Chapter 5: The Light of the Living Buddha
"This is an immortal achievement for all eternity!"
Duan Guoren looked at the mountain with emotion.
"Whoever dies first will go up first."
"After I die, my body will be sealed in it to strengthen my soul."
Several people said: After pointing at this mountain and that one, he seemed to have forgotten about it, but Yun Zhao knew that they were all looking forward to it.
These people may not want money or fame during their lifetime, but they must have a reputation after death. Whether it is written in history books or engraved on stones, this is the only thing they can talk about. *** thing.
The reason why Zhang Guozhu rushed back from Lantian City so late was that he went to the grassland to visit the great lama Sun Guoxin who was preaching and spreading the gospel on the grassland.
Nowadays, Sun Guoxin’s followers have spread all over the grasslands and deserts. The grassland tribes who have been comforted by him are no longer panicked or in hardship. They seem to have new life goals and no longer continue to move north. .
“There should be herdsmen on the snowy mountains and grasslands!”
This is the core content of Sun Guoxin’s teachings.
"Herdsmen only care about pastures, cattle, sheep, children, and eagles in the sky!"
This is the basis of Sun Guoxin's missionary work.
"We are willing to offer gifts to the strong, but the strong must love us after receiving our gifts!"
This is the message of reconciliation conveyed by Sun Guoxin to the grassland tribes .
“Our sky is big enough to have countless gods. You believe in your gods, and I believe in mine. Gods never ask people to sacrifice to them, they only ask people to trust them. Him."
This is Sun Guoxin seeking a place for all religions.
"The country rules my body, and my soul belongs to the gods."
This is Sun Guoxin's dissemination of the concept of country among believers.
"No matter how much abuse my body is subjected to, my soul will eventually fly above the white clouds."
This is Sun Guoxin teaching the herdsmen patience in his teachings.
"I came to this world to suffer. This does not prevent me from enjoying this world."
This is Sun Guoxin comforting believers.
"A sword is an ominous thing. I will only use it to deal with wild beasts in this life. When I meet people, my hilt will move forward."
This is Sun Guoxin Call on the herdsmen to give up resistance and open their arms to every kind person.
These teachings have been followed by many shepherds. They ventured slowly from the bitter cold north to the south. This time, they gave up fighting and resistance.
When they met the troops at the border of Lantian County, they just sat there quietly, not resisting or talking. Of course, they were not willing to leave.
This is the situation that Centurion Pei Lin of Yidu Post encountered.
More than two hundred Mongolian herdsmen arrived with their few cattle and sheep.Arrive at Yidu.
This group of people did not run away when the Lantian border troops came on horseback, nor did they organize a fight. Under the organization of an old shepherd, they sat together, hugging their knees and chanting "No matter what." No matter how abused my body was, my soul will eventually fly above the white clouds."
The cattle and sheep are extremely thin, the humps of the camels are also shriveled, and as for the people, they are even more miserable and cannot be seen.
The women and children with their hair knotted into felt are still very scared. They don’t know what kind of future they will face.
One hundred cavalry surrounded these people, but did not launch an attack. Centurion Pei Lin said to his deputy Hou Jun: "It's your job."
Hou Jun sighed and said : "Killing will save trouble."
Pei Lin said: "Killing will save trouble, but there can't be only a hundred of us in such a big grassland, right?
Since After the battle between General Gao and Jiannu, our army left, and Jiannu's army also left. From the looks of it, our army will not come back, and Jiannu should not come either.
We are the only brothers stationed here within a radius of three hundred miles. This is not a long-term solution." Hou Jun said: "Didn't you say that we would move the people from the mainland?"
Pei. Sitting on his horse, Lin raised his leg and kicked Hou Jun and said, "How about moving your family here?"
Hou Jun shook his head and said, "This is only suitable for grazing, not growing crops, and it's cold in winter." I'm going to die, so I'm crazy to do this."
Pei Lin said with a smile: "That's right, but we don't want this land anymore?"
Hou Junba. He shook his head like a rattle and said: "Of course it won't work. It was shot down by the brothers."
Pei Lin sniffed and said: "You know how much Lantian City spent on sending supplies to us. How much is it?"
Hou Jun said with a smile: "Who doesn't know this? Three to one."
Pei Lin sighed and said: "Lantian City sent three kilograms of food here. After that, there was less than a kilogram left, and in the process of delivering supplies, some people were picked up by wolves from time to time.
The price was too high.
It was impossible for us not to deliver. According to General Li's order, we strive to move the outpost one hundred miles north every year. Within ten years, when transporting supplies from Lantian City, it will be good if we can get one pound out of ten pounds.
That's it. For this reason, we need these herdsmen. They have pastures here and we can get supplies locally. This may be why the bosses in Lantian began to consider accepting these herdsmen.
