The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 760 Six Hundred Million Spiritual Beads

(Dzogchen Wisdom Master = Dalai, Saintly Venerable = Jebtsundamba, Treasure Master = Panchen Lama, please be aware of this.)
Xining City, Gansu Province.

At that time, there was no Qinghai Province, and a large number of Mongolians were still nomadic in this area, and they had not yet been Tibetanized.

At this time, the entire Qinghai Province of later generations could be divided into two parts: one could draw a line diagonally from northwest to southeast, and the areas to the north, mainly around Qinghai Lake and the Hehuang Valley, were inhabited by the Twelve Banners of the Qinghai Eleuth Mongols.

Of course, there were also quite a few Han people, even slightly more than the Mongols. They mainly lived in the Hehuang Valley and farmed, and some of them learned from the Mongols and started herding.

After all, with the development of industry and commerce in Dayu at this time, the number of large cities began to increase, and the demand for beef and mutton increased a lot. Even the yak beef and mutton produced in Qinghai, after being air-dried and transported over long distances, had good sales and profits.

In the south of Qinghai, mainly in the Yushu area, there are about forty Tibetan chieftains, known as the Yushu and other forty tribes. They are governed by Xining and are an important tool for the central government to control Qiangtang.

After receiving the order, Fu Kang'an immediately led the Black Flag Army back from the Dayuan Basin of the Xia Dynasty. In two months, they marched quickly to Xining.

Speaking of Dayu, the combat mission of the bannermen was actually not much easier. They still had to fight everywhere, just like in the Qing Dynasty, and they were bound to be involved in tough battles.

However, compared to the Qing Dynasty, these Black Flag Army's tolerance for years of warfare is much higher.

It's not that they are cowards, but that they have lost their own dynasty and yet they are fighting for their lives. It's because they have hope.

The Black Flag Army is now only leaving but not joining. It is obvious that they are waiting for those of them who should retire to retire, and those who should die in battle to die. After that, the Bannermen will become a historical memory, and their descendants will be able to start a normal life. This is equivalent to earning a future for their sons and grandchildren.

And for the few remaining bannermen now, being supported by the state during the Qing Dynasty sounds good, but in fact it is very deceptive.

Because they are supported by the country, they have only one choice: to serve in the army and fight for their lives, and they cannot choose. They have to go wherever they are told to go.

Everyone's ability and value are tied to serving in the army and killing the enemy, which means that if there is someone in the family who cannot practice martial arts, life will immediately become difficult.

At the same time, as more girls were born, it was difficult to raise them because the court provided less money and food. This was also the reason why few women from the Bannermen lived long during the Qing Dynasty. The practical and mental pressure was too great.

In the end, the state-supported bannermen are actually a noose around the neck of the banner. Whether the superiors support you or not depends entirely on their words and thoughts. If you don't curry favor with the superiors well, there are many ways to punish you.

The feeling of having the lives of the entire family, and even the next meal, completely in the hands of others would be very uncomfortable for anyone with a little backbone.

They were actually slaves just like the Han people, except that one was a serf of the highest-level banner owner, and the other was a soldier slave.

In Dayu, although there was no longer any national support policy and as many special treatments as before, the top bannermen certainly suffered great losses, but for the lower-level bannermen, the situation was actually much better.

In today's Dayu, as long as you are willing to work, you can always find something to do. If you have a little ability and can recognize and write a few words, you can live a good life. At least you can control a large part of your destiny in your own hands and have the option of not being a slave.

In Xining Cihang Pudu Dazhaojue Temple, 63-year-old Zheng Xin wore a plain monk's robe. On the robe, a huge white lotus was in full bloom. It was unknown what embroidery technique was used on the petals, but there were faint traces of gold and red in the plain white.

There were faint sounds of footsteps, and a venerable monk in an ochre robe embroidered with golden lotuses approached with small steps, then prostrated himself on the ground three times before standing up.

"Respected Buddha, the Black Flag Army's Commander-in-Chief Fu Kang'an, Deputy Commander Hai Lu, and 31 other officers have come to pay homage to the Buddha and are already outside the mountain gate."

Zheng Xin slowly opened his eyes and gently knocked the chime in front of him. The sound of the chime was melodious and long.

Following the knock, the fourteen monks in ochre golden lotus robes in the room seemed to wake up from a dream. Some of them even stretched and yawned exaggeratedly.

"The revered Buddha is above the Nine Heavens, in the White Lotus Palace, preaching the Dharma of the heavens. Even the Daoist Master and the Buddha have come to praise him. I, your disciple, have been blessed to listen for a moment. I suddenly feel the vastness of the universe and have gained many insights!"

Song Ziqing, an old gangster from Yingzhou, Anhui, who belonged to the White Lotus Sect, had his eyes half-closed and half-open, and his tone was vague and ethereal, as if he had just gone to the ninth heaven to listen to Zheng Xin, the Compassionate Buddha, preaching.

The other disciples and the believers who were fortunate enough to be chosen also praised him, causing the monks and believers of lower ranks in the outer circle to have red eyes of envy.

