So Qi Xuansu had just got off the flying boat, and not even an hour after his feet landed on the ground, he hurriedly boarded a "Yinglong".
"Yinglong" set sail and headed straight for Omi.
The situation in Omi is quite complicated, with various forces criss-crossing each other. To the south is the famous Koga.
In the meeting hall of "Yinglong", Ding Weilingguan introduced the situation in Omi: "In Fenglinzhou, in addition to Iga ninjas, there are also Koga ninjas. The so-called Koga style has been established alongside Iga for generations.
The strongest ninja in Fenglinzhou. In the early days, he served the princes near Heijing, such as the Rokkaku clan, the Tsutsui clan, and the Hosokawa clan. Later, he surrendered to the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven. During the ten years when his career was most glorious, he relied on the support of the Oda family.
Koga developed rapidly, and while Iga was being massacred, there was a tendency to dominate the ninja world. However, this trend came to a standstill when the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven encountered the Incident at Honnoji Temple and the Oda family fell apart. However, with the development of the past ten years,
Accumulated, Koga can still be compared with the Iga-ryu Hattori family who are loyal to Prime Minister Toyotomi."
"Iga ninjas emphasize individual combat capabilities, while Koga ninjas emphasize collective combat capabilities. Koga ninjas are only loyal to their lord, while Iga ninjas work for the employer with the highest bid. The Hattori family of Iga style was
He is called the "Queen Ninja" not because of loyalty, but because no one can bid higher than Prime Minister Toyotomi. Koga has a unique collegial mechanism called "Gunzhongsu".
So'lai decided that the fifty-three local servants living in Koka were called the Koka Fifty-three families, and the most important twenty-one who were awarded sensibility by the Rokkaku family were called the Koka Twenty-one families.
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Li Changge said: "It sounds a bit similar to the Jinque discussion. The so-called Jiahe twenty-one people are Zhenzhi Zhenren, and the rest are ordinary Zhenzhen."
Li Tiangang took over and said: "After the fall of the Oda family, because Koga County is very close to Pingjing, the Koga ninjas returned to be loyal to the royal family. What is especially noteworthy is that the Koga ninjas are good at using medicine, so the camp and
The Taoist government suspected that the former regent Sekihaku Toyotomi Hidetsugi and the previous chief Lao Naka Masahiro were poisoned by Koka ninjas in order to provoke civil strife in Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion. In fact, they did cause civil strife in Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion. Toyotomi Hidetsugi followed
His death led to internal strife between the Toe faction and the Owari faction, and the death of the previous chief, Lao Naka, intensified the internal strife."
Zhang Yuelu asked: "What is the attitude of Xingying and Daofu towards Jiahe?"
Li Tiangang said: "It is easy to defeat them. It is difficult to completely eliminate them. They usually make a living through agriculture and business, and only when necessary, they are active on the battlefield as ninjas. This
This increases the difficulty of screening
, the best way is to support one faction to attack the other faction, and use surrendered ninjas to deal with the rebellious ninjas. However, the Iga Hattori ninjas who are loyal to the prime minister only obey the orders of the regent Guan Bai and have an unclear attitude towards the Taoist sect, so they cannot help this time.
busy."
Zhang Yuelu nodded.
Official Ding Weiling said: "When you arrive at Omi, in addition to being careful about the Koga ninjas, you also need to beware of the Tianmen forces. They are respected as the so-called national religion and are the mainstay of the 'Zunbang Sect'. They should not be underestimated. Witchcraft is prevalent in Tianmen.
spells and spells, and still retains a lot of original features."
"Although Taoism and Buddhism are dominated by men, ancient witchcraft is dominated by women. For example, the famous Eleven Ancient Witches, from Wu Xian who leads the witchcraft to Wu Yang who is wandering around, are all women.
None of them are men. Tianmen still inherits this tradition and is called a shrine maiden. The highest level shrine maiden is honored as 'Zaiou', and can only be held by royal women."
Li Changge smiled: "Buddhism has King Kong, Confucianism has King Su, and Tianmen has King Zhai."
"However, witches are just a general term, similar to our Taoist priests. The head master is a Taoist priest, and the ninth-grade Taoist priests are also Taoist priests. They cannot be generalized. This requires mentioning the positions of Tianmen. Furthermore, Tianmen only has women as the main body, and the ninth-grade Taoist priests are also Taoist priests.
It’s not just women, there are also many men.” Li Tiangang added.
"Tianmen does not have a unified structure like our Daomen. In addition to jointly honoring the emperor and the king, it is a group of princes with various shrines as the mainstay, similar to the Confucian sect in the past with the three university palaces and the saint's residence as the core.
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"In a sacred palace, the 'Gong Si' is the number one person, and usually also serves as the 'divine master' responsible for sacrifices; the 'Gong Si' is the number two person, and can be understood as the chief and deputy palace master."
"Then there is 'Ni Yi', who is responsible for assisting the palace ministers and managing the lower-level clergy, similar to the chief secretary. Then there is 'Quan Ni Yi', who is responsible for the affairs assigned by the two palace ministers, focusing on daily life and social interaction, similar to the second secretary
secretary."
Qi Xuansu understood. If the Heavenly Master is the "Gong Si", then "Ni Yi" is equivalent to Zhang Jucheng, and "Quan Ni Yi" is equivalent to Tang Jiaohua.
