Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

The news that Qian Lixiu was exiled spread all over the capital immediately.Under the instruction of Ishida Harabu Shosuke Mitsunari, Uesugi Keikatsu's men surrounded Rikyu's mansion in Yoshiyacho, and no one knew about it.This incident was like a bolt from the blue to the people in the capital. Layman Rikyu was favored by Hideyoshi, and Hideyoshi entrusted his younger brother Hidecho with public affairs, while his private affairs were completely entrusted to Rikyu.However, he offended Hideyoshi, and was expelled overnight from the Bujian Temple in Juledi, his mansion was confiscated, and he was exiled again.Rumors were flying all over the sky for a while.

"Why did the layman make Master Guan Bai so angry?" "My lord must have wanted Miss A Yin, but the layman categorically refused." "Is there such a thing? Guan Bai, who has a big heart, why would he be angry over such a trivial matter?" "What is that for?" "Keep your voice down, this is a dispute between Guan Bai's close ministers!" "So, someone is slandering?" "In the past, the affairs of Osaka and Juledai were all handled by Rikyu Layman and Dai Nayan Hideaga. However, Ishida Jibu and Tsuda Zonghe were quite jealous, and Dai Nayan passed away. Therefore, Zhibu Shaofu and Zong and the two joined forces to deal with the helpless lay monks."

"No, I heard that's not the case. Layman Lixiu seems to be very greedy for money. Now he sells all the teacups he baked as treasures at a high price to the famous people in the world. Not only that, he also revealed the secret of Guan Baibian to those who bought from him The people in the tea bowl. Because they are the customers of the layman! After these things were revealed, Guan Bai was very angry and scolded him." "No, there are more direct reasons." "and also?" "If not, how could your lord exile such a beloved layman? It's like this. On the mountain gate of Dade Temple, there are wooden statues of laymen standing with their shoes on. As a result, the emissary passed by without knowing it. Do you understand? Walking under the wooden statue of a layman wearing shoes! Therefore, the royal family came out to accuse Rikyu of being rude. On the gate where the imperial envoys enter and exit, there is a wooden statue of a tea man wearing shoes. What does that mean? Bai had no choice but to deal with him reluctantly."

The next day, January 13th, Rikyu left Yoshiyacho as soon as it got dark. Nobuo Iwai of the Uesugi family opened the sedan chair in front of the door, and Rikyu sat in with a small pot in his left hand and half a bag of tea in his right.Seeing it, Ah Yin couldn't help crying. Since Rikyu is forbidden to bring belongings, he only carries a palm-sized pot and half a bag of tea.Apart from tea, Rikyu, who doesn't care about anything else, has a detached and elegant attitude. But Ah Yin knew that his father was now emotionally agitated, gearing up for the battle that would come at any time.His demeanor seems careless, like playing a game of life, but in fact he has a strong fighting spirit.Thinking about it carefully, he is as persistent as Guan Bai, who wears a Tang crown, a golden haori, and a fake beard.Now, with no one to fight with him, he would feel lonely.Thinking of this, Ah Yin felt that he had to send his father off in person.

The guards did not allow Shao'an and Dao'an to come out to see them off.But Ah Yin is a woman, and the daughter offered to send the unfortunate father out in person, and they could not refuse. "Forgive me, everyone! Please allow me to give it away." Ah Yin ran to Qiansaka Military Department. "I can't agree, but I can't prohibit a woman from going out." The Ministry of War smiled. "Thank you." Ah Yin walked out of the heavily guarded gate, and there were already a lot of people crowded on both sides.Among the common people who heard the news, there were a few warriors with bamboo hats held low.The curtain of the sedan chair was drawn down, and Rikyu inside was only looking at the tea set in his hand.Poor father!Ah Yin prayed in her heart, hoping that her father would be safe.

There were about 30 people guarding the sedan chair, and there were people on both sides of the road closely watching.Rikyu seemed to be ignoring all of this, just thinking about the future.Ah Yin was paying attention to the people on both sides.If an acquaintance came to see him off, she planned to rush to the sedan chair and tell her father that she would not be afraid even if she was reprimanded. There are rows of new willows by the river, no one is there, and the setting sun lightly shines on Dongshan Mountain.The appearance of the mountains and rivers and the new shoots of the trees are full of the breath of spring, but the father who was born in a fish shop in Sakai Port and is known as a generation of tea masters, has entered the cold and lonely winter... Ah Yin suddenly saw two people wearing clothes. People in casual clothes and bamboo hats, but obviously noble figures, they stood under the willow trees on the river embankment.

