【194】Hero Banquet (20)
"This time, thanks to my second brother's cleverness, he attracted reinforcements, otherwise our future would be worrying..."
Ye Qingxuan sat on the ground easily and greeted Jiang Shuihan.
Zhongsunliang, Wu Hao and other experts from Dajiang League bowed and retreated to the side. They knew that the two brothers would have many secret words to talk about, and they all dispersed.
Jiang Shuihan smiled faintly and said, "What did the elder brother say? If Fang Yuanshan hadn't escaped and said your thoughts, I wouldn't have made a decision so quickly..."
Ye Qingxuan patted the second brother on the shoulder happily. This time, no matter what the imperial court and the Great Western Fan Kingdom had, he was a winner on his side.
This time I went down the mountain, I made so many friends, and had brothers who were loyal to each other, and made a small fortune, especially in the martial arts realm, who climbed from the "Qi-Calling Realm" to the "True Gang Realm". In one month, I passed by nearly twenty years of cultivation for others. Look at those ordinary masters, who had practiced to the "True Gang Realm" at the age of 30 or 40. Even Chongxielin, who was taken care of by me, was still twenty-four or five years old when he reached the "True Gang Realm". But now he is less than fifteen years old, he is already a genius among geniuses.
It turns out that the greater the risk, the greater the gain...
Thinking about the fact that he had a "Strength Yuan Realm" cultivation not long ago, it took him four years. Although he had the intention to deliberately strengthen his meridians and lower his cultivation progress, compared with now, Ye Qingxuan felt that he had lived to be a dog in those four years... Ah, bah... But if it weren't for those four years of polishing, his body would not be able to withstand such a short time today.
Looking at the distant imperial men and lamas fighting each other verbally, Ye Qingxuan knew that his actions should come to an end. He sighed and said slowly: "I have taken advantage of it. We should go back and rest for a while..."
"Oh? Do you think we can't get any advantage?" Jiang Shuihan blinked and smiled at Ye Qingxuan, "I have prepared a big gift for my brother..."
"Oh? Great gift..." Ye Qingxuan asked excitedly. His righteous brother would not make any jokes. The great gift was a great gift. Ye Qingxuan's eyes shone and he immediately became interested.
The negotiations between the imperial court and the Great Western Fan Kingdom were at a deadlock. Both sides held the cards in their hands, and neither of them was willing to give in.
Xue Gongwang, who was unable to negotiate, immediately thought of Xie Yuanluo, who was familiar with Yunzhou affairs, and ordered someone to invite Xie Yuanluo, who was expressing his gratitude to Qingyunguan and join the negotiations against the Great Western Fan Kingdom.
Xie Yuanluo is good at internal affairs in Yunzhou, has excellent eloquence, and is very good at negotiating. With Xie Yuanluo's joining, the situation of the court's negotiations slowly turned toward his own direction.
The court seized Chong Xielin. He thought it was a good bargaining chip, but found that Chong Xuanhu was merciless and directly raised a man and a woman from the inner hall. At that time, Xie Yuanluo was almost crazy. Because the man and a woman were his wife and eldest son Xie Zihuan. The two looked tired, but fortunately they were not hurt at all, which made Xie Yuanluo feel a little better in grief and anger.
It turned out that Chong Xuanhu had been on guard against Xie Yuanluo for a long time. When he found out that he had secretly sent away the wife and children, he immediately sent someone to intercept the killing halfway and plundered the people back directly. Now both sides happened to have hostages as bargaining chips, and before the negotiations, the hostages were swapped.
After all, Xie Yuanluo was a heavyweight figure who was attracted by the court and had to take care of his emotions. What's more, the chaos in Yunzhou was settled, and in the future, there were still many places to rely on this important person who was familiar with Yunzhou affairs. His wife naturally became extremely important, and the court had to exchange it for him to stabilize the new generals.
Chong Xuanhu saw that Ai'er was not seriously injured, but his true energy was exhausted, but his meridians were not damaged. As long as he was well recuperated, it would be no problem to return to his original strength.
Although I love my son without any obstacles, Chong Xuanhu was still extremely angry. Not only was he angry at the court's methods and the betrayal of Xie Yuanluo and others, but more importantly, he was angry at the several venerables of Dami Temple behind him. The arrangements of the Dami Temple in the past sixty years have not been completed. They were all because these people adhered to the agreement between them and Dachen Temple and refused to take action easily. They could only appear without any necessity. As a result, in the early stage, they were unable to wipe out the stubborn enemy in one fell swoop. They were so tired that Ban Nai's serious injury and no one could compete with Xue Gongwang. Now they are passive everywhere, which is caused by the stubbornness of these great lamas. I really don't understand why the great power prime minister relies so much on the great treasure master and these lamas of the Dami Temple. If they rely solely on Dazanpu's subordinates, why would this be?
