Warring States Eagle

September 20, Tianwen, is already the autumn harvest season.People from all over the country have invested in the autumn harvest.

In the Ouchikan at Zhoufang Pass, Yoshitaka Ouchi was sitting in the main hall, enjoying the singing and dancing in the courtyard with great interest.This is said to be a song and dance that once spread from the castle to the villages in the Kyoto area.People call it "Unbelievable Dance" or "Merry Dance".It is said that at first the villagers gathered in Hachiman Village to dance.Afterwards, it quickly became popular in other villages.Watchtowers are built, fires are lit, drummers and trumpeters stand in the center, and dancers form a circle.At the beginning, the dancers were mainly young men and women, and soon men, women and children joined in.By the first month, almost all the villages were immersed in crazy dancing, and the dancers also wore dazzlingly gorgeous silk and satin.

Seeing the people carnival all night, the warriors were also infected, and they enjoyed it unknowingly.Later, people began to have wild sex regardless of the occasion, and even had sex in broad daylight.At this time, this kind of dance was brought to Ouchikan by Erjo Yinfang, and was welcomed by Ouchi Yoshitaka.

"War is really boring. Once you succeed, you will die! It's better to sing and dance as much as you want while you're alive."

"Yes, only the dancers know the joy." Hearing Ouchi Yoshitaka's impromptu exclamation, the desolate officials around him also echoed.

"What's the meaning of this kind of dance? It's unreasonable." But amidst the praise around him, Mao Liyuan, who was sitting on the other side of the table, had no interest in this kind of dance. If he was forced to come here, he would never appear here at all.To be honest, Mori Moto has also been dissatisfied with Ouchi Yoshitaka's absurd behavior recently.Is this still the ambitious Xiguo probing master from back then?

"My lord, it's because of the dance during the day. You can come and see it at night. When people can't see each other's faces clearly. Presumably, adults can't help but participate in it." A minister next to him introduced.

"Oh!" I saw myself talking to myself being heard by the people next to me.Mao Liyuan quickly shut his mouth. Although he looked down on these down-and-out officials in his heart, being able to make friends with them would also increase his reputation, so Mao Liyuan did not intend to debate with them whether these dances were good or bad. , but immediately pretended to watch the dance with great interest.After seeing Mao Liyuan, several ministers on the side listened to their words and began to study these dances carefully, and their impression of Mao Liyuan changed greatly.

"Huh?" At this moment, Mao Liyuan suddenly discovered that Longfeng Lengquan hurriedly ran to Yoshitaka Ouchi and whispered something in front of Yoshitaka Ouchi. The latter stood up suddenly after listening to Longfeng Lengquan's report. .Then hurried to the backyard.Seeing such a situation, Mao Liyuan first frowned and thought for a while, then his eyes seemed to think of something, so he immediately apologized to the people around him: "Everyone, I'm really sorry, I have something urgent to see Ouchi Excuse me, Mr. Jie." After speaking, he bowed to the people around him again and then got up and left.It's just that the direction he went was not the backyard where Yoshitaka Ouchi was, but the direction of the city gate of the Ouchi Pavilion.

"What an unrefined person!" said Gongqing who had just changed his impression of Maori Yuanjiu.

Mao Liyuan, who hadn't gone far, naturally heard the words of these ministers, but after he scolded "idiot" in his heart.Without changing his face, he quickened his pace of leaving.

Just as Mori Moto left in a hurry, Ouchi Yoshitaka was hesitating in a secret room in the backyard.

"Is what you said true?"

"My lord, it's absolutely true. The detectives of our family have seen Tao Longfang leading thousands of people coming here from the residential city of Tomita Wakayama Castle." Lengquan Longfeng confirmed anxiously.

"Impossible." Ouchi Yoshitaka still did not believe that Tao Longfang would rebel at this time.In fact, before today, Sagara Taketo and Qing Jinglong both reported to him that Tao Longfang had signs of rebellion, so Ouchi Yoshitaka immediately sent someone to scold Tao Longfang and asked him whether he wanted to rebel, but Tao At this time, Longfang actually had no rebellion, so Ouchi Yoshitaka didn't take Tao Longfang's report of rebellion seriously.

