The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 763: A pear blossom crushes the begonia
Xining City, Cihang Pudu Dazhaojue Temple.

This large temple where Taksin resided was rebuilt from the Dongguan Tianfang Temple, the largest Tianfang Temple in Xining.

During the reconstruction process, in order to build it into the ancestral temple of the Northwest White Lotus Sect and at the same time have military functions, Zheng Xin specially asked the emperor to send a master craftsman from the Ministry of Works to supervise the construction.

In accordance with Zheng Xin's requirements, the master craftsman of the Ministry of Works took the Thai Western bastion as a reference and built five branch halls in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest, shaped like a five-petal plum blossom, combining the defensive function of the bastion with the Chinese architectural aesthetic.

The back hall of the temple is where Taksin rested. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter without the White Jade Lotus Plate. It is very secluded and private.

A finger-thick sandalwood incense stick emitted wisps of green smoke, lingering in the study in the back hall. This sandalwood, which came from Southeast Asia and was said to be made from ambergris, was extremely precious and worth a fortune.

However, the five people in the study did not even glance at these precious items that ordinary people had never seen, let alone used, but were fully engaged in the discussion.

"This Gurkha invasion may seem to be caused by some minor disagreements between the two sides, but in reality, it was a long-planned plot by the Gurkhas, with the red-headed monks acting as accomplices and leading the way!"

The one who spoke with some gnashing of teeth was Sonam Dashi, the elder brother of the Eighth Dzogchen Wisdom Master and the father of the Fourth Sage.

The so-called red-headed monks are monks of the Nyingma sect of the Red Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. While most of the monks in Qiangtang belong to the Yellow Sect, the Red Sect uses the Kingdom of Sikkim as its base camp and survives tenaciously.

The Kingdom of Sikkim at that time was not the pitiful little country that was annexed by India in later generations. The territory of the Kingdom of Sikkim was quite large, roughly equivalent to the sum of Nepal and Sikkim in later generations, and then divided equally between each person.

"The Nyingma sect has always refused to submit to the Kashag. They don't even learn the scriptures. It's not surprising that they are now accomplices of the evil." The Kalon Tripa of the Kashag also said with a bit of hatred.

In the view of these people, things would not have deteriorated to this extent without the Gurkha invasion.

Of course, another source of their anger is that they feel a little ashamed.

At this time, Resa or Qiangtang actually had a vassal system, which was a relic of political governance from the Tubo Empire.

In this theory, U-Tsang, the area dominated by Resa and ruled by the Great Perfection Wisdom Master, is the supreme city of the entire Tantric world.

The area ruled by Master Zhenbao was mainly Shigatse and included Ngari in the Ali region as a supplement.

The rest of the Kham region (Hengduan Mountains), Yushu region, Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal, and Ladakh were greatly influenced by the Qiangtang, but were vassal states without direct administration.

Of course, this set of theories has not been implemented locally, nor has it been formed into regulations. It is only believed so in religious cultures dominated by Tantric Buddhism.

"The Nyingma sect is so audacious and presumptuous. It seems that when the heavenly soldiers destroy the Gorkha Kingdom, they will be severely punished."

Zheng Xin said tentatively, because he didn't know why these people were still talking about the Nyingma sect of the Sikkim Kingdom betraying Resa at this time.

What's the point? Anyway, you'll be going to the capital as soon as the imperial edict arrives.

"They will be severely punished, but it is said that they are already in a very miserable state. They took the initiative to lead the evil demon, but the evil demon still did not let them go."

You are right. When the Gurkhas were planning to attack Changtang, the Nepal-Sikkim War also broke out. The Kingdom of Sikkim was directly destroyed by the Gurkhas, and the king Tenzin Namgyal fled to Chumpi Valley (near Yadong) in U-Tsang for refuge.

Zheng Xin still didn't quite understand why these people didn't worry about their own fate, but instead talked about these things?
But decades of experience made him choose to turn a blind eye. These people will definitely tell their true purpose, because the ones who are anxious now are not Zheng Xin, but these guys who are already under house arrest.

"I heard that the imperial army isn't just here to expel the Gurkhas. His Majesty the Great Emperor is already preparing to punish them with the harshest possible means."

Sure enough, after Zheng Xin was lukewarm for a while, Sonam Dashi, the elder brother of the Great Perfection Wisdom Master, took the initiative to come out and bring up the topic.

"It's not the most severe punishment, but the Gurkha Kingdom will disappear from now on." Zheng Xin did not hide it, he snorted coldly.

"The Great Yu Kingdom is the hegemon of the world. We have always been the ones to attack others, and no one has ever attacked us.

Tiny Gurkha, like an ant trying to shake a tree, overestimating its own capabilities, has actually invaded the great China with its tiny nation. If we cannot capture their king and return him to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, kill their powerful and influential people, and cut off their roots, how can we demonstrate the great power of China?

