Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 699

The investment from the Eight Kingdoms of Xishan is not a trivial matter for Zhang Wei's Qingtang strategy, but a major event, a major event.

Because although there are only more than 7 people in the Eight Kingdoms or Eight Departments, this does not mean that there are only more than 20 people in the area of ​​​​Xishan Babu's activities. In fact, there are a full [-] people in this place.

The areas where the eight ministries are active range from Ganzi and Kangding in the east to Mangkang and Qamdo in the west, including Litang and other places, all within their range of activities.

On this vast plateau, the Tubo people accounted for only one-third, and the rest were the Qiang, Heiyi, Baiyi and other tribes.

It is probably the black Yi, white Yi, Huayi and other ethnic groups in the later Yi people plus some other minorities.

Prior to this, the reason why the Six Dharma Schools could not spread smoothly in the Babu territory was that these Qiang and Yi people believed that the Six Dharma Schools were created by the Tubo people.

They were oppressed by the Tubo people, so they were naturally very wary of this.

Even among the Qiang and Yi compatriots of later generations, very few believe in Buddhism. Thinking that they live in the snowy area in a broad sense with the Tibetan compatriots, but do not believe in Tantric Buddhism, you can know the historical grievances in it.

In addition, the Bon religion is more in line with the original animistic belief they mainly believe in. The combination of various factors has caused the Six Dharma School to be resisted by most people in this area.

Now Xishan Babu is willing to take the initiative to convert. Although they cannot all influence the 20 people here, they are relatively united with 7 people, and they are the most important force in this area.

So as long as they convert, plus the Tibetans who have already started to believe in it, this vast plateau will inevitably be influenced by the Six Dharma School soon.

Moreover, after Xishan Babu became the direct descendant of Zhang Bodhisattva, it could well restrain Langjie Jiangcuo of Songpan Prefecture, which is close at hand, and even allow the imperial court to follow Maergan City (Mangkang) to the south.

You must know that Maer dared to go south to Yubo City (Deqin County, Yunnan Province), the northern gateway of Dali Kingdom, but only three hundred miles away.

It is only [-] miles from Yubo City to Yangjumei City (Dali), and it can also use a section of water transportation on the Nujiang River and the Lancang River, which is how Mongolia destroyed Dali.

In this way, it would not be very difficult to mobilize some people from the plateau to go down the river to feign an attack, and the imperial army of Nanxi Prefecture would be the main attack, and Dali Kingdom would be pacified.

Therefore, after Zhang Yu figured out their geographical location and influence, he immediately realized that this was a very good opportunity.

Taking advantage of the fact that the leader of Ruoshui, the most powerful of the eight ministries, and also the religious leader of the eight ministries, Dong Jiniang, has just passed away.

Su Shangzhi, Dong Jiniang's grandson, the most skilled warrior in the Eight Divisions and the military leader, was right in front of him, and Zhang Tie immediately went into action.

He first ordered the monks of the Six Dharma Schools to perform a consecration ceremony on Dong Jiniang's body, that is, cremation. Fortunately, the Qiang people in Xishan were not as resistant to cremation as the Han people, so things went smoothly.

Not surprisingly, seven relics were successfully burnt out of Dong Jiniang's body.

Well, among the Six Dharma Schools, there are several great masters who were born in Tiangongyuan. They have done a lot of research on how to burn the relics and what the burned relics should look like. If you burn a few, you will definitely know. Burn a few.

Seeing his own grandmother burnt out the relics, Su Shangzhi cried and laughed, prostrated himself in front of Zhang Tie and said, Xishan Babu should have believed in Buddha a long time ago. Grandma has worked hard all her life. Can burn relics.

Zhang Tie didn't say much, accepted Su Shangzhi's salute and left.

After this incident, Zhang Tie also understood that it doesn't matter to be an emperor in Han, being close to the people, but in a place where the Six Dharma Schools are prevalent, it is still not appropriate to be so close to the people.

