Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 125 Demon King and Dharma Protector

Gaochang is really a magical city, and the pagodas are competing for height. The pagodas are all inlaid with gold leaf, shining brightly under the sunlight.

But what surprised everyone in Shangbo most was that the tallest building in Gaochang City was not a Buddhist temple or the Governor's Mansion, but a Manichaeism temple.

In addition to a Manichean temple, there is also a Nestorian church in Gaochang City, and even a small mosque.

Walking on the streets of Gaochang, you can see monks in cassocks, Manichean monks in Persian gowns, and even big cannibals in turbans.

The streets of Gaochang are also very lively. This place is far more prosperous than Shazhou. Merchants from all over the world gather in the market and exchange various goods here.

Fang Guoshou sighed and said: "The history books say that Gaochang is the most prosperous trading city, and it really deserves its reputation."

Shangbo also nodded. Compared with Shazhou, the location of Gaochang is more critical, and it is very normal for this place to become a trade node.

Shang Bo said: "The west of Shazhou is the Lop Nur wasteland, and the west is the deserted Tarim Basin, surrounded by vast seas, so trade is naturally inconvenient. Gaochang is in the Turpan Basin, surrounded by stretches of oases, where the rainfall is abundant and the climate is pleasant. , naturally more prosperous than Shazhou."

Fang Guoshou also said: "In addition, the location of Gaochang is also very important. The Turpan Basin is rich in resources and can support the garrison of Beiting. Therefore, although the Beiting Protectorate is in Tingzhou, Gaochang has great influence on Beiting. "

"The Great Tang also occupied Gaochang first, and only then did it have a bridgehead to open up the Western Regions. The opening of Wuzhou and Kaiyuan were actually the foundations laid during the reign of Emperor Taizong."

Everyone nodded. Thinking about it this way, Emperor Taizong really had a long-term vision, and his strategic vision could not be said to be short-term.

Everyone was talking, and they were invited to the governor's mansion.

What Shang Bo didn't expect was that Li Xiuzhang, the governor of Xizhou, greeted them in person.

Li Xiuzhang is more than 50 years old and tall. Compared with Zhang Mian, the frail governor of Guazhou, Li Xiuzhang is more like a general.

After Li Xiuzhang and the others entered the meeting room of the governor's mansion, and after the screen retreated to the left and right, Li Xiuzhang asked and answered the festival-holding business blog:

"Are you all the emissaries of King Jianning's Bafu?"

Shang Bo nodded, and Li Xiuzhang asked again:

"The merchants rumored that His Highness defeated the Tubo army at Dangjin Pass, is this true?"

Shang Bo nodded and said: "It's absolutely true, the Tubo army led by Dake Shang Qixin'er at Dangjin Mountain Pass, His Royal Highness, killed more than 2000 enemies and captured more than [-] people."

Li Xiuzhang took a deep breath, and said with joy on his face, "Your Highness uses troops like a god! With a great victory, we in Xizhou can live a good life for a while!"

Then Li Xiuzhang actually said to Shang Bo: "Shang Sima, His Majesty's edict has been sent to Xizhou a few years ago. His Royal Highness King Jianning is in charge of the military affairs of Longyou, and is in charge of the civil affairs of Longyou prefectures. Now I want to go to Shazhou to obey the edict. Do you think it's possible?"

Now Shang Bo looked at this Kongwu powerful governor of Xizhou in surprise, he hadn't tried to persuade him to surrender yet?He surrendered himself?

Did the prefect of Xizhou surrender so easily?

wrong?

Shang Bo immediately thought, just now Li Xiuzhang said that the prefects of the Longyou prefectures had already received the emperor's edict a few years ago, but why didn't he receive the edict a few years ago?

There was no imperial edict years ago, but waiting to receive an imperial edict now is definitely not that simple.

Sure enough, Li Xiuzhang said: "I want to obey the edict, but a while ago, many Shazhou monks fled to Gaochang, saying that His Highness is destroying Buddha in Shazhou. Is there such a thing?"