Li Tiangang continued: "Next are the Zhubu, priests, ministers, witches, etc. The shrine is equivalent to our Taoist palace, and there is a shrine below, similar to ours
Taoist temple. They are also palace ministers. Naturally, the palace ministers of the shrine and the palace ministers of the shrine are not of the same level. Our Taoist sect has nine and twelve levels, while the Tianmen has five levels."
"Except ordinary priests and witches who are not popular, Zhijian is the lowest level. In order to become a Kwon Miyoshi of an ordinary shrine, you need to have at least Zhijian status."
"Quan Zhengjie, the palace minister of Dongfang Township Shrine must at least have the status of Quan Zhengjie. Quan Zhengjie cannot hold the position of palace minister of the county shrine."
"The official rank, the palace secretary of the county community and the Miyi of the county community, and the shrine shrine must have at least the status of the senior rank." ??
"Meiji, if you want to become the palace minister of a special shrine or county, you must become the Mingji level. As long as you have a priest of this level, you can become the palace minister of various types of gods."
"Jingjie, the highest level of the priesthood, the upper echelons of the Ise Shrine and the palace ministers of the major shrines are all of this level, similar to the hermits of the Confucian sect and the high priests of the academy."
"It's not surprising. The reason why Tianmen can get rid of the subordinate status of Buddhism is because it integrates the teachings of Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism. It relies on the banner of loyalty to the emperor to get strong support from the royal family. Therefore, its structure has the shadow of Confucianism in the past.
The emperor is still the emperor, the king of the king is equivalent to the leader of the Confucian sect, and then the levels of the hermit, the high priest of the academy, and the ordinary priest of the wine are ranked in order."
Qi Xuansu smiled and said: "Tianmen reminds me of the unity of the three religions, but compared to the unity of the three religions of our Taoism, Tianmen is more like the path of 'Tianting', and the two names are also very similar."
Li Tiangang's face looked a little strange.
"Tian Ting" is supported by Taiping Dao, which is no secret among the senior leaders of the Li family.
Li Changge didn't take it seriously and just said: "If Tianmen only has the strength of 'Tianting', that would be the best."
Li Tiangang coughed lightly: "Toyotomi Hidemo lives in Hikone Castle. To the north is the Asahi Shrine of the Tianmen power in Asai County, and to the south is Nishoji Temple of the Buddhist power in Kamao County. From Nishoji Temple to the southwest, there is
Koka County, where the Koka ninjas are located. The Omi Toyotomi family is actually similar to the feudal kings who guard the frontiers. Their bloodline is far away and far away from the center. This is why Naosada, the elder of the Hikone clan, did not recommend the Omi Toyotomi family.
one."
Qi Xuansu looked at the map and sighed: "This is really surrounded by wolves."
"The good news is that since he is the king of Sai, he must be strong.
This is also the reason why Naosada can become the elder. Now there is a new Yin-ryu swordsman in Hikone Castle, and the safety of Toyotomi Hidemo should not be a big problem for the time being." Ding Weiling said, "The swordsman is a swordsman.
This is a very high honor. Anyone who can become a swordsman is a person with amazing talent and beauty. He is probably equivalent to our pseudo-immortal. The assassin leader who assassinated the real person of Palm Army was a swordsman and killed three of our spiritual officers.
and a Taoist priest, who was stabbed by the master of the army. Not only did he not die, but he escaped from Hidekyo and is still running away today. If it hadn't been for Toyotomi Hidemo's visit to the capital, I should have been responsible for chasing this man.
Katsura Zenyuki's Nigan Ryu Swordsman."
"As for the bad news, this new Yin-ryu swordsman wants to ensure that Hikone Castle is safe, so he cannot leave Hikone Castle easily. Once Toyotomi Hidemo leaves Hikone Castle, the swordsman will not accompany him, and all responsibilities will fall on us."
Qi Xuansu, Zhang Yuelu, and Li Changge looked solemn.
No one will doubt that these people will grow up to be on par with swordsmen in the future, but at the moment, they cannot compare with one swordsman, even if the three of them join forces. Master Qingwei took this into consideration, and
Li Tiangang and Ding Weiling were sent as helpers.
Having said that, if the cultivation level is not enough, foreign objects come in. Putting aside the immortal objects, the three of them carry more semi-immortal objects together than Qingwei Zhenren, and Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu combined are equivalent to carrying one immortal object.
Now that the three of them have joined forces, one innate immortal in the infinite stage plus two acquired immortals in the carefree stage, combined with various semi-immortals, will have no pressure against the gods in the creation stage, and will even have the upper hand. In addition,
Ding Wei Lingguan and Li Tiangang are comparable to pseudo-immortals.
But that doesn't mean you can sit back and relax.
Hikone Castle has been run by the Omi Toyotomi family for many years and is impregnable. There is not only a swordsman in charge, but also many retainers, guards, onmyojis, samurai, etc., who provide protection at all levels. It is very difficult to assassinate Toyotomi Hidemo in Hikone Castle.
But after leaving Hikone Castle, these protections were lost, and the level of danger increased greatly.
Although the Daomen side has sent four hundred spiritual officers, they are mainly responsible for the normal operation and flight of "Yinglong" and will not participate in the battle. Even if Toyotomi Hidemoge will bring some guards, they are still unable to compare with those in the feudal city. This is both
The difficulties they have to face are also the reasons why the Taoist sect sent "Ying Long".
"Yinglong" is like a fortress. If all doors are closed, it will be difficult for outsiders to enter, and all assassinations will evolve into frontal attacks.