stubborn thief

Chapter 236 Little Lazun

The news of the rejection of Nagamba by the various factions in Riyue Mountain quickly spread across the small hetao on the south bank of the Yellow River as if it had grown legs.

When the news reached Xiao Lazun's ears, the leader of the Mongolian tribe, who was less than thirty years old, was wearing a yellow hat and a purple robe that reached his feet. Next, watch craftsmen of Youning Temple casting large bronze wares in Bajiao City, Baishiya.

However, what Xiaolazun cast was not a cannon, but a bronze statue of Guanyin weighing more than 200 kilograms.

The fine bronze statue is cast by the lost-wax method and has entered the final polishing stage.

Little Lazun's devotion was interrupted by news from afar, and he turned to Monk Quzang and asked, "Teacher, a Han army captured Timba given to me by the Seven Divisions of Riyue Mountain in Juerwan. You know they are who?"

Monk Quzang closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said a Chinese name: "Liu Chengzong."

Qu Zang is one of the few people in this land who can travel around.

In his early years, he studied scriptures in the Drepung Monastery in Uzbekistan. He was appointed by Alta Khan's great-grandson and the fourth Lama to go to Qinghai to preach for the Huoluo Chibe.

As early as when Liu Chengzong set off from Pingliang to the west, Qu Zang was in Xining to raise copper materials and craftsmen for Xiaolazun. He already knew that the emperor named Liu Chengzong, the leader of the Shaanxi rebel army, as Qinghai's comfort envoy.

But he doesn't say it.

Knowledge is a priceless treasure in the world, and only when others ask, it has its due value.

Xiao Lazun asked again: "Who is Liu Chengzong?"

Monk Qu Zang said seriously: "Evil."

Xiao Lazun didn't have much reaction to this comment, just nodded slightly, proclaimed a dharma name, and then said: "There are too many wicked people in the world, and my elder brother Huang Taiji is also a wicked person."

In the accompanying team, there was a leader who came out more and more, and Bai Yan Taiji, who was also Huo Luochi's son, persuaded him: "He is your brother."

Xiao Lazun, who had always been calm, heard this sentence, and finally said angrily: "You are also his brother, why don't you persuade him, I have the most followers and the most extensive pasture, my concubine should belong to me after my father dies, why let him snatch it away?" ?”

"In the Year of the Rat and the Ox, there was a war. Jixuedi took the treasure and went to Abadai of Khalkha to borrow three thousand troops to go to Weizang. He lost the battle and asked him to get the treasure."

Little Razun turned his head to look at Monk Qu Zang: "We broke into U-Tsang ten years ago to protect the Yellow Sect and beat Zangba to the bum. What did I get? They gave me a head bowl!"

Yan Taiji sighed, it was really a foolish battle.

During the Jiajing period, the head of Houzang, Xin Xiaba Tsedan Dorje, rebelled and joined forces with the Baijiao. They gradually gained momentum and occupied Houzang, known as Zangba Khan.

At the end of Wanli, just as the great-grandson of Altan Khan died and was enthroned, the fourth Zangba Khan expanded outwards, gradually encroaching and conquering many small tribes, such as Bhutan, Aliguge and other small kingdoms.

Jishediba was the local governor of the lower reaches of the Lhasa River, and was also a benefactor who worshiped the Yellow Sect at that time. In order to protect himself, he took out his treasure "Luge Xiare" and sent people to invite the Khalkha Mongols who believed in the Yellow Sect to enter Tibet to defend the religion. .

Entering Tibet wins first and then loses.

At that time, their Huoluo Chibu didn't fully believe in the Yellow Sect, so the Yellow Sect asked the leader of Mobei to launch an expedition.

The younger brother of Abadai from the Khalkha tribe led the army, and the battle had already begun before entering Tibet.

Zangba Khan was frightened by the sporadic Mongolian rangers who entered Tibet to rob, and fortified in Lhasa, intending to use the geographical advantage to resist to the death.

Unexpectedly, the monks and soldiers of the Sera and Drepung temples, the main force of the Yellow Sect, were in conflict with Ji Xue Diba's troops.

Zangba Khan took the opportunity to counterattack with [-] troops, broke through two monasteries, killed more than [-] monks and laymen, and the two monasteries surrendered. Aba Dai's younger brother arrived in Weizang after a long journey.

After all the reinforcements had arrived, Zangba Khan did not dare to go too far, and the price the Yellow Sect paid was only the seizure of two temples. Later, the two temples were made to pay 300 taels of gold and returned to the Yellow Sect.

After a round of battles, tens of thousands of people died, and the battle line remained unchanged. The only result was 300 taels of gold, and the situation returned to the original point.

The world of Zangba is so big, and if they win the Yellow Sect, they think they can sit back and relax. They promulgate the Sixteen Laws and order all the castles in Tibet to be demolished except for the [-]th one. It seems that they can sit back and relax.

