Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 287
Why should the high-level and pragmatic people bring the topic to lamas?

Because Lamaism is an important part of the highly pragmatic "Training Wolves into Dogs" plan, and Altan Khan's generation is the most critical time node!Even, if it weren't for what happened to Han Naji this time, Altan Khan might have started his reformation plan.

I Da Khan fought north and south all his life, not only went south to herd horses, but also went to the west to blow the wind. Before Hannaji went south this time, I Da's army had already gone to Qinghai. It was only because of the grandson's trouble that he had to Change the plan and return to Fengzhou River.

Historically, in order to better control Qinghai and extend its power deep into Tibet, Altan Khan once again picked up the plan of the Western Expedition after the tribute with Daming was fully achieved, and went to Qinghai to meet the lamas in the Yanghua Temple and the Snow District. The leader Sonam Gyatso met and announced that the Mongols had fully converted to Lamaism—of course, he had no control over the Mongolian left.

Since Lamaism absorbed many teachings of Shamanism, it did not encounter strong resistance in its propagation.Moreover, because Lamaism opposes sacrificial rituals such as sacrificial burials, blood sacrifices, and animal sacrifices of shamanism that consume a lot of wealth, it has greatly improved the living standards of herdsmen, so it spread rapidly in pastoral areas.

In the process of spreading Lhamaism, the biggest opponent is of course shamanism, so there are stories about the Buddha confiscating the shaman scriptures—there are many stories about the fighting between lamas and shamans in pastoral areas.

But of course Gao Yushi did not have such good intentions. He supported Lamaism instead of Shamanism simply to improve the living standards of herdsmen. The reason he supported Lamaism was that he knew that for Mongolia, Lamaism was all about "wielding a sword from the palace to practice magic."

Lamaism did make great contributions to Mongolia's economic and cultural development in the early days. With the help of the Buddhas, the Mongolians had their own writing, and the Ming Dynasty was no longer at war with the Ming Dynasty, and border trade was in full swing.

However, with the prosperity of Buddhism, the simplicity and martial arts left over from the Genghis Khan era are gradually disappearing. The people at the bottom place their hopes on the illusory afterlife, and the princes and nobles spend all they have in exchange for happiness in the afterlife, especially going to Tibet to brew tea. , resulting in a large amount of wealth flowing into the hands of lamas.

The distribution of wealth is distorted, and the monks do not work or pay taxes. The price is that Mongolia is no longer able to compete with the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is also because young men aspire to become lamas, resulting in a sharp decline in population. Of course, the Ming Dynasty is still better than the Qing Dynasty. It is a lot more merciful, and it did not insist on "reduction of Ding" in Mongolia for more than 200 years like the Qing Dynasty.

Well, although Gao Yushi has always thought that the Qing Dynasty was a scumbag, he has to say that this policy is still very thoughtful, but the wild boar skin is the wild boar skin, and the actions are too simple and rude, so the benevolent and generous Gao Shidu has already planned it , in the future, we will use some softer and more grandiose means to do this "decrease" work.

The purpose is such a purpose. As for why he mentioned Lamaism to Han Naji in advance, it is because in history, I Da was delayed by Han Naji for nearly ten years until the sixth year of Wanli. It was only then that he decided that the Tonggong and Peace of the right-wing Mongolia and Ming Dynasty had been a complete success, and then he took the time to go to Qinghai.

This is too long!

How can Gao Shidu, a humble gentleman who is willing to help others and does good deeds without leaving a name, tolerate the postponement of the time for the Mongolian people to enjoy the Buddha's light for so long?

For things like swinging a knife from the palace, the action must be fast!What kind of words are hesitating, whether to cut it or not?

As for Gao Yushi's mention of the great lamas in the capital, this is not nonsense.Don't look at Daming's internal problems in the eyes of high pragmatism. If it continues like this, it will be terminally ill and there will be no cure for it in a few decades. However, none of the countries around Daming dare to underestimate the Chinese Empire.

In particular, the Central Plains Dynasty has always emphasized the freedom of preaching. As long as the teachings seem to be to persuade people to be good instead of having ulterior motives under the guise of religion, Chinese civilization will never say no simply and rudely. Therefore, there are many eminent monks in Lamaism in Daming, especially In the capital, there are many more.When Altan Khan asked for tribute during the Jiajing period, he specifically asked the Ming Dynasty to send eminent Lamaist monks to Mongolia to preach, and also hoped that the Ming Dynasty could print a batch of scriptures for them, but Jiajing obviously refused.

This is really... High Pragmatism feels like it hurts to think about it.

Gao Yushi, as a small cadre of the Red Dynasty, has always recognized the words of the Taizu of the Red Dynasty: Politics is to get more and more people from us, and get fewer and fewer people from the enemy.

What to do?Kill all enemies?Killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred, how many people who challenged the world in history have a good death?In the final analysis, war can only be a means to serve politics. If problems can be solved without fighting, of course it is better not to fight.

This is like the battle of Pingjin, the three major battles, when the Four Fields and the North China Military Region joined forces, it was not difficult for a million troops to take Pingjin, but why should we still strive for a peaceful solution?That's the reason - you can, but you don't have to.

The same is true for the Mongolian issue. Steadily reform the interior, adjust finances, develop the military industry, and reorganize the new army... All of these have been done well. In the future, a hollow phalanx composed of fixed-load flintlock guns will certainly be able to pacify Mongolia. , which is called "can".

However, to pacify Mongolia in this way, after it is pacified, it has to be garrisoned, and troops have to be stationed, and it has to pay for itself to build cities and forts on the grasslands, and to worry about Mongolian rebellion.Then why not just use hard and soft tactics, first let the Mongols realize that the strength of the Ming Dynasty is not something they can resist, and at the same time follow the Ming Dynasty, but they can enjoy delicious food and spicy food, and no longer have to worry about not having enough food or clothing. Livestock frozen to death, herdsmen starved to death?With the help of religious and cultural control, sooner or later, this group of hungry wolves will become Daming's household dogs in northern Xinjiang, and they will simply integrate with Daming in a few decades or hundreds of years, regardless of each other?
Why can China invent the artifact "Since ancient times"?Because many countries and nations that fought against China since ancient times have all become part of China in the end!
Not only did their land become a part of China, but their entire nation was assimilated by the "Chinese nation"!

Therefore, you can fight, but there is no need to be obsessed with fighting.

Upholding this point of view, Gao Yushi persuaded Han Najib: "What shaman priests do depends entirely on their personal likes and dislikes. How can it compare to the wisdom of great lamas? Moreover, these priests often ask to kill a large number of livestock. Come to sacrifice, pray, practice, how many cattle and sheep are killed every year for no reason? Taiji, do the math, if there are no these shamans, although your disaster situation is still severe, will so many people still starve to death?" At this point, Gao Wushi sighed, and said in a compassionate voice: "The people who starved to death are all the people of the Great Khan, even Taiji's people!"

Han Naji was a little distracted, and murmured: "Yes, the herdsmen are starving to death, who will help me raise cattle and sheep?"

　Wrist tenosynovitis has recurred, and today is the only update.Tomorrow... Judging from the effect of the previous medication, it might be another update, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)