$ Chapter 411 14. Taro Yamauchi Inherits the Family Business
Emperor Gaozu of Han and a group of brothers seized the world and became emperors, but they were still the same as when they were in society. Shusun Tong helped him formulate a system of etiquette, and from then on, they became disciplined.
Liu Bang couldn't help but sigh, and he felt the pleasure of being an emperor only at this time!
Some things are completely incomprehensible to modern people, but the sense of ritual of this thing is there. You feel empty-headed or fancy, but there must be a reason.
For Xiao Pingtai, who has only eaten a full meal for a few years, drinking this tea can only say that it is bitter and sweet, and it is endless aftertaste. Although other people seem calm on the surface, Xiao Pingtai probably thinks that they are the same as Xiao Pingtai in their hearts.
But this environment and this sense of ritual are really different. It feels like sitting here makes you a "superior person" with a "literary style". In layman's terms, this is more fresh and refined than pretending.
No wonder this tea ceremony became so popular in the end. It is indeed a good way to reflect your identity.
People who have no money and no time can't play it at all!
There is no Aston Martin to buy at this time. No matter how luxurious the house is, it is just like the Golden Tea House and the Kinkakuji Temple. It is not as cool as a few people drinking tea with broken bowls here. That style is really good.
After a few people finished drinking tea, they had to blow the tea bowls, tea pots, flower vases, and incense burners according to the rules to show their level of artistic appreciation. Originally, they should use some famous things to better raise the value of famous things. But now they are all ordinary tea sets of monk Shao Cheng, and they can't praise them.
After each of them praised a few words in a fake manner, the tea party was successfully concluded.
From then on, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu temporarily lived behind the temple of Shoryakuji Temple and remotely controlled the major events of the Yamanouchi family. As for minor matters, they were all handed over to the Yamanouchi chief accountant and important officials to discuss and deal with.
He himself knew very well that he only had to do a good job of Dinghaishenzhen, and he could no longer be involved in every detail like before. Appropriately delegate power to the family members and the important officials of the hereditary generation to win people's hearts.
Uncle Tsunayoshi, as a junior rank courtier, came to Yamanouchi. Although he came to seek refuge, his status was still there. Now that Yamanouchi Yoshiharu is back, he always has to visit his colleagues who are junior rank councilors.
Apart from other things, no one in Yamanouchi can compare to Uncle Tsunayoshi in boasting. The two of them felt that they had met too late, and Yamanouchi Yoshiharu immediately invited Uncle Tsunayoshi to be his own Yuduzhong. To put it bluntly, it is a guest, raising you to relieve boredom, not to be a retainer.
In addition, Uncle Tsunayoshi has been in Kyoto for more than 40 years, and he has a good eye. When Yamanouchi Yoshiharu is in high spirits, he can make him happy. Yamanouchi Yoshiharu showed a little fatigue, so he said goodbye. This skill can't be learned.
Everything is centered on Yamanouchi Yoshiharu!
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After ten days of peace and quiet, Kitabatake University in Hamamatsu sent a message that Ogasawara Nagamasa brought back the coffin of Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu. As for the others, it was really hot and there was a plum rain some time ago. We couldn't find a good board, and even lime couldn't block the smell, so we had to cremate and put it back in a spirit urn.
Only Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu used a board made of iron net pine from Korea, which was very airtight, so I think there won't be any problems. After bringing it back to Yamanouchi, it can be handed over to the Yamanouchi family to deal with it.
Although the news that Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu died in Kyoto had been known to all the Yamanouchi clan long ago, now that the coffin has been brought back, it is still necessary to do what needs to be done.
When Imagawa Ujimoto died, there were no less than 8,000 monks chanting sutras, and the Yamanouchi family could not fall behind. From the south to the north, all the monks and novices who could be invited were invited, and more than 5,000 people were gathered.
From the time Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu's coffin arrived at the Yamanouchi government, a large water and land ceremony was held, and Yamanouchi Taro only knew that his father had died in the war at this time. Even a three-year-old child cried so sadly that he almost had convulsions.
Uesugi Terutora also came to Yamanouchi in person again, and nearby daimyo sent people to express their condolences. The funeral was extremely grand. On the day of the burial at Shorei-ji Temple, there were no less than 40,000 to 50,000 people watching the ceremony, which shows that the Yamanouchi clan was popular among the people.
The person is dead, and the living have to continue to work hard to live. Yamanouchi Taro succeeded to the throne in front of the coffin, and officially served as the head of the Shinshu Yamanouchi clan as the eldest son of Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu, the adopted son of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and the son of Uesugi Terutora.
The samurai retainers and local nobles under the umbrella of the Yamanouchi clan all expressed their loyalty to him, and of course more of them were loyal to Yamanouchi Yoshiharu who was holding Yamanouchi Taro.
Yamanouchi Yoshiharu naturally served as Yamanouchi Taro's ancestor, that is, guardian, and temporarily took over the power of the Yamanouchi clan on his behalf. The Yamanouchi clan's family business was smoothly handed over without any danger, although it was only on the surface.
Mrs. Nagao and Mrs. Kiso also became nuns together. They were not ordinary samurai women, and there was still the possibility of remarrying. As the wives and concubines of Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu, they had only one choice at the moment, which was to become nuns.
Of course, although they became nuns, they actually still lived in the castle, one to take care of Yamanouchi Taro, and the other to take care of Kiso Kotaro (adopted by Kiso Yoshimasa). It can only be said that they showed a gesture, to be widows for their husbands.
In addition to transporting back the coffin of Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu, Ogasawara Nagamasa also requested a posthumous award from the court. Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu died while serving as the right general of Shinano no Kami, the fifth rank. Therefore, according to etiquette, he was first awarded the title of the fourth rank, the senior councilor, to show his merits.
In this way, all matters were handled. Ashes to dust, ashes to ashes. The young Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu ended his magnificent life so briefly, and it came to an end.
Most of the other samurai who died in Kyoto were Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu's guards. The youngest was only seventeen or eighteen years old, but fortunately, they were not the only sons in the family when they were selected, otherwise, twenty or thirty samurai families would be extinct, which would be a big shock.
Based on the loyalty of dying together in battle, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu ordered that all the families of the dead be transferred to the hatamoto, and those who were really unfortunate enough to be extinct were allowed to go to the ****** to continue the family.
These are all due responsibilities, and no one objected. They were also given a funeral ceremony and buried in Shoryakuji Temple. The pension money they deserved was not less, and the generous and generous ones were given.
The three who escaped were required to explain everything they saw and heard that night to their families. It was not a question of accountability, because the only three people left were all injured and had fought together.
The main purpose was to write this down, record it in the documents of the Yamanouchi family, and process it artistically and epically, so that the images of Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu and Ashikaga Yoshiteru would be more glorious and majestic, and the images of the Miyoshi Three and Matsunaga Nagamichi would be infamous forever.
Kurosawa Ryoki, who wrote it, was a brilliant writer. Ashikaga Yoshiteru had hundreds of famous swords inserted into the floor, and he fought against thousands of enemy troops for three hours alone, killing hundreds of people.
Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu was even more exciting, holding the famous sword Fujigoro Kanemitsu, and defeated the enemy ten times and ten times. He was hit by more than twenty arrows but still fought hard, and was praised as the only one in ancient times who rushed into the battle to help the lord in danger, Yamanouchi Shinshu-no-kami.