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On December 23, the second year of Hongzhi, the tea party held by Luo's family was officially held in Yamaguchi Castle of Zhou Fangguo.

In Japan, the daimyo or samurai who pay attention to the tea ceremony will have a special tea room to hold tea parties.The standard tea room is generally four stacks (tatami) and a half in size.In the castle tower of Yamaguchi Castle, which was the original Ouchi home city, there happened to be such a tea room and courtyard. It is said that the late Ouchi Yoshitaka spent a lot of coins and invited many Gongqing tea It was built after people jointly researched and designed it, but now it is cheap and Zhengliang.It is a pity that the teahouse here will be demolished together with Yamaguchi Castle after Zhengliang returns to Kyushu in the future.

This tea room is exactly four and a half stacked, the floor is covered with tatami mats, and a pair of calligraphy and paintings are hung on the wall in the middle, with the word "Yuxuan" written on it.Youxuan is derived from the aesthetic consciousness of Zen Buddhism. The word Youxuan has been mentioned many times in the Buddhist scriptures of the Japanese Kingdom, which expresses a hidden, soft, profound, and ineffable artistic conception.As a military commander's tea room, in addition to these calligraphy and paintings to play with his own knowledge level, a famous sword is often placed.Taidao is placed on a specific shelf, with the tip of the knife facing upwards, the handle downwards, and the edge facing inwards.As a display, the handle of the knife must be placed to the left. On the one hand, the left side is the front of the knife, and on the other hand, it means that it is not threatening. If the handle is on the right, it means that the knife can be drawn with the right hand and wounded at any time.

In the center of the tea room is a small firepit, on which a tea pot is gurgling to boil water.The teahouse is surrounded by walls on three sides, and outside the sliding door is a Japanese-style courtyard composed of a corridor and a pond.A bamboo tube is placed beside the pond in the courtyard, and the spring water is connected to it, but the bamboo tube is almost full.The bamboo tube will be turned upside down to release water into a small pool made of stones.Continue to store water in reset back to original position.So again and again.

When the bamboo tube is poured with water, there will be a thud when the bottom is hit on a stone, which is particularly crisp and elegant in this quiet courtyard.This bamboo tube water intake device is called "adding water", and it has its shadow in a series of Japanese comics such as Naruto. 'Tian Shui' was originally an agricultural tool, using the sound of bamboo tubes to drive away birds and wild deer near the farmland.It was later quoted into the Japanese garden (the irony is that this kind of farm tool was not developed in the Japanese agriculture), and it is said that through the two pure symbols of bamboo and water, it represents a kind of Zen in Zen Buddhism.It can wash away the complexities in the heart.

All of the above elaborate arrangements are to create the atmosphere of drinking tea in the tea party.The tea ceremony in the country of Wa was spread to the country of Wa by monks studying abroad in the Song Dynasty of China, and then it became popular among the monks who had nothing to do all day long, and then spread to the officials and martial arts.It is said that the reason why monks love to drink tea is because they can experience the suffering of life from the bitter taste of tea, which is uniquely helpful for comprehending a certain mysterious artistic conception.I don't know if this is true or not, but tea was an imported product to the Wa country at that time, and it had to be imported from China across the ocean.The super super expensive ones.

As the tea party began, the eminent monk Kuaichuan Shaoxi, who was the host of the tea party, wanted to boil water.And clean the tea bowl, his every move must also be in accordance with etiquette.Under normal circumstances, during this waiting process, all the people participating in the tea party can either look at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, or appreciate the Taidao, or look at the courtyard, and listen carefully to the sound of the teapot after the water boils. The sound of boiling is occasionally accompanied by the clear sound of "knocking" when the water is added.Whether they are making superficial efforts or really immersing themselves in it, they all act as if they have realized some kind of Zen state from this tea party, otherwise they will be despised by others.

But today the representatives of the temples and shrines who were invited to participate were very quiet. In fact, they were very nervous when they were outside the city, and everyone thought, "Is there a conspiracy in the Luo family? ", "If the secondary city is blocked, is there any other way to escape?" and other thoughts, anyway, everyone is very anxious.Naturally, it is impossible to appreciate the so-called tea party, let alone experience the so-called spiritual feelings.

As an eminent monk, Kuaichuan Shaoxi seemed to be unaware of this, and instead manipulated the tea party more carefully.I saw that when the water was finally boiled, he first poured a bag of tea powder into the tea bowl, and then poured the boiled water into the tea bowl with a tea whisk, quietly waiting for the tea powder to completely blend with the water.At this time, Japanese people still drink matcha tea, which is to grind the tea leaves into powder and then brew them.This is also the way of drinking tea during the Song and Tang Dynasties in China, but they used tea bricks or tea cakes instead. In the Ming Dynasty, the way of drinking tea pursued the unity of nature and man, returning to the original, and putting the pursuit of the true fragrance of tea in the first place. Only then did it change to the way of making tea and drinking it and it has been passed down to the present.

