"Nosy monk...... It's so hateful! The young and vigorous Ise Sadakin looked very angry, "Back in the day, the Venerable Master Jianzhen traveled thousands of miles across the ocean to bring the Dharma from the Tang Dynasty to Fuso, in order to benefit all sentient beings and benefit the people, with great benevolence in his heart. Later, Master Saisumi inherited his mantle and carried it forward, carving out a soothing pure land in the north of Kyoto, and laying a foundation for hundreds of years. But now that group of bald donkeys, I am afraid that they have forgotten the will of their ancestors a long time ago, how can there be a little green lantern ancient Buddha, the appearance of compassion? On the contrary, it is a harsh abuse of tenants, and rumors of snatching people's wives and daughters are not uncommon! Now he dares to stand with the Matsunaga family, who betrayed the shogunate...... There should be a limit to lawlessness, right?! The contemptible people implore the Tieshou Punishment Department to immediately wave their troops to defeat these thieves who have defiled Jialan! ”

"I'm afraid what Iseden said is a bit ...... Some are too intense. Mibuchi Fujiying said more tactfully, "Even if there are some traitors on the mountain who do not abide by the rules and precepts, it is only the fault of individual monks, and they should be dealt with according to the law, how can all the masters in the temple be rashly convicted?" It should be known that not long ago, many royal families went to Enryakuji Temple to participate in Zen, if this temple is accused of being a thief cave, then where is the royal family? This reason, Iseden, you are excited for a while, you may not have thought it through, but the eyes of the Tieshou Punishment Department are like torches, how can you not understand it? Therefore, I think that most of today's events are just misunderstandings. The Tiantai Sect sheltered the Matsunaga family, probably because there was something insiders didn't know about! I think it is not too late to salute before the soldiers, and if persuasion fails, then consider using force. ”

The two courtiers in their ears spoke in completely different directions, but if they were carefully distinguished, they actually implied the same tendency to induce.

Holding the letter sent by the monks, he was thoughtful and noncommittal, but he chuckled lightly, showing an unfathomable and discerning appearance.

……

Standing on a small earthen platform near the Nijo Imperial Palace, looking northwest, about two or three hours away, you will find Mt. Hiei, where Enryakuji Temple, the main mountain of the Tendai sect, is located.

At first glance, it is not very conspicuous, and there is no peak that towers into the clouds. But Heite has been there a few times and knows the scenery of green hills surrounded by mountains and greenery.

The land is not abundant, the transportation is inconvenient, and the population is quite sparse, but it is suitable for escaping the world and cultivating and participating in Zen enlightenment. The monks of the Tiantai sect have been breeding here for six or seven hundred years, and have built dozens of large and small temples and pagodas. After a long period of operation, now all the land in the surrounding ten miles and eight directions has basically become monks' property, and most of the people have become lords who pay tribute to the monastery in exchange for protection.

Fortunately, the Tiantai sect has a long history, and it still retains the style of academic sects more than religious warlords, and does not degenerate into a gray force that is half black and white. They had no intention of building the temple as a fortress, nor did they assemble an army of monks and soldiers, let alone accumulate hundreds of armor and iron cannons.

The current "lord of the mountain" (who does not necessarily exercise real power) is the royal family, who is close to the royal family, and takes the "upper route" of the Eight Classics, with princes and nobles, literati and ink writers as the core customers, and does not compete with the samurai class for the market.

But on the other hand, when a conflict arises, it is more difficult to deal with than some other sects.

In today's case, although the other side mobilized the monks and brought Matsunaga into the mountain to shelter, they kept a low profile from the beginning to the end, and did not make a big show that the army was going to fight against the shogunate or the troops of the Heite family.

The letter sent by Enryakuji Temple clearly acknowledges the fact that "the Matsunaga family is indeed a great rebellion", and also praises the Herate family's crusade against the rebels and the rescue of the Imperial Palace. It was only after some perfunctory words that he explained in a high-sounding manner:

“…… The Matsunaga clan raised troops to besiege the shogunate, and the world saw it in broad daylight, and there is no doubt that he committed the evil act of rebellion. However, when will it be possible? Fa said: The sea of bitterness is boundless, and turning back is the shore. Instead of making more killings, it is better to let the guilty people cultivate themselves in the temple and repent of their old mistakes. Isn't it a beautiful talk to turn hostility into jade silk in this way? The temple will be strictly guarded to ensure that the culprit eats and recites the Buddha wholeheartedly, and will never give him another chance to make another big mistake......"

Seeing this, Pingshou Fanxiu had to sigh, although these degenerate monks who spend all their time drinking and eating fine clothes and fine food have no serious skills, they really have some means to play politics.

According to the information sent back from the land of Koshin, it can be seen that Takeda Shingen's religious policy is flexible and pragmatic - to put it mildly, it is unprincipled to say that he was unprincipled, and he took advantage of the opportunity to marry the princess and also had a deep friendship with the Tiantai sect. Today, Eei Mountain Enryakuji Temple is willing to come out to cover the Matsunaga family, on the one hand, the face of the "evil bullet" is big enough, and on the other hand, it must be inseparable from the big tiger behind it.

If they dared to cry out for Matsunaga, or openly support Takeda, there would be nothing to say, and the nearly 20,000 men of the flat Tsunohide could be killed up the mountain at any time. Although there are thousands of monks and soldiers in Enryakuji Temple, they are basically a few people who play with each other, and the actual quality is not even half of that of the first sect.

