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About twenty years ago, Altan led his army to attack the Oirats in Qinghai and quickly won victory. On the way back, Altan Khan encountered a team of Tibetans. Seeing their loads of goods, what else can I say? So the caravans all became his prisoners.

For the Mongols who made a living by fighting, this robbery was really not worth mentioning. According to convention, property and prisoners would be distributed to become property and slaves of Altan Khan's subordinates. However, there were more than a hundred monks in red and yellow hats in the caravan, and the headed lama asked to see Altan.

Out of curiosity and inexplicable intimacy, Altan agreed. The Buddhist who had read the scriptures met Altan Khan and expressed the Buddha's blessing to him, letting him know that the prisoners in front of him could not become his slaves, because they had all devoted themselves to the great Buddha. And he said the name that shocked Altan - the Grand Yuan national teacher Basiba. They were disciples of Basiba.

This was the first time that the Mongols came into contact with Tibetan Buddhist monks after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty. Perhaps it was the words of the Buddhists that shocked and calmed down, or perhaps it was the respect for the religion that our ancestors once praised. Altan Khan released these lamas.

Then, we went back to our houses with both conveniences and had no contact.

But twenty years later, the monk who convinced Altan, Axing Lama, visited Altan's royal city.

Although twenty years later, Altan Khan was still impressed by the demeanor and piety of those monks who had learned, so he was not disgusted with the lama. In doubt, he met Ah Xing again and asked the other party about his purpose.

"Master Basiba's incarnation has awakened. He sent me to tell Khan that you are the incarnation of Xue Chan Khan in his present life!" Ah Xing Lama said clearly in his priest.

Xue Chan Khan is Kublai Khan. At that time, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan, appointed Basiba as his national teacher and supported the Sakya regime. Buddhism also gave Kublai Khan the divine source of the inheritance system of the Khan throne. The two sides worked closely together to establish an incomparable world of scriptures, religion and politics!

These words were like enlightenment to Altan Khan, making him feel as if he had found a guiding light!

What is Altan's biggest regret in this life? It is definitely not that he failed to trade borders with the Ming Dynasty, but that he always pursued it hard but could not get the position of Khan in Mongolia! He worked hard for most of his life but failed to get what he wanted. Is it because he was not strong enough? Looking at Mongolia, who is the enemy of the warriors under his command? Is it because he is not talented enough? The Khan who was driven to Chahar was like a pheasant and an eagle compared to him. But why is the other party still recognized Khan in Mongolia, but he can never replace him?

There is only one reason: he is from a family, and the other party is a damn orthodox. Although this bullshit orthodox is worthless, it can make the hero hate him for life. Just like his father, Dayan Khan's third son, Jinon Balsborot, Mongolia, after Dayan Khan's death, he claimed to be a great Khan on the grounds that his nephew Bodi was young, which made other brothers dissatisfied. When Bodi became an adult, he forced his father to abdicate and gave the Han throne to the orthodox.

This humiliation made Altan's father fall into a slump and soon passed away in the midst of the depressed soldiers and ridicule. This also stimulated Altan, who was still young at that time. From then on, he fought all his life, fought in the east and west, and tried his best to strengthen himself, just to realize his father's unfulfilled wish and become the real Khan in Mongolia!

Over the years, his power has reached Ganliang from Shanggu, and his hut has been ten thousand miles long. He has been in the east to Tusu, Xinuji, and Bing. He has become the actual highest leader in the desert, and is short of the crown of the Khan. If he wants to truly replace the Khan, the only obstacle to the "eternal succession of the northern tribes" is the traditional concept of "Khan's rule of the eldest legitimate inheritance system" - the Mongolian tribes still regard Chahar's Khan as orthodox and are determined not to change the family. Due to his status and relatives, he could not take ruthless measures against the Tumen who were avoiding him, so he kept dragging it like this. Seeing his temples dyed with frost and the heroes were old, the ideals in his heart were still difficult to realize.

In order to achieve his wish, he established his own country in Hohhot - the Jin Kingdom, claiming to be the Khan of the Jin Kingdom. He was very cold in the establishment of this regime, whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Khan of the Mongolian Kingdom. This made Altan feel very disappointed, and it turned out that they all regarded this regime as a joke... Yes, even I myself did not believe that the Khan of the Jin Kingdom could replace the Mongol Khan whom I longed for since childhood. Is it because of my own origins that I was destined to be orthodox in this life?

