Since the Onin War, the history of Fuso entered the Warring States period, and the economy of the manor system gradually collapsed, and the original village heads and local servants were gradually replaced by the daimyo government, and regulations such as the Kangao system and the military service system spread throughout the country. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 In the early days, most of the village leaders were wealthy landlords in the same village, although there were some acts of deception and corruption and taxation, but due to the situation of the township, they were generally not cruelly exploited. However, after entering the troubled times, the lords fought against each other, and in order to expand their strength, they wantonly squeezed profits from the lords. In the harsh government, the peasants had to pay most of the grain they had harvested through a year's hard work, and they had to bear a rather heavy burden of labor and military service during the slack time.

These civilians, who do not have the word Miao, are also called "untouchables" while working hard. The samurai under the lord killed the peasants, and at most they were reprimanded, and the wild samurai who wandered around the country were even more arrogant, even blatantly plundering.

The merchants behaved in the same way as the samurai. Because of the inconvenience of transportation, the "zaza" in various localities carried forward local protectionism to the highest extent and arbitrarily controlled prices, especially the privileged merchants who controlled daily necessities such as clothing and salt.

The peasants, who could not stand it, formed mutual aid groups in the village in an attempt to confront each other, but this kind of spontaneous action, which was not organized, often had little effect.

This created the best practical basis for the spread of the Pure Land True Sect.

Since Buddhism was introduced to Fuso, for various reasons, it has been developing in the direction of secularization and simplification, and the Pure Land Shinshu is the ultimate in this abnormal development. Promote the concept of "the right opportunity for the wicked", and only need to recite "Nam no Amitabha" every day to eliminate bad karma and be reborn in the Pure Land. Monks went to the villages to preach and organize the people to preach the scriptures. However, how can a peasant who does not know a single word know any scriptures? Eventually, the preaching turned into a grievance meeting, which in turn turned into a scolding ground for venting emotions, and eventually these emotions evolved into practical actions—the people eventually began to be dissatisfied with the happiness of the next life, but to pursue the interests of this world, so the religious assembly became a constant army, expelling the lords, burning down other sectarian temples, and supporting their own lords to govern. Many low-class samurai, who could not get ahead, also joined in this violent activity for various reasons.

Interestingly, the upper echelons of Honganji have always been reluctant to start a fight, but the wave rising from the lower echelons is something that even they can't stop.

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After reading the information at hand, Heite felt that if he didn't go to Mikawa in person and see the face of the Ichijo sect, he might not be able to obtain accurate information. Is it so powerful just by virtue of the words "the wicked are right"? Many of the farmers who have been involved in the process may not know what these four words mean.

So he immediately recruited Hattori Koto Taihidean, who was often sent out to conduct reconnaissance work.

"You have figured out the location of the activities of the Three Rivers Sect!" Fan Xiu asked directly.

"Yes. Your Highness, are you ......?"

Xiu'an's face flashed with surprise, and he returned to invisible. In recent years, he has become more and more calm.

"I'm going to go to Mikawa myself."

"In that case, there are two people to recommend it below."

"Who is it?"

"A wealthy family who ran away from Koga."

Koga is the land of ninjas, and there is hardly a wealthy family born there who do not practice ninjutsu.

"Can you trust it?"

"I have a friendship with my uncle for decades."

Hattori Hideyasu did not make a judgment on behalf of the lord, but only told the truth.

"Where are they now?"

"I just got in touch and I'm nearby. I didn't know how to bring this to you......"

Fan Xiu thought for a moment and ordered:

"Let's call over and have a look."

"Yes."

Kotota was ordered to go out, and about an hour later, he returned to the city with two people.

In front is a middle-aged man with shaved hair, dressed in a half-new robe and carrying a rosary, dressed as a monk. The young man in the back was dressed in a burlap coat full of patches, with a vegetable face, and looked like a servant, both of them were thin and short, but their faces were somewhat similar.

came to Fan Xiu, bowed down together, and the middle-aged man spoke:

"See Lord Warden!"

Since the other party is here to seek a backer, Fan Xiu did not pretend to be thirsty for talent, but asked directly.

"You are ......"

"In Shimo-Kaga Taki Yaheiji." The middle-aged man pointed to himself, then turned to point to the young man behind him, "This is the dog son Pingji." ”

"Koga Taki family?"

This is a famous ninja family.

"Yes."