Land gods, living Buddhas and so on, it's better to be a little more mysterious.

As soon as Zhang Ting left, the master of the Chengzi generation who was the master of the Six Dharma School spoke.

"Duoji Jinzhu must be the reincarnation of the Buddha sitting down and Bodhisattva. Because the worldly dust blinded his eyes, he fell into heretics. Now he has been enlightened by the supreme Dharma King and finally returned to the right path."

Now that he has decided to convert to the Six Dharma School, Su Shangzhi is not a fool, so he naturally likes this statement very much.

And Xishan Babu will make a decision to seek refuge, because they can't stand it anymore.

On the territory of Babu, the Tubo tribes who believed in the Six Dharma Schools, and Tubo 31 Dongdai in Songpan Prefecture in the north are all about to move.

If they don't know how to do it, I'm afraid that these Tubo tribes armed by the court will choose them as the targets of the first battle of gods.

As soon as the virtuous preacher here opened his mouth, a group of eloquent monks surrounded Su Shangzhi. These great virtuous who are dedicated to teaching the Dharma, of course, also know the truth of striking while the iron is hot.

Now it is necessary to brainwash Su Shangzhi and the people who came with him, and not give them time to react, so as to be safer.

At this time, the gate of Nanguo Temple, the oldest temple in Tianshui Prefecture, also opened wide, the temple bell reverberated, and Sanskrit sounds burst out.

Of course, religion is only one hand that Zhang Tie prepared, and the other hand is of course political power.

As soon as Zhang Ting returned to the palace, he immediately sent people to summon Longyou Province to participate in politics. Su Luxin, the prefect of Hezhou Prefecture, and An Youquan, the military supervisor of Longxi Prefecture, came to Tianshui Prefecture.

Su Luxin was born in the Gamo Hao family in Lanzhou. He was the first person who decided to welcome Zhang Tie into Lanzhou. He has been in Longyou for a long time. .

An Youquan is the third son of Uncle An, that is, the eldest uncle of Zhang Xiancun.

After the eight parts of Xishan are settled, it will be of great help to Zhang Xiancun's entry into Dali. An Youquan, as a relative who will definitely go to Dali with Zhang Xiancun, naturally has to go to the site of the eight parts of Xishan first to investigate.

When the two arrived on flying horses, Zhang Tie immediately ordered that Su Luxin be the appeasement envoy of the Eight Divisions of Xishan, and An Youquan be the observation envoy of the Eight Divisions.

He ordered the two of them to accompany Su Shangzhi, the consolation envoy of Kangding Mansion who had just been conferred by Zhang Tie, to go to the Babu area to confer other native officials to appease the local people.

Of course, Su Shangzhi, the grandson of Dong Jiniang, also returned with a large number of Dharma preaching monks from the Six Dharma Schools.

At the same time, Zhang Ke left Dong Jiniang's relics in Tianshui Mansion for three pieces, and specially built a relic pagoda in Nanguo Temple for preservation.

The remaining four relics were taken to the location of the Eight Divisions by the monks of the Six Fazongs, and Zhang Tie also bestowed four golden (brass) Buddha statues.

After these four golden Buddhas and four relics are brought to the location of the eight ministries, a temple of the Six Dharma School will be built in Kangding, Kangdong (Garze), Maergan (Mangkang), and Kangyanchuan (Qamdo).

. . . .

While arranging all this in a hurry, Zhang Xiancun poked his head outside the door spookily.

Seeing that his brother-in-law, who was more than 20 years older than him, was appointed as the observation envoy of the Eighth Ministry, Prince Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he is only 15 years old, after he decided to become the king of Dali, Zhang Xiancun also gathered a small team around him.

Not all talented people can find a position in the imperial court, and not all people want to be safe and stable for a lifetime.

Those who are restless and feel that their talents are underappreciated all like Zhang Xiancun by coincidence.

Isn’t the Dali Kingdom just Nanzhao? Many people are willing to expand their territory and become a hereditary native official after they are old acquaintances.

