Chapter 124 Observing the Government according to the Order (15)
Why would a highly pragmatic and well-behaved person bring the topic to the lama?
Because Lamaism is an important part of Gao's pragmatic "training wolves into dogs" plan, and Anda Khan's generation is the most critical time point! In fact, if it weren't for the incident of Han Naji, Anda Khan might have started
His plan for reform was over.
Anda Khan fought in the north and south throughout his life. Not only did he go south to herd horses, but he also went to the west to catch the wind. Before he transferred Han Naji to the south this time, Anda's army had already gone to Qinghai. It was only because of Sun Tzu's trouble that he had to
Changed the plan and returned to Toyoshu River.
Historically, in order to better control Qinghai and extend its strength deep into Tibet, Anda Khan once again picked up the Western Expedition plan after fully completing the tribute agreement with the Ming Dynasty, and went to Qinghai to meet with the Tibetan lamas at Yanghua Temple.
Leader Sonam Gyatso met and announced that Mongolians would fully convert to Lamaism - of course he had no control over the Mongolian left wing.
Because Lamaism absorbed many teachings of Shamanism, it did not encounter strong resistance during its spread. Moreover, because Lamaism opposed Shamanism’s sacrificial rituals such as burials, blood sacrifices, and animal sacrifices that consume a lot of wealth, it greatly improved the living standards of herdsmen, so it quickly spread
Spread in pastoral areas.
During the spread of Lamaism, the biggest opponent was of course shamanism, so there was a story that the Buddha took away the shamanic scriptures - there are many stories about the battles between lamas and shamans in pastoral areas.
But of course Gao Pragmatic did not have such good intentions. He supported Lamaism to replace Shamanism simply to improve the living standards of herdsmen. The reason why he supported Lamaism was that he knew that for Mongolia, Lamaism was simply "wanting to practice magic and wield a sword to kill oneself."
Lamaism did make a huge contribution to the economic and cultural development of Mongolia in its early days. With the help of the Buddhas, the Mongols had their own writing, no longer at war with the Ming Dynasty, and border trade was in full swing.
However, with the rise of Buddhism, the last remaining simplicity and martial arts from the Genghis Khan era gradually disappeared. The people at the bottom placed their hopes on the illusory afterlife, while the princes and nobles devoted everything they had in exchange for happiness in the afterlife, especially going to Tibet to make tea.
, resulting in a large amount of wealth flowing into the hands of lamas.
Wealth is abnormally distributed, and monks do not work or pay taxes. The price is that Mongolia can no longer compete with the Ming and Qing dynasties. In addition, because young men yearn to become lamas, the population has dropped sharply. Of course, the Ming dynasty was still better than the Qing dynasty.
It was much more merciful and did not insist on "reducing the Ding" in Mongolia for more than two hundred years like the Qing Dynasty.
Well, although Gao Pragmatic has always thought that the Qing Dynasty was scum, he has to say that this policy is still very thoughtful, but wild boar skin is wild boar skin, and the action is too simple and crude, so the kind and generous Gao Shidu has already planned it
, in the future, we will use softer and more high-sounding methods to do this "reducing" work.
The purpose is such a purpose. As for why we should talk to Han Naji about Lamaism in advance, it is because historically I was delayed by Han Naji's incident for nearly ten years. Until the sixth year of Wanli, he
Only then did he decide that the tribute and peace between the right-wing Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty had been a complete success, and then took time to go to Qinghai.
This is too long!
How could Gao Shidu, a humble gentleman who was willing to help others and did good deeds without leaving his name behind, tolerate the delay in allowing the Mongolian people to enjoy the Buddha's light for so long?
When it comes to committing suicide with a knife, you must act quickly! What does it look like to be hesitant? Should you cut it or not?
As for the great lamas in the capital that Gao Jingshi mentioned, this is not nonsense. In Gao Jingshi’s eyes, the internal problems of the Ming Dynasty are simply countless. If this continues, they will become terminally ill in a few decades, and there is no cure. But the Ming Dynasty
No one in the surrounding countries dares to underestimate this Chinese dynasty.
In particular, the Central Plains dynasty has always emphasized the freedom of preaching. As long as the teachings seem to persuade people to do good and not have ulterior motives under the guise of religion, Chinese civilization will never say no simply and rudely. Therefore, Lamaism also has many eminent monks in the Ming Dynasty, especially
There are even more in the capital. When Anda Khan requested tribute during the Jiajing period, he specifically asked the Ming Dynasty to send eminent Lamaist monks to preach in Mongolia, and also hoped that the Ming Dynasty could print a batch of scriptures for them. But obviously,
Was rejected by Jiajing.
This is really... so pragmatic that it makes my balls hurt just thinking about it.
As a small cadre of the Red Dynasty, Gao Pangshi has always highly recognized the words of Taizu of the Red Dynasty: Politics is to recruit more and more of our people, and to reduce the number of the enemy's people.
How to do it? Kill all the enemies? Kill one thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses. How many people in history who challenged the world got a good death? In the final analysis, war can only be a means to serve politics. If we can avoid fighting,
It is of course better to solve the problem without fighting.
This is like the Battle of Pingjin, one of the three major battles. The Fourth Field Army and the North China Military Region joined forces, and it was not difficult for millions of troops to capture Pingjin, but why should we still strive for a peaceful solution? That's the reason - you can, but it's not necessary.
The same goes for the Mongolian issue. We need to make steady progress in internal reforms, adjust finances, develop military industry, and reorganize the new army... If all these are done well, in the future, a hollow square array composed of fixed-loaded flintlock guns will certainly be able to pacify Mongolia.
, this is called "can".
However, to pacify Mongolia in this way, after pacification, we still have to defend, station troops, and spend our own money and effort to build castles and forts on the grasslands. After that, we still have to worry about the Mongolian rebellion. Then why not just use soft and hard tactics, and let the Mongolians realize first?
The Ming Dynasty has a powerful military that they cannot resist. At the same time, following the Ming Dynasty, they can enjoy good food and drink spicy food. They no longer have to worry about not having enough to eat and not having enough clothes to wear. When encountering white disasters and black disasters, large areas of livestock freeze to death and herdsmen starve to death? And then add religion to the trend.
Due to cultural and other aspects of control, sooner or later these hungry wolves will have to become the Ming Dynasty’s guardian dogs in northern Xinjiang, and will they simply integrate with the Ming Dynasty in a few decades or hundreds of years, regardless of each other?
Why could China invent the artifact "since ancient times"? Because many countries and nations that have fought with China since ancient times eventually became part of China!
Not only did their land become part of China, but their entire nation was assimilated by the "Chinese nation"!
Therefore, you can fight, but there is no need to insist on fighting.
Gao pragmatism adhered to this point of view and persuaded Bahan Naji: "What the shamans do depends entirely on their personal likes and dislikes, which is not as good as the wisdom of the great lamas. Moreover, these shamans often ask to kill or kill a large number of livestock.
Come to offer sacrifices, pray, and perform rituals. How many cattle and sheep are killed every year for no reason? Taiji, please do the math. If it were not for these shamans, although your disaster situation would still be serious, would so many people still starve to death?"
When Gao Pingshi said this, he let out a long sigh and said in a compassionate voice: "These people who starve to death are all the people of the Great Khan, even your people Taiji!"
Han Naji was a little distracted and murmured: "Yes, the herdsmen are starving to death, who will help me raise cattle and sheep?"