Chapter 20 third quarter

The regent's decision calmed Lhasa.It is so peaceful that the clouds do not move, the sun does not move, and shadows can rub against the ground when people walk.But the gods and Buddhas all know that Lhasa has never really been peaceful, and the turmoil is temporarily hidden, and the whereabouts of people are secretly followed. Wherever there are many monks and where is sacred, there will be an opportunity to erupt.Today's Jokhang Temple is the most sacred place for monks, where incense lamps are burning, and the smoke fills the golden dome into a snow-covered Gangdise Mountain.The public meeting was held as scheduled in the smoke of incense lamps.

The participants of the conference sat cross-legged on the card mats in the scripture hall, row after row like chanting scriptures.In front is the throne laid by Cai Ling, on which sits the majestic Regent Dimu Living Buddha.His injured body is a little crooked, but his spirit is as strong as ever, telling people: the injury is not serious.In order to make this "injury not serious", Danjilin's Baire housekeeper planned to offer the Three Treasures and give alms to the monks in Danjilin as a celebration.The regent stopped him in a low-key manner, telling him to light more lamps and pray more, and there is no need to make a fuss.

No one spoke, quietly drinking the buttered tea before the meeting.The silence before the turmoil was suffocating, and only then did I feel that the halls of the Jokhang Temple were too low and too dark, and the tall Buddha statues around gave people a sacred depression. Regent Di Mu Living Buddha scanned the participants.It seems that everyone has a bow in their arms, and the chilly hidden arrows are draped horizontally, and the big move that is expected to kill him is here.Then come on, knowing that you want to seize power, whoever is the regent, you want to seize power.He waited for a while, feeling strangely silent, and asked, "Why is no one talking, not even the sound of chanting sutras?"

Someone flattered and said with a smile: "Master Regent, we are waiting for you to speak first." The regent took out King Zhe Mengxiong's handwritten letter and read it aloud. When the whole meeting was full of discussions, he said loudly: "We are the sons and grandsons of Buddha. The foreign demons and pagan religions of black water and white beasts must not be like Chinese people. Like the big-bellied Maitreya Buddha, the flies ate the fruits and smiled, and the moths extinguished the incense lamps and smiled. The villains destroyed the Buddhist temple and still smiled." No one realized that he was alluding to the ministers stationed in Tibet and the court, and they all stared at him. Hearing him ask everyone again and again, "Buddhas and resourceful dignitaries who have turned into blood-faced King Kong from anger in the belly of the old lady, were born in Tibet, which is full of disasters, so they should come up with ideas. Tell me what to do? Sera Monastery Talk to the people in Ganden Monastery, and the people in Drepung Monastery. Why don’t you talk? Then talk to the people in the Upper and Lower Tantric Academy, or not. Did you leave all your words to the people in Tsemalin? And Gongdelin People from Sidlin, why are you all pretending to be dumb?"

Tuomei Living Buddha first said: "The Buddha Regent has already visited the minister in Tibet. Please tell everyone whether the imperial court supports Tibet's war with the foreign demons. How to support it." The regent poked his neck and thought: Is this a stab in the back? Dhondup Kalon said: "The Dalai Lama is not happy if he did not attend the Dalai Lama's plowing ceremony after the retreat. The morning sun and the evening sun are both the sun. The young Dalai is also a Dalai. No matter how high your status is, you can't disrespect him. Why don't you ask the Dalai Lama about how to deal with foreign demons and pagan religions?"

The regent gritted his teeth and held back no reprimand.Such an attack cannot hurt him. Galon Er, who was close to the regent, immediately retorted: "Is today's conference going to study this matter? I don't think it exists that the regent disrespects the Dalai Lama. Since the Dalai Lama was enthroned at the age of three, Every year, the Lord Regent invites a high-level bootmaker to make a pair of colorful boots made of sun-colored dragon satin and present them to the Dalai Lama. Everyone knows that the Dalai Lama gave back khatas, Buddha statues and ritual utensils to express his gratitude. The Dalai Lama The lama has not been in power yet, so why would the regent do anything if he asks questions about everything? Those of us who are responsible for the great cause of politics and religion cannot use the Dalai Lama to attack the regent, nor can we interfere with the Dalai Lama’s progress through pagan invasions. Study the scriptures and practice. The grown-ups say, don’t they?”

