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Mikawa Butterfly Chapter 531 Kamakura Inauguration Ceremony

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    Just after Uoki, the quiet Kamakura suddenly became noisy. Samurai families from half of Honshu Island rushed outside Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in an attempt to see the inauguration ceremony of the Kanto Lord. Unfortunately, the Ashikaga family of Kamizi was fully prepared, and tens of thousands of  The army entered the Kamakura Five Gates to guard important passes. If you want to fish in troubled waters, you must first get in front of these samurai wearing helmets and carrying armor.  Not long after, a cavalry regiment with strict policies slowly entered Kamakura. The vanguard was two thousand red-armored cavalry, followed by two thousand black-armored cavalry, two thousand yellow-armored cavalry, and two thousand blue-armored cavalry.  Two thousand white-armored cavalry, plus tens of thousands of elite cavalry, all wearing special breastplates, strutted into Kamakura with neat steps, shocking the nearly 100,000 people who came to watch.  Among the dark crowd, there were many ronin who came to watch. When they saw this uniform mounted samurai, they immediately exclaimed: "Ten thousand cavalry! Is this also a five-color preparation? It is really powerful!" The Hojo family has five colors.  The total number of horsemen in the Ashikaga family is ten thousand, and the Ashikaga family of the Kamizuki also has five colors and a total of ten thousand cavalry. Previously, the Hojo family had a total of more than 3,000 cavalry, which was considered the strongest in Kanto. And the mounted samurai of all the samurai families in the entire eight Kanto countries combined may be comparable to the Ashikaga family of the Kamizuki.  Who has more riding teams? The gap is still very big.  "I didn't expect the Ashikaga family to be so powerful! It's unbelievable!" Businessmen sent by some large merchants were also thinking about whether they should set up a semicolon in Edo Castle, and spies from all over the place secretly recorded what they saw.  Each fragment may be presented in the form of documents in the near future on the desks of famous people all over the world.  This enthronement ceremony was more like Ashikaga Yoshitoki's personal show of force, with 10,000 horse-riding samurai showing off their power, and 2,000 iron artillery teams strutting in with new flintlock muskets without match ropes.  A heavily armored legion armed with shields and maces.  The regular three gun regiments filed in.  There were as many as 30,000 armed forces entering Kamakura alone. The entire Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine was so tightly surrounded inside and outside that it was really difficult for even an insect to leap over.  The ceremony for taking office as Lord of Kanto was complicated and lengthy. Ashikaga Yoshitoki, who was wearing black court robes, was guided by the ceremony officials into the Taiko Bridge. The bridge was painted with vermilion lacquer to symbolize it, so it was also called Aka Bridge. In the Kamakura period, the Hojo clan was  The branch of the Kokurakuji-ryu clan has a house next to this Akabashi bridge, so this branch of the Hojo clan is also called the Akabashi clan.  The Akabashi-ryu Hojo clan has had two generations of Kamakura rulers, namely Hojo Nagatoki, the sixth generation of the Kamakura shogunate, the first ancestor of the Akahashi-ryu family.  As well as the last leader of the Kamakura shogunate, Hojo Moriki. The political status of this family is second only to the Hojo Tokuso family, and it is the highest-status family in the entire Hojo family. Ashikaga Takauji's wife, Akabashi Nobiko, is Hojo Moriki's biological sister.  , they only followed Ashikaga Takauji to destroy the Kamakura shogunate and avoided taboo and changed their name to the Akabashi clan.  Under the Taiko Bridge is a large lotus pond. This lotus pond also has a nice name called Genpeirachi. The so-called Genpeirachi refers to the two huge lotus ponds excavated during the period when Hojo Masako was the "Niyudai". They are called Genjichi and Taira.  There are three artificial islands in the Minamoto clan and four artificial islands in the Taira clan. It is said that they symbolize all the processes of human beings from birth to death.  Passing the Taiko Bridge, enter the core area of ??Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.  In front of it is a large stone section with 61 steps. The dance hall under the steps is said to be where Minamoto Yoritomo captured Shizuki.  And asked her to dance the white beat dance in front of the dance hall. People still sing the sad song to this day.  "I am deeply attached to the person who left my footprints with me on the white snow of Mount Yoshino, and then drifted away to Oshu! Ah Shizu, Shizu, you are like the twine ball used by Wenwei, spinning around like twine  Living life, how wonderful it would be if it were the same now" Ashikaga Yoshitoki stood in front of the dance hall, paused for a moment, then shook his head and smiled. It is clear that his heart is as hard as stone, but he can still bear the legendary stories of nearly four hundred years.  