Just when Zhong Yu was busy integrating all the resistance forces in the Three Kingdoms, the behemoth Lingtian Dojo actually betrayed all the local tycoons, and the news that he interfered in local administration regardless of his status spread throughout the world.
Especially in the central region, it caused panic and anger among everyone in the world.
As a force enshrined by local tycoons, the Taoist Temple was originally equivalent to the tribute of those local tycoons and accepted their territorial knowledge. The Taoist Temple cultivated talents for the local tycoons and provided certain protection.
This has been passed down from ancient times and has been a rule for hundreds of years. Nowadays, this Lingtian Dojo ignores the etiquette of the past and blatantly destroys it, which undoubtedly arouses the fear of the wealthy families in those places.
You must know that with the popularity and rise of dojos, especially in today's Warring States Period, countless wealthy families have more or less canonized and established countless dojos in their own territories in order to improve their military power.
Nowadays, various dojos can be said to be spread all over the world. They have mastered the top secret recipes of each country and have cultivated countless powerful warriors.
These powerful warriors were often at the beginning of their studies, and when they began to travel around the world, they were recruited by wealthy families from all over the world. They took them under their command and became generals.
Nowadays, the warriors in these dojos have more or less mastered a certain amount of power, have important languages in the territories of various proud tribes, and are even certain superiors themselves.
If these dojos also wanted to follow the example of Lingtian Dojo and raise a banner to call on their disciples to rebel with them, it would be terrifying to think about it.
Therefore, for the sake of their own safety, wealthy families everywhere began to take precautions.
First, alienate those warriors from the dojo, and then inadvertently and slowly return the rights given to them, consolidate their majesty in the territory, and weaken the influence of those warriors on their own army.
After these actions, the powerful families' control over their own territories and armies was greatly strengthened, while the power of the warriors from the dojo was inevitably weakened, and their status in the entire territory became embarrassing.
They could clearly feel that their master's eyes were full of doubt when he looked at them. As well as the samurai from other surrounding wealthy families, or the samurai who were promoted from the civilian class, they all looked at him with contempt and malice.
This kind of overt and covert rejection made these warriors full of resentment, resulting in two extremes.
Some warriors were still ostracized out of loyalty to the wealthy clan, but they did not make any dissatisfied actions. Instead, he became more and more closed-door to himself and reduced all his social activities to prove his innocence.
But some people feel that their self-esteem has been seriously hurt, or they directly leave the wealthy family and return to their own dojo. He even simply traveled around the world and never came back.
But some people are even more extreme. They hide secretly, connect with each other, and contact the dojo behind them, trying to imitate Ling Tian and overthrow these wealthy families in one fell swoop.
When the time comes to turn over and be the master, wouldn't it be better than now being ordered around by others and being on guard in every possible way
The seeds of conflict were planted at this time, and they continued to take root, sprout, and thrive.
In addition to internal clean-up and consolidation of authority, wealthy families in various places also began to connect with each other again and again, especially the Etsuchina, Shinano, Ueno, Shimono, and Hitachi kingdoms that are close to the dojo.
These five countries have not yet been unified domestically, and the powerful families are fighting against each other. Compared with the dojo, a behemoth that controls the three countries and has more than two million stones, it is really as weak as an ant.
Therefore, the famous noble families of the five countries rushed to each other and sent envoys to various places, hoping to connect together and form a huge alliance to fight against the oppression of the dojo.
However, after all, they are full of contradictions and have deep hatred for each other. Moreover, the five countries are too far apart from each other, so it is not easy to connect them in series.
As for the local wealthy families in the countries behind the Five Kingdoms, they did not feel the threat of the dojo too directly, so they refused their request to join forces and chose to sit on the sidelines.
In the end, only the wealthy families of Shinano Country and Hitachi Country were able to unite. The wealthy families of several other countries negotiated one after another, and finally broke up unhappy, and the alliance was abandoned.
In response to the emergence of these forces that resisted him, Zhong Yu also made strategic adjustments and chose to focus on different attack strengths in order to break through this blockade.
First, his general and one of his proud disciples, Tomita Yoshinari, led 5,000 second-level disciples, plus 20,000 first-level legions, and 25,000 cannon fodder legions. A total of 50,000 troops attacked Shinano Country. .
Shinano country is mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are many wealthy families in the country, which has always been famous for its unruly nature.
Shinano Province is located in the central part of the country, connected to surrounding countries, and has control of the main transportation routes to connect various places. There is also a road to Luoyang.
It has always been coveted by the lords of neighboring countries who aspire to become the people of the world, and countless wars have broken out here in the past.
Because of the long-term war, most of the wealthy families in Shinano Kingdom are fierce and unruly, and are notoriously difficult to tame.
However, Zhong Yu does not need to please these wealthy families this time. He is here to conquer, not to win people's hearts.
Moreover, Zhong Yu had no intention of currying favor with the famous names of these local wealthy families.
In the past, the reason why the Japanese daimyo did not dare to kill all the wealthy families who resisted after they conquered a place.
And we must continue to appease those who surrender and give them certain territorial knowledge and behavior. It is because they are afraid of arousing their resistance and causing unnecessary trouble and losses to themselves.
Moreover, the samurai under the daimyo often came from wealthy families. If the Ming Dynasty was too harsh on the defeated wealthy families, it would also cause the subordinates to feel sad and have the idea of rebellion.
This is why the Warring States Period was extremely harsh on the wealthy clans who did not abide by this rule, even if they had already been defeated. They burned the city and exterminated the clan without hesitation. When they learned that Tian Nobunaga was called the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, he was extremely frightened and hated.
In this case, let alone increasing the losers' consultation territory, it would be Oda Nobunaga's kindness not to deprive them all.
Even Oda Nobunaga was extremely demanding on the samurai under his command, killing them at every turn.
And Nobunaga was not very friendly to Buddhism. The whole of Japan was ruled by Buddhist beliefs, and there was even an above-ground Buddhist kingdom, similar to the Christian Empire in the West.
Oda Nobunaga's approach is undoubtedly treasonous and goes against the values and beliefs of the world.
Therefore, after Nobunaga broke out into conflict with Kaga Province Honganji Temple and massacred most of Kaga Province under the control of this temple, he completely broke with Buddhism.
Then, under Nobunaga's usual habit of beating and scolding his subordinates, and out of fear of Nobunaga's punishment, Nobunaga's general Akechi Mitsuhide launched a mutiny and killed Nobunaga in one fell swoop.
Then the trend and great achievements of the Oda family to unify the world were shattered.
(End of chapter)