Earl's words carry a lot of weight.Afraid of causing disputes, the regent said loudly: "I know that the people's meeting is to deal with me, but I will not deal with you today. Gods and Buddhas, I am for Tibet in my conscience." Then, he took out the "Seven Articles of Anti-British War" , read it aloud loudly, and then said, "Father Buddhas, what else do you have to say?" There was no sound.No one expected that the Regent King Di Mu Living Buddha had a plan in mind. The regent went on to say: "Some people want to kill me, but they don't want me to vent my anger. But it's impossible not to vent my anger, so I ordered a public meeting to demand that all Tibet and all monks and believers should vent their anger." , Tell those who dare to violate Buddhism, there are fierce gods, fierce gods, and proud gods in Tibet, with vicious tongues and bloody mouths, that is our face, people eat people, ghosts eat ghosts. Now I propose that the public meeting immediately formulate "Anti-British Defenders Sacred Oath to Protect the Land", everyone signs and fights against the enemy together."

silence.Everyone is thinking: who benefits from signing the "Oath"? Tuomei Living Buddha was the first to applaud.As an imperial eminent monk, his monk registration originally belonged to Sera Monastery and later belonged to Cemolin. Once he applauded, the eminent monks of the Sera sect would not object.The weak Ganden Monastery wanted to be consistent with Sera Monastery and did not object.The Drepung faction originally supported the regent, so they naturally nodded in agreement.The rest, although there are still opposing factions of the regent or self-contained factions, don't care about it.

"Then it is passed," said the Regent. The "Oath" that swears by God is effortless for the eminent monks who fiddle with scriptures and rhetoric all day long. You say what you say, and the clerk records it with a pen, and it is written in an instant. Then circulate and sign one by one.The regent held up the "Oath Book" and looked at the signatures, feeling a little relieved.The Kaxag government's "Seven Points of Resisting the British" and the "Oath" of the people's meeting will make Wen Shuo, the Minister in Tibet, understand that when all Tibetans unite as one to resist the foreign demons, the imperial court cannot stop them.The most important thing is that signing is equivalent to taking an oath. In the face of such a sacred oath, who here dare not listen to him?The situation of the same enemy and the enemy seems to have emerged, and the next step is to turn the "Seven Articles of Anti-British" into action.

A lama who covered his face with a cassock sleeve suddenly appeared at the meeting.Holding a big copper pot, he shuttled among the rows of eminent monks and dignitaries, poured butter tea into all the tea bowls, kept bending over, and whispered a word in everyone's ear.The eminent monks and dignitaries nodded one by one.Finally, when he came to the regent, he refilled the buttered tea first, and then went forward to say something, the regent nodded ignorantly.The masked lama quickly glanced at everyone, and quickly left the venue.The big copper pot bumped against the threshold, and the regent seemed to wake up from a dream, and immediately shouted: "Catch him!"

