msmithbooks Chapter 52 Dazhao Temple
Chapter 52 Dazhao Temple
It was almost the same as Xie Taichu expected.
A group of 300 people set off from Yinshan Daying Camp. Before arriving at Daqingshan, the messengers had returned from Guihua City and brought a sheepskin letter from San Niangzi.Written in Mongolian characters, it was agreed to meet and chat secretly in Dazhao Temple in Guihua City.
"If you want to enter Dazhao Temple, you have to enter the scope of Guihua City. Although it is in the south of Guihua City, it is somewhat risky." Tao Shaochuan became a little worried, "We only have two hundred cavalry, and there are another 100 people who are porters and soldiers. Food and grass escort. If they enter Guihua City, once the Tatars have any malicious intentions, they will never return.”
"This matter is indeed inconsistent with the plan." Xie Taichu said, "It's just that I am old, Mrs. Zhongshun must have attracted attention when she left Guihua City, and it is not without reason that the place of meeting will be set at Dazhao Temple. What is going on in Guihua City now movement?"
The messenger knelt down and said: "My lords don't know, the reward portraits of the prince and Taoist priest were sent from Datong to the government office of Guihua City ten days ago, and now they have been posted all over Guihua City."
"Then there is a risk of being recognized if you enter the city. What do you think, Your Highness?" Xie Taichu asked.
Zhao Yuan didn't think for too long: "Go."
"But your safety is the most important thing, my lord. Brother Feng knew that we indulged you in danger, but the Taoist priest dared not say it. I will definitely be scolded." Tao Shaochuan was worried.
"Go, you can give it a go. If you don't go, you will wait for the end." Zhao Yuan said.
"I will go with His Highness." Xie Taichu said.
Tao Shaochuan was in a hurry, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet: "I'll go too! I can't be a turtle waiting for you outside the city."
The people and horses walked along the Yinshan Daqingshan Mountains for another day, and suddenly saw the light.
A blue city appeared far away on the endless Chilechuan grassland in front of him. It looked extraordinarily harmonious and beautiful on the green grassland.
"Kuku Hetun." Xie Taichu said, "Han means blue city... I heard that Guihua City was built by Al Da and San Niangzi in ten years. It is as bright as the most beautiful lake on Chile River."
When you get closer, you can see it more clearly.
That stalwart city was built of countless green bricks.
The towering city walls, the meandering Yellow River, and the green grassland form a beautiful and charming scenery, which will never be forgotten by anyone who has been here.
Zhao Yuan and his party dressed up as big-end merchants.
There are permanent checkpoints around Guihua City, and the checkpoints are guarded cautiously. The goods are carefully checked, but the identity checks are lax. After the goods are confirmed to be correct, the access badges are issued, the checkpoints are released, and more than [-] people are allowed to go to Naturalization. away from the city.
It is completely different from the strict defense in Ningxia.
The roads around Guihua City are winding, and there are business teams from Daduan passing by at any time. Some local herdsmen have set up stalls along the way outside the city, taking out some local specialties to trade with Daduan merchants, which shows that the local business is prosperous.
When they entered the city, they were interrogated again, and the group of people had already entered the city. Before long, they saw eight Sakyamuni pagodas outside the Jokhang Temple. The pagodas were covered with colorful khatas. Kowtow before.
When the group walked around to the side gate of Dazhao Temple, an official in traditional Tatar costumes and several Tatar guards stood up.
After seeing a group of people coming, they greeted them, opened the side door, and the carriage entered the remote place of Dazhao Temple.Xie Taichu helped Zhao Yuan get off the car.
"Prince Su, thank you Daoist, you have worked hard all the way."
The official came forward to salute, it was Naizhen.After Xie Taichu returned the gift, he said with a smile: "Zhong Jin Hatun has been waiting in the temple for a long time. Please follow me."
Dazhao Temple is deeply influenced by Tibetan Buddhism, and its architecture is also compatible with the styles of Tibetan and Han.The plaques of each temple are marked with Han, Tibetan and Mongolian characters.
At this time, it was in the middle of the corner, the golden roof was shining, and the sound of chanting in the temple sounded. There was a Lamaism hall in the depths of the temple, which was still being repaired during the period, so it was relatively remote.
In the depths of the main hall, there is a silver Buddha's real body vaguely, glowing with silver light under the blossoming lotus, but hidden under the veil, it can't be seen clearly.
"A few years ago, when Guihua City was first built, the third living Buddha came to Dazhao Temple to pray for blessings. I made an oath in front of the living Buddha that if our Tumo Department can reach a mutual market agreement with Daduan, we will form an alliance and repair it from now on, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. , I used the purest silver to cast a statue of the Buddha. The third living Buddha said that the Buddha had heard my prayers, and since then he has naturally become stable and peaceful with the Chilechuan Plain. So I set up the eight pagodas of Sakyamuni and collected a lot of silver. Nearly ten thousand catties were used to build this silver Buddha statue for Sakyamuni."
From the shadows, a woman in Mongolian costume slowly came out.
Her face is graceful and luxurious, with the arrogance of a superior person, she looks about forty years old, and her manners are graceful, she slowly approached the two of them, looked at the unfinished Buddha statue for a while, folded her hands and recited a verse arts.
"Mrs. Zhongshun." The two saluted.
This person is the real person in power of the Tumo Department. With a strong iron fist, the woman who holds the whole of Eastern Mongolia in her hands--the third lady Zhong Jinhatun.
