Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 790 Hachiman Palace Out to Pray for Blessings and 【Ren Zi Ma Yin Banner】

Now Xiujia is like a big patriarch, what he says and does is full of machismo.

He didn't even want to have a heart-to-heart relationship with his children, to really understand the true thoughts in the children's hearts, so he brutally stamped them with what he thought.

This is actually very detrimental to the psychological growth of the child, but this is often the common mentality of the father of the Xiu family.

In the past two years, the family has gradually been in charge of the elders' assistant family, and the management of the Sagami Ashikaga Territory can be regarded as orderly.

As the frontline base of Shangluo of the Fengchun family, counting the 10,000+ people gathered around Fujisawa Castle, he can still arrange them properly and provide them with rice, grain, meat and vegetables in a timely manner. In fact, it is really worthy of praise from Xiujia of the previous sentence.

After the Xiu family entered the city, they directly settled in the Honmaru Imperial Palace. This was originally the place where the Ashikaga family lived, but because of the arrival of the Hide family, they had to give up the main hall.

The Shi family went back to their room a little dejected, and what they saw was A Ruo, the girl who had been the daughter of the Xiu family for him for 8 years.

Now after he resumed his status as the son of the Hide family, in order to compensate the girl, the Hide family asked her to restore her status as the adopted daughter of Osafune Sada and marry the Ashikaga family.

But to say the least, his own father was nothing more than Osawa Kakuhei, a retainer of the long boat, a low-level samurai who was born as a bizenji samurai.

Compared with other brothers who are all married to the daughters of the noble families of Gongqing (Jiji Jiaji, Sanjo Shijia), or the daughters of famous families (Tsutsui Takaya, Yuki Chaojia), his wife's background is so ordinary.

Despite the status of Osafune Hizen's adopted daughter, he really doesn't like the inherent rusticity of genes.

He is the son of Fengchun Youfu and Guandong Gongfang. How can his wife be an ordinary woman from a village samurai family?Even if she is not a woman from a famous family, she should be matched with a woman from the royal family such as Uesugi and Hosokawa.

The Ashikaga family, who had suffered from the Xiu family, took their anger out on his wife who was the same age as him. They were both 13-year-old kids, but they started to ignore and be indifferent to another kid. Get violent.

Hideka doesn't know the little story that happened here. He is now discussing the specific procedure of praying at Kamakura Hachiman Shrine in the next two days with Shihime, Nawa Hisutora, Ota Keiko and others.

The Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace in Kamakura is not Hegang in Northeast China. This place has a very special meaning in the hearts of Kanto warriors.

Just as the Hide family held Ashikaga Jihime's hand at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Palace to preside over the official ceremony for the Shihime to inherit the Guandong Duke, this time the Hideka went to Shangluo, they must also go through the process at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Palace.

The people of this era are ignorant, whether it is ordinary ashigaru or the literate samurai class, if you tell them about military strength, equipment advantage, and strategic advantage, they will not understand.

It is far less convincing for you to rationally explain to them how we have the advantage to win this battle than to go to the shrine to pray for blessings, and then let "God" tell them that this battle must be won.

Even Oda Nobunaga had to take a detour to Atsuta Shrine with people before Ozama, because he needed to boost morale through the mouth of the gods and Buddhas, so that the soldiers believed that 3000 people could defeat 2 The remaining Imagawa army.

In this battle, Hideo thinks that he has an absolute advantage, but the daimyos, samurai, and ashigaru who followed Hideo are still uneasy, so the trip to Tsuruoka Hachiman Shrine is actually to stabilize the morale of the army. lift.

In fact, how to do it, the process can be referred to in the past, and the Xiu family just followed the process again.

The only difference is that the owner of the Fang family in Kanto is now the Ashikaga family, and the Shi family should guide the Hide family through the entire process.

But the Uji family is the son of the Hide family, and he is actually only 13 years old. The Hide family is also unwilling to give the Kanto warriors the idea that the Kanto Ashikaga clan dominates the Toyoharu family. The rationality of concubine succession.