It made him feel deeply. At this time, both inside and outside Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine were tightly surrounded by samurai wearing vertical robes. The three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry lacked the most important tourist atmosphere.  After passing through the Sakura Gate and entering the Imperial Palace, there is a leafy ginkgo tree in the small square. This ginkgo tree is the same one that used to kill Minamoto Minato in Hachimangu Palace. It is under this big tree.  A farce in which a nephew assassinated his uncle directly led to the complete severance of the direct line of Genji in Kawachi. It is still unknown what role Hojo Masako played in it.  The enthronement ceremony was held in this palace. Hundreds of warriors in gorgeous attire poured into the small square. They opened their eyes wide and eager to see the Kwantung Duke's enthronement ceremony. Outside the square, 500 of the tallest and bravest warriors gathered.  The samurai stood on both sides of the shrine as royal guards, but after a moment the bells and drums were sounded and the ceremony began.  Ashikaga Yoshitoki slowly walked into the main hall of Hachimangu Shrine under the guidance of the courtesy officer. Everywhere he passed, the samurai bowed down and bowed down. From time to time, the honorific titles "Konghoden-like" and "Gosho-like" were heard from the crowd. Kagura  It was also playing quietly at this moment, and the Konoe Maekyu, wearing black court clothes, stood holding a wat board.Waiting for his arrival in the corridor, Konoe Mae Hisaki was a minister of Kanto Shirozuo. He was the highest envoy on behalf of the imperial court, which fully demonstrated the imperial court's high support for Ashikaga Yoshitoki's ascension to the throne. This time, he also personally served as the Duke of Kanto.  Fang's enthronement ceremony.  This is against the rules. Tsuruoka Hachimangubetsu should have presided over Ashikaga Yoshitoki's enthronement ceremony. Tsuruoka Hachimangubetsu has always been held by direct descendants of the Kanto clan. Several generations of Kamakura lords have served as Tsuruoka.  Oka Hachimangu Beito, the previous Beito was Koyumi Lord Ashikaga Yoshiaki. After he was defeated and quickly died in the Kokufudai battle at Fusui Peninsula, the Betsu position has been vacant and has no one to replace him.  Hojo Utsuna once wanted to serve as a high-ranking official. Unfortunately, before this plan could be worked out, the Hanakura Rebellion of the Imagawa family hit the Hojo family and engulfed the entire Hojo family. Hojo Utsuna was depressed and his son Hojo Ujiyasu died.  Based on this score, the current lord is supposed to be a member of the clan of Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine. His status is not high and he has no prestige in the Kanto samurai family. He is not qualified to preside over the enthronement ceremony of the Kanto Duke.  The whole enthronement ceremony was complicated and lengthy. In the accompaniment of Kagura, several priests recited the family lineage of the Genji Doryang family in Kawachi, from Genpei to Kamakura and finally to the Ashikaga family and Ashikaga Yoshitoki himself, which were regarded as his.  A complete birth name change, this ceremony is also mixed with many inexplicable small rituals that purely honor ancient rituals.  Ashikaga Yoshitoki followed the rules strictly.  Read the words according to the fixed requirements and do not say any unnecessary words.  Until almost noon.  Ashikaga Yoshitaka was able to pay homage to the Great Bodhisattva Hachiman and swear to the ancestors of Kawachi Genji to protect the land of Kanto, and then sent an oath to enshrine the sword armor as a prayer. This lengthy inauguration ceremony was completed, and at this time Ashikaga  Yishi had long been exhausted from the torment.  The next step is not over yet. Ashikaga Yoshitoki also wants to pay homage to the sacred relics passed down by Kawachi Genji. When he walked to the back hall and looked up, he saw a slightly shabby white flag with the inscription "Namu Hachiman Great Bodhisattva".  He introduced in a low voice: "This is the white flag used by the Right General Hall when raising troops. This flag is one of the three sacred objects of our Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace." "Is it the white flag used by the Right General Hall?" Ashikaga Yoshitoki stared at it.  The slightly exaggerated strokes are as thick as mountains. Although the font is not beautiful, it contains the roughness and courage of a warrior. This is the first page of the handwriting of the first general who conquered barbarians, Minamoto Yoritomo.  white flag.  The white flag of the Genji is of great significance to the Genji in Hanoi. The white flag symbolizes the highest spiritual sustenance of the warriors and the highest respect for the ancestors. Ordinary samurai use a white flag and write the same words. If it is not called a white flag, it is transgression.  