Warring States Eagle

After some bargaining, the envoy of the Kikuchi family finally reached an agreement with Shangyi Honganji.The Kikuchi family got the result he needed, but Shangyi Honganji also sprouted a huge plan from this.

Honganji Shangyi intends to launch the Ichigoku sect across the entire Kyushu. Although the power of the Ichikozong in the rest of Kyushu is actually very weak except for Higo, Honganji Shangyi intends to contact forces such as the original owner Hayato of Satsuma Osumi , launch this time together.I don't want to overthrow the rule of the local lords, but I want to deepen the influence of the Yixiangzong in Kyushu, so that the Yixiangzong can officially enter the political stage of Kyushu, and create the same achievements as Honganji Renji.

Just when Honganji Shangyi began to plan a consistent plan across the entire Kyushu, Zhengliang was already busy with the government affairs of the territory.After the battle with Otomo's family, Zheng Liang officially ordered the demolition of Chikugo's Pochi Castle, Shengjinkan, and Haijin Castle. At the same time, the original temporary city at the foot of Gaoliang Mountain was officially built as a checkpoint for entering and exiting the border of Otomo's territory in the future.

The various teams participating in the battle this time also returned to their original stations after being rewarded according to their military merits.

And Higo's Xiaodai family, after this battle, also officially exposed the fact that they surrendered to the Luo family. Masara simply asked people to set up checkpoints in various passages in Higo Tamana County, and officially announced that Higo Tamana County Included in the jurisdiction of the Luo family.

But this move really surprised the Otsuyama family and the Kazuhito family near Xiaodai's house. They were afraid that the Luo family would attack them at this time, so they sent envoys with gifts to befriend the Luo family.In addition to these two families, the Kusano family in Chikugo and the Goto navy also sent people to make friends.

A friendly move for these wealthy families.Zheng Liang readily accepted.After all, the autumn harvest is approaching.And after the battle with Otomo's just now, the soldiers also need to rest.Moreover, Zheng Liang also intends to temporarily paralyze these wealthy families, and then secretly prepares armaments while taking advantage of this period of time to recuperate and do business.

After dealing with military affairs and foreign affairs, Zheng Liang inspected the preparations for the autumn harvest.During the inspection, Zhengliang discovered that most of the cultivation of the territory relies on manpower, but the plow, which is one of the important farming tools, has not been popularized.

The plow is an extremely important production tool in the history of agricultural development.Although some plows have been introduced to Fusang from China one after another, what makes Zhengliang feel strange is that.These agricultural tools have not been popularized locally.However, when he thought about the fact that those people didn't even know the fire ash fertilization method when he came here, he was relieved.

Then I thought about it again, these plows need cattle or horses as power to use, but cattle and horses are valuable property for ordinary people.And even if some people are willing to use it, they will use people instead of livestock to pull these plows to plow the land, so the natural popularity rate will be low.

Now, there are quite a few of the Luo family's farm cattle that can't even become war horses, and the time to promote the plow is naturally ripe.So Zhengliang personally designed a plow for later generations according to his memory.Then give it to Chujiro, who is in charge of making farm tools, and ask him to find some carpenters and blacksmiths.Responsible for building this plow. After trial, if the effect is good, it will start to build in large quantities, and then promote it in the territory of the Luo family.Zhengliang also gave this kind of plowing a name, named Luo's plow.

While Zhengliang was busy with territorial affairs, he finally received an urgent report from Akabane Shinnosuke, Tsutsuki Castle's representative.It turned out that after Kikuchi Yoshitake reached an agreement with Honganji Shangyi, in order to have an explanation to the Luo family and secretly hope that the Luo family would participate in this plan, he ordered someone to secretly tell Akabane about the Ichikui plan they are about to promote Shinnosuke.Akabane Shinnosuke, who knew the importance of the matter, immediately sent the information to Masara.

Zheng Liang looked at it and was taken aback.There is actually a Xiangzong in Kyushu?According to his understanding of history, it seems that the power of the Ichigo clan is almost concentrated in the Kinki area, the Hokuriku region (Kaga, Echu, Noto, Echizen), the East China Sea region (Mikawa, Owari, Mino), the Etsu, U.S. It borders the Hida region and the Chugoku region (Aki, Harima, Bizen, and Bichu).Now Xiangzong appeared in Kyushu?

