As the saying goes, good things come soon, and it’s true.
Zhao Ping thought for a while and frowned: "What kind of official is Shamenbo Chanbu?"
"He is the leader of the Lamaism. He also has the position of Tongping Zhangshi." Zhonghua answered carefully.
"It turns out he is the deputy prime minister of the Tubo court. It's interesting." Zhao Ping took a sip of tea. "He is the leader of Lamaism. Isn't he still a lama?"
Zhonghua nodded, frowning tightly: "He is not only a lama, but also a khenpo and a Dharma king, with a very high status."
"Keep talking." Zhao Ping nodded, wanting to understand clearly.
Zhong Hua thought for a while and analyzed in depth, "Little Saint, this person is not only a noble, but also a great lama, and a high-ranking official in the court. Little Saint, you must not be underestimated."
Zhonghua is very conflicted. On the one hand, he hopes that Zhaojiazhuang can obtain this huge mineral deposit, but on the other hand, he is worried that the powerful Jialuo will try his best to stop it.
"I thought he was an eminent monk." Zhao Ping shook his head with a contemptuous expression, "Although he is a Dharma King, he is greedy for the world. How can he be an outsider?"
"That's right, not only is this person not an outsider, but he is also married and has children." Zhong Hua nodded, feeling the same.
"A true outsider is difficult to deal with." Zhao Ping heard this and dismissed it, "He is full of greed, anger and delusion. This person is easier to deal with."
Zhong Hua was stunned. He didn't expect that the little saint said he could deal with him, so how to deal with him.
You know, the little saint is only in Xi County, and Jialuo is far away in Tubo.
The two of them were so far apart, two thousand miles apart, how could they make Jia Luo willingly give up the mine?
Zhonghua rubbed his head. He was thinking a lot but couldn't think of a way to deal with it.
"What? What kind of appreciation conference is Zhaojiazhuang going to hold?" Jialuo asked while reading the "Da Song Zhonghua News".
His disciple Wangdui did not dare to raise his head, but lowered his head and Wangdui answered respectfully, "Tell the Dharma King, yes, it is still in Xi County."
"Lao Ne didn't go last time, will you go this time? I heard it was very expensive." Jia Luo thought for a while, with a hesitant expression on his face.
Wangdui thought for a while and finally said: "His Holiness, this appreciation conference is about the Crystal Bodhisattva."
"What? It's actually the Crystal Bodhisattva." Hearing this, Jialuo couldn't help but shake a few times and almost fell off the wooden lotus platform.
Thinking of this, he said to Wangdui: "Help Lao Ne come down."
Wangdui thought that Jialuo would not be tempted, but he did not expect that Jialuo would react so strongly.
"Crystal Bodhisattva, Crystal Bodhisattva." Jia Luo kept walking around the table, his two gray eyebrows tightly knitted together, "But this is too expensive. Without hundreds of thousands of coins, it is difficult to win."
Wangdui heard this and realized that it was not that the Dharma King did not want the Crystal Bodhisattva, but that the price was too expensive.
Wangdui didn't understand. His Holiness clearly owned one of the largest salt mountains in Tubo, and had tens of thousands of believers who donated money and materials. His annual income reached hundreds of thousands of guan. Why did he say that he had no money?
He thought for a while and said respectfully to the Dharma King: "Dharma King, I heard that there is one Crystal Bodhisattva in Song Dynasty, Tubo, Hu people and Dali."
What Wangdui means is that you are the Dharma King of Tubo, so you should naturally fight for it.
If Jialuo gets this crystal Bodhisattva, it means that he is not only the Dharma King of Qingtang, but the real Dharma King of the entire Tubo.
You know, their current Tubo is just Qingtang Tubo, not the real Tubo, just a small part of it.
Now the entire Tubo has been torn apart. In addition to the Qingtang Tubo, there are also various tribes such as the Saga (Shigatse), Luoxe (Lhasa), Zhangxiong, and Nisala.
Saga, in particular, is geographically located in the middle of the entire Tibet, and is a descendant of the Kun family of the Tubo aristocracy. Tracing back to it, it is the Kun Bawojia family of ministers during the Trisong Detsen period. It can be said that it is a famous family.
