The Chen clan of Annam was originally a Han Chinese, and had previously declared themselves vassals to the Great Song Dynasty and the Mongols, but now that they have won the world in China, there is naturally no need to fight. Anyway, it's just to call a minister and change a religion. "Chen Li" or something, Chen Guojun has carefully studied it, and did not say that he would send a prison to Annan, nor did he say that he would garrison troops in Annan. Moreover, Chen Huaiqing did not make any requests in this regard, let alone ask for much property, nor did he ask Annan to send troops to fight with the Ming army.

Chen Huang, the king of Annam, also explained to him that as long as he did not send a prison to the country, did not garrison the army, and the property and soldiers and horses he asked for were all in size, there was no need for Annam to get along with the Ming Dynasty. Although the two conditions of entering the Heavenly Dao and abiding by "Chen Li" were unexpected by Chen Guojun, they did not exceed the conditions given by Chen Huang.

In fact, Annan's entry into China was expected by Chen Dexing. This country is certainly anti-China in later generations, but that is to hug the thighs of the Soviet Union and the United States. To put it bluntly, the China of later generations is not the world hegemon, and the United States and the Soviet Union are the real thick legs.

And now that the Ming Dynasty has driven away Mongolia, and the Navy's Nanyang Fleet is wandering around the gate of Annan all day long, as long as Annan Chen is not stupid, he will not get along with Chen Dexing, a distant relative. As for entering China and becoming one of the Chinese princes, it seems that there are only benefits and no harm to their rule in Annam.

Also thinking about Annam were the king of Goryeo and the prime minister Yoo Su, and the Goryeo state can be said to be the earliest vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and they were also vassal states of the Great Mongolia, Dajin, and Daliao before. Anyway, he is already a slave surnamed N, and there is no psychological burden to take refuge in Chen Ming. Moreover, Chen Ming's oppression of Goryeo was much lighter than that of the Mongols.

Also, with the support of Chen Ming. There was also a prosperous situation in Goryeo where the great clan and the royal family developed in harmony - the weak Goryeo royal family, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, was naturally able to maintain its rule in the direct territory. And the local domination of the various great clans. It was also recognized by Chen Ming. Although the current state of Goryeo is scattered, it has been able to maintain stability under the new order of the state.

Therefore, the whole country of Korea joined China. There was no resistance to becoming a member of the Chinese vassal states. The king and the prime minister Liu Yu arrived in Yanjing City early in the morning. also together with a vote of northern and southern princes, he persuaded Chen Dexing to advance.

As for Zhao Youyu, who was sent to Luzon by Chen Dexing, he would not refuse to enter China. His development on Luzon was very difficult, and it was inseparable from the support of the Chinese mainland. So after receiving Chen Dexing's invitation, Zhao and Yu took the warship of the Nanyang Fleet with Chen Zilong to Tanggu.

However, the three conditions of "entering the Heavenly Dao, abiding by the "Chen Li", and Zong Daming" seemed to be a little difficult to accept for Japan at this time.

Outside the port of Namba, next to the newly completed Tendo Shrine of the Japanese Great Sect of the Tendo Sect, there is a small courtyard with elegant furnishings. At a time when the conflict between Tentoism and Buddhism and Shinto in Japan was intensifying. In the vicinity of the Stone Mountain Heavenly Dao Palace, it still generally maintains the quiet and leisurely nature of the religious holy place. The rising tide of anti-Tendo Taoism in other places does not seem to have affected the sacred places and centers of this Tendo religion in Japan. In the streets outside Ishiyama Palace and inside Namba Port, Daoist men wearing Heavenly Dao robes and carrying large horizontal swords, or Heavenly Dao warriors wearing shiny steel armor are walking slowly. It seems to be declaring that the Heavenly Daoist Sect is the master here.

In the small courtyard next to the Tiandao Palace in Shishan, a Dao Gu was meditating on the throne of the Taiyi God. There he muttered the "Taiyi Light Sutra". After each recitation, he drew a red circle on the yellow paper scripture book in front of him. On the yellow paper, it is already densely covered with red circles, which shows that this Taoist aunt has been reciting the scriptures here for a long time. In the silence, only the distant sound of bells came from outside the court. Occasionally, a few crows that breed everywhere in Japan are startled. Their babbling chirps. It makes this courtyard even more unearthly.

The Taoist aunt who recites the scriptures is naturally Otani Juexin, a disciple of Chen Dexing, the king of the Ming Dynasty, and a Taoist who is the presiding officer of the Japanese Great Sect. Heavenly Messenger. In Japan's Tendo religion, he is a well-known figure. Under her auspices, the spread of Tiandao in Japan was on the fast track, in just one year. A large number of believers have developed, and there are people with status. There are many people who have no identity.

Fooling the low-level commoners is the housekeeping skill of Otani Satoru-Shuffin's family - the low-level untouchables in Japan don't need any advanced religious theories, as long as there are miracles, they will do tricks. There is also an omnipotent god, and the way of prayer is simple enough, and there is no need to give too much money for incense.

Historically, Japan's Ichizong has become the first major sect of Buddhism by relying on "Nan no Amitabha Buddha", and it has steadily suppressed the great sect of Buddhism, and during the Warring States period in Japan, the Ichizong even had a strong monk corps, becoming one of the Warring States Daimyos, and it is also a relatively powerful Daimyo!

