At the beginning of the twentieth year of astronomy, Kasuga Yamajo castle castle tower, Nagao Keitora took the letter sent by Kira Yoshitoki and fell into contemplation, and many things happened in the past year, first of all, Nagao Keitora listened to Kira Yoshitoki's advice and recognized Uesugi Dingmi's entry into the Dao Genqing as his father, and nominally took the position of the lord of Echigo.

Then he sent an envoy to Kamiraku half a month ago to present a gift to the imperial court and the shogunate, and the shogunate won the crucial battle and regained control of the mountain city, the initiator of all this was unexpectedly this child governor who was underestimated by the retainers of Echigo, and this big contrast made the group of important ministers of Kasuga Yamajo smash their glasses, of course, if they really had glasses.

The main significance of this Shangluo's gift to the imperial court and the shogunate is to obtain the right to use the shogunate's white umbrella bag and felt saddle cover, that is, the recognition of the status of the Echigo lord, which is the usual means used by his father Nagao in the Jing era, with the approval of the Echigo lord Uesugi Dingmi, and then from the shogunate to obtain the permission of the lord, he feels that his position as a new generation of Echigo lord can be stabilized, but what to do next, Nagao Keihu is still a little uncertain, and at this time Kira Yoshitoki's letter gave him a new choice.

"Throughout the ages, the law pursued by the imperial shogunate is to conform to the righteousness of heaven, and now the name of protection is to help the shogunate to guard the national security side of the people's responsibility, and the people of the eastern country do not know that there is an emperor general, only know the generations of Xiangshu Hojo, Koshu Takeda, and Junzhou Imagawa, this is the great righteousness of the loss! But now the long tail hall is to guard the homeland, help each other and guard the small righteousness of the country, and give up the great righteousness of saving the imperial shogunate. ”

Long-tailed Jinghu frowned slightly, feeling that it seemed to be a surprise to use the word "righteousness" to explain, this word was majestic like Hong Zhongda Lu Zhen was deaf, Long-tailed Jinghu shook his head and sighed for a moment, holding back the desire to speak and continue to watch.

"Today, Kai Takeda invaded Shinano and was chaotic, although there were Murakami, Takanashi and other samurai to resist, it was difficult to stop its sharpness! If Nagaoden is allowed to expand at will, it will one day sweep Shinano and invade Echigo with the might of the two states, and the power of the Sugiden and the courage of the Echigo samurai will be difficult to say that they will win, and then defending the territory and uniting the hearts of the people will be the first priority, and how can the ambition of the shogunate begin? ”

Reading this passage Nagao Jinghu hesitated for a long time, he was a little confused and kept "not guilty" is his ambition since he was a child, although many retainers did not understand his ambition, but he never told anyone what he thought, only his sister Tiger Ji probably knew something, this has always been a secret hidden in his followers.

It's funny to say, he still has this idea because his father, a generation of heroes Nagao, caused a huge turmoil in Echigo and even Kanto, but in the end, his father was too arrogant, causing Uesugi Dingmi and his family to set the constitution, Uesugi genealogy on behalf of the retainers Usami Fangzhong, Usami Dingman father and son, and the joint rebellion of the Yangbei people, almost lost the foundation of the Nagao family.

It was because of this turmoil that affected Echigo that Nagao was deeply affected by the 30 years of Echigo, and he gave way to his sister-in-law Nagao Harujing in the fifth year of Astronomy, and died depressed at the end of the 11th year of Astronomy, when Nagao Jinghu, who was a monk at Rinsenji Temple, appeared at the funeral of his father Nagao Jingjing wearing a suit of armor, which attracted the attention of many people.

At that time, the signs of new turmoil in Echigo were already obvious, and in order to fight the Nagao clan were recruiting soldiers and horses everywhere, when someone saw the thirteen-year-old Nagao Jinghu and asked him why he was like this, he said: "Today, the Echigo rebellion has resumed, and I am the first soldier of the guardian clan, and the big armor is to prepare for the battle at any time." ”

At a young age, he showed extraordinary talents, so he was appointed by his eldest brother Changwei Qingjing, and went to the strange Zhongyue Tochio City alone, and in this way, he gathered his basic team of seven hands, and later caused his brother's jealousy, and it was also something he didn't expect to have a new turmoil, because of his growth experience, so that he had a great dislike for the next gram, not to say that he hated his own heroic father, but subconsciously he was always unwilling to do the same thing as his father.

"And the generations of Takeda, Imagawa, and Hojo made a private covenant, agreeing that their respective strategies would watch over each other; After Takeda attacked Shinano and entered Echichi, Hojo invaded Musashi and dominated Kanto, and Imagawa entered Mikawa to sweep Kamiraku. Presumably, it won't be long before the Kanto Northland will fall into its hands, and then Echigo will be Takeda Whale Swallow, and Kanto will be Hojo Dominant, how should Nagaoden deal with himself? What should the benevolent people who are loyal to the shogunate do? ”

"His Highness Kira's words are really sharp!" Nagao Jinghu smiled silently, although he felt that what Kira Yoshitoki said was a bit alarmist, but this assumption was not unreasonable, the Takeda family invaded Shinano in the north since the beginning of astronomy, and after more than ten years of painstaking management, they have occupied half of Shinano's mountains and rivers.

