Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 538 Enlightenment

The ugly daughter-in-law will eventually marry her parents-in-law, even if the Xiu family no longer wants to deal with Xiuchang, they still have to go over the pass and enter the capital.

From Omi to Kyoto, there are usually two roads to Kyoto after crossing Xiaoguaneshi. One is to turn northwest and cross Higashiyama. This road is the fastest and can save one day's journey.

There is another road that goes south through Uji County, and then turns north after passing Fushimi. This road is equivalent to going around the entire Higashiyama to Kyoto, but it is the most commonly used road.

There are two reasons:

One is that this road is the main road connecting Kinai and Higashiyama-do. Whether you are going to Kyoto, Yamato, Saikoku or Osaka, it is relatively convenient to take this road. Therefore, this road is maintained all year round, and it is considered to be one of the few in Japan. One of the official ways.

Especially after Hideyoshi came to power, in order to maintain the main road leading to the east and west of Osaka, Hideyoshi spared no expense to lay the road with stone slabs. Even Hideyoshi's forward vision is slightly inferior.

The second is that Higashiyama and the Mount Hiei area in the east and west of Kyoto are the strongholds of Japanese Buddhism. The monks of this era are really not easy to mess with.

It is good for Lishan to clear the road and guard the tolls. If you accidentally get in a hurry, you will bring monks and bewitched people to armed protest.

Zhihu has a question: "Oda Nobunaga is an enemy of Buddha, is it unpopular? The people in Oda hate Nobunaga, right?" "

I don’t know if the people in Oda collar are hurting Nobunaga. I only know that the people of later generations will praise Nobunaga more than hate them. There will be no Momoyama and Edo prosperity in later generations.

It is precisely because Nobunaga used fire and blood to teach this group of fierce monks a lesson, completely breaking their backs, and letting them know that they are not a rampant existence in the world.

Most importantly, he forced the warriors under his command to kill the monks and set fire to the monastery, which shattered the fear of the warriors from all over the world towards the monks, let them know that the monks are not superior, and straightened the waists of the warriors.

Nevertheless, after the death of Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi re-granted certain privileges to the monks of Mt.

If the Hide family enters Kyoto via the North Road, the monks of Mt. Hiei will collect the Hide family's tax. Will the Hide family pay or not?

Besides, the Xiu family wanted to procrastinate as long as possible, so they deliberately chose to take the south road. Of course, they said to everyone on the bright side, "As a retainer, we should go to Daban to meet Guan Bai first. , and then think about pleasure." Zhiyun.

Walking south from Xiaoguanyue for half a day, the Hide family rested in Daigo Temple, which is the head temple of the Daigo Sect of Shingon Sect, and there is a temple in Daigo Temple called Sanbaoin Temple, which is the main temple of the Daigo Sect.

In other words, Daigo-ji Sanbo-in Temple is the head temple of the headquarter of the Daigo sect of the Shingon sect.

The scenery of Daigo Temple is very good, otherwise Hideyoshi would not have chosen it as the location of Daigo Flower Banquet.

Facing the arrival of Xiu's family, Daigo Temple gave high standards, and the young monk who was in charge of general affairs came forward to welcome Xiu's family.

The young monk is already the third rank among the 9 ranks of monks, even though he has a small character. In many small sects and small courtyards, he can even become the presiding existence.

Many people’s impressions of Japanese monks are still serving as soldiers, killing people, drinking alcohol, eating meat to beg wives, and even being a daimyo. It is Shingon sect Tachikawa style).

("肉食" means eating meat, and "wife belt" means marrying a wife.)
Until the Meiji government announced that monks could marry wives, all schools of Japanese Buddhism have fully opened up meat-eating wives, which is still a major feature of Japanese Buddhism.

Moreover, meat-eating wives are only limited to the Zisunyuan, because the Zisunyuan is hereditary from father to son; the Shifang Conglin Temple still strictly abides by Buddhist precepts, because the Conglin Temple is a meritocracy system.

Shingon sect was born in the Tantric sect of the Tang Dynasty, and its main body is the three secrets, namely "body secrets", "oral secrets (language secrets)", and "heart secrets". It is absolutely impossible to allow eating meat to marry a wife.

Being in the Shingon Buddhist Hall, no matter how delicious the lunch at the Xiu family was, they couldn't escape the green leafy vegetables and tofu, but today's tofu feast seemed a bit ingenious, making people want to stop.

The Shingon sect advocates asceticism. In order to achieve enlightenment and become a Buddha, life is hard no matter what. Didn’t you see that the young monk of the Shingon sect is still wearing patches on his clothes.

This table of tofu banquet is not like what they can cook, but it is somewhat similar to the tofu banquet eaten at Nanchan Temple in Kyoto in the previous life.

Holding a bowl of tofu soup, Xiujia looked at the young monk and asked, "The young monk put in a lot of effort to fold the table for the tofu banquet today."

The young monk was bowing his head to the Xiu family, and then said, "I really can't hide it from His Highness, my Daigo Temple really can't make such delicacies, this is actually in charge of a Zen disciple of Sanbaoyuan."

