Chapter 50: Tempting Rebellion(1/2)
Wuzhao is the most remote small country in Anxi.
Faxian recorded the first time in "Records of Buddha's Kingdom" that this Western Region country was named Wuqi Kingdom, and was recorded as Wuchainna Kingdom in "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty".
This place has always been recorded by Wuzhao.
Wuzhanna Country is located in the Pamir Mountains and originates from the Swat River in the snow-capped mountains.
Pei Min met with the border between the Tang Dynasty and Arabia in response to the promise of the Lion King of the Arab Empire, and first came to Wuzhanna country to settle down.
The king of Wuzhanna Kingdom, Narenyeqi, was honored and welcomed the whole country.
"The small country in Xichiao can get the visit of the Duke of the Celestial Empire, and it is the supreme blessing."
The closer you get to India, the more prosperous Buddhism becomes.
This Narenyechi is obviously a devout Buddhist believer.
The Supreme Great Merit is like Amitabha Buddha, and it is a slogan.
Pei Min knew that Wuzhan's geographical location in the later generations was equivalent to that of the Khyber in Pakistan today.
As the later generations of Bati, the Wuzhan of this era has a very deep connection with the Chinese dynasty.
Since the head of the eminent monk Faxian and his party came here in the Jin Dynasty, all the high monks from Central China went to India to study Buddhism, and they must pass here, including the eminent monks Song Yun and Huisheng from the Southern and Northern Dynasties; the eminent monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty were all like this.
Especially during the reign of Emperor Taizong, the Tang Dynasty's military power was unrivaled.
King Damo Indrahos of Wuzhana sent an envoy to offer tributes such as Dragon Pearl Incense, and said to Emperor Taizong: "The Supreme Great Blessings! All the best Heavenly Treasure Carriages among the kings can break all darkness. You are like the Heavenly King of Indra, who can subdue King Asura. Because of the good roots planted in my previous life, I was able to be reborn as the Sakyamuni caste. Now, I worship the Supreme on this table and offer tributes such as Dragon Pearl Incense."
In recent years, the military power of the Tang Dynasty has become increasingly strong, strengthening its control over the Western Regions.
Wu Zhanna once again became a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.
Wuzhanna here has a unique alpine valley climate, producing gold and iron.
China is not short of iron, but due to the terrain and environment, China's iron has an average texture.
Far from the best of the Western Regions, Japan, Silla and other countries, the simple and wise Chinese smelted iron of ordinary texture into hundreds of steel with their supreme wisdom, making it more effective than high-quality steel.
However, the weapons made by using Western fine iron, Eastern and steel, supplemented by Chinese smelting technology, are the most perfect weapons.
The iron ore that is rich in Wuzhan is slightly inferior to Damascus steel in terms of texture, but it is much better than the iron ore in the Central Plains of China.
Therefore, the imperial court infinitely acquired the iron ore of Wuzhanna to make weapons.
Wuzhan's primary school is also highly valued by the imperial court for this reason.
Pei Min chose to settle in Wuzhanna country, which was also used to express the court's importance to Wuzhanna.
Regarding the king of Wuzhanna, Pei Min, a non-Buddhist believer, rarely responded with Buddhist etiquette. He clasped his hands together and shouted: "Great blessing and supreme!"
Na Lian Yeqi enthusiastically led Pei Min to play, and he could run from left to right on that day.
What they see is not the scenery, but the feelings!
Na Lian Yeqi pointed to the stone bench and said that Song Yun, a monk from the Southern and Northern Dynasties, rested here, pointed to the Gaopo and said that Huisheng was preaching here. What is this not emotion?
Of course, what really interested Pei Min was Xindu River.
Na Lianyeqi pointed to the river as turbid as the Yellow River and said, "Mr. Xuanzang came to the river when he came to take it from India and passed by the boatman because of negligence. The scriptures that Master Xuanzang received fell into the water and were washed away by the river. It was the king of our country who ordered the monks in the country to help him. He stayed in our country for more than 50 days before he was able to replenish the scriptures and bring the scriptures back to the heavenly dynasty."
