I nodded slightly. What he said was true. The first master of Kongobu-ji Temple was Kobo Daishi Kukai, the first Toji elder was Michiko Daishi Fuko, one of Kukai's ten disciples, and the first Tendai master was the same name as Kukai Missionary Master Mosumei, each of whom has been passed down for more than 800 years, which is similar to the history of this Heian-kyo. The idea that the head of Kongobu-ji Temple, the elder of Toji Temple, and the head of Tendai are the leaders of Buddhism is deeply ingrained, just as Heiankyo is the status of Kyoto.

Although I wanted to establish a shogunate in the Kanto region, I did not want to shake the status of Kyoto, and I appreciated its political, religious, and cultural heritage. Then, regarding the status of Shingon Buddhism and Tiantai Buddhism, it seems that there is no need to worry about it. As Tenkai said, the loss of the huge temple domain may not affect the religious prestige of Koyasan, Neraiji, and Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei, but its economic and military power will be weakened to a negligible degree. This can be seen in the position of the emperor, as the leader of Shintoism, his position is still exalted, but his authority has disappeared.

In the era of the imperial government, the reason why the two unifications of Zhimeiin and Dajukuji Temple succeeded to the throne alternately was because the two unifications respectively ruled the two major territories of the imperial family. The Ming Yuan is in charge of the long lecture hall and has eighty-nine estates in forty-two countries; Dajue Temple is in charge of the eight temple territories and has more than 220 temple territories. And these territories are all managed by the ordained emperor, so the emperor's voice is higher than that of the emperor, and the government is replaced by the court government. At the beginning of the Genpei War, Nioh raised troops against the Taira clan, that is, he relied on the support of samurai retainers such as Minamoto Yuki, the Tibetan (in charge of the treasury) of Hachijo-in, and the local lords of Hachijo-in's subordinate estates such as Ashikaga Yoshikiyo; The Ashikaga Takashi clan rebelled against the Hojo family, which was also an opportunity for Emperor Daigo to issue a decree to the Hachijo-in manor (Ashikaga Village belonged to the temple domain of Hachijo-in and was managed by the Ashikaga family as the local lord for generations).

However, after the Kamakura period, Emperor Toba raised an army to attack the shogunate and was defeated by Hojo Masako, and the shogunate completely took over the management of the two estates of the imperial family, thus cutting off the economic lifeline of the imperial government, so that the imperial family and the public family could no longer resist the samurai family (later, when the Ashikaga Takashi clan raised an army against the Hojo family, the Ashikaga village led by Hachijoin actually belonged to the Ashikaga family completely, and there was no need to obey the orders of the imperial family at all, but Go-Daigo Tsuru gave him the name of opposing the Hojo family).

"Then that's it!" I finally nodded, "Buddhism is respected by the two sects of Shingon and Tiantai, the Shingon Sect is headed by the head of the King Kong Peak Temple and the elders of the East Temple in turn, and the Tiantai Sect is headed by the head of the Tiantai Sect, both of which are the highest monks; The six sects of the southern capital are second-class, and the heads of each sect lead the monks; In addition, Zen Buddhism is respected by the Rinzai sect, with Xiangguoji Temple as the general mountain, leading the monks to be in the right position, and the rest of the sects and the Pure Land True Sect (Ichijo Sect) and the Lotus Sect (Lotus Sect) are leading the monks...... Later, I will ask the Imperial Court and the Emperor to give the monks and purple clothes and the heads of each sect as a sign of respect, and the detailed candidates will be reported to the Imperial Court by Gen Maeda. ”

"Your Majesty takes orders." Maeda said with a bow of his head.

