Honda Masanobu continued to advise Li Xiao: "The negotiation between the family and the Ichizong is imperative, and the lord can truthfully report what happened here to the lord and let him decide. At that time, we also had to do a good job of dealing with Katsukoji Temple. The current dispute between the two families is really the result of improper communication between the main family and Honganji, and I think that if the two sides keep in touch at all times, unnecessary conflicts can be avoided. ”

Li Xiao nodded, and said: "Zhengxin, you are right, negotiate with Honganji Temple, you are the most suitable person, you will go to Shengxing Temple for me, and you must convey my goodwill to the abbot Master Xuanzong, and be sure to ensure the harmony of the two families." ”

The abbot of Shengxing Temple, Honganji Xuanzong, is the eighth generation of Honganji Dharma Master, the fourth male of the Venerable Master, the son of the second son, Shixuan.

The same abbot of Iba Zuizumenji Temple, Renjung, is the ninth generation of the second son of the Venerable Lotus Buddha, the ninth head of Honganji, and the husband of the half-sister of Honganji Shiru.

In addition to the strongholds of Shengxing Temple and Zuisenji Temple in Vietnam, Honganji Temple also has the neighboring country of Kaga and Honganji Temple, "Kaga Sanriji Temple" - Honsenji Temple, Songshan Temple, and Guangjiao Temple.

Prior to the Kaga Oichi incident, the abbots of these five major temples and the 11th generation of the Hojoyama Ishiyama Honganji Temple, Honganji Temple, were both descendants of the Lotus Master, and they were related to each other by blood.

Honda said to Li Xiaoyan with a sigh of faith: "Your Majesty will definitely complete the mission of the lord." ”

After Honda Masanobu left, Li Xiao thought for a while, and immediately ordered Yokotani Yukiyoshi to summon his brother Yokotani Yuki.

After dusk, Yokotani Yushige appeared in the castle tower.

Seeing Yokotani Yukishige, Li Xiao asked directly: "How is the intelligence gathering in Vietnam going?" ”

Yokotani Yukihiro sighed and said, "My lord, your subordinates have already established contact points for intelligence in several major cities in Vietnam, such as Toyama Castle, the main castle of the two guardian gods of Vietnam, the main castle of the Shiina family, Matsukura Castle, and the Shengxing Temple and Zuisenji Temple of Honganji. ”

Li Xiao nodded, and asked again: "How did the infiltration of the personnel in this city go before?" ”

"When the adults were preparing to attack the castle, we ninjas had already placed a lot of people to monitor here, and after the adults occupied the castle a month ago, the origin of our ninjas also moved from Kamioka to the castle of Castle, and now there are more than 50 ninjas in the ninja family, and they are currently hiding in the city in various identities as disguises."

"Oh?" Li Xiao asked rhetorically, "Since the ninja people's foundation has been set up in this city, I don't know in advance why Honganji has set up a 'teaching' puja near this city. ”

Yokotani Yuki bowed his head and said, "My lord is very sorry, before, because it was mainly just spying, such as the Saito family, the information of local daimyo and land, so the ninjas were not beneficial to the collection of information in the nearby villages. This time there was such an incident, and the subordinates did not report to the lord in advance, which was a dereliction of duty on the part of the ministers. Please punish the Lord. ”

Li Xiao waved his hand, he also knew that the intelligence network of his ninjas, this noodle was too big, and here he had to train the ninja assassination team of Yokotani Yushige, and here he had to be responsible for the intelligence collection of Vietnam, China and Hida at the same time, so it was inevitable that there would be some omissions.

Li Xiaoyan said: "Fortunately, now that this matter has been discovered, I don't want to pursue it, but the most important thing is how to make up for it, this time because of the secret intervention of Honganji, so the family is now in a very disadvantageous situation in Vietnam, do you understand?" ”

Yokotani Yuki repeatedly: "Thank you for your lord's leniency, Your Majesty, I will definitely make up for my mistakes this time." In fact, this time, His Majesty had heard the news that the villages were preparing to refuse taxes, but because of the specific reasons for the investigation, the time to report to the lord was delayed. ”

After a pause, Yokotani Yuki reclaimed: "The lord is actually in more than 20 villages near the city, and this time there is a refusal of taxes, in addition to the fact that the believers in some villages are bewitched by the Honganji officials, there are other reasons. ”

"What is the reason?" Li Xiao asked.

"According to the investigation of the ministers, the Saito family, which has lost its foundation, still has many remaining retainers lurking in the villages, and there are still a few local servants who are still loyal to the Saito family, and in addition, some of the famous owners of the villages have a bad harvest this year, considering that if they pay this year's annual tribute, the people of the village will be very poor, so they decided to resist taxes."

Listening to Yokotani Yukishige's analysis, Li Xiao understood the reasons for this tax resistance incident.

Li Xiao thought for a while and said: "According to what you say, although the reasons for each village to resist taxes are different, but the force of my Takeda family, even if there are all kinds of reasons, will not rush forward, but this time the action is so consistent, it is obviously because Honganji takes the lead and connects the villages, right?" ”

Yokotani nodded again, with a look of admiration in his eyes, and said: "Yes, my lord, according to the report of the ninjas under his subordinates, the Shengxing Temple sent their official Xuanli, and it was he who lobbied back and forth in the villages of Chengsheng City, so that he set up a 'lecture' festival in each village, and contacted the famous lords of each village to refuse to pay the annual tribute of the city. ”

Li Xiao snorted, this mysterious act made him very unhappy.

