The shrine in front of Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine has three torii gates and is called Wakamiya-dori.
The main road extends from the Yuigahama coast to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, with a total length of two kilometers. Uesugi Teruhora led all the Kanto samurai from here to visit the Hachiman God, and then completed the succession ceremony.
Harusuke Kada, the samurai performer, had already entered Hachimangu Shrine to communicate with the priests and prepare for the ceremony.
Ashikaga Yoshiji, as the lord of Kanto, and Shiba Yoshigan, as witnesses of the Ashikaga Shogun's family, also arrived at the upper palace first to wait.
There are more than 200 other famous families in Kanto participating in this meeting, together with thousands of knights under each family who have the family status. Led by Uesugi Teruhora, they walked up the shrine and entered the palace.
Before going to the palace, Shiba Yoshigan looked at the majestic Uesugi Teruhora in the distance, riding a tall southern horse and walking in front of the queue.
Although the pocket version of Sister Yu was half a head shorter than the others, everyone lowered their heads, except for her, who raised her chin high.
Seeing this weird scene, Yoshigami couldn't help but smile. Today may be the most glorious moment in Uesugi Teruhora's life, short and tall.
As a representative of the shogunate, Yoshigan stood quietly aside, watching the most important political activities in the Kanto system, being careful not to interfere.
The ancients said that the most important thing for a country is killing and killing. . I'm wrong. The most important thing in the country lies in sacrifice and military affairs.
The deep-rooted ancestor worship in Chinese culture is the biggest difference from other great civilizations that rely on religion to establish the legitimacy of their political power.
The various East Asian civilizations within the cultural radiation circle of the Celestial Dynasty also tend to this.
Worshiping ancestors is one of the most important tasks of the rulers, telling the ruling class where they come from and why they are united.
The Japanese Shinto culture of becoming a god takes this feature to the extreme.
The target of sacrifice is both the ancestors and the gods. There is ancestor worship and religious belief, which further strengthens the ruler's justice and divinity.
Japan has many volcanoes. The mountain range in the center of the island runs through the entire Honshu Island. Countless active volcanoes and extinct volcanoes fragment the plains.
For farming people, plains are land, population, food, and strength. No single plain is wide enough to suppress the entire Japanese archipelago and become the core.
Faced with countless fragmented small plains, the rulers were unable to maintain the cost of centralized rule and had to delegate power to local governments, which led to the expansion of local power.
Whether it is the emperor's court or the samurai shogunate, the central government never has enough power to restrict places. It can only rely on ancestors, religion, blood, and family status to maintain order.
In the world of the Wu family, the shogun is only an arbiter, not a dictator. Pulling one faction to fight another is a skill that must be mastered.
Relying on sects, kinship branches, retainers, and external vassals, the rulers carefully protected their limited power.
The Kamakura shogunate collapsed, Ashikaga Takauji rose to power in Kanto, was defeated in Kyoto, went to Kyushu to regroup in the Western Kingdom, and finally conquered the world.
The Ashikaga shogunate has never really had control over the samurai's land of Longxing and the Eight Prefectures.
The Kamakura Ashikaga family originated from the first Ashikaga shogun, the daughter of Ashikaga Takauji, who divided the ten countries of Kanto and ruled the two countries of Kanhachishu and Izu-Kai.
In order to enhance the Kanto samurai's recognition of the Kanto system, successive Kanto generals and Kanto leaders would hold succession ceremonies at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, the samurai's holy place.
The Wu family in Guanbazhou is proud. The rulers of almost every place are from famous Wu family for hundreds of years. If you want to rule this group of martial arts families with noble blood and noble family status, you must be nobler than them.
Therefore, this tradition has been carried out for two hundred years.
No matter how turbulent the land of Guanbazhou was and wars continued, the succession ceremony of the past dynasties has not been interrupted. What was maintained along with it was the hierarchy of superiority and inferiority within the Kanto system.
Yoshigan glanced at the majestic Kanto General Ashikaga Yoshiji in the upper palace. The good thing about blood politics is that no matter what kind of loser you are, your lower limit is determined by birth.
The dragon begets the dragon, the phoenix begets the phoenix, and the mouse's daughter knows how to dig holes.
Yiyin's success today relies on the exaggerated effects of system plug-ins, as well as its own bloodline.
What can a person do no matter how strong he is? Can I not eat? Not going to the toilet? Do not you sleep?
People are fragile, and there are always times when we are tired and slack. This is how we rely on each other and the reason for the birth of human society.
Wu family society has its own rules for its operation. If you don't have the ability to overturn the rules and rebuild them, then you should make good use of the rules to survive.
Yiyin has been able to reach its current position in four years because it has made full use of the rules of Wu family society to seek benefits for itself.
Relying on system cheats, gender advantages, and blood and family status, he has made it to where he is today. Looking back now, it was a fluke.
While he was thinking diffusely and having random thoughts, most of the ceremony was completed.