Therefore, the Xiu family said that they would change the process. They entered the temple directly under the guidance of the priests to pray for blessings.

Different from the white flag in the popular culture of later generations, which represents surrender, the Japanese white flag at this time symbolizes killing.The Royal White Banner is the flag that Genji Gongfang turned to kill, symbolizing the rationality of warriors gathering under Genji Gongfang's banner to fight.

The real imperial white flag is naturally inside the Ashikaga Gate in Kyoto, but this does not mean that the samurai below cannot hold this flag. After all, it is impossible for the public to personally lead the army in every battle, and there are often people who bestow white flags to represent themselves. Condition.

This kind of white flag bestowed actually means that the public side recognizes you, and you can have the right to conquer the Quartet in the name of the public side.

This in itself is a temporary bestowal, similar to the military talisman given temporarily by Chinese generals before going to war.But with the collapse of rites and music, many daimyos passed on this bestowment from generation to generation, such as Takeda's Royal White Flag.

The Royal White Flag itself has no seal, and after several generations of the Takeda family, in order to distinguish it, the Hinomaru pattern was painted on it. This is the origin of the Takeda Shibao Takeda Royal White Flag.

It is precisely because the Takeda family has such a bad head, after the Muromachi shogunate, it is rare for the public to grant the imperial white flag.Even if it is bestowed, the given flag must be held by the imperial family, and the local daimyo should be strictly prevented from holding the flag.

As the biggest internal trouble during the Ashikaga government in Kyoto, the Kanto family was naturally not given the Royal White Flag by the Ashikaga government, but there has always been a bug here.

That is the imperial white flag that Minamoto Yoritomo served after winning the world in Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace. It is the most authentic imperial white flag representing Genji.

Since Ashikaga Yoshiaki refuted Hideyoshi's face and was thrown into exile in Bingo, and later ordered to return to Beijing to live (under house arrest) because of fear of his political influence, Ashikaga's reputation has not been as good as before.

However, with the rise of the clan, although it only inherited the name of the Ashikaga clan in Kanto, it cannot be denied that the clan today is indeed the most powerful existence among the Ashikaga clan in the entire world.

After the family came to power, they have been supporting the relatives of the Ashikaga family in Kyoto. Although they still bear the name of the Kanto Ashikaga family and were born in a separate family, he has indeed taken over the status of the Ashikaga family governor from Ashikaga Yoshiaki. .

We must know that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's right to rule the world is directly bestowed by the emperor, and he did not follow the "Pillar of the Samurai", "Master of Genji" or "Elder of Taira" that the samurai family often walks.

Even in order to prevent people from messing around with these names, Hideyoshi has always let Ashikaga be in the name of Genji Elder. After Ashikaga Yoshiaki died, the current Genji Elder is Ashikaga Yoshihiro.

That is to say, because of the small wings of the Hide family, the elder Genji who originally belonged to the Tokugawa clan is still under the name of the Ashikaga clan, and because of the existence of the Uji family, the current governor of the Ashikaga clan and the elder Genji belong to two families.

This is like the fact that the family of the Ichijo family in the early Warring States period was clearly in Tosa and Iyo, but the branch of the Ichijo family in Kyoto was able to inherit the positions of the three ministers.

Ashikaga Yoshihiro has been living in Nijo Castle, Kyoto, and it is easy for the Hide family to obtain his authorization.It's just that in order to deceive people, the Hide family asked Ashikaga Yoshihiro, who is the "elder of Genji", to bestow the imperial white flag on the Fang Ashikaga family of Kanto Gong!
Some elders and some daimyos of these insiders may know, but they don't know about the middle and lower-level samurai and ashigaru who occupy the majority.

All they saw in Hachiman Palace was Ashikaga Jiji standing behind Xiujia holding the imperial white flag, while Xiujia impassionedly lashed out at Fang Qiu in front of everyone.