The eminent monk Kuaichuan Shaoxi handed the brewed tea bowls to all the people present, and the surprised and uncertain people had no choice but to pass the tea bowls respectfully. Turn it around three times, observe the color of the tea, smell the fragrance of the tea, examine the tea set carefully, and take a sip at the end.It continued like this, and when everyone finished drinking, the eminent monk Kuai Chuan Shaoxi made another pot, and drank another round, so it was considered finished.

Zheng Liang, who was sitting on the main seat, was drinking tea while watching the expressions of the people. When he saw that these people were obviously not in the mood to drink tea, but they pretended to enjoy it, thus making a constipated expression, Zheng Liang couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

When everyone finished drinking tea one after another, and the eminent monk Kuaichuan Shaoxi also collected the tea sets, the tea party finally came to an end.Everyone below peeked at Zheng Liang who had been sitting silently, waiting for the real topic of this tea party to start.

"Everyone, there have been rumors that our family will be harmful to everyone, and I solemnly assure you this time that there will be no such thing." Looking at the cautious crowd below, Zheng Liang finally spoke.

"Wow!" As soon as Zheng Liang's words came out, the people below were stunned for a moment, and then started whispering.

"Here, I assure you that the Luo family has no intention of harassing you, and your fields and houses will definitely not be harassed." Looking at the people below who obviously did not fully believe what Zheng Liang said earlier, Zheng Liang once again promised.

The tea party is here, and it is basically over for Zheng Liang, and the rest of the specific promises can be handed over to Kuai Chuan Shaoxi, Xuan Zhi and other eminent monks to explain in detail for him.He convened this tea party this time and made the above promises, but it was just to give everyone confidence and at the same time achieve his two goals.

The first one is to disperse the forces of the local temples and shrines in the Western Kingdom, and win over the forces that are pro-Ro family.This time, there were more than 130 representatives from various forces who came to the tea party.According to intelligence, these forces are relatively close to the Luo family.For this part of the forces, Zhengliang intends to slowly transform them, not to take tough measures, and wait until a few years before annexing them.As for those temple and shrine forces that did not participate in the tea party, Zhengliang decided to take tough measures.Of course, once the Luo family started to act, there would naturally be people who would scold Zheng Liang for breaking his promise and breaking his promise.However, after experiencing several riots in the Kyushu area, Zhengliang has decided not to make any promises to these temples and shrines. After all, the two will collide sooner or later. Make trouble in a pinch.

The second goal, of course, is to doubt other temple and shrine forces that have not moved closer to the Luo family (in fact, the tea party held by Zhengliang this time is also a means of confusing opponents, so he has won for the Luo family for a while), so as to protect the Luo family. Buy enough time.I believe that as the people who participated in this tea party return to various places, they will naturally spread the word of Zheng Liang's promise in this tea party. In this way, those temple and shrine forces who are hesitant to decide will naturally continue to observe.And Zhengliang needs such a buffer period, so that the expansion of the Luo family's army, adjustment of military deployment, and large-scale immigration can be fully carried out, and they will strive to complete them as soon as possible.Once completed, it's time for the Luo family to come out.Anyway, if you want to fight, you can fight, and the Luo family will definitely give these forces a good look at that time.

So why didn't Zhengliang immediately go out to deal with these temple and shrine forces?This was because Zheng Liang calculated that Pharmacist Jing would go out immediately. Although Luo's family would win in the end with their current strength, it would definitely be a miserable victory.Why do you say that?

The reason is that most of the Luo family's squadron had just participated in the Battle of Itsukushima - The West Country Raiders, and their combat effectiveness and morale had declined.As we all know, those believers are very crazy. When the proposal starts to fight, and with the current state of the various teams of the Luo family, they will fight against those crazy believers. Although they will definitely win in the end, there will definitely be many casualties.After a big battle, the Luo family's military strength will be severely damaged, and many people will be killed and injured (even like Oda Nobunaga in history, he will directly cause a massacre to the believers), and the territory will be made into a miasma , and the development and expansion plan of Luo's family formulated by Zhengliang before will definitely be greatly delayed.It can be said that the gain outweighs the loss.

And to confuse those temple and shrine forces, to buy enough time for the Luo family to adjust (in Zhengliang's view, it is best to be able to delay the inevitable conflict until after next year's spring plowing, that is the best time), then During this period of time, the Luo family's army can be fully rested and prepared, and the various organizations of the Luo family can also make full preparations and intelligence investigations for this.The most important thing is that most of the fanatical believers that the forces of temples and shrines rely on have been scattered and relocated to various parts of Kyushu by the Luo family at this time. The resistance encountered by the family will naturally be greatly reduced.Moreover, under the full control and preparation of the Luo family, the scope of these riots will be minimized. (To be continued..)