In the first year of Astronomy, the Kyoto Lotus sect and the Minami Omi Rokkaku Joyori allied forces and destroyed the Yamashina Honganji Temple, the main base of the Ichijo sect, so the Honganji Temple's Dharma Master Honganji Zheng Ru moved the main shrine from Yamashina Honganji Temple to Ishiyama in Settsu Province.

Ishiyama Honganji Temple was thus upgraded to a new general mountain, also known as the Ishiyama Great Imperial Workshop.

The current head of Honganji Temple is the son of Zhengru, and the eleventh generation of the Lord of Honganji is Xianru.

Honganji Temple has been established since the rise of the eighth generation of the Holiness Rinpoche, and has now completed a relatively strict organizational structure similar to that of the Sengoku Daimyo.

Honganji Temple is based on the 'teaching' of the rural area, and then the upper level is the branch temples of each region, and all branch temples obey the orders of the main main mountain Ishiyama Honganji.

At Honganji Temple, the head of the temple issued the 'Go' Om' and conveyed his own decree to the local branch temples, and then the branch temple officials would 'comprehend' the Dharma Master's own personal understanding of the 'Go' and add it to their own meaning, and then convey it to the local 'speak', so that the followers of the Honganji sect could understand the spiritual instructions of the Dharma Master.

Generally speaking, one lecture is given to one village, but there are also several lectures per village, and each lecture is based on dozens to hundreds of people.

And this time, according to Li Xiao's subordinates, the famous lords and people of the villages near Chengsheng City were called by Xuanzong of Honganji Temple, who presided over Shengxing Temple, and all villages collectively joined Shengxing Temple to "speak" this kind of puja.

'Talking' about this so-called solidarity and mutual aid association, just tell Li Xiao that now our village is already a member of the Shengxing Temple of the Zong Zong, and it has nothing to do with your Takeda family.

And this 'talk' meeting now puts forward three spiritual requirements for Li Xiao, the so-called three no's, that is, no entry in guarding, no entry in inspection, and no entry into taxes.

It means that Li Xiao, as a daimyo, is not allowed to enter the villages without permission, and is not allowed to enter the villages to arrest the people at will and recruit soldiers, and at the same time, Li Xiao, as a daimyo, can not bird you with all the taxes ordered to be collected.

Li Xiaoyuewen is not very good, anyway, for these three 'no' characters, according to the understanding of Chinese, it is similar to the meaning of the big name and the dog are not allowed to enter the village territory.

Li Xiao was speechless for a moment, what is this, he, the lord of the city, the elder of the Takeda family, just occupies an empty city, and has no binding force on the surrounding territories, the people and the people, and the annual income of the land cannot even be collected.

What is such a big name for, it's just a bare-bones commander.

Li Xiao couldn't help but scold these people.

Li Xiao also knew that these lecture organizations were supported by Shengxing Temple, so he had the confidence not to buy Li Xiao's account.

Katsukoji Temple is a branch temple of Honganji Temple in Echichu.

Honganji Temple has three major strongholds in Vietnam, and it has always been the originator of the first time in Vietnam, these three strongholds are Zuisen-ji Temple, Shengxing-ji Temple, and Tsuchiyama Gobo, all of which are located in Tonba-gun, which borders Kaga Province in southwestern Vietnam.

However, Li Xiao did not act arbitrarily because of anger, he knew that behind this tax resistance, the forces of Honganji Temple were intervening behind his back, he was angry, and he first felt the thorniness of this matter.

For a semi-religious and semi-political community like Honganji, he has always been afraid of it from the bottom of his heart.

With such an invincible figure as Oda Nobunaga, under the soft accusation of being an 'enemy of the Buddha' by the head of Honganji Temple, Oda Nobunaga was surrounded and besieged from several sides, and he was beaten to the ground.

With the Nobunaga encirclement network initiated by Honganji, Oda Nobunaga was beaten helplessly by such a monk, and finally moved out of the emperor's deity, and was forced to apologize and ask for peace.

And if Li Xiao adopts this situation now, he does not respond properly and angers the forces of Honganji, and gives an order to the Dharma Master, with Li Xiao's current strength, he is not even qualified to be accused of being the enemy of the Buddha by the Dharma Master of Honganji, and he will immediately be attacked by the crazy attack of the believers who have always been in Yuezhong, and then disappear.

When Li Xiao was thinking about it and pondering countermeasures, the attendant came to report that it was Honda Masashi who asked to see him.

Li Xiao's eyes lit up when he heard Honda Masashi, the other party is now the number one think tank under him, and he believes in the Sect, so it must be helpful on how to deal with this crisis.

Li Xiao wanted to find him to study a solution, but considering his position, he was not summoned in the end.

However, when Honda Masanobu came at this time, he must have heard some rumors.

