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Mikawa Butterfly Chapter 588 Burning Mount Hiei

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    It is early summer in May, but it is already the season in Kyoto when summer flowers are luxuriant and green trees are shady. The cool wind blows the treetops swaying gently. The bright sunshine looks particularly gentle under the breeze. The streets have just been cleaned by heavy rain.  It is exceptionally refreshing and clean. The air is exuding the fragrance of earth, mixed with the fragrance of flowers, which makes people unconsciously intoxicated in this thousand-year-old ancient capital. A group of monks are welcomed in the town near Murasano Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto. They are dressed in gray and white robes,  Wearing a hat on his head, holding a rosary in his left hand and a tin staff in his right hand, he sat cross-legged under the shade of a tree, resting silently and chanting sutras. From time to time, nearby devotees would send some vegetarian food to them, and these monks would not refuse, and all the food sent to them would be vegetarian.  He put his hands together and reciprocated the gift, and recited an article from the Heart Sutra for Tan Yue who gave alms as a thank you.  The Buddhist atmosphere in Kyoto is very strong. If we count the Buddhist temples and shrines in Kyoto, there are about ten Buddhist temples and one shrine. Over the past thousands of years, there have been hundreds of Buddhist temples, large and small, and some of them are dilapidated.  There are many Buddhist temples that are unattended. If monks repair them and move them in again, there will be more. Buddhism has been introduced to Japan for nearly a thousand years. Even the emperor, who is known as the spokesman of the gods, also believes in Buddhism. You can imagine how huge this influence is.  Most of the townspeople living in Kyoto also worship Buddhism. All the eminent monks of Buddhism are wise men. Even the ferocious Ichikishu Honganji Temple has so many generations of Buddhist masters who are all very elegant and cultural people, unlike those with blond hair and blue eyes.  The Nanman monks recited crooked scriptures and often used tricks to lure believers into joining their sect.  The monks rested for a while, then took out the food they brought for alms and ate quietly. No matter how exquisite or poor the food was, as long as it was a well-intentioned gift from the believers, it would be accepted by the monks.  This is virtue and a process of cultivation.  Pedestrians passing by saw this group of more than a hundred monks quietly chanting sutras and eating.  They couldn't help but clasping their hands and saluting devoutly. Some people would even say that they really had the bearing of an eminent monk.  After a while, a wealthy businessman in a plain brocade gown came over and saluted with his hands together: "Masters, you are polite! I am Sandowa Masarai, one of the donors of Daitoku Temple. I wonder where you masters came from? Where do you want to go?  Where are you going? Do you need to arrange accommodation?" A white-browed monk stood up and said, "Thank you Tan Yue! We are from Hieizan Enryaku Temple and want to practice at Dazaifu Kanzeon Temple in Chikuzen Province."  Ah! I'm so rude!" The wealthy businessman hurriedly saluted again and asked curiously: "I heard that the shogunate's troops were besieging Mount Hiei. I wonder if Enryaku Temple is okay?" The white-browed old monk replied with a low eyebrow.  I came out early and didn¡¯t know about it yet.¡± The wealthy businessman seemed a little discouraged.  Then he said: "So that's it! Speaking of which, the mother mountain of Buddhism is really ill-fated. It was burned by a fire more than ten years ago, and this time it was surrounded by the shogunate's army I hope the disaster will be over soon and Kyoto can be returned.  A peaceful and peaceful day!" The white-browed old monk accompanied him helplessly and said: "What Tan Yue said is" "Hey! Look at my memory! Here are some dry food rice balls for you to eat on your journey. Please don't refuse.  My heartfelt gratitude." The rich businessman asked the waiters in the shop to bring the rice balls in the big baskets and distribute them to the monks. The monks could not refuse the kindness of the believers, so they clasped their hands and took the rice balls.  When I saw an old monk who was a bit different, he hesitated and handed over the wrapped rice ball.  He turned around and muttered in a low voice: "It's strange, how can there be an old monk with such good skin care? His hands are so white because he must have never done any work, just like the nobles and nobles in Kyoto at the banquet  " After taking a short nap in the afternoon, I suddenly heard a cry of exclamation. The pedestrians on the street suddenly became confused. Just when the monks were a little at a loss, the wealthy businessman trotted over again and said breathlessly: "It's not good.  The shogunate army is burning Mount Hiei! Masters, please leave as quickly as possible! "Thank you for your guidance!" The white-browed old monk hurriedly stood up and saluted.  Immediately setting off, a team of more than a hundred people hurriedly moved toward the northwest. If you look carefully, you can see that several monks took turns helping the old monk forward, and the strong monks around him were protecting him.  The wealthy businessman looked worriedly at the monks who were leaving. He turned around and bumped into the head of the person behind him. He covered his forehead and was about to apologize, but found that his own clerk had followed him out to watch the fun. He scolded angrily: "Don't go back.  