Kyoto was modeled after Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and named Heian Jing (the capital of peace and tranquility). It has a history of more than 600 years, but the entire Kyoto so far remains solemn and luxurious.
There are only the emperor's palace, the mansions of nobles, and temples. [] The most common ones here are temples, "three steps to one temple, seven steps to one shrine." These buildings form the main body of Kyoto. What Xia Xun entered was a temple, but
Among the thousands of temples and shrines in Kyoto, this one is relatively small.
Fortunately, although the temple is small, it is well-organized and has a spacious entrance hall. The architectural momentum is still imitated as much as possible in the Tang Dynasty. This style will not be seen at all in later generations, because during the "Yingren Rebellion", the entire
Kyoto was burned to ashes. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Kyoto, he rebuilt Kyoto. Because he ingeniously stipulated that residents in the city must pay taxes according to the width of their doorways. As a result, the doorways of subsequent buildings were relatively small.
Xia Xun pretended to be in a mood to browse casually. He had already entered seven temples, and this was the eighth one. After wandering in the courtyard for a while, the guard hinted to him that no one was following him.
Then he suddenly went around to the rear temple.
In the temple, a young novice came up to him at the right time. Without saying anything, he only bowed slightly to him and led him back.
He opened the shoji door, bowed slightly to Xia Xun, and Xia Xun walked in. The young novice closed the shoji door, clasped his hands together, and walked away as if nothing had happened.
This is a bedroom with clear openings. The floor is covered with tatami mats. There is a small table next to it. There is tea on the table. Behind the table, there is a woman sitting cross-legged. She is dressed elegantly. She is dressed as an aristocratic woman. She has a Tang Dynasty hat on her head.
The style is "shallow", with the silky black gauze hanging down just covering the chin, revealing a fair, delicate, round and slender chin.
Xia Xun gave her a gentle salute and sat down cross-legged opposite her.
The woman raised her hands and gently took off the "light dew" on her head. Although her hair style and dress were that of an aristocrat, she still had a pretty face that still had charm. Xia Xun naturally recognized it. She was exactly
Mrs. Xizhu.
"Xu'er has met her adoptive mother!"
Mrs. Xizhu was Xie Yufei's godmother and treated her like her own daughter. Now that Xie Yufei married Xia Xun, Xia Xun followed Xie Yufei and called her his adopted mother. Mrs. Xizhu smiled lightly and said, "Yufei is about to die."
Have you given birth?"
Xia Xun said: "Yes, I should give birth in more than a month. Unfortunately... I am busy with national affairs, but I can't be around to take care of you."
Xia Xun paused and then said: "Brother Gao Sheng has already dealt with it. From now on, the Jinyi Guards will keep it secret and will never find out anything about him again."
Mrs. Xizhu nodded happily. Her precious daughter married Ximen Qing. Mrs. Xizhu naturally hoped that her son-in-law would be peaceful and not have an order fall from the sky at any time to disrupt his life. Xia Xun took Ximen Qing's information from
The secret file was completely erased, and from now on he was a free man, and there would no longer be a secret identity that bound him.
"Madam, how is the situation here?"
Mrs. Xizhu said: "Fortunately, everyone in the clan has traces to follow. It is impossible to pretend to be a clan. I am still pretending to be a businessman. I have made a lot of money through business, but I have no power."
As a businessman with a high status, I have gained his trust, and I have successively donated large sums of money."
When Mrs. Xizhu said this, her eyebrows furrowed slightly and she said, "Is this kind of effort worth it?"
"worth!"
Xia Xun said with certainty: "Sometimes, benefits cannot be measured by money. Godmother is an independent line. People in Qianlong don't know the people on your line or what you are doing. You still have to maintain your independence. Now, I don’t need my godmother to do anything. You just need to do a good job in business, make more money, have a place in Kyoto, and donate some money to Dajue Temple from time to time. This investment will always pay off.”
Xia Xun thought for a moment and then asked: "Did the abbot of Dajue Temple do anything?"
Mrs. Xizhu said: "Nanzhu resigned from his title and military service five years ago. Now he only has Ano Minoru, his father and son, Rokujo Tokihiro and other close ministers serving him, as well as Yoshida Kanaki, Kanatoshi and his son. He was preaching Shinto to him, but other than that, he didn’t do anything!”
Xia Xun smiled and said: "If there is no change, that would be suspicious. Just wait, he will explode one day, and what we have to do is to increase his strength as much as possible, so that when he explodes, there will be no Enough power!"
If a person were around now, you would know what they were talking about. The abbot of Dajueji Temple mentioned by Xia Xun and the Nanzhu mentioned by Mrs. Xizhu are the same person, that is, they accepted Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's conditions and gave up the emperor. The honorific name is Kameyama, the Queen of Nanten who abdicated after handing over three artifacts. He gave up the throne and after the reunification of the north and the south, he lived in Daikakuji Temple in Kyoto. He was revered by the emperor of the Northern Dynasty as the "Emperor of the Supreme Being" and the "Emperor Taijo".
Five years ago, Kameyama resigned from his honorary title and military service. Queen Komatsu of the Northern Heaven and Minister of Taizheng Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did not refuse. From then on, Kameyama officially became a monk, with the Buddhist name Kongoshin, in Dajue Temple. Lived a secluded life.
But Xia Xun has not forgotten this outdated emperor. Among the daimyo and guardians in the areas formerly ruled by the Southern Dynasties, Goguiyama still has great influence. One of the conditions for his agreement to give up the title and power of the emperor is that he will The throne of the emperor will be inherited by the northern and southern dynasties in turn, but will the northern dynasty really agree?
