In early July, Kira Yoshito received a beautiful invitation from Nakain's family. The marriage ceremony between Nakain Tongmi and Kuga Yoshiko will be officially held on August 22. In addition to the invitation, there is also a letter attached. It was an autographed letter from his aunt Yoshi Odai. As the daughter of the Sanjonishi family, she had extraordinary attainments in sinology and singing, even as good as his elder brother Sanjonishi Micho.
At first glance, the letter was indeed extraordinary. The font was beautiful, and the wording was fluent. She was indeed the daughter of the famous Sanjo Nishi family. Kira Yoshiki clicked his tongue in admiration. The general meaning of the letter was that his uncle still supported him and he was close to the shogunate. Yes, but you have to carefully grasp the direction. At the same time, I hope he will visit Zhongyuan's home more often.
On July 10th, Miaounji Temple was completed. As the only temple in the Katada area, its completion put great pressure on the stubborn resistance of the Katada community. On the day of the completion of Miaounji Temple, Kira Yoshitoki made a high-profile announcement about the Bodhi Temple of the Kira family in Kyoto. It was moved to Omi Myounji Temple, and at the same time, the eminent monk Kian Xuanmi was invited from Kyoto Myoshinji Temple to attend.
This eminent monk is also an old acquaintance with Shauki Kaikawa. The two practiced together at Myoshinji Temple and are close confidants. As long-time friends, they returned to Kinki to serve as abbots. Kian Xuanmi also presented five manuscripts of Buddhist scriptures as a gift. Ministry, a pair of sandalwood rosary beads, Kuaichuan Shaoxi presided over the foundation ceremony that day as the founder.
As the founding founder, Kira Yoshi presented 2,000 Yongle coins on the spot. In accordance with the tradition of founding the foundation, he sent 20 treasured Buddhist scriptures from the Heian period and 100 Buddhist scriptures from the Kamakura period to Myounji Temple, as well as various Buddhist scriptures repeated by the Kira family. A total of more than 300 classics were sent to Miaoyun Temple. At the same time, some sandalwood, 20 kilograms of lamp oil, 500 stones of rice, 1,000 sets of silk clothes and hemp shoes were also given as gifts.
A statue of Sakyamuni Tathagata is enshrined in the Sakyamuni Hall, which is the Buddha statue enshrined by the master of Miaoyun Temple. In addition, a Guanyin Hall is built in the west courtyard, in which a statue of Ruyilun Guanyin Bodhisattva is enshrined. This is the same as the Shenxiang Temple in Mikawa. Lun Guanyin symbolizes mourning for deceased female relatives, so it is visited by many believers. A medicine hall was built in the east courtyard, in which a statue of Buddha Tathagata, King of Glazed Light, is enshrined. Praying for illness and good health is also the most important thing for believers, so The three halls of Miaoyun Temple were built one after another.
In addition, there are many buildings such as the Imperial Shadow Hall, the Lecture Hall, the Dharma Hall, the Bell Tower, the Taiko Gate, the Taixuan Gate, the Three-Storied Pagoda, the Golden Hall, and the Dining Hall. In addition, there are Mishōin, Chongfukuin, Anzenin, Fudoin, and the Kaishu Temple. The altar courtyard and other pagodas cover an area of nearly 10,000 square meters, with gates in the east, west, south and north. The temple walls are high and deep, and there are caves inside. Its grand scale and complete facilities even surpass the Yuancheng Temple of the Tiantai Temple Gate Sect.
With such a scale and the time when it was founded, this temple became a truly first-class temple in Omi. Kira Yoshitoki promised Miaounji to receive one hundred guan of Yongle money and two hundred koku of grain every quarter, so that Kuaichuan Shaoxi did not have to plow the fields. , just study Buddhism with peace of mind.
Perhaps in terms of scale and number of monks, it can't be compared with the main mountain-level temples such as Enryaku-ji Temple and Enjo-ji Temple, but this emerging Buddhist temple uses many new architectural techniques and is rapidly growing. Thanks to Chuan Shaoxi's painstaking efforts in the past three months, thousands of believers immediately gathered as soon as the foundation was opened, making the temple glow with prosperity inside and outside. Even Master Xi'an Xuanmi expressed his appreciation for Miaoyun Temple. , later I learned from the conversation that this master and Kuaichuan Shaoxi had known each other for a long time and had a good relationship.
