Pillars of the Wu family

The raging flames in the middle of the night can be clearly seen from Sakamoto Castle at the foot of the mountain. The entire Mount Hiei turned into a sea of ​​red flames, just like the terrible Shizuka who described the mountains of swords and seas of fire in hell. The faint cries from the mountain woke up the sleeping townspeople, including This mountain of flames can be seen from Otsu, Katada and even Kyoto in the distance.

No matter what their beliefs, people are silently praying for the souls who died in vain on the mountain. It didn't take long to see the monks of Enryaku Temple who escaped from the fire and massacre running down the mountain. The monks who were quickly controlled and frightened couldn't tell what happened. They couldn't say anything except to describe the sea of ​​fire and the killing Yikui army. The disaster came too fast and too fast, far beyond them. expected.

The Kira family had already known the information clearly before the Ichikui army swarmed up, and the Kira family's army rushed to their base camp before the Ichikui army swarmed up. The relatives of the Ichikui people in the old nest and all the people involved in the case were all detained in different places. At the same time, Hoshino was ordered to order the Takashima people to alert the Takashima County.

The vicinity of Sakamoto Town was surrounded by the Kira Army, and even the townspeople spontaneously joined in the defense of the castle town. As soon as the middle of the night, Mount Hiei was lit up with a red light, and the soldiers and civilians of the Kira House stared nervously. The movement on the mountain, as the fire became more and more intense, the shouts of killing became louder and louder. This time, even the business travelers temporarily residing in the port near Sakamoto were awakened, including some cultural people gathered in the town to whisper about what happened. What's up.

After more than an hour of shouting and killing, the movement on the mountain was getting closer and closer. Unidentified people appeared one after another on the approach road going down the mountain from Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine and fled towards Sakamoto. Kira's army immediately captured these unidentified people.Another half an hour later, a team of hundreds of people appeared.They also saw the town of Sakamoto, littered with torches, standing in battle.This group of troops turned around and fled northward without saying a word, and Kira's army did not blindly pursue them, and still chose to wait in the town.

Until around four o'clock in the morning, a group of rout soldiers fled from the valley. Some of them were still holding banners with the words "disgusting from the filthy land, eager to seek the pure land", "Namo Amitabha Buddha" or "卍". The direction of the city was approaching, but before they had gone far, the iron artillery team deployed in the castle town fired a volley to scare them back.So this group of rout soldiers also turned and fled northward.

While the broken soldiers were fleeing northward, a long string of torches appeared at the mouth of the valley one by one. They saw Kira's army outside Sakamoto City pause for a while, and immediately a monk ran over and shouted aggressively: "You see the deserters Where did you retreat?"

Kira's army seemed very calm about this, and he pointed to the fading flames in the north and replied: "North! You can still see the torches! There is still time to chase them! We have also captured many unknown people and handed them over to the you!"

The monk waved his hands and trotted back to give orders, but after a while the monk soldiers from Mt. Continue to rest, Kira Yoshitoki didn't even leave the castle tower at all.I just rubbed my eyes and watched the fire of Mt. Hiei for a while, then lay down and continued to sleep.

It was not until the afternoon of the same day that news came that the Ichikui army in Omi had set fire to the Enryakuji Temple in Mt. Hiei, Beiling.How many people were burned to death has not yet been counted, but it is estimated that the death toll will exceed 2000, and the Yikui Army also left [-] corpses and fled to the north of Omi. It was basically extinguished by noon.

Of course, all of this has little to do with Yoshitoki Kira. He just sent someone to give condolences, sent medicines and food worth hundreds of kan, and then nothing happened. The impact of this incident can be said to be huge, which is regarded as As a provocative act by the Izumo sect against the five mountains in Kinki, the burning of the "Buddhist mother mountain" Enryaku Temple was comparable to killing Ashikaga Yoshinaka, which immediately caused a major earthquake in the Kinki area.

The anger of Prince Yao Zunfa, the leader of the Tiantai seat, is a shame and a shame. Even the Ashikaga Yoshikado did not dare to burn down the Enli Temple. They couldn't sit still anymore, they glanced at the vacant seats in the fundamental nave, the owners of these seats were talking and laughing with them yesterday, but today they would be buried in a sea of ​​fire or be asked to death by the thugs of the same sect. Feel.

Therefore, the fastest decision in the history of Tiantai Sect was drawn up in only a quarter of an hour. Prince Yao Zunfa issued a decree to crusade against Yixiangzong in the name of the head of Tiantai. Zhengru was shot while lying down. This is also after his great-grandfather Honganji Lianju, Yixiangzong was accused of being "Buddha's enemy" again.

Not only that, Prince Yao Zunfa also went out of the mountain in person, and brought a group of monks and soldiers carrying the shrine with the authority of the mountain king to forcefully sue the imperial court shogunate, and strongly demanded that the shogunate send troops to destroy Ishiyama Hongan Temple. The incident of burning for no reason has always spread all over the world like wings.