Li Xiao carefully analyzed the information in his mind, and after pondering for a while, he had already planned a conspiracy to deal with Honganji Temple in his heart, and immediately asked Yokotani Yushige: "When this mystic theory came to the villages to preach, did he bring other guards with him?" ”

Yokotani nodded and said, "This mystic principle is very careful, when I came to the villages to preach and explain the 'Imperial Message' of the Dharma Master, I was accompanied by at least nearly a hundred monks and soldiers. ”

"Nearly a hundred monks," Li Xiao said hesitantly, "this is a bit difficult." ”

Yokotani Yuki said repeatedly: "My lord, if you want to get rid of the mysteries, your subordinates can send an assassination team to do it, they have been formed for more than half a year, and they have not shown their skills. But His Majesty didn't understand that just killing one Honganji official didn't work, and Honganji would send other officials. ”

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Fortunately, I don't just want you to kill Xuanli, but you must do it without revealing any traces, and the most important thing is that you must try to frame the villagers in the village, so that no one will suspect that you are here." ”

Yokotani snorted and said, "Is it a false accusation?" Your Majesty understood. However, the subordinates thought that even if they killed Genri, Honganji would not fall for the family's scheme, and believed that the villagers had killed their own officials. ”

Li Xiao shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if Honganji believes it or not, as long as those villagers believe it." Once you've killed Genri, you can send ninjas to infiltrate the villages and spread rumors among the villagers that Honganji is furious at Genri's murder and will retaliate. ”

After a pause, Li Xiao said again: "In these villages, the news is blocked, and those landlords and famous lords usually live in the countryside, and they may not see through my plan. It doesn't hurt even if a few people see through it.,The purpose of the ninjas of this family is to let the rumors take root in the hearts of the villagers.,And then it's okay to be suspicious of Honganji.,And the rest,I'll do it myself.。 ”

"Oh." Yokotani Yukishige agreed to step back.

Two days later, at night, in the village of the well outside the city.

At night, while staying at the home of a female believer, the official of Honganji Temple was killed by the husband of the female believer. The reason for the incident was that the man was unwilling to be humiliated by his wife, so he angrily killed him, and the man also committed suicide by his wife's side after hacking Xuan Li to death.

For a while, there was no proof of death, and the villagers, as well as the monks and soldiers who followed Xuanli, believed the fact that the male owner killed the official of Honganji Temple.

As soon as Xuan Li died, the news spread in the villages in an instant.

After the news of Xuanli's death, another shocking news spread from the mouths of merchants, ronins and other outsiders in the villages.

The content of the news is that Shengxing Temple is very angry at the killing of the Fang official among the believers.

The presiding officer of Shengxing Temple is preparing to deal with the believers of the sect in the villages of Chengsheng City.

Breaking the door means expelling the believers from the wall of the Pure Land True Sect.

This is the most feared way of dealing with the believers of the sect, which is more terrible than death.

The doctrine of Honganji Temple is not to reappear in retribution, but to cultivate the afterlife.

This religious ideology especially caters to the hearts of the peasants who are now living in poverty, and they have worked hard enough to make cattle and horses for famous lords, landowners, and daimyos.

And the main spiritual sustenance of living is to recite 'Nam no Amitabha' every time, so as to seek good fortune in the next life, so that you can be reborn in bliss after death.

At the beginning of Kaga Province, Vietnam China, and Honganji Temple, how could those believers be so brave, with rudimentary weapons, thousands of people rushed towards the enemy's forces, and they were not afraid of death.

The reason for this is because the head of Honganji Temple promised them that if they died defending the Dharma, they would be able to ascend to Western Bliss after death.

And once the believers are dealt with, it is equivalent to the Lord of Honganji Temple saying sorry to them, you have no share of the ticket to the Western Heaven Bliss, and you will struggle in the sea of suffering in this world for eternity.

This is really more terrible than death for the believers of the Sect.

So when the rumors of this broken door came out, coupled with people with ulterior motives behind the instigation.

In the village near Chengsheng City, all the believers of the Zong Sect immediately dragged their families and rushed to Shengxing Temple in Tonba County, hoping to rush to the temple, kneel down and ask for the forgiveness of the abbot and the officials, and not to break down their doors.

Within a few days, all the devout people of the Sect immediately rushed to the Shengxing Temple, and the crowd reached as many as two to three thousand.

Li Xiao's subordinate retainers Dao Shengmeng and Shigang Yiyu saw such a large population movement in the territory, and they were shocked for a while.

So they each hurriedly came to report to Li Xiaoyu.

Although Li Xiao's dominance over the territory is now zero, it is not a good thing that there is such a large population flow.

However, when they didn't know it, the current situation was developing under Li Xiao's deliberate and secret indulging.

As far as Li Xiao is concerned, after the most stubborn and difficult members of the Sect left Li Xiao's territory, the remaining village lords and villagers were also panicked for a while after this turmoil.

And Li Xiao wanted to pacify the resistance of the villages, and the resistance was much smaller all of a sudden, and at this time, the time for Li Xiao to wait was ripe and he could start to do it.

Li Xiao's first step was not to rashly send troops to the villages to levy or send people to collect taxes, but to issue a 'sword hunting order' to the villages.

It is said that the Daimyo conscription and warfare have always been hidden in the peasants, so in the villages, the local servants, and the common people have a large number of weapons and weapons in their hands, which means that as long as they are slightly mobilized, the peasants in the village can put down their hoes and pick up swords, guns and armor from their own homes, and they can fight in the army.

However, there are weapons hidden in the villages, and at the same time, they have also created favorable conditions for them to launch all kinds of soil and earth.

What Li Xiao has to do now is to issue a 'sword hunting order' and collect all the weapons in each village, and see how these people have no weapons, how can they arm me to resist taxes."

It's two hundred chapters, celebrate. Ha.

(To be continued)