In late July, an important official of the Imagawa family went to Sakamoto as an envoy. This time the envoy was the acquaintance Sekiguchi Okinaga. He presented the gifts that Imagawa Yoshimoto had given to Kira Yoshitsune, Hanshu, Japanese song collection, tea utensils, flutes, kotos, famous horses, and strong swords.
Bows, famous swords and other miscellaneous things were given a little of each, which seemed inconspicuous, but if converted into copper coins, it would cost thousands of coins to get them.
Kira Yoshitoki warmly entertained Sekiguchi Chinnaga and his party and invited them to rest in the newly built residence hall outside Sakamoto Castle. Sekiguchi Chinnaga was very interested in the newly built Sakamoto Town, especially after hearing about the Rakushi Order, he couldn't sit still.
I went to take a look at the situation. As soon as I arrived in Sakamoto Town, I was shocked by the lively and prosperous scene. No one would have thought that this castle town had never existed two years ago.
While visiting Sakamoto Town, Shinaga Sekiguchi complimented the strength of the Kira family. When he arrived at Sakamoto Castle, Kira Yoshitsune expressed the hope that the Imagawa family would increase the influence of the Mishō Ankoku Zen Temple and invite the apprentices of Taiyuan Xuezai to preach in Nishi Mikawa. This request
Naturally, Sekiguchi Chiinaga agreed immediately.
Kira Yoshitsune had always been worried about the power of the Ichikou sect in Mikawa. He was determined to use the power of the Imagawa family to suppress the influence of the Ichikou sect in the three counties of Hatzu, Bihai and Nuda. At the same time, he was worried that Sekiguchi Chinaga had agreed too readily.
I was doing personnel matters and wrote to Ji Liang Yi'an, hoping that he would take the initiative to invite disciples from Taiyuan Xuezhai to come to Sanhe to teach the Dharma.
At the same time, he also gave advice to Kira Yi'an, asking him to invite retainers, wealthy families, and local servants in batches in the name of the Kira family to worship the Buddha at the Kira family's Xiang'an Guo Zen Temple. It will be held on the first and fifteenth day of each month. In addition, it will be expanded.
The Monzen Town of Minxiang Anguo Zen Temple gradually attracted people and gradually weakened the influence of Honjoji Temple.
In this way, even if Honjoji, Kamigouji, and Shougenji knew that they were dealing with them, the monks of the Ichigo sect would not dare to act rashly, because the power of the Myoshinji sect in Mikawa Kingdom is not weak, and it is spread all over Kinki.
, the Myoshinji sect group in Tokaido and even in the entire Japan is a behemoth. Although it is not as bellicose as the Ichikai clan, once they are angered and the Myoshinji sect samurai family in Kinki causes trouble, even Ishiyama Honganji Temple will not be able to survive.
He can be sure that Taiyuan Xuezhai, who is also from the Miaoshinji sect, will never sit idly by, and Imagawa Yoshimoto, who is from the Miaoshinji sect, can also not sit idly by. If Mikawa Sanji really doesn't have the foresight to attack the Anguo Zen Temple, the Prime Minister
, no matter what the final result is, Taiyuan Xuezhai will bring the Imagawa family's army to avenge his junior brother and apprentice. Of course, Imagawa Yoshimoto will not object to this, because he himself is also from the Miaoshin Temple sect, and his master is still
Taiyuan Xuezhai, the origins here are so deep that outsiders simply don’t understand them.
In July, new news came from Kanto. Since the end of the spring broadcast in March, the entire Kanto has been plunged into a new war. Hojo Ujiyasu wants to regain the lost territory of Musashi Kingdom, and the opposing Southern Kanto coalition forces are unwilling to make a comeback. This time they face
The right one is the 35,000 troops of the Kanto samurai clans such as Satomi, Ota, Chiba, Satake, Oda, Yuuki, and Maratani, including the Shangsu, Shimosu, Anfang, and Hitachi countries.
In order to fight against the large army in Kanto, Hojo Uji Yasuchika led 12,000 people out of Edo Castle this time. The two sides faced off on both sides of the Arakawa River east of Edo Castle. Koga Furukawa, who was originally in Shimosu, was also invited to participate in the battle. Harusuke Hajida
He rushed over with his nephew Ashikaga Fujimasa, and before he was halfway there, he heard that Satomi Yoshihiro of the Imperial Household had very short-sightedly proposed the young Yumikata Ashikaga Yorijun to be the commander-in-chief of the people of the Southern Kanto Kingdom.
News that he personally served as deputy commander.
