The envoy of the Yixiang Sect who came to see him was a monk in his thirties, dressed in a dark monk's robe, and when he saw Zhengliang, he folded his hands and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk Mingcheng, is the junior disciple of the abbot of Bendeng Temple, the Venerable Master Mingxin. Venerable Master, I heard that you have ended the civil strife in the Imagawa family, so I have been specially ordered to come and congratulate you. ”

Zhengliang nodded and said, "It's an honor, master, please come in and talk about it in detail." ”

"Thank you."

In the assessment room, Zhengliang sat down with this master Mingcheng as the guest host.

Masahiro's right hand leaned against a table-like rib rest, and he wondered in his heart about the other party's intentions.

As the saying goes, there is nothing to do and go to the Three Treasure Palace, the monks of Hondenji Temple in Mikawa Province of Tokaido have no friendship with Masayo or even the Imagawa family of Tokae, and even enemies, although the Mikawa Ichijangzong at this time has not yet had a bad relationship with the forces of the Luo family, but judging from the law of the Luo family that the Luo family is preparing to gradually implement in the Imagawa family, because it touches the interests of the other party, sooner or later there will be conflicts with the other party. Of course, now that the other party has come, Zhengliang wants to see what the other party's purpose is.

Immediately, the two sides first had a bit of nonsense, as an omnipotent traverser, Zhengliang also had a little study in Buddhism, so he first discussed Buddhism with this Mingcheng master. However, the gap between the Buddhism of this later generation and the Buddhism of this Mingcheng master is obviously too big.

This Master Mingcheng originally came to convince Zhengliang from the perspective of a group of Buddhist experts, but he was often dizzy by Zhengliang throwing out some strange Buddhist Zen questions. For example, what refers to the finger of the moon, using the metaphor of taking a taxi and hitting a cow. Let's talk about meditation.

This Master Mingcheng was asked by Zhengliang and didn't know anything. As a matter of fact. The Pure Land True Sect is not like the Rinzai Sect, which pays attention to impromptu epiphany all day long. I don't pay attention to the set of Zen meditation. The monk of Bendeng Temple, as long as he recites the Amitabha Buddha all day long, so the monks in the temple are not very exquisite in what Buddhism, and they usually fool the common people, and it is a little difficult to fool the political good.

But it is precisely because of the simplicity of this doctrine that it has always been accepted by the sect and has a wide audience. It can allow ordinary people in the Warring States who are illiterate at this time to join it, so it has a broad mass base.

This point is higher than that, and the Tiantai sect, the Rinzai sect, and the Dharma Xiang sect pay attention to the profound and subtle Buddhism. What they tell you all day long, all the appearances, wonderful hearts, and three thousand thoughts, talk about it all over the world, and the ground is full of golden lotus, and it is useless if you don't understand it. That's what the samurai ministers can afford to play at this time.

And the Sect is different, as long as you will not have the six words of Amitabha. Okay, you've met the requirements of a sect member. After death, the Western Pure Land of Bliss will also be related to you. In fact, the success of any successful religion comes from the soothing of the dissatisfaction of the present society, and as long as there is a way to practice, then after death it can ascend to a better world to enjoy, so that people can accumulate happiness in this life and achieve bliss in the next life.

And since the Onin Rebellion, the war has been rampant, and it is providing countless people who are dissatisfied with the present world, and the simple practice method of Bunden Temple, plus the fact that there is no need to abide by any precepts such as marriage, killing, drinking and eating meat during the monkhood, think about it, and know that it is the life of Dohapi. Therefore, it has always been the only way to gain so many believers among the lower classes.

So this is also where Masarashi is afraid of the Ichijo sect, such as the crazy Oda Nobunaga in history, it can be said that he is the biggest opponent who caused him trouble in his life, not Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, nor the Maori family, the Asai family, the Asakura family, the Miyoshi family, and the Rokkaku family. And it is precisely these monks who have always been sectarians.