After hearing what Zheng Xin said, not only Sonam Dashi, but even the Great Perfection Wisdom Master showed a look of surprise on their faces.

"Your Excellency, I would like to recommend a woman to the capital. She is the most beautiful flower in U-Tsang. Your Excellency is the father-in-law of the emperor and a great hero. Could you please take the time to meet with me and give us some advice?"

Sonomudashi said with a flattering smile on his face, "If His Holiness the Great Benevolent One can agree, our Laji family will definitely fully support His Holiness in taking over Resa."

Zheng Xin had some understanding of what these guys were going to do. They wanted to send a woman to the emperor's harem, and not just to be a low-level beauty or something, but to be able to sleep in the emperor's bed and get pregnant with a boy or a girl.

"There are countless good women in this world who wish to serve the Incarnate Vidyaraja Buddha. It all depends on whether they have good fortune or not. I will call them to see me. If they have great fortune, I will naturally be happy to introduce them to you."

Although he was looking for a woman for his son-in-law, Zheng Xin was not unhappy at all. Haha, if he was unhappy, it would be like blocking the way for people to speak out and having bad intentions.

Whether the emperor wants this woman is his decision, and his subordinates do not have the power to veto it without the emperor's approval.

After a while, a woman who was wrapped tightly with only a pair of shining eyes exposed was carried into the study by a burly female believer of the White Lotus Sect.

Zheng Xin looked up. He couldn't see her appearance, but he could see that she had a very good figure, a pair of very bright eyes, and her delicate hands were very white. She was completely different from the Tibetan women who never took a bath all year round.

Based on these two things alone, there is no problem in describing her as a flower on the plateau.

"This is my daughter, Lari Bianzhen, sixteen years old. I am beautiful and gentle. I speak fluent Mandarin and can compose poetry and play the zither. Please, Your Excellency, introduce me to you."

Sonomudas still had a flattering smile on his face, and in his smile he revealed his biggest plan.

"If you can enter the palace and give birth to a prince, you will be able to become the ruler of Sikkim. My Lari family will protect this place for the prince for generations."

Zheng Xin now understood everything. These guys were really calculating. They were a bit poor, but there were really no fools among them.

The Kingdom of Sikkim has always been independent of Resa, and the Nyingma sect has always been the target of the Garu sect's desire to overthrow.

The current opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we can kill two birds with one stone by relying on the imperial army.

No, it kills three birds with one stone!
Zheng Xin looked at the Fourth Sage, who was already beginning to doze off in the distance because he was too young and felt very bored with the conversation between adults.

It seems that these people have already sensed the danger that an eight-year-old sage would face if he was sent to the capital by imperial decree because he refused to cooperate with the court.

It was common knowledge that the emperor and the court were trying to scare the monkeys by killing the chicken, and the best chicken, as Taksin had said, was none other than the young Fourth Saint. But if the Fourth Saint's elder sister had entered the emperor's harem and taken on the responsibility of bearing the King of Sikkim, with such a sister's protection, the Fourth Saint would surely have survived.

Hey!
Zheng Xin sighed in his heart. This was probably what the emperor wanted to see more.

With this relationship, the emperor could rest assured to keep the fourth generation of sages by his side, just like the third generation of great sages (Zhangkya Hutuktu), who was raised by the emperor in the palace since childhood.

In this kind of matter, he not only needs support, but also needs to write a letter quickly to strongly explain the importance of the matter, so that he can be considered a loyal minister.

However, Zheng Xin soon stopped being depressed because he suddenly remembered that south of Mount Sumeru (the Himalayas), in addition to the Kingdom of Sikkim, there were three traditional kingdoms: Gorkha, Bhutan, and Ladakh.

So, he has eleven sons, three of whom are born to the same mother as his eldest daughter, Queen Zheng Shishi. Perhaps he could find one of his sons and send him to Qiangtang, keep him by his side for a few years, and let him grow his Buddhist nature before he goes to Bhutan to be the king.

As for Gorkha and Ladakh, he could ask the family that helped him stabilize Qiangtang to send their daughters to the capital. After the children were born, they could use the family's influence to come back and become kings of Gorkha, Ladakh and other places.

Well, Zheng Xin suddenly thought that from this perspective, the emperor seemed to be a stud!

My son-in-law is 48 years old this year, which is not a young age. I wonder if he can handle it?

. . . .

November 1797, 11. This was the third day of the tenth month of the 20nd year of the Guangzhong reign of the Great Yu Dynasty (formerly the second year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty).

Mo Zibu's edict was sent to the Cihang Pudu Dazhaojue Temple in Xining, stating that the Empress Dowager had been troubled by nightmares recently, and ordered the Great Perfection Wisdom Master and the Holy Sages to go to Shuntian Prefecture in Beijing to chant sutras and pray for the Empress Dowager.

