Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 307 The Practice of the Monk

Monk Yuantong, who stayed in Tianzhu City to inquire about the news, immediately set off to join Qinchuan with the internal guard players who had also sneaked into Tubo East Road after receiving the news of Qinchuan's departure.

"Our task is to contact the nearby Qiang, Han, and Xianbei people as much as possible to start a rebellion and draw the attention of the rear!"

In order to meet Qin Chuan's army, Monk Yuantong left Tianzhu City overnight and returned to his monastery.

Shang Qixin'er had just converted to Buddhism, and these monks had legal ultimatums, so they naturally had unimpeded access in Tubo.

In fact, there are no obstacles in Tubo. There are only tax cards set up by the castle owners privately along the way, and you can pass easily as long as you pay the money.

Along the way, Monk Yuantong could only sigh with emotion that Tubo's rule was not only unpopular, but also betrayed.

Going west from Tianzhu City, in Kuairima Township not far from Tianzhu City, Erjitai, the owner of the castle, is having a headache dealing with the successive rebellions in his own territory.

These bloody slaves!
Erjitai is already 50 years old, and this is an age where he may meet old Zanpu at any time.

Erjitai was the first group of warriors who followed Shang Qixin'er to Tuyuhun, which is now the host of Tubo.

Under the support of Shang Qixin'er, Erjitai accumulated military exploits and became a castle owner.

This time when Shang Qixin'er marched northward to Hexi, Erjitai really couldn't ride a horse anymore. He ordered his son-in-law to lead the family's manor owners and free people to follow Shang Qixin'er to the expedition.

After his son led the army to leave, a rebellion broke out under Erjitai's rule.

Erjitai can’t remember the reason for the rebellion. It should be that a certain manor owner oppressed the serfs too hard.

As the lord of the manor owners, Erjitai, the castle owner, has the obligation to protect the manor owner in addition to enjoying the taxes provided by the manor owner.

According to the ancient agreement between the lord and the vassals, Erjitai dragged his old body and led the rest of the army to set off to exterminate the bandits on the wasteland.

Unexpectedly, the bandits withdrew as soon as Erjitai's troops arrived at the attacked manor.

The owner of the manor, who had been looted, knelt on the ground and asked Erjitai to exempt this year's tax.

Erjitai made no comment with a sullen face. In order to go to Hexi this year, Erjitai also paid a large amount of taxes.

The life of the castle owner is not easy!

Erjitai did not promise to exempt the manor owner from taxes, but instead led the army to live in the manor owner's manor.

This made the manor owner very upset, he had to slaughter the remaining cattle and sheep in the manor to entertain Erjitai's army.

The manor owner took out the highland barley in the cellar, which was reserved for seeds in the next year.

Erjitai lived in the manor owner's manor for three days, ate up the last savings of the manor owner, and finally let go of half of the manor owner's taxes.

Then came the news that another manor had been attacked.

Erjitai hurriedly led the army to another manor.

In this way, Erjitai twirled in his tie for half a month without even seeing a bandit.

Three manors were destroyed, and Erjitai dragged his exhausted troops around the wasteland.

But soon he heard another shocking news, this gang of bandits started attacking his castle!

Erjitai hurriedly led the troops back and was blessed by the god Zanpu. Because Erjitai rescued in time, the bandits only plundered the farms around the castle and did not attack the castle.

Erjitai also captured some livestock left by the bandits, but his mood was even worse.

He has never seen such a cunning bandit, and he has fought two battles from last year to this year.

During the Battle of Jinshankou, many Tubo Haoerlang were killed, but they did not get any advantage from Datang, but instead lost a large amount of supplies.

Now that Hexi is going to be attacked again, not only those manor owners, but even castle owners like Erjitai have been hollowed out by Shang Qixin's tax collectors.

He can exempt his manor owners from taxes, but who will exempt himself from taxes?

Erjitai was so worried that he could only write down the order in wooden slips, asking all the owners of the manor to watch and help each other, and not always count on his own rescue.

This order spread throughout Kuairima Township, and Erjitai was completely tired, so he ordered his youngest son to lead troops to guard the castle.

Erjitai handed over all affairs to his retainers, and hid in his castle every day to drink.

This Datang wine is really delicious!
What Erjitai drank was Shazhou burnt bought at a high price from Longyou.

Nowadays, there are many varieties of liquor in Longyou. Shazhou Shao, a simple spirit, is not popular in Shazhou.

Nowadays, there are various types of alcohol in Shazhou. Shazhou burns this kind of spirit, but it has become a favorite drink for people who do physical work.

However, Shazhou burning is very popular in Tubo and Uighur.

The plateau is bitterly cold, Shazhou burns this simple spirit, which can dispel the chill in the bones.

When Erjitai was young, he fought with Shang Qixin'er, and was shot in the rib by an arrow.

Although the arrow didn't hurt the internal organs, it still hurts faintly every time it's cloudy.

When drinking Shazhou Shao, the strong alcohol can paralyze Erjitai's old body, making him feel intoxicated in the alcohol.

