"Yuanqing, the newly occupied territory has almost been sorted out, and those small nobles who are pro-Tubo who should be killed and should be raided have basically been done."

The plateau in October is already cold, don't want it, Wu Yuanqing drilled in the house and nested on the kang of the new plate to lie down warmly, when the door was pushed open, a cold wind suddenly blew in, and then Gao Biaoren walked in from outside and said.

"Have you sent out all the new winter clothes?" Wu Yuanqing turned his head and asked.

"It's sent down, but I think the soldiers prefer the cow and sheep skins they wear." Gao Biaoren said with a smile.

"As I expected, our winter clothes are still a little thinner than the temperature here, and it's normal for people to like warmer cow and sheepskin." Wu Yuanqing nodded, if it weren't for the fact that the cow and sheep skins that had not been properly processed really tasted good, he would prefer the leather when he went out instead of the winter clothes he brought at home.

"By the way, all the goods carried by the caravan from Shu have been sold, in exchange for all kinds of precious skins, bone products and other specialties and five hundred horses, today they are going to set off for return, the leader asked what goods they need to bring next time?" Gao Biaoren asked.

Wu Yuanqing pondered for a while, thought about it, it seemed that there was nothing special to bring, the clothes and food needed were enough now, and other daily necessities depended on what the people here needed to bring, so he said: "There is nothing special to bring, what do the people here need most, I think they should know better after so many days of contact with the locals, so let them decide for themselves what goods to sell."

"Okay, understood, I'll tell him in a moment." Speaking of this, Gao Biaoren remembered something, so he continued: "By the way, Chang'an came to Chang'an just now."

"Oh, is there a will from Your Majesty?" Wu Yuanqing raised his eyebrows and asked.

Gao Biaoren shook his head: "No, it seems to be Grandpa Cheng's family letter."

"A letter from home? That's okay with us, leave it alone. Oh, by the way, how is the work of those monks going lately, and is there any new progress?" Wu Yuanqing asked.

"They're doing a good job, and according to what we've learned, a lot of locals are now talking about how friendly we are." Gao Biaoren said with a smile.

"Haha, that's good, that's good." Wu Yuanqing was very happy.

Religion is a demagogic thing, Wu Yuanqing has always known that this kind of thing is quite good for ruling when used well, haven't you seen the kind of theocratic country in the Middle Ages in Western countries, although it is bloody and clears dissidents, but I have to say that the kind of theocratic state rule is very stable.

Not to mention anything else, in addition to the 800 years of the Zhou Dynasty and the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, which of the remaining dynasties has more than 300 years.

However, the countries dominated by Western religions, such as the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire in ancient times, were countries that existed for thousands of years.

Of course, if the religion is not good, it is easy to have problems, such as always rebelling in the name of the gods, such as the White Lotus Sect is the leader in it, it has been active since the end of the Tang Dynasty and still exists until the end of the Qing Dynasty, like the immortal Xiaoqiang, as well as the Ming Sect at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, this guy has a great help to Zhu Yuanzhang to establish the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang, who made his fortune by religion, knew this very well, so as soon as he came to power, he knocked Mingjiao into the ranks of terrorists and exterminated it with all his might.

Moreover, religion is not only prone to rebellion, but also easy to engage in separatism, and there are always some fanatical believers, and people who are not confused will go to the point of no return as soon as they are fooled.

But no matter whether it is good or bad, there is nothing wrong with religion deceiving people's hearts, and the more ignorant and backward places and people are, the more they will be bewitched by false religious deities and teachings.

As Buddhism that can compete with Taoism at this time in the Tang Dynasty, it can at most rank second among the Han people, but in the plateau, which is the closest place to Tianzhu or Nibora, the birthplace of Buddhism, Buddhism is the first religion deservedly.

The ratio of believers is almost one-to-one, which means that everyone believes in Buddhism and everyone recites Buddhism.

Don't look at Buddhism except for some monks, in history many times the statement is not too good, such as clearly claiming to be a monk, the four are empty, but in fact it is dead money, the temple of the Buddha statue is shining, but also rising is the so-called outsider, the state does not collect taxes to the convenience, absorb the land of ordinary farmers around the temple, etc., every time the change of dynasty land annexation leads to the displacement of people, starving thousands of miles, in addition to the nobles, landlords, royal, temple monks also play a considerable role in it, Even the industrial land of the temple is larger than that of the big family and the big landlords. And then he also put usury that eats people and does not spit out bones, printing money and other evil deeds.

Like Emperor Wu of Liang, who believed in Buddhism and became a monk four times, forced the courtiers to spend a lot of money to redeem him, called the redemption of "Emperor Bodhisattva. A large part of the reason is that there are monks with improper minds who are bewitching and pestering, Guo Zushen described: "There are more than 500 Buddhist temples in the capital, which are extremely magnificent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info more than 100,000 monks and nuns, rich assets. ”

The monk made evil, the temple benefited, the bitter was Emperor Wu of Liang, a good promising king, who was stunned by the scourge and was killed in the country, and he starved to death in the palace Jingju Palace, so he did not end miserably.

But don't look at the many evil things that appear among the spokesmen and monks of Buddhism, but the Buddhist doctrine of leading people to be good, let people let go, accumulate virtue and do good, and cast a good baby for the next life is very popular with the people, especially if they get the hardships of the bottom life and can't see the hope of the people to be sought after.

Because the Buddhist scriptures say that it doesn't matter if you live in this life, there is also the next life, the next life, in order to live a better life after reincarnation, you must believe in the Buddha in this life, worship the Buddha, and cultivate good fortune for the next life.

It is the doctrine of Buddhism that teaches people to escape, the doctrine that teaches people to live badly and endure obediently, and plots for the next life, which the ruling class values very much.

Wu Yuanqing is also from the ruling class, and of course he also attaches great importance to this. And this is a plateau, a place that is heavily influenced by Buddhism.

The key point is that because the people here are not Han Chinese, but plateau nomads who have never been ruled by the Central Plains Dynasty, they don't think there's anything bad about letting them believe in Buddhism.

If this is placed in a place where there are many Han people, Wu Yuanqing will never encourage everyone to believe in Buddhism, of course, the Tang Dynasty is now from the emperor to the law is not recommended, or even restricts the development of Buddhism.

But the plateau is different here, firstly, there is the soil for believing in Buddhism, and it is impossible to manage the basic belief in Buddhism, and secondly, the doctrine of Buddhism to teach people to escape is also very beneficial to the rule of the Tang Dynasty here. Again, if you believe in Buddhism, you will have a lot of respect for the monk and will be more able to listen to what the monk says.

Those monks who were transferred from various places in Jiannan Province and Shu in the Tang Dynasty that had contact with the language of the plateau people taught Buddhism and propagated teachings to the people on the plateau, but this was not all they had to do, Wu Yuanqing also let them mix private goods in the teachings of Buddhism, instilling the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty to the plateau people, as well as the friendship of the Tang people to the plateau people, which subtly made them have a good impression of the Tang Dynasty and yearn for it.

It's been implemented for a while, and now it seems that it has begun to bear fruit.