But the appearance of Axing Lama and the statement he brought about, Altan suddenly found a weapon to deal with traditional power... If I let this religion spread throughout the grassland, the religions that everyone converted to prove that I am the incarnation of Shizu, wouldn't my wish be fulfilled?

Thinking of this, Altan Khan, who was nearly 70 years old, became excited and his dissipating ambitions gathered on him again. For several days, Altan Khan interviewed Ah Xing Lama and listened to him explain in detail the specific meaning of Buddhism's "Three Treasures, Six Paths, and Eight Pills", and introduced the Buddhist classics "Ganzhuer" and "Danzhuer".

Altan Khan was deeply attracted. When Ah Xing Lama left, he had converted to the Huang Cult and became a believer of the Gelug Sect. He couldn't wait to see Sonam Gyatso, hoping that the present Baspa could give himself the power to call himself Khan. But to welcome the living Buddha, you must first have a place to stay in Tsing. Altan then ordered to do his best to build a magnificent Lama temple in Hohhot.

Building a magnificent Lama Temple on the grassland with scarce resources will inevitably increase the exploitation of the Han people in Bansheng and intensify the increasingly sharp contradictions. However, for the long-cherished wish of his life, Altan still insisted on his own. This year, the Lama Temple was about to be completed, so he sent a special envoy headed by Bingtu Taiji to carry a large number of valuable gifts to Tibet to invite Sonam Gyatso to Mongolia to preach.

Seeing Altan responded warmly, Sonam Gyatso was naturally very happy. Just as he was considering whether to leave, Shen Mo's invitation was arrived.

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"This is all my relationship with Altan Khan." Sonam Gyatso was a decent person. After getting to the topic, he no longer said in a sacred manner, but said sincerely: "As for whether to announce the relationship between Altan Khan and Xue Chan Khan, of course, he must also follow the court's meaning."

Back to the main business, the old master Shen Ge, who was in charge of the universe, came back. He sipped a sip of butter tea and said lightly: "Is this very much related to the career of the education?"

Nan Jiacuo nodded: "Top-down missionary can achieve twice the result with half the effort; while bottom-up missionary will not only achieve half the effort with twice the effort, but will also give a lot of blood and even lead to failure due to the lack of protection of secular regimes... This is the experience that our school has earned for many years of setbacks." He said frankly and looked at Shen Mo: "But the disadvantage of top-down is that most of the leaders of secular regimes are talented and talented people. They will not allow missionary preaching just because of personal preferences. They can only provide reasons to make them moved."

"Altan is the reincarnation of Yuan Shizu," Chen Si smiled slightly, "Although I have never seen Altan, I think he loves this statement very much."

Nan Jiacuo nodded and said, "Is the court worried that he will become bigger because of this?"

"What about senior brother's opinion?" Chen Mo asked back.

"No." Sonam Gyatso said earnestly: "My Buddha is merciful and can best resolve the anger; I will do my best to make him obedient and reconcile with the court, and never be troubled."

"I believe," Chen Si nodded, "This is also my wish to invite my senior brother to come." As he said that, he looked at Sonam Gyatso and said, "Since my senior brother is honest, I can say everything... The court is very supportive of the Gelug Sect's mission in Mongolia." When Sonam Gyatso heard this, he did not show too much joy. He was waiting for the silent "but".

Sure enough, I heard it silently and said, "But the court has three suggestions, I hope my senior brother will consider it."

"My junior brother is serious," Sonam Gyatso said seriously: "But the court has given me instructions, how dare you not obey?"

"I won't make it difficult for my senior brother." Chen Si smiled with a warm smile: "The first suggestion is that I hope to treat all Mongolian tribes equally." Sonam Gyatso nodded and signaled him to continue. Chen Si continued: "The second suggestion is that the Buddhist scriptures are translated through Tibetan and Mongolians will be supported by the Ministry of Rites and Wenguan; the last one is, please mediate this war at the right time and let the Mongolian and Han peace be with each other."