Qingtang is located somewhere, but it is on the edge of Tubo. Compared with Saga, it is only on the edge.
The Song Dynasty paid great attention to famous families, but compared with Tubo, they pale into insignificance.
How Tubo perished was related to Langdama Zampu's annihilation of Buddha, but the direct reason was that the queen was infertile and used an adopted son to inherit Zampu, which ruined the orthodox bloodline.
Compared with Geji, Jialuo, and Lajia, Songyu is just a small noble, but he can also become Zampu.
The reason is that he is a descendant of Zunsiluo and Songgan Zanbu.
And what is Jia Luo? He is just a local noble from Qingtang, and he is not from a famous family. He can only be regarded as a rising star.
If Jialuo gets this crystal Bodhisattva, he can use it to command the entire Tubo.
At that time, if Jia Luo listens, he will also listen to Saga's orders, and if he doesn't listen, he will also listen to Saga's arrangements.
Now it seems that this Crystal Bodhisattva has to fight even if he doesn't fight.
This is Zhaojiazhuang's upright conspiracy. Once the Crystal Bodhisattva comes out, all the monks in the world must take it.
Not only do you want to go, but you also need to go quickly with money in hand, otherwise it will be too late and you will be finished.
Thinking of this, Jialuo couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
Wangdui felt strange. It was already winter, so why was the Dharma King sweating?
"His Holiness, are you going to go here or not?" Wangdui was a young lama after all, so he didn't think about such complicated things and asked a little naively.
Liangzhou (Wuwei in later generations), inside a lama temple.
A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy was sitting cross-legged on a stool, reading the Book of Changes.
This person is none other than Phagpa, the descendant of Sakya's Peaceful Sandals.
Next to him, Jigmei, a lama who was two years older than him, came in and coughed.
Pa Siba put down the "Book of Changes" in his hand on the desk, and asked calmly: "Junior brother, what's the matter?"
"Senior brother, Zhaojiazhuang is holding another treasure appraisal conference. This time it's the Crystal Bodhisattva. Junior brother, are you going?" Jigmei handed over the "Da Song Zhonghua Newspaper" in her hand.
Although Jigme was two years older than Pasipa, he started school later than him, so he called him senior brother.
You must know that Phagpa has already entered the world since he was born. The son inherited his father's business and was the "prince" of the Sakya sect.
Basiba took the "Da Song Zhonghua News", looked at it carefully, put down the newspaper, and fell into deep thought.
Jigmei looked at Pasipa and felt anxious: "Senior brother, there is only one in the whole of Tubo. What if the Crystal Bodhisattva is taken away by someone else and gives the order?"
"Zhaojiazhuang held some kind of appreciation conference last time and plundered all the wealth in the world. Why should we hold another appreciation conference again?" When Basiba said this, he got down from his seat angrily.
Jigme thought for a while and then said cautiously: "Zhaojiazhuang fought against the Khanate for three months with its exclusive power, and all the wealth was completely wiped out. It is normal to think of this method."
"The other party is forcing us to pay. If we don't pay, we won't get the Crystal Bodhisattva. I don't know how much it will cost to get the Crystal Bodhisattva. It's difficult, difficult, difficult. It's a dilemma." After saying that, he walked around the case several times. After a few laps, he sighed and sat down on the stool again.
He did not sit down cross-legged this time, obviously losing his cool mood.
Jigmei thought for a while and then spoke slowly: "It doesn't matter other temples in Tubo. The one we need to be careful about now is Jialuo from Qingtang. He owns one of the largest salt mines in Qingtang and can be said to be the richest in the world. .”
"This is a conspiracy in Zhaojiazhuang. I am using the treasure appraisal conference to stir up the situation in the world. Time waits for me." As he spoke, Ba Siba shook his head and drank the butter tea in one gulp, leaving an empty tea cup.
Seeing that the teacup was empty, Jigmei hurriedly filled the teacup with butter tea.
Jigmei put down the teapot, thought about it, and couldn't help but feel horrified: "Zhaojiazhuang not only has great military and wealth, but now it uses this treasure appraisal conference to kill two birds with one stone. It not only mobilizes the situation in the world, but also collects huge wealth."
