Just when Zhu Quan and Zhu Yang were greeting from the dock, Yun Xi was receiving a very important person in the Qianqing Palace, and he was very polite as an emperor.

"Master Jia Caojie, just now I heard the master talk about the solemnity of the present view, and I really opened my mouth and felt quite insightful." Yun Xi said.

Jia Caojie clasped his hands together and said: "Your Majesty can understand from the poor monk's lectures, it is the honor of the poor monk. ”

"The master's profound Buddhism has benefited me a lot, and I should be grateful to the master." Yun Xi stood up and said, "I have decided to crown the Master as the Great Compassion King to express my gratitude to the Master. ”

Jia Caojie said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your favor." ”

"And Lama Tsongkhapa, the Dharma of Jiacho Jie, is so profound, Lama Tsongkhapa must be even better, and he is also a generation of eminent monks. I heard that Lama Tsongkhapa started a new school of Gelug in Lamaism? I am determined to adopt the Gelug sect as the orthodoxy recognized by the Ming Dynasty of Lamaism. Yun Xi said.

"Thank you, poor monk, Your Majesty." This time, Jia Caojie said in a much louder voice than just now, and he sounded much happier and more excited: "The poor monk doesn't dare to thank Your Majesty for the family teacher, but the family teacher will definitely be happy when he hears about this." ”

He couldn't help but get excited. Although the Ming Dynasty did not directly rule in the Qinghai-Tibet region, many monks close to the Ming Dynasty sent people to the Ming capital every few years to pay tribute and receive money, and obtained this recognition, so they could control these monks. Tsongkhapa himself was an idealist, but he wanted more to make Master's ideas recognized by more Tibetans.

Yun Xi looked at Jia Cao Jie, who liked the color, and was smiling in his heart. Lamaism is a very characteristic religion, which allows millions of serfs to willingly worship living Buddhas and great nobles, and Yunxi even suspects that it is a branch of Brahmanism, not a branch of Buddha's feet.

But regardless of the branch of religion, it has completely stabilized Tibet. Because of the special geographical location of the Tibetan area, few countries are interested in occupying it; The widespread spread of Lamaism made the living Buddhas and the great nobles who ruled Tibet have no intention of conquering foreign countries. If it weren't for the emancipation of these serfs, Tibet would have been stable until the destruction of the planet.

It was hard not to like such a religion, especially since he knew that the Gelug sect had later become the main sect of Lamaism, and he still had to ask for them. At this time, it is even more important to sell it so that they can thank themselves.

Yun Xi was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard Jia Caojie say again: "Your Majesty, can you allow the poor monks to build a temple of our religion in the capital of the Ming Dynasty to promote Buddhism, and as a place for the poor monks and others to settle in the capital?" Poor monks and others now live in the Fan Pavilion of Daming, which is very inconvenient. ”

"Well, most of the masters also know that when the Mongols were still there, many people who believed in Lamaism and dressed similarly to the master bullied the Han people with the power of the Mongols, and many Han people hated them to the core. Although I know that the master and them are not all the way, but the ordinary Han people do not know, I am afraid that they will not be good for the master. ”

"In this way, I will set aside a house in the imperial city for the master and others to live in, and the master and others can transform the interior of the house into the style of a Lamaist temple, but do not openly display the banner of Lamaism." Yun Xi said.

"Thank you, poor monk, Your Majesty." Jia Caojie said again.

Yunxi then chatted with him for a few words, first talking about the difference between Han Buddha's feet and Lamaism, and then talking about the human geography of Qinghai-Tibet.

As soon as I finished chatting about the scenery of Qinghai Lake, Yun Xi praised: "It would be nice if I could go to Qinghai Lake to have a look." ”

But without waiting for Jia Caojie to answer, Yun Xi said again: "Master Jia Caojie, I heard that there are many Mongolians in Qinghai, but is it true? ”

"That's true." Jia Caojie said: "Your Majesty, the water and grass in Qinghai are quite abundant, so the Mongols left a lot of people there to graze. ”

"These people practice Lamaism a lot now, right?" Yun Xi asked.

"Your Majesty, almost all of these Mongols have embraced Lamaism. And now most of them have converted to my Gelugpa. Jia Caojie replied.

"It seems that the Mongols like the Gelugpa very much!" Yun Xi smiled and said, "Did the master think about going to the Mongolian steppe to preach?" ”

"Mongolian steppe?" Jia Caojie thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the wish of the family teacher is to cut off all the abuses of the various sects of Lamaism, and re-annotate all the historical classics, and there is no idea of preaching to the Mongolian steppe for the time being. ”

"How's that going to work? Lamaism is such a great religion, how can only Tibetans believe in it! Yun Xi said very excitedly: "More people should be bathed in the glory of the Buddha." ”

Could it be that the reason why the emperor of the Ming Dynasty invited Master to the capital of the Ming Dynasty was so that we could preach to the Mongolian steppes? But why didn't he use the Han people's own Buddhism? Although Jia Caojie guessed Yun Xi's purpose, he couldn't explain the reason why Yun Xi did this: Obviously, the Han people themselves have Buddhism?

