The palace of Dacuo Living Buddha is divided into upper courtyard, middle courtyard and lower courtyard. It is large in scale, splendid and luxurious. There are only three courtyards and countless palaces in the upper courtyard. As soon as Yang Hao entered the upper courtyard, he was greeted by an elder who had been waiting there for a long time.
The master led the way from between the two palace walls to the backyard, while all the officials were waiting outside the mountain gate.
In the middle of the backyard of the main hall of Yongde Palace is the passage leading to the middle courtyard. There are two cross-courtyards on the left and right, each with a two-story wooden building. The left cross-court is the summer palace of Dacuo Living Buddha, and the right cross-courtyard is Dacuo.
The living Buddha's winter palace lives in different places in winter and summer.
The master led Yang Hao up the stairs on the left and entered the main hall on the second floor. He saw a sandalwood-carved screen placed in the room. Various portraits of Buddhist stories were painted on the screen, as well as sandalwood and rosewood tables.
, sitting on the chair. An old man in dark red monk robes was sitting upright behind the desk. Judging from his appearance, he was over sixty years old, with a tall build and a red face. When he saw Yang Hao come in, he smiled slightly and looked aside.
He waved his hand and said: "Lieutenant, please sit down."
Yang Hao saluted him and then took a seat in the guest seat. The master bowed to the Living Buddha Datcuo and walked out of the room. A slave tiptoed in and offered two cups of milk tea to the Living Buddha and Yang Hao.
, and retreated gently.
Datcuo Living Buddha said straight to the point: "I have heard the name of Taiwei for a long time since I entered Kaibao Temple. So when I met him for the first time today, I felt like we were old friends. The northwest has been in chaos because of the war, and it has been difficult to live in peace.
Tubo and Uighur, Tubo and Uighur and Dangxiang, Dangxiang and Dangxiang, and Linzhou and Fuzhou, are fighting against each other, and the chaos is endless, causing the people to be displaced, and even we monks have no peace.
I enjoy the incense of the common people, how can I bear to sit back and watch the people in the northwest fall into endless misery. The Taiwei is compassionate and wants to unify the Western Region with his great power and quell the war. I would like to know if the Taiwei one day becomes the co-leader of all the tribes in the northwest.
What are your plans, Captain?"
Yang Hao's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly cheered up and said: "If the northwest tribes can be unified and the wars are eliminated, the people will naturally be able to live and work in peace and contentment. This is a supreme merit. With the great merit of the Living Buddha, and with the full support of this official, we will surely succeed."
Becoming the leader of all living Buddhas in the Western Regions, unifying esoteric Buddhism will be more conducive to the spread of Buddhism. At that time, the living Buddha will have a compassionate heart, and all the believers in the world will be blessed."
Living Buddha Dacuo's eyes flashed slightly and remained calm.
At that time, Esoteric Buddhism was prevalent in the world. Li Yu from Jiangnan believed in Esoteric Buddhism. Every day when he went to court, he and Empress Xiao Zhou would put on monk robes and worship the Buddha with Hu. King Wu and Yue also built a yoga dojo and invited Esoteric Buddhism masters to settle there. In the Song Dynasty, there were also
There is no shortage of Tantric monks. The Song Dynasty also followed the old practice of the Tang Dynasty and gave the virtuous Tantric monks the same treatment as Jiuqing. As for Khitan and the northwest region, the spread of Tantric Buddhism is not to mention. However, although the followers of Tantric Buddhism are numerous, their power is huge.
, but it was a mess. The leaders of Tantric Buddhism at that time were all Living Buddhas. There was no affiliation between these Living Buddhas. There were also differences in the precepts and precepts and the Tantric Buddhism they promoted. If one could become a Living Buddha among Living Buddhas and unify Tantric Buddhism, then it would be beneficial to
For a monk, it is naturally a great merit and honor, but this bait obviously cannot tempt Datso Living Buddha.
Yang Hao added: "If I can unify the Western Region, I will definitely support the living Buddha to promote Buddhism. I will build a translation institute to translate esoteric scriptures; build a book club to publish scriptures; set up a esoteric monastery to conduct Dharma rituals. Honor and respect esoteric monks.
His preaching opened the door to convenience. Due to the war, the trade routes are blocked, and there has been no travel between Tianzhu and Dashi for a long time. If the northwest can be unified, I will reopen the trade routes. At that time, our Chinese esoteric sect will not be unable to follow this path.
It spreads to the West, blossoms and bears fruit, and is planted all over the sky. I wonder what the Living Buddha thinks?"
The living Buddha Dacuo was finally moved. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and said with a smile: "The Taiwei made this great wish because I teach the supreme Dharma protector, Mahakala, Mahakala..."
The supreme protector of Tantric Buddhism is Mahakala, also known as Mahakala and Mahakala. Tantric Buddhism believes that he is the wrathful sign of compassion arising from the word "Hum" in the six-character mantra of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva.
