Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 868 Are All Ruthless
"Saint, Iraguk San Hutuktu is here."

Anu was still the pearl on the prairie, galloping towards him like the wind, jumped off the horse in a graceful manner, and ran briskly in front of the emperor, laughing before saying anything.

"Slow down, be careful of the baby in your belly." Seeing that she was still in a hurry, Zhu Yihai couldn't help reminding that the child she was thinking about day and night was conceived with great difficulty, and it took five years to finally conceive. It was not easy. But she is still riding horses, archery and hunting, and she has no intention of resting at ease.

"It's okay. The Mongolian women on our grasslands are all very strong. They can still milk cows and spin felts even when they are pregnant. Even after the child is born, they can continue to work. We are soldiers, and we can fight with our children on our backs."

Zhu Yihai got a headache from Anu's tough attitude, and he also knew that it was true. Mongolian women were indeed strong and tough. In fact, not only Mongolian women, but also women in this era are very strong, which is also because of the times and productivity.

They still work as usual during pregnancy, and even many children who have just given birth will not feel at ease to rest and recuperate. They take their children with them to work when they are very young, farming on their backs, cutting firewood up the mountain, and even fighting on horseback.

First, there are no conditions, and second, the physical fitness is indeed stronger after long-term work.

But he still hopes that she can take good care of her, this is the first three months.

"Is the saint free to see you?"

"See, he is your third brother."

Yiraguk Sanhutuktu is the third son of Jailut Chechenhan Oqiertu, the elder brother of Anu, and the nephew of our Yahutuktu.

The Gelug Sect has a close relationship with the Oirats. In order to win foreign aid, many eminent monks went to the grasslands, and even actively contacted the leaders of the upper class in Mongolia, not only the Oirats in Moxi, Khalkha in Mobei, but also Tumed and Ordos in Monan. The same is true, and even took the initiative to go to Shenyang to pay homage to the Tartar Chieftain, and later Zhu Yihai rose up, and then went to kneel down to worship Daming without hesitation.

All because of their own weak strength, they had to find strong foreign aid.

At that time, Oirat's leader, Baibagasi, the leader of Heshuote, even planned to go to Tibet to become a monk in person. Later, various ministries persuaded him to stay and preside over the overall situation of the alliance and resist the Khalkhas. They suggested that each of the four leaders send their sons to worship Buddha instead of him.

Baibagas had no son at the time, so he gave away his adoptive son, who later became Pandida, and was later certified and canonized as Hutuktu by Zhu Yihai.

When it came to the Oirat leaders of the generation of Turubaihu, Erqitu, and He Duoheqin, the Gelug Sect had a closer relationship with them, and they all gave these leaders titles and titles, and even directly designated the sons of the leaders in advance. reincarnation.

For example, Galdan, the son of Batur Huntaiji, the leader of Junggar, was appointed by Wensa III before he was pregnant, saying that he would be reincarnated into the belly of Batur's wife when he passed away, so Galdan was born. , became Vinsa IV, and became the nominal third guru of the Gelug Sect.

Oqiertu, as the leader of Heshuote, not only his adopted brother became Hutuktu, but also his third son, who was sent to worship the Buddha, also directly studied under the fourth emperor, and was later awarded the title of Sechen * Shizhuo. Erji means a wise national teacher.

After the last life of Iraguk III passed away, Erdeni directly upgraded him to be the new Iraguk San Hutuktu.

Hutuktu's status is extremely high.

The previous two Yilaguk and three Hutuktus were the Chechen Choerji of Khalkha, who were enshrined by Zasaktu Khan and others, and were representatives of the alliance between the Outer Khalkha and the Gelug Sect.Later, it was succeeded by Daiqing Chuoerji, who was from Ordos. Therefore, the left-wing tribes in Monan had a very good relationship with the Gelug Sect.

The three Hutuktus of Yilaguke have a high status, and even have resources that are older than Zhu Yihaili’s Zaya and Zhangjia. The Lu faction formed an alliance with Khalkha, Ordos, and Moxi Weilat, and at the same time made several missions to Shengjing and Shenyang.

The fact that Oziltu's third child can be promoted to Hutuktu is not simply an internal matter of the Gelug faction, but has something to do with the current environment.

Heshuote became the biggest protector of the Gelug faction, and Oqiertu is the leader of the Tianshan Mountains, and he has a very close relationship with Daming. At this time, he was chosen to be the new Yilaguke Sanhutuktu, the intention is actually obviously.

