Phagsiba was thirty-one years old at the time. His real name was actually "Luochui Jianshen". Because he could recite mantras and mantras at the age of three, people were so surprised that they called him "Phagsiba". In Tibet,
In the language, it means "The Holy Man's Wisdom Building".
"The Pillar of Wisdom" is a saying in the Buddhist scriptures. It is as wise as the Buddha and preaches the Dharma.
When he was ten years old, Pasiba followed his uncle Sakya Pandita to the Liangzhou Conference, and then lived in Liangzhou.
When he was seventeen years old, Sakya Pandita passed away. The land where he passed through the nine meanders of the Yellow River had many different features.
There are the angry waves of Tongguan, the green grass of Hetao, the rocks of Helan Mountain in Yinchuan, the Jincheng Tangchi in Lanzhou, and the cool breeze of Shixia Gorge in Xiningzhou...
The mission from Chang'an to Tibet crossed the Yellow River in Lanzhou, then went up the Huangshui River and continued to Xiningzhou.
They carried a lot of goods, and the convoy formed a long queue with no end in sight.
Fortunately, there are many ferries at Jincheng Pier in Lanzhou, and there are also pontoons, which has sufficient transportation capacity.
Yan Yunyun has traveled to many places since he took office, but today he crossed the Yellow River for the first time. Standing on the boat, he couldn't help but be moved by the majestic sight of the rolling waves and flying clouds.
This place was originally an important town on the Silk Road. Now that she wants to reopen the trade route, she must understand it carefully.
Therefore, as a senior official, she did not sit in the cabin, but went to the deck to chat with Lifu and the boatmen.
"Shipman, there are so many ships at Lanzhou Pier. Are there many people and goods to ferry on weekdays?"
"Didn't the imperial court establish the Gansu Road? The government moved from Gongchang Mansion to Liangzhou and was busy for more than half a year. The little old man can support his family just by punting on the Yellow River."
Because Yan Yunyun was wearing a red official robe, the boatman was surprised, but he also trusted her a little more. He dared to show off his wealth in a small way, stretched out five fingers, and said with a smile: "Little old man, I have saved some money.
The old house will be repaired at the end of the year."
"Besides the relocation of the government, are there many merchants coming and going on weekdays?"
"How can I say this? Compared with decades ago, there were not many. In my father's generation, Lanzhou Wharf was very lively. But if compared with more than ten years ago, this trade route is quite big.
It’s finally open.”
Listening to what these boatmen said, Yan Yunyun could feel the changes on Gansu Road.
If Li Zengbo was stationed in the Hexi Corridor to resist foreign enemies, Lian Xixian began to govern it, with the purpose of promoting the prosperity of Gansu Road.
However, in such a sparsely populated place, it is difficult to prosper by just farming and grazing, and it is necessary to rely on merchants.
Nowadays, there are three kingdoms in the world. The Yuan Dynasty has the land trade road, the Song Dynasty has the maritime trade road, and the Tang Dynasty occupies the Silk Road. If they don't compete for trade, they will only be trapped.
So last year, Li Xia insisted on going to the Western Region in person to contact all forces. Unfortunately, even if the Western Region was opened, the Ilkhanate's sphere of influence would fall further west.
It is necessary to dig through Tubo again. In this way, the entire Tang Dynasty's trade can be completely revitalized.
As for why not go from Sichuan and Shu? Because the mountains to the west of the Dadu River are more steep and difficult to navigate.
The Tang-Tibet road that Princess Wencheng took to enter Tubo was the smoothest of all roads.
When we reached the bank of the Yellow River, we raised the lookout tube and could already see the snow on the Qilian Mountains in the distance.
The Qilian Mountains divide the front into two sides. To the north of the mountains is the Hexi Corridor, which is the road to the Western Regions; and to the south of the Qilian Mountains is the Hehuang area, which is what Li Xia calls "Qinghai".
