The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty
Chapter 979 The Transaction Between Two States
Chapter 979 The Transaction of the Twenty States
Qingcheng wins with its quietness and cleanliness among famous mountains in the world. Qingcheng is even more beautiful in autumn. The elegant scenery follows the mountain's layers. A majestic Dan ladder covered with moss leads directly to the top of the mountain. The starting point of Dan ladder is a huge bluestone hollow carving. The mountain gate is simple and unsophisticated, but it does not lose its atmosphere.There are three majestic but introverted clerical scripts carved on the mountain gate - "Qingcheng Mountain".The Shangqing Palace at the end of the Dan ladder is the most important place for the Taoist priests of the Sui Dynasty.
At this time, it was afternoon, and the golden sunshine everywhere outlined the beautiful scenery of Mount Qingcheng.
From the foot of the mountain to the two sides of the Dan ladder of the Shangqing Palace, every five steps, there will be a soldier in black armor, standing still like a cliff pine and cypress, like a spear and a halberd, like a statue. The battle spears and armor shone coldly in the sun, allowing the visiting missions of the two countries to know what a Sui soldier is.
The soldiers held a lance in one hand and pressed the handle of the Tiger Roaring War Saber on their waists with the other. Although every soldier was silent and indifferently ignored the visiting guests, from their strong hands, piercing spirits, It can be seen with both eyes that everyone is in a state of war all the time, which makes the envoys of Daughter Kingdom and Zhongtianzhu suspicious: If there is something wrong with them, these soldiers full of evil spirits are very likely to violently kill people.
When the envoys from Zhongtianzhu entered the mountain, they were free and unrestrained, pointing at the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, and salivating nonsense that Zhang Xuan, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, could not understand, but after walking more than a hundred stone steps, Everyone felt a mountainous aura of coercion coming, which made people breathless. The Tianzhu people were honest and no longer looked around, but lowered their eyebrows and walked tremblingly. Some people even broke out in sweat. , I don’t know if it’s because I’m afraid or scared.
Looking at the ugly ghosts called "A San" by the Holy One, Zhang Xuan smiled with satisfaction.
At the beginning of his reception, he found that these "Asan" were not only ugly, but also arrogant. When they were at the gate of Daxing City, they even challenged the guards. After arriving in Luoxian County, seeing that the soldiers in the battle were rather embarrassed, they launched a challenge again. The general Wei Chigong saw that it was interesting, so he singled out a hundred Ah San soldiers by himself. More than 20 were killed and more than ten were disabled.
However, these people don't seem to have a long memory at all. When they saw a female soldier at the foot of the mountain, they naturally launched another challenge, hoping to regain the confidence of the soldier from the female soldier. In the competition with Shurawei, who specialized in the way of assassin, he was defeated faster and died more. One hundred of them fought, and one hundred of them died in strange shapes.
Half of the [-] soldiers guarding the Zhongtianzhu Mission had been cut here from Daxing. As for their rogue-like soldiers, Zhang Xuan didn't know where their confidence came from.
So stupid, it’s no wonder that the Jieri Empire was beaten so that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. As far as Zhang Xuan knew, the Jieri Empire, which had a vast territory and many soldiers, was originally planning to expand northward, but even a small mud Borna couldn't figure it out, and then he was killed by Tubo, Niboluo's ally, and the king of Jieri was afraid of Tubo headed by Langri Zanpu, so he turned around and headed south. The corpses of East Tianzhu, Middle Tianzhu, and West Tianzhu were killed all over the field, and blood flowed into rivers.
King Bimbisara of Central Tianzhu, who was abused by the Japanese Empire, heard that the Tubo thugs were easily wiped out by the Great Sui, so he had the idea of establishing diplomatic relations with the Great Sui. He felt that the Japanese Empire was defeated by Tubo. The head was broken and bloody, and Tubo destroyed the country by Da Sui. It can be seen that Da Sui was even more powerful. If Da Sui took action, it would be easy to torture and kill the Jieri Empire.
Good idea.But how could Da Sui help Zhongtianzhu fight for no reason?
You know, King Jieri is also trying to contact Da Sui now. If he has no worries in the north and develops to the south with all his heart, it will definitely promote the integration of East Tianzhu, Middle Tianzhu, West Tianzhu, and South Tianzhu, and the Jieri Empire The strength obviously cannot swallow these four countries.Because King Jieri was repelled by Puluo Jishe II when he invaded the Western Chaluqi Dynasty (West Tianzhu) last year, and this person is also a wise king who is not weaker than King Jieri. The melee continued, and the Tianzhu Peninsula became lively.This is obviously in the interests of the Sui Dynasty, and as a foreign policy, how could it be possible to send troops before the Sui Dynasty fanned the flames?Therefore, King Bimbisara of Zhongtianzhu really thought too much.
Compared with this bunch of arrogant, ignorant, self-important, and self-righteous ugly Asan, the envoys of the Daughter Kingdom are much cuter. The queen Manzhushahua and the grand master Manshushahua brought all women, because Qing is the national of the Daughter Kingdom. Therefore, everyone's clothes are blue, which sets off this beautiful lady like a blue cloud.
Queen Manjushahua is about eighteen or nineteen years old, her beauty exudes a sense of nobility, her black hair is rolled up, her beautiful cheeks seem to have no flaws, a gorgeous scimitar inlaid with gemstones hangs from her waist, and she is wearing a sky blue satin skirt. , long skirt and waist, and beautiful gold flowers as embellishments, it is the unique attire of the Queen of the Daughter Kingdom; the sun reflected on her face, which is so white that it is different from that of the Central Plains women, and the snow-white face also seemed to be beautiful. The translucent, radiant facial features are as delicate as a fairy in a painting.
The girl in Tsing Yi next to her is about the same age as her. It is Manshu Shahua, the daughter of the country grand master. With the short spear behind her back, there was a kind of sassy temperament with softness and toughness. Although this grand master was very beautiful, he exuded a cold chill all over his body, like a goddess of ice and snow, which made it hard for people to get close to.
However, there is one person who is not affected by her coldness, that is the young and handsome Master Xuanzang.
Xuanzang was very happy with this appointment, because Zhongtianzhu and the daughter country are both Buddhist countries. His original intention of learning Sanskrit was to hope that one day he could go to the Buddhist country to obtain the scriptures. During the process of Buddhist scriptures, he encountered too many difficulties, which also revived his idea of going to Zhongtianzhu to learn Buddhism.Now there are people from the Buddhist country coming to Sui Dynasty, he thinks this is an opportunity to discuss Buddhism, which will benefit him a lot.
After arriving in Daxing City, he discovered that Sanskrit is not spoken in the daughter country, and the king and grand master have learned Han culture from the Confucian scholars who escaped the war and went to the daughter country since they were young. The culture and history of the Han family is completely mastery of Sinology, and there is no need for him to be a translator.
So Xuanzang went to Asan Tuan to work as an interpreter. He thought it was better. After all, Tianzhu, where Buddhism was born, was the sacred place of Buddhism in his mind.
Although Ah Santuan came with more than twenty monks, all of whom are proficient in Buddhism, but when he was chatting happily, these ugly monks were going to hold an open meeting; The Dazhai Society treats everyone equally regardless of high or low, monks and laymen, wisdom and ignorance, good and evil.It means to be inclusive without hindrance, unobstructed, and unhindered, so it is also called the Unhindered Conference.
Of course, Master Xuanzang would not object to this kind of good deed, and even wondered whether it should be held in a certain temple. Unexpectedly, the next moment, a third woman came, and when he was about to ask about it, he didn't understand why. At that time, the men and women stripped themselves naked, and then those women put on all kinds of strange and unsightly poses in front of him, and three shameless women ran in front of him, and then in front of him Under the stunned gaze, he folded his body in half, and then brought the furry shame in front of him. The smell made Xuanzang vomit it out on the spot. If there is a bloody way out, I am afraid that he will have to lose his body to those three strong women.
Those gangsters who had been beaten up by Xuanzang filed a lawsuit against Zhang Xuan, which almost caused a diplomatic turmoil.Xuanzang was shocked, shocked, and moved by the tough attitude shown by the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Sui Dynasty. Zhang Xuan said domineeringly to the envoy Suoman Ningba: "As long as it is my people in the Sui Dynasty, let alone Master Xuanzang, it is the people who walk along the street. A beggar who begs is also ten thousand times nobler than you, an envoy. Tianzhu is a disadvantaged and inferior race, and you must get used to being beaten."
Although Xuanzang is a foreigner, Zhang Xuan's domineering declaration of a great country still makes his blood boil, and a strong sense of national pride arises spontaneously.
