The school competition outside Tianshui Mansion was held for six days in total.
During these six days, Zhang Gao recruited Fan Changgong, who could serve as a light-armored cavalry on horseback, as well as wearing heavy armor as a valiant cavalry (a heavy-armored cavalry between uniform and light armor), and could dismount as a knight. A tough six of elite rifle archers.
There are more than 200 sharpshooters and heavy armored soldiers.
These are not ordinary soldiers. With systematic training and relying on these two hundred people as the core force, a team of about 3,000 people with fairly good combat effectiveness can be formed.
Zhang Xiancun was drooling when he saw it. In fact, the reason why they were eliminated was not that they were not good, but that the court did not need them yet, so it deliberately raised the selection standards.
These days, except for the first day when Zhang Xiancun and Zhang Xianyu were with Zhang Yan, they were released the rest of the time to assist Zhebu Jiashi in organizing the school competition.
At Zhang's special request, the two boys ate in a rice pot and rested in a shed with the officials of Tianshui Mansion and even soldiers, craftsmen, and civilians.
The two little guys also lost their impetuousness and became somewhat pragmatic at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This is not because I, Zhang Shengren, have better genes than ordinary people, but because brothers Zhang Xiancun and Zhang Xianyu know very well what kind of life will be waiting for them when they reach Zhang Xian's standards.
It is this expectation for the future that strongly drives their growth step by step.
If you don’t believe it, you can find a random assembly line worker in future generations and tell him that he only needs to drive screws for three months. After he becomes the best at this craft, the factory will be given to him, and he will grow very fast.
Since the two boys were back now, Zhang Yan first asked Zhang Xiancun on the left with a smile.
"I heard that you recently took the initiative to go to the streets with the Wu Hous to picket the illegal behavior of people from all over the world. How do you feel?"
Zhang Xiancun tilted his head, looked at Zhang Hao with his big fat face and said, "My child realizes that you are really too wise and mighty!"
ah? this!
Zhang Hao was stunned. He asked you to go out to exercise, and you just came back from the exercise to flatter yourself? But he was still patient and asked Zhang Xiancun with a smile, "Oh? How did you say this?"
Zhang Xiancun didn't notice the slight change in the expression on Zhang Yan's face, but said seriously.
"My child used to think that everyone in the world should listen to me. If I say something, they will risk their lives to do it. No one in the world dares to disobey an imperial edict from your Majesty.
It was not until this time that the child realized that this was not the case at all.
The human heart is so complicated! It's not easy to drive others to do things.
Not to mention the officials of Tianshui Mansion and Marquis Wu, let alone the people within the four seas who dare not disobey, even a common man is not so easy to control.
They all dared to cheat on the child with the government's token. They even made up lies to deceive the child, and secretly laughed at the child for being a fool. "
Zhang Xiancun's eyes began to turn red as he spoke. It was obvious that he must have been very angry at that time.
The son was almost crying, but Zhang Yan laughed heartlessly.
He, the eldest son, is good at everything, but because of his high background, he is too arrogant. He naturally feels that others should obey his orders, and that with just one word, he can make others give up everything.
To put it bluntly, these are some giant babies.
If you were in an ordinary family, the most you could do is become a naughty child, and then be beaten repeatedly in society. This is the saying that if your parents don’t teach you, society will teach you.
And if a second-generation Quan is such a giant baby, it will be very scary. Emperor Sui Yang is such a typical example.
Just look at him and you will know how terrifyingly destructive a second-generation top-level powerful person can be without empathy and treating the common people as nothing!
He never considers the endurance of the subjects under his rule, nor does he consider that others have parents, wives and children, and that others are also living people. He feels that he is the emperor, and in one word he will make his subjects shed their blood.
How can there be such a good thing in this world!
Seeing that Zhang Hao didn't comfort him but laughed loudly, Zhang Xiancun might have broken his guard long ago.
But now he understands that if he breaks his guard, others will not come over to comfort him immediately like his mother, but will continue to laugh at his jokes.
So although Zhang Xiancun was almost in tears, he was still thinking silently in his heart, "I'm not angry!" I'm not angry! 'I endured it forcefully.
Zhang Gao laughed a few times. Seeing that although Zhang Xiancun was a little angry, he actually held it back, he immediately stopped laughing, then touched Zhang Xiancun's head and said happily.
"My son has indeed grown up and no longer acts like a child. I heard that Zhebu Jiashi said that you did a good job. How did you convince those people in the end?"