Datang is really rich.

Every time he drank, Erjitai couldn't help feeling emotional.

The bitterly cold plateau cannot grow rice, but only cold-resistant crops such as wheat and highland barley.

The grain on the plateau is not even enough for her own food. Shang Qixin'er has issued a ban on alcohol before going out to make wine with grain.

If I can capture Hexi and occupy Longyou, then I can also get a castle in Longyou, right?

In Longyou, the fertile land is full of crops, sheep and cattle are everywhere.

There are also countless Longyou Han people who can become slaves in the manor!
Erjitai, who was already a little drunk, couldn't help humming as if seeing this beautiful scene like heaven.

But just when Erjitai was about to sleep with a sweet dream, the housekeeper found him and told him a news.

A group of monks came to Erjitai's territory.

As an old Tibetan nobleman, Erjitai didn't like monks.

He prefers the native religion of Tubo, the Bon religion.

However, Shang Qixin converted to Buddhism and ordered that every seven households should enshrine a monk. Erjitai also showed his stance of worshiping Buddhism in public.

The monks from Tianzhu City, Erjitai could only force himself to meet the group of monks.

The leader of this group of monks is the player Monk Yuantong. Ever since Shang Qixin'er went to war, Monk Yuantong has finally obtained this errand by constantly bribing the great monk in Tianzhu City.

Inspect the situation of worshiping monks in various places west of Tianzhu City.

In order to be able to promote Buddhism in Tubo, a large number of monks flooded into Tubo.

Shang Qixin'er asked seven families to support a monk, and asked every manor owner to build a Buddhist hall at home.

Most of the castle owners built a Buddhist temple symbolically, and castle owners like Erjitai who didn't like the monks didn't even show it.

"Are you sent by the monk official of Tianzhu City?" Erjitai checked the wooden slip of monk Yuantong, which was stamped with Shang Qixin'er's seal, and confirmed that it was a wooden slip issued by the monk official of Tianzhu City.

Shang Qixin'er set up a monk official in Tianzhu City to manage the Buddhist affairs of Tubo East Road.

The great monk is naturally Master Jihu who came to Tubo from Nepal to teach the Dharma, but now Master Jihu is accompanying Shang Qixin'er, and his disciples are taking care of the monk.

"Before the expedition, the great monk told us to insist on preaching Buddhism. As long as there are more people who worship the Buddha devoutly, we will be blessed with invincibility!"

Erjitai did not believe that the monk could make Shang Qi Xin'er invincible by reciting two lines of scriptures, but he still understood Shang Qi Xin'er's intention to promote Buddhism, so he also pretended to say devoutly:

"Then what are you masters doing when you come to my castle?"

Monk Yuantong suddenly said: "Dear Lord of the Castle, I saw a filthy atmosphere above your castle, and it seems that there is a danger of war."

Erjitai looked at Monk Yuantong in surprise, and asked quickly, "What is the disaster of war?"

Monk Yuantong folded his palms together and said: "Soldiers are weapons and blades. Your castle is not on the border. The disaster of wars means that there are bandits in your territory."

Erjitai looked at Monk Yuantong in surprise. Does this great monk really have mana?
But after thinking about it, the news of the bandits' rebellion was known to everyone in the territory, maybe these monks heard about it along the way.

But let's hear what the monk has to say.

I only heard Yuantong say: "The owner of the castle, please prepare a Buddhist hall. The little monk will open the altar to dispel the filthy atmosphere on the castle, and the disaster of war will naturally disappear!"

And such good things?

As long as the practice can quell the bandits?

Erjitai was a little unbelieving, so he asked, "Master, how many days does it take for the practice of opening the altar to be effective?"

Monk Yuantong immediately said: "It will be effective in one day!"

Erjitai was overjoyed when he heard the words and said: "Then please ask the master to open the altar to help me dispel this, oh, the spirit of war! If I can calm down the chaos of bandits, I am willing to build a golden body for the Buddhist hall!"

"Your piety will surely bless your domain."

Monk Yuantong kowtowed his thanks.

Then he pretended to be a ghost in the Buddhist hall for a day, but there was no auspicious omen of the Buddha's light appearing in the world.

Originally, Erjitai thought that this group of monks were just here to cheat for food and drink, and planned to send them on the road.

But on the evening of the third day, a manor owner under Erjitai hurriedly came to report that the bandit army had retreated!
Erjitai hurriedly summoned the owner of the manor, and he hurriedly asked, "How did the bandit army retreat?"

The owner of the manor immediately said: "The bandits were still attacking my manor yesterday, but they all disappeared this morning!"

"Disappeared!?"

"Yes, all their weapons and tents are there, but the people in the camp have disappeared. I personally led my men to check the camp, and there is no bandit army."

Erjitai yelled in surprise, but he still didn't fully believe in Monk Yuantong. What if the bandit army just happened to retreat?
He ordered all the manor owners to find out about the bandit army. Three days later, he received a shocking news. The bandit army that had been raging on his territory for half a month really disappeared out of thin air!
(End of this chapter)