Inari wants to live in peace

The head of a village.

By incorporating the tools and knowledge spread by Inari God, life in the village is much better than before.

This is obvious from anyone's eyes.

Particularly for the farmers who benefited directly from it, I felt clear gratitude.

... but the monks of the traditional Buddhist temple are forbidden to follow the teachings of Inari God and become strictly controlled.

Fearing Buddhist punishment, towns and villages stepped on two feet to incorporate useful knowledge and tools.

In the winter of Yongroku five years, I gathered representatives from each family to discuss it at a rural meeting place taught by Inari gods.

While warming up in the central enclosure of the hall and sipping the white water, each speaks with a serious expression of what they will do next year.

Nevertheless, most of these annual policies are customary.

After deciding on a new village role, it was usual for me to settle down, roughly the same as last year.

Recently, however, there have been cases that have not been ignored.

Therefore, one of the villagers who was gathered together put it out into his mouth.

"Why do the monks hate Inari God?"

Young people in the village leak their dissatisfaction without concealing it, but the chin plays with his fingers with the white beard grown in his jaw, puts his mouth on the hot water, and then relaxes and returns the answer.

"Fumuu, even if you say so, we don't know."

Not only the elders of the village, such as the pigeons, but the rest of them just tip their heads.

The monks of the Evergreen sect hate the Inari gods who live in the mountains of Nagayama village.

However, as farmers, they could not understand why they were so stubbornly refusing.

Because the monks don't know how easy it is for them to do their daily farming work and bring more grace.

"How much God Inari's tools and teachings have helped me."

"But the fox isn't just a fake to talk about Inari, is it?If you use tools and follow teachings, will the Buddha punish you? "

A village with a temple in the traditional sect threatens the Buddhist punishment if it follows the teachings of the Inari god in Nagayama village.

No matter how convenient a tool or knowledge is, you deny it all.

Therefore, if these villages are gathered, there are no monks in the vicinity, and the use of knowledge and tools is neglected, and even names cannot be spoken out in a circumstantial manner.

"The Inari gods' tools are hidden in barns just outside the village, and all the villagers use them with implicit consent.Isn't that even better now? "

The woman who was answering with a clumsy face smiled little as if she had found out.

In fact, the facade pretends to be obedient to the teachings of the monks of the traditional sect, but behind the scenes, they secretly use useful tools such as a thousand teeth treatment for the people involved in the temple.

Fortunately, the Buddhist punishment has not been inflicted so far, and the poor rural life is improving little by little.

The story will change, but what will you do when spring comes?

Well, what do we do now?

The temple's residence was enthusiastically talked about, but next spring, Mikawa's palace will have a big battle.

In addition, they will change their annual contribution to the Seven Gods and Three Nationals, and recruit many young people and workers.

Normally, the whole village would make a lot of noise if this was important, but this time it was a little unnatural.

When I heard from the merchant who came to the shopping mall at the beginning of winter, there were no indications that Mikawaguni's lord would start a war.

Rather, we are trying to develop our country by avoiding ties with other countries as much as possible.

By the way, I was told the information by the resident because it snowed and the traffic to each village was interrupted.

"But perhaps the monk in the temple has information behind it that the peddler doesn't know about?"

"But Matsudaira-sama has laid the foundation for good governance that cares for folk herbs since Inari-sama spread the word."

The monks and merchants of the temple are often different because they have both heard information from people.

Normally, I believe in a job with a strong relationship with the village, but it is also certain that the Mikawa has changed significantly since the appearance of Inari God.

In this case, I was really confused about what to believe, and all the people gathered at the meeting, not just the wigs, had a difficult face.

Incidentally, the monks in the temple are closely involved with the villagers, but they do not contribute much to the community.

On the contrary, there were many dark rumors.

"Surely if the village was in distress, I would have believed the monk without doubt."

(12) In addition to that, I nod in agreement with the opinions of young people.

Still, nobody talks about it anymore and thinks deeply about what to do.

Thanks to Inari God, the village life is improving, but the monks of the traditional sect are trying to eliminate it.

When the snow melts and spring falls, the like-minded rise together in the Three Rivers nation with salvation from need and defeat of Matsudaira.

"Are we sufficiently chased down to risk our lives?"

"In a land of great temple power, I will refuse the merciful salvation of Inari God."

Fortunately, our village is a small temple with few monks.You can say that the eyes of the surveillance are pretty loose.

The village's neighbors are watching the streets, but they seem to be alarmed whether they don't want to go outside this cold temple, or whether they are confident of the success of spring.

"I have to assume that it is always the sect that is wrong."

Hmm, does it look like that to you?

If you live in a land that has the power of the traditional sect, even if you are wrong in reality, you cannot easily change your policy.

Fortunately, the people of the village and the village were the first to stand up, but now they are completely dyed by the followers of Inari God, and thanks to this, they can make judgments that suit the times.

Still, the outward face belongs to the traditional sect, so I keep pretending to follow only.

There are probably quite a few of these towns in the current Mikawa.

When a young man thinks about such things, he speaks out loudly about his opinion.

"Why don't we put the spring decision on hold?"

"I don't want to die for nothing."

At this point, it is difficult to determine how to move correctly.

Fortunately, they secretly incorporated the teachings and tools of Inari God, so there was a little room for village storage.

It will never be too late to see how other towns come out whether or not to risk their lives.

"It's troublesome to keep an eye on it, so should I just be prepared?"

"It's just as well to say that it won't be decided anymore."

When this was done, the young man slapped his head, and the heavy atmosphere of the meeting place turned into a very mild air now.

If life is stable at all, it is only the extreme of fools to wake up with the readiness to throw away their lives.

Some of them will be danced by information that will stir up the anxiety of the monks in the temple, and some will act quickly.

But there are only a few of them.

So the problem is how to avoid trouble.

It is easy to deny from the front, but this village is not the only temple of the traditional sect.

Therefore, I only wanted to avoid turning the enemy completely.

"We believe in the words of the monks in the temple.That's why I'm only getting ready.

However, no announcements have been made regarding annual contributions or conscription. "

The people in the village who look at the young people clearly and laugh bitterly, but actually they are right, so everyone nods honestly.

But anyway, this leads to a rough conclusion.Our village's policy was decided here.

Afterwards, it was decided to keep in touch with other villages, even in snowy winters, in order to make important decisions about future progress and retreat.

This flow of pending decisions and the belief that either Buddha or Inari God would spread across the Three Rivers beneath the water.

Meanwhile, the monks of the traditional sect, convinced of the victory due to the steady preparation of the towns and villages everywhere, were completely alarmed and slept with their pillows high until spring.