On the seventh day of the seventh month of the eighth year of Motogame (1575), the "Tenkan Sumo Festival", which had been suspended for many years due to war and barrenness, was reborn.

Considering various factors, only the ceremonies of the opening, awards, and banquets were placed in the palace, and the official competition was selected in a wide flat area outside Luo, and the 1,000 personal guards were sent to maintain order, and the common people were allowed to watch after a thorough search and confirmed that they did not carry dangerous goods.

This long and sacred tradition has been cut off for three hundred years, strictly speaking!

To be precise, in the "Shojiu Rebellion", after the imperial family and the ministers were completely defeated by the samurai, they no longer had enough financial resources and energy to maintain the "decency" of their ancestors.

Over the past hundreds of years, there have been occasional samurai in power who are willing to spend money to buy political capital and continue the "ancient tradition", but they have never been able to stabilize and form a convention.

After all, the power struggle between the samurai is also quite fierce, not to mention it from afar, let's just say that Hosokawa Masamoto and Miyoshi Chokei are all dead and dead. Now the tie looks great, ten years from now, twenty years from now, who knows what it will be?

The biggest problem caused by the many years of disconnection is that the princes who have taken sumo etiquette as their family tradition now only have the knowledge memorized by rote in books, and have no practical experience at all, and the implementation process is quite nervous, and from time to time there are omissions and mistakes, or suddenly forget the next step and so on.

In the process of evaluating the winners and losers, there are also situations where people have different opinions and insist on their own opinions. There are indeed difficulties in implementing the rules on paper in the arena, for example, everyone knows that there are such things as "no foreign objects" and "no malicious attacks on key points", but how to define them requires experience accumulation.

In addition, there are also a lot of headaches at the contestant level.

Hundreds of years ago, sumo wrestling festivals were held not only in terms of ceremonial and cultural significance, but also as a symbol of competition between the major clans and the rivalry between the two Konoe houses. At that time, there would be many nobles who spent money to support a group of professional athletes, who usually did not have to do any work, as long as they concentrated on practicing their skills, they could be clothed and fed, and once they won good results in competitions, they would be rewarded with a large number of gold and silver.

In these days, it is clear that there is no longer a "professional athlete".

Sumo wrestling is practiced in all walks of life, and there are three main types of sumo wrestling, which are held by temples and shrines for ceremonies, "samurai sumo" held by samurai to exercise their bodies and improve their fighting ability, and "Sumo", which is a popular topic for the people to make money by selling tickets.

Therefore, there is still no shortage of contestants, and the news was notified two months in advance, and then there are hundreds of contestants who have come to Kyoto one after another. However, the rules and customs seem to be different from place to place, and the cognition is very confusing, and the referee has little experience, so it is all on paper, and there are many controversies.

Fortunately, in this era, there is no need to pay attention to "fairness and justice", "natural human rights" and the like. Do you dare to refute the verdict made by the officials of the Guard's Office?

Even if there are a few brave men who don't care about the difference in status, they always have to care about the soldiers who maintain order on the scene, and the knives in people's hands are definitely not decorations.

Overall, lively and chaotic. Many of the players who came from a long distance were judged to lose or sent off the field with expressions of anger and inaction, and the onlookers often made noises of unknown meaning.

However, the tie show was only seen lively, and I felt that the money spent was not much, so I was not too demanding, but said that things were done well, and I could consider normalization in the future.

By the way, I also put forward some suggestions for improvement that keep pace with the times.

The ministers generally agreed, as long as the nature of "Tianlan" has not changed. These two words imply the presence of the royal family and the imperial court.

Hirate honshu also agrees with this.

After all, judging from the actual situation, it is impossible to eliminate the influence of the imperial family and the imperial court in all walks of life in Fuso, so it is better to guide them so that they can be released through a safe channel without causing any danger.

In the process, the beard and hair are all white, and the emperor of Zhengqin Town, who is close to the sixtieth birthday, smiles like a child who has eaten sugar gourd strings. The fifty-year-old Fuji elder Quasi-Sannomiya Sekihaku Nijo Harura was also very pleased, and the rickets on his back and the furrows on his face seemed to have eased slightly.

This is especially true when the contestants who have entered the main tournament are inspected and visited.

The two of them, who theoretically stand at the pinnacle of power, actually have not too many opportunities to experience the taste of power.

Afterwards, Yamashina revealed to the flat Shohide: "The imperial court believes that you have made outstanding contributions to the post of 'senator', and since you became an official, you have been exemplary in the loyalty to the country, and you intend to carry the position of 'the right to accept the words, and the lieutenant general of the left guard is the same', but the matter is big, and it may take a while to discuss, and I dare not say that it will definitely be possible." ”

It was a great joy for all, it didn't cost much, but it made everyone happy.

Now nominally the head of the samurai family in the world, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's identity is "from the three, the power of the big Nayan, the leader of the left guard, lieutenant general".