This Master Mingcheng of Benden Temple is not interested in what Masato called the Zen doctrine of Middle Earth. And seeing that Zhengliang talked for a long time, Master Mingcheng had also lost patience, if he continued in this way, Zhengliang could be dragged for another two hours.

So Master Mingcheng decided to get straight to the point, get back to the topic, and take the initiative on his side, so he immediately said:

"My lord, the poor monk deeply admires his understanding of Buddhism, but I don't know what you think of my Pure Land True Sect?"

Zhengliang secretly sneered, thinking that he had finally shown his fox tail, so he shook his head in front of him and said directly: "I'm sorry, I don't know much yet." ”

Ming Cheng smiled slightly, and then asked directly: "Since this is the case, then let the poor monk explain it to you." In fact, Akimizu's original idea was to directly ask to see the Imagawa family's family governor, the Imagawa clan, but he was suddenly received by the mysterious adult in front of him.

For the adult in front of him, Akisumi only knew that the other party suddenly appeared recently, commanding the Toe Imagawa family to end the civil strife of the Imagawa family and unify the Imagawa family again, and not long ago repelled Takeda Shingen, who attempted to invade the Suruga region in the name of supporting the Suruga Imagawa family, and can be said to be the most important minister of the Imagawa family.

However, the only thing that made Akisumi feel depressed was that no matter how much he sent people to investigate, he couldn't get more information about this adult, as if this adult seemed to suddenly jump out of a stone (in fact, the sudden appearance of Masara in the Imagawa family during this period, and then his sudden disappearance soon after, did cause a great deal of conversation for the powerful and ordinary people in the nearby area during this period, and even left the legend of the legendary deeds he established in the local area during this time, Many people also see him as the incarnation of the great Bodhisattva Hachiman, and a shrine and statue were built specifically for him.)

And from the first meeting with this adult before, Ming Cheng felt that he had really met a guy who was difficult to convince this time, but even so, he did his best no matter what. Now that this secret master doesn't know the history of the Sect, it's better to let himself spread it to him, so Mingcheng started from the beginning to talk about the origin of the Sect.

The Ichijo sect was born from the Enryakuji Temple in Mt. Hiei, the holy land of Buddhism in Japan, that is, the one that was set on fire by Oda Nobunaga in history, and Enryakuji Temple is the Tendai sect. A monk who was originally a monk of Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei founded the Pure Land sect and established Honganji Temple with the doctrine of "teaching on the rooftop and returning to the Pure Land".

The name of Honganji comes from the meaning of the eighteenth of the forty-eight vows of the Great Mida Sutra, the wish of the rebirth. Choose this wish. The wish of the three hearts. To the wish of the heart, to believe in the wish of the heart. Renru, the eighth master of the Later Pure Land Shinshu, fled to Mt. Echizen Yoshizaki in order to escape the pursuit of Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei. When the believers heard this, they gathered from all over the world and stationed at Mt. Yoshizaki and became the base camp of Hokuriku Honganji Temple, Yoshizaki Gobo.

Later, the influence of Hokuriku Honganji Temple gradually expanded. And in the neighboring Echizen province of Kaga, a horrific peasant rebellion was set off. Countless improvised civilians, roaring from the mountains and tsunami with the loud Buddha cry of 'Nam no Amitabha', directly attacked the residence of the daimyo Fujian Masa, and forced the shogunate to appoint a country to protect Fukenmasa and kill him personally.

Since then, the monks of the Ichijo sect have created a precedent in the history of Japan, completely pushing Kaga Province into a territory without government and realizing the Pure Land of Bliss where the people turn over and become masters of their belongings, and the people are self-governing. When he said this, Mingcheng couldn't help but show a hint of pride. At the same time, he glanced meaningfully at Zhengliang.

Zhengliang naturally knows this, and everyone guards the country. The dignified daimyo was overthrown by the Honganji Master in a word, and was overthrown by the peasant rebellion that was set off, how many catties and how many catties your Imagawa family has, weigh it yourself, whether you want to throw yourself into the arms of my Honden Temple, you can do it yourself.