Zheng Xin, the Compassionate Buddha, was overjoyed when he received the imperial edict. He immediately handed over the Eighth Great Perfection Wisdom Master and the Fourth Holy Sage, who were in a semi-arrest state, to the Captain of the Northern Pacification Division of the Jinyiwei who came with the angel Du Qin.

The Eighth Great Perfection Wisdom Master looked at Zheng Xin deeply, saluted him with his hands clasped together, and then walked into the Jinyiwei carriage.

The Eighth Great Perfection Wisdom Master was accompanied by only 300 followers and monks. At least more than half of the monks and Kashag officials joined Taksin's army.

This was considered the first investment made by the Eighth Great Perfection Wisdom Master in accordance with the agreement between the two parties. The monks and Kashag officials he left to Taksin were all from large families that had no cooperation with the Gurkhas or had only a slight involvement with them.

The serfdom system in Tubo had been practiced for thousands of years. The Dayu court had no ability to reverse it, and Zheng Xin was even less convinced that it could be reversed. At most, they could reduce the cruelty.

As for real liberation, they have to wait for Jinzhu Mami.

Therefore, these monks and Kashag officials from large families are very necessary, and they are the ones who will be relied upon to stabilize Qiangtang after the war.

As for those who have deep connections with the Gurkhas or even direct involvement, just wait for death. No family inheritance can save them.

. . . .

At almost the same time when Mozibu's edict arrived in Xining, Lari Bianzhen, the niece of the Eighth Great Perfection Wisdom Master and the elder sister of the Fourth Holy Sage, had been sent to the Forbidden City in Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture.

What a stud! Do you understand how happy I am that I am almost fifty years old and can still be outshined by the others?

Mo Zibu looked at the girl in front of him with sparkling eyes and plump breasts, and remembered the legend of later generations that Tibetans took a bath once when they were born and once when they died. He couldn't help but move closer to smell her carefully.

Well, it doesn't sound interesting, but it does have a nice fragrance. It seems that you don't go without a bath for years.

The little girl was frightened by the strange uncle Mo Zibu's behavior, but she didn't dare to dodge and could only stay where she was, with a layer of shy blush on her neck and face.

"In Qiangtang, a sixteen-year-old girl should have been married long ago, right?" Mo Zibu asked calmly.

The young girl, Lari Bianzhen, nodded and replied in pleasant, almost accent-free Mandarin, "Your Majesty, it's usually like this, but because of the relationship with the sage, my marriage has been somewhat complicated."

Mo Zibu understood that these twists and turns were probably more due to the ambitions of his father Sonomdash.

After all, she is the sister of the sage and is quite beautiful. It would be a great loss if she didn't marry a big shot.

And now, they have found the biggest figure in the world, the Emperor of Dayu, Mo Zibu.

"You go down first and learn some etiquette from the Queen." After asking a few simple questions, Mo Zibu handed the beautiful little girl over to the Queen.

He was an emperor, a founding emperor who held great power and had the final say. He had seen and tasted all kinds of beautiful flowers, and had long formed an extremely high threshold for beautiful girls.

Even for Mo Zibu, suppressing the impulses and restlessness that come from his genes has become a good helper for him to train his mind.

Therefore, he would not immediately favor Lari Bianzhen, and overly favoring a concubine would bring unnecessary trouble to the harem.

"Don't worry, your brother will arrive in Yingtian Prefecture safely and grow up safely." However, Mo Zibu was afraid that the girl would not understand, so he explained it to her clearly.

After completing the most important instruction from his father Sonomudashi, Lari Bianzhen immediately unloaded the heavy stone in his heart. After bowing to Mozibu with a sweet smile, he left under the guidance of the eunuch.

Mo Zibu took out Zheng Xin's memorial and looked at it again. Historically, it was also with the opportunity of the Gurkha invasion that Qianlong solved the problem of Qiangtang quite perfectly. This was the first time that a Central Plains dynasty had complete control over Qiangtang.

At that time, the power of the Minister Resident in Tibet was greater than that of the two masters. As long as the Minister Resident in Tibet did not agree, they could not do anything.

And this time, Mo Zibu will do better than Qianlong.

This is not only because Dayu is more powerful than the Qing Dynasty in history, but also because Mo Zibu has the best tools.

That was his father-in-law, the first schizophrenic in Chaoshan, a great Chinese hero in history, and the current Cihang Pudu Zun Buddha Zheng Xin.

Historically, the Qing Dynasty did have better methods than the Golden Urn Lottery and the Minister Resident in Tibet, but there was no reliable person to implement them.

You have to know that Qiangtang is so big and the transportation is so inconvenient. It is thousands of miles away and it is impossible for the emperor to go to Qiangtang in person to preside over government affairs. Therefore, successive dynasties can only follow the way the Tibetans have always done things.

Now Mo Zibu has Zheng Xin, a magical weapon that can really play a role in all aspects of Qiangtang.

He was finally able to firmly grasp Qiangtang and use the power of Qiangtang to profoundly influence the South Asian subcontinent.

(End of this chapter)