Mozhigen had already gotten the news. As soon as Sun Yi entered the courtyard, Mo Rigen led his subordinates to come forward to salute:

"I've seen Tabu Bag!"

"I've seen Yabuhai!"

The son of Genghis Khan's golden family is called "Taiji", the daughter is called "Yabuhai", and the son-in-law is called "Tabunang".

When Kiki Geyabuhai saw the old man, he immediately chattered excitedly around Mo Rigen and kept talking; When the old man saw Kikige, his spirit seemed to improve.

Mo Rigen invited Sun Yi and Qiqige into the house, and the smell of boiled mutton filled the room.

As soon as he sat down, Mo Rigen introduced the situation of Daban's ascension to the city to Sun Yi.

The elder Mo Zhigen said that through several channels, it has been confirmed that Manchukuo began to massacre the people who had returned to China on the grassland on the third day of the first month of June. Now a large number of refugees are flocking to Dabansheng, and Dabansheng people are panicking.

Mozhigen now had more than 2,300 cavalry under his command, organized into two wings, the left and right wings, and the leaders in charge were called Norbu the Great and Norbu the Younger.

Big Norbu and Little Norbu are not related, they just have the same name. The Great Norbu was in charge of the cavalry on the left flank, an authentic Mongol, who was currently on the steppe to meet the people who had defected to Dabansheng; Little Norbu was in charge of the right wing cavalry, the ancestors fled from the Ming Dynasty to the Han people on the grassland, and later from the Hu custom to the Hu name, and now the little Norbu is shrinking the right wing of the army to guard against the incoming Manchurian army.

Little Norbu introduced himself and said that his ancestor may have the surname "Chu" or "Chu", how to pronounce it still remembers, and how to write it has been completely forgotten. When his ancestors came to the grassland, they found that although the life here was hard, it was easier than that of the Ming Dynasty, so they took root and married Mongolian wives for several generations, which was no different from ordinary Mongolian nomads.

The boiled mutton was served, and the stuffy egg commented on the little Norbu while nibbling on the mutton: "You are better than that Batel of Changsheng Township." He forgot even the last name of his ancestors! ”

Mo Rigen worriedly analyzed that the coalition forces won a great victory at Shimen on the third day of the first month of June, and captured four Hongyi cannons from Manchukuo. If Manchukuo has Hongyi cannons, the Manchurian army is likely to let go of Dabansheng and go south to attack the Ming Kingdom; Now Manchukuo has lost the Hongyi cannon, and Dabansheng is mostly in a catastrophe.

Sun Yi understood. The old man fell ill as soon as he received the report of Shimen's victory, probably because the old man was worried about the villagers of Dabansheng.

Sun Yi gave Mozhigen and Little Norbu a detailed account of the coalition army's plan for the "Battle of Zhiyang".

When he heard that it was possible to lead the Manchurian army directly to the preset battlefield of two and a half miles, so as to save the people of Dabansheng from misery, the old man's illness seemed to be half cured at once.

Mo Rigen introduced to Sun Yi that the current difficulties and resistance in Dabansheng's cooperation with the "Battle of Zhiyang" mainly come from Meidaizhao.

The so-called Osaka rise is a large village and market cluster that is naturally formed around Meidaizhao. As the political center of the western outpost of Tumut, the area traditionally controlled by Dabansheng included the northern and southern foothills of Daqing Mountain, extending westward to an area known as "Ulangha" in Mongolian and now "Jiuyuan" in Chinese.

Since Chahar defeated Tumut five years ago, Tumut's original organizational structure has been completely dismantled. Lin Dan of Chahar supported Omubu Huangtaiji, who was dedicated to the Buddha and did not care about the world, and became the new prince of Tumut in Kuku and Tun in the eastern outpost. The big board of the Tumertesi whistle has actually been in a state of no one to take care of during these five years.

When Mo Rigen first arrived in Dabansheng, he showed the banner of the Treasure of Altan and Sun Yi Tabu, and the recruitment of soldiers and horses went very smoothly, and he also received the secret support of Mei Dai Zhao.

But when the lama of Mei Dai Zhao learned that the Tie Kingdom worshiped the white old man Shennong, Mei Dai Zhao began to secretly call on the believers to boycott Mo Rigen's team.

During the Wanli period, the Dabansheng area was a gathering place for the White Lotus cultists who fled to the grassland from the Ming Dynasty. This branch of the White Lotus Sect is also called "Maitreya Religion", which originates from its followers' belief in the Buddha of the afterlife - Maitreya Buddha, so the Dabansheng area has always had the tradition of worshiping Maitreya Buddha.