After Honda Masanobu saw Li Xiao, he immediately said straight to the point: "I heard that the lord is upset because of the affairs of the Pure Land True Sect in Yuezhong, and his subordinates have come here to serve as a counselor for the lord, hoping to help the lord." ”

Li Xiao nodded, he didn't have a good way at the moment, so he listened to Honda Masanobu's opinion.

So Li Xiao told his subordinates about the encounter with the lords and people of the villages near Chengsheng City, and united to form a Dharma meeting called 'Talk', and told the matter of armed resistance to taxes.

After listening to Li Xiao's words, Honda Masanobu nodded, and then asked, "I see, could it be that I just saw the lord with an angry face." ”

Li Xiao and Honda Masanshin said frankly: "Masanshin, I know that you believe in the Pure Land True Sect, but please forgive me for saying that Buddhism is the study of birth, and you should not get involved too much in this life. Just as the Master Rengyo, the eighth lord of Honganji Temple, although he advocated that the Dharma should be read by the king, he said that the believers should follow the samurai family and obey the king's law, and only keep the faith and the Dharma in mind. And now Honganji's actions are too far from the teachings of the Venerable Lotus back then. ”

Honda Masanobu sighed and said: "The lord is right, since the Three Rivers Rebellion, I have also thought a lot, at the beginning, the Venerable Lotus was originally a piece of compassion, and did not want the world and Buddhism to become a vassal of the royal law, just as a guardian, a great name to sing praises of the sound of the bird, but the officials and believers after him distorted his original intention with their own wishes. The purpose of their initiation is to satisfy their own ambitions, hoping that the Dharma will be read by the king, and then they will get a status similar to that of a daimyo and the head of the land. ”

"The Dharma has been used by others to do their own private words, and this is a departure from the original wish of the Venerable Master, how much more than 108,000 miles."

Li Xiao nodded, the eighth generation of the Dharma Master of Honganji Honganji Lianru, compared to the next few Honganji Dharma Masters who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, he was indeed a high-ranking monk.

He once issued a 'royal order', so that believers must not disobey the guardian, the land, not refuse to pay annual tribute, not to despise the gods and Buddhas, and also played the slogan of "the king's law is the foundation".

However, his hard work was destroyed by other officials of Honganji Temple, as well as his descendants.

Honganji reached Li Xiao's time, especially after the tenth and eleventh generations of Dharma Lord Zhengru ascended the throne, and their actions became more and more similar to the style of a Warring States daimyo.

Honda Masanobu said again: "My lord, do you know why I voted for the Takeda family instead of other daimyo in the first place? That's because, Lord Gokan, he is more tolerant of the followers of the Sect than the Three Rivers Temple, do you understand?"

Li Xiao heard the voice-over of Honda Masanobu.

As a disciple of the Sect and a retainer of Li Xiao, his current situation is also in a dilemma.

Therefore, his action is to try his best to avoid the conflict between the two families.

At the same time, Honda Masanobu has always restrained himself, and through such a subtle hint, he reminded Li Xiao that taking drastic actions against Honganji like Tokugawa Ieyasu in Mikawa would not work in Vietnam.

His plan is also to put himself in Li Xiaozhao's shoes, Li Xiao's current situation is that he must not turn his face with Yixiangzong, not because he is afraid or not, and he can't beat it.

Rather, it is a consideration of the alliance between the Takeda family and the Ichijo sect.

Now Takeda Shingen, for the purpose of containing Uesugi Kenshin, is trying his best to make friends with Honganji. Honganji also had the intention of infiltrating the forces into Echigo, so the two families reached an agreement on facing a common enemy, Uesugi Kenshin.

At the beginning, before Li Xiao marched into Hida, Takeda Shingen repeatedly reminded Li Xiao that he must maintain a good relationship between his family and the Ichizong.

In the fourth year of Eiroku, Takeda Shingen wrote a letter to Honganji Kenru, hoping that he would launch the Echichu Kaga Ichijo and attack Echigo to contain Uesugi Kenshin for him.

In fact, Honganji Xianru did just that, and did his best, although the result was that he launched Ichijo Ichichi was beaten into a chicken and a dog by Kenshin Uesugi.

In the eighth year of Eiroku in history, that is, next year, the Takeda family and Honganji will officially form an alliance against Echigo Uesugi Kenshin.

And this covenant was an extremely important diplomatic relationship for the Takeda family.

It is recorded in the Koyo Military Records that in order to deepen the relationship between the family and Honganji, Takeda Shingen planned to marry Nagashima Ichijo Soganji Temple and marry the sixth daughter Kikuhime, but later because Nagashima Isōmune was destroyed by Oda Nobunaga, and finally Kikuhime later remarried Uesugi Keikatsu, the head of the Uesugi family.

And in the third year of Motogame (1572), Takeda Shingen was invited by Ashikaga Yoshiaki to crusade against Oda Nobunaga and decided to go to Luo.

