Let's move to the capital to move away from Heijokyo, where the temple gradually gained strength! However, I did not immediately move to Heiankyo in 794. Ten years ago, there was a move to move to Nagaokakyo, Kyoto.
This time, we will talk about the relocation of Nagaokakyo and Heiankyo.
The Empress Koken that I talked about last time Although it is a successor, it will change direction from the Tenmu lineage to the Tenchi line emperor because various mess continued. Please check the previous article for that mess.
Emperor Kanmu's coronation
Empress Koken Is Abe-naishinno I'm already a prince at a very young age. That's why the other Emperor Shomu It was a terrible situation for a boy to be born from a princess (because when a boy is born, there is a force that "it is better to make a prince other than Abe-naishinno").
That's why Emperor Shomu Princess Inoe Princess Inoe Also holds the post of Saio, who has no spouse. Having a husband and having a child is all Empress Koken It is after 749 when was enthroned. Her husband is the Shirakabe King of the sixth prince of the seventh prince of Emperor Tenji (that is, the grandson of Emperor Tenji), which is also called "genuine foolishness". He was far from the succession to the throne.
One Empress Koken Another sister of Fuwa-naishinno Is the grandson of Emperor Tenmu, Shioyaki-o I am married to. This Fuwa-naishinno is Emperor Shomu It seems that it was a marriage that wanted a boy to succeed the imperial line later.
However, this Shioyaki-o Lose the right to succeed to the throne due to repeated scandals with the lady-in-waiting. This is 742. Fuwa-naishinno It is believed that he was also stripped of the title of Imperial Princess at this time.
This is an imagination, but it seems that Empress Komyō and Mr. Fujiwara have the intention of intentionally making things bigger and moving the political situation.
Such Shioyaki-o And Fuwa-naishinno However, in the end, Fujiwara no Nakamaro's Ran Shioyaki-o because he was carried up by the next emperor in (=Emi Oshikatsu no Ran) Is processed. Fuwa-naishinno Has escaped that punishment, but was later renamed from the capital and banished in 769 for wishing for the death of Emperor Koken. Will be done.
Their mother and younger brother were also poisoned in 744, and all the boys of the Tenbu line were buried.
Furthermore, there is a monk Dokyo Empress Koken trying to succeed (⇒ See full-scale Buddhist politics). The aristocrats around him also draw the blood of the Tenbu system (the princess of Emperor Shomu) Osabe-shinnō Isn't it a good idea to add (Osabeou)? So, first of all, his father, Shirakabe King It seems that there was a move to take the throne. Here, the Emperor Tenji Emperor Konin Is born. Emperor Konin was already in his 60s when he was in his coronation (770). He will be the throne at a fairly old age.
Actually, it was the Fujiwara Kita family that was centrally moving at the time of this coronation. Fujiwara no Nagate , who was originally from (Fujiwara no Fuhito's second son, Fusasaki) and became the Minister of the Left in the empress Koken dynasty. And Shikike Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu and Momagawa from (Fujiwara no Fuhito's third son, Uai's ancestor) ..
This North House And Shikike There are various speculations among them, Shikike's Yoshitsugu and Hyakukawa . Opposes to attach Osabe-shinno was. After all, the Kita family's eternal hand said that he would take the throne of Osabe-shinno. .. Osabe-shinnō's mother is Princess Inoe and Agata Inukai .. It doesn't work to the advantage of Shikike Looks like.
It was King Yamabe that was carried up there. .. The first child of Emperor Konin However, Takano Niigasa from Mr. Yamato, whose mother is a toraijin clan. So it was far from the throne. However, , when Osabe-shinnō's mother, Princess Inoe, was chased by her empress on the charge of trying to trap Emperor Konin with a curse, Osabe-shinnō became an abandoned prince. Will be done.
Then in 773, Princess Inoe And Osabe-shinno Is the inner parent of Emperor Konin's sister Killed the king As a result, he is imprisoned in Yamato Uchi (Uchi) county. During the imprisonment, the two died on the same day.
And in the same year, various plots overlapped and King Yamabe was the crown prince . It will be. The Shikike Fujiwara has sent his daughter to King Yamabe . .. After all, in 781, Emperor Konin became ill. Is transferred by King Yamabe to Emperor Kanmu It was decided to coronate as.
Moved to Nagaokakyo
Although the introduction has become long, there was a plan to ensure that the Buddhist forces were contained in the midst of the above-mentioned power struggle behind the scenes. Relocation to Nagaokakyo is.
This relocation to Nagaokakyo is not straightforward. The relocation itself took place in 784, but the following year, in 785, an incident occurred.
Emperor Kanmu's confidant and nephew of Yoshitsugu, who was mainly involved in the relocation to Nagaokakyo, was assassinated in 785 It was done. Otomo's owner, who died a few days ago, is the mastermind Excluded from the official register as. Many other aristocrats are subject to punishment. Furthermore, what was suspected here was Tanetsu . Prince Sawara's Prince Sawara .. He died from a fast that claimed he was innocent.
With this as an opportunity, floods and epidemics broke out, and Emperor Kanmu There are many people who die or get sick around the area. Crown Prince Anden's illness, Emperor Kanmu's princess, Fujiwara no Tabiko, Fujiwara no Otomuro, Sakanoue no Tamura Maro's mother and brother, and Emperor Kanmu and Prince Sawara's mother Even Takano Niigasa has died of illness.
King Hayara because of too much misery Feared as a tatari, requiescats were held many times. Floods and plagues may have been bad on the land of choice. Anyway, the best way to get rid of the tatari is relocation from Nagaokakyo . was.
It was a short period of 10 years, but the above is the process of moving from Heijokyo to Nagaokakyo and from Nagaokakyo to Heiankyo . Will be. You can see that it was a difficult time for the successor to the throne.