It means that the actions of the ancient sage Shun and the descendants of the sage Wenwang were exactly the same.

Later, "Ikki" refers to the same principle and the same appearance, which is literally interpreted as "unity and unity".

For example, Fan Ye's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of Xun Shuang": "The Six Classics of Heaven and Earth are the meaning of the same."

For example, Su Shi's "Drunk Hometown Record": "The spirit is peaceful and there is no darkness, brightness, cold and heat."

After this word was introduced to Japan, it was extended to "unity and uprising". In vernacular, it is civil rebellion and civil unrest.

The original meaning refers to the group that vowed to unite before the gods or the battles initiated by them, and later it generally refers to the peasants' resistance to the rulers.

Throughout Japanese history, there are mainly two types of Ikki.

One is the spontaneous struggle of farmers, which is called "Tuikki".

As for the second, it is the riot led by Yi Xiangzong, which is called "Ixiang Ikki".

The Yixian Sect is a sect of Buddhism and a branch of the Pure Land Sect. It is also known as the Pure Land True Sect, and it originated in Japan.

To a certain extent, Japan's Yixiangsect is similar to China's White Lotus Sect - they are all very troublesome!

The Xianxiangsect preaches that there is no need to understand Buddhist scriptures or participate in complex temple rituals. Just join the Yixiangsect and recite the slogan "Amitabha" at all times, and you can enter the Western Paradise after death.

You don’t need to study Buddhism or go through hard practice. Just recite a few slogans to enter the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss... Such a convenient method of becoming a Buddha is naturally very popular among the people.

Therefore, with simple teachings and simple practice, Yixiansect quickly grew and grew stronger.

Because believers are encouraged to raise funds, monks from all the sects like to occupy public land to build temples.

Over time, the clan has always become a powerful group that integrates politics and religion.

In the Warring States Period, after accumulating various resources, the power reached its peak. It began to intervene in secular power disputes as a monk, often occupying the land of the princes to build temples, and frequently inciting the people to be dissatisfied with the princes, causing great headaches for the princes, causing a lot of conflicts and causing great problems.

Although there is no explicit regulation, Buddhism has infinitely approached the lofty status of state religion in Japan since the Heian era (794-1192).

All forces did not dare to oppose Yixiansect explicitly, for fear of bearing the infamy of "Buddha enemy" - until a ruthless man named Oda Nobunaga emerged.

As a rare diplomatic expert and strategic expert in Japan, Oda Nobunaga never accused of Yixiangsong, who frequently causes trouble.

He set fire to Mount Hiei, a Buddhist holy land in Japan.

Then the Kenakado and Sanno 21 Society in Yanli Temple, which contains the "Mother Mountain of Japanese Buddhism", were burned.

Later, it took nearly 10 years to capture and burn down the Isaacenzo Monastery, Ishiyama Honanji.

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi took power, he built a prosperous new city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack on the original site of Ishiyama Honan Temple, namely Osaka today - and this is a story later.

Thanks to Oda Nobunaga's heavy blow and Tokugawa Ieyasu's subsequent series of tricks and tricks, the Sect has always been no longer as powerful as before, and has basically completely lost its power.

Looking at the Tokugawa period, there was no large-scale Yikki in the Japanese people, and "monk soldiers" became a dusty historical term.

Although Yikki has disappeared, Tu Ikki... that is, the spontaneous armed uprising of the peasants, has always existed.

After all, it is not completely eliminated from its roots.

As long as class contradictions still exist and as long as the Edo shogunate is still a feudal regime representing the interests of the samurai class, Tu Ikki cannot completely calm down.

Originally, before the Western powers attacked, the social contradictions in Japan were already very serious.

In order to calm the unrest and save the Shogunate system, the shogunate successively launched the lenient reform (1787-1793) and the Tenbo reform (1841-1843). As a result, both reforms ended in failure and social conflicts became increasingly fierce.

The situation worsened after the "Black Ship Incident".

With the invasion of Western capital, under the impact of foreign commodities, the traditional economic structure underwent drastic changes, and the old small peasant economy gradually disintegrated.

The life of farmers is getting harder and harder... Social contradictions have intensified unprecedentedly.

In this way, the people who couldn't eat rose up and shouted, "The people are suffering so much, are your family?", "The sea is surging, and Mount Fuji is covered with dark clouds. In this era of corruption, my blood is boiling!", "Listen to me! The general of the conquering the barbarians will never want the people to suffer so much!", which became a natural thing.