After Tsongkhapa was reluctant to come, he asked Yang Ben to invite one of Tsongkhapa's main disciples, Jia Caojie, from Qinghai so that they could spread Tibetan Buddhism in the Mongolian steppe.

Yun Xi also knew that his words would definitely be guessed as soon as he said them, but he had no choice. He didn't have time to wait for the two living Buddhas, Janggya and Jebtsundampa, to appear two hundred years later, he had to see Buddhism take root in the Mongolian steppes before he died.

And now that the Ming and Mongolia are still at war, even if the ghost power is red to the position of the Great Khan and stop using the name of the Great Yuan, and the Ming and the Mongols restore peace, it is not realistic to want the monks of Han Buddhism to go to the Mongolian steppe to preach for a while.

Lamaism is different. Historically, the Mongols and Tibetans had no old grudges, not to mention that many Mongols now believe in Lamaism, and it is much easier to preach: and Lamaism seems to have a stronger and more secure ability to fool than Chinese Buddhism.

Seeing that Jia Caojie was still pondering, Yun Xi said again: "Master, I heard that although the Mongols withdrew from the Central Plains, there are still many monks preaching in the Mongolian steppe, and they are regarded as guests of honor by the leaders of various Mongolian tribes. These monks could not be Gelug monks, and didn't the master want to get their hands on the Buddhist scriptures? Perhaps the monks on the steppe have a new understanding in the past few decades? ”

Jia Caojie was a little moved. The lamas on the grassland all retreated to the grassland with the Mongols back then, because the Hexi Corridor was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, it was very difficult to go to the Mongolian steppe from Tibet, and few lamas went to the Mongolian steppe from Tibet in the past few decades, and there was no one who came back, so he was very interested in whether the lamas on the grassland had any new feelings.

Yun Xi took out his killer weapon again: "If Master Jia Caojie or other disciples of Master Tsongkhapa are willing to go to the Mongolian steppe to preach, the Ming is willing to pay for the repair of all the Lamaist temples in Qinghai, and is willing to pay for the printing of all the scriptures written by Master Tsongkhapa, you can print as many as you want; If a temple can be built in the Mongolian steppe, all the costs will be borne by the Ming Dynasty. ”

Jia Cao Jie was even more surprised, he felt Yun Xi's very urgent mood, and he was very puzzled.

But he didn't dare to continue to hold Yun Xi. Just now Yun Xi specially talked to him about the difference between Han Buddhism and Lamaism, and Jia Caojie felt that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not talking casually, but using Han Buddhism to threaten him: Even if Han Buddhism is more difficult to spread among the Mongols than Lamaism, if you have to make an inch, I can only give up on you.

Moreover, Yun Xi can also use other Lamaist sects, and it is estimated that as long as Yun Xi confides in his intentions a little, many lamas will be busy agreeing.

So he said: "Since His Majesty has invited him so much, after the poor monk returns, he will tell his family teacher and send a senior monk to the Mongolian steppe to preach. ”

"I will give an order to the Great Ming Wei of Hexi to allow you to pass." Yun Hee, who had achieved her goal, said with a smile.

No matter how much money was spent on missionary work in the Mongolian steppes, it was unlikely that the million-strong army now stationed along and north of the Great Wall would cost as much money. Moreover, in order to guard against the Mongols, this million-strong army could not move on the front line of the Great Wall, which greatly restrained the military strength of the Ming Dynasty; If the Mongol threat could be removed forever, most of the army could be redeployed elsewhere, and he would be much more lenient in using his army.

He was also less concerned about the failure of the mission. The success of historical missionary work was not only due to the lama's intention to preach, but also the fact that the Mongolian princes realized that Lamaism was beneficial to stabilizing their rule and took the initiative to invite living Buddhas to preach. And he can also provide no less financial support than the Manchu Qing Dynasty, plus there have been lamas in the Mongolian steppe activities, it will definitely be successful.

After that, Yun Xi and Jia Cao Jie discussed the doctrine for a while, Yun Xi looked at the time and said to him: "Master, I still have some things, why don't I invite the master to the palace to give a lecture in a few days?" ”

"Don't dare to delay Your Majesty's time." Jia Caojie said: "The poor monk will retire. As he spoke, he stood up.

At this time, Yun Xi swept over several young lamas who had been standing behind him. Although Yun Xi didn't look at them much just now, he noticed that there was a little lama who had been standing upright and still with a very focused expression.

Yun Xi suddenly became interested in this person. He said to Jia Cao Jie, "Master Jia Cao Jie," Yun Xi pointed to a young lama and continued, "This person has been very attentive when I saw him just now, and I appreciate it very much. What is his name? ”

"Your Majesty, this is the junior brother of the poor monk, and his Dharma name is Kezhujie." Jia Caojie said.

Yun Xi didn't know why, he felt that he would definitely become a famous figure in Lamaism in the future, so he said a few words to him very seriously, and rewarded him with a brand new monk's uniform like Jia Caojie before letting him go down.

Then Yunxi stood up and moved his legs. He sat on the futon for an hour and a half, and his legs were numb. He sat down on the couch again and asked Wang Xi to come over for a massage, and it took a while to slow down.