"Ah! Lord Hosokawa and Lord Furuta Jibu!" Ah Yin desperately ran to the side of the sedan chair, "Father! Father! Someone is here to see you off!" As she said that, Ah Yin's eyes blurred for a while, and the figures of her father and the two senders also blurred. Rikyu suddenly raised his head and responded.He knew very well who the sender was, which made his tense heart relax temporarily.He hastily put the tea and pot in his arms, stretched out his upper body, and waved his right hand.He knew that the other party could not reply, but he was really relieved and decided to do so.

In fact, most of the people who came here to see him off had bad intentions, because Rikyu angered Hideyoshi and scolded the envoys Tomita and Tsuzhi away.There is another person who must be watching Rikyu, and he is Ishide Jibu Shaosuke.Hosokawa Tadake and Furuta Osamu not only understand the tea ceremony, but also have the courage not to be afraid of Ishida Mitsunari. The sedan chair stopped on the river bank.The two figures were still standing under the setting sun, staring at Lixiu. Lixiu quietly stepped on the ferry and sat in the cabin. He seemed to want to forget the two people and his daughter, and sighed softly: "Oh! I have to ignore them gone."

"Do you want to meet them?" Iwai Shinno asked. "No, no, you can't cause trouble for the two of them." "Where is your love?" "Ayin? No, thank you for your kindness, I am very pleased." "Okay, let's sail!" Xinneng said to his opponent.By this time the sun had gone down.The boat moved forward in very shallow water.The person seeing off is still standing on the shore, but has gradually moved away.Tears welled up in Rikyu's eyes. Ah Yin looked at the two men with respect, they were on the shore all the time, not moving.As the boat went away, Rikyu couldn't see Ah Yin at first, and then the shadows of Hosokawa and Gutian gradually disappeared...

On the second day after Rikyu was exiled to Sakai Port, his wooden statue was nailed to death at the bridge outside the gate of Juraku.Since the execution of the wooden statue was unprecedented, it was crowded with spectators.It was also rumored that Hideyoshi was going to send Kato Kiyomasa to destroy Dade Temple. Tokugawa Ieyasu was shocked when he heard the news.It is good for the elders to contemplate their mistakes behind closed doors. If the temple is destroyed, it will shake the hearts of the people.Perhaps the words of Tomita and Tsuzhi really angered Hideyoshi. When Ieyasu rushed to Hideyoshi's room, Hideyoshi was yelling loudly in front of Kiyomasa and Misunari.