Why are you running out of the store? There is something missing. Look at your skin!" The guy was about to run away in a panic, but he was suddenly stopped by the rich businessman. He walked timidly in front of the boss, and the rich businessman said angrily and funnyly.  : "When you go back, remember better. You must not spread the news about our meeting with the monks of Enryaku Temple. If you spread your word with such a big mouth and provoke the shogunate officers and soldiers to seize you and me, we will be arrested."  Sent to prison and tortured?, maybe your life will be involved, moving your head is such a small thing, can your parents feel at ease if it affects them?  The housewife you mentioned in your family will give you an advantage over other gangsters. Do you want to end up like this?  "The guy was so scared that his face turned pale, his head kept shaking, and he kept saying: "I don't want to!  " "It's okay if you don't want to!  "The rich businessman nodded with satisfaction and whispered: "Remember not to say anything when you go back. If someone asks you what you were doing just now, just say you went to the street to watch the fun. If they ask you about rice balls, just say you don't know how to make them.  They come to me and don¡¯t know anything else. Do you understand?  "    "yes!  "The clerk nodded nervously and ran back to the shop along the street. "Another two hours later, on a hill next to Tango Street in the northwest of Kyoto, a group of monks stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the black billowing sky in the distance.  In the smokey mountain forest, with hands clasped together and chanting sutras and praying in a low voice, the old monk who had been hiding among the monks suddenly said: "I should not have gone to Mount Hiei to take refuge. Another good place was destroyed to protect me!  " The old monk with white eyebrows, whose name is Awakening, is the master of Zixingin of Enryaku-ji Temple on Mount Hiei. Seeing the lamentation of Emperor Masachika-machi blaming himself, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to blame yourself. This is destiny and cannot be forced.  It is justice for all Buddhist disciples to sacrifice their lives to protect His Majesty, and they will surely be ushered into the Pure Land of Western Bliss by gods and Buddhas!  " " I hope so!  It's getting late.  It¡¯s better to get on your way as soon as possible!  "The Emperor Masachikamachi took a deep look at Kyoto. He gradually walked down the hillside and left without looking back. At the same time, the fire at Enryakuji Temple on Mount Hiei was slowly entering the upper part, and Oda Nobunaga ordered fifteen  Tens of thousands of troops surrounded Mount Hiei and set fire to the mountain from both the east and west directions. Countless monks fled for their lives crying and fleeing. Countless precious Garan pagodas were burned. Thousands of years of hard work on Mount Hiei were all lost in one fell swoop.  The garland was completely destroyed, and countless eminent monks fled in panic. Countless men and women were hiding like helpless cats and dogs. Except for the passage near Hiyoshi Shrine guarded by Oda Nobunaga, which was very strictly guarded, several other passages were guarded.  The generals relented and quietly allowed them to escape. A few Buddhists were lucky enough to escape, but most of them were unfortunately reduced to being slaughtered by everyone. They supported the old and the young, howling and crying.  Praying to the government and the army to let them live, many warriors were shaken at that moment. The faith of the warrior family they firmly believed in, and the gods and Buddhas they believed in told them not to kill these poor Buddhists, but some people were running around like crazy.  The Buddhists were almost crying and crying. They knelt down and prayed to the gods and Buddhas to forgive their sins, kowtowing over and over again, leaving bright red blood marks on their heads. But the gods and Buddhas seemed to be blocked.  Outside Mount Hiei, I watched helplessly as the believers wailed and were beheaded by the Oda army without any effort. The Oda army was really crazy. Under the strict orders of Oda Nobunaga, they dealt with powerful enemies.  In a posture like this, he brandished a butcher's knife and beheaded an old monk who was waiting for death. He raised a big gun and picked up the corpse of a child who was only seven or eight years old. What was even more shameless was that some warriors' eyes lit up when they saw women and children, and their mouths drooled.  , strangled the baby in the woman's arms, took off the poor woman's clothes and violently tortured her. All the Garan pagodas that had not been burned by the Ashikaga Yoshitaka of the Evil Gosho were set on fire.  The core monks of Enryaku Temple who were not killed back then were all killed. This mother mountain of Japanese Buddhism was now turned into a red furnace, a sea of ??fire radiating heat, and the victims were these devout Buddhists.  They. Prince Shu Dharma, the Lord of the Tiandai Seat, was sitting in the fundamental nave that had turned into a fire cave. His clothes were tattered by the smoke and fire, and his appearance was no longer the same. The Dharma Prince closed his eyes in pain and looked up to the sky and screamed:  "Gods and Buddhas!  Save the poor Buddha. If Enryakuji Temple is really guilty, please punish the poor monks and the monks!  Spare the poor old, weak, women and children at the foot of the mountain, they are innocent!  " Several monks who were protecting him were hit by the burning beams that fell from the main hall and were killed on the spot. The remaining monks looked at each other, clasped their hands and said, "Master!  Please leave quickly!  The nave is about to collapse!  "The leader of the Tiantai seat shook his head firmly and said, "I'm not going anywhere!  This is the fundamental nave dedicated to the ancestors of our Tendai Sect. The poor monks want to see the demise of Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei" "You are the last hope of Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei. As long as you can go out and call on Buddhist temples around the world to attack Oda Nobunaga,  You can avenge us!  "    "No!  This poor monk is going to die here, serving as a guide for all the dead Buddhist disciples under the underworld!  "Prince Kakushufa covered his mouth and nose and coughed violently. He raised his head and glanced at the burning beams that were about to collapse. He stood up tremblingly and uttered a stern curse: "Oda Nobunaga!  You devil crawling out of hell!  You sixth-day demon king!  Even if the poor monk dies, he will not let him go.?!  You will definitely die a bad death!  I will not die well" "The fundamental nave collapsed, collapsed, and was destroyed in the fire. The 166th Tiantai Master became the first Master to be killed during his reign, and he was also the first to be killed.  His death will surely shock the world, but at this moment, Oda Nobunaga at the foot of the mountain is completely unaware of all this, and still angrily scolds Mount Hiei Enryaku Temple for being ignorant, "These monks are extremely cunning and deserve to be killed.  !  "Oda Nobunaga walked back and forth in front of the tent angrily, muttering as if he was constantly encouraging himself: "Since the Heian period, these mountain masters have always been against the imperial court.  Complaint, it is extremely rude!  I, Nobunaga, am just venting my anger on behalf of the imperial shogunate. I have three ministers and deputy generals of the shogunate. What¡¯s more, they dare to harbor the emperor. They should be burned!  " It seems that he is very satisfied with his excuses. He doesn't care how unconvincing his words are. Anyway, as long as he doesn't feel guilty and ashamed about the burning of Mount Hiei, it also reflects that Oda Nobunaga is under great psychological pressure.  The burning of Mount Hiei has always been regarded as an unethical act. At least from the current point of view, no one who burned Mount Hiei ended up with a good end. The Ashikaga Yoshitaka burned Mount Hiei for the first time, and then he was beheaded by Akamatsu Mitsuyuki during the Cargill Rebellion.  , Hosokawa Masamoto burned Mount Hiei for the second time, and then he was assassinated by his adopted son, Sumiyuki Hosokawa. Ichigo burned Mount Hiei for the third time. Later, Honganji Temple was accused by the Tendai Sect of being an enemy of Buddhism. It once abandoned Garan and defeated Kii. Honganji Temple  It turns out that the main culprit, Kaga Ichikazu, was mostly captured by the Kanto Ashikaga family and was on the verge of destruction. What will happen to him, Oda Nobunaga? The ancients believed in fate and had an ominous hand.  Weapons will bring misfortune to the wielder of the weapon, and an ominous evil event will bring misfortune to himself or even the entire family. When Oda Nobunaga realized that Prince Shufa refused to escape and died in Netonchudo, he issued a curse  As word of mouth spread among the monks who had fled, Oda Nobunaga suddenly felt bad. ¡°You mean that the Lord of Tendai, Prince Kakusuho, cursed my familycursed Yu?  Why curse Yu?  Why?  "Oda Nobunaga dealt with the anger and roared loudly to vent the panic in his heart. He was indeed very nervous and worried. As the saying goes, you are what you are afraid of. The more afraid you are of walking at night, the easier it is to encounter ghosts. Unfortunately, he did.  Prince Kakushufa, who obviously could escape, chose to fight to the death and uttered a shrill curse before he died. Did he still want Oda Nobunaga to sleep peacefully? Judging from Oda Nobunaga's expression, he probably couldn't.  You can't come here. If you don't do something bad, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. People with a guilty conscience are especially afraid of curses. The more afraid they are, the more likely they will be hit. No wonder Oda Nobunaga's expression became very strange, he was probably very frightened.  The Oda retainer showed a concerned expression, and when Mitsuhide Akechi saw it, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself. He stood up respectfully and advised: "Please be at peace, my lord. There are no witnesses to Prince Kakusho's last words. They are most likely fabricated based on rumors."  Those monks who came out of Enryaku Temple deeply hate our officers and soldiers. It is very possible to fabricate a lie and put it on the general!  "Hinata Shou is right!"  That makes perfect sense!  As expected of Kyoto's samurai, he was indeed well-informed and he immediately exposed the tricks of the Enryakuji monks!  good!  very good!  "Oda Nobunaga seemed particularly happy, and immediately stood up and shouted: "I have sent an edict to Kyoto. The monks of Mount Hiei have deceived the public with their evil words and framed the shogunate's crusade. Those who spread the rumors will be sent to the source of the six rivers to be beheaded in public!  "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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