Chapter 306: Civil strife in Tibet
Lu Hanyang didn't think that he was just borrowing Taoism from Tubo to meet the Tang Dynasty, and it turned out to be a civil strife in Tubo. The initiator of this civil strife was the generation of kings who unified Tibet in history and allowed this plateau nation to rise - Songtsen Gampo.
As the current Zampu of Tibet, although Songtsen Gampo has just taken charge of the power of Tibet, he has already shown signs of unifying the plateau, marrying the Nibora State, obtaining external support, and the military power within Tubo under his own control is enough for him to completely integrate Tubo in the next one or two years, and then become a powerful country in the southwestern border of the Tang Dynasty.
But now it's different, after the appearance of the three-headed dog demon, everything has changed, first of all, the news of the three-headed dog demon is circulating among the people on the plateau, which makes these people panic in their hearts and seek the protection of the gods. At this time, Bon Buddhism, which had not been completely suppressed by Buddhism in Tibet, once again regained its original prosperity with this trend.
Moreover, after accepting the faith of hundreds of people, Bon began to organize a huge sacrifice to deal with the three-headed dog demon, and wanted to sacrifice to the gods to seek the protection of the gods. This is directly related to the future strength of Tibet, because the Bon church burned countless materials and sacrificed them to the gods.
This touched the bottom line of Songtsen Gampo, and he finally restored Tubo a little bit of vitality, how could he burn it in vain? So after such signs appeared in the country, he had to take measures to stop the Bon sacrifice this time. Even for the sake of these materials, Songtsen Gampo did not hesitate to directly become an enemy of Bon.
That's right, Songtsen Gampo just wants to suppress the rise of this Bon religion by force, he has no better choice, now is the critical period for the army he led to dominate the plateau, the enemy has shown defeat, at this time, as long as he pursues the victory, he will definitely be able to defeat the enemy in a short time.
But the sacrifice of Bon completely broke his deployment, and he needed these supplies, and he needed these things as consumption for the army. Otherwise, the fighter will be delayed, thus giving the enemy time to breathe and then make a comeback. This was not something that Songtsen Gampo could accept, and if the enemy had caught his breath, his previous efforts would have been in vain.
Although it cannot be said that the situation in Tibet can be reversed, but if he wants to completely defeat the enemy, I am afraid that it will be delayed for a long time, and during this time, what will be brought to Songtsen Gampo is more material consumption, more soldiers will be killed by the enemy, war is a flesh millstone, the longer the time, the more lives will be crushed in this flesh millstone.
Therefore, at this moment, Songtsen Gampo could not sit idly by, and he wanted to ban the sacrifice of Bon, because it would not bring the blessings and blessings of the gods to the Tibetan people, but would bring more famine and disaster to Ali. However, it is impossible for the Bon religion to cancel their thousand-year-old tradition because of Songtsen Gampo's words, after all, this set of sacrifices since the establishment of Bon has been their foundation.
Therefore, it is basically impossible to compromise the contradictions between the two sides, and even the possibility of giving each other a step down is very small, but Bon was severely suppressed by Songtsen Gampo during this time, and Buddhism from the country of Nibora also began to divide their followers at this time.
So finally a three-headed dog demon appeared and gave them hope, how could they not catch it? Because if they don't seize this opportunity, what awaits them is complete destruction. In the face of the crisis of extermination, it is impossible for the Bon people to give up this only opportunity, otherwise they will really have no way to survive in the future.
Throughout the plateau, the situation began to become unpredictable, under the vigorous propaganda of the Bon religion, the news of the three-headed dog demon was transmitted very quickly, and it didn't take long for most of the cities in the entire plateau to know this information, and then a frenzy was formed.
The transmission of information may be slow in this era, but there are always some people who have some means to deliver some information, and Bon is one of them. As a native highland religion, it has been passed down on this plateau for hundreds of years, and there are always some outstanding features.
When Songtsen Gampo learned that Bon was spreading a lot of propaganda and decided to hold a grand sacrifice to pray for the blessing of the gods, he knew that these people of Bon had gone completely crazy in order not to be destroyed, and they didn't care about what would happen to the war on the plateau, but only what would happen to their own sect.
This kind of action, which disregarded the overall situation, seriously dragged him back, and made Songtsen Gampo's original dissatisfaction with Bon turn into resentment, and directly issued an order to Lu Dongzan to use force to suppress it. And Lu Dongzan fully supported every decision of Songtsen Gampo, because when he first met Songtsen Gampo, he knew that this person was the future of the plateau.
So after Lu Hanyang and they crossed the plateau, there was an unusually close split situation in Tibet. The entire Tibetan Songtsen Gampo controlled the most powerful armed army, while the Bon religion held countless popular support and confronted each other.