Go and do the work. , we protect them, they provide us with food, there is no harm."
Hou Jun frowned and rode up to the leading old herdsman and said in Mongolian: "Are you their leader? ”
The old shepherd clasped his hands and said: “We are followers of the living Buddha Mo Rigen, and it was the living Buddha who asked us to come.”
Sun Guoxin’s name has long been spread throughout the grassland. Jun is right about the name Mo Rigen.I still knew about it, but I didn't know that this great living Buddha was also a super boss in Lantian County.
"From now on, you will be the leader of this group of people. What is your name?"
"Batu."
"Okay, Chief Batuli, let every shepherd come to me now, and I will issue you an identity certificate. With this thing, you can graze here freely
Every year on the winter solstice, you can collect taxes. Once, don’t worry, the tax rate adopted by your ancestor Genghis Khan is implemented. For each cow, we charge one leg of the cow, and for every ten sheep, we take away one. Camels and other livestock are not taxed, and the tax is based on the standard. "< /p>
Old Batu said in surprise: "One year?"
Hou Jun laughed dumbly and said: "You have to give the animals time to grow up, right?"
As he spoke, he jumped off the horse, took out a thick stack of cardboard from the horse bag, and wrote Batu's name on the spot, and also marked his position as commander. He didn't use it even after using it for the last time. official seal.
He handed the piece of cardboard to Batu and said: "Keep it carefully and don't dare to lose it. If you lose it, they will treat you as thieves."
Ba Tu Tu held a piece of cardboard in his hand and looked at Hou Jun and said, "Can we graze here?"
As he spoke, he pointed at the vast grassland with his finger.
Hou Jundao: "The post is ten miles east of you. If you encounter wolves or horse thieves, go to the post and report it. We will help you drive away the wolves and kill the horse thieves."
p>Old Batu nodded happily and greeted his companions to come quickly. This time, the old guy was very smart. He even brought the baby over and asked Hou Jun to fill in the list and give him a name. .
Hou Jun, who was proficient in writing, thought for a long time and filled in his nickname, so Hou Gouer, Hou Yi, Er, and San soon officially appeared in the vast sea of Lantian County. in the household register.
After explaining the matter, Pei Lin led his men and left the water source.
After the soldiers had gone away, Old Batu still held his piece of cardboard and looked at each other with his tribe for a long time before suddenly bursting into cheers.
What they couldn’t believe was that such a fertile pasture became their pasture from now on.
"The path guided by the Living Buddha..."
Pei Lin and Hou Jun still have very low knowledge of this matter. They only know some of the benefits of recruiting herdsmen back. .
The main purpose of the return of the herdsmen in Lantian County is to eliminate the princes and patriarchs among the herdsmen, cultivate new religions, and integrate the herdsmen into the national management system.
The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, diverse ecologies, and vastly different landforms.
Although the Han people are as tough as cockroaches and can grow in all terrains and all ecologies, after all, in some areas, their productivity is far inferior to these professional shepherds.
Ethnic conflict is such a strange thing. It starts with killing and annihilation.Absolutely, in the later stages it will turn into saving people and peaceful coexistence. Of course, this must be under the premise of a unified system.
When more and more Mongolians and Us Tibetans enter the Lantian household registration register, a new trend will form, which will alleviate and reduce ethnic conflicts to a great extent.
Otherwise, it would not be in the interests of the Han people for such a huge country to always be in a state of war.
After these herdsmen enter the Lantian system, there will be desperate merchants looking for them to trade... Even if these people are far away, it doesn't matter to the merchants, as long as they Their output is of sufficient value and the price is low enough!
Lantian is a huge water pump. Anyone recognized by Yun Zhao will be attracted by this water pump, and will eventually be sucked away by the water pump, mixed with the huge number of Han people, and eventually Stir into a country with common values and common interests.
Before Yunzhao appeared, the Han people were only divided into races and had no concept of country. Even if they did, it was the concept of home. Now, what Yunzhao has to do is to improve the concept of country.
With the concept of country, it is more inclusive. As long as a country is recognized, many things can be done relatively easily.
A long time ago, Yun Zhao accidentally met a highly qualified cultural person. The culture he created was Hakka culture. On this basis, this awesome man proposed a general theory - the Great Hakka. people.
In the traditional sense, the Hakka people refer to the Han people who were forced to move south after the Five Husties Rebellion. Now, in this theory, anyone who leaves their hometown to work hard in the south is included in the big group. Within the scope of Hakka.
In this way, the scene of "everyone in the world is a Hakka" appeared, which was very convenient for him to defraud money and anything.
Yun Zhao admired this very much.
This thing is a model that can be applied anywhere. When Yun Zhao had ambitions for grasslands, deserts, plateaus, and snow-capped mountains, this concept of "big Hakka" was consciously or unconsciously incorporated. His head.