So when the old Zangba died and the new little Zangba Khan's succession was not stable, in the first year of the apocalypse, the Huoluochi tribe Guru Huang Taiji and the little Lazun joined forces to enter Tibet.

They didn't see any decent fortifications, and naturally there was no decent resistance.

There are no castles, no fortifications, and only for the purpose of robbery. Is there anyone in the world who is an opponent of the Mongols?

Not to mention Wei Zang, Shaanxi and Gansu have nothing to do with them.

The Mongols have three roads to Tibet from Mobei, except for Hami, the other two are all within the territory of Daming, crossing into Amdo, all the way is unimpeded.

I tried to stop it, but found that it was not thankful, so I didn't stop it at all, just let it go if you want to, just don't cause trouble.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade his younger brother, Taiji bowed to Monk Qu Zang and said, "Teacher, persuade him."

The teacher doesn't want to persuade.

Sometimes, the monks next to the Mongolian leader have the same interests as the leader; but sometimes, their interests are not the same.

Monk Qu Zang is proficient in medicine, Buddhism, Confucianism, several kinds of knowledge and Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian languages.

He was not only sent by the fourth Lama to preach in the Huoluo Chibe, but also a friend of Sun Juxiang, a native of Qinshui, Shanxi.

Sun Juxiang was the governor of Shaanxi during the Tianqi period, and he was entrusted with a very important task, which was to be an envoy between Huang Taiji and Xiao Lazun, and try to escalate the conflict between the two.

It's a pity that the work results of this matter could not be reported to others later. Because of Wei Zhongxian's involvement in politics, Sun Juxiang went into seclusion.

So this entrustment cannot be fulfilled.

But fortunately, Guru Huang Taiji was not his disciple, so Liu Chengzong led the army to rob and snatch between Shanshan and Shanshan, so he was not a good person.

Then there are two good people left by his side, namely the Ming court and Huoluochi Xiaolazun, as long as the two of them don't fight, Monk Quzang can't care about other matters.

So he didn't speak, making Yan Taiji very angry.

On the contrary, Xiao Lazun said happily: "Look, the teacher also thinks that what Gu Ru did was wrong, father's concubine should be given to me, he robbed my concubine, I robbed his horse!"

Yan Taiji said: "Then now the Han people are robbing your Timba, what are you going to do?"

Little Razun didn't speak.

Huo Luochi's family had eight sons, all four of whom died in the decades-long war against the Ming border guards.

Three died directly in the hands of the Ming army, and the other died in the hands of the Fanbing who robbed the emperor's protection.

On the other hand, the wish of the Huoluochi family to build a temple in Baishiya, Niaogongchuan has lasted for decades, and was destroyed several times by the Ming army.

They said that the imperial court would build a temple for me, and I would submit and never betray. The imperial court firmly believed that they wanted to build a city, and sternly refused.

Then find a way to get wood to build the temple, save tens of thousands of logs to dry, put them in a ladle to dry, and finally dry them.

The Ming army sent [-] soldiers, five Fanbing, sneaked over from Hezhou, and burned it for a day and a night, leaving a field of charcoal for ten years without worrying about heating.

Later, at the end of the Wanli period, when the Ming army shrunk its line of defense, the Huoluochibu secretly built a few small temples in Xiaohetao. Up to now, they have never thought of building a large temple.

This kind of grievance just thinking about it has run through Xiao Lazun's growth process.

Even now, he is still very afraid of the Ming army.

If it wasn't for the fact that Taiji asked about it, and he didn't want to think about it, anyway, there were only seven poor ghost tribes in Riyue Mountain, so let's just rob them.

But Taiji stopped him when he asked, and he could only say: "Shhh...don't disturb the casting of the holy image."

Bai Yan knew his mentality, and further ridiculed: "You can bear it when the Han people rob you of Timba; Gu Ru just took over his father's concubine, so you sent seven troops to rob him of his pasture in Haibei?"

"Then grab it!" Xiao Lazun was enraged and said angrily, "If he robs Riyue Mountain, I will go into Hezhou and sell all the women who rob them to Dajian Road!"

He shook his head and sighed as if he was unteachable. He wanted Xiao Lazun to stop robbing Guru Huang Taiji, but the younger brother would rather fight with the Han people than rob his elder brother, which made him very helpless.

The environment they live in is not safe now. For example, there are Khalkha people on Huangtaiji's side, and there are Khalkha people on their side.

I vaguely feel that there are already too many people in the Khalkha tribe entering the West Sea.

Besides, there are only a few kilns on Dajian Road. You rob a few fans and women, and the Sichuan Han merchants who occasionally come to do business will buy them back and sell them to the kiln on Dajian Road to greet them and send them off.

If you rob hundreds of people, you have to buy it if you want to sell it.

But he didn't expect Monk Quzang to be impatient, and quickly stopped him: "Lazun, Hezhou and Liu Chengzong are not in the same family."