It was also because of this incident that the soldiers wrapped in red scarves began to fight for death. Now, Xuanzang even suspects that the Ah San soldiers, who can't even beat female soldiers, will challenge children who are not as tall as their knees next time.
Later, during the translation process, Xuanzang learned that the "uncovered meeting" that almost cost him his dignity was actually very normal in the Buddhist sect of Zhongtianzhu, just like drinking water and eating.
All of a sudden, the tall and sacred image of Zhongtianzhu Buddhism collapsed in Xuanzang's heart.
The revived desire to seek scriptures was completely shattered.
The envoys of the Buddha have not yet taken the filthy things as usual, so how good is the Buddhism in Zhongtianzhu?What else is there for him to learn?
Suddenly looking back, Xuanzang discovered that the Buddhism of the Sui Dynasty was a thousand times more noble and pure than that of Zhongtianzhu.
Going around, the best is actually by your side
Didn't the poem "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, just because I'm in it" in the poem of the Holy One refer to me?
The distraught Xuanzang didn't know that a sect is derived from the local culture that gave birth to it. Although it has made great achievements in a certain field, it cannot be separated from the original cultural system.
At the beginning of Buddhism entering the Central Plains, in order to grow rapidly, it added many rules and regulations to show its extraordinaryness.After hundreds of years of development, the Buddhism of the Central Plains, which absorbed the theories of various schools of thought, has long since become a new faction connected with the blood of the civilization of the Central Plains, which is naturally completely different from the Buddhism of Central Tianzhu, which still has a strong local culture.
Buddhism in Central Tianzhu is actually like Confucianism, Taoism, Law, and Mohism in the Central Plains. Although some fields have been developed to the limit, they cannot be separated from mainstream thoughts such as "loyalty to the emperor, love the country, love the people" and "there are three ways to be unfilial."
If Xuanzang looked at the Buddhism of the two countries with the mentality of "seeking common ground while reserving differences", there would be no loss of "idols" being shattered.In the future, he may realize 'seeking common ground while reserving differences', but definitely not now.
On the one hand, he is still young, he has not experienced many things, and his knowledge and experience are insufficient; It was difficult to accept it once; to put it bluntly, Xuanzang was like a crazy groupie, and when he found out that the divine goddess in his mind was a bus that anyone could get on, he collapsed.
It was also at the time when his faith collapsed that Xuanzang heard that his daughter's grand master Manjusawa liked and was proficient in the "Lotus Sutra", and that both her and the queen's names came from "Maha Manjusawa" in the "Lotus Sutra" .The original meaning is the flower of the sky, the big red flower, which is one of the four auspicious flowers from the sky (Manzhushahua, Mahamanshushahua, Mandalahua, Mahamandalahua). Those who see this flower will get rid of their evil.
Upon hearing the news, Xuanzang went to have a conversation regardless of whether the other party was frosty or not.Anyway, in his heart, all women are the same, it doesn't matter if it's cold or not, of course, those Asan women who hold open meetings from time to time can be ignored, they are not human beings, but human-eating monsters.
It seems that Manshushahua, who doesn't like men very much, hated Xuanzang at first, and chatted with Xuanzang without saying a word, hoping to send this stupid and pretty monk away as soon as possible, but Xuanzang not only didn't feel that the other party Her impatience was wrong, but she thought that this was in line with her aloof style, so she stuck to it like brown candy.
Manshushahua naturally hated him even more, but apart from her personal likes and dislikes, she was still the grand master of her daughter country, no matter how unwilling she was, she would not dare to offend this seemingly stupid man with some status when she asked Tai Sui. The pretty monk, if this stupid monk went to the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty to speak ill of his daughter's country, the emperor would most likely support the 'former deputy queen' who had a cooperative relationship with the Sui Dynasty.
The grand master, who "is under the eaves, has to bow his head", has no choice but to continue the stalemate with the enthusiastic and studious Master Xuanzang.But what happened next was beyond her expectation.
Xuanzang is a rare flower rarely seen in the Buddhist world for thousands of years. He has a deep understanding of various Buddhist scriptures. When he narrates his understanding of the "Lotus Sutra" one by one, his love for the "Lotus Sutra" is far away. Manjusawa, who hates men so much, was amazed. It felt like listening to the Buddha's lecture. After two days, Grand Master Manjusawa was captured by Master Xuanzang with the "Lotus Sutra". She couldn't learn much here, and then she approached the queen Manjushahua like a brown candy. However, the knowledge the queen learned was mainly about governing the country and the army. Although she also knew Buddhism, it was not as deep as Manjushahua.
Although Xuanzang, who defeated the queen and grand master of his daughter country in Buddhism, has won glory for the country, but defeating the "opponent" is not the result he wants. He feels that it is not that he is strong, but that the "opponent" is too weak. He hopes that the master Defeat him, conquer him, and ravage him, but looking at the envoys of the Daughter Kingdom, there are no Buddhist masters.
This also made the loneliness in the high place suddenly hit. Just when he was thinking about whether to turn around and challenge the monks from Zhongtianzhu, Manshushahua found him and pestered him to study Buddhist scriptures every day.
Xuanzang was not the kind of person who would turn his face and deny people when he put on his trousers. Seeing that the other party was very determined to learn, he was also willing to share his experience with this female Bodhisattva.
It's just that after getting along for such a period of time, he always felt that the gaze of the female Bodhisattva was strange, as if looking at a sheep with a gloomy gaze from a wolf, and only looked at him so that his scalp was numb, and his hair grew out without money. .
He didn't understand the meaning of this look, but Zhang Xuan, who had been there, understood that it was the look of a girl in Huaichun looking at her lover, and it became stronger every day. His daughter Guo Taishi was obviously the master of Sui Xuanzang.
But having said that, Master Xuanzang does have the looks, talent, and learning that attract [-]% of girls, but such a genius-like figure is more eager to learn than others. If he stays with him for a while, he will learn from elementary school to adulthood. I'm afraid they will all be hollowed out by him. If this guy returns to the vulgar and serves in the imperial court, he will definitely be another prime minister for governing the country.
Among other things, his ability to melt an iceberg into a pool of hot springs alone makes him qualified for the post of Director of the Vertical and Horizontal Department of the Ministry of Rites. Isn't the ability to stalk and shamelessly be the most basic quality of the personnel of the Vertical and Horizontal Department?
It would be a pity for such a natural talent for diplomacy to become a monk.
Zhang Xuan involuntarily looked at the Grand Master, and found that the other party happened to be smiling and looking at Master Xuanzang affectionately.
A smirk could not help but appear on his face. As the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Xuan knew that the reason for Asan's madness was that they entertained Xuanzang with the supreme gift of a different kind of unmasked meeting, but Xuanzang not only refused, but also beat them all. Suddenly, they felt that Xuanzang looked down on them and insulted them, so they jumped out to make trouble.Although Xuanzang did not accept their kindness, it seems that he also saw a woman's body, right?If those ugly women were replaced by a beautiful grand master...would he refuse?
"Zhang Shilang." Just when Zhang Xuan thought of something and showed a wretched smile, Suoman Ningba shouted at him: "We came here with a friendly heart. First, we will establish diplomatic relations with your country. The second is to promote Buddhism, this good deed, why does your emperor treat us so rudely? Let us climb such a high mountain?"
With this opening, not only Zhang Xuan and other officials of the Sui Dynasty, but even an outsider like Xuan Zang couldn't help frowning.
"Your envoy may be from a low-born background, and he doesn't understand the process of receiving envoys in various countries!" Zhang Xuan's cold eyes glanced at the face of the envoy from Zhongtianzhu, who had a face resembling that of the Sui Dynasty, and said lightly: "First of all, before a regular envoy goes on a mission, the country will submit an official credential to the country to which the envoy is going, but you don't have one, so you can't be regarded as a regular envoy; and on the side of the Daughter's Country, the queen has been in the country for a long time. I personally submitted my letter of credence to the embassy of Da Sui in my daughter's country a month ago, which is not only respect for Da Sui, but also self-respect."
"You..." Suoman Ningba's complexion changed drastically. He is a race living between the Indochina Peninsula and the Tianzhu Peninsula. He looks similar to the yellow race, but he is an inferior race in Tianzhu. His hometown was destroyed by the Central Plains during the Qin and Han Dynasties. He ruled, so the people there can speak a certain amount of Chinese, and he was sent as an envoy to the Sui Dynasty, and he is relatively proficient in Chinese. Naturally, he knew that Zhang Xuan said that he was as humble as a dog and impolite.
"Secondly, even if you can represent Zhongtianzhu, your status is not very high. It is a great honor to be received by the emperor of the Sui Dynasty! In addition, the noble envoy is not from a good background, so he probably doesn't understand that the Sui Dynasty is in the world. I don’t know how to cherish this honor.” Zhang Xuan ignored Suoman Ningba’s flushed face, and said to a heroic young man beside him, “Xuance, please tell this envoy about my honor. Sui's status in the world."
