When Liu Xie and Boss Cao received an "unexpected blessing", Fei Qian also welcomed his "Learner" here.
That's right, it's not the Han people who come to "learn the scriptures", but other people who come to Chang'an to "learn the scriptures".
Moreover, this scripture is not a Buddhist scripture, but a Taoist scripture.
It seems that Feiqian did a good job in promoting the Five Directions God Sect, at least in the snow area, and then attracted a large number of people in the snow area to believe in it, but not everyone went to the snow area.
Even though everyone is as smart as Xuanzang, many Taoist scriptures are actually very vague in content, and there is no very accurate explanation. There may even be situations where the content of what this preacher and that preacher say is contradictory.
This is like the early spread of Buddhism in China. At first there was only one kind, but later it became many kinds. Then some of these many kinds even seemed to be completely different except for worshiping the same Buddha.
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When Fei Qian learned that someone came to seek Buddhist scriptures, he was also very surprised and decided to make arrangements. After all, Fei Qian still had the name of a real person hanging on his head...
"Gongda sent people to contact these people," Fei Qian looked at the text of Xun You's report on the table, and then said, "I have a general understanding... Well, please Gongda explain it to you...
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Xun You cupped his hands and said, "This time, there were originally ten to five envoys seeking scriptures. However, two of them stumbled and fell to their deaths on the way. Three were ill and could not recover. Three of them went crazy and talked wildly on the way. They met thieves again in front of Xiaochuan and four were killed."
When they arrived at Longyou, there were only three people left. The Longyou post station initially thought they were refugees and savages, and led them to provide food and clothing. After questioning them, they found out what happened, and then forwarded the report to Chang'an..."
Feiqian has a designated farming policy. There are rewards and merits for recruiting refugees and savages to settle down. Therefore, the post barracks on the edge of Feiqian's territory will take the initiative to recruit these people. After all, in history, the frontiers killed some savages and took their heads.
Those who take advantage of their merits are actually not in the minority.
This is how conflicts sometimes arise.
If Feiqian did not have such relevant policies, or if these policies were not as simple or effective as beheading when implemented, then these people who came from afar would originally be like "Xuan Zang in the Snow District"
The ascetics were caught and beheaded, so will there be a next time?
In this way, how can we pass on the fire of Chinese civilization?
Do you really think that cultural communication is like that in games, where you leave it alone and watch the colors slowly penetrate?
"You are still in Longyou, haven't you set off yet?" Fei Qian asked.
Xun You nodded, "The envoy is weak and needs to recover for a few days."
Fei Qian nodded, "Let Wen He send a doctor there... In addition, send a few more smart people to learn their language..."
Xun You said he remembered it.
Fei Qian motioned for Xun You to continue.
Xun You continued to introduce to everyone: "This envoy from the snow area came out along the path of General Wenyuan's advance..."
Xun You pointed on the map and described some information he got from the envoys, while Fei Qian listened, and his thoughts began to wander a little.
The pilgrims from the snowy areas, um, ascetic monks, take the northern route, that is, the Xining route.
In fact, there were many roads into the snow area in ancient times. The southern route, one is from Sichuan and Sichuan, and the other is from Yunnan. The Sichuan-Sichuan route is earlier and the road is more rugged. It is basically climbing and descending the mountain, but it is relatively
Generally speaking, the climate is milder, but the difficulty is due to the mountains. The Yunnan Line is similar to the Sichuan-Sichuan Line in that it also climbs mountains. It is not yet fully formed and is a little closer than the Sichuan-Sichuan Line. But the problem is from Chang'an to Yunnan, that is, from Jianning
In fact, it is not close to the south. It is more cost-effective to take the Yunnan route from Jiaozhi.
The biggest problem with the northern line, that is, the Xining line, is not the mountain climbing, because when you get to Longyou, the altitude is actually not much different from the snow area. When you get to Qinghai Lake and go south, there are not too many mountains to climb.
Instead, we have to pass through many no-man’s lands...
In fact, further north on the Xining line, there is another route known as the most difficult route in China, which goes directly from the Western Region to the snowy area. This route does not have to climb as many mountains as the southwest line, but the no-man's land is more difficult than the Xining line.
