The eight countries from Xishan came to invest. This was not a small matter for Zhang Zhang's Qingtang strategy, but a big deal, a huge event.
Although there are only more than 70,000 people in the Eight Kingdoms or the Eight Tribes, this does not mean that there are only more than 70,000 people in the area where the Xishan Eight Tribes operate. In fact, there are fully 200,000 people in this place.
The area of activity of the Eight Divisions ranges from Garze and Kangding in the east to Mangkang and Qamdo in the west, including Litang and other places, all within their scope of activities.
On this vast plateau, Tubo people only account for one-third, and the rest are Qiang, Black Yi, Bai Yi and other ethnic groups.
It is probably the Black Yi, White Yi, Hua Yi and other ethnic groups among the Yi ethnic groups in later generations, plus some other minority groups.
Before this, the reason why the Six Methods Sect could not spread smoothly in the territory of the Eight Tribes was that these Qiang and Yi people believed that the Six Methods Sect was created by the Tubo people.
They had been oppressed by the Tubo people, so they were naturally very wary of this.
Even among the Qiang and Yi compatriots of later generations, very few believe in Buddhism. If you think about the fact that they live in the snowy area with Tibetan compatriots in a broad sense, but do not believe in Tantric Buddhism, you will know the historical grievances involved.
In addition, Bon religion is more in line with the primitive animistic belief they mainly believe in. The combination of various factors has led to the Liufa Sect being opposed by most people in this area.
"The Dorje Golden Pearl must be the reincarnation of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva. Because the common world has blinded the eyes of wisdom, so he fell into the heretic. Now he has been enlightened by the Supreme Dharma King and finally returned to the right path."
The remaining four relics were taken to the location of the Eight Tribes by monks from the Liufa Sect, and Zhang Gao also gave them four gold (brass) Buddha statues.
Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Father knows that brother Cun is a filial child, but they will use various methods to force you.
Then I don’t expect anything too much, just live to be seventy years old, which means I can live for at least thirty-four to five years. How old will you be in thirty-five years?”
"If my father makes you the crown prince, then you will have to clear out your subordinates every ten years.
Even though your subordinates are very motivated now, it is because they know that their efforts will be rewarded in the near future.
When the two men arrived on flying horses, Zhang Gao immediately ordered that Sulu Xin be the pacifier of the Eight Tribes of Xishan, and An Youquan be the observation envoy of the Eight Tribes.
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Because what tempted Zhang Xiancun was nothing else but the power of the Emperor of the Central Plains before him and the status of Taizong of the Great Dynasty behind him. These two top temptations would inevitably tempt anyone except a fool.
As expected, seven relics were successfully burned from Dong Jiniang's body.
Take An Youquan for example. He is already forty years old this year and will be fifty in ten years. However, I am only forty-six years old and I don't seem to have any intention of dying.
The two men were ordered to go to the Babu area to confer other local officials with Su Shangzhi, the Xuanwei envoy of Kangding Prefecture who had just been entrusted by Zhang Zhi, to appease the local people.
Seeing this, Zhang Yan could not understand the sufferings of the people. After sinking himself, he could be a good monarch's son. There was indeed a momentary impulse in his heart to make Zhang Xiancun the prince.
Zhang Xiancun blinked, thinking in his mind, aren't you a god or a Buddha now?
Zhang Gao didn't pay attention to Zhang Xiancun's eyes, but said to himself: "I am thirty-six years old this year. As the ancients said, seventy-year-olds are rare in life.
But even though he said this, Zhang Yan's face also showed a hint of uncontrollable smile. He himself never expected that the establishment of the Six Methods Sect would have such a big effect.
Isn't Dali Kingdom Nanzhao? We are old acquaintances. Many people are willing to open up territories and expand their territory to become a hereditary and replaceable local official.
Of course, Dong Jiniang's grandson Su Shangzhi returned with a large number of monks from the Six Dharma Sect.
Well, in the Liufa Sect, there are several great masters who came from Tiangongyuan. They have done quite a lot of research on how to burn relics and what the burned relics should look like. If you say how many relics are burned, they will definitely know it.