Today's Tiandaoism has developed rapidly by relying on the two verses "everything is omnipotent, only Taiyi", flying hot air balloons, and the lofty concept from China. There are a large number of believers in Yamashiro, Settsu, Omi, Iga, Echigo, Echichu, Hizen, Higo, Bunzen, Bungo, Chikuzen, Chikugo, Tsushima, etc. Not only did the low-level people join, but also a large number of samurai and merchants, among whom there were several powerful and powerful lords.

At the entrance of the courtyard, a middle-aged man dressed in a neat blue robe and combing a Karawa head (a popular hairstyle for samurai in the Kamakura period), with a face full of vicissitudes and a somewhat gray beard, was standing silently at the door. Judging by the way he looks, it seems that he has been waiting here for a long time. In this middle age, he once colluded with the former shogunate general Fujiwara Yoritsu to rebel and try to abolish the shogunate's ruling Hojo Tokiyori, causing the so-called "palace riots", Hojo Nakoshi's predecessor was the lord Hojo Hikatsuki.

As a result of the palace riots, Hojo Mitsutoki was defeated and subdued, confiscated his command, forced to become a monk, and exiled to Ema Village, Izu Province. However, the name behind Hojo Mitsutoki did not perish because of this, and he still firmly controlled the position of guardian of Echigo Province. Moreover, Hojo Tokumune and Hojo Nakoshi were also opposed because of this "palace commotion". Hojo Mitsutoki's younger brothers were all unwilling to be suppressed by Tokumune. has been ready to move, wanting to attack again and seize the power of the Hojo family.

And Otani Kakunobu's father, Master Qinluan, had been in Echigo for decades, and several of her brothers also opened temples in Echigo, so naturally they received the support of celebrities. Therefore, the relationship between Otani Kakunobu and Hojo Nakoshi-ryu is also very close.

With the help of Otani Kakushin and the Tendo Sect, the Hojo Mitsutoki escaped from Izu Province and sneaked to the Ishiyama Tendo Palace in Settsu Province, where he became a Tendo Taoist under the guidance of Otani Kakushin.

A month earlier, Hitsutoki had traveled to Kyoto as an envoy to Satorunbu Ohtani and lobbied the Imperial Ministers in the hope that they would be able to enter the Tao with Emperor Tsunehito (Emperor Kameyama). Now Hojo Mitsutoki has returned to Ishiyama Palace. But Juexin ignored it and continued to chant the scriptures, and I don't know how long it took for her to slowly close the yellow paper scripture book in front of her. Reverently enshrined in front of the Taiyi Shrine. Slowly turned around and walked out.

In the past, Hojo's famous lord knelt down on one knee in front of her, "Your Excellency, the Heavenly Dao Envoy!" The subordinates are incompetent......" and slowly lowered his head as he spoke.

"Palace Turmoil" is 18 years ago, 18 years Hojo Hikaru has nothing, can only endure humiliation and heavy life, under the supervision of the Tokumune retainers, there is always a danger to life, but all the time do not want to restore the former glory.

And Otani Juexin, or the Heavenly Taoism and Daming behind Otani, are the forces that can make his dreams come true!

Otani Kakushin seems to be intoxicated by this feeling of being in power. She was a great nun, but she was just a nun. A character like Hojo Mitsutoki, no matter how down, is an existence that she needs to look up to.

And now, the former lord of the famous Echigo, when Echigo guarded Hikaru Hojo, he fell at her feet.

Because, as long as she is willing to give her full support, Hojo Mitsutoki can once again win the shogunate power!

Otani Kakushin slowly glanced up at him and smiled, "In the light of time, the emperor is unwilling to give up the non-existent godhead, which I have long expected. He also thought that Amaterasu could protect his throne, but how did he know that the only one who could really make him sit firmly in the world was Taiyi God......"

Speaking of Emperor Hengren, he is also unlucky, his power is worse than that of the king of Goryeo, the king of Goryeo, and the king of Annam, Chen Huang, I don't know how many times. Not to mention that life is not precarious, and any famous master in Japan is better than him.

Historically, the emperor was reduced to the point of relying on alms from Honganji Temple for food – otherwise how could Honganji still be so angry after the Meiji Restoration in Japan? Without the kindness of Otani Kakushin's descendants, the Heavenly Emperor might have perished in hunger and cold!

However, this poor emperor is carrying the burden of a living god, and he is a descendant of God...... Descendants of Amaterasu! But Amaterasu is a goddess, who is she born with the first emperor? Well, no matter what, in short, others can enter the Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Emperor can't enter the Heavenly Dao.

So no matter how much Sado gold Hojo spent on Mitsutoki (seventy percent of the gold from Sado Island should have been sent to Kamakura, but now it's all sent to Ishiyama Palace), and how many poor ministers he dredged up, Emperor Tsunehito just refused to nod his head - even if Hojo Mitsutoki promised to let the emperor live a few years of the real king's addiction after defeating Tokumune, this matter was not discussed.

"Your Excellency, then let's ...... What to do? Hojo Hikatsuki looked up anxiously at Kakunobu Otani.

Otani Kakushin's expression was faint, with a little indescribable pride, "When you are light, you are a samurai, a protector of the way, and you must choose between the emperor and the heavenly way!" Hikaritoki, are you a samurai of the Heavenly Way or a samurai of the Emperor? ”

Hojo Mitsutoki seemed to have been waiting for this question for a long time, and said solemnly at the moment: "Below, it's a samurai of the Heavenly Way!" In order to promote the way of heaven, never give up! (To be continued......)