Xiao Lazun was speaking out of anger, but now he didn't control his anger, and stared, "They're all Han Chinese, what's the difference!"

Monk Quzang had never experienced Liu Chengzong's situation before, so he thought about how to describe it: "Although the emperor granted him an official position, he and the emperor are not in the same family. If you attack Hezhou, you can't retaliate against him. Instead, you will provoke powerful enemies outside." .”

"impossible!"

Xiao Lazun spoke convincingly, waved his hands and said: "The reporter said that he is Qinghai's consolation envoy, riding a third-rank official."

Monk Quzang was also stunned, and thought for a long time in amazement.

He has lived in Xining and Lanzhou for a long time, and has seen high-ranking officials and dignitaries down to pawns and traffickers.

He frowned and said, "It shouldn't be, the customs in Middle-earth are different, they don't ride people over there."

Xiao Lazun shook his head, unable to understand.

But he could figure out one thing: "The teacher said that he and the emperor are not in the same family, that is to say, these people have no family now."

When Qu Zang nodded, what appeared on Xiao Lazun's face was not excitement, but worry.

As the Huoluochi tribe who had been fighting against the Ming frontier army for decades, he knew what kind of organization the Ming army was.

So he said: "Say over there, let me send someone to talk to Liu Chengzong...Brother."

Xiao Lazun looked at Baiyan Taiji: "Go and talk to him for me, and see if his troops are tens of thousands of Han people, or tens of thousands of Han troops."

Xiao Lazun calculated his own strength. He has [-] cavalry in his headquarters. Counting the tribes that depend on him, the number of herdsmen and fan soldiers that he can mobilize is probably less than [-].

The elder brother Gu Ru Huang Taiji, with three thousand riders in the headquarters, can probably mobilize 9000 people.

Because of this, the brothers were able to occupy Xiaohetao with fertile pastures and the less fertile pastures west of the Yellow River.

And with the help of soldiers and horses, they can go in and out between Qinghai and Uzang. Although they are untenable in the U-Tsang area, Tsangba Khan has nothing to do with them.

For him, if Liu Chengzong's people are tens of thousands of Han people, getting along with each other can provide him with great help.

But if more than ten thousand homeless Han troops appeared on the north side of Riyue Mountain, to Lazun, it would be even more frightening than hearing about a tribe with five thousand tents entering Qinghai.

The reason for fear is not the strength of troops and equipment, but because they believe in Buddhism, the Nayans have manors around the temples, and the herdsmen also have homes around the temples.

If it is a Han army without a home, what does that mean?
It is not that they are coming and going in and out of the Han land, but that the Han people are coming and going in and out of the ranch surrounding the temple.

The outlaw has become someone else, isn't it easy to attack and defend?
"While sending people to meet him, at the same time sending people to prepare for battle."

Monk Quzang said: "Give him the things Zangba gave you, and see if he uses them. If you use them, you don't need to fight."

"What did Zangba give me?"

Xiao Lazun thought about it, thinking that apart from fighting with Zangba, he didn't have any friendly exchanges. What valuable things did he give him?No!
Monk Quzang said expressionlessly, "Sixteen Laws."

"Sixteen Laws?"

Little Lhazun knew that, it was the law promulgated by Tsangpa Khan in Uz-Tsang, and now some Fan tribes in Qinghai also use that, and most of them use the fifteen laws of the past.

But the Mongols don't use it, and Xihai Mongolia uses the Alta method.

Little Razun asked: "What's the use of that for him? Can I give him my answer?"

"Altan Khan had Han people around him to help him when he practiced the Alta method. The law has many similarities with the Han people, so it is useless to give it to him."

Monk Qu Zang shook his head and said: "You give him the sixteen methods of Zangba, and if he is willing to use it, you can give him a piece of pasture land and take Timba from him, and he will also be willing to give it to you."

"If he doesn't want to use it, you are ready to fight him."

Monk Qu Zang did not explain the reason behind this.

It was a set of laws for nobles to enjoy. If those Han people were willing to use it, they would naturally become unambitious people like Zangba.

How can one stop oneself from having fun?

Impossible, unless he pursues further and greater happiness, he can stop himself from enjoying himself in the short term.

What is farther and greater?
Qinghai.

The whole of Qinghai.

"Then I will listen to the teacher, brother, you can meet him for me, give him the sixteen dharmas of Zangba, and say that if he wants to use it, Lazun will give him Haibei for one year..."

Xiao Lazun thought and thought, not knowing how much Timba he should send to Liu Chengzong.

Before he could figure it out, he frowned and said, "Hai Bei, do you want him to fight Gu Ru?"

"It's over if Gu Ru doesn't fight him, and I won't fight him either. Give Haibei to him, and I won't fight Gu Ru anymore."

Little Razun chuckled: "Isn't this what you want? I have an idea."

As he spoke, Xiao Lazun happily patted his elder brother on the shoulder: "A thousand horses, give me a thousand horses a year, and I will give him all of Haibei."

　good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)