"The Silver Buddha is about to rise now, but the peace in Chilechuan can't last long." She sighed, then turned to look at the two, and finally fixed her eyes on Zhao Yuan, "I didn't expect you to come."
"Madam invites, why doesn't Yuan come?" Zhao Yuan said.
The third lady asked him back: "Do you know that the reward orders between you and Xie Taichu are posted everywhere in Guihua City? I can catch you at any time and ask for credit from Emperor Daduan, do you believe it?"
"I believe." Zhao Yuan said, "To arrest is also a choice, and not to be arrested is also a choice. The two of us entered Dazhao Temple safely, and Madam must have made a choice."
"I heard that the Emperor Daduan stripped you of your title. You, a commoner, were imprisoned in Ningxia, and then ran to Yinshan Mountain with your head in your arms, and proclaimed yourself King Su...isn't it ridiculous?"
"Zhao Ji is a traitor, how can he deprive me of my title? It is only natural for me to inherit my father's title. Ningxia's great victory is also worth beheading. I will leave Zhenbei Pass with six thousand soldiers, let alone run away with my head in my arms."
"In that case, why did you come to Yinshan? Why did you come to Chilechuan?" The third lady asked aggressively, chasing after her.
"The same ambition as Madam." Zhao Yuan said, "Pray for peace in the world for the people in the north of the desert."
"Arrogant." The third lady sneered, "Why do you say such things? I have never heard of such words. What's more, there is already a master on the Daduan Dragon Chair. Do I look like the kind of stupid person who chooses to support a child of a desperate family like you?"
She pressed her questions layer by layer, with a forceful momentum, even Naizhen and Tao Shaochuan who were following behind were also trembling with fear.Xie Taichu's face was stern. Although he had judged that it was very possible to join hands with San Niangzi, the situation was changing rapidly and he could not be sure.He slowly raised his hand and pressed the Dao Demon Sword on his waist. If the situation is not right, he will kidnap the third lady. No matter what, he must protect Zhao Yuan to leave Guihua City safely.
At this moment, I heard Zhao Yuan answer: "Yes."
The third lady smiled: "What did you say?"
"I said yes." Zhao Yuan was extremely calm, without the slightest sign of cowardice or retreat, "You are a hero of the grassland, so naturally you will not be a stupid person, and choosing me is not to lose everything."
Zhong Jinhatun stared at him closely: "When I advise you to speak, be careful."
"Although Yuan is dull, he knows that the one who paid tribute to Monan can save millions of people in the world from the suffering of war. Madam's actions are comparable to a saint." Zhao Yuan said, "Madam comes from the blood of the Jin family [ Note 1], you married Alta Khan when you were young, and you are not inferior in dealing with the battlefield and court, step by step, you have come to where you are today. Only you know the hard work, blood and tears. However, if you don’t have great ambitions in your heart , it is absolutely impossible to make such a move. You who are like this must have already seen clearly that Daduan is now occupied by shameless people, and the peace that was once obtained is in shambles. It is only a matter of time before the war resumes."
"You will flatter me." San Niangzi said, "But even if I don't want Zhao Ji to be emperor, why should I support you?
"King Ning Xiao is young, King Liao is young, and all the kings have been deposed. I am the only one in the Zhao family who can take on this important task." Zhao Yuan said, "If I succeed to the throne, I would like to promise my wife to open up the mutual market and prosper trade. The country has a good relationship, and there will be no war for a hundred years."
"A hundred years of no war, to put it lightly, how to do it?"
Zhao Yuan replied: "I have thought about it. If you just make a contract, there will be a day when it will be broken. The best way is to open up the mutual market and stop the war with business."
"Open the mutual market? How to open it?"
"In the past, there was only Datong. In addition to Datong, a total of 21 port exchanges in Yongzhou, Ningxia, and Xuanfu will be opened in the future. Grain and livestock trading will be allowed, and salt merchants will be allowed to sell, and prices will be protected.
"From then on, the herdsmen in Monan can exchange their cattle and sheep for grain and salt. They will no longer starve to death when there is no harvest, and they will not cross the border wall to plunder the Han people frequently. Naturally, the people on the border will not have to suffer."
"...You, really want to do this?" San Niangzi asked after hesitating for a moment.
"I have thought about doing this carefully." Zhao Yuan replied, "It is not just to gain Madam's support, it is also a long-term good strategy for the stability of the north. The prosperity of the world is beneficial, and the chaos of the world is beneficial.
If trade exchanges deepen, they will depend on each other, and it will be difficult to fight. "
At this time, the sunlight came in from the cumbersome carved window frames and shone on the body of the Buddha under the veil.
The silver light shone, illuminating the main hall, and even more so, the walls and the gods and Buddhas in the algae well.
The surrounding Tibetan chanting sound came from other halls, and it actually formed an echo in the main hall, and it was deafening after several rounds of stirring.
Zhao Yuan looked up at the silver Buddha.
Under the veil, a corner of its benevolent face just appeared.
However, everyone in the hall seemed to see the future through such a face.
Disarmed and returned to the field, the horse was released to Nanshan.
There will be no war in the world.
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【Note 1】The blood of Genghis Khan is the descendant of the Qiyan Boerzhijin family.
[Note 2] This is a fictional story.In the real history of Ming Dynasty, in fact, when the San Niangzi of the Tumed tribe facilitated the payment of tribute to Alta, they opened up the mutual market at eleven ports.