Chapter 067: Decisive Battle in Sand City (7)

Gao Pragmatic didn't know that Hannaji and Tokhtar were discussing the matter of him inviting the Living Buddha to Tumut, and he didn't know that they thought it was a big and difficult matter, because for Gao Pragmatic, it was a very simple matter.

Why is it simple? Because there are two basic points of Huangjiao in this period: first, it needs to be developed urgently; Second, revere the Ming Dynasty.

As mentioned earlier, the Yellow Sect, that is, the Gelug sect, has been severely suppressed in its local area, and it is actually very important for them to have such a large space for development as Mongolia, otherwise the Living Buddha of Sonam Gyatso would not have hit it off with Altan Khan, giving each other honorific titles or something, and they would have been very happy.

At the same time, the Gelug sect is very afraid of the Ming Dynasty, how afraid are they? When Lama Axing was preaching in Mongolia, he persuaded the Mongols not to be hostile to the Ming Dynasty on the grounds of "creating less and killing evil"; When Sonam Gyatso met with Alta, he re-emphasized this point of view and praised Alta for accepting the tribute.

Why is this happening?

This is a long story, but here is a long story short: the Ming Dynasty established an administrative system for the Tibetan area to command the envoys, guards, and offices very early, and in the early years, many Tibetan leaders were successively appointed to serve as the official positions of the commanders and guards.

There is no shortage of such records of Tibetan leaders paying tribute and receiving rewards in the records of the Ming Dynasty and some Tibetan historical materials. From this, we can say that at least in the first half of the Ming Dynasty, the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty's capital command envoys and guards was effectively implemented in the vast Tibetan areas, including Wusizang.

As for the current Wanli Dynasty, due to the promotion of the Longwan Reform - or more broadly the Jialongwan Reform, in fact, in the eyes of the surrounding countries and regions, the Ming Dynasty is an extremely powerful existence.

In addition, the policy of the Ming court has always been a violent temper policy in the eyes of outsiders, so except for the left-wing Mongolian Chahar Department who could not reconcile with the Ming Dynasty because of the word Dayuan on their heads, almost none of the other surrounding countries and tribes wanted to work against the Ming Dynasty, and they were all honest, just hoping not to offend the irascible brother of the Ming Dynasty, so as not to be pressed to the ground and beaten to death.

As for the Gelug sect, there is another historical reason to mention.

Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug sect, was a native of Huangzhong County, Qinghai, who became a monk at the age of 7 and went to Lhasa to study Buddhism at the age of 16. He studied Buddhism from dozens of eminent monks of various sects, and later recruited disciples to promote his own Buddhist ideas. New Bayi Chinese Network debuted m

With the support of Dzhapa Gyaltsen, the king of the Pazhu regime, and Nam Kasangpo, the Newu sect, he initiated the New Year Prayer Ceremony in Lhasa in the first month of the seventh year of Yongle (1409), and built Ganden Monastery in the same year, thus establishing the Gelug sect.

The Gelug sect declared that it had inherited the Kadampa teachings of Atisha and Dromdumba in terms of doctrine, so many Kadampa monasteries converted to Gelugpa and developed rapidly. During Tsongkhapa's lifetime, his disciple Tashi Beyden built Drepung Monastery, and Shakya also lost the construction of Sera Monastery, which together with Ganden Monastery was called the Three Great Monasteries of Lhasa, which was the foundation of the early Gelug tradition.

At the time of Tsongkhapa's death, the Gelug sect had not yet adopted the method of reincarnation of a living Buddha to solve the problem of succession of leading figures, and his disciples such as Jia Chojie and Kezhugyal succeeded him on his throne, known as Gaden Tripa. Fastest network update on the computer:/

Soon after, the emerging Gelug sect was at a low ebb due to the restrictions and blows of the Rinpungpa family. During this period, one of Tsongkhapa's disciples, Gendun Zhupa, built Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, which became the center of the Gelug sect in the Later Tibetan region.

At the time of Gendun Dyupa's death, the Dharma platform of Tashilhunpo Monastery was still inherited by his disciples, but at the same time, some people believed that Gendun Gyatso, who was born in the Dana area, was the reincarnation of Gendun Druba and invited Gendun Gyatso to live in Tashilhunpo Monastery.

Since the system of reincarnation of living Buddhas was not yet in place in the Gelug sect at that time, it was difficult to determine the status of Gendun Gyatso. Later, Gendun Gyatso was ostracized by the Dharma Tai Yishizimo of Tashilhunpo Monastery and left Tashilhunpo Monastery to study Buddhism at Drepung Monastery.

Gendun Gyatso gradually gained fame through his activities in various parts of the former Tibet, and he built the Qukojie Monastery in Shannan. In the seventh year of Zhengde, Yishizimo asked him to return to Tashilhunpo Monastery and let him serve as the Dharma platform of Tashilhunpo Monastery, which can be said to be the reincarnation of the living Buddha in the Gelug sect to have an advantage over the transmission of master and apprentice.

At this time, Rinpungpa ordered that the Gelugpa monks should not participate in the prayer meeting for the first month of the first month of Lhasa, and the monks of Drepung Monastery asked Gendun Gyatso to return. In the twelfth year of Zhengde, Gendun Gyatso served as the Dharma platform of Drepung Monastery, and in the thirteenth year of Zhengde, he presided over the Lhasa New Year Prayer Meeting, and won back the right of the Gelug monks to participate in the prayer meeting. In the fourth year of Jiajing, he also served as the Dharma platform of Sera Temple.

