare to lose her temper, so she could only sigh inwardly and answer questions.
Imai Munehisa thought about it carefully and said.
"Is it Louis Flois? The most active missionary of the Southern Barbarians.
It is said that she went to Kanto last year to inspect the local missionary situation. I don’t know if she has returned. "
Takada Yono nodded.
The missionary work of Nanman Sect in the Japanese archipelago is mainly divided into three dioceses, Kyushu, Kyoto, and Kanto.
Regarding missionary work, the local daimyo of Kyushu were the most tolerant. They not only relied on liberalizing missionary rights to obtain a large number of commercial benefits from the Southern Barbarians, but also used this to demonstrate their political independence.
In the Diocese of Kyoto, the Nanman Sect mainly relies on the two commercial centers of Kyoto and Sakai Port for its activities. Along the Yodo River between the two places, believers who converted to the Nanman religion gradually appeared.
The Yodogawa River Basin is mainly within the territory of Settsu Kingdom, and there are even powerful warriors who believe in Nanman religion in Settsu Kingdom.
The Guandong Diocese has always been the weakest diocese of the Nanman Sect. Kamakura, Kanto, was the main place of spread of Buddhism in the Song Dynasty and the territory of the Pure Land Sect.
The characteristic of Song Dynasty Buddhism is that its teachings are simple and easy to understand, making it easy to preach. However, the customs in Kanto are far more conservative than those in Kansai, where commerce and trade are developed, and the spread of Nanman religion has always been difficult.
Imai Munehisa said.
"Why do you suddenly mention her?"
Takata Yono asked instead without answering.
"Does the Nanman Cult have any plans to go to Beijing to meet with General Ashikaga?"
Imai Munehisa thought about it, her family had been living in Sakai Port for many years, and the big businessmen were always well informed, and said.
"I remember that the Nanman Sect came to Sakai Port a few years ago, and there was a big shot among the missionaries who wanted to go to Beijing to meet with the general and seek to open up the right to preach.
The man seemed to be named Xavier, but his request to go to Beijing was rejected by the shogunate.
The shogunate didn't seem to be too interested in these foreign pagan nuns. I heard that the Tiantai Sect came forward to persuade them and stopped this. "
Takata Yono was thoughtful.
Akechi Mitsuhide was in Kyoto, so he definitely knew more details than Imai Munehisa, who was a businessman. She would ask Takada Yono to help the Nanman priests enter the capital, which must be related to the Lord's order.
The Nanman religion already has three dioceses in the Japanese archipelago, but only the Kyushu diocese spread smoothly under the protection of some daimyo.
The Nanman Sect definitely hopes to be recognized by the Kyoto shogunate and obtain missionary rights so that they can further spread their faith.
But for Buddhist sects, this is something they will never allow.
The influence of Buddhism in Kyushu was not enough to make the local daimyo change their tune and expel the Nanman religion. Therefore, the front line of Sakai Port and Kyoto became the forefront of the confrontation between the two major religions.
The Yixiang sect was rejected by various sects and destroyed the main mountain several times. Finally, it moved to Settsu, Izumi, and the Shishan area near the junction of the three countries in Hanoi before it stabilized its position.
Next to Ishiyama Honganji Temple is Sakai Port. Use the fanatical Yixiang Sect to block the extremely aggressive Nanman Sect, and the Buddhist sects will certainly exert their strength behind them.
In recent years, the conflict between the two sides in Settsu Kingdom has become more and more intense, and Ishiyama Honganji Temple is very wary of the expansion of Nanman Sect.
Takada Yono chuckled, she finally figured out what Akechi Mitsuhide was going to do.
The Yixiangzong temple in Yuezhong was destroyed. Master Xianru of Ishiyama Honganji Temple would not accept any exchange conditions and would definitely choose revenge.
Shiba Yoshigan asked Akechi Mitsuhide and Takada Yono to think of a way to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. I guess the master also felt that he was not sure.
The two of them had no bargaining chips to win over Xian Rushang and could not exchange for her forgiveness. Akechi Mitsuhide is a sinister woman. She wants to make something out of nothing and create a bargaining chip by herself.
Takada Yono kept sneering, this bastard was so sinister and prepared to make himself the scapegoat.
If Takada Yono didn't realize the problem, Silly Xixi helped the Nanman priest named Frois to go to Beijing.
Regardless of whether she can obtain the missionary rights that are extremely important for the Nanban religion from Ashikaga Shogun, the master of Ishiyama Honganji Temple will hate Takada Yono who helped her go to Beijing.
Even though Takada Yono was protected by Shiba Yiyin, there was also the Hokuriku Road trade route that bound the interests of both parties. But if there is a chance in the future, Master Xianru will definitely torture Takada Yono to death.
Akechi Mitsuhide in Kyoto will definitely express his support to Master Xianru through her channels and do his best to prevent the Nanman Sect from obtaining missionary rights.
She would use this as a condition in exchange for Master Xianru's understanding of the destruction of the Yixiangzong temple in Yuezhong.
Master Xianru will not forgive the act of destroying temples and killing nuns, because this behavior shakes the foundation of Yixiang Sect.
But if it were a religious struggle related to the Nanman religion, for the sake of the life-and-death right to preach, Ishiyama Honganji would probably relent and pretend to be confused about Yue China's temple destruction.
Akechi Mitsuhide put a heavy enough bargaining chip on this end of the scale, so that the seesaw in the heart of the master could be lifted from the other end.
