Pillars of the Wu family

Just after Maoshi, the quiet Kamakura suddenly became noisy, and samurai from all over half of Honshu rushed to the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Palace, trying to see the inauguration ceremony of the Kanto government. When the army entered Kamakura, the five mouths guarded important passes. If you want to fish in troubled waters, you have to walk in front of these armored warriors.

It didn't take long before a rigorous cavalry regiment slowly entered Kamakura. The vanguard was two thousand red armored cavalry, followed by two thousand black armored cavalry, two thousand yellow armored cavalry, and two thousand green armored cavalry. The 10 white-armored cavalry team, adding up to tens of thousands of fine cavalry, wore a special breastplate and strode into Kamakura with neat steps, which greatly shocked the nearly [-] people who came to watch.

Among the dark crowd, there were many ronin who came to watch. When they saw this unified cavalry warrior, they immediately exclaimed: "Ten thousand cavalry! Is this also five-color equipment? It's really powerful!"

The Hojo family has five-color equipment with a total of [-] people, and the Shangso Ashikaga family also has five-color equipment with a total of [-] riders. Previously, the Hojo family had a total of more than [-] cavalry teams, which was considered the strongest in Kanto. Kamiso Ashikaga has more cavalry teams than anyone else, and the gap is still very large.

"I didn't expect the Kamiso Ashikaga family to be so powerful! It's unbelievable!" Some merchants sent by big merchants were also thinking about whether they should set up a semicolon in Edo Castle, and even spies from all over the world secretly recorded what they saw. Every fragment may appear in the form of documents in the near future on the desks of famous people from all walks of life in the world.

This enthronement ceremony is more like Ashikaga Yoshitoki's personal show of force, with 3 horse-riding warriors showing off their might, and [-] iron artillery teams equipped with new-style flintlock muskets without matchlocks striding forward.A heavily armored army armed with shields and maces.The regular three gun regiments filed in.There were as many as [-] armed forces entering Kamakura alone, and the entire Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine was so tightly surrounded inside and out that it was really difficult for even an insect to fly over.

The ceremony for the inauguration of the Kanto government was complicated and lengthy. Ashikaga Yoshitoki, who was wearing a black court uniform, stepped into the Taiko Bridge under the guidance of the officials. This bridge was painted with red lacquer as a symbol, so it was also called Akabashi. The Gokurakuji clan of the branch clan has a house next to the red bridge, so this branch of the Hojo clan is also called the Akabashi clan.

There have been two generations of Kamakura in charge of this Akabashi-ryu Hojo family, and they are the sixth generation of the Kamakura shogunate, the first ancestor of the Akahashi-ryu.As well as Hojo Mori, the last ruling family of the Kamakura Shogunate, the political status of this family is second only to the Hojo Tokuzu family, and it is the highest-ranking family in the entire Hojo family. The wife of Ashikaga Takashi, Akahashi Toko, is the direct sister of Hojo Mori , only followed Ashikaga Takashi to destroy the Kamakura shogunate and avoided changing the name to Akahashi.

Under the Taiko Bridge is a large lotus pond. This lotus pond also has a nice name called Yuanpingdi. The so-called Yuanpingdi refers to the two huge lotus ponds excavated during the time when Hojo Masako was in charge of "Niyutai". There are three artificial islands in Genji and Genji, and there are four artificial islands in Hiraji, which are said to symbolize all the processes of a person from birth to death.

Enter the core area of ​​Tsuruoka Hachiman Shrine through the Taiko Bridge.In front of it is a large stone section with 61 steps. According to legend, the dance hall under the steps is the front of Minamoto Yoritomo.And asked her to dance the white beat dance in front of the dance hall, and there are still people singing that sad song.

"I am deeply attached to the person who left footprints with me on the white snow of Mt. Yoshino, and then drifted to Oshu separately! Jing, Jing, you are like the ball of twine used by Bunori, spinning around twine How wonderful it would be to live life like it was back then..."

