The fundamental purpose of Buddhism is to save all living beings, that is, to help all living beings achieve liberation.
It is further divided into Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism. The difference is that Mahayana’s intention is to practice for the liberation of all sentient beings. Motivation is to generate bodhicitta, which can be understood as making a wish. Hinayana’s motivation is to practice for one’s own liberation.
One is fraternity and the other is self-love.
In Greater China, Mahayana Buddhism has always been the mainstream.
In Journey to the West, Monk Tang and his disciples went to the West in order to seek the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. This is actually wrong. Mahayana Buddhism was introduced to China in the first year of Emperor Huan's establishment of peace in the Eastern Han Dynasty by Zhilou Jiaxie, a monk from the Dayue clan. Theravada Buddhism was introduced to China by the Parthian monk An Shigao.
The introduction of Buddhism has greatly suppressed the orthodox Taoism of China, because Buddhism allows you to make wishes, accumulate merits, and avoid going to hell, and you can enter reincarnation and have a good pregnancy in the next life.
But Taoism is about cultivating immortals and immortality, so after the introduction of Buddhism, it was greatly impacted because it extinguished people's hopes.
Therefore, Taoism closely followed current events and began to reform. From the original saying that if the form exists, the spirit exists, and if the form disappears, the spirit will be destroyed, there was no reincarnation. "The Sutra" for the first time proposed the doctrine of reincarnation in the five realms, namely, heaven, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell, which can be regarded as a temporary victory.
In short, both Buddhism and Taoism give people hope and tell people that it doesn’t matter if you suffer in this life. As long as you do good things, you will be reborn in a good child and don’t have to suffer in the next life. But if you do bad things, hehe, then... Go to hell.
Religious restraint is undoubtedly as powerful as the law. Only by working together can the world be peaceful. If only the law is relied on, the cost of maintaining stability will be too high.
But it is difficult to promote it in places like Tuguhun.
If you have eaten one meal but not the next, and you have passed today and don’t know how you will live tomorrow, how can you let people believe in Buddhism? There is no ethics in that place.
But having said that, even Tibet can do it, why can’t Tuguhun do it?
So Yang Ming wrote a letter to his father. The general meaning was that he suggested that after conquering Tuguhun, he should recruit some eminent monks to go to the local area to promote Buddhism, and it would be best to build more temples.
Relying on religion as a pioneer of naturalization, the people of Tuguhun were spiritually baptized.
Yang Xuanting would be the first to leave Beijing with 10,000 troops and horses, but Yang Ming only allocated 2,000 horses to him. Yang Xuanting felt that it was too shabby, so he recruited 4,000 horses from the family's horse farm in Guanzhong.
If he wasn't too anxious, he could get all the horses together, but the military orders were overwhelming, and he didn't dare to neglect them. He led the troops away in a hurry. After all, Zhangye County was too far away.
There were guides among his soldiers and horses, and among Yang Su's former staff were naturalized Tuguhun people, so Xuanting already had a general understanding of the strange environment he was about to face.
After Yang Su's death, he was the first general of the Yang family in Hongnong to fight on the battlefield, so the family had great hopes for him, and equipped Xuanting with a very luxurious team, so in name, he had 10,000 soldiers. The number of horse generals has actually expanded to 13,400, of which 6,000 are cavalry.
All the cavalry led by Chang Suncheng marched to Lintao County. His and Mai Tiezhang's mission was to go 800 miles into the enemy's hinterland and capture Mantou City in the south of Tuguhun, so as to prevent Murong Fuyun from escaping south.
The baggage, weapons, food and fodder have already been sent to the west one by one, and sent to Jincheng County, which is also the strategic command center initially established by Yang Ming and the others.
He, Chief of General Staff Gao Jun, and a group of royal staff will command operations in Jincheng County in the future. Between Jincheng County and Tuguhun, there are Xiping County and Chuihe County, which is a very safe place.
That night, in the inner courtyard of the palace, Yang Ming and Gao Junshi were eating and chatting.
"Your Highness, it is not advisable to take risks. You have no experience in fighting with large numbers of cavalry. You have never seen what it is like to be surrounded by a mass of cavalry. When I first fought against the Turks, I was really frightened. So you stay in Jincheng." , is the most suitable," Shi Wansui said, taking a sip of wine.
Of course I won't be involved in danger. It's too easy to be surrounded in that place. If you don't run away in time, your life will be revealed. Yang Ming's wife and children will not enter Tuguhun casually.
The cities there were scattered and scattered, with no shelter from the wind and rain. When facing the cavalry, it was difficult to form a defense. This and quelling Yang Liang's rebellion were completely different concepts.
Yang Ming nodded: "I'll go again when it's time to finish."
At his age, Gao Jiong would definitely not be able to charge into battle. He is a think tank and is responsible for the overall strategic planning.
Yuan Wendu said at the side: "There are already 100,000 shi of grain, which has been shipped from Guangtong warehouse. I have asked Luoyang and some are already on the way. It is just that the ordnance of Weiwei Temple is somewhat insufficient. After all, a lot of it was shipped to Luoyang in the first place." In Luoyang, Duke Wei has urgently collected weapons from official kilns in various places, so it should be too late."
"It doesn't matter if it's too late," Shi Wansui said: "At the moment, all the guards' weapons are fully prepared, and the losses can be replaced later, so there is no rush."
The wear and tear of ordnance is very large, and sometimes it depends on luck. For example, if a knife hits the armor and the knife breaks, if you are lucky, there will be a gap and you can use it again, but if the gun or spear breaks, it cannot Used, and the consumption of arrows lost by infantry and cavalry is very huge. The current military guards have thirty bows, twenty crossbows, and 40,000 each in reserve, which is indeed not enough.