They would only think that Xiujia, who was "not from Genji", also got the "Royal White Flag" that symbolizes the attack, and this battle is a battle of righteousness and victory!
In addition to these, the Xiu family also performed a small routine of divination.In fact, they are all leftovers from the historical texts, but they prepared 100 copper coins with two sides on both sides, and threw them out in front of the soldiers for fortune-telling.

But ordinary soldiers have never heard of this routine!

In order to increase his persuasiveness, Xiujia even stated in front of everyone that "I brought everyone from the northeast to the south and must bring everyone back alive to receive rewards.

Therefore, I specially prepared a hundred copper coins and asked Wu Huangxiao Houda Zenmen (Yuan Laichao) to show the good or bad luck of this battle. If the head is up, it is auspicious, and if the tail is bad, he will lead everyone out only if more than 7% of the heads are up. . "

The soldiers don't understand mathematics, but they still have some ideas about probability. 7% of the hundred copper coins symbolizes that the battle is 7 and 3 fierce. This is already a very difficult thing, and it is already an acceptable result for everyone. .

But no one expected that the final result was that all the coins turned up!

Seeing this scene, the priest who had been arranged by the Xiu family shouted "Excited" loudly, "Good luck! Great luck! Great luck! Your Highness will win this battle!"

The atmosphere group that had been arranged earlier shouted at the right time, "Hundred pieces are all up, good luck! Good luck! Wansheng! Wansheng!"

The shouts of the mountain spread like waves from the main hall of Hachimangu Shrine all the way down the mountain, and the soldiers told the good news to their companions one after another.

Hegang Hachiman Palace has a mountain path, and the Xiu family stood at the entrance of the hall for divination. Standing beside the Xiu family were important retainers and special names like the Uji family, even Satake Yoshishige had to stand below.

As long as the priests and retainers on the stage testify that the hundred coins are all positive, the soldiers below will be willing to believe that this is a sign of good fortune from the gods and Buddhas.

Of course, this alone is not enough, because there will definitely be people who will question it, and it is not enough to make the soldiers completely trust the results of divination. After all, seeing is believing and hearing is believing.

Immediately after the Xiu family threw out the copper coins for divination, they ordered people to use cement to embed the copper coins on the floor tiles in front of the Hachiman Palace gate, and then allowed the soldiers to witness this "miracle" with their own eyes before going out into battle.

As a human being, in order to protect the wet cement of the "miracle", it is natural to pull a protective rope around it and send special personnel to guard it to prevent soldiers from actually entering and deducting copper coins.

The Xiu family only plans to stay in Sagami for 3 days, but these three days are enough to make everyone believe that the Xiu family is a "righteous person" blessed by the "Genji ancestors" and gods and Buddhas. business.

Such a "special" "miracle", the Hide family naturally wants to publicize it, not only the tens of thousands of soldiers at Sagami's future Hachiman Shrine will know about it, but even write letters to rule the other two legions, making this battle a must Inform them of the victory and further boost their morale.

The entire ritual process of Hachiman Palace went very smoothly, and the Xiu family chose to stay at Hachiman Palace that night with some excitement. He used his reason to say that "I want to personally listen to Emperor Wu Xiao Hou Da Zen tell me about the military strategy and the story of Shangluo back then. "

In fact, it was Xiujia who wanted to use Minamoto Yoshitomo's skin to strengthen the soldiers' belief that they would win this battle.

It's just that a special person came to visit that night, and it was at Mingyueyuan not far from Hachimangu Shrine, who presided over Yixin Chongchuan.

Seeing the arrival of Yixin Chongchuan, Xiujia jokingly said: "I thought the master would not come?"

In fact, this can't be regarded as a complete joke. After all, the Xiu family is going to hold their heads up for the final battle. The Xiu family has always placed high hopes on it and has not come to him to offer advice. If you want to say that the Xiu family has no The idea is definitely not realistic.