The so-called Mei Dai Zhao is the meaning of "Maitreya Buddha" in Mongolian, and the Daxiong Treasure Hall of Mei Dai Zhao is dedicated to a Maitreya Silver Buddha, and the influence of Mei Dai Zhao is very large in the Dabansheng area.

Meidaizhao was originally the palace city built by Zhao Quan, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, for Altan Khan, and the city defense was extremely strong, and the Ming Dynasty gave the name "Fuhua City". In that year, Altan Khan converted to Tibetan Buddhism and built a temple in the palace. Altan Khan's forced implementation of Buddhism and suppression of shamanism on the steppe was centered on Meidaizhao, so Meidaizhao's influence on the grassland was not small.

Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, and Southern Buddhism are known as the three major systems of Buddhism, belonging to Mahayana Buddhism, and there are two major Buddhist book series, Kangyur and Tengyur, which uniquely and completely record the formation and development of Buddhism since the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha.

Tibetan Buddhism began during the Songtsen Gampo period. Songtsen Gampo married two princesses, one was Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty and the other was Princess Qizun of Nepal. The two princesses each brought a statue of Buddha of Sakyamuni, Princess Qizun brought an eight-year-old statue of Sakyamuni, and Princess Wencheng brought a twelve-year-old statue of Sakyamuni. Later, two Buddha statues were placed in two temples, the one where the small Buddha statue was placed was called "Xiaozhao Temple", and the one where the large Buddha statue was placed was called "Dazhao Temple".

In the later period of the Tang Empire, the Tibetan Empire also came to an end. Tibetan Buddhism was banned in Tibet and remained silent for 200 years. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Tibetan Buddhism gradually revived, reaching its peak in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and various schools of Red Sect, Flower Sect, White Sect, and Yellow Sect appeared.

The Red Sect is the most traditional branch of Tibetan Buddhism, and they study the ancient teachings of the Tang Dynasty, hence the name given to the monks who wore red hats. During the period when Tibetan Buddhism was banned, the monks of the Red Sect scattered in the mountains, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, they established six main monasteries, and then the main monasteries were divided into smaller sub-monasteries. The Red Religion did not unify religious and political leaders.

The walls of the main temple of the Flower Sect are painted with red, white, and black stripes that symbolize the wisdom, compassion, and strength of Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, and Vajrapani, so it is called the Flower Sect. The flower cult was forbidden to marry, and the political and religious leaders were called Dharma kings, and their heyday was in the Yuan Dynasty, when the Dharma kings were the famous Phags-pa. Following Kublai Khan's side, Phags-pa refuted Quanzhen Taoism with his profound knowledge and genius eloquence, and Kublai Khan then burned Taoist scriptures, expelled Taoist priests, and returned Taoism to Buddhism. Phags-pa was named the national teacher by Kublai Khan, served as the king of the Great Treasure, led the whole country of Buddhism, and wrote the Kangyur Sutra.

Baijiao arose in the Northern Song Dynasty, and its founder went to India three times and Nepal four times to obtain the true scriptures, and was the earliest sect in Tibetan Buddhism to implement the reincarnation system. Because there are white stripes in the monk's skirt, it is commonly known as "white religion". By the time of the Ming Dynasty, the White Sect was in full control of Tibetan politics and religion.

The Yellow Sect is the newest branch of Tibetan Buddhism, named after the monks who wear yellow hats. The founders of the Yellow Sect were impressed by the corruption of other sects, and advocated strict observance of the precepts by monks, a systematic system of studying Buddhist scriptures, a strict degree promotion system, and a complete leadership system that integrated government and educational affairs.

Once the Yellow Sect was founded, it was suppressed by other sects. Fortunately, Altan Khan converted to the Yellow Sect, and the Yellow Sect developed on the steppe with the power of Altan Khan, and Meidaizhao is a Yellow Temple.

Lin Dan of Chahar also believed in the Yellow Sect at first, and later he resolutely converted to the Red Sect. During the five years that Chahar conquered Tumut, the Yellow Sect was ruthlessly suppressed, and the Tumut nobles, who were staunch supporters of the Yellow Sect, were also beaten to pieces.

Originally from Tibet, the religious leader of the Tibetan region, Lama Chiba, was expelled by Lin Dan, Meidaizhao became more of a spontaneous Huangjiao monastery, completely losing its political leadership and relying on her remaining religious influence to indirectly control the people.

Since the death of Altan Khan, shamanism in the steppes has quietly revived. In the five years since the Chahar conquest of Tumut, shamanism has seen a resurgence in the remote steppe regions.