Burn out a few.
Even if my son is unwilling to do such a rebellious thing, they will force you to do it."
Therefore, Zhang Yan was ready to tell the truth to Zhang Xiancun, otherwise the slight expectation in this boy's heart would definitely not disappear.
Of course, religion is only one hand prepared by Zhang Zhang, and the other hand is of course political power.
Sure enough, almost as soon as he realized something was wrong, there was a crisp thud, and Zhang Xiancun felt a heavy blow on his head, and a sharp pain spread from the top of his head throughout his body like lightning.
While he was hurriedly arranging all this, Zhang Xiancun was sneaking his head outside the door.
But these people are all the founders of the country, and none of them ascends to the throne as a prince."
Zhang Hao laughed, "In that case, wouldn't you and I be gods and Buddhas?"
Zhang Xiancun's eyes were red, and he shook his head quickly, "I don't know how. Even if I die, I won't do such a rebellious thing."
If he is like this Zhou, the founding father and son are both virtuous kings, which will be of great benefit to the extension of the country.
Zhang Yan had seen Zhang Xiancun a long time ago and called him in angrily. If in other dynasties, the eldest son of the emperor who was not the prince peeked outside the door like this, he would at least be punished.
But Zhang Hao soon came to his senses. He knew that this was not realistic. To establish Zhang Xiancun, the Cao family must be completely destroyed.
Moreover, Zhang Xiancun is talented, but Zhang Xianjing, the fourth son of Queen Cao Yanxi, may not be incapable.
Do you think he will be desperate, or will he want to take a gamble and become a hero?
Now that he has decided to convert to the Six Methods Sect, Su Shangzhi is not a fool, and naturally he also likes this statement.
After this incident, Zhang Yan also understood that as an emperor in the Han Dynasty, it didn't matter if he was a little close to the people, but in a place where the Six Methods Sect was prevalent, it was still inappropriate to be so close to the people.
Moreover, after the Eight Tribes of Xishan became the direct descendants of Bodhisattva Zhang, they could also control Langjie Jiangcuo of Songpan Prefecture, which was very close at hand, and could even let the imperial court move southward along Ma'er Gancheng (Mangkang).
As soon as Zhang Xiancun came in, he immediately started to flatter me with a playful smile, "Congratulations to my brother, the Eight Divisions of Xishan are in my hands. With a little rectification, the Six Methods Sect can directly approach Luozhi.
Dong Jiniang's grandson, Su Shangzhi, the most adept warrior of the Eight Tribes and the military leader, was right in front of him, and Zhang Yan immediately took action.
Speaking of this, Zhang Hao's face became serious, "So if my son wants to be the prince, then make preparations now. In order to avoid the tragedy of the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty from happening again, my father will have to kill everyone around you every ten years."
Can you bear the thought of killing everyone close to you, including your father-in-law, confidants, concubines, in-laws, etc.?"
My son, do you know how many princes have ascended the throne at the age of fifty through the ages?"
Some people even suggested that the Eight Tribes of Xishan could be brought in in the future, so that these Qiang people who believed in the Liufa Sect could guard the north of the capital for Zhang Xiancun and suppress the old nobles of Dali Kingdom.
Zhang Xiancun was taken aback. He didn't know why Zhang Yan asked this. He responded quickly: "My brother is in good health and will live as long and as long as heaven."
Zhang Xiancun felt his heart surge as he recalled the scene of Zhang Xuan riding a white horse by the waterside, surrounded by thousands of horses.
Not to mention anything else, it was Cao Sanniang, Yin Yaozi Yin Zhengqi, and Zhang Xuan couldn't do anything.
Now the eight tribes of Xishan are willing to take the initiative to convert. Although they cannot all influence the 200,000 people here, there are 70,000 of them who are relatively united and are the most important force in this area.
Zhang Xiancun was so frightened that he quickly fell to the ground and shouted: "I don't dare, I have no such intention!"
"My son saw that Ye Ye was surrounded by tens of thousands of horses by the Ji River, and at the snap of a finger outside the south gate, eight tribes of Qiang people gathered 200,000 people. What do you think?"
