During this period of time, Zheng Daoyuan, together with the Xijing Ministry of Rites, came up with several plans. Either the Tubo nobles were dissatisfied, or Huang Qiong was dissatisfied. During this period of time in the entire Huitong Hall, quarrels broke out almost every day. Especially those nobles who want to entrust their brothers are extremely dissatisfied with this. The court was asked to try its best to abide by the Tubo custom of having the eldest son serve as an official.
The most important thing is that among this group of Tubo nobles, a so-called descendant of Zamp was actually found. This descendant of Zampu has been making trouble secretly because his name is not among the nobles who were ennobled by the court. Although at this time, the originally powerful Tubo dynasty had already collapsed. No one has taken the descendants of Zamp seriously for a long time. He, the descendant of Zamp, is just a decoration.
It's just that the Bai Jiao specially retrieved it from the Western Regions and used it to expand its own power. But this person is quite cunning, knowing that his own power is difficult to fight against the Bai Jiao, so he has been patient before and won the place to enter Beijing this time. Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the imperial court's implementation of the alliance flag system and find ways to establish his own power. But he didn't expect that Bai Jiao didn't report it to him at all.
Bai Jiao found him and established him just to expand his influence. He definitely didn't really want to support him. Now that the goal has been achieved, he kicked him aside. Not only did they not report his name, they even suppressed him in disguise. Because Bai Jiao knows that if this guy's power is allowed to expand, it may not really be a good thing for Bai Jiao.
To promote Buddhism, what they need is a puppet, not an ambitious man who wants to restore the Tubo Dynasty. With this realization, would Bai Jiao really report his name? It's just that this guy is very smart. After learning that Bai Jiao did not report that he was knighted and refused to let him set up the royal flag, he has been secretly causing trouble. Instigate those Tubo nobles to find fault with them for various reasons.
Originally, after Zheng Daoyuan discovered that this guy was secretly causing trouble, he wanted to arrest him directly with Bai Jiao's consent. But Huang Qiong considered that although Zanpu's direct descendants were in the hinterland of Tubo, they were already divided. But he still has great influence, at least as a puppet, many Tibetan nobles still need him. Killing this person now is easy, but it will not be conducive to recruiting the Tibetan hinterland.
In the end, Huang Qiong agreed to ban him and let him stand alone. However, there is a prerequisite: he must not raise a royal flag or recruit surrender or rebellion within Qingtang. If other flags defect to him, they must be sent back as soon as possible. The number of bannermen under the tent shall not exceed three hundred. The number of tents under the banner shall not exceed two thousand, but they are only allowed to cultivate highland barley on a fixed basis around Qinghai Lake, and are not allowed to graze cattle, sheep, and horses.
In return, the imperial court exempted him from taxes and corvées. Only 200 jars of highland barley wine and 200 bundles of Tibetan carpets and sheep felts are required from him every year. Even if he cultivated all the land under his control into highland barley land, the court would not levy a penny of tax. However, although they are not allowed to graze, they are allowed to make Tibetan nobles and use various handicrafts for sale, especially finely made Tibetan carpets.
The two eminent monks from the Red and White Sects also took turns coming to the palace to preach. To put it bluntly, he is desperately accusing the other party of not being a Buddhist disciple, and that the sect he believes in is the true Buddhist disciple. To put it bluntly, they are trying their best to discredit the other party in order to promote themselves. In order to compress it as much as possible, the opponent set up the number of Lama flags within the Qingtang Tubo tribes to reduce the opponent's influence.
But if he continues to secretly cause trouble and prevent the imperial court from implementing the alliance flag system. Don't let his flag blow by then. It's still unclear whether their family's heads can be saved. Under the situation of dual inducements and threats, in the situation where there is no third option except for the title, independent flag, and moving the whole family's head, the old man bowed his head happily.