When the shogunate is strong, those caught will be beheaded. The only ones who can use the white flag are several direct descendants of the samurai family since Kamakura Muromachi. These families have either already extinct or are in a death struggle before extermination.  For example, this is the case for Dazhenguo and Qianye Yinzong.  As the Warring States Period progressed, more and more famous martial arts families disappeared.  Instead, there are low-level samurai from small families who have no money. They have the drive to care less about the rules and are more unscrupulous than anyone else. They naturally despise the rules and try to override them with force, but they don't know that the behavior they think is extremely smart is just a few repetitions.  What Minamoto Yoritomo did a hundred years ago.  Minamoto Yoritomo used his own force to establish a new regime to break the original monopoly system of public ministers. If compared to innovation, maybe they might as well bring greater significance to Minamoto Yoritomo who created a new aristocratic class. Some people may think that the Demon King is the greatest.  The world's people, but in the eyes of Ashikaga Yoshitoki, his ability is no more than this, far worse than Yuanyoritomo.  At first glance, Minamoto Yoritomo's short reign did not seem to have many surprising actions, but if you look closely, you will find that the Jokyu Rebellion broke out more than 20 years after his death, and Kamakura was angered by Emperor Gotoba's overthrow of the war.  The shogunate ordered Kant身 to march out, and a total of 190,000 cavalry entered Kyoto, frightening Emperor Gotoba into silence.  The result is self-evident. The Kamakura samurai slaughtered all over Kyoto with ruthless butcher knives, slaughtering all the northern samurai loyal to the imperial court. Then they arrested Emperor Gotoba's party. The leader of the party, Emperor Gotoba, was exiled to Oki Island.  Emperor Shuntoku was exiled to Sado Island, and Emperor Tsuchimikado, who opposed the fall of the throne, was lenient. He was first exiled to Tosa Kingdom and then to Awa Kingdom. Emperor Nakagyou was deposed after only two months on the throne.  Then came the more ruthless means of confiscating all the three thousand shogunas owned by the imperial court, thereby establishing the path for the Kamakura shogunate to transform from a local government in a quiet corner of Kanto to a national government. Hojo Demune relied on sharing  It was the territory of the Imperial family that established the position of the ruler of the Kamakura shogunate.  The so-called kaisho is a village. Before the Warring States Period, it was a manor system. A village controlled a large territory and had many military locations. Each manor owner was a powerful local warrior. Their position in the court and shogunate was "land head", which was roughly equivalent to  The knight class in medieval Europe. Only those who were born as owners of small estates could play the knight's business.??.  Sanqianqishuo means 3,000 villages. That is really an astonishing number. When Miyoshi Changqing and Miyoshi Sozo failed to compete for the 17th place in Hanoi, they became completely hostile to Miyoshi Sozo and laid the hidden danger of the Jiangkou war.  Seventeen wealthy villages can turn a clan of the Sanhao family into enemies. Three thousand villages owned by the royal family must be a huge amount of wealth.  Ashikaga Yoshitoki controlled a territory as large as the Kanto Continent, and all the villages added together were not necessarily as many as Sanqisho. It can be seen that even if the imperial court was so corrupt before the Kamakura period, it was actually owned by the emperor and ministers.  The resources are still very scary. The samurai from various places were originally just "fields" assigned by the emperor's ministers to guard the manor below, such as Shimono Ashikaga-so and Ueno Shintenso. Then the manor was named Miao to form a samurai order. Many Lang parties evolved in this way.  .  ??The Kamakura shogunate was founded in the hands of Minamoto Yoritomo, and a political regime under the rule of the Kamakura samurai was established, and several emperors were deposed and exiled in the subsequent Jokyu Rebellion.  And single-handedly created a situation where the Chrysanthemum Yuan Tong and the Dajue Temple Tong were stacked on top of each other.  This caused the imperial court to be divided into two factions, which were always fighting among themselves.  The Kamakura shogunate can easily control the imperial court to complete the comprehensive penetration of Kinki, Saigoku, and Kyushu.  It was during this period that a large number of Kamakura samurai came to these places to serve as local leaders, thus laying a solid foundation for more than a hundred years later, when Ashikaga Takauji was defeated in Kyushu and responded to a hundred calls. It can be said that without Minamoto Yoritomo and the Kamakura shogunate, there would be no subsequent ones.  In the century-old samurai social system, compared to the "great" Minamoto Yoritomo, the actions of the Great Demon King do not seem so amazing.  It is nothing more than a power reshuffle in which the new samurai aristocracy defeats the old samurai aristocracy, because the sudden death of the Demon King also triggered a collapse situation.  