Song Xiangxi did not have any in-depth understanding of Buddhism.
He only generally knew that there were many different sects in Buddhism, with great conflicts between them and various styles of conduct.
But when he was young, he also heard his elders say that Buddhists should always abide by the precepts, such as not killing, not eating meat, etc. There are many unconventional rules.
So he felt that monks should be a well-behaved group of people.
In his understanding, there are some precepts that have been passed down for a long time. No matter what sect you belong to, you should abide by them. Buddhists should be quiet and have a pure heart. They should also be kind and pay attention to saving all sentient beings.
However, these Buddhist worshipers in front of him gilded the Buddha statues, or simply made the Buddha statues out of pure gold, making the Buddhist temples extremely splendid and luxurious, and their own decorations were also extremely luxurious and glittering, as if they could express their piety in this way. .
Didn’t you promise to save all sentient beings?
Why are you now only focusing on sculpting a golden body for a statue and dressing yourself in gold and silver?
Could it be said that the differences between Buddhists of different sects are that big?
Can't you see that those hard workers are dying?
Maybe they really can't see it. Just like those old men in the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty, they can only see people, especially talented people and beautiful women, but they can never see cows and horses.
It would not be difficult for a country like this to develop if it introduced revival groups and provided some covert support.
Or, are there countries like this all around the Ming Dynasty?
Facing these countries and this group of insects, it is definitely not impossible for Ming's theory of world revolution to succeed.
These suffering people, these numb people who have been brutally oppressed, just lack an opportunity. Once this opportunity is born, the anger they burst out will be enough to melt gold.
At this moment, Song Xiangxi no longer had any doubts about the ambitious goal of world revolution.
The diplomacy between Song Xiangxi and Bagan went very smoothly. During the diplomatic talks, Xu Tong led his army to clean up all the remnants of the reactionary forces in Dali, and only partially fortified the border. The main force of the army retreated, with no intention of invading Bagan.
Napola Emperor Situ fully felt the "sincerity" of the Ming Dynasty. He hosted a banquet in honor of Song Xiangxi, agreed to the Ming Dynasty's request to set up an agency, and allowed Ming merchants to do business in Bagan, promising to ensure the safety of Ming merchants.
Of course, he hoped that Ming merchants would operate in the northern region of Bagan as much as possible.
Song Xiangxi also has some understanding of this. According to Tianwangjun, ethnic groups in the northern part of Bagan and ethnic groups in the south often have small frictions and small actions, and the relationship between them is not so coordinated and not so friendly.
Of course, this does not mean that the central government of Bagan is not stable enough. For the southern ethnic groups, the military power of Bagan is still sufficient, but everyone is not so convinced and always has some special opinions that they want to express.
Song Xiangxi then understood what Napola Di Sidhu meant and expressed that he had no problem in this regard.
So Song Xiangxi brought back the diplomatic and commercial relations that the Ming Dynasty needed, as well as a huge order that Napolo Dixidu made after spending a lot of money after learning about the prices of some specialties of the Ming Dynasty.
Regardless of whether it is a small country or a big country, anyone who can achieve this kind of ruler status will never be short of money. They are particularly willing to spend money on themselves.
Sure enough, they are insects.
On the other side, in Srivijaya, the situation is different.
Because of the navigation route of the merchant fleet, they first found a port in the Kingdom of Srivijaya where they wanted to set up a navigation transfer station and garrison point.
The target port location is in an area known as Polo Thong, and this area will be the future Singapore.
According to reports from the merchant fleet, they spotted this area during their voyage. It is at the end of the peninsula and faces another island controlled by the Kingdom of Sriwijaya across the sea. They want to reach Seran from the Kingdom of Sriwijaya. For the country and the country of Zhunian, it is best to take this passage.
At present, this is not a port area that the Srivijaya Kingdom cares about. The construction here is limited to primitive development, which is infinitely close to no development. It is still a primitive landscape and has a small population. It is impossible to have a negative impact on the development of the Ming Dynasty. Influence.
What the kingdom cares about is the place where the capital is, which is called Palembang. It is very prosperous. They don't care about Puluozhong.
Therefore, the report of the merchant fleet believed that it would be very suitable to establish a navigation port and garrison base belonging to the Ming Dynasty here.
According to the report of the Skynet Army, Srivijaya is an island country and a maritime country. The local people have fierce folk customs and are good at water and land warfare. They once dominated the country.
The local land in Srivijaya is fertile, agricultural production is relatively prosperous, and the population is densely populated. Some people are accustomed to living in houses on the water.
But this does not mean that they do not have cities. They also have large cities. The city walls are dozens of miles long. The scale is really quite large, and the style is quite similar to the Chinese city walls.
The kings of the Srivijaya Kingdom used Sanskrit when they came and went by boat. When communicating with the Tang and Song dynasties in the past, the tables in the previous chapter were written in Chinese, which shows that the ruling class of the Srivijaya Kingdom are familiar with Chinese.
Because Srivijaya had very close trade ties with the Tang and Song dynasties, and the sea transportation was relatively convenient, there were actually quite a lot of Chinese living in the capital of Srivijaya.
When the Ming Dynasty first sent the national team to run business, the local Han people gave them a lot of help out of compatriot friendship.
Similarly, because of the close business and trade exchanges, they also have a deep understanding of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike Chenla and Bagan, the local Han people generally know the existence of Hongwu's political commentary and the existence of the so-called revolution of the Ming Dynasty.
Even the upper echelons of the empire knew that Su Yonglin and Ming Dynasty were different from ordinary people, so they treated Ming Dynasty differently from those of Tang and Song Dynasties.
After the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom did not take the initiative to send official officials to communicate with the Ming Dynasty. They only had commercial exchanges, and they were more vigilant about those who did business with the Ming Dynasty.
They stipulated that businessmen from the Ming Dynasty must enter from Palembang, its capital, and are not allowed to enter from other places. After entry, they must undergo inspection of their belongings, mainly books, and a series of books such as Hongwu's Political Commentary are not allowed to enter Srivijaya.
After Ming merchants entered the Srivijaya country, their scope of activities was also limited to a few large commercial cities and port cities where the upper class of the kingdom had strong control. Ming merchants were not allowed to set foot in the vast countryside.
This was a rather troublesome matter for Ming Dynasty who wanted to set up a local revival organization to take action.
In this regard, the Tianwang Army's view is that many people in their country can read Chinese. It is said that the upper echelons of the Srivijaya Kingdom are worried that people with evil intentions in the country will rely on such "fallacious theories" to incite the people at the bottom to rebel.
This view is derived from the actual situation of the Srivijaya Kingdom.