Harusuke Kada presided over the ceremony, Ashikaga Yoshiji recognized it, and Terutora Uesugi officially succeeded to the position of governor of Kanto.
Just when the ceremony was about to be completed and everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, an accident suddenly happened.
After paying homage to the God of Hachiman and inheriting the leadership of Kanto, Uesugi Teruhora walked out of the upper palace. All the samurai waiting outside the palace dismounted and saluted him.
Thousands of people dismounted to pay tribute, but only one man remained on his horse. Terutora Uesugi looked dissatisfied. That person was Narita Chotai, and he dared to look at him at eye level.
Terutora Uesugi remembered the quarrel between the two at the foot of Odawara Castle, and a feeling of anger rushed to his forehead.
Echigo's army went south and destroyed the Hojo family. Now all the Kanto samurai are afraid of Uesugi Teruhora. Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine is the most dazzling moment in her life.
Even Hojo Genan, the envoy of the Hojo family, fell to the ground to pay tribute, but Narita Choyasu, that bastard, dared not to dismount.
What a rebellion!
Terutora Uesugi pointed at her and said to the Nagao Ichimen who were guarding her.
"Go, pull her down for me!"
Several Hatamotos cheered and rushed down the steps to Narita Chotae. They did not listen to her explanation, and even beat and pulled her off the horse.
Seeing Narita Chotai's embarrassment, Uesugi Teru laughed loudly, looking arrogant and domineering.
"Climb over here!"
Narita Chotae refused to crawl, but Nagao Ichimon had a way to poke her buttocks with the scabbard, forcing her to come to Uesugi Teruhora.
Uesugi Teruhora saw her in such a state of embarrassment and was still angry. He slapped her on the head where she had just raised her head to explain, and slapped away the black hat that she wore to the shrine.
The black hat fell to the ground, and all the martial artists in His Highness were shocked. This was like paying homage to the God of Hachiman and slapping his ancestor in the face. This humiliation was enough to drive Narita Chotai crazy.
Yoshigan looked on and was dumbfounded. Who is this rich second generation like Uesugi Teruhora going crazy about? They humiliate people without even asking about things clearly.
All this happened in just a few breaths, and everyone was stunned on the spot, digesting this sudden accident.
Yoshigan was still in a daze, and Kada Harusuke quickly walked up to him, his face turned pale, his lips were trembling, and he whispered urgently.
"Odaisuo, please quickly persuade His Highness Uesugi to stop fighting."
Yiyin felt a chill in his heart and said in a deep voice.
"what happened?"
The situation was urgent, and Harusuke Kada did not dare to be too wordy, so he explained it straightforwardly.
"The Narita family of Ninja Castle is a tributary of Fujiwara Shisuke. Their ancestors rode horses and bowed to each other when they met Hachiman Tai Ni. Their descendants enjoy the privilege of visiting the royal family."
Yiyin's pupils shrank, secretly thinking it was not good.
Fujiwara Shisuke was born in the Fujiwara Kita family, and his three daughters were the Fujiwara Kaneie who pioneered the politics of the Shogakus, and were the ancestors of the five Shogakus who headed the government.
Although the emperor's ministers have been massacred by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the Fujiwara clan has a long history, and some members of the clan have long been integrated into the samurai group. There are many famous descendants of the Fujiwara family in various territories.
The ancestors of Narita Chotasu should have the same status as the ancestors of Kawachi Genji, Hachiman Tainiyoshi, so they were granted imperial exemption privileges by Genji.
Terutora Uesugi didn't know about this. When she got angry, she didn't give Narita Choyasu a chance to explain. Now she caused a big trouble!
Terutora Uesugi was born in the Fuchu Nagao family and was one of the Bando Hachihei clan. The Nagao family opened up the branch of Echigo country and was a descendant of three Nagao families.
The Fuchu Nagao family is a distant branch, and its family status is lower than that of the Ueno Kingdom Headquarters Shirai Nagao family, which is a close ally of the Yamauchi Uesugi family, and the Ashikaga Castle Nagao family of Shimono Province.
Terutora Uesugi was able to lead the army southward with great justice and was supported by the Kanto samurai family. Her title came from the governor of the Uesugi family in the mountains and Kenmasa Uesugi, her adoptive mother.
Finally, he quickly went through the entire process and became the recognized leader of the Kanto martial arts family. Who knew this fool would cause trouble at this time.
There are many famous families in Kanto, and ceremonial status is the most important thing. This is why Terutora Uesugi must hold a ceremony at Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine in order to gain their support.
But this guy didn't know about the immunity privileges of the Narita family in Ninja City, and humiliated Narita Chotae in person during the ceremony.
To put it bluntly, this is Yuanzhi's ignorance. The Nagao family in the mansion does not understand etiquette. To put it bluntly, she was blatantly trampling on the military etiquette of the Kanto system.
All the Kanto warriors looked at Terutora Uesugi with horror, confusion, and anger. This guy was still complacent and had no idea of the seriousness of the accident.
Shiba Yoshigami glanced at Ashikaga Yoshiji in the palace, and saw her calmly watching the chaos outside the palace, feeling sick in his heart.