This young man with both literati integrity and military temperament is named Wang Xuance. He is from Luoyang. He was born in a scholarly family in decline. Losing the position of staying behind in the eastern capital, he generously took out several large granaries to help the victims, and took this as an opportunity to attract the victims, refugees, and poor people from Henan to Hebei, including Wang Xuance's family and Wang Xuance's father. Although he is not a great Confucianist, his cultural level is not bad. When Yang Tong was extremely short of officials, he became a county magistrate. He has been promoted again and again, and now he is the governor of Badong County.
Wang Xuance, who was still young at the time, was studying at a government school. When he had achieved success in his studies, he responded to the imperial court's call and joined the army.As an orthodox literati born in the Chongwu era, learning the six arts of a gentleman is a very normal thing. After a year of experience, he became a scout captain, and scouts don't need melee combat. So 'shooting' in the Six Arts is the key.The "imperial" in the Six Arts refers to riding skills, and having a good riding skill is the most basic requirement for a scout.The "number" in the Six Arts is arithmetic, and its calculation ability is strong, which is very beneficial for counting the number of the opponent's army and calculating the opponent's food and grass.
After working as a scout for two years, he participated in the recruitment examination of the martial arts academy and obtained further education. The path he took was exactly the same as that of Liu Rengui.It's just that Liu Rengui was lucky. He met Yang Tong who was disguised for an outing, and later directly entered the Xuanjia Army and received key training. Although Wang Xuance did not have such a good chance, he also passed the imperial examination and became a member of the Ministry of Rites. official.
At this time, upon hearing Zhang Xuan's order, Wang Xuance responded, and then introduced to Suoman Ningba, who was like a frog at the bottom of a well: "In the 12th year of Daye, the rebel Luo Yi joined forces with the Khitan to attack us in the Sui Dynasty, when the Xi clan, Goguryeo, Dong/ The Turkic army of nearly one million people looked at us in the Sui Dynasty and were ready to move. The Holy Master led the army to the north. In less than a month, he wiped out the 20 troops of the Khitan and Xi tribes. The migrant population was naturalized in the Sui Dynasty. , the Khitan and Xi tribes that survived for thousands of years no longer exist. The more than 30 troops in Liaodong of Goguryeo were also annihilated by the Holy One, and they fled to the south. So far, the vast Liaodong has been the soil of our Great Sui Dynasty. It is also this year, Li Shangshu Annihilated more than 40 Eastern/Turkic troops in Mayi, the Holy One went deep into the enemy's territory, captured the Eastern/Turkic Khan Court, and then returned to the army to kill Shibi Khan outside Mayi. After that, he went deep into the grassland many times, and will have The Turks with a million-strong army were killed to pieces and did not dare to look south. Yehu Khan, the leader of the Western Turks, violently suppressed the Western Regions, and the countries suffered terribly. Tens of thousands of troops invaded the border of our Great Sui Dynasty, and the result was that the Holy One was wiped out one by one, and the powerful Western Turks no longer existed. Sumo Mohe, Heishui Mohe, Nanshiwei, Beishiwei...all depend on our Sui Dynasty to survive and are our country. At the same time, the Holy Master, who is respected as the "Saint Khan" by the world, set the rules. The Great Sui belongs to the country, but if the people of our Great Sui enter the country, all countries will treat them as guests. Otherwise, they will be deemed disrespectful to our Great Sui, and will be deprived of the right to belong to the country, kicked out of the "Da Sui-Western Silk Road Alliance", The Sui Eastern Silk Road Alliance is no longer under the protection of our Great Sui, and if it offends a member country, the world will punish it."
Speaking of this, Wang Xuance's voice suddenly rose several degrees, shaking people's eardrums: "These powerful countries conquered one by one by the sage are far away from Tianzhu. Your envoy may not know it, but Tubo Langri Zanpu should know it? This killer The emperor who was restless all around, and the Jieri Empire did not dare to look north, was also easily defeated by the Holy One, and Tuyuhun was also wiped out. Today's Tubo Four Kingdoms, Xiangxiong, Da Bolu, and Xiao Bolu are also based on our Great Sui Dynasty. For your honor, this is a matter of this year, I don't think your envoy will know about it?"
Although this is a well-known fact, Wang Xuance's high-spirited and impassioned words still made the officials of the Sui Dynasty proud and excited.
However, Suoman Ningba was very embarrassed when he heard it. Before he came, he naturally had a detailed understanding of the current Tai Sui. With Sui's terrifying influence, he wouldn't come here to be abused.
"Although Daughter Country is not a vassal country of the Sui Dynasty, it is also a friendly country of the Sui Dynasty. The people of the Sui Dynasty will not be treated harshly in the Daughter Country. Do business with him." The outspoken Wang Xuance "unintentionally" said "leaked".
"Xuance, shut up!" Zhang Xuan spread his hands and looked helplessly at the embarrassing Queen Manzhushahua: "Your Majesty, this kid loves to talk nonsense. My Sui Dynasty is a country of benevolence and righteousness, a country of etiquette, and civilization. How could the dynasty target allies? You know this, don’t believe his nonsense.”
Manzhushahua and Manshushahua were both speechless, and said to themselves: Wang Xuance is an extremely stable young man, he clearly took the opportunity to warn us deliberately, but if he didn't get your instruction, would he dare to 'speech nonsense'?If you don't believe him, you will be out of luck.
"Zhang Shilang, I'm here to plead for the canonization of the saint Khan, and please speak a few words of kindness in front of the saint Khan."
Manzhu Shahua simply stated that Da Sui and Daughter Kingdom are still equal allies now, and no one needs to canonize the other, but once Yang Tong's canonization is accepted, Daughter Kingdom will become a subsidiary state of Da Sui, but this pair is surrounded by Dasui. It would be a good thing for the Sui Kingdom to be surrounded by wolves, but it would be the most terrible thing if Yang Tong did not want to confer on her and continue to let the Daughter Kingdom go on alone and independently.And personally, she must also be canonized by the Great Sui Dynasty, so as to deter the former "acting vice queen" and prevent civil war from happening.
"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Zhang Xuan said with a smile, the Queen's request should not be a problem.
As expected by Zhang Xuan, Yang Tong met the criteria for conferring kings, conferring Manzhu Shahua as Princess Manzhu from the first rank of the Sui Dynasty, and doctor Guanglu from the second rank, and issued the seal of the Queen of the East in the name of the sage Khan.Although they are all imaginary, for Daughter Country and Manzhushahua himself, they are heavy life-saving talismans. This is the tragedy of a small country, which has to depend on a big country to survive.
Yang Tong acknowledged the status of Manzhu Shahua, but he didn't have any selfish thoughts, but his daughter's country was far away from the Sui Dynasty, and it was a small country with a population of only 30 to [-], so there was no war dividend to reap. Since the civil war is not good for the Sui Dynasty and will encourage other countries, it is better to let the weaker Queen lead the country to continue "female farming and male weaving". Earn a certain amount of wealth in a stable political situation in the country.
When Yang Tong heard that Manshu Shahua was not only the vice-queen, grand master, sister of the queen’s family, but also the marshal of the daughter’s army, he also grandly named her the head of Manshu County and Zhu State, indicating that Sui also recognized her series of positions. .
It's just that the queen didn't seem to call Xuanzang, which made Yang Tong feel regretful.However, Zhang Xuan told him that the grand master had a heart of admiration for the master, which aroused Yang Tong's interest again, thinking that the "daughter love" might refer to this pair.
"Saint Khan!" Just when Yang Tong was thinking about whether he should keep the vice queen to get semen from Xuanzang, he heard the neglected Soman Ningba repeat what he had said to Zhang Xuan before: " We have traveled thousands of miles with a friendly heart, one is to establish diplomatic relations with your country, and the other is to promote Buddhism, why are we so neglected?"
"You are questioning me!" Yang Tong's firm tone and flat tone exuded a majestic and cold aura, and a sharp and piercing killing intent erupted from him. The majesty and arrogance of overlooking the common people are naturally raised.
Manzhushahua and Manshushahua were extremely shocked. They couldn't connect the fierce man in front of them with the pleasant-looking "big brother next door" before. There was a world of difference between the two.The man in front of him is like a mountain, and his aura is as powerful as a god and demon coming to the world. It makes people dare not show their grandeur, and has an urge to worship.
"Put tom, puff tom, puff tom~" The queen on the edge of the storm is still like this, but the complexions of Soman Nimba and other Zhongtian Indians who are facing the majesty of the emperor are too pale, and their legs are involuntarily moved by the strong evil spirit Feeling weak, he just knelt down.
