"That's nature!" Liu Cheng's reaction was also expected by Chesang, after all, firearms are not like ordinary wool and tea, they are extremely sensitive commodities, whether Liu Cheng is an ally of Batur Khan or a senior military attache of the Ming Dynasty, his identity is quite sensitive, and it is impossible to agree casually, but the other party did not refuse immediately, which means that there is still something to be done. He stood up and bowed to Liu Chengheshi solemnly: "Since the founding of Lobsang Drakpa Tsongkhapa, I, the Gelug sect, have strictly observed the precepts, innovated and abolished the old, and the teachings are tolerant of the two sects of Sutra and Tantra, emphasizing the importance of first manifesting and then tantra, step by step, and learning without hesitation. Relying on the power of the Kadampa sect, Zangpa Khan acted perversely, and his demise was only a matter of time. If you go along with the heavens, you will be blessed, and you will be able to attain the bodhisattva fruit for your descendants and for hundreds of generations. Pros and cons, please think again! With that, Cessan turned and left.

"Bodhisattva fruit? Will there be good fortune? Liu Cheng looked at the back of Chesang leaving, and a sneer appeared on his face: "Feelings, this Rinpoche wants to play the trick of the white wolf with empty gloves?" Lao Tzu is not one of those who mixed in the entertainment industry in his previous life. “

Back at his residence, Liu Cheng immediately asked Du Gu to invite Zhao Wende. After Zhao Wende came, Liu Cheng clarified the demands made by Qiesang and asked, "Jiansheng, do you think I should agree or refuse?" “

Zhao Wende did not answer immediately, and only replied after a long while: "My lord, as far as I know, this Chesang Lama is not an ordinary person, and whether he agrees or refuses, he must act cautiously to avoid leaving trouble. “

"Woe?" Liu Cheng saw Zhao Wende's solemn expression, and hurriedly asked: "Although the Tibetans worship monks, his sect is suppressed by the Tibetan Khan in the local area, and the Tibetan army is weak, even if I refuse him, what's the matter?" “

"Your Excellency, you don't know!" Zhao Wende saw that Liu Cheng knew very little, so he hurriedly explained. It turns out that among the five major branches of Tibetan Buddhism, the Nyingma, the Sakya, the Kagyu, the Kadampa, and the Gelug sect, the Gelug sect is the newest branch, and its founder, Lama Tsongkhapa, was a native of the early 15th century. At that time, the rituals of other sects of Tibetan Buddhism were complicated, and the monks lived in luxury, without being bound by precepts, and there were many contradictions within the sect. As a religious reformer, Lama Tsongkhapa took the precepts seriously, required monks to be celibate and not marry, and strengthened the organization and management within the monastery. On the point that monks are celibate and do not marry, the Gelug sect has a great advantage over the other tribes. Because no matter what the religious scriptures say, in the final analysis, the development and growth of the sect depends on the continuous strengthening of the economic base of the monastery. Gelug monks who hold the precept of celibacy without marrying will have no offspring, and their upper class monks may be greedy for pleasure. But there will be no situation in which the fixed assets of the monastery are "privatized" by high-ranking monks. In this way, in the competition between the monasteries of different sects, the accumulation rate of property of the Gelugpa monasteries will definitely exceed that of other tribes, and they will inevitably gradually gain an advantage in the competition. More importantly, in order to win the battle against the other tribes, the Gelugpa actively formed alliances with the Mongol tribes against the growing strength of the Later Tibetan families such as Rinpungpa and Sinshapa. In 1578, the 3rd Dalai Lama, Lama Sonam Gyatso, went to Qinghai to meet with Altan Khan, the king of Shunyi, the leader of the Mongol and Mongol Tumut tribes. An alliance was formed, and the two sides exchanged honorific titles, and Altan Khan gave political and military support to Sonam Gyatso, as well as support for the Gelug sect in the Mongol missionary circles. And after the death of Sonam Gyatso. Altan Khan's great-grandson was designated as his reincarnated spirit child, the fourth Dalai Lama, Lama Yunden Gyatso, and became one of the two supreme religious leaders of the Gelug sect. As a result, high-ranking Gelug monks like Chesan enjoyed great prestige among the Mongol tribes. Many princes and nobles either donated money to him or sent their sons and nephews to the temples and became members of the Gelugpa monks. For example, the more than 200 young nobles who followed Chesan were his followers. Its latent power can be seen.

"Mr. Zhao, then you mean I should promise him?" Liu Cheng frowned and asked.