The masked lama suddenly disappeared, and no one moved faster than him. Tuomei Living Buddha asked, "Why did you arrest him?" Ergalon said: "Didn't he say that to you? My lords, he said something to everyone. You can't drink this sentence like buttered tea and pee it out." Tuomei said: "Then please speak first, Er Kalon." Seeing that Er hesitated to speak, he looked up at Dimu Tulku who was meditating on the throne and said, "Please tell the regent Buddha first." Regent Di Mu said angrily: "He said I am Sugshun, please drink the buttered tea sent by God. You all heard it, but no one reached out to grab him." Dundup Kalon said: "I think the god of the foreign demons has become our servant and is cooking buttered tea for us. This must be a good sign. Hearing the Lord Regent yelling to catch him, he felt something was wrong and was about to reach out , the others have disappeared. Sugshun? What does Sugsun do?" The regent picked up the tea bowl and threw it to the ground, saying: "He is the one who poisoned the buttered tea. Have you all drank it? Have you all drunk it? Do you really regard God as a servant?" Down. Dunzhu stood up and said: "Master Regent, I still can't let go of the "Seven Articles of Anti-British" in my heart." He raised his face and said, "Everyone, tell me, this seven articles, why are they seven? Do we have to carry one each of us? ?” The noisy and chaotic situation finally appeared.Dhondup Kalon's words seemed to arouse everyone's attention to the "Seven Points of Resistance Against Britain". Many people raised their heads and shouted like a quarrel. The people at Ganden Monastery said: "Seven anti-British, one after another, which one is up to us?" Then they proposed that Guoguo Daiben should go to the border gates to defend, and Xia Qiongwa would lead Fengrui on behalf of Ben. The Tibetan army went to Longtu Mountain to garrison Xiuka.The people of Drepung Monastery confronted each other: "What about Langse Daiben and Numa Daiben? Who should we send? Let the Lord Regent make overall arrangements." The people from Sera Monastery said: "The Tibetan garrison before and after the enlistment to join the war, if there is no Living Buddha of Sera Monastery Who will believe that it is sacred and just?” The people in Gongdeling said: “Every one of our Tuo Tuo lamas who have scriptures tattooed on their bodies is possessed by the Dharma protector. Give us the soil guns, ammunition, matchlocks, swords, spears, bows and arrows, locusts and stone whips you have raised." The people from the Upper Secret Academy said: "The White Dragon King can drink all the water in the Lhasa River with his mouth open, and his appetite is too great. It’s too big. Who will command the battle will be decided by Nechung Dharma Protector.” People from the Lower Secret Academy said: “We can organize the militiamen from various Zongxi in Houzang to participate in the war, and at the same time raise guns, ammunition, swords, bows and arrows.” Tuomei Living Buddha said: “ The implementation of wartime taxation to ensure the funds needed to fight against foreign demons and defend Buddhism is of great importance, and it should be supervised by Tsemelin.” A person from Sedrin said: “Set up a logistics organization to collect food, fodder, and tents throughout Tibet. , organize civilians, and transport military supplies, then we should take care of it." Baire Butler said to the noisy crowd: "Listen to the regent, listen to the regent." None of the eminent monks present was moderate and introverted when intervening in power.They participate in the mass meeting to strive for more interests for the monastery and the Sangha they represent. In their view, the struggle for power and profit is both fair and logical.Regent Di Mu, who was sitting high on the throne, looked at the venue, angry, sad, and nervous.While living Buddhas and lamas, including himself, will never lose their emotionally explicit, outspoken Tibetan qualities, mass meetings have historically been intensely emotional confrontations.But today, unlike in the past, Dhondup Kalon deliberately provoked this dispute.It was not Dundup Kalon's instigation that made the regent entangled, but the reason why the other party dared to do so.What does Dhondup want to do?Does he have a background?Do you have any accomplices?If yes, who?The regent stared at this and that suspiciously, only to feel that the whole room was dark, and countless phantoms were floating out of the deep eyes of the eminent monks and dignitaries, approaching him with teeth and claws.Tibet, the Tibet that always wants to kill itself.He suddenly felt that the sharp arrows flashing between the beams were approaching, forcing him to open his mouth, speak out, and express his attitude towards them. "Okay, everyone has volunteered. Guan Yin Bodhisattva is very smart. He appointed me as the regent just to wake up Tibet. I am not confused. I understand your hearts. What does your heart look like? All of them are cold swords. I came to the public meeting today, and I have no intention of compromising with anyone. Listen, death is the promise to you. As long as I live, I will never promise anything. Someone wants to kill I, this person is among you, who? Stand up for yourself." Regent Dimu Living Buddha has challenged what he sees as evil.He left the throne and walked towards rows of eminent monks and dignitaries.Butler Bai Hot got up and went to stop him, but he pushed him away.He stared at them with bright eyes, and when he passed by one, he said, "It can't be you, right? No!" He roared in his heart: Come on, come on whoever wants to kill me, that one who holds a Buddhist bead in one hand and a dagger in the other Man, please show your ferocity.No one did anything until the last eminent monk passed by.The Regent strode over and sat back on his throne.Those in Drepung Monastery and Danjilin who supported him breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, the regent Di Mu suddenly screamed, jumped up from the throne, and fell to the ground. Butler Bai Hot was the first to rush over: "Buddha..." Blood gushed out like a fountain, dripping from the Prince Regent's trousers. Murderer, murderer.It seemed that someone had placed a pointed knife on the throne, and the regent sat on it.When Ergalon came to the throne, he searched all the brocade pads of Cai Ling but found no knife.That was the magic of the devil, and someone more concealed and more vicious took