Shang Bo immediately said: "Leiyin Temple colluded with Tubo and wanted to defraud Shazhou City and dedicate it to the host of Tubo, Shang Qixin'er. Fortunately, His Highness discovered the conspiracy and used the trick to lure Shang Qixin'er into Dangjin Mountain Pass. That's how it happened. Great victory at Jinshan Pass. Can't these monks be killed?"

Then Li Xiuzhang said: "So that's the case! If this is the case, then the prefect immediately issued an order to arrest all the monks who came from Shazhou to deceive the public!"

Shang Bo frowned and looked at Li Xiuzhang and asked, "Mr. Li Fu, what advice do you have?"

Shang Bo's ability to observe words and emotions is first-rate, but when he heard Li Xiuzhang's twists and turns, he said that he would submit to King Jianning for a while, and then talked about His Highness's extermination of Buddha, even Shang Bo didn't understand what the governor of Xizhou was going to say. .

At this time, Li Xiuzhang said: "I want to vote for Your Highness, but everyone in Gaochang believes in Buddhism, and even the Tianshan Army has a temple dedicated to it. Do you know how Shazhou describes Your Highness today?"

Shangbo naturally shook his head.

Li Xiuzhang said: "Forgive me for being disrespectful to Your Highness. Now everyone in Shazhou says that His Highness is the 'Devil King of the Sixth Heaven' and is an obstacle to the World Honored One's promotion of Buddhism."

Hearing this, Shang Bo almost laughed out loud, these monks' cursing is too boring.

The Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, also known as Bo Xun, Mo Luo, and Liu Brahma Lord, is called "Bharavimo Poshebati" in Sanskrit.The head of the heavenly demon in the Buddhist world of desire, likes to hinder Buddhists from practicing Taoism, and always uses methods such as temptation and coercion to try to hinder practitioners from practicing Taoism.

The last person to receive such an "honor" was a village head in the Wa Kingdom a few hundred years later.

Li Xiuzhang bowed to Shangbo: "In fact, it is not difficult for His Highness to want Xizhou. As long as His Highness is willing to become a guardian of Buddhism, then Gaochang will open the door to welcome His Highness into the city."

Figure poor dagger saw ah.

Now Shangbo understood Li Xiuzhang's intention to invite him to come here, and he came to negotiate.

No wonder it is said that Gaochang is the city of thousands of Buddhas. The Buddhist power in Gaochang is so great that it can influence the governor of a state.

Shang Bo tentatively asked: "The governor also believes in Buddhism?"

Li Xiuzhang smiled and said: "Before I came to Xizhou, I didn't believe it, but after a long time in Gaochang, I realized that Buddhism is profound, and it is really a great knowledge."

Unexpectedly, the scholars who read the books of sages and sages in the Tang Dynasty were "transformed" by the monks in Gaochang City.

Li Xiuzhang looked at Shang Bo and said: "I heard that Shang Sima is a close friend of His Highness, and I need you to persuade His Majesty on some matters. The land of Longyou believes in Buddhism, and it is not good for His Highness to bear the name of the sixth-day demon king." .”

Now Shangbo fully understands, and Li Xiuzhang knows the importance of Sima beside His Highness. Obviously, he has been paying attention to King Jianning for a long time.

Pretending to ask about the results of the battle is just the words of the governor.

But the real purpose is to represent the Buddhist forces in Gaochang and make conditions to King Jianning.

If you stop destroying Buddha and become the protector of Buddhism, then the whole Xizhou will immediately fall under the command of King Jianning.

If King Jianning refuses to bow his head, then Shang and Xia will fight to protect the law.

Shang Bo smiled wryly. He had clearly accepted a mission to go back to the Uighurs, so he fell into the turmoil in Xizhou. Shang Bo had no choice but to report the conversation, and then said to Li Xiuzhang:
"I hold His Highness's battle of honor, and I still have important things to do in the north. Otherwise, Mr. Li will let me go north first, and I will ask my companions to bring His Majesty's wishes to you?"

But Li Xiuzhang said with a smile: "The Great Buddha Temple in Gaochang City was built by the last king of Gaochang during the Zhenguan period for Master Xuanzang. Please let your envoy and his party go to the Great Buddha Temple to stay for a few days."

(End of this chapter)