Chapter 648: The Uszzang Version of East Food and West Stay

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Taurus Road? The monks and nobles present did not know, so Ilaguk relayed the allusions he had heard from his bookkeeper in a slow and logical manner.

Before the Qin Dynasty, Sichuan did not have a decent land passage to the outside world, and it was generally necessary to go out of Sichuan through Chongqing and from the Three Gorges.

In the late Warring States period, the Qin State became stronger and stronger, attacking Shu in the south, Ba in the east, and out of the Three Gorges to map the Chu State. Ba and Shu are fertile for thousands of miles, rich in products, and the Qin State has been coveting for a long time. However, Shu has the danger of the sword gate, the Ba has the obstruction of the rivers, the road is rugged, the transportation is difficult, and the expedition is not easy.

Later, King Qin Huiwen adopted the strategy of the general Sibacuo, and lied that Qin had a stone ox from the sky, and the night can dung gold, and the king of Qin wrote a letter to the king of Shu willing to be friends and neighbors with Shu, and gave the treasure stone ox and offered a beautiful woman to the king of Shu, lying that the stone ox can dung a thousand gold every day, please open the way to welcome back. The enlightened clan of the king of Shu was greedy, so he sent Wuding Lux to split the mountain and break the stone and chisel the dangerous road day and night in the cliffs around the big and small sword mountains and Wuding Gorge, and enter Qin to welcome the beautiful women and transport stone cattle.

After the opening of the Shu Road, the Qin State secretly sent a large army to drive straight in, the Shu State was defenseless, and the front-line army was outnumbered, and the Shu State was defeated in the first battle of Jiameng, and the Shu State was destroyed, and then, after the painstaking management of the Qin State officials such as Li Bing and his son, the land of Bashu was built into another strategic granary of the Qin State following the Guanzhong Plain. Qin annihilated the state of Chu and dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops, almost overwhelming the country. Most of the astronomical amount of grain and grass consumed was transported from Bashu along the Yangtze River to the front line, which is a later story. And this road, which destroyed the Shu Kingdom, was named Shiniu Road (also known as Jinniu Road).

These words were like a heavy hammer smashed on the heads of this group of great lamas, officials and nobles who were usually high in the sky, and they were dizzy and pale. At present, everyone has gained a huge profit from the trade process with the Nanyue Army, and all kinds of luxury goods produced in Nanzhong are worn on their bodies. It is placed at home and offered on the Buddha hall. However, if one day, the end of the road from Bengal to Shigatse in Houzang will no longer come with thousands of mules and japonica rice, refined salt, sugar, silk, and tea bricks carried by yaks, but a brigade of men and horses of the Nanyue army. How can this be?

"Wherever the imperialist railways are built, their black hand of aggression and plunder will reach there!"

(Ahem!) I got the wrong script again! It should be said that when the road of the pig's feet is repaired, fair trade business practices will be carried out! )

However, the group of monks and lay nobles in the main hall did not dare to think so. Through this road and the trade with the Nanyue Army, their living standards were greatly improved, and their own silver vaults were filled with white silver dollars, which they did not think was too much. However, if someone tells him that behind such a life lies a great energy that can completely bury the system that provides security for the existing life they enjoy. Will they still be willing to do business with them? Will they still rush to send a brigade of Langsheng to work on the road construction site? Will they sell as many yaks as the clouds to those merchants to carry all kinds of goods?

The ironclad answer is one word: "No!" ”

"Nope! No, no! The three of Iraguk, you are indeed too worried! Chen Gyatso was the first to react, spread his arms with a smile, and saluted the three of Ilaguk.

"What do you think of the strength of Ning Yuanbo's soldiers and horses in front of you compared to the Mongolian Kublai Khan back then? How is it compared to the Taizong Emperor Zhu Di at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of Mongolia? This Mongol, who was also known as Emperor Dayuan in the capital, sent officials on the snowy plateau and set up a yamen to manage this vast land. Moreover, the epoch-making figure of Tibetan Buddhism, Phags-pa. He is also the founder of the Mongolian script, and the relationship between the two sides has always been very close. This close relationship continues to this day. Otherwise, there would not be so many Mongolian tribes who believe in Tibetan Buddhism, and the difference is just the difference between red and yellow.

As for Zhu Di, he just continued to restrain the snowy plateau and added some official positions. It has not yet reached the level of Kublai Khan. And his descendants, who did not cede their land and did not pay compensation, simply gave up the fettered management of this Pure Land of Buddha. The national border or the Line of Actual Control was withdrawn to Yunnan and Sichuan, and the Hexi Corridor in Gansu was also ceded to the Mongol tribes.

