Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

Until the first independent saint appeared among the warrior class.

This became the first shogun in history, gathering military men and establishing a new regime based on the samurai family.

Although he failed to completely expel the emperor from the center of power, he made a good start for future generations of warriors.

From then on, the power struggle between the emperor and the shogunate began and continues to this day.

So the situation in Yingzhou is very special.

Unlike Daxia, the lack of resources and the incompleteness of the system prevent it from continuously producing a group of extraordinary people. The vast majority of the people have been locked in ignorance and shamelessness from generation to generation, becoming the bottom of the pyramid. Contribute labor, life and even faith to help the Emperor's clan maintain the stability of its own rule. Once these people at the bottom have their minds awakened and intend to break away from the control of Shintoism, they will face divine punishment and strangulation.

Correspondingly, the shogunate is more advanced. The shogunate rules without relying on external forces or faith. It relies entirely on itself. It can even actively promote the development of the market economy and engage in productivity reforms, because the shogunate controls violence and has a complete and relatively mature system. system.

On the other hand, this is not the case for the Emperor's clan.

In order to attract all kinds of believers as much as possible, Shintoism has also undergone many operations. Shintoism has been revised many times. For example, Buddhist Shintoism is the product of one of these stages. At Toyokawa Inari Shrine, one of the three major inaris, , the main deity enshrined is Tuozhenitian, the female deity riding a white fox in Buddhism.

This proves that the development of both parties must be the result of one trade-off and another trade-off.

If the shogunate really launched industrialization, then the repressive power of civilization would suddenly rise.

If you don't have enough food and clothing, it's okay to rely on faith to support yourself. But once you have enough food, clothing and clothing, your mind gradually emancipates and your horizons widen, who will still practice faith?

There is no such thing as the Atonement Scroll or Amnesty here.

The reason why the shogunate is more advanced than the royal family is that... the former has a complete system that can accommodate more players and make a bigger cake; while the goal of the royal family is to family the world, turn the world into a family, and let everyone stay within their own acre. The land is plowed.

As time goes by, the defeat of the latter will inevitably become more obvious.

Water can carry a boat and it can overturn it.

"So this Imperial Cuisine (Yin Tongshou) Jin... also inherited the position of Inari God and gathered faith to be canonized?"

"We don't know much about this." Sakata Ryo shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Seeing his attitude, Bai Yu had a similar inference in his heart.

If he was canonized based on his brute force, there would obviously be no need to inherit the position of Inari God.

"Humph..."

Bai Yu does not underestimate the belief in canonization.

Canonization is canonization, no matter which method of canonization, once successful, it will be canonization.

For example, in the ancient times, Zhunti and Jieyin became saints because of their great aspirations and the merits of loans from the Tiandao Bank, but this did not affect their actual combat ability and ranked among the saints.

But not looking down upon and looking down on are two different things.

The Western sect who became a saint through meritorious deeds planned two calamities before finally paying off the loan, and worked hard for Tiandao for many years.

Likewise, there is a huge weakness in belief in canonization.

That is not free.

You can't leave your own one-third of an acre of land.

His foundation lies in faith and the will of living beings. The more believers he has, the stronger he is, but the fewer believers he has, the weaker he will become.

Similarly, the willpower of living beings is nothing more than the accumulation of small amounts into large amounts, and quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. However, the population of Yingzhou is so large, and even if it is reluctantly canonized, the possibility of going further will be lost forever.

In this life, I will be busy collecting faith and spiritual wishes.

It's okay in Daxia. At least Daxia is lively. There are so many people fighting in the ring. It's quite exciting. It can be said that it's a conspiracy, overt and covert... When the fight starts, it becomes a chaotic list of gods.

But Yingzhou is boring.

In fact, Bai Yu didn't bother to care about the canonization here, but the matter happened to involve Amamiya Mahiru, so the matter was a bit complicated.

He couldn't help but frown.

Because he knows that he can't make a saint yet.

Bai Potian can still pull the tiger's skin here; it's a pity that he is not here.

Of course, Bai Yu is not afraid if he really wants to quarrel.

He also held a heroic spirit card of 'Mo Wu Shan He' in his hand.

If the situation really gets that bad, the worst that can happen is a ding, but it won't be a big deal anyway.

When the time comes, it will not be difficult to lead Amamiya Mahiru and Minami Shiori out of Yingzhou, and the emperor does not dare to really fight him to the death.