As a liberal arts student, Pei Min naturally read "Journey to the West" among the four masterpieces, but there are similar chapters in the book. He couldn't help but say: "Isn't this the Tongtian River? Is the boatman of Master Xuanzang's boatman a turtle?"
Na Lian Yeqi knew this, and he was confused and confused when he said, "This river is translated as Xindu River in Chinese, not Tongtian River. The ship of Master Xuanzang is called Lao Teng, which means a big turtle, but not a real turtle."
Pei Min didn't expect that there was such a thing. He grinned and laughed, and the group of Wuzhanna, who accompanied him was inexplicably.
One day in Wuzhan, Pei Min went to Kabul River to meet Mosremasa the next day.
The Kabul River originated in the Sangerah Mountains west of Kabul, and has now become the border between the Arab Empire and the Tang Empire.
Pei Min led the Shence army to the Kabul River and asked them to wait for him to go alone.
Geshuhan shouted: "Pei Shuai, let the Mo General accompany you!"
Pei Min waved casually and said, "It's just a defeated general under his command. It's not worth the effort to mobilize the troops."
When he arrived nearby, Mosremasa had arrived in advance. He was alone, wearing a thick bear fur coat, sitting on a gorgeous Persian carpet, with various refined wine glasses and equipment in front of him, as well as many delicacies for wine, eating alone.
Pei Min got off the horse and walked forward, took his shoes and walked on the soft Persian carpet.
The craftsmanship of each ethnic group is indeed unique.
The carpets on Pei Min's mansion are also top-quality, but compared with this Persian carpet, it feels obviously inferior.
Sitting face to face, Mosremasa just filled himself with a cup of wine.
Pei Min directly reached out to snatch it, drank it all, smashed it two bites, and made a lot of comments.
What he said was actually Arabic. Although it was a bit difficult to pronounce, the general meaning of the sentence was very clear, meaning: "It's a good wine, but unfortunately this wine glass was used incorrectly. Wine with a luminous cup is the best combination..."
Mosremasha's blond hair shook, took a new wine glass, and said to himself: "You orientals will be careless. I really don't believe that the same wine, the wine glasses will become delicious when you drink it?"
Pei Min was stunned and gave Mosremasa a thumbs up. What he said was Chinese and the words were very appropriate.
Pei Min said sincerely: "This time I won you once. The Chinese culture is profound and far superior to you. It is indeed better for you to learn Chinese than I can learn your language."
Mosremasa couldn't hear that he was belittling himself and improving his country, saying disdain: "!@#¥%... I'm so profound, what I learned in ten days!"
What he said before him was a sarcasm and derogatory phrase. He could not express such profound phrases in Chinese, just like the half-toned English in later generations, half of his own Arabic and half of Chinese.
"It's not only three days!"
Anyway, bragging is not illegal, how could Pei Min weaken his majesty?
Mosremasa stared at her eyes and said, "It's so shameless! I'm still one day!"
Pei Min smiled strangely and said, "It's better to do this. You and I will write a sentence to see which of us can accurately recognize it. Whoever recognizes it and who is right. How about it?"
Mosremasa said: "Just compare, whoever is afraid of whom!"
He said without hesitation and pulled out the long sword he had placed aside.
There are mostly big stones by the river. I found a stone tablet and carved a line of Arabic characters.
Pei Min also found a decent stone tablet at the same time. Qin Huang's sword was unsheathed, his wrists were slightly shaken, and the stone chips rush down.
"Okay!" Mosremasa withdrew his sword and returned to his sheath, looking at his masterpiece with satisfaction.
Pei Min wrote a string of bosses, but stopped almost at the same time as the opposite side.
Mosremasa came to the vicinity without saying a word, looking at the series of words, feeling dazzling.
He glared his eyes and said word by word: "The sea water falls every day, and the floating clouds disappear long and long..."