Perhaps because he heard the resentment in Xiujia's words, Yixin Chongchuan took out a white silk cloth from his Buddhist sleeve and said to Xiujia with a smile, "The poor monk came late because he was going to chant sutras for His Highness." I went to pray.

Hearing that His Highness is going to raise troops to attack King Luoqin, and that it is difficult to get rid of traitors due to Tianjing, he specially wrote a horse seal flag for His Highness, gathered a hundred monks in Jianchang Temple to chant scriptures day and night, and today it will be completed, and I am here to give it to His Highness. "

Hearing Yixin Chongchuan's explanation, the unhappiness on Xiujia's face eased a little.He sent an attendant to take Bai Juan from Yi Xin Chongchuan and unfold it, only to see the word [仁] written on it in cursive script.

"Ren" Hideka slowly read the words on the flag, and Yixin Chongchuan on the side had already begun to explain, "His Royal Highness raised troops in Fukushima to fight against the treacherous courtiers who caused the world to be unkind.

Just like how His Highness raised troops from North Korea and took the boat to Luo, if His Highness hadn't appeared at that time, the world would have been in chaos after Guan Bai's death.

It is His Highness who gave the people of the world a chance to be reborn. Now there is a problem again in the world. The Daban family is kinslayers and disrespectful. Their inhumanity corresponds to His Highness's benevolence and righteousness. This is the origin of the word "benevolence". "

Xiujia couldn't help but nodded inwardly after listening to the rainbow fart preached by his heart, and felt that what he said was very reasonable, and at the same time asked him his own question, "Your flag with the word benevolence reminds me of the humble Xingong's [Ranlong Banner] and Uesugi Nagon's [Yizi Banner], it is wonderful to pass together.

It's just that the word "benevolence and righteousness" has always been inseparable. Could it be that you only left "benevolence" to me because of Uesugi Nakonogen's "righteousness"? "

When Yi Xin Chongchuan heard Xiu Jiawen's question, he actually had mixed feelings in his heart.Why don't you write [义] Does your Xiujia not have AC numbers?

Ordinary people don't know what you mean by "Feng Tian Jing Nan". I have communicated with you, so I naturally know what that Emperor Yong Le did in the end.

What you are doing now is obviously to imitate Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty. As Guan Bai's adopted son, you are going to snatch the position of your younger brother. Do you have the nerve to call yourself "righteous"?

I only write 'benevolence' but not 'righteousness', that's for fear of embarrassing you!
Japan's Mayin flag often represents the meaning of this general's life in the world, just like Oda Nobunaga's "Tianxiabubu" flag, which is to declare to other daimyos his determination to unify the world by force.

Just as Yixin Chongchuan thought in his heart, it is impossible for the Xiu family to live under the banner of Osaka in the future, and it is enough to send out the flag with the word "benevolence". If the word "righteousness" is sent out, it will be superfluous and embarrassing in the future.

However, the words of advocating the word with the heart are very superb. He directly stated that "'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith' benevolence is the first of the five elements, which is enough to cover other expressions.

Besides, His Highness is a rare gentleman in the world. Does it mean that His Highness lacks this morality just because he didn't write other expressions?This is obviously unreasonable.

Uesugi Zhongna said that he was a foreign minister, as a minister, he should put righteousness first, treat his retainers kindly and be loyal to the monarch.But His Highness will rule the world in the future, so naturally he will rule the world with 'benevolence', just like those famous virtuous monarchs in history. "

The embarrassment of the Xiu family was cleverly avoided by advocating the tradition of the heart, and they used "rule the world" to summarize what the Xiu family will do in the future, which made the Xiu family feel very comfortable.

"Hahaha~" Xiujia laughed a few times and said to Yixin Chongchuan, "Master Chongchuan is somewhat reasonable, and I still have a lot to rely on on Master Chongchuan!"

　This chapter is over, all the pre-chapters of the battle are over, and the next thing is to start
　　
　
(End of this chapter)