"In the past, the Khanate's biggest rival was the Song Dynasty, but now the Song Dynasty's rival is Zhaojiazhuang. I didn't expect that it would grow so much in just one year." Ba Siba fell into deep thought again.
Jigme thought for a while and asked cautiously: "Senior brother, shall we go to the appreciation meeting?"
"Go, why don't you go? I want to see how miraculous that Crystal Bodhisattva is?" Pasiba thought for a while and answered decisively.
Not only Pasipa's heart was moved, but also all the Tibetan Dharma King-level lamas were moved with excitement and immediately set off towards Xi County.
Of course there were temples in the Song Dynasty, and the imperial court alone designated the Five Mountains and Ten Temples.
Of course Wushan's status is higher than that of Shisha, and the presiding officers are all appointed by the imperial court.
These five mountains are Yuhang Jingshan Temple, Qiantang Lingyin Temple, Jingci Temple, Ningbo Tiantong Temple, and Ashoka Temple.
The ten temples are Tianzhu Temple in Qiantang, Daochang Temple in Huzhou, Jiangxin Temple in Wenzhou, Shuanglin Temple in Jinhua, Xuedou Temple in Ningbo, Guoqing Temple in Taizhou, Xuefeng Temple in Fuzhou, Linggu Temple in Jiankang, Wanshou Temple in Suzhou, and Huqiu Temple.
The question is, these five mountains and ten temples were sealed by the imperial court. What to do with the other temples?
The other private temples gave up and had no choice but to find the Pope.
The Pope couldn't help being overjoyed, and also came to the Five Mountains and Ten Temples, and also listed Dalongxiang Jiqing Temple in Yingtian Prefecture among the Five Mountains.
After receiving the papal title, the folk temples couldn't help but be overjoyed. If you want to use the imperial court to overwhelm us, there is obviously no way.
When Yuan Zhao, the abbot of Lingyin Temple, saw the "Da Song Zhonghua Newspaper", his two white eyebrows locked together tightly.
Yuan Zhao is already seventy, and seventy years is rare in life.
His junior brother was much younger than him, only about fifty, and his prestige in the temple was second only to Yuan Zhao.
Yuan Jie not only had great prestige in Lingyin Temple, but also had a good relationship with the imperial court.
It can be said that if Yuan Zhao passes away, it is nine out of ten that he will become the abbot.
Yuan Jie glanced at Yuan Zhao, clasped his hands carefully and said, "Abbott, this is an opportunity. As long as this Crystal Bodhisattva is in hand, Lingyin Temple will be the number one temple in the Song Dynasty."
Although Lingyin Temple is also among the Five Mountains, Jingshan Temple ranks in front of it, and it is still the second most popular one in the official eyes.
"However, if there are not about 100,000 coins here, it will be difficult to capture this Crystal Bodhisattva." At this point, Yuan Zhao looked at the "Da Song Zhonghua News" again and couldn't help but sigh again.
It is a lie to say that Yuan Zhao was unmoved. If Lingyin Temple could become the number one temple in the Song Dynasty during his tenure, he would be satisfied and go to see the Buddha.
Yuan Jie thought for a while and then cautiously clasped his hands together: "Abbott, Xiao Ne and Liu Mingquan, the shopkeeper of Zhaojiazhuang, are tea lovers. I believe he will definitely help Lingyin Temple. If the temple brings some extravagant wealth, there will definitely be hope for the Crystal Bodhisattva."
Yingtianfu, Dalongxiang Jiqing Zen Temple.
The abbot had no intention of summoning his junior brother Wu Zhang and handed him the "Da Song Zhonghua Bao".
He himself sat cross-legged on the chair, picked up the tea cup, and drank in the spring breeze with all his heart.
Wu Zhang didn't know why the abbot summoned him here, so he could only look at the newspaper in confusion.
After reading it, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Abbott, this is an opportunity for Qingchan Temple to become the number one temple in the Song Dynasty." Wu Zhang put down the newspaper and said to Wu Wuxin.
Wu Wu picked up the tea cup again, white steam rising slowly, making Wu Wu look mysterious.
He took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and said lightly: "Ran Ye."
Half a month later, the second treasure appraisal conference in Zhaojiazhuang, which had concerned monks all over the world, was finally held in Xi County.