"If Ning Yuanbo has a wide range of money and food, he may surpass Taizong of the Ming Kingdom, but he is far inferior to Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of Mongolia. As for the strength of the soldiers and horses, it is even worse! ”

"Wow! It was the Great Khan of Mongolia that year. Now Gushi Khan, their Mongolian iron rode to the high heaven pure land of my Wusizang, and the water and soil are not adapted, the southern Guangdong army is located in a warm and humid land rich in products, and the soldiers and horses are not resistant to cold, how to stay in my Wusizang region? ”

Chen Gyatso also used the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son. You said that the Nanyue army is not tolerant of severe cold in Liaodong, so can they withstand the wind and snow here in Wusizang?

Since the beginning of contact between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty, the thousand-year-old history has shown that as long as the basic plate of the plateau and snowy region is guarded, everyone's interests will not be harmed.

"No matter how great the strength of the Han people is, it is only a torrent in the river, which is violent and unstoppable in a short period of time, but after the torrent passes, the boulders in the river are still there." Chen Gyatso added quietly. Everyone's worries dispelled the last bit of doubt.

What these people present were worried about was that as the road was perfected, Li Shouhan's army would suddenly rush to his bedside one day and strangle himself and Concubine Tara on the silk mattress as they were contemplating the subtleties of Buddhism!

"Yaks don't eat fat and tender grass on their own grasslands, but they go over a few mountains to chew ice and snow on the snowy mountains, everyone, think about it, yaks can't do things, Li Shouhan unless his head is in the water, otherwise how can he go to the snowy plateau to compete with us? Wusi Tibet is relatively central to the south, with a harsh climate and a sparse population, which can be described as extremely barren. ”

The metaphor of Gyatso suddenly made everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere in the hall became much more relaxed.

"Of course, it doesn't mean that there is no such possibility, but there must be a premise, that is, the Ming Emperor gave Ning Yuanbo a holy decree to crusade against Wu Sizang. Or we offended him, or we hurt the merchants sent by Li Shouhan, but the problem is, we didn't do it! Could it be that you, the three major Iraguks, are not ready to do this? If so. Don't say Uncle Ning Yuan, I will also go to crusade against this kind of person. Everyone present will also be the enemy of this person, which is obviously to cause hundreds of millions of lives under the Buddha's seat to be in the flames of war! Naturally, we are going to discuss it with Ning Yuanbo! ”

"And the Ming Dynasty also provided us with an example, the Ming Dynasty handed over Shandong, Fujian and Guangdong to Ning Yuanbo for management, and as a result, Ning Yuanbo kept receiving money and food and ordnance to help the Ming Dynasty, and Ning Yuanbo also personally led the troops to crusade against the Tartar head in Liaodong. It turns out that Ning Yuanbo is interesting enough for his friends, of course, if you have to be Ning Yuanbo's enemy. That Ning Yuanbo's blow was also ferocious, and the thousands of miles of white land in southern Liaoning were an example. ”

"Whether the yak grazes on a newly discovered pasture, or whether it uses its horns and hooves to ram others and provoke ferocious lions and snow leopards, you can think about it."

Do you still need to think about it? Since our one-third of an acre of land can't enter the eyes of Ning Yuanbo and Nanyue Jun, then our current life will naturally not be disturbed, and we can only get better and better with a large number of exquisite and wonderful things produced by Nanzhong.

Even those lazy and dirty minions will also be because of Ning Yuanbo's kindness. An extra spoonful of tsampa every day!

However, there are a thousand people in the family, and one person is in charge. On the question of whether the Yellow Sect is going north or south. The final idea has to be taken by the two Buddhas.

Each of them twisted one hundred and eight prayer beads made of red bamboo and stone made of "golden wire", and the two Buddhas were a little embarrassed.

To the north, it fell to Liaodong, but whether it was Chen Gyatso or Ilagok San, they all expounded an indisputable fact, that is, although the Liaodong War ended temporarily with Huang Taiji's victory. However, Huang Taiji himself also killed 3,000 enemies and lost 1,000 and 5,000 himself. Whether the seized baggage materials can compensate for his losses and consumption is also between two theories.

Going south is easy? Not necessarily! Although Gushi Khan and the two Buddhas sent Chen Gyatso to Nanzhong, and started trade with Nanzhong, he also gained a lot of benefits from the Dzungar Ministry. But. After all, this guy is a Mongol, and he returned to the Qing Dynasty early. Don't have anything to do with him anymore! Otherwise, once Liaodong was swept away by Ning Yuanbo, wouldn't it be easy to lure the heavenly fire to Wusi to hide?