Yoshitoki Ashikaga stood in front of the dance hall, paused for a while, then shook his head and smiled. Although his heart was as hard as a stone, he still had deep feelings for the legend of nearly 400 years. At this time, Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace was wearing a The samurai in vertical uniforms are tightly surrounded, and the three-step, one-post, five-step, one-sent post lacks the most important tourist atmosphere.

Go through the Sakura gate and enter the hall, and there is a luxuriant ginkgo tree in the small square. This ginkgo tree is the big ginkgo tree in the Hachiman Palace, and it is under this big tree. A farce in which a nephew assassinated his uncle was staged, which directly led to the complete severance of Hanoi Genji's lineage. As for the role of Hojo Masako in it, it is still unknown.

The enthronement ceremony was held in this hall. Hundreds of warriors in gorgeous vertical clothes poured into the small square, eager to see the enthronement ceremony of Guandong Gongfang with wide eyes. The five hundred tallest and bravest warriors outside the square The samurai stood on both sides of the approach as the guards, but after a while the bell and drum rang and the ceremony began.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki walked slowly into the main hall of Hachimangu Shrine under the guidance of the ceremonial officer. The warriors who passed by bowed down one by one. It is also playing quietly at this moment. Wearing a black court uniform, Jinwei Qianjiu is standing on the corridor waiting for his arrival with a wat board in his hand. Jinwei Qianjiu is a minister of Guanbaizuo. He is the highest envoy representing the imperial court, fully demonstrating The imperial court highly supported Yoshitoki Ashikaga's ascension to the throne, and this time he was also personally in charge of the enthronement ceremony of the Kanto government.

This is against the rules. The enthronement ceremony of Ashikaga Yoshitoki should have been presided over by Tsuruoka Hachimangu Bietoki. The Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Bieto has always been held by a descendant of the Kanto government. Oka Hachiman Shrine Bieto, the previous Biejo was Koumi Gong Fang Ashikaga Yoshiaki, after he was defeated and retired to the So Peninsula and quickly died in Kofutai, the Biejo position has been vacant and no one will replace him.

Hojo Ujitsuna once wanted to be the power leader, but unfortunately, before this abacus could be worked out, the Hanakura Rebellion of the Imagawa family hit the entire Hojo family, and Hojo Ujitsuna was depressed and ended up with his son Hojo Ujiyasu. After reading this spectrum, the current power is supposed to be a social family member of Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine. His status is not high, and he has no prestige in the Kanto samurai family.

The entire enthronement ceremony was complicated and lengthy. With the accompaniment of Kagura, several priests recited the family lineage of the Genji Dongliang family in Hanoi, from Genpei to Kamakura, and finally to the Kamiso Ashikaga family and Ashikaga Yoshitoki himself, which can be regarded as his. A complete rectification of one's birth name, this ceremony is also mixed with many inexplicable small rituals that purely respect ancient rituals.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki walked according to the rules.Pronouncing the words according to the fixed requirements and not saying a single extra word.until noon.Ashikaga Yoshitoki was able to pay homage to the Hachiman Bodhisattva, swear to the ancestors of Hanoi Genji to protect the land of Kanto, and then sent the oath to offer the sword armor as a prayer. Righteousness has long been exhausted.

The next thing is not over yet, Ashikaga Yoshitoki still has to pay homage to Hanoi Genji's inheritance sacred objects. When he walked to the apse and looked up, he saw a slightly worn-out white flag. Introduced in a low voice: "This is the white flag used by the Right General Hall when raising troops. This flag is one of the three sacred objects of my Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace."

"Is it the imperial white flag used in the Right General Hall?" Ashikaga Yoshitoki stared at the slightly exaggerated strokes, thick and thick like a mountain. Although the font is not beautiful, it contains the roughness and courage of a samurai. This is the first white flag written by Minamoto Yoritomo, the first general who conquered barbarians.

Genji white flag is of great significance to Genji in Hanoi. The white flag symbolizes the highest spiritual sustenance of warriors and the highest respect for their ancestors. Ordinary samurai writing the same words on a white flag is not called a white flag. That is arrogance. When the shogunate was strong, they were caught to be beheaded. The only ones who could use the white flag were a few samurai descendants from Kamakura Muromachi.For example, it is the case of Dazhenguo and Qianye Yinzong.