advantage of the regent's departure to turn the throne into a seat of thorns covered with poisonous thorns. People stood up one after another, looking ahead in surprise.Someone shouted: "Doctor, doctor." Someone shouted: "It's over, it's over." There was a commotion in the venue. Suddenly, the regent Di Mu pushed away the white hot butler who was supporting him, turned around and came to the throne, and sat cross-legged on it.The throne was suddenly red, like a pool of blood, and Di Mu's pale face became even paler. Weak panting resounded loudly in the silence.The bloody Prince Regent, looking at everyone in pain but calmly, announced his decision on personnel during the war.Both Baire Steward and Ergalon cried: Why do you always have to shed blood before revealing major decisions related to the fate of Tibet?Almighty Buddha, please bless the Regent.People loyal to the regent knelt down, prayed and listened to the slowly flowing words of the regent Di Mu Living Buddha. No objection was raised.The eminent monks and dignitaries representing the three major monasteries in Lhasa, the four major forests, the upper and lower secret courtyards and their trusted monasteries unanimously supported the decision of the regent: Galon Er served as the frontline commander and was responsible for mobilizing all existing Tibetan troops.Galon Dundup served as the chief of the militia, responsible for organizing the Guizhou militia of various sects in Houzang to participate in the war and raising weapons and ammunition.Tuomei Living Buddha served as the head of the monks and soldiers, responsible for organizing the monks and soldiers of large and medium-sized monasteries in Tibet to participate in the war.The Kaxag government was responsible for taxation and diplomacy during the war, and set up a special logistics organization to manage the collection of military supplies such as grain, grass, tents, and organize the transportation of civilians.The three major temples, the four major forests, and the upper and lower secret courtyards are responsible for giving, praying, and descending from the gods.The public meeting submitted the "Anti-British Defense Religion and Defending the Land Sacred Oath" and a public report to the Minister of Tibet, urging him to promptly address the crisis of Tibetan Buddhist affairs and ask the imperial court to resolve it.All government orders and military orders are issued by the regent and the Kashag government in official documents using chicken feather arrow books. Seeing the rare unanimity of the representatives of all parties at the public meeting, the regent Di Mu breathed a sigh of relief.At this time, Dundup Kalon asked loudly: "My lord, what does the Minister in Tibet mean? Will the court agree with our decision?" The regent was about to answer when his neck suddenly tilted.He fell on the throne.He fainted, just like the minister in Tibet fainted in front of him.The regent and the minister in Tibet, the two most important figures in Tibet at that time, both passed out at the most important moment.The venue was chaotic, but it didn't affect the overall situation.The basic response to the war is emerging, and Tibet will soon move. The love of power makes it impossible for all powerful people, big or small, to make the choice to give up.In addition, people who are dedicated to protecting the Buddha and hating heresy fueled the flames. All the machines in wartime Tibet that the regent laboriously activated have already started to operate. The only worry is that the biggest impetus to deal with the war - the firm support of the imperial court and the Minister in Tibet Wen Shuo - has not yet emerged.Only the regent knew when it would appear, but the regent passed out in public. Back at the Buddhist house in Danjilin, in the silence of solitude, the regent gradually became sober. Butler Baire asked: "Lord Buddha, are you going to send some lamas to catch the murderer?" The regent was stunned for a moment, as if he had forgotten that he had been stabbed repeatedly, and the blood flowed all over the floor: "Murderer? What murderer?" Baire said: "I don't know about this yet, just wait for the regent Buddha's hexagram to check." The regent came back to his senses: "Of course you don't know. Because there is no murderer, the murderer is myself." He didn't explain that he was bleeding on purpose, and his mana was to release his anger when bleeding.Because anger is the devil that gets into the body, wants to get out but can't find the door, so he walks around rampantly, wherever he goes, it hurts, liver, stomach, heart, lungs, belly, penis, head, there is no place that doesn't hurt, so Once anger arises and hurts the body, he will open a door in himself and let the devil go.He didn't use a knife to open the door, but used his own energy to bleed wherever he wanted.The blood oozes from the skin, leaving no scars after letting go. Bai Hot has a lot of doubts: Lord Buddha, you can't condone the murderer and take responsibility yourself.He swallowed this sentence, and said: "Ergalon is here, waiting in the Dharma Protector Temple, do you want to see the Buddha?" On this day, in the Buddhist house on the second floor of the Dazizai Buddhist Hall in Danjilin, the regent told Ergalon, the frontline chief in private, "We must drive the Tibetan army to a place where we can clearly see whether the British have a flat nose or a flat nose." , block them, but don't shoot, wait for the court's order. Remember, you must wait for the court's order, and then decide whether to light the matchlock on the gun. This is related to the future of Tibet. It is related to you and my life and the lives of many." Er said: "Yes, Lord Regent, you will never shoot until the imperial court orders." The regent said: "If you don't shoot, you must stop the black water and the white beast." Er said briskly, "Yes, Lord Regent." Regent Dimu Living Buddha touched Ergalon's top and gave him a gold Gawu amulet: "This is the first time I presented Tuanlong satin colorful boots to the Dalai Buddha. On your chest, let it protect you now. In this crisis, you are me, and I am you. You go, leave Lhasa the day after tomorrow at the latest. Remember eight words: urgently guard the border, wait patiently. I I will urge the minister in Tibet to issue the imperial order as soon as possible." Er said: "My lord regent, I am a person with no family encumbrances. I will leave Lhasa for Gyantse today."