In the cold tent, Galdan and seven or eight Dzungar nobles sat in meditation with the surrendered leaders of the Monan, the Desert Sleeper Division, and the Wuji Buik, and in front of them, eight burly red-clothed lamas lined up, constantly reciting jerky scriptures, and at the top was an old living Buddha sitting cross-legged, the living Buddha lowered his head, as if he was meditating on something, and between his eyebrows, there was a sacred and inviolable majesty.

Suddenly, the Living Buddha opened his eyes, his voice was low, speaking in Tibetan, and his eyes fell on Dzungar: "The fattest pasture should be given to the strongest warrior and the greatest hero, Kaldan, Tara has chosen you to be the lord of the land where there is grass

Many nobles and tribal leaders in the tent are incomprehensible in Tibetan, and they are all full of confusion, but they understand that the weight of this speaking lama, this person is the fifth living Buddha Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, this time from Tibet, is specially canonized Galden as Tenzin Boshuoktu Khan, in fact, the tribal leaders in the tent each have their original beliefs, and some believe in shamans. Some believe in Allah, but no one dares to show the slightest disrespect to the living Buddha. And this reason, naturally, is Galdan.

From an early age, Galdan was sent to Tibet to study Buddhism. He is extremely respectful of Lamaism, and others can't listen to him, a small "lama" who has lived in Tibet for more than ten years. But I can understand it. Hurriedly said, "May I respect the decree of Tara and the Guru." ”

In Tibet, there is such a well-known goddess, and she is enthusiastically worshipped by the general public. Both monks and laymen religiously worship her gods. People invoke her name, recite her famous mantra as famous as the six-character mantra "Hum Mani Flak", "Hum Gree, Dou Del Lie , Dou Lie , Stud" and contemplate her benevolent and beautiful image and worship her reverently. In the midst of distress and calamity, people cried out to her for help; When you are in pain and sorrow. People confide in her; When happiness and joy are shared, people share them with her. Good men and women all believe in this goddess, and she will be like a spiritual mother, from birth to death, carefully caring for you and guiding you. Boji escorts you to Elysium at the end of your life. This goddess is Tara, also known as Tara Bodhisattva.

Tara has an extremely high status in the hearts of Tibetan monks and laymen. Tibetans even regard her as their ancestor. In many Tibetan poems, Avalokiteshvara incarnates as a monkey and combines with Tara, who is incarnated as a Rakshasa woman, to give birth to offspring and gradually multiply into Tibetans.

Therefore, if you say that the most revered god and Buddha in Lamaism, I am afraid it belongs to this Tara, and Lama. then claims to be the incarnation of Tara. Therefore. The Living Buddha said that Tara chose Kaldan, but in the final analysis, it was the Fifth Living Buddha Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso who chose Kaldan.

"Alright, let's get ready to pray for cold Geldan." Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso's face was expressionless, and the two lamas on the side carefully helped him up; Galdan also stood up, and the rest of the noble lords also stood up. When the living Buddha came out of the golden tent, this came out.

Outside the golden tent, 500 lamas who followed the Living Buddha out of Tibet all stood in the cold wind in new clothes, and surrounded by many herdsmen around them.

Hundreds of colorful flags, prayer flags, and treasure buildings have been erected, fluttering in the cold wind, and the monks and deacons are in place under the dispatch. But seeing the flag waving, hundreds of people interspersed and came and went, in an orderly manner. As the Living Buddha came out of the Golden Horde, the Dzungar herdsmen who surrounded him had always believed in Lamaism. Skillfully singing the hymn to the tune of the string dance. Two sentences in a paragraph, with two high-fives between each paragraph.

Singing Qianhe, the atmosphere is warm.