"Saint Khan, I have absolutely no disrespect!" Soman Ningba knelt on the ground, banging the ground loudly: "It's just a little silly, not good at expressing..."
"For the sake of your stupidity, I don't care about it for the time being. If there is another crime, I think King Jieri and Nibhara will be happy to join hands with me, Da Sui, to destroy Zhongtianzhu." Yang Tong didn't think too much about it. Forced, although he really hates these arrogant guys, but now directly sending troops to the affairs of the Tianzhu Peninsula, it is better to make use of the diplomatic expertise of the Sui Dynasty and prompt Wu Tianzhu to kill each other: "I don't know what is the point of you going to my Tai Sui as an envoy?" something important?"
"Back to the saint Khan, my country of Magadha in Tianzhu has fought many enemies in recent years, and the weather is drought, locust plagues are rampant, and the people are suffering. This time I came to the Great Sui Dynasty to meet the saint Khan. I hope that I can exchange my country's treasures. Some funding, and we will redeem the national treasure after we get through the difficulties." Suoman Ningba was relieved to see that Yang Tong didn't show his power any more.
But the Great Sui Emperor was about to destroy the country at every turn, so he was too domineering, right?But he didn't dare to have the slightest doubt. After all, he had prepared a lot before coming here. This guy doesn't care about the internal strife in his own country, but he likes to destroy other people's countries the most. There are many countries that have fallen under his hands. That's right, the number of people who died because of him is at least a few million. If he goes crazy, judging from the strength and speed of killing people in the Sui Dynasty, the population of Zhongtianzhu is not enough for people to kill them for a year. I will definitely recommend it when I go back. The king encouraged the people to have more children and strive to surpass the Sui Dynasty in terms of population.
"National treasure? What national treasure?" Yang Tong asked with great interest.
"Please ask the saint Khan to watch it." Soman Ningba didn't get the order to stand still, and he didn't dare to get up, so he quickly ordered the Tianzhu monk behind him to lift up a big box.
"This is the Buddha bone relic left by an eminent monk in Tianzhu more than 300 years ago!" Soman Ningba was afraid that Yang Tong would not know, and introduced in detail: "After all eminent monks with profound Buddhist teachings passed away, the flames will also burn. It is difficult to destroy his body, and this Buddha bone relic is the purest Buddha bone left over after the great monk was cremated, and it contains boundless Buddha power."
"To put it bluntly, it's the remains of the dead." Yang Tong looked at the dense bones in the opened box with disgust, and said calmly, "My Tai Sui has a different custom from yours. Gas and filth, leave it in a bad omen!"
"You..." A skinny old monk glared at Yang Tong, and said coldly, "Is the saint Khan insulting the eminent monk?"
"I just want you to know that the cultures, customs and beliefs of the two countries are different. The bones that you regard as treasures are filth in our Sui Dynasty. If you really like to collect these, I can let the soldiers dig a lot. The human bones are given to you as a gift, and I guarantee that you will return home happy and full of rewards."
Hearing what Yang Tong said, Luo Shixin next to him was the first to be unable to bear it, and burst out laughing immediately. Although Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Ling Jing and the others didn't laugh, they just showed that they were holding back at the moment from their constantly shrugging shoulders. How hard it is to laugh.
In the past few years, more than 200 million soldiers have been burned to death in the Khitan, Xi, Eastern and Western Turks, Goguryeo, Tubo, and Tuyuhun?At least hundreds of thousands of slaves died in the territory of the Sui Dynasty, so there is no shortage of human bones in the Sui Dynasty.
However, Yang Tong clearly knew that there was a huge difference between the two kinds of bones, so he decided to implement the "human bone theory", which really embarrassed the monk.
"How can ordinary people be qualified to compare with great monks?" the old monk said angrily.
Yang Tong said: "Buddhism emphasizes that emptiness is form, form is emptiness, existence is nothingness, nothingness is existence. What you see and hear are all illusory illusions. If this is the case, then the eminent monks are also illusory illusions. But you regard the bones of eminent monks as national treasures. You have already deviated from the essence of Buddhism, and what's more, you still present this illusory thing as a national treasure, which is ridiculous?"
"The Holy One is wise, and the Dharma is boundless." Xuanzang was convinced.
Yang Tong took a funny look at Xuanzang, who was in a state of madness, and said to the old monk: "Furthermore, Buddhism respects that all living beings are equal, so how can there be any difference between ordinary people and eminent monks? A purely qualified monk."
Although Yang Tong is not proficient in Buddhism, he does know some core ideas. Although these ideas are beautiful, no one can do them, so they are most suitable for refutation.
"Saint Khan also understands Buddhism?" the old monk asked in amazement.
"The Holy One not only has the great wisdom of slaughtering evil and proving the Tao, the great courage and righteousness of 'If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell'; there is also the great wish of 'All living beings will be able to prove Bodhi, and hell will not be empty', how could you Can you compare it to a thief and a monk?" Xuanzang sneered, he had never even heard of the "Heart Sutra", and he had the nerve to say that he was an eminent monk, and he had the nerve to come to the Sui Dynasty to embarrass others?
His faith had already collapsed, and he suddenly felt that the monks in Zhongtianzhu were not only disgusting in appearance and hypocrisy, but also their Buddhist attainments were too low-end. The Buddhist studies of the Sui Dynasty came out of blue, and the two were no longer at the same level.
Yang Tong looked at Xuanzang in astonishment, and found that the two big characters of "Tanzi" seemed to be flashing on the head with short hair.
Although he didn't know what happened, Xuanzang's performance undoubtedly made him feel gratified. It would be disgusting if he knelt down and licked Tagore like "Cousin Xu" to curry favor with the Zhongtianzhu monk.
After calming down, he said to the envoy Suoman Ningba: "If the national treasures you mentioned are all human bones, then there is no need to show them one by one, and we don't need these things. People in the Sui Dynasty worked hard to get them. It’s better to come up with some real food.”
Not to mention that the civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty nodded their heads one after another, even Manzhushahua and Manshushahua also silently agreed in their hearts. Although the daughter country regards Buddhism as the state religion and respects the relics of Buddha bones, they are used to living a hard life of frugality. A person is willing to spend money and food on the bones that cannot fill the stomach and warm the body.
"What does the saint Khan want?"
"Let's talk about the amount of food you need first."
"200 million stones of grain and 50 cattle and sheep each."
"Extremely ridiculous! I want to exchange a few human bones for so much food and livestock in Da Sui. I think Tianzhu among you is poor and crazy." Even Fang Xuanling, who is known for his good temper, was furious, let alone other people. up.
"Xuanling calm down!" Yang Tong asked Suoman Ningba kindly: "Our Tai Sui can afford these, but what do you pay for them?"
"Uh..." Suoman Ningba was overjoyed, and Yang Tong, who thought that the money was rich and stupid, agreed, without blushing and heartbeat, and said as a matter of course: "Two, 30 years."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.The young man named Wang Xuance standing in the corner looked at Suoman Ningba with a dangerous gaze, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Yang Tong waved his hand, motioning everyone to silence: "30 years is not too long, but your mortgage is up to me."
Soman Ningba said with a smile on his face, "Please show me, Your Majesty."
"I know that there are 37 states in Central Tianzhu, and you can take 30 of them as collateral. The people, military, government, law, and finance of these [-] states will be decided by my Sui Dynasty within [-] years. As for how much tax to collect and whether we can collect it, it is our own business. It will be returned to you after the expiration date." Yang Tong looked at Suoman Ningba and said angrily: "As for the food you borrowed, there is no need Pay it back."
"It's impossible!" Soman Ningba flatly refused with a constipated expression on his face.
"Here is the condition! If you are willing, my soldiers of the Sui Dynasty will bring the food and livestock you need into the country. After your army withdraws from these twenty states, we will deliver the food and livestock in full. If you don’t want to, I won’t force you.” Yang Tong glanced at him, and said lightly: “Actually, you are not at a loss. Not only can you get through the food crisis, but you can also dump the people who have no food and are about to rebel. In the Sui Dynasty, after 30 years, I will get [-] more prosperous and rich states for nothing, and I don’t have to pay back the food. Only a fool would refuse such a good thing, will you refuse?”
When everyone heard this, the corners of their mouths couldn't help twitching. As far as Yang Tong's character is concerned, once Zhongtianzhu agrees to this condition, these twenty countries will be permanently surnamed Yang.
Suoman Ningba, who had an ugly face, actually wanted to say no, but because Yang Tong set a premise, he had to say: "This, I can't decide."
Yang Tong said: "Then invite those who can be the masters. Since you can't be the masters, I won't keep you. Go back and tell your king that you want me to give you so many grains and animals for free in the Sui Dynasty. It's better to study Hundreds of ways to eat cow dung."
