Pillars of the Wu family

() Standing at the foot of an inconspicuous Mount Saruto, Kansuke Yamamoto introduced to Kira Manmatsumaru: "There are many shrines in Mikawa, but the one that my samurai family enshrines most is Satoto Shrine. When you come to Kamo County, you must come to Satoto Shrine. , the owner of the museum will also climb the mountain together."

Following the direction pointed by Yamamoto Kansuke, you can see the red torii gates among the green mountains. That is the Sarutou Shrine in Sannomiya, also known as the Santou Shrine.

Ichinomiya refers to the shrine with the highest social status in the region. It is usually called Ichinomiya. It is one of the shrines in a multi-command country. Although there is no document that stipulates the selection criteria for Ichinomiya, it has the function of semi-official shrine status. The shrines whose social status is second to that of the first palace are called the second palace, and the third one is called the third palace. In a few countries, there are also fourth and fifth palaces.

Stepping on the approach to the Saruto Shrine, the roads of the Daiji Shrine have been the best level since ancient times. Even the Taisha Shrine in the distant country is not much worse than the streets in Kinki. There are mainly four major shrines among the many shrines in Mikawa Country , They were rated as Sinomiya, among them Ichinomiya Tolu Shrine, Ninomiya Chiryu Shrine, Sannomiya Saruto Shrine, and Sinomiya Ishinomaki Shrine. He has no interest in paying attention to the question of who is Ichinomiya on how to balance the four shrines. This time I just took a tour as an ordinary climber.

After crossing the torii in front of the shrine, you will be greeted by the shrine's Daisuke himself. Under the warm hospitality of the shrine's Daisuke, a team of dozens of people including Kira Wanmatsumaru simply used some pastries in the shrine, and then went to the shrine. Looking at the sights in the shrine, the Saruto Shrine, which is a local shrine, is actually very small. It seems that it is less than one-tenth the size of Honjoji Temple. The "Kojiki" and "Rishu" are enshrined in a few rooms in twos and threes. A legendary character who only appeared in Ji.

The main sacrifice god is Dadu Ming, also known as Dadu Prince. This Dadu prince is the son of No. 12 Emperor Jingxing. It is said that he died in Yuantou Mountain very unluckily. The reason is that he died of snake poison. Then this shrine is It was established during the reign of Emperor Zhongai. Kira Wansong Matsumaru has always kept a respectful distance from this kind of legend that is completely unreliable. This time, it is just a simple visit to the wooden statue and send a few pieces of Yongle money.

He doesn't pay much attention to worshiping gods, but Yuantou Shrine contains many things offered by the princes and samurai of the past dynasties, such as Taidao and armor. ", "Historical Records Collection" and other important books and historical materials.

The most outrageous thing is that there are actually Li Shimin himself writing, "Emperor Fan" published in the Tang Dynasty, and "Chen Gui" written by Wu Zetian himself. Most of the books in the collection come from the Tang Dynasty, and it can be seen from the side that the age of this shrine is long enough.

"It is said that Kamo-gun got its name again because of the leader of the Kamo Mizu Shrine. The shrine's Daisuke is still a middle-aged man whose name is Kamo. I don't know if he has any relationship with the Kamo family in Kyoto." Kira Wan Songmaru is very disgusted with this Shrine Daisuke who always has a flattering smile on his face, and feels that he does not look like a shrine at all.

Under the urging of Kira Manmatsumaru, the worship meeting was rushed in less than half an hour. Looking at Ka Moo's blessing, it seemed that he and Yamamoto Kansuke had a good chat, but he didn't care whether the two of them chatted. What, now I just want to go back and wash off the dust and sweat on my body, the bangs on my forehead are all stuck to my forehead, this feeling is really terrible.

Less than a day after it rained and the sun cleared, the big sun brought back the scorching heat. When going down the mountain road, I heard Yamaoka Zenjiro complaining to him in a low voice: "I rode a horse for a whole morning on such a hot day. Is it really okay to go to this Sannomiya to worship God without drinking a few cups of tea? But then again, Atsuta Jingu seems to be only Sannomiya, but it is very famous. How did you evaluate the one-house system!"

Yamaoka Zenjiro was full of complaints, and the horses behind him were naturally complaining too much. It was not a pleasant thing to ride out in this hot weather. Just now, I thought about staying in the big shrine and deepening my relationship with the beautiful little witch. , and now it was heated into a water rabbit again, almost sticking out its tongue and exhaling.