Why did Ouchi Yoshitaka treat Tao Longfang with direct questioning?This is mainly because the relationship between Ouchi Yoshitaka and Tao Longfang is not simple.It can be said that when they were still young, they came from "all ways".

"Zhongdao" means homosexuality, but it is not exactly the same as homosexuality. son, if it means young in Japanese), so you don’t expect to have a beard, and you can get the master’s blessing or something. "All ways" were introduced to Japan along with Buddhism. The earliest practitioners were monks, because monks had to abide by the precepts, and they were not close to women. If they got close to women, they would be called "female offenders".But comrade monks also have needs, and they also want to have sex. They can't be "female criminals", but can be "male criminals".So a group of monks stood at the gate of the temple, and when they saw beautiful boys on the street, they led them into the temple with a smile, "Kids, do you want to eat lollipops?"

As soon as this trend broke out, it quickly spread to the class of nobles and officials, and it also infected the class of warriors by the way.In the Muromachi Warring States period, it was especially welcomed by the samurai class. Historically, the shoguns such as Ashikaga Yoshichi and Ashikaga Yoshinaka were more or less lovers of the Tao. These warriors especially liked the Tao, not only The consideration of sexual orientation is more for political purposes.

As you know, the samurai group was originally organized according to blood relationship, but later, with the growth of power, it gradually became a geographical kingdom. The supreme ruler of this kingdom is called daimyo, and the base of daimyo's rule is called retainers.The retainers cannot live without the support of the daimyo, and correspondingly, the daimyo cannot do without the support of the retainers.Therefore, if the daimyo wants to form a group with strong cohesiveness and combat effectiveness with his retainers, what is more suitable as a lubricant in it than **?Therefore, in order to cultivate loyal retainers, many daimyos are determined to start from the baby, and first select smart and beautiful teenagers from the descendants of the retainers, put them by their side, and provide themselves with "full-time package services", and Cultivate the relationship between master and servant with them, and teach them the knowledge of marching, fighting and handling government affairs.Such teenagers are generally called "small surnames". When they were still young, they took care of the daimyo's food and daily life, and they also served as the daimyo's personal bodyguards when they went to the battlefield.After the "small surname" changes to "old surname", they will be dismissed by the daimyo, no, they will be assigned to serve as army generals, administrative bureaucrats, etc., and serve as the backbone of the daimyo.

When he was young and beautiful, Tao Longfang was also the surname of Ouchi Yoshitaka, and Tao Longfang even had a deep attachment to Ouchi Yoshitaka (this is probably why Tao Longfang hated Sagara Takeshi, Because the beloved thing was taken away by Sagara Takeshi, and he was neglected, so love begets hatred).It's a pity that Tao Longfang is now 30 years old, and he is already old. He must not be with Ouchi Yoshitaka, but Ouchi Yoshitaka still misses Tao Longfang, although he wants to take the opportunity to cut them The rights of the family, but there is no plan to exterminate them, so after receiving the report of Tao Longfang's rebellion, Ouchi Yoshitaka not only did not investigate secretly, but sent someone to directly question Tao Longfang.It is estimated that Tao Longfang really had such an idea in his heart, and after being so directly and repeatedly persecuted by Ouchi Yoshitaka, he simply put it into action.

"My lord, hurry up and mobilize the army to fight back, the rebels will come here soon!" Seeing that Ouchi Yoshitaka was still hesitating, Lengquan Longfeng shouted loudly.

Lengquan Longfeng's loud shout immediately brought Ouchi Yoshitaka back to his senses, his eyes froze, and he said immediately: "Yes, order, end the banquet immediately, let all the people participating in the banquet gather, and at the same time mobilize the army , together to attack the traitor Tao Longfang."

In Ouchi Yoshitaka's view, Tao Longfang's conspiracy deeply hurt his heart, and he also firmly believed that with the strength of the Ouchi Pavilion at this time, Tao Long's conspiracy could be completely extinguished.It's just that the confident Ouchi Yoshitaka knows that today's banquet is already the last in his life.

(Thanks to "Han Hai Sha Zhong Shuo" for becoming a deacon fan of this book.) (To be continued...)