The first two Iraguks and the three Hutuktus have a good relationship with Mongolia and Houjin, and they are also very dependent on Huang Taiji and Dorgon.

In the other direction, the Yiraguk Sanhutuktu lineage belongs to the Erdeni lineage. Zhu Yihai intends to balance the Gelug faction, and has been supporting the older but weaker Bandan who is not very involved in political affairs. Tie.

It was under Zhu Yihai's will that Yiraguk's three Hutuktus were officially certified as Hutuktus by Ban Dan.

Before Zhu Yihai deliberately sent Jin Shengtan to see the fifth emperor, he proposed that Dalai Khan wanted to ask him to move to Qinghai to stay in Xixi. The frightened fifth emperor was nervous and hurriedly made various excuses, which made him very uneasy for a while, and after a while, Zhu Yihai let him go again. Jin Shengtan approached him and proposed to arrange for the new Iraqi Guk San Hutuktu to go to Qinghai to station in Xi.

Just like the three Hutuktus of Zaya, Zhangjia, and Jebtsundamba in Monan, Moxi, and Mobei, the area of ​​Qinghai will be governed by the three Hutuktus of Iraq in the future.

Zhu Yihai deliberately proposed to demolish the house first, and then said whether to open a window.

After all this tossing, the fifth generation of the same age finally agreed, so the two leaders of the Gelug faction jointly certified, plus the golden book and gold seal of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Anu's elder brother became the golden purple cassock of Qinghai District great monk.

The emperor bestowed purple and gold cassocks on the two leaders of the Gelug Sect and the five Hutuktus.

In fact, the emperor intends to confer Hutuktu to strengthen the infiltration and influence on the Gelug Sect, not only the Yellow Sect, but also to other sects.

Just like conferring Mongolian aristocrats Yihan King, Jinong, Nuoyan, Huntaiji, and Wutaiji, a set of titles was set up for monks of these sects, divided into Hutuktu, Nuomenhan, Bandida, Khenpo, Chuoerji and other nine ranks.

There are also other titles such as * teacher, * teacher, Zen master, * teacher and so on.

There are also added words, such as Fuguo, Chanhua, etc.

This set of things is the same as the Khan Taiji and Prince Houbo for the Mongolian princes, and it brings the monks into the normative rule more comprehensively.

In particular, the management of the Gelug faction should be stricter.

Now there is a Dharma leader, Gamba Chidan, the abbot of the Gelug Patriarchal Monastery, who is elected every five years by two Gelug Pai leaders and appointed by the emperor. This is the Pope in name.

In fact, the two leaders, Bandan and Dalai, are in charge of the Gelug faction, and even the entire Tibetan religious affairs. They are in charge of front and rear Tibet.

Then came the Five Great Hutuktus, who were conferred by Zhu Yihai himself.

Zhangjia governed Monan, Jebtsundamba governed Mobei, Wensa governed Moxi, Yiraguk governed Qinghai three times, and Zaya, who originally governed Moxi, transferred to Kham.

As for the Ngari region, Zhu Yihai had previously conferred the title of Hutuktu to Dacangreba of the Drukpa Kagyu sect who came to worship.

In fact, there were originally many active sects in various sects in Tibet, even the Gelug faction itself had many, but now Zhu Yihai intends to integrate and control them.

The six Hutuktus actually divided and unified the current major areas, and they did not belong to each other.

In particular, he stipulated that it is no longer possible to directly identify the reincarnation as before. After Hutuktu's death, the imperial court and Ganden Tripa must send people to search for the candidate soul boy. It is suggested to visit the twelve candidates. The new Hutuktu is selected through the method of the golden bottle, and has been certified by the two leaders, and canonized by the Son of Heaven. The new Hutuktu must go to Beijing to face the saint and accept the official canonization in person. Hutuktu.

Not only the six major Hutuktus had to be selected according to the procedure of this Golden Urn Signature, but the other minor Hutuktus were also not allowed to be identified, they had to be selected.

Except for the two leaders of Ban Dan who were elected by the Lhasa Golden Ping, the rest of the big and small Hutuktus must all be signed by Beijing, and it is stipulated that in addition to the existing Hutuktus, no more Hutuktus can be added at will. The title of Tuktu has already been added, and it must be reported to Beijing for approval.

In the Qing Dynasty, there were as many as 150 Hutuktus in Mongolia and Tibet, and they all had their own reincarnation system.
In the Qing Dynasty, eight Hutuktus were also permanently stationed in Beijing.