Hideka heard that there was actually a disciple of Zen in the main temple of the Shingon sect, and immediately became interested. After all, according to Hideka's understanding, it is very embarrassing for the 13 schools of Japanese Buddhism to meet each other.

So he tentatively asked: "There are still Zen disciples in your monastery? Can I meet them?"

After hearing this, the young monk retreated, and not long after, he brought in a handsome young man aged 20-23. Hideo found it familiar after a fixed look. Then he looked carefully. Wasn't this the one who was arrested by Masayuki Sanada in Echizen? Do you respect the teachings of disciples with your heart?

"It's you, Master Chongden." Seeing the old acquaintance Xiujia, he couldn't wait to greet him, "Why did you come to the Shingon sect Daigo Temple?"

In Hideka's memory, it seems that the eminent monk of the Linji sect worshiped the teaching with the heart. The attitude among the various schools of Japanese Buddhism is like the three sects of Kirijitan calling each other heretics. Let Xiujia feel surprised.

In fact, what the Xiu family didn't know was that Yixin Chongchuan did have an experience of enlightenment at the Shingon School Daigoin.

The reason is that the rise of Rinzai Sect originated from the needs of the Samurai regime during the Kamakura Shogunate and Muromachi Shogunate.

When its power was the most exaggerated, the five mountains in Kyoto and the five mountains in Kamakura were occupied by the temples of the Rinzai sect, which also had a great impact on the formation of Muromachi culture.

But then, with Ashikaga's power, Rinzai sect also declined.

Everyone in the world believes that Nobunaga, who burned Mount Hiei, suppressed the stubborn forces headed by the Tendai Sect and the Jodo Sect, but few people know that Linji Sect, the agent of the general who ruled folk beliefs for hundreds of years, was also the target of Nobunaga's attack.

Therefore, many monks of the Linji Sect represented by Xin Chongchuan had to call themselves Zen disciples and went to other temples to seek refuge.

Remember when Xiujia and Yixin Chongchuan met for the first time?At that time, the two were still in their teens, and they believed that they were the young novice monks of Nanchan Temple, but they had to go down the mountain for alms.

"Amitabha~" Seeing the Xiu family, he clasped his hands together and replied calmly, "Return to the right general, the monk is here to discuss the Tao."

What is said about practicing Zen and Taoism is actually that the Linji sect was not recognized by those in power during this period, and had no official legal status in the government, so it could only send out the redundant children.

It was not until the Edo period, when Zen Master Hakuin (1686-1769) rebuilt the Linji Sect, that the Linji Sect accepted the identity of Kurodo, and it was not until then that it was reclassified under the Linji Sect.

The reason is that the ideas of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi are naturally contradictory with Rinzai sect.

As mentioned earlier, the Linji Sect grew up through the Kamakura and Muromachi Shogunate. One of the important points is that they believe that everything in the world has a definite number from birth. Everyone has Buddha nature, which is a cognitive ability beyond the scope of language understanding.

Can't understand?To put it simply, the heirs born to generals are born generals, and those born to farmers are born farmers. No one can change this. You should come and learn Buddhism from me.

Nobunaga is naturally unfriendly to Buddhism because of the Tiantai sect and Ichigo sect. The Linji sect is a disaster for Chiyu, but Hideyoshi is from the bottom of the mud-legged people!
So do you understand why the Rinzai sect still couldn't recover in Hideyoshi's era?
Hearing Yixin Chongchuan's reply, Xiujia nodded vaguely and continued to ask, "So have you realized anything here?"

"Thinking is clear, understanding is not enlightenment."

"Then what did you get through, is it convenient for me to describe it?"

Xiujia was just asking casually, thinking that he would answer his own words related to Buddhism such as "cultivating the Tao, the Tao lies in man-made".

Who knew that he said amazingly, "I thought that those who have no part will cause great harm to others; those who have part will benefit the world."

"now what?"

"Now I still think so, but one more thing to add."

"Which one?"

"The trend of the world, because of gradual prosperity, there will be a day of defeat; the affairs of the world can only be achieved through accumulation, so that they can be permanent."

"Why?"

Facing the Xiu family's questioning again, Yi Xin Chong Chuan just put his hands together and said no more, "Your Highness has already cleared his eyes."

Indeed, as he said, when Xiujia heard his answer to himself, Xiujia's social insights from later generations quickly dissected the meaning of his two sentences.

The meaning of his first sentence is: I used to think that if there was no hierarchy in the world, it would be a catastrophe for mankind; because hierarchy and status are the fundamental interests of the world.

In other words, he used to firmly believe in Linji School's theory that people all over the world have their own future from the moment they are born, and if someone wants to change, they must be suppressed, because these people are factors that cause social instability.

It's about the modern group of friends who "I'm fat, but I'm not fat" all day long, and they want to win the day.

But he was very interesting in the second half of the sentence. He explained it: Even if you don’t care about the situation in the world, there will always be someone who will gradually become stronger, but such a person is the one who has been in the world for a long time. When the general situation is no longer on his side, the day of his defeat will not be far away.

