Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 23

After Chuemon finished speaking, for a moment, the air in the entire flower hall seemed to be forbidden. In the hall where there was still some slight noise, needles could be heard falling.

If Chuemon had said such a thing at another time, at most everyone would have thought that Chuemon was going to use shrines and temples. Explode some gold coins, so that the shogunate can have a happy life.

What about feudal rulers destroying Buddhas? Which one of you here doesn’t know?

Next door, “Three Martial Artists and One World Destroy the Buddha”, that is all in a short period of time, which greatly enriches the country’s financial resources. The effect is absolutely superb, and sometimes it can even add a breath of fairy to the feudal dynasty.

For example, Tang Wuzong Huichang destroyed the law, that thing, monks and nuns, whether with or without ultimatum, are all ordered to return to secular life; all temples are destroyed; all the bronze statues and bells and bells of all abandoned temples are all handed over to salt and iron to sell and cast money, and the iron is handed over to Honshu Cast as farm implements.

Before and after, tens of millions of hectares of fertile land from the temple were confiscated, and 150,000 servants were employed. The monks and nuns forced a total of 260,500 people to return to the secular world, and released more than 500,000 benevolent people who served in the monastery. The Tang court got a lot of property, land and two tax households from the abolition of Buddha movement. Cooperating with the center of the imperial court, the ruler, the wise and the ministers are bright, and for a while, there is an atmosphere of rejuvenation.

Assuming that if the shogunate was really poor to a certain extent and could not open up any new sources of money, then cutting the leeks of temples and shrines would not be supported by a single minister.

They are all seniors in the shogunate, how can there be devout believers?

Of course, there should be many people who believe in power.

But now it is related to the “God’s Retribution”, and in Kyoto, various activities that try to disrupt the social order and subvert the rule of the shogunate are taking place one after another. Chuemon’s patience may have been exhausted by the repeated and repeated movement of honor.

What is the core banner of the Respect Movement? It’s the Emperor Xiaoming!

As a feudal supreme existence in a sense, Emperor Xiaoming has the so-called “righteousness of monarchs and ministers”. That is to say, he appointed the great political affairs to General Tokugawa through “General Xuanxia”. General Tokugawa replaced the emperor and ruled over the sixty-six kingdoms of Japan.

Although the world of the Tokugawa family, it was Tokugawa Ieyasu who fought for his life all his life, and finally won it down. But after all, in terms of legal procedures, the Tokugawa family still followed the old path of the Wu family and accepted the so-called “major appointment”.

This is where the problem lies!

All Tokugawa shoguns, including Chuemon, are theoretically canonized by the emperor and are all the emperor’s retainers. General Tokugawa is essentially in a state where one person is less than ten thousand people, but this state is relatively stable. The emperor has resigned himself to his fate for a long time. For so many years, he has never thought about killing the general and taking power by himself. .

“This is a big deal, I’m afraid it will be difficult to make it happen…” Songping Qixuan, as the eldest elder, saw that everyone didn’t speak, so he had to get up and say a word.

I’m not against it to the end, it means that we are against it now, and if there is a chance in the future, we can do it again. Now, there are many internal and external crises, not only respecting the chaotic party, but also foreigners, ghosts and animals.

At this time of turmoil, everything should be stable, so don’t do such a shocking event.

Chuemon didn’t speak, just turned his head and looked directly at Matsudaira Qixuan. Matsudaira Qi Xuan was originally facing the ministers, but suddenly he felt the eyes of Zhongyouemon, and the two looked at each other, and he felt that something was wrong.

It’s not about eating people with eyes, or stabbing people like ice knives. It was Chuemon’s eyes, clearly saying that if others don’t help me, you have to help me.

After ten or twenty years of brothers, don’t you support me?

Such a direct hint made Songping Qixuan pause for a moment. The two have indeed known each other for many years, and they usually work together quite happily. Basically, the advice of Matsudaira Qixuan, Zhongemon will obey. It’s a situation that complements each other quite a bit.

In the past, Chuemon was not like this, and asked Matsudaira to make an open, unequivocal, firm, and powerful statement. This is the first time since Chuemon came to power.

“This is a big matter, so I will discuss it with you first!” Chuemon took his eyes back.

If Sukeroku is on the scene at this time, then Chuemon just needs to talk to him beforehand, and at the imperial meeting, Sukeroku will take the initiative to show his support to Chuemon. After all, Songping Qixuan has different identities, so he may not be so “obedient”.

“No matter how Shangqi decides, the minister must abide by it!” On the contrary, it was Ooka Zhongshu, who observed his words all his life, lived by the side of power, and could clearly see the scene just now.

The background of the side use person makes him most aware of his own position. Everything he had was given by the general, otherwise why would a feudal lord with 23,000 stones in the Iwatsuki domain be able to participate in the central government of the shogunate from generation to generation.

The Oka family and the general’s family have a relationship of prosperity and loss. Dead or alive, all tied to the general.

“It’s just…” Matsudaira Qixuan looked back at Oka Tadashi, but he didn’t expect Oka Tadashi to express his position so quickly.

“Every country in the world, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com, all regard Yu as the king of Japan, so why should Kyoto announce it?”

“Yu Nai is a descendant of the Great Divine Sovereign of Dongzhao, and he is also a descendant of the gods. How could he ever be inferior to others?”

“If it is said that the lords and the common people have followed my orders from Tokugawa for hundreds of years, why have they ever listened to Luozhong’s orders and orders?”

“It is the country that is swaying, and it is necessary to clearly define the country’s identity, inside and outside the same body, there is no difference!”

Having said so much, even the most sluggish person knows what Chuemon is going to do. It is necessary to completely turn the gang of people in Kyoto into Shinto worshipers, filial piety to the emperor to become Shinto worship officials, and follow the example of the Confucian family in Qufu next door.

It doesn’t matter what you call yourself internally, but externally, you can only be a Shinto priest in the future, above the lords and lords. But it must be clear that Amaterasu belongs to Amaterasu, and Tokugawa belongs to Tokugawa.

All power in the world must be mastered by the Tokugawa family!

I am not abolishing you, it is already very kind. With the tens of thousands of shogunate Hailu and Xiongshi, and sixty-six kingdoms in the world, who can stop them? It’s just a set of things like Shinto and Shinto, just fooling the fools and fools of the old times, and there is no need to exist now.

“Shangqi has already made up his mind?” Matsudaira Qi Xuan suddenly stood up.

“How long!” Chuemon also stood up abruptly.

As soon as he stood up, all the princes and ministers also stood up. Tadashi Ooka and Masahiro Abe just looked at Chuemon, while Matsudaira Qixuan kept shaking his body. Mizuno Tadashi didn’t say a word, Shimadzu closed his eyes and lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. At the end, Tokugawa Keifuku did not dare to breathe, and looked nervously at the group of people in front of him who were deciding the future direction of the shogunate.

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