The living Buddha wears a red robe, gold silk is decorated with a hundred gold, and the material is the world-famous Huzhou satin. The luster is dazzling, and it has a compelling momentum. This is still the year he went to Beijing City, the magic robe rewarded by Shunzhi that year, at this time the fifth generation was already an old man in his sixties, and half of his life was quietly stormy. He had prematurely dyed his beard white, and had carved a few wrinkles deep into his forehead. His eyebrows are sparse, his eyes are deep, the corners of his mouth are slightly drooping, and his body is slightly leaning forward, showing his great wisdom and compassion for all beings. Seeing that the arrangements were in order, especially the paintings on the colorful flags were both creative and decent, he nodded approvingly to Galdan, who slowly came out of the golden tent and stood beside him, Galdan pursed his lips, and the most glorious Xuan of his life finally came.

Due to the death of a deacon lama who accompanied him along the way out of Tibet, and because of this, before this prayer, the first thing to do is to worship the Dharma body, the so-called respect for the Dharma body, in fact, is to put the body of the monk out for a degree, and put a dead body before praying for blessings. Galdan didn't have an opinion, in Lamaism, it was also a great blessing to be able to see the Dharma body of a high monk, and he waited with interest, but he was quite looking forward to it.

There is also a rule in this, when the Dharma body is respected, if the living Buddha of the monk can show the brain leap phase, that is, it is commonly known as "double disc sitting", which is regarded as "the body of illusion, into the appearance of enlightenment". It is the most auspicious. However, due to various reasons, not all of them can hold this sitting posture, so they need to be close to the disciples to help complete it. The method is to stop breathing, insert a thick, slender, long, and short, sharpened wooden stick prepared in advance, insert it from the anus, stick to the back of the spine and penetrate into the posterior bone, make the upper body straight, and then cross the legs into a sitting position. After a day or two, it begins to flow out of red and white nasal fluid, which is called Bodhi water, indicating the success of the chemical assistance. After the degree, the degree is cremated and placed in the spiritual pagoda, which is equivalent to a merit dagger."

In a hurry, amid the chanting and trumpets of the surrounding monks, the four monks climbed the ladder to lift the wooden box onto the protective frame, and then lifted the living Buddha body who died of illness on the way out of the box and put it into the reserved space. When everyone saw the living Buddha's face like life, dressed in new clothes, and sitting on his knees, they all admired and bowed.

The officiant then casts a spell to summon spirits. The fifth wears a Grufa crown on his head, shakes the Dharma bell in his hand, recites mantras, circles the altar three times, and invites the soul to return. Two attendant lamas carried incense burners. At the same time, the sheepskin Dharma drum and the leg bone Dharma horn sounded rapidly, beckoning the wandering soul to return to the Dharma body, so as to protect the Dharma and achieve great liberation.

The deacon waved the red flag in his hand, and the drum and trumpet stopped. The Fifth took a precious sandalwood from one of his attendants and stepped into Gomado. Light it on a bowl of goata lamps, and then step out and raise the fire stick above your head, chanting words in your mouth. It is then placed in the space under the gomasa, and a gomaza with a sacrificial text written on it is placed. As the flames rose into the sky, the big and small trumpets, the large and small copper coins, the sheepskin drums that hit like raindrops, and the loud and high-pitched snorting suddenly exploded and moved people's hearts.

Galdan was fascinated by it, but the shamans and Muslim leaders behind him were dumbfounded, frowning inadvertently, always feeling that it was inappropriate to spend a corpse at this time, at this time, a guard hurriedly rode over, dismounted outside the crowd, and the herdsmen who were watching the matter avoided the road, and the guard saw that the Buddha was doing the Dharma. I couldn't help but run up, thought for a while, and cautiously walked to Galdan's side and whispered: "Khan Dan, the envoy of the Han people is here." ”

Galdan frowned: "Not now." The Living Buddha is practicing the Dharma, let them wait

The guard nodded, but a voice came from a distance, the voice was very loud, and it disturbed the mysterious ritual at once: "The envoys of the Great Ming Dynasty are serving the Ming Emperor, and the edict of the Heavenly Khan has arrived, and the vassal Galdan has come out to greet him." ”

The Dharma couldn't help but pause, hundreds of lamas stopped chanting Buddhist scriptures, and even the living Buddha who cast the spell and summoned the soul suddenly paused, being disturbed like this, he really couldn't continue, the herdsmen on the side couldn't help but buzz and discuss, and Galdan couldn't help but hold down the handle of the knife angrily at this time: "Damn Han dog." ”