With the gradual advancement of the Warring States period, more and more famous martial arts families disappeared.They are replaced by low-ranking warriors from small penniless families. They are aggressive and don't care about the rules. They are more unscrupulous than anyone else. What Minamoto Yoritomo did a hundred years ago.

Minamoto Yoritomo used his own force to establish a new regime and break the original system of government monopoly. Compared with innovation, perhaps they might not be as meaningful as Minamoto Yoritomo who created a new aristocratic class. Some people may think that the devil is the greatest However, in the eyes of Ashikaga Yoshitoki, his ability is nothing more than that, far behind Yoritomo Genori.

At first glance, Minamoto Yoritomo did not seem to have many amazing actions during his short reign, but if you look closely, you will find that the Jojiu Rebellion broke out more than 20 years after his death, and the Kamakura shogunate was angered by Emperor Toba's downfall war. Kanto went out, and a full 19 cavalry rushed into Kyoto, scaring the emperor Toba, who was a strong outsider and a middle-aged man, into a fool.

The result is self-evident. The Kamakura samurai slaughtered all over Kyoto with ruthless butcher knives, slaughtered all the northern samurai loyal to the imperial court, and then arrested Emperor Toba's party. The leader of the party, Emperor Toba, was exiled to Oki Island. Emperor Shunde was exiled to Sado Island, and Emperor Tumimon, who opposed the collapse of the curtain, was lightly punished. He was exiled first to Tosa Kingdom and then to Awa Kingdom. Emperor Nakagong, who had been on the throne for only two months, was deposed.

Then there is a more ruthless method, confiscating all the [-] pieces owned by the imperial court, thus laying the foundation for the Kamakura shogunate to gradually transform from a local power in a corner of the Kanto to a national power. The territory of the imperial family established the status of the ruler of the Kamakura shogunate.

The so-called 箇suo is a village. Before the Warring States Period, it was a manor system. A village controlled a large area of ​​territory and had many soldiers. Each manor owner was a powerful local warrior. The knight class in medieval Europe, only the owner of a small manor can play the outfit of a knight.

Three thousand villages are three thousand villages, which is really a surprising number. At the beginning, Miyoshi Changqing and Miyoshi Zongsan failed to compete for the seventeen villages in Hanoi, so they were completely hostile to Miyoshi Zongsan and laid the hidden danger of Jiangkou joint war. Seventeen wealthy villages can turn all members of the Miyoshi family against each other. What a wealth of [-] villages held by the royal family.

Taking Ashikaga Yoshiki as a territory as large as Kantohoku, all the villages together may not be as many as three thousand. This shows that even before the Kamakura period, even if the imperial court was so corrupt, it was actually owned by the emperor and the ministers. The resources are still very terrifying. At first, the samurai from all over the country were only the "fields" entrusted by the emperor and ministers to guard the manor below, such as Shimono Ashikaga Village and Ueno Xintianzhuang, and then formed a samurai group with the manor as the Miao character. Many Lang parties evolved in this way. .

Created the Kamakura Shogunate in the hands of Minamoto Yoritomo, established a regime ruled by the Kamakura samurai themselves, and abolished and exiled several emperors in the ensuing Chengjiu Rebellion.And single-handedly created a situation where the Zhiming Academy and the Dajue Temple overlapped.As a result, the court was divided into two factions that were always fighting among themselves.The Kamakura shogunate can easily manipulate the imperial court to complete the comprehensive penetration of Kinki, West Country, and Kyushu.

It was during this period that a large number of Kamakura samurai went to these places to serve as landowners, thus laying a solid foundation for Ashikaga Takashi’s overwhelming response when he was defeated in Kyushu more than 100 years later. Compared with the "great" Minamoto Yoritomo, what the Great Demon King has done does not seem to be so amazing.

