Chapter 10 fourth quarter

That night, the large west wing of Mount Atago was crowded with people who came to worship and admire the moon.Many came from Kyoto and nearby towns.Although the farmers finished harvesting the rice and entered the slack season, they almost didn't come. Instead, they continued to be busy and began to process vegetables for pickling. Many people came from one industry. They sat around the big stove, lit the red charcoal fire, and drank wine lively.If he joined, he might be able to get some news, but in that case he would have to tell about his own affairs, Niu Yi felt that would be rather annoying.

Accompanied by the servants in the west wing, Niu Yi had dinner and went back to his room early.This tea room is a bit dirty. It is said that the former priest liked to drink tea, but the current priest does not like it, so this room has not been used for a long time.Niu Yi asked his servants to deliver the quilt, lantern and hand oven to the room. After being alone, he took out a book from the bundle behind him.This is a collection of poems, dated May 28th, the eighteenth year of Tianzheng, at the Weide Courtyard on Mount Atago, with hundreds of poems recorded on it.While in Fushimi Castle, Niu Yi secretly copied it from the library.Open the first page of the book, is such a verse.

Today, the spring rain is dripping, and it is worthy of May. In the Wenlu era, anyone who liked poetry a little would know the author of this poem—Mitsuhide Akechi.So far, Niu Yi has also recited it silently in his heart many times.Reread it here at this time, maybe some new ideas can emerge in my mind.With this in mind, Niu Yi opened the collection of poems. The first time Niu Yi knew this poem was when Hideyoshi went to Dade Temple to hold a puja for Lord Nobunaga one year after the song festival was held.At that time, he was recruited from Echizen Matsuto and had just served the new lord Hideyoshi.

On the vegetarian table at the puja, Kuroda Kanbei triumphantly explained the poem.It seems that he has explained it many times before, and he speaks eloquently and fluently. At that time, Niu Yi was still unable to match the names with the people of Hideyoshi's subordinates.Kanbei's name has only been heard.Niu thought to himself while listening to his explanation.This vulgar person who has nothing to do with poetry is so far-fetched.However, Niu Yi was only a newcomer at that time, so he could only listen quietly. Because of that initial impression, even today, Niu Yi still can't like Guan Bingwei.

Kanbei was originally a vassal of Toharima who was in charge of the lord Kodera's political position. He was fortunate to be given the Kodera surname, but when he realized that the Hideyoshi army of the Oda family who had invaded Sanyo Road was unstoppable, he persuaded the political position to join Oda. Then immediately abandon the surname of Xiaosi.Guanbingwei is such a man, he is easy to change his mind, just like those who change their beliefs at every turn.In the mid-Tianzheng period, he began to believe in Christianity, which was all the rage. However, in the 15th year of Tianzheng, the Taige Lord issued an order prohibiting the belief in Christianity, and he gave up his faith again, as casually as taking off his clothes.He is completely different from Takayama Ukon who gave up his samurai status in order to believe in Christianity all his life. In terms of the way of life, he has no brains and no integrity.

The Guanbingwei explained the poem in this way: "Time" and "Toki" in the poem have the same pronunciation, while "Lili" has the same pronunciation as "Know the World", so the whole poem actually shows Mitsuhide who was born in Toki Trying to rule the world in vain, full of treasonous intentions.Hideyoshi agreed with this point of view, so no one dared to refute it.Immediately afterwards, this explanation spread and became a conclusion. Niu Yi couldn't help sighing secretly about the horror of power. (It is impossible for a man as cautious as Mitsuhide to openly show his rebellion in Atago Mountain, which is only four or five miles away from Honno-ji Temple, before making up his mind to rebel.)

What's more, after Niu Yi's investigation after the incident, there were nine people who participated in the poetry meeting that day, including Mitsuhide Akechi, the poet Rimura Shoba, Xingyou from Weideyuan, Yuyuan from Kaminobo Dashanyuan, and Chang Chi (Shaoba) from Shoba's school. Son-in-law), Xinqian, Jianru, and Mitsuhide’s sick sons Guangqing and Xingcheng (a veteran of Mitsuhide), only Mitsuhide, Guangqing, and Xingcheng belonged to Mitsuhide’s side. Among them, the poet Shoba had contacts with Hideyoshi at that time, and he might even dispatch ninjas at dawn to report the poems that Mitsuhide recited that day to Nobunaga in Honnoji Temple and Hideyoshi in Takamatsu Battlefield.In front of such a dangerous person, revealing his treasonous state of mind - Mitsuhide would not be so stupid.