In order to prevent the old enemy Uesugi Kenshin from pulling back at this time, Takeda Shingen once again asked Honganji Xianru to launch a long-standing attack and attack Echichu to contain Echigo.

Li Xiao naturally understood the meaning of Honda Masanobu, but it was difficult to say what Takeda Shingen's true attitude was towards Ichizong.

The alliance between the two companies is purely a combination of common interests, but it is also very solid because of the combination of interests.

Because the common enemy of the two families is the same, in the year of Eiroku it was Echigo Kaesugi Kenshin, and in the year of the Motokame year, it was Oda Nobunaga.

In fact, as far as Li Xiao knew, Takeda Shinxuan was also secretly guarding against the Yixiang Sect, and he was actually secretly curbing the Lingguo Yixiang Sect and preventing him from developing his upper power in the martial arts.

Let the power of the Ichizo sect in Kai be controlled within the scope of his control, and do not let the other party form a reading organization that is equivalent to the domestic reading power, and the country of the Takeda family will appear.

However, although Li Xiao knew that Takeda Shingen was guarding against Yixiangzong, what Honda Masatin said was right, and the family would not support it from a standpoint, and Li Xiao would fall out with Yizong.

If Li Xiao really destroys the alliance between the Takeda family and Honganji, this big diplomatic premise, Takeda Shingen will definitely not let him go.

Honda Masanobu Next, continue to analyze Li Xiao, if Li Xiao wants to gain a foothold in Vietnam, it is impossible to fight with Uesugi Kenshin and Honganji Temple on two fronts, if Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin Nobunaga have been pinched to the death in the past, Li Xiao must maintain a good relationship with Honganji Temple in Vietnam, so as to confront Uesugi Kenshin.

On the premise that Uesugi Kenshin was not defeated, it was very unwise for Li Xiao to turn his face with Honganji.

However, Honda Masanobu didn't know that if such a monk didn't bully his head, Li Xiaoba had to ignore the other party.

But now that the other party is bullying, Li Xiao can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb and can bear it, Li Xiao said to Honduo Zhengxin: "The relationship between this family and the Pure Land True Sect, I will naturally try my best to maintain it, but the premise is that the Pure Land True Sect cannot hinder my rule in the skill." This is not tolerated. ”

Li Xiao immediately expressed his attitude to Honda Masanobu.

The meaning of his words, the premise of his harmony with the Zong Sect, must be the premise that the Zong Sect does not interfere in the administration of the country under his territory. And now that the gang of Diao people are bewitched by the monks of Honganji Temple, they have even come up with a violent tax resistance, so how did they get it later.

Because it is said to be a Buddhist country, the temple has its own territory, monks and soldiers, farmland is taxed, and it is not subject to any restrictions on the guardian daimyo, which is simply a kingdom of reading.

For Oda Nobunaga, who vowed to spread the power of the samurai family to the whole world, he wanted to promote the samurai family to the whole world, regardless of the temple, the minister, the shogun, the daimyo and other forces that did not obey him, and even the power of reading power must be swept away.

And for a monastery in its own country, this is simply intolerable to him.

Nobunaga's wrist is simple, and violent, that only one word kills.

After that, he killed in Nagashima, Hokuriku, Iga, Ishiyama, and Hiei Mountain, and his eyes were red, and he killed the whole family, the whole village, the whole temple, and even the whole city, and the blood of the dead was so that his feet and necks were drowned, and he still didn't stop, he still wanted to kill.

Of course, Li Xiao would not take the actions of an absolute tyrant like Oda Nobunaga, and it was unkind and violent to kill civilians indiscriminately, and there was definitely more than one way to deal with Yizong.

Even if it is necessary to kill someone, it must be controlled within a range.

Therefore, Li Xiao agrees with the words of Honda Zhengxin, yes, it must be to maintain the relationship between the two families, and the alliance between the two families is the main premise.

But the second half of the sentence has to be discussed, in Li Xiao's understanding is that since the alliance relationship is maintained, it means that the number of ways above board cannot be used, and the rest is for me to play with the yin in secret.

In short, you have to fight for yourself and make you feel like you have nothing to say.

Li Xiao now agreed with Honda Masanobu's opinion and asked, "In that case, Masanobu, what do you think I should do?" ”

Honda Masashi said, "It's very simple, please ask Lord Mikan to come forward and let him arbitrate this matter." ”

Li Xiao nodded, Honda Masanobu This is not a bad way, and it is naturally best for Takeda Shingen to come forward and negotiate on behalf of Li Xiao.

But the problem is that Li Xiao can't wait, Takeda Shingen and Honganji Xianru correspondence, coming and going for a few months, waiting like this, Li Xiao will not be able to get back all his power over the territory next year.

If there is no territory, there will be no soldiers, and if this continues, it will take years and months for your own standing reserves to be formed.

(To be continued)