strictlysupreme Chapter 205
Chapter 205
After finishing the noodles, Qi Cheng returned to the sofa and casually flipped through an old book to read. He found an interesting article about cause and effect.
There are many coincidences and legends in history, so many that it's hard to describe them. Perhaps this is God's will.
Let’s first talk about Heshen, the corrupt official of the Qing Dynasty.
Qing Dynasty
Emperor Qianlong glanced at Heshen beside him. Heshen was very famous in later generations and his name had been mentioned several times on the sky curtain.
Karma? What's going on with him?
It is said that when Emperor Qianlong was a teenager, he was touring the palace when he suddenly saw a beautiful concubine. Of course, this was not his, but a concubine of a lower rank of his father, Yongzheng.
[Then the two were chatting and laughing in a pavilion when they suddenly ran into the Empress. Although Qianlong pleaded for mercy, the concubine was killed by the Empress.]
Emperor Qianlong was powerless at the time and could only secretly mark the area with rouge.
[After he became emperor, he suddenly noticed Heshen one day. He had a birthmark similar to this one, so he thought Heshen was the reincarnation of the concubine.]
……
Kangxi period
Yongzheng's face was terribly dark, especially the frowning faces of his brothers, who looked like they were making fun of him.
This son is no longer acceptable. He was flirting with concubines in the palace!
Emperor Qianlong was stunned for a moment, then threw the colorful figure bottle in his hand. Who was this person who had nothing better to do than slander him?
How could he do such an outrageous thing, just to promote a minister based on a birthmark. Although Heshen was a little greedy, he still had some ability.
And she didn't flirt with any of her father's concubines.
It's complete nonsense.
……
[In addition to Heshen mentioned above, there is another example from the Sui Dynasty, where the second son of his family, Yang Guang, murdered the former crown prince, Yang Yong. Years later, Yang Guang's tomb was dug up during road construction.]
[The construction team's manager is Yang Yong.]
隋朝
Yang Jian blinked twice. Is this referring to the cycle of revenge after reincarnation? Although Emperor Yang Guang was not a very good emperor, both of them were his sons.
He doesn't want this to happen.
"Your Majesty, why should you worry? These things may have been fabricated by later generations, or even no such things may exist at all." Empress Dugu comforted.
"fake?"
Yang Jian thought about it and realized that videos from later generations were not necessarily true. Some of them were clearly unofficial histories made up by later generations.
But is this true or false?
"Your Majesty, I don't think Yang Guang will kill..."
"Shut up and stop misleading me." After saying that, Yang Jian went to the back garden. What happened today did make him a little angry.
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[I'm not sure whether the two things mentioned above are true or not, they are just legends, but the one below does exist.]
[That is how Tibetan Buddhism selects reincarnated soul boys.]
Originally, the Bon religion was prevalent in Tibet. This sect was quite bloody, often involving human sacrifices. The Old Book of Tang records that ghosts and gods were prevalent in the area.
Later, around the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced to Tibet from outside. During this process, it incorporated some of the teachings of Bon, which is why it differs somewhat from Han Buddhism.
[After that, his connection with the dynasties was not very deep until the Qing Dynasty, when Emperor Kangxi sent troops into Tibet and established a resident minister there.]
At the time, Tibetan Buddhism practiced the reincarnation system. Simply put, they believed that after a Living Buddha died, he was not completely dead, but would become a reincarnated child and live in Tibet.
How can they determine this? They will look for clues in the poems and writings of the Living Buddha during his lifetime to determine where the reincarnated soul boy lives.
[For example, the most famous one: O white crane, please lend me your wings. I won’t fly far, I’ll just go to Litang for a while and then come back.]
[It is said that the reincarnation of the spirit child was found based on this poem.]
……
The ancients of all dynasties were somewhat surprised. Tibet was too far away for them. It turned out that the Buddhism there was different from the Buddhism in the Han area.
There actually is such a system.
Tang Dynasty
Li Shimin sighed. His Tang Dynasty had not yet conquered Tubo, but he didn't expect that the Qing Dynasty had already done it. How did they do it?
That place is not easy to fight.
"The military power of the early Qing Dynasty was still formidable. Didn't we talk about the Black Water Camp before? This method of finding the reincarnated child must have been mixed with other things." A minister began to analyze.
"But there should be a weakness, or we should occupy all the strategic positions and lock them in the hiding place."
Either way, it's hard to do.
Qing Dynasty
Emperor Kangxi was quite pleased with himself, as the sky curtain finally praised him. He also warned his sons that they must get the reincarnated child.
You must never relax.
After all, they believe in Buddhism there.
[Of course, identifying a reincarnated soul boy is not that simple. In addition to going through a number of testing steps, the most important thing is to obtain the approval of the Qing emperor.]
[It must be said here that the Qing Dynasty's rule over its surrounding areas was much better than that of other dynasties, with imperial troops stationed in various regions.]
[Fighting both politically and militarily is much better than attacking either side separately.]
big man
Liu Che thought about it carefully and felt that this way of ruling was indeed good and the Han Dynasty could learn from it. However, there was indeed a problem at that time, that is, the Han Dynasty did not have a systematic religion.
There are many different kinds of alchemists, but Liu Che does not trust them very much. What if another Zhonghang Shuo appears?
How about sending someone to India to take a look?
"Your Majesty, I don't think it's necessary to send religious people. The current focus is to subdue the surrounding barbarians. As for who to send later, I think we can send some great scholars."
"If you educate well, the effect will be the same."
Tang Dynasty
Except for Tubo, Li Shimin had basically conquered all other barbarians. Moreover, there was also religion at that time, so everything was ready and only the east wind was missing.
"Everyone, which monk do you think should be sent to preach outside the border?"
"Your Majesty, I think we shouldn't send just one person, but rather select several eminent monks," Changsun Wuji said. "We might as well bring the reincarnated spirit child along too..."
"Get it right in one go, really good..."
The policy had already been determined in the court, and even the doctrines for missionary work had been prepared. All that was needed was to select a few monks to go.
This is completely voluntary. If you don't want to go outside the Great Wall, you can also go to Lingnan, where there is a shortage of population.