Compared to the quarrels among the Tubo nobles in the Huitong Hall. The so-called descendants of Zanpu have always been secretly constrained. The two members of the Red and White Sect made a noise directly in front of Huang Qiong. Throughout the day, he handed over documents and asked to meet the prince on the pretext of giving lectures on scriptures. Huang Qiong, who did not believe in Buddhism, let alone their tantric theories, and even felt a little disgusted in his heart, was almost extremely annoyed.
In order to persuade the court to support them as much as possible, the two religions seemed to be competing with each other. As soon as the Red Sect announced that it accepted the imperial court's reincarnation testing and lottery system, the White Sect announced that it would abide by the Buddhist rules of China and would no longer allow monks in its sect to marry and have children. Immediately afterwards, the Red Sect also announced that it would restrict its disciples from taking wives and concubines. If you must marry a wife, you need to return home and practice as a lay practitioner at home.
The Bai Jiao had just convinced the Qingtang Tubo tribes to accept the title conferred by the imperial court. The Red Sect there requested a decree, hoping that the imperial court could ennoble the kingdoms in the hinterland of Tubo. Faced with the mutual quarrels between the two religions and the unanimous efforts to force the court to express its stance, Huang Qiong decided to publicly canonize the two religions after discussing with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites. In the name of the imperial court, Huang Qiong conferred the title of Living Buddha on the leader of the two religions.
The title of Living Buddha is hereditary by each of the two religions, but the person who succeeds the next Living Buddha must be publicly canonized by the court and granted a seal before he can be enthroned. The abbots of the major temples affiliated to the two sects were respectively canonized and given titles such as Master, Dharma King, and Buddha. The headmasters of the two sects are assigned the inheritance method by the current previous generation, and all are passed on through reincarnation. The imperial court will send officials to conduct a lottery test to determine the final candidate.
All candidates selected as head teachers will be issued a seal by the imperial court. Without the permission and canonization of the imperial court, the candidate for the leader shall not be given the title of the imperial court, and will not be regarded as the real leader, and the imperial court will regard him as a treasonous person. Once discovered, severe punishment will be given. However, what puzzled the officials in Xijing was why the prince forcibly designated the titles of these two living Buddhas? The name is still so weird?
Erdeni is better. Unfortunately, this word is not a good word in Chinese. But the prince persisted, and when the two eminent monks heard these two weird titles, instead of rejecting them, they were actually very happy. The second minister had nothing to say? They really don’t know that with such a word in their name, what is there to celebrate?
Once the account is banned, the next step will be much easier to do. The Red Sect and the White Sect each set up a lama banner in the three Tubo tribes of Qingtang, and were designated by the imperial court to follow that banner to nomadically. The two religions built temples among the Tubo tribes in Qingtang, and the imperial court provided partial funding. The imperial court allowed the Red Sect to expand its missionary scope, but the Red Sect had to allow the White Sect to preach freely in the hinterland of Tubo.
From now on, the White Sect will preach in the snow-covered plateau countries, and the Red Sect shall not block or restrict it by any means. As for the future development of the second religion, Huang Qiong's attitude is very firm. It depends on the abilities of the two religions. If the Red Sect remains as it is now, the White Sect will not be allowed to preach in the hinterland of Tubo. Then the court will carry out a series of sanctions depending on its impact and resulting consequences.
Punishments such as suspending offerings to the Red Sect, revoking the titles of eminent monks of the Red Sect, and even disapproving their reincarnation and enthronement. The same applies to the White Sect. If they interfere and block the spread of the Red Sect in the Qingtang area, they will also be punished by the court. Huang Qiong even forced the two sects to swear an oath on the spot. No matter how different their interpretations and understandings of the doctrine were, they were only allowed to argue verbally.
It is not allowed to encourage believers to fight with each other, and it is not allowed for each lama banner to form its own armed forces except for a hundred bannermen. The tents under its banner are never allowed to be expanded once they are finalized. If there are herdsmen from other banners who run to the banner of each lama, they must be returned in the same timely manner. Once a fugitive is hidden, the imperial court will reduce his offerings. However, the court did not restrict the believers from Qingtang Banner who became monks.