Zhang Xiancun secretly thought in his heart that he was in danger, and he almost fell into his father's trap. If he had just rushed over to find comfort, he would have been badly damaged.
"My sons and ministers eat and sleep with them, share the benefits equally, take care of those who have difficulties at home as much as possible, reward those who work hard, and punish those who cheat and cheat. If someone wants to challenge the authority of the children, a certain person directly Knocked out four of his front teeth.”
"This is what the leader should do!" Zhang Hao couldn't help but sigh. Zhang Xiancun did not waste his intelligence and quickly found the correct solution to the problem.
After praising Zhang Xiancun, Zhang Yan looked back at Zhang Xianyu, his second son, "Erlang, do you have any insights?"
Zhang Xianyu thought for a while and whispered: "My child discovered that the people below are living a very hard life. They work hard all day long and all they want is food and clothing.
But our Great Zhou Dynasty has never rested with the people in two hundred years, and your Excellency is the Holy Lord and Mingjun for three hundred years since Emperor Taizong Wen of the previous dynasty.
How miserable the people must have been in the past! After you become a vassal, you must be better to the people. "
Compared with Zhang Xiancun, Zhang Xianyu's only advantage is that he is not as flashy as Zhang Xiancun. Because he does not have Zhang Xiancun's background.
Zhang Xianyu's mother was born in an ordinary Uighur family. Because of her good luck, she married Li Guoshou's son.
However, before she could become pregnant, her husband was killed by the Persians. Shortly thereafter, her father-in-law Li Guoshou gave her to Zhang Xian as a gift, and then gave birth to Zhang Xianyu.
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Xianyu's mother was not even a concubine. She was just a gift. She was just lucky enough to give birth to a son.
Correspondingly, Zhang Xianyu's mother Aiguli is far less powerful than her aunt Li Ruoliu.
My aunt was a person who could stand up to Queen Cao Yanxi face to face, which gave Aiguli a hundred courages, but she did not dare to do this.
Therefore, when Zhang Xianyu was a child, he was very afraid of things and had low self-esteem. Naturally, he was not as aloof as Zhang Xiancun, but he still knew a few things below. In addition, due to the troubles Li Guoshou and his family were causing in Talos, Zhang Xianyu had always been cautious.
Even though he was the second prince, he was actually very polite to the lowest eunuchs in the palace. Zhang Xianyu had already understood these principles that Zhang Xiancun had just understood.
Therefore, his focus is still on the poverty of the people at the bottom.
Both sons have gained something, especially the growth of Zhang Xiancun, which makes Zhang Yan even more pleased.
Moreover, Zhang Yan also saw that Zhang Xiancun's weakness was that he had not sunk before, but a place like Dali was not difficult to conquer, but governance was very important. The common people and powerful chieftains blocked it.
So Zhang Gao took the hands of the two brothers Zhang Xiancun and came to the south wall of the palace. Zhang Xiancun didn't know why. When he walked to the south wall, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
The palace was built against the mountain, and outside the south gate was a large sloping grassland, which was not suitable for the army to camp, but it was very suitable for defense.
During the few days when Zhang Xiancun's brother was not with Zhang Yan, a large number of people came from far away just outside the south gate of the palace.
It seems that there are only a few Han people, mostly Tubo, Qiang and other ethnic groups. They are not here to see Zhang Yan, but simply to pray for the blessing of the Supreme God.
Many of them even came from Minzhou and Danzhou, which are not close to Tianshui Mansion. They set up tents and chanted sutras all day long under the organization of some monks from the Six Methods Sect.
After Zhang Yan arrived at the south city gate, suddenly, cheers of mountain roaring and tsunami sounded. Then, under the leadership of the monks of Liufa Sect, the people collectively prostrated on the ground, and the solemn and solemn chanting of sutras started again. Then it sounded.
From Zhang Xiancun's position, what comes into view is the back that covers the entire hillside, as if it suddenly grew out of the ground. The sound of chanting in his ears echoes back and forth as if it has substance.
Zhang Yan waved his hand gently, and the south gate of the palace slowly opened. The monks pushed several carts carrying several large pots, filled with boiled mare's kumiss, out of the gate.
Zhang Yan led Zhang Xiancun and Zhang Xianyu down the city, reached for a large spoon and stirred each pot in a symbolic manner. The crowd looked at these pots with even more enthusiastic eyes.
The crowd gathered around the monks of the Liufa Sect and moved forward. At the front was a majestic Qiang man, carrying a haggard old woman on his back.