"Next, with the head of each sect as the main leader, determine the general base mountain, the big main mountain, and the Bege mountain of each sect, and according to the three levels of Zhongben Temple, Xiaoben Temple, and Sun Mo Temple, the temple grid of the rest of the temples will also be established, and then the temple leaders and temple affairs of each temple will be sorted out. This is a time-consuming and laborious thing, but it can set a permanent foundation for Buddhism for eternity, and I hope that all the masters will work tirelessly to review the list of mountains and temples declared by the imperial court to ensure that they are reasonable and fair," I glanced at the Lord of the Tiantai Throne and continued to speak, "The Prince of the Dynasty is honorable, his status is respected, and there is no temple affairs at present, so please trouble the master to preside over it...... In addition, I appointed Master Amami to explore the problem of Mt. Hiei and assist as a representative of the shogunate. ”

"This seat should do its best," Prince Zun Chaofa said with a slightly wry smile, presumably with deep emotion about my sentence "There is no shackles of temple affairs". When he took over the throne from Prince Kakushubo, who had taken refuge in the Takeda family, Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei had long since been burned down by Nobunaga, and it is still a pile of ruins and ruins.

"The master doesn't have to be emotional. After this incident, Master Tenkai will continue to serve as the investigator of Mt. Hiei and preside over the reconstruction of Mt. Hiei. I comforted him.

Only then did Prince Zun Chaofa feel relieved, and he greeted me and said, "If you can do this, it will be a great merit for Your Highness the Inner Palace. ”

"In addition, at present, the position of the elder of the East Temple of the Sect of the Emperor Huguo Temple is vacant, so how about asking Prince Ho to play the Ming Imperial Court and be replaced by Master Yi Yan and serve as the head of the Shingon Sect? As far as Yu knows, the elders of the East Temple are appointed by the monks of Ninna-ji Temple, Daikaku-ji Temple, Koshu-ji Temple and Daigo-ji Temple (the first two temples are presided over by the imperial family, and the latter two temples are presided over by the imperial family or the Fujiwara family). ”

"What His Highness has said is very true." Prince Zun Chaofa reciprocated the favor and immediately agreed to my recommendation.

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Although the formulation of the martial arts law was also entrusted, as I said to Maeda Xuanyi, it was only because Tianhai and the others were more detached from their position, and I hoped that they would be able to pick up the gaps and add some rules on self-cultivation and etiquette. The key territories, family personalities, and serial positions are naturally determined by me personally, and at most I will ask for the opinion of Xinjing.

The first thing that was established was the whole framework, which was the central system and the division of family personality that I had laid down in the Provisional Law of Yongzhen. The central system is naturally still the pattern of the three elders and the five elders leading the government affairs, and the other is the supervision and trial system. In terms of supervision, I imitated the practice of the Tokugawa shogunate in history, and established the "One Country, One Castle Order" and the "Attendance Order", but it was done much softer. In addition to ordering each feudal clan to abandon the redundant castles, the clan and the relatives of the feudal clans first made demonstrations, and also ordered the famous people who built the city, such as Xiujing and Fujido Gaohu, to compile a map of the city and distribute it, encouraging them to build a beautifully shaped and large-scale castle, so that for the sake of fame and prestige, the feudal lords would naturally invest all their strength in the castle as the foundation of their own family from generation to generation, so that there would be no extra strength to build the rest of the fortified castles; The heirs of the daimyo families alternately went to Edo and Kyoto alternately to learn government affairs and etiquette, and when the main chambers of the daimyo came, they could also receive some exquisite costumes, which came from the Ming court and could only be obtained through the channels of exploration and trade, which was very important to show their own status. Even without this order, in recent years, whenever the trading ships returned, many close daimyo families would take the initiative to go to Imabari Castle to ask Yuka and Fuyuhime for these limited tributes.