It was nothing more than a power reshuffle in which the new warrior nobles defeated the old warrior nobles, because the sudden death of the devil also triggered a collapsed situation.Only then did monkeys and tortoises cause countless farces. Of course, the shogunate created by the tortoise is definitely quieter and more peaceful than the previous two generations of the shogunate. Opportunities are completely abandoned by the times and swept into the pile of old papers.

The enthronement ceremony is full of sacredness, and the greater significance lies in the warriors’ high recognition of the traditions left by their ancestors. Etiquette is a yardstick to measure whether civilization is developed or barbaric. Ashikaga Yoshitoki’s requirement is perfection without any mistakes. The most powerful force deters the Kanto warriors and strengthens their sense of identity with the newborn Gongfang.

It is not the right time until the ceremony is over.At the time of Ashikaga, there are platefuls of delicacies, from tits and wild geese to chicken, duck and goose.There are everything from crucian carp to tuna to puffer fish. In ancient Japan, there was also the custom of eating puffer fish. There are always people who dare to try it knowing that it is highly poisonous. Only the most skilled chefs dare to challenge the production of puffer fish and can make delicious food. The puffer fish meat is regarded as the expression of superb cooking skills.

The dinner was full until the evening, and the successive banquets kicked off. Before the banquet, Ashikaga Yoshitoki gave a speech to encourage the Kanto samurai to be loyal and brave to the righteousness of the samurai family, and to praise their achievements in protecting the people of Liming in Kanto. At the same time, higher requirements were put forward, hoping that each samurai would lead by example and strictly abide by the laws of the shogunate and the laws of the Guandong Gongfang family.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki's imperial palace was located in Edo Castle, so it was also called Edo Komakata. After the speech, he withdrew from the table to let the samurai below play freely. The altar, staring at the white flag left by Minamoto Yoritomo for a long time, seems to be able to see the bloody storm 400 years ago through this flag. Countless Genji warriors fought bloody battles and left behind legendary epics.

Jinwei came quietly a long time ago and saw that he was still in a daze, so he said softly: "General You has been dead for many years, and Kamakura has long been far away from us. This is a new era!"

"Unfortunately! Yu Hu felt very sad. General Xianyou has passed away, and Kamakura Takefu is not here. It is really disappointing!" After Ashikaga Yoshitoki finished a sentence without beginning and end, he remained silent until Chu Geng When the bell rang, he said calmly: "Yu Ruo is lucky, I really want to see the real face of the right general, I really want to see the demeanor of that Kamakura samurai!"

Konoe frowned a long time ago, he didn't understand why this righteous brother remembered these words, and said calmly: "Do you have pity on the Kamakura shogunate? Those lawless Kamakura samurai are too much. Selfishness does not hesitate to cut off the lineage of General Zhengyi, if the crime is extremely serious, there is probably no worse crime than the Kamakura samurai!"

The smart Konoe did not call names or even use the specific title of the Kamakura samurai a long time ago, because the Ashikaga family was one of the Kamakura samurai back then, and not only was it one of them. In the Chengjiu Rebellion, Ashikaga Kamisaburo Yoshishi was the first soldier A samurai who crossed the Uji River and raided Kyoto can be said to be the most determined samurai against the imperial court at the time. Without this feat and the in-law relationship with the Hojo Dezong family, the Ashikaga family would not be able to safely survive the turmoil of the Kamakura shogunate , Successfully persisted until the end of Kamakura's success.

The end of the curtain is not a new term. The Jojiu Rebellion was caused by the fall of Emperor Gotoba. At the end of Kamakura, Emperor Go-Daigo launched a massive war of the end of the curtain. The betrayal of Takashi Ashikaga ended anticlimactically, and the only one who succeeded in defeating the samurai shogunate with samurai was probably a group of strange creatures from the turtle family. In the only two previous experiences, they all ended with the samurai defeating the court and winning.

Standing in the position of Konoe for a long time, of course he doesn't like the Kamakura samurai. The descendants of the Konoe family once suffered setbacks, because the Konoe family's tributary, Konoe Jingchu, betrayed the Northern Dynasty for his own selfishness and went to Emperor Go-Daigo. Zhonghe and his son Konoe Jingjia were doing very well in the Southern Dynasty. Minister Guan Baizuo held it in his hands all year round, but it would be meaningless if the decree of the Yoshino small court could not be spread outside the mountain.