After the man arrived in front of Zhang Yan, he carefully bent down and slowly turned himself into a chair. Several Qiang men came with him to help him help the old woman on his back sit firmly. On the man's back.
Only then did Zhang Xiancun realize that the man was kneeling on the ground on all fours so that the old woman could have a place to sit.
The old woman was very old, and her whole body looked like she was about to curl up into a ball at any time. Her outstretched arms and fingers were almost just a piece of dead skin covering the bones.
As soon as the old woman sat down, she started groping around her body. While groping, she asked the people around her tremblingly, "But in front of the Bodhisattva?"
The monk from the Liufa Sect who had brought him bent down and told him in a low voice, "The Supreme Dharma is right in front of you."
Hearing the words, the old woman struggled with the help of everyone, and knelt on the man's broad back, facing the direction of Zhang Yan. After bowing again and again, she raised a brilliant white piece that could even reflect the sun's rays. The stone was dedicated to Zhang Yan.
This is a superb white quartz stone.
The Qiang people's own beliefs are similar to those of the Han people. The atmosphere of ancestor worship is very strong. In addition, they also believe that all things are animistic. They usually use white quartz stones as a symbol of the arrival of gods.
The old woman tried her best to lift the white stone, her cloudy eyes suddenly opened, she looked at Zhang Hao's chest and asked.
"Bodhisattva, why are the lives of the Qiang people so miserable? Snow falls every year in July, freezing cattle and sheep to death, as well as the elderly and the weak. We are devout believers in the Buddha, so why are there no gods or Buddhas to protect us?"
The surrounding air suddenly turned cold. Zhang Yan originally wanted to bring his two sons to show them. The monks of Liufa Sect also thought that the old woman and her family came to worship Buddha devoutly, but they did not expect that such a situation would occur.
That's the bad thing about living gods, because they always encounter such believers who ask surreal questions, so generally the highest-level god sticks seldom talk and have little contact with believers.
And how dare an ordinary old woman come to say this to the Supreme God? When an ordinary old woman sees Zhang Yan, she would like to stick her head into a hole to show respect.
The old woman sat upright on the back of the strong man. She didn't look like a believer who came to ask for a glimpse of the Supreme Heaven. Instead, she looked like... well, it was very much like asking, which could also be called looking for trouble.
However, none of this troubled me, Lord Zhang Fo. He thought for a moment and said in a low voice to the old woman: "It snows in the mountains in July, so let the people live on the plains.
The Qiang people's life is hard, and so are the Han and Tubo people's lives. That's because we have not yet completed the test of the Buddha. "
The old woman was stunned for a moment, and the monks and believers of the Six Dharma Sect around her were stunned. When did a Buddha's test appear? What does this mean?
Zhang Yan's heart beat like lightning for a few times, and then he said slowly: "In the past, when I was facing the wall at Lingjiu Mountain, I was summoned by the Buddha to the Tibetan world of Lotus.
He said: In this chaotic world, if we want to stabilize all sentient beings and obtain great blessings and salvation, we need to obtain a true scripture and three treasures.
The true scripture is divided into two parts. The upper part has been obtained by Master Xuanzang and is the Sutra of the Middle Kingdom. The lower part is handed over to me and is the classic of the Six Dharma Sects.
The three treasures were left by the Buddha in Dongsheng Shenzhou. "
Speaking of this, Zhang Hao pointed his finger to the east and made a recalling look, "Foyun, we have to go ninety-nine thousand and nine hundred miles and cross the boundless sea to reach Dongshengshenzhou.
If you find rice like pearls and jade hanging on a tree, beans as big as a fist buried in the soil, and eggplants as red as fire than winter persimmons, then there will be no more hunger in the world. "
Hearing what Zhang Hao said, a burst of energy surged out of the old woman's withered body. She tried her best to open her eyes and looked at Zhang Hao and asked: "Ninety-nine thousand and nine hundred miles, how can a mortal survive?"
Zhang Hao smiled faintly, and he recited a Buddhist word, and then said: "My Buddha is compassionate and has already arranged for the help of the Cangming River. As long as we follow the Cangming River, it will take three hundred years to cross the boundless sea. It’ll take just a month!”
As soon as Zhang Hao finished speaking, the monks from the Six Methods Sect around him all looked at Zhang Hao in horror, yes! Just panic.
If anyone wants to say who least believes that Zhang Xuan is Buddha's close disciple, Supreme Dharma King Bodhisattva, then they are these guys.