You can also falsely spread the news that I will depose you as the crown prince and kill everyone close to you, motivating you to do things you don't understand, and then you will be unable to stop.
You must know that horses dare to go south to Yufu City (Deqin County, Yunnan), the northern gateway of Dali Kingdom, which is only three hundred miles away.
Then he remembered the old Qiang woman outside the south gate three days ago who looked strange but holy. She was as cute as a child letting Zhang Yan caress her head. He yearned for her endlessly, and he blurted out.
Now you are just a future king of Dali, and you already have so many people following you. What if you become a prince?
In this way, it would not be difficult to pacify the Dali Kingdom by sending some people down the river from the plateau to feign an attack, with the imperial army from Nanxi Prefecture taking the main attack.
"Fifty years old!" Zhang Hao sighed. "When a person reaches the age of fifty, his bones and muscles have already begun to soften, his teeth and hair have fallen out, and his life has become blurry.
Zhang Xiancun shook his head silently, and Zhang Hao also had a wry smile on his lips, "Yeah, I can tell you, there is no one.
Moreover, I may be too old and faint by then, and I will actually order you to be killed.
As soon as Zhang Hao left, the great master who taught the Dharma of the Six Methods Sect spoke up.
Now we have to brainwash Su Shangzhi and the tribesmen who came with him, without giving them time to react. Only in this way can we be safer.
"Is there another sentence at the end that I can replace?"
Zhang Yan didn't say much, accepted Su Shangzhi's bow and left.
Therefore, as long as they convert, plus the Tubo people who have begun to believe in it, this vast plateau will inevitably be affected by the Six Methods Sect soon.
Speaking of this, Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Xiancun, who was a little uncomfortable, and rubbed his little face lovingly twice.
Therefore, Zhang Xiancun also knew that the surrender of the Eight Tribes of Xishan would be very beneficial for him to attack the Dali Kingdom.
From Yufu City to Yangju City (Dali), it is only 800 miles, and we can also use a section of the Nu River and Lancang River water transportation. This is how the Mongols destroyed Dali.
In history, only the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty Liu Jinu, Xiao Daocheng of the State of Qi in the Southern Dynasties, and the Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty ascended to the throne at the age of fifty.
On the territory of the Eight Tribes, the Tubo tribes who believed in the Six Methods Sect, as well as the Tubo Thirty-one Dongdai of Songpan Prefecture in the north, were all ready to move.
Those who were restless and felt that their talents were not appreciated all unanimously fell in love with Zhang Xiancun.
At the same time, Zhang Zhi left Dong Jiniang's relics in Tianshui Mansion and built a relic pagoda in Nanguo Temple to preserve them.
Zhang Gao pulled Zhang Xiancun outside the door, and the two sat side by side in a pavilion. Zhang Gao looked at Zhang Xiancun's nervous look and asked in a low voice: "How long do you think your father can live?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhang Xiancun immediately realized that there was something wrong with what he said.
After these four golden Buddhas and four relics are brought to the location of the eight sects, one temple of the Six Dharma Sects will be built in Kangding, Kangdong (Ganzi), Ma'ergan (Mangkang), and Kangyanchuan (Chamdo).
Land gods, living Buddhas, etc., it is better to be more mysterious.
This is something that even Emperor Taizongwen of the great dynasties has not been able to do. If Qingtang surrenders in the future, my brother will be the first emperor in the ages to surpass Emperor Taizongwen."
An Youquan is the third son of An Shuqian and the elder brother-in-law of Zhang Xiancun.
At this time, Nanguo Temple, the oldest temple in Tianshui Prefecture, also opened its central door, the temple bells echoed, and Sanskrit sounds filled the air. This was the start of the Liufa Sect's ceremony to welcome the eight tribes of Xishan to convert.
When Su Shangzhi saw his own grandmother burning the relics, he cried and laughed at the same time. He prostrated himself in front of Zhang Gao and said, "The eight tribes of Xishan should have believed in Buddha a long time ago. My grandmother has worked hard all her life, and now she has just received enlightenment from Dharma King Bodhisattva."
