Pillars of the Wu family

In the hall of Shakya Tathagata, the master of Chunri Mountain City, and the guardian of heaven, Nagao Jinghu sits in meditation silently holding a rosary. The tall statue of Shakya Tathagata is as immovable as a mountain. When meditating in the Tathagata hall, he can always restore his peace of mind.

The rosary in his hand was like a fast-flowing bead chain, and he spun it back and forth countless times in his hand. Only when he let out a long breath, Changwei Jinghu slowly opened his eyes, and after a moment of silence, he took out the rosary from his sleeve. A piece of folded letter paper, the rich fragrance of ink comes into view along with the clear handwriting on the letter paper.

"A country cannot be permanent or lawless. Throughout the dynasties of the Central Plains, all dynasties have ruled the world with literature and law. Our shogunate shogunate also has the law of "Yu Chengfa Shimu". Today, the power of the shogunate is stolen by traitors, which has caused the samurai law to decline and lead the country. There are no laws and regulations, and the people of the country do not distinguish between good and evil and do not respect orders, causing all kinds of bad deeds. Today, there are Suruga Imagawa's "Imagawa Kana List", Sagami Hojo's "21 Kata Articles", Echizen Asakura's "Asakura Hiderin Wall Book" ", "Ouchi Family Wall Book" written by the third generation of Zhou Fang Ouchi, Takeda Harunobu's "Koshu Code of Laws" in the 16th year of Tianwen, Date Tsukumune's "Dust Mustard Collection" and other various national samurai codes, from which we can see the samurai codes Heavy, it is related to the change of prosperity and decline.”

Nagao Jinghu stared at the words in silence, the foundation of Nagao's family was not clean, his grandfather Nagao Nokage was loyal to Jing all his life but was murdered by a traitor and lost in Yuezhong. Echigo guarded Uesugi Fonoh to break up, united Echigo people to defeat Uesugi Fonoh to death, and then triggered the Yongzheng Rebellion. His late father worked hard all his life to seize the position of Echigo King, as his son It is impossible to say that there is no thought at all.

"In the past, the ruler of Echigo, Uesugi Funo, clashed with Wei Jinggong because he abolished the guardian envoy, and then Echigo was in chaos. His Royal Highness Wei’s situation is completely different from that of Wei Jinggong. If you want to establish the authority of the country, you must abolish the guardian envoys. Looking at the East China Sea, the Imagawa Clan and the Hojo Clan have been abolished one after another. Only then has the power to dominate the East China Sea today. If the privileges are not abolished, there will be no constraints. Countryman..."

The door of Shakya Tathagata Hall was closed tightly, making the hall dark, only the two candles near the Buddha statue were beating lightly, and Nagao Jinghu, who was sitting cross-legged in front of the Buddha statue, seemed to be taking a nap with one hand , the letter paper in the other hand revealed lines of writing under the candlelight.

"If you don't break it, you can build it. For today's plan, we should win over and divide the party to protect it. You can ask the Lord Uesugi to accept His Highness Nagao as a son. This is a good opportunity to surrender the king. It is justified! Amend the law to establish the division of the country and implement it. Seize the land, abolish the guardian envoys, and crusade against those who are not ministers, the prestige of the king will gradually increase... Then send the troops west to Shangluo, and you will be able to achieve invincible achievements."

Changwei Jinghu seemed to be dozing off with half-closed eyes, and the letter paper in his hand was crumpled. After a while, the closed door of the Buddhist hall was suddenly pushed open, and the strong sunlight in the daytime shone into the dark and airtight Buddhist temple. In the hall, the darkness and silence completely receded, and a clear and clear child's voice came from behind Changwei Jinghu: "I heard that my brother was locked in the Buddhist hall for two hours, so I came here to take a look... Eh, what is this? "

As he spoke, a little girl with long hair reaching her waist and wearing a white Taoist uniform walked up to him, and grabbed the letter paper in Nagao Jinghu's hand, and Nagao Jinghu narrowly avoided her. Surprise attack.

"Hu Ji! Didn't I say that you don't want to come to Shakya Tathagata Hall to disturb my practice?" Nagao Jinghu stood up and raised his hand to put it away, then turned around and hid the letter paper in his sleeve, and patted the non-existent letter on the robe. He asked again: "Didn't you go to Linquan Temple to worship the Buddha? Why did you come back so soon?"

"Forget it if you don't show it." The little girl was not discouraged when she saw the surprise attack failed. She straightened her curled hair and pouted her mouth and said, "Brother always reads and reads non-stop every day, and Hu Ji should go to Linquan Temple to read it." Ah, I can’t stop reading it, it’s really annoying!”

"Hu Ji, don't talk nonsense. Meditation and chanting are the duty of my sons and daughters of the Wu family. Tell me, have you listened to Master Guangyu's Dharma in Linquan Temple?"

The little girl turned her head and ignored him. After a while, she looked up at the statue of Shakya Tathagata, and answered the wrong question: "Many people say that my brother is a devout Buddhist, and he will become a monk in the future. Master Tianshi Guangyu He is highly respected, and he told me to concentrate on sitting in meditation and use wisdom to appreciate the original pure mind, but can Zen and Buddha really bless my Nagao family's family fortune?"

As if feeling that this question was difficult to answer, Nagao Jinghu was silent for a long time before slowly saying: "Practicing Zen is only for the peace of mind and body. The origin of all dharmas is the Buddha nature, and the heart is the Buddha. Human beings have the pure and true heart of their own nature. , Practicing Zen is the way to see the truth and gradually realize Buddhism, and to protect the Nagao family, we still need to rely on the bows, horses, knives and guns in the hands of the warriors... It’s too deep for you to understand, and you will understand later.”

"Brother is becoming more and more dishonest, it's so boring!" The little girl locust shook her head and stood up with a bored expression on her face. She walked to Bishamon Hall and waved her hand, saying, "Tomorrow I'm going to Kakizaki and Izumi Mori to learn riding and spear skills. , I want Honjo Misaku to learn the art of war, Naoe Yamatoshu to study government affairs... and I have to go to see my mother, my brother hasn't seen my mother for many days! My mother misses my brother very much! I won't tell you Already! Hu Ji is leaving first!"

Looking at the disappearing figure of the little girl in white, Changwei Jinghu could only shake his head and remained silent. After a long time, he spread out the crumpled letter paper hidden in his sleeve, scanned the writing on the letter for the last time, and then walked to the candle Ignite the letter paper, and the orange flame dances gracefully in the air like a magnificent dancing flower, and burns the letter into a wisp of ashes in a short while.

"Is it right or wrong to let Hu Ji be my heir and bear the burden of Nagao's family?" Nagao Jinghu looked up at the still solemn and silent statue of Shakya Tathagata, deep in thought.

This winter was long and difficult, and there was no big change before the end of the winter. There were only a few snowfalls in Omi this winter, and each one was not very big. It is said that there is another snow disaster in Hokuriku. There is a big snowstorm, and I don't know where there will be so much snow.

The construction of Sakamoto Castle was still going on in an orderly manner throughout the winter, and all the general labor labor conscripted had been disbanded in early November. Anyway, the infrastructure that contributed the most was also completed, and the rest of the various outer crank wheels for building the new city, Complicated military structures such as Machu and Hukou do not require much labor. It is said that the most arduous and complicated task has not yet begun. The construction of Honmaru, which is called the main song wheel here, has not yet started. The three-story castle tower to be built in the plan, So far there is not even a shadow.

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