As a result, with Meidaizhao as the center, a radiation circle with diminishing influence was formed, such as the Meidaizhao Lama, many Han people in the Dabansheng area, and nomads in the grassland area.

The cavalry of Mozhigen were basically nomadic people from the steppe. A strange phenomenon was invisibly formed - the lama of Meidaizhao led the Han people in Dabansheng to resist the steppe Mongols.

At present, there is a shortage of grain and grass in the cavalry of Mozhigen, and some Han soldiers who enlisted in the Dabansheng area have taken the initiative to ask for retirement......

After listening to the introduction, Sun Yi couldn't help but sigh.

The eyebrows were all burned, and seeing that the big board was about to burn the jade, the lama called by Mei Dai was actually making friction!

While he was talking, someone came in and informed Mei Dai that he had sent a monk to negotiate. Little Norbu went out for a trip, and when he came back, he said angrily that Mei Daizhao lodged a strong protest:

This evening, when a troop of cavalry passed by Mei Dai, not only did they not dismount and salute, but roared past. This is a great disrespect to the Buddha, and he asked Mo Rigen to immediately investigate and deal with the "perpetrators", and he must give Mei Dai a "confession" tomorrow.

Sun Yi suddenly sweated, isn't this "perpetrator" himself!

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The Mongolian name for the Tumut region at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wang Shiqi (1551-1618) was a native of Linhai, Zhejiang. In the eleventh year of Wanli (1583), he served as the prefect of Chongqing, the political envoy of Henan and Shandong, the right deputy capital of Yushi, and the governor of Datong. During Wang Shiqi's governor of Datong, he compiled the "Three Clouds Preparation Examination", which refers to the areas of Yunzhong (Datong), Yundong and Yunxi, which was written in the 42nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and described in detail the situation of the border defense of Datong Town and the border Tumut Mongolia at that time.

A passage about the "Yiyu Commentary" in the "Sanyun Preparatory Examination" is transcribed as follows:

Taiji: It's a descendant of the prince's family.

Prostitute: She is the wife of each Taiji, and she is the same as the concubine of the clan.

If it is not a wave: it is the son-in-law of the prince's family, that is, the guest of honor.

Dumb is not harmful: It is the daughter of the prince and each Taiji, and the same as the daughter of the sect.

Leader: He is a good person who judges the big and small affairs of the tribe under the Taiji Sect.

Cha: Same as the chief.

Taishi: It's Taiji's family that has to be used.

Bang Shi: It is a writer who writes words.

Pen writing style: It is a calligrapher who writes Chinese characters.

Snake Jin: If you don't prodigal boys.

Ming Antu: It's the leader of a thousand people.

Summoning Rabbit: It is the leader of a hundred people.

Da Erhan: Fan Buyi was rescued by losing a horse in front of the Taiji formation, or rescued from the Taiji formation, and this name was promoted. Because of the death of Taiji himself, the bereaved parents or grandchildren were promoted to this name. There are also all kinds of craftsmen who are skilled in crafting strange utensils, and they are promoted to this name.

Zai Yaqi: He is a good person who is the master of foreign affairs and the affairs of his tribe.

Ear 6: It is the husband of the nursing mother of each Taiji.

Hajiaerqi: It is a person who is familiar with the name of the place and the road, and the township guide does not accept the same night

The author adds the following:

The word "Taiji" is derived from the Chinese word "prince", and "Huang Taiji" means "crown prince"; The "zi" sound in Chinese is changed to Mongolian, and then it is transferred back to Chinese to become "ji".

than prostitutes, this article is always written as "妣姬", which comes from the Chinese "concubine". There is no pronunciation of F in Mongolian, so the sound of "concubine" is changed to "sorrow" and "maid".

Hatun is derived from the Mongolian language, which means "Queen Mother". At that time, there were also people in the Tumut area who directly used the Chinese pronunciation of "Queen Mother" and called "Hatun", and after the t-d transliteration, the Chinese was written as "Da Yi Hao".

If not, this article will be written as "Tabu Bag" in accordance with the practice of later generations.

It is not harmful to be dumb, and this article is written as "Yabuhai".

Bangshi, that is, "put formula", comes from the Chinese word "doctor".

The pen writing style, the Qing Dynasty as a "pen post style".

Zai Ya Qi, also written as "Zai Sheng" at that time, is equivalent to the Chinese word for "general manager".

Bansheng, derived from the Chinese "common people", later translated into "village and town", Dabansheng is "big town".

Zhao, derived from the Tibetan word for "Buddha", was later translated into a temple. Mei Dai Zhao is Maitreya Buddha.