The Konoe family, which was hit hard, declined all the way from the Konoe family, since the establishment of the "Kenbu Shimu" in the third year of Kenwu (1336), and the establishment of the Muromachi Shogunate in the first year of the Kenmu (1338), until the entry into the Warring States Period. Five years (1525) until the Konoe family served as Guanbai, in the nearly 190 years of history, the Konoe family served as Guanbai in the court for only 16 short years.

What a shame to be only 16 years old!As the descendant of the Fujiwara family, the real time to be Guanbai is less than one-tenth of the time, which means that the Gosho family has long been in the hands of a minister of the Kujo family, from Konoe Kishi to Konoe Fangzu for five generations A total of six years in Guanbai, the longest two years in Guanbai, the shortest one year, Konoe Kenshi, the dignified family governor, did not get into Guanbai's position, it is conceivable that Konoe's family worked very well in the Muromachi shogunate How miserable.

Knowing that he was in a very tragic situation, the Konoe family changed their minds and determined to stick close to the shogunate. Sure enough, Konoe Shangtong's voice in the court increased greatly and he served as Guan Bai twice. Konoe Shangtong married his daughter to the shogunate. Ashikaga Yoshiharu opened the curtain of the Konoe family following the shogunate, and the climate Konoe family married their daughter to Ashikaga Yoshiki, until his son Konoe has been able to restore the heyday of the Konoe family.

Konoe was loyal to the imperial court but even more loyal to the shogunate. All the emperor could give was the official position of Guanbaizuo minister, and his righteous brother was the general of Zhengyi. For nine years, no one has been able to shake his position, not even Mae Sekibai Erjo Haruyo.

This is what power can bring to him. Without power, he would have to follow the old practice and abdicate voluntarily as a Guan Bai for three to five years. They all have to be closer to the shogunate, and even closer to Ashikaga Yoshiki in front of him. The authority of the shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshiki relies on the strong strength of Ashikaga Yoshiki. Without the support of Ashikaga Yoshiki, maybe Ashikaga Yoshiki should just lie in Sakamoto Castle and curse his fate. injustice.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki smiled noncommittally: "The Kamakura samurai may have committed a heinous crime, but it may not be as bad as imagined. The imperial family is the dog under the general's seat. As long as the imperial servant is the master, the phenomenon of eating the master will not happen. I appreciate Kamakura very much. The Yu family is fierce and fearless, and I hope to train a group of fierce dogs like that in Kanto."

"It's still too dangerous. You must have seen what the Kanto warriors look like. You must have seen it very clearly. They have no faith, no righteousness, no loyalty, filial piety, shame, selfishness, and selfishness. If they were not afraid of the powerful army of the Kami Ashikaga family, they might raise the flag of rebellion tomorrow. Send you back to Echigo, who trusts the Kanto samurai.” Konoe’s worries for a long time fully reflected the bad feelings many people have towards the Kanto warriors.

In the more than 100 years since the Cargill Rebellion, there have been many ministers who went to the Kanto. Many ministers recorded what they saw and heard in the Kanto in their diaries and circulated them to each other when they returned to Kyoto. The ability to criticize, almost dismissed the warm hospitality of the Kanto Wu family as worthless, and gradually fewer and fewer officials were willing to go to the Kanto. Even if some officials were forced to go to the Kanto, they were forced to do so or their status was insignificant.

The group of Kanto warriors didn’t know why they used pickled radish and rice to entertain the minister for a meal. The next day, they saw that he had left without saying goodbye. Many Kanto warriors didn’t know why they offended these great masters in Kyoto, and it turned out that they were Kanto warriors. The number of official appointments is getting less and less, but it is not as good as the Mutsu land turtle that I look down on. The Date family's unknown people can be rewarded by the imperial court for several generations. So-and-so guard's house governor wished he could headbutt him to death and pull him down. (To be continued..)

ps: The promised outbreak will be tomorrow, please be prepared.