On the contrary, if all things in the world are successful because of continuous accumulation, then his foundation is the most solid, and he will always be so solid.

The above passage is deeply touching to Xiujia who has experienced the great era of Kaikai and the first 20 years of the millennium.

When you look at all kinds of successful people in the past 20 years, you can't help asking, did the times create them, or did they create the times?

Every time some people step on the wind, the myth of the richest man created by the people's high debt in the next 20 years will eventually be shattered because of the unsustainable high leverage.

Some people start from a small firmware diligently and think of defeat before fighting. Even though the development has been stumbling in the past few years, they have avoided most of the risks. When the tide of the times fades, they will eventually find someone swimming in a life jacket .

At present, Hideo has to associate his words with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Are these two people "potential" that have become prosperous due to gradual progress?

Looking at Yi Xin Chong Chuan's eyes that stared at her all the time even though she lowered her head, Xiu Jia couldn't help but feel apprehensive in her heart, this young monk can clearly see the situation in this world despite his youth.

"It's really beyond my expectation that the master can think of this level. I think this is enlightenment and not just enlightenment. But the master himself thinks that it is not enlightenment. I am curious what the master is enlightening?"

"Of course it's clear. If you understand it, you can first understand the potential and accumulation, and don't be mistaken by it."

The translation is that I want to analyze in advance who are pushed up by the times, and those who are diligent and diligent step by step, so as not to be delayed by the former type of people.

"Master, do you want to find out what will happen? What a big ambition. I try to 'hear the past, test the future, participate in the usual, and then decide it.' However, the most difficult thing in the world is to test it. As for the matter, if the master can understand its meaning one day, I hope you will not hesitate to teach me."

Both of them seemed to be dissatisfied with the other's answer. In Xiujia's opinion, there is indeed some talent in respecting the tradition with the heart, and a little training must be a talent.

But now he is still too young, and what he said is too false, and he actually thinks about how to understand the future.

Although Xiujia criticized some people so much in the past, in fact, he only discovered these problems after the era faded. At the time when the times were at the forefront, Xiujia might not be a dreamer.

Looking at it now, isn't Xiujia a person who was formed due to circumstances?He borrowed Hideyoshi's momentum, Hideyoshi borrowed Nobunaga's momentum, and Nobunaga borrowed the self-care momentum of four famous names in the world.

Everyone is taking advantage of the "potential", and Tokugawa Ieyasu in history is also taking advantage of the situation. Do you think he dared to fart before Hideyoshi died?
It is true that some Taoism has been realized by advocating the teachings with the heart, but it is a bit too much to blindly beat the "potential" to death.

Yixin Chongchuan was also not satisfied with Xiujia's answer, he originally thought that Xiujia would be the "candidate" in his mind, but Xiujia is the one who knows the trend and follows the trend, to put it bluntly, he is a speculator.

Both sides seemed to let go of their previous good feelings for each other's temptations, and the hall fell into silence for a while.

In the end, Xiujia cherished his talents, perhaps more because he couldn't bear to leave him to the enemy, so he said, "Master's ideals are too lofty, I really can't keep up with the pace.

I only know that you can't reach a thousand miles without taking a single step, and I have always firmly believed in governing the country that "the stability of the small must rely on the big; the security of the big must rely on the small." 'The truth.

I always believe that the country and the family are inseparable. Only when the small homes of the warriors and the common people are stable can my territory be stable. I think the same is true for the world.

When the master is entangled in what kind of prosperity due to the trend and what kind of accumulation, isn't it just another expression of wanting to follow the trend and prosper? "

The starting point for Xiujia to say these words is not that he really comprehended any great principles, but that he wanted to recruit Yi Xin Chong to pass it on to him. The purpose is to hit his target and defeat him. The mentality paves the way for the words to be recruited later.

But I never thought that after I finished speaking, even I was stunned for a moment, and Yi Xin Chongchuan on the opposite side looked at me in surprise, and then fell into a burst of self-reflection.

Not long after, Yi Xin Chongchuan smiled calmly: "Thank you, General You, for clarifying the confusion. I never thought that I would actually fall into the evil way set by myself."

And Xiujia did not defend himself, but took the opportunity to send him a request for solicitation, "I have a destiny with the master, and now we have met three times, and each time I have a good understanding. I think that the relationship between me and the master is already the same. The relationship between teachers and friends is over.

Now that I am about to transfer from the Western Kingdom to the Eastern Kingdom, I wonder if Master is willing to follow me to the Kanto, and continue to argue with me? "

And Yi Xin Chong Chuan also took the opportunity to reply: "It's so good, it's my honor to have General You as a confidant."

Hearing the conversation between the two of them, Chong Chuan planned to travel to the Kanto with Xiu's family, but the young monk who was accompanying him looked at him in surprise and asked, "Chong Chuan, did your master tell you that you haven't finished your homework yet? "

Yixin Zongchuan replied calmly: "Only when you have Bodhi in your heart can you understand life. The purpose of practicing Buddhism is to cultivate your mind, not to escape from the world, but to surpass yourself."

(End of this chapter)