Can burn relics.
If they are still ignorant, I am afraid that these Tubo tribes, who were armed by the imperial court, will select them as the targets of the first war of gods.
As soon as Zhang Zhi returned to the palace, he immediately sent people to summon Longyou Province to participate in the government. Su Luxin, the governor of Hezhou Prefecture, and An Youquan, the military supervisor of Longxi Prefecture, came to Tianshui Prefecture.
He first ordered the monks of Liufa Sect to perform a ritual ceremony on Dong Jiniang's body, that is, cremation. Fortunately, the Xishan Qiang people were not as resistant to cremation as the Han people were, so things went smoothly.
"A true man, this is what you should do!"
Zhang Gao shook his head and said, "Stop flattering me. Can the Qingtang tribes at this time compare with the Tubo Dynasty, which had 200,000 soldiers and dominated the plateau during the Great Dynasty?"
But if you become the prince, then their efforts will never be rewarded as long as the father is around.
Moreover, the Eight Divisions of Xishan will make the decision to join us because they can no longer withstand it.
Prince Zhang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his uncle, who was more than twenty years older than him, was appointed as the observer of the Eight Departments.
Zhang Xiancun's heart sank. He had already thought about what Zhang Yan was going to say, "My child is fifteen years old this year, and he will be fifty in thirty-five years."
For example, they raised troops without authorization and entered the palace, killed the emperor's father, and then surrounded you to ascend the throne.
Sulu Xin was born into a wealthy family in Lanzhou. He was the first person to welcome Zhang Zhi to Lanzhou. He had also lived in Longyou for a long time. His family was from the Qiang people, so he was best suited to communicate with the Eight Tribes of Xishan. At the same time, Zhang Zhi was also assured of his character and ability.
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As soon as the great master who spreads the Dharma here opened his mouth, a group of eloquent monks surrounded Su Shangzhi. Of course, these great masters who focus on spreading the Dharma also know the principle of striking while the iron is hot.
Although he was only fifteen years old, after he decided to become the king of Dali, Zhang Xiancun also gathered a small team around him.
Taking advantage of the fact that Dong Jiniang, the leader of the Ruoshui Tribe, the most powerful among the Eight Tribes, and also the religious leader of the Eight Tribes, had just passed away.
The story of Emperor Shizong of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowu and Prince Ru, and the story of Emperor Taizong Wen and Prince Min of Hengshan cannot be repeated in our Zhou Dynasty!
You must know that Liu Zheng and Li Chengqian were both good sons with deep benevolence, filial piety and integrity in the beginning, and Liu Che and Li Shimin were also good fathers who loved their children."
After the completion of the Xishan Eight Divisions, it was of great help to Zhang Xian's deposit in Dali. As an honorable relative who was definitely going to Dali with Zhang Xiancun, An Youquan naturally had to go to the territory of the Xishan Eight Divisions first to investigate.
Not all talented people can find a position in the court, and not everyone wants to live a stable life.
Therefore, after Zhang Yan figured out their geographical location and influence, he immediately realized that this was a very good opportunity.
To take a step back, even if Zhang Xianjing is not good enough, there is still Zhang Xianzai, the eighth son of the queen, and no matter what, the throne cannot be passed to Zhang Xiancun.
The difficulty is not very high, but many people will die, and many loyal warriors who have sworn to follow him will be mercilessly attacked in this turmoil.
However, contrary to the expectation of his father being furious, Zhang Xiancun was immediately pulled up.
Zhang Xiancun finally couldn't bear it anymore and looked at Zhang Yan with tears streaming down his face, "I understand, I don't want to be such a rebellious and lonely prince!"
Zhang Gao did not speak, but just held Zhang Xiancun in his arms. Zhang Xiancun also burst into tears and vented all the grievances in his heart.
Dong Shaojian drove all the guards, palace servants, and chamberlains far away, and he stood alone at a distance to prevent others from approaching, muttering in his mouth.
"The gentleman is smart and can definitely figure this out."