Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3197 Thousand Buddhist Sutras
Fang Jun drank his tea with a cup, smiled and said nothing.

He did not expect that the Gar family would be feared and rejected by Songtsan Gampo so quickly, and even exiled them to Qinghai Lake to act as a buffer between Tubo and Tang Dynasty.

What is buffering?

Cannon fodder.

If the two countries are stable, that's fine. Once the situation becomes unstable or even a war breaks out, the Gar family will be the first to suffer the baptism of war.When Tubo invaded the Tang Dynasty, the Gar family was the vanguard; when the Tang Dynasty attacked Tubo, the Gar family was the first to bear the brunt.

Songtsan Gampo's actions were of course aimed at stabilizing the source of internal troubles in Tubo and maintaining his rule, but it was extremely mean and ungrateful.

In this way, it is not surprising that the Gar family is unwilling to be reduced to cannon fodder between the two countries, and thus takes the initiative to seek a way out.

But what Fang Jun didn't expect was that Lu Dongzan's decision was made so quickly. The Battle of Hexi had just ended, and the Gar family hadn't even completely occupied Qinghai Lake. They didn't wipe out Tuyuhun's power in Qinghai Lake, so they sent their son Come to form an alliance with Datang.

Lu Dongzan's gaze is extremely far away, which Fang Jun has always admired.

If he hadn't strongly advised Songtsan Gampo to propose marriage to the Tang Dynasty, and had been sent to the Tang Dynasty to facilitate the dowry of Princess Wencheng, how could Tubo have jumped from a primitive society of slash-and-burn farming to one of the world's most powerful countries?

It can be said that the threat of the Tang Dynasty is not in Tubo, but in Ludongzan.Songtsan Gampo rejected Lu Dongzan and even exiled his family in Qinghai Lake, seemingly stabilizing the situation in Tubo and consolidating his own rule, but in fact he cut off his own arm.

Because of Fang Jun's intervention, Tubo's ambition to seek marriage from the Tang Dynasty has not been realized. This has prevented Tubo from obtaining knowledge of medicine, architecture, smelting, literature, etc. from the Tang Dynasty, and its strength cannot be as rapid as it was in the same period of history , is not at the same level as the current Datang.

What we rely on is nothing more than the favorable location of the plateau.

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Seeing that Fang Jun was just drinking tea, he smiled and said nothing, Lun Qinling's thin face, which resembled his father's, was a little puzzled, his upper body leaned forward slightly, and wondered: "Could it be that the commander-in-chief didn't mean this?"

In his view, although the Great Tang was strong and powerful, at least half of the country's power would be consumed by an Eastern Expedition. Now that the big cannibals are attacking cities and land in the Western Regions, the Tang army will come to support them sooner or later. This is another vicious battle.Continuous wars consume a huge amount of national power, and even a powerful country can't bear it.

Under such circumstances, it is the most important thing to win over and unite the Gar family to make the buffer between Datang and Tubo more stable, so as not to cause friction between the two countries to go to war.

Therefore, the Gar family took the initiative to show their favor and begged for an alliance. Fang Jun should have enthusiastically agreed...but he didn't want such a cold response.

Could it be that they looked down on the Gar family, thinking that under the rule of Zanpu, the Gar family did not have enough power to maintain the stability of Qinghai Lake?
Lun Qinling's complexion was faintly ugly.

Fang Jun shook his head with a smile, put down his teacup, and said, "Qinghai Lake is rich in water and grass, and rich in lake salt. It is really a treasure land for the foundation of the family. As long as there is no war, the power of the Gar family will definitely grow by leaps and bounds in 20 years, even if it is a new one. It is not impossible for the country. I present a thousand copies of Indian Buddhist scriptures to Your Excellency, as a celebration of the Gaer family's acquisition of a place where their descendants can multiply."

Lun Qinling was shocked, his eyes lit up, he quickly sat upright, nodded his head and folded his hands together, and said gratefully: "Father has always talked about the commander in chief, he said that the commander in chief is bold and open-minded, and now he has seen it with his own eyes. Yu Wan people, thank you for your generosity, and for your friendship, the Gar family will never forget it."

What is the most precious thing in this era?

Not gold, not pearls, but books.

Why did the Han people maintain an advanced civilization from generation to generation, and the poems and rites were passed down forever?It is the great sages and sages who recorded the thoughts they understood and the culture they created in books, and passed them on to later generations. Kong was born, carried forward the achievements of his ancestors, and improved day by day.

Books are the transmission of culture.

For the Tibetans with firm beliefs, "Yongzhongben religion" is their culture.

"Yongzhong Benjiao" has the same origin as the Tianzhu Buddhist system. Although their respective development trajectories are different, the so-called ever-changing remains the same.The Tubo people have not been in contact with Indian Buddhism for a long time, but they are able to absorb the essence of it, confirm and develop together with their own Buddhism, and now they have formed a school of their own.