Since the Kanto general came to the throne, he was first held in the hands of Hojo Ujiyasu, and now he has become the puppet of Uesugi Terutora, which really disgraced the Kamakura Ashikaga family.
Seeing Terutora Uesugi being embarrassed, I wonder if she would have other ideas in mind?
Yoshigan did not dare to delay any longer. He ignored the taboo of shogunate representatives interfering with the Kanto ceremony. He took a few steps forward and picked up Narita Chota's black hat, which was knocked off by Uesugi Teruhora's palm.
Uesugi Teruhora looked at him, a little stunned, wondering why Yoshigami would intervene at this time.
The two have a tacit understanding for a long time. Yoshihiro will not interfere with the affairs of the Kanto system, and Uesugi Teruhora will train these Kanto warriors. She couldn't help but frown, feeling something was wrong in her heart.
Yiyin handed the black hat to Narita Chota with both hands and said sincerely.
"It's a rare opportunity to pay homage to the God of Hachiman. Your Highness Uesugi is so happy that I'm joking with you.
I also ask Mr. Narita not to take it to heart, as this matter will be compensated. "
The Wu family attaches great importance to etiquette and appearance, and giving benefits to naked people may be understood as humiliation. But for a while, Yiyin couldn't think of a better way, so he could only buy it with heavy profits.
During the ceremony to pay homage to Hachimangu Shrine, Teru Uesugi asked his subordinate Hatamoto to dismount Narita Nagata, treating a lowly servant and being rude to a high-ranking nobleman.
Not to mention, she asked Narita Chotai to crawl in front of her and knock off the black hat with a slap. This is more than humiliation, it is forcing the Narita family to rebel!
In full view of the Kanto samurai family, if Narita Chotayoshi had no way to step down, he would not be able to go back without rebelling, or he would choose to commit suicide.
Otherwise, she would not have the face to sue her ancestors and her descendants.
The retainers who ate with the Narita family would also point their noses at her and call her rubbish. The memorial arch of the Narita family in Ninja City was left to soak in the toilet. Will the retainers under the family's name still have food to eat in the future?
Shiba Yoshigan returned the black hat with both hands and humbly expressed his willingness to compensate the Narita family. This was already an apology. He couldn't say that Uesugi Teruhora made a mistake, right?
Teruhora Uesugi is the governor of the Uesugi family in the mountains and the leader of Kanto. She is the great leader of the Kanto martial arts family who is always right. She was never wrong before today, and she will never be wrong from now on.
Narita Nagata looked at Yiyin's sincere eyes, and slowly turned his gaze to his black hat, feeling his face burning.
She knew that she had to swallow this breath today. As long as she dared to say no now, the Odaisuo in front of her, who softly begged her for forgiveness, would immediately fall out.
The Echigo army was at its peak. It was a battle to attack the Hojo family, and it was also a battle to attack the Tian family. Anyway, anyone who dissatisfied with Uesugi Terutora, the leader of Kanto, will be beaten in one word.
This is political correctness that must be implemented to the end, and Narita Nagayasu has no choice but to surrender.
The Naritas have small arms and legs, so what right do they have to be dissatisfied? Shiba Yiyin has already given her enough face. If she continues to be ignorant, the Narita family business will be in danger of overthrowing.
Narita Nagatai silently took the black hat, walked back to the queue with a numb expression, and followed the example of others to salute.
Although she didn't say anything and was so obedient as to kneel down, her behavior made other Kanto warriors feel the sadness of the death of a rabbit and a fox.
Narita Changtai's face was stiff, her hands were clenched tightly, and her nails pierced her palms. The pain made her remember today firmly.
Anger boiled in her heart. Hanyu led her before, and today happened later. Uesugi Teruhu didn't take the Narita family seriously at all and humiliated her wantonly.
Not far away, Hojo Genan, who also participated in the ceremony, buried his head deeply. She didn't dare to look up because the uncontrollable ecstasy on her face was not convenient for others to see.
She has been secretly inciting and instigating these days, but although the Kanto samurai family is dissatisfied with Uesugi Teruhora, they dare not make fun of their own family business.
How can everyone not understand what the Hojo family is thinking?
The combined battle led by Sano not only defeated the elite Hojo, but also frightened the courage of the Kanto samurai family. Frightened by the power of the Echigo army, even if they were dissatisfied with Uesugi Teruhora, no one wanted to be the leader.
I had already given up on Hojo Genan, but who knew that there would be a twist and an accident would happen during the worship ceremony. God helped me.
Seeing how polite Shiba Yoshigan was to Narita Chotae, Uesugi Teruhu already knew that he must have missed something.
Yiyin turned his back to everyone and gave her a hard roll of his eyes. Uesugi Teruhu wanted to save face, so he snorted and pretended not to see it.
Haeda Harusuke wiped the sweat from his head and quickly continued the next step of the ceremony. As for the consequences of this accident, she had no time to think about it for the time being.