Thinking of this, he said bluntly: "Do you have any paper?"

Sakata Liang said solemnly: "Yes, imported!"

Bai Yu nodded: "Bring it."

After a while, a roll of paper was delivered.

Bai Yu looked at the scroll in his hand and twitched his eyes.

"Isn't this what you like? I remember Daxia used this all the time...is it not soft enough?" Sakata Ryo asked in a low voice.

"Going all the way to import toilet paper is really beyond your capabilities." Bai Yu threw away the toilet paper: "Get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone ready, I want to write a greeting note."

Minami Kana took the initiative to help me grind the ink.

Although people in Daxia no longer use brushes for daily writing, the large families in Yingzhou still retain the habit of using brushes for formal correspondence.

Bai Yu wrote casually, using standard Daxia script, but only a few lines to explain his purpose.

Then the ink on the paper is quickly dried and solidified, folded and stuffed into an envelope without sealing.

"Send it to Inari Taisha Shrine within today and hand it over to the palace secretary of Inari Taisha Shrine."

Minami Kana took the envelope.

Leave the guest room respectfully.

Then he saw the envelope being received by Ryo Sakata.

"This letter is of great importance, I will deliver it myself!"

He winked at his daughter and said, "Stay here and entertain the young master well!"

Minami Kana nodded in agreement.

She still remembered what her father said ten years ago when he selected her to go to the Nan family as a direct line exchange.

'——Don't blame me for being cruel. This is the greatest wealth that your father can give you. You must remember that you should treat yourself as married, but it is not the Nan family! As for who you are marrying...you will find out sooner or later. '

In fact, she had seen it.

Minami Kana has been studying Daxia Wen diligently for the past ten years.

Even from a distance, you can still see what he wrote, especially the few strokes of the signature.

It was also the first time I learned the other person’s last name.

She stood in the courtyard, feeling unable to calm down for a long time.

Just like what her father said, it was indeed a fortune she had never imagined.

The Nan family, despite their virtues and talents, was favored by the dragon in the sky.

……

In the car.

Sitting in the back row, Sakata Ryo slowly opened the envelope, spread out the paper, and the signed words came into view.

His pupils contracted violently, and he quickly closed the papers together and put them back into the envelope, pretending that he had not seen anything.

It was just the driver in the front seat who noticed his slightly trembling hands holding his face. Through the gap, he could see the middle-aged man's grinning teeth and raised corners of his lips.

Chapter 587 Dharma Conference

Kyoto.

The nominal capital of Yingzhou.

The overall architectural style is very ancient. Many buildings here have a history of more than a hundred years. Many streets have been fixed for a long time and cannot be demolished and rebuilt.

As soon as you step into Kyoto, you can feel the weight of history and antiquity.

It's like stepping into an alley in Beijing. The mottled walls and the dust hidden on the red walls and green tiles all tell the story of its glorious past.

Bai Yu has seen the capital city with his own eyes, witnessed its prosperity and the historical heritage behind the prosperity; now comparing it with Kyoto, but most of what he can see are old things, and the streets are barely clean and paved. A layer of cement road, but that's all.

Compared with the rows of five- and six-story buildings in Edo, as well as the centralized power supply on high-hanging telegraph poles, life in Kyoto is obviously more dependent on more traditional methods. There are piles of firewood at the door of many houses. The place was covered with a tarp.

It is hard to imagine that the level of civilization in the same country can be so different.

Fortunately, the people passing by were not in rags, they could even be said to be well-dressed.

It can be seen from the appearance. Those who walk with their heads held high are Chinese, while those who bend down and walk quickly are ordinary people.

The Chinese are different from the samurai. The latter may kill civilians because they are unhappy. However, most of the Chinese have their eyes high and regard ordinary people as property or servants. On the contrary, they are not very harsh in their attitude, and they even behave like polite corporals. , but their defiant nature has not changed. The pyramid-like hierarchical structure built by the Yingzhou Pyramid over the years has destined their way of survival.

I drove by and saw a lot of different things about the world.

Not long after entering Kyoto, we arrived at Inari Taisha Shrine, also known as Fushimi Shrine because it is located in the Fushimi District of Kyoto.

Inari God is nominally the agricultural god responsible for good harvests, but in ancient agricultural societies, rice itself was also hard currency, so businessmen would also come to worship. Therefore, Inari Taisha Shrine even has certain characteristics of the local God of Wealth in Yingzhou.