Thinking about it this way, this poem is just an expression of a momentary exclamation—"How will the general trend of the world change? Time, season, if you know, tell me!" And, perhaps, as people secretly discussed at the time, The word in the original poem is not "したしる" but "したなる".Judging from the preceding and following verses, the latter is more natural and more in line with Guangxiu's poetic style.If it is this word, it will not remind people of the meaning of "knowing the world". It is just a simple description of the situation, which means "May under the rain".

Who changed it to "したしる" with malicious intentions?Except for Kanbei Kuroda, who likes to plot and trick, he can't think of anyone else at all.It is estimated that Hideyoshi is also a collaborator. Shoba, who attended the poetry meeting back then, must know the whole process best, but now he also insists that it is "したしる".For this reason, Shoba was also angrily reprimanded by Hideyoshi, saying that he clearly saw Mitsuhide's rebellious heart from the poems, but continued to participate in the poetry meeting. Niu Yi also felt suspicious about this.He felt that the original sentence was probably "したなる", and Shaoba, who was in charge of recording the poems of the day, helped Hideyoshi and Guanbingwei to make a fake, changed the word "したなる" in the record, and took the initiative to take the "unnecessary" sentence charges.The reason why Niu Yi thinks this way is because when the forged poems were recognized by people, Shaoba was quickly exonerated, and now he has become the number one poet under the Taige lord.

Niu Yi imagined the process again in the room, and was deeply moved. However, he had a new question. (This morning, I felt that Akechi Mitsuhide's dispatch of troops was premeditated. Isn't this a bit contradictory to the current thinking?) At the poetry meeting on the 28th, Guangxiu hadn't decided to rebel, but he decided to rebel on the first day of the next month... In this way, his mood changed during that time.At Mount Atago, why did his state of mind change? Some people pretended that Kwang-soo was chosen during the lottery on the 29th.However, Guangxiu is not someone who believes in divination signs.He is a man who is extremely intelligent and acts rationally.