(End of this chapter)
Qingcheng wins with its quietness and cleanliness among famous mountains in the world. Qingcheng is even more beautiful in autumn. The elegant scenery follows the mountain's layers. A majestic Dan ladder covered with moss leads directly to the top of the mountain. The starting point of Dan ladder is a huge bluestone hollow carving. The mountain gate is simple and unsophisticated, but it does not lose its atmosphere.There are three majestic but introverted clerical scripts carved on the mountain gate - "Qingcheng Mountain".The Shangqing Palace at the end of the Dan ladder is the most important place for the Taoist priests of the Sui Dynasty.
At this time, it was afternoon, and the golden sunshine everywhere outlined the beautiful scenery of Mount Qingcheng.
From the foot of the mountain to the two sides of the Dan ladder of the Shangqing Palace, every five steps, there will be a soldier in black armor, standing still like a cliff pine and cypress, like a spear and a halberd, like a statue. The battle spears and armor shone coldly in the sun, allowing the visiting missions of the two countries to know what a Sui soldier is.
The soldiers held a lance in one hand and pressed the handle of the Tiger Roaring War Saber on their waists with the other. Although every soldier was silent and indifferently ignored the visiting guests, from their strong hands, piercing spirits, It can be seen with both eyes that everyone is in a state of war all the time, which makes the envoys of Daughter Kingdom and Zhongtianzhu suspicious: If there is something wrong with them, these soldiers full of evil spirits are very likely to violently kill people.
When the envoys from Zhongtianzhu entered the mountain, they were free and unrestrained, pointing at the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, and salivating nonsense that Zhang Xuan, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, could not understand, but after walking more than a hundred stone steps, Everyone felt a mountainous aura of coercion coming, which made people breathless. The Tianzhu people were honest and no longer looked around, but lowered their eyebrows and walked tremblingly. Some people even broke out in sweat. , I don’t know if it’s because I’m afraid or scared.
Looking at the ugly ghosts called "A San" by the Holy One, Zhang Xuan smiled with satisfaction.
At the beginning of his reception, he found that these "Asan" were not only ugly, but also arrogant. When they were at the gate of Daxing City, they even challenged the guards. After arriving in Luoxian County, seeing that the soldiers in the battle were rather embarrassed, they launched a challenge again. The general Wei Chigong saw that it was interesting, so he singled out a hundred Ah San soldiers by himself. More than 20 were killed and more than ten were disabled.
However, these people don't seem to have a long memory at all. When they saw a female soldier at the foot of the mountain, they naturally launched another challenge, hoping to regain the confidence of the soldier from the female soldier. In the competition with Shurawei, who specialized in the way of assassin, he was defeated faster and died more. One hundred of them fought, and one hundred of them died in strange shapes.
Half of the [-] soldiers guarding the Zhongtianzhu Mission had been cut here from Daxing. As for their rogue-like soldiers, Zhang Xuan didn't know where their confidence came from.
So stupid, it’s no wonder that the Jieri Empire was beaten so that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. As far as Zhang Xuan knew, the Jieri Empire, which had a vast territory and many soldiers, was originally planning to expand northward, but even a small mud Borna couldn't figure it out, and then he was killed by Tubo, Niboluo's ally, and the king of Jieri was afraid of Tubo headed by Langri Zanpu, so he turned around and headed south. The corpses of East Tianzhu, Middle Tianzhu, and West Tianzhu were killed all over the field, and blood flowed into rivers.
King Bimbisara of Central Tianzhu, who was abused by the Japanese Empire, heard that the Tubo thugs were easily wiped out by the Great Sui, so he had the idea of establishing diplomatic relations with the Great Sui. He felt that the Japanese Empire was defeated by Tubo. The head was broken and bloody, and Tubo destroyed the country by Da Sui. It can be seen that Da Sui was even more powerful. If Da Sui took action, it would be easy to torture and kill the Jieri Empire.
Good idea.But how could Da Sui help Zhongtianzhu fight for no reason?
You know, King Jieri is also trying to contact Da Sui now. If he has no worries in the north and develops to the south with all his heart, it will definitely promote the integration of East Tianzhu, Middle Tianzhu, West Tianzhu, and South Tianzhu, and the Jieri Empire The strength obviously cannot swallow these four countries.Because King Jieri was repelled by Puluo Jishe II when he invaded the Western Chaluqi Dynasty (West Tianzhu) last year, and this person is also a wise king who is not weaker than King Jieri. The melee continued, and the Tianzhu Peninsula became lively.This is obviously in the interests of the Sui Dynasty, and as a foreign policy, how could it be possible to send troops before the Sui Dynasty fanned the flames?Therefore, King Bimbisara of Zhongtianzhu really thought too much.
Compared with this bunch of arrogant, ignorant, self-important, and self-righteous ugly Asan, the envoys of the Daughter Kingdom are much cuter. The queen Manzhushahua and the grand master Manshushahua brought all women, because Qing is the national of the Daughter Kingdom. Therefore, everyone's clothes are blue, which sets off this beautiful lady like a blue cloud.
Queen Manjushahua is about eighteen or nineteen years old, her beauty exudes a sense of nobility, her black hair is rolled up, her beautiful cheeks seem to have no flaws, a gorgeous scimitar inlaid with gemstones hangs from her waist, and she is wearing a sky blue satin skirt. , long skirt and waist, and beautiful gold flowers as embellishments, it is the unique attire of the Queen of the Daughter Kingdom; the sun reflected on her face, which is so white that it is different from that of the Central Plains women, and the snow-white face also seemed to be beautiful. The translucent, radiant facial features are as delicate as a fairy in a painting.
The girl in Tsing Yi next to her is about the same age as her. It is Manshu Shahua, the daughter of the country grand master. With the short spear behind her back, there was a kind of sassy temperament with softness and toughness. Although this grand master was very beautiful, he exuded a cold chill all over his body, like a goddess of ice and snow, which made it hard for people to get close to.
However, there is one person who is not affected by her coldness, that is the young and handsome Master Xuanzang.
Xuanzang was very happy with this appointment, because Zhongtianzhu and the daughter country are both Buddhist countries. His original intention of learning Sanskrit was to hope that one day he could go to the Buddhist country to obtain the scriptures. During the process of Buddhist scriptures, he encountered too many difficulties, which also revived his idea of going to Zhongtianzhu to learn Buddhism.Now there are people from the Buddhist country coming to Sui Dynasty, he thinks this is an opportunity to discuss Buddhism, which will benefit him a lot.
After arriving in Daxing City, he discovered that Sanskrit is not spoken in the daughter country, and the king and grand master have learned Han culture from the Confucian scholars who escaped the war and went to the daughter country since they were young. The culture and history of the Han family is completely mastery of Sinology, and there is no need for him to be a translator.
So Xuanzang went to Asan Tuan to work as an interpreter. He thought it was better. After all, Tianzhu, where Buddhism was born, was the sacred place of Buddhism in his mind.
Although Ah Santuan came with more than twenty monks, all of whom are proficient in Buddhism, but when he was chatting happily, these ugly monks were going to hold an open meeting; The Dazhai Society treats everyone equally regardless of high or low, monks and laymen, wisdom and ignorance, good and evil.It means to be inclusive without hindrance, unobstructed, and unhindered, so it is also called the Unhindered Conference.
Of course, Master Xuanzang would not object to this kind of good deed, and even wondered whether it should be held in a certain temple. Unexpectedly, the next moment, a third woman came, and when he was about to ask about it, he didn't understand why. At that time, the men and women stripped themselves naked, and then those women put on all kinds of strange and unsightly poses in front of him, and three shameless women ran in front of him, and then in front of him Under the stunned gaze, he folded his body in half, and then brought the furry shame in front of him. The smell made Xuanzang vomit it out on the spot. If there is a bloody way out, I am afraid that he will have to lose his body to those three strong women.
Those gangsters who had been beaten up by Xuanzang filed a lawsuit against Zhang Xuan, which almost caused a diplomatic turmoil.Xuanzang was shocked, shocked, and moved by the tough attitude shown by the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Sui Dynasty. Zhang Xuan said domineeringly to the envoy Suoman Ningba: "As long as it is my people in the Sui Dynasty, let alone Master Xuanzang, it is the people who walk along the street. A beggar who begs is also ten thousand times nobler than you, an envoy. Tianzhu is a disadvantaged and inferior race, and you must get used to being beaten."
Although Xuanzang is a foreigner, Zhang Xuan's domineering declaration of a great country still makes his blood boil, and a strong sense of national pride arises spontaneously.
It was also because of this incident that the soldiers wrapped in red scarves began to fight for death. Now, Xuanzang even suspects that the Ah San soldiers, who can't even beat female soldiers, will challenge children who are not as tall as their knees next time.