Much more...
The Xining Line is also known as the Tang-Bo Road.
Princess Wencheng walked this line in history.
So how long does it take to take this route?
A smile appeared on Fei Qian's face. Others thought he sounded happy, but in fact Fei Qian thought of a funny incident about Princess Wencheng...
A very interesting "Princess Wencheng's Secret Box" incident, or rather a rumor, because some people say that Princess Wencheng went to Tibet for one year, some said that she left for two years, and some said that she left for three years...
The three-year version is accompanied by a story about the affair between Princess Wencheng and Songtsen Gampo's subordinate Ludongzan...
This is related to Songtsen Gampo’s hat. What color is it?
Normally, it only takes about a year to walk this Tang-Tibet Road, but it turned out that I walked for three years, and two of them went there? Didn’t there be a child in the affair? Princess Wencheng and Lu Dongzan ran away, and then gave birth to a child.
Well, it took Songtsen Gampo two years wearing a green hat to find two people, and then he said generously that it was nothing, and wouldn’t the ones who couldn’t have children be raised by them? Blood ties
Nothing else mattered, so in the end the three of them lived together happily.
Legends and stories are stories, don’t treat stories as history.
What's more, there are also tricks in the history books...
At the same time, there are also legends in the snow area. It is said that at that time, Lu Dongzan went to the Tang Dynasty to propose marriage, and the stingy Li Shimin made things difficult for him. Then Lu Dongzan relied on Songtsen Gampo's "three tips" to perfectly solve the problem.
Li Shimin made things difficult for him. When Li Shimin asked a question, he took a tip bag, then asked another question, and took another one...
Does it feel like a different kind of familiarity?
This story of "three tips" was used exactly the same by Princess Chizun of Nepal. The only difference is that the marriage seeker was replaced by Sambuza, and Li Shimin was replaced by King Nibala.
As for things like ants pulling ropes through small holes, mares and ponies being divided into groups, etc., they are basically all made up deliberately by someone to deceive the people. After all, is it entertainment? This is tradition. Isn’t that what ordinary people like?
After all, for any political power, "whether to make peace" and "with whom to make peace" are completely political choices. How can it be possible to say, "I have a princess. You guys" like there is a tender for something.
"All come to compete"? What kind of entertainment spirit is this? It really allows marriage seekers from all over the world to compete together. Isn't this price gouging? It is completely illogical.
Take the Tang Dynasty, which likes marriage, for example. There is not only one princess. Princess Honghua who married King Tuyuhun was also a clan daughter. Tuyuhun married a Tuyuhun, Tubo married a Tubo, and Tuyuhun envoys would be full of food to stir up trouble with Tubo.
thing?
So are these weird things really pure entertainment?
Not really.
These things were most likely caused by the bald old man who went to the snowy area to preach.
Because in the so-called "Three Tips" story in multiple versions, one version is that the three questions Li Shimin used to make things difficult for the ambassador Lu Dongzan were: "Is there the Ten Good Dharma?", "Is there a temple, a guru?"
"Provisions" and "Is there a supply of goods"...
Just like farmers believe that the emperor in the palace is plowing the fields with a golden hoe, and the queen is cleaning the courtyard with a silver broom, the eminent Buddhist monks who write stories may think that they have implemented the "Ten Good Dharma", then
Other countries, such as the Tang Dynasty and Nepal, must also use the "Ten Good Dharma".
As for why we tell the story of the King of Tubo, it is because during the missionary process, in order to attract more people to listen, what is more attractive than the "love affair" of a big shot?
It is a pity that the Central Plains has always been a land-based society of large landowners. Those who control the discourse are the gentry group, never the religious group. Even if Li Shimin is an emperor with low intelligence, it is impossible to ask two consecutive questions about Buddhism.
issues, and also put the issue of Buddhism in front...
Therefore, are missionaries important? In other words, is it important that missionaries who are more reliable and who do not do such things that are either discrediting or adding color are important?
If the missionaries are not dispatched well, there is no telling how many years later Feiqian will suddenly have a green hat on his head, just like the legend of Songtsen Gampo, and then he will become like the Tang Dynasty King Li Shimin.