After hearing the silent words, Sonam Gyatso remained silent for a long time. The other party's three requirements all had deep political purposes... The first is to prevent Altan from becoming the Mongolian Khan who unified the grassland with the support of the Gelug Sect; the second is to make the doctrine introduced into Mongolia beneficial to the court; the third is to hope that the Gelug Sect will become a bridge of peace between Mongolia and Han, rather than helping the Mongols deal with the Han people. It can be seen that the court hopes that the Lama religion will enter Mongolia because it wants to use the Gelug Sect to domesticate the wildness of the Mongolians, but it will never want to dig its own graves and raise tigers to cause trouble.

After understanding the silence, Sonam Gyatso was a little curious and wanted to know where the other party got its confidence... The second request was easy to say, as for the first and third ones, even if they agreed now, if they or their successors disobey or even help the evil, what can the court do?

"The wise man will not say secret words." After hearing the other party's questions, he said silently: "The Ming Dynasty has made up its mind to fully support the missionary activities of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibetan, Mongolia, Qinghai and other places, and has changed the past strategy of dividing and governing it, and only supports the Gelug family."

Even though Sonam Gyatso Dingli Superman, after hearing the silent words, he couldn't help but feel refreshed. He clasped his hands together and recited the Buddha, but asked cautiously: "I don't know why the court... values ​​my Gelug Sect. I'm not hiding my junior brother's words, in fact, the situation of our Gelug Sect is not good."

I said silently, if you are already wonderful, I won’t look for you anymore. But I can’t say that. He sighed softly: “The Ming Dynasty was founded for 200 years and fought with Mongolian tribes for 200 years. As a result, except for countless men who died in battle, the people of the two tribes went through difficulties, and the national and civilians exhausted, there was no result... No one could do anything to anyone." As he said that, he sighed and said: “Now, it’s time to ask why you must live to the death. Can’t both sides get along harmoniously?”

Sonam Gyatso pronounced the Buddha's name again, looked at the silent with eager eyes, "Young brother said that he was not a monk's reincarnation?" After saying that, he sighed: "If this century-old hatred can be resolved and the Mongolian and Han can live in peace like Han and Tibetan, this merit will be enough to make the junior brother complete."

"I hope so," said Silent laughing, and distracted the topic: "After years of thinking, I realized that in addition to making the other party awe in military terms, I can only use the two hands of economy and culture to achieve my goal. As for the former, I will promote the Mongolian Tonggong trade at the appropriate time and help them get rid of poverty; the latter is even more troublesome than the former. The first thing I consider is of course Confucianism, but if I want to experience Confucianism, at least I have to have some ink in my heart. This is difficult to popularize in the Han area, let alone Mongolian area."

"Then we can only rely on religion. There are Taoism and Buddhism in the Han area, but they are all vague in their doctrines. It is difficult to take great responsibility for the organization. It is even more difficult to get the recognition of the Mongols because of their Chinese identity." A silent look at Sonam Gyatso said, "After searching, I found that Tibetan Buddhism was once the state religion of the Mongol Empire. This undoubtedly allowed the Mongols who were full of ancestors to accept the noble religion easily." With a light cough, he continued, "As for why the Gelug Sect was chosen from the five sects of the noble religion, this is because, as far as I know, over the years, the various sects of Tibetan Buddhism have been rampant, the precepts have been abolished, the monks have become corrupt and degenerate, and the serious "decadent and depressed" has appeared. "It is obviously not worthy of the great responsibility."

"The new Huang Cult created by Master Zongkoba abandoned the bad habits of other sects. Strict teachings, restrain monks, teach people to be kind, and be harmonious, and are deeply appreciated and praised by the Tibetan people." Chen Jing praised: "Although the current situation is not optimistic, I believe that the future of your sect will eventually be brilliant!"

The silent tone was earnest and honest, making it difficult not to believe what he said. Sonam Gyatso finally smiled and said, "Thank you for your good words! I promise the court and my junior brother that no matter where the Buddha's light shines, anything that harms the Ming Dynasty will be allowed to happen!"

"Senior brother, kindness, is a blessing for the three tribes!" Silently gave him a high hat.

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Even if the two sides reached a consensus, Sonam Gyatso was very satisfied and naturally became more respectful to the court: "What should we do next depends on the instructions of my junior brother."

"Your new disciples seem to have encountered great trouble," Chen Si said lightly: "I promised to help them overcome the difficulties before, but now I want to give this favor to my senior brother. I wonder if you are willing to accept it?"

"Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda," Sonam Gyatso said with his hands clasped: "The most willingness is."

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