98, the autumn of Tianyi Temple (2)
The real place of the meeting is not in the Tianyi Temple, and it is indeed inconvenient for Christians to enter the Buddhist temple, and both of them must feel very embarrassed. I'm retired now, and I don't need to be intimidatingly aggressive, so I'd better be kind.
There are two or three places in this garden with Tianyi Temple as the core that are suitable for such gatherings, and I chose one with only one main hall and a dozen pine trees. In addition to the more than 50 people from all walks of life, there are some guards outside the inner hall of the palace, and the basic security is still there.
"I'm sorry for waiting for a long time!" I stood in the doorway for a while, and walked in myself before anyone else noticed, without letting the guards tell me. "When people get older, they can't help but nap from time to time, and just now they accidentally fell asleep. I don't think you can blame me! In the stunned eyes of everyone, I went straight to the right position.
"Meet Your Highness the Stars!" The people who reacted in surprise bowed down together, and although most of the people here didn't know me, as long as there were a few leaders who knew me, others would naturally follow.
"Your Highness Zhuxing has not seen you for many years, and you are still terrified, and your spirit is even more radiant than before!" An old monk with a fat head and big ears like Maitreya said to me with emotion, looking at his expression, not only knowing me, but also how deep his feelings he seemed to have.
"The body is rotten, and this ...... "I have almost no impression of this man, so naturally I can't talk about remembering his name."
"Tofukuji Temple presides over the Ten Continents of Pure Strictness!" Seiji Takenaka reminded me in a very low voice.
"Master Jingyan Shizhou is really too prestigious, and in my current situation, I really don't want to come out as a director again. The energy and brains are already low, and coming out again to point fingers is just to add to the annoyance of others! I tapped the folding fan in my hand on my right temple and said to myself.
This person is actually the successor of Asayama Hisakari, and the world is changing really fast! However, I still have a vague impression of this name, but I don't remember that there are such fat people in Tofukuji Temple.
"Where, where, where in the world are there more benevolent and righteous wise people than His Highness the Stars......" Jingyan Shizhou continued to say with a smile.
As one of the five mountains in Kyoto, Tofukuji has always taken the upper route, and the stakes between this incident and their interests are not very direct, so the identity of Jingyan Shizhou is more like an intermediary mediator, so he is more concerned about leaving a good impression on me at the moment. However, his unorthodox nonsense aroused the disgust of some other people, and finally some people couldn't help it.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness the Stars!" A European priest in his fifties with a "Mediterranean" hairstyle interrupted the words of Jingyan Shizhou. "I have only recently arrived in your country, but I have already heard many people sing the praises of you. Now even in Europe, it is widely known that you have calmed down and ruled this country with great wisdom, so I have no doubt about justice today! ”
"Oh......" I glanced at his very obtrusive olecranon nose, as if in a fairy tale no one with such a nose would be a good person. As he spoke, Kiyoharu Takenaka had already quietly introduced me to this Catholic priest from Rome named Ferrero.
The priest's Japanese was quite good, and it was evident that he had done his homework before, but sometimes the understanding of a culture could not be based on books alone, but had to go deep into it. For example, what he just said made several mistakes of principle, and if he was serious, he would have been sentenced to death.
As far as I can see, this guy is probably a Jesuit monk, in other words, a very cunning and sinister kind of person, but using this kind of person against these secular monks in Japan may really have some good results.
"There is one thing I think I have to remind you of, it is His Majesty the Emperor who rules this country! If you continue to say such things that are contrary to etiquette, then I can only express my regret. I first struck him lightly, and then my eyes swept over everyone's faces.
Many of them bowed their heads under my gaze, and no one wanted to try what my "regret" was, and although I said that the Catholic side should be happy to represent Buddhism, everyone knew that I was a warning to all of them.
"After I retired, I wanted to be here and not ask about the world, so I didn't know a lot about things. A few months ago, I heard that there was a rebel party who wanted to provoke a rebellion, but later I learned that there might be some misunderstanding! I sank and slowed down a bit. It's not terrible to have a misunderstanding, as long as it's explained clearly. I have come to this meeting today just to hear the opinions of all sides, and if there is any grievance, I can convey it to the general on my behalf. His Highness Takenaka is also here, so you can write your own submissions, and he will bring them back to Osaka after I have given my opinions. As long as you don't have other intentions, you can say anything! ”
Dozens of people looked at each other with communication, observation, or provocative eyes, and no one spoke first for a long time, although they had tried their best to see me, but once they really saw it, they didn't dare to speak easily. Now that several parties hostile to each other are present, the slightest carelessness will make people catch their sore feet, and not to say anything inconsiderate, is to seize the opponent and fight to lose both, wouldn't it make the third party reap the benefits?