In terms of trial, I am going to issue a "no-nonsense order" to strictly prohibit the major names and wealthy clans from encroaching on the surrounding territories, and violators will not only return the part they have encroached upon, but also impose fines, reduction of seals, and even modifications. In the case of disputes in other areas, in accordance with the principle of "making noise and losing the situation", the two parties will first be given a certain amount of punishment, and then the party that loses will be given additional penalties and compensated to the party that is reasonable. This can not only prevent the local daimyo and wealthy families from rashly stirring up trouble, but also remind them to maintain a restrained attitude in case the situation expands, if they rashly quarrel over trivial matters, even if they are the reasonable side, they will definitely suffer, because the part of the compensation he receives may not be enough to pay the fixed penalty of "two defeats".

Of course, the part that attracts the most attention is naturally the determination of family character and territory. In terms of family character, as in the provisional legal system, the major names and wealthy families are divided into family elders, genealogical generations, and outsiders, each with corresponding authority and obligations. In terms of territory, daimyo with more than 200,000 koku are called kokuchi daimyos; 200,000 to 100,000 stones, called quasi-national holders; 100,000 to 50,000 stones, called the lord of the castle; 50,000 to 10,000 stones, called the quasi-city lord daimyo; Below 10,000 koku, those directly under the shogunate or the daimyo of the pedigree are called the flag book, and the appearance is called the Hao family, and it is not included in the list of samurai.

As the ruling core of the shogunate, the elders of the clan basically belonged to the daimyo of the country, and even if the territory was less than 200,000 koku, they would be given the character of the daimyo of the country. The most territories are naturally the three Imperial Gate families, namely the Kyo family of Xiujing, the Kingo family of Zhou Jing and the Takee family of Yoshikei, the Kyozhao family leads Harima and Tajima Ryogoku 560,000 stones, and protects the two provinces of Sanin and Sanyo, such as the Ashikaga Naoyoshi of the Muromachi Shogunate, who enjoys the vice-shogun personality, but does not inherit the name of the clan; The Kingo family led Kii Province, with a territory of 555,000 koku, and protected the Nankai Province, so they could inherit the clan, but the two counties of Minami Mulou and Kitamurau in the eastern part of Kumano, together with the three ghost families, were assigned to the Kukiki Kataka and led the Kumano Sea Aid Team as a 100,000 koku daimyo; The Kyozhao family led the 590,000 stone of Echizen Province except for Tsuruga and protected the Hokuriku Province, and was also able to inherit the clan family, and the 80,000 stone of Tsuruga was handed over to Ataka Nobuyasu, and the quasi-country was given a great name and led by Wakasa Sea to help the team. In addition to the existing official positions, these three daimyo are classified as three or two official ranks, depending on the seniority of the head of the family, and concurrently serve as the middle or big name.

Next is the Seven Branches. The head of the seven families was naturally Nishiki Keimasa, who was the son of the successor Masamuro Yuga, who led Iga and the northern half of Ise with 370,000 koku, and was called the Seshu family; The second is the great friend Keiyoshi of the two countries of Lingfeng and Chikugo, and the Shishi Chikugo Shou, called the Chikushu family, and the territory of these two countries is more than 700,000 koku, so I will separate the 150,000 Ikutakashi family and the 100,000 Ikugoku Tachibana family in Chikugo Province as the daimyo of the quasi-koku holder directly under the shogunate, so as to reduce their direct collar to less than 500,000 koku to show the difference from the Mimon family; In the same form, there is also the adopted son of the leader Minokoku, the world-class Minomori, and the adopted son of the Noshu family, Oda Yoshinori Keishino, who I gave the 100,000 koku of the country to Inaba Ichitetsu and listed him as the shogunate genealogy, and he stayed at Gifu Castle when Ikeda Tsuneko went on an expedition, and made great contributions to the pacification of Mino by Takigawa Kazuki. Then there was the Ukita Keikie, who was an adopted son and was scheduled to marry the daughter of Hidekei, and I gave him the two kingdoms of Bizen and Misaku, but also listed Miura's Katsu of Misaku, and reduced his territory to less than 500,000 koku, and at the same time led Misaku to keep the world, and called it the state family; The 360,000 stone of Awa and Sanki are still Hosokawa Keiyuki, and the family is the Sanki Mamoru of the Awa Hosokawa family, called the Sanshu family, and his identity can now be made public, and then not only does not need to be taboo, but it will become the honor of the family, just as the Otomo and Shimazu families in Kyushu always claim that their ancestors are the descendants of the Minamoto Yoritomo (illegitimate son); Then there is Ii Xuanzhi, I not only gave his family Iiya the country of Yuanjiang, but also added the Suruga half country, the territory totaled 360,000 stones, the world position Suruga Mamoru called the Junshu family, and the rest of the eastern half of Suruga was handed over to Honda Masanobu and Masajun father and son, and gave 100,000 stone quasi-country to hold the pedigree of the great name; Finally, Xiaoxia's Kamikawa family, with the identity of Jingzhong, should have been second only to Jingzheng, but he unfortunately did not fight, this family can only be inherited by the adopted son, after thinking about it, I chose the second son of Kira Qinzhen, renamed him Keitharo as a child, and Jingzhong's sister Mingjin made a marriage contract, and then inherited the 300,000 stone territory of Tosa Province and Minami Iyo, and the title was set as Iyomori, called the state family, and Kira Qinsada broke away from Zhou Jingpei, and transferred to Nakamura Castle in western Tosa, Together with the eastern Nagamune Ibu Yorikin, he served as Keishiro's rear officer.