"My lord, nailing the wooden statue is really amazing!" Ieyasu sighed, bowed to Hideyoshi, and said leisurely, "Although Ieyasu didn't come to watch the fun, but he will remember it in his heart, this is the real Mingzheng. You two also think so? This is the magnificence of your lord. As the saying goes, punish the person, not the person. I will keep your lord's precious instruction in mind." Kiyomasa and Mitsunari looked at each other bitterly, and Hideyoshi raised his eyebrows angrily: "Dainagon, that's not Mingzheng, it's Toyotomi Hideyoshi's disgrace!" "No, everyone in the capital thinks this is a meaningful lesson." "How do people in the capital feel?" "Yes! Everyone is discussing in private that my lord loves the layman in his heart, but if he is not punished for the crime of disrespect, he will not be able to convince the world. Therefore, he has done an unprecedented treatment to show the world. Why are you angry? Everyone said, He is an unprecedented person, doing unprecedented things!" Hideyoshi smiled wryly, he understood Ieyasu's intentions: "Danayan, are you here to save your life?" "No, my lord is sympathetic to Rikyu, and using a wooden statue instead of a real person for punishment has been deeply rooted in my heart. Ieyasu's trip is for other things." Hideyoshi smiled wryly again, Ieyasu did not intercede for Rikyu, but said that the torture of the wooden statue had ended the matter, which is worthy of a coincidence.He then said, "Oh, then I guessed wrong. Why did you come?" "The matter of Oshu is over, and the dispute between Date and Kamo has also subsided. I want to return to Edo to build the castle." "So, are you here to say goodbye?" "Yes. I have heard two things in the past two days: one is that I saw the wooden statue being nailed to death, and the other is that I want to ask my lord..." Hideyoshi turned his face away and murmured, "Is it about dealing with Dade Temple?" "My lord is a clear lesson. I want to ask my lord for advice on how to deal with Dade Temple skillfully." "Danayan, I'm very angry about this. As you said, I feel sorry for Rikyu, but it was the monks of Daitokuji who made Rikyu so arrogant and rude. They incited him with Zen words and made him become You must be so stubborn. The crime lies with Dade Temple! Therefore, I order Qingzheng to destroy that ruined temple immediately." "Then, do Master Accountant and Master Zhibu understand the deep meaning of Guan Bai?" Ieyasu said, slowly turning to the two of them, "Listen carefully, Guan Bai did not kill Layman Rikyu, but nailed the wooden statue instead. Such Guan Bai, who said he was going to destroy Dade Temple... how to destroy it? If you are negligent, it will damage Guan Bai's face, you two." Hideyoshi laughed suddenly, he found that Ieyasu had achieved his goal skillfully and naturally, "Haha, how is it? Kiyomasa, do you have nothing to say? Haha..." "Sorry," Kiyomasa said seriously, "Danayan made a mistake." "Dainagon made a mistake? Well, Kiyomasa, Dainagon told me not to destroy Daitokuji Temple." Hideyoshi seemed to be in a better mood at this moment, "Danagon, listen to it, Jibu always said Some things I don't want to hear. Rikyu was very disrespectful to the envoy I sent, and he said that punishing him is a bad omen!" "Oh." "I was annoyed, and blamed Dade Temple. I was discussing who to send, and you came." "Oh." "I was going to send Kiyomasa, and Kiyomasa also has this plan. Hahaha. Don't worry, thanks to you, my anger has subsided. Thank you so much. Ieyasu, if you were, what would you do with Daitokuji Temple? ? Anyway, the wooden statue has already been nailed, and the Dade Temple where the wooden statue is stored cannot be ignored." Ieyasu thought about it seriously.The matter of the wooden statue being nailed to death was just an idea, just to please Hideyoshi, but the matter of dealing with the Dade Temple could not be answered easily, so he said: "I just can't figure it out, so I came to ask your lord for advice." "Have no idea?" "Yes. In any case, nailing a wooden statue is an extraordinary practice." "Haha. Good! Then, Qingzheng, Monk Guxi should hide the blue and white tea bowl that Lixiu gave him. Tell him to take out the blue and white tea bowl without destroying the temple." "..." "When the monk took it out, he threw the tea bowl down the corridor. In this way, the temple will be destroyed." "What a brilliant move!" Ieyasu patted his knees first and said with emotion, "I nailed a wooden statue, and broke a tea bowl to save a temple. Ieyasu got such a good gift." Like a child, Hideyoshi continued: "Yes, don't smash the tea bowl, just break it into three or four pieces. In this way, the monk can continue to enjoy the tea that Rikyu likes." He seemed to have regained his cheerful mood. Thanks to Ieyasu's persuasion, Dade Temple finally survived.Qingzheng took the order to go there, broke the blue and white tea bowl that Lixiu had given to Monk Guxi, and ended the matter.Of course, the tea bowls have been carefully preserved and used after being bonded by monks. This kind of treatment is admirable.The matter of Kelixiu is not so simple.After returning to Sakai Port, Rikyu was full of contradictions in his heart: if he wanted to establish authority for the tea ceremony, he would embarrass Hideyoshi; if he wanted to keep Hideyoshi's face, he would damage the dignity of the tea ceremony. Hideyoshi is Guan Bai who judges the affairs of the world and does whatever he wants, while Rikyu is also based on the tea ceremony with a completely different meaning, and is a master of his generation.Ieyasu thought that the matter was over, and Hideyoshi had listened to his overtones, so he sent Chaya Shiro Jiro to Sakai Port, and said to Rikyu, "Soon Kanbai will call you, and then you can go to Beijing without worry." Rikyu didn't listen to it: "My lord's kindness, Rikyu appreciates it, but please let me stick to my ambition." He is more stubborn than