Tang Dynasty good brother

Chapter 228 Use soldiers as the worst strategy, use Buddha as the best strategy

After the rise of the Pure Land Sect, Buddhism completely changed its appearance. Originally, Buddhism talked about reincarnation and cause and effect. After all, it always attracts people upwards. However, when the Pure Land sect casts its sights on ordinary people, this thing is too disturbing, especially what they preach about rebirth in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, which is not much different from Christianity in essence.

Moreover, the vitality of this thing is extremely strong, it can be said that the wildfire can't be blown out, and the spring breeze can be reborn, and it is used by ambitious people from time to time to instigate things, it really makes the power holders of the past dynasties a headache to death.

However, even such a Pure Land sect is still not useless, just like Christianity, although the medieval period severely crushed and rubbed the past of various countries under its body, but in the age of great navigation, the explosive colonial aggression against Western civilization played a vital role.

To put it bluntly, if this thing can be controlled, it will be easy to chop on the enemy's head.

Qin Hao continued: "I think that the imperial court can strengthen the management of Buddhism. If you want to get the dish, you have to go to a foreign land to pass on the scriptures for a period of time. Only those who educate the people in a foreign land can be called eminent monks, and the canonization of national teachers is also a must. Whether it is a living Buddha or not, it all depends on the Buddhism they spread in other races, but the root of Buddhism must stay in our Central Plains."

"Turks are better. After all, most of them have returned to Xintian Khan, but the most urgent thing is that Tuyuhun. I heard that after the opening of the Hexi Corridor, all large-scale caravans must prepare a toll for Tuyuhun. The terrain is too high, and there are Gobi deserts everywhere, our soldiers in the Central Plains get dizzy before doing anything, I think that using troops in this place is really a bad idea, Using Buddha is ten times more effective than using soldiers."

Li Shimin became more interested after hearing this. He didn't think that Qin Hao was just talking about war on paper, not to mention how many strategies and tactics were involved in a book of Three Kingdoms, but he said that he suggested a strategy for Chai Shao, Chen Bing and Xue Yantuo, which shows that this kid has a precise vision. I am a soldier, how come I don't know that the Tuyuhun place was not fought by people at all?If it wasn't for the favorable location, Li Shimin would have killed him a long time ago in that small broken place.

Historically, it took only a few years for Li Shimin to become dissatisfied with the practice of Tuyu Hunyang and Yinyin. Although the Tang Dynasty did not have the word Silk Road, the Hexi Corridor was undoubtedly the lifeblood of the imperial court. He couldn't take it anymore, so he sent Li Jing and Hou Junji to travel through mountains and rivers and endure untold hardships, and finally wiped out that place.

The results of it?Tuyuhun was honest, and another one called Tubo popped up. Taking advantage of Tuyuhun being defeated by the Tang Dynasty to rule the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the Tang Dynasty was no longer able to fight on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In the history of the world, it is called the Hundred Years War between Tang and Tubo.

"I think that all sects and sects of Buddhism can be ordered to be sent to Tuyuhun to spread Buddhism. Anyone who spreads Buddhism to more than three tribes will be canonized as a living Buddha by the court. People penetrated into it, and the religious soil of grassland civilization is far more fertile than that of farming civilization. It is not difficult to let living Buddhas override tribal leaders. However, Buddhism is now expressed by different schools and schools, and their teachings and ideas are different. If there is no If the official uniforms are above them, there must be many conflicts among the living Buddhas. If the secret spies of the ministers provoke again, the gang of brainless barbarians will not fight? When the Buddhist thought is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, I am afraid, it will never happen again. No one can attack and unify the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and when the time comes, we will support whoever is obedient, and we will send troops if we ask for money, and it won’t be long before Tuyuhun’s surname will be Tang.”

These are not just nonsense by Qin Hao, because his method is basically learned from Kangxi.

There was once a topic on the Internet, evaluating who is the first emperor in history, Kangxi or Li Shimin. Among them, the most important argument of Qing fans is that Kangxi ruled the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which was not conquered by the Tang Dynasty for 100 years. Instead, he smashed his head and blew his bones.

This is really a bit high on Kangxi. Kangxi actually just picked up the fruits of Li Shimin's victory, because when Li Shimin married his daughter, he also married Buddhism. At that time, Songtsan Gampo had two wives, one was Wencheng The princess brought the Pure Land Sect and the Faxiang Sect, and the other one was from Nepal, which brought the original Tianzhu Buddhism. Once they were combined, there was today's Tibetan Buddhism.

The Tubo warriors who once made the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi, the two largest empires in the world, collapsed and fell into the sand, were not so much defeated by Kangxi as they were defeated by Buddhism. It was through the canonization of Living Buddha and Panchen Lama that the Qing Dynasty finally Conquered the high land.

The method that Kangxi can use, doesn't Datang have the soil to use?Taking advantage of the fact that there are still two completely different ethnic groups on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the prestige of Tian Khan is still enough to make foreigners admire and fear, and taking advantage of the fact that China is at its strongest in the past 5000 years, let this real heinous danger ,one!network!hit!do!

Li Shimin is undoubtedly a master of spy warfare, and he was very interested in Qin Hao's proposal. After discussing many details, the two finally decided, let's do it, try it, those monks really dare to die for the canonization of Living Buddha.

This strategy is not only applicable on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but it is also applicable to the Turkic people. As long as they are nomads, their resistance to religion is far lower than that of farming civilization, because their court is too far away from the people. On weekdays, they live their own lives, unlike the Central Plains, where there are state capitals, county magistrates, and lizhengs, no matter how great the gods are, they are no bigger than the emperor.

In fact, there was a Buddhist culture in the Western Regions. Once upon a time, Buddhism spread faster than Tubo in that place. Unfortunately, the national power of the Tang Dynasty failed, and the ability to manage the Western Regions became less and less. Become the actual controller of that place, so all the people in the Western Regions became Muslin.

Right now, the Turkic new descendants are at the time when they are whipped and they dare not resist. Is there any soil more suitable for experiments than this?

So Li Shimin asked: "I understand what you mean, it's just this national teacher, who should I canonize? Master Hongren who has meritorious service in offering holy flowers?"

Qin Hao said with a smile: "Master Hongren is only preaching in our Central Plains after all, it is not suitable. I know a great master who has a high status in Buddhism, and at this time is going to Tianzhu to learn Buddhist scriptures. It is very representative to promote Buddhism along the way. , and he should be in the Western Regions at this time, I feel that he is more suitable."

"Oh? You're talking about the one at the Da Ci'en Temple, Master Xuanzang, who is known as the first genius of Buddhism in thousands of years?"

"Exactly."

(End of this chapter)