The Liufa Sect was not so much established by Zhang Gao, but rather they were established under the banner of Zhang Gao. Everyone knows how the Liufa Sect came to be.
In particular, some of them went to Tianzhu with Zhang Yan, and then retired and became monks of the Six Methods Sect.
They know very well how the Supreme Dharma King Bodhisattva protects the Dharma in Tianzhu!
Is it true that the Buddha has a spirit? After seeing Fa Wang Zhang's mischief in Tianzhu, he closed his disciples? If you don't break his legs, it means that Buddha has a good temper.
So they were very frightened. The Dharma King spoke so full of words that if he met a few stupid people, he would really dare to cross the boundless sea to find him.
Just three months. When the time comes, it will be seen that there is no Dongsheng Shenzhou at all, and there are no these three treasures. That will be great fun. Maybe the entire faith of the Six Methods Sect will collapse!
A great figure from the Liufa Sect, who was of Zhang Jiacheng's generation and Zhang Yan's uncle, couldn't help but remind Zhang Yan, but he saw that the look on Zhang Yan's face became holy, as if he really had some kind of compassion to save the world. Shocked, I couldn't even ask questions.
At this moment, the old Qiang woman once again raised the white stone in her hand in front of Zhang Yan.
"Since Buddha is so compassionate, why didn't he place these three treasures on the land of China?"
When Zhang Hao heard this, he knew that this old woman must be a religious stickman like him.
Because the concepts of the four major continents, Dongshengshenzhou and Xiniuhezhou, are recorded in the early Agama Sutra.
But at this time, the concept of the four major continents has not been clear, and even the names have not been completely determined. The creation of these four major continents in this time and space was completed by the Six Methods Sect, and the design has not yet been completed.
Few people who are not in the religious circle have noticed these terms, and also know that the Six Methods Sect defines the Middle Earth, Plateau, and Grassland as the land of China.
"Buddha said, I look at a drop of water and see eighty-four thousand things. From this, I can see how many living things there are in the world.
All things have their own way of survival. They all have their own joys, anger, sorrows, greed, anger, ignorance, and love.
All of this belongs to the sentient beings themselves, not to the Buddha. If everything is waiting for the kindness of the Buddha as charity, how can all sentient beings survive? How to achieve Dzogchen awakening? "
"In this case, the seven emotions and six desires are our own, then why do we worship Buddha?" The old woman fell into a state of contemplation.
"The purpose of worshiping the Buddha is to seek guidance and awaken oneself under great compassion. To save oneself, to reach the state of great perfection, to save others, and to enable all living beings to go to heaven."
While talking, the white stone in the old woman's hand had been taken by Zhang Yan, and the old woman once again fell into deep contemplation on the back of the strong man.
After a while, the old woman opened her eyes and asked.
"Bodhisattva, is there really a Dongsheng Shenzhou? Can I still see that day?"
"Yes!" Zhang Hao nodded affirmatively, "Not only is Dongsheng Shenzhou, this big state is also guarded by the Yaksha barbarians, and the Yakshas have gold and silver mountains in their hands. These are all given by the Buddha to the people of Middle Earth. Gift.
You won’t be able to see that day, but your children and grandchildren will definitely be able to see it. "
"The old woman will see it." The old woman said and laughed, "The old woman will see all this in the sky."
After speaking, she began to throw down the various accessories hanging on her body.
"Since the Buddha and the Supreme Dharma King Bodhisattva are the true gods, then let Qujian Mujiem return to the earth with my broken body!"
After saying that, the old woman threw away all the religious accessories on her body, leaving only a thin brown dress, and suddenly spoke in an extremely pure Heluo tone.
"The remaining veins of the Eight Kingdoms in the Western Mountains, please ask the great pilgrim saints to take them in again.
From today on, the 70,000 descendants of the eight countries are the most devout followers of Dharma King Bodhisattva. They are willing to follow Dharma King Bodhisattva to the death.
I also hope that under the protection of Dharma King Bodhisattva, I can find Dongsheng Shenzhou and the three treasures as soon as possible and achieve great perfection. "
"It turns out that you are the Qiang people of the Western Mountains. I guess you are the Dorje Jinzhu!" The great eminent scholar of the Liufa Sect, who originally wanted to persuade Zhang Yan, suddenly screamed out in surprise.
The so-called Xishan Eight Kingdoms refer to the eight tribes of the Qiang people in the past. They were oppressed by the Tibetans during the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty and finally attached themselves to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty officially called them the Eight Kingdoms of the Xishan Mountains.