"This is a serious matter and cannot be decided lightly. The Buddha needs great wisdom and great mana to comprehend. The idlers waited to retreat. Don't disturb the Buddha! A great lama of the Jokhang Temple chanted the Dharma call loudly, ordered everyone present to withdraw from the hall, dozens of Ming concubines and female fish entered in the air, each law enforcement instrument in their hands, someone lit a good incense in front of the two Buddhas, in the smoke of incense, Gyatso and Ilaguk three saw the hall slowly close the door of the hall, and the sound of chanting came from the hall.

Don't look at the three or two people who show Gyatso and Iraguk in the palace, they fight like black-eyed chickens, but when they come out of the palace, the relationship between the two is quite harmonious. Chen Gyatso held out his hands to Ilaguksan in a friendly way, and motioned for him to speak in a clean place.

"Lord Zhongmaiba, do you think that I, Wu Sizang, this tens of thousands of miles of land and the billions of trillions of creatures in front of the two Buddhas, really want to submit to your Ning Yuanbo?" Taking the butter tea handed over by Chen Gyatso's servant, Iraguk asked him straight about the purpose of Chen Gyatso.

"The three major people of Iraguk, in fact, go south or north. Both of you and I are adhering to the Buddha's decree. It's all for Uszang and Buddha. There are many benefits over there, so we throw them over there. There is no danger over there, so we throw ourselves over there. They had a strong grip over us, and we knelt down in front of his horse and were his most faithful servants. ”

But it turned out to be so!

The two nobles glanced at each other, and couldn't help but feel like confidants to each other from the bottom of their hearts. But it turned out to be to protect the interests of the upper nobles of Wusizang, as for whose banner is floating on the Jokhang Temple, Liaodong or Nanzhong, what is the use?

"Two masters, Lama Lobsang ordered me to invite you. The Buddha's retreat has come to an end, so please wait outside the hall immediately. So as not to miss the great affairs of the Buddha. A little lama in a sauce-red monk's robe whispered to the two masters. Only then did Ilaguksan and Chanchen Gyatso pull back from their deep thoughts.

In front of the throne of the 5th Great Sea Master, who was slightly tired, two Vajra Tara and Ming Concubine lightly helped the Great Master to straighten out the folded monk's robes. Bright yellow monk's robes made of fine silk are definitely a transgression if they are in the mainland. However, in this Jokhang Temple, the two Buddhas are also dressed in a grand manner.

And the great erudite treasure before the throne of the wise. The same Vajra Tara devoutly swallowed the Buddha's white Bodhi to improve his cultivation.

As the monks and lay officials and nobles entered, there was a solemn atmosphere in the hall. Lama Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Yellow Sect, and his eight disciples looked condescendingly at the group of beings at their feet with compassionate eyes.

"What you just talked about. I have consulted with the Great Learned Treasure and Wisdom with the Buddha and the Guru. The Buddha taught that all beings are equal, although some people have sinned deeply in their previous lives. In this life, they became poor to atone for their sins, but since they were selected to serve hard labor at the road construction site, it was also where their merit lies. We must not kill and harm in vain, so as not to hurt our Buddha's compassion and help the world and save people. ”

What does that mean?

The words of the people are: "Our boss said that all living beings are equal, although someone died by himself in his previous life, and in this life he was a cow and a horse to atone for his sins, but since he has the luck to be sent by you to work on the road construction site, then." In front of those financiers of the Nanyue Army, you will do less of these things of beating, scolding and killing Lang Sheng, so as not to hurt the harmony on both sides, no matter what, those talking cattle are also your property, right? ”

"The Buddha is compassionate, and we will naturally abide by the law!" Hearing the strings and singing and knowing the elegant meaning, these monks and lay nobles naturally knew the intentions of the two Buddhas.

First of all, the treatment of those Langsheng slaves who served hard labor on the road construction site that stretched for more than 1,000 miles to make money for their respective masters was raised to the same level as yaks and horses, and they could not be beaten, scolded and killed at will. The Fifth Great Erudite Treasure Wise Man began to slowly talk about Ning Yuanbo and Li Shouhan.

"I went to the details with the two of them and asked the master to give a lecture. But it turned out. Uncle Ning Yuan, the old man, is also a character with a background. ”

According to the system of reincarnation of the Great Erudite Treasure Wise and the Great Sea Master, the two are each other's masters and apprentices, so it is an honorific title for the Great Erudite Treasure Wise Man to call the Great Sea Master a master. As for the details of what he said, everyone can understand that the heavenly father of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, descended to earth.

However, after he said this, there was a small commotion among the people present. How so? Ning Yuanbo is really a person with a background?

