Chapter 1009 (2/2)
The detachment passed by the caravan.
Everyone in the caravan was excited and excited, with starlight in their eyes.
They are going to Xiliang. For anyone, this is a feat, enough to boast about three generations.
My father
My grandfather
My ancestors
In those days, the gold rush in the western regions went thousands of miles to the West and brought it back
On the way to the west side
On the way back
My family has developed since then.
This trip to Xiliang, for future generations, is the achievement of the ancestors.
Even if it fails, it is worth remembering.
If it is successful, it will engrave inscriptions for later generations.
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Baiyun temple in Beijing ushers in a very distinguished guest today.
Taoist priest Xuanqing, who has not been out of the mountain gate for many years, went to the gate to meet him.
”Boundless heaven!”
”Taoist priest Xuanqing is very kind.”
Gu Jiu got down from the soft sedan chair. Today, she is dressed very simply.
If it is not surrounded by the maid in the palace, the bodyguard will be on guard. If you don't know, you will mistakenly think that she is a noble lady.
”Please come inside. A cup of tea has been prepared.”
Gu Jiu said with a smile: ”it's our honor to drink the tea that Taoist priest cooked by himself today.”
She stepped into baiyun temple.
The temple closed the mountain gate to meet the empress.
Therefore, there are no virtuous men and women in the temple, only a few Taoist priests, all of whom are upright.
Gu Jiu followed Xuanqing Taoist priest through the main hall, atrium, and several corridors to the back mountain Pavilion.
The terrain here is open and the scenery is beautiful.
”I don't know that baiyun temple has such a good place.”
”This is the place where the poor and the poor are cultivated. There are no outsiders here on weekdays.”
”No wonder!”
”Tea, please.”
”Thank you, Taoist priest.”
After five flavors of tea, Gu Jiu puts down the cup and goes to the point.
”Do you know, Taoist priest, what are you looking for?”
”I dare to guess, is it related to Xiliang?”
Gu jiuzanxu nodded, ”do you have any idea about Xiliang?”
Xuanqing road long smile, smile unpredictable, ”how dare to have an idea.”
”Why dare you have an idea?”
”Why don't you tell me what I need to do.”
”Ask Taoist priest, I want to take root in Xiliang and even assimilate the local people of Xiliang. The purpose is that after 100 years, the people of Xiliang will identify themselves as the people of Dazhou. In addition to deterrence by force, combination of interests and cultural transmission, what else should we do
Xuanqing Dao said with a long smile, ”three points mentioned by Niang are enough!”
Gu Jiu shook his head, ”insufficient, far from enough. The situation in the western regions is complex, the ethnic groups are numerous, and the conflicts are becoming more and more serious. It is not enough for the king of Anxi to absorb and assimilate Xiliang by relying on these three factors alone. ”
”Oh? If it is not enough, my mother should consult the officials in the court instead of a layman. ”
Gu Jiu laughed, ”this palace still needs the power of faith.”
Xuanqing held his hand slightly, and then said as if nothing had happened: ”I heard that the national master of Xiliang is hopeless. He was originally a member of the Zhou Dynasty.”
Gu Jiu seems to smile rather than smile, ”what do people in Xiliang believe in
Xuanqing Taoist priest shook his head, ”I don't know!”
Gu Jiu solemnly said: ”we believe in heaven and ancestors in Dazhou. We build ancestral temples to offer sacrifices, which is pious and solemn. This is also the original motive force for a family to form a rope. Heaven is the ancestor, and the ancestor is the belief. The northwest army was stationed in Xiliang. To assimilate the local people, they had to rely on several generations of intermarriage.
However, most of the officers and soldiers in the northwest lost their families and ancestral temples, which meant that they lost their faith and spiritual support. How can the northwest army assimilate the local people when they have lost their faith? How to overcome the belief of local people? If one day, the Zhou people living in Xiliang no longer believe in their ancestors, but instead believe in the local beliefs, then is he still a Dazhou people? ”
Xuanqing Taoist priest's expression is serious, ”what does Niang want to say?”
Gu Jiu said: ”the northwest army needs ancestral temples, sacrifices and beliefs. Their descendants need more faith inheritance from their parents. If you Taoists do not occupy the highland of faith, others will. After the occupation, we still have to step on your Taoist head. As a Taoist cow's ear in the world, baiyun temple can't shrink back and watch others play with authority. ”Xuanqing Taoist priest was silent for a moment, ”Niang's meaning, I understand. You want us Taoists to enter Xiliang. ”
”Exactly
”The empress is in Xiliang. She already has a Buddhist school and a hopeless master. Why do you want us to come forward?”
Gu Jiu smiles and says, ”Buddha, the whole story is clearer than this palace. Taoism is the cultural belief inherited from ancient times. Northwest military officers and soldiers need sacrifice, spiritual sustenance and belief inheritance. This task belongs to you Taoist school. The palace hopes that one day the natives of Xiliang will speak Chinese, wear Hanfu, read Hanshu and write Chinese characters, and believe in the ancestors of the Han family. It's not a weird belief in survival of the fittest. It is not allowed to be invaded by foreign beliefs. ”