Zeng Zhili said: "No matter what you say, you can't get rid of the fact that during the war in the Ming Dynasty, when the border troops are facing each other, they have to dedicate precious troops to station in the small streets. Does this affect the overall situation? Even if you
No matter how you explain it, the Longbai tribe and the Chama tribe have unstable hearts, and they have complained to Tianhe Palace and Xuanyuan Temple. Isn’t it true? If I hadn’t tried my best to persuade them, if it hadn’t been for Yue Dianzao... Abbot Yue’s sincere words
Try your best to stop them. If Ye Duyao hadn't personally come to Songfan to appease them, I'm afraid they would have gone to Lushan. When the trouble breaks out, can you, Mr. Yuan, hold on?"
Yuan Hao retorted: "So you were afraid that people would make trouble in Lushan Mountain and lose the crown on your head, so you just compromised and gave in? Everyone, back then Abbot Zeng was not good at using weapons in the White Horse Courtyard, but I, Hong, was...
What is the cost of this? It is because there is land that cannot be cultivated, and the people go to pay rent to the Dangxiang people for their farmland! When there is food, they help the Dangxiang people first, but their own people can only starve in the middle of the night! It is because others are doing nothing, and their own family
But the people are so exhausted that they have toiled so hard to build the city! They continue to worship the monks in the mountains, but we can only watch and remain indifferent!"
Zeng Zhili said loudly: "For the sake of the overall situation of the Taoist sect and the stability of Songfan, so what if the common people make some sacrifices?"
Yuan Hao said angrily: "Why was it not your Abbot Zeng who was sacrificed? Why was it not your Zeng family members who were starving?"
Lord Qu Jing stepped forward to stop him: "Okay, it's useless to talk about the past. The purpose of our discussion today is to focus on the future and discuss what to do in the future. Abbot Nie, do you have anything to say?"
Nie Zhishen coughed, stood up and said: "Now that we are talking about the next step, I think it is better to prescribe the right medicine. Abbot Yue also said just now that there are two problems in the vassal that we need to face squarely. One is that of the chieftains.
prestige, and the other is the customs of the vassal. In fact, these two issues are also summed up by several of our colleagues who have been deeply involved in the vassal. We believe that the next step should be based on these two issues.
Get started."
Lord Qu Jing asked: "What is Abbot Nie's suggestion?"
Nie Zhishen said: "It's actually very simple. You only need to do two things to win over the hearts of the more than 200,000 tribesmen in each tribe of Songfan to enter the Taoism. One is to win over the chieftains of each tribe, and the other is to respect the customs of each tribe."
Yuan Hao immediately said: "These two problems do not exist, so how can we prescribe the right medicine?"
Nie Zhishen frowned and said, "How do you say it doesn't exist? Since the year before last, we have visited all the vassals, and what we learned is all first-hand information."
Yuan Hao said: "Abbot Yue just gave a few examples to prove these two issues he said. I can help you analyze them. Abbot Yue said that Dan Mu's father led the Longbai tribe to resist the bullying of the party members. At this moment
On the flying rocks outside the sky on the main peak of Zhebo Mountain, but what about in reality? I don’t know if there are flying rocks, but when the Hongyuan was conquered, there was a file record in the official office of the Dangxiang people. Forty-two years ago, the Longbai tribe rebelled, and Xia
After the army entered the mountain and defeated them, they carved stones to record their merits and placed them on the main peak. Everyone, what is very funny is that the person who led the Dangxiang people into the mountain was Danmu's father, and his name was Danzhu."
Nie Zhishen's face was confused: "How is that possible? We have seen the inscription with our own eyes!"
Meng Jianyuan whispered from the side: "Erase the original text and replace it with a new one. It's a small trick, not worth mentioning."
Yuan Hao smiled and nodded to Meng Supervisor: "This file is in the Governor's Mansion. I happened to take a look at it when I was processing the files. If you don't believe me, you can check it out. By the way, Abbot Yue just said that the prestige of the chieftains is
It comes from hundreds of years of pure direct bloodline. Because the bloodline is pure, it can be blessed by the ancestors. Unfortunately, I happened to read a record of the Dangxiang people. Wanqiu is an outsider, and his father is not from the Chama tribe.
Min was a homeless man who came from nowhere and fell hungry at the foot of Yanggong Mountain. Fortunately, he was rescued by the chieftain of the Chama tribe and adopted him as his adopted son. He then inherited the Chama tribe and passed it on to Wanqiu."
Nie Zhishen was startled and said, "That's complete nonsense."
Yue Tengzhong couldn't sit still and said: "Even if there is a record in the party files, it is a slander and cannot be taken seriously."
Yuan Hao said: "Whether it is slander or not, it doesn't matter what you say, nor does it matter what I say. Everything needs further confirmation. But I want to remind the two abbots that Ye Duo talked about Zhebo Mountain a few days ago. If Danmu is in Longbai
If there is really a high prestige among the tribesmen, why did the number of tribesmen fleeing Zhebo Mountain suddenly double?"
After hearing this, Ye Yunxuan's face darkened, but Yuan Hao did not look at his face at all and said to himself: "As for the second question you mentioned, it also cannot withstand scrutiny. We recognize the customs of the vassal.
Respect their customs, but the customs must not override the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and they must not be exempted from the rules of Taoism. As for asking us to follow their customs in turn, don't even think about it. You can't stop eating it.
Fish, we are not allowed to eat fish. Yuan’s favorite dish to go with wine is fish breasts!”
Lu Zhiyu laughed and said: "I also like to eat fish. I will meet with Yuan Jianyuan another day to have a good meal!"
Yuan Hao raised his hands and said, "How dare you disobey orders!" Then he continued: "So, if you want to use this as a basis to retain their beliefs, you absolutely cannot do it! Customs and beliefs are two different things. They must not be confused."
Meng Supervisor gave Zhao Ran a thumbs up, indicating that Yuan Supervisor said well, and Zhao Ran nodded, convinced.
Yue Tengzhong shook his head and said: "Whenever we do anything, we must consider it comprehensively, stand at the overall level, and only then can we draw conclusions and take measures that will truly benefit the Taoist sect. What is the overall situation? I think the current overall situation is
It is to stabilize the border and stabilize the newly occupied territory of Songfan. All for the consideration of the war with Xixia. How can we not hold back our Ming army? We will do it. How we can help the border army win, we will choose.
. Therefore, I think what we need to do now is to appease the feudal tribes as soon as possible. We will not do anything that may easily cause instability in the feudal tribes. We will support any policy that can subdue the feudal tribes with minimal effort."
Master Qu Jing asked: "What is Abbot Yue's suggestion?"
Yue Tengzhong said: "It's very simple. It's the simplest and fastest way to reward chieftains and leaders of various tribes. Just like what Abbot Zeng did when Anle was in chaos. No matter what Abbot Zeng did, everyone
Do you agree? At least, he used the fastest way to put down the Miao chaos, which has contributed to the present and will benefit the future."
Nie Zhishen agreed: "It is indeed as Abbot Yue said, whether you agree or not, at least Anle did not form a larger-scale riot or cause more casualties that year, and the imperial court did not spend a large amount of military pay to quell this riot.