In this regard, Zhengliang really felt a little ridiculous, even if you have always been Zongduo Niu-B, in Kyushu and the Western Region, haven't you been taught a hard lesson by my Luo family, or even directly eliminated? However, now is not the time to turn his face with the other party, so Masahiro has no choice but to continue listening.

After that, Kaga Province was already the base camp of Honganji Temple in Hokuriku, and the power of Honganji Temple was still expanding in all directions, and their target was also very funny, which was Kamiraku.

Well, that's right, Shangluo opened the Kyoto Grand Imperial Workshop, drove on top of the shogunate, and spread the Pure Land of Bliss in the four seas. In the name of the religious wars, the followers of the Kaga Ichijo sect picked up their kitchen knives and wooden boards as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and chanted the Buddha name of 'Nam no Amitabha'.

There is only one goal, Kyoto! Kyoto! In the end, Kaga Moto, Ichimune, unexpectedly organized an army of 300,000 (the number is too exaggerated) in one go. It's a pity that the grand cause of Yichangzong was defeated in the battle of the nine-headed dragon river, and the famous general of the Asakura family, Asakura Zongdi, defeated this Shangluo army in a battle, and the 300,000 army collapsed and scattered. The great cause of Shangluo was shattered.

After that, Kaga Ichijomune has been fighting with the Asakura family in this direction, but there is no progress, and Isshomune's offensive towards Echizen has been frustrated, so he has to change to Noto, Echichu, and Hida These three countries infiltration. In the Tokaido region, the Oda clan in the Ise region has been attacked by the Oda family, so they plan to continue to expand in Tokaido, starting with Mikawa Province.

And the Imagawa family, where Masashi is now located, is one of the targets of Ichimune's infiltration into Tokaido. And today, this Ming Cheng of Bunden Temple, said that he came to visit Masahiro, but in fact it was to test his attitude towards Yixiangzong, if Masato has malicious intentions towards Yixiangzong, then unfortunately, Masato will soon fall into the sea of people's war.

The meaning of Ming Cheng's next words is a bit revealing that those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die, and he wants to make Zhengliang make a statement, how about it? Do you want to follow my sect flag?

"So, my lord, as long as you believe in my Pure Land True Sect, we will be a family, so Your Excellency can get a lot of support and help."

Masara secretly sneered, of course he would not join the Pure Land True Sect, Buddhism is not a study of birth, not a monopoly in the world, and these monks have obviously deviated from the original teachings, using the ignorant people of the lower classes to sacrifice and shed blood to achieve their own interests and ambitions. What's more, he is an enemy of the Buddha in the eyes of the Ichizong of Kyushu and the Western Country, and if the Ichijo Sect of Tokaido learns his true identity, there will naturally be a lot of unexpected changes.

However, after all, this is not the base camp of the Luo family in the Kyushu region, and the Luo family will continue to develop secretly in the Tokaido under the guise of the Imagawa family, so Masato naturally can't refuse in person at this time, let alone rashly erect a big enemy like Ichizong, and even in Masahiro's plan, there is a plan to unify Mikawa again.

Zhengliang smiled slightly and said, "I admire and appreciate the purpose and principles of your sect, as well as the grand wish of your Dharma Lord to purify all sentient beings. ”

Mingcheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "My lord, do you really think so? ”

"Absolutely." Zhengliang nodded and said, "It's just a pity that I have already believed in other sects, so I can only regret your invitation." ”

"I see." Mingcheng nodded, since Zhengliang already believed in other sects, then he couldn't force it, but since he had gained Zhengliang's kindness to Yixiangzong, then he didn't come here in vain.

So Mingcheng got up and said goodbye, and Zhengliang saw that he had sent away this trouble, and he was also relieved.

However, as soon as he sent away the big trouble of the Yixiang Sect, another trouble appeared again.

That night, Masarashi was about to go back to the backyard to discuss his life with Nohime, who was following him, when he suddenly received an urgent report from the Intelligence Pavilion.

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