Only then did the Monkey and Turtle appear one after another, causing countless farces. Of course, the shogunate founded by the turtle was definitely quieter and more peaceful than the previous two generations of shogunate, but it was also his descendants who made many stupid things, which directly caused the samurai shogunate to lose its ability to change itself.  Opportunity, completely abandoned by the times and swept into the pile of old paper.  The enthronement ceremony is full of sacredness. The greater significance lies in the samurai's high recognition of the traditions left by their ancestors. Etiquette is a yardstick to measure whether civilization is developed or barbaric. Ashikaga Yoshitoki's requirement is to be perfect without any mistakes and to show  The most powerful force shocked the Kanto warriors and strengthened their sense of identification with the newly born public.  It＊s not the right time for the ceremony to end.  The locals at Ashikagagi serve up plates of delicacies, from chickadees and wild geese to chicken, duck and goose meat.  There are everything from crucian carp, tuna, and puffer fish. In ancient Japan, there was also the custom of eating puffer fish. There are still people who dare to try puffer fish even though they know it is highly poisonous. Only the best chefs dare to challenge the preparation of puffer fish and can make delicious dishes.  The pufferfish meat is regarded as a sign of superb cooking skills.  After having had enough food and drinks, the banquet started in the evening. Ashikaga Yoshitoki gave a speech before the banquet began, encouraging the Kanto samurai to uphold the righteousness of the samurai family with loyalty and bravery, and commending them for their achievements in protecting the common people in Kanto.  At the same time, he put forward higher requirements and hoped that every samurai would set an example and strictly abide by the laws of the shogunate and the laws of the Kanto family. The Kanto samurai all abide by the promise.  Ashikaga Yoshitoki's imperial palace was located in Edo Castle, so he was also called the Edo Duke. Not long after his speech, he left the table to let the samurai below him perform freely. He himself went to the apse of Hachimangu Shrine and quietly came to the place where the weapons of the Genji were enshrined.  At the shrine, I stared at the white flag left by Minamoto Yoritomo without saying a word for a long time. It seemed that through this flag I could see the bloody storm four hundred years ago. Countless Genji warriors fought bloody battles and left behind legendary epics.  Konoe walked over quietly and saw that he was still in a daze, so he said softly: "The right general has been dead for many years, and Kamakura has long gone away from us. This is a new era!" "What a pity! Yu Hugan  It is extremely sad that the first right general has passed away and Kamakura Takefeng is not here. It is really disappointing!" After Ashikaga Yoshitoki finished his sentence, he remained silent until the bell of the first watch rang.  Said: "If you are lucky enough, I really want to see the true face of the right general, I really want to see the style of the Kamakura samurai!" Konoe Maekyu frowned tightly. He didn't understand why this sworn brother remembered him.  With these words, he said calmly: "Do you pity the Kamakura shogunate? Those lawless Kamakura samurai went too far. Some samurai did not hesitate to cut off the direct descendants of the generals for their own selfish purposes. If the crime is considered to be the most heinous, there is probably no one more evil than the Kamakura samurai.  That＊s bad!§ The smart Konoe didn＊t name him or even use the specific name of the Kamakura samurai, because the Ashikaga family was one of the Kamakura samurai back then.  Yoshitoshi was the first samurai to cross the Uji River and raid Kyoto. It can be said that he was the most determined samurai to oppose the imperial court. Without this achievement and his in-law relationship with the Hojo Tokuso family, the Ashikaga family would not have been able to safely survive Kamakura.  The shogunate was in turmoil one after another, but it successfully persisted until the fall of Kamakura in the late years.  "Collapse is not a new word, the chaos of Chengjiu"Triggered by the downfall of Emperor Toba, Emperor Daigo launched another massive overthrow war in the late Kamakura years. This successful fall created a brief comeback for the Kenbu New Deal court, which then ended in an anticlimax with the betrayal of Ashikaga Takauji.  In the end, the only person who succeeded in using samurai to overthrow the samurai shogunate was probably a group of weirdos from the turtle family. In the two previous experiences, they both ended with the samurai defeating the court and winning.  From Konoe Maekyu's point of view, of course I don't like the Kamakura samurai. The direct line of the Konoe family once suffered setbacks because Konoe Susutada, a tributary of the Konoe family, betrayed the Northern Dynasty and joined Emperor Go-Daigo for his own selfish reasons.  