"When you enter the temple. Have you ever worshiped the Buddha in the Guanyin Bodhisattva Hall? Have you ever noticed that there is a statue in the Guanyin Bodhisattva Hall that is a little dull? ”

In a soft, low tone, the Great Sea Master weighed up the life of the young great learned treasure and wise man.

As soon as these words came out, many monks and lay nobles immediately knelt down in fear and asked the Buddha to forgive them for their neglect of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

In the so-called Guanyin Bodhisattva Hall, it is naturally enshrined in Guanyin. However, unlike the Kannon Bodhisattva of the Han Dynasty, the main deity of the Buddha Hall is a small statue of the Guanyin Bodhisattva riding on a lion. It is not the familiar statue of Guanyin of the South China Sea holding a clean bottle. (Huh?) Riding a lion? Could it be that this lion is the Sai Tai Sui who snatched the king's concubine from Zhu Ziguo in Journey to the West? It's also a monster with a background and a background. The rest of the statues are different incarnations of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and God knows which one the two Buddhas are talking about? Someone has already secretly made up their minds, isn't it just a statue! It's a big deal to go back and donate one again!

However, the problem is not so simple!

"Master said, that Bodhisattva is the predecessor of Ning Yuanbo." The master of the sea threw out this shocking statement, and people were stunned at once! If you say this, wouldn't Ning Yuanbo be the descendant of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and come to the world to cultivate and transform sentient beings?

In this way, wouldn't everyone be more cautious in dealing with the Nanyue Army and Ning Yuanbo!

Manifest Gyatso doesn't think so. It dawned on him! "Buddha! In this way, the disciple will know it completely! Why do the people of Nanzhong call Ning Yuanbo the chosen one by heaven, and why Ning Yuanbo has such great wisdom to turn a wild and hot land into a paradise on earth, all of which are boundless Buddhism! ”

Seeing the audience interact with him so well, the two leading actors on the throne were greatly gratified.

"Just wait for you to know! Don't spread the word, otherwise the Buddha will send sin, but he will go to hell with his tongue plucked! ”

With this theory in the past, everyone naturally has to act according to the intentions of the Buddhas.

However, it was not expected by Gyatso and Iraguksan, whether it was the Tang Dynasty, the Great Yuan, the Ming Dynasty, or even the Ning Yuanbo or Bogda Khan in front of him. The upper echelons of Usizang always think about Usizang's own interests.

"The guru said that the south should be intimate and the north should be submissive. As for the heavenly opportunity, you will know it later! ”

The words of the Fifth Great Master of the Sea show very well the political attitude and means of the senior monks of the Yellow Sect. That is, to be a qualified wall-to-wall grass riding wall-to-wall faction.

Nowadays, the trade between the Nanyue army and Wusizang is getting closer and closer, if the sea masters order all localities not to trade with the Nanyue army, then I am afraid that the living Buddhas of the temples and the officials and nobles everywhere will let the two Buddhas serve the Buddha in the morning. However, the one to the north was an extremely devout believer, and he could not bear it anyway.

As a result, the east food and west lodging in the classic passages of the Han people were slightly evolved into verses pointed out by the two Buddha's teachers.

(As the saying goes: Qi people have women, and the two ask to meet.) The east family is ugly and rich, and the west family is good and poor. The parents were suspicious and asked their daughters, and they were sure what they wanted, and it was difficult to criticize the critics, and they were partial, so that I knew it. The woman is in two places. Strange question. He said: "I want the east to eat, and the west to stay." "This is the two sides also. )

In this way, everyone is happy.

The road from Shigatse to Bangladesh continues to be carried out day and night. The houses and warehouses in various commercial ports are also progressing quite smoothly under the supervision of officials and nobles. The commodities that everyone needs and likes from the Buddha to Langsheng are also transported by mules and yaks from the bottom of the mountain to the Nianchu River Valley, to Shigatse, and to Lhasa.

The large amount of commercial tax turned into white silver dollars, and became a heavy wooden box, which was carried into the warehouses by the poor people shouted and locked tightly.

However, according to the Huang Sect's consistent style of selling teammates, this secret discussion was to completely block the news from the Mongols of the Gushi Khan system, and only let the Mongols see that the goods in Nanzhong continued to arrive like a rising tide in the sea.

However, the so-called "Beibi Gong" was done together with Gushi Khan.

Soon after the discussion, Ilaguksan went out of Qinghai with the envoys of Gushi Khan as two envoys of the Buddha, and prepared to go to Shengjing to congratulate Huang Taiji on his victory in the Liaodong War.

However, to Iraguksan's surprise, when he was still trekking in Qinghai, the situation in Shengjing City had changed greatly! (To be continued......)