Later, during the translation process, Xuanzang learned that the "uncovered meeting" that almost cost him his dignity was actually very normal in the Buddhist sect of Zhongtianzhu, just like drinking water and eating.
All of a sudden, the tall and sacred image of Zhongtianzhu Buddhism collapsed in Xuanzang's heart.
The revived desire to seek scriptures was completely shattered.
The envoys of the Buddha have not yet taken the filthy things as usual, so how good is the Buddhism in Zhongtianzhu?What else is there for him to learn?
Suddenly looking back, Xuanzang discovered that the Buddhism of the Sui Dynasty was a thousand times more noble and pure than that of Zhongtianzhu.
Going around, the best is actually by your side
Didn't the poem "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, just because I'm in it" in the poem of the Holy One refer to me?
The distraught Xuanzang didn't know that a sect is derived from the local culture that gave birth to it. Although it has made great achievements in a certain field, it cannot be separated from the original cultural system.
At the beginning of Buddhism entering the Central Plains, in order to grow rapidly, it added many rules and regulations to show its extraordinaryness.After hundreds of years of development, the Buddhism of the Central Plains, which absorbed the theories of various schools of thought, has long since become a new faction connected with the blood of the civilization of the Central Plains, which is naturally completely different from the Buddhism of Central Tianzhu, which still has a strong local culture.
Buddhism in Central Tianzhu is actually like Confucianism, Taoism, Law, and Mohism in the Central Plains. Although some fields have been developed to the limit, they cannot be separated from mainstream thoughts such as "loyalty to the emperor, love the country, love the people" and "there are three ways to be unfilial."
If Xuanzang looked at the Buddhism of the two countries with the mentality of "seeking common ground while reserving differences", there would be no loss of "idols" being shattered.In the future, he may realize 'seeking common ground while reserving differences', but definitely not now.
On the one hand, he is still young, he has not experienced many things, and his knowledge and experience are insufficient; It was difficult to accept it once; to put it bluntly, Xuanzang was like a crazy groupie, and when he found out that the divine goddess in his mind was a bus that anyone could get on, he collapsed.
It was also at the time when his faith collapsed that Xuanzang heard that his daughter's grand master Manjusawa liked and was proficient in the "Lotus Sutra", and that both her and the queen's names came from "Maha Manjusawa" in the "Lotus Sutra" .The original meaning is the flower of the sky, the big red flower, which is one of the four auspicious flowers from the sky (Manzhushahua, Mahamanshushahua, Mandalahua, Mahamandalahua). Those who see this flower will get rid of their evil.
Upon hearing the news, Xuanzang went to have a conversation regardless of whether the other party was frosty or not.Anyway, in his heart, all women are the same, it doesn't matter if it's cold or not, of course, those Asan women who hold open meetings from time to time can be ignored, they are not human beings, but human-eating monsters.
It seems that Manshushahua, who doesn't like men very much, hated Xuanzang at first, and chatted with Xuanzang without saying a word, hoping to send this stupid and pretty monk away as soon as possible, but Xuanzang not only didn't feel that the other party Her impatience was wrong, but she thought that this was in line with her aloof style, so she stuck to it like brown candy.
Manshushahua naturally hated him even more, but apart from her personal likes and dislikes, she was still the grand master of her daughter country, no matter how unwilling she was, she would not dare to offend this seemingly stupid man with some status when she asked Tai Sui. The pretty monk, if this stupid monk went to the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty to speak ill of his daughter's country, the emperor would most likely support the 'former deputy queen' who had a cooperative relationship with the Sui Dynasty.
The grand master, who "is under the eaves, has to bow his head", has no choice but to continue the stalemate with the enthusiastic and studious Master Xuanzang.But what happened next was beyond her expectation.
Xuanzang is a rare flower rarely seen in the Buddhist world for thousands of years. He has a deep understanding of various Buddhist scriptures. When he narrates his understanding of the "Lotus Sutra" one by one, his love for the "Lotus Sutra" is far away. Manjusawa, who hates men so much, was amazed. It felt like listening to the Buddha's lecture. After two days, Grand Master Manjusawa was captured by Master Xuanzang with the "Lotus Sutra". She couldn't learn much here, and then she approached the queen Manjushahua like a brown candy. However, the knowledge the queen learned was mainly about governing the country and the army. Although she also knew Buddhism, it was not as deep as Manjushahua.
Although Xuanzang, who defeated the queen and grand master of his daughter country in Buddhism, has won glory for the country, but defeating the "opponent" is not the result he wants. He feels that it is not that he is strong, but that the "opponent" is too weak. He hopes that the master Defeat him, conquer him, and ravage him, but looking at the envoys of the Daughter Kingdom, there are no Buddhist masters.
This also made the loneliness in the high place suddenly hit. Just when he was thinking about whether to turn around and challenge the monks from Zhongtianzhu, Manshushahua found him and pestered him to study Buddhist scriptures every day.
Xuanzang was not the kind of person who would turn his face and deny people when he put on his trousers. Seeing that the other party was very determined to learn, he was also willing to share his experience with this female Bodhisattva.
It's just that after getting along for such a period of time, he always felt that the gaze of the female Bodhisattva was strange, as if looking at a sheep with a gloomy gaze from a wolf, and only looked at him so that his scalp was numb, and his hair grew out without money. .
He didn't understand the meaning of this look, but Zhang Xuan, who had been there, understood that it was the look of a girl in Huaichun looking at her lover, and it became stronger every day. His daughter Guo Taishi was obviously the master of Sui Xuanzang.
But having said that, Master Xuanzang does have the looks, talent, and learning that attract [-]% of girls, but such a genius-like figure is more eager to learn than others. If he stays with him for a while, he will learn from elementary school to adulthood. I'm afraid they will all be hollowed out by him. If this guy returns to the vulgar and serves in the imperial court, he will definitely be another prime minister for governing the country.
Among other things, his ability to melt an iceberg into a pool of hot springs alone makes him qualified for the post of Director of the Vertical and Horizontal Department of the Ministry of Rites. Isn't the ability to stalk and shamelessly be the most basic quality of the personnel of the Vertical and Horizontal Department?
It would be a pity for such a natural talent for diplomacy to become a monk.
Zhang Xuan involuntarily looked at the Grand Master, and found that the other party happened to be smiling and looking at Master Xuanzang affectionately.
A smirk could not help but appear on his face. As the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Xuan knew that the reason for Asan's madness was that they entertained Xuanzang with the supreme gift of a different kind of unmasked meeting, but Xuanzang not only refused, but also beat them all. Suddenly, they felt that Xuanzang looked down on them and insulted them, so they jumped out to make trouble.Although Xuanzang did not accept their kindness, it seems that he also saw a woman's body, right?If those ugly women were replaced by a beautiful grand master...would he refuse?
"Zhang Shilang." Just when Zhang Xuan thought of something and showed a wretched smile, Suoman Ningba shouted at him: "We came here with a friendly heart. First, we will establish diplomatic relations with your country. The second is to promote Buddhism, this good deed, why does your emperor treat us so rudely? Let us climb such a high mountain?"
With this opening, not only Zhang Xuan and other officials of the Sui Dynasty, but even an outsider like Xuan Zang couldn't help frowning.
"Your envoy may be from a low-born background, and he doesn't understand the process of receiving envoys in various countries!" Zhang Xuan's cold eyes glanced at the face of the envoy from Zhongtianzhu, who had a face resembling that of the Sui Dynasty, and said lightly: "First of all, before a regular envoy goes on a mission, the country will submit an official credential to the country to which the envoy is going, but you don't have one, so you can't be regarded as a regular envoy; and on the side of the Daughter's Country, the queen has been in the country for a long time. I personally submitted my letter of credence to the embassy of Da Sui in my daughter's country a month ago, which is not only respect for Da Sui, but also self-respect."
"You..." Suoman Ningba's complexion changed drastically. He is a race living between the Indochina Peninsula and the Tianzhu Peninsula. He looks similar to the yellow race, but he is an inferior race in Tianzhu. His hometown was destroyed by the Central Plains during the Qin and Han Dynasties. He ruled, so the people there can speak a certain amount of Chinese, and he was sent as an envoy to the Sui Dynasty, and he is relatively proficient in Chinese. Naturally, he knew that Zhang Xuan said that he was as humble as a dog and impolite.
"Secondly, even if you can represent Zhongtianzhu, your status is not very high. It is a great honor to be received by the emperor of the Sui Dynasty! In addition, the noble envoy is not from a good background, so he probably doesn't understand that the Sui Dynasty is in the world. I don’t know how to cherish this honor.” Zhang Xuan ignored Suoman Ningba’s flushed face, and said to a heroic young man beside him, “Xuance, please tell this envoy about my honor. Sui's status in the world."
