My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 555 Tubo and the Grassland

The Bapu Lama of the Sakya sect quickly opened up the situation in the eastern part of the grassland, while the other Gelug sect, which was strongly supported by the Ming Dynasty, also opened up the situation in the central part of the grassland.

In the Wuying Palace, Zhu Zhanhe took the information handed to him by Zhu Di and carefully watched the development of the Gelug sect in the central grassland.

Sujie and other lamas of the Gelug sect built temples near the Tula River, which originally belonged to the territory of Wala. Zhu Di was on the upper reaches of this river and defeated the Tuohuan army of Wala. To this day, Tuohuan only dares to hide in the The desert area is licking its wounds.

However, because Tuohuan was still alive, Wala's strength was slowly recovering. Therefore, if Sujie and the others wanted to build a temple near the Tula River, they would have to deal with Wala.

At the beginning, people like Su Jie often encountered difficulties from the Wala people because of their connections with the Ming Dynasty. Su Jie even sent people to see Tuo Huan, but they were beaten back by Tuo Huan three times in a row. The last time, they even sent people to Tuo Huan. The lama who was sent was killed.

But Sujie did not back down at all. Instead, he went to ask for Tuohuan in person. Then he did not know what method he used to persuade Tuohuan to get the support of the other party.

So from then on, Gelug sect temples finally began to be built on the banks of the Tula River.

Of course, there must be a lot of exchange of interests. For example, according to intelligence, the Gelug sect has led caravans of prairie people to trade in the Datong area many times. The transaction volume each time was very large, and it was by no means a large-scale transaction. The tribe can afford it.

In other words, the Gelug sect is likely to reach a deal with Tuohuan and help them exchange needed supplies from the Ming Dynasty.

Although this was suspected of subsidizing the enemy, Zhu Zhanhe felt that he had taken advantage. Although Wala had obtained the needed materials, he was losing his spiritual faith.

For example, we learned from this information that the Gelug sect has begun to preach to the central and western areas of the desert, and many tribes have begun to make friends with them. Many grassland people have joined the Gelug sect and become lamas.

After all, compared to the hard life in the tribe, in addition to preaching, the lamas are much more relaxed than ordinary shepherds in terms of eating and drinking, because they have the Ming Dynasty secretly supporting them, and the Gelug Sect has also extracted a lot of wealth from the Ming Dynasty's transactions. , there is no shortage of money to spend in a short period of time.

They have food and clothing, and apart from being unable to get married, there are almost no pressures in life. Therefore, many tribesmen have great expectations to become lamas, especially some children who live a difficult life and go to the Gelug sect. The head priest in front of the temple cannot afford to kneel down, so that he can become a lama and solve the problem of food and clothing.

Compared with Modong, which has abundant water and grass, the natural conditions in Mozhong and Moxi are worse, and the lives of herders are more difficult, so they are more welcoming to lamas. Becoming a lama not only solves the problem of food and clothing, but also allows them to Finding spiritual sustenance can be said to be a blessing in disguise.

Therefore, the current development speed of the Gelug Sect has caught up with the Sakya Sect in Modong, and its development prospects are even broader than that of the Sakya Sect. If nothing unexpected happens, the Gelug Sect will completely replace the Sakya Sect in the future as it did in history. , unless the Sakya sect can come up with a figure who can turn the tide.

"Zhanhe, you are quite discerning. The Gelug sect and Sakya sect that were selected at the time are now developing rapidly. Looking at this, it is estimated that in ten or twenty years, the entire grassland will become the world of this group of lamas!"

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanhe, and then he stroked his beard and smiled.

"What Grandpa Huang said is that these lamas really put their life and death at risk in order to preach. In addition, the conditions on the grassland are already difficult. The herdsmen are in urgent need of a spiritual sustenance, so their preaching can be so smooth! "

Zhu Zhanhe closed the information and then said to Zhu Di with a smile.After hearing Zhu Zhanhe's words, Zhu Di suddenly fell silent for a moment, and then he spoke again: "Zhanhe, the missionary work is indeed going smoothly now, but do you think it can really achieve the effect you originally expected?"

Lamas preach on the grasslands. According to Zhu Zhanhe's plan, after Buddhism spreads on the grasslands, it will firstly disintegrate the martial consciousness of the grassland people, and secondly, attract more grassland people to become monks, thereby weakening the military strength of the grassland people.

But as the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes, and it is the first time for Zhu Di to use religion to undermine the strength of a nation, so he has always been unsure.

"Grandpa Huang, you don't have to doubt this. For example, Tubo, the Tang Dynasty was so powerful at the time, but it still regarded Tubo as a powerful opponent. Tubo was so strong at that time that the Tang Dynasty also wanted to make peace with them and even rely on them. Maintain peace in the Anxi Protectorate."

Zhu Zhanhe paused at this point, and then continued.

"At that time, Tubo was still dominated by local religion, but later Buddhism took over Tibet, and the Tubo people also began to believe in Buddhism. As a result, you can also see that Tubo, which was so powerful back then, weakened to what it is now after the Tang and Song Dynasties. , no longer able to threaten the security of the Central Plains."

"Makes sense!"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up when he heard this. Tubo in the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that it even dared to challenge Li Shimin. Although he was quickly taught a lesson, it was still the overlord of the southwest of the Tang Dynasty.

But after Tibetan Buddhism became the mainstream, Tubo has been divided. Lamas from various places have become the actual rulers. They only want to fool the people under their rule and have no intention of expanding outward. Therefore, Tibet during the Ming Dynasty never perceived as a threat.

"Today's Tibet is actually tomorrow's grassland. Tibetan Buddhism is a double-edged sword, hurting others and hurting yourself. Grandpa Huang, you can support Tibetan Buddhism to enter the grassland to preach, but they must be restricted from preaching in the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Zhanhe did not forget to warn Zhu Di in the end.

In fact, the social forms of the Central Plains and the grasslands are different, so the resistance to religion is also different. For example, the grasslands are backward tribal forms with little resistance to religion, so they are easily invaded by Tibetan Buddhism.

In contrast, the Central Plains Dynasty has entered a feudal society, and the social organizational form has long been separated from the primitive tribes and entered a more advanced bureaucratic organizational form. If something like religion wants to invade this mature social form, it will almost be affected. Natural rejection.

Unless the social organization collapses at the end of the dynasty, then religion will exert its influence. Otherwise, religion in peacetime will almost always be suppressed.

But even so, we still cannot relax our vigilance against religion. Even in future generations, some religions may accidentally take advantage of loopholes, resulting in various cases with bad consequences.

When Zhu Di heard Zhu Zhanhe's words, he nodded repeatedly, but in the end he suddenly raised his head and said: "I believe in your judgment, but now that I am not dead, I still feel uneasy, so I still want to launch another Northern Expedition!"

(End of this chapter)