In Zhu Yihai's management reform plan, the main thing is to manage by division. The six major Hutuktus work overtime with only two people, which is actually the eight major districts, which are divided and ruled.

Ganden Tripa, who has the name of the leader, is elected every five years and has no real power. The two Bandans who have real power have to be divided and ruled. People specifically manage the front and back possession.

Under the big Hutuktu, the small Hutuktu was separated, probably through mobilization, to station a small Hutuktu in each governor's mansion or the governor's mansion in Mongolia to manage the governor or the governor's mansion. academic affairs.

These small Hutuktus will also be directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, so that the power of the Great Hutuktus can be further weakened.

As for checks and balances, the Chinese dynasty is the most proficient at playing this game.

In fact, for Zhu Yihai, whether King Khan Jinong, Prince Hou Bo, or Hutuktubandi Dachuerji, etc., are only different in terms of names, but in essence they are still powers, and they are the real power holders.

The imperial court cooperates with them, whether it is conferring the title of duke or marquis, or canonizing Hutuktu, guru, etc., the essence is still the confinement system of recruiting and wooing. It does not say that they directly conquer with guns and cannons. That is also a realistic trade-off. Stuttering at one bite, the road has to be taken step by step, and we must not be divorced from reality.

Yiraguk San Hutuktu was certified and canonized. After completing the enthronement ceremony, he also came to meet the emperor immediately. He also brought Dongke Hutuktu, Longwu Hutuktu and other Qinghai Eight Little Hutuktus Ketu, they were also arranged by the emperor's decree in the eight auspicious places of the Qinghai Khanate.

Dongke Hutuktu is located at the foot of Riyue Mountain, Dongke Temple by the Dongkeer River in the east of Qinghai Lake. This is the main road from Hehuang Valley to Qinghai-Tibet via Huangyuan County from south to west via Riyue Mountain.

This Dongke Hutuktu is the fourth generation. He once entered Beijing and was awarded the title Nuomenhan by the Empress Jin Dynasty. Canonization of Zen Master Manjusri and Dongke Hutuktu.

If it weren't for the fact that he had served in the Tartars, Zhu Yihai originally planned to let him be the Great Hutuktu of Qinghai, but in the end he chose his brother-in-law Chechen.

Originally, the original plan of the Gelug Sect was to choose Oqiertu's son or grandson as the reincarnation after the passing away of Zan Yahutuktu, Oqiertu's foster brother, or even choose the reincarnated child according to some conventions. At that time, Oziltu will be adopted as a adopted son, so as to form an alliance and become closer.

However, due to the turbulent and sudden changes in the situation in Qinghai-Tibet Moxi in the past few years, in the end, Oqiertu's third son, Chechen Choerji, became the Iraqi Guk Sanhutuktu.

This can also be seen as Zhu Yihai's move to appease Root and the Gelug sect. Even because He Shuote was born in Chechnya and is the cousin of Khan Dalai Batur in Qinghai, his coming to Qinghai to station in Xi can also make him more accept.

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palace.

Wearing a yellow hat and a purple gold cassock, Yiraguk San Hutuktu entered the hall under the guidance of his younger sister Anu Zhaoyi, and there were eight Qinghai Hutuktus behind him.

He offered khata to the emperor.

Zhu Yihai took it over, and he liked this tall, burly and strong uncle very much. Now the upper-class nobles and princes of Oirat will send their sons to Wei Zang to worship Buddhist scriptures, some even send several there, and some have not yet had a son Yes, he will also adopt a young monk as his adopted son.

Their donations to the Gelugpa monasteries are very generous, and many princes even go to Lhasa to make tea in person.

The herdsmen at the lower level cannot go to Lhasa, so they send their children to the Yellow Temple on the grassland, and donate some of their own cattle, sheep, livestock, butter milk, etc. to the temple and monks.

Yilaguke San Hutuktu received the decree from Lhasa, then went back to Ili Oirat in Tianshan Mountain, and then came to Qinghai to meet Qinghai Khan Dalai Batur, and then came to meet the saint.

This time, he not only brought hada to the emperor, but also brought a lot of tribute.

11 gelding horses were collected by the Oirat tribes, Qinghai Zhutaiji, etc. to present to the emperor, and then Lasa Bandan, Dalai, and Zaya Hutuktu in the original Moxi, plus Dongke Temple and other Buddhist warehouses They all drew silver for him, and Yahutuktu alone gave his nephew [-] taels of silver.