Shi Wansui was not in a hurry because he had never fought in the war of wealth. Due to his own character problems, when he asked for weapons, he never got enough.
When the army goes on an expedition, there are also all kinds of intrigues, so Yang Ming will learn from Yang Su's army management, and all those who dare to play tricks will be beheaded.
"Urge Wei Xuan. If he can't build it, he will recruit people from all over the country urgently. If he misses something important, he will inevitably get into trouble," Yang Ming ordered calmly, then looked at Fang Xuanling and others and said:
"You are all going into battle for the first time, so be prepared. With Dugu Gong Gaoshan in front of you, you have to learn a lot,"
"This is natural," Fang Xuanling and others nodded.
For them, Gao Jun is an idol, a monument, and a lifelong goal. Who among them doesn't want to become a minister and be famous throughout the ages?
Of course, they would not be able to imitate Gao Jiong's temper, and it would be easy for him to die before he leaves the battlefield. But having said that, meeting Mingjun is another matter.
After the dinner, Yang Ming first went to see Pei Shuying, but the other party had already gone to bed. After all, he was too tired from practicing at the racecourse during the day. After he came back, he took a shower and couldn't hold on any longer.
Now everyone in the capital knew that Pei Gong's daughter was also going to war, so that every morning, Wu Houwei would run to Zhuque Street, waiting for the concubine's cavalry to pass by, encouraging the people to cheer.
So Yang Ming next went to find Dugu Feng'er, who was sharpening a knife under the moonlight. Those who didn't know it thought she was ill again.
"Four knives, two daggers, a powerful crossbow, and a spear, that's all I have," Dugu Feng'er kept holding her hands, but raised her head and said to Yang Ming.
Yang Ming sat down on the side and asked curiously: "Can you still use a spear?"
"I know how to use a spear. Aren't spears, spears, and spears the same thing?" Dugu Feng'er said.
Yang Ming was stunned and said: "Isn't it different?"
"It's all the same, do you want to learn?" Dugu Feng'er raised his head and asked.
I'm obviously a layman, but you still teach me? Yang Ming smiled and shook his head: "I learned it when I was very young, and I probably won't need it."
At this time, Dugu Feng'er stopped what he was doing and said:
"The woman who played the piano that day was called Gao Yue, right? I heard that she was good at composing music, and didn't Jiu Qi have a song for the battle? You might as well ask her to revise it for you, so that you can use it when you return in triumph. On."
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes and smiled: "You shouldn't understand this. Who told you?"
"Ayun (Pei Shuying) said that once the song is finished, it can help boost your momentum," Dugu Feng'er said with a smile.
Yang Ming smiled and nodded.
There is a very famous military martial music in the Old Qi Dynasty called "The Song of King Lanling Entering the Battle". This dance music praises the glorious achievements of King Lanling Gao Changgong in the battle of Mangshan to relieve the siege of Luoyang. So famous in history, this dance music played a big role. This man was eventually killed by Gao Yue's biological father, Gao Wei.
This piece has now been collected by the Taiyue Department of Taichang Temple in the Sui Dynasty and changed to "Entering the Battle Song". The famous "Qin King Entering the Battle Song" in history was adapted from this basis.
Unexpectedly, Pei Shuying had such a vision. The entire entry song is a palace repertoire that requires at least a large song and dance troupe of about a hundred people to perform. However, this song is widely circulated among the people and has been adapted into a twelve-person, Twenty-four and sixty-eight people danced and played music.
There are dance troupes in Yang Su's house, including Jinyang Tower, who know this piece.
If Yang Ming returns from a great victory and can write a song about King Qin entering the battle to build momentum for him, it will undoubtedly be a great help in the fight for the position of crown prince.
Especially once it is widely circulated among the people, Yang Ming's prestige will reach a new height.
So Yang Ming got up directly and went to find Gao Yue.
It was already dark now, and there were probably not many people in the palace who were still asleep. After Yang Ming knocked on the courtyard door, Su Lie stood guard outside. He followed Gao Yue's maid alone into the bedroom.
After turning on the lamp, the maid left, and Gao Yue on the bed was looking at Yang Ming with a confused look on her face.
She was already asleep, and when she suddenly saw Yang Ming, she thought it was a dream, her expression was dazed, and she didn't respond for a long time, but her naked shoulders had slipped out of the quilt, revealing the deep groove.
Yang Ming took the lamp and came to the edge of the bed to sit down. He instinctively glanced at the place and then said:
"Do you understand the song about Prince Lanling entering the battle?"
Gao Yue subconsciously wanted to pull the quilt up, but then he stopped what he was doing, looked straight at Yang Ming, and said softly:
"I understand. What Your Highness wants to hear, I need to prepare for a few days."
Yang Ming reached over and pulled down the quilt. The scenery was unobstructed, and Gao Yue's breathing suddenly became rapid.
"You know the music, change it, don't copy the original one," Yang Ming retracted his arm and said.
Gao Yue took a deep breath: "What does Your Highness wish to change?"
"Change it to the song for King Qin entering the battle," Yang Ming stood up and said, "It must be changed before I return to the capital. Then you give it to Shuyi and ask her to send it to Jinyang Tower. All dance troupes must learn it."
Gao Yue nodded: "I understand. Don't worry, Your Highness, the style of the new chapter will be completely new and will never remind anyone of King Lanling."
"Okay, go to sleep," Yang Ming turned around and left after saying that.
On the bed, the corners of Gao Yue's mouth were raised, and her face was as bright as a smile. She felt that the brief time spent with Yang Ming tonight was so wonderful that it made her heart pound like a deer.