People from the Tiantai Zong Kingdom in Jinai also swarmed up. They played the banner of respecting the law and rebelling against rebellion. Shocking the monks at Hongan Temple, Prince Yao Zunfa's decree was issued all over the country, even Miyoshi Changqing and Hatakeyama Gaozheng received the decree, but these two families were too happy to deal with it.

Honganji Zhengru wrote a letter to defend himself. He invited his family, Hino Gonada Nayan Qingguang, to make peace, but it didn't seem to be very effective. Although the emperor had a good impression of Honganji Zhengru, there was an angry Yanli Temple, Wushan Daji Temple with the same hatred, and even Kofuku Temple, the deadly enemy, expressed support. Enryaku Temple is also a famous mountain gate in the world, so if it is said to be burned, it will be burned. Then what should these Buddhist temples in Kyoto do in the future?All the temples in Kinai suddenly stood on the side of Enli Temple, and no one knew what to do at this time.

However, Honganji Temple is not a vegetarian. With the strong network of Honganji Temple, they immediately found out the ins and outs of it. The responsibility was shifted to Kaga Yizongzong who did not respect the order to enter Kinai without authorization, and burned down the mother mountain of Japanese Buddhism, Daigaran, which is a heinous crime.

Therefore, Honganji Temple immediately issued a general order to break the gates of all the temples of the Kaga Ichiko sect. Part of the monasteries in Echizen and Etsuchu were demolished at the same time, and the illegal Yikui army gathered in the above monasteries must be disbanded immediately.

This incident changed the nature of the incident. Kaga has always been in Kaga, and the aristocratic cultural people in Kyoto can't control it, but they went to Mt. Hiei to kill and set fire. What is the majesty of the court and the shogunate in the long run?Everyone will come and burn it, burn Mount Hiei today, burn Guasheng Mountain tomorrow, and burn Kyoto the day after tomorrow. What is the face of the major mountain gates in Kinki?

The aristocrats of Kyoto, who were belatedly aware of it, got angry and revealed the old account that Kaga had always killed and guarded the Fukui clan in the past, and established itself as a country controlled by the people, making Kaga country a human Buddha country independent of the shogunate. And asked the imperial court and the shogunate to punish these gangsters severely.

In the past, who would care about what happened between local tyrants and peasants in a distant country, whether it was the Ichikui riot in the Kaga country or the Kuzuryugawa battle fought by the Echizen Asakura family, it might not even count as a chat after dinner. Where can I talk about the past and the present, study songs, tea ceremony, or Chinese poetry, calligraphy and painting?

This time is different, no matter whether they are believers of the Tendai Sect or not, everyone is very concerned about the burning of Mt. What they do is so dirty, it is a despicable and dirty sect that repeatedly uses the power of the natives to launch Ichiku.

In desperation, Ishiyama Hongan Temple deserves to repeatedly say that it was kept in the dark, but Hongan Temple still bears an unshirkable responsibility, especially their teachings even encourage one to become a Buddha without reading Buddhist scriptures and chanting Buddhist names. This is simply a fallacy This fallacy was exiled by the imperial court before, and the Enryaku Temple burning incident this time became the fuse, and the wave of denunciation of Hongan Temple became higher and higher.

This time, Xiangzong also panicked, and began to ask people to intercede, but with little success. Some officials who were not clear-headed shouted at the top of their voices: "Why don't you launch a gong!" , What a fart to start at this time, and then start the reputation of a cult, let alone start the believers in the future, it would be good not to be driven into the sea by the warriors to feed the fish.

The crisis public relations of Honganji Temple really played a certain role. Some people in Kyoto sympathized with Ishiyama Honganji. I feel that the character of this monastery is not bad, and the hype in the Buddhist classics does not show any trend of cults at all. Of course, this cannot be said clearly, and the situation can only be slowly reversed by helping them speak well.

After a period of time, the aftermath of this huge "Hieizan Law Difficulty" has not yet dissipated. Izumozong, who was shot for no reason, still received a positive response to his complaints everywhere. Hino Haruki was an intermediary among them, and the court decided that Ishiyama Honganji should be lenient. He raised it high and put it down gently, and the crisis of Honganji's family being destroyed gradually disappeared.

For the sake of the court, Prince Yao Zunfa decided to spare Yixiangzong, but the owner of Tiantai still did not intend to spare them lightly. Prince Yao Zunfa first demanded compensation from Yixiangzong, and then issued a huge fine worth 30 Guanyongle money , At the same time, Honganji Temple was certified as burning Shishan Honganji Temple Garan and immediately withdrew from Kinki, and announced in a high-profile manner that the Ichiko Sect is strictly prohibited from engaging in preaching activities in Kinai, otherwise the Tendai Sect will be punished.

Hongan Temple proved that Ruzhen was shot to death innocently, but what could he do? Yanli Temple in Beiling was too powerful and he didn't dare to offend him. Back then, Venerable Lianru was once pointed out as an "enemy of Buddha" by Tiantai Sect, and then he ran away He left Kinki to preach in the poor villages of Hokuriku. He didn't want to repeat the mistakes of his great-grandfather and go to Hokuriku to hide. (To be continued..)

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