Asking such idiotic questions.
Fei Qian felt that if the Han Dynasty now had cultural penetration as convenient as certain tools, certain media, and certain platforms in later generations, then it would not be that troublesome to promote Chinese culture.
Occupying a place, and then promoting enlightenment and spreading Chinese civilization, and occupying a place without substantive, first using culture to penetrate and influence, are two completely different concepts, and the methods are also completely different.
The former can be effectively used on the Southern Xiongnu and Xiqiang, while the latter is used to deal with areas that the Han cannot directly occupy at the moment...
Just like a snow area.
In the Tang Dynasty, it was not that Tubo could not be defeated, but that it was difficult to occupy, and there were political considerations, so it adopted the policy of peace and marriage. After all, the marriage in the Tang Dynasty often occurred when the Tang army had the upper hand. Perhaps there was some cultural penetration in it.
, also had a profound impact on Tubo and other regions, but unfortunately the penetration of this culture did not form a strategy that could be passed on, so that the taste changed in the later period.
The Xuanwu Gate Incident looks like a quarrel between brothers, but in fact it is not. Just like Li Zhi's attempt to engage Wu Mei Niang, it looks like a cowardly act of a lustful person, but in fact it is not.
Politics...
Xun You seemed to notice Fei Qian's distraction and stopped.
Although Fei Qian was distracted, he was still aware of the outside world. When he heard the voice quieten down, he reacted, smiled, said that he had been thinking about something just now, and apologized to Xun You and everyone else.
Xun You and everyone else bowed their hands in return, saying they did not dare.
"Where are you talking about?" Fei Qian asked.
Xun You said: "I am introducing the people's livelihood in the snow area..."
Fei Qian nodded, then turned to look at everyone.
"At first I saw these laws and regulations in the snow area, and what they described..." Fei Qian clicked on the text, "I feel somewhat like this area, but I don't know... I don't know if you have such a place.
Feel?"
The economy of the snowy area is not good. Moreover, the harvest of the cultivated land there is also very poor. Compared with the high yield per mu in Chang'an, it is simply like heaven and earth.
This is an obvious thing.
Fei Qian looked at everyone's faces one by one. Some nodded, while others pondered.
This is an enlarged meeting, but not many people have the right to speak.
Fei Qian did not intend to give everyone a chance to speak, which would make things more complicated. Expansion is to make it easier for more people to know something, but the host and core should still be firmly established.
Grab it in your hand.
As soon as Fei Qian said this, he immediately hit the hearts of many people.
It is not only in the Braid Dynasty that people have the idea of "Celestial Kingdom". In fact, there are also many such people in other time periods.
Inferiority and arrogance are two brothers back to back, Jiao Bu Li Meng, Meng Bu Li Jiao.
When they knew that Fei Qian had gathered everyone just for the so-called "spiritual seekers" in the snow area, except for first-class or nearly first-class counselors such as Pang Tong, Sima Yi, and Zhuge Jin, many other people came to gain experience.
, I was going to get a bonus of three experience points after I clicked Mao, and I didn’t put much thought into what Xun You said.
Aren’t you just a seeker?
He was beaten violently by General Zhang before, and it is said that he also killed so and so? Wasn’t it almost to the point of destroying the country? What else is there to say? It’s just because Fei Qian is a hussar general and a big boss.
There was a meeting, so these people had to come.
For office workers, punching in and catching fish is the way to go.
The New Year has just passed, and everyone is still immersed in the holiday celebrations and can't extricate themselves. It's understandable, but it can't always be like this?
Therefore, this enlarged meeting somewhat had the effect of rousing everyone's energy to work.
Of course, in this incident of Buddhist pilgrims, Fei Qian also discovered some very interesting things...
It's worth giving it a try.
As for how far the wheel of destiny can be pushed, it also depends on how well everyone can accept it, or how cooperative they are.
Fei Qian looked up at the crowd and said, "Everyone, here is a very interesting place... Why do these people come to Chang'an to get scriptures? They are so poor and in such a mess. Is this scripture really of great use?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, why? Isn't it because Chang'an is the birthplace of the Five Directions God Sect?