This young man with both literati integrity and military temperament is named Wang Xuance. He is from Luoyang. He was born in a scholarly family in decline. Losing the position of staying behind in the eastern capital, he generously took out several large granaries to help the victims, and took this as an opportunity to attract the victims, refugees, and poor people from Henan to Hebei, including Wang Xuance's family and Wang Xuance's father. Although he is not a great Confucianist, his cultural level is not bad. When Yang Tong was extremely short of officials, he became a county magistrate. He has been promoted again and again, and now he is the governor of Badong County.
Wang Xuance, who was still young at the time, was studying at a government school. When he had achieved success in his studies, he responded to the imperial court's call and joined the army.As an orthodox literati born in the Chongwu era, learning the six arts of a gentleman is a very normal thing. After a year of experience, he became a scout captain, and scouts don't need melee combat. So 'shooting' in the Six Arts is the key.The "imperial" in the Six Arts refers to riding skills, and having a good riding skill is the most basic requirement for a scout.The "number" in the Six Arts is arithmetic, and its calculation ability is strong, which is very beneficial for counting the number of the opponent's army and calculating the opponent's food and grass.
After working as a scout for two years, he participated in the recruitment examination of the martial arts academy and obtained further education. The path he took was exactly the same as that of Liu Rengui.It's just that Liu Rengui was lucky. He met Yang Tong who was disguised for an outing, and later directly entered the Xuanjia Army and received key training. Although Wang Xuance did not have such a good chance, he also passed the imperial examination and became a member of the Ministry of Rites. official.
At this time, upon hearing Zhang Xuan's order, Wang Xuance responded, and then introduced to Suoman Ningba, who was like a frog at the bottom of a well: "In the 12th year of Daye, the rebel Luo Yi joined forces with the Khitan to attack us in the Sui Dynasty, when the Xi clan, Goguryeo, Dong/ The Turkic army of nearly one million people looked at us in the Sui Dynasty and were ready to move. The Holy Master led the army to the north. In less than a month, he wiped out the 20 troops of the Khitan and Xi tribes. The migrant population was naturalized in the Sui Dynasty. , the Khitan and Xi tribes that survived for thousands of years no longer exist. The more than 30 troops in Liaodong of Goguryeo were also annihilated by the Holy One, and they fled to the south. So far, the vast Liaodong has been the soil of our Great Sui Dynasty. It is also this year, Li Shangshu Annihilated more than 40 Eastern/Turkic troops in Mayi, the Holy One went deep into the enemy's territory, captured the Eastern/Turkic Khan Court, and then returned to the army to kill Shibi Khan outside Mayi. After that, he went deep into the grassland many times, and will have The Turks with a million-strong army were killed to pieces and did not dare to look south. Yehu Khan, the leader of the Western Turks, violently suppressed the Western Regions, and the countries suffered terribly. Tens of thousands of troops invaded the border of our Great Sui Dynasty, and the result was that the Holy One was wiped out one by one, and the powerful Western Turks no longer existed. Sumo Mohe, Heishui Mohe, Nanshiwei, Beishiwei...all depend on our Sui Dynasty to survive and are our country. At the same time, the Holy Master, who is respected as the "Saint Khan" by the world, set the rules. The Great Sui belongs to the country, but if the people of our Great Sui enter the country, all countries will treat them as guests. Otherwise, they will be deemed disrespectful to our Great Sui, and will be deprived of the right to belong to the country, kicked out of the "Da Sui-Western Silk Road Alliance", The Sui Eastern Silk Road Alliance is no longer under the protection of our Great Sui, and if it offends a member country, the world will punish it."
Speaking of this, Wang Xuance's voice suddenly rose several degrees, shaking people's eardrums: "These powerful countries conquered one by one by the sage are far away from Tianzhu. Your envoy may not know it, but Tubo Langri Zanpu should know it? This killer The emperor who was restless all around, and the Jieri Empire did not dare to look north, was also easily defeated by the Holy One, and Tuyuhun was also wiped out. Today's Tubo Four Kingdoms, Xiangxiong, Da Bolu, and Xiao Bolu are also based on our Great Sui Dynasty. For your honor, this is a matter of this year, I don't think your envoy will know about it?"
Although this is a well-known fact, Wang Xuance's high-spirited and impassioned words still made the officials of the Sui Dynasty proud and excited.
However, Suoman Ningba was very embarrassed when he heard it. Before he came, he naturally had a detailed understanding of the current Tai Sui. With Sui's terrifying influence, he wouldn't come here to be abused.
"Although Daughter Country is not a vassal country of the Sui Dynasty, it is also a friendly country of the Sui Dynasty. The people of the Sui Dynasty will not be treated harshly in the Daughter Country. Do business with him." The outspoken Wang Xuance "unintentionally" said "leaked".
"Xuance, shut up!" Zhang Xuan spread his hands and looked helplessly at the embarrassing Queen Manzhushahua: "Your Majesty, this kid loves to talk nonsense. My Sui Dynasty is a country of benevolence and righteousness, a country of etiquette, and civilization. How could the dynasty target allies? You know this, don’t believe his nonsense.”
Manzhushahua and Manshushahua were both speechless, and said to themselves: Wang Xuance is an extremely stable young man, he clearly took the opportunity to warn us deliberately, but if he didn't get your instruction, would he dare to 'speech nonsense'?If you don't believe him, you will be out of luck.
"Zhang Shilang, I'm here to plead for the canonization of the saint Khan, and please speak a few words of kindness in front of the saint Khan."
Manzhu Shahua simply stated that Da Sui and Daughter Kingdom are still equal allies now, and no one needs to canonize the other, but once Yang Tong's canonization is accepted, Daughter Kingdom will become a subsidiary state of Da Sui, but this pair is surrounded by Dasui. It would be a good thing for the Sui Kingdom to be surrounded by wolves, but it would be the most terrible thing if Yang Tong did not want to confer on her and continue to let the Daughter Kingdom go on alone and independently.And personally, she must also be canonized by the Great Sui Dynasty, so as to deter the former "acting vice queen" and prevent civil war from happening.
"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Zhang Xuan said with a smile, the Queen's request should not be a problem.
As expected by Zhang Xuan, Yang Tong met the criteria for conferring kings, conferring Manzhu Shahua as Princess Manzhu from the first rank of the Sui Dynasty, and doctor Guanglu from the second rank, and issued the seal of the Queen of the East in the name of the sage Khan.Although they are all imaginary, for Daughter Country and Manzhushahua himself, they are heavy life-saving talismans. This is the tragedy of a small country, which has to depend on a big country to survive.
Yang Tong acknowledged the status of Manzhu Shahua, but he didn't have any selfish thoughts, but his daughter's country was far away from the Sui Dynasty, and it was a small country with a population of only 30 to [-], so there was no war dividend to reap. Since the civil war is not good for the Sui Dynasty and will encourage other countries, it is better to let the weaker Queen lead the country to continue "female farming and male weaving". Earn a certain amount of wealth in a stable political situation in the country.
When Yang Tong heard that Manshu Shahua was not only the vice-queen, grand master, sister of the queen’s family, but also the marshal of the daughter’s army, he also grandly named her the head of Manshu County and Zhu State, indicating that Sui also recognized her series of positions. .
It's just that the queen didn't seem to call Xuanzang, which made Yang Tong feel regretful.However, Zhang Xuan told him that the grand master had a heart of admiration for the master, which aroused Yang Tong's interest again, thinking that the "daughter love" might refer to this pair.
"Saint Khan!" Just when Yang Tong was thinking about whether he should keep the vice queen to get semen from Xuanzang, he heard the neglected Soman Ningba repeat what he had said to Zhang Xuan before: " We have traveled thousands of miles with a friendly heart, one is to establish diplomatic relations with your country, and the other is to promote Buddhism, why are we so neglected?"
"You are questioning me!" Yang Tong's firm tone and flat tone exuded a majestic and cold aura, and a sharp and piercing killing intent erupted from him. The majesty and arrogance of overlooking the common people are naturally raised.
Manzhushahua and Manshushahua were extremely shocked. They couldn't connect the fierce man in front of them with the pleasant-looking "big brother next door" before. There was a world of difference between the two.The man in front of him is like a mountain, and his aura is as powerful as a god and demon coming to the world. It makes people dare not show their grandeur, and has an urge to worship.
"Put tom, puff tom, puff tom~" The queen on the edge of the storm is still like this, but the complexions of Soman Nimba and other Zhongtian Indians who are facing the majesty of the emperor are too pale, and their legs are involuntarily moved by the strong evil spirit Feeling weak, he just knelt down.