Therefore, Zhang Xiancun also knew that after the eight tribes of Xishan belonged to him, it would be very beneficial for him to attack Dali.

Some people even suggested that the eight tribes of Xishan could be included in the future, so that these Qiang people who believed in the Six Fazongs would guard the north of the capital for Zhang Xiancun and suppress the old nobles of Dali.

Zhang Ting had seen Zhang Xiancun a long time ago, and called him in angrily. If in other dynasties, the eldest son of the emperor who was not a prince peeped outside the door, at least he would have to be punished.

As soon as Zhang Xiancun came in, he immediately began to flatter him with a playful smile, "Congratulations, brother, the eight parts of Xishan have entered the hands of my brother, with a little rectification, the Six Dharma School can directly approach you.

This is something that Emperor Taizongwen of the great dynasty did not do. In the future, Qingtang will surrender, and my brother will be the head of the eternal emperors who surpassed Emperor Taizongwen. "

Zhang Ting shook his head, "Stop flattering, the tribes of Qingtang at this time can compare with the Tubo Dynasty, which had 20 armor and dominated the plateau during the Great Dynasty?"

But even though he said so, there were a few uncontrollable smiles on Zhang Tie's face. He himself never expected that the establishment of the Six Dharma Schools would have such a big effect.

"My son saw that Yeye was surrounded by tens of thousands of horsemen by the Jishui River, and 20 Qiang people from the eight tribes were taken in at the flick of a finger outside the south gate. How does it feel?"

Zhang Xiancun recalled the scene of Zhang Tie riding a white horse by the Jishui River, surrounded by thousands of riders, and he felt a surge of emotion.

He also thought of the weird-looking old Qiang woman who was outside the south gate three days ago, she was as cute as a child who let Zhang Kai caress her head, and he yearned for it even more, he blurted out.

"Big man, it should be so!"

As soon as the words came out, Zhang Xiancun immediately realized that there was something wrong with the words.

Sure enough, almost after realizing that there was a problem, Zhang Xiancun only felt a heavy blow on the head, and a sharp pain spread from the top of his head to his whole body like lightning.

"Is there another sentence that I can replace?"

Zhang Xiancun was terrified, and hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground and shouted loudly: "I dare not, I have absolutely no intention of doing this!"

However, unlike his father's furious rage as expected, Zhang Xiancun was immediately pulled up.

Looking at this, Zhang Ting almost understood the sufferings of the people. After sinking himself, he could be the son of a good monarch. There was indeed a momentary impulse in his heart to make Zhang Xiancun the prince.

If it was his week, the founding father and son were all virtuous monarchs, which would be of great benefit to prolonging the country.

But Zhang Tie soon came to his senses. He knew that this was not realistic. To establish Zhang Xiancun, the Cao family had to be completely destroyed.

The difficulty is not very great, but many people will die, and many loyal warriors who swore to follow him will be mercilessly hit in this turmoil.

Not to mention anything else, it was Cao Sanniang and Yin Yaozi Yin Zhengqi, Zhang Tie couldn't do it.

Moreover, Zhang Xiancun is talented, but Zhang Xianjing, the fourth son of the empress Cao Yanxi, may not be incompetent.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if Zhang Xianjing can't do it, and Zhang Xianzai, the eighth son born to the empress, no matter how you say it, the throne cannot reach Zhang Xiancun's head.

Therefore, Zhang Ting was going to tell the truth to Zhang Xiancun, otherwise the slight expectation in this kid's heart would definitely not disappear.

Because Zhang Xiancun was tempted by nothing else, but the power of the emperor of the Central Plains in front of him, and the status of Emperor Taizong of the great dynasty behind him, these two top-level temptations, except for fools, anyone can't help but be tempted.

Zhang Ting pulled Zhang Xiancun out of the door, and the two sat side by side in a gazebo. Zhang Teng looked at Zhang Xiancun's nervous look, and asked in a low voice, "How long does my son think the father can live?"