Dami Temple used Tantric beliefs to erode the eight counties of Yunzhou. Now it has achieved considerable results, with more than 200,000 believers, but this form is too slow. If this action is successful, Chongxuanhu will become the lord of Yunzhou. With an order, tens of millions of Huaxia people in Yunzhou will be believers of Tantric Buddhism. How happy it is.
As a result, the plan of the Great Western Fan Kingdom failed, leaving only the eight counties of Yunzhou and the existence of the Lama powers of these Dami Temples. In the depths of Yunzhou, there was no influence. His sixty years of hard work were put into vain. In addition, he couldn't help but feel deeply resentful of these Dami Temple monks who refused to take full advantage.
When I go back this time, I will definitely put all the blame for the failure of this operation on these lamas in Dami Temple. The prime minister of the great power and these lamas have always been incompatible. I will definitely take the opportunity to suppress them and gain greater power for the nobles of the Great Western Fan Kingdom. This is not in vain. I have been hiding my identity here for 60 years.
The great western foreign countries have a serious confrontation with the imperial power. The aristocratic sect represented by the prime minister of the great power and the religious sects of the Dami Temple have been both opposed and cooperated, especially on the issue of external expansion. They have seized slaves, land and wealth for the nobles, and also important believers for religion. The two sides never dragged each other down for victory and cooperated with each other. In order to express their support for this action, Chong Xuanhu's son Chong Xielin, when he was very young, worshipped Milebar, the Yuelun Venerable, who personally initiated Chong Xielin and preached the supreme Dharma of Tantric Buddhism. The foundation of cooperation between the two sides is extremely solid.
But this important action failed, and neither side could bear this responsibility. The only place where the two forces could cooperate, and cracks began to appear.
Chong Xuanhu's mission ended in failure, and his own value plummeted. At this time, he was not thinking about how to win benefits for the Great Western foreign countries, but about how to shirke his responsibilities after he went back and avoid punishment from the prime minister.
Chong Xuanhu, who was familiar with the situation in Yunzhou, was absent-minded. The negotiations of the Daxi Fan Kingdom immediately fell into a passive position. Xie Yuanluo, the opposite side, pursued and fought relentlessly. The three great lamas were the best at chanting scriptures and practicing martial arts. Chong Xuanhu was not Xie Yuanluo's opponent at the negotiating table, and immediately threw away his armor and even failed to make a request to transfer the eight southern counties to the Daxi Fan Kingdom. In the end, he had to bring Chong Xuanhu and other loyal people to return to the Daxi Fan Kingdom empty-handed.
With his own talent, Xie Yuanluo made a great contribution to the court without any bloodshed.
Master Yingzhen never expected that he would meet the people from Dami Temple here, and the "Four Great Dharma Protectors" Qi Lin, who is the same level as the "Four Great Monks" of Dachen Temple.
Yingzhen did not dare to neglect, and immediately broke away from the sequence of the court and others and moved out quickly.
The city is not so dangerous. All ordinary soldiers have surrendered, and there are only scattered places where there are shouts of killing, but they are also wiped out by the border troops and court masters who are rushing to come...
Chong Xuanhu's subordinates, the "Huo Lin Army", were the direct descendants he had trained since childhood. Even the elite soldiers of the Tiger Guard were all citizens of the Huaxia clan. It was already the limit to his rebellion. After knowing that Chong Xuanhu was actually a spy from foreign tribe, he could not accept such things at all. He basically gave up his weapons and surrendered. The overall situation in the entire Jingnan City was decided. Now the court is just negotiating with the Great Western Fan Kingdom, the power behind Chong Xuanhu, to deal with Chong Xuanhu and others.
The post station is already in the hands of the court, and Yingzhen has invited a decree to allow the use of flying pigeons to deliver letters. With the special pigeons in the post station, the Dachan Temple in Zhongzhou can receive information in just one or two days and respond in a very short time.
About eighty years ago, the Chinese exoteric sects such as the Dachan Temple and other Chinese exoteric sects and the five sects of the Tantric sects of the Great Western Fan Kingdom discussed the Dharma. The abbot of the Dachan Temple, Zen Master Wunian, competed with the Dachan Temple's great treasure master Long Sadonzhu, competed with the other party's internal strength, and defeated the other party with a small distance of one finger. The two sides agreed that the five sects of the Tantric sects would not enter China within a hundred years. Now nearly twenty years have passed since the year and month of the vow, the forces of Tantric sects have entered the territory of Yunzhou. This matter affects the martial arts worlds in China and Tibet. If the handling is improper, a great war between the two sides will break out. It is a disaster, not a blessing.
Buddhism is divided into exoteric Buddhism and esoteric Buddhism.
The Central Plains of China are basically spreading the exoteric religions, mainly divided into four sects, Huayan Sect, Tiantai Sect, Zen Sect and Pure Land Sect; while the Tantric Sect is the five sects of "one flower blooms five leaves, red, white, yellow, and black".
