"Then the monk from the West is so powerful?" Yang Yi exclaimed.

In Yang Yi's memory, there are indeed many warrior monks and monks, and there have been many well-known achievements, the most famous of which is the rumored thirteen stick monks in his previous life to save the Tang King.

However, Yang Yi had never heard of Buddhism's direct involvement in state affairs with its strong inability.

This point is actually inseparable from the unique environment and geography of the Western Regions, where thousands of miles of wind and sand, thousands of miles of Gobi, the world is full of horse thieves and bandits, and the folk customs are extremely strong. This also makes it extremely difficult for the gentle teachings of Buddhism to survive in such places, but once they lose control of the Western Regions, then there will be a huge and irreparable fault between Buddhism in the East and the West, so they have to take such a strong way to maintain the extension of Buddhism in the Western Regions.

As far as I know, in today's Western Regions, the power of Buddhism is still not to be ignored, they are not like Wu Huan's Immortal Religion, Buddhism in the Western Regions not only has the support of the aristocratic class, but also has a high prestige among the common people, and some countries have even been transformed into religious countries, and the Buddhist power and the royal power are almost on par. ”

Hearing this, Yang Yi frowned and said: "According to what you said, the biggest purpose of Buddhism in the Western Regions is to maintain this missionary channel, so in fact, it seems that the entry of the Fierce Di people into the Western Regions will not affect them, but will more stabilize the existence of this channel, why are they so repulsive to the Fierce Di people?" ”

Through the performance of Zen Master Basang, Yang Yi could feel that he desperately hoped that Yang Yi would send troops to the Western Regions, otherwise he would not be extreme enough to use the method of spreading rumors to put pressure on Yang Yi.

Lu Yuanliang also seemed to expect Yang Yi to ask this question, and said with a smile: "There are two reasons, one is that even if they take care of the invasion of the fierce Di people, it will inevitably affect the balance of interests maintained for a long time in the Western Regions, and the Buddhism of the Western Regions does not dare to take this risk." ”

Yang Yi nodded and said: "There is some truth in this, it is better to be the master of your own house than to work for others." ”

"The most important thing is the second point." Lu Yuanliang said: "Didn't you find that I have always called it Buddhism in the Western Regions, not Buddhism?" ”

Yang Yi condensed and pondered: "Buddhism in the Western Regions... You mean... Buddhism is also geographically divided? ”

Lu Yuanliang nodded with satisfaction, smart people always talk so easily, click one to the other.

"Orange is orange in Huainan and orange in Huaibei, which is the rule of heaven and earth, and the eternal theorem of all things. Two thousand years ago, Buddhism was born in the country of Impression and spread to the East several times. However, the difference in humanistic features and geographical environment made it difficult for Buddhism to spread to the East, and later the General Altar of Buddhism in the Impression Country made a very clever countermeasure, that is, to let the missionaries and monks of all walks of life adapt to local conditions, and use different missionary methods according to different conditions in various places, and then the spread speed and intensity of Buddhism have been greatly improved, and soon it spread all over the real Oriental continent and became one of the largest sects in the East. ”

But this is also criticized for dividing up many different branches of Buddhism, each of which thinks that its own way of preaching is the most correct, to the point that there is a great disagreement until it turns into a very sharp contradiction. Among them, the Central Plains Buddhism, the Northern Plains (Fierce Di) Buddhism, and the Western Regions Buddhism are the most prominent. ”

Yang Yi nodded consciously, not much surprised by this, although the Buddhism of the previous life was very different from the Buddhism of this era, but it was the same when it changed in the way of transmission, just like Indian Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism, although the fundamental doctrine is the same, there are also many differences in transmission methods, ways and precepts.

I only heard Lu Yuanliang continue: "Due to cultural reasons, Buddhism in the Central Plains is relatively mild, and rarely directly intervenes in the struggle of the upper classes, but uses the teaching of thousands of ordinary people to achieve the way of influencing the ruling class.

Although Buddhism in the Western Regions seems to be much stronger than Buddhism in the Central Plains, it has not departed from the doctrinal foundation of teaching to the public, and many monks in the Western Regions have become guests of honor in the countries of the Western Regions, but they still walk in the land of wind and sand, preaching to the common people who are suffering, which is also different from Buddhism in the Central Plains.

However, the northern plains (Buddhism) on the steppe were on the wrong side, preferring to chant sutras to the noble chiefs rather than preach to the poor, and perhaps in the hierarchical steppe, this was the only way to spread Buddhism. However, because of this, the Northern Plains Buddhism was also disagreed with by the Western Regions Buddhism and the Central Plains Buddhism because of the sense of luxury, and the three have been secretly competing, and they all believe that their own teachings are the true meaning of the Buddha. ”

Yang Yi touched his chin with interest, and Lu Yuanliang's words finally solved his doubts.

Why did the Xishen Congress send Basang, a monk, to negotiate with him, and why the Dejing presiding officer of Qingchen Temple spared no effort to help Basang, all of which were easily solved.

"Then what do you think I can do with this Basang so that he can promise us a war horse?" Yang Yi asked.

Now that you have understood the details of the other party, it is natural to think about how to make a move.

"Wait." Lu Yuanliang replied without hesitation: "It shouldn't be us who is in a hurry now, you did a good job before, ignore Nabasan, and wait for him to take out their hole cards." ”

Yang Yi nodded and said: "But you can't do nothing, don't accidentally let the fierce Di people occupy the Western Regions, then Lao Tzu will suffer a big loss, Lao Tzu's war horse!! ”

Yang Yi seemed to have seen thousands of war horses rushing towards him.

Lu Yuanliang thought for a while and said: "You write a letter, send someone to Bingzhou, and let your righteous brother Wang Fei garrison troops in the northwest of Bingzhou, and put pressure on the fierce Di people in Youzhou. Since then, my senior brother has had to suspend his plan, otherwise if he still insists on allowing Kuohetai to advance to the Western Regions, it will definitely arouse suspicion of Hu Yanzhi. ”

Yang Yi smiled: "Well, this is a good idea, otherwise I will directly let the dark messenger spread rumors in the fierce Di, saying that your senior brother Luo Chengzhi wants to support the army and stand on his own?" Maybe Hu Yanzhi will directly cut off your senior brother's head on an impulse. ”

Lu Yuanliang glanced at Yang Yi with disdain, and said disdainfully: "Hu Yanzhi is not stupid, my senior brother is not stupid, you are useless in doing that except to expose our latent power in the fierce Di." ”

Yang Yi pursed his lips and said, "I'll just talk about it." ”

Yang Yi also knew that Luo Chengzhi acted cautiously, and Hu Yanzhi was not a faint master who listened to slander, unless he really caught the evidence that Luo Chengzhi wanted to stand on his own, it would be difficult to successfully transfer.