Niu Yi became more and more confused. (Will this become the same mystery as Nobunaga's remains?) If you can't think of a result, it's best to sleep.But Niu Yi thought about it, and felt that it was necessary to read that poem again, and at the same time read the last two poems that he hadn't noticed before. The second song (Xingyou) The water is rolling, and the signs are emerging, waiting for changes. The third song (Shoba) The falling flowers are colorful, the flowing water is blocked, and empty contemplation is useless. Xingyou recited it following May Rain in the first poem, which has a profound meaning—the water flow becomes stronger, and the changes can be seen, and we must wait and see the changes. On the basis of his "wait and see" theory, Shoba went a step further and recited the third poem - just wait for the change, what will happen?In today's season, flowers are falling and it is easy to block the flowing water. Is it beneficial to let the flowing water in the pool be blocked?Be sure to stop watching and clear the blockage! Niu Yi felt that there was a hidden meaning in it. (These two seem to be instigating Mitsusu.) This is a new explanation he thought of after coming to Mount Atago.Niu Yi recorded this idea. Then, Niu picked out the poems that Guangxiu recited. It's still the beauty of Qiuyue or the beauty of Mid-Autumn Festival, hanging in the middle of the night. Disturbed like a calamus Sugawara. Although ambitious fishing for a living. Immediately got up and galloped along the country lane. These verses are very general.Niu Yidu became interested in the last song. The meaning of this poem may be that Guangxiu wants to spur his indecisive self.Is this country road a road to rescue Hideyoshi (to Bichu Takamatsu), or is it a road to attack Nobunaga (to Kyoto)?Otherwise, is there another way? Niu Yi's reasoning couldn't go any further.In contrast, he wanted to know more—what was Guangxiu who recited such a romantic poem thinking at such an urgent moment. At that time, Hideyoshi, who was attacking Takamatsu Castle, wrote to Nobunaga almost every day asking for additional reinforcements.His letter almost cried: "We don't need weapons, just people. In short, please send reinforcements!" At that time, Nobunaga was busy receiving Tokugawa Ieyasu from Mikawa, pretending to be nonchalant on the surface, but when Ushiichi and other close officials handed in Hideyoshi's letter, he would vent his dissatisfaction. "That kumquat head (Guangxiu) hasn't acted yet?" Hideyoshi encountered a crisis in attacking Takamatsu Castle, and Lord Nobunaga would of course be dissatisfied.Hideyoshi was whimsical and adopted an unprecedented attack method. By artificially building embankments, he changed the direction of the river (Ashimori River) and flooded the opponent's city.This is the first attempt in Japan. However, this was an extremely dangerous battle. If the dam was dug out by the defenders in the city or reinforcements from the Mori family, Hideyoshi's army deployed along the dam would be submerged in the flood and disappear without a trace in an instant.During the Battle of Odawara eight years later, Ishida Mitsunari imitated the battle of flooding Takamatsu Castle, and suffered a great humiliation when he attacked Ninja Castle in Musashi Kingdom.The hastily built dams could not withstand the water pressure, and hundreds of officers and soldiers drowned as a result. Nobunaga had suffered from floods many times in the low-altitude Kiyosu (at that time the altitude was zero), and he deeply understood the horror of floods.If Hideyoshi asked Mr. Nobunaga for his opinion before the attack, he would definitely be rejected on the spot. In order to prevent danger, troops must be deployed on the entire embankment.According to Hideyoshi's report, the dike stretches for two miles.Although this man likes to exaggerate, but if it is true, based on the establishment of fifty outposts, eighty-six would be needed; To guard the dikes.Although Niu Yi and the others doubted Hideyoshi's words, they calculated it after all, and understood Hideyoshi's cry from this - "As long as there are people, you don't need to carry weapons!" At that time, the Mori family's army was gradually approaching Takamatsu Castle.For Oda, it is undoubtedly a critical moment.The matter of rescuing Hideyoshi is urgent! Judging from the forged Nobunaga official letters that Hideyoshi randomly distributed around Takamatsu Castle, it is not difficult to imagine that he is at the end of his rope.He even forged Mr. Nobunaga's seal, so that the messengers were deliberately caught by the Maori army with forged letters.There are a few letters from that time hidden in Tenma's Niuyi's study, and the contents on them are completely fabricated - Nobunaga led an army of 100,000 to leave Kyoto, and a wise army of 20,000 arrived in Himeji. Under such a situation, Guangxiu didn't care about the pain of the master, but came here to rack his brains, reciting such ordinary lines... Why? Niu Yi supports Mr. Nobunaga, but he never hates Mitsuhide Akechi who ruined Mr. Nobunaga's life.Mitsuhide has a clear mind, is more knowledgeable and reasonable than other Oda retainers, and is always honest and trustworthy, so he is loved by everyone.People often say that it was because he was scolded by Mr. Nobunaga that he had the idea of ​​revenge and then rebelled against him. Niu Yi felt that the reason could not be so simple.Guangxiu will not do deviant things just because of this trivial matter.So, he wants to know the real reason why Kwang-soo is reciting the vulgar lines here. (What is Guangxiu waiting for here... for someone?) He suddenly had such an idea.But who are you waiting for?Niu Yi couldn't figure it out. (Can't think of anything tonight, too?) Niu Yi dried his hands by the stove, rubbed them back and forth, and then lay down on the thin bedding.He is very sober.Suddenly, the face of the dead Yuji appeared in the corner of the ceiling. "Why do you like Nobunaga so much?" Youji often teased Niu Yi like this before he was alive. "Then why do you respect Taige-sama so much?" The two began to criticize the lord in this way, and finally looked at each other with a smile, and said to each other: "Your lord is the one who can't understand." This ended the debate. But tonight's Yuji didn't say anything, just looked down at Niu Yi with sad eyes. (If you don't tell me, I will tell you!) Niu Yi muttered silently—— "Let's not talk about Hideyoshi. Now, needless to say, you must know him. The reason why I like Nobunaga is that although he has some shortcomings, he is crueler than ordinary people, but if you add all the advantages together, he Undoubtedly more outstanding than any other hero! I can’t tell you this right now, but I will tell you one day, please incarnate a few more times. Don’t become a Buddha by yourself, don’t ignore worldly affairs!”