"What, is it all right?" I asked softly with a smile on my face, the folding fan in my right hand tapping lightly on my left palm.
"Your Highness!" Suddenly, a man screamed so hard that I was almost startled by unpreparedness, but it was little Mainhull.
After a closer look, I found that little Mainhull has not changed much, here it is talking about mental temperament, as for the physiognomy after all, he is already in his forties and has entered the ranks of middle-aged people.
I did give a lot of care to the son of the deceased, and I also had a special explanation when Keiji transferred to Fenghou. However, in the years that followed, I gradually forgot the name, after all, I had my own career to do, and it was impossible to pay attention to these small and medium-sized things.
It wasn't until three years ago that my attention was focused on religious issues, and the name appeared more and more in the information I had gathered over time, and as the number of European immigrants in Kyushu increased, so did the influence of Protestantism there.
Now Mainhull Jr. is almost the leader of Protestantism in Kyushu, and under his leadership Protestants have almost caught up with the thirty-year gap with Catholicism. It is said that his enthusiasm for religion is still burning now, and of course in terms of struggle......
"Please forgive me for my rudeness, but I really can't suppress the emotions in my heart!" Little Mainhull did get excited as he said, and I seem to have seen something similar before. "It is our duty as servants to spread the gospel of the Lord, and I have no regrets about it. The upright will not complain in the slightest about guiding the lost lambs, and even the most hard work is a happy thing. It is this noble act that I have been thwarted in Kyushu, those who have been tempted by the devil and who have misinterpreted the holy will of the Lord......" He became more and more excited, and began to attack others without any scruples.
"Who is the devil who has been tempted?" Honganji Junru (son of Xianru, the current Dharma Master) raised eyebrows at him.
"He who turns his back on the glory of the Lord will dare to speak of the will of God in vain!" Ferrero also screamed with wide eyes.
Those who turn away from the teachings of the Lord will not be saved, as the Bible's chapters 9 and 17 say...... "Fearless in the face of a strong enemy, Meinhull the Younger, began to fight back with the scriptures."
The debate began with three people and gradually expanded, and more and more people joined in, based on a variety of scriptures from the New Testament and the Old Testament to the East. The fact that these religions are currently exclusive has created an opportunity for them to come together and to display a variety of debating techniques. In the end, they seem to be debating for the sake of debating, forgetting why they came here in the first place.
At first, Seiji Takenaka wanted to stop him, but I stopped him. These are some strange guys, but at least they don't seem very clever, just as impulsive and make mistakes. It's good that there won't be any resistance to the plan.
After about ten minutes, someone finally realized that something was wrong, turned to look at me, and shut up. It took another minute for everyone to realize the problem, and the room fell silent.
"Are you all done?" I asked with a smile, and everyone nodded subconsciously. "You all have a point, it's just ......," I groaned, frowning in embarrassment. It's just that I'm too little to learn, and I don't understand what you're saying. It seems that I can't help you anymore, so I'm out of company! As I spoke, I made a gesture of getting up and leaving.
"I'm rude, forgive me, Your Highness the Stars!" Everyone fell to the ground, and Kiyoharu Takenaka and Masabayashi Tongkai also grabbed me at the right time.
"Returning to His Highness Zhuxing, Kyushu can be said to be very chaotic now!" Honganji Junru was the first to react among these people, and talked about the topic of "interest" in me. "Now some people are bewitching the people in Kyushu, instigating the people to be called 'holy lord'. If they were allowed to act in such a disrespectful manner for a long time, it would make it difficult for the shogunate to enforce its decrees......"
"Who is the deceitful man?" Little Mainhull replied with an angry face: "Some people have done things in the name of monks, and they have raised an army in an attempt to do evil. Your Highnesses, please be careful, don't be fooled by these people! ”
"Yes!" This time, Federo was on the same page as him. "Some people have enclosed large amounts of land and wantonly exploited the people. Such wicked and greedy people, if they say that they have no dissenting intentions, no one will believe them! "He was dissatisfied with the large amount of fertile land in the Great Mosque, and thought that I did not know that Catholicism was doing the same in other parts of the world.
"Those priests with suspicious identities ......"
"Those wandering monks who sell dog meat with sheep's heads......"
"I probably understand the situation!" After about half an hour, I finally nodded.