Then Pang Tong reacted quickly, frowned and said: "My lord, could it be that in the snow area... the people are suffering, um, or that the tribes... are fighting? Then, this Buddhist scripture seeker is seeking scriptures."
This move may not be pure..."
Fei Qian nodded, and clicked twice on the content of the text reported by Xun You about people's livelihood in the snowy area, "These seekers of scripture are also seekers of change."
"A change seeker?" Everyone either repeated or pondered.
Tubo is the first regime in the snowy region with clear historical records in history. Songtsen Gampo is considered to be the actual founder of Tubo, but just like those Chanyus in the desert, they did not make a clang at a certain point in time.
Just like the establishment of a country, in fact, in the snowy area, there must be a process from scratch, from dispersion to unity.
It was not Songtsan Gampo who promoted this process.
But productivity.
Just like a saying from later generations, it is what history chooses, not who chooses history. Even if there is no Songtsen Gampo, there may be Songtsen Gampo to complete this matter.
Songtsen Gampo's role in the gathering of Tibet was more like a catalyst.
"This... is actually not difficult to understand." Fei Qian continued, "As far as we know, and from the descriptions of these pilgrims, this snowy area... is it somewhat similar to our ancient times? The vast land is scattered.
Tribes... And now, look, there is an agreed system, there are wars between tribes... Some people start to call themselves kings of so-and-so, and some people start to want to unify the snow area... Is it very similar? And in these behaviors
, or what is behind the phenomenon?』
"It is agriculture, industry, people's livelihood, military, and the development of everything that drives these people to change." Fei Qian continued, "When people have more money, they will think about moving around and communicating, and only then will they have goods.
Trafficking will lead to corresponding fights... Everyone has selfish motives, so who do you listen to? The law was born... and so on. From the descriptions of these people, I estimate that the snow area should be in this transition
The period is a bit like our Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods..."
When Fei Qian said this, everyone nodded.
This is easy to understand.
Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties in my country, people did not know much about the political situation on the cold Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This was caused by inconvenient transportation and also because the Qinghai-Tibet region did not form a relatively strong unified political power at that time. Starting from the 6th century AD, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau The Yalung tribe in the eastern part of the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin gradually became stronger, and its power expanded to the Lhasa River Basin. In the early 7th century, after Songtsen Gampo succeeded to the throne, he first used force to conquer the surrounding tribes and formally established the Tubo Dynasty.
Although there is no clear historical record of this entire process, and it is not as grand as the unification of the six kingdoms in the former Qin Dynasty, it is obvious that after the unification, Tubo began to expand in all directions under the leadership of Songtsen Gampo, moving southward to let Nepal
After bowing his head, Songtsen Gampo married a Nepalese princess and invaded the Tang Dynasty eastward.
After the first request for marriage was rejected by the Tang Dynasty, Songtsan Gampo sent troops to attack the Tang Dynasty. The two countries fought fiercely in the Songpan area for a long time, with each other winning or losing. After the Tang Dynasty knew that it would be difficult to defeat Tibet quickly, it finally agreed to the marriage.
The request led to the story of Princess Wencheng entering Tibet.
"We, China, are the forerunners..." Fei Qian smiled, but there was a sense of history in his voice, "Look, now we just ran a few steps first, and there are these people chasing after us... If we say
What will happen if we stop by ourselves? In fact, I have always been a little strange. This thing actually happened in the time of King Zhou, and it also happened in the early Han Dynasty. Why was it not written down? In other words, it was not written down.
Have you ever planned it?"
"That's why I asked you all to come over and asked Gongda to tell you about this." Fei Qian looked around and said, "Learning from the past should serve as a guide for future generations. So what we do today will also become the experience of future generations of China."
These Buddhist pilgrims will arrive in Chang'an soon, and what are we going to do... Buddhist pilgrims, hehe, they are Buddhist pilgrims, so why are we not the same?"
"You can get my Chinese Scripture from others, that's what you are good at!" Fei Qian handed over to everyone, "I hope you will think about it carefully after you go back. I look forward to seeing you in three days."