Zhang Xiancun was taken aback. He didn't know why Zhang Tie asked such a question, but he responded quickly: "Brother is in good health, and he will live a long life like heaven."

Zhang Tie laughed, "In that case, wouldn't you be a god and Buddha?"

Zhang Xiancun blinked his eyes, only thinking in his heart, aren't you a god and Buddha now?
Zhang Ting didn't pay attention to Zhang Xiancun's eyes, but said to himself: "I am thirty-six this year, the ancients said that life in seventy is rare since ancient times.

Then I don't expect too much, just live to be 70 years old, that is to say, I can live at least 34 to 35 years.How old are you after those [-] years? "

Zhang Xiancun's heart sank, he had already thought about what Zhang Tie was going to say, "My boy is 15 years old this year, and he will be 35 years old in 50 years."

"50 years old!" Zhang Ting sighed, "When a person reaches 50 years old, his bones and muscles begin to loosen, his teeth and hair fall out, and he can see the end of his life at a glance.

My son, do you know how many princes came to the throne at the age of 50 throughout the ages? "

Zhang Xiancun shook his head silently, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Cheng's mouth, "Yeah, I can tell you that there isn't one.

In history, only Han Gaozu, Emperor Ji Han Zhaolie, Song Wudi Liu Jinu, Southern Qi State Xiao Daocheng, and Tang Gaozu were the only ones who ascended to the throne at the age of 50.

But these people are all the founders of the country, and none of them ascended to the throne as a prince. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Ting looked at the uncomfortable Zhang Xiancun, and lovingly stroked his little face twice.

"If the royal father made you the crown prince, then the subordinates around you would have to be purged every ten years.

Now you are just the future of the king of Dali, and you already have so many people following you, what if you become a prince?

Don't look at the enthusiasm of your subordinates now, it is because they know that these efforts will be rewarded in the near future.

But if you become the prince, then as long as the father is around for a day, their hard work will never see a reward.

Take An Youquan for example, he is 40 years old this year, and will be 50 years later, but I am only 46 years old, and it seems that I have no intention of dying.

Do you think he will be desperate, will he want to take a gamble and make himself a hero?

At that time, even if my son is unwilling to do such a rebellious thing, they will force you to do it. "

Zhang Xiancun's eyes were red, he shook his head quickly, "I won't, even if I die, I won't do such a rebellious thing."

Zhang Yan smiled, "Father knows Brother Cun is a filial child, but they will use various methods to force you.

For example, they arbitrarily raised troops to enter the palace, killed the emperor father, and then surrounded you to ascend the throne.

You can also falsely spread the news that I am going to abolish your position as the crown prince, and kill all those close to you, so as to provoke you to do things you don't understand, and then you can't stop.

And I might be too old and faint by then, and I will really order to kill you.

The story of Emperor Shizong Xiaowu and Prince Li of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Wen of the Great Dynasty and King Hengshan Minjun, cannot be repeated in our Great Zhou Dynasty!
You must know that Liu Ju and Li Chengqian were good sons who were benevolent, filial and pure in the beginning, and Liu Che and Li Shimin were also good fathers who love their sons. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Ting's face became serious, "So if my son is going to be the prince, then get ready now. In order to avoid the tragedies of the early Han and Tang Dynasties from happening again, the father will kill the people around you every ten years. Can you bear to kill all your relatives, including your father-in-law, cronies, concubines, and in-laws?"

Zhang Xiancun finally couldn't take it anymore, and looked at Zhang Yan with tears streaming down his face, "I understand, I don't want to be such a rebellious and lonely prince!"

Zhang Ting didn't speak, but just hugged Zhang Xiancun in his arms, and Zhang Xiancun also burst into tears, venting all the grievances in his heart.

Dong Shaojian drove all the guards, palace servants, and servants far away, and he stood alone in the distance to prevent others from approaching, muttering in his mouth.

"Mr. Dalang is smart, and he must be able to figure out this trick."

(End of this chapter)