In this way, since the Jiayong period, peasant uprisings in Japan have been intensifying!

As a member of the gang and Otaki, Aoden assisted Tokugawa Ishishi and Tenzhangyuan to handle the Masamomasa for nearly two years, so he was very clear about the true details of the peasant uprising in recent years.

The average annual number of peasant uprisings during the Jiayong period (1848-1853) was 3 times.

During the Anzheng period (1854-1859), this number rose to 5 times.

The data from Wanyannian (1860) is the most terrifying.

Wanyan only used the year number for less than one year.

But in this short period of less than a year, a total of 91 peasant uprisings occurred! On average, a peasant uprising broke out every 4 days!

Because Wen Jiu has not passed, the specific data of Wen Jiu has not yet been counted.

However, before leaving the Shogunate Central Committee, as far as Aiden knew, in the first year of Moonku (1861) and Moonku (1862), the number of peasant uprisings decreased significantly compared to that of Wanyannian, but the data was still very terrifying. Even according to the most conservative estimate... there were nearly 50 times!

To be fair, under such a dangerous national situation, it is not uncommon for peasant uprisings to break out.

But……

The military situation exceeded 10,000... Such a large-scale peasant uprising is indeed both rare and amazing!

At this time, the sender seemed to have recovered some strength. He swallowed hard and answered the report intermittently:

"The thief army... rose up in Ise... burned, killed, looted..."

"Collect...weapons...and...foods..."

"At present... they... avoided... all...Chucho... went straight towards Kyoto...!"

"The villages along the way... are all deeply affected by...their harms..."

Hearing this, Kiyogawa Hachiro suddenly opened his eyes and gritted his teeth:

"What did you say? They are marching towards Kyoto? What do they want to do?! Attack Kyoto?!"

Everyone present except Qingdeng swept their eyes and looked at each other - heavy silence accumulated between them.

Not only were the enemy forces very strong, but they also rushed towards Kyoto... The situation was even worse than they thought!

In this silence, Qingdeng asked softly in a tone of no sorrow or joy:

"Do you have more knowledge about the commander of the rebel army, the marching routes, movements and other important information?"

The sender showed regret:

"I'm very... sorry... because I'm anxious to send the news of the outbreak of the rebellion to Kyoto... so I have no time to go... to further inquire...information..."

Qingdeng seemed to have expected this result a long time ago and nodded expressionlessly.

"That's it... respectable warrior, thank you for your hard work, I will definitely make a contribution for you in the future."

"You just wait to receive the reward while recuperating your body."

"Come here! I'll give this person 10 taels of gold! I'll invite the best doctor in Kyoto to treat him!"

No one has any objection to Qingdeng's reward arrangement.

Anyone who sees the image of this messenger carved by this message will sincerely sigh: This person deserves such a generous reward!

He is the real "using his own life to deliver letters."

After the messenger was carried down for treatment, Tu Fangsui Sanyi turned his head calmly and looked at Qingdeng.

“…Orange.”

As soon as he started, Qingdeng guessed what he wanted to say and nodded in understanding.

"Yeah, I know."

After saying that, he stood up slowly.

"Ha, I really didn't expect that... the first joint military convention between the Xinxuan Group and the Aijin Army would come so soon!"

...

...

Kyoto, Kinjie Kwangmingji (Aizu Army Main Formation)—

In the center of the conference room, there is a rectangular low table.

Qingdeng and Matsu Hei-chan sat side by side on the main seat.

Because it is a summit meeting between the two forces, the only people who are qualified to attend the meeting are Toshiba Sui San, Kondo Ao, Yamanan Keisuke and Kiyogawa Hachiro.

Four of them sat on the side close to Qingdeng.

As for the important officials of Aizu, they naturally sat on the side close to Matsuhei Tomosaki.

This kind of occasion is a great opportunity to promote the uniforms of the newly selected group to friendly forces.

So, Qingdeng and others all wore the light onion-colored featheri that had just arrived.

At first glance, it is spectacular.

When Aodo and others appeared, the people of Aizu, including Matsuhira Etsu, were all very surprised.

Matsuhira Sonobaya blinked curiously and asked:

"Mr. Juicy, what is this dress?"

Qingdeng smiled and replied:
To be continued...