Xining Prefecture, where Yan Yunyun is going, is the center of Hehuang, the gateway to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the only place where the southern route of the Silk Road and the Tang-Tibet Ancient Road must pass. It is the so-called "Key to the West Sea" and "The Throat of Tibet".
The team brought so much cargo that after crossing the Yellow River, they had to wait two days for all the cargo to cross.
Yan Yunyun then invited Hao Xiuyang to continue talking about the trip to Tibet.
Hao Xiuyang walked through it once, and he easily picked up the local customs and customs.
"Hehuang is the area that Tubo and Tang Dynasty fought over repeatedly. After the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo unified the Hehuang area for two hundred years."
"So it doesn't take long to reach Tibet?"
"It doesn't count, it doesn't count." Hao Xiuyang stroked his long beard and said, although what he said was just common sense, it gave people a sense of mystery, "After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Tubo split, and the Hehuang land surrendered to the Song Dynasty.
, Xixia, Jin, and Mongolia. Later, Mongolia occupied Xining Prefecture and designated it as the fiefdom of Zhang Ji's Prince Consort."
"What happens after His Majesty takes over Gansu?"
"I, the King of the Tang Dynasty, have not marched into Hehuang. Naturally, Hehuang still belongs to Tubo. This is what Pindao said, 'It can be considered 99g."
"Then what does 'doesn't count' mean?"
"Tubo has long since fallen apart and is no longer a country. Now, nominally, it belongs to Mongolia. Therefore, His Majesty said this is the 'Land of Qinghai, Mongolia and Tubo'."
At this point, Hao Xiuyang changed his hands from caressing to twisting, and murmured: "What if there is a Datong River further ahead that merges into the Huangshui River. After crossing the Datong River, we will have left the border of the Tang Dynasty."
I originally thought that Tubo was very far away, but I didn't expect that it would be there as soon as I left home, which was a bit surprising. Of course, the real core land of Sakya is still five thousand miles away.
Yan Yunyun asked: "Why don't we capture Hehuang?"
"Capture it? We have breathing space further forward. The mountains are high and the roads are far away. Even if we send troops to march westward and suffer heavy casualties, we will not be able to defeat the Tibetan people. Instead, they will cause unrest in Gansu. In the past few years, it was a blessing that they did not disturb Wang's army in the fight against Mongolia.
"Hao Xiuyang said. "To deal with Tubo, we should focus on recruiting them to surrender."
At the end, he added another sentence, saying: "It should be noted that the terrain of Hehuang is extremely important. How can one understand the situation without knowing the terrain."
Yan Yunyun asked: "Since we have left the country, will they attack us?"
Hao Xiuyang shook his head and said: "The Tibetan people worship Buddhism and don't want to fight. They don't know if the Tang Dynasty is stronger than the Meng Yuan. Why should we fight for the Meng Yuan? It's better to surrender to your majesty."
"Are you sure that Master Hao can persuade Chanadoji to go to Liangzhou to meet His Majesty?"
Hao Xiuyang smiled, somewhat mysteriously, and asked: "Mr. Yan, does he know why the poor man keeps urging me?"
"It's useless for the old Taoist priest to urge you." Yan Yunyun said: "It's not that Your Majesty doesn't want to give Tubo gifts, but that he really doesn't have the energy to spare."
"Chanadoji was only twenty-seven years old at the time, and his Buddhist attainments were far inferior to those of his brother Phagpa. He also had no independent opinions. It would not be difficult to take this opportunity to convince him as soon as possible. But if he was facing Phagpa, it would be difficult no matter how difficult it was.
There is a chance to surrender."
Yan Yunyun said: "What Taoist Master Hao wants from Chana Dorje is not just to surrender?"
"Yes, the poor Taoist wants to accept him as his disciple." Hao Xiuyang was honest, "In this way, Taoism and Buddhism will become one family, Tubo will be stable, and the world will be more stable."
"Can?"
Suddenly another voice spoke and said: "The old Taoist priest wants me to use medicinal powder for Chana Dorje."