"My lord, I dare to ask, if you agree to that Chesang Lama, will it affect your own affairs?"

"This-" Liu Cheng hesitated for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Zhao, you have also seen my factory, it is already working overtime, but there are too few skilled workers." If he is given work, I am afraid that other aspects will be pulled down. ”

Zhao Wende nodded, he also saw a little bit when he came back this time, Liu Cheng's stall was too big, and there were too many things to do at the same time, shipyards, iron-making blast furnaces, forging factories, weapons factories, textile factories, pontoon bridges, markets, etc., although a lot of people were caught through Lu Boqi, but the laborers who did rough work were one thing, and the skilled workers were another.

"Actually, adults don't have to say it to death, just leave a live button." Zhao Wende said with a smile.

"Live buttons?"

"Not bad! As far as I know, the infighting among the various sects of Buddhism in Tibet has not been going on for a year or two, nor is it going to start tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. It is enough for the lord to take out thirty or fifty pieces in the treasury and make a good relationship with the Gelug sect, and this Chesang Lama can speak well in all the Mongolian tribes, and if you can have a good relationship with him, it will be of great use to the adults in the future. ”

"What Jiansheng said is very true!" Hearing Zhao Wende's words, Liu Cheng couldn't help but nod his head and say yes, with the output of his current factory, thirty bird guns is a day's output, and sending dozens of sets of armor is in the past, and it is less than one percent of the value of the box of gems. If you can get this Chesang Lama to say something in Batur Khan's ear at a critical time, saying that he has recovered his capital, not to mention that this person knows a lot about the Mongolian tribes, Tibet, Qinghai and other places, whether it is used as an adviser and a leading party, he is still influenced by the prejudices of his previous life, and he underestimates this lama too much.

"If it weren't for Mr. Zhao to mention it, Liu would only be afraid that he would underestimate this lama and make a big deal! It's really thanks to Jiansheng! ”

"If you want to say thank you, I still want to thank Lord Liu!"

"Where does that start?"

"I used to work under Inspector Yang, and I thought that everything in the northwest was within my side." Zhao Wende pointed to his chest, sighed, and showed a look of shame on his face: "I went west out of Yumen this time and went to Batur Khan's side, only to find that the vastness of heaven and earth, the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, the land of seven rivers, the competition between various tribes, and the Russians coming to the west, all of them are related to the imperial court and the important and important matters of the rise and fall of the country." If it weren't for Lord Liu to send me west, I'm afraid I would still be like the frog at the bottom of the well, and I would be really ashamed! “

"Mr. Zhao, where did you start?" Liu Cheng smiled slightly: "It's good that I let you go west, but it is unique to be able to see things like you, this is your ability, and it is also your opportunity, what does it have to do with me?" “

"There's a dry, a big one!" Zhao Wende said in a deep voice: "Now the bigwigs in the DPRK and China feel that outside the Northwest Jade Gate, there is peace. 1. \ door \ heart \ think to deal with the east. But I didn't know that outside the Jade Gate, it was the dark tide surging, and once something happened, I was afraid that it would be a big deal. Seeing that Liu Cheng's face was already light, he thought that Liu Cheng didn't believe what he said, so he hurriedly continued: "Lord Liu, Batur Khan is ambitious, and he is bent on unifying the Erut, Khalkha, and Southern Mongolian tribes. “

"Then what does Mr. Zhao mean that he wants me to stop selling firearms to him?" Liu Cheng said with a smile

"Definitely!" Zhao Wende shook his head: "Ebatur's martial strategy." Even if you don't sell him firearms, it will only be a matter of years before he unifies the Eruts. After he dominates the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, even if the adults don't sell it to him, he can buy it from the Russians. Sell with its Russians. It's better to sell it as an adult, meddle in it, control the upper and lower, and control it with raze is the king! ”

"Mr. Zhao thinks too highly of Liu!" Liu Cheng heard this. laughed. It turned out that in the vast land from the northwest to Central Asia at that time, a new hegemony with the Dzungar Department as the core was rising, and if this hegemony rose successfully. It will inevitably become a huge threat to the Ming Empire in the northwest, and if you take into account the population, hinterland, resources, and technology input that it can control, this nascent hegemony will pose a much greater threat to the Ming than the Houjin, which has already forced the Ming to be embarrassed. There are two reasons why this threat has not yet manifested: 1. The Dzungar tribe has not yet completed the conquest and integration of the surrounding tribes, and its great power has canceled each other out in internal friction; 2. The eastward invasion of the Russians has restrained part of his forces. But just as the floating debris on the surface of the water will eventually gather at the core of the whirlpool, without the intervention of external forces, a new hegemony will inevitably be born in this vast land, whether it belongs to the Dzungars, Kazakhs, or Chahars, and is a threat to the Ming Empire. In Zhao Wende's view, the only way to stop this tragedy is to intervene and establish a new balance of power, and he pinned this hope on Liu Cheng.