At this stage, Bon became the umbrella of Songtsen Gampo's enemies, and these tribes, which were originally beaten by Songtsen Gampo, now have a chance to breathe, and each secretly sent people to support Bon, making the Bon even more powerful. Polarization emerged on the plateau, and Songtsen Gampo united with the Nibra kingdom, and the countless believers led by Bon completely went to two extremes.
In the process, there were constant conflicts between batches, and there were no more fights with weapons, and the Bon side captured the army of the Nibhara led by Songtsen Gampo, saying that he was a traitor who betrayed the plateau and wanted to bring the Nibra country to enslave the people on the plateau. And Songtsen Gampo's side said that Bon is demagoguery, and all they believe in are evil gods.
As soon as this argument appeared, it completely broke the situation that was originally just a confrontation, because you can say that those teachers are not good at learning, and you can say that they are not good morals, but you can never say that the gods they believe in are evil gods, which is an insult to their faith.
With just one sentence, the gloomy and bleak situation was completely exploded on the plateau, and all the disciples of the sect were completely angry, they had no weapons or armor, but they also picked up firewood knives and wooden sticks, and fought hard with the army of Songtsen Gampo.
The army representing Songtsen Gampo was much better equipped than these rabble, with sharp weapons, and took advantage of the battle, but those fanatical believers of Bon were not afraid of death at this time, and the so-called horizontal ones were afraid of being stunned, and those who were stunned were afraid of dying. At this time, the Bon are the ones who don't want to die.
The city of Logos, as the current capital of Tibet, was in the hands of Songtsen Gampo, but at this time there was also a situation of beacon fire everywhere, because the Bon followers were not only in those places where the three-headed dog demon appeared, but also in the city of Logos, and they became the vanguard of Bon at this time.
Bon only needs a so-called guru to show their Bon miracles, and they can all become extremely fanatical, and even give up their lives in the process.
"The gods bless you, and when you give your lives for the holy war of the gods, your souls will be extradited to the kingdom of the gods, a garden with barley milk, with honey flowing from all the flowers, and barley from all rivers, where your souls will be blessed with eternal happiness." An old man in shabby clothes said.
He was a Guru of the Bon religion and had a high reputation in the city of Raksha, and when Songtsen Gampo was about to make a move, his first goal was to capture him. But on that day he happened to go out to bless a sick man in a distant country, and he did not survive in the city of Logos.
When he returned, he found that his home had been completely burned down by the army, and countless soldiers were searching for him. So he could only hide, secretly contact the believers in the city of Logos, and guide them to his own safety.
This place is on a hill outside the city of Raksha, and there is a huge space in the belly of the mountain, which is the magic left by the cooperation between the movement of the earth's crust and the flowing water, and it is the place where he preached, and all the people who can come here are staunch believers in Bon. And at this time, the old man is instilling faith in them, so that they can strengthen their faith in the gods and not be afraid of death, which is the call of the gods.
"Thank you Master Karazan for your inspiration, we are believers in the God of the Snow Mountains and are willing to give everything we have to the great God of the Snow Mountains!" Countless believers fell to their knees. This is a belief that sprouts in obscurantism, and although it may seem stupid, it is the most determined, and only ignorance gives the Bon sect the soil to survive.
This is also the reason why Songtsen Gampo must completely ban Bon, which is no longer able to adapt to the development of Tibet, and even the further obstacle of Tibet, which is destined to be abandoned by Tibet.
However, Songtsen Gampo made a mistake, that is, he was too eager for quick success, and it would have taken a long time to weaken the power of the Bon religion little by little, and finally in the plan to completely exterminate them, he wanted to completely solve them by force at this time.
This kind of remnant party that will be abandoned by the times has existed after all, and the reason why they exist is because there is still soil for their survival and nutrients for them to survive in this era. Therefore, when facing the situation of destruction, their final return to the light will also be unbearable for the new era.
No matter which country, no matter what kind of system, no matter what kind of thing, when it is about to be abandoned, it will bring pain to the times, just like the slave system was replaced by the feudal system, but the former slave owners belonged to the ruling class, and they would not give up the rights in their hands, so as to suppress the spread of the new system.
Songtsen Gampo occupies the general trend, and he has the convenience of imperial power, but because of Lu Hanyang's borrowing once, his original plan has been flawed. And Bon also has its own convenience, that is, people, at least now they still have this not weak popular base.
Because Songtsen Gampo's idea is to let Buddhism replace Bon little by little, so that the hearts of the people also have a sustenance, after all, in the hearts of the plateau people, there can be no god who makes them fearful, as for who this god is? Whatever. Therefore, Songtsen Gampo found the Buddha from outside, and asked them to replace the god of the snow-capped mountains, the god of barley, the god of the river, and so on.