Finally, there was still time for Tian Wenkang to come on a fast horse wearing a hundred attendants, and he sighed in his heart, he arrived at Muli Jiwei, and immediately heard that Tibet might arrive in Monan in the near future, and a canonization ceremony would be held at that time. To this day, Kougeldan is still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. But once accepted the lama's canonization, then it means that the Dzungar people openly broke away from the Ming vassal system, which is a great blow to the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, if the Ming can not react immediately, to carry out the conquest, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty in the South Seas, the North Ocean and even the Indian Ocean to establish a vassal system will have a great crisis of confidence, with the first will have the second catty "Who thinks that the vassal system will not suffer retaliation, then the prestige of the Ming Dynasty is afraid,

must be stopped, in fact, Tian Wenkang is not very sure whether he can make Galdan change his mind, if he fails, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out of Mongolia, but when he thinks of the appointment, Tian Wenkang can only stubbornly use the dead horse as a live horse doctor.

"The envoys of the Great Ming Dynasty served the Ming Emperor, the edict of the Heavenly Khan arrived, and the servants behind the vassal Galdan came out to welcome Tian Wenkang and saw that no one came out to greet them, this is the golden tent of Monan, unlike other yurts, there are some short buildings inside, and there are fences on the periphery, but they are similar to the military camps, and the Mongols in those fences did not react at all, and the servants began to tear their throats and scream.

Finally, a Dzungar lieutenant came out with a cavalry, roaring around the Han envoys on a fast horse, his scimitar unsheathed, and roared provocatively.

The servants behind Tian Wenkang pulled out the short luck around their waists one after another, but Tian Wenkang was still quite calm, he understood that these Dzungars were here to demonstrate to him at all, if they were going to come to slash and kill, where would they make so many fancy moves, Tian Wenkang calmly said to the servants behind him: "Put down your arms."

The cavalry unwillingly lowered the fire command. When the Dzungars saw that the intimidation had failed, they lost interest, and the little leader reined in his horse and asked with a proud face: "Who are you?" Why yelling in front of the sweat tent. ”

Tian Wenkang said: "Who are we, don't Galdan and you know?" I am ordered by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the co-lord of the Guanwai Empire, Tian Khan, to send an edict to Galdanbu, where is your Khandan. Why don't you go out of your account to greet us? ”

The little leader couldn't help but be stunned, when it came to playing tricks, of course he was not the opponent of the Ming envoys. After a moment of silence, he said, "We, Khandan, are watching the Tibetan Dacha Master pray for the blessing of my Dzungar department, you wait here, and when the ceremony is over, we Khandan will naturally meet you." ”

Tian Wenkang hurriedly went deep into the tiger's den, in fact, it was to destroy the canonization of Galdan, where would he be willing to wait until the ceremony was completed, and shouted: "I am the Qin mission of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, wherever the Qin mission goes, it is like the emperor is here, Galdan is so sluggish, is it because he wants to break the oath." Are you the enemy of my Ming? ”

This time the little leader was dumbfounded, if he nodded this head, I am afraid that these Han envoys will leave in a blink of an eye, then it also means

Relations with the Dzungar Ministry officially fell into hostility. He can take care of this kind of thing"... The dagger couldn't help but weaken a little: "You wait here." I'll go in and report it. ”

When the Mongols returned to the fence, the rotten wooden fence gate was immediately closed, leaving only Tian Wenkang and others, Tian Wenkang looked worried, and whispered to the officers who followed him: "Galdan is capricious, and now that he has come out of hiding here, there must be a plan, once Galdan is canonized." I'm afraid that my Great Tomorrow Army will not be able to fight if it is not interested, and you will go in and out of the tiger's den with Ben Qin, I am afraid that you will have to sacrifice your life and forget to die. ”

Several officers nodded slightly, and their eyes resolutely glanced at Tian Wenkang, and the civil officials were not afraid of death. What else do they have to care about these military attachés who lick blood with knives?