However, although Tianzhu is profound in Buddhism, it is extremely backward. Many Buddhist scriptures are even written on leaves and passed on to later generations.

Xuanzang, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, traveled tens of thousands of miles from Chang'an to Tianzhu to obtain the scriptures.

And as the Tubo people who take Buddhism as their origin, they have long coveted the Buddhist scriptures of the Tang Dynasty, but they can't find it.

How could one not be overjoyed to hear that Fang Jun presented thousands of Tianzhu scriptures as presents?

Fang Jun smiled and said: "The Buddha is a predestined person. My father and I have forgotten the years of friendship. When we were in Chang'an, we often sat and talked about the Tao and talked happily. Now I see you, and it is too late. The mere gift is not worth mentioning. As long as the Gar family Just don’t resent me for being treacherous.”

Lun Qinling shook his head and said: "Absolutely not. Although the commander-in-chief is in charge of thousands of troops, he is a man who is proficient in Buddhism. The Buddha came to the world, sympathizing with the suffering of the world, so he created Buddhism to save all living beings. The commander-in-chief can not be confined to one family. The limitation of one country allows the Buddhadharma to spread everywhere, and its merits are enough to make believers all over the world feel deeply in their hearts and admire them from the bottom of their hearts.”

In Buddhism, the most important thing is the word "Fate". If there is a predestined relationship, one thought will be understood, and all dharmas are in the heart. If there is no predestined relationship, you will not know each other when you meet, and it will be difficult to enter the realm of Buddhism.

The sentence "Buddha saves those who are destined" clearly expounds the true meaning of Buddhism. How can Lun Qinling be dissatisfied?
Of course, what Buddhism emphasizes is compassion for the world and salvation of all beings, which is incompatible with conquest and killing, or even runs counter to it.The people have been practicing Buddhism for a long time, their hostility is gradually gone, and their temperament is docile, which will greatly weaken the aggressive folk customs of the Tubo people, advocating peace and abhorring war.

This is also Fang Jun's original intention of "not wanting the Gar family to resent him for being treacherous".

In Tubo, ordinary people and slaves are not able to practice Buddhism. One is because the ranks of the people and slaves are no different from that of livestock, so they are not qualified to practice Buddhism. The people have no access to the profound Buddhadharma at all.

However, if Fang Jun donated thousands of Buddhist scriptures to the Gar family, such a large number would be enough to spread the Dharma, and anyone would have the opportunity to practice it.

After the people of the tribe practice the Dharma, they will be merciful, save all sentient beings, not kill, not be angry, and the custom of arrogance will be swept away.

Although the realm has improved to a higher level, but he is as gentle as a sheep, how much courage can he still maintain?
However, there are more considerations to be considered in discussing Qinling.

The blood and bravery of the members of the Gar family is important, but how to maintain the rule of the Gar family in Qinghai Lake is even more important.

In any case, Zanpu of Tubo is Songtsan Gampo, who is the king of the Gar family.Regardless of the Gar family or the Tubo people living in Qinghai Lake, they must obey their king's order, be loyal to them, and never disobey them.

However, if the Gar family obtained thousands of Buddhist scriptures from the Tang Dynasty and spread them widely, so that the people at the bottom can also practice the superior Buddhism, then the prestige of the Gar family would skyrocket overnight!
In the land of Qinghai Lake, it can compete with Zanpu.

This is not only the foundation of the family's rule over Qinghai Lake, but also this reputation will spread to Tubo, making countless nobles and people pay homage to the contribution of the Gar family!
Overnight, the prestige of the Gar family was as high as that of Zanpu. At that time, even if Zanpu was afraid of the Gar family, how dare he suppress, reject, or even cut them off?

That would be the invincible golden body of the Gar family.

Of course, the price of all this is the disappearance of arrogance and the decline of blood and courage after the widespread dissemination of Buddhism in the Gar family and in Tubo.

Under the influence of Buddhism, the Tubo people, who were fearless and fierce in the past, will fully advocate peace and tranquility, and will no longer be as vicious as before...

Lun Qinling finally understands why his father told him not to listen to Fang Junzhi's bewitching before leaving, and also understands why his father still had to look up when Fang Jun gave him the "highland barley wine" knowing it was a glass of poisoned wine. Depressed to drink.

In the affairs of the world, there are always pros and cons to be weighed. When the pros outweigh the cons, no matter how unwilling you are, you can obey.

Thousands of Buddhist scriptures have made the rule of the Gar family as stable as Mount Tai, and their reputation has reached the highest level in Tubo. How can Lun Qinling refuse?

(End of this chapter)