If the tie takes a step further and becomes "the fourth position, the right to accept the words, and the leader of the left guard lieutenant general......

The difference between the two is very small!

Due to historical reasons, at present, in principle, there is no "chief official", only a "power official".

Originally, Ashikaga Yoshiaki had been promised the position of Minister of the Interior, but now that he is immortal, his promise will definitely not be fulfilled.

It would undoubtedly be a significant political signal that there were other samurai—and that ordinary samurai were not half-princes and half-samurai of the Gao family—that such a person equaled or even surpassed the dignified shogun in official positions.

The tie replied: "The contemptible people plan to set off in Kyoto in a month to swear to defeat the Takeda clan, who are not subservient, if they can obtain the favor of the imperial court before this, it will definitely be very beneficial to the morale of the army." ”

Yamashina further responded: "You are so right. In fact, not only do you need encouragement before the war, but you also need recognition after the war! If you can defeat the Takeda family, I suggest that you repair the book and go to the imperial court to fight for official positions for meritorious officials. ”

Hijo was slightly surprised, immediately reacted, and said with a smile: "I see that Tokugawa Mikawa and Oda Zuojin are both strong soldiers and horses actively preparing for the war, and they will definitely make achievements in the process of this expedition!" In fact, I have already asked them to delineate the strategic goals of the two. ”

That's what Yamashina was waiting for, and quickly followed the topic: "Then bother your old man to worry about how to add officials to them to the knighthood!" Alas, there is a saying that can only be talked about in private, but you must not say that I said it - since the decline of the Ashikaga family's martial arts, heroes everywhere have bypassed the Muromachi shogunate and directly approached us, the ministers. In this way, the gift money is more than before, but it is also very troublesome! It is very difficult to deal with two daimyo who are often enemies of each other, and both ask the court for official positions and titles, or if one party wants us to mediate and the other side is unwilling to accept it. What if it doesn't fall ......"

He suddenly stopped talking.

The tie was puzzled and asked: "What will happen if it doesn't end well?" ”

Yamashina hesitated again and again, shrunk his shoulders and said timidly: "If the contemptible person says anything unreasonable, please forgive me." ”

Pingshou Fanxiu laughed: "My father and Ling Zun are close friends. The dog and your righteous daughter are even married to Qin Jin. Between you and me, why should it be? ”

Yamako breathed a sigh of relief, straightened his waist slightly, and said cautiously: "Then I'll be bold once." After taking office as Sekihaku, Konoe Maehisa-sama, he was once forced by the pressure of the Miyoshi family to give Ashikaga Yoshiei the Great General Xuan, so that after the current public party took the throne, he was liquidated and investigated, and took refuge and escaped. In fact, at that time, it was purely a knife on the neck, and it had to be done as a last resort! In the world, it has long been not up to our minister to have the final say, and everyone feels very sympathetic and sorry for him, can he ...... Can you consider ......"

Pingshou Fan Xiu was noncommittal, looked up at the sky for a while, and then said slowly: "Based on the matter of profit, righteousness and honor, you can understand." However, do you remember three years ago, when he once assisted Takeda Shingen Kamiraku? ”

Yamachi's body shrank back unconsciously: "This is really indefensible!" It was he who made a great mistake! Well, though...... Perhaps, perhaps, there is an opportunity now, and it is not known that the fault will be made up...... Provided, of course, that is, your opinion. ”

Pingshou raised his eyebrows and asked, "Excuse me, how can he make up for his mistakes?" ”

Yamashina whispered, "Depending on your opinion, for the Takeda clan, whether it must be destroyed or can be subdued. If it's the former, then there's no need to say it anymore, but if it's the latter, then Konoe-sama might be able to help. ”

Pingshou Tsukumi suddenly said: "That's it...... It's not that it can't be considered. If the Takeda family returns the land that they illegally encroached on Tokugawa and Oda, and then hands over hostages who are enough to show good faith, the matter can always be discussed. I don't want to see the heirs of the Genji family. ”

Yamashina nodded: "I think your request is very reasonable. If it can't be done, then it can only be said that the Takeda clan is stubborn and unforgivable. Since Konoe-sama wants to make meritorious contributions and has to return to Kyoto, of course, he needs to make some difficult contributions. ”

"Well......" Speaking of this, Pingshou Fanxiu suddenly got up and changed the topic: "That incident just now triggered some associations in me." To tell you the truth, at this position, I always feel that for the samurai in the world, for the various clans of the Genji clan, the contemptible people should do their part, so as to be worthy of the trust of the imperial court, what do you think? ”

This is actually equivalent to asking about the titles of "Elder Genji" and "Pillar of the Samurai Family".

Yamashi's words trembled when he heard this, and he didn't dare to respond.

Pingshou Fan Xiu also knew that this would be the case, so he only smiled slightly, and did not force the other party to respond.