Tian Wenkang thought for a while: "If the matter is urgent, I will give you the right to arbitrarily, and if Galdan insists on accepting the edict, then after entering, you will seize the opportunity and try to capture it alive." If he couldn't be captured alive, Tian Wenkang made a ruthless action to wipe his neck, and along the way, Tian Wenkang saw too many tragic scenes. The whole Guanwai was tossed by the Manchurian mess, which made him even more disgusted with these alien races outside the Guan, and now in order to buy time, he would rather catch it than let the logical canonization of Galdan, at that time, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty has no way out except to declare war.

After a while, the little leader rode out again. This time, he didn't bring the cavalry, he came to Tian Wenkang alone, and gave a chest salute: "Khan Dan, please go in." ”

Tian Wenkang frowned, according to the rules, it should be Galdan who personally went out to welcome the angels, but the rules are decent, to this point, if you go through the rules, it will be out of control. He nodded, glanced at the officer behind him, and with a deep meaning in his eyes, he ordered, "Let's go in."

In front of the Golden Horde, the blessing ceremony continued, and the Fifth returned to Galdan, and he did not participate in the next ceremony, and the lamas wearing lama clothes lined up in various arrays, carrying colorful flags, prayer flags, and treasure towers back and forth. While chanting scriptures, he was full of mystical worship

Galdan was very close to the station, and the two were whispering in Tibetan, at this time, the envoy of the Han people suddenly arrived, I am afraid that even an idiot knows the purpose of the Han envoy, but after the blessing ceremony, should the canonization ceremony be carried out?

On this point, Galdan is willing, Mobei's conquest is faster than he expected, from Tiannan to the north and south of the desert has become his Galdan's territory, hundreds of all tribes have become the vassal of the Dzungar people, Galdan has recruited nearly 100,000 Hui people, Mongols and Kazakhs in these tribes, and now the army has reached 200,000, plus the help, he is really unwilling to continue to endure.

And the lama is worried about Zhong Zhong, he supports Kaldan, in fact, not because of Kaldan's strong power, but because of Kaldan's worship of Tibet, it can be said that wherever the Dzungar people go, the power of the lama also followed, abolished the religion of the tribe, set up lama propaganda among the tribes, he and Kaldan can be said to be the use of each other, Kaldan needs the influence, but needs to use the power of Kaldan, the two sides complement each other.

But for the Ming Dynasty, the smart lama understands that this is definitely not a force that can be booed, once this behemoth is overturned, can Galdan really resist? I'm afraid that his chances of winning are only less than one percent, but Daming's attitude towards him is an underground one compared to the pious Galdan.

After Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the Yuan Dynasty and became emperor, he immediately adjusted the policy in Tibet, and the Ming Dynasty abolished the Yuan Dynasty's system of using Tibetan religious leaders as "imperial teachers" in the court. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty was the kind of "emperor." The fact that Tibetan religious groups enjoy enormous political influence and political and religious privileges in the Central Plains government no longer exists, which is also the decline of Tibetan Buddhism

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Subsequently, the Ming Dynasty abandoned the Yuan dynasty's practice of favoring Tibet and simply supporting a general political force as its own agent for ruling and administering Tibet. On the contrary, the Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of "multiple feuds and public construction" in Tibet. That is, the main sects and local power leaders in Tibet were divided into feuds, and through the forms of feudalization, hereditary, substitute and tribute, they were all directly connected to the central government, so as to have a direct political subordination with the concubines of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, although the Ming Dynasty did not exercise its rule and administration over Tibet through direct support and support for the local government in Tibet, as the Yuan Dynasty did, in a sense, the Ming Dynasty maintained much more extensive political ties with various sects and local forces in Tibet than the Yuan Dynasty.

This tactic, that is, deliberately dividing the Tibetans against the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Ming Dynasty gave a certain amount of support to each other in order to weaken Tibetan Buddhism

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This practice seriously harmed the interests of several generations of lamas, and it was only in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, due to the fall of the Ming Dynasty, that Tibetans gradually began to seize the initiative.

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