The light entwines the body and is extremely terrifying, so it is called Mahakala. He is the supreme among the esoteric protector gods. Although his image is majestic and ferocious, he loves the Three Jewels and protects the five beings. It is said that worshiping this god can increase power and virtue, and do good deeds.
Able to win, he is also a god of blessings, able to "confer wealth and honor in the world, and even official positions and honors."
Living Buddha Dacuo compared him to Mahakala. The first point is that he is naturally happy with the promise he has made to himself and regards him as a protector. The second point is that worshiping this god can increase his majesty and virtue, and he can win in everything he does.
By clicking on this, God can grant people worldly wealth and honor, and even official positions and honors, but it has a long meaning.
Unfortunately, Yang Hao only understood one-third of the words. He could only understand the words "Supreme Protector". He knew that he had been recognized by the living Buddha Dacuo. On this condition, he concluded a political and religious alliance between the two, so he joined hands.
What, Zhengrong said: "With me and you in this life, Yang Haoyuan and the Living Buddha will respect and prosper together and create great achievements."
Living Buddha Datcuo smiled slightly, picked up the milk tea and said: "Captain Taiwei, please..."
The living Buddha is the master of a temple. He has extremely strict and standardized etiquette in food, clothing, housing, transportation, and daily life. The elevation of the living Buddha to the throne is a very solemn event. When the trombones, bells, and drums sound in unison, the believers gathered in front of the hall immediately fall into silence.
Coming down, they all came from various places to worship the Buddha. They were all prominent figures in the place who could enter here at this moment. But here, they were just devout believers. When the drums sounded, they started to worship in fear.
Kneel down.
Yang Haozhong appeared at the gate of Yongde Palace again. Guided by his master, he walked step by step into the upper courtyard and entered the main hall of Yongde Palace. There was a throne in the main hall, three feet high and four feet square. It was made entirely of brass and surrounded by nine bars.
There is a golden dragon, and there are silver flowers, dragons, lions, etc. embedded on the throne. Dharma robes and ritual instruments are displayed on the throne. There are huge pillars on the left and right of the throne, with four golden dragons hanging above. There are eight vivid bronze lions under the throne.
Various styles of large and small lanterns are hung on the high roof of the hall, which are exquisite and exquisite. There are many colorful embroidered statues hanging around. There are more than 200 gilt bronze Buddhas. Its style is somewhat different from Central Plains Mahayana Buddhism.
Living Buddha Dacuo wore a monk's hat and robes, and sat on the throne. He opened his eyes slightly and looked at Yang Hao. Without waiting for anyone's guidance, Yang Hao stepped forward, pointed with his right hand from his forehead, and recited solemnly.
The six-character Great Ming Mantra: "Om Mani Paimi Moo, Om Mani Paimi Moo..."
Living Buddha Dacuo was sitting on the throne, his figure was upright and as motionless as a mountain. Yang Hao walked up to Living Buddha Dacuo, clasped his hands, bent down, knelt down with his sleeves raised, and bowed to the Living Buddha three times on the futon.
When Mu Yu, who was standing at the door of the palace, saw this situation, his sword eyebrows suddenly stood up, and he reached out to draw the sword. Young Master Ye saw it and quickly held his hand and shouted in a low voice: "What are you doing?"
Mu Yu has been following Yang Hao, especially yesterday when Yang Hao released his sister and brother-in-law, not only did he not charge any more crimes, but he did not even deprive him of his military rights. Mu Yu was indescribably grateful and regarded him as his master and father. Seeing that the monk from the Western Regions had been treated by his own master
The gift was so arrogant, which made his little face turn red with anger. He said angrily: "This bald donkey is so rude. My lord is Hengshan Jiedu. When I was a prince, I didn't have to give such a rude gift even when I met the emperor. Your Excellency."
If you want to worship him, then I will worship him. He is so arrogant and he actually accepted my master's three bows in a bold manner. I went to chop off his dog's head to see if he still dares to be so majestic."
Bisu, who was dressed in clean clothes, stood aside solemnly and said quietly: "It is not him you worship."
Mu Yu said angrily: "What is that?"
Lin Pengyu said leisurely: "What you worship is Buddha, the supreme authority, and the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of people from the Qiang, Han, Tubo and Uighur people in the northwest..."
Mu Yu was confused and confused, but he already understood that his master must have an intention, and this move was not a disadvantage, so he suppressed his anger and quietly returned the knife to the sheath.
After Yang Hao had finished worshiping, he stood up. Someone immediately presented the hada to him. Yang Hao took it with both hands, held it over his head, and bowed deeply to Datcuo Living Buddha.