Walking down the mountain and walking south along the access road of the Yuantou Shrine, I happened to encounter a team of more than 20 people passing by. The leading nainai wore Wu clothes, waist hips and swords, and more than 20 riders were the same as the horses of Kira’s family. All on horseback, the two teams looked at each other silently and then passed by. It seemed that they also came to pay homage to Yuantou Shrine, but their faces were so strange that it was unclear which family from Mihe it was.

The Kira family's team waited politely on the side of Zhuma Mountain for the people who went up the mountain to pass. It was not until the group of people who went up the mountain gradually disappeared in the approach that Kansuke Yamamoto said: "They belong to the Matsudaira family of Kamo County Daiji and the Takiwaki Matsudaira family. People, these two families are the main force in oppressing the Nakajo family in the Kamo County of the Matsudaira family, and more than half of the more than 20 townships lost by the Nakajo family were divided by these two families."

"Oh! That Matsudaira Kiyosuke clan who is said to live to rule the world after the age of 30, I remembered! It seems that the Matsudaira family claims to be descendants of the Kamo clan?" An anecdote about Miao characters, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who called himself Genji, changed the new Miao character Tokugawa. First, he claimed to be a descendant of the Tokugawa clan of the Fujiwara clan, and later he called himself the Tokugawa clan, the descendant of the Nitta-ryu Shurushi Ryoda-ryu of the Qinghe Genji clan, who joined the Matsudaira family. Descendants, the tricks in it are really intriguing.

"Yes! The Matsudaira clan is indeed a branch of the Kamo clan in Kyoto. Nobumitsu Matsudaira once served as the official of the shogunate's deacon Ise Sadain. One year before the outbreak of the Onin Rebellion, he was appointed by Ise Sadain to go to the Mikawa Kingdom to assist Mikawa in protecting Hosokawa. In other words, to manage the public imperial office after the attack by Ichikui, a native of Uta-gun, and establish the Iwazu Matsudaira family based on this." Kansuke Yamamoto briefly introduced the generalization of the Matsudaira family, so that Kira Wansongmaru immediately had a clear understanding of this mysterious Matsudaira family. understanding.

The entire Kira family despised the Matsudaira family who surrendered and rebelled. No one in the family even wanted to mention them. The Jou family and the officials launched the Ida-Nano War against the Iwazu Matsudaira family, and they lost to the Matsudaira family with 1493 against [-]. Since then, the Nakajo family has fallen into decline.

In the fifth year of Yongzheng (1508 in the Western calendar), Imagawa's army led the army to attack Iwajin Castle on behalf of Ise Zongzui. In the end, because of the unnamed and logistical supply difficulties of the expedition to Sanhe, the veterans of the division were exhausted. The clan teamed up and were defeated, and this Ise Zongzui was Hojo Soun, the first governor of the Gohojo family.

Although Hojo Soun, who defeated the teacher's expedition, cannot prove that Matsudaira's eldest relative has the ability to be comparable to the Hojo family's first governor, but this is definitely a capital worthy of the Matsudaira family's boast. The Kira family dislikes the Matsudaira family very much, but this will not Affects Kira Wansongmaru's judgment.

How can it be possible not to pay attention to this family that aspires to the top of the world? Unfortunately, the internal situation of the Matsudaira family is very complicated. The former lord Kira, who once surrendered, has no old feelings at all.

Kira Manmatsumaru thought for a while and said: "So, the Matsudaira family is indeed from the Kamo family, and the Owari Oda family is from the Kibe family, the Suwa family in Suwa County, and the Aso family in Kyushu, These are all from the family of Grand Secretary Dazhu, but it is incredible to say that they were able to win the territory with a low level of restraint."

The Kira family usually visits their own Miba Hachiman Shrine, and rarely visits other shrines. They don’t like these samurai who are from Daijuku or palace priests, let alone have much friendship. For example, there is no weaving that sells Owari this time. Oda Nobuhiro was very annoyed by the face of the Tian family.

"The owner of the museum will get used to it in the future." Kansuke Yamamoto smiled at Kira Manmatsumaru, who looked uninterested, and looked at the setting sun in the sky: "There are still two hours before the sun sets, we have to go back quickly, Otherwise, Ma Dian will blame his subordinates again."