It is not easy to be blocked by Murakami Yoshikiyo for a long time, if he does not intervene in the entire Shinano, he will soon fall into the hands of the Takeda family, and at that time, the Takeda family will join forces of the two countries to attack and plunder Echigo, and he will have to fight with all his might, not to mention the matter of supporting the shogunate and promoting the prestige of the samurai.

“…… Therefore, the long tail hall must not be for the sake of small righteousness and damage the great righteousness, reuse the virtuous ministers to establish the law, abolish the guardian to make it inaccessible, withdraw and merge the customs to strengthen the cohesion of the country, in order to gather the power of a country in one point, close to the guardian party to punish the troubled country, far can help the shogunate to sweep away the decline of the shogunate, when he is successful and famous, he can return the territory of the lost martial arts, and the long tail hall can also unload the armor and enter the way to participate in meditation in the famous mountains of Jingluo. If you can kill 10,000 people and save hundreds of millions of people, even if your reputation is damaged, why not? ”

Nagao Jinghu held the letter paper and pondered for a long time, until the little surname reminded him that it was time to rest, only to realize that the sky was already dark, he turned around and handed the letter to the oil lamp and hesitated for a while, sighed and put the letterhead into the bookshelf, looked at the dim night outside the window, and said lightly: "What His Royal Highness Kira said is all good words, but it's a pity!" Echigo is still unstable...... Nagao Masaki, what the hell should I do with you? ”

The world is changing rapidly, and the missionaries of the Nanban people came, and they came to Sakai Town in a galleon that the Japanese had never seen before, and it is said that when the huge sailing ship sailed into Osaka Bay, the sight was extremely spectacular, and the red-haired and yellow-haired Nanban people came everywhere with all kinds of small things to give gifts, and they heard that they were here to trade, and they planned to open a new route, and they also wanted to preach.

Accompanying the Nanban was a Satsuma villager named Yajiro, who is said to have committed an accident in Satsuma and fled to Nanyang, but met Xavier and his party and became their interpreter, and then he was soon baptized as a Catholic.

Probably the first time he came to Kyoto, or maybe he had some incomprehensible dreams, in short, he annoyed many people, especially the famous martial artists of the imperial court and the shogunate, who hated this Nanban cultist in the countryside, but he didn't have that consciousness yet, and every time he accompanied Xavier to attend an event, he would open his mouth and gush about instilling things from Nanban Buddhism, and he had been angry at some samurai who believed in Buddhism several times and did not stop, so he almost caused a big disaster.

He seemed to be discouraged by the weakness of the imperial court and the shogunate, and realized Japan's yearning and intimacy with the civilization of the Central Plains, so he decided to leave Japan and go to the Ming Kingdom to have a look, in his opinion, as long as they obtained the missionary permission of the Ming Dynasty, they could only obtain the missionary permission of the shogunate.

This is also the so-called roundabout route, but he still doesn't know that Ming Guo is closing off the country, is it really useful for him to go there? Xavier's visit was a minor episode, and it was not surprising that they left Kyoto disappointed without anyone's promise, and it was just a small anecdote for the townspeople of Kyoto.

Busy with Sakamoto Castle as well, Kira Yoshishi will continue to practice and study, this time learning is the Zen method of the Rinzai sect, the main learning is the Daitokuji Temple and the Miaoxin Temple two factions, the Miaokushin Temple is a branch from the Daitoku Temple, speaking of the Miaoshin Temple has to mention the Daitoku Temple, at this time from the 77th Daitokuji Temple, the Dharma of the Great Sage Guyue Zong died of illness three years later, the Daitokuji Temple presiding has been passed to the 102nd Egakushi Zongxian, the new monks in recent decades, abandon the old format of the Wushan School and go to the Daitoku, Miaoxin two temples to practice.

The power of Miaoxin Temple is great, much stronger than the Daitokuji Temple of the main sect, thousands of temples throughout the sixty-six states are the most prosperous one of the many sects of Zen Buddhism, the foundation of Daitokuji Temple is the master of Zongfeng Miaochao, the disciple of Master Zongfeng Miaochao Che Weng Yoshiheng inherited the residence of Daitokuji Temple, and another disciple Sekiyama Huixuan, left Daitokuji Temple not far from the establishment of Miaoxin Temple, the Zen style of these two heirs Zongfeng Miaochao, in the Muromachi era was known as the tradition of preparing for Daitoku, created in Miaoxin.

Because the two factions have the same origin, and they are different from each other, just like the two sons of a father compete for the family business, the two temples of Daitoku Myoshin are also opposed to each other, because the two families are in the heart of Kyoto, and they often meet together when they are active in Kyoto, which also makes the relationship between the two factions more unharmonious, but in general, Myoshinji Temple overpowers Daitokuji Temple, whether it is the late Ikkyu Sojun, the recently deceased Kogaku Sowa, or the Daibayashi Sota, which is currently very active in Sakai Town, are trying to regain the disadvantage.

Of course, these have little to do with Kira Yoshito, although his family's ancestral Bodhi Temple is from the Miaoshin Temple school, but this does not affect him to learn the Zen method of Daitoku Temple, many monks have gone to study the Buddhism of other sects when they were young, although Kira Yoshishi does not want to be a high monk, but there are not so many door views.

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