Zheng Xin had a smile on his face, with his left hand making a seal and his right hand holding a flower. Combined with his current fat body, he actually had a sense of great benevolence and kindness, loving all things.

"Although Fu Kangan and his men are of bannerman origin, they are also warriors of the country. Today, they came from the west, bringing the bloody and evil spirits in the army to disturb my peaceful body and interrupt the lecture of the Zhutian Daluo Zhenjing. This is truly destiny.

I think this vast land of Qiangtang is doomed to be doomed to a bloody catastrophe. These scoundrels of Resa, who have betrayed the Way of Heaven and abandoned the Buddha, are hated by the gods and the devils. Their time of destruction has come!"

Zheng Xin's words were quite straightforward. Even though many of today's believers came from Nei Zang, they understood what was going to happen.

"I, your disciple, have been blessed to hear the teachings of the Venerable Buddha. I also know that a great catastrophe has arrived. While the Rasa group of clowns certainly deserves punishment, the rest of the people are innocent. I beg the Venerable Buddha to use his supreme power to save them."

The person who spoke was a chief dressed in traditional Tibetan clothing, who claimed to be from Rinbonjong, but Zheng Xin could hear something different.

"A true believer will not speak false words to the Buddha. I know where you come from and what you are here for. If the Great Perfection Wisdom Master also knows the majesty of the Vajra King Buddha, he will know what to do."

Zheng Xin's words were very harsh, because the reason why the situation in Qiangtang had reached this point was actually related to the Qiangtang regent authorities' refusal to bow their heads.

At this time, the five great Buddhas in the world, the Great Perfection Wisdom Master of Qiangtang, the Great Scholar Master of Zhenbao, the Sage Master of Mobei, the Zhangjia of Beijing, and the Cihang of Qinghai are all in the process of salvation.

The great scholar Master Zhenbao and Zhangjia have accepted the proposal of Cihang Pudu Zhengxin that the central Vairocana Tathagata among the five Tantric Buddhas has gone into seclusion, and now the central Buddha should be the Vajra King Buddha.

Moreover, the Tantric Buddhas such as Acala, Mahakala, Vajra Yaksha and others are all incarnations of the Vajra Buddha.

This actually means replacing the highest Buddha of Tantric Buddhism with that of the White Lotus Sect, and everyone knows who the Vajra King Buddha of the White Lotus Sect refers to.

Even the common people on the plateau knew that it was under the leadership of Mingwang Buddha that the Han people in the Central Plains drove out the Bannermen and lived a good life.

And the killer move is not just this, as long as it is acknowledged, it means that the Tantric Buddhism and the White Lotus Sect will really begin to merge.

This is the reason why many people on the plateau are afraid. If they don't merge, Lingzhuzi's reincarnation will basically just wander around Qiangtang. If they merge, then children from all over the country may be considered to be Lingzhuzi's reincarnation.

In this case, based on the size of the Han people and the needs of the court, it is easy to guess how many Lingzhuzi are of Han origin, or even trained by the Jinyiwei.

The Tibetan chief kneeling on the ground was trembling. Not only did he hear the sound of weapons and killing, he had also just witnessed the true strength of this Compassionate Buddha.

It was like being in the clouds, the world ablaze with color. Without opening his eyes, he could see the entire universe, reaching out with his hand to enter a myriad of worlds. The faint sound of Buddhist chanting reached his ears, and before his eyes, the looming forms of the Five Buddhas appeared.

This feeling was something he had never felt before when he was with the Great Perfection Wisdom Master.

Zheng Xin smiled faintly in his heart. He had the best alchemist sent by the emperor, who used the most poisonous mushrooms in Yunnan to make a psychedelic drug, and had experimented with the recipe more than ten thousand times.

This top-grade hallucinogen, coupled with sufficient psychological stimulation before arriving, and these people are very devout in their faith, with all kinds of stimulation combined with hallucinogens, they can see whatever they want.

In addition, after each hallucination, the first person to wake up and speak is always Song Zhiqing, who is designated as the first one to provide verbal guidance before anyone else speaks, which is almost foolproof.

What's safer is that if some people really didn't see any gods or Buddhas, didn't hear any Buddhist sounds, but instead saw some bizarre images, then they would only think that there was something wrong with them.

Instead of seeing the Buddha or the revered Buddha, I saw the devil from hell. I was probably scared to death and dared not tell anyone about it.

"Go back. This isn't your fault, and neither is the Great Perfection Wisdom Master. But many people have been deceived by evil spirits. I really hope they can turn back and avoid this catastrophe."

After saying this, Zheng Xin got up and left to meet Fu Kangan and other generals.

Outside the mountain gate, Fu Kang'an and others were even more shocked. The Banner people have always believed in Buddhism and are also obsessed with Tantric Buddhism, so Fu Kang'an and others can see the difference.

The Dazhaojue Temple, which houses the Cihang Pudu Buddha, is not only full of Buddhist style, but also has a very strong Han style and even many Taoist elements.

For example, every time when the spirit of the Buddha Cihang Pudu left his body and entered the Nine Heavens to preach in the White Lotus Palace, not only would the Buddha appear, but Taoist gods such as the Three Pure Ones would also come to listen.