Afterwards, the imperial family and the ministers can't say anything, no matter what your background and status, once you bet openly in the gambling game for the world, you have to be willing to gamble and lose the mental preparation, the emperor abdicated, and the example of Guan Bai Xiaye is not unprecedented.

However, the reason given was "let the guilty repent in the temple".

In other words, no face tearing, no public betting.

This is a delicate topic that comes into the realm of a delicate topic.

Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Temple, as the main mountain of the Tendai sect, undoubtedly has the privilege of "not losing, not entering" and "self-judgment", that is, the monks have independent financial, administrative, judicial, military and other powers.

These privileges will not be 100% fulfilled, no matter what, theoretically.

After hundreds of years of mutual temptation, the samurai and the monks roughly figured out a set of unspoken rules - the samurai did not bother to kill and set fire to men and women within the temple area. When you go out of the temple, you follow the rules of the samurai.

So there was a long-standing controversy:

And that's—

If a defeated samurai flees to a monastery, is he protected by a monk, ordained a monk, and is exempted from mortal affairs?

There is no one-size-fits-all answer, it all depends on who is stronger, the samurai or the monk.

When Heiju saw Enryakuji's attitude, he didn't overreact much. Mibuchi Fujiei and Ise Sadako were very angry.

At least on the surface, the indignation is unclear.

The emotions they showed were very reasonable - as high-ranking shogunate ministers, they thought they were as safe as Mount Tai, but they were raided by the Matsunaga army and besieged for seven or eight days, and their minds were inevitably shocked.

The two of them are in a hurry and one slowly, and their styles are different, but they both mean to persuade Tie Fan Xiu to take tough measures.

As for the political issues behind it, it seems to have been ignored.

Seeing this, Pingshou Fan Xiu first smiled quietly, and after both of them made impassioned speeches, Fang Cai said with a solemn face: "What the two adults said is really inappropriate!" ”

Mibuchi Fujiei and Ise Sadako suddenly blushed, the former stared at as if there was some grievance that dared to be angry and dare not speak, and the latter shrank as if he had been caught as a thief.

The flat hand Fan Xiu pretended not to see it, and said to himself righteously: "...... I can understand the feelings of the two of you. In fact, the contemptible people are just like you, and they can't wait to immediately raise troops to pursue, capture the culprit, and punish them properly! But now that the great monks of Mt. Hiei Enryakuji have come out to make peace, how can this be disposed of at will? Today's matter must be reported to the Imperial Palace, and the old man must be the master, otherwise it will damage the reputation of the shogunate no matter what! Compared with this, what is the honor and disgrace and likes and dislikes of me? I won't act rashly until the princess gives an order! ”

Mibuchi and Ise were speechless.

With such a standard official article, I can't find fault with it.

After a while, without waiting for the two to react, he waved his hand and gave the order to evict the guests: "Please two adults, return to the palace first to report!" With a little preparation, I'll definitely be going to visit Gongfang before tonight! ”

When the words landed, Mibuchi Fujiying didn't say a word, bowed neatly and saluted, said goodbye, and then turned around and left.

Ise Sadako hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said softly: "Actually, the two of us came here today not only to convey the meaning of Lord Gongfang, but also another adult......"

It's just that Hisho Tsunohide didn't hear it and didn't show interest in this, Mibuchi Fujiei immediately urged, and Ise Sadahei himself felt that the occasion was not quite right, so he didn't continue, and Yuyu sighed and followed.

Of course, it's not that he doesn't understand the meaning of the words, but he can't distinguish the truth from the false, so he simply doesn't accept it.

In fact, I don't know if it's true, and it's completely impossible to distinguish the real from the fake, but once you do, the situation may be even more troublesome......

A moment later, the shogunate's envoys had already gone away, and Iwanari Tomomichi, Horio Yoshiharu and others were also instructed to go down to do things, leaving only Hattori Hideyasu standing on the side.

At this time, Hirata Tsunoshi relaxed his nerves, lay down lazily, and asked in a loud voice: "Xiao Heita, do you remember who was the culprit who assassinated Oda Danmasa back then?" ”

"Naturally, I dare not forget." Hattori Hidean hurriedly bowed down and replied, "The leader is Sugitani Zenjubo, who has been captured and killed in Kaimachi, and there is also an Igazaki Michishun, who is still absconding." ”

"Hmm...... That's good......" Hirate honshu nodded slightly, and looked up to the northeast to take a deep look, "I suddenly had a flash of inspiration in my heart, and I had a hunch that this Igazaki Michishun was very likely to be hidden in the Enryakuji Temple of Mt. Hiei, what do you think?" ”

"This-subordinates immediately sent someone to verify......" Hattori Hideyasu didn't understand it for a while, he only felt a little surprised, he hadn't done regular intelligence work for two or three years, and he had been engaged in some shady work such as internal supervision.

"To verify, of course to verify!" Tieshou Fan Xiu emphasized two sentences in a matter-of-fact manner, "No matter how obscure the clues are, or even if there are no clues at all, we must find out the evidence that these monks are harboring the murderer!" ”

"Oh......" Hattori Hideyasu understood at this time, and nodded twice, "My subordinates understand!" The matter ...... It will definitely be done as soon as possible! ”