Tadashi and his son, Konoe Kyouke, did very well in the Southern Dynasties, and Minister Guan Baizuo was in control all year round, but it was of little significance if the decrees of the Yoshino court could not be transmitted to the outside world.  The severely damaged Konoe family began to decline from the time when the Konoe family was born, from the establishment of the "Kenbu Shime" in the third year of Kenbu (1336), and the establishment of the Muromachi shogunate in the first year of Qianmu (1338), until the Daiyaga entered the Warring States Period.  In the fifth year (1525), the Konoe family served as Kanbaku for only a short period of sixteen years in the nearly 190 years of history.  What a shame it is to have only sixteen years!  As a direct descendant of the Fujiwara clan, he has actually served as Guanbai for less than one-tenth of the time. This means that the Gosaku family has long been controlled by a minister of the Kujo family, from Konoe Motoji to Konoe Fusugu.  A total of people only served as Kanbaiki for six years. The longest term was two years and the shortest was one year. Konoe Kanetsugu, a dignified family governor, did not even get into the Kanbaiki position. It is conceivable that the Konoe family was able to get along well in the Muromachi Shogunate back then.  How miserable.  Knowing that their experiences were very tragic, the Konoe family repented of their past and determined to stay close to the shogunate. As expected, Konoe Sh身d身's voice in the court greatly increased and he served as Kanbai twice. Konoe Sh身d身 married his daughter.  Ashikaga Yoshiharu opened the door for the Konoe family to follow the shogunate, and the Konoe family married their daughter to Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Until his legitimate son Konoe, he has restored the prosperity of the Konoe family to this day.  Konoe Maekyu was loyal to the imperial court but even more loyal to the shogunate. All the emperor could give him was the official position of Minister of Kanbakuzu, and his sworn brother was the General Zhiyi, who could give him a long-term position as Minister of Kanbakuzu. Konoe Maekyu had already served as Minister of Kanbakuzu  For nine years, no one has been able to shake his position, not even former Sekishi Shiro Nijo Haruyoshi.  This is what power can bring to him. Without power, he would have to abdicate voluntarily as a three- to five-year official as per the old practice. Konoe Maekaku has long had enough of the oppression and humiliation of the Kujo family, so he has more heart than any other minister.  They all have to get closer to the shogunate, and they have to get closer to the Ashikaga Yoshitoki in front of them. The authority of the shogunate Ashikaga Yoshiteru relies on the strong strength of Ashikaga Yoshitoki. Without the support of Ashikaga Yoshiki, perhaps Ashikaga Yoshiteru should stay in Sakamoto Castle and curse his fate.  of injustice.  Ashikaga Yoshitoki smiled noncommittally: "The Kamakura samurai may be extremely sinful, but maybe they are not as bad as they imagined. The imperial family is like a fierce dog under the general's seat. As long as the imperial minister acts as his master, the phenomenon of eating the master will not happen. I admire Kamakura very much."  The Yu family is so fierce and fearless, I hope to train a group of fierce dogs like that in Kanto. "It's still too dangerous. You must have seen clearly what the Kanto warriors are like. They are unfaithful, filial, shameless and selfish."  If you weren't afraid of the powerful military power of the Kamizuki Ashikaga clan, they might raise a rebellion tomorrow and drive you, a trusted Kanto official, back to Echigo." Konoe Maekyu's worry fully reflects the bad feelings many people have towards the Kanto samurai.  .  In the more than a hundred years since the Jiaji Rebellion, there have been many ministers who have gone down to Kanto. Many ministers have recorded what they saw and heard in Kanto in diaries and circulated them to each other when they returned to Kyoto. This group of ministers is very proud at heart.  Using his fault-finding skills, he almost dismissed the warmly received Kanto warriors as worthless. Gradually, fewer and fewer ministers were willing to go to Kanto. Even if some ministers had no choice but to go to Kanto, they were forced to do so or their status was insufficient.  Insignificant.  The group of Kanto samurai didn't know why they served the minister a meal with pickled radish and rice, but the next day they found that they had left without saying goodbye. Many Kanto samurai didn't know why they offended these big men in Kyoto, and the result was that the Kanto samurai  The number of official appointments is getting less and less, but they are not as good as the Mutsu country bumpkins that I despise. The unknown members of the Date family can get through the imperial court for several generations, such as the Ukyo doctor, and the Kanto Hachiya Kata gang who call themselves  The superintendent of a certain house wanted to knock him down with his head and the ground.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! PS: The promised outbreak is tomorrow, please be prepared.
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