Chapter 66: The Rebellion of Tianzheng Stone Mountain (Part II)
The "Laws of Temples and Societies" is an important part of the new policy, and even if it encounters obstacles, it will never change course.
Religious forces are absolutely not allowed to act on their own, and "separation of monks and laymen" is a principle that must be upheld. Finally, at the end of the 10th year of Tensho (1585), the shogunate sent informal negotiators.
Despite Saori's childlessness, Yoshimitsu Heide still attached great importance to it, and for the sake of the lady of the main room, the condition given to the in-laws was that as long as Honganji gave up religious power, gave up Ishiyama and Nagashima, and made the monks and disciples in various places submit to the rule of the shogunate, the descendants could be granted a total of 1.12 million koku of land in Echizen and Kaga, and become a large domain equivalent to that of Tokugawa Ieyasu. At the same time, the other descendant can still maintain the leadership of the sect, as long as the two promise never to merge again.
In this regard, her mother-in-law, Ruchunni, agreed, and as the daughter of the Sanjo family, she thought it was a good thing; The father-in-law was not entirely in favor of it, but he also admitted that the compensation was sincere enough. The two old men had no intention of creating a dispute.
However, within the shogunate, the shogun was very dissatisfied with this condition, and even said heavy words such as "the cub sells Yeda is not distressed", and it was the second generation who begged hard and persevered before he reluctantly agreed.
In addition, Governor Konishi, who was the most active manager of the "Nian Ji Public", although he was entrusted with the important task of "assisting the young master in controlling national affairs", was excluded from the decision-making circle this time, and he did not hear about it for the first time until the plan was introduced. However, Honda Masanobu, Hosokawa Fujitaka, Maeda Genyi and others were not surprised at all, obviously they had heard about it.
Such a distinction may be due to the consequences of Yukinoshi Konishi's two-sided deception a few months ago. He gets along with his cronies in private, and has already claimed to be the "ruler of the pen", and now he can be said to have lost face and no longer has a good reputation.
And on the other side of Ishiyama, the one who is now in power is Hirate Yoshimitsu's uncle, Honganji Temple.
This stubborn elder brother, unwilling to listen to his parents' advice, insisted on sticking to Ishiyama, and categorically refused the shogunate's request. He also received the support of Shimoma Lai Lian and other officials.
Miss Saori, who had just recovered from a serious illness, went to Shishan to persuade her to no avail, but she was treated coldly and was brutally expelled.
Annoyed by this, Hirate Yoshimitsu sent 20,000 banners to gather in Kyoto as a demonstration of deterrence, and at the same time ordered the soldiers and civilians in various places to prepare for the expedition.
However, the Honganji sect had no fear, but instead issued an official document asking all the officials and disciples to obey the orders and defend the monks' property with arms.
The saber was tense and on the verge of breaking out, but it was only because Xianru and Ruchunni were still trying their best to mediate that they did not start the war immediately.
Who knows, at the beginning of the 11th year of Tensho, a strong earthquake occurred in the Tokai region once in a century, Ise, Owari, and Mikawa were seriously damaged, several post stations were destroyed, all roads were blocked, and refugees lost control.
Hearing this, Yukinaga Konishi, who felt that his future was gloomy, suddenly defected to Shishan, declaring that "Lord Gongfang is dead, and the generation will change again!" ”
At the same time, he "protected" Ashikaga Yoshiaki's son, a young monk named "Sojo", who escaped from Myoshinji Temple in Kyoto and arrived at Ishiyama Honganji Temple, where he came under the banner of "Kuangfu Muromachi Shogunate".
Originally, there were a lot of rumors, but the people just believed it. At this time, the top few important ministers of the shogunate came out to stand on the platform, and their credibility suddenly multiplied several times.
In an instant, the 66 countries of Fusang fell into a panicked situation.
Hirate Yoshimitsu immediately refuted the news of the shogun's death, sent people to arrest the rumor-mongers, issued an order to assemble the shogunate flagbook, and requisitioned the princes to jointly attack, intending to strike first. However, not all of the foreign vassals responded positively, and many moved extremely slowly.
On the side of Monk Shishan, a large number of strange friendly troops suddenly appeared out of thin air.
Sagara and Ito in Kyushu, Hatano and Tsuneya in the west, Iga ninja remnants in, Oda and Chiba in Kanto, Osaki and Waga in Okuba...... Many forces that seemed to have been annihilated and subdued came forward. Some were punished by the shogunate for confiscating their territories, and some were unsuccessful in asking the shogunate to restore their territories.
About half of them were making trouble in the local area in an attempt to retake their original territories, which was not to be feared, and the new daimyo would fight desperately to suppress the rebellion for their own interests, even if they had little loyalty to the shogunate.
But more of the down-and-out samurai who hid in the countryside fled in droves to the vicinity of the stone mountain, armed with weapons and dry food, and joined the army of the Honganji Kyoru. That's where the biggest headache comes in.
Okuwa had Tokugawa Ieyasu, Hokuriku had Hirate Hideyoshi, Kanto was temporarily restrained by Hidenao Ii, who was inspecting the Imperial Ryo Office, and Suruga Imagawa Hideji was also quite decisive, and the voices in the eastern region that were clearly pro-shogunate prevailed, and only in Shimono and Kamiso did there be large-scale riots. There is also no such thing as a large number of ronins flocking to Kyoto.
But the west of Kyoto is a different story. Hinata, Inabata, and Bichu were not enough to stabilize the situation, and the forces such as Takeda, Maori, and Shimazu didn't know whether they were powerless or had other thoughts, and their reactions were very slow.
The most surprising thing is that Araki Murashige, Bestsunaharu Bessa, Tokawa Shobo and others originally responded to the call, but it is said that they were coerced by a large number of Ichitsuko's followers in their respective armies on the way, so that some were forced to change their positions, and some were killed by Shimo Kashang. As a result,'s connection with the western country was severed.
Then there were rumors that Miyoshi Nagaitsu was still alive, Asai Nagamasa escaped, Hojo Clan Masato was not dead, and even Oda Nobunaga came back to life to seek revenge on Hite.
Of course, it is impossible for these people to come forward and show their faces. The only thing that has really been confirmed is that the famous military commander Shibata Katsuya appeared in Ishiyama, but this is enough to become the backbone of the hearts of the followers of the sect.
The disciples of Nagashima, Omi, and Kaga also made efforts at the same time, so that the foreign feudal domains in the eastern region could not come to Kyoto in time to support, or in other words, there was a reason not to support Kyoto.
In the end, Yoshimitsu Hirate, who had originally planned to mobilize 150,000 men, only received 76,000 troops in a month.
Ishiyama Honganji Temple, on the other hand, has gathered more than 50,000 rebels.
The situation was very uncertain for a while.
Yoshimitsu Herate commanded the well-armed Shogunate Banner to victory in the field encounter, besieged the rebels at Stone Mountain, and ordered the navy to cut off the port and cut off supplies, but there was nothing to do in the face of the strong walls.
There is no time to settle all kinds of disputes across the country.
All of a sudden, the Hirate shogunate seemed to be facing a great crisis. Although it will not be destroyed, it seems likely that the previous regimes will gradually lose de facto control of each region, and the government will not issue Gyeonggi by decree.