Only then did an imperceptible smile appear on the skinny face of Dacuo Living Buddha. He stretched out his hand and took the hada presented by Yang Hao, then stood up and slowly walked down the five-step purple steel step ladder set up on the left side of the throne. , walked up to Yang Hao, held the Hada with both hands flat, and sent it back.
Yang Hao knew the etiquette, so he quickly bent down to receive the salute, and accepted the hada offered by Living Buddha Datcuo in return. Living Buddha Datcuo put the hada on his neck, smiled and said: "Follow me." After saying that, he turned around and ascended the throne, Yang Hao raised his seat with both hands. He followed him step by step. All the masters, eminent monks and Luzhou officials in the hall looked slightly surprised, while many believers were even more frightened and didn't know why.
Seeing the two of them sitting side by side, Living Buddha Datcuo loudly announced to the monks and believers: "I have confirmed that Taiwei Yang is the reincarnated spiritual body of Naigang Jingonbao. I teach the supreme protector, Mahakala." , Mahakala, in order to save all sentient beings from suffering, he fell into the world of mortals. His spiritual roots and Buddha nature are not lost, so he came to this seat. Now, I have accepted Yang Taiwei as his disciple, and given him a title and a powerful weapon, just to protect the Dharma and heal his head. Wisdom is just a guide. The Dharma I practice in the afterlife, the Dharma practiced by Taiwei is the Dharma in the world. Different paths lead to the same destination. They are both the supreme Buddha Dharma. The achievements in practice are neither superior nor inferior. Therefore, we are each other's guru, and there is no need to hold the disciple ceremony."
His Highness made a commotion:
"Gangjin Gongbao is indeed the reincarnated spirit body of Gangjin Gongbao..."
"Mahakara..."
"Mahakara..."
"I have more than a hundred living Buddhas in the Western Region. Gangjin Gongbao's reincarnated spiritual body only seeks Living Buddha Dacso to enlighten his spiritual wisdom. Living Buddha Dacso is indeed the most powerful and profound among all living Buddhas..."
Master, eminent monks, and believers from all walks of life all worshiped. Fan Siqi, Lin Pengyu, and others secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then knelt down to worship...
The news that Yang Hao of Luzhou was the reincarnation of Gangjin Gongbao spread like the wind. This influence was invisible and immediate. Luzhou unknowingly became the influence of hundreds of thousands of people in the northwest. It is a very important place in the minds of the people, which has played an immeasurable role in improving Luzhou's political status.
Yang Hao could use the power of the Esoteric Cult to obtain the most difficult thing to obtain in the areas where miscellaneous people live in the northwest: the hearts and minds of the people. However, he could not lay a bad foundation for the Esoteric Cult to override the political power, so he took advantage of the huge power of the Esoteric Cult. However, the living Buddhas of the Esoteric Buddhism were unable to uniformly control such a huge force and urgently needed the opportunity for strong support from the political power. They reached an alliance with the Living Buddha Dacuo and made an agreement that he would practice mundane laws and the Living Buddhas would practice extra-mundane laws, and that political power and religious authority would be separated.
Taking advantage of this power, before the shock in people's hearts had subsided, the Luzhou government office was upgraded and a Jieli government was established.
The puppet-like envoy Gongsun Qing was invited out again, read out the imperial edict, and gave him two banners and two festivals. With these banners, he had the power to kill with military force. Six large banners were erected in front of the government office. The White Tiger Festival Hall is set up in the chamber, which is extremely majestic.
Jiedushi integrates the military, civilian and financial affairs into one body. He has full authority to mobilize the troops under his jurisdiction at any time without the need for imperial orders. He can obtain money and food supplies locally within his jurisdiction and control taxation. It is originally a matter of managing civil affairs appointed by the central government. The financial officials then became his subordinates and could be appointed by themselves. It is not terrible that Jiedushi only holds military power. The key is that he also controls the civil affairs and finance within his jurisdiction. It is these two points that make Jiedushi firmly Once you have mastered military power, you can continue to expand your army and support your troops with self-respect.
Originally, since Taizu succeeded to the throne, in order to eliminate the serious shortcomings of Jiedushi's self-respect in supporting troops, he adopted flexible policies to weaken the military, political, and financial power of Jiedushi. In the third year of Qiande, Zhao Kuangyin ordered to strengthen the transfer envoys. With the power, all local tax revenue, except for daily military expenses, was transferred to the central government, depriving the Jiedushi of the financial power to handle local taxes without authorization. In the same year, he also ordered the prefectures to select and send elite soldiers to the central government, weakening the local military power.
After pacifying Jinghu, he ordered the prefectures in Jinghu to be directly subordinate to the imperial court and no longer subordinate to the Jiedushi. At the same time, many officials appointed as Jiedushi were not sent abroad, but stayed in the capital or were sent abroad. The area under the jurisdiction of the Jiedushi envoys and the surrounding areas all belonged to the imperial court, and with the supreme pressure of Zhao Kuangyin there, the local Jiedushi envoys naturally did not dare to dominate. The centralization methods used by Zhao Kuangyin were peaceful and gradual.
