Chapter 116 first quarter

The Zijin Temple has been occupied, and it seems that the happiest person is not Colonel Gelan and any officers and soldiers of the Crusaders, but Lama Gasa, because this is equivalent to opening up the road to the Sama Temple, and there is no more obstacle. .Lama Gasa came to Colonel Gelan and asked to go overnight: "God, please send me a team, I can't wait anymore." Colonel Galan stroked his shoulder and said, "Call me Colonel, lest God blame you. Don't worry Lama, I told you that I would accompany you to visit the Sama Monastery in person. But look, not tonight, Zijin The temple is so busy that everyone can't take care of it. Tomorrow, we will shine on the Sama Temple like a bright sun. Please tell me again, how far is the Sama Temple from here?"

Lama Gasa said: "It's not far to the west, and you can reach it by riding a horse. It is a sacred place, and you can see the golden mountains and monasteries from afar." Colonel Ge Lan said: "Then go find a monk's house to sleep and nourish your spirit. Tomorrow will be the day when you return to your hometown with honor." , you should change your clothes too. Go find it yourself, and wear the best cassock of the Great Living Buddha of Zijin Temple on your body." Lama Gasa jumped up happily: "That's right, why did I forget?" Colonel Galan commanded more than 200 British people to clean up, concentrate, pack, and ship the treasures of Zijin Temple overnight.More than two hundred British people were sent by General McGory to transport treasures. They would escort the looted (no, they called it collection) treasures to the Great Depression, let General McGory see them, and then transport them to India, and then hand them over to the Great Depression. For someone else to sail across the ocean to England.Colonel Galan directed the shipment overnight, showing that he was more than willing to satisfy General McGory's penchant for this.

"Holy History" records: The treasures of the Zijin Temple were looted by cross soldiers. There are more than 500 gold-plated Buddha statues over 1 meter in length, more than 300 gold-plated Buddha statues over 20 centimeters in length, and 400 pure gold Buddha statues under 20 centimeters in length. Yu Zun, more than 300 precious thangkas and satin embroidered Buddha statues, two copies of the Tripitaka "Kanjur" written in gold powder, various Buddhist musical instruments, gold and silver magic lamps, holy water bowls, ritual utensils, manzas, pearls and gems There are countless, there is also a statue of Zhanbala God of Wealth from the Baltic Dynasty in India and a pair of Bodhisattva statues from Sri Lanka, the lion country.Of course, the most precious of all the treasures is the "Agama Sutra", which has more than 100 volumes of Pali ancient Buddhist scriptures, which was approved and reviewed by His Majesty Moggallana himself during the period of King Ashoka of India.

Of course, not all of the records were transported away by General McGory. Many small treasures were snatched by British and mercenaries of mixed nationalities and put them in their pockets during the fierce battle. But for Colonel Galan, the most important thing tonight was not to oversee the shipment of the Zijin Temple's treasures, but to negotiate a deal with General McGory.Under the protection of fifty British cavalry, he galloped to the Great Depression overnight, woke up General McGory from his sleep, and asked: "General, according to your knowledge of Buddhism and Tibet, please tell me how much the Buddha's skull is worth." money?"

General McGory was stunned for a moment: "Money cannot measure such a sacred object." Colonel Galan asked bluntly: "If I give it to Your Excellency, what will you use to repay me?" General McGory stared at him, shook his head, and said, "You're showing me your cards, Colonel. Some transactions are not between you and me. For you, my existence may not be important." Colonel Ge Lan said more bluntly: "But I hope to get your permission. You came to Tibet and I have no common purpose. I am a person who leads the war with the ambition of faith. If I can serve as the first commander of British Tibet As a governor, I will erect the sacred cross of Jesus Christ on the top of the Potala Palace."

General McGory said: "But what good is that? To a people who don't believe in Christ, the cross is but two crossed pieces of wood." Colonel Galan said: "Don't worry about this, I'll just ask you, do you agree to our deal or not?" General McGory said: "Of course I agree, a fool would refuse such a treasure. But I will give it to someone else immediately, because it is not suitable for Buckingham Palace or the British Museum. Think about it, if the Buddha's skull returned to the UK, it would be Aren’t many Buddhists going to England to worship? Wouldn’t the British Museum become a temple of Buddha? As soldiers, our purpose is not to let others go to England, but to let British people go elsewhere.”

Colonel Galan said, "Then who are you going to give it to?" General McGory said: "Do you think who is more entitled to own this incomparable holy object except yourself? Please believe that it is a symbol of power and majesty. When you hang it on the cross, Tibetans will think The cross is their master and bows to it. Let me tell you, what can compete with the Dalai Lama is not God, but the skull of the Buddha. If you have it, you have Tibet. As for me, I believe in God and Believe in gold. When God conquers the world, there must be enough gold as a reserve. I think there must be a lot of pure gold and Buddha statues and utensils equivalent to pure gold in the place where the Buddha's skull is enshrined."

Colonel Galan's eyes lit up, it seemed that General McGory had penetrated the confusion in his heart, and he knew what to do.He said, "Thank you, General. I said you're going to get a lot more than you think." Colonel Galan immediately returned to Zijin Temple and sent a column with many mules and horses to Sama Temple.He stayed by himself, waiting for Lama Gasa, who was sleeping soundly in the monk's house.He took care of the people around him not to wake Lama Gasa, and let him sleep as long as he wanted.