The woman who spoke was dressed in black and had a black gauze on her head. She was Asha Yi who had been sitting in the corner.
In fact, she was always here, but she didn't speak, making people ignore her.
What I have to say is that in the past few years, Asha has been doing things with Hao Xiuyang, and her whole person has finally become less distracted and her speech has become much clearer.
"The old Taoist priest is not a good person. He wants to use medicine to lose his mind and listen to him." Asani added: "But it is difficult for me to do it."
Hao Xiuyang felt no shame and said, "You can do it. As long as Mr. Yan agrees to bribe the big lords of the Sakya sect, even if they find out, they won't make it public."
Only then did Yan Yunyun suddenly realize why Hao Xiuyang dared to promise in front of Li Xia that he would invite Chanadoji to join the alliance.
Looking at Hao Xiuyang again, not only was he not ashamed, he even started teaching Asha Wei.
"Don't belittle yourself. Your Miao secret skills are useless in front of a master like Pasiba, but you can barely deal with Chana Dorje."
"Chana Duoji?" Yan Yunyun muttered the name in a low voice and said, "His Majesty has sent the Military Intelligence Department to accompany him. He will first get to know this person before we talk. Mr. Hao, don't be impatient..."
Just as he said this, a small group of more than ten cavalrymen came up from the front and asked loudly: "May I ask if Master Mingde and Mr. Yan are here?"
"What's the matter?"
"Come on! Li Bing, the last general, is here to tell you the news on the order of Duke Lian. A few days ago, Duke Lian learned about the mission and wanted to come to Lanzhou to greet him in person. However, after receiving the battle report, the main force of Wen Yuan's army had arrived at the Xingxing Gorge on the northwest border of Gansu.
Gong Sui went to take charge at starry night and sent the last general to lead an army protection mission to Xining Prefecture."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Lian, for your kindness." Yan Yunyun did not resist, but still reminded him, saying: "Chang'an has a thousand troops accompanying him for protection."
Li Bing, who was riding a horse and walking beside the carriage, had excellent riding skills. He held the horse's belly between his legs and clasped his fists with his hands, saying: "The general will know, but the situation in the northwest is special, so we still need the protection of troops who are familiar with the terrain."
"What does it mean that the situation is special? But there is a war?"
"Wars, large and small, have never stopped." Li Bing said: "The Yuan army on the Ningxia Road had always tried to attack Xingqing Mansion. They also crossed the desert to Gansu Road several times to sneak attack on our supplies."
Yan Yunyun's expression turned serious and began to worry about the large amount of supplies she was carrying.
"Can't we block the Yuan army from entering Gansu?"
"Gansu is not like the country with four fortresses in Guanzhong. The terrain is open. We can only deploy troops at various passes and important towns to prevent large Yuan troops from going deep. As for small groups of Yuan troops, they cannot be blocked, but they are protected by the generals and Yan Xianggong.
Don’t worry.”
"I'm not worried about my life, but I need stability and peace in Xining Prefecture so that I can welcome the Tibetan people back home."
Li Bing added: "Don't worry, Mr. Yan. Since your Majesty's alliance with the Western Regions, the main force of the Yuan army has moved westward. This time I heard that Kublai Khan named his third son the King of Anxi and took command to conquer the Western Regions. The situation in Gansu has eased."
"Yeah?"
After Yan Yunyun sat back on the bumpy carriage, she spread out her map and looked at it for a while.
Although she was not familiar with military affairs, she had a strange intuition. She felt that Kublai Khan suddenly made someone King of Anxi and ordered the King of Anxi to lead an army to the west in order to force Lian Xixian to go west to deal with it.
Why?
In order to send a small group of soldiers to rob her of these supplies.
This idea is ridiculous, and it is obviously impossible for Yuan Ren to do this for something like hers.
If she really said it, Hao Xiuyang would definitely laugh at her, but she just had this intuition, coming from a woman's delicacy and insecurity...