There are 9000 Inari Shrines in Yingzhou. The Inari Shrine in Fushimi is the main shrine, so it is called the big shrine.

In front of Inari Taisha Shrine, many believers are queuing up to worship. The crowd is divided by the huge bright red torii gate. It is said that stepping over the torii gate means entering the divine realm.

According to Bai Yu's idea, in front of this scenic spot, there must be someone posing with scissor hands to take photos, but in fact the atmosphere here is quite serious and even urgent.

Because this world is different from the earth, there is the existence of extraordinary power. In Yingzhou, where belief in canonization is the main route, all believers must be sufficiently pious and respectful when visiting...the attitude must be humble enough and not noisy. No noise.

The monks of Daxia will greet you with a smile and say "Sir, please come in" after collecting the incense money. They will not care whether you worship the Buddha statue or not. At most, they will ask you to draw a lot indirectly, and then guide you all the way to interpret the lot, and make some money from the interpretation fee.

The Chinese style of 'Sincerity is the most effective, giving money is the most effective', without paying attention to the steps of worship, will not work here.

The shrine collects the money for worship, and they also want the power of the living beings. It can be said that they want both.

Ryo Sakata came with him and whispered: "Please come with me."

He passed through the crowd of worshippers and walked straight to the torii gate.

After seeing Ryo Sakata, the priest responsible for managing order checked the invitation card in his hand.

After seeing the words above clearly, the priest's expression became solemn: "Your Majesty, the Palace Secretary has been waiting for you two, please come with me."

Inari Taisha Shrine is built on a hill and has a famous landscape called Chitorii Gate... which is a path composed of torii gates erected on the way up the mountain. Most of them are red in color, and some have faded to yellow.

Many believers of Inari Taisha Shrine are successful businessmen. Once they are successful in business, they will come here with a lot of money to fulfill their vows and donate a torii gate to add, some big or small, gradually forming the landscape of thousand torii gates.

Walking between the torii gates gives you a sense of transcending time and space. If you just want to visit, the main shrine at the foot of the mountain is fine. But if you want to see the palace priest, you need to go through the thousand torii gates and go to the top of the mountain.

There are still some people at the bottom of the mountain, but the higher you go, the more eerie and cold you feel. The stone statues or torii gates are covered with green moss. The surrounding trees are tall, and the light is no longer so transparent, and the atmosphere gradually gradually gloomy.

"It's a coincidence that you two came here today." The priest who led the way said, "Today happens to be the day when Shinto sects hold religious ceremonies, and the location is in Inari Taisha Shrine."

"Shinto teaching ceremony?" Bai Yu touched his chin and asked, "What is that?"

"It's natural that the distinguished guests don't know. This Shinto Dharma Assembly is a day when Shinto monks gather together to test each other's skills. It usually happens once a year. Abbots of temples from various places, practitioners of big shrines, and even Yin Yangliu will send people here. Watch the Dharma Ceremony here.”

Bai Yu asked curiously, "They clearly have different beliefs, aren't you afraid they'll fight?"

"It is inevitable to compete with each other." The leading priest smiled, implying that this ceremony was originally intended to involve fighting.

Sakata Ryo said: "It seems that the Palace Secretary will be very busy?"

"After the Dharma Conference is over, we may not have time to meet you two." The leading priest suggested: "You two might as well go to the Dharma Conference site to take a look first."

Bai Yu really wanted to meet the consecrated god here directly, the Daming God of Yu Cui Jin; but unfortunately, the consecrated saint could not be seen, especially in a place like Yingzhou. Most of the consecrated saints were hidden, as if a young girl was hiding from others when she got married. She is even more geeky than a certain moon princess named Penglai Mountain.

He nodded in agreement and just regarded it as killing time. Since everyone was here, he was not afraid that after knowing the purpose of his visit, Yuejin would directly carry the Inari Taisha Shrine and run away overnight.

Just before a group of people arrived at the ceremony, two people walked side by side in the corridor at the door, whispering something to each other.

Even when he caught a glimpse of someone coming here, he didn't stop talking and had no intention of saying hello. His arrogance was palpable.

Although they had lowered their voices and used spiritual power to protect the surrounding area to prevent leakage, Bai Yu could still hear it clearly.

"Is the wandering swordsman really here?"

"Needless to say, she and her sister are both here."

"It is rumored that Minami Shiori has reached the realm of swordsman, but I don't know whether it is true or not..."