Even some legends and murals vaguely reveal that Cihang Pudu Buddha is also a registered disciple of Sanqing Daozun.

"Disciples Fu Kang'an and others pay their respects to the Venerable Buddha!"

In the backyard of Cihang Pudu Dazhaojue Temple, when they saw Zheng Xin, who was wearing a white lotus robe, coming in, Fu Kangan and others immediately prostrated themselves on the ground.

In fact, at Fu Kang'an's level, it would not be so serious if he paid homage to any other Buddha. However, Zheng Xin, the Buddha of Cihang Pudu, was not only a Buddha, but also the legitimate father-in-law of the emperor. He could even be regarded as one of the largest shareholders of the emperor's fortune.

"Please rise quickly. General, you have served the Avalokitesvara Buddha and have made meritorious followers of the Holy Buddha. There is no need to pay such respect to me, the Avalokitesvara Buddha's lecturer."

Fu Kangan and the others then got up, and Zheng Xin, seeing that they knew what was good for them, immediately went back into the house, changed into a set of green and black robes and appeared in front of everyone.

In an instant, the Buddha Cihang Pudu, who was shining brightly and looked like a real god in the world, immediately changed and looked like a general or the lord of a vassal state.

It's really a good idea!
Of course it was a good method. Zheng Xin was actually a little crazy and even more obsessed with religion.

There have been no such good resources in history, yet he claimed to be the reincarnation of Sakyamuni and that his blood was golden.

This is the kind of person who even deceives himself. Using him to promote religion is like a fish in water.

“The thirty-nine tribes of Hall have been recruited, and we have obtained two thousand light cavalry.

I have not managed the various Eleuth Mongolian tribes in Qinghai, but since the general has the order from His Majesty, the Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu, Ye Xianchun, will certainly cooperate.

As for the forty tribes of Yushu, they had already prepared four thousand infantry and cavalry to wait for the general at Dongbule Mountain Pass.

The only drawback is that the Damu Eight Banners have suffered heavy losses in recent years, and some have been bewitched by the evil monk Resa and have already betrayed the court. Therefore, in general, they are no longer of any use."

The thirty-nine tribes of Hor mentioned by Zheng Xin were all tribes controlled by the Qing court in Qiangtang, as a tool to control Inner Tibet.

Among them, the majority of the 39 Hor tribes were Mongolians, who later lived in Nagqu and Chamdo areas.

The forty ethnic groups in Yushu are mainly Tibetans, but they are under the jurisdiction of the Xining Minister and are a part that is relatively under the central government.

The Damu Eight Banners were originally the military pillar of the Khoshut Khanate of U-Tsang. After the Qing government suppressed the rebellion of Zhuermet Namjale forty years ago, it directly reformed them according to the Eight Banners system, forming the current Damu Eight Banners, which are controlled by the Minister Resident in Tibet.

“As for food and fodder, I have been in Xining for ten years, constantly collecting them for the suppression of this rebellion. From Xining to Nagqu, I have built sixty-seven military stations, which can basically supply twenty thousand soldiers for a round trip into Tibet.

Only after entering the snowy area, if the campaign lasts for more than two years, will we need to raise funds locally.”

Fu Kangan then remembered that before becoming a respected Buddha, Zheng Xin, the Cihang Pudu respected Buddha, was also a founding emperor who conquered the world. His military skills were probably higher than many generals.

"Your Majesty, you care deeply about the country. I admire you deeply. Please rest assured that this time when I enter Tibet to drive out the Gurkha barbarians, I will make them wish they were dead, and I will not let your Majesty down for your ten years of hard work."

"Hahahaha!" Zheng Xin laughed heartily, his eyes clear, as if he had returned to the days many years ago when he conquered Siam and became the founding king.

"General, with such ambition, this battle will surely be a success. However, I have a suggestion. Before we march on Resa, we must first accomplish something important!"

Zheng Xin laughed and said, but he didn't say what big thing he was going to do. It was obvious that he was testing Fu Kangan.

Fu Kangan smiled faintly and tapped the map with his finger, "The Great Perfection Wisdom Master has always refused to accept the Vajra Buddha. It seems that he is prepared to resist to the end.

Not only does he hold great prestige in Qiangtang, but the sage and great master of Mobei is also his nephew. If we were to force our way in, the gains would be greater than the losses. It would be better to detain him in the capital and replace him with a great scholar and master."

"Hahaha, excellent!" Zheng Xin clapped his hands in praise. "Your Majesty is so wise and discerning that you've recognized a talent like this, General. China is safe. General, rest assured. I'm here to take care of all the logistical and supply matters. Just go ahead and do it!"

Qiangtang has been in turmoil for many years and the imperial court has not been able to deal with it. In fact, it wanted to use the Gurkhas to make the Great Perfection Wisdom Master recognize the Vajra King Buddha.

But he hasn't given in even though his internal organs are in a mess. It seems he is not ready to give in.

So the best way now is to take advantage of the opportunity to control him and make him speechless, and then make arrangements when the next Great Perfection Wisdom Master comes online.

(End of this chapter)