The identity of the seven families of Lianzhi is one level lower than that of the Imperial Gate family, in addition to the existing official positions, depending on the seniority of the head of the family, the four or three official ranks, and concurrently serve as the post of less Nayan or Zhongnayan, and the late Jingzhong is particularly posthumously sealed, called Tosa Dainayan.

The Seven Families were pursued, and it was finally determined that they were Shigeharu Takenaka, Nobumasa Ishitani, Nobuhide Gamo, Kazutoyo Yamauchi (childless, with his younger brother Yasutoyo as his heir), Asano Nagamasa, Maeda Genyi, and Fujido Takatora. Shigeharu Takenaka is scheduled to lead 290,000 stone in the Kanto Hitachi Half Country, and he is currently in charge of the center; Ishiya Xuanzheng led the Hanoi Kingdom of 250,000 stone and served as the imperial assistant, and the retired Ishiya Yorichen served as the imperial court, and was responsible for contacting the imperial court as the representative of Xinjing; Gamo Nobuhide transferred the two kingdoms of Izumo and Iwami, with a territory of 290,000 koku, and served as the Daisuke of the War Department, responsible for the affairs of Iwami Ginzan, and assisted Hidejing in supervising Sanin and Sanyo; Yamauchi Kazutoyo led Nagato Province with 270,000 stones, squeezed Shimazu Yoshihiro and Ouchi Jinghiro to Bei China and Zhou Fangguo respectively, and his younger brother Yasuho Yamauchi served as Daisuke Minbu and Minbu Shaosuke respectively, and was still in charge of the affairs of Qianza; Asano Nagamasa was scheduled to seal the Echigo half of the country with 200,000 koku and serve as Daisuke Daisuke, and he served as the representative of Shinkei as the governor of Quanzhou, and he was still in charge of the exploration trade under Hidekei (in the future, he was in charge of the development of the Sado gold mine); Maeda Xuan led Kyushu Fengzen a country, because of less than 200,000 stones, he was given the name of the country, and served as the temple under the five elders, and gave the title of the great monk of the Ministry of Style, and the position of Shibu Shaofu or Shibu Daifu; Fujido Takatora was scheduled to seal 240,000 koku in Tokiroku, serve as Daisuke of the Criminal Department, and preside over the construction of Edo Castle. The rank of these seven families was set from five to the top or four to the main four, but once they were appointed as the elder and the middle elder, they were promoted to the rank of third and held the position of senator, thus obtaining the qualifications to meet the emperor and participate in the affairs of the court.

(To be continued)