The biggest difference between the two is that the teachings and spreads Buddhism and Buddhist principles. Anyone can learn Buddhism, understand Buddhist principles, act according to the teachings, and speak remarkably;
Tantric Buddhism requires disciples to take refuge in the fundamental master. If they do not receive the initiation of the fundamental master, they cannot practice the secret method because there is no power of blessing in the tradition, and practice is in vain. All mantras are ineffective and are regarded as stealing the law. This is a violation of the Samamaya precept.
The most important monks of the exoteric teachings are to go through three great kalpas and be reborn in the Buddha's kingdom after death;
The Tantric Buddhism can complete and abrupt enlightenment, believe and practice it, and the three secrets can correspond to each other, and you can become a Buddha in this life.
Buddhism eats vegetarian food and abstains from killing;
Tantras are not jealous of meat, and chanting mantras will lead to liberation.
To put it bluntly, the exoteric teachings are thankless, but they pay more attention to the cultivation of the mind; while the esoteric teachings pay more attention to personal practice, which seems quite utilitarian and very aggressive.
Tantric Buddhism practices the individual body. If you make mistakes, you can avoid the karma of reincarnation and become a Buddha in this life. Therefore, the theory of Buddhism is learned by many rich people and nobles. Believers do not make good. On the contrary, there are many evil people, because they firmly believe that if you make mistakes, you can be liberated by chanting mantras. You do not need to keep precepts and become a Buddha. The practice of exoteric teachings is quite painful, and you can only gather merits for yourself after you are reborn. Only after you are reborn can you join the Pure Land Buddha Kingdom. This also makes the place where the esoteric teachings are prevalent, the "equality of sentient beings" mentioned by the Great Sun Tathagata, but implements a slave system. There are slaves everywhere, and their lives are not as good as pigs and dogs.
The struggle between the faith between the two religions of exoteric and esoteric Buddhism has been a long time. People in China attach importance to family, family members, feelings and courtesy, and can better accept the teachings of promoting Buddhism and following people's goodness, but cannot accept the teachings of esoteric Buddhism that only cultivate themselves and ignore others.
At that time, Acharya, the esoteric master, came to Middle-earth to preach, but did not achieve great results in thirty years. He had no choice but to go east, cross the East China Sea and enter the Fusang Kingdom, and it was only then that it was widely spread and the Eastern Secret Zhenyan Sect was passed down.
In contrast, in Middle Earth, the exoteric Buddhism prospered greatly, and the esoteric Buddhism did not prosper. Most people in the esoteric Buddhism believed that the exoteric Buddhism was spreading words and deeds that were not good for themselves. Otherwise, how could no one want to become a Buddha in this life? The esoteric Buddhism masters all hated the exoteric monks, and the struggle with the exoteric Buddhism lasted for several generations, for thousands of years.
Ye Qingxuan did not practice Buddhism and was not very familiar with the essence of the two. He only looked at the differences between exoteric and esoteric Buddhism from his behavior and affairs. He always felt that only selfish people would have a special liking for esoteric Buddhism. On the one hand, he only cared about himself and ignored others; on the other hand, he did many evil things and was not restricted; in the end, he became a Buddha in this life... If he was not selfish and pursued results, how could he practice esoteric Buddhism?
Ying Zhen left in a hurry, but he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the door of "Zhennan General's Mansion", he met Ye Qingxuan and others who were running out excitedly.
"Where does Mr. Ye want?" Master Yingzhen asked with his hands folded and bowed.
"Hehe, Master Yingzhen, I want to go to a good place and accept the small gift I gave me from my second brother. The master is in a hurry and I don't know what's up?"
The great monk Yingzhen sighed slightly and said, "The forces of Dami Temple disregarded the oath that year and invaded our central land again. I heard that there were disciples of the eight counties in southern Yunzhou. Yingzhen was one of the five hundred arhats in the Great Chan Temple. How could he stay out of the matter? The monk immediately rushed to the post station, hoping to pass the news back to Dachen Temple. The rest of the matter will be decided by the elders in the temple. Yingzhen stayed here to supervise the movements of Dachen Temple."
When Ye Qingxuan heard the words "Eight counties in the southern part of Yunzhou", he immediately looked moved and said quickly: "This will not disturb the master's itinerary, but Master Don't worry, if the Dachan Temple makes any moves in Yunzhou, I, Qingyun Temple, are familiar with the affairs of Yunzhou and are willing to help..."
Ye Qingxuan's words were tantamount to explaining that Qingyun Temple could form an alliance with Dachan Temple at any time and jointly deal with Dami Temple. Although Dachan Temple is powerful, it is not within the border of Yunzhou, where it can take care of it. With the help of Qingyun Temple, it will naturally complement each other.
Monk Yingzhen was very happy and thanked Ye Qingxuan for his generous help. After giving the gift, he rushed to the post station.
Looking at Ying Zhen’s back, Ye Qingxuan smiled.
Chapter completed!