However, the Tang Dynasty continued to decline after that, and some descendants of the Eight Kingdoms were forced to surrender to Tubo.
Everyone thought they had integrated into the Tubo people, but unexpectedly they maintained their independence.
The name Qujianmu Jiemu is one of the Bon gods. She is the mother of all things and the mother of gods. She is extremely noble.
Zhang Yan had long heard reports that there was a large force of Bon believers between Songpan Prefecture and Kangyanchuan (Chamdo), which was the main force blocking the Six Methods Sect from going to the plateau.
The Six Dharma Sect sacrificed many monks here to spread the Dharma, but they have never been able to penetrate deeply. Unexpectedly, they came to the door today.
And it sounds like Duoji Jinzhu wants to convert all the 70,000 people from the Eight Kingdoms of Xishan to the Six Methods Sect, and let them become Zhang Xuan's personal tribe.
The only requirement may be to verify the authenticity of Dongsheng Shenzhou mentioned by Zhang Yan.
But is it difficult? It doesn't seem difficult, because everything Zhang Yan said is true.
During the solemn chanting of scriptures, the Qiang people who followed the old woman threw away various objects symbolizing Bon religion.
Duoji Jinzhu lowered his head on the back of the strong man, stretched his neck and said piously: "Dong Pi, the king of Ruoshui in Xishan, and Dong Jiniang, the seventh granddaughter, have lost their way and returned. Please ask the Supreme Dharma King Bodhisattva for enlightenment."
Zhang Gao slowly stretched out his right hand and gently touched Dong Jiniang's head.
Just when her hand was firmly placed, she heard a very clear click sound. Dong Jiniang's mouth opened slightly, as if something ran out of her body.
Then the old woman, who was known as the Dorje Golden Pearl, tilted her head slightly and immediately lost her life. She only remained in a sitting position with her neck stretched out.
Zhang Hao was a little confused. Could it be that he had broken the old woman's neck? But I didn’t use any force!
"The Dorje Golden Pearl has been enlightened by the Supreme Heaven and has passed away!" The great sage shouted suddenly, and then looked at Zhang Hao with excitement.
The crowd all knelt down in a roar. The strong man in the old woman did not dare to get up, so she cried loudly for her grandmother on the ground.
Zhang Hao saw the eyes of the great virtuous man and immediately understood.
He stretched out his hand to tidy up the hair on Dong Jiniang's forehead, hung a string of Buddhist beads hanging on his body around Dong Jiniang's neck, and shouted softly: "Send your soul to the Great Leiyin Temple in the West. Listen to the Dharma every day and become a great master." Complete!"
Er, the roar of tigers spread outside the south gate, and the colorful giant tiger that had been captured by Li Zun, Fan Changgong and others appeared in a huge iron cage with wheels on the four corners. The warrior pulled him over.
A frightened chamberlain said to Zhang Yan in horror: "Sage, the servants in the palace heard the sound of chanting scriptures outside. This tiger was also restless and roared to the south, as if it wanted to go to the Buddha. .”
Hearing this, Zhang Hao slowly walked towards the iron cage. Strangely enough, before Zhang Hao got close to the iron cage, the giant tiger huddled in a corner of the iron cage as if it had seen something horrific.
Zhang Hao stretched out his hand, and the giant tiger quickly put his head on the ground, as if saluting.
Zhang Gao pointed his finger at the tiger and said, "Although you are an animal and have committed the crime of killing, God has the virtue of good life. Since you have known your mistake and can understand the Buddha's message, then go back to the mountains and forests and be free and at ease!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the giant tiger, which weighed several hundred kilograms, lost all its temper and became as calm as a well-behaved kitten.
Seeing this scene, the people of all ethnic groups bowed down again and were extremely shocked.
All right! This is actually not surprising at all, because since the giant tiger arrived in the palace, as long as Zhang Yan was not around, it would be full of large pieces of mutton.
Whenever Zhang Zhi comes and points his hand, he will either be beaten or starved.
Over time, this kind of conditioned reflex developed in the giant tiger's heart. When Zhang Xiao came, it was frightened to death, so how could it dare to be a little bit arrogant.
I had keratitis yesterday. I couldn't open my eyes since morning. I didn't go to work, and of course I couldn't write. My boss confiscated all my mobile phones and wouldn't let me touch them. He was afraid that the tiger would go blind, so I didn't ask for leave from my book friends. I coded a little more today, and I will try to make up for it tomorrow.