Huang Qiong also asked the two religions to impose certain restrictions on the Tubo tribes who believed in their own doctrines and not to rebel against the imperial court. If a Tubo tribe rebels under the banner of the two religions, the imperial court will implement a joint campaign against the two religions. After Huang Qiong's operation, the Second Sect was subject to many restrictions compared to the past. But it can be said that everyone is happy, and they all think that they have laid a big nail in the opponent's sphere of influence.
You must know that although the White Sect's power had an absolute advantage among the Tubo tribes in Qingtang, it was unable to cross the Tanggula Snow Mountains due to the obstruction of the Red Sect. Now that the Red Sect has agreed to open up the hinterland of the plateau and allow the White Sect to preach, this means that it has opened the door to the interior of Tubo. The same goes for the Red Sect. The Red Sect was originally located within Qingtang Tubo and had almost no influence.
There are only two temples, and their influence is far inferior to that of the Bai Sect that emerged in Qingtang. Now that Tubo has achieved equal status to the Baijiao in Qingtang, there will be many opportunities in the future. Although there are certain restrictions, for the two sects who are eager to expand their influence in the other party's sphere of influence, as long as the court does not limit the number of disciples of Banyi Buddhism, other controls are nothing.
The two religions are very satisfied, and the remaining Qingtang Tubo nobles will be easy to deal with. Under the persuasion of several eminent monks from the Second Sect, and after a month of quarrels and compromises, the alliance flag system was finally established. The three Tibetan tribes in Qingtang have a total of 17 people ennobled with the title of Enfu Guogong and Zhen Guogong, and 29 people without the title of Fen'en. The remaining generals and lieutenants totaled ninety-three people.
Among the three divisions, there are a total of nine alliances and 63 flags. Among them, there are twelve Lama Banners, and the title of Feng'en Gong, Feng'en General, who lives in the Qingtang Tubo tribe, is a direct descendant of the original Tubo Zanpu, and whose salary level is between Fen'en and non-Feng'en. Two. It also established a separate banner and allowed it to farm between Riyue Mountain and Qinghai Lake. The number of self-recruited bannermen should not exceed 2,000 tents.
Most of the Galuns in various banners are princes, and a few are generals. Under Galon, there are officials such as Galon Tongzhi, left and right assistant leaders, Taiji, etc., who are respectively responsible for the civil and military affairs of the banner. As for the detailed nomadic areas of various banners, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War still needed to send important ministers to Qinghai to divide them separately. Now that the New Year is approaching, Huang Qiong plans to wait until next spring when the flowers bloom, and Zheng Daoyuan will be responsible for taking the lead.
At the same time, the imperial court set up the Imperial College in Xijing to provide 60 places for the Tibetan tribes in Qingtang every year. The annual tuition fees for these children from aristocratic families were borne by the imperial court. In addition, the imperial court allowed the children of the Tubo family in Qingtang to become officials through studying and taking the imperial examination. Even if they do not pass the joint examination, but obtain the status of Juren, they can still be allowed to participate in the election of officials according to the same standards as those in Han Dynasty.
As for the large and small kingdoms in the hinterland of Tubo, five princes and eleven princes were ennobled. But all the princes and princes do not use the word "feng'en". His salary will be reduced according to the Tubo tribes in Qingtang. Anyway, those princes and princes were themselves big slave owners and nobles, and they were willing to spend a lot of money on temple worship. No one must care about the small salary from the court.
In addition to nomadic people living in the six valleys of the Qilian Mountains, seven thousand-household offices were established under the direct jurisdiction of the Xijing Ministry of War, and the leaders were appointed to hereditary official positions. It can be said that the other clan chiefs and leaders from other Tubo tribes who came to Beijing were very happy. On the day when the canonization was finally completed, Huang Qiong came to the capital for a grand banquet in the Liangyi Hall with the Tubo tribe leaders and clan chiefs, and personally high-fived and swore an oath with the Tibetan clan leaders and clan chiefs in accordance with Tubo customs.