"I heard that the Koga Taki family is a ninja force that has always been reused by the Minami Omi Sasaki Rokkaku clan, why did you come here to defect?"

"Now the Hexagon family is divided into several factions and attacking each other, and if we can't escape it, we dependent forces will be affected sooner or later." Takiya Heiji's expression remained unchanged, but his tone was a little gloomy.

Counting the time, now the last lord of the Rokkaku family, Rokkaku Yoshiji, has come to power, and this person lacks the means of the emperor and is very suspicious of the retainers, which has led to internal chaos, forcing his father, who has retired, to reappear in the mountains to rectify the situation. In the future, the Oda family will be so relaxed, and Rokkaku Yoshiji can be said to be a great contribution.

"Okay, from now on, you will be my retainers of Pingshou Fenxiu, and I will give you two hundred stones."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for taking me in." The middle-aged man bowed again, and then said, "In order to hide people's eyes, our father and son want to use the new Miao characters. ”

"What is the Miao character?"

"My father's mother, the Nakamura clan. Under the name was changed to Nakamura Issei, and Inuko was changed to Nakamura Kazunari. ”

"No problem. Owari also has the samura of Nakamura, which does not attract attention. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Then Fan Xiu wanted to test them on ninja kung fu, so he asked:

"I want to go to Sanhe and check the news of the Yixiang Sect in person, is there any appropriate way?"

The middle-aged man, who had just changed his name to Nakamura Issei, looked Honhide up and down for a while, and replied, "Your Highness, it is best for you to travel as a samurai, bring ten guards with you, and send a few people to disguise yourself as like-minded merchants or monks. ”

The samurai of the Eastern Kingdom have always given people a rough and uncivilized image, so Hirate Hoshu will probably not be questioned when he says that he is a visitor from.

Honhide nodded in agreement, and asked Asano Nagayoshi to organize the accompanying guards, and asked Matsui Tomokan and Kawada Nagato to take care of political affairs, while Nakamura and Koto Tai traveled together in disguise.

After walking out of the door, I saw two people holding bamboo swords in Honmaru, who were actually Hattori Koheita and Ii Naotora. Since the loss of an arm, Koheita has been practicing left-handed swordsmanship, and now it seems that he has achieved a small success in the professional eyes of Tsunohide, and he is quite disciplined between advance and retreat, attacking and defending freely, and it seems to be the kind of Kyoto kendo that Honhide practiced. On the other side, the Ji samurai is a typical Kanto routine, with a fierce offensive and a quick sword, but he has the upper hand of seventy percent.

When the tie came closer, the two stopped and stepped forward to salute one after another. After the stoppage, Hattori Kohei was too panting and sweating, but Ii Naohu was calm and calm, and his breath was not chaotic. Although the former's strength was greatly reduced after being injured, this woman does have some skills.

"I'm going out to Sanhe, be careful." Fan Xiu commanded softly.

Hattori only said "yes" to indicate that he received the order, but Ii Naotora said, "Your Highness, I am very familiar with the terrain of Mikawa, please let me go with you." ”

It seems that she is just empty-handed, but there is no actual work, which makes her panic. Fan Xiu smiled lightly and replied, "This time I just went to see the situation, even if I came with him, there was no merit." ”

The woman was stunned for a moment before realizing that this was a joke, and she was immediately embarrassed.

"I don't mean that......"

"Then you can follow!"

“…… Be. ”

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A few years ago, Hirate Hashu had been to Mikawa alone. At that time, ronins were rampant and the order was chaotic, which seemed to be a typical representative of the troubled times of the Warring States. Now, although the Matsudaira family has made a comeback and occupied half of the country, the wild samurai wandering around the land have not disappeared, and in just more than 20 miles from the castle to the east, I have seen two bloody weapon fights.

Naturally, people's livelihood will not improve much, and it is not easy to walk to a larger town, but I can only see more than a dozen businesses selling daily necessities. The two izakaya are doing good business, but the buildings are very old, and the smell of bad sake is even less attractive. The door of the whale house is hung with an eye-catching sign of "Twenty Wen", but the door is ajar, and it may be at night that you can know how the customers come from.

There were still unclothed women and children begging on the side of the road, but few people were willing to donate. Jing Yi Naohu, who was beside him, also hurriedly stepped forward to give them the rest of the wealth. Fan Xiu saw this, but the latter immediately lowered his head, took two steps back, and did not dare to look at him, and then felt that it was inappropriate, and carefully moved back half a step.