Of course, Mosremasa Nian's first voice, and the more he thinks he feels wrong.
The Chinese text is a bit of a tongue-in-mouth, and he can't even recite it as he chanted it, and his tongue is a little knotted.
Pei Min laughed loudly. This sentence does not have a certain literary foundation and cannot be read carefully if you don’t study it carefully.
Mosremasa also knew that he had made a mistake.
Pei Min slowly read the correct way of reading this passage and explained the meaning to him.
After hearing Pei Min's explanation, Mosremasa's face turned blue.
It is obviously a few words, but there are not so many ways to pronounce it.
He couldn't help but shout, "You're cheating!"
Pei Min rolled his eyes and said, "My Chinese culture is profound and profound, homophones, fake characters, and polyphonic characters are ever-changing. Even the old scholar in his seventies and eighties dare not say that he is proficient in my Chinese thousand-year-old culture. Are you only able to speak a few Chinese languages, and you dare to say that Chinese culture is simple?"
He slowly came to another stone tablet, squinted his eyes and couldn't help but say, "At this level, can you still show off your ugly face?"
Mosremasa's face couldn't help but turn red.
Pei Min is both civil and military. His calligraphy is of the level of a calligrapher and his regular script is the first-class in the world. Mosremasa is a simple martial artist. His calligraphy is good at writing, but like an ants climbing, it is even more ugly and crooked.
Mosremasa wrote a hanging poem with very Arab empire characteristics, which is rough and natural, telling love and expressing emotions.
Pei Min learned Arabic language to better understand Arabic information, just like Mosremasa learned Chinese.
To get to understand the general trend of your opponents, not to study their culture.
But compared to the profound meaning between Chinese culture characters, Arabic words are the same as English, representing the meaning of death and are not worth pondering at all.
Even if Pei Min couldn't understand the truth, he recognized it word by word.
Mosremasa seemed to realize that he was really not an opponent in this regard, so he immediately changed the subject and said, "I don't know anything like you..." He looked south with his head raised and pointed to a city in the distance and said, "It's Peshawar, do you know the history of Peshawar?"
Pei Min said directly without thinking: "It was the capital of the Kushan Empire. It had 200,000 troops back then. It was one of the four powerful countries at that time. It was alongside the Han Dynasty, Rome, and Rest in peace in China. It was also the center of Buddhism. My Chinese monk Faxian, the Northern Wei envoy Song Yun and the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang once came here one after another. Xuanzang called it "in the "West Regions of the Great Tang Dynasty" a country of heaven with "flower and fruits".
Mosremasa praised: "As it is true, as always, with profound knowledge. But all this has passed. A year ago, I led my troops to break through this city and destroyed all the temples. Now there are only mosques and believers of my religion in Peshawar."
"I think in life, we should do whatever we want and show our strengths with great pleasure. Instead of being trapped in a cage, we are obviously an invincible lion, but we are trapped in a cage like a cat. We have learned about the battle between breaking through the tide and riding the horse. Why is it so troublesome to deal with a fool? We should lead the troops to attack and kill things directly. Which route needs to be calculated step by step, and be frightened. A great hero, a real man should do whatever he wants, not to be ruthless and obey others' missions."
He opened his arms and said, "I, Mosremasa, respected heroes the most and looked forward to a vigorous showdown with a hero who was not bound, rather than a beast trapped in the cage. But as a human being, not Huo Guang, I can help you get rid of the cage..."
Pei Min smiled and said, "Can I understand that you are afraid? Want to let me leave my country? If this is the case, you don't have to worry too much. Above thousands of people, you may not be happy, and do whatever you want, not long-term. Below one person, you may be free. No one can predict the future. I, Pei Min, are Pei Min, and I will go my own way. What about Huo Guang and Wang Mang, what does their example have to do with me?"
Above millions of people, Li Shimin and Yang Guang’s most distinctive examples.
How amazing is Li Shimin? Although it is a loss of personal morality, from the perspective of the emperor, his achievements are almost perfect!
To be continued...