"Saint Khan, I have absolutely no disrespect!" Soman Ningba knelt on the ground, banging the ground loudly: "It's just a little silly, not good at expressing..."
"For the sake of your stupidity, I don't care about it for the time being. If there is another crime, I think King Jieri and Nibhara will be happy to join hands with me, Da Sui, to destroy Zhongtianzhu." Yang Tong didn't think too much about it. Forced, although he really hates these arrogant guys, but now directly sending troops to the affairs of the Tianzhu Peninsula, it is better to make use of the diplomatic expertise of the Sui Dynasty and prompt Wu Tianzhu to kill each other: "I don't know what is the point of you going to my Tai Sui as an envoy?" something important?"
"Back to the saint Khan, my country of Magadha in Tianzhu has fought many enemies in recent years, and the weather is drought, locust plagues are rampant, and the people are suffering. This time I came to the Great Sui Dynasty to meet the saint Khan. I hope that I can exchange my country's treasures. Some funding, and we will redeem the national treasure after we get through the difficulties." Suoman Ningba was relieved to see that Yang Tong didn't show his power any more.
But the Great Sui Emperor was about to destroy the country at every turn, so he was too domineering, right?But he didn't dare to have the slightest doubt. After all, he had prepared a lot before coming here. This guy doesn't care about the internal strife in his own country, but he likes to destroy other people's countries the most. There are many countries that have fallen under his hands. That's right, the number of people who died because of him is at least a few million. If he goes crazy, judging from the strength and speed of killing people in the Sui Dynasty, the population of Zhongtianzhu is not enough for people to kill them for a year. I will definitely recommend it when I go back. The king encouraged the people to have more children and strive to surpass the Sui Dynasty in terms of population.
"National treasure? What national treasure?" Yang Tong asked with great interest.
"Please ask the saint Khan to watch it." Soman Ningba didn't get the order to stand still, and he didn't dare to get up, so he quickly ordered the Tianzhu monk behind him to lift up a big box.
"This is the Buddha bone relic left by an eminent monk in Tianzhu more than 300 years ago!" Soman Ningba was afraid that Yang Tong would not know, and introduced in detail: "After all eminent monks with profound Buddhist teachings passed away, the flames will also burn. It is difficult to destroy his body, and this Buddha bone relic is the purest Buddha bone left over after the great monk was cremated, and it contains boundless Buddha power."
"To put it bluntly, it's the remains of the dead." Yang Tong looked at the dense bones in the opened box with disgust, and said calmly, "My Tai Sui has a different custom from yours. Gas and filth, leave it in a bad omen!"
"You..." A skinny old monk glared at Yang Tong, and said coldly, "Is the saint Khan insulting the eminent monk?"
"I just want you to know that the cultures, customs and beliefs of the two countries are different. The bones that you regard as treasures are filth in our Sui Dynasty. If you really like to collect these, I can let the soldiers dig a lot. The human bones are given to you as a gift, and I guarantee that you will return home happy and full of rewards."
Hearing what Yang Tong said, Luo Shixin next to him was the first to be unable to bear it, and burst out laughing immediately. Although Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Ling Jing and the others didn't laugh, they just showed that they were holding back at the moment from their constantly shrugging shoulders. How hard it is to laugh.
In the past few years, more than 200 million soldiers have been burned to death in the Khitan, Xi, Eastern and Western Turks, Goguryeo, Tubo, and Tuyuhun?At least hundreds of thousands of slaves died in the territory of the Sui Dynasty, so there is no shortage of human bones in the Sui Dynasty.
However, Yang Tong clearly knew that there was a huge difference between the two kinds of bones, so he decided to implement the "human bone theory", which really embarrassed the monk.
"How can ordinary people be qualified to compare with great monks?" the old monk said angrily.
Yang Tong said: "Buddhism emphasizes that emptiness is form, form is emptiness, existence is nothingness, nothingness is existence. What you see and hear are all illusory illusions. If this is the case, then the eminent monks are also illusory illusions. But you regard the bones of eminent monks as national treasures. You have already deviated from the essence of Buddhism, and what's more, you still present this illusory thing as a national treasure, which is ridiculous?"
"The Holy One is wise, and the Dharma is boundless." Xuanzang was convinced.
Yang Tong took a funny look at Xuanzang, who was in a state of madness, and said to the old monk: "Furthermore, Buddhism respects that all living beings are equal, so how can there be any difference between ordinary people and eminent monks? A purely qualified monk."
Although Yang Tong is not proficient in Buddhism, he does know some core ideas. Although these ideas are beautiful, no one can do them, so they are most suitable for refutation.
"Saint Khan also understands Buddhism?" the old monk asked in amazement.
"The Holy One not only has the great wisdom of slaughtering evil and proving the Tao, the great courage and righteousness of 'If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell'; there is also the great wish of 'All living beings will be able to prove Bodhi, and hell will not be empty', how could you Can you compare it to a thief and a monk?" Xuanzang sneered, he had never even heard of the "Heart Sutra", and he had the nerve to say that he was an eminent monk, and he had the nerve to come to the Sui Dynasty to embarrass others?
His faith had already collapsed, and he suddenly felt that the monks in Zhongtianzhu were not only disgusting in appearance and hypocrisy, but also their Buddhist attainments were too low-end. The Buddhist studies of the Sui Dynasty came out of blue, and the two were no longer at the same level.
Yang Tong looked at Xuanzang in astonishment, and found that the two big characters of "Tanzi" seemed to be flashing on the head with short hair.
Although he didn't know what happened, Xuanzang's performance undoubtedly made him feel gratified. It would be disgusting if he knelt down and licked Tagore like "Cousin Xu" to curry favor with the Zhongtianzhu monk.
After calming down, he said to the envoy Suoman Ningba: "If the national treasures you mentioned are all human bones, then there is no need to show them one by one, and we don't need these things. People in the Sui Dynasty worked hard to get them. It’s better to come up with some real food.”
Not to mention that the civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty nodded their heads one after another, even Manzhushahua and Manshushahua also silently agreed in their hearts. Although the daughter country regards Buddhism as the state religion and respects the relics of Buddha bones, they are used to living a hard life of frugality. A person is willing to spend money and food on the bones that cannot fill the stomach and warm the body.
"What does the saint Khan want?"
"Let's talk about the amount of food you need first."
"200 million stones of grain and 50 cattle and sheep each."
"Extremely ridiculous! I want to exchange a few human bones for so much food and livestock in Da Sui. I think Tianzhu among you is poor and crazy." Even Fang Xuanling, who is known for his good temper, was furious, let alone other people. up.
"Xuanling calm down!" Yang Tong asked Suoman Ningba kindly: "Our Tai Sui can afford these, but what do you pay for them?"
"Uh..." Suoman Ningba was overjoyed, and Yang Tong, who thought that the money was rich and stupid, agreed, without blushing and heartbeat, and said as a matter of course: "Two, 30 years."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.The young man named Wang Xuance standing in the corner looked at Suoman Ningba with a dangerous gaze, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Yang Tong waved his hand, motioning everyone to silence: "30 years is not too long, but your mortgage is up to me."
Soman Ningba said with a smile on his face, "Please show me, Your Majesty."
"I know that there are 37 states in Central Tianzhu, and you can take 30 of them as collateral. The people, military, government, law, and finance of these [-] states will be decided by my Sui Dynasty within [-] years. As for how much tax to collect and whether we can collect it, it is our own business. It will be returned to you after the expiration date." Yang Tong looked at Suoman Ningba and said angrily: "As for the food you borrowed, there is no need Pay it back."
"It's impossible!" Soman Ningba flatly refused with a constipated expression on his face.
"Here is the condition! If you are willing, my soldiers of the Sui Dynasty will bring the food and livestock you need into the country. After your army withdraws from these twenty states, we will deliver the food and livestock in full. If you don’t want to, I won’t force you.” Yang Tong glanced at him, and said lightly: “Actually, you are not at a loss. Not only can you get through the food crisis, but you can also dump the people who have no food and are about to rebel. In the Sui Dynasty, after 30 years, I will get [-] more prosperous and rich states for nothing, and I don’t have to pay back the food. Only a fool would refuse such a good thing, will you refuse?”
When everyone heard this, the corners of their mouths couldn't help twitching. As far as Yang Tong's character is concerned, once Zhongtianzhu agrees to this condition, these twenty countries will be permanently surnamed Yang.
Suoman Ningba, who had an ugly face, actually wanted to say no, but because Yang Tong set a premise, he had to say: "This, I can't decide."
Yang Tong said: "Then invite those who can be the masters. Since you can't be the masters, I won't keep you. Go back and tell your king that you want me to give you so many grains and animals for free in the Sui Dynasty. It's better to study Hundreds of ways to eat cow dung."
(End of this chapter)
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