different warring states of japan

Chapter 2087: Mortals worry about gods

As for those who are half-believing and half-doubting, they may be the largest number.

Yiyin performed many miracles, which were widely spread and various Buddhist sects worked hard to promote them, which made ordinary people dare not not believe them, but they also felt that the legends were too exaggerated and unbelievable.

The vast majority of people are mediocre and follow the crowd. As long as miracles continue to appear, Yiyin's divinity will continue to be consolidated.

However, Yiyin never worries about this because he has a cheat. He has plenty of miracles. His eternal face and ability to change the weather are enough to scare everyone in the world.

As the years go by, his miraculous qualities will become more and more obvious. Time is on his side, so there is no need to rush.

If Yiyin wants to build the island nation into his ideal kingdom of God and let the Sōma theocracy prosper forever, he must make more people believe that he is a living god and that his descendants are of divine blood.

Even if they were smart people like Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka, Yoshigane had to make them believe.

  If Yiyin can't deceive his own people, how can he deceive outsiders?

What's more, even their own people don't believe it, and they have no scruples about stabbing each other in the back, which is not conducive to the stability of the Spoelstra system.

People need some faith and some reverence.

If the people within the Swabian system do not believe in the existence of modern gods, especially the high-level descendants of gods who do not believe that they are descendants of gods, then there is no faith from top to bottom.

  So how did the Shiba theocracy continue to be maintained? Was it through a play of words and carvings?

The stability of any regime, especially stability at the top, requires a strong consensus.

For example, freedom, democracy, and serving the people, a considerable proportion of people in the ruling system must firmly believe in them, and these people are the cornerstone of the ruling system.

And in the Sasaki theocracy, the belief that Yoshigin is a living god and that they are descendants of gods will be the most powerful consensus among the Sasaki group of descendants of gods.

Therefore, Yoshigin must personally bring Akechi Mitsuhide to see the miracle that is about to happen at Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine.

Use the most irrefutable facts to open the eyes of this disobedient and rebellious Akechi Mitsuhide and shatter her three views, so that she won't always paralyze herself with the thinking of a martyr and take the blame for trouble.

The Legalists said, law, power, and technique.

Akechi Mitsuhide, who only knew how to use means and strategies to harm others, was merely good at using tactics, but to truly govern the world, one had to look at the general trend and the degree of justice.

The power of a monarch is momentum. The size of the momentum comes from the stability of the foundation of his rule. Power is exercised from top to bottom and recognized from bottom to top.

National stability requires the improvement of laws. There is no order without rules. Rules restrict everyone. Maintaining the law is to protect the greatest interests of the ruling class.

Blindly practicing tactics and only knowing how to use shady means to eliminate opponents will only scare people but not convince them. In the long run, this will only increase the cost of maintaining social stability and is by no means a long-term solution.

Yoshigin looked at Akechi Mitsuhide and said seriously.

“I like to keep a low profile and not show off, but you can’t forget to revere the gods or look down on them because of this.

You tasted the sweetness from your little tricks time and time again, thinking that you were sacrificing for me and feeling moved by yourself.

But I want to tell you that your self-admiration and self-sacrifice are meaningless. My path has its own destiny and I don’t need you to take on the responsibility.”

Akechi Mitsuhide sighed.

"When Qin lost its power, the whole world chased it.

The rest of my life is uncertain, but my destiny is clear. I am just a duckweed in troubled times, without roots or stems, drifting in the wind with nowhere to rely on.

It is the saint who gave me the meaning of my life. I am happy and strive for it. Even if the saint doubts me, resents me and hates me, I will not forget my original intention and dare not refute him. But today I have to ask the saint a question.

There is a saying in the Heavenly Kingdom that if you do not take what God gives you, you will be punished by God.

  I have never doubted that saints have destiny in their hearts, but destiny is not immutable. If people do not fight for it, are they just waiting for it to fall from the sky?

Since ancient times, if you don't move forward, you will move backward. Mortals can only do their best and leave the rest to fate. "Yiyin looked at the increasingly noisy Nanshan in the distance. The Ishikimizu Hachimangu Shrine there seemed to be getting lively, and said lightly.

“Man cannot defeat fate, nor can he defeat heaven. To say that man can conquer nature is nothing but the dream talk of ordinary people.

You said that mortals can only do their best and leave the rest to fate, which is true, but you forgot that I am not a human. I, Sasaki Yoshigin, am not a mortal, I am a god! "

Akechi Mitsuhide seemed to want to say something but stopped herself, but Yoshigaki was not interested in arguing with her any further.

It is useless to force belief. We need to rely on facts to break the original old outlook and let people figure it out on their own.

When people fight for their destiny, they will naturally do anything to save their own skin. No matter how despicable Mitsuhide Akechi's actions were, as long as they were for the eternal foundation of her lord, there would be people who would understand her and respect her choice.

But Yoshigin wanted to make Akechi Mitsuhide understand that he was a god and would definitely win, so he should stop using such shameless means.

At that time, Yoshigin was weak, and in order to ensure the continuation of the Sasaki family, Akechi Mitsuhide did some despicable and shameless things. For the sake of the overall situation, he had no choice but to accept the benefits afterwards.

But now the Sasaki clan is strong enough, and the little tricks that Akechi Mitsuhide relies on are doing more harm than good. Yoshigin must make her abandon the idea of ​​martyrdom and take the blame, and stop messing around.

The two people have completely different ideas and neither can convince the other, so let the facts speak for themselves.

Yiyin pointed at the bustling Nanshan in the distance and said.

"Look, it seems like it's about to start over there."

Akechi Mitsuhide no longer hid his thoughts and spoke directly.

"What a bunch of scoundrels, I wish I could get rid of these clowns for the saint."

Yiyin smiled slightly.

"God is watching what we do. How do you know if God will strike them with thunder?"

Akechi Mitsuhide shook his head and laughed.

"Although the celestial phenomena are strange, they must have traces to follow and they are definitely not without reason."

Akechi Mitsuhide followed Yoshigane for more than ten years. He saw Yoshigane attack the Saiga clan led by Suzuki Shigehide during the Battle of Yamato. Heavy rain from the sky destroyed the Saiga clan's firearms and morale.

We also saw that during the battle between Sasaki and Oda, Yoshigin pointed to the sky and summoned wind, clouds and rain, killing people in all directions.

Although Akechi Mitsuhide was also extremely excited at the time, he thought afterwards that the right time, right place and right people are the key to the art of war, and it is more likely that the sage knew astronomy and geography and took advantage of weather changes.

Now, when the saint said that lightning might fall from the sky and kill the old and young men in the shogunate, Akechi Mitsuhide was a little skeptical.

Although the ancients did not know the principles behind the formation of thunder, they still understood the general signs.

Thunderstorms occur most frequently in spring and summer. Although there are fewer thunderstorms in winter, winter thunder may occur as long as a warm current suddenly appears and the temperature difference increases.

It is now the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, a good time for farmers to dry the millet and prepare hay after the autumn harvest.

The weather is dry and the temperature is suitable at this time. How can there be thunder? It's not like the weather in June can change at any time.

  It's hard to even have a little rain in this weather, let alone a thunderstorm. Could it be that a dry lightning struck during the Hachiman Shrine ceremony? Is it possible?

Akechi Mitsuhide was stunned and burst into laughter at his own bizarre idea.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.