Surprised, Masaragi no longer cared about Kikuchi Yoshitake and Honganji Shangyi's plan, nor Akabane Shinnosuke's suggestion on this plan, but directly ordered people to find the military adviser Kakukuma Ishimune and Yamamoto Kansuke, as well as the people in charge of the territory Yoshikawa Soki and Genji who manage the temple shrine.

"My lord, our family will definitely participate in the matter of Higo, but compared to the matter of Higo, our family should pay more attention to the situation of the Ichiko clan in our territory." Kansuke Yamamoto, who has traveled around and knows the power of the Ichigo clan, was the first to speak. .

"These fake monks are the scum of Buddhism and should be exterminated." Compared with Yamamoto Kansuke, Kaikawa Shaoxi and Xuanzhi's attitude was more intense.

Why do they hate Yixiangzong so much? It starts with the rise of Yixiangzong.After the Onin Rebellion, Japan was plagued by wars.The people are in dire straits.From the ministers to the civilians, they all hope to be relieved through religion.Some sects advocating simple practice came into being, and Nichiren Sect, which evolved from Tendai Sect, is one of them.The Nichiren sect advocates that believers can cultivate themselves and become Buddhas as long as they chant the Lotus Sutra day and night.The Pure Land sect, which emerged at the same time, is simpler. It does not need to go through temples for propaganda. It only needs to chant "Namo Amitabha Buddha" every day to alleviate sins and escape from the sea of ​​suffering.After the Pure Land Sect, the transformation of the Pure Land Sect went even more extreme, abolishing all the rules and regulations, and believers can achieve righteous results without even becoming a monk.Pure Land Shinzong vigorously advocated the salvation of the so-called wicked, which attracted a large number of soldiers, warriors, and thieves to believe in religion.Only with faith in the Buddha, the disciples of Pure Land Shinzong can be reborn in the "Pure Land".

The Ichiko sect, which caused great disasters during this period, originated from the Honganji Temple of the Jodo Shinzong sect.The eighth generation master of the Yixiang sect, the monk Lianru of Hongan Temple personally went to various rural areas to preach, attracting a large number of disciples.Farmers spontaneously organized and established church-like peasant associations.They practiced together, but more often they met to discuss various affairs in the village.Due to the war, such peasant associations gradually evolved into armed self-defense organizations.When villages were closely connected, the armed forces of peasant associations became stronger.They often rallied together to fight against the payment of land rent, and even drove out the lords to establish political and religious organizations.This is the origin of Yiyiyikui.Due to these peasant riots, many feudal states fell into anarchy, such as Kaga, which is known as the "country of the common people".Sodi Asakura, the military god of the Asakura family, spent most of his life fighting against them.It is also heard from time to time that Yikui forces in various places will fight each other because of conflicting interests.

With the rapid development of Yixiangzong, it overwhelmed the old Buddhist sect in a short period of time.Therefore, Kuai Chuan Shaoxi and Xuan Zhi, as representatives of the old sect who believed in self-cultivation and self-cultivation, naturally would not have a good impression of the Yixiang sect.

Compared with Kansuke Yamamoto, Yoshiki Kuaikawa, and Xuanji, Ishimune Kakukuma has not witnessed the Ichikui launched by the Ichiko sect, but he also knows that there are many temples in Kyushu that have a large number of monks and soldiers. These temples are actually a local wealthy family, so he also realized that if such temples that can easily incite the people are allowed to exist, the rule of the territory will also be an extremely serious problem.

"My lord, this matter should be carefully deployed, and take advantage of this opportunity to uproot the forces hidden in the territory." After thinking for a while, Kakukuma Ishimune gave a direct suggestion.

"Well, that makes sense!" Zheng Liang nodded and said.

"In this case, after the two of you go back, immediately organize people to check all the temples and shrines in the territory one by one. For those who do not have the certificate issued by the family, they will be recorded secretly, but remember not to startle the snake, and give this information to the detectives of the family. Yes." After thinking for a while, Zheng Liang said to Kuaichuan Shaoxi and Xuanzhi. (To be continued..)