At this time, the Jiedushi still held great power in name, but they had no chance to truly control this power. The Jiedushi had completely become a false title, and they no longer had the power to control military, political and financial power in name. That was Exactly one year after Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne, he ordered all the branches and counties under the Jiedushi to be directly subordinate to the imperial court, and appointed courtiers as magistrates.
At this moment, Yang Hao just happened to grab a tail. Luzhou is separated from the two states of Linfu. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. It will not be controlled by other state capitals. He also has the status and actual power. In this place of the Four Battles, it is right. It is the heroes of troubled times who rise from all directions. With a spear, he is the Caotou King. His Jiedu is like a local emperor.
The assistant envoys of Jiedushi include deputy envoys, supporting envoys, marching commanders, judges, pushing officials, etc., and the generals include Yamen, Yuhou, military envoys, etc. Jiedushi, deputy ambassadors know the affairs of the festival, marching commanders, deputy envoys, There are one judge, deputy envoy, secretary-in-charge, promotion officer, inspector, and Yamen Tui each, ten deputy envoys from the same festival, four inspectors of the post office, direct officials of the government and court, one person each for important status, one person for marriage, and four accompanying the army. people.
Zhao Guangyi had no intention of Yang Hao returning to the northwest alive, so not only was he generous, he did not even send an observation envoy or a branch envoy. He just made a general statement in the edict that he would be in charge of state affairs. This way Yang Hao What's more, if it were another Jiedu envoy, even if he had such an opportunity, he would not dare to be expert and could only ask the imperial court for orders. When Yang Hao came back this time, he had no intention of being held hostage by Zhao Guangyi again, so he naturally did his part. Dala Ladi had himself appointed an observation envoy and a support envoy, set up camps, recruited, and dispatched one judge and one inspector each. At this time, from title to law, he had legitimately and legally transferred all the power in Luzhou Everything is in his own hands, and he has become a vassal town on par with the Zhe family of Fuzhou, the Yang family of Linzhou, and the Li family of Xiazhou in terms of status.
Yang Hao seized the opportunity and became the commander-in-chief of the festival. All his subordinates were customized. However, at this moment, he had limited officials. From a government office to a festival town, many official positions were still vacant. , Yang Hao is not in a hurry about this. Instead of filling up the numbers, it is better to leave these officials vacant first. Small Luzhou cannot accommodate them and does not need so many officials. Next, he will further build momentum until he captures Yinzhou. But they can compete with the three vassals in the northwest in terms of strength. With these vacant official positions there, are you afraid that the soldiers will continue to die for their lives?
Gongsun Qing had exhausted his usefulness, so he was kicked away by Yang Hao. He returned to Jiangzhou dejectedly to receive the coffin of Norio Sasaki, the Marquis of Yu. When he returned to Beijing this time, what awaited him was the unpredictable power of God, but Gongsun Qing
Scholar Qing Yijie was unable to resist, and his family members were all in Bianliang, so he did not dare to resist, so he had no choice but to accept his unpredictable fate.
As for Yang Hao, after a series of heavy blows such as the reincarnation of Gangjin Gongbao, the reincarnation of Mahakala Dharma Protector, and the opening of a government office in Hengshan Jiedu, he ushered in another climax of his political reputation: Fugu Zheyu
Xun, Linzhou Yang Chongxun personally went to Luzhou to visit and celebrate. Just these two Jiedu envoys walking in the bright place had shocked the whole world. There were originally three vassals in the northwest, and now Yang Hao was added to them. Yang Hao had just
After the establishment of a government office, two of the three vassals came to congratulate them personally. What does this mean? This invisible impact not only established Yang Hao's position in the northwest, but the mighty solar storm also blew towards Xia
Not to mention how shocked Zhao Guangyi of Bianliang and Zhouzhou would feel. At least for Xiazhou, which was in dire straits and had enemies on all sides, this sudden appearance of Yang Hao was by no means good news to them.
In the dark, it was not just the two states of Lin Mansion that came to make an alliance with Yang Hao. The Dangxiang Qi clan also secretly sent a messenger, Xiaoye Ke'er, the young patriarch of the Yeli clan. The living Buddha Dacuo even gave Yang Hao a big gift and sent him
He married his disciple Chibangsong. Chibangsong is the son of the largest tribal leader in the Tubo tribe. Today's Tubo is far from what it used to be, but even if it is scattered into tribes that do not belong to each other, they still have powerful
of force.
Ding Chengzong, who had not been seen for a long time, quietly appeared in the Baili Reed Tent outside Luzhou Mansion with two secret gifts.
The right time, the right place, the right people,