"No, it's not that Lord Liu thinks too highly, but that the Ming Dynasty is full of people, and only Lord Liu can do it!" Speaking of this, Zhao Wende's voice suddenly deepened: "If you marry Min Min Beji, you are the beloved son-in-law of Nabatur Khan, who is qualified to meddle in it except you." “

"Hehe, Lord Zhao, you didn't drink today, how can you say some drunken words!" Liu Cheng smiled and took it up: "It's not early, let's talk about something tomorrow!" “

Zhao Wende saw that Liu Cheng had given an eviction order, so he got up to say goodbye, he had just walked to the door, and suddenly heard Liu Cheng's voice: "When you go back, reply to the Russian, it's okay to do business, but he must send a mission to me first!" “

"Yes, sir!" Zhao Wende bowed down to receive the order, his eyes showing excitement.

After Zhao Wende left, Liu Cheng was the only one left in the room, and he only felt extremely bored in his chest, so he walked to the table and poured himself a full cup of cold tea and poured it down. But the cold tea in the stomach, not only did not there be no meditation, but it made the wildfire in the chest burn more vigorously. Zhao Wende's words were like a spark, falling into Liu Cheng's long-accumulated ambition. As Zhao Wende said, he has a huge advantage over all the Ming people - his future wife is a member of the royal family of the last nomadic empire in human history, although the inheritance of the son-in-law is a bit far-fetched, but the nomads on the grassland are not as strict as the patriarchal system of the Central Plains. It is completely possible for a son to inherit the throne, and he holds the actual power as a guardian. As long as they have enough strength and can bring enough benefits to their subordinates, those nomads will gather under their banner and become their own eagle dogs.

This night, Liu Cheng did not sleep well, in his sleep he saw himself riding a black horse, galloping on the grassland, tens of thousands of horses followed him, countless horses' hooves splashed smoke and dust covered the sky, making the sky gray, crows spread their black wings, flying in the gray sky, as he moved, these ominous birds were like a piece of dark clouds, rising up, sweeping everything away. Occasionally, the sun shines through this terrifying black cloud, and the corpses can be seen scattered all over the field, and columns of smoke that burn the corpses rise in all directions, leaving only white ashes and bones.

"It's all my masterpiece!" Liu Cheng told himself in his dream that the strange thing was that his heart was very calm, without fear or anger.

When Liu Cheng woke up from his dream, the sky was not yet fully bright, and there was chaos around him, and it took a while for the outlines of the surroundings to emerge in Liu Cheng's sight: the gorgeous warm bed curtains, the carved bedposts, the embroidered ceiling above his head, the comfortable brown stretch mattress under his body, and the soft pillow behind his head. As he became conscious, Liu Cheng gradually realized that he was sleeping in his bedroom.

The bed was very warm, Liu Cheng almost didn't want to get up, just as he was thinking about whether to take a vacation for himself - to sleep lazy, there was a hurried knock on the door outside, followed by Lu Boqi's shout: "Lord Liu, General Liu!" “

"Damn, can't you let me sleep in!" Liu Cheng scolded, but he knew very well that there was only one possibility for Lu Boqi's appearance - something big happened, although this mediocre and incompetent old bureaucrat got a lot of benefits from Liu Cheng, but he was not close to Liu Cheng, if it was not necessary, he would not take the initiative to come to Liu Cheng.

Liu Cheng jumped off the bed, walked barefoot to the door and opened the door, the cold wind blowing in from outside the door made him shiver, and he suddenly woke up.

"General Liu, General Liu!" Lu Boqi made a gesture, dismissed the entourage next to him, took out a document from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Cheng: "Hong Zhijun has an urgent letter!" “

Liu Cheng took the letter but didn't look at it, turned around and went into the room and sat on the bed, asking while getting dressed: "What's the matter, do you want Lord Lu to send me a letter in person?" ”

Lu Boqi casually closed the door and said in a low voice: "The Tang newspaper said that Lord Hong was defeated by thieves in Tiejiao Mountain, Huanxian County, and suffered heavy casualties, and even Lord He Huchen, the deputy chief soldier of Yansui Town, died!" (To be continued.) )

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