From then on, the successive reincarnations of Gendun Gyatso had to serve as the Dharma platform of Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery, which made his reincarnation system more influential and effective than Gaden Tripa and became the de facto leader of the Gelug school. Neiwu Zongben also gave him the villa of Drepung Monastery and renamed it Ganden Pozhang.

After that, it was the era of Sonam Gyatso, and this living Buddha had been introduced before, so I won't say much. It should be said that he has shown extremely high political ability in history, and it was in his hands that the suppressed Gelugpa achieved its vitality and even great development in Mongolia.

In the process of sending the Yellow Sect to Mongolia and making it take root, the Living Buddha Sonam Gyatso made three of the most crucial moves, all of which illustrate his political vision and means in the original history.

The first time, needless to say, was a meeting with me and an exchange of honorific titles.

The second time was when he personally rushed to Tumut to preside over the funeral of Altan Khan - although this event dragged on for a long time in the original history, it was due to other factors (the Living Buddha traveled, opened altars for local believers along the way, and preached the scriptures), and the Living Buddha himself did not hesitate to make a decision.

The third time was that he publicly "prophesied" before his death: the fourth living Buddha would be born in Mongolia. This incident is very interesting, because after his death, the Yellow Sect and Tumut jointly confirmed that his reincarnated spirit boy was one of Alta's great-grandsons, and this Altan Khan's great-grandson was also the only living Buddha reincarnated spirit child of Mongolian origin in history.

I don't dare to say much about the reason, anyway, Gao Pragmatic has already made up his mind, and in the future, the reincarnation of the spirit child, let's start in advance to engage in the set that has been done in the history of the Tatar Qing Dynasty - it doesn't matter whether you want to copy the golden bottle lottery system, but anyway, it is to return the confirmation right of the reincarnated spirit child to the Ming Dynasty to decide.

Sonam Gyatso is such a politically minded person, it is easier to persuade him to be pragmatic.

It is really much easier to convince a smart person than to convince a fool, because a smart person will judge the situation, and the fool will only get into the horns of the bull and not get out.

In this letter to Sonam Gyatso, in addition to singing praises for his deeds such as promoting Buddhism and persuading people to do good, the most important things are really three points:

First, he was told that he had come to help me preside over the funeral this time, which could strengthen the status of the Yellow Sect in Mongolia; The second is to invite him to give the new Shunyi king an honorific title, so that he can get the full support of the new young Shunyi king for the next few decades; The third is that after these two things are done, he will ask for him to be awarded the title in front of the Ming Emperor.

The first two things, Sonam Gyatso Living Buddha can definitely see, and the last thing, with the level of Sonam Gyatso, will definitely believe that Gao Shipra has this ability.

In front of the Ming Emperor, ask for a title for him?

It is very important, because the Ming Dynasty is the "co-lord of the world", no matter how the Tibetan area is tilted internally, now it is respecting the Ming Dynasty, once the Ming Emperor gave him the title, the foundation of the Yellow Sect in Tibetan areas, including Qinghai and other places, will be unshakable.

In addition, Tumut now also respects the Ming Dynasty, and this title is still useful in Tumut, which can make the position of the Yellow Sect more solid, and let the Shamanism lose the last chance to fight back.

A living Buddha with a vision will certainly understand the meaning of this.

Therefore, what Hannaji and Tokhtar think is difficult to do, in fact, in Gao Shishi's view, it is as simple as drinking a bowl of egg drop soup.

Gao Shishi's invitation to the Living Buddha of Sonam Gyatso was actually a bargain: the Ming would give the Yellow Sect a more stable and brilliant future, and the Yellow Sect would hand over some control to the Ming Dynasty, such as the final determination of the reincarnated spirit child.

This matter is actually quite crucial, and it is also the last attempt of Gao Shishi's previous series of efforts to introduce the Yellow Sect into Mongolia: after obtaining this power, such as the power to cast lots in the golden vase, the top leaders of the Yellow Sect will have to rely on the Ming Dynasty in major matters - otherwise I will not let the reincarnation system of the Living Buddha proceed in a normal and orderly manner, and the divine power of the Yellow Sect will collapse by more than half.

Moreover, the importance of this system is also reflected in the fact that it can affect not only Mongolia in the spiritual aspect, but also in Tibetan areas, Qinghai and other places.

Taqing can make a begonia leaf, and there is a big rooster after the decline, why can't I be taller?

I've got to at least get a begonia leaf!

If it weren't for this, why did he finally choose to let the Yellow Church continue to be implemented in Mongolia after he was worried that the Yellow Church would make Mongolia higher and weaker?

As for the case that the Mongols really can't fight at that time, then they have to reluctantly let them provide war horses to the Ming Dynasty, wait for the completion of the internal military reform of the Ming Dynasty, and explode the cavalry themselves.

Of course, the premise of this is that the Mongolian cavalry is really not saved, but if there is still salvation, Gao Pragmatic still hopes that the Mongols will send out the cavalry, after all, the cost of training alone can be much lower.

All of the above things he had planned, as long as he waited quietly for the arrival of the Living Buddha of Sonam Gyatso, and he knew that with Sonam Gyatso's cleverness, his arrival would definitely be after the end of the Great War of Monam - if he and Hannaji win, then Sonam Gyatso would definitely appear on time, if he lost...... Hehe.

So Gao's current focus is not on Sonam Gyatso itself, but on defeating Tumen Khan.

Now his "tricks" are almost out, and the conspiracy and conspiracy are two-pronged, just waiting for the Tumen Khan to come and bravely step on the thunder.

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