With the help of the monks, His Holiness Sakya gave Li Nan a general explanation of the characteristics and system of their aristocracy after the fusion of Tibetan Buddhism and so on.

Ordinary monks do not marry wives, so Li Nan was also curious, and the other party replied: "The Sakya sect does not prohibit taking wives, but it stipulates that they will not approach women after giving birth." ”

Integrating the family with the Dharma system, even Li Nan has to admire such a brain hole.

However, this is not unusual in Tibet, after all, unlike China, the monasteries and the Tibetan aristocracy control the people, and the Sakya faction is just a combination of the two.

The Sakya King can be said to know everything about Li Nan, this is definitely not the attitude towards the foreign caravan, so Li Nan also felt that something was wrong.

Although he didn't know how the other party saw that his identity was good, Li Nan simply opened his mouth and said tentatively: "King Sakya, what do you think of the Huaxia Empire?" ”

When His Holiness Sakya said a word, the monks around him translated: "We, the Sakya sect and the Kun family, feel that Tibet is in turmoil and the people are miserable, so we earnestly hope that the Tibetan tribes can be peaceful and stable as soon as possible."

Under the current circumstances, the Tangut people and various Tibetan tribes all wanted to attack each other and seek benefits for their own side. Seeing that the situation is getting worse and worse, there is only one way out to save the Tibetan people, and that is to ask the powerful empire to come to help, and the Sakya faction will do its best to help. ”

After listening to the other party's words, Li Nan couldn't help laughing.

"Your idea is good, King Sakya, and the Chinese Empire must be very interested in it. Speaking of which, I also know a lot of important ministers of the empire, I don't know why the Sakya sect is so bothered? ”

His Holiness Sakya replied: "The Sakya sect only hopes that after the stability of Tibet, the Dharma of this sect can be spread all over the world, and assist the empire to help the people of Tibet live and work in peace and contentment." ”

Li Nan noticed the key point of assisting the empire to help the Tibetan people in the Sakya Sect's answer, and immediately understood the intention of the Sakya faction's move.

The meaning of the Sakya sect is obvious, they are willing to do their best to help the empire take all of Tibet, but they want to get the leadership of the Sakya sect and the right to manage Tibet.

If this were another dynasty, perhaps the emperors who disliked the remoteness of Tibet would have agreed to take Tibet back to their own country in name, but Li Nan did not intend to do so.

Purely talking about the status and spread of religion, Li Nan did not mind that the Sakya school was dominant in Tibet, because in his eyes, there was no difference in the essence of Tibetan Buddhism among these schools, and it did not matter which Buddha the Tibetan people liked to believe in and which Buddhism they liked to believe.

What Li Nan could not accept was that the Sakya faction intended to take over the management of Tibet, and if the empire lost this right, then even if it was nominally to take Tibet, it would be meaningless.

Li Nan has other ideas about Tibet.

Tibet, which is extremely remote and tasteless in the eyes of others, is an important place in Li Nan's heart.

Tibet is close to the South Asian subcontinent and is separated from the rest of Asia by tall mountains such as the Himalayas and the Suleiman Mountains, but it is not impassable.

In 122 B.C., Zhang Qian, Marquis of Bowang, returned from the Western Regions and reported to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty about his peculiar discoveries in Bactria (present-day northern Afghanistan). ”

According to Li Nan's calculations, Zhang Qian may have passed through the most important passage connecting South Asia with West and Central Asia at that time, and it was also the largest and most important Khyber Pass in the Hindu Kush Mountains.

With Tibet as the center, Li Nan made a long-term plan for the empire to establish a strategic base to the west, where to train young soldiers of the Tibetan and other ethnic groups who could adapt to altitude sickness, and to enter India and other places through the Khyber Pass.

What the Sakya faction wants, the empire must not give them, so Li Nan said bluntly: "If the Sakya sect is willing to help the empire, then the empire will give the Sakya faction room for development, and it is estimated that the emperor will also give the Sakya Dharma King the most expensive title, but the empire will never allow any sect to manage secular things!" ”

For the Chinese Empire, the Sakya faction's willingness to take the initiative to submit to help the empire take Tibet is the icing on the cake, but if they choose neutrality or opposition, it doesn't matter, Li Nan believes that under the attack of the army, those who stand in the way will be crushed into powder!

Hearing Li Nan's reply, King Sakya's face changed slightly, but he didn't say anything, but asked the Kun family member in the hall, his eldest son Gonggaba, to take the guests to the family territory to rest.

In addition to the temple, everyone rode horses for more than ten miles, and finally cultivated land and villages appeared in front of them, it seems that this should be the territory of the Kun family.

The Tibetans not only herd, but also farmed, which is said to be the work of Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng, and barley is the main food crop in Tibet.

Wooden houses, brick houses, and tents lined the middle of these houses was a vast manor house, which was probably the residence of the nobles of the Kun family.

Riding on a horse, Li Nan looked at the Tubo people at the bottom of the village and couldn't help sighing.

These Tibetans all seemed to be starving half to death, without the slightest sparkle in their eyes, they were simply a group of walking corpses, and it seemed that their lives were not as good as the slaves they used to be.

In order to entertain Li Nan and his party, Gonggaba specially prepared an independent tulou for them, and the furniture in the bedroom was also new, and even the bed was covered with silk from China.

Seeing this scene, Li Nan was even more puzzled, and couldn't help but ask Gonggaba, "Do you know me?" ”

Gong Kaba, who is proficient in Sinicization, replied with a respectful smile: "The villain once went to Changsha, the capital of the empire, a few years ago, to participate in the founding ceremony of the empire on behalf of the Kun family. ”

"Oh!" Speaking of which, Li Nan also understood.

A few years ago, at the founding ceremony of the empire, there were indeed many envoys from neighboring countries, and these people should have seen their faces, and it seems that their identities have long been recognized by the people of the Sakya sect, so the Sakya Dharma King will tell him so much.

In fact, whether his identity is exposed or not, it is not a big problem for Li Nan, he believes that the people of the Sakya sect will never dare to take the risk of attacking the emperor of his own empire, and the five hundred royal forest guards around him are definitely not decorations.

In addition to preparing a comfortable bedroom for Li Nan, Gonggaba also sent dozens of beautiful Tibetan girls, these girls wearing colorful Tibetan delicacies and colorful robes are estimated to be no more than fourteen years old.

"These girls are clean." Gonggarba whispered.

Although Li Nan was lustful, he had no interest in these children, and immediately said to Gonggaba: "Leave the food, and the maid will withdraw." ”

After eating the dinner with an alien flavor but not very delicious, Li Nan took the female fox Mary to the roof of the tulou.