Dalai and Bandan each gave him 5 taels from the Buddha warehouse, and Dongke Temple and others donated another 1 taels of silver.

Now that Iraguk Sanhutuktu came to see the emperor's brother-in-law, he directly sent 22 horses and [-] taels of silver.

Zhu Yihai had already received the report from below that the items on the gift list had even been accepted by the royal family.

In addition, there are some rare gifts such as silverware, saddles, and Maxima.

"I request to build a new Yellow Sect temple in the north of Qinghai. Qinghai Dalai Khan and Zhutaiji are willing to set aside 20 mu of land to build a temple and use it. Your Majesty please approve it."

Chechen came to Qinghai to station in Xi, but now he is still temporarily staying in Dongke Temple.

Zhu Yihai is very supportive of building a big temple. Mongolians in the grassland worship Buddhism and build temples to support monks. Letting many young and strong Mongolians become monks would weaken the strength of the Qinghai Khanate. Of course Daming supported it, but it was not built in the territory of Ming Dynasty anyway.

"This is what it should be, and I would like to express my strong support. The Royal Household will withdraw 5 taels of silver, of which 2 taels will be used to shape Buddha statues, and 2 taels will be used to build the golden roof of the temple. The sutras will be rewarded with 1 taels of alms!"

Chechen had just sent 22 taels of silver, and the emperor changed hands and rewarded another 5 taels, which is also the generosity of others.

"Give another 3000 taels of gold to be used for gold-plated Buddha statues and golden domes for Buddhist temples, etc."

"Reward three thousand pieces of silk..."

Qinghai Khan donated 20 mu of land on the north coast of Qinghai to Yiraguk Sanhutuktu, and Zhu Yihai also added an imperial decree, classifying it as the territory of the Great Temple, and the herdsmen on that land also became the belongings of the Great Temple. civil.

"Your Majesty, give the temple another name!" Anu said on the sidelines.

"it is good."

Anu rubbed the ink immediately, Zhu Yihai picked up a pen and wrote three large characters on the paper, "Jiashan Temple!"

The No. 20 Dahuang Temple in Qinghai, which occupies [-] mu of land and will have [-] monks, is about to be established. Iraguk Sanhutuktu also asked the emperor to allow them to send people to Han to hire craftsmen, purchase materials, and order gilding Thousands of copper Buddha statues...
Zhu Yihai generously agreed to all these requests. Anyway, the emperor and the imperial court don’t need to pay for their construction, nor are they recruiting craftsmen for free. They are all recruited and hired by the market. Such a large temple is a large project, and the cost is very high , the profit is also very rich.

Anyway, Emperor Ming did not do business at a loss.

Zhu Yihai strictly managed Buddhism, Taoism and Western religion in the Han land, but he had a completely different attitude towards the Aboriginal land. He was very supportive of the traditions of the indigenous people, and also very supportive of their respect. No matter how exaggerated it was, he still fully supported it. .

A new temple will cost 10,000+ or ​​even more silver. Qinghai Khan will directly donate 20 mu of land, princes and auspicious people will donate thousands of households, and herdsmen from all over the country will send thousands of children to the temple. Become a monk to study scriptures and worship Buddha.

All these, the emperor is very supportive.

He even hopes to build more such great temples.

In order to encourage them, Zhu Yihai gave Dongke Hutuktu IV and other eight small Hutuktus a special gift of 3000 taels of silver each, and also gave them some grain and cloth.

"Except for Dongke Hutuktu who is currently stationed in Dongke Temple is not bad, the other seven masters are currently stationed in some small temples, which are also dilapidated and old. The Lupai... Now it happens that Jiashan Temple is going to be built. Why don't several masters choose a good place together and build a new monastery. There are many craftsmen in the interior, and they can directly pay for the recruitment in the interior. It will be repaired quickly. .

Order gold-plated copper Buddha statues, etc., and you can also order together with Jiashan Temple..."

The emperor was very enthusiastic and even appeared to be somewhat "pious" to sell the technology and efficiency of the Ming construction craftsmen and foundry craftsmen to those Hutuktus, and persuaded them to build temples together, which would be more efficient and economical cost.

As for the cost of building the temple, the princes and auspicious people in the place where they are stationed donated, and the herdsmen donated together. The rich contributed money, and the powerful contributed to build a temple.

The emperor resolutely refused to say that Daming paid for the construction and construction. This is a business.

(End of this chapter)