Hideyoshi. As soon as Rikyu returned to Sakai Port, he distributed all his private property to relatives and friends.His property in Sakai Port was not gifted by Hideyoshi, nor was he purchased with his salary, so everything went very quickly. As a result, Ishida Mitsunari and Maeda Genichi couldn't keep silent. "This person is too much, too pretentious." But Hideyoshi was not angry, otherwise he would lose face in front of Ieyasu and Hosokawa Tadake.He came up with a last resort, thinking that this could save Rikyu, and only in this way, Rikyu would not refuse. Hideyoshi deliberately asked the Beizheng Office when he was going to Osaka: "Ning Ning, can you save Rikyu's life? If you agree, my mother will also agree. You and your mother will come together to plead with me, and of course I will agree. You may as well How about sending an envoy and asking him to come to Beijing immediately?" Ning Ning put her hands on her lap with a strange expression, and listened quietly, "Does your lord want to play such a boring trick?" "I know things are bad, and it will be even worse once he is cut into seppuku." Hideyoshi's honesty is touching. Ning Ning thought for a while, and calmly replied: "What if the layman doesn't accept my favor and repels the envoy?" After hearing this, Hideyoshi frowned unhappily, "If he is so rude, the world will have its own judgment." "Okay, I'll give it a try." "Don't let it out." "Of course. However, my lord must keep it secret." "It's best for the tea house to do this envoy, please go and tell him." Hideyoshi said. After that, Ning Ning called Shiro Jiro, a tea house in the capital, and asked him to be the messenger. Chaya declined at first. He had been there before at the order of Ieyasu, but was turned away by Rikyu. "But this is the last time...if this goes on, the lay people will go down the road of extinction. I really can't stand it." Beizheng Institute said so.She didn't say that it was Hideyoshi who wanted to save Rikyu, she only said that she and Dazheng asked Hideyoshi to tell Chaya not to worry about it. Therefore, Chaya went to visit Rikyu on the 22nd of February at Shichidohama in Sakai Port.Rikyu greeted the tea house with a sad face and entered the door. "I'm here again, this time under the secret order of the wife of the Dazheng Office and the Beizheng Office." When he came to the hall, the tea house said.Lixiu didn't answer his words, and instead said: "Look, I wrote the farewell speech." He got up and took a piece of paper from the table.It said: "Life is worth seventy years. My sword, Buddha, kills me. I have a big sword. I can throw it at the sky here and now." It means that although seventy years of life are wasted, it is difficult to understand the true meaning of Dafa.Now wielding the famous sword of "Enlightenment", cutting right and wrong, he has seen through the prosperous world and become resolute and heroic. Chaya Shirojiro silently looked at the paper, then at Rikyu.He knew that it was useless to say anything, Rikyu was determined to fight Hideyoshi to the end, to show his demeanor as a master of the tea ceremony, so he sighed: "I was just ordered to convey the meaning of others..." "Although it will cause me pain, please speak." "The two wives of the Beizheng Office and the Dazheng Office said that they will definitely apologize and intercede with Guan Bai on behalf of the layman." "Apologize? Haha. I, Qian Rikyu, have no intention of apologizing now." Rikyu smiled lightly, stood up from his seat, took out a bamboo vase he made by himself, and put it in front of the tea house, "I also want to give it to Mr. Chaya. This relic, please don’t say anything, just accept it.” "This……" "Rikyu has seen through life. Thanks to Mrs. Daisei and Mrs. Beizheng, if so, I would have accepted Daisei's kindness from the beginning, but I refused coldly at that time, Mr. Chaya..." "Then what should I say?" "I will never forget the friendship between the two ladies. However, if Rikyu accepts the woman's kindness, why would he talk about the tea ceremony? Please tell them, Rikyu is very grateful." "Ugh!" "If you can't stand the cruel test, what's the point of living, Mr. Chaya?" But Chaya felt that this was Rikyu's strength, but also his Achilles' heel.The same is true of Honami Koetsu, who has a close friendship with Chaya, but Rikyu is more stubborn than Koetsu.Chaya does not believe that the realm of tea and Zen samadhi will be so shallow.Hideyoshi has already apologized to Rikyu in his heart, and the Beizheng Office is also quite aware of this, so he sent the tea house to hope that Rikyu will come down the steps when he sees it. Chaya Shiro Jiro solemnly pushed Rikyu's vase back, bowed and said, "I will report the layman's words to the Beizheng Office." "You don't take the vase?" "I am the envoy of Mrs. Beizheng today—life is always so helpless." "Sorry, this is my heart." "Farewell." Rikyu finally chose to die.This time Hideyoshi was really irritated.Probably in his life, he has never felt so humiliated. On the 26th of the 19th day of Tianzheng, Rikyu was recalled to Beijing; on the 28th, he was ordered to perform seppuku at his private house in Yoshiyacho. Just in case, the Uesugi family dispatched 3,000 troops, and under the command of Nobuno Iwai, Gatekeeper Iromonaga, and Sensaka Military Department, the house of Rikyu was completely surrounded. The coroners were Maita Awaji Mamoru, Niko Saburo Zaemon, and Anwei Shetsu Mori. Maida intervened for Rikyu. The first time the head was chopped off, Rikyu's wife Zong En covered the body with a white cloth. Hideyoshi didn't even look at the head they brought back: "This is also hung on the Li Bridge. By the way, set up a pillar, tie the wooden statue to it, tie the head on it with a chain, and tear down the wooden statue for people to use." Trampling." He was very angry. The people in the capital didn't know the truth of the matter, they just talked about it and watched it again.