Fan Xiu couldn't think through it for a while, and he didn't care.

A group of more than ten people, standing on the street is also a little eye-catching, after thinking left and right for a while, Fan Xiu walked to the relatively clean dormitory on the side of the road. Although this type of business also includes some liquor and meat trading, it is relatively obscure and not too noisy.

The proprietress of the dormitory was laughing and chatting with a hunchbacked old man, and when she saw the guests come in, she slowly greeted her.

"It's actually a samurai master, you're going to Suruga, right?"

"No, it's just wandering around."

"Oh, forgive me for talking too much. There are also a few more houses upstairs. ”

"Hmm. Go ahead and arrange it, the price won't be difficult for you. ”

"Thank you very much!"

The proprietress smiled and turned to go upstairs, but the hunchbacked old man came up, and without waiting for the guards to stop him, he consciously stood two rooms away.

"You must be from Kyoto, sir! Hey? Why do I feel like I've met you? ”

The man was dressed in shabby clothes and had no sword at his waist, but he had shaved his hair, and he did not look like a townsman or a samurai.

"I'm coming from the west, and I did pass through the Three Rivers a few years ago, who are you?"

This is a very vague answer, Kyoto is naturally the west, and Owari is also the west.

"The villain Honda Junmasa, who used to be an eagle maker, is now ......"

The old man replied with a smiling face, but he couldn't help but show a bitter look.

"How now?"

"Alas...... Our eagle craftsmen were originally for the fun of the old men in the city, but the past few years have been too chaotic, and the old men are busy fighting, and there is no business at all! And there is still a cost to keep a falcon......"

It's also a poor person, the so-called full of warm thoughts ****, now that the Sanhe family is just starting to stand, it is indeed not time to sit down and enjoy the eagle hunting with peace of mind.

"If you want to recruit eagle craftsmen......

The old man who claimed to be Honda Tosomeasa took out the flute in his arms and blew it softly, and a black-feathered falcon suddenly flew outside the window and landed on his shoulder. He threw another stone out of the door and commanded the falcon to come back.

It's a craft, but it's not too much of an interest.

The eagle craftsman's face suddenly darkened: "Don't blame me for talking too much......"

Fan Xiu was about to ask something else, and suddenly a thought came to his heart: Miao Zi is Honda's eagle craftsman, could it be ......?

"What did you just say your name was?" He asked as if unintentionally.

"The villain Honda Yahachiro is handsome." The old man replied puzzledly, and then defended: "This Miao character was given to the ancestors by the lord of the previous generation, and it is not a villain's bold and private ......."

Fan Xiu bowed slightly: "I remember, I did see you once a few years ago." ”

At that time, I refused to accept the reward money I threw down, but now I took the initiative to come up to find a job, and it seems that the past few years have been really unsatisfactory. Could it be that Matsudaira recaptured Mikawa, but his men were even worse off than under Imagawa's rule?

"Yes yes yes ......"

The eagle craftsman flattered and took over, not knowing if he really remembered it, and a glimmer of hope was rekindled in his eyes.

"Anyway...... You're so old now, haven't your sons come out to take charge of themselves? ”

Fan Xiu asked.

"It's really ashamed to talk about this villain, if it weren't for the nearby owner, he might not even be able to support his two children......"

"Owner?"

"Oh, the masters of the Pure Land True Sect."

The Pure Land True Sect has finally found a clue. It doesn't seem to be wrong.

After some talking, the eagle craftsman felt that his status was low, and he had no reservations, and revealed his family background. His two sons, one named Honda Yahachiro Masanobu, was in his early twenties, and the other was Honda Sanyazaemon Masashige, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old. At that time, the family was difficult to support, and it was all thanks to the help of Yizong that he could barely support his wife and children.

"If the nearby owners are so generous, why rush to move away?"

"This ......"

"In fact, I also saw temples and shrines all over the country, claiming to be Buddha, but only knowing the shameless behavior of embezzling real estate and raising monks and soldiers, so I came out to find a pure land."

Fan Xiu said very sincerely.

The eaglesmith named Toshimasa Honda hesitated, looked around to the left and right, and finally whispered:

"Recently, the new city owner has killed several owners who have done good deeds, so now the village is in chaos, and some people say that they want to rebel...... I'm too old to toss into it anymore. ”

Hinode just kept smiling and listening, but didn't show any attitude.

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