This idea is very good, and it has been implemented well, so that Bon has been driven to a desperate situation step by step. However, when Bon was about to be destroyed, Lu Hanyang intervened horizontally, even unintentionally, so that Bon seized the opportunity to counterattack, so as to escape from the encirclement of Songtsen Gampo, and then like a beast in his hand, he frantically attacked Songtsen Gampo.
That Guru Karazan was one such person, and when he faced the threat, he also retaliated angrily, and countless believers who had been brainwashed by him became his sharpest knife against Songtsen Gampo at this time, and these believers had completely disregarded everything for the extradition of the god of the snow-capped mountains, in order to be able to enter the kingdom of the gods flowing with barley and honey.
The city of Rakhasa has been in chaos, and countless soldiers have suppressed the entire city, but there are still many places that have been burned, and these are the pawns used by the followers of Guru Nakarazan to take revenge on Songtsen Gampo.
"Bon has gone too far, and more than thirty houses have been burned down in this city, all of which are our institutions that govern the city. If this continues, the whole city will be paralyzed. Songtsen Gampo was furious, he did not expect the Bon revenge to be so fierce.
"Lord Zampu, there is no other way but to fight them to the end, these Bon cultists have no way to communicate!" Lu Dongzan also said at this time that he met the people who burned the official yamen in the city, they were just ordinary people, and they lived in the city, but at this time it was like crazy.
In such a situation on the plateau, Songtsen Gampo controlled the army, but he could not find many Bon masters, so he could not carry out a strong attack, but he stopped the high sacrifice of Bon and saved the materials that could have been burned.
However, the Bon counterattack also caused them heavy losses, because without the Bon cultists admitting themselves, no one knew which one of the people in the crowd was theirs, and these people wantonly destroyed the city, and in the end, even if they were caught, there was no way to recover the losses.
After all, the situation of killing people on the street will always make the rest of the onlookers feel sad that the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad, whether it is shock or fear, it will make the people's hearts estranged from Songtsen Gampo's rule.
Therefore, Songtsen Gampo basically has no way to use the means of destroying his reputation with his followers in the face of Bon, they can only arrest people, but what can they do if they arrest people, and the losses cannot be recovered, and these arsonists do not have much material behind them to make up for the losses they caused.
If it weren't for the kind of people who are destitute and have no means, who would believe that there are countless rivers of barley flowing and endless flowers dripping with honey? Only these people who are very dissatisfied with their lives will fantasize about such a life, a dreamlike utopia that can make them pay for their lives.
This kind of defeat between each other, the whole of Tibet has completely become a battlefield, and the battle between the Bon religion and the army has been continuing, knowing that one side can only stop the battle after complete destruction.
As the culprit, Lu Hanyang and his party had already crossed the plateau at this time, walked far away towards the bottom of the mountain, and walked directly across the plateau, and after going down a height, it was the boundary of Tuyuhun. This ethnic discrimination is not very different from that of Tibet, they belong to the nomadic people, and although Tibet is also said to be a lot of herding, there are also people who farm.
Tuyuhun is different, they rely entirely on grazing, and the peoples on the steppe, once their ancestors were also the overlords of the northern steppe, but later the Turks rose and drove them out of the northern steppe, and the Central Plains region is not something they can enter, they can only escape into this alpine steppe.
Lu Hanyang and his entourage walked out of the territory of Tubo and entered Tuyuhun, did not stop, but walked directly through, and no one saw their traces in this area, because at this time, the people of Tuyuhun were grazing on the grassland on the other side. This is how the people, who have already grazed their cattle and lived in pursuit of water and grass, have no fixed place to live.
Of course, no one saw Lu Hanyang and they didn't care, at least Lu Hanyang didn't think of the meaning of these two places now, because these two places will be the areas of Datang in the future, and it is unlikely that there will be foreign players here. And he hasn't been back to Datang for a year soon, so now go back and take a look.
All the way to the gallop, without a single stop, directly through the Tuyuhun area, all the way to the northwest, they did not change the direction, because they did not know where this era is? Xuanzang, the only one who was born and raised, has never been to this place, and everyone can't tell the specific location of themselves and others, so it's okay to go all the way to the dark.
Anyway, it's not much off, even if it's a little off, it's too late to change direction to a populated place, and the speed is there, and a little bit of deviation can't delay the degree of time.
The speed of Xiao San really doesn't have to be said, the length of thirty or forty zhang long, the distance of the limbs is dozens of zhang, plus flying in the air, except for the time when climbing the mountain, the distance is a little longer, basically walking in a straight line, so it saves a lot of distance.
All the way to the northwest, gradually the grassland disappeared, and some sparse forests appeared, this is because of the uneven distribution of vegetation caused by precipitation, after all, the precipitation is also decreasing with the altitude, Tubo and Tuyuhun would not have such a good vegetation growth environment if it were not for the snow water melted every year by countless snow-capped mountains on the plateau.
Flying all the way, I gradually saw people, land, and people working in the fields.