The one currently on the throne is Emperor Gokomatsu of the Northern Dynasty. According to the agreement on the rotation of power, after Gokomatsu, the heir of Emperor Goten Kame of the Southern Dynasty should ascend the throne. Even though the emperor is just a puppet of the shogun, Xia Xun does not think that Gokomatsu will The throne was handed over to the Southern Dynasty. By then, Hou Guishan, who had already given up the throne, would never give up.
I'm afraid Go Kameyama has already realized this. He was just waiting for Emperor Gokomatsu to make a clear attitude so that he could become famous.
Xia Xun had always been curious about the little monk Ikkyu, and asked someone to inquire about him. Then he found out that Ikkyu was a son of today's Queen Komatsu. The reason why he became a monk was because his mother was Fujiwara, a powerful official in the Southern Dynasty. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the daughter of the family, was worried that this dual identity would be detrimental to the rule of the Northern Dynasty, so he forced Emperor Gomatsu to expel his son from the court. He became a monk at Ankokuji Temple in Kyoto, and always sent samurai to secretly monitor him.
Just imagine, they are so afraid of the son of the current emperor who has some involvement with the Southern Dynasty. Will one day give up the throne to the heir of the Southern Emperor? (Because he has become a monk, the emperor calls him the emperor) He will not give up when the time comes, so just make some investment in advance.
This is not a gentleman enough, but those who want to be gentlemen in politics are idiots. History has long proved that there are only eternal interests between countries, but there are no permanent friends. Today's good things will be mixed with oil, but tomorrow's conflicts of interest will lead to immediate consequences.
Turning against each other. Our "big brother" Su family, our "forever brother" Yin family, our "little brother plus comrade" Yue family, which one has never met each other in war?
Therefore, Xia Xun did not become furious because of the hostility of General Shiba, nor did he confide in him because of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's courteous approach. Everything he did was to ensure the interests of his nation and country. Eggs cannot be put in one basket.
Here, Xia Xun did not fully place his hope in the feud between the brothers Ashikaga Yoshitsugu and Ashikaga Yoshitsugu. The dispute between the two emperors would undoubtedly cause a bigger storm.
Xia Xun did not stay in this temple for too long. It took about the same time as visiting other temples. He Tianyang knocked on the door on time, and Xia Xun left with him.
Xia Xun continued to wander around and visited two temples before embarking on the return journey. He walked through an alley and entered the clan's mansion area. There were obviously fewer pedestrians on the road. Xia Xun looked around and looked around at the scenery on both sides of the road.
, suddenly a "female chariot" came by and was carried by four stout bearers. There were also two girls in kimonos beside the sedan, and the one riding in the sedan was a distinguished woman.
Regardless of whether it is the "onome chariot" used by women or the "carriage" used by shoguns, daimyo, and high-ranking samurai, they are actually the same, just like a box. The only difference is the number of decorations on it and whether it is gorgeous or not. This "female chariot" is used by
"The outside is decorated with large golden patterns, and even the two raised bars are painted gold, which is very gorgeous.
Xia Xun found it very difficult to understand. Judging from the effort the Japanese put into decorating the sedan, it was not that their nobles could not afford to ride in a spacious and comfortable Chinese-style sedan. Why did they have to design the sedan to be so small, with only one side pull?
Don't you feel bored when you sit inside a shoji door?
Xia Xun just glanced at it curiously. When the sedan chair approached him, a girl in kimono suddenly whispered: "Your Excellency, Minister of the Ming Dynasty, please get on the sedan chair!"
"What?" Xia Xun was a little dazed. At this time, they were walking in a long alley. The trees on both sides were silent, and there was no one in front or behind, especially since the other party's name could not be someone else. Xia Xun was in a daze when the sedan door opened.
The child suddenly opened the door, and a young woman with her hair down and wearing a gorgeous kimono peeked out from inside. She nodded hurriedly to him and said: "Your Excellency, Minister of the Ming Dynasty, please get on the sedan chair. I have something very important to ask you for advice."
!”
When Xia Xun saw her appearance, she was exactly the young woman he had seen in the garden of the Flower Palace that day, Ashikaga Yoshitsugu's biological mother. Xia Xun immediately understood something, "See? Meet like this? If someone sees her,
Throwing them into the East China Sea would not be able to clean them up. However, if this were not the case for the female family members of the Ashikaga General, it would be difficult to find a suitable opportunity and place to meet.
Xia Xun quickly made up his mind. He quickly glanced forward and back. Seeing that no one was following him, he immediately bent down and got into the sedan chair. As soon as Xia Xun entered, the four bearers were immediately exhausted. Fortunately, here
The car is supported by parallel bars, so it won't swing left and right, which would make the people in the car uncomfortable.
The sedan was very narrow. Although the young woman quickly shrank back to make room for him, such a big man got in and didn't even have room to sit cross-legged. Xia Xun could only follow the Japanese rules.
He knelt down on the sedan chair, his knees touching hers, facing each other as if he were worshiping in a church.
Xia Xun leaned back slightly and said helplessly: "Do we have to meet like this? It seems too crowded."
The young woman in kimono smiled shyly and bowed to him to apologize: "I'm sorry, it's hard for the Kasuga Bureau to find a suitable opportunity to meet with you. It's really troublesome for you."
The place was already narrow, and when she bowed again, her head was about to touch Xia Xun's chest. Xia Xun quickly smiled bitterly and said: "Madam, don't